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p \r T "IJat/HBAIi UJflON h»t* VOLUME LA.1. |aoOTH«BICH*OOBDB« l*«S“Jffi2LSKW bedl “iaS fooR.oi.iwwi> 1878 Milledgeville, Ga., January 13, 1891 Number 28 The present U. S. Govt. Chemist says: “Cleveland’s Superior Baking Powder is abso lutely free from ami*onl8» alum, lime and other adulterants.” Editorial Glimpses and Clippings Editor Ben Perry has been elected Mayor of Canton. Farmers, if yon are holding cotton for better prices have it insured. The German Government lias re cognized the Republic of Brazil. Emma Abbott, the American prirna donna.‘died at Hotel Templeton in Salt Lake City on the morning of tlie 5th iust. m Georgia lias more members of the M. E. Church, South, within her borders than any other State in the Union, having 132,000. The Macon police force received an addition Saturday. His name is Bur rows; he is a cousin of the daring but deceased Rube, and he measures just six feet eight and one-half inches in his stocking feet. “Attorney General George N. Lester is improving very gratifyingly. He can now move his legs, also his arm, while his articulation is as good as ever. Dr. Setze is hopeful of his re covery.—Marrietta Journal. The body of the late gallant Cap tain George D. Wallace, of the Sev enth United States Cavalry, killed in the Wounded Knee battle with the In dians, bus readied his old home,York- ville, S. C., in charge of a brother. Col. R.M. Wallace, who went west for it. Quite a romantic marriage of two of ‘Warrenton'smost popular young people occurred in Macon on the 4th. Dr. F. B. Pilcher, a prominent - dentist of Warrenton was wed ded to Miss Kate Wheeler, one of Warrenton’s most highly accom plished young ladies, who was at the time visiting,friends in Macon. Two rival sausage dealers have their shops adjoining. One of them has painted upon hL glass window over a pyramid of sausages; At flve- pence a pound, to pay more is to be robbed;” while the other puts ins sausages into an obelisk end paints above: At sixpence a pound; to pay less is to be poisoned.” —Chicago Photo. Now that, the third party idea seems exploded, we would like to see a coa lition formed between the democrats and tlie Farmers’ Alliance, by which these two organizations can unite on a ticket; which of course would mean its overwhelming triumph. There is but little difference between the demands of the alllence and tlie platform "f the democratic party. Both are battling for tlie relief of the masses from the oppressive power of the favored classes. Each demand the same reforms, and is opposed to our present tariff system, that enrich es a few men at tlie expense of tlie toiling thousands. Now, if the demo* crats and alliancemen could unite their strength and center on oue ticket, they would sweep the country and bury the republican party sc deepthatit could ueverbe resurrected. —Athens Banner. Senator Wolcott, the young lie publican statesman whose recent denunciation of the Force bill, and eloquent tribute to the South brought him into national promi nence, is just now receiving very high commendation at the hands o'f tlie non-partisan press of the coun try. I he Boston Herald says of in m: J ‘‘Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, effectively carries out the now pot) ^ su Sgestion of young men politics. He has come into the Senate with an individuality of his own, and he does not hesitate to make it manifest. If a Senato only mission after entering that body is to register the edicts of its caucuses, it does not much matt whether he is a young man or i old one; he can work about well as a machine at one age as at another. Senator Wolcott is not one of this class. His voutli is of the genuine character.” MACON'S BIG TRIAL OVER, ONLY ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS NOT CONVICTED. Lawyer Hall, Sheriff Lancaster and Clements Booked for Life Servi tude Among the Convicts—John K. Lancaster and Louis Knight Convicted of Murder, But Not of Conspiracy. Macon, Ga., Jan. 5.—The trial of six citizens of Dodge and Telfair coun ties for conspiracy and murder In the killing of John C. Forsyth atNonnan- dalein October last, was ended to day, when the jury brought iu a vlr- dict finding all but one of the defen dants guilty. The case, which has been on trial in the United States federal court, Judge Emory Speer presiding, for four weeks, is the most remarkable in the criminal annuls of Georgiu. The laud troubles from w'bich it sprung began a number of years ago, wheu a decree was granted in the United States Court, vesting in George E, Dodge of New York titles t.o certain extensive tracts of land in Dodge, Telfair and Montgomery couu- ties. HALL’S CpNVICTION. Luther A. Hall, a lawyer, a* East man, Dodge county, was convicted of violating this decree by selling lots from the Dodge lands, under bogus deeds, and he serveil five months for contempt. On his release, last sum mer, Hall ran for the legislature iu Dodge county, posing as a martyr be fore the people, aud inciting them to interference with tlie Dodges in tlie exercise of their rights to the lands, which had been transferred from George E. to Norman Dodge. CAPT. FORSYTH'S PA RT. Capt. J. C. Forsyth of New York was tlie Georgia representative oi the Dodge estate, and as such stood iu tlie way of t he fund-grabbers, among whom Hall was a leader. A con spiracy was formed to get rid of Capt. Forsyth. Wright Lancaster, sheriff | of Telfair county and one of the con-1 spir&tors, had a ready tool in diaries Clements, who was a convicted felon ' aud only enjoyed liberty by tlie sheriff's unlawful clemency. Clements and Rich Lowry, alius, Herring, a notorious negro, were hired to mur der Capt. Forsyth, the price to be $000. THU RENDEZVOUS. Tlie house of Lem Burch, the man who afterward turned state’s evidence, was the rendezvous of tlie assassins, Burch being another tool of Lancas ter, who knew that Burch had leased to others laud to which tie had no title. On the night of Oct. 7 Clements aud l.owry went to an old hut, u mile from Capt. Forsyth’s home, where Clemeuts waited while the negro did the deid. Lowry crept up under tlie window of (’apt. Forsyth’s library, where be sat reading, and shot him dead without a moment’s warning. A few days later Burch was sticken with paralysis. Only $200 of tlie agreed price of tlie murder was paid, Wright Lancaster refusing to pay his share, and Hall contributing only $100. The day after the murder An drew J. Reneau, an ally of the con spirators, was killed by a mob who were in search of Capt. Forsyth's murderer. A WORKING UP THE MURDER. Special agents of the department of justice worked up tlie case, and be fore it went to trial Burch and Clem ents confessed, Burch turning state’s evidence. The ease was fought bitter ly, step by step, and excited intense interest drought tbestate. The jury to- day brought in a verdict finding Luther A. Hall, Charles Clement? and Sheriff Wright Lancaster guilty of conspiracy and murder, with a recom mendation to mercy; John K. Lau- ottster and Louis Knight guilty of murder, and James Moore not guilty. Under the law Hall, Clements and Wright Lancaster will receive lite sentences. The verdict was a surprise, a mistrial being generally expected. Lowry esenped and has never been caught. A government reward of $750 is outstanding for him, and to day Norman W. Dodge offered an ad ditional reward of $1,000. Lowry came from North Carolina and is sup posed to have gone there. He is a bright mulatto, nearly white, with squint eyes, red hair, a stubby, sandy red mustache, weighs about 175 pounds, and his height is 5 feet 10 Inches. Ho walks with his bead down and usually dresses well.—Cor. 8a vannati Ne ws. On Tuesday morning at 12 o’clock the prisoners were brought into court. They were handcuffed two aud two, Luther A. Hall with Louis Kuight, Wright Lancaster and John K. Lancaster, CharlesClemeuts bring ing up tlie rear handcuffed alone. The Judge asked the counsel for de fense if they lmd any reason to show why sentanoe should not be passed. Mr. Dessau presented a motiou for uew trial, which was filed, and Mr. Bartlett introduced a petition in arrest of judgment, which was also filed. Judge Speer then pronounced sentence as follows: Hall, Clements and Wright Lancaster were given a life term in the Ohio penitentiary, aud John Lancaster six years, uud Louis Knight ten year*. Washington Letter. From Our Regular Correspondent. Legal cup, foolscap, letter and note pa per as i envelopes for gale at tine office. Washington, D. C., Jan. 5, 1891. Mr. Harrison and Mr. Blaiue in their efforts to make political capital for the republican party and to aid Mr. Harrison in securing the repub lican nomination next year seem to have made a bad mess of the Behring Sea trouble with Great Britain. They have placed the United StateB in a most undesirable position, where we shall have to fight England or become the laughing stock of the world. The British minister has it is said inform ed Mr. Blaine confidentially that his government will fire upon any Amer ican vessel that attempts during the coming sealing season to search or seize vessels engaged iu sealing in Behring Sea un ler the British flag. This information has, it is believed, caused Mr. Harrison to delay sending into Congaess the correspondence be tween Mr. Blaine and the British for eign office and his message of expla nation, all of which was ready a week ago. Mr. Harrison is perfectly will ing that his administration should be tlie cause of stirring up the anti British feeling, but he hesitates to go to Congress for an appropriation of money for a real war with England. He fears ttiat Congress might brush aside the administration tiieories and authorize the arbitration which it has refused. Certaiuly we are not in any condition at the present time to fight Great Britain upon tlie water, where We would have to fight, and the idea of an Auiericnn backdown is not a pleasant oue to contemplate. There may be some Congress’onal music on this subject a little later on. A democratic conference, including both Senators and Representatives, was held today for the purpose of considering the ways and means of op posing the newly announced repub lican method of trying to force the Force bill to a vote in the Senate by holding long continuous sessions for the purpose of tiring out the demo crats. It was determined to resist to the end any and all efforts on the part of the republicans to force a vote. Just what form this resistance will take will depend entirely on oircum stances. If the republicans get a quo ruui of their own members, which they are working Lard to do, it will settle dow n to a qoestion of physical endurance. If they fail to get a quo rum, or to keep one present, it will be easy to block their game—the demo cratic Senators have only to ubseut themselves, thus breaking a quorum, without which no vote cau be taken. Tlie republicans have temporarily abandoned their gag rule, not so much because oi opposition to it iu tlieir own ranks, though there is some little, as because,after counting noses, they believed that they could pass the bill without shocking tlie large con servative element of the country by anything quite as revolutionary as that gag rule, but they will not hesi tate to adopt it if their plans miscarry as they are likely to do through the stubbornness of the democratic oppo sition. Tlie democratic Senators have little hope of republican help in defeating the bill, as it is now certaiu that not more than four republicans will vote against it, and if their votes would de feat the bill it is doubtful whether they would oast them; they have in deference to the wishes of the constit uents, let it be known that they are opposed to the bill, but I do not be lieve that they will cast their votes against it, unless certain they will not affect the result. In other words they are opposing tile bill for effect, at home, and in the hope of gel ting dem ocratic votes for certain legislation iu which they and their constituents are more directly interested. It is generally conceded that the joint resolution offered by Senator Carlisle authorizing the appointment of three commissioners to act with a like number appointed by the Cana dian government in investigating the commerce of the two countries and devising means to promote and in crease it, is a step in the right direc tion and yet Mr. Carlisle says he is certain that republican Senators will not allow it to be acted upon. He says he intends offering it again at the next session. The republicans who have been sheuliugabout the reciprocity treaty which had been or would shortly be ignorant of the sibjeot or else were attempting intentionally to fool the people. The Mexican minister here says that no treaty has been negoti ated and that none is likely to be ne gotiated at preseit, because his coun try will not grunt concession to an administration that lias lost no op portunity to get the best of its weak er sister. Justice Brown, the successor of the late justice Miller, took his seat to day. Among the audience assembled in the Supreme Court chamber was Attorney-General Miller who had him self looked with longing eyes upon the vacant seat. Representative Dockery will wait two days longer for tlie committee on Rules to report his resolution for the investigation of the silver scandal. If it is not reported he will move that the committee be discharged from further consideration of the resolu tion and that the House decide what shall be done with it. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—TJ. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889. ABSOLUTELY PURE SAVED BY A BRIDE. AN AWFUL SLAUGHTER The Military Advisory Board. Col. C. M. Wiley and Capt. Roff Sims are members of tlie state mili tary advisory board, aud they and all the military of Macon are greatly interested in the next meeting of the board, which will be held the latter part of this month. Tlie action to be taken at the next meeting of tlie board will be very im portant. The present legislature, it will be remembered, appropriated $25,000 for Jhe military. J list what disposition will be made of this fund is to be determined at the next meeting of tlie board. ‘•Of course,” said Captain Kell yes terday, “I could not say autborativly now, even In general terms, what the board will do. But a considerable part of that sum, I believe the mem bers of the board are agreed, will go to prepare & permanent encampment site. As soon as the site is fixed, a □umber of permanent buildings are to be erected, aud other permanent improvements made. Tlie encamp ment this year will be made a much more thorough affair than tlie one last year. “The feature of training the troops in rifle practice, which lias been neglected heretofore, will also be in troduced and encouraged.—Macon News. HOW YOUNG MEN PROPOSE. No One Has Ever Issued a Hand book on the Subject. negotiated with Mexico were either} iy87 Mary Gay Humphreys, in an article on “The Wedding Season” in Har per’s Buzar, has this to say regarding the first preliminary step toward wedding: For almost all tlie conven tionalities of life tlie forms are pre scribed, but no one lias ever presflmed to issue a handbook of proposals. The termsin which a young man asks a young woman to be 11 is wife lie must formulate himself. To it he brings all that his love, hope, imagination and touch of fire can give. Of this elo quence and ardor there remains no eclio except in tlie heart of the bride. Now aud then in after years we learn liow such an understanding lias been arrived at, and the reminiscence is alive with interest and novelty. Iu Queen Victoria’s diary she tells of tlie wooing of Princess Victoria by tlie crown prince of Germany, which tlie blushing girl hastened to confide to her mother, and it is as heartfelt and natural as if the kingdoms had not been silently waiting with ears alert. Then afar be tlie curious crowd. Let it keep distance, when from shrub bery, conservatory, or having con trived a solitary aileux on the stair way in acrusln these two emerge and choose to impart the fact of their en gagement; then we too come Id, and a round of social machinery is set in motion. Tho Pulpit and the Stage. Rev. F. M. Shrout, Pastor United Breth ren Church, Blue Mound, Kan., says: ‘‘I feel It my duty to tell what wonders Dr. King’s New Discovery has done for me. My Lungs were badly diseased, and my parishioners thought 1 could live onlya few weeks. I took five bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery and am sound and well, gaining 26 lbs. in weight.” Arthur Love, Manager Loves Funny Folks combination, writes: “After a thor ough trial and convincing evidence, 1 am confident Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption bnats ’em all, ami cures when everything else fails. Ilia greatest kindness I can do my thousands of fr iends is to urge them to try it.” Free trial bot tles at Culver, Case «fc Kidd’s Drng Store. Regular sizes 50c. and $1.00. The E. T.. Va. and Ga. Railroad has filed' a mortgage bond of $15 - 000, 1 00 on all their property with the Central Trust Company, in New York. The money is to be used for tlie purpose of building extensions, branches and to double track tlie line and to retire b jnds of WEU« Killing In a Kocumotive Cab ttba Averted a Terrible Accident. R. J. A. O’Reilly, assistant superin tendent of tlie PuJlmon Car company for this division, lias returned, from a Hying trip to Portland. Ho brought with him a thrilling story of tin* narrow escape of tlie southbound Oregon ex press train fryyu a catastrophe wltile rounding tlie picturesque horseshoe curve on tlie Southern Pacific lino a short distaneo this side of Sisson. It was shortly after 7 o’clock uu Sou day evening, ho relates, while sitting with a number of gentlemen in the smoking room, they were thrown from tlioir seats by a sudden stoppage (if the train. The passengers, instantly call ing to mind tho fatal Salem accident, were thrown into a turmoil, but as tlie train seemed to bo still holding together they stood up in their seats and breath lesslv awaited developments. A miu uto later and tho cars were at a stand still. Tlie conductor rushed out of on* of the foremost cars, and, followed by u number of ttie more excited passenger.-:, rail $0 tlie head of tlie train. There, lyifig scarcely three feot before tlie cow- ditcher, ho found two bowlders, each fully tliroo feot in diameter, in five mid dle of tlie track. With tho aid of crow bars tlie obstructions wtro Speedily re moved. At tho point whoro the rocks were displaced tho track winds along the edge of a precipice fully 400 foot in height, and should tho engine have struck tho obstructions the entire train would have lieou tumbled over, and untiling could have possibly saved it from destruction. Tho train consisted of sonio oiglit cans including four sleep ers, all well filled. Tho danger was discovered in a rat her peculiar manner. Frank Fox, an offi cial connected with the operating de partment of tlie Southern Paiillc, win riding in tho cab of the engine, together with his bride, anil it being a moon light night both were leaning out of the cab window enjoying tho pict uresque scenery along the curve. Mrs. Fox was tho first to soothe huge black object lying ahead on tho track when the train was some forty yards distant. She called (he engin or’s at tention to it, ;uid luckily just in time for him to reverse tho lover, put on the brakes and wklstle “down brakes." Mrs. Fox was so excited over the sensa tions produced by ilie sudden stop that she was about to juiup from tlie cab when her husband seized her about (he waist and restrained licr. It is cus tomary for the track walker to inspect tho way beforo every train, but whether lie neglected his duty on this occasion or the bowlders were displaced from their lodgings after lie had passed is not known.—San Francisco Chronicle. The Wounded Knee Massacre of Women And Children. They Try to lidge Out af It. “Where do you live?” naked a busi ness man of a customer a few days ago “Oh, up hero a piece—well, just in the edgo of W After the man had left tlie store the merchant turned to tho reporter and said: “I've been iu business here tun years, and I’ll bo bl&ssod if I ever yet heard a man own up to living f;iir- ly and squarely in that town. They either lie out of it altogether or else barely admit that they live ‘jest on tho aidgo, ye know.’ Tho reason for tlie ovasion is that for years tlie town, a-s is the custom in souio sections, bos been picked upon ns a butt for ridicule on account of tlie real or fancied saying* ami actions of some of its people. Every rural joker and every traveling show give it a slap at every oppor tunity. Therefor© 0110 of its resident's away from home feels like apologizing whenever I10 is compelled to give the name of liis native town.”—Lewiston Journal. Omaha, January 0.—The Bee has the following from its staff corres pondent: Pine Ridge Agency, via Rusliville: The announcement of tlie suspension of Col. Forsyth fame like a flash and created amaze ment in some minds. Official moutliF are closed to all inquiries on the subject. It will proliabiy become known to the general public, how ever, later on. The unfortunate disposition of tlie troops, making it possible for them to do cross firing, witli tlie result ol killing one anoth er, constitutes a pnVt and possibly the greatest part of the foundation of Forsyth’s suspension. The seri ousness of tlie situation here is in creasing. Short Bull, a leading hostile chief, who lias distinguished liimself all along during this troub le by never, for a moment, consid ering any of the overtures looking *0 an amicable settlement, but who has stuck to bis lair in tin* Ba 1 Lands, and has now assumed com mand of I lie great body of the lie- tiles, last night told our spies that he would take this agency, if it cost every warrior lie had. The half- breeds here have been informed by friends and rela'ives. whom some of them have among tlie hostile*. tl a‘ they hud better immediately move their families a long way from tlie agency, as a great raid anil mass ■ ere was certain. The half-breeds are showing us what they think of this information by getting their families out of here with a rush. Government herder John Dwyer and issue clerk Pugh have both dis covered through their Indian friends of years standing, that a raid and massacre lias been fully decided upon and maturely plan ned. Gen. Miles is thoroughly con versant with all tiie facts, and him self says that our situation is ex ceedingly critical. There are less than 0 0 soldiers here now. all told. The party sent to Wounded Knee to bury the dead Indians returned late last night. They found and buried eighty six bucks and sixty- three squaws and children. It was also found that five had been bur ied by tlie Indians. In addition to this, a total of 152, we have heard now and then of others, who have been carried away by the hostiles and scouts, sufficient to swell the number of dead Indians, as a result of tlie battle of Wounded Knee, to fully 200, with several others yet to die' in the improvised hospitals here. A little Indian baby girl about three mouths old, being one of tlie two miraculous survivorsof the bat tle of Wounded Knee, who lay for three days beside the dead body of its mother, has been adopted by Mrs. Allison Naiiae, a wealthy lady of Washington. Major Whiteside, Colonel Carr and Captain Baldwin, the latter of tlie Fifth Infantry, have been selected as a board of in quiry into Col. Forsyth’s case. The hoard Will sit as soon as possible and tlie sessions will probably be open. Tlie Bee also has the following: Pine Ridge Agenev, January 6, via Brushville: Jack Red Cloud and a small party of friendlies came in from the hostile camp last evening. They asked that the Indians now at agency be sent out to help the In dians "who lied from [the agency on the night of the battle of Wounded Knee to get away from tlie hostiles. The authorities look upon the re quest with distrust, and reserve tlieir decision. Father Stephanie, a Jesuit mis sionary, has left for the East. Al though he remained here 8ut forty- eight hours or so, he is authorita tively said to have successfully drawn upon some of the best source’s of information among tlie hostiles. As he was leaving, lie said to me: “I am convinced there will be more bloodshed, and tliut the greatest fight is vet to come.” Regarding the conditionof Father Craft, who was stabbed in tlie bat tle of Wounded Knee, Father Stephanie said: “We can now tell nothing at all about how he is com ing out of it. 1 would give very lit tle for his life us matters now stand with him.” Quinine impairs the hearing, d* stroys the nerves and injuries the di gestion. Cheatham’s Tasteless Chill Tonic is pleasant to take, leaves no unpleasant taste, improves tlie diges tion and builds up tho entire svseiu. No cure no pay. 28 lrn. A Pleasing Sense Qf health anil strength renewed and of ease and comfort follows the use of Syrup of Figs, as it acts in harmony with nature to effectually oleanse the -lystem when costive or bilious. For sale in 50c. and $1.00 bottles by all leading druggists.