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twenty-second year.
Fall AnnoiwineiiO
The change of season is now upon us and every one
naturally begins to think of their Fall and Winter buying—
and where is best to go for their supply of Dry Goods,
Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Etc.
I have just returned trom New York, the greatest
market on earth for such goods, where I spent my time and
money to get the best things to be had. About eighteen
years ago I began my career in the Dry Goods business in
Americus and since that time 1 have given my entire atten
tion and study to this business and the wants and needs of
the people in and around Americus, and think I know what
they need and watt I struck the market at the low water
mark, and as a consequence can sell you goods cheaper than
those who went on earlier and bought before the decline
This season we will make a special effort in our Dress
Goods department, and in Ready Made Clothing. Every
thing that is New, Stylish and strictly in it from a fash
ionable point of view will be shown over our counters.
For lack of space, ard therush of business and opening
new goeds, we are unab’e to quote prices in this “ad,” but
will dr so later. Call on us, see our goods and get prices
We will not be
——Undersold on Any Article,
As we are out for business, and will have it, no matter
what the cost.
Yours for Business,
LEE ALLEN.
t H a WATTS
U/ U/
U/ FAESIRE to inform the trade of Sumter
iki and adjoining counties, that while others I
have cornered the cotton market they still '
;j; Hold the Corner w
V on confidence of the public, and at the 'old - k -
U/ Stand, ’ 11/ <
!!■ Watts’ Corner
ly Have the best and cheapest stock of 11/
$ Dry Goods, Notions,
Shoes and Hats. T I
4/ Groceries and u;
th General Alerchandise 0/
c\er carried by tills old and reliable house.
11/ We Keep Everything You Need. I|/
11/ our store is full of new goods. liz
r- I ' erything in Grocery line fresh and nice, j
at lowest price. U/ !
We C ater ;is we . n as that of the farmers ana
;; . . ])r()(lucc , Paylng the u/:
11/ price' a L ' JoUr v ‘ itroa **Ke anti can please you in quality and
VA SON - * I
What We Promise
SjR i h We Perform.
Y; i . ' 1
‘ ' s -The drug world has not escaped the
~ "eneral epidemic of adulteration. We
4-1 are "uaranteed against this menace to
health by carrying a complete stock of
V'V'/k , // I \ > pure drugs in which adulteration find
i no h'lace. Every prescription is put
sn|s \ Ul> ’ ,y . an experienced pharmacist who
i tuakes.no mistakes. Our price schedule
; * 8 on the horizontal line of fairness.
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spacio™rbah n r<wm h tele SPlendl<i ''o^hlstra S
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amusements and™‘7' . ln fact ah th?
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and all troubiesTif dyspepsia
bowels, and kidneys r ’sh?n ma . ch ’ b®er’,
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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
MONEY
At Six Per Cent.
I am now prepared to ne
gotiate loans on city orjarm
property at six per cent. Come
see me if you need money.
John B. Felder
I AMERICUS, GA.
AMERICUS. GA., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1900.
Business....
....Directory.
Geo. W. Council, c. M. Council,
„ T „ President. Cashier.
R. J. Perry, l. q. Council,
Vice-President- Ass’t Cashier,
Incorporated, 1891,
The Planters Bank,
OF AMERICUS, GA.
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mßtilg
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General Banking. Collections a Specialty
Designated State Depository.
WHITLEY GROCErYcoT
W holesale Grocers,
Agents:
BALLARD'S OBELISK FLOUR.
LONG HORN TOBACCO.
AMERIOUS FU KNIIU KE AND
- UNDERTAKING COMPANY
C C HAWKINS, Manager.
Dealers in
Furniture, Coffins and
General Merchandise,
UNDERTAKERS and EMBALMERS.
108 Cotton Avenue.
Just Received from
Landreth’s Farm:
Rutabaga and all
Other varieties of
TURNIP SEED.
DR. E. J. ELDRIDGE.
Jackson and Lamar Streets.
The mfles bank,
AMERICUS, GA.
Transacts a general banking busi
ness. Loans madejon approved securi
ty. Interest paid on timeZdeposits.
W. H. SIMMONS, President.
JOHNSON & HARROLD,
Gotta Wta d CominissiM
MERCHANTS.
AND DEALERS 1N....
HEAVY GROCERIES and FERTILIZERS,
Plantation Furnished
on Beasonabie)Terrms.
Cash advanced on cottonin store at- lowest
current rates ot interest.
AMERICUS ICE FACTORY.
MANUFACTURERS
PURE ICE.
Capacity twenty tons daily. Orders
promptly filled. Correspondence so
licited.
S. R. sins, Prop.
Americus
Grocery
Company,
Wholesale Grocers
AMERICUS and ALBANY.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
jJU PETER F. BAHNSEN,
Veterinary Surgeon.
Office at Turpin Bros, or G. O. Loving’s
stables.
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. MAYNARD,
n Attorney at Law,
Office in Wheatley Building; Room 1.
Will practice in all courts except County
Court of Sumter countv.
JAMES TAHXIK
Attorney at Law.
Office over Rembert’s Drug store, Forsyth
street.
EA. HAWKINS,
• Attorney at Law.
Office in Wheatley Building opposite th
courthouse.
WELLMORN F. CLARKE,
Attorney at Law
SIIK Lamar Street. Americus. Ga
J A.‘ f Attorneys at Law
Americus, Ga.
Give special attention to the Bankruptcy
practice. Office. Bvne bldg, near court house
RE. CATO, M.U.
• ’ PHYSCIAN AND SURGEON.
Residence 330 Felder jstreet. Telephone 96
Tenders his professional services to the
people of Americus and surrounding coun
ties. Special attention given to general
surgery, diseases of womeni and children.
Office 405 Mi Jackson street. Calls left at Dr
Eldridge’s store will receive prompt atten
tion
STEVE WOOTEN has the only real!
ble transer agency in the city. All
orders attended to promptly it left at
Windsor hotel. Hours flam to 10 pm.
Orders for night trains must be left
before p m, Respectfully,
pnTTNE 8* STEVE WOOTEN.
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Use Big<4 for unnatural
dißChargeß.inflammations,
irritations or ulcerations
of mucous membranes.
Painless, and not astriu
, gent or poisonous.
Sold by Druggists,
or sent in plain wrapper,
by express, prepaid. £or
♦I.OO, 0r.3 bottles, <2.75.
Circular sent on request.
SYRUPTIGS
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7 Cleanses the System
Gently and Effectually
when bilious or costive.
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Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
It artificially digests the food and aids
Nature in strengthening and recon
structing the exhausted digestive or
gans. It lathe latestdiscovereddigest
ant and tonic. No other preparation
can approach it in efficiency. It in
stantly relieves and permanently cures
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn,
Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea,
Sick Headache, Gastralgia,Cramps and
all other results of imperfect digestion.
Prlcesoc andsl. Large size contains 2Yt times
small size. Bookail aboutdyspepsiamailedfree
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W. A REMBERT,
AMERICUS. GA.
KIDNEY DISEASES
arethe most fatal of all dis
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cm CV’O KIDNEY CURE is a
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or money refunded. Contains
remedies recognized by emi
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PRICE 50c. and $ J .00.
Davenport Drug Co
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EIGHT YEARS OLD.
OLD SHARPE WILLIAMS
FOUR FULL; QUARTS OF THISo FINE
OLD. PURE RYE.
c EXPRESS
PREPAID.
We snip on approval in plain, sealed boxes,
with no marks to indicate contents. When
you receive it and test it, if it is not satisfac
tory, return it at our expense and we will re
turn your 83.60. We guarantee this brand to
be eight years old Eight bottles for 86 50,
express prepaid; 12 bottles for 89.50 express
prepaid; 1 gallon jug, express prepaid, 83.00;
2 gallon lug, express prepaid, 85.50. No
charges for boxing.
We nandie all tne leading brands of Rye
and Bourbon Whiskies in the market, and
will save you 50 per cent, on vour purchases
quart. Gallon.
Kentuck Star Bourbon 835 81 25
Elkridge Bourbon 40 150
Coon Hollow Bourbon 45 1 60
Mellwocd Pure Rye 60 190
Monogram Rye 55 2(0
Mcßrayer Rye ... 60 225
Baker’s AAaa 65 2 46
O. OP. (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 3 50
Old Dillinger (10 years 01d)... 125 400
The above are only a few brands ot 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
prompt attention. Special, inducements of
fered
The Altmayer &
I
Flatau Liquor Co.
|3B“Mall orders shipped same .day receipt'd
order. mi
506, 508, 508, 510, 512;Fourth- st.
Near Union-Passenger Depot
i Phone 265.
Macon, 4 * Georgia,
; THF. ‘ r .« —-
Windsor Hotel,
AMERICUS, GEORGIA
CHAS. A. FLICKER, Proprietor
HENRY w VTEBOTH, Manager
j OFFICIALS fear a
» DECLARATION OF WAR
: Will Maintain Neutrality In
Case of Hostilities.
; PROTECT OUR INTERESTS
Administration Officials Regard War
Inevitable Unless Germany Recede#
From Her Position—Minister Conger
to Remain In Peking.
Washington, Sept. 26.—1 tis believed
that General Chaffee, being at Tien Tsin
has, by this time, received the instruc
tions cabled him yesterday relative to
the reduction of his force in China. If
he returns to Peking to execute the or
der it would be Monday at least before
he can begin the movement toward Tien
Tsin. It is thought here that, with a
view to preventing any possible misun
derstanding, he had already acquainted
the military representatives of the pow
ers at Tien Tsin of the projected with
drawal of the American forces. This is
deemed more necessary because of the
possibility of the appearance of Field
Marshal Waldersee at Taku or Tien Tsin
at any moment. It is desirable that the
change of the status of the American
troops shall have taken place before he
appears on the scene.
The rapid trend of events in China
toward actual and formal war, wliich is
regarded as certain to follow a refusal
on the part of Germany and some of the
other continental powers to enter into
negotiations for a settleriient with China,
is regarded here as justifying the de
cision of the state department to with
draw the American troops, now that
the purpose for which these troops were
sent into China has been accomplished.
The department has held from the first
that a state of war did not exist with
the Chinese government, and it secured
the assent of every one of the powers to
that proposition. *lt still does not be
lieve there is sufficient ground for chang
ing that position, and refuses to be
drawn into war without such ground.
What effect, if any, a declaration of war
upon China by Germany alone or in an
alliance with other powers would have
on the negotiations with Mr. Conger,
can only be conjectured.
Conger to Remain In Peking.?
Mr. Conger was to arrange the pre
liminaries for a meeting between the
representatives of the powers and China
I with a view to effecting a harmonious
settlement. His action was not to be
, mandatory in any sense upon any power
i and each was free to reject the good
offices of the United States if it saw fit.
A failure of Mr. Conger’s efforts would
not, it is believed, involve much change
in the American progress. Our govern
ment would simply b" obliged to deal
directly with China, with a view to the
protection of our own interests, aband
oning any further efforts to bring the
powers into harmony.
As to the negotiations already laid
down, they will remain unchanged, it
is said here. If the boligerent power or
powers seize upon Peking the American
minister will still remain there and
General Chaffee’s legation guard will
stay with him, bnt taking no part in
the war. The power in possession cau
find no valid objection to the presence
of this legation guard. At Constanti
nople the legations and embassies all
have their cavasses, or legation guards,
and while they are not numerous, the
principle is recognized and mere num
bers does not affect it.
Treaty With Peru.
Lima, Peru, via Laredo, TeX., Sept.
26.—1 tis stated on reliable authority
that the commUtee to which it was re
ferred has reported on the proposed ex
tradition treaty between the United
States and Peru. Trifling alterations in
tlje treaty are suggested and these will
be discussed this week.
Rice’s Body Cremated.
New York, Sept. 26. —The body of
William Rice, the millionaire, whose
death last Saturday is the occasion of
unusual inquiry, official and otherwise,
was taken to the crematory at Fresh
Pond today and incinerated.
Negroes Sentenced to Ilang.
Nashville, Sept. 26. —In the criminal
court today Judge Anderson sentenced
Lewis Bridges and Abe Petway, both
negroes, to be hanged Nov. 5 for the
murder of M. C. Wrenn.
German Transport at Hong-Kong.
Hong-Kono, Sept. 26.—The German
transport Gera and three German tor
pedo boats have arrived here.
Earl Howe Dead.
London, Sept. 26.—Earl Howe (Rich
ard William Pcuu Curzon-Howe) is
dead.
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HOWARD CONVICTED
OF MURDERING GOEBEL
Jury Was Unanimous In Its
Verdict of Guilty.
IS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Several Ballots Taken Before His Pun
ishment Was Fixed—Two Favored
Life Imprisonment but Came Over.
Personnel of the Jury.
Frankfort, Ky., Sept. 26. —The jury
in the Howard trial had made no ver
dict when the court met at 9 o’clock this
morning. The court convened and Judge
Cantrill sent the jury to the juryroom
to consider the case.
The jury retired to its room at 9:10
o’clock and returned with its verdict at
9:43 o’clock. The courtroom was crowd
ed with spectators and the vast crowd
was white with suppressed excitement
as Foreman Crutcher handed the writ
ten verdict to the clerk. Deputy Clerk
Elliott read the verdict, which found
the defendant guilty and fixed his pun
ishment at death.
Howard occupied a seat by hie attor
ney. He did not display the least agita
tion and was apparently no more con
cerned than any other person in the
courtroom.
The verdict was a surprise, as the
general public was led to believe that
the jury was divided on the question of
the guilt or innocence of the defendant,
but it turned out that the difficulty in
reaching a verdict was over the degree
of punishment, some of the jurors favor
ing life imprisonment, while others
stood out for the death penalty and
finally won their associates over.
Grounds for the Verdict.
Ono of the jurors after the jury had
been discharged stated that a number of
ballots were taken, but the first ballot
resulted in a unanimous vote in favor
of a verdict of guilty.
After that the ballots were as to the
degree of punishment, and on the bal
lots ten members voted for the death '
penalty, while two voted for life impris
onment. This was while the jurors
were in the juryroom yesterday after
noon. The first ballot today resulted in
a verdict, the two jurors who had voted
for life imprisonment gave in to the ma
jority and voted for the death penalty.
After the verdict had been rendered
Howard was remanded to jail, where he
was followed by his bosom friend, John
0. White, who seemed almost paralyzed
by the verdict. Howard’s cheeks also
blanched as he stood up to accompany
the jailor back to his cell. The jury
which tried the case was divided politi
cally, nine Democrats, one Republican
and two anti-Goebel Democrats.
The verdict of the jury, it is believed,
was based largely upon the destruction
of Howard’s alibi, upon which he de
pended solely.
One of the jurors admitted that the
failure of Howard to bring any of the
occupants of the executive building on
Jan. 30 to testify that he was not there
was considered by the jury as an indica
tion that he was there.
Found Guilty of Murder.
Eaton, N. M., Sept. 26.—Mendez
Rodriequez was found guilty of murder
in the second degree of the killing of
Anna Maria Duran at Cimarron. Rod
riguez conceived the idea that the old
woman had bewitched him and killed
her with an ax.
LAGRANGE IS IN DANGER.
Colorado River Has Risen Twenty-
Four Feet In Twenty-Four Hours.
Dallas, Sept. 2d.—All reports today
indicate that the lower Brazos and Col
orado rivers are falling slowly, except
at LaGrange, where the water is re
ported at noon to have risen 24 feet
since yesterday and is still rising slowly.
There is no confirmation here of the
Austin report of last night that the
town of Menardville, on the upper San
Saba had been swept away, but in view
of the peculiar situation there such a
disaster would not be surprising. In
addition to the treacherous mountain
stream there are large irrigation plants
in that vicinity which, should they
break, would cause immense flood dam
age. Menardville has no rail or wire
communication.
The Trinity at Dallas has fallen l foot
in the last 24 hours, but is still danger
ously high and the weather indications
are threatening more rain.
Estimated at $1 "
Fort Worth, Tex., Sept. 26.—A con
servative estimate places the loss by the
storms in various sections of the state at
fully $1,000,000. This is exclusive of
the great gulf coast disaster on Sept. 8,
the property losses of which are now
said to be over $80,000,000 and the loss
of life fully 8,000. The rivers are still
rising.
Wind Blew 130 Miles an Hour.
Edinburgh, Sept. 20.—New • has been
received at Drummore, Luce . ay, of a
hurricane at Ofiord, Iceland, Sept. 20.
The wind, it is said, blew 180 miles an
hour. Nearly all the fishing smacks
were driven ashore, houses were razed
and several persons were killed. There
was great destruction to property.
President Diaz Re-Elected.
City of Mexico, Sept. 26.—Mexico’s
congress last night declared the result
of the presidential election. General
Porfirio Diaz was unanimously elected
and will be inauguaratod next Decem
ber. The president has entirely recov
ered from his recent indisposition.
Engineer Killed.
Mobile, Sept. 26.—Emmett Cox, en
gineer of the Wagar Mill logging road
at Glendon, fell from the cab of his en
gine and was so badly injured by the
logging cars passiilg over him that he
died in a few minutes.
To Federate With New Zealand.
Melbourne, Sept. 26. The Fiji
islands are taking steps to federate with
New Zealand.
Minister Woodford Married.
New York, Sept. 26.—General Stew
art L. Woodford, formerly minister to
Spain, was married to Miss Isabel Yan
son today. The wedding ceremony took
place in the chapel of the First Presby
terian church on Lower Fifth avenue,
in this city, Rev. Howard Duffield offi-.
dating.
Boilermakers strike.
Norwich, Conn., Sept. 26.—Twohun
• dred men employed by the Page Boiler
company went out on strike today,
when informed that a voluntary in
crease of 10 wn ?' ,s ’ which
was April of this year, no
Olgent.
BOERS ABANDON THE
WAR; ARMY DISPERSED
Komatipoort Is Looted and
Burned by Burghers.
WRECKAGE ON ALL SIDES
Transvaalers Pillage and Destroy Ev
erything In Their Path—Many Towns
Laid Waste—Thousands of Tons of
Stores Burned.
Lorenzo Marques, Sept. 26.—Gen
eral lan Hamilton’s division and that of
General Pole-Carew have entered Ko
matipoort. Not a shot was fired nor
was a Boer seen during the march.
Evidence of the enemy’s destructive
ness was everywhere to be seen.
The bridges had been dynamited, the
stores, buildings and homesteads looted
and burned, as had been also the rail
way property, all the chief stations be
ing mere masses of smoking ruins,
among them KaapMuiden, Hectorspruit
and Komatipoort. At the last place
there is an enormous area over which
the Boers have wrought destruction.
WAR IS COMPLETELY ENDED.
Boer Army Is Dispersed—Scenes In
the Transvaal.
London, 3pt. 26.—“ The war is com
pletely ended, ” said the Lorenzo Mar
quez correspondent of The Daily Tele
graph. Many guns have been destroyed
aud hundreds of wagons and thousands
of tons of stores of every description
have been burned. Burning wreckage
lies in every direction in the Hector
spruit district.
“Any good police force of 20,000 men
can effect the complete pacification of
the country. It will be impossible for
the Boers in the future to mass a force
exceeding 1,500. They are sick of the
war and the Irish-American and other
mercenaries are clamoring for payment
and they threaten the Boer officials.”
i Transvaal Officials Sail.
Lorenzo Marquez, Sept. 26.—The
German steamer Herzog, which sailed
for Europe today, had among her pas
sengers the Transvaal postmaster gen
eral, Van Alphen; the assistant secretary
of state, Grobeler; the state treasurer,
Malherbe, and a large quantity of bar
gold.
British Guns Recaptured.
London, Sept. 26.—Lord Roberts re
ports that General lan Hamilton found
at Crocodile river, near Hevtorspruit, 13
guns, including several lost by the Brit
ish. They were mostly destroyed.
HEAVY SHIPMENT OF CIGARS
Tampa Manufacturers Gratified at the
Increase of Business.
Tampa, Fla., Sept. 26.—The quicken
ing pulse of trade is clearly reflected in
the cigar business here.
The supply of cigars is ample and the
manufacturers are shipping liberally.
The weekly payment in this city is
nearly SIOO,OOO, in the cigar business
alone.
Last week there were 850 cases of
cigars shipped from Tampa into 3?
states and territories. One case ven
tured out as far as Skagway, Alaska.
These cases contained in round numbers
2,700,000 cigars. For the corresponding
week last year, there were 266 cases of
cigars shippe4 from this city. They con
tained 1,230,000 cigars, or 304 cases less
than this year’s shipments—l,l6o,ooo
cigars.
Since Jan. 1 there have been 16,879
cases of cigars shipped from this city.
For the corresponding period of last
year, there were 11,327 cases shipped.
This gives the present year an increase
of 5,552 cases.
SITUATION AT HAZELTON.
Both Minors and Operators Claim to
Be Gaining.
Hazelton, Pa., Sept. 26.—N0 addi
tional collieries were closed in the Le
high valley today. The Lentz, Lilly &
Co. mine at Park Place, in th? Schuyl
kill region, however, was reported
closed. There is not a colliery in this
region that has its full force of men to
day.
The strikers claim accessions to their
ranks while most of the mine superin
tendents report a slight increase in the
number of men working today. The
Lehigh Valley Coal company officials
say they are in better shape than on any
other day since the strike began.
Three strikers were arrested in the
vicinity of this company’s No. 4 shaft,
in this city, for unlaxvful assembly.
They were walking on the railroad track
•within the oompany’s property.
Join the Strikers.
Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 26.—Seventy
five miners went on strike today at
Tower City colliery, controlled by the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
company. There are 1,200 men em
ployed at the colliery and this is the
first break in their ranks. A branch of
the Mine Workers’ union is being or
ganized at Tower City aud the strike
leaders predict that many of the men
will go out tomorrow.
Lynched by Negroes.
South Pittsburg, Tenn., Sept. 26.
A peculiar lynching occurred 2 <miles
south of hero yesterday. Two negroes
passed through South Pittsburg early in
the morning with a negro bound, whom
they said they were going to hang for
an assault committed on a woman by
him. Officers pursued and found por
tions of the negro’s clothing in the
woods, 2 miles from tho town, on the
bauk of a creek. It is supposed he was
thrown into the creek.
The McLeod Company,
Oglethorpe, Ga.
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H. & H. W. Catherwood Three Feathers 2 00 bottle, full quart
S’ £S’ Catherwocds Upper Ten 150 bottle, full quatt
H. & H. W. Catherwooas Centuryl 25 bottle, full auart
Garrett Williams Co’s Soliis../. 1 50 full auart
J. B. Brown’s Private Stock 100 full quart ft ,
Edwin B. Bruce’s Somerset Club 1 50
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guaranteed six \ ears old. .>0 per gallon. Four war*- ’•
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vilie N. (’.. t.T control of their celebrated P. -*W, do 'Jggtac* 'J
Wldcll th. y guarantee two wars old. We are ' f’darißßi™ $
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in.r stock ■’ Wines and low proof goods
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NO. 138
SETTLEMENT OF THE
I STRIKE IS PROBABLE
1 Operators Will Make Conces
sions to the Miners.
5 NOT RECOGNIZE THE UNION
Propose to Treat With Their Men as
Individuals—Many Anuouuce Their
i
Willingness to Return to Work—Sev
eral Collieries Resume. •
( Philadelphia, Sept. 26.— Affaire in
the strike region are very quiet today.
President Mitchell of the Miners’ un
ion, aided by his lieutenants, is making
every effort to induce the idle men to
refrain from violence or trespass, as he
fully realizes the moral effect of an out-
I break that would necessitate the send
ing of soldiers to the Hazelton region.
Scranton, Pa., Sept. 26.—The strike
; situation throughout the Lackawanna
’ valley remains practically unchanged
1 today, the Lackawanna company work
ing its four washeries without molesta
, tion, but none of the coal is going out
over the road at present, being held on
the mine switches. This company is
believed to be actively preparing to get
one of its big breakers in operation by
marshalling sufficient men willing to
work for that purpose.
Information this morning in effect is
that the big companies are prepared to
t morrow to grant concessions, provided
that at the time the men are actually
yyorking in their employ.
It appears that the strike and the
threats of the strike has brought to the
attention of the operators in a more
marked manner the grievances of their
employes and that in the various con
ferences held the opportunity has been
afforded them to discuss the grievances
both from their own stand point and
that of the men. Public sentiment, es
pecially as regards the question of the
price charged miners for powder, has
also been a material factor in the pro
ceedings, and an understanding exists
that when work is resumed the terms of
settlement will be made known.
But there is also an understanding
that, come what may, the compromise
must not be effected through the United
Mine Workers. While the many mine
workers are anxious to settle the strike
and return to work regardless of the
means by which an amicable settlement
is made, there is quite a strong senti
ment to remain out until the union is
recognized and until that organization
is satisfied that work can be resumed
advantageously to the union.
BLOODSHED AT SCRANTON.
Italian Miners Settle an Old Feud. z
Three Men Wounded. _ /
Scranton, Pa., Sept. 26. —The first
bloodshed which may be laid to the
strike of the miners in the Lackawanna
region is reported this morning from
Sibley, a mining settlement at the foot
of the mountains in Old Forge town
ship, about 6 miles from Scranton.
Three men were wounded in the row,
in which about 20 shots were fired. Th®
participants were all Italians and mostly
men who had before the strike began
been working in the mines near Bend
ham as nonunionists, but who became
members of the United Mine Workers
two weeks ago.
Previously there was bad blood be
tween these men and others of their
own nationality who had been on strike
at Jermyn? for six months, and several
clashes occurred.
Last night the men got into a fight on
the roadway near Barberton. Revolvers
were drawn by several and when the
battle was over three men were down in
the road, one so badly wounded that
there is little hope for his recovery. Sev
eral arrests have been made.
MORMON ELDER io SLAIN.
Others Covered With Tar and Cotton
and Set on Fire.
Marianna, Fla., Sept. 26.—Reports
come from the western portion of the
county that Mormon elders who heye
been at work all summer there have
been run out of the county by /wgerwd
men. / *
Three families were packed up to go
with them, consisting of eight women
and girls and two men, when a mob of
50 men gathered, stripped and whipped
the elders, and at the muzzles of shot
guns escorted them across the county
line, warning them that they would be
killed if they returned. Oije of the
men converts was also severely beaten.
Another report says that one of the
elders was killed and three others cov
ered with tar and cotton and set on fire.
An Interesting Relic.
Florence, Ala., Sept. 26. —B. 8.
' Broadus, cashier of the Merchant’s bank
of this city, is the recipient of a very in
teresting relic in the shape of an old
sword cane from Major D. C. White of
; Moulton, editor Os the Moulton Adver
tiser, one of papers in the
south. The cane iv,; J ebony with ivory
• handle, and has a steel sword.
1 The cane was given White ip x
1865 by a mon whose name does not.jfc
remember, but the handle hasiMkWV
tials on it. The cane was made early
the centrry and bears the inscription
“J. T. Y. to M. R. Q.”
j Fire at Ocala.
t Ocala, Fla., Sept. 26. An early
i morning fire destroyed the Acme hotel
and a boardinghouse, while a small
brick structure collapsed from the heat.
Ollie Mordis, a Syrian, was caught by
the falling wall of the brick store, and
had one of his legs broken. Nearly
everything in both burned buildings
was destroyed.