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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
Plot to Assassinate Roosevelt.

Portland, Ore, June 2.-As the
outcome Of the arrest of a Pole in
this city for an assault upon several
Russians, local detectives have learn
ed Of the existence here of a large
body of Russian Nihilists who, it is al
legged, have been plotting the assassin
alton of President Roosevelt, simply
awaiting the accumulation of sufficient
funds before sending a deputation to
Washington to carry out the scheme.
The Pole, who claims to have been
threatened with death by several. of
the plotters, and who was arrested for
assault, was acquitted Friday and it
was then that the detectives learned
of the alleged true purpose of the or
ganization.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
fW s4EFFrELD President
TOUCHING, .FOa. KINGS EVIL.
Extent of the Custom In the Seven
teenth Century.

Between the years 1861 and 1852 as
many as 90 107 persons were touched
for the kings evil. Each. of them re
ceivcd a gold coin, with hole in it,
which-the coin, not the hole-''was sus-
pended from the neck by a ribbon" 1t
became necessary to limit the number
of patients to be touched, and at last
no person was allowed in the kings
presence for that purpose, who had not
previously obtained a certificate from
the minister of the parish in which he
or she lived that he or she was suffer
ing from the disease.
"Hai0bledon, Bucks, 1856, May II.
Mary Nallington had certificate to
60 before the king for a disease called
the kings evil."-Parish Registers.
Page 81. r. e. Chester Waters.
From proclamation issued by
Charles H., dated Jan. 8, 1858, appoint
ing the times at which the touch should
be administered:
"And all such as shall hereafter come
or repair to, the court for this purpose
shall bring with them certificates under
he,h1nds and seals of the parson, vic
ar or minister and of both or. one of
the cAurcAwardens, testifyng accord
ing to the truth that they have not at
any time before been touched by
his majesty to the intent to be healed
of their disease. And all ministers and
churchwardens are hereby required to
be very careful to examine into the
truth before they give such certificates
and also to keep a register of all GER
tifcates they shall from time to time
give. Notes and Queries.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
Forced to Work Under a Guard.

Winston-Salem, N. c., June Rep
resentatiyes of the Italian government
are investigating complaints being
made to consuls in the United States
regarding alleged harsh treatment of
1900 Italian leborers brought from
New York to work for the Carolina
Construction company in the building
of a railroad from Spruce Pines, via
Marion, in the western part of the
state. 1t is alleged that the Italian
laborers, many of whom, it is said,
have become dissatisfied, are not per-
mitted to leave and are being forced to
work under heavy guard. The Ital-
ian government representatives have
taken the matter up and propose to
remove the restraint if such exists
over the laborers in the employ of the
Carolina Construction company.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03

was being led out of court on her way
back to the Tombs the girl was follow
ed by a crowd of women, many of
whom thrust the officers aside and
embraced and kissed her.
Outside the Tombs cheers were rails
ed by throng of hundreds of Italians,
to whom the news of the acquittal
was made known by the prisoner wav-
ing her handkerchief as she crossed
the Bridge of Signs" leading to the
Tombs.
The verdict was received with some
surprise, by the prosecution, from the
fact that the killing being admitted
Judge Scott in his charge instructed
the jury that, in default of justifica-
ton which plea he said had not been
advanced, and there being little evi-
dence Of the abuse alleged as an ex-
cuse except the prisoners own testi-
mony they should properly find a YER
Diet Of murder in the first degree.
The girl has been on trial several
weeks.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
Rule Absolutely ILLEGAL,

New York, June 2.-The appellate
term of the supreme court ruled Fri
day that the arbitrary rule laid down
by the surface railroad company that
a passenger is not entitled to trans
fer unless he applies for it as soon
as he pays his fare is absolutely lille
gal and incapable of enforcement. Car
rying out this decision, the court af-
f1rmed municipal court judgment for
$50 obtained by Samuel Levine against
the Nassau Electric Railroad compa-
ny for the refusal of a conductor to
give Levine a transfer on the ground
that he had waited too long to ask
for it. The conductor testified that it
was forty minutes after Levine paid
his fare that he asked for a transfer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
Life Sentence for Franklin

Dalton, Ga, June 2.-Jim Franklin,
of Spring Place, Ga, has been sen.
fenced TO life imprisonment in the
Murray superior court. for the murder
of Captain Knox Ramsay, of Muir
ray county. The jury rendered a YER
dict of guilty of murder in the first
degree, with a recommendation to the
mercy of the court. The majority of
the people sided with the prosecution
in the case and were disappointed in
Franklin's sentence, which they con-
sidered light, desiring that the muir
derer suffer capital punishment. Joe
Swanger, who was implicated in the
crime, was given a sentence of one
year in the penitentiary, being found
guilty on the charge of assault and
battery
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
Would Reston, HeideIbero Castle

karlsruhe, Germany, June 2.-The
goVernmet of Baden Saturday sent a
message to the diet regarding the res
toration of Heidelberg castle, partial
ly destroyed by Marshal Turenne
when he laid waste the Palatinate
The message affirmed that the res
toration would be limited to the re-
building necessary to preserve the
sculptures and other remains of rem
a1ssance art and that the first appro-
priation would be asked for in the next
budget. Energetic protests have been
made in recent years against the pro-
Jects for the restoration of the Heidel-
berg castle by artists, authors, profes.
sors and antiquaries on the ground
that it would be a desecration of the
historical and poetical sentiments of
the old German castle, which was be-
gun in the thirteenth century.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
Submarine Bells for Liahtshins.

New York, June 2.-Captain Smith,
of the White Star liner Baltic, which
arrived Friday, reported that during
a dense fog while off the Scotland
lightship at 1 o'clock, the submarine
bell telephone system on his steam
er caught the bell recently installed
on the lightship. This was of great
advantage as it gave him instant
knowledge of his position, the thick
weather making it impossible to sight
the lightship. The government has
installed submarine bells on a number
of lightships from Maine to Florida
within the past sixty days, and naviga-
tors have been asked to report any
data regarding them. Captain Smith
was the first navigator to make re-
port
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
AXE Drastic Action

New York, June 2-The board of
governors of the Building Trades EN-
ployers' association took drastic ac.
tlon at meeting Friday in the case
OF the carpenters and painters who are
on strike for alleged violation of
the arbitration agreement. A lock-
out of $4,000 carpenters belonging to
the Brotherhood of Carpenters was
decided on to take place Tuesday next
throughout Greater New York unless
on Monday morning the carpenters
VINO are on a strike in Brooklyn
against the decision of Justice Gavnor
are back at work. In the case of
the painters who are on strike
against the master painters and the
interior decorators and cabinet MAX
ers' associations of Manhattan. the
board gave the organization authority
to man their contracts at once with
any competent men who are willing
to work
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
smoot Case Before SENATE

Washington, June 2.-The fact that
the committee on privileges and elec-
tions has acted on the case of United
States Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah,
was officially brought to the attention
of the senate Saturday by Senator
Burrows, chairman of that committee,
who, as the same time, made an inef-
fectual effort to have Monday 11th,
fixed as the day for the consideration
OF the case.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03

1t seems that the seaewas made salt
in the beginning as part of. the grand
design of the Creator to provide for
the system of evolution which has been
going on since the creation. Many dis
tinct species of living organisms exist
in the sea as a result of it's salinity,
and their remains have largely contrib
uted to the growth of continents. The
three great factors in accounting for
the system of currents in the ocean
by which it becomes the great heat dis
trihut@r Of the globe are changes of
temp 'rature, the winds and salinity.
The last mentioned becomes an inn
portant factor through the immediate
and essential differences of specific
gravity and consequent differences of
level that 1t produces in different parts
Of the ocean through the action of
evaporation and rainfall
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
Want to Disbar HumneI.

New York, June Proceedings
have been begun before the bar associ-
alton for the disbarment of Attorney
Abraham H. Hummel, and two of his
partners, Nathan Cohen and Abraham
H. Kaffenburgh on account of disclos-
ures growing out of the Dodge-Morse
divorce case. Hummel has already
been convicted of conspiracy. A GER
tificate of reasonable doubt was grant
ed, and his trial for subornation of
perjury has been postponed while the
appeal to the appellate division from
his conviction is pending.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03

Leveson- Cover in his memoirs tells
Of an occasion on which Ruskin was
snobbish He says: "Ruskin on one ,oc-
casion gave a large supper, to which
he invited sone of the leading under
graduates, whom he did not know. His
speech on this occasion did not make
a favorable impression. He said he
could hardly express how much he
felt honored that so many young men
who were superior to him socially
should have condescended to accept his
invitation This disinclined us to keep
up the acquaintance, although we were
the losers thereby"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
First illustrated Paper for Pekinq.

New York, June "A cable dispatch
to the Times from Peking says th i
the first number of the first illustrat-
ed paper ever published in Peking has
just been issued. A feature of the
paper is the reproduction in an exag-
gerated form of the Chinese labor
cartoons distributed at the time of the
recent general election in England
Rarely have anti-foreign publications
from the Chinese themselves been
more calculated to inf1ame resentment
against foreigners than these infa-
nous pictures copied from English
election literature.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
nnened to International Trade.

Toxic, June 2.-MukdGn was for
mally opened Friday to international
trade. The occasion was widely cele-
brated. The authorities are busy
drafting harbor regulations for Tai
rem, the new Japanese name for Port
Dalny, and as soon as they are COM
pleted, that port will be opened to in
ternational trade. Japan proposed to
develop the commercial value of Tai
rem to the greatest extent possible.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
SPAIN IN GLOOM
OVER AWFUL TRAGEDY
Suspected Bomb Thrower Has
Been Released.
DEAD NOW NUMBERS "a PERSONS
Ceneral Mourning Prevails Throughout
the Spanish Empire and Grave
Anxiety Is On Every Hand-The
Grand Ball Was Postponed.

Madrid, June 2.-The killed by the
bomb explosion of May 81 now num-
Der "a The ball which was to have
been given at the palace Saturday eve,
ming was abandoned, owing to the
general mourning and a reception has
Deen substituted. The British en-
bassy has intervened in the behalf
OF Robert Hamilton, the Englishman
arrested on suspicion of being con-
nected with the attempt on the lives
OF the king and queen, and he has
been released.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
Lonu Journey Fails to Save

Hartwell, Ga, June 2.-Dr. T. w.
Ayers little son, William, died Friday
afternoon at 6 o'clock. DR.. Ayers
returned from China a few months
ago on account of sickness of the
child He is missionary to north
China
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
Bessie LasaIIe Held at Jail.

Tampa, Fla, June 2.-Bessie La
Sale is still in the county jail, and the
probability is that she will remain
there. Several of her friends have
called at the Jail to see her but they
have showed no inclination to stand on
her bond. Bessie LaSaIle is an ex
ceedingly handsome young woman
The charge against her is stealing a
diamond bracelet from a party in this
city
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
ConaratuIates Finland.

Helsingfors, Finland, June 2.-The
answer of the Russian parliament to
the address of the Finnish parliament,
congratulates Finland on the posses.
sion of a constitution based on the
principles of the liberty and equality
and expresses the conviction that the
Russian constitution will be reformed
on the same basis eventually.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
Here is Relief for Women.

Moth Gray, nurse in New York, dis
an arom attic pleasant herb cure for
vomen,e Ills. called Australian.Leaf. 1t is
the only certain monthly regulator Cures
fem ale weaknesses and Backache, Kidney,
qfsts or by mall so cts Sample FREE. Adj
dress, The Mother GRAY Co., Leroy. N. x.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03

GRTH@hn RM@.

There are some tempers wrought up
by habitual selfishness to an utter in
sensfbility of what becomes of the for
tunes of their fellow creatures, as IL
they We're not partakers of the same
nature or had no lot or connection az
all with the species.-Sterne.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
NOTICE

Sealed proposals to do the pubic
Erinting of the State will be received by
the Commissioners of Public Printing,
at the Office of the Secretary of State,
in Atlanta, for thirty days from June
lst, 1906. #N
Onsthe first Tuesday in August, fo,-
lowing, the public printing will be let
to the lowest responsible bidder or
bidders WI ose bid has been fled in COM
pliance with law; ths said Commission
ers referving the right to eject any and
all bids and relet Che same should they
deem II to the public interest to do so.
Specifications may. be had onsapplica-
ti0n to the Secretary of State.
PHILIP Cook.
Secretary of State, Chairman.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
Nenroes Killed by FALLING Ore.

Birmingham, Ala, June 2.-Louis
Cross, Ii Jones and Henry Lindsay,
negro miners, were killed by falling
ore and rock from the roof of the
Woodward Iron company's mines near
Woodward Saturday fourth miner
in the party escaped without injury.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
Will Investigate stock Yards.

Chicago, June 2.-The city has de-
cided to appoint commission to in
vestigate conditions at the stock
yards with view to determining
how far the recent criticisms of meth
DDS employed in the killing of beef
and hogs is justified
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03

If ycu will make ir qniry it will be
revelation to you how many succumbs
to kiduey or bladder troubles in one
form or another. IF the patient is not
beyond medical aid, Foley's Kidney
Cure will cure. It never ssppoints,
Sold by F M. McLauRlin Il 90.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
OUTRAGE Caused Indignation.

Mexico City, June News of the
attempt on the lives of the king and
queen of Spain aroused the utmost
indignation in all circles here. Presi-
dent Diaz cabled his congratulations
to the royal pair on their providen-
tial escape.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
Military Academy Bill

Washington. June 2.-The military
academy bill with senate amendments
was referred to the house commit
tee on military affairs Saturday after
an effort on the part of Mr.. Hull, oil
Iowa, to send the bill directly to con
ference,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
"Lord" Barrine+on n H.nc

Jefferson City, Mo, June 2.-The su.
preme court in banc has affirmed
the decision in the case of Lord" F.
Seymour harrington, condemned to
death for the murder of James P.
McCann, and fixed the date of execu,
ton for uly 26th. ''..
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03

Dreamy Youth-Have you noticed
that there are days when we seem
more In accord with the world-more
In unison with nature? Practical
Youth Yes; It IS always that way with
~e on paw Cay.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03

Columbus, Ga, June 2.-Z B. Her
ring, who shot Dick Conner last Satur
day night, is out under $500 bond. Co,
mer's condition has improved some
what and e may recover.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
SALVAGE Operations in Progress.

Lundy Island June FRIDAYS
gale at sea apparently did not have
much effect on the stranded battleship
M0afceup
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03

Dublin, June 2.-The Irish par1fa-
mentary party Friday adopted res
olut1on Of sorrow at the death of
Michael Davitt. The late Mr.. Davitt's
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03

Douglas, Arizona, June 2.-The gov.
ernor of the state of Sonora arrived at
Naco at 1880 a. m. Saturday, and i'm
mediately gave orders permitting the
armed Americans who were there from
Blsbee, Douglas and all parts of Arf-
zona, to accompany him to Cananea.
The Americans organized and, In com.
mand of Captain Tom Rynning, form
er captain of the Rough Riders and
now commander Of the Arizona Rang
ers, left with the governor on a spe-
oial train for Cananea at o'clock
Saturday morning. : There were 450
in the party.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
TERRANOvA GIRL
is GIVEN FREEDOM
She is Acquitted on Charge of
Killing Her Aunt.
HELD NOW FOR KILLING UNCLE
Girl Killed Her Aunt and Uncle Be-
cause the Latter Ruined Her When
She Was Child and Then Told Her
Husband.

New York, June 2.-Josephine Ter
ranova Friday afternoon was acquit-
ted of the murder of her aunt, Concet-
to Reggie. She was, however, not re-
leased, being remanded to the Tombs
to answer to the charge of killing her
uncle, who was murdered at the same
time as his wife,
Assistant District Attorney Ely, who
has conducted the prosecution, was
unable to say definitely whether or
not the second charge would be prose
cuted. The jury returned their YER
dict within thirteen minutes after the
courts charge, agreeing on the ino-
cence of the defendant without discus
sion.
The prisoner received the announce
ment with perfect composure. AS she
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03

El Paso, Tex, June "A private
telegram received from Cananea Sat
urday says that Americans are now in
control of the town and many Mexi-
cans have left. One hundred rifles
and quantity of ammunition were
shipped from here Saturday to Colo.
mel Greene at Naco and will be taken
to Cananea if they can be gotten over
the border.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03

Washington, June 2.-The state de-
partment has received most urgent
telegraphic appeal for help from Amer.
1can Consul Galbraith, at Cananea,
Mexico, in which the consul says:
Aid from United States absolutely
essential"
The state department has also re-
ceived direct application from the gov
ernor of the state of Sonora, Mexico,
for help from the American side.
most extraordinary occurrence. The
direct appeal was the subject of hasty
consultations between the secretary of
state, the chief of staff, Brigadier Gen
eral Bell and the law officer of the
war department, inasmuch as the uues.
tlon of the right of the United States
to send troops into a friendly state is
in doubt
Meanwhile the officers of the general
staff are making ready to execute any
orders that may be issued as the re-
suit Of Secretary Roots decision.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-03
AMERICANS KILLED
BY STRIKING MExICANS
Bloody Conflict at Copper Camp
In Mexico.
FIFTY PERSONS WERE KILLED
The Number of Striking Mexicans Is
Estimated at 5000 and They are
Making Threats Against all Amer
leans in the Town.

Naco, Ariz., June 2.-The adyices
from Cananea, Mexico, where race
were Americans, say that the Mexicans
and Americans, resulting in the death
OF some so persons, many of whom
were Americans, say thatthe Mexicans
burned property valued at $250,00O,
including the lumber yards and gener-
al office of the Greene Mining COM
pany. The Mexicans then left the
lumber yard and dynamited powder
house near the Sonora hotel, to secure
arms and ammunition. Here the Mex
tcan police attacked the Mexicans and
a fierce battle ensued, several off,
GERS and a dozen strikers being kill
ed. A train carrying 100 men left
Naco for Cananea Friday. Twenty
i've armed men came from Bisbee and
are guarding the American line here.
There has been fighting between this
party and Mexican customs officers.
The posses started to cross the line
a few miles below Naco and was fired
on by Mexicans in ambush.
One man named Buckner was shot
through the arm and several men are
missing.
Shots are frequently heard, and it is
feared that others may be killed. It
is not known whether any of the am
pushed Mexicans were killed.
When the train left Cananea, Colo
mel Greene's residence was being bar
ricaded and all the remaining Ameri
cans were gathering there and arming
for defense.
The Presbyterian church near the
Greene residence, is also filled with
people and barricaded.
The Americans are said to be seri-
ously handicapped by lack of ammuni-
ton. The number of striking Mexi-
cans is estimated at 5000, and they
were making threats against all Amer
leans when the last train pulled out
from the town.
There are fifty to seventy-five Mex
lean police in Cananea, and they are
doing what they can to quell the dis
turbance.
urgent messages have been sent to
Washington. 1t is said that United
States Consul Galbraith wired to the
state department that his life and
those of the other Americans in the
camp are in danger. Colonel Greene
has telephoned for every armed man
available in Bisbee and Douglas.
While the crowd was gathering
Colonel Greene rode down the crowd
ed streets in his automobile and told
the men he could not accede to their
demands. There is grave fears that
an attempt will be made to destroy the
great reduction plant of the Greene
company at Cananea, which cost mil
lions of dollars. 1t would require
tA In
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-10-25
SECRET MOVE OF MAYOR
TO DITCH WALLER

would have occasioned no particu-
lar comment. as the doctrine that
ito the victor belongs the spoils"
is the accepted creed in politics.
II the administration contem-
plates removing the chief in order
to conciliate a strong faction of
the democracy it is admitted that
he has right to do so, but to
use him as a sort of ambulance, or
worse, on which to load the short
comings of the city government
will not meet the approval of fair.
minded men. The police depart.
ment has been run to suit the
mayor, and the administration Of
that portion of the city govern
ment has been along lines laid
down by him. The mayor has been
the executive head of the city
since his election, and must alone
shoulder the responsibility for any
shortcomings.