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Jamericus times-recorder. , UTH VEAB, AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY I, 1903. NUMBER 52 East Lake, Ala., Dec. 8th, 1902. I jti r . a. B. Girardeau, Savannah, Ga. Dear Sir:—This is to certify that on Au- I 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 I scarcely able to preach. Mr. F. A. Gulledge, Lf 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 then nor since, and am in better health and heavier than'for I the past fifteenjyears. J. M. McCORD, Pastor Verbena Baptist Church. OFFICERS BATTLE WITH MOONSHINERS Were Ambushed In Lonely Swamp In Hart County. „ ONE OF THEM IS WOUNDED. HiciNE YLATE sut#/ Trochet’s Colchicine Salicylate Capsules. A standard and infallible cure for RHEUMATISM and GOUT, endorsed by the highest medical authorities of Europe ana America. Dispensed only in spherical capsules, which dis> solve in liquids of the stomach without causing irritation or disagreeable symptoms. Price, $1 per bottle, ^old by druggists. Be' sure and get the genuine. U'lLlAJia lira. CO., (I.KVII.VM). OHIO, Koto Prop*. Sold or tbe Eldrldze Drug Stores, America.. Ga, Ieven killed in crash. on Missouri Pacific Caused by Misread Orders. o, Kans., April 28.—A north- | .Mliiourl Pacific stock train : Into tin* rear end of a work Ijutt noitli of tills town last ovo- lir.J 11 men were killed and 25 Ten of the latter are serious- If four probably fatally hurt. They |Greeks ami Italians, excepting birr Pry. an American, who red here several years, and was ton tho work train. The cause i vreck is given as misreading It work train consisted of flat cars ftaboose. all filled with laborers. *a on the flat cars escaped by . but hardly , man In the ca- fMcspeJ. The work train was i lato town for the night and King at a good rate of speed. ' freight engine did not leave gk. but plowed the work train 1 '.rack, leaving little of It ex r wheels and kindling wood, hots of Buffalo, assisted by towns, f- heroic work among the In 1 until the wrecking train, with ku of XVodesha and a corps of l dozen physicians from Coffey Independence, arrived. The |*nl Injured were taken to Cot- r*- '-be latter to be temporarily p for at the hospital there, ttoer-e 0 f the wreck for several ' looked like a battle Held by the p* light of the burning debris do*! men strewn about the • Where they had been left at- C S taken from tbe wreck. op F FOR ST. LOUIS. / of the ' n fl ton Correspondents to Partlc- P** In World's Fair Dedication. w-!n?|on, April 28.—A special I carrying over 100 Washington pjondents left hero at 11 o’clock “'> r the IlnUlmoro and Ohio ‘-'’ills, whore tho represents- ess will participate In . . exercises In connection I be I-oulaiatta Purchase expost- r States marine band, the ominlitoe carrying tho George ' n travel, which will be used d.radon ceremonies, and a "t lady corresirondents, left ‘atne :oad at 10 a. m. LEPER SOLDIER ISOLATED. Kept In Lonely Hut on Tybee Island, Georgia. Savannah, Ga., April 27.—In a little hut situated In. tho loneliest spot on Tybeo Island Is Sergeant Nix, of tho Coast artillery, suffering from that most dreaded of all disease—leprosy. Some distance from the hut paces a United States soldier with rifle at tho ready, whose orders are to see that Nix does not eseapo. Every two hours this sentinel Is relieved. Tho sentinels are the only human beings Nix ever secs, except tho man who brings him food and his physician. Nix’s food is passed to him In a basket which Is hung on the end of a polo About 20 feet long. Nix contracted tho disease In the Philippines, but It did not develop until after his return to this country'. Ho was stationed at FT. Screven, on Tybeo Island, and somo months ago complained of a skin affection. But little attention was paid to the dlseaso until It Anally became violent. Then It was diagnosed as leprosy, and tho unfortunate man was Immediately Iso- latod. Thero Is great alarm at Fort Screven, as It Is feared that other sol dlers may have contracted tho disease from Nix. Great Interest ft manifest- ed In tho case by physicians, but tbe laity do not receive the fact of the presence of the afflicted man with quite the same sort of Interest. They would far prefer that he were else where, In the Philippines, for Instance. Dr. Gilchrist, a celebrated physician and bacteriologist of New York, Is ex pected here to make an examination of the man. He will study the his- 'tory of the case and will seek to Iso late the germ and make a study of 1L ENGINEER SAVE3 TRAIN. Eorin Inin,. 3 For Carolina Oil. « ' “ HI .‘ ■ r " Siddell & mine < x C- April 29.—Informs- •ven through real estate Stowart, the ,,,,, owners, would com* U r " f l,or| ng for oil on Beav- Its- ri, a fow nfllea north ol j a .' ; la '"' r £>»rt of the week, capiuii,! d . that other Pennsyl- lo un,ain *? takon option* on xnjntv f ' n tb ° ®* mo section ol u n , !or tho Purpose of boring lt^ ker *’"* nk * Recruited.' Ur- A n*Pril 29.—More than • 0,8 nola °* Wern»n« l De * rln « work* ol -*!?*' Harreatar company >! »ct < lave more than »»«tf ol n etrtke," declared Sec • of the Metal Workers Chases Wild Cars Several Miles and Prevents Wreck. Jackson, Miss., April 2.. S. E. Reams, au engineer on the Gulf and Ship Island road, was the hero of r. daring ndventure a short distance south of Jackson. He was running his train up a long grade near a little station named Star, when six ciub broke loose ad started down the Incline. Realizing that a passenger train was running only a short distance behind, the engineer quickly reversed his en gine and started In pursuit. After n chase of 6 miles he succeeded in catching the runaway car® Just before a curve was reached, on the other end of which the passenger train was approaching. The passengers aboard tho train learned of their narrow eseapo and made up a goodly pu«o »° P“«“se Mr. Ream* a suitable token of their gratitude. Guilt yon Second Count. Chicago, April 29,-EUIa Barrett who ahot Bessie Palmer, tbe actress In their Oakwood boulevard apart menu last January, was today found gnllty of the second count in tho In dietment, charging criminal negligence Thin means a short Jail term or bona* of comctloa sentence. - When Officers Were Destroying Still They Were Surprised in Their Work and a Fuailade of Shots Between Them and Moonshiners Followed. Atlanta, April 28.—Revenue officers and moonshiners had a desperate fight Saturday night In a lonely swamp In Hart county, Georgia, the officers be ing Deputy Collector Richardson. Gainesville, and Marshal Dickerson, of Hart county, tho latter of whom was shot In the head, though not danger ously so. The officers were attacked from am bush and the number of moonshiners participating In the battle is not known. The fight was reported yesterday to Revenue Agor.t Oates by Deputy Col lector Richardson, who relates a thrill. Ing story of tho encounter. Tho combat occurred |about mid night, In a secluded swamp and in a downpour of rain. The officers had Just seized an-d destroyed an Illicit dis tlllery, which had been snugly hidden away In the swamp, and were in the act of leaving the place when fired up. on. About 15 shot9 from shotguns wore fired by the assailants, and the officers fired a number of shots as a return compliment. The battlo was brief, but spirited. As far as can be learned, Dickerson Is the only man wounded. He received the rhot in his head at the crack of the first vol ley, but. notwithstanding this fact he gamely poured lead Into the clump of undergrowth from behind which the guns of the mountaineers were flash lng. Richardson and Dickerson learned the location of tho still, and. after trip of several miles through the rain they arrived about midnight In the gloomy and lonely swnmp. A short distance fiom the still they met a man named Bartow Snow and another man In a wagon. Liquor was found In the wagon and the two men were taken Into custody. As neither of the offl eers is a deputy marshal, however they could not make an arrest, and tho men wore released., At tho con elusion of the battle the officers again found Snow In the vicinity, and s second time he was arrested, suspect ed of being Implicated In tho attack, No weapon of any chnracter was found about him, however, and, as there was no direct evidence to connect him with tbe shooting, he was again given his freedom. Tho officers were not disturbed in tbe least during the destruction ol the still, and there was nothing to In dlcate that here were any persons be sides themselves anywhere In the vlcln. Ity. Moonshiners, however, were care, fully concealed In tho undergrowth Just above the still on a hillside, and they proceeded to give the officers an tin- expected reception. After annihilat ing the still, Richardson and Dicker- son walked away, but had only pro ceeded a few steps when tho battle was opened. The moonshiners made good their escape, and no clew has yet been found that would tend to reveal their blenti- ty or present whereabouts. TOWN IN DANGER FROM FOREST FIRES \ Onaway, Mich., Threatened With Destruction. LOSS OF LIFE IS FEARED. V In Every Direction the Woods Are Ablaze and Citizens Are Fighting ths Flames—Many Persons Forced Leave Their Homes. Onaway, Mich., April 29.—Forest fires threaten the destmctlon of the city. In every direction the woods are ablaze. Hundred of citizens, fought the flames last night to keep them from the lumberyards and plan of the Lobdell and Halley Manufactu ing company. The lumber camps are surrounded by fire, and it Is feared that lives will be lost. A high wind from tho southwest prevails. Log trains were kept busy all night bringing In people rescued from the fire along the tracks. Residents of the soutbcrln part of the section aro moving out. Unless rain falls tonight, the result Will be serious. IMPORTANT CASE DECIDED Involving the Validity of Marriages Obtained by Fraud. Albany, N. Y„ April 29.—An Impor tant caso Involving tbe validity ol marriages obtained by fraud has just been decided in the court of appeals in the case of Gregorio Bllorcnzo, np pellant, against Johanna Bllorcnzo. It appears that the parties had been living together without marrlago and that after an absence of the man In Philadelphia for somo months the wo man produced a child, and, represent ing as her own, born during his ab sence, she Induced him to marry her. He soon discovered that the child was not hers and brought action for annullment on the ground of fraud. A Jury in New York city, where the par ties lived, gave hitA the verdict, and the marriage was ordered annulled. The woman appealed, and tho Judg ment was reversed by the appellate di vision. The court of appeals again reversed, sustaining the order of an nullment. KAISER’S VI8IT TO ROME. Takes With Him Train Load of Horses and Coaches. Berlin, April 29.—A train load ol Emperor William's horses and equip ages left hero for Rome today, so that the emperor when calling on the pope need not use a carriage of King Vic tor Emmanuel, whose liveries have not yet been seen outside the papal precincts. As the emperor had to send one royal vehicle, he ronclud- ed to send, two, with eight coach horses, three saddle horses and 20 coachman, grooms and hostlers. The story that the empress Is not going to Rome with his majesty bo- cause she Is not willing to call on the pope on account of her strong Protestant belief. Is considered to b« of sufficient Importance to require an authoritative denial. This has been given out and cites the fact that the empress called on the pope during her former visit to Rome and that hei fractured arm Is really the cause ol her staying at home. % THE OLD , -i Absolutely Pure THERE IS NO Si %5TITUTE VISITORS CROWDING CITY OFST. LODIS Auspicious Occasion at the Missouri Metropolis. DEDICATION OF WORLD’S FAIR. Governors and Their Staffe qnd Other Dietlngulehod Guests Arriving by Every Train—Hotele Crowded to Their Utmost Capacity. The healthy woman need not fear the change which comes as the 1 loginning of life's autumn. It is the w oman who it worn out, run down and a sufferer from womauly diseases who naturally dreads the change of life. This is the critical period of woman’s life, and the prevalence of womanly diseases makes ft the duty of every woman who would avoid unnecessary suffer ing to take especial care of herself at this time. The ills which vex ao many women at the change of life arc entirely avoided or cured by the use of Dr. Pierce's Fa vorite Prescription. It makes weak women strong, and enable* the weakest to past through this trying change with the tranquility of perfect health. "I hare bn* a wry healthy womb, and thif Ume baa bee* very Mid with me.* write* Mr*. Mamie Morris, of Uanaon Station. Clearfield Co,, pa . Ron id. * I am com* to tho time of chance of tile, and ! hire been sick n fleet deal off and on. When Men. Hemmln moved betide mo I era* nick In bed, and wke* she tame to sec me nod we were talking over one ntekneen. Men. Hemmln told mo to try Dr. Pieree’t Favorite Prescript too nod ’Golden Medical Diacovery.' ■’—Pel lets.' I cot her to beta* mo a bottle ol __ from tho drag store ami 1 need them They did mo a great deal of food, and I got twr more bottles oT Favorite Prracriptlon • -1 never ewe. Before I com I for nothn COSSACKS FIRE ON TURKS. Officer and Six Trooper* Stain—Turk ish Troop* Fled. Berlin, April 29.—A dispatch from St. Petersburg to The Lomax An zetger rays It Is reported from Kars Asiatic Russia, that a squadron ol Turkish cavalry crossed the Hussion frontier 70 versts from Sara-Kamysh. Trans-Caspian territory, and showed Intention of advancing. A Russian frontier post gave the alarm to a regl- mor.t of Cossdcks, which fired on thf Turks, killing an officer and six ol the troopers. The Russians suffered no loss. The Turks retreated across the frontier. ALBANIANS MORE TRACTABLE. Some of the Factions Have Decided to Accept Preposed Reforms. Constantinople, April 28.—Advices from Phistlna say the Albanians ar becoming more tractable. Somo of the factions have decided to accept the re forms. but others arc still considering the matter. The levying of a blackmail by the Macedonian committee Is Incessant. The American missionaries, however, -have been indirectly informed that they need not fear the committee, the ransom of Mis* Ellen M. Stone being regarded a* an American contribution to tbe revolutionary fund. St. Louis, April 29.—This morning the residents of St. Louis In general and tho managers of tho world's fair In particular, were given their first experience of the conditions that will confront them during the remainder ot tho week. Passenger trains by the score rolled in all tho morning, and militia men, and regulars, governors, and gover nors' staffs, poured through tho gates In what seemed a never-ending stream Tho visitors who wore no gold loco and camo, merely to see, arrived by tho tens of thousands. It was the first of the coming rush and It camo llko a tidal wave. Everybody was cared for promptly. All tho dlstln guished guests were met by escorts and conducted to places previously set apart for their comfoit and entertain, ment. Those of the multitude who had made no previous arrangements for rooms wero compelled to hunt for what they wanted, as the hotels were crowded to their utmost capacity, and tho late arrivals bad to take to tho boarding houses. The people wero provided with stopping places as fast as possible. Governor Van Sant, of Minnesota Governor Cummins, of Iowa, and Gov* ernor Mickey, of Nebraska, strived early In the afternoon and Governor Cummins In particular was accompa nied by » staff sufficiently numerous to make up a squadron of cavalry In itself. Cardinal Gibbons, who Is to deliver the Invocation at the dedication cere- tr'tles tomorrow la the guest of Arch- blfhop Kaln. Governor Odell, of New York, camo in this morning with bis staff. Follow ing him closely camo a train bear ing cavalry, naval militia and Infan try, all from New York. Governor Durbin, of Indiana, with a staff of 50 people, Is expei ted this evening.* General Gomez, of Cuba, arrived at 10 o'clock, three hours late. Ho was given a -hearty welcome and escorted to the Planters’ hotel. Ex-President Cleveland Is expected over the the Baltimore and Ohio South western at 5:20 this afternoon. He will be met by a committee represent Ing the exposition company, and will be the guest of President Francis, ol the fair. In addition to the troops front New York tho following detachments ar rived during tho day: One provisional regiment and,band from Ohio; four regiments from Mis souri; one regiment and band from Iowa; one regiment and band from II* llnols;- otic battalion and band from Oklahoma, and one battalion and band from Louisians. j RUSSIAN POLICY TOWARDJMANCHURIA Government FlatlyDeniesthe Pekin Report. WERE 8IMPLY INVENTIONS. Semi-Official Note 8ays that Russia Has Absolutely No Intention of Plac- Ing Impediments In Way of Foreign Trade. St. Petersburg, April 29.—A semi- official note on tbe subject ot Russian policy toward* Manchuria, Just issued, characterizes the demands ascribed to Russia in tho dispatches from Pekin as being simply Inventions, as already cabled to the Associated Press on tha authority of the Russian foreign office. ’’No change has occurred,” says tho note, "In the Intentions of Russia with reference to Manchuria. Tho ex- change of views about to occur be- tween the Russian minister gnd tho Chinese government caff relate only to the measutes to be adopted for in* sttrlng the /preservation*of order and tranquillity after the Russian troop* have marched out of the province. “Russia has absolutely no Intention to place Impediments In tho way of foreign ttade.” DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED. No Truth In Published Report* Say* Ambassador McCormick. Washington. April 29.—The state department has received a dispatch front Ambassodr McCormick, at SL Petersburg, to the effect that the Rus. slan minister (or foreign affairs ba* assured him that the published re ports of the proposed convention be tween Russia and China relating to Manchuria, are \r’ ^olutely Incorrect and (hit there lr : i. undatlon for th* , report that Rus: a ..amends that China (ball refuse the requests of othsr power* for treaty ports and consulates In Manchuria. He has been assured that the Rus- slan government has no Intention to exclude other countries ftom advan tages now enjoyed In Manchuria or to confer executive privileges upon Rus- slans; that the United States may be sure that nothing will be done to close doors now open, and that American commerce and American capital are those which Russia most desires to at- tract. It Is also understood that similar assurances were received by the secre tary of satte from hit excellency, tha Russian ambassador, yesterday after* noon. LASHED ON BARE BACK8 I good for ncstiiog: r I hardly know what to do can do all mj work aryacU tncDced ; woa In ai ssvsrc&r Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are easy fml pleasant to take* Board of Lady Managers. St. Louis, April 28.—The hoard of lady managers of the world’s fair will meet today In the Administration build- idg with President Mrs. James L. Blair in the chair, to hear reports from the committee on women’s work and the committee appointed to confer with the national committee. The atten dance will be larger than at the meet ing last October, the board having been better, organised sine* that tim*. number Mills to Start Up, , Bagdad, Fla.. April 28.—Simpson A Co. have closed out their entire plant, consisting of mills, steamers, barges and 180,000 acres of timber land to Stearns, Culver A Co., of Ludlngton Mich. The mills will be started up Immediately. They have been Idle •IjTsnmontlgj^ Double Whitecapping Outrage In Re* publican 8tate of Indiana. Nashville, Ind., April 29.—A donbl* whitecapping has occurred In John, son township, 16 miles from here. The victims were James Moffet and El*, worth Hashman, living one mile apart Shortly after midnight a mob of 40 masked men broke Into MofTet'a hornet dragged him from hi* bed, tied him to a tree In tho yard and gave him 40 lathes on the bare back with hickory switches. He was tarried back Into the house In tbe presence of bis wits and told thnt if he did not cease his vls'ts to n certain house in the neighborhood end atop beating hU wife, the puqtahment would be repeat cd. Moffet promised. The mob went to the Hashman boose, where tha program was repeated. Sarsaparilla We put the best in it. You get the best out of it. And the doctors approve/. L-tf.