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AMERICUS
MANY LIVES LOST MATITN6LY BOND BILL
IN TEXAS FLOOD KILLED IN THE HOUSE
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUG US f 10, 1906.
STATE ROAD NEEDED
FOR. FAIR RATES
Death and Desolation Dealt b. Old State Dahl Eep.di.ted b, la,» S L..„ Would Take Eight,
Colorado River. | Vote of 84 to 66.
From People.
RAGINO STREAM MILES WIDE TWO TAX BILLS ARE L08T]
FaUlity List Is Hourly Incrcazing. There Was Considerable Discussion |
Whole Families Perish In 8lght of I
Men Who Are Powerless to Rescue |
Them—Bodies Recovered.
Fort Worth, Tex., Aug. 8.—Ten lives 1
IT WILL BE A VIRTUAL SALE
Over Certain Items Presented In the
Deficiency Appropriation Bill Tuee-I
day Afternoon—Boost for Tech.
Senator Candler, of Thirty-Fourth Dis
trict, Declares that All Railroads
-Run Into the Den of J, P. Morgan.
Made a Strong Speech.
Atlanta, Aug. 2.—In one of the
I strongest speeches heard on the sen-
St GOES DOWN;
i 300 PEOPLE DROWN
Admitting That it Was His
Fault, Captain Suicides.
WAS CROWDED WITH EMIGRANTS
Atlanta, Aug. 8.—Tbs main features
were lost, 10,000 cattle killed, proper* I W*® home sessions Tue'sdSy were
ty worth millions destroyed; and thou*I the additional appropriations to state ■ * - . . . _
sand* of persona rendered homeless I Institutions and the emphatic disap* ? te „ 1P ? a ““® beip of years, 8ena*
as the result of a flood in south Tex* I P rov *l of the house of the bill to pay ! or u U U a?. ^ andI * r * the
as Tuesday whoa the Colorado river I th ® Mattingly bonds, given ai part I ?° Urtb d *K! ot Wednesday Portrayed
was forced out of lu banks by heavy I P»ment of certain arms purchased *~® r "™ d P®°f , ‘ a
rains. - I from the Sharpe Ride company of “*»« b®an holding the people In their
The death list Is growing hourly, I Hartfor< l Conn., by the late Governor g T*? > to J “•“I'. ye,rt - T* 1 ® remark*
and It Is believed the worst disaster I Jo3eph E- Brown, Nov. 14, 1880. S ® nat ® r Can< j' er *® re made d “] :,n ®. ,
since the Galveston flood visited Tex-1 TWs WM the fourth demnad the „ ^ “ “® ‘°o® loa,e bill 0, | them Italians and Spaniards, wore
as. Relief trains are cut off, tele-1 holders of these bonds have made up- 8en ® toI j McHenry, which was made a I drowned.
graph and telephone wlrct ere dowu.l on th ® «tate for their payment, and I c p n,lnul ^* order f . rom Tuesday s ses-| The captain of the eteamer commit-
and the fate, of the Inhabitants of st .••'I each tlme heretofore the claim did not
cral isolated towns Is unknown. * et t0 th ® house for a vote until Tues-1
The flood came without wnrnlna day - when th ® bill was killed—84 to
and inhabitant, at San Antonio a^nu f 6 - Once before, however, the legls- „ "Z'the Xe roadCL I
Ballinger were forced to flee for safe- Uture refu “ d t0 « lv ® “» Permission I * . ,?l
Italians, With Knives In Their Hands
and Without Regard to Women or
Children, Fought for Possession of
the Lifeboats.
Cartagena, Spain, Aug. 6.—A terrible
marine disaster occurred Saturday af
ternoon off the Cape Palos.
The Italian steamship Slrlo, from
:noa for Barcelona, Cadis, Monteve-
dco and Buonos Ayres, with about 800
persons on board, was wrecked off
Horinlgas island.
Three hundred emigrants, most of
PURE FOOD MEASDRE
BEFORE THE HOUSE
Owing to Interest in This Bill it
Was Made Special Order...
MATTINGLY BILL SPECIAL ORDER
House Will Be Rushed With Work for
the Remainder of the 8esslon—Only
One Session of the House Scheduled
for Monday,
Atlanta, Aug. 6.—Owing to the rush I
of the work facing the bouse this week
PURE FOOD MEASURE
PASSED BY HOUSE
The Measure Was Debated For
Many Hours.
INTRODUCED BY SEAB WRIGHT
Though Whole of Morning Session
Was Spent In Its Coslderalion.
Only Five Votes Were Cast Against I
the Bill.
Atlanta, Aug. 7.—The house Mon
day passed the puro food bill lutro-
and .11 the remaining day. of the ses- ducc(1 „ Mr VVrlght of P1 d and
slon, and to the Importance of passing framed ln accordanco ' w ith the act re- ■
certain measures two bills have boon cen0y ed „ tho natlonal
made special orders, ono for Monday j- rcss
morning and the other for Tuesday. Th ; measuro wa3 d b a vota
Monday morning when Speaker Sla- of I07 t0 6 the whoIo of tho mornlns
ton called the house to order the bill Bes8lon havlng been consumcd ln tho
booked for consideration was tho ono I consideration
Introduced by Mr. Wright, of Floyd, This bu , p rovldes for tho preven-
dealing with pure food. Uon of tbo ndu | te ratlon, misbranding
ThU subject Is one of great Inter- and ImltatIon ot foods for man or
est to the members of the house and be a,ts, of beverages, candles and con-
to the public at large, and It was la I d tments. of medicines, drugs and II
r/wnon Ifl/in fhle fnn4 iknf llm xtnnn. I °
t ,„„i UIU U ot ,lon ' 8en,tor West also spoka fa-1 ted suicide.
get to the house for a vote "until *Tue* I T ° rlng ‘ b ® blU- No votewaa reach-1 The bishop of San Pedro, Brasil,
m - 1 ed and the bill came up Thursday. W as also lost, and It Is reported that ululcu
Senator Candler spoke scathingly pother bishop Is among the mining. I recognition of this fact that the meas-l auorg or their mnnnfnrtnrn nmi oa i rt
„ — - „ „ >un . „ »«“« ?® ata ‘® roa ' 1 pa “ “to H The remainder of the passengers I ure was made a special order. atoto oi oS U proscrihe!
ty in their night cldthlng An cn- *? “• holders to sue the state ln the ^^10^.8 he“.Md ““s®” “ d CreW ^ “ W,y Wr '* ht b<,l ‘ e T® that P«utlUM for the dotations, it pro-
tire family at Ballinger named Cook Pu,ton counly ®o'"t«- ‘h® assent of the --- —- —- 1
were drowned as they attempted to ,tat ® being "ece.sery to such a suit. ° ‘
leavo their homos on an Improvised! At Ul ® afternoon session the house , btha , ._ lh
raft which struck an obstruction. paa8ed a <t« fl '‘®»® y .PPropriatlon bill. 2^! o^tal Vito 1
The Colorado river I. from four to | -a new dormitory Sdly^d ro^^nsU ron'!
°>P shipY boat. or were rescued by It will meet with much opposition In vldes for tho Inspection and analysis
oT »h. nZ “l 0 "" ° f b ° 8U S8nt ‘° tbeln fr ° m lh « pa “ age ,' “* , h f “ ya “ conforms with Lf these various articles by tho state
of the peo- J gUore. I national legislation oa tho subject department of agriculture
rations the A number of fishermen, who madol Tuesday the Mattingly bond bill, by I it makes It necessary fnr fhn
■■ MM „ !d havo t ®| »‘W* at rescue, were drowned. Mr. Hill, of Dooly, will be reconsW- mlVstoner of anrlculture “
six mile, wide In placed andtheTrlb” | at tbe 01rla ' Normal and Industrial | I{ 8 ? 0 dl, } be ^^^d n Vw C ch'lt 0 the a end of Tboa ® n reacu * d 1 ' ro ” th ® ve«et arc ered. It has been pending In the tide has been reported to him by !
utariee south ere out of their banks. college at Mllledgevllle. It alio ap- £ 8 laa £ w “| d be worth a sum m *t\. ,“ P9 5S 9 * ta . * pUtab,e oon ‘ ** , ~pn«entatlre. tor many I the state chemist as being adulteratafg
Two thousand cattle were killed Tho P roprlat ®« W to Increase the cam- estimable “• dlUon,'being without food or ralment. years and concerns the payment ol to certify tbo fact of adulteration to
wag . ™u», «„U nonce tney were very gl«dI | “ ,e *-™™r naa 6«si spcctai oraeri the offenders In the United States
•tending at the high water mark of *° « 1 ' r ® them this additional sum to | fl?JY Ut ^ b with 'thef passengers on beard and thst her crew| UMbre this body, however, In the I courts but If the article adulterated
1900. A strip thirty miles long and meet tholr needs for next year. I P (h! , ‘ . I ““mbered 1-7 men. The Slrlo had amendment of Senator Candl* to the I comes under tho Jurisdiction of the
from two to four miles wide is cov Th ® ®cUon of the house In turning L, lothlni when ,oavlng Genoa tax assessors bill of Joe Hall .consld- state laws, then the state solicitors
tired with from three to ten feet of down ,h ® *>111 for the payment to.nothteg etae than a ^rtngl te>s,| but additional Spanish passenger. ®red and passed la the house ot rep-1 are required to prosecute aU offend. i
.weter. Railway tracks TL” I MatUn.lv bonds makes the fourth I fu become sUled with > were taken on board at Barcelona, "tentative.. -It I. not beUeved that an under the law-tath. j
Wished out for miles and s pile driv- 1Im ®“ IU history, the lower house taTfr^m”*! ourpeSde ? ^ r *" el ( ‘°® c bed a few hour, ‘bis matter will be touched upon at I the states. The taw also gSHflnto!
dr sent out with 200 laborers was un- of the B®“e™i assembly of Georgia 1 .. Tha central tho Southern tho n-. b “ dliaster. . . • details In regard to the manner ln
able to proceed further than here. Tel-| b« refused the payment of these | bo^A^Line.’ and L Atlanta cLt 2 “ mpl#a ° , f °Od and food atltf^
egraph
and many Uvea ara renorted lost I representative Joe Hill Hairs bill I -t Georgia * 1 pa ^ 3aK0 lnr ougni •“*•• Alter the passage of this act tho
_ |tb* Hormlgns group, where the BajosI hoaa ® Mopdey and a very short ono house passed „ private mi,
A», cu.Idr .11 river, to overflow their j MrB ^ «*!> county or the —t J p^t'ent V°' s'**". '°h 7"'° ra[lla 't of ^ u The .pccl.l order ot Tub, a.y
banks. Relief trains were rushed out ' wer ® 1)01,1 loat ln tbe senate The wes, er „ Innnedlstsly after she had struck, and ® nt ^ eek - >“ order to rush off the the consideration of the bln to appro-
hut wehe unable to reach their dentin- Tote 0,1 lh ® fonn ® r Tu > V®* ». MR to mile " p | * ,orrtbl ® »cen* of confusion and pan- calender measnres of such lnportanoe|prtatatooMy tor thepeyment of tho
to safety and removing the dead to the) ^bltley, of Douglas, Solicitor C. D.
up tho Perry
morgues.
Hll{of the crimlniU su{«rior wurt of a W.“u* ^ Md ^ T""" ^ £ ! ’ he W «
Fulton county, and Mr. WMMev h. i . L PI ? rpo ? t “ organ -. ,a Wal1 atreet - of ‘ b « 8lr, o are among tbe saved. ‘®K® of a special order on last Friday, each county.
chools ln
.1 Fulton county, and Mr Whltlev had .1 “’'***“• *“ «™®«-| OI ™® »‘ r >o are among tbe eared. I ,e ®o or a special order on last Friday, each county.
Heartrending scenes were witnessed „ an “ aly - «nmey had a That Is why I am not surprised when The survivors have gono into a Tho bill of Senator Carswell seek- T
a -t a£S®iSsd.*Ba& jKi
Mi nr.,-.? - “• ar* ■“* - - - ^ SiSs tesaBsassEtst
Porter, advancing on Johnron. •«*" s »“‘ f Mr- f Whitley, charge.) be B pop^aUon of 28.0oi.m peopi. whs «St"affecting
was that In the stomach, dying ln-| ° a ., t ^.£^ r . J ° f tl> . b ? u ! a Tuesday |i n Georgia. They could contribute | One of the boats sent out by tho I Uons h Georgia.
stintly.
over a
•• « aa,d ‘ b ® y flua^edbrought ln*M
debt of ten cants. £ “® b'll to pay ‘be Mattingly bonds. „ of |60i000 a for 99 years '. The condu|on of ^
=a ^ = r = 1 L ■ * I: - H- H,n ' Solicitor Hill s | "This road la the gateway to tllO I dost i1anln*«Kl/o rrn.
will the scene as this family was reunited " ro ls In,entIei1 ‘o cover approprlaUong at that nlacc
... — I made to different educational InsUtu-l M r. OWfleld has been absent on a
passengers,
survivors Is I
They have lost I
Gubernatorial Candidate Arrested
Columbia, 8. C„ Aug. 8.—A O. I
vacation for about 30 daya, and Mr.
Knight gavo no ojw any Intention that
he contemplated self-destruction, and
wben bis body waa discovered his
« T T . I brother i. ~T lu “ «» «*® saieway to tnoi most deplorable. Tbey b
May he only a tired Uwr.cf gMamd taSdfmd wT““Mk^‘ l^t^l Th#body '" ls
man because bo lagged In hi, work. So «r Whitley. ** „ Bt ^ " or ™tart? S. kta Pll- Th! f 6 ® WM aea,e " 0,1 thc $*****• IlMi Unct - H ® «®“ “ ««• addressed to J.
In treating tbe lagging, torpid liver It la I The fight caused considerable ex-1 with which wo coo nnarete tha „/ * ® lrcu * • nd | hod made his speech along with the N. Blma. the operator. In which he
a great mistake to lash It with strong cltement for a few mlnutoa hi the ^hmT th.powmwwhWi #U * er raBdldat '" for w£n*. Wk*0 *Uted that be was nut Wtfl; had not
drastic drugs. A torpid liver Is but an| bou«, bat the men were quickly seo- tootaet. oa **1 *?*?•„ *? the wmrtvota. J. Fmer Lyon, candidate tor attoJ*>t*n anything tor eomal di^^
"Railroads, after all, are only pub- that throTtaSta Sv^toet^^r!Ehf*'Zh* T WM d *“ T * Tl »* «»• •»**.| “*t he had decided he would be bet-
lie highways. They are operated'for I a number of rescued.j An addUkmal I tton** Lv*nn U «n?iea lm i,t! lth 8 Q , U , eS ' the dc-i dead than alive. Grief over
the rights of tho oeoole npnnTrt anrinp^ n wwnw i tion. Lyon replied with a question tho death of his wife, sonietlnu* ago,
have fright to ^rtaeroromlaw!!^ SStaTto'oj^2t and ‘b® 11 J° n ^ demanded to bo heard, “ * s thought, had much to do with
ever they ee. fit andTelm^ur.fZl flTrmen but tbo cha, ™ a “ ‘he demand. Knlghfa suicide.
. —, — were quickly sep*
Indication of an i!!-nonr!sbcd t enfeebled I grated and gujet xestored
body whose organs aro weary with over , _»
work. Start with the,stomach and allied I NORTHERN NEGROES CALLED,
organs of digestion and nutrition. Put
them In working order and see bow | Georgia Black Tell* Negroes to Let
Whites Alone.
Washington, Aug. 3.—Before tbe Ne-
Educational Con-
Barncsvllle, Ga.,
ln an address, said:
"You negroes In the north let the
southern negro alone. He can take
qnlckly 1 your liver will become active.
Dr. Plerco's Golden Medical Discovery
ha- nrndo many marvolous cures of "liver | young" People's
trouble" by Its wonderful control of the I “ . , r , .
organs of digestion and nutrition. It re-1 f 1 ” ’ _" ’
store, the normal activity of the stomach,'
Increases the secretions ol tlie blood-mak
ing glandft. cleanses the system from poi
sonous accumulations, and so relieves thc I ears of Umself. He Is a friend of
liver of tho burdens Imposed upon it by I the wbtte man, and the White man Is
tho defection of other organs. I a f r | ea d of his. You Jlscusa racial
If you have blttcror bed taste In the mom-1 problem*, nover forgetting to bring
Inr. poor or variable appetite, coaled lootme, I J 1 ’ . * f. ,
fool breath, constipated or Irrvgnlar bowels I the white man In. Let him alone,
faal weak, easily tlrod, despondent, fraite.-nt | Stop antagonizing him and mind my
words, he'll be your friend. Why,
aown south'I have actually forgotten
that I was a black man until I looked
Into the looklngglass.”
Rev. H. H. Proctor, of Atlanta, dis
cussed "What Can Be Dono To Erad
icate Prejudice,” and said:
"My advlca-to my raco is, save, ac-
beadicbcs, pain or distress In "small of back,"
gnawing or distressed fedlng In stomach.
Perhaps nausea, bitter or-sour "risings" In
throat after eating, and kindred symptoms
of weak stomach and torpid liver, no medi
cine will relieve you mon promptlr or curt
you more permanently than Doctor Pierre's
Golden -Medical Discovery. Perhaps only
a part of the above symptoms trill be /resent
at ono tlmo and yet point to torpid liver or
blliontncss and weak stomach. Avoid all
hot bread and biscuits, griddle cakes and
other Indigestible food and take tbe 'Golden
Medical Discovery V regularly and stick to IU
tut until yon aro rigorous and strong.
The "Discovery" Is non-secret, non-alco-
hollo. Is a glyceric extract of nattromedici
nal roots with a full list Of Its ll
printed on oach bottle-wrapper and attested
under oath. Its Ingredients aro endorsed
and extolled by tbo most eminent medlcil
writers of tbo ago and aro recommended to
■core the diseases for which It la mS/laed.
Don’t accept a substitute of unknown
composition for this non-aocrot kxdicixb
or EXOWX OOMTOUTIOS.
cumulate, buy
will open to ns tbe
opportunity."
* . «-
Report Is Denied.
Hamburg. Aug. 7.—(Tha Hamburg-
American line Tuesday denied the re
port current In Belfast, Ireland, Mon-
ever they see lit nd nbhnn. o. n«heis.. . .. nut. tno cnairman refused the demand. nnl B n t s suicide.
men 'who have established them. j cuing operations werc "drowned ^l-l | Jones per8l8tcd ln being heard, where- Tbo BOte Ieft 0perat °r Sinn In-
"I do no say that r favor govern, conseoueneo . upon b,a grrc,t ordered, two po- Btructcd him to notify H. J. Hinton,
ment owoerohlp of rollroa™ bTmyl St? overturning of a|lleeptan coming from the audience | ^ collector of Gwinnett county, at
friende, the control of reads by tho
government Is ten years nearer than
It waa some time ago. I believe that
In not many year* we will see tho
roads operated by tbe powers of tbe
state or tbe government.
I aay that by the year 2018, when
the 112 yoar lease of this road would
haxo expired, tbe roads of our conn
try will bo operated by our people.'
Th« OI _. , . i‘o make tbo arrest After bis arrest I Lawrcncevllle; Dr. W. T. Hinton, at
be 1 killed hlmseH ,h !tt S rlhmrd ,, th be, ?. re r 0nCS QU,eted doWn> and tho ‘ncident Dacula, and George L. Knight, also at
aster to bl!Imnrodenco WnS C,02od ' The c “« wl ” Ml bo Dacula, of his death.
°" n ,mpru<,ene f- pushed. Coroner Dorsey was nodded soon
The birlo left Genoa on Aug. 2. | | after Knight's body was foutfil. and
ho held np Inquest over the body, the
Seeks Emperor's Approval. . . . -
Farmer Killed In Runaway. I St. Petersburg, Aug. tj.—.Premier I l ury flndl ng a verdict of suicide.
Sparta, Ga., Aug. 2.—George Smith, I Stolypln has gono to Pcterhoff to se- Knight was about 23 years' of age,
prosperous farmer living 3 miles I euro the emperor's approval of thc| and was * quiet disposition. He
„ u , . JTOU1 _ oast, of Sparta, was driving home appolntmcnla-of Prlnco VasslUchlk- what ls known as a relief man.
At the conclusion of Senator ran Whe “ hU mu,es bccamo frightened off as minister of agriculture; M. FI- * bp ^ ,yIn ® ‘ h ® Southern where and
... . _ V.au I an.l rnn nn-nV Pnlllniv l.l,. I U.—AM __ . . .1 whan naadata.
dleria able speech. President West,
who bad spoken ln favor of the bill
Tuesday, again took the floor.
"I ask tho question,” said President
West, "If wo shall build to the sea
board, can wo afford to own and oper
ate a great steamship line to form
our qonncctlons?
"I alment thc day when this gov
ernment shall approach centralized
despotism by owning public utilities."
Is Indicted for Murder.
Barbourvtlle, Ky., Aug. 8. The
grind Jury baa reported Indictments
aaaiast nti«erald and Hinson and
day that It bad ordered a .learner Minaon and
Hartlaad A W.lff .....etna to .U. I"”® ** ** “ « MtaBrOngb
tba IdUttoaa ef (fee 9«Mr4
na ta
I Uae.
toa. The trial wtU
Thursday.
• •
anil rnn away. Calling to his young lossofoff as minister of commerce, and when need ®*
son, who was In tho wagon, to Jump M. Iswolsky, brother of tho foreign
cut, Mr. Smith held on, thinking he minister, as procurato genera! of tho 8lay* His Step Daughter,
could control the team, but ho x^as holy synod. Prlnco Vllllchkoff Is Nowata, I. T.. Aug. 7.—Pleas Cbll-
thrown out and Instantly killed. The a marshall of tho nobility of Novgo- d«rs, a farmer, shot and killed bis
son
unhurt.
children survive.
A wife and seven | rod. M. Fillsofolf was comptroller I stepdaughter at his farm near her.
of tho empire under Count Witte. M. on Monday, and then fatally wounded
! Dwolaky ta now assistant n.iui r t hu «if- ChiUor-. who «aa lutoxi-
Taft Will Assist In Ca-rpzlgn. | education. cated, has been arrei.ted.
Washington. Aug. 2.—BecwUry,
Taft will assist In the Maine cam-!
paign by delivering at least one speech
in Representative Littlefield's district
early in October. The avowed pur
pose of organized labor to defeat Mr.
Littlefield because of bis attitude to
ward measures which the American
Federation ot Labor supported U to-
cuuiojr a'tontloo. upon Maine.
Pale? Thin?
How is it with the children the**
daya? Have they plenty of grit,
courage, strength ? Or are they
thin, pale, delicate? This remind*
you ef Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. It does great things for children. It gives them J
a good appetite, improves their digestion, builds up their general health. Ask
your doctor if be endorses this. "
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