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THE AMERICUS TTMES-RECORDER.
TWENTY-SECOND YEAR.
HOT WEATHER
CALLS FOR
COOL CLOTHING
The past week we have received another lot of those
striped Flannel Suits worth $10; to sell them quick
we price them at $7 00.
Double-breasted Serge Coats worth $5 oo reduced to $4 00.
Double-breasted Serge Coats worth $4 50 reduced to $3 25.
Blue& black Serge Coats & Vests reduced to 4 50 this week
NEGLIGE SHIRTS
Big lot just opened in plain white, “cool and neat”
and all the season new shades and colors.
UNDERWEAR
Nainsook and Check Muslin Underwear from 25c to
soc per garment worth at least one-third more. Big
line of Balbriggan Underwear for those who prefer it
at 25c, 35c, soc, 75c, $1 00 per garment.
NECKWEAR
Don’t forget that we have the nicest, newest and
prettiest line of Neckwear in Americus. 75c Pies
for 50c, 35c goods at 25c this week.
NICE LINE
Os the latest in Collars, Cuffs, Hosiery and Suspen
ders always on hand for well dressed gentleman.
Very Truly Yours,
Lee Allen
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
| EE G. JONES, Ph. G. M. D.
Specialist.
Genito Urinary diseases and diseases of
the skin. Offlice In, and over Dodson’s Phar
macy. Room No. 41 Windsor Hote ,
y .XN RIPER,
PHOTOGRAPHER AND VIEW ARTIST.
Studio on Jackson street, opposite Presby
terian church.
DR. B. B. HUDSON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Tenders his professional services to the pub
lic. Calls left at Hudson’s drug store will
receive prompt attention.
DOBT. L. MAYNA RD,
11 Attorney at Law,
Office in Wheatley Building; Room 1.
Will practice in all courts except County
Court of Sumter countv.
JAMES TAYLOR
Attorney at Law.
Office over Rembert’s Drug etore, Forsyth
street
A. HAWKINS,
• Attorney at Law.
office In Wheatley Building opposite th
courthouse.
WELLBORN F. CLARKE,
Attorney at Law
811% Lamar Street, Americus. Qa
A. ANSLEY, jr. f Attorneys at Law
Americus, Ga.
Give special attention to the Bankruptcy
practice. Office. Bvne bldg, near court house
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RE.iCATO, M. D.
• PH YSCIAN AND SURGEON.
Residence 330 Felder ’street. .Telephone 96
Tenders his professional services to the
people of Americus and surrounding coun
ties. Special attention given to general
surgery, diseases of women and children.
Office 40>% Jackson street Calls left at Dr
Eldridge's store will receive prompt at ten
ton
JOHN M. WILKES,
DENTIST
Office over Bank of Southwestern
Georgia.
STEVE WOOTEN has the only rella
ble transer agency In the city. Al
orders attended to promptly it left at
Windsor hotel. Hours 6am to 10 pm.
Orders for night trains must be left
before p m, Respectfully,
PHONK a* STEVE WOOTEN.
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Ibe eight years old. Eight bottles for 86.50,
express prepaia; 12 bottles for 89.50, express
prepaid; 1 gallon jug. express prepaid, 83.00;
2 gallon jug, express prepaid, 85.50. No
charge for boxing.
We handle all the leading brands of Rye
and Bourbon Whiskies In the market, and
will save you 50 ner cent, on your purchases.
Quart. Gallon.
Kentuck Star Bourbon 835 81 25
Elkridge Bourbon 40 150
Coon Hollow Bourbon 45 1 60
Mellwood Pure Kye 50 1 90
Monogram Kye 55 2 00
Mcßrayer Rye 60 2 25
Baker’s AAaA 65 2 40
O. O. P. (Old Oscar Pepper).. 65 240
Old Crow 75 2 50
Finches’Golden Wedding.... 75 2 75
Hoffman House Rye 90 3 00
Mount Vernon (8 years old).. 1 00 350
Old Dillinger (10 years old). 125 400
The above are only a few brands of the
many we carry in stock. Send for catalogue.
All other goods by the gallon, such as Corn
Whiskey, Peach and Apple Brandies, etc,,
sold equally as low, from 81,25 gallon up
wards.
We make a specialty of the jug trade and
all orders by mail or telegraph will have our
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fered.
The Altmayer &
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orders shipped same day receipt of
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The city of Winchester, made famous by
song ana story, rich in historic reminis
cences, is located in the heart of ;he Shen
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feet, the atmosphere cool and dry. The Inn
is located upon the hillside westward of the
towm, and a cool, bracing air fans it at all
times.
The many places of Interest ;n this beauti
ful valley appeal strongly to the tourist and
those seeking summer rest. A visit to the
old battlefields is Interesting.
Beautiful shaded grounds surround tne
hotel, a chance for the children to romp; no
signs “Keep off the grass,-’ excellent high
ways, saddle riding, cycling, tennis, fishing,
bathing, etc., afford means of enjoyment.
An excellent orchestra during the entire
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Winchester, Va.
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(2 miles of city)
Now open for the season. BOATING,
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pure water. No charge for grounds.
W. R. & LEE M. HANSFORD.
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With Colic When a Few Drops of
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(Diluted and Sweetened.)
Will give instant relief. Non=poisonous and
therefore harmless.
Tastes Like Peppermint Candy
and Baby will take it without a “kick.”
A Silver Half Dollar Will Get a Bottle from Druggists.
A postal card to the
Sherrouse Medicine Co.
Will “fetch” you a free sample. New Orleans, La.
DAMAGING EVIDENCE;
BLACK'S TESTIMONY
Caleb Powers Unfolded His
Plans to the Banker.
REMONSTRATED WITH HIM
Powers Became Angry Because Black
Would Not Assist Him—Taylor, Fin
lay and Other Prominent Republican
Leaders Implicated.
Georgetown, Ky., July 18. The
Powers murder case was resumed with
the promise that several minor witnesses
would be hoard first, but that during
the day some very sensational evidence
would be brought out. John A. Black
of Barboursville, a banker and a Repub
lican of prominence, was the first wit
ness. He said Powers came to him in
January to advise him as to the pro
priety of the mountain organization
which Powers was getting up.
*‘l asked Powers, ” said the witness,
“what sort of a crowd he was getting up
and ho said ho was organizing an armed
mob to go to Frankfort. I discouraged
this, and told him it would injure the
Republican party, would be a stigma on
our end of the state and ought to be
abandoned. Powers, however, insisted
that the mob should* bo formed, His
idea was that it would intimidate tho
legislators.
Approved by Taylor.
Continuing Black said:
“I saw Powers later, and again re
monstrated against tho formation of the
mob which was going to Frankfort.
Powers told mo it was being formed
with tho approval of Governor Taylor,
Charles Finlay and other Republican
loaders at Frankfort. Charles Finlay
also camo to mo and tried to got me to
co-oporato with them. I protested bit
terly. Powers became very angry with
mo on account of the position I took. I
tried to dissuade them from tho dirty
band and send good citizens, people of
influence, if any crowd was to no : snt.”
A check from Charles Finlay to tho
Louisville and Nashville railroad for
SI,OOO for transportation of tho men to
Frankfort was produced by Black in re
sponse to a question from the prosecu
tion.
The defense, through Mr. Owens,
raised a point against the competency
of Coulton us a witness, ho being under
indictment along with Powers and oth
ers as a co-conspirator and having not
been tried. The jury was excluded dur
ing the argument of the point. Judge
Sims presented objections of the defense
to tho competency of Culton as a wit
ness against Powers.
Cross Examination.
On cross examination Black said that
Finloy claimed tho mountaineers were
being taken to Frankfort to “influence”
the legislature. Powers said tho pur
pose was to “intimidate” that body. At
this answer Colonel Campbell, attorney
for the prosecution, slapped himself on
the knee which brought forth an objec
tion from the defense to such a demon
stration in the presence of the jury.
Continuing, witness said ho “never
heard Powers make threats against Goe
bel except in a general way. He re
ferred to the crowd he was getting up
as a mob.”
J. W. Siler, a banker of Williams
burg, was asked concerning SI,OOO that
was loaned to Charles Finlay for the
purpose of transporting men to Frank
fort. Witness could not give the date
of the check.
W. 11. Culton, who is himself under
indictment as an accessory and supposed
to bo the star witness of the prosecution,
was called next.
ADDRESS BY HON. J. R. LAMAR
Distinguished Georgian Delivers an
Oration to Tennessee Lawyers.
Chattanooga, July 18.—The loading
feature of tho first day’s sesssion of tho
Tennessee Bar association was the an
nual oration by Hon. Joseph R. Lamar
of Georgia on the subject of “A Cen
tury’s Progress of the Law.”
The session was called to order at 11
o’clock by President W. L. Walker, who
spoke of the work accomplished in the
past and that marked out for future ac
complishment.
The other business of the day was tho
report of Treasurer Charles N. Burch
and of Chairman H. 11. Ingersoll of the
central committee. The attendance is
much larger than usual.
Another Furnace In Blast.
Birmingham, Ala., July 18. — A suffi
cient force has been secured by the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company
from outside points to operate another
of its Bessemer furnaces and furnace
No. 8 has been put in blast, making
three' stacks which have resumed oper.*-
tion at that place. Those furnaces were
compelled to close down some weeks ago
on account of a strike of stock house
men.
PRINCE TUAN
SETS DATE FOR A
GENERAL RISING
Has a Well Organized Army
of 950,000 —Operations
to Begin at Once.
MARCHING ON SHANGHAI
Great Commercial Center Is Without
Defense and Is the Objective Point of
a Large Force of Chinese —Forts Are
Held by the Natives—Placard of the
Boxers—Situation Is Alarming.
St. Petersburg, July 18.—A dispatch
from Che Foo says:
“Prince Tuan has mobilized 950,000
mon, divided Into different corps. The
northern corps has been ordered to ex
pel foreigners from Amur.
“The Peking army is divided into four
corps, the first of which is to operate
against Moukden and clear the roads be
tween Taku, and the second is to con
centrate at Tien Tsin and the third at
Peking, from whence a column number
ing 40,000 will be sent to Wei Hai Wei
and Tien Tau, while the fourth corps
will concentrate at Nanking.
“There are now 2C,000 Japanese troops
in China.
“The Chinese fleet is concentrating in
the China sea and hostilities are ex
pected.’’
A dispatch from Nanking announces
that Prince Tuan has ordered a great
military movement owing to the appear
ance of Japanese in China. The viceroy
of Nanking has informed the foreign
consuls there that he oannot be answer
able for events in Chao Sin, Ning Po and
Ohu Chau.
The foreigners are fleeing to Shang
hai. The position is alarming. Sixteen
foreigners have arrived at Nanking from
Ning Po, where the houses of foreigners
have been burned and missionaries hor
ribly maltreated.
Tne rebellion has taken hold of south
ern China. The foreigners at Chu Chau
and in Chau have been attacked and are
fleeing panic stricken.
MARCHING ON_ SHANGHAI.
Large Body of Chinese Moving From
Hupei on That City.
Shanghai, July 18.—Prince Tuan has
issued an edict to fix a deflnate date for
a general rising. When the date is can
not be ascertained, but it is doubtless an
early one, for Prince Tuan is said to
have ordered all dispatches in view of
the arrival of more foreign troops.
A large body of Chinese is reported to
be moving from Hupei in the direction
of Shanghai. The situation here grows
more threatening every day.
The city is still without any means of
defense and all the forts are being held
by the Chinese.
The Boxers’ placards, placed through
out Peking, reads as follows:
“I, the commander-in-chief of Heav
en’s troops, will march from Peking to
Nankin with them shortly. Our prin
cipal object is to burn and destroy
churches and chapels and then the tele
graph and postofflee, colleges and
schools. The people need not be fright
ened when they see our arrival here.
We are going to drive away the foreign
ers so as to keep the empire in peace and
comfort. Purchasing provisions for pro
viding us we will give the market pnee,
but sellers must also charge moderately.
Wo will not destroy the yamonsand cus
toms, they can levy duty as usual. If
any people disobey this order they will
be beheaded at once.”
YANG TSE IN AN UPROAR.
Shanghai Menaced With a Native Up
rising-Terror Prevails.
Shanghai, July 18. —The entire region
of tho Yang Tse is in a state of unrest.
Shanghai is menaced with a native up
rising, and the northern provinces are
in on uproar. What may be the ulti
mate policy of the powers, the immedi
ate effect of tho successful defense of the
foreign quarter at Tien Tsin is distinctly
quieting and reassuring. The allied
armies are fighting there for the pre
vention of a massacre and the protec
tion of foreign Interests through the
Chinese empire.
Tho retreat of tho foreign contingents
to the coast would be the signal for yel
low terrorism in every quarter of the
seaboard and tho interior.
While the Improvement in the situa
tion at Tien Tsin Is considerable, the
Chinese rebels are swarming outside the
city and there are strong reasons for be
lieving that the bulk of the regular army
is saturated with the Boxers’ spirit of
hatred against foreigners.
Natives Were Slain.
Santa Rosa, Cal., July 18.—Letters
have been received here from Mrs. J.
W. Ragsdale, wife of the United States
consul at Tien Tsin. The letters are
under datq of June 14 and tell of con
ditions existing there at that time.
Mrs. Ragsdale says: “All the mission
churches in Tien Tsin have been burned.
More than a week ago a guard went
from hero to meet and aid some Belgian
refugees trying to reach Tien Tsin. At
several villages they were given tea and
things to eat. The Boxers burned all of
the villages and killed every man, wo
man and child they found who aided
the foreigners.”
800 Chinese Slain.
Shanghai, July 18.—A dispatch from
Tien Tsin, dated July 11, says the Chi
nese attacked the railway stations this
morning. Tho French were forced to
give ground and the Japanese charged
in their support. Tho casualties were:
Japanese, 60 killed, including five offi
cers; English and Indians, 30; Russians,
20. It is estimated that 300 Chinese
were killed.
Corbett and McCoy Matched.
New York, July 18.—James J. Cor
bett and “Kid” McCoy have been
matched to box at Madison Square Gar
den, but the agreement has not yet been
signed. The date is Aug. 15.
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY
RETURNS TO CANTON
Situation in China Does Not
Require His Presence.
MR. WU IS STILL HOPEFUL
Calls on Secretary Hay—Considers the
Situation Bright—American Casual
ties at Tien Tsin—Our Losses Were
97 Killed or Wounded.
Washington, July 18.—The state de
partment has received a dispatch from
Consul General Fowler, at Che Foo,
saying that the governor of Shan Tung
wires that his courier left Peking on
July 9. The legations were still holding
out.
Washington, July 18.—United States
Minister Allen at Seoul, Korea, tele
graphs the state department that Boxers
and Chinese are in force within a few
miles of the Korean frontier.
Tho natives of Ping Yang (the most
northern province of Korea) are much
alarmed and are fleeing. The foreigners
are in safety.
The government is very anxious.
Washington, July 18.—There is no
change in the president’s intention to
return to Canton. He was in constant
communication with the members of
the cabinet from there by telephone and
telegraph and unless something unfore
seen occurs he does not consider it nec
essary to remain in Washington.
Having decided that the situation does
not warrant the calling of an extra ses
sion of congress at this time, and hav
ing agreed on the number of troops and
marines which will be sent to reinforce
the international forces in China, the
position of the administration is de
scribed by a prominent official as one of
waiting.
Authentic and reliable news of the
situation In Poking is expected soon.
Until it arrives nothing remains to be
done but to mobilize troops to be ready
for the forward movements of our quota
of the 80,000 men to be landed at Taku to
hold Tien Tsin and insure the success of
tho movement on Peking.
OFFICIALS MOrF HOPEFUL.
Dispatch Regarding Safety of the Min
isters Given Credence.
Washington, July 18.—The buoyant
and hopeful feeling as to the Chinese
situation has been strengthened by the
addition of a confirmation dispatch from
Consul Fowler, at Che Foo, touching
the safety of the legationers at Peking
on July 9.
Os course it is understood that Mr.
Fowler s information is from the same
fountain head as Mr. Wu’s cablegram,
namely the famous Yuan Chi Kai, the
military governor of Shan Tung prov
ince.
Because of the very intimate rela
tions that have existed up to a very re
cent date between this official and the
imperial court at Peking, ho having
been commander of the imperial body
guard, there is a disposition here to at
tach more credence to his dispatches
than would be accorded those of other
Chinese officials. This is based on tho
presumption that he has no inducement
to falsify the facta
Consul General Goodnow, at Shan
ghai, has cabled for a warship. His
suggestion was merely precautionary,
and after considering it the navy de
partment has withheld action in view
of the fact that the Castine is already at
that port and foreign ships are on the
way.
OUR LOSSES AT TIEN TSIN.
Eighteen Killed, 77 Wounded and
Two Missing.
Washington, July 18.—The war de
partment bulletined its first official re
port of the results of the battle at Tien
Tsin as follows:
Casualties in attack on Tien Tsin
July 13:
Killed—Colonel E. H. Liscum and 17
enlisted men.
Wounded—Captain O. R. Noyes, not
serious; Major J. R. Reagan, serious,
not dangerous; Captain E. V. Bookmil
ler, serious, not dangerous; Lieutenant
L. B. Lawton, not serious; Lieutenant
F. R. Lang, slight, and 72 enlisted men.
Missing—Two enlisted men.
Admiral Remey’s Cable.
Washington, July 18.—The follow
ing dispatch has been received at the
navy department from Admiral Remey,
at Che Foo; “Latest report does not in
dicate that army officers Major Lee,
Captain Brewster, Lieutenants Lawton,
Hammond and Waldron were wounded.
Captain O. O. Long, marine corps,
wounded; Second Lieutenant L. B.
lang, army, wounded. An aide has
gone to Taku to get accurate informa
faon. ”
Minister W u More HepefuL
Washington, July 18.—The Chines©
minister called on Secretary Hay and
had alO minutes’ talk with him. Mr.
Wu said he had received no additional
information, but thought the situation
looked brighter. There is a possibility
that Secretary Hay requested Minister
Wu to call owing to the desire of tho
administration to secure news from Pe
king.
General Wood In Washington.
Washington, July 18. Governor
General Wood of Cuba, who has ar
rived in Washington, went to the war
department at 9 o’clock and went imme
diately into Secretary Root’s office. As
to whether he could spare more troopa
from Cuba, General Wood said he was
not prepared to say anything until he
had discussed the matter with Secretary
Root.
Texans Tender Their Services.
Fort Worth, Tex., July 18.—Some
half dozen companies of the state guards
have tendered their services to tho gov
ernment in case they are needed in the
Chinese wax. Adjutant General Searcy
has been asked by the war deportment
the a umber of troops available.
Five erases of Cholera on Board.
Malta, July 18. —The British steamer
Borneo, Captain Gregor, from Calcutta
for London, has arrived hero and been
quarantined at the Island of Malta in
consequence of five cases of *oholera hav
ing occurred during
w -1
Old Sol people to
hats at the proper time but he fails to
induce many people to enjoy the maxi
mum foot comfort by substituting ox
fords for high shoes.
Better think abont this matter “good
and hard. ”
We have the proper oxfords at the
proper prices.
SCHUMPERT SHOE CO.
SIBERIA INVADED BY
A FORGE OF CHINESE
Act Is Regarded as a Declara
tion of War on Russia.
DISCREDITED IN LONDON
Chinese Assurances of Safety of Minis
ters Fall Flat—Thought to Be a
Ruse to Save the Native City of Tien
Tsin From Destruction.
London, July 18.—If the news of a
Chinese invasion of Siberia proves true it
will, of course, immensely complicate
tho situation from the international
point of view. As stated in a St. Peters
burg dispatch of July 19, the Chinese
had already peremptorily ordered all
Russians to quit Manchuria, but no one
imagined they would be audacious
enough to go outside their own country
and attack Russian territory. Such an
attack, if it has been made, of course
constitutes in itself a declaration of war,
rendering formal nc Plication needless.
A separate attack by the Chinese on
Russia means giving Russia, according
to the views expressed in Europe, addi
tional excuse for isolated descent on
Peking and an additional claim to assert
greater influence than the other powers
and greater compensation when the time
of settlement arrives. Hence an ex
treme uneasiness has been created in the
chancellories by this latest development.
As to the latest Chinese assurances of
the safety of the European legations at
Peking, they are not credited here. On
the contrary, it is believed these assur
ances have been dictated by a desire to
save the native city of Tien Tsin. A
correspondent at Shanghai states that
there is hardly a doubt that Sheng, th©
Chinese minister of telegraphs, is with
holding information in his possession.
The news of the massacre as already ca
bled to the United States may be taken
as correct. The dispatch adds that there
is evidence that the Woo Sung forts, at
the mouth of Woo Sung river and 10
miles north of Shanghai are being
strengthened and supplied with large
quantities of ammunition.
It is hoped in London that the land
ing of 22,000 Japanese troops and th©
arrival of Indian troops will enable the
allies to reinforce Shanghai.
Admiral Alexieff reports a fight July
14 on the Pei Ho river, 25 versts from
Taku, between a reconnoitering body of
Russians and Chinese, in which several
Russians were killed.
A dispatch from Shanghai reports five
cruisers of the allied fleets, including
the British cruiser Terrible, recon
noitered at Shanghai Kuan July 17 and
found the harbor lighted and forts In
tact and but few Chinese visible.
The dispatch adds that it was intended
to bombard tho forts, but the fleet re
frained and stood by ready for action in
case the forts showed signs of activity.
Th© same dispatch adds that eight war
ships are lying off tho native city of
Shanghai and that nine others are be
tween Shanghai and Woo Sung.
Revolt In Ho Nan.
Paris, July 18. —The French consul
at Han Kow telegraphs under date of
July 13 that tho viceroy admits that he
is doubtful of his ability to arrest the
rebellion in Ho Nan. The consul at
Shanghai telegraphs under date of July
9 that the governor of Tche Kiang, on
the vigorous demand of the consul, nad
taken energetic measures to repress dis
orders. A second telegram, dated July
18, announces trouble in the province of
Ho Nan. Missionaries had been attacked
in the provinces of Tche Kiang and
Manchuria, and numbers of missiona
ries were imperiled.
Japanese Troops Debark.
London, July 18.—A dispatch from
Shanghai says the disembarkation of
15,000 Japanese troops is proceeding at
Taku.
BURGLAR BLOWN TO ATOMS*
Safe Demolished and the Building
Wrecked by Dynamite Explosion.
Naylor, Ga., July 18 —An unknown
man, while attempting to rob the safe in
Depew’s store, was literally blown to
atoms, the safe demolished and the
building wrecked by an explosion of
dynamite at an early hour.
The explosion aroused the whol©
town. Buildings trembled as though
shaken by an earthquake, while only a
pile of debris marks the spot where the
store once stood. Goods were scattered
* in all directions, some articles being
found more than a mile from the scene
of the explosion.
There was a considerable sum of
money in the safe, which was scattered
in all directions. Silver coins were
found a half mile from tho scene, while
bills were picked up all around the
wrecked building.
Contract to Be Awarded.
Columbia, S. 0., July 18.—The con
tract for finishing the statehouse will be
awarded July <‘9. Already several bids
have been filed and two prospective bid
ders are in the city taking measure
ments and looking over the grounds.
The plans and specifications for the
work have been filed in Atlanta, Char
lotte, Columbia, Cincinnati and New
York.
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