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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-11-27
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-11-27

Montgomery, Ala, Nov. 26.-In a
freight wreck on an extension of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad near
Georgiana, Ala, yesterday Frank Ber-
ry, the neg fireman and an unknown
negro tramp were killed. Four hun.
dred feet o. track were torn up and
seven loaded cars demolished.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-11-27

Consul Fletcher Dead.
Genoa, NOV. 26.-James Fletcher,
United States consul in this city, is
dead.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-11-27

The Force of the Explosion Was So
Great That 1t Demolished an Entire
Three-Story 5rick-List of the Cas-
ualties
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-26
BREAKS WEDDING RECORD.
Young Woman Marries Twice and Is Q Widow in
 Two Years.

Welded twice and widowed once in less than two years and not yet 20 years of age is the startling matri- monial record possessed by Mrs. How ard Gould, whose husband is advance agent for a theatrical company. Two years ago next month Mrs. Gould. who was then Miss Edith Woodling, left her home in Scranton, Pa., and went to New York, where her sweet heart, James ". Garvey, Jr., was be- ing treated in St. Luke's hospital for consumption. Although informed that he was not destined to live she mar ried him. Five months later Mrs. Garvey was back in Scranton, widow at the age of IS.
 Two weeks ago the repertory com pany played at the Academy at Scran- ton. Howard Gould, one of the com pany, was a handsome. fair-haired young fellow, and it was a case of love at first sight. Saturday afternoon last he and Mrs. Gar vey were married at Wilkesbarre by Rev. w. J. Hall and came to Scran- ton afterward for the blessing of the brides parents,
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-26
THE GREAT SIBERIA.
Possibilities or This Vast Country Not Yet Realized by the World.
Fast Becoming Dotted with ThrfTing VtlIages-Rich, Productive Soil and Immense Mineral Wealth
 Yet to Be Developed.

Siberia of to-day is land filed with thriving villages. and is giving prom ise of wealth. Consul Smith, at Mos COW, has written to the state depart ment an interesting report on that country. He says:
 Ten years ago the name Siberia conjured up a picture of wastes of snow and ice, boundless steppes and coasts white with icebergs- To-day this same Siberia is land filled with thriving villages of peasant farmers, producing grain and vegetables in plenty, and giving promise of mineral wealth which will astonfsh the world.
 "The world has now to deal with new factor, and a factor heretofore unconsidered, as is evidenced by the ignorance of the Russians themselves regarding the affairs and conditions beyond their northern border land.
 "The lack of exploitation of such evident mineral wealth as is to be found in Siberia is unparalleled in other parts of the civilized world. Of these resources gold is by far the most important, and it is, curiousfy enough, the least undeveloped.
 "Cities of from 10, 600 to 5000 inhab- itants are now numerous in Siberia. Hotels supplied with comfortable rooms, restaurants which may be truly said in many cases to be pala- tial, electric lights and telephone connections are not difficult to find. One may now traverse Siberia with his hands folded if he so wishes, as the elegant weekly vestibule, supplied with bath, piano dining salon, draw ing-room, leather sofas, easy chairs, and observation cars, the whole fitted with electric lights and call bells, rolls from Moscow to Irkutsk. The cost of this remarkable journey, 3,2OO miles, including sleeper, is but S44, first class.
 ''To the majority of the inhabitants of St. Petersburg and Moscow Siberia is as unknown as it is to the people of the mountain district of Tennes- see. When men of affairs at Moscow were asked what clothes to take to Siberia they replied that furs were aIWayS necessary on account O1 the intense cold. Actual experience in the city of Krasnoyarsk showed that the thermometer registered no de- grees for days together in the month of August and that any clothes but those made of silk and linen were ab- solutely uncomfortable
 But let Siberia speak for herself; let the globe-trotter get away from the travelling agencies for a month and a new world, where clements of strength and virility soon to be felt in the struggle for existence are but waiting to develop under the touch of western enterprise. Some advance has already been made, as is evident when American moving machines are seen rattling through the streets of Tomsk, and a policeman may be not ed riding a United States bicycle through the dusty highways of Kras- noyarsk. The beginnings are small. but the straws blow with the wind of progress"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-26

headquarters at New York, at the parting of the centuries on the night of the slst of the coming December. The especially organized twentieth century department of the Red Cross in charge of the watch meetings has opened correspondence with governors and commanders of the state militia and separate military bodies, with may ors and ehairmen of town committees, and with the various church and char itable and social organizations.
 The progress and purpose of the. undertaking are officially outlined in a communication which says in part:
 'aThe object of these meetings is to raise funds for the American National Red Cross and to signaEze the dawning of the new century by giving world wide prominence to that fraternity be- tween nations which tends to amelio- rate the horrors of war.
 ''The Red Cross in other countries has been endowed by various means. but in the United States it has worked from one national emergency to an- other without an endowment or sus- taining fund, and # Is believed that, at the dawn of the new century, the people of the United States will gladly gather together in mass meetings to watch the old century out and the new century in, and at the same time to aid in the national and international work which has for its watchword: Humanity"
 The New York watch meeting will be held in Madison Square garden. There will be music and speeches and the reading of greetings.
 These are expressions on the prog ress of the century from Count Tolstoi, Joseph Chamberlain, Dreyfus, Zola, Kruger, Sir Edward Arnold, Hall Caine, Anthony Hope, Lord Roberts and more than 50 others.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-26
WOULD INCREASE NAVY.
United States Should Have Navy Half Strength of That of England.

"I believe that the United States should have a navy whose strength should be at least half of that of Eng land," said Representative Dayton, of West Virginia, member of the house naval committee. "Other countries are increasing their navies repeatedly, and the United States cannot afford to be in the rear of the procession. We can afford to spend approximately as much on the navy as on our army, and with $1OO, O,OOO, ,OOO per annum to ex- pend on the navy we should have one which should be source of pride and qualification to every American.
 ''I am believer in battleships. It is in the battleship the reliance of the country on the sea must be placed. 1 do not think we should undertake to force the construction of the navy beyond the capacity of the American ship yards, as all our ships should be constructed at home. In fact, spend ing money on the navy is good way to put it in circulation, for all of it goes to American ship yards or foun~ dries and to American workmen.
 "Our great trouble will be in find ing the officers for the new navy. I am inclined to favor Admiral Crown inshield's recommendation that there should for the next ten years be two cadets at Annapolis for each con- gressional district and four from the state at large"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-26
A TIMELY HINT.
Consul at Zittaw Says That Now Is the Opportunity to IntrOdues Amer
 iean Flax in Germany.

On account of the scarcity of raw flax in Germany prices have advanced ten or twelve per cent. and number of the mills have closed their doors. Some of the operators are only work ing half time or full time with few of their spindles, though all the mills could be working constantly if the raw material could be furnished in sufficient quantities and at reason able price.
 Consul Herzog, at Zittaw, in re- port to the state department. says that at the beginning of the new year Russian flax will be in abundance and if the growers of the United States could possibly put the Amer ican flax on the market within a short time, there would be steady demand for their products.
 A conference will shortly be held at Breslau, Germany, and at Traute- nau, Bohemia, between German and Austrian flax spinners and Belgian and Russian dealers in raw flax and the consul says that this will be @ splendid opportunity to offer samples of American flax with view to intro duction of that commodity into Ger many
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-26
SUICIDES IN ARMY.
Statistics Prepared by Surgeon Gen. eraI Sternberg Show There Is Not
 an Alarming Increase.

Surgeon General Sternberg has pre- pared statistics making comparison of cases of suicides and homicides which occurred in the army during the years of 1898 and 1899 compared with the ten years between 1888 and 1897. It shows that there were relatively fewer homicides during those two years than during the previous decade. The average number of suicides per year in an army of 27,116 for the ten years was F. The ratio per thousand was .63 per cent. The strength of the army in 1898 is given at 147,795, the av- craze number of suicides, 3S, and the percentage per thousand, .26. The strength of the army in 1899 is given at 1O5, ,546, and the number of suicides at 30; ratio per thousand, .2S per cent.
 During the ten years from 1888 to 1897 the homicides are given at 5.5 per cent, and the ratio per thousand, 20 per cent. For 1898 the number of homicides at 19, and the ratio per thou sand, IS per cent; for 1899 the number of homicides at 23 and the ratio per thousand, .22 per cent.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-26
A BIG COMBINATION.
s4OoO,OOO Capital Stock of Its Largest CompetitoP.

The Eelectric Vehicle company has bought the entire $4,OOO,OOO capital stock of the Riker Motor Vehicle conn pany, its largest competitor, and will probably increase it's own preferred and common stock each by $1,000,OOO. George H. Day was elected president of the Electric Vehicle company, succeeding Robert McA. Lloyd, who remains director. k. C. Stevens, president of the Metropolitan Street Railway company, of the city of Washington, who has been the pres ident of the Riker company, was made a director of the Electric Ve- hicle company. John Jacob Astor re- signed as director of the Electric Vehicle company, his place on the board being filled by George Chap man, his business representat tive. President Day is also the president of the Electric Storage Battery com pany, which has a monopoly of the business of supplying storage batter ies for the vehicles of the Vehicle company. As result of the combina- tion the two companies now practic- ally own all the patents upon vehicles moved by electricity, the Vehicle com pany having a monopoly of the basic patents upon the running gears.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-26
POPULATION OF RUSSIA.
It Is Estimated That There Are 186,- OOO,OOO People in the
 Country.

The population of Russia was esti- mated at about 7s.OOO.O00 in 1861. the year of the emancipation of the serfs. It is now calculated to be over 136,- 900, 900, according to a statement just published by the ministry of finance. This estimate is obtained by adding the calculated annual excess of births over deaths, which is certainly 2,00O,- 900 to the total of 129,OOO,OOO, given by the census of January 2S, 1897, which was 126,40O,0OO without the grand duchy of Finland or 129, 900, 900 including Finland. The Slavic popu- lation is 73 per cent. of the whole; Russians alone numbering s6,OOO,OOO or 66 per cent, and the Poles 9,0O0,- GOO or per cent. The total Finnish population is over 5000, 900 and the Lithuanians almost reach the same figures, numbering 5,6oO,OOo. Various Turkish peoples of the Volga, the Crimea, the Caucasus and Siberia number 11,OOO,OOO or about per cent. of the whole. There are 4,0OO.- 900 Hebrews and about 100000 per sons of German descent or birth.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-26
DUCHESS BUYS NEW GOWNS.
Manehestsr Goes Shopping, Too, and PureAasss an Auto
 mobile.

The duchess of Manchester decided while in New York that she did not have enough dresses for her honey moon trip to her old Cincinnati home Consequently she telephoned fash ionable modiste to at once send 90 of her very swellest gowns to the duca1 apartments in the Holland house for inspection. A score of tasteful crea- tions were promptly sent her. Of the 20 she chose four. The scorned 16 were returned. One of the chosen gowns was an afternoon dress. The latter was bought for wear on the trip west.
 While his wifh was buying gowns the duke was also doing some shop ping. For an hour he whirled up and down Fifth avenue in a locomobile, testing it. He finally decided he liked it and completed the purchase, pay ing for it with check of $1, 400. The duke has new private secretary. Melville Ellis, the librettist. "He isn't merely just secretary" said the duke. He's to be my friend, too. I had great difficulty in persuading him to take the place."
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-26

The cannibals had not gone far They had found in the agents house Is guns, and with these they returned for Capt. Maceo and his crew. A hasty retreat was made to the schoon- CT and the cannibals potted them with their stolen guns. Once aboard the Mascotte the captain turned loose all the available arms. The bullets from the savage islanders found marks in the rails and decks and rid dled the foresail. Capt Macco brought into play small gun and the noise, more than the effectiveness of it, scared the cannibals of. The Mas cotte, which is an auxiliary schooner, then steamed to Kusai, in the Caro- lines, and notified. the German sloop of war Zeadler of the murder. Both schooner and warship re- turned to Komali and the native will lages were sheIed. Eighty villages were destroyed by fire. Is natives were killed and 20 were taken pris- Onerg
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-26
BOA CONSTRUCTOR CAPTURED.
Two New Jersey Men Kill an Immenss Reptile Fifteen Feet
 Long.

The little town of Roselle, on the line of the Central railroad of New Jersey, is excited over the capture the other day of boa constructor Is feet long and weighing over 55 pounds. It was shot and killed by Blake Tatham. proprietor of we'll known livery stable in Roselle.
 He and George Drayis, 8 barber, of the same place. wandered over Union county for rabbits and other game, when a yell of terror from Tatham startled Dravis, who was admonished not to come near. Drayis stood off a distance and watched Tatham gesticu- late and swing his arms in true h. dian fashion. Tatham motioned to Dravis to look in a little thicket and there he beheld the boa constrictor lying at full length on the ground with both eyes partly opened and its tongue lolling about its mouth.
 Both men started to run for their lives, but shortly came back. The hunters climbed tree and fired both barrels of their guns in the coiling mass at their feet. The shots tcok effect and the boa constructor moved. Fearing the snake would climb the tree the frightened hunters came down and ran for dear life for mile Then they came back and poured vol ley after volley of shot into the snakes body.
 When assured it was dead they went to town and got help. A dozen boys secured poles, and placing them under the huge reptile with man dragging the creeping wonder by the head. it was dragged and half carried into Roselle.
 For months past the farmers of Union and Middlesex counties have at various times seen the great serpent crawling over their farms seizing young chickens and guinea hens as it sped along. Where the monster came from is not known, but it is believed that it must have escaped from some circus.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-26
UTILIZATION OF FURNACE GAS
Waste Product in Prussia to Be Used in Running Big Elee-
 tric Motors.

Vice Consul General Hanauer, of Frankfort, writes, November 8, 1900, as follows: On October 30, 25 repre-. sentatiyes of the largest iron works in France and Belgium visited the Horde Mining and Rolling Mills as- sociation, at Horde, near Dortmund, Prussia, to inspect the electrical cen. traI station for utilizing the gas com ing from the mouths of furnaces. This new method is considered one of the wonders of modern technics. The plant, when fully completed, will have a force of 6,40O horsepower. At present, three twin motors of the Oechelhauser system are run by this furnace gas to produce an electric current for supplying power and light for the Hermann rolling mills. A fourth motor of 600 horsepower and four others of 1000 horsepower each are now in process of construction to serve like purposes.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-26
kEGA1NED VOICE WHEN DYING.
Womah Who Had Not Spoken for Thirty Years Talks on Her
 Death Bed.

Mrs. Charles Palmer. a mute, died at the room of her invalid mother in the Park house in Charles City, Ia., the other day. The disease which caused her death was quick consump- ton. Before she died this woman, who had not spoken for nearly 30 years, summoned up all her strength and articulated somewhat brokenly but sufficiently plain to be understood by her mother, who received the mes- sage from her dying daughter, the message that all was we'll with her and she was ready and willing to die.
 Mrs. Palmer has been deaf and dumb since childhood, when she was left mute by severe attack of scarlet fever. She has been living with her husband, also mute, at Rochester, Minn., until she came to the home of her mother in Charles City few days before her death.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-26
ANOTHER TRIUMPH.
um and England - Mail Steamer Always in Touch with the Land.

Consul Roosevelt at Brussels re- ports to the state department that a station has been established at La Panne, Belgium, for the exchange of wireless telegraphic messages be- tween Belgium and England. La Panne was selected on account of it's being the point of the Belgium lit toral nearest the English coast and
 mast of the Marconi system 130 feet high was erected there. The Dover Osten mail boat Princess Clementine was fitted up with temporary ap- paratus for use in experimental trials. An additional mast was affixed to the foremast of this vessel increasing it's original height about 60 feet. From that extremity the telegraphic waves are projected towards each coast. A special room has been fitted up on the steamer for the instruments and from that room the cable is carried to the top of the extended mast. It is confidently expected to maintain communication between ship and shore for at least 30 miles, which is dOOuG Hd1 way dcIOSs' NAtn SIoCiOuS at La .Panne and Dover those on board the vessel will be able to keep in touch with the land during the en- tire trip across. Recent experiments showed that replies arrived with the same regularity and celerity as or dinary telegrams. When about 40 miles from Ostende the captain was able to telegraph the station master at Ostende the probab ble hour of his arrival. Various telegrams were sent from the vessel to Ostende, Brussels, Dover and London, and the reception of each message was acknowledged promptly. Subsequently, the consul adds. a message was sent from the
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-26
SAILORS MARROW ESCAPE.
Falls Overheard, and Ls Surroz1Ae4 by Sharks WheR
 Rescued.


 Sylus Johnson, sailor, on board the British steamer EIamy. which recently arrived at Mobile, Ala, from St. Vincent, Cape Verde islands, had most thrilling experience while the steamer was on the voyage to that port. Shortly after leaving St. Vim cent, and when the vessel was some thing more than 200 miles to sea. Johnson, who was going about his duties on deck, went to one side tS attend to some lines Leaning far over the railing, he lost his ballnes and plunged head first into the wac ter. Several men on deck saw John son ss he fell, and signaled for ths engines to be reversed. at the same time throwing a Iife-preserver t0 him, but this he failed to get. as the seas were rnnning high. The E5lamy was going a speed of ten or twelve knots per hour, and, although ths- engines were reversed, she had gone a good distance from where Johnson fell overheard before a boat could be lowered.
 VouhSOu, ID LQe mcdutlmCs "oS struggling to keep himself af1oat. knowing that some one would come to his rescue. He divested himself of all his clothing, thus making the task of swimming in the high seas much easier. Shortly after doing this, and as he was floating along, he saw to his consternation that several big sharks were moving around him as if undecided whether to eat him or wait awhile. Every time the sharks would approach him, Johnson would beat the water and yell at the top of his voice in an effort to scare them away.
 Johnson was almost exhausted with swimming and calling for help when Second Mate Ausborn and First Officer Nicholson, who put out in 8 small boat as soon as the vessel had been stopped. rowed up and pulled the almost exhausted form into the boat. They rowed back to the steam CT and were hauled on board. John son was overcome from his long stay in the water and his thrilling experi- ence with the sharks.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-01-26
IsIands-Narrow Escape of Boat Crew-Cannibals Punished.

The schooner Mascotte. which has arrived here from the South Seas, brings tales of cannibaism and the massacre of blacks on the savage is- lands. For the past two years the Mascotte has been trading between the Solomon islands, New Guinea and New Ireland. Her deck, rails and sails bear the marks of cannibals' spears and bullets.
 The schooner arrived at Kemali, in the Admiralty group, just after the murder of Herman Matzke, the trad ing agent there. This was on August 29. The Mascotte dropped anchor in the harbor, three canoes shot out from the land. Capt. Maceo and @ boats crew went ashore and found that the copra house had been footed and that the traders home was a wreck. In the yard of the latter 8 big pot was still sizzling over the dy- ing embers of fire and in the pot were found some of the bones of the trader.