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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. «** v - „ th tbab, AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1903. /^NUMBER 14 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 Jme three bottles of Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic, gratis. I accepted, and began the use of the Tonic at once. Within three weeks 1 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 the past fifteen years. J. m.;mccord, Pastor Verbena Baptist Church. I EXPECTED TO OR AT ANY TIME e Preparations of Bus- ians at Port Arthur. S ARE ON THE MARCH. it. and War Munitions Being id—Reporta Brought by Officers Ittamer Arriving From Yokoha- Victoria, B. C. fit, B. C., August 3.—Ofticors •iraracr Tacoma, which has ar- f'om Yokohama, report that Mints are buying up large or. 1*1-1 i-ake at the Japaneso Liil storing provisions and war »» at Fort Arthur. Troapa *> tieiug hurried westward and errected to occur at any time, ricnia brought news to the Mat three Roman Catholic mil- *1 have been murdered by Chl- hturieata at Hnh Li, Shansi MOB OF MASKED MEN STORM JAIL Stern Justice Dealt Murderer of Little Girl. WAS A WELL-TO-DO FARMER. In Spits of Efforts W Sheriff and Twenty-Five Deputies, Mob Secures Assailant of Little Olrl and Lynches Him. ELECTION OF POPE IS STILL IN 000BT Cardinals Have Hot Yet Ar rived at Decision. THIRD DAY’S IMPRISONMENT. Oraat Crowds Assembled at Vatican In Hops of Learning Something Def inite Regarding Lao’s Successor. Left Diiappointed. > l.oou Ycnoule, a Japanese as- »r. ha* discovered a new comet Cirnu* constellation, not far Lyra, moving northward. Japtm.se, telegraph companies aurstwl to the lowering of the charges on messages be- Saiuiki and Hong Kong for "? cable. The Ruiaian Asiatic ha» been ordered to assent nscouevers In the vicinity of Japanese standing squadron Is : t*s«4 In summer manoeuvers kaaldo. Thu», # says the Jap- aid, the main naval forces of ““ Russia arc ’’naturally’’ at- to northern waters. Evv M EN 00 TO WORK. by. Ttadci Tie Up In New York City. August 3.—Pew. If any, |ip n who wero to go to cording to C. P. Cheney, v: the Iron league, did so, Oils was the day appointed •Bployera to attempt to end tie-up caused by the re- Houses ml tha and Brldgo- a-'he to sign the employers avhltratlon. -rear Hue "** eo short,’’ laid Mr. ( *k<i action aftar ere had ' Sc refusal of the houseamltha " probably will be aome " r can get Into working to call the men from va- 11 where they have been k *s aot yet been put into ^ Treasurer Found 8hort. ***• A1 *- August 4.-0. ft J ' '“miner of pnblle ac- fi'ed with Governor Jelke ? J* J - U Garden, treasurer ► tu r ’®°* Bd **• *•"» county the warn of fc C0 , T . h * * r **»nrer did cot use for Ms personal use, but t from one fund to another, >4? . Th » Attorney gen- the county «et the money. Asotin, Wash., August 5.—Despite the efforts of the little victim's father, Sheriff Richards, of Asotin county, who had (worn In 35 deputies to guard the brute, William Hamilton, a well- to-do farmer, the self-confessed out- rager and brutal murderer of little Mabel Richards, was forcibly taken from the Asotin county jail shortly after midnight and lynched by a mob of over 1,000 men, which bad been congregating all day from all parts of Asotin county. All oighi long the feeling that Ham ilton should be strangled Instantly grew in volume. Thorn were those who thought the wretch should be tortured, ,but It was Anally agreed that vengeance would be satisfied by blotting out the life of tho boast. About 13:15 o'clock 20 masked men, their facet concealed with handker chiefs, ulnrched In an orderly manner up the rlreot towards th jail. When they got within sight the guards call ed upon them to halt. The answer from the masked men was to throw the guards to tho ground. The keys wero taken from the guards, the Jail yard entered and finally entrance was effected into the Jail proper. Moanwhlle another company of masked men. about 80 In number, had marched up the street and taken post tlons about the cmrnnco tp the Jail With their men none attempted to in terferc. They ke,)t back the crowd which bad filled the streets all night waiting for the lynching. It was cer tain would oc$ur, and a* soon as the Attack wac mado upon Hamilton's cell the entire population of the town, their numbers swelled by people from th surrounding country, gathered about the Jail. W?ien tha lyncher* and Hamfllon reached the comer of FlrsT and Fill more streets thay halted under a guy- wire which cross** the street and Joins eleotrlc light poles. Here one of the leaders asked Hamilton If be wanted to confess. He did so. Some of th* mob thought hanging too good for him, and wanted to tor ture the brut*, But the original pro gram prevailed and It waa decided him. Reme, August 3.—Today'* firat bal lot for pope has been taken and ap parently resulted In no election. Smoke was observed Issuing from the Slatlne chapel chimney at 16 min ute* after 11 o'clock this morning. Indicating the burning of the ballots. Though this la the third morning of the cardinals’* Imprisonment they hare not yet arrived at a decision. In the hope that over night some agree ment might have been arranged, the (foreign ministers, many mther jien socage* and two or three thousand of the geaeral public, went to St. Peters this morning to await the develop ments. They were doomed to another disappoIntmenL for at 11:16 a. m., like th* broken-out pennant of a ship, the amwoke announcing that the fifth bal- lot had bean fruitless, rose from the chimney of tha Sistlne chapel and waa borne away by a light breeze. It waa smoke announcing that the fifth bal- crowd, which Immediately left the pi- l Many exhibited regret that the failure of the ballot. u Many exhibited regret at tbe afternoon's ballot may bring tbe new pope, but tbli does not appear to be based on any particular reason. The correspondent of tbe Associat ed Press visited the Inside of tbe Vati can this morning and found that all around tbe precincts of tbe conclave the guard had been doubled and wher ever there la the slightest possibility of communication with the conclave, the Swiss guards, gendarmes and Pal atine guards watched-together. The antagonism existing between these bodies Is the best guarantee that nothing underhanded will be allowed. Besides, tbe captains of the conclave In tbelr cocked bats and uniforms em broidered- with gold lace, assisted by the. valets of Prince Chlgo, the mar shal of the conclave, In gorgeous liv eries, arj constantly on the alert. The only thing known from the In side is that tbe cardinals rose early today and Individually celebrated mass In tbe Pauline chapel. They took breakfast at 9 o'clock, going shortly after to tbe Sistlne Chapel, where they remained until about 11:30 a. m. The piazza of St. Poters this morn ing bore the usual appearance of the past days. PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE WhatSdlons Are Doing In Atlanta. DAILY SESSIONS AS REPORTED Proceedings of Both the House and Senate During the Week—Measures of Interest and Importanoo aro In troduood. ftt, ; To North 8tate Negroes Return. Raleigh. N. C, August 6.—Over 100 negroes hare returned to this state from New York and vicinity. Many of them wept and shontad on their re turn to this state when their rela tives met them at various stations from Raleigh to Weldon. From what they aay negroes intend to leave the north In large numbers and coma Kwh to tbe south. Some ot (be Dtgaoes have bean away for years and aome but a few months. Th* return of negroes from th* west has already be- *um House Revives Convict Bill—handler Compromise. Atlanta, July 30.—It was by a nar row margin that the house yesterday reconsidered If* action In defeating the Steed bill and substitutes relating to tbe disposition of tbe stnte'a fel ony convicts. But the house did es predicted, and by a vo tf oe79 to 78 the convict question as outlined un dcr the Steed bill waa brought back to life. Tberc waa only one object, however, in gelling this measure back before Ibe honse That was In order that tbe Candlek compromise, which went down In defeat with the Steed bill, may be offered as a substitute for the senate bill when that measure comes up for consideration. Mr. Felder, of Bibb, made the motion to rec.mslder, and stated the matter would go to the foot of the calendar If the house agreed to that motion. There was no desire, he said, to bring tbe Steed bill up again, and the only ohject In view was to enable thosa most Interested to offer tbe Candler compromise bill again as a substtute. Mr. Steed, of Taylor, opposed the motion to reconsider, as did also Mr. Mosses, of Coweta. They claimed sufficient time had alerady been given to the ccnslderatlon of this question, and that the duty before tbe boose now Is to enact some legislation with out further delay, to provNe for the disposition of the felony convicts. Mr- Flynt, of Spalding, spoke strong ly for reconsideration, showing that the only object was to put life In the Candler ccmpromlse, as it Is proposed to offer It as a substitute for any other measure on the convict question that may be considered. Tho vote for reconsideration waa 79 to 7a, and was announced amidst con siderable applause and cheering. The house passed, by a vote ot 139 to 21, the resolution of Mr. Howard, of Baldwin, appropriating $15,000 to the state, sanitarium at Mllledgevllla for the purpose of putting In lights and buildia&'B necessary wall In connec tion with the two new bulldogs at that Institution. The advisability of the election ol railroad commissioners by the people, instead of having them selected by the governor, ka Is now the case, furnish ed the theme for the principal discus rion before tbe senate yesterday* Tha net result waa the overwhelming de feat of the election bill which had come from tbe bouse. New senate bills were Introduced as follows: By Senator VanBuren—To require the ordinal les of all tbe counties ol this state to- keep a record of all pen sioners In tbelr county that are paid by the slate. By Senator Atkinson—To amend section 3393 of the code as to applica tion for administration on estates. By Senator Perry—To cede to ths United States government Jurisdiction over certain property In Qalnesvll* to be used or postofflce purposes. dpi be- by of Ms iprcaem puruens. tbs will be taken up again on Monday, when a committee from thg Oeorgla Bar association will be beard In half of ii. The senate general judiciary com mittee baa reported favorably the houso bill to abolish days of grace In this state. The most Important till passed the senate at yesterday's session la especial interest to Atlanta. Thla the bill introduced by Senator Perry providing (of the appointment of pro bation offlcera In the cities of <0,000 and over—a measure which, as Its au thor explained, was especially cham pioned by a largo number of ladti Atlanta and other cities who have giv en though: to the problem of better ing tbe condition of youths who mey be sstoJ from becoming criminals. Tbls measure does not make the ap pointment of such probation officer* obligatory upon any city, but leave* It to tbe mayor and council to pro vide for such appointment In case they see fit. It applies, aa stated, only to the larger cities end only to person* guilty of violation* ot municipal or dlnance*. Both bouie* of the general aisembty hare acted relative to the general charges of lobbying which have been made in connection with the legtela* tnre, the Joint committee ban been ap pointed, and Investigation of the mat, ter will begin on Monday. Busy Week For th* Lower House Lobby Investigation. Atlanta. August I.—Tills will be busy woek With the general assembly The members of the house realise that they have been wasting a good deal of time In uielese wrangling, and many of them express regret now thet more attention has not been given to the matters o( Important builnesa which ahouM oe acted on before adjourn ment. The legislature started out well by pesilng a bill to amend the constitu tion so as to limit'Che tax rate to 6 mills. The bill wee defective and had to be sent back by tha governor and another one passed. The sec ond bill passed th* senate several weeks ago, but has never been report ed to tho house. It begins to look as if tho measure had been forgotten. Some uf the committee have worked diligently, but on others the atten dance has been small, anil It has fre quently been found Impossible to cure .a quorum. Members of the house particularly- are. putting forward the hot weather as a reason for the gener al dislncllnaton to work, and some of those who voted for the summer ses sions bill are regretting, on this ac count, that they did so. This week, howover, the housa will bold two sessions a day, and proba bly the.-o will be one or two night •Ions, The house has done practi cally nothing with senate bill* up to tbe present time, and the members of tbe upper house are criticising the manner In which their measures ar* being treated. Some of the afternoon session* this week will be given up to senate Mile, and tbe house will try to “make good” with tbe other body. The convict question Is still la s most unsettled state, with th* Indica tions that a compromise is entirely out of tbe question. The rootlet question was . /as a special order for today Immediately after the reading of the JournsU, and It Is hoped the house will finally dispose of th* measure at that time. A new game law was panes* Rath er It Is a compilation of the* present game laws of the-state with several Important amendment*, including pro tection for summer duck, marsh hens and other game birds which have not heretofore been taken. Into considera tion. Another interesting mean ore which went through provides for a register ot all posted lands to be kept In the of fice of tbe ordinary, such register to be considered as notice to all parties proposing to hunt, fish or otherwise treseoass. The resolution appropriating $3,000 to obta'n copies ot Importsuit records relating to Georgia which ex ist only In LondoiJ and tbe anthorlxng tbe state treasurer to for pension money from one fond In which there la a surplus to another In which there may ba deficit, wero both passed. Again tbe house refused to entertain the proposition looking to the appoint, ment ot a steering committee. Tb« mem ben opposing *<h*' steering mlttee Idea tljlnk the plan put* too much power over tho business of ths house in the hands of the apoaker. Only the calendar, therefore, will bav* tho light of way unless certain titfaa- ures are token up-and made special orders. The following new bills were Intro* duccd In the housA: By Mr. Stovall, ot Chatham—To pre vent the adulteration of medicines or articles ot food or drink In th* Mate, By Mr. Alfon\ ot ■Worth—To Incor porate the town of Isabella, In Wtartk county. My Mr. Mitchell, of T&omaa-'to amend the charter of the town of Bos ton, in Thomas county. By Mr. Beauchamp, of Bat to—To, abolish the board of commissioners ol. loads sad revenues of Butts county. In the 8enate. The senate held a abort session yes terday, but when It adjourned the desk was cletr ot business. Boms bouse bills of general interest, and two senate bills were passed. The bill to abolish "ddys of grace*: In Oeor gla, which had passed the bouse, was perhaps the most Important of the general measures considered. As thore was some little opposition to this the roll was called. Tho bill passed by a voto of-23 to 3. The hill of Air. George, of ilorgsn, amending the act “to make it unlaw ful for any person to employ or con tract with, as tenant or cropper, any person under contract with another, came upon third reading. •> Senator Atkinson explained the pur pose of the bill to be to recognize v*r» bal as well as written contracts. He •aid this relief was necessary to plant ers. and he hoped the bill would be parsed. Question of Appointing Steering Com mittee Uselessly Discussed. Atlanta. August 6.—The house of representatives, let go another hoar end a half yesterday la an apparently useless discussion over the question _ ‘ appointing a steering committee to That Is to say i flx th * or<J cr ot hustasaa far tha ra the ardent advocates ot the present toMader cf the aeulcn. system and those who doslre to put A> b * for ®- tbe b-us* eat down ait or a part of tbe convict* on the wiuarely on the proposition and there public reads will never get together. w,l> be 1(0 ■ieering committee. Th* By The Start FIRE DEVASTATES TOWN. In married life Is generally made on nn equal footing of health in n;..n and wife. But how soon, in many cam, the wife lose* the start and fades in face and fails in flesh, while her husband grows even mote nigged and robust. There is one chief cause for this wifelv failuie anil that is, the failure of tbe womanly health. When there is irregularity or an unhealthy main, inflam mation, nlceration or female weakness, the gen eral health is soon im paired. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures woman ly diseases. It establishes regularity, dries unhealthy drains, heals inflammation' and ulceration and cures female weakness. It makes weak women strong and rick women well. • a little ovrr a Tftr ego I wrote to too for ***£»•’ L SfnYr W. vi. _\QM MVMw me to use Dr. Pierce s Favorite Prescription and 'Golden Medical Die* covevr.'which r did. and with the moat happy teeofi. I wai troubled with Soilt wtehoero ood bee ring-down uiu lied e very bod polo orerlT ell the time la or left «iJf. nervousness ood owdoche. Wee eo weak I could hardly walk oaoee mj room. Could aot At op only Joel o little while et e time. My hosbend got roe rone of Dr. Pierre'■ rae-licinc and t began its one. Briber I had token two bottle, I was Armenak In Vilayet of Adau Suffer* Several/. Constantinople, August 8.-A. con flagration baa devastated the town of Armenak. In tho villayet of Aden, Asia Minor. x Tho moeqo* and other public build- Th* Canada Settee Medical Adviser. do-1 in paper covers, la sent free on receipt of to pay expense of „ „ ts»Dr.R.V. Pierce, been started. Bualo.N.Y. abia to help do my work. I nard three be ft all and ft cured me. Mow I do nil my hi work. It la the bent medicine 1 crcr used.* and 60 boom were de- in paper covers, is a strayed. The population to la the zt one-c greatest dtotrea* and • reltof fdnd baa] l . Uniform Text-Books ' Adopted House—Vote 107 to 45. Atlanta. Ga., August 1.—Lit tle doubt remains that a uniform system of text-books will soon be established for Georgia’s common schools, for the bouse of representa tives passed yesterday by a vote of 107 to 45 the bill providing for (bis change ir. the preient arrangement. The large vote given the measure was somewhat ol a surprise, though it was generally believed It would past with a good margin over a constitu tional majority. There bar been determined opposi tion to tLc measure and every possible effort has been made to defeat It. The fight has been conducted both in the commit’ee room and on the floor of the house, and all aorta of legitimate tactics have been used. The uiiffcrm text-book bill, as pass ed by the house, to a compromise sub stitute. It beers the names of Mi West, of Lowndes; Mitchell, of Thom as, and Whitley, of Douglas, all of whom had introduced measures aa the •abject and It was prepared by a sub committee on education and adopted after considerable scrapping In th* committee room. For a Court of Appeals. The general Judiciary committee of the bouse heard interesting arguments yesterday from former Chief Justice Logan K. Bleckley and Justice Little, of the supreme court In faror of the bill which proposes to create a circuit of. appeal* for the purpose ot ijls now s question only of which faction In the house can develop thd •reate it strength. There ar* many other important measures before th* house, Including bills of a departmental nature, some of them providing for much-needed ap propriatlcns, others looklog to th* dor house is evidently afraid of It of the members who most strenuously opposed It said they did so because they thought It would give tha speak er too much power, or that the oom- mlttee would steer no bills forward except such bills aa members of the commit: ae were Interested In. last sesilcn. Some or these correc tion* ire intended to remove unjust burdens of taxation. Other bills propose certain reforms made nec^ aary by progress and Increased busi ness. The indications aro that th» majority of these will hare to go ovei until thetoext session. All eyas aro turned on the Investi gation of the charge* of lobbyism by the Joint committee of- the house ami senate. Senator H. W. Hopkins chairman of the Joint committee^ has called a meeting to begin th* work this morning at 9 o'clock la the •easts chamber. Messrs. Tlgner, of Mutco gee, and Overstreet, of Screven, t* tell all they know relative to th* general charges they mad* oa tha floor of tlx honse. Mr. Overstreet has promised to furnish some names of parties not members cf th* legislature from whom, be says, th* committee mey he abli to gather aome interesting Informs rect Ion of errors In tows passed at thei. Today tbe house will vote again on ree the Many Bill* Are Passed ‘ by Lovwr House at General Assembly, lent*, Oa. August 4.—Th* house did a little bit of all aorta yes- hitej a—b convict question, hut the prospects for a settlement as Indicated by a teat void yesterday, on a motion to recommit, are about as remote as ever. Tbe lines are tightly drawn with tha evident advantage somewhat In favor of those who oppose tbe re-enactment- ment of tbe present lease system. The house pasted the bill by Mr. Slaton, or Fulton, to abolish insanity trials under certain circumstances, by a vote of 96 to <1. This.blit provides that where e person ha* been convict ed, of a capital offense and sentenced, he shall dm hare-the right to plead in sanity fit the time of th* commission of the crime, thereby securing another trial. The question ot subsequent in sanity may be determined by Inquiry, If the governor thinks th* ctrcumstancae warrant 2L . The bill contains a pro vision making It Inapplicable to any case pending at the time of Its p*#- '#'C smother bill passed by th* bouse, 99 to 30, was by Mr. Booth, of -Walton, to prescribe the qualifications of Juror*. The object of this measurs I* to pra- vent a person from serring aa a | Juror at terej > spurt from i T) 1 Neglected colds al way JJCICL Lf OUQUS 10 something serious. run into chronic bronchiti pneumonia, asthma, or consumption. Don’t wait. ~ * Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral and stop your cough.