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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-25
WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED
General Corbin Cables Report
of Filipino Uprising.
BODIES WERE BADLY MuTILATED
Situation is Extremely Critical and the
Town of samar Is Threatened by a
Thousand PuIajones-Twelve Philip.
pine Scuots Are Missing.

Washington, Dec. 24.-The war de
partment was officially advised today
by General Corbin commanding the de-
partment of the Philippines of the up
rising in Samar, in which one lieuten-
ant and a number of enlisted men of
the Philippine scouts were killed. The
cablegTam as follows:
The Pulajones are on the warpatch
in Samar in considerable numbers as
may be judged from the following:
On Nov. 10 about 400 Pulajones and
several hundred volunteers Joined in
an attack of a detachment of twenty
Philippine scouts at Oras, Samar
Killed: One hospital corps man.
Wounded: Twelve Philippine scouts;
Missing: Five, said to have been
boloed while in the river All bodies
badly mutilated. And again on Dec.
16 Second Lieutenant Stephen e. Hay
and 81 enlisted men, Thirty-sixth com
pany, Philippine scouts, killed by Pula.
jones at Dolores, Samar. First Lieu.
tenant George F. Abbott requested
help from the military authorities.
The town is threatened by a thou.
sand Pulajones.
The situation Is critical in both in.
stances. l offered the Philippine gov.
ernment all the assistance desired. AS
yet none has been accepted.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-25
women Go on Strike.

New York, Dec. 24.-Women to the
number of $50, employed by the mem
bers of the Camp Manufacturers as.
sociation, have joined in the strike
against the open shop declaration of
the association In all, about 1900
or ], 900 workers are now On strike and
the factories will remain idle until
next week, when the cap makers will
be offered work individually on the
open shop plan.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-25
SIOUX CITY SWEPT
BY FIERCE FLAMES
Losses May Reach Over Two
Millions Of Dollars.
ONE LIFE is REPORTED AS LOST
Many Hundreds of People Are Thrown
Out of RmpIoyment-omaha and
Council Bluffs Sent Their Fremen
to the Scene,

Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 24.--Sioux
City awoke the day before Christmas
with two of the best business blocks
in ashes, causing a loss which may
reach two and half millions, throw.
ing hundreds of people out of employ.
ment and costing one life.
The fire originated at $40 o'clock
last night in the basement of the PEI
letter Dry Goods company, at Fourtl
and Jackson streets, one of the main
corners of the city. A strong wind
was blowing from the west and the
fire spread rapidly, finally destroying
two of the blocks in the center of the
city between Jackson street on the
east, Pierce on the west, Fourth street
on the north, and Third street on the
south
Within this territory the only build
ings saved were the Northwestern
bank, on Fourth and Pierce streets,
and the Tribune building, on Pierce.
Three hotels were burned, the West,
Leader and Pullman. All the guests
escaped in safety, however.
The man who was killed jumped
from the fourth story window in the
Massachusetts building, where the fire
originated. He struck wire ar
missed the net which was being hel.
by the firemen. Nobody has been
able to identify him.
There were no other serious casual
ties.
Omaha, Council Bluffs and other
nearby cities were asked for aid They
sent fire apparatus, but the fire was
under control when they arrived.
The Western Union Telegraph com.
pany, whose entire plant was de 1
stroyed, established temporary Office !
at the Chicago and Northwestern de !
pot, where it began handling its bus.l
mess at midnight
Most of the property destroyed wasl
well insured.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-25
KING HAS NARROW ESCAPE.
Spain's Young Ruler Thrown From a
Motor Car.

Madrid, Dec. 24.-King Alphonso
had narrow escape while riding in a
motor car on the prado yesterday.
wheel of the car, which he was
driving personally, suddenly broke and
the car was overturned, but the king
escaped uninjured.
King Alphonso is an exceptionally
daring driver, and his motoring ex.
ploits are constant source of anxiety
to the Queen mother and the ministers
He has a prediction for long trips,
generally acting as his own chauffeur
Recently the king announced his inten.
ito of making unattended motor car
tours through his domfnions, but the
plan was dropped because Senor Mau.
ra, who then was premier, threatened
to resign, as he feared an anarchist
outrage. The king has had several
narrow escapes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-25
"PoP" DODGE IN NEW YORK.
Federal Officers Turn Him Over to the
New York Police,

foueFat OH1CeFS urn him over TO the
New York Police.
New York, Dec. 24.-After a sensa-
quarters, at which he is said to have
quarters, at which he is saidd to have
made full confession, Charles F.
Dodge, the former husband of the wife
Of Charles w. Morse, the banker and
principal promoter of the American
Ice company today, was prisoner at
the Broadway Central hotel guarded
by both federal and local authorities.
1t was expected that Dodge would
be taken into court at the earliest pos.
sible moment, the proceedings under
which he is held by the federal author
tiles withdrawn, and the prisoner be.
fore being formally turned over to the
custody of the New York officials.
While he was arrested by a United
States marshal and sent to this city
as federal prisoner, this was done
only to place him in the hands Of the
authorities in this city. The arrival
of Dodge in New York followed one
of the longest and most bitterly fought
legal battles on record, and was the
real beginning of what 1t is believed
will be developed to be one of the
most sensational cases the metropolis
has ever seen.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-25
Heavy Rain In Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, Dec. 24.-The rain which
tinued to fall today, coming down heav.
fly during the morning. The rain was
reported by both down and up river,
all points as far up as Oil City, Pa,
reporting good rains and better river
conditions seemed assured. A slight.
ly higher stage of the river was re.
ported by up-river points today, be.
fore the full effect of the rain could
be felt Several coal fleets are be-
ing held for higher water and local
dealers hope for arly relief from the
present coal shortage.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-25
RUBBER TIRE COMBINE SUED.
An Atlanta Firm Claims Big Damages
Under Sherman Law.

Cincinnati, Dec. 24.-Eleven rubber
tire manufacturing concerns compos-
ing the so-called rubber tire combine,
were made defendants in the United
States court by a suit filed by the Nun.
ford Rubber Tire company of Allan.
ia, Ga.
The suit is for damages under the
Sherman antitrust law, the plaintiff
claiming the defendants, through their
combination, have injured the compa,
ny's business to the extent of $19, 700,
The suit is for $59,100, three times
the amount of damages, in accordance
with the Sherman law Another suit
fled by the NTunford company is
against the Rubber Tire Wheel com.
pany. Seventy-two thousand dollars
is asked for alleged violation OF con.
tract. It is claimed the defendants
entered field and sold to customers
that had previously been assigned to
the Munford company as customer
Of the two concerns.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-25
TWO BURNED TO DEATH.
Mother and Babe Perish by Flames in
Their Home.


Their Home.
Sylvania, Ga, Dec. 24.-Details have
just reached here Of a shocking catas.
trophe that happened at the home OF
Ben Hughes, well-to-do farmer who
ssves about 10 miles from Sylvania.
4sr. Hughes family consists of himself,
wife and little boy.
He left home early in the morning
to go to his work and was away all
day. Upon returning he found his
wife and child both burned to death in
the bed room.
His wife was lying across the bed
and the little boy on a pillow before
the fireplace, both terribly burned.
There were also signs that the floor
in the room had caught and was put
out with water.
The affair is surrounded with mys.
terry. 1t is supposed by some that
Mrs. Hughes, having placed her baby
on a pillow before the fire to keep it
warm, went out of the room to attend
to her household duties, and upon re.
turning found her baby wrapped in
flames, and then in the attempt to res.
cue it set her own garments on fire
and was burned to death herself.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-25
Mikado WIN Decorate Francis.

st. Louis, Dec. 24.-According to a
cablegram from Baron Kiyoura, mini
ster of agriculture and commerce of
Japan, to Commissioner General Te-
gina to the worlds fair, President D.
B. FFrancis, of the Louisiana Purchase
exposition, is to be decorated with the
gold medal of the first grade of merit
Of the Order Of the Rising Sun. The
baron states that Frederick r. Y
Skiff, director of exhibits, is to be
decorated with the medal of the second
grade of merit of the Order of Suibo.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-25
Wife Murderer Refuses Counsel.

Dedham, Mass, Dec 24.-Henry F.
Boles, indicted for murder of his wife
and Policeman Joseph McMurray at
Brookiine, Oct. II, when arraigned to-
day, pleaded guilty to both indict.
ments. He said he did not want coun.
sci and told the court he did not care
what was done with him The court
ordered a plea of not guilty entered in
the Indictment for numbering McMur.
ray and appointed two lawyers to de-
fend BoIeS
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-25
Killed in Gamhlinn Den.

Cleveland, Miss, Dec. 24.-It has
developed that in the tragedy which
occurred at bterigold, Miss, Robert
Bess, who killed City Marshal Albert
Thomas, was himself badly wounded.
The fight between the two men oc.
cured in gambling house. Several
were arrested, including Mayor w. A.
Sanders. These witnesses will proba-
bly, be released at hearing this af-
ternoon
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-25
Miss | eiter to Med an Earl

Washington, Dec. 24-"Henry Mo-
lyneux Padgett Howard, earl of Suf-
folk and Bershire, England, and Mar
guerite Hyde Letter, District" is an
abstract from the District of Colum.
bia marriage license clerks report of
Thursday, showing that the earl of
Suffolk has taken out a license for
his marriage with Miss Daisy Letter.
Daisy" it now appears, is only fam
lily pet name, and, it is said, was given
her by her brother. Joseph Letter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-25
cuRFEw ASSOCIATION MEETING
Interest In Towns and Cities Has In
creased


Louisville, Dec. 24.-Colonel Alex
ander Hogeland, president Of the Ma
tional Curfew association, has returned
to Louisville from a meeting of the
executive board of the association at
Indianapolis. He reports a largely IN
creased interest in cities and towns
throughout the United States In cur
few for the year
President Hogeland had long con
ference with Judge Stubbg, of Indian
apolis respecting the adoption of the
custom of requesting each offending
boy and girl brought before him of re.
peating one at time the Lords prayer
and the judge promised to adopt it.
Mr.. Hogelard hopes to have the Gus.
tom universally adopted
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-25
ALABAMA's CREDIT is GOOD.
Governor Cunningham Studying Re-
funding States Debt.


funding States Debt.
Montgomery, Ala, Dec. 24.-Acting
Governor Cunningham said today
my visit to New York was in refer
ence to the public debt. My purpose
was to ascertain at first-hand the condL
tions as nearly as possible as a guide
as to what should be done, the plan to
be adopted, etc, in the funding of the
debt. I gained great deal of valu.
able information, not the least of
which is that the credit of Alabama
stands. among the first of states, and
about that there seems to be no ques.
tion whatever. I have made no defint
ite arrangements, nor are there pend.
ing any tentative propositions. The
matter will be taken up formally in
the near future
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-25
Well Known YOUNG Man Killed.

Moultrie, Ca, Dec. 24.-Tom Can.
trell, well known young white man
was shot and killed last night by Jas
per Sloan, another young man q
Autreyville. The two men were drink
ing, it is said and a difficulty arose
over trivial matter, Cantreu being
the aggressor An exchange of shots
resulted in Cantrelrs death, Sloan es
Gaping unhurt No attempt has been
made to arrest Sloan, VIII is highly re
spected citizen
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-25
successful Voyage Of Big Ship.

Seattle, Wash, Dec. 24.-After a
voyage of 81 days steaming time, "
days actual time. the new trans-Pacific
liner Minnesota, owned by the great
Northern Steamship company, arrived
here from New York at 10 o'clock last
night and dropped anchor of west Sc
attle. She will move to dock this
morning to begin discharging cargo
The Minnesota will sail on her initial
voyage to the Orient about Jan. 2l.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-25
Conspiracy Case Ends.

Omaha, Dec. 24.-Judge Munger, In
the United States court today dis
missed the last of the conspiracy cases
included in the indictment brought in
connection with the trial Of Senator
Dietrich. It was that of Elcott Lowe,
a former member Of the legislature,
who was charged with acting as inter
mediary in the appointment of Jerry
P. Billings as postmaster at Alma, Ne
br9
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-25
Accused Of stsaIlna $4,000.


Stockton, Calf, Dec. 23-"Ted"
Murphy, who is accused by Battling"
Nelson, of the larceny of $4,000 was
arrested here at midnight on the San.
Ia Fe train and taken into custody.
TIVE hundred and fifty dollars were
found on Murphy by the police. Muir.
ply was greatly surprised at his ar.
rest. He said that he did not have
Nelson's money, and that Nelson had
bid him goodby at the depot when he
left San Francisco.
Five teams, including Waltnour and
Munroe, have withdrawn from the big
six-day bicycle race at Madison Square
New York on grounds of irregularity
OF other riders.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-25

The official figures for the atten.
dance at the worlds fair were made
public today The total attendance
was 1874 ,O73. and that of the closing
day, Dec. /, was 203,101.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-12-25
Bio Steamships Being Built.

Victoria, Dec 24.-The Canadian
Railroad company has decided to place
two new steamers, each $50 feet long.
with a speed of 10 knots in the in
ential trade with conjunction with the
three empress liners operated by the
company. The steamers are being
built by the Fairfelds on the Clyde
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1904-04-27

see between me and the wall
swarms of bees. all in rapid, whirl-
ing motion, as in the morning.
his scene continued as long as /
remained awake; nor had it entire
ly faded by the next night, though
much less vivid"
The influence of the unconscious
mind on the hearing is no less Ie
markable. 1 recall that at one
time, when l was constantly being
called out at night, frequently
heard, as / thought, the night-bell
ring 1 would go down stairs only
to find that the bell had not been
rung. Even with long practice L
could only distinguish doubtfully
between the real bell and the i'm
aginary one.
Even more striking is the fact,
which every one who has anything
to do with children knows, that
loud noises fail to even disturb the
mother, while the mel est whimper
of her baby will produce complete
mental alertness.
TO such an extent can this phe-
nomenon be carried that the eyes
are actually required to prove to
the ears that they did hear.
A careful consideration of the
points mentioned cannot help but
prove that five is not the sum total
of our senses; but that there is
another, distinct in itself, which
has the capability of acting by it.
self under certain conditions of the
mind and body.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1904-04-27
Satisfied.

General satisfaction is expressed
by Democrats in Washington over
the result of the New York Demo
cratic State Convention, with the
exception of Senator Hills promi-
nent part. The defeat of August
Belmont for delegate.at-large is
said to be Tammany victory, 1t
is believed that Judge Parker's
forces will organize the convention.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1904-04-27
Black Marble Discovered in Lin
coin County.

Il startling discovery mas been
made within five mile of Stanford,
near the Boyle county line, which
has been pronounced by experts to
be as fine a quality of black mar
BILE as ever came out of the earth
The stone shows up beautifully
A stock company with $4,000 cap.
ital has been formed. This mar.
BILE was discovered by the class in
geology of the Stanford graded
school.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1904-04-27
Gov. FaylOr's Answer TO Divorce
Suit.

Attorneys of Gov. Taylor state
that his answer is formal and
complete denial of Mrs. Taylor's
charges of abandonment, turning
her out of doors and refusing to
provide for her or live with her.
Gov. Taylor is now absent from
the city delivering his new lecture,
Castles In the Air" Mrs. Taylor
was Mrs. Alice Fits Hill previous
to her marriage to Gov. Taylor, at
Tuscaloosa, Ala, September %,
1901. She had several children by
former marriage, and Gov. Tay-
lor was a widower with five child
rem, including three grown daugh-
tiers.
TWO SETS OF CHILDREN BATTLE.
The Hill and Taylor children did
not get along well from the start,
the Taylor boys and the Hill boys
engaging in regular fights. Mrs.
Taylor finally issued an ultimatum
to the effect that Taylor should
send his children away from home
or else she would go.
Gov. Taylor stood by his chill
dren, and Mrs. Taylor returned to
Alabama, leaving while he was
away. When she returned she
found DR.. George F, st. John in
stalled as master of affairs at the
Taylor home, and he, as Gov. Tay-
lor's son in-law, treated her formal
ly. She again returned to Alaba-
ma.
The filing of the bill caused
sensation throughout the South by
reason of Gov. Iaylor's prominence
and that of Mrs. Taylor, who is a
daughter of the Hon. James H.
Fits, a banker of Montgomery, and
treasurer of the State University.
Gov. TaYlor's friends have stood
by him in this section, while Mrs.
Taylor's friends in Alabama sym
pathize with her.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1904-04-27
G. 7. FLANDERS, Judy, KY

or injury, epilepsy, hysteria or
coma induced by alcohol, opium or
other poisons have frequently been
known to produce this strange
shattering of brain cells.
It's effects are sometimes highly
remarkable. DIR. Forbes Winslow
tells of man who, after an attack
of acute fever, lost all knowledge
of the letter "f."
soldier rnon heing trenanned
lost power to recognize the num-
bers $50 and ~"
A porter who in state of intox-
ication left parcel at wrong
house could not remember when
sober where he had left it. A
month later he got drunk and re.
membered all about it, and at once
recovered 1T.
Rev. DR.. Hansard, an English
curate, was driving his wife and
child in a phaeton when the horse
bolted and he was thrown out,
suffering a severe concussion of the
brain.
On recovering he found that he
had forgotten all the incidents i'm
mediately preceding the runaway.
OF his efforts to stop the horse and
of the terror of his wife and child
he had no emembrance to the end
of his days.
These are by no means the most
remarkable features of brain injury.
A young French woman, Suzan-
ne Perot, was attacked with byste-
ria, which caused her to live a
double life, passing alternately
from one to another of two psy-
chical states.
In her ''first condition" she was
serious, grave, reserved and hard
working woman. But being sud
denly overcome by sleep, she would
awake in her ''second condition."
which was gay, imaginative, viva
cious and coquettish. While in
this second condition che could
remember all that had passed in
the "frst condition." but strange
to say, when the relapse into her
''first condition" occurred she re-
tanned no memory whatever of the
second.
This is explained by the fact
that the brain is mass of cells,
which are constantly in motion,
throbbing, pulsating and whirling
in inconceivably small orbits, ac-
cording to the strength or intestity
of the thought conditions imposed
upon them.
Consequently, the disturbing
forces which destroy or change the
integrity or orbits of these cells
destroy and change the mental
! balance.
Twenty-Five years ago, as DR..
Baffum has written, very little was
known of the brain function. The
inside of the skull was an unex-
plored region; but since the dis
coveries of Drs. Broca, Goltz, Hors-
ley and Futsch coping with inju-
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1904-04-27
Building Pine Structure.

Work has been commenced on
the large two-story brick building
of the Morehead Grocery Company.
This is corporation composed of
local business men.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1904-04-27
ABNORMAL TRICKS OF
BRAIN.
MANY SURGICAL INSTANCES
RECORDED
Wherein Cerebral Shocks Have Dis
torted The Current OF Life.
Accident has transformed Ed
ward smith, farmer OF Bradford

Accident has transformed Ed
ward smith, farmer or Bradford
county, Penn, into boy again.
In stature, in strength, in weight
and years he is still man. Beard
ed like Russian and roughly
dressed, he plays marbles, spins
tops, flies kites and snowballs the
passing school children merrily.
Some where in the convolutions
Smiths brain there is slight
pressure which has caused him to
forget the past, down to the time
when he was small boy doing
chores around the farm.
Physicians say that the area of
pressure of the bloodclot on the
interior of the skull may not be
any larger than a pin head, but it
is so situated that the picture gal
lery of Smiths mind, which is call
ed memory, has been obscured so
that no impression save those of
his boyhood remain.
The accident occurred while
Smith was telling a tree. In its
fall limb struck him on the back
of the head. He was taken home
unconscious, and when physicians
were summoned they found the
farmer laughing boyishly as he
prepared to play a game OF mar
!, Yes with visitor.
According to the physicians,
Edgar Smith has a form of amene-
sia which renders him unable to
remember the past.
This is only one of many charac-
terIstics of brain injury which cele
brated Psychologists and surgeons
all over the world are now study
ing. Had Mr.. Smith received a
similar injury to another group of
brain cells he would have forgotten
how to read or write. Injury to
other cells would have prevented
him from walking, talking, laugh
ing or understanding when spok-
en- to.
The infinitesimal bits of memory
sEored away in the brain cells are
Nike numberless mirrors in a room.
Each mirror stands for memory
of the past wherein we see our
selves and various incidents of our
lives. With !" ithi, each day new mirrors
are stored, and the old ones grow
dim or remain bright, according to
the power of memory.
The blow received by Edgar
Smith, so says the physicians,
Sshattered all the newly formed
mirrors, or memories. and many OF
the old ones, leaving only the mir
rors of boy hood days Tor the mind
to look back upon.
Unconsciousnes due to disease