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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
AUTO TRIP UNDERGROUND.
Mayor of New York and a Party to
Make Novel Tour.


New York, May 1.-THE mayor of
Greater New York will, on May H.
make the first underground trip in an
automobile that has ever been made
by an official Of the city. He is sched-
uled to go at the head of a procession
of seven automobiles, the passengers
In which will be members of the board
of estimate and department officials of
Brooklyn, through the large 15-foot
sewer that is now being built to drain
the entire Bay Ridge section of Brook
lyn.
The officials will have the novel ex-
perience of travelling for a mile or
more through a subterranean passage
70 feet or more below the surface of
the streets. The Brooklyn officials
desire to show the mayor the many
places in their home borough where
large sums of money are needed to be-
gin or to carry forward improvements
already under way. One of these i'm.
provements is the Bay Ridge sewer
This sewer is one of the largest ever
built, and when it is completed it will
drain territory covering the greater
part of that section of Kings county
south of Prospect Park.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
For PaIma,s Inauauratlon.

New York, May 7.-Colonel Benja,
min r. Roberts, of the Artillery corps.
who has just returned from Havana,
said: THE Cubans are making great
preparations for the Inauguration Of
Estrada Palma. They are putting up
triumphal arches all over Havana
These arches are being paid for large
ly by the Spanish merchants. The
Spanish residents of Havana seem to
be in perfect sympathy with the new
government and satisfied with the
idea of home rule"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
SIX DIE IN A cLouDsuRsr.
Fifteen Houses Are Demolished at
Village of Foss, Okla.

Fifteen Houses Are Demolished at
Village of Foss, Okla.
Oklahoma City. Okla. May Tt is
now known that six people lost their
lives in the cloudburst at Foss. on the
Choctaw and Oklahoma railroad. Fif-
teen houses were carried away and a
Choctaw passenger train had a thrill.
ing race to escape the flood that fol
lowed.
The dead:
Mrs. Butterfeld and granddaughter.
Mrs. Hutchinson
Mrs Morgan and son.
Man, name unknown.
Foss was a town of 800 people. 1t
was built mostly on high ground, but
extended into the valley The cloud
burst struck Turkey creek some dis
tance from Foss at o'clock in the af-
ternoon, raising the waters of that
stream and the Washita river to a
depth of nearly 10 feet. The flood
reached Foss at $50 o'clock. coming
with such suddenness that the people
in the valley could not reach high
ground.
Relief has been sent to Foss frorS
Oklahoma City and other points
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
schIex On sampson,s Death

Washington, May Admiral Schley
today made the following statement
regarding the death of Admiral Samp-
son: Il regret very much the death
of Admiral Sampson, and I sympa-
thize' with his family. No one has
ever heard me utter one unkind word
about him. On account of his death /
have requested my friends in Balti-
more to postpone the delivery to me,
which was intended to have taken
place tonight, of the Cristobal Colon
service of silver, and they have ac-
ceded to my request"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
PROFITS OF OVER $1,7oo,ooo.
Report of Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railway Company.

Report of Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railway Company.
New York, May THE report OF
the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
company for the year ending Dec. 81
Was made public today. 1t placed the
mining and manufacturing profits al
81, G40,105; other incomes of $85, ,53a
made the total income $1,725,038.
After payment of $19,864 in diyi
dends, $862,189 for interest, 1859, ,234
for royalties, $151 ,O94 for reserve and
charging of $49,477 for depreciation
there remained a balance of $243, 1909
There was expended during the year
for new construction: At Ensley steeI
works, 1886, 4O5; at Pratt works, $46,
377; Bessemer rolling mills, $12,670
and at other plants S54, ,209.
The company's capital stock consist
ed of 2,552. 800 common and $248,30C
preferred.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
REBELS SACK TOWN.
Attack Jail at Barabona and Bloody
RafIta Eneuad

Battle Ensued.
New York. May 7.-GIembers of the
crew of the British brigantine Alice,
Captain Innes, which has just arrived
from the West Indies, report that
while the brigantine lay about S5
yards from the shore at Barabona, on
the southwest coast of San Domingo,
a force of revoIutionists entered the
town and began discharging rifles. In
habitants of the port ran shrieking
from their homes along the beach.
"The revolutionists first sacked the
Of the crew
They broke all the windows - s.
all the liquor in bottles and then
smashed the bar They rolled barrels
of rum out into the street, and what
they did not drink they turned into
the cutters.
Next they attacked the jail and
took out all the prisoners they want
ed. The freed convicts joined the in
surrectionists.
IN the attack eleven guards and
one prisoner were killed Two ci-
villains were killed in the woods which
thichy skirt the town at the base of
the mountains.
The women and children who fed
along the beach sought the protection
of Captain Innes. who brought off as
many as the gig would hold A sloop
brought off the rest of the refugees
"The refugees, 100 in number, re-
manned about three days. La ntti1rssg- nss4irsg-
100 government soldiers had appeared
and were driven to retreat by the rev.
olutionists, who then disappeared.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
British Relieve Besieeed Town.

London, May THE town Of
O'Okiep, Western Cape Colony, which
had been besieged since April by a
Transvaal force under Commandant
Smuts, has been relieved by British
force under Colonel Cooper. The gar
rison was in good health and only a
few of the troops were wounded The
Beers retired south. Lord Kitchener,
in reporting the relief of O'Okiep adds
that the Concordia district, in about
the same part of Cape Colony, is clear
of Beers
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
CHINESE REBELS ACTIVE.
Ten Thousand Participating In Revolt
at Ching Tjng-Wu.


Peking, May 7.-Bishop Favier, the
French vicar apostolic in China, has
received information to the effect that
10000 armed rebels, with several can.
non, were participating in the revolt
at Ching Ting-Wu, Chilli province. 1t
is doubtful if Yuan Chi Kai, the gov.
ernor of Chi Ii. had sent a sufficient
force to cope with the rebels. The
bulk of the government forces, with
ten Calling guns, are due to arrive at
the scene of the disturbance today.
The leader of the uprising is mill.
tary mandarin, who killed his family
before raising the flag of revolt so as
to prevent their punishment in the
event of his failure
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
NEW TRANs-PAcIFIc LINE.
If Established Vessels viii Ply Be.

tween Frisco and Hong Kong.
San Francisco, May THE Chron-
icle says: Plans are being quietly
pressed in the east for the creation of
new trans-Pacifc steamship line be-
tween San Francisco and Hong Kong.
1t is intended to have a number of
freight and passenger carrying steam
ers running in conjunction with the
proposed Canton-Hankow railroad that
is being built in China by the Bryce
syndicate
One million and half tons of steel
rails for this new Chinese railway will
form the nucleus Of the traffic on
which to establish a new ocean line of
steamers
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
Discovery of Mari.

Birmingham, Ala, May 7-An-
nouncement is made here that dis
covery of mari and cement rock has
been made on property in South Ala
bama belonging to the syndicate of
which company r. G. Bush, of Bir-
mingham. is the head. 1t is stated
that extensive developments of this
property will be undertaken in a very
short while. They will include the
mining of the crude material and the
erection of plants to manufacture ii
into cement and terra Gotta ware.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
Reports of Rfoting In Warsaw Denie,

Vienna, May There is no truth
in the report published by a news
agency in the United States yesterday
that a demonstration i9 favor of the
establishment of the kingdom of Po-
land, occurred at Warsaw Tuesday,
that the demonstrators were charged
by Cossacks, who rode over the peo-
pie. fioggin0 them with knouts, that
six persons were killed and 225 in
iured, and that over 800 people were
arrested, including children under 10
years of age.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
store Sold for SAG aoA

Atlanta, May Yesterday being
the first Tuesday in the month was
legal salesday in Fulton county and a
number of valuable pieces of property
were auctioned off before the court
house doors One of the largest sales
made was that central store property
fronting So feet on Decatur street and
adjoining the New Star theater. The
purchaser was Joel Hurt, who paid
$737 "a front foot for the land.
He paid $38S24 for the entire prop.
erty
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
Many Beers Killed and Captured.

London, May Further advices re-
ceived here today from South Africa
announced that 2Os Beers had been
captured and that ten bnrgherss were
killed in the neighborhood of Lindley,
Orange River colony yesterday
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
Gift for sattIeship Alabama

Montgomery, Ala, May THE com
mission to procure a silver service for
the battleship Alabama today let the
contract to Zadek, Of Mobile, at So
600: 1t is hoped to have the ship at
Mobile for presentation some time this
summer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
Ed Burnett Celebrated Birthday In a
Queer Manner.


Macon, Ca, May Ed Burnett eel
ebrated his sixteenth birthday yester-
day morning in a remarkable man
ner. In so doing he had narrow es-
cape from very serious injury and per-
haps death.
He was leaning out of the second
story window of store when he lost
his balance and fell out headforemost.
His body made half turn in the de-
scent and he struck upon his right
shoulder on the awning over the door
way and bounded off. He made com.
plete somersault and landed on his
feet on the stone sidewalk and did not
sustain the slightest injury.
Spectators who saw Burnett's fall
thought that he would strike upon his
head and break his neck.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
Reward for RunaWavs.

Sargent, Ga, May 7.-Walter Hen
dirk, IA years old, and Bud Kent, q
years old, disappeared from here OF
april 25. When last heard from they
were in Bremen. Ga. j. j. Hendrix
father of the younger boy, has Offered
$40 reward for the arrest of th'
boys.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
Hotel Burned bv lncendiarv

Triton. Ca, May Monday morn
ing at 2 O'Clock the Hurst hotel, at
Bayboro, was destroyed by fire and
all the furniture. clothing and valua-
bles, consisting of money. jewelry,
etc. belonging to the occupants. were
consumed by the flames. There Is no
doubt but that thg~flre was Of snesns
diary origin.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
WHO WILL suA3EED coRRleANY
Much Speculation In Rome over Cues.
ton of Succession.

ton of Succession.
New York, May There is much
speculation. says the Rome corresnon.
dent of The Tribune. as to the success.
sor. of Archbishop Corrigan, of New
York. Even the pope himself could
hardly say now who viii be elevated
to tn vacant office. The whole canon.
ical procedure for choosing an a3cb.
bishop requires a minimum Of tAree
months.
From the indications here It seems
that the choice will be between Bish-
ops Mcdonnell and Farley In vatican
cilrles it is said The death Of Archbish-
op Corrigan eliminates the greatest
rival of Archbishop Ireland for the
new American cardinalate.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
Mrs. Llvermore May Lose Her Sight

New York, May Mrs. M. A. Liver
more, the well known Woman suffra-
gist, is confined to her home Ia Msi-
rose. saws q Boston dispatch to The
Times, by a serious difficulty with hef
eyes. It is feared she may become
totally blind.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
To Eioht to a Finish.

San Francisco. May IA fight to a
finish has been arranged in this city
between Jack Root and George Gard.
ner, the middleweight boxers. The men
are to meet in Nevada on a day be-
tween July 2 and 6.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
Purchase Of Florida Lands

Jacksonville. Fla, May 7.-ColoneI
W. S. Thomson, large mill and lum.
ber man from Greensboro, N. c., has
bought 100000 acres Of fine timber
land in Leon and Wakulla counties.
Mr.. Thomson will shortly have lot Of
sawmill machinery shipped to Talla-
hassee to be installed on his lands,
with a vie to getting the lumber
into merchantable shape for marE
as ranidlv ~ nnseihle
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
TAKE YOUR CHOICE,

JuSt take your choice.
An attack of Fever at
this time of year, with
Quinine as the treat
ment, means a week or
ten days lost from Busi-
ness.
1t means ten days of
unhappiness for you and
ten days of hard work
and anxiety for those
who love you.
This is putting it in its
very happiest aspect. 1t
might mean your death,
a d it often means a
breakdown in general
health from which some
recuperate very slowly.
If you are a rich man.
your time is worth much
fO VOII1- acta+a IF rO,,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
IN MIDST OF DENSE
FOG TRAINS COLLIDE
Two People Killed In Fear
Crash.
SEVEN OTHERS ARE INJURED
Accident Occurred on the Union Pa
eific at Crossing In North Topeka,
and Was Due to Signal Lights Be.
ing obscured by Heavy Fog.

ing Opscured by Heavy Fog.
Topeka, Kan, May 7.-During the
heavy fog this morning an eastbound
extra freight train on the Union Pa.
cif1c ran into the regular eastbound
freight train at a crossing in North
Topeka, causing bad wreck and kill.
ing two men and injuring seven others.
The dead:
Al McCandless, stockman, Natoma,
Kan.
Unidentified stockman from Luray,
Kan.
The injured:
Fl. w. Kucker. Miles, Kan; head
badly cut.
]. E. Fields. Hoxie, Kan, badly
bruised
John Buzzard, Belleview. Kan,
bruised
John Hammerland. st. Marys, Kan,
leg cut
Ed Arnold, Chapman, Kan, internal.
ly injured
Joseph Hearst, Cheyenne, internal.
ly injured
-- Ford, head cut.
The regular train had stopped at
the crossing as usual Just as the
train was starting up the extra, com
ing at the rate of 40 miles an hour,
struck the caboose, splitting it com
pletely in two. Three cars on the extra
train were badly broken The engine
was derailed. Engineer Zimmerman,
Of the extra, says he did not see any of
the lights on the regular traina on ac
count of the fog. None of the train
men were injured. All the injured are
stockmen, who were going east on the
extra with cattle.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-05-08
SeIeCted Meals
OFO. NJ. Bragg S Meat Market.


N"riet Phone No. sd.
"'s Ph""-ro night orders No. 900
BsrioE PIP ted q meat market in the
door to WG, ,,'aoE, Jackson street, next
viii en5o.nl'a. E Ans'ey's store, /
est Was,eo.a'oF to carry IN stock choic.
aolicitin',a,' "a "a ana aatIyemeats. fish, etc.
Will ra, .ne patronage OF my friends
ton ana ',. We all with courteous atten-
sIras s',l :, PROMPT delivery. Parties de
veal 5. 10 fell choice beef catlIe col noIvoe "e
est to Ut n3tk Will fnd il to their 'Hnt ;nter ter,
~ eaiI' or wrIte TO ''''" ih'e'
VI 0, M. BRAGG,
Americas, Ga.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-09
NATURAL HISTORY.

Ostriches live to the age Of about
sixty years.
The mandarin duck IS one Of the
most beautiful OF aquatic birds.
50 yoracious Is the cod that it will
swallow anything It sees in motion.
An eel has two separate hearts. One
beats CO. the other 100, times a minute.
a ladybird can travel 10000 100000
times its own length IN an hour. In
that time a sloth can only travel fifty
times it, own length.
There is no country in the world In
which the raven Is not found to be ma
live; it is also the only bird known to
ornithologists which is Of such cosmO-
politan character.
Only one existing reptile can sustain
itself in the air. This is the flying
dragon OF the East Indies. 1t has no
real wings, but can glide from tree to
tree like a flying squirrel.
The common house fly usually pro
duces the note + In flying. To do 50
II must yibrate It's wings 335 times a
second. The honey bee sounds A,
which means that It's wing vibrations
are 440 TO the second.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-09
FOSTER.

Special Correspondence.
Foster, |. T., Sept S-Still dry, cool
weather.
Very little sickness Is reported by
our physicians
Everybody is busy picking cotton
our gin started up last Tuesday and
ginned fifty bales last week. The de
lay was caused by new machinery not
arriving on time. Everything is work
ing nicely.
Messrs Higginbotham and Stout
have bought the Whaley ranch and
are moving there.
The bridge across Salt creek west
OF town has been completed
Mr.. Julius Calm is putting in sad.
die and harness repair shop. He will
also repair and make boots and shoes.
Jas. T. Bennett and family OF FL
more visited DR.. Eads family Sun.
day.
John Alexander's family 10 visiting
in Texas this week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-09
PROVENCE.

Special Correspondence.
Provence, l. T., Sept. S.-Another
Monday morning has come and found
our hustling merchants full Of bust.
ness.
A good rain fell Friday night which
was much needed.
We are having some fine cotton
picking weather and the feecy
staple Is being gathered rapidly. Our
gins have baled about 1880 bales.
w f. Mayo, while handling some
potatoes Wednesday, was bitten by a
snake. He came rushing into town
to get the doctor to dress the wound.
Grandpa and Grandma Easley will
leave tomorrow for Roger Mills coun-
ty, Oklahoma, where they will spend
a few weeks with their daughters,
Mrs. Joe Brown and Mrs. Frank VIII
liams.
/. c. Edwards and family left yes
terday for Reagan where they will
spend few days with relatives
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-09
HE Took - sHowgR az
And "a Drove Hira From the Yosem-
ffe Baek ~ Nevs EnEIand

And It Drove Hfra Trom the Nosem-
ne Bark ~ New EnEiand.
After e. week of iitrie Journeys. strik-
f1g here ard tire few miles 70 alb
E1rD fle Yosemite valley from a dozen
colgues q vantage. we were whipping
the IIliouetts ope Afternoon for noun
tain trout says the Worlds Work
aTomorruw.~ said a voice. I shah
take a shower bath under the seven
teen hundred foot fail.7
You" said another voice. are
fool"
"NOt az ALL" came back argumenta-
lively. The rivers very low What
there Is Of il turns 20 spray In the
first hundred feet. IL viii sImply some
down Ike rain. Why. s1'd 20 under
the Bridal Vel yourse.. Only that's
prosaic This Is something big. Come
on"
~Not l."
But l was there 70 see. The water.
a. be had said. came down. a consid-
erabie part of IL. in rain aud spray
that few out on he wind intredible
distances. But 20 crawl down, dressed
IN a bathing suit, closer to the main
stream that falls 70 the pool and upon
the rocks with a murderous swish in
the air and q roar ike a railway train
when Il strikes was daring 10 fool
hardness. At any moment a veering
wind might swing the whole mass upon
the tall. slim figure backing tentative
ly on all fours down the Jagged talus
slope, bis eyeglass pebbles glinting
cheerfuliy. A steady breeze kept the
fall swung out a little the other way.
and the spray burgeOned out far up
the other slope. The roar was deafen-
ing.
All at once the wind shifted, the
water swung back, and In a fash the
human figure was blOtted out in a del
uge that turned me sick. For a sec.
ond-that seemed an hour-it played
on the spot fendishly, 1t seemed TO
me, standing Mortified there, and then
slowly II swept away.
And then there was a movement, Q
painful, crawling movement. down ther'
on the slope. and l scrambled down tbs
slippery rocks TO help blinking, creep
ing much surprised youth, bleeding
from a hundred cuts up 70 where hii
/ clothes lay. He was still too dazed %
/ speak when his breath returned anC
his extra glasses were perched agaif
on his nose he said:
"The oceans fell upon me. For God'i
sake, come back to New England"
And we went
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-09
DIXIE
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Dixie. l. T.. Sept I've have had
several showers during the week, but
not enough 10 do us any good Cotton
is being picked very rapidly. It is
said under present progress and crop
Indications cotton will be picked in
about a month The gin is running
all the time.
Dr. Newton Of Loco was in Dixie
last Monday.
Mr.. Robertson returned from Loco
Monday.
James Ragsdale Of Ardmore was
visiting here the FIRST Of the week.
Mr.. Solomon returned from Texas
Monday.
Mr.. Davis and Mrs. Smith, his moth
er, were here on business last week.
The citizens OF Dixie have petition.
ed the Indian agent. j. George Wright,
for government townsite at this
place.
Messrs Birgess and Taylor went to
Ardmore last week
Mrs. Mollie James returned from
Alma Also Miss Florrie HoHa-
baugh who has been teaching at
Alma. came home, school being out.
Mr. Orr OF near Healdton was visit.
Dr. Benson's family.
Mr Davenport Of Chagris passed
through last week.
Charles Hightower Of Loco was here
last Saturday.
l.. l.. Tyer is here in the interest
OF the order Of PlOwmen
DIR. Bell, dentist, was in Dixie three
days last week.
Health Of the community is toler.
ably good.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-09
Prlsoner WIN 4 Record.

Frank Holmes. after having been
confined IN the Ardmore prison for q
months. was given his liberty today.
Holmes was a handy darky TO work
and the ialler made a trusty Of him.
He tells that he has been sent 10 the
penitentiary twice. He was given a
26-years' sentence in Connecticut and
received a pardon after four years
service. He remained in a Michigan
prison long enough 10 become well
acquainted with the officials. and tried
the South for better luck, but a jury
said he was guilty Of stealing -four
and meat near Davis, and Judge Town.
send gave him a l2-months' sentence.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-09

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