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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-03-22
THIS CHICAGOAN LED
JEKYL AND HYDE LIFE
Shooting Leads To Sensa-
tional Development.
DUAL EXISTENCE OF HOPKINS

Man of High Standing and Refinement
Is Alleged by Chicago Police to be 4
Bank Burglar and Robber of Ma.
tiona Repute.
Chicago, March 21.-As a result OF
what seemed common shooting yes.
terday the police have been suddenly
active, and today are bending theiI
energies to connect Joseph Hopkins
the injured man, with the $4,000 post
office robbery here of last summer.
Joseph Hopkins was shot by Dan
Ripley, a nephew of former Chief OF
olice Kipley and himself former
detective, in a fiat occupied by Lily
Arlington, a woman also known as
Diamond Lii"
At st. Luke's hospital today Hop
kins' condition was said to be critical
Following the shooting it developed
that Hopkins had been leading a
Jekyl-Hyde existence He was identi
fed, according to the police, as a bank
rObber and burglar of national repute
in his home in a quiet suburb he has
the reputation Of a dispenser of char
ity and man of standing. His wife
also a woman of refinement, was
brought into the police station. Pc
licemen claim to have recognized her
as woman they have known as
Blonde Marie"
Ripley while in his cell told a friend
that Hopkins was a man for whom
the police had been searching in con
nectiOn with the pOstoffice robbery
What the connection is has not been
made plain, but it is pointed out that
Hopkins is an electrician and that the
holes drilled in the bottoms of the
safes in the pOstofice were by tools
receiving power from some electrical
device. An attempt to search the
house yesterday failed because nc
search warrant had been taken out
The warrant was secured today and
POstoftice Inspector Stuart left today
for Falos Park to make the search.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-03-22
FRANco-RUssIAN NOTE
Continues To Excite Optimistic Dis
cussion by English Press.

Continues To Excite Optimistic Dis.
cussion by English Press.
New York, March 21.-The Franco.
Russian note continues to excite a
great deal of optimistic discussion in
the English press, says the London
correspondent of The Tribune. The
belated conversion of Russia into an
advocate of the open door principle,
with France to countersign her diplo.
macy is regarded as the first practi.
cal evidence of the creation of q new
order in the far east One or two sus-
piciOuS papers take an unfaVorable
view and assert that while the phras.
ing is harmless, the fact that it has
been issued from the foreign Offices
at Paris and ST. Petersburg is proof
that the powers against which the
agreement was aimed accept full re.
sponsibility and stand together. Eng.
lish writer's are not assured that Ger.
many can be depended upon to sane.
tiOn the new principle of the collec.
tive commercial interests of the mari.
time powers which the Anglo-Japanese
agreement embodies. They are not
fully convinced that Prince Henry's
mission, as it is now generally de.
scribed in Germany, has been widened
out by the force of circumstances, and
that England is not excluded from the
circle of good feeling
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-03-22
LORD FRANCIS HOPE
IS GRANTED DIVORCE
English Gentleman Freed
From May Yohe, Actress.
INFlDELlTY CAUSED SEPARATION
Lady Hope Fled With ex-Mayor
Strong's Son, of New York, to Japan
as Man and Wife and Flight Was
Followed by Divorce.

London, March 21.-Lord Francis
Hope was granted a divorce today on
the ground of the misconduct of his
wife May Yohe) with Putnam Brad
lee Strong, of New York.
Counsel for Lord Hope lengthily de
tailed the marriage of his client to
May YOhe, their visit to the United
States in 1900, the meeting with
Strong and the subsequent intimacy Of
the respondent and correspondent, end
ing with their departure for Japan un-
der the name of Mr. and Mrs. j. F.
Smith.
Lord Hope, who is still suffering
from the amputatiOn of his leg, cor
robOrated counsePs statements. He
said that he had no suspicion what
ever of his wife when he left her alone
in fiat in New York. He first noted
a change in her behavior at the end of
March, 1901, and in April his wife in
sisted on a separation.
Affidavits in proof of the misconduct
of Lady Hope were read and the de-
cree with costs was pronounced
Putnam Bradlee Strong is a son of
William L. Strong, the former mayor
of New York city Miss Yohe is an
American. She was born in Chicago
and her family name is Franklin. She
first burst upon the public in the time
of David Henderson, who, as manager
of the Chicago opera house, gave that
city a series of extravaganzas upon a
magnificent scale. Miss Yohe won
fame by her singing of Bid Me Good
by and Go" in Aladdin" her voice be,
ing a remarkable contraltO. She ap-
peared in all of the Henderson pro
ductions in Chicago and afterwards
toured the country with his company.
An escapade with "Ebe" Shaw, a
wealthy young man about town, Great
ed no end of talk in Chicago during
her residence there. She afterwards
went to England, where she appeared
on the burlesque stage, and in this
way met Lord Hope.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-03-22
North Carolina Fruit Injured.

Greensboro, N. c., March 21.-Nur
serymen and fruit growers say the
cold weather of the present week has
undoubtedly injured the fruit crop to
q considerable extent. The warm
weather of a week or ten days ago
made the damage greater, as many
trees were budding. 1t is believed
lat the damage to the peach crop
will be the greatest.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-03-22
Big Combine at St. Louis.

st. Louis, March 21.-Three of the
largest trust companies in st. Louis
have consolidated under one manage
ment with working capital of $1,000,
900. The companies that have merged
their interests are the Colonial, Mis-
souri, and Germania. Hereafter the
Consolidated company will be known
as the Colonial Trust company. Clark
H. Sampson is president of the new
COMPANY. "
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-03-22
TAKE YOUR CHOICE.
Just 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,
and 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
70 u0,11s ac4o%o IF xyO,,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-03-22
New Bank Is oroanized.

Louisville, Ca, March 21.-The
First National bank of Louisville has
been organized here, with a capital
stock of $4,000. The directors are H.
NJ Conner, w. w. Abbott, Miles B.
Lane, John Hunter, James 3. Polhill,
w. A. Stone and R. L. Gamble. All
stock was taken and the bank will
commence business on April /.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-03-22
HOUSE OF COMMONS STIRRED.
Suspension of John Dillon Caused
Great Excitement,

New York, March 21.-The scene in
the house of commons, which ended
in the suspension of John Dillon, was
in one way quite unprecedented, says
The Tribunes London correspondent.
The expression of feeling never has
been more unrestrained, and even on
the historic occasion when Plimsoll
shook his fist at Disraeli, parliament
ary propriety was not so severely out
ragged.
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain is a
master of polished sarcasm, and his
remark that Mr.. Dillon was "a good
Judge of traitors" referred to the fact
that a few nights. ago, at an Irish
meeting in Glasgow, the Nationalist
member called for cheers for DeLarey.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-03-22
woman,s Sentence conn,ted.

Columbia, S. c., March 21.-Upon
the recommendation of Solicitor Sease,
Governor McSweeney has commuted
to fine of $25 or three months in
Jail the sentence of one year in the
penitentiary imposed on Minnie
Barnes, convicted in Spartanburg
county of forgery. The woman was a
mill operative.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-03-22
FIFE IS ACQUITTED
or MURDER CHARGE
Dramatic Scene In Court
Room At Savannah, Mo.
MOTHER SHOUTS FOR JOY

When Jury Returned Verdict of Acquit
tai Mrs. Fife Caused Emotional
Scene-Young Fife So Overcome
That He Could Scarcely Speak.
Savannah, Mo-, March 21.-When
court opened this morning the jury in
the case of Stewart Fife, charged with
the murder of Frank Richardson at
the home of the victim Christmas Eve,
1900, returned verdict of acquittal.
1t is said that only one ballot was
taken, and that from the beginning the
jurors stood unanimous for acquittal.
The case went to the jury last even
ing When the verdict was annOunc.
ed there was a dramatic scene in the
courtroom. Mrs. Fife, mother of the
accused, sprang forward and embrac-
ed her son, shouting for joy all the
while. Mrs Fife is of very nervous
temperament and has suffered from
hysteria at intervals ever since her
son was arrested. Mrs. Richardson,
in the courtroom and gave vent to
her emotion.
Young Fife was so overcome that
he could not speak. This is the Sec
ond trial in the Richardson murder
Mrs. Richardson, the widow, having
been acquitted only a few weeks ago
and still the mystery of Frank Rich.
ardson's sensational murder is unsolv.
ed. No other indictments are pending,
and the incident is now probably
closed so far as the courts are con.
cerned.
Stewart Fife is member of a very
wealthy family of st. Joseph, Mo, his
father having for many years been
millionaire wholesale merchant. A
few months after the murder Stewart
Fife went away from this part of the
country and after a long absence he
was arrested at North Yakima
Wash, and was returned to Savannah
in custody of an officer, charged with
the murder of Richardson
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-03-22
Fratricide Gets 25 Years.

Brennan, Tex, March 21.-The case
Of the state versus Perry Wright for
the murder of his brother, Jim Wright,
at a church miles north of town last
December, was called in the district
court Thursday morning. Wright en-
tered a plea of guilty and his punish
ment was assessed at 25 years in the
penit0ntiary.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-03-22
Receipts and Expenditures.

Washington, March ,21.-National
bank notes received today for redemp-
ton, $731,703 government receipts
from internal revenue, $978,798; Gus.
toms, $732,O72; miscellaneous, s23,,
1870: expenditures. S1515 900.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-03-22
Gratitude

Always seeks to find some expression
for itself, and womanly gratitude will not
keep silence. Cynical people sometimes
say Why do women write these testlmo-
mails to the value of DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-03-22
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. It
is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effectuany,
dispelling colds headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. It's perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and it's acting on the Kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants, by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get it's beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE Ky. NEW YORK. N. z.
Forsale by all Druggists Price SOC. per bottle,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-03-22
Cecil Rhodes Better.

Cape Town, March 21.-The slight
improvement in the condition of Ceci
Rhodes continued todaN
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-03-22

writes Mrs. Matte Long, of Pfouts Valley, Perry
cines for all female weaknesses. I have used
several bottles of Favorite Prescription which
1 consider great blessing TO weak women.
was so nervous and discouraged that hardly
knew what to do Your kind advice for home
treatment helped me wonderfully Thanks to
Dr. Pierce"
Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure
biIiousness, and sick headache. They
should be used in connection with
uFavorite Prescription" whenever the
usa OF a laxative is indicated.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-03-22

Prescription? The
a II sw er can be
put in one word,
Gratitude. When,
a fter years s of
agony a woman 10
freed from pain,
when the w e ak
woman is made
strong and the
sick woman well,
the natural inn
pulse is to write a
word of grateful
t han k S for the
medicine w hic b
caused the cure.
DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription
cures disc a 8 G S
peculiar to women.
1t establishes regu-
larity, stops weak
ening drains, heals
inflammation and
liberation and
cure S fe IN a ! c
weakness.
0Having used DR..
Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription and Golden
NJ c dical Discovery
during the past year, !"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-09-06
Business Locals.

The Best Line of Fine Stationery and Ac-
count Books at CasselPs Jewelry Store,
Westminster, Md.
For Sale--House and lot east of Church
street. Wash. l.. Brown. ST.
For Sale-A Huckster Route. Apply at
this Office. At
Dan. G. Eiscel, the fruit and vegetable
dealer, will have load of fine peaches for
sale next Tuesday morning, near Eckenrode s
Carriage Factory, on Liberty street.
Coral Reef School, under care of Miss Mary
V. Manning, will open Fall Term, Monday,
September 1.
Several so-called Eye Specialists are
travelling through this and adjoining counties.
Have your eyes examined and glasses fitted
at Cassell's (who is a permanent resident, J
Optical and Jewelry Store, Westminster, Md.
JOHN RoBINsoN's TEN BIG COMBINED CoLos-
SAL SHOWS.
There is certainly no travelling exhibition
in America, perhaps in the world, which pre-
sents entertainment so varied, so attractive
and so multitudinous as do John Robinson s
Ten Combined Great Shows. Since the days
of Noah, a more complete menagerie has
never been seen. Poetical and enchanting
scenes never before equaled or witnessed in
the sublime Biblical spectacle of Solomon,
His Temple and Queen of Sheba.
Every act in this monster program is rev.
citation to the people. The finest specimens
of horsefesh in the world, the highest aerial
lists in the circus profession, all the champion
riders, both male and female. The finest
specimens of the cutest ponies in the world.
The grandest specialties ever produced. The
funniest clowns on earth are with the Robin
sons Shows. Coming to Westminster, Md,
Tuesday, September 9, afternoon and night.
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New Advertisements.

Legal Notices.
List Of Unclaimed Matter in the Postofice,
Westminster, Md.
First Show of Fall Dress Goods-Charles
E. Herring, Westminster, Md.
Timely Bargains for This Weeks Selling
Mather's New York Bargain House. West
minister, Md.
Notice to Taxpayers -Oscar D. Gilbert,
Mayor. !.
It's Complete What. W. Lockard 4
Sons Carpet Department, Liberty street,
Westminster, Md.
Chas. D. Clemson. Attorney at Law, West
minister, Md.
Hanover FARM. o. Smith, Secretary.
Lumber and Cord Wood at Public Sale
A. M. Kalbach.
For Sale or Rent-John c. Hiyely, Friz-
burg. Md.
Mems Neckwear, &c-Westminster De-
partment Store, Thomas 81. Easley, Proprle-
tor.
To the School Teachers of Carroll County
and Their Friends-The Miller Bros. Co. s
Popular Stores, Westminster, Md.
Assignee of Mortgages Sale of Handsome
Residence-Daniel Hartman, Assignee.
Horses and Mules-H. A. Smith, Hanover,
Pa.
Estrayed or Stolen-Vernon Reese, Reese,
Md.
Proclamation james d. Cassell, Westmin
ter, Md.
Westminster Grocery and Supply Golfer
man ~ Dinst, Manager.
Auctioneering-J. T. Roop.
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.


Up to Tuesday morning last the general
impression throughout the district was that
Hon. A. A. Blakeney would be renominated
for Congress. He had enough delegates in
structed for him TO easily insure his nomina-
ton, bat he sprung surprise upon them
when they met in caucus, before the conven-
ton was called, by declining 10 be considered
as candidate. Mr. Blakeney assigned as rea-
sons for his desclination inability to make such
campaign as would be expected Of him on
account of his various business interests, and
for the same reason he could not give proper
attention to his duties in the House of Repre-
sentatives.
These reasons were sincere and valid, but
some persons who would have entered the
field had they supposed he would not accept
a nomination, think he should have informed
the public sooner and allowed them an OPP
portunity to contest for the nomination. They
think Mr.. Blakeney grievously erred in Sc
curing delegates enough to control the con-
vention, then declining and selecting the can
didate And this action will not aid the
nominee, who is almost stranger in the dis :
trict. This one-man power will not be heart
lily relished.
Among Mr.. Blakeney's reasons for not ac-
cepting a denomination was that he is not a
resident of the district and cannot be for
some time. His business interests require
him to live elsewhere. And while stating this
valid reason for declining he presents to the
convention as his successor Mr.. William Tyler
Page, a man who has a voting residence in
Baltimore county, but who has spent most of
the past twenty years in Washington. D. G..
Mr.. Page is ip his thirty. fourth year. At the
age of twelve he was appointed a page in
the House Of Representatives, and he has
been holding places in the House ever since
a period of over twenty years. He is as much
of a foreigner in the district as Mr.. Blakeney.
When he was selected by Mr.. Blakeney to be
the nominee no one knew him, and few ever
heard of him. His residence in the State has
not averaged more than three or four months
in a year for the past twenty, and heis more OF
stranger and alien than Mr.. Blakeney.
With Mr. Pages nomination disappears the
Republican charge of chronic office-holding
and seeking against Mr.. Talbot. for their
own candidate, now less than thirty -four years
old, has already served more years in public
positions than Mr. Talbot, who is yerging on
sixty.
Mr.. B!akeney would have made a weak
candidate. He was cognizant Of strong OPP
position to him, especially in Hartford and
Carroll But in naming his successor he has
not made an improvement. Mr.. Page will
not likely get up much enthusiasm. Having
no knowledge of the people of the district and
of their wants, he will not be any stronger
than Mr.. BIakeney, if, indeea, he will run as
we'll.
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A Precocious Youth.

After his nomination for Congress on Tues
day Mr.. W. Tyler Page spoke freely to press
representatives Of his career. In brief it is
as follows:
Born in 1868.
Left school at the age of 8.
Western Union Messenger boy.
Lawyers clerk.
Page in House of Representatives at IL.
Consulted by Speaker Keifer as to import
ant rulings at 10.
File clerk.
Tally clerk.
Acting Journal clerk.
Printing clerk.
Clerk to Committee on Accounts.
Private Secretary to two Rhode Island
congressman.
He was precocious youth. Think of this
career. A boy of 13 being consulted by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives upon
important rulingsl And to be only a candi.
date for Congress at s4l He ought to have
been President before this, and perhaps would
have been had he been old enough. 1t was
remarkable find when Mr.. Blakeney dis.
covered this wonderful man.
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Personnel of the Republican Con
vention.


The Republican convention of the second
congressional district, which met in this city
on Tuesday last, was anything but a dignified
body, charged with the selection of candi-
date for the position of representative in the
highest legislative body of the country. Some
of the delegates-the greater number OF
them-acted as though they were IN ward
meeting, laughing, talking and calling upon
first one and then another for speech, and
ready at all times to clap their hands and
stamp their feet, at inopportune times as well
as proper.
One individual from Baltimore, who re-
sponded to their calls, made speech that
was not at all in keeping with the occasion.
1t might have done very well in hall over a
beer saloon in Baltimore, but it did not take
well with the citizens of Carroll.
And the speech of Mr.. Laban Sparks, who
placed in nomination Mr.. W. Tyler Page for
Congress, was of little better character.
His allusion to Mr.. Talbot, the Democratic
nominee for Congress, as "0ld Fred. Tai
bott, was far below the pale of dignity, and
will not aid the candidate in whose behalf he
was speaking.
Persons selected to represent party in
convention are supposed to be up to the high
est type of the personnel of the party. If the
delegates from Baltimore county and city rep
resent the character and dignity of the party
in those divisions of the district, the standard
of the party is not very high.
Among the delegates were two Negroes.
They were chosen as alternates from the ff-
teeth ward of Baltimore. They did not sit in
the body of the convention, but lent color to
the scene from the raised seats in the rear.
We can say in their behalf, however, they
acted much more becomingly than some of
their white-skinned brethren.
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Congressional Nominations.


Democratic primaries in Baltimore on
Thursday resulted in the choice of Lee 5.
Myer, in the third congressional district,
without opposition, and James W. Denny in
the fourth district, over S. s. Field and d.
Arthur Stump. Charles R. Schirm, Repub-
lican, was chosen without opposition in the
fourth district, and Frank Wachter easily won
in the third over Sproesser. The primaries
were held under the new law, the judges and
clerks to officiate in November holding the
election. Democrats and Republicans voted
at the same places, but there were different
ballot boxes and different colored ballots.
The vote was light, but the law is regarded a
success.
James E. Ellegood, Democrat, was nomi-
mated in the Eastern Shore district, on Thurs
day, to oppose William b. Jackson, Repub-
lican, who was nominated Tuesday.
Christian F. Kenneweg, wholesale mer-
chant, of Cumberland, was nominated by the
Democrats of the sixth district on Thursday.
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
DEAD ON THE ROAD SIDE.
william Prough, Farmer Dies on the
Road near Westminster.

William Prougb, a farmer, near Salem
Church, in franklin district, was found I'M
conscious on the Westminster and Washington
pike, near this city, yesterday Friday after.
noon about 20 minutes of l o'clock. He died
at o'clock.
He had come to this city with load of
wood and was returning home with load OF
fertilizer. As he passed out of town he was
observed to be sitting on the lazy board, and
it is supposed he fell off and died from the
shock.
The deceased was about S5 years old, and
leaves a wife and two children. His wife is a
daughter of Peter Wolf, near Bloom.
Justice Moore held an inquest.