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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-17
East Lake, Ala, Dec. 8th. 1902.

HaSI Lake, Ala, Dec. 9Th, 1902.
NAr' A. B. Girardeau, Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sir;-This is to certify that on Au-
gust ist went to Verbena, Ala, to hold a
series OF meetings. Was at that time, and
had been for six weeks prior, so feeble was
scarcely able to preach. Mr.. F. A. Gulledge,
OF VerDena, with whose family was stop
ping kindly offered me three bottles of
Iohnson's Chill and Fever Tonic, gratis. |
accepted, and began the use of the Tonic at
once Within three weeks was was much
better. IN three weeks ] had taken the
three bottles of Tonic and was fully we'll
look no other medicine then nor since. and
am in better health and heavier than for
the past fifteen years.
j. M. MCCORD.
Pastor Verbena Baptist Church.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-17
suesian Labor Day Was Quiet.

Rostoff-on-the-Don, Russia, Friday,
Nav 15.-In spite of the agitation OF
the social Democrats who urged the
public to start disturbances, Russian
labor day, yesterday, passed off quietly
and work went on as usual
Infantry and Cossacks, however,
were held in readiness to preserve or
der. Some social Democrats tried TO
induce a crowd to make demonstra'
ton but they failed. There were ma
merous arrests of agitators.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-17
GORDON GIVEN OVATION.
Commander of Confederate Veterans
Goes to New Orleans.

New Orleans, May 16.-General Jno.
B. Gordon, commanding the United
Confederate Veterans, arrived here to-.
day and visited Adjutant General
Mickle's headquarters. He was Civ.
en- a great ovation. General Gordon
has been lecturing through Louisiana.
He found the preparations for the
reunion far advanced, and believes it
will be one of the greatest gatherings
of old soldiers ever held in the south.
General Gordon expects to go to At.
lanta today, returning in time to open
the reunion on Tuesday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-17
MOBILE AND OHIO STRIKE.
No Change In the Situation at Mobile
Alabama

mo Ohahge IN the Situation at Mobile,
Alabama.
Mobile, Ala, May 16.-There is no
change in the Mobile and Ohio strike
situation at this point.
Trains, both passenger and freight
are moving as they have been for sew
eral days. No further breaks in the
ranks of the strikers are reported.
The Mobile Commercial club has de.
clined to join with the Commercial
club Of Jackson, Tenn, in an effort
to bring about a settlement of the,
strike, deeming the movement to be
unwise at this time.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-17
sweepinu Injunction Issued.

New Orleans, May 16.-Judge Board
man in the federal court today issued
a sweeping injunction against the To-
cal ticket scalpers forbbdding them to
deal in any way in the reduced tick
cts sold for the confederate reunion
in this city.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-17
New TeIeoranb companv Enters

Montgomery, Ala, May 16.-The Old
Dominion Telegraph company has filed
with the secretary of state applica-
ton to do business at Birmingham
with T. G. HeWefett as agent
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-17
AMsUsHED BY BRloANDs.
Patrol of Russian Frontier Guard At.
tackled

tackled.
Berlin, May ia telegram receiv-
cd here from Lenkerman, in the gov
ernment of Baku, Russia, says that
patrol of Russian frontier guard has
fallen into ambush set by Persian rob-
bers in a forest. A Russian captain
and two non-commissioned officers
were killed. The same evening the
robbers plundered the village of We
rawul
During the month of April, a Rus
sian officer and eight soldiers were
Rifled by brigands in the same district.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-17
Over4or Motive Ir4i.n.r

Washington, May 16.-Captain Over
ton was a native of Indianan. He was
appointed to the military academy
from Texas in 1884. Harry c. Noyes.
the private killed, enlisted in troop D,
Fifteenth cavalry at Cincinnati. 0.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-17
Two Secrets of Success

The success of The Mutual
Life Insurance Company of New
York is due:
FIRsT-To its selection of risks;
1t writes no insurance in unhea1tbfr1
regions or on vicious or sub-standard 1ir-es
SEcoND-To the investment of
its funds:
>, Send for Bankers win" which tells how
tLe greatest accumulation of trust funds in
the world is invested iul'9 III
Good health and good invest
mentS will go a long way toward
making anyone rich.
rms Company ranks
FIRsT-Tn Assets.
Ftrst--In Amount Paid Policy-holders
First--In Age,
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF New YORK,
RicharaoA McCurdy, President.
H. f. SHEDDEN, Manager, Allan ia.
ARTHUR & EVERETT,
Resident Agents,
AMERICUs, GEORGIA
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-17
Mothers Friend

Mothers Friend is soothing, softening,
relaxing hni1uent, a muscle maker, invig.
orator and freshener. 1t puts new powes
into the back and hips of a coming mother.
1t is applied externally only, there Is
no dosing and swallowing of nasty drugs,
no inward treatment at all
The state of the mother during geststion
may influence the disposition and future
of the child; that is one reason why moth.
ers should watch their condition and
avoid pain. Her health, that of the child
and their lives, depend on keeping free
from pain, worry and melancholy. Be OF
good cheer, strong Of heart and peaceful
mind. Mothers Friend can and will
make you so. Bearing down pains, morn.
ing Sickness, sore breast and insomnia are
all relieved by this wonderful remedy.
Of druggists at 81 90 per bottle.
Send for our book Brotherhood" free.
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-17
STRIKERS RANKS At
DENVER AUGMENTED
Strike Committee Calls Out
More Union Members.
NEARLY ALL TRADES INCLUDED.
This Brings About TWO Thousand,
Three Hundred and Fifty Additional
Men Into the Subjective Thousand
Are Now Idle.


Denver Colo, May 16.-The joint
executive committee in charge of the
strike in this city issued an order at
O'Clock this morning calling out the
members Of unions as follows:
Cigar makers, paper makers, pulp
and paper mill workers, international
hremen and engineers at mills, other
mill employees, brewers, beer bottlers.
retail clerks, lady clerks, mattress ma
kers. garment makers, horseshoers.
electrical workers, coopers,, tobacco
str1ppers, stage employees, BARRIERS. tail
ors and bartenders.
The order became effective at once.
and throughout 1850 additional men
are brought into the ranks Of the strik.
ers, swelling the number of men to
something over 5000.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-17

~ Dozen all-over Black
lace Hose, pc grade, 15c pr.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-17

{. ~ Pair Ladies $3.50 Ok
.u.os and Sandals at 81 pr.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-17

"UOO Yards yard-wlde Per-
Cal; l2Hc grade at. SIC
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HERE'S A BABY,
Its NEother IS Well.

The baby is healthy because during the
period of CESSATION its mother used the
popular and purely vegetable liniment, !
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-17

IT,. Lace Curtains 51z yards
~ ,ong, 50 inches wide; worth
s.'oO per pair, at. .98c
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-17

- ~ Inch White Lawn, worth
@l''''...... &c per yd
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-11-20
"SuccessfuLv People.

Prof Dexter, OF the University OF
Illinois, has complied curious vol
ume of statistics relating to success
full" people, and containing S,G02
names. 1t is shown that musicians
gain success at the earliest age; the
scientists at an early age; the actor
and the author next; the inventors
gain their place slowly. no one below
the age of forty being included in the
book. Women reach success in all
callings, except in music and on the
stage, later than their male competi-
tors. 1t has before been noted that
musical gifts tend to develop more
quickly than almost any other As for
the business men, it is interesting to
learn that 81 per cent|of the success
full men of business did not enter col
lege, while II per cent completed it.
Of the financiers IS Pc! cent are col
Iege graduates.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-11-20
WAS UNDER FIRE.
American Minister Narrowly Escapes
Death


Death.
SAN DOMINGO-The city is closely
besieged by the reYolutionists and
commerce is paralyzed Firing around
San Domingo continues. The political
situation is unchanged. The German
warships Panther and Gazelle are
here.
The revolutionists have addressed a
letter to Minister Powell, informing
him that agreements entered into with
the United States by the government
presided over by General Wos y Gil
will not be recognized by them. The
letter requests that Minister Powell
recognize the revolutionists, but the
minister has refused to hold commun-
ication with them. The political sit
uation is unchanged.
NEW YORK-A dispatch from San
Domingo, dated November 9, to a
newspaper here, says the attack on
the city by the revolutionists which
began last Friday was still in force
Monday.
During all of Saturday night, the
dispatch continues, the insurgents at
tackled the outposts with small arms
and also delivered rather heavy shell
fire. The government, however, sue
ceeded in repelling the attack, al
though with considerable loss. The
losses of the revolutionists were slight.
Some foreign noncombatants were
killed.
During an attack Sunday afternoon
an insurgent shell passed within a few
feet of Mr. Powell, the American min
lister, at the legation.
A sortie was made by 140 govern
ment troops, but they were ambushed
and compelled to retire within the
walls, leaving their dead and wounded
On the field.
Early Sunday night there was an
other heavy attack, but the rebels
were again repulsed. The losses are
unknown. Several shells exploded in
the city this morning.
The German cruiser Gazelle arrived
Monday and landed marines. The Ger
man cruiser Panther arrived the pre-
ceding day No other foreign war
vessels are here.
Previous to the beginning of the
bombardment of San Domingo, the
revolutionists notified the diplomatic
corps and the consular officers that
they had previously served notice on
the Dominican government that the
forces of the revolution intended to
adopt all means, including lombard
ment, in their efforts to capture tho
CITY.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-11-20
Will Payne and CHICAGO,

If Chicago must be portrayed. prob
ably no one is better fitted to do it
than VIII Payne, the well known nov
elist, whose stories of the life of the
western metropolis are so full of
knowledge and keen observation. His
character study of the big town, pub
lished in Everybody's Magazine for
October, celebrates it's hundredth
birthday, and gives a vivid picture of
the great, overgrown. noisy, dirty.
gOod-tempered hobbledehoy among
cities, ignorant of the value of urban
ity, yet rampant with a vital energy
that is TO carry it on to a maturity OF
vast importance. No one is a native
son of Chicago-everyone has come
there; but through all the fra3jDess
of this adopted son, neither bcastfuI
nor defiant, but humorously Just. r1ns
the note OF loyalty and sympathy that
makes the westerner stand by his
town, even though there may be better
ones; and that is very healthy for the
town.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-11-20
The Century for 1904.

The Century for 1904 promises a
wealth of reading and pictures that
surpasses even the high standard
achieved during 1903. Perhaps most
notable of all the strong features OF
the volume will be DR.. 8. Weir Mitch
ellis "The Youth Of Washington,
told in the form of an autobiography
1t will be a daring and unique piece
of historical work. written as II IL
were done by General Washing
ton himself, sitting down in Mt. Yer
non in his old age and recording,
solely for his own eye; the story OF
his youthful life.
Then there will be- a series Of artf-
cles on italian Villas and Their Gar
dens," written by Edith Wharton and
illustrated, largely in color, by Max
field Parrish Ernest Thompson Sc
ton has prepared Fable. and Wood
myth" brief papers in new vein,
the illustrations in the authors most
fantastic and amusing style.
The artists whose work will appear
in the Century for 1904 include the
best of the day. It is not question
for any cultivated thinking man or
woman today, Can afford to- take the
Century this year? The question is
rather, Can I afford not to take the
Century.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-11-20
CAUGHT BY MUSKRAT
BUT OLD MAN RUNNELS HELD ON
TO BUFFALO FISH.
Days Fishing That Went Smoothly
Until Outsider Got Into the Game
Poor Results of Effort Made to Kill
Intruder.

| "The funniest thing ever saw
down in Egypt, as southern Illinois Is
called, happened to an old hotelkeeper
| by the name of Runnels," said the
| SOuthdown drummer the other day. Il
was tied up with cigar man and
corset agent at his layout one Sunday,
and there being nothing else to do We
walked out to one of those prairie
| bitches to see if we could club few
buffalo fish. You see, these fish are
| big fellows, and they wallow in the
| Shiny bitches where the water is
sometimes not more than a foot deep.
| The fishermen pull off part of their
| wearing apparel, get club, wade into
| the water, and maui the fish to death.
Now it happens that those bitches
are also full of muskrats, there being
about as many of them as there are
of the fish. Well, that Sunday old
Runnels and the other three of us
went out to one of the ditches We
got rid of part of our clothing and
waded in. l succeeded in killing one
fish, and the corset agent caught big
mud turtle, but the cigar man and old
Runnels hadn't got thing.
Finally the cigar booster yelled to
old Runnels to watch out. He had
started big one. Runnels braced
himself as the fish swan up stream,
it's fins cutting the water like a sub
marine boat He took horrible
swipe at the buffalo. but missed it.
Then he started chasing it, and he
finally ran it into a hole in the side
Of the bank, just beneath the surface
of the water.
''The old man yelled that he had
him ali right, and all of the rest of
us piked up to the place. Runnels
rolled up his sleeves and stuck his
arm into the hole. All at once he let
out yell that would have scared a
Comanche to death. He tried to jump
backward, but his feet were stuck in
the mud. He doubled up again and
tried to jump, and that time he sat
down in the water, which struck him
at the chin. His long whiskers kind
O f1Oated down stream, and he kept
yelling and pulling.
well, sir, the corset agent and my
self got in and lifted the old man up,
and as he came out of the mud and
water he held the fish by the tail. But
there was also something holding him.
A big muskrat had him by one thumb,
and wouldn't let go any more than
swapping turtle would.
"Old Runnels kept yelling that he
was killed. and l told him to stand
still till the corset agent could kill the
muskrat. The agent steadied himself,
raised club. and brought it down
kerwhack. But he didn't hit the
muskrat at all. The club landed on
old Runnels' good hand, and peeled
about three square inches of skin off
of it.
"Just then the animal let go and
dropped into the water. Old Runnels
held on to the fish, and we got him out
and back to the hotel in time to sam
pie it for supper. When l went back
month later the old man still had his
hand tied up, but what do you think
he said? He asked NE if didn't want
to go out and try il again. 1t was
funny enough to repeat, but I didn't
want to risk taking Runnels' part Of
the fun. n.'-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-11-20
To Repeal Timber and Stone Act.

WASHINGTON - Senator Hans
brough introduced in the senate on
Wednesday bill which, by implica-
ton, repeals the timber and stone act,
under which land is now acquired at
$3.50 an acre. regardless of its real
value. The measure is intended to
cure defects in existing laws, put a
uuietus upon speculation in public tim
ber lands and an end to the frauds
which recently have grown into ma
tional scandal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-11-20
The Old Man.

Go to your nests, rocks, in the windy
And vex not me with your ill-omcned
I am too old to live beneath Fears law,
Hopes fever me no longer nor doubts
freeze.
Half I forget what makes the blackbird
sing
So loud in spring.
The earth grows old around me-. planets
wane:
Aprirs green glamour is spread out in
vain,
The rose sends nets of fragrance from
her tree,
But in her webs of beauty takes not me:
Out of the road 1 never turn my feet
For search of moonwort or of meadow
sweet.
The sea sings loud for youth I hear it
moan,
Counting its rocky ramparts stone by
And all the green haired people of the
waves
They do but make wild music over graves
The graves of broken ships and drowned
men.
And cities that the sea has ta'en again.
hate the gulls and terms that dip and
cry
About the white cliffs, along the sunder-
ing sea,
Or 1 should hate, if hate had not passed
by,
Even as love has. and forgotten me.
Time has outdistanced my slow feet
behold.
1 have outIingered Death. I cannot die.
1 am too old.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-11-20
LAMeAsTs ANTLsMooT PEOPLE.
Filing of Petitions Practically a Con-
tempt of the u, S, Senate.


WASHINGTON-Th house was III
session only five minutes wednesday,
and no business was transacted.
The senate began business in earn
est by receiving number of petitions
and also many bills.
In presenting a numerously signed
petition asking the senate to expedite
the consideration of the charges
against Mr.. Smoot, Mr.. Hoar took oc-
casion to remin the senders of peti-
tions bearing upon Mr.. Smoot's case
that the proceeding is out of order
and is improper. He based his re-
marks upon the fact that the deter
mination of Mr.. Shoots rights will
be purely judicial proceeding, to be
determined by the laws and the con-
stitution Of the United States.
with all due respect to the signers
of the petitions of this character" he
said, Il want to say to them that their
petitions are as much out of place
when addressed to this court as silni-
lar petitions would be if addressed to
the supreme court of the United
States in any case pending before that
tribunal"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-11-20
JERUSALEM AT THE FAIR.
Permission to Bring in Animals Free
of Duty

WASHINGTON-A Konta,
the protector of the Jerusalem exhibi-
tion at the ST. Louis exposition, Sc
cured permission from Secretary Will
son of the agricultural department for
the importation, free of duty, of GER
tain ruminating animals from Pales-
tine for exhibition purposes, includ-
ing twenty-five camels, fifty goats and
twenty sheep.
Mr.. Konta has secured from Chekib
Bey, the Turkish minister to the Uni
ted States, who has been designated
by the sultan as a Special commits
sioner to the exposition, letters of in
PRODUCTION to prominent officials in
Constantinople, and purposes to ar
range for the exhibition of Turkish
relics, old arms, books and the flags
of the old crusaders. He will sail for
Europe next week.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-11-20
PANAMA RECEIVED
THE PRESIDENT FORMALLY RE-
cEIvEs BUNAu-vARILLA.
CEREMONY OF THE RECEPTION
The Envoy Extraordinary and Min
lister Plenipotentiary Formally Pre-
sented by Secretary Hay.-Exchange
of Addresses Impressive.

WASHINGTON = President Roose-
welt on Friday formally received NJ.
Philippe Bunau-Varilla, the duly ac-
credited envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of the Re-
public of Panama to the United
States. The reception Of the minister
marked the birth of the new Republic
of Panama into the family of nations
and paves the way for negotiations be-
tween the United States and the infant
republic, precisely as they may be COR
Quoted between any two foreign ma
tions
The ceremony incident to the recep-
tion of Minister Bunau-Varilla and the
presentation of his credentials oc-
Cured in the Blue room of the White
House at $3.50 o'clock in the morning.
AT few minutes before that hour
Minister Bunau-Varilla, accompanied
by Secretary of State Hay, in the lat
ter's state carriage, arrived at the
White House. The secretary's carriage
was followed by a landau, the only
occupant of which was Minister Bunau-
Varilla's young son. Secretary Hay
and the new minister, both attired in
conventional morning address, entered
the White House, accompanied by the
ministers son, and were shown into
the Blue room. They were joined al
most Immediately by the president and
Secretary Loeb.
Secretary Hay formally presented M.
Bunau-VarilIa to President Roosevelt
as the accredited minister of the Re-
public of Panma. Minister BunauVa-
rilla in turn presented his credentials
and delivered an address, to which the
president feelingly responded. The
exchange of addresses was impressive
by reason of the circumstances and
the addresses themselves are regarded
las felicitous and patriotic. Minister
Bunau-Varilla spoke, in part, as fol-
lows:
'Mr President: In according to the
minister plenipotentiary of the Repub-
lie of Panama the honor of presenting
to you his letters of credente you ad-
nit into the family of nations the
weakest and last-born of the republics
of the new world
d" ct owes its existence to the outburst
of indignant grief which stirred the
hearts of the citizens of the isthmus
on beholding the despotic nation
which sought to forbid their country
from fulfilling the destinies vouchsafed
to it by Providence. In consecrating
its right to exist, Mr.. President, you
put an end to what appeared to be the
interminable controversy as to the
rival water ways and you definitely in
augurate the ero of the achievement
of the Panama canal"
president Roosevelt made suitable
reply.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-11-20
Colombia Censors cabIeqrar.

WASHINGTON-The state depart
ment was notified that the Colombian
government had established censor
ship over cable for the interior of Co.
lombia reaching Buena Ventura. This
cuts off communication between the
capital of Colombia and the outside
world. It may delay communication
with the United States, but this gov
ernment will not submit to any sup
preston of its dispatches, so long as
the telegraph route is open at all.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-11-20
Measures to Suppress Panama.

LIMA, Peru-The Colombian min
lister to Peru has published here ca
Diagrams received from his govern
ment, dated at Bogota, November 10,
II and u respectively. The cable
grams say that the Colombian govern
ment has taken measures to suppress
1.-The isthmian traitors" and add that
all parties and all classes have offered
to the government their lives and
property in defense of the national ter
ritory"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-11-20
BRYAN is OFF FOR EUROPE
Sails on the Steamer Majestic, to be
Absent Several Weeks.

NEW YORK.-William ]. Bryan will
sail for Europe Thursday afternoon
with his 13-year-old son, William j.,
jr.. on the steamer Majestic. He is
going to Europe for the first time.
partly on business and partly for
pleasure and will take in the most Of
England and good part of the con-
tinent before returning. He will be
gone several weeks.
Before he sailed William ]. Bryan
was asked by an interviewer:
'Will the democrats go to the polls
next year a united party?"
81 think all democrats will be uni
ted at the polls, but not of course
those who are not democrats. Those
who are not democrats will not be
with the democrats