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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-23
AMERIcUs COTTON MARKET.
Corrected Daily by l.. c. Council
Warehouse and Commission
Merchant.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
New York, Mar. 22.-Spots; Middlirg
8.15, market quiet. Contracts opened
steady and closed steady at follow
ing prices:
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-23

Full line of Buist's fresh garden
seeds, just received at Hudson's Drug
store.
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Here Are Some of the Offerinos.
Ladies New White Waist.

Monday will of
in this lot will be
will offer the S5o londay
gtone these at the reduced will
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Ribbons at IOC.

Hosiery Bargains
WeWi
MISSES heavy ribbed all szerom tooH that
never bought better will
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
TELEoRAPHERs ON STRIKE.
Tie-Up Is Complete from st. Paul,
MIMI, to the Pacific
Coast.

st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. All the tele-
graph operators of the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific systems were or
dered out Tuesday night at IL o'clock
by President Perham, of the Order of
Railway Telegraphers. According to
the officials of the telegraphers' union
between 1900 and 1000 men will be af-
fected by the order
The men claim it is a lock-
out on the. part of the road
because they will not accept the terms
offered them, while the company
claims that 80 per cent. of the men
are satisfied. In a circular to it's en-
ployes the company proposes a sched-
ule of wages which it claims give an
increase to the men amounting to
$4,000 annually. The men. on the
other hand. claim the increase
amounts to only $1,000 or $4,000 an
nually for about thousand men.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
FOUR DROWNED.
Skiff on River in Minnesota capsizes
with Fatal Results-one of
Party Saved.

Duluth, Mimi, Aug. 2. -Four lives
were lost by the capsizing of small
skif on Swan river. five miles north of
Verna. 1tasca county, near Ingstrom's
Landing
The names of the unfortunates are:
Edith Tichenor, Goldie Tichenor. Ev-
erett Tichenor and Mrs. j. M. Pogue,
settlers of that portion of country.
Immediately after the accident q
party was organized at Vera and went
to assist in the search for. the bodies
but up to five o'clock Tuesday after
noon no trace whatever was to be had
The search continued through the
night. Mrs. o. E. Pogue was a mem
Der of the crowd, but saved her life
by clinging to the boat until near
enough to the shore to reach bottom
The other members of the party, two
sisters and one brother, were unable tc
swim.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
800" CELEBRATES.
Exercises Held to Commemorate
Fiftieth Anniversary Of Opening
Of st. Nsry's Ship Canal.

Sault Ste. Marie. Mich, Aug s.
With the city crowded with thousands
of visitors, and with hundreds OF
yards of bunting flying in the breeze
from all the buildings on both the
American and Canadian sides Of the
st. Mary's river, salute at sunrise
from the government ships in the
harbor opened the two days celebra-
ton of the semi-centennial of the open
ing Of the st. Mary's ship canal,
which connects Lake Superior with the
lower lakes. Fifty years ago the first
ship canal around the rapids in the
st. Mary's river was completed and
opened, with two locks $50 feet in
length, and depth of 10 feet. To-day
the American canal has two locks,
one SIS feet long, the other 800 feet
long and 81 feet deep, while there is
also Canadian lock 1000 feet in
length. More traffic passes through
these three locks than through any
similar waterway in the world. In
1904, $4,000 passengers were trans
ported through the canal, and a total
of 31,546, JOG tons of freight with a
value of $34O,OOO,OO0. The semi-cen-
tennial celebration and the erection
later of a monument as permanent
memorial was, made possible by the
appropriation of $4,000 by the
United States and $4,000 by the state
of Michigan, and the contribution of a
cnncidoroh1o amount NV tho vossel in.
terests of the great lakes. "
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10

Secretary Wilson Decides to over
haul Crop Statistics Division
Of His Department.

Oyster Bay, N. Y. Aug. 1.-Secretary
Wilson will reorganize thoroughly the
crop statistics bureau of the depart-
ment of agriculture, according to infor-
nation here. Already he is seeking
men of character, standing and educa-
ton to conduct the work of the bureau.
men in whom the farmers and growers
of the country will have implicit con-
idence and who will place the reports
of the bureau on standard of excel
lence never heretofore achieved. One
man he has found, although he does
not at this time wish to publish his
name. The other three he hopes to Sc
cure in short time. Two of them will
be southern men, and both will be ex-
perts in cotton and tobacco statistics.
This, in brief, is one of the ideas which
Secretary Wilson elucidated to Presi-
dent Roosevelt
At the conclusion of his conference.
Secretary Wilson talked frankly about
some phases of the work in his depart
ment. He was asked whether there was
any likelihood of his early relinquish-
ment of his portfolio as secretary of ag-
riculture, and he declared he had not the
slightest intention Of resigning.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
GOVERNOR REPRIEvEs HocH
Takes Action When Assured That
Money Has Been Raised to
Appeal Case.

Chicago, July 29.-Gov. Deneen at
12:40 O'Clock Friday granted Johann
Hoch reprieve until August Is, when
the appeal of his case will be taken to
the state supreme court. Mrs. May
Wilson, known for her efforts to keep
Capt. Streeter out of prison, started the
train of events which eventually
brought thegovernor's order for stay
by appearing at the county Jail and
promising to furnish the $500 necessary
for taking Hoch's case to the supreme
court. On this vague promise Mr.. De-
neen made telephone request that
time set for the hanging be delayed an
hour or So Meanwhile Attorney Al
bert H. Thompson, friend of 1sadore
Plotke, counsel for the bigamist, ap-
peared on the scene in the role of pre-.
server" and gave $500 in new SO bills
toward the "Hoch defense fund"
Five murders. in addition to the
crime of wholesale bigamy, are attrib-
uted to Johann Hoch. The victims were
his wives, and arsenic was the agency
that ended their lives. Hoch, according
to the police investigation of his career,
made matrimony his source of living
for nearly ten years, making speciality
of German widows of the working class,
whom he welded and deserted after OBJ
tanning their savings.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
SIX KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Thunderbolt Strikes Crowd at Coney
Island, and Five Lives Are Lost
Victim at Gravesend.

New York, July 3l.ADuring a thun-
derstorm of terrific intensity which
passed over New York and it's vicinity
five persons were struck by light
ming and instantly killed, and nine
were seriously injured at the Parkway
baths, Coney Island. At the same time
one man was killed and three others
Frustrated at Gravesend beach.
The intense heat of the morning at
tracted great multitude to the shore
resorts, and late in the afternoon,
when the storm blew up from the west
ward the Parkway beach was thronged
with bathers and spectators. The rain
descended in torrents and hundreds of
men, women and children sought shell
ter under the big bathhouse, which is
elevated above the sand on piles. The
lightning was incessant, and terrific
thunderclaps shook the bathhouse, to
the terror of the crowd huddled to-
gether beneath it. A few minutes be-
for five O'Clock a bolt struck the flag
staff and grounded in the very thickest
of the crowd. Nearly so persons were
Frustrated and the rest. screaming
with terror, rushed out into the storm.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
KOCH FOUND mot GUILTY"
Minnesota Dentist Freed from Muir.
der Charge-Case Was Most
Sensational.

Mankato, MIMI, Aug. 2.-The jury in
the third trial Of DIR. George r. Koch,
charged with the murder of DIR. L. A.
Gebhardt, his brother dentist at New
Ulm, Mimi, on the night of November
1. 1904, Tuesday afternoon returned a
verdict of not guilty, after three hours
of deliberation.
The case has been sensational one:
and has held the close attention of the
people of the northwest. DR.. Gebhardt
was found lying in a pool of blood on the
floor OF his Office about ten o'clock at
night, his head crushed by blows of q
hammer. The most important witness
in the trials was Asa p. Brooks, editor
of the New Ulm Review, who heard
scutiiing in DR.. Gebhardt's Office, which
is directly over the editorial room of
the Review, and ran up the side stairs
to ascertain the cause. Not being able
to make an entrance, he peered through
the transom, and saw the murderer
standing over Gebhard's body. Brooks
testified that, although the murderer
turned and looked at him. he could not
recognize the man, but swore that it
was not Koch. The rest of the evidence
was purely circumstantial.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
ENVOY OF PEACE ARRIVES.
n. sergius Witte Lands at New York
Conference May Not Ter
inmate War.

New York, Aug. 3.-Clothed with
plenary powers, personally prepared
and signed by his sovereign, M. Ser
gus White, Russia's ranking plenipo-
tentary to the Washington confer
ence, landed here Wednesday from the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse as quietly
and democratically as the most humble
of his fellow passengers. Mr.. Lody-
gensky, the Russian consul general,
went down the harbor in revenue
cutter in the morning ofacially to
greet the distinguished envoy, and was
received by M. White on deck while the
Kaiser Wilhelm was at quarantine
The revelation that Great Britain
wants Japan to fight on has done more
than anything else to dishearten those
who expected settlement soon, with no
fighting in the interim. It is known
that Lord Lansdowne, while desiring
peace. wants Japan more completely 10
rout Russia, so that at the end of the war
the Anglo-Japanese alliance may be re-
newed with stronger scope than at
present. This will give the two nations
naval control Of European waters, and
prevent the kaiser from barring foreign
battleships from the Baltic sea.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
THREE KILLED By A TRAIN
Accident at Freepert, Ill, Fatal to
Women-crossing Disaster
in Michigan.

Freeport. I'LL, Aug. IA Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul freight train,
north-bound, Monday night struck q
buggy west of Freeport, killing three
women. Mrs. William ]. Laibelle was
thrown into creek and killed. Her
daughter, Grace Laibelle, landed on the
pilot of the locomotive, and died in a
hospital at Freeport without regaining
consciousness. Miss Gladys Brine was
hurled some distance and killed.
Kalamazoo, Mich, Aug. 1.-Frank
soleveld, q celery grower, and a man
employed on his farm were killed Mon
day at a crossing by Michigan Cen:
trail west-bound passenger train, which
struck the wagon in which the men
were driving.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
SUES HEADS OF EQUITABLE
State of New York Demands Return
Of Alleged spoils-says Law
Is Defied.

New York, Aug. IAN attack of the
most sweeping character on the Equi-
table Life Assurance society, its OFF,
GERS, directors and members of the ex-
ecutive and finance committees was
made by Attorney General Mayer in
the supreme court of New York county
Monday. All the charges of graft and
wrongdoing that have .been made
against those in charge of the society
are contained in his bill of complaint,
which urges the restoration of the
moneys of the society which have
found their way into the pockets of
men prominent in its affairs and a
thorough housekeeping in all depart
ments.
The attorney general declares that
SIC, OOO, 900 of the surplus is being with
held from the policy-holders in defiance
of law, and asks the court to allow the
holders to divide the money
which mas been kept from them 50
long.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
AUTHORITIES NEAR CLASH
Mississippi and Louisiana at War
Over Quarantine Regulations
Increase in Deaths.

Baton Rouge, La, Aug. "A clash
between the Mississippi and Louisiana
authorities over quarantine regulations
is imminent. A private dispatch was
received in the city Tuesday stating
that Mississippi soldiers, employed as
quarantine guards, had invaded Louisi-
ana with arms and that boats u BE
patrolling the mouth of Rigolet's lake
and Pearl river, off the Louisiana coast,
to prevent Louisiana boats from leav-
ing.
New Orleans, Aug. 3.-Up to 6
p. m. Wednesday there had been IL
deaths reported from yellow fever, all
Italians and eight of them in hospitals.
Shotgun guarantees prevail in many
parts of the far south, this emphatic
manner of stopping refugees having
been in operation near Vicksburg for
about a week. The fever situation is
as follows: AT New Orleans, total
cases to August 2, 347; total deaths to
August 2, 70; new cases Wednesday, 1;
deaths Wednesday, IL. At Ship Island
quarantine station in the gulf, of
Mobile bay, to date. cases Gonzales
cent?; Shreveport to date, / case;
Montgomery! Ala, to date, 1 case:
Lumberton, Miss, to date, 1 case;
Westwego, La, to date, cases and
death; Algiers, La, to date, 1 case;
Sunrise, La, to date, case; Empire,
La. to date, case; Ostrica, La, to
date, case; Point Celeste, La, to
date. l case; Vaccaro, La, to date, 1
case.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10

Mamie Gibson, barefooted 11.year.
old girl. who lives with her parents in
the Black mountains of North Caro-.
lima, is to be given college educa-
ton by the Southern railway, which
will also provide for her in other ways.
Some time ago a big slide occurred on
the mountain while she was home
alone. She ran down the railroad wav.
ing her red petticoat. A heavy train
was stopped by. her ten feet from
where the mountain had caved in. Be.
low was an abyss several thousand
feet deep, that meant instant death to
every one on board.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10

The total expense of operating base.
ball in the United States as an organ
ICED sport is in the neighborhood of
$7,000,O00, according to the estimate
OF those best posted, which means
that approximately $4,000 900 paid ad-
missions must be received before the
team owners can break even on their
Investments, not counting interest.
The fact remains that nearly one-half
OF the baseball club owners of the
United States lose money every year.
The teams that are beaten in, the play.
ing, even in the great leagues, are
lucky to escape heavy financial losses.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10

Abyssinia is to be considered one
OF the great markets of the near fu-
ture. The country has a population of
nearly 100000, and under the pro.
gressive and enlightened rule of Kin.
Menelik is making rapid strides to.
ward high grade Of civilization.
Europeans are called in as heads Of
government departments, the silver
monetary standard is being introduced,
the establishment of branches of Euro.
pean banks is planned, and European
merchants are induced to locate. The
Abyssinians have adopted the tele.
phone, the telegraph and Quick-firing
weapons.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
Auto Parity Held un.

Chicago, Aug. 1.-Three masked
highwaymen held up an automobile
containing c. A. Woodruff. purchasing
agent for Armour & Co., his wife and a
party of friends, shortly after nine
o'clock Monday night, in Hubbard
woods. short distance north of Win
netka, and after forcing them to stop
by firing volley of shots from revolt
vers, several of which punctured the
tires of the machine.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10

The state Of Texas will put on sale
on the first ofnext September a body
OF land which is larger than many
European principalities. The land in
question embraces 100000 acres, or
some 9.400 square miles. In body it
is bigger than either the state of Mas.
sachusetts or New Jersey. The terri.
Tory In question has for years past
been leased by the state to cattlemen
Tor grazing their herds. II lies in
Western Texas. and much Of It ID
splendidly adapted to agriculture. The
land will be sold only to bona fide ret
NWh
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10

The first commander in chief Of the
first navy of the 13 American colo
MES was Commodore Essex Hopkins,
Of Rhode Island. The continental
congress commissioned him commo-
dore, Washington formally and off,
cially addressed him as admiral. His
commission dated from December %,
1775, enough to make him the father
Of the navy. Paul Jones was named
as The senior first liuetenant in the
fleet under the command of Commo-
dore Hopkins. Command rank did
not come to him until October 10.
1776.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10

While cotton cloths form the prf,s
cipal item in our exports to China.
raw cotton contributes by far the
largest item in our exports to Japan.
though the cotton fuctuates consid.
erably from year to year, according to
the level Of prices prevailing in the
United States. When the price of
American cotton becomes approx.
mately high, Japan purchases large
share of her raw cotton from India,
that cotton being Of shorter staple
and therefore lower in price.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10

The emigration statistics for ireland
for the year 1904 furnish melancholy
reading. in that they show how Ire.
land continues to lose some of the best
OF her population. Last year 36,902
natives of Ireland, a number equiva.
lent to s.S per 1000 Of the population.
left their homes, the vast majority to
go to the United States or Canada.
The total Of 36,902 is a slight falling
on as compared with several recent
years, and is. indeed, the smallest az
gregate since 1898.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
mArwi OF ROYALTY.

King Leopold viii leave . fortune Of
~. O00, 600, most Of which will go to the
Belgian people for works Of public util-
ity. He regards his daughters rs Lear
came to regard Regan and Goneril. The
daughters will get about $4,000 each.
Early in his reign, Car Nicholas
caught bad head cold and asked .
humble subject how this annoying all
nent could b cured. The advice given
was that the imperial nose should be
anointed at night with tallow from q
common candle. Years rolled on and
one day by mere accident the car had
the chance Of looking through book
of household expenditures and was
amazed to find he had been charged for
pound Of tallow candles every night
since.
New that the German crown prince
has been married, court gossips in Eu-
rope are considering who is likely to be
the bride Of Prince Eitel, the kaiser's
second son. The general view is that
1t will be Princess Eva Of Battenberg,
with whom he was much smitten during
. recent visit to England. Princess Eva
is quite pretty girl, just past IL years
old, who was brought up in the simplest
manner possible. It is expected that
she will inherit largely from her god.
mother, ex-Empress Eugenie.
The duke Of Connaught-Prince Ar
thur of Great Britain-who has just en-
tered upon his fifty-sixth year, was the
godson of the duke of Wellington and
was taught to have great reverence for
the old gentleman. One of the little
boys first efforts at drawing, it is said,
was . picture representing the duke and
Napoleon engaging in pistol duel at
point blank range. my dear young
prince" said the duke, when shown this
youthful. production, remember that,
though fought Bonaparte, l could never
see him without the help. of a telescope"
During King Alfonso's visit to London
several stories were told of how he at
times shocks the Spanish dons with wild
escapades. All these anecdotes, apocry-
phal or otherwise, helped his popularity
with the British public, showing as they
did that his 19-year-old majesty is a
real boy and not altogether royal milk
sop. He rides reckless races with young
ohicers, rings up the guard Unexpectedly
from mere motives CT mischief, and gen.
orally plays the same pranks as other
lads of his age. Among his own subjects
OF the rank and file these pranks do him
good, for even the Spaniard likes to
think that his sovereign can do some
thing human and unceremonious.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
Tie-Up Is Conn1ete

st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 3.-The strike
of the telegraph, operators of the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
railway systems Wednesday settled
into what promises to be long-drawn-
out contest between two of the larg-
est railroads of the west and COM
bination of employees who claim to
have the power to tie-up the money
making end of these two railroads 80
that the companies will be willing to
grant their demands.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
Bettinp War Ends Racing.

Cleveland, O., Aug. lit was de-
cided Monday afternoon to abandon
the grand circuit trotting meeting
scheduled for this week at the Chenille
track, in this city. The only event
Monday afternoon was the consolation
heat of the Merchants and Manufac-
turers' race, which was not completed
at the Detroit meeting. 1t is stated that
all the horses at the Chenille track
will be shipped to Buffalo at once.
This action was taken as result of
Mayor Johnson's order prohibiting the
sale of pools at the Chenille track.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
Ex-Coneressman Dead.

Liberty, Mo-, Aug. 2.-Former Con-
gresham John Dougherty is dead at his
home in this city, aged 4S years. The end
came early Tuesday morning as the
result of an attack of acute indigestion
and heart trouble. He was taken sud-
denly i'll Saturday evening, but i'm
proved until the change for the worse
came Monday night. Mr. Dougherty
represented the Third Missouri district
three terms in congress-.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
DEFINITIONS AND DERIVATION

The petrifcation agate was named for
the river Achates, in Sicily, where it was
first found.
A brochure is a small book, stitched,
not bound, so named from the French
''brocher," to stitch.
bylaw" owes the first part of itself
to the word "bye," the old Danish word
for town, burg or burgh.
The word amateur" originally
French, from the Latin "amator," a
lover, means lover of any particular
art, but not a professional follower Of it.
The American word BOSS" for mas
ter, is the modern form of the Dutch
'baas,'' of the same meaning. 1t is de-
scended from the original Dutch settlers
Of New York.
The word billion" in England and
the colonies means a million millions.
in France and on the continent, as we'll
as in the United States, it means thou
sand millions.
The name "calomel" means beautiful
black" and was originally given to
black sulphuret of mercury. AS calomel
is white powder, the name is merely .
jocular misnomer noM.
The word ''Boer," applied to the Dutch
Inhabitants of the country districts of
the Cape of Good Hope, is the German
for farmer and agriculturist. The Eng
lish word '.boor" had the same origin.
The word beverage" has had many
changes in photography. 1t is found
spelled ''biberedge," beverage" and
''beveridge." 1t comes from the Italian
"bevere," to drink, but more remotely
from the Latin.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
Would End Tariff Fight.

St. Petersburg, Aug. Negotiations
for the settlement of Russo-American
tariff difficulties are advancing stead
lily. Russia is willing to withdraw the
retaliatory duties on American machin-
cry, ETC., which weigh hard on Russian
industry and agriculture and only
seeks acknowledgement of the excep-
tional nature of the retaliatory duties
imposed by her on sugar, American ex-
ports of which are not apt to become
an important commercial factor.