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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
Ceremony at Forest Park.

At the appointed time the directors
and officers of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition company, General John 1.
Bates, Major Henry Hunter, Fifteenth
United States cavalry, and other army
officers, g. .ernors of states and guests
assembled at the St Louis CLUB. Car.
riages were taken and the party was
driven to Forest park, where the cere-
mony of breaking ground was carried
out. A huge fire had been built on
the structural site of the educational
building to soften the ground Arriv-
ing on :he site the party assembled
at the place indicated and welded the
shovel in this order
President. David r. Francis. treas.
urer. w III. Thompson; secretary. Wal.
ter 3. Stevens; General Counsel Blair.
Director of Exhibits Skiff, Director of
Works Taylor, Chief of the Depart.
ment of Education Rogers and the
chief architect of the educational
building, vice presidents of the expo
sition company. members of the execu.
tive committee. representatives of the
Worlds fair national committee and
the lady managers and the chairman
of each of the standing committees of
the company.
AS this part of the ceremonies was
being carried out Battery A. of the
Missouri national guard. fired 60 guns.
Received With Military Honors.
At the conclusion of this part of the
ceremony the carriages were re-enter.
ed by the party and were driven down
town. Stopping ut the armory OF the
First infantry, Missouri national guard
Colonel Sinclair commanding, the par
ty was received with military honors
and escorted to the Coliseum. where
the remainder of the program was
carried out. The immense hall of the
Coliseum was crowded with thousands
of persons, among whom were many
children, the public schools having
been closed for the day.
On the platform at one side of the
Coliseum, decorated with United
States flags and banners and bunting of
red, white and blue, the colors of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition COM
pany, were seated officers of the
Worlds fair, municipal officials, Con.
gresham James A. Tawney and
Worlds Fair National Commissioner
John NJ Allen, the orators of the day,
governors of states, national commits
sioners, members of the board of lady
managers. General Bates and stan and
other invited guests.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
GALLOWS CLAIMS
NEGRO MURDERERS
Two Hanged In Alabama, One
In Tennessee.
ONE MOUNTS STEPS SMILING

The Crimes for Which the Victims
Suffered the Death Penalty Pos.
sessed No Particularly Sensational
Features.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-12-21
Many Others More or Less Severely
lniured-one Boiler Hurled Hiuh In
Air and Crashes through Residence.
Panic Ensued Among Workmen.

Pittsburg Dec. 20.-The Black Dia-
mond Steel works Of Park Bros. on
Thirtieth street, was the scene this
morning OF an awful accident IN which
at least FIVE workmen lost their lives
and II we're injured. Reports are free
ly circulated that from 10 to 80 were
killed. and it Will not be known just
how many are dead until the wreck
age is cleared away.
Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-24
IAGO evans
And His Scheming Methods TO De-
fraud the Pensioners.
A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.

How His Inverted Moral Faculties Have Been
Stimulated 10 Execute tho Bohosls Of The
Ring Putting Him in Charge Of tho Pen
sion Bureau - The G. AR Organs Tor
turOuS Course
Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-24
THIS DOES US GOOD
And is Besides Highly Entertain
ing and Instructive as to the
Globes Mission.
} M EnIron or IN GLonE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE GLOBE:
One Of the big "Injuns' who is also
one Of the secretary's pet lambs, in
our office, said i'm presence Of three or
four of us girl clerks the other day
hat he would like to break your jaw
and otherwise dishgure your counten-
ance.
one Of the girls said to him that
your Office was not far away from the
Department and that It would be an
easy matter for him to see you, but
she feared that IL he visited you on
that kind Of an errand, that we would
likely find him, shortly after his inter
view i'm the Emergency hospital, and
that his poor body would look and
ne would feel as though he had passed
through a stone crusher or threshing
machine. This young man is not near
so fresh and insulting to us girls as
he once was. He has a wholesome
Tread of The Globe, so have all the rest
Of the pets and sneaks i'm our Office.
One Of our girl clerks has made for
herself ont Of paper a small globe.
painted fl and marked 1t. This She
keeps I'm the drawer of her desk and
whenever one Of these male pets begins
TO be too fresh and familiar she opens
the drawer takes out this little globe
nolds it up in her fingers before him.
mats enough, the fellow turns red in
the face. stammers out some kind Of
an apology and goes about his bust
ness. The Globe has done more good
in correcting abuses in the depart
ments during the short time it has
been published than all these old
sleepy city papers but together during
their whole existence. such as the
Times, Star and Post, they are cow
ardly. The most of the clerks, both
men and women, love The Globe,
though they have to be careful who
they tell it to-. May heaven bless The
Globe and it's editor and long may
both live is the sincere prayer Of
NINA.
Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-24

than he was months ago "He has left
England, adds "Anglo.Australian," "a
great contrast TO the enthusiastic re-
cruit OF two years since. He has lost
his health, his income and his posi-
tion; he has nearly lost his life. He is
now embittered with the sense OF injus-
tice, dependent for months on the kind
ness OF a chance acquaintance for the
bread he ate"
The secretary Of the Lancashire and
Cheshire Conservative Workingmen's
federation in forwarding to Lord Rob
ert's a resolution on the subject Of ar
rears Of pay due to returned forces
from South Africa, writes that the
permanent officials OF the war Office,
secure in their positions irrespective
Of party changes, have by their dis
regard and apathy to the claims Of
these men, not only inflicted grave in
justice to those concerned but are
seriously injuring the government it.
self.
Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-24
Man who Nam, d America.

Few Americans are aware Of the
fact that the name of their continent
is due to a German scnolar. In 1907
Martin Waldseemuller, also known as
Hylacomylus, Of ST. Die, in the Vos-
yes. edited a book called "Cosmo-
grapb.ae Introduc,io," in which he
gave a translation of Amerigo Vespuc-
els description of his voyages
That was just the time when Ameri-
gos fame filled the world, while Col
umbus' disgrace overshadowed his
merit, and evidently AIS name had
never reached the quiet village in the
Vosges when Amerigo trumpeted forth
his own glory So Hylacomylus pro
posed that, since the new continent
was after all, not a part Of the Indies,
no name would suit better than that
of his famous explorer, Amerigo.
The book was read far and wide, and
so quickly was the proposition accept
ed that, when later on the true dis
covered was known, the name was al
ready rooted too deeply in general
use to be abolished, and was even ex.
tended to the north part Of the contin'
ent. while Hylacomylus had only
meant it for the present South Amer
lea.
Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-24
what Is HeP

To THE EDITOR OF THE GLOBE;
I am interested in The Globes ex-
posure OF August W. Machen's ofhcial
record. The question uppermost in
the minds Of people acquainted with
him is his origin or nationality. He
has the physical appearance Of a
Hebrew. looks and acts like one, but 1t
is doubtful II that race would own
him. The word is German, Vas machen
sic? Which means in plain English,
WHAT do you make? The definition OF
the word is significant in view Of
The Globes exposures, for Mr.. Machen
i'm his seven or eight years superitend-
ency has undoubtedly made something.
According to The Globes figures last
Sunday he made a big hole i'm the Gov
ernment's eXchequer in 1895, without
warrant Of law, and the postmaster
general sustains and upholds him as a
model official and reformer. Bah.
Wait, Mr. Editor while he gets the six
millions for Rural Free Delivery OF
deviltry, then you will see the fur and
hair fly.
PATIENCE.
Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-24
A LAUNDRESS SAVED
From Committing Suicide by dream
Of an Improvement IN Ironing
Collars.

There is a woman in North London
who owes, not fortune alone, but life
itself, to a dream, The story was re-
lated to the writer one day recently
by well-knOwn patent agent The
latter was sitting in his office, when
poorly clad woman called and re-
quested an interview. On its being
granted she explained that she had a
SICK husband dependent upon the few
snillings weekly she was able to earn
by laundry work. She had, she said,
frequently noticed that a certain ma
chine used in collar ironing ironed
each Of the articles in question ex-
cellently well at the beginning, but
that, owing to the strain upon the roll
ers caused by six or seven collars be-
ing passed through at a time, there
was a great falling off toward the end.
This defect she set herself to rectify,
but all her efforts were i'm vain, until
one night after watching by the bed
side of her sick husband until she was
tired out, she saw, as in a vision, an
entire novel and perfected collar
irouer turning out innumerable col
lars each perfect in glaze, color and
smoOthness.
She noted, too, that no matter
whether one or a dozen were passed
between the rollers at once, the re-
suits were equally satisfactory; and
after some study Of the mechanism
still, OF course, in her dream-she dis
covered the reason why That dis
covery has been taken up by a syndi-
cate Of capitalists, and shortly a new
collar ironer is to be placed upon the
market which is expected to revOlu-
tionize that particular branch of the
steam laundry business.
Meanwhile its originator has been
made happy by the payment Of 81 900
in lump sum, with the promise Of
substantial royalty on each one Of
the new machines
And" remarked in conclusion, the
reator Of the story, "If I know any
thing OF laundry machinery, she ought
to be, and probably will be, worth
S25. 600 in a few years time. Yet such
was her poverty that she was on the
point Of committing suicide in despair
when the news Of her good fortune
arrived
Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-24
A Convict who Seeks oblivion.

James King, as he calls himself who
Is serving a life sentence for murder
appears more to fear that his family
in New York state will hear Of his dis
grace than TO regret the long years Of
servitude to which he is doomed
In a ft OF rage he shot and killed
William Carson. a bartender at HID
bing. MINI, Nothing saved him from
the death penalty but the fact that he
was intoxicated at the time, and could
not have premeditated the crime, since
the men had no previous quarrel
81 have one dread" said King, "and
it is my parents I'm New YORK state
wal in some way hear OF my fate. !
want To- spare them N I can, For that
reason I shall never divulge my name,
[ would walk TO the gallows If / was
sure that that would protect them.
[ shall never use the name OF the
town where 7 was born and where my
parents and brothers and sisters live.
That would afford q clew to my iden'
tity / have never written home since
I came to Minnesota from Michigan
ten years ago, and &c rs now % years
since I left home.
OF once read q story entitled "Ihe
Man Who Was 7 have been known
for many years under an assumed
name, and I never expect to hear my
true name pronounced again. !, too
shall be "a man who was
King reads much, and has a love OF
history. He says that his eyes arc
falling him and Is alarmed for feal
he will not be able to read.
Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-24
It Jared Him.

pleasant offices you have here %
said a policy holder who visited a life
insurance Office in the Postal Telegraph
building in New York to pay his pre-
MUM The window overlooked the
City Hall park and the Nathan Hale
statue "Yes," replied the insurance
man, "but the inscription on that Hale
statue, patriotic and inspiring though
It is, strikes a discordant note in the
soul of one who is underwriting risks
on mems lives Look at it-'My only
regret is that I have but one life to
give I'm defense Of by country
Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-24
And here ls another written month


latter
Carthage, Ohio.
May 21. 1894.
To the Hon. Secretary Of War,
Washington, ID. Q.
DEAR SIR At the battle Of Gettys-
burg, Bugler John cook, especially
distinguished himself in carrying mes
sages to the left half battery, a dis
tance Of nearly 500 yards In plain sight
Of the enemy, and Of which they took
advantage by frequently firing at him,
and also in assisting in destroying
the ammunition OF a caisson that was
abandoned by reason Of a broken rear
axle in the face OF the enemy, a cir
cumstances Of the greatest praise and
would respectfully recommend him for
a medal OF honor for brave and dis
tinguished services in that battle
Very respectfully,
Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-24

The proposed new constitution Of
Alabama makes the governor Of the
state ineligible to reelection to the
ONCE and forbids his accepting any
elective or appointive Office in the state
and even the United States senatorship
for at least one year after his term Of
Office as governor ends.
Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-24
JAMES STEWART.
Capt. U. S. A. Retired.

This bugler, Jack Cook, Mr. Presi-
dent, has a son in the city Of Manila,
4. l., who served in Cuba and in the
t.llippines. The writer of The
Globe knows him personally to be a
young man Of the most exemplary
habits, Of fine education and Of such
splendid physique and hereditary nerve
that we will back him at odds in a
closed room with the son OF any Fed
eral officer or distinguished" ex-
confederate general now living, and
bar none for weight or size
Mlll Mr. President Roosevelt place his
hand upon his Dutch-Irish.Jew-Am
can Revolutionary heart and say to
the American people that "Notwith-
standing the gallant record of the
father and the eminent qualifications
of the son, /, Theodore Roosevelt,
President OF the United States, will
commission as officers OF the army and
navy the sons Of officers alone or the
sons OF distinguished ex-Confeder-
ates."
And il President Roosevelt should
dare as the newspapers report he
has done, make this declaration, we
asa, is there not patriotism and man
hood enough in the Senate Of the
United States to impeach such a degen-
crate American President of the Re-
public Of Washington and Jefferson, Of
Lincoln and William Mckinley?
The times., 1901-04-28
Again the JeweIed Forehead.

News comes from Paris to the effect
that the fervoniere is undoubtedly coming
back to favor Forty years ago no one
would have needed to be told what fer
voniere was, and many of the ornaments
are in the possession of women lucky
enough to have inherited jewels.
The oId-fashioned fervoniere was a fore
head Jewel. usually a large uncut gem
set In heavy gold work II was worn in
the centre of the forehead, attached to a
gold fllet, or more often q band of black
velvet which passed around the head.
The ornament was marveIously becom-
ing TO a certain classical type of face.
but lamentably disfiguring to the ordinary
woman. The Empress Josephine was par
ticularly fond Of the fervOniere, which be-
came her, although her face was far from
classic
The uncovered foreheads of recent sea
sons opened the way for a revival of this
old fashion, and the jeweled stars ana
crescents which were worn low against
the forehead with the parted fringe of
hair binted at the ferVoniere; but now a
number of Partisan beauties have taken
up the old mode in earnest and have dp-
peared with splendid jewels cleaning
upon their white foreheads just above
their brow.
The velvet band and fllet have not ap-
peared the modern ferVoniere being, as
nearly as possible, devoid Of visible set
ting and held In its place by the nneSt
thread Of gold or a string Of small pearls.
The fashion is, OF course extreme, but III
has appealed to the Parisians love of
novelty and the French jewellers have in
Vulnerable orders for the new ornament,
while old fervonieres are being taken
from jewel cases and reset according to
hG modern taste.
The times., 1901-04-28
Wicked iSufh Pierce,

The town of Devices, in England, has "a
curious market cross, which was erected
in 1914 by the then Lord Sidmouth. With
the consent of the donor the municipal
authorities proceeded to put this inscrip-
tion, which is still perfectly legible, on
the eastern panel Of the cross:
THE mayor and corporation Of Devices
avail themselves of the stability of this
building TO transmit to future times the
record OF an awful event which occurred
in this market place in the year 1863, hop
ing that such record may serve as a sau-
tary warning against the danger Of i'm
piously invoking divine vengeance or of
calling on the holy name OF God to con-
ceal acts of falsehood and fraud On Jan
uary 26 1883 Ruth Pierce, Of Potterne, in
this county agreed with three other wo-
men TO buy a sack OF wheat in the market.
each paying her due proportion toward
the same one of these women collecting
the several quotas of money discovered
a deficiency and demanded of Ruth Pierce
the sum which was wanted to make good
the amount. Ruth Pierce protested that
che had paid her share ana said she wish
ed she might drop down dead If she had
not. She rashly repeated this awful wish.
when to the CONSERVATION and terror OF
the surrounding multitude, she instantly
fell down and expired, having the money
concealed in her hand.
The times., 1901-04-28
Pearls From the sultan.

Miss Marie Sweet, Of Denver, daughter
Of Major owen J. Sweet, Governor Of the
SuIu archipelago. has received from the
Sultan Of Sulu two pearls Of great value.
with the pearls came letter written on
parchment and sealed with the royal
seal rolled In the manner Of ancient pap
yrus over bamboo stick and carefully
inclosed in cigar box. The letter, the
first ever written by the Sultan TO wo-
man, was as carefully shielded from pos
sible accident as were the pearls. The
letter was written in Sanscrit, and trans
lated, is as follows:
THE Capitol Of His Highness, the Sui
tan of Jolo. Maibun.
'.SuIu Archipelago, p. J., Jan. 30, 1901
To my young unknown friend, Miss Marie
Sweet in the United States. in America.
with greeting and good wishes: May |
ask you 10 allow me the pleasure TO pre-
sent YOU with two pearls from my waters
in the Sulu Seas, and as token Of my
respect TO the daughter Of my great, good
friend Major Sweet. the Governor Of the
Sulu Archipelago, and as a sign To you OF
the estimation ia which your father IS
held by myself and the Moro people?
'HADJI MOHAMED, JAMULUL XII
RAM
His Highness, the Sultan Of the sulu
Archipelago.
Miss Sweet and her mother have a fine
collection of pearls. Those received were
brought uD from the Jolo Sea from a
great depth, and all the pearls in that
sea are by law the property OF the Sui
tan In Miss Sweets collection is great,
dark shouider-edged pearl as large as a
scent piece in circumference and weigh
ing thirty-eight grains.
The times., 1901-04-28

"Of wines we had a plentiful stock, and
the men drank champagne almost every
night, but we had no onions or potatoes,
both of which vegetables are hosts in
themselves. To ease the hospital estab-
lished a cOnvalescent ward in my hus-
bands study, and here cases which only
required slight attendance from the doc
tors came to be fed M (save the markD
and cheered. The six beds in the room
We're rarely empty, for there was
much competition to convalescence in
the Minister'S house, where Wis
itors and lights were allowed at
unlawful hours. One little Italian civilian
thought himself in such comfortable quar-
ters when he came to be nursed for a
few days that it was only by dint of for
chilly ejecting his possessions that i got
rid of him to make way for another pa
tient He never fOrgave me for telling
him plainly ne was well enough to leave.
and he departed with an angry heart in
his cured little body.
THE making of sheets. pillow cases,
and shirts for the hospital; of sandbags,
for which all the curtains and draper1eS,
even to some rolls of silk given to me by
the King of Korea, were sacrificed, kept
us busy during the day. on low COM
putation / think we ladies must nave
made about 10000 sandbags. Sewing ma
chimes whirled increasingly. and as fast
as the bags were ready they were carried
to be filled either for the defence of our
own or some other imperiled legation
The times., 1901-04-28
4 TnIe With n NIornI.

Dorothy lives in Brooklyn She is six,
and she lives directly around the corner
from an attractive candy shop where
tocthsome comfits are sold by a friendly
woman who is on excellent terms with all
the children in the vicinity. Dorothy
loves gum, and when for the fourth day
in succession she chewed actively on a
delectable imperishable quid. her par
ents made enquiries as TO where she
obtained so much gum. "Oh. just work
the woman responded the precOcious
six-year-old with ccmplacence. Work
ed the woman" Did they hear Alright?
Those parents looked dumbIy At each
other What was the juvenile world
coming to- Horrible, Their baby had
certainly become polluted 1t was time
to act so they interviewed the candy
woman and forbade her to give Dorothy
any more gum unless it was paid for. The
candy woman protested. She never gave
away gum. More than that. she explain
ed that the gum she sold was dealt from
a slot machine by an automatic figure
of a woman whose arms worked when
ever a penny dropped into her Golfers
OF course Dorothy had worked the wO-
man." Those parents exchanged guilty
glances, and went hcme.-Harper' Ba-
Zar.
The times., 1901-04-28
ON MOVING DAY.
This Missionary Seeks TO Tighten
the Housewives Load.

With sufficient help there is no need of
beginning ostentatfous preparations for
the ordeal weeks beforehand and keep
ing the family in a state of unrest in the
meantime. The living room in the old
house, indeed, can be kept in a reason
able state of homelike comfort until the
very morning of departure, although time
and confusion later will be saved if ali
the carpets are sent to the cleaner in
time to have them returned and laid in
the new home before the entrance of the
other furniture. If the new house is not
to be redecorated, a corps of cleaners
should be employed TO finish the work
before moving day and before the carpets
are put down. The shades, too, can be
put up. for the more accomplished be-
forehand the shorter win be the period
OF confusion For the packing of china,
glass, and bric-a-brac, professional pack
ers should be employed. Regarding the
care of pictures and mirrors, it will be
well to have a talk with the superintend-
ent of the moving company, because some
advise leaving frames uncovered so that
the movers may see exactly what they are
handling, and may better judge of their
proper treatment. Padded vans and heavy
wrappings viii be supplied by the van
men for such articles. The most impor-
tant safeguard in all the preparations is,
by the way. the selection OF a reliable
company TO do the work, and it is well,
especially in a hurried time, TO have it
understood that nothing but covered vans
shall be employed for the work
All the kitchen utensils and dishes
should be slowed in barrels with the
care appropriate to their various degrees
of fragility For the removal of the con
tents of linen closets and storerooms
packing cases win be needed, and IL the
bedding of each room is kept separate
and marked plainly with the room for
which it is intended, much future labor
will be saved Window draperies. hang
| ings. and pOrteres will not of course, be
! put up again until fan. and these should
| be packed away, secure from dust and
| moths. 1t is well to protect the backs,
arms, and legs Of the choicest chairs and
sofas and the exposed woodwork of other
| pieces with burlap. for, although all sorts
| Of promises may be made by the trans
| porting company regarding their safe
| carriage, markings and scratches are sure
| to be found unless this is done.
| Some thought is due the laborers who
| carry the goods TO and from the wagons,
| for anyone who has watched such work