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TIMES-RECORDER. Wfil.NTf-EIGHTH TEAK. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 190'. NUMBER U CREST OF FLOOD HAS SEEN REACHE It Is Believed That the Waters Will Soon Subside. the relief work continues 9 Have Loat Several Persons Have Lost Their Lives and Thousands of Dollars of Damage Has Been Caused by Flood, Wheat Crop Ruined. Louisville, K>\, Jen. 22.—The cheering Information was given out by District Forecaster Walt Tues day morning that the flood In the Ohio river had reached Its crest and that the water which hae done . so ■ouch damage and caused Intense suf fering among the poorer residents of city living In low lying sections, would begin to subside by night. The rlv *r at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning reg Istered 41.2 feet in the canal and had been stationary for two hours. This together with a cold wave which was due Tuesday night, warrant the as sertion that the danger of further serf, cus damage Is over. Tho river rose steadily all night at the rate of an Inch an hour, and the stage at 10 o'clock, when the crest was reached, was about 5 feet lower than the great flood of 1884. The canal Is Invisible, and all the locks are under water. Below the locks, where there Is a depth of 08 feet of water, the river is several miles wide and Is carrying southward a vast amount of small buildings, logs and other debris. The water Tuesday morning came up to the tracks of the Louisville and Nash title's station at the foot of First street, but hhe company continued to use the depot. The trains on the Cincinnati division for a distance of I miles were operated under difficulty the engines plowing through water In places a foot deep, at full speed, sending the spray high on either side •f the tracks. j Entrance for passengers to the Sev enth street station, which Is used by half a dozen roads. Is made over a temporary bridge, the water being a foot or two deep at a dtp in the street which lies Just outside the sta tion. The water was creeping over one of the tracks to the cast of the depot, but the station will not be flooded unless there should be a fur ther rise. EMOTIONAL INSANITY i PROMINENT PLANTERS [REPUBLICAN SENATORS DEFENSE OF THAW GATHER IN ATLANTA REACH AN AGREEMENT Slaver of Architect Stanford Farmers'Union Pledge Cooper-1 On Substitute Resolution on the White Faces Trial. ation With Wool Growers. | Brownsville Resolution THE FAMILY TO WITNESS TRIAL London and Pari* Newspapers Have Sent Special Correspondents to Wit ness Proceedings—Great Intereat la Manifested—Police Were Buey. last in his Coffee Law Caused Disaatiefactlon. Rio Do Janeiro, Jan. 23.—The cof- feet law continues to cause dissat isfaction. The agricultural associ ation has prepared a petition to the president requesting the repeal or the law in order that growers may regain liberty of action and favor ing the adoption of other means to protest agriculture. Pope Intevenee In Struggle. l-ondon, Jan. 23.—According to tile Berlin correspondent of the Dally Mail, the pope haB Intervened In the German electoral straggle, pointing out to the centrists that It Is unwise to inaugurate warfare in Germany at the moment the church la engaged in a struggle In France. If Yon Read This It will be to learn that the leading medi cal writers and teachers of all the several schools of practlco recommend, In tho strongest terms possible, each and every ingredient entering Into the Composition of Dr. Pierce's Golden Uedlcal Discovery tor the cure of weak stomach, dyspepsia, catarrh of stomach, 'liver complaint,' torpid llvar, or biliousness, chronic bowel affections, and aU catarrhal diseases of whatever roglon, name or nature. It Is also a specific remedy for ell such chronic or long standing cases of catarrhal affec tions and their resultants, as bronchial, throat and lung dlseaao (except consump tion) accompanied with severe coughs. It Is not so good for acute colds and coughs, but for lingering, or chronic cases It Is especially efficacious In producing per fect cures. It contains Black Clierrybark, Golden Neal root! Blnodroot, Stone root, Mandrake root and (Jueon’s root—all of which are highly praised as remedies for all the above mentioned affections by such eminent medical writer* and teachers as Prof. Bartboloiv, of Jefferson Med. Col- New York. Jan. 23.—The trial of Harry K. Thaw, for killing Stanford White began Wednesday before Jus- tlee Fitzgerald in the criminal branch of the supreme court. Two huudred lalesmen have been summoned, and from them a jury Ik to be selected. It is expected that It will take at least n week to till the.Jury box. The selection of the Jury , will lp> one of the. Important features of the •ase, and during the examination of the talesmen. It hi expected that the line of defense will, in a measure, he indicated. Criminal lawyers generally have taken nn Interest In the case, and It Is their opinion that the "unwritten law” and epiotional Insanity will play large part In the efforts of Thaw's lawyers to obtain freedom for their client. This being so, It Is expected that Thaw’s counsel will endeavor obtain only such Jurymen as would bo influenced by the pleas Indicated Thaw is said to have been studying up rulmimil trials during tjSe few days. It is uuderstoond that intends to take a very active part the ((‘lection of The Jury. He in tends to see. It is said, that no Juror Is selected unless It is with his ap proval. Thaw will tie seated beside counsel, at the hrni^ or which will Mr. Hartrldge. Mr. Delnias the Californian, will play an impur Tnnt part later in Thaw’s defense On the prosecution's side will he Mr Jerome and Mr. (larvan will attend mostly to the selection of the jnrors Mr. Jerome will cross-examine tho defendant’s witnesses and conduct the direct exnminafion of the people' It nesses. Of Thaw's family, there will ho court his mol her, tils wife, his i/r sisters, Mrs. Carnegie und the Conn toss of Yarmouth, and his brother Edward. The Thaws will occupy seats directly behind the defendant here will be no room for outsiders certainly not while the Jury Is being selected. Great preparations have been made for covering the Thaw trial. A tel cgrapli company has strung wires into the court house and a telegraph office has been erected temporarily on the main flooor. Many out-of-town newspapers will have reporters at the trial and oven faraway IsindonandaPris have correspondents, so widespread is the In'crest In the remarkable tragedy thr.t saw the death of Stanford- White at tho hands of Harry K. Thaw, tho son of one of A merlca’s rich men. Scenes approaching absolute dls order attended the opening or the trial. Most of the clashes were be- tiween reporter* and correspondents, nnd the police. Of the newspaper men. there were perhaps'200 nnd there was a policeman for each. The great squad of blue-coats was com manded by a police inspector. Only about 50 newspaper writers finally were admitted, the ramlnder of space In the court room being reserved for the 200 talesmen summoned on the special Jury panel. Demlng O. Smith, about 50 years of age, a retired umbrella manufac turer, -was accepted nnd sworn as tho first juror. He was the second tales man examine.' RESOLUTIONS WERE ADOPTED WHICH IS TO BE INTRODUCED Over 1,000 Delegatee Were In Line I By 8en. Foraker, and It le Asserted When Membere of the Union Mot| for the March to Hall of Represen- tatlvee at the Capitol. Will Receive the Unanlmoue Vote of the Majority Party—Wording of Resolution Not Yet Made Public. Washington, Jan. 21.—An agree- •rgo; Prof. Hare, of the Unlv. of Pa.; Prof. Finley Elllngwood, M. D„ of Ben nett Med. College. Chicago; Prof. John King, M. D.. of Cincinnati; Prof. M. Scudder, M. D., of Cincinnati; . John , Prof. f-dwtn_M. Hale, M. D., of Hahnemann Med. College, Chicago, and scores of ] others equally eminent In their several schools of practice. The "Golden Medical Discovery* Is the Recommends Another Battleship. Washington. Jan. 23.—It Is prac tically assured that the house com mittee on naval affairs will recom mend the construction of another gl* gantlc battleship in addition to the fie decided on at the last cession. An the result of a partial canvass made by members of the committee they aro convinced that the house will ap prove an additional battleship as rec ommended by President Roosevelt and Secretary Metcalf. Atlanta, Jan. 23.— FuHy one thorn sand officers and delegatee of the I ment wna reached Monday by Repub. Fanners' National Union, represent-1Ucan senators on a substitute resolu- lng every southern state and a large uo n on the Brownsville resolution number of western and "H which t8 to be introduced by Senator states, wee gathered about'the Gradyl.. .... . monument Tuesday morning for a few r® r,k « ,nd ll . '* a,,ened ' * ,n re ' minutes before 9 o'clock. Promptly I ceUle un » Dl l nou » Tote of the ma- on the hour the delegates formed In I^° rHy Party- Tho phraseology of the a column of twos, and preceded by I resolution will not be made public the colorbearer carrying the handsome I UDtil actually offered In -the senate, allk flag of the organization, with but u ,a Bald ,h . at ln add-on to pro- Prestdent Charles S. Barrett and the I vldln * f °r an Investigation by the board of national directors at) the| aena * e com mlttee on military affairs head of the column, took up the line I ,be f* c t* connected with the af- of march to the state cspltol, where I ^ ra ^* a ^ Brownsville, Tex., it carries the first session of the convention. I a de °l ara Hon that the committee shall was called to order at 10 o'clock by L not ml,e ,he < P' eBt| on as to the pres. President Barrett. Ildent’s right to discharge the negro The long column of marching dele- I ■>*<««*'alleged to have been Involved gates attracted much attention, and I ln _ the .° ,,,ra ®° their enthusiasm was infective, cheers I ™*aker did not give his being given these hardy yeomen— conBent lo compromise until today the backbone and eluew of the coun- , bat ** le Is to offer tt, and try on whose sturdy shoulders rest I , * l . ao . t Inconsistent tflth the post- the prosperity of our cltl.es-as they , tU> “ b ® ha ‘ prc ^ u ' lv ,aken - He final evinced their enthusiasm In their I „ agreed IO wl *™raw Wb objection cause by tinkling bells and blowing ” C WBB nr,rt assurances, hows t 10rns . I ever, that the resolution would be The convention called to order by * upported ** H ‘‘ nat °r <-° d «e and Uie President Barrett, the doors were ! ln “ Imous slm,Kth of ,he Republicans closed, after which divine blessing ln * e a * na, °' H '* mn c * ptalB whe0 >* was invoked by Rev. L. N. Holmes, er Se ? a,or BlBrk burn will offer as an of Louisiana, national chaplain of I aBlend ®* hl to the new resolution, the the union . True to the teaching of amendment he presented to the pend, the simple faith of countrv life, th« H** resolution Indorsingihe president's delegates sang whh fervor thai old I cb " n,e ' ,f l, * ! dow offer ,l the a * ree LAROR MATTERS BEING DISCUSSED Especially Where Th\y C noru Child Labor. A 25 PEOPLE KILLED IN RIO FOUR WRECK Bodien of Twenty of the Vio lins Were Cremated. BILL FDLLOWS GEORGIA'S LAW Alabama Law Provides that Boys Un der Fourteen and. Girls Under Six teen Cannot Be Worked in the Cot ton Mills. V c OG CAU8EO ACCIDENT The Engineer 'assenger Train Wat Unable to See Danger Light which Directed Him to 8top, and Train Was Running at a 50-Mile Rate. Indianapolis, Jan. 19.—(A special t» Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 19.—The] t child labor question Is up for discus-{the News front LoFayette reports re- J-Mt now in the capital city, there cclved there indteato that 25 people were killed In the -wreck of Big Four passenger engine No. 38, near Fowl of familiar hymn, "How Firm a Found*. | Repub,,ca “ wouW *“* tion. Ye Saints of tile Lord." Presl- | LET 1 DISTRICTS GIVE CONTRACTS uent Barrett then mud** hi® opening addrqjis. arousing tho-grentest euthu- B| d . wide Apart on Agricultural **Iasm in the convention, applause lt>- I school Buildings, terceptlng the speaker at frequent In-1 Atlanta. Jan. 22—About’thlrty bids , I for tho erection of the buildings to be Then the ■— conventlun Immediately t Uie d bj . the new district agricultural entered tiis.n the conalderaUoti ufLdiooli, were opened Monday at a bus in “9* the first matter t.. he con- meeting of the executive committees .Idered being the apiailntment 'jf from the various boards of trustees committees which provides the real| heId ln tbe , vn , te chambrr , at the capitol, and the matter of contracting work ol the eAuventlou. Tuesday's session was but the Ini tiatory work of the convention, the morning session being take up lurgely with the appointment ami organlxa tlon of the eothmittees. and at the afternoon session there was not much accomplished. beyond that • trail suet ed ln the committee rooms. Several import;!n. resolutions adopted, however. The flret. of thc.<c resolution introduced and la ter adopted In response to u telegram from the National Wind Growers' cou. mli n. now in session at Salt I .-lit City. Utah, the icrms of the resold for these buildings -was discussed at length As a result of the discussion prac tlcally all of the bids submitted were rejected. Some four or five of them were held the entire nine district schools, and about four bids on the work to be done In as many districts It was decided, as a result of the discussion, to leave the matter of let ting the contract to the board of tma tees In each district on account of local reasons.. In some districts par ties have bedn given the school large amount of lumber; other mute being here men and women represen- Ing most every feature of the sltua tlon. The child labor committee tne state, of which Edger Gardner Murphy Is a member, and Dr. B. Balwln, of Montgomery, chairman met at the residence of Dr. Bald win and blocked out a bill. O Fratt, of Pell City, president of the Alabama Cotton Manufacturers' assn, elation, came to the city to discuss wrlth the governor a bill which has been prepared tinder the auspices his organisation. The bill of the Alabama committee provides that boys under 14, and girls under 16 years of age, shall not worked In the mills, unlcsu they be orphans, or sole support of widowed parents. In that case they may work down to 12. No children of any age arc to be worked more tlfitu CO hours a week nor eight hours a night Neither are they , to be worked more than eleven hours In any one day and the blit further provides for an inspector of mills and factories at salary of *1,80(1 a year and $300 year for expenses. The bill prepared by Mr. Pratt and his associates follows the Georgia law In most sections. Tina age limit ts 14 with the minimum of 12 for ctill dren who have to support themselves or Indigent psrents. Bach child who goes Into the mills must have gone to Bchupl at least twelve weeks lu the year before, six of which must have been contlnrious. The law I* to ap ply to mines and all other Industries In tbe state the same as to mills and factories. The bill Is all that any of the adherents of child labor legists lion ask with enlargement of scope to take In all Industrie,. Gover nor Comer, who Is one of the larges mill men of the state, is said (o be t; favor of the Pratt Cull. ,...n pledging the union's co-miiva-■ , , w . , . tion with the IVool Growers assoola- ^ h “ be * n * lven ln other dlBtrlct, tlon for the purpose or establishing J* * aC ? ,a anxlou " mills, the products of which are w to recuro cr * d 't H>ls free material be soul to the stockholders. I and principally for this reason It will At 4:3tt o'clock Tuesday afternoon M* lo eafh dl,trlct *° let , * a own •he convention adjourned until Wed-1 V ... nesday morning. In order taht dele-1 ,b * end and n ® rder **** gates might have an opportunity to I co i n i trnctli IUB >' he ,el as soon as pos arrive at the Baptist Tabernacle In I meeting dates were appointed time to securi! near* fo hear the ad-1 ^ district, a Watson at which new bldR will be received for dress of lion. Thoma* K. „ v . o'clock. I the work In the respective districts For an hour and forty minutes Hon I an< * definite decision will bo reached Thomas E. Watson held under 111, 1 0oTe rnor Terrell will attend each of magic Influence and -power of logic I * b * mee, *ng«. These meetings will and oratory an audience of 3.500 peo- j be he,d *■ R> 1Iow *: pie. who had gathered to hear htsl Flfa » district, Wednesday, Jan. 23, address on the subject, "NationalI at Conroe Farmers’ Union,” of which he Is onej F,rat dl,,r,c *- Monday, Jan. 28. at the moving spirits, and at the Invl- I B * rneB vllle. latlon of which the aiTdress was de-1 Tenth district. Saturday. Jan. 26. only medicine put up for sale through drugglstt for llko .purposes, that has aoy such pnfttHonM endorsement—worth more than any number of ordinary testi monials. Open publicity of.lts formula It the best possiblo guaranty of Its merits. A glance at tbit published formula will show that 'Golden Medical Discovery* eoatalns no poisonous, harmful or hahlt- formlngdrngs and no alcohol—chemically Pore, triple-refined glycerine beinr, nsed « 0 ^rai, U a e m*e* intbecure of all stomach as well as bran- ehlal, throat and lung affections. There highest medical anthorlty for Itt The ' Dlscovo^i' Is I roots and 1, A. booklet of extracts , Higgins’ CondiUon Unchanged. Olean, N. Y., Jan. 23.—Dr, Hlb- bard after hi* first visit to Former Governor Higgins Wednesday morn ing, said that the patient’s mind waa clouded and he took but a small amount of nourishment during the night. He has galned'nothlng In the past 24 honn. McMillan Seriously III. Detroit, MIc., Jan. 23.—William C. McMillan, Km of the late United Stats senator James McMillan, and one of the candldatW' for United ... senator before tho legislature 0 f pneumonia. He two *c***f°J H ° S * S!L*° D of tbe lat ® General John" lire red. Not for a moment did Mr. Watson lose the close attention of his ami I enec. By far the most striking In. cldent of the speaking waa the In dorsement given by tho Immense au dience to President Roosevelt, attest ing their approbation of his course iq the Brownsville, Tex., matter. In regard to tho negro troops In the United States army. At Mr. Wat son's suggestion, every man, woman and child rose to express a vole of thanks to thq president. Mr. Wataon'e address waa chiefly a review of the conditions «g*ti.«t the institution of this republic, a compar ative statement of his resources and the conditions which surrounded hkn at ten-year periods, and what canted the unparalleled success of tho ban] er, manufacturer and railroader du lug tbe same periods. In contrail.,- tlnctlon to the depletion of tho farm er’s wealth and bis heavy Increase of debt; 'Major Frank B. Gordon, Dead Washington, Jan. 23.—MaJ. Frank , Gordon, late of .the; Third United night J'oung- h^^BcaUr been atguftnefl. Gordon. 'JJ.” J ° hn nt Sparta. Eleventh district, Thursday, Jan. 31, at Douglas. Second district. Friday. Feb 1, at Tlftom Fourth district. Tuesday, Feb. B. at Carrollton. Third district, Thursday, Feb. 7 at Americas. .Eighth district, Thursday, Feb. 14, at Madison. In the seventh district the people off Cobb county are In charge of the erection of the necessary buildings through the trustees for that district, and In the eighth district the school has not been located; bence the' pres ent question of contracts applies only to tbe nine districts named. -- rt From Jali. Meridian, Miss., Jan. 19.—Three negroes succeeded In oscaplqg the city Jail by digging a hole through the brick wall, razors, flics and saws being used. These Instruments were found ln the cell of Marshall Leo, a negro In tho county Jail, and a whole sale delivery from that Jail was prob ably nipped in the bud'. lye had been- during the day to a long term In the p.-n. He declines to state where tho tools came from, but out-j tlde^aldjls^mipposed. 1 Searching for Heiress. Chicago, Jan. 19.—Search for Mrs. J. J. Lewis. 109 North Artesian av enue. heiress to part* of a 1300,000 estate In Texas, was begun F'rlday by the police and private detectives. She disappeared Thursday while on the way lo an attorney's office to aign papers connected with the estate. She did not reach the office and has not returned home. Her husband asked the police to starch for her. Mrs l«ewlK was notified recently of the death of her uncle, James Wilkinson, at Dallas, Tex. She waa one of four heirs. Want To Dig Canal. Bl Paso. Tex., Jan. 19.—At a meeting of the citizens of Yaleta anil Socorro and the citizens or the Rio Grande valley below Et Paso it was decided to appeal to the International boundary commission for power to cut a canal on the Mexican sde of tbe rtv- stralghtefilng the course In or der to save the towns of Yaleta and Socorro and several thousand acres of the valley land from being thrown Into Mexico by the cutting of a new channel. er early Buturday, twenty of whom were cremated. Those killed, K Is said, were neatly all In the combTnuTtoncar. wTdch took fire and burned. _ The sleeping cars turned over. ' Owing to the dense fog the engi neer of tbe Big Four flyer was unable to sec tbe light on the semaphore which directed him to stop as a west, bound freight bnd tbe right of way- Tfce train dispatcher, knowing that the dense fog would prevent the traln- mep from seeing the block signal, went outside anil waved Ms lantern frantlccHIy and fired at least half a dozen shots front his revolver, but the train rushed by, and a moment later the crash came. The tender of No. 3* telescoped the baggage car, the rear end of the tender cut through .to within ten feet ' of tbe rear of the smokor. The firemen of both trains were killed instantly, but the engineers es caped by Jumping. ’ The report of the colislon was heard al over the little town and fire belle and whistles quickly oalled the < peop!e to the aid of the Injured. Immediately following tho crash the wreckage caught fire and tbe bodfbs were burned before they could bo ex tricated from the ruins. Tho heat or" the burning cars was so Intense that the would-be rescuers could not get near enough to help. Tho Injured: and some of the dead were taken to> Kankakee, 111. , One man was pleading piteously for aid was pinned under a car seat. He ■was rescued when the flames were within six feet of him. Another man was thrown out of the window of the smoker Into a dilch. These were the only two passengers rescued from Uie smoker. The killed Includes tnen, woman and children, and all that could be at daybreak In the morning wu tho smouldering skeletons of human bodies and wreckage of the smokor and the baggage rant. None or tbe passengers in the sleepers waa killed- Mf§ Coroner Uomhty has taken chargu and prosecuting attorney Hall Will as sist the coroner In making au In vestigation of the wreck. In Victory for Radicals. St. Petersburg, Jan. 19.—the first election returns have been received here from trans-Caaplan territory. Tbe result Is an overwhelming viC‘ tory for tbe radicals, who have se cured over eighty per cent of the electoral college, which will choose one deputy. Half the electors at Askabad, the captal of trana-Caaplan territory are railroad men belonging to tbe eexrtme revolutionist and so cialist parties. Mrs. Stamper Acquitted. Atlanta, Jan. 23.—After being out a short time, not more than an hour, tho Jury brought In a verdict of not guilty In the case of Mrs. tyil- llo Stamper, who waa-charged with killing Bailiff John Dqdgcn. Lottery Company Raided. Mobile, Ala., Jan, 23. —‘Tho plant of the Honduras lottery company was raided by government officials its con tents seized and the employes placed i^der arrest. a. A Clearing House for Farmers. Chicago, Jau. 21.—Years of dreams which farmers have been them selves, thoroughly unionized dealing with the consumer lu Chicago through the agency of local unions without assistance from the nrbHrar.v middle man. are to be realized within thirty / days. The plans for beginning Mis experiment here were practically com pleted by rcpmnnitativcs of the Amer. lean Society of Equity of the Farm ers' Union at Sunday’s mee.lng of tbs Uhicago Federation of l-abor. Under these plans the promoters of the scheme expect to bein a position with in a month to ship to Chicago bay, butter and eggs and such other fkrOL products as aro to he found In the country at thin season of the year. The Federation of Labor acting as the clearing home for the farmers' prod- net Is the scheme. Tennessee's Governor's Message. Nashville, Tenn.. Jan. 23.—Gov. Malcolm R. Patterson’s first message to tbe legislature which was read on Wednesday, recommended increased appropriations for pension* and the state militia, the creation of addition al experiment stations and state aid to counties for education of the chlN dren. The governor ask* that the power to appoint commissioners of election be taken out of his bands "a* being dangerous and arbitrary." and tbe constituting therefor of a state hoard of election commissioners one member to be selected frfom each grand division of the state. Ho rec ommends a fall Investigation of the charges of alleged combinations of Insurance companies, both life and fire, and asks that a pure food law passed In 1879, which has been a dead letter, be vitalized. The Family Physician The best mediciqes in the world cannot j be p ! aee °* «>e family physician. Consult him early when fsien ill. If the trouble is with your throat, bronchial tube a, or lungs, aak him about taking Pectoral. Do at he savs.