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T- (//so. AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. Lgjfff.HH'KTII TEAR, *w to 1 the k'eral | y us i ran. hich | »ods. terv > of. | The | ‘ at, j ices -his n I v AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1903. NUMBER 44 East Lake, Ala., Dec. 8th, 1902. Mr, A. B. Girardeau, Savannah, Ga. Dear Sir:—This is to certify that on Au gust 1st I went to Verbena, Ala., to hold a series of meetings. Was at that time, and had been for six weeks prior, so feeble I was scarcely able to preach. Mr. F. A. Gulledge, of Verbena, with whose family I was stop ping, kindly offered me three bottles of Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic, gratis. I accepted, and began the use of the Tonic at once. Within three weeks I was was much better. In three weeks I had taken the three bottles of Tonic and was fully well. Took no other medicine th£n nor since, and am in better health and heavier than for the past fifteen years. J. M. McCORD, Pastor Verbena'Baptist Church. BREAK IN CONSOLS ALARMS BRITONS Fall To Below 90 Is Not Improbable. GOVERNMENT MAY INTERCEDE. Further Decline Will Necessitate Every British Bank Reorganizing Its Reserves—Americans Buy on Belief that Bottom Has Been Readied. Landslide causes WRECK OF TRAIN pficials Say Accident Was Unavoidable. ■ ■ RAFFIC DELAYED FOR HOURS. bnly One Death Known to Have Re lated-Engineer and Fireman Bad ly Bruised and Scalded—Passengers Shaken Up. | Atlanta, March 23.—The north- iouinI passenger on the Southern rail- Si; lor Washington, which left this lit)' last midnight was wrecked at (tyemllle, Cia., near Toccoa, SO miles rth or this city, late last night by landslide of rock. An unknown *as Instantly killed aud the Iremsn sod engineer of the train se- ptrel.v bruised and scalded. Tbc dead: An Vnknottn Tramp. The Injured: Edward Miller, engineer, arm brok i »cd severely scalded. Frederick Thompton, fireman, bad- |if bruised and scalded. The accident occurred a few miles wth of Aversville. Tho train was ap proaching a deep cut. when, without 'tr warning, a large slide of rock fell Ikrois the track. A watchman sta- ■tionod nearby heard the slide, and ■suited out to warn tho passenger linin, which was then due. He had ■proceeded only a short distance when |di« train crashed Into tho obstruction. The three rear Pullmans are report- ■»d to have left the track, tearing up ■lie read for a short distance. None |o! the passengers were hurt. Tram,. w as delayed for several MRS. MAYBRIGK ~ TO GAIN LIBERTY Release Now Assured Next Year. WILL HAVE SERVED 18 YEARS. Suits Affecting Prisoner's Interests in Kentucky, Virginia and West Vlr. glnia Given as Immediate Cause for Granting Pardon, |hour, "'a.-hlngton. March 23.—Advices re- jre.vtd at the Southern railroad offices l‘ tr * state that the accident was un- I‘foldable. Tiie train was approach- 1*5* a cut and a slide of rock occurred lint as the engineer blew tho signal l-or a road crossing. Tho watchman |ittt!one.| in the cut started at ones “ a K the train, but had only .gone I about a hundred yards from the cut l»btn the train crashed koto the oh- London, March 23.—Mrs. Kliyonce Maybrlck, the American woman, who was convicted at Liverpool in 1889 on the charge of poisoning her hus band. James Maybrlck, by arsenic, and whose sentence of death was com muted to penal servitude for life, will be released in 1901. The announce ment comes from tho home ofllca which now authorizes her Washington lawyers to u$e the fart of hor release next year as a reason for securing the postponement of the trial of the law suits bearing on the prisoner’s Inter est in land In Kencky, Virginia and West Virginia until she Is able to per sonally testify. Those who sre in a position to know- say that Home Secretary Akcrs-Doug- lass has shown great courtesy In con- section with the suits now pending dus to efTorts on this side of the At- lsntlc -and that Ambassador Herbert bas never been called upon to act in this matter. I-ondon, March 25.—The possibility of consols being In the eighties bas created consternation not only among speculators and investors, but in the great banking Interests, who, for years, have written down their consol hold ings at 9l), though the market price was considerably above par, 90 being considered the lowest possible price the securities was likely to go. Should consols go down to and re' main below 90. every British hank will bo obliged to reorganize its reserves, get out new balances upon a fresh basis. Such a serious contingency, however, is scarcely believSd possible. A reiiort is current that the govern ment may step in as a buyer of Its own securities, which would immediately restore the national credit. But the stringency in the'money market is not expected to be alleviated, for if the Bank of England eases Its conditions the continent, which Is a big lender, will withdrawn loans In order to get more favorable terms elsewhere. There was some slight American buying to day In the belief that rock-bottom bad been reached. One purchase of $75,000 for an Anglo-Amorfcan firm caused a temporary rise of He which, however, was soon obliterated by in vestors selling, ( IRISH LAND BILL PRESENTED TODAY Proposes Free Brant of Sixty Million Dollars. FLOOD WATERS SOON TO RECEDE INTENSE INTEREST IS SHOWN. Believed that Adoption of Measure Would Promote Peace and Content ment In Ireland—Many Notable* At tend Seseion of Parliament. TO RELIVE THE GHETTO. Foreign Jew* Coming to Chicago Will Be Asked to Move On. Chicago. March 25.—Tho Chronicle today says: Jews who migrate to tho United States and come to Chicago to make their homes will bo invited to continue their Journey westward, If the plans of tho Chicago Removal Industrial so ciety, which was organized last night, succeeds. Chicago Jews expect the movement to result in great good. They say the congested district of the Ghetto will he relieved and that the Jews will be urged to seek homes in the coun try. In the villages and small cities of the west. The organization Is similar to one In New York. Offices will be estab llshed In tiie Ghetto district. Corre spondence with manufacturers in the smaller cities and’ villages will be con ducted and an attempt will be made to secure positions for the Jews who would like to leave Chicago. VENEZUELAN WAR8HIP 8IEZED, The Reetauraudor Charged With Pira cy on High Seas. (New Yoik. March 23.—The British cruiser Pallas bas seized the Venezu elan warship Kestaurador on the ground that she Is a pirate, cables Tho Herald's correspondent at Port of 8pain, Trinidad The case against the Restaurador cites that soon after She was handed over to tho Venezue lan authorities by the German commo dore. she began again acts of piracy and robbery on the high seas. It Is charged that she seized tho cargoes of vessels and then dismantled and abandoned the craft. A Port of Spain newspaper says itru, ilon. A tramp was killed and I editorially of the Hcstaurador’s course “f/Wncer and fireman were badly ' that "such piratical acts prove the un- r The accident tied the road I wisdom of generosity of tho allied No passenger* j powers." j The paper expresses tho hope that | retributive Justice will bo swifter apd UNREST IN VENEZUELA. more effective than on the last occa sion. ibjured ie fo r several hours. "■* imported hurt. Gtoc m > Outlook for Future Probably C.uscu Castro'e Resignation. ! a . March 23.—An official dis- has been received from Caracas M."! 8 , 11 "' that led up to Pres- tiii ! llstro 's resignation. It show* t ; l,i:s action was not a mere for- as some of tho dlsnatches In- J‘ a ' J - l,ut was the outgrowth of se- •va- conditions caused by the ro- “‘ternatlonal entanglements. The Kestaurador was formerly ths American yacht Atalanta. She was built for Jay Gould. Chief Engineer Morley Dead. New York. March 25.—Chief Bngin. eer A. W. Morley. U. S. N., retired Is dead at hla home In Brooklyn. He was one of the best known and most capable officers of the old en gineer corps of the navy. Chief Engineer Mobley was born in Hartford. Conn., and entered the - at the outbreak of the civil war. srtlrlpated In the blockade and engagements of the West, Gulf and South Atlantic squadrons, and bv the close of the war had' attained the grade of first assistant engineer. ACCIDENTAL ? jury returned a verdict of acd- death on the man who fell from The dental the window ledge on which be had fallen asleep. But the death was reallv due to ble. CHILD DROWNED IN TUB. fWi **•“ vUI*li0lvU4vUhD # -.o dispatch says tho main cans* pre * ldent ’» resignation waa the b-'r ^ * 1,h Germany, which, beside* • * difficult of solution, have canned ••^spread alarm. fuiUor ,J - tUa,1 ° n ' “ U add#d * • < om Pllcate4 by the activity ol f , rrvolutloalste. The dispatch / , conv «) r « the impression that resignation of General Castro is Itdicatiy 55r<it 0 of the present condition ol and Instability in foreshadowing Uc « of government general Peculiar Death of Infant In Brooks County. Quitman, Oa.. March 25.—The 3-year- old child of Ed Humphreys, who lives at Tallokas, in the nortnern part of the county, lost its life this morning In a’peculiar way. It was Just beginning to walk, and was left by Its mother alon* la the room for a few minute*. During her absence It fell head first Into the slop tub, snd when she returned it was To Pull Fires In Cokt Ovens. Thurmond. W. Va.. March 25.—Ow ing to freight congestion it Is report ed today that fires will shortly be la 2,000 or more coke ovens * Hirer fields. London, March 25.—The Irish secre tary, Mr. Wyndham, introduced the government's long anticipate I Irish land bill in the house of commons to day. It proposes a free grant of $60,000.- 000 for the purposes of the bill. The keen interest felt in this new legisla tion which, it Is hoped, will promote peace and contentment in Ireland, will be evidenced' by the crowded house. The peers' gallery and the distinguish cd strangers’ galleries filled and there has been no such gathering of mem bers of parliament since the opening of the session. Michael Davltt, the father of the land league, celebrated his fifty-seventh birthday by re-enter ing the house for the first time since he ceased to be a member, in order to hear chief secretary a for Ireland. Mr. Wyndham. who was heartily cheered when he arose to speak, an nounced at the outset that the gov ernment thought cash aid waa neces sary for the fulfillment of the pro posed scheme, but It attached greater Importance to the credit operation than to the cash operations. He then un folded the scheme which provides for an advance of money for the pur chase of land' by the tenants. The advance will be In the shape of cash and stock, but In order to en able the rash to be raised a new stock Is to be floated. It will be called “guaranteed 2% per cent stock,” and will be unredeemable for 30 years. Mr. Wyndham doubted If $500,000 000 of the stock would be needed will be Issued at the rate of $25,000,000 yearly for the first three years, and afterwards possibly' in larger ►sums, In addition to this, the government proposed a free grant of $60,000,000 to be raised by additions to tho stock, the Interest and slnkifig fund of which will be borne by tho treasury and the maximum annual charge of which will not exceed $1,950,000. The Irish secretary explained that ^h1% the maximum charge on the English treasury would not exceed 5J.975,coo In a single year, tho reduc- In the cost of the administration of Ireland would amount to $1,250,000. The advance tenants through the provisions of the land bill are limited to $2,509. in the congested districts and $5,000 elsewhere. The hill will become effective Nov. 1. Mr. Wynd ham said $750,000,000 could be safely advanced on Irish land, but he thought the scheme would not Involve $500- 000.000. Mr. Wyndham finished speaking at 4:10 p. m. Later the Irieh land b:. passed Its first reading Critical Point Now On Lower Mississippi. WEATHER REMAINS FAVORABLE. Crset of Flood Expected to Reach Gulf By Sunday and a Steady Decline to Follow—River Is Gradually Falling at Memphis. ' It CHARTERS MAY 3E RETURNED. Generally Thought Suspended Masonic Lodges Will Be Reinstated. New York. March 25.—Whllo Mason ic lodges which are found to have un desirable members will be thorough ly purged, it is thought by Masons generally that the3e bodies will not necessarily be obllterate-t. Even Doric lodge, which has at least temporarily lost its charter, will not be kept beyond the pale. The cleansing process will now be extended through the state and more than 800 lodges will be concerned. Grand Master Crandall is collecting evidence which will soon he used in the case of the men responsible for the admission of “Shan” Draper into Dor ic lodge. It Is believed If these men are found guilty they will he driven from the order. RELIEF SHIP RETURNS. and neglects the warning symptoms of disease, he is carelessly inviting calamity. Dr. Pierce’* Oilden Medical Discovery cures diseases of the stomach add other other organs of digestion aud nutrition. It enables the perfect digestion and aisimi- ‘lien makes strength. lation of food, which makes strength. It stimulates the liver, cures biliousness, and removes bilious impurities from the blood. • Mf weight hinrlne 1 had to take medictV. for a time, but it did no Bitten ao I wrote to Dr. he gave tn. twuuaotniamedlcine and waa cured. I had a 'A .?^rak no . w: b *" **«* Dr. Pierce’* Pleasant Pellets cure con- They do not beget the pill L_ . ►iY'e* ' Left the Disccvery In Antarctic Waters With All Hands Well. Christ Church. New Zealand, March 25—The steamer Morning, the Royal Geographical society's relief ship for the antarctic steamer Discovery, has ar rived at Littleton. 8 miles from here. She left the Discovery In antarctic wa ten with ail. well on board of her. The Discovery, which was fitted out under the auspices of the Royal Geo graphical* society, the Royal society and the British government left Eng land In August. 1901, and New Zea- land In December of thet year. She le to spend two antarctic summers and one winter In the Ur south and ie ex pected to reach Littleton, N. Z., la Au gust of this year. negro Prisoner Killed. Washington, March 26.—William Wheeler, a negro who attempted to es cape from a police Tan, waa ahot and Instantly killed today by Policeman J. L. Sawyer. Wheeler and two otfier prisoners were being transferred from the Georgetown police station to th6 ran awaiting outside when the negro broke from the line and aped away, with the officer hi pursuit The lab tar fired. Wheeler fell dead and tk< policeman collapsed. New Orleans, March 25.—Though reports from all points south of Helena are of a rising river, the Mississippi In front of New Orleans Is practically stationary* the gaugo marking today 20.1 feet That fact naturally causes much rellof here since It means that the river will have less difficulty m carrying .off the higher water that Is coming this way. The levee board continues Its prep arations for the maximum flood prom ised'by tho weather bureau. The weather Is clear and sunshiny. Trou ble Is still being experienced with reck less craft In the river which exceed the speed allowed by tho governor's proclamation. In other years of floods It bas not been an altogether rare occurrence that people living along tho levees have taken Into their own hands the enforcement of the proclamation by the use of rifles and threats along that line are being made now. It' may be said, however, that the large majority of steamboats and steamship men are obeying the Jn- structlons of the authorities. Good reports come from the condition of the levees In the Panchartraln district on the east of the river between Baton Rouge to New Orleans. They are now undergoing a severe strain, but Presi dent Leake still believes that the en tire system will be held. The Missis- elppl Valley and Illinois Central rail roads, which would both be affected by any serious break In this territory, are eo-operatlng with the levee board and the planters In the work of strength ening tho line. •- . m Tk\*>LD RELIABLE &akiK0 POWDER Absolutely Purer THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE CHINESE SOCIETIES ARE HOSTILE Scenes of 15 Years Ago May Be Be-Enaeted. HIGHBINDERS ARE AGGRESSIVE. Reign of Terror Exists In Chinese Sec tion of Portland, Ore., and a Clash Between the Societies May Be Ex pected at Any Tima, Reported Break at Lacojtla Circle. Vicksburg. Miss., March 25.—The re ports of the break In the levee at La- eonla Circle, Ark., are greatly exag gerated. The break In the embank ment there was not as serious as first reported, as the embankment was only a protection levee, and not In the sys tem of levees In that section. The crevasse ha* not materially af fected the situation. The continued clear, cold weather has brought hope to tble section, al though the river Is steadily rising. The gauge here thta morning regie- tered 51.4 feet, a rise of 1.1 feet in the last 24 Hours. River Falling at Memphis. Memphis. Tenn., March 25.—The Hr- or this morning Is falling slowly. Hie gauge Is 29.1 feet, a fall of .$ In 24 hours, and a fall of 1 foot from the maximum of the present flood, which wai reached last Saturday. The Iron Mountain railroad made good Its prom ise last night and sent Its first train west this morning. Railroad traAc has been resumed by all western lines over the Iron Mountain tracks. There hag been much Improvement In the flooded area of North Memphis. Portland, Ore., March 24.—Not since the fierce Highbinder fight In 16 years, ago In which a large nuptber were killed In Chinatown bas ths Chinese seotkrn of the city been hi such a state uproar and excitement Two of the leading Highbinder as sociations of the city have declared open warfare, and two more of the leading societies are fast being drawn Into the trouble; Po Tin Tong and Bo On Tong soci eties are-the leaders In the fight and are making preparations to conteat their disputes to the bitter end. Flf- teen Chlneee of fighting fame arriv ed last night to be on hand when the trouble comes to a head. The Astoria Chinamen belong most ly to the Po Lkt Tong, and It fe said that the Bo On Tong have sent to San Francisco for a delegation of Highbinders. The Hdp Sing Tong and the Sul Sing Tong, the leading societies of Port land, have thus tkr refused to be drawn into tha dispute. “They openly challenge ue to fight,” said a member of the Hop Sing soci ety. "and say we pre afraid of them. If they would Import all of the men they, have on the coast we would (till have the strongest society." Chinese thronged the police sta- tlon last night and told tbelr tales of fear to the polite. The chief of po lice Informed them that he would dou ble the patrol In Chinatown until the trouble had abated. PRESIDENTIAL APPOINT8MENT8, MYSTERY IS SOLVED. Two Negreea Under Arrest For Kill, ing Chinaman. Indianapolis, March 25.—Ths mys tery surrounding the murder of Doc Lung, the Chinese laundryman, sever- ‘ monthe ago, has been solved. Two negroes, who are chargd with the murder, are under arrest and the detective* are searching for several other negroes. Inrludtng a woman, and Chinese who are said' to be Impllcat- I. The negroes under arrest are Nlm Davis, a well known police char, aeler. and a man named Brooks. The story Is that Doc Lung was In his laundry with a negro woman when the negro man entered the place. The murder followed. It/was also said that a Chinese tipped off the fact that woman was with Lung, and.that the murder was committed through jeal- ousy. * JAPS MUST NOT COME HERE. Japanese Consul Gives Warning to Those In Honolulu. Honolulu. March 17. via San Francis- co. March 25.—Acting Japanese consul Okabe has Issued a proclamation warn ing his countrymen against going to the United States from here, declar ing that the trip Is contrary to the law of Japan and also that lmmlgra. tlon and labor agents who have been securing recruit* are misrepresenting the condition. The governor has signed the act to make the old Hawaiian flag the official territorial flag. North Carolina Man Turned Down Be. cause He Old Net Support Party. Washington. March 24.—Tho follow ing postaaateie have been appointed by the president: Mlrslsslppl—Culyort, B. R. Braze!- ton. x j North Carolina—Charleston, W. I* Harris. * ■ Texas—Commerce, Dallas Herbert; Llamo. Gertrude Taylor; Rosedale, E. J. M. Hopkins. In connection with the appointment of Mr. Pereon at Wilson, N. C., tha postoffice department Issued the fol lowing statement: “After a careful rocaideratlon the department baa eon- eluded the statement was correct „ Mr. Vick had not supported the Re. publican ticket, and consequently no claim to natty recognition. SIX REPORTED LOST. Said Four Drummers and Two Ne groes Were Drowned. Memphis. Teno.. March. 24.—The Scimitar this afternoon aays that J. R. -Hood, of this city, an amploye of an Arkansas saw mill, returned from the flood district of Arkansas thta morning and reports that while at Gavin, a station on the ’Frisco rail- read, Saturday afternoon h* aaw a skiff containing four drummers and two negro oarsmen swept under tho track of the railroad In a stiff currei The boat was overturned, all sis ot occupants being drowned. Mr. Hood does not know the of the traveling men, but aays war* caught In the overflowed trtet by the waehlng out of the rood tracks and had employed the grace to raw them across tho merged territory to Mound City, where they Intended to take a boat for tTjle city.' ^ Cherry Pectoral k V One dose at bedtime pre vents night coughs of chil dren. No croup. LwCKfc