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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-09-08
SUMTER corYoN MARKET

Tae market has atc,ua,ea considerable
during the week, the price of midding vary
ing from $50 to 6 30 Receipts for the week
about COG bales. Middliug is quoted to-day
at 65.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-09-08
Meteorological Record.

Thefollowing is report of observations
of the weather taken at Stateourg, by DR.. ".
W. Anderson, for the past week ending
September S, lssf.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-09-08
vonE In sUMTER COUNTY.
The Result Of the PRIMARY Declared
by the Executive Committee

The County Democratic Executive Commit
tee met Thursday at II o'clock and Droceedd
20 tabnIate the vote cast in the senatorial
primary beld on Tuesday. Angus. 3lss All
tie clubs save swo, Excesior and Gailiards x
Roads, were of6csny reported and the vote
sr,oc 10 ,,,, /, rad q s Snlfouc
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-09-08

Excellent commercial note paper Is cents
pound at q. G. Osteen b Co's-two pounds
for Is cents.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-09-08

sPartly cloudy.
The past week has been very favorable for
cotton picking and hay curing. Moderate
rain would be of benefit TO gardens. Ba-
rometer ranges high.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-09-08

Hammocks al! sizes ana prices n. G
)steen l. Co.
The herald., 1897-12-17
INDEX
TO THE TELEGRAPH NEWS

The National Civil Service Reform
league in session at Cincinnati.
Actor Terris stabbed by an un-
known assassin at the stage entrance
to London theater.
An incipient riot at Randsburg is
quelled by a liberal display of fire.
arms, though nobody was hurt.
Secretary Cages financial bill sub
mitted to the committee on banking
and currency, and by it reported to the
house.
Federation of Labor delegates pro-
test against the supreme court ruling
which makes practical slaves of la
borers.
A Russian nihilist named Albert
Hoff charged with the horrible muir
der committed at San Francisco on
Wednesday.
Joseph Letter has corralled eight
million bushels Of wheat and Is still
buying, but insists he is not engineer
ing corner.
Alger making plans to carry food
to the Yukon miners; haste is neces-
sary according to reports coming out
from Dawson.
General Lew Wallace believes that
Hawaii will not be annexed, and that
this country is on the verge Of costly
war with japan.
Spanish royalty alarmed at the re-
ception given to Weyler and prepar-
ing to fly to France at the first sign
Of revolution.
The national board Of trade, in
spite of protests Of western men,
bers, recommends the passage by con-
gress Of = pooling bill
Two more German cruisers sail from
Kiel to reinforce the feet in Chinese
waters; the emperor makes a signif1-
cant speech to Prince Henry in COM
mand.
The wrecked schooner of Van
couver island proves to be the Vesta
from Ventura; the crew saved; no news
received from the score Of men miss
ing from the Cleveland.
Connolly knocked out by Dal Hawk
ms in a hot fight at San Francisco;
Creedon and Mccoy will contest for
the middleweight championship to-
night at Long Island city.
Monetary Commissioner Wolcott
reports that he is not yet ready to
make formal report on the work Of the
commission; the senate provides
money for the relief Of miners in
Alaska; the house passes similar BILL
and prohibits the killing Of fur seals.
The herald., 1897-12-17
A RIOT AT RANDSBURG
QUELLED BY A DISPLAY OF
FIREARMS
A Hundred Laborers Quit Work and
Threaten to Tear Up the Rail-
road Track

Special to The Herald.
JOHANNESBURG Dec 1o.-Although
not yet fully constructed, the Randsburg
railroad has experienced an extensive
strike on it's line, and, but for the prompt
action Of cool heads today, there would
have been serious trouble. No less than
100 men quit work, and, led by a num-
ber of gang bosses, loaded to the guards
with whisky, threatened to tear up the
road and do other damage. Fortunately
the head officer acted with good judg-
pnent, and. backed UP with shooters,
quelled the incipient riot and persuaded
the angry men to desist from acts of vio-
lence.
The construction of the road has been
accompanied by series Of difficulties,
due principally to outside parties, who
demanded in many eases heavy remun-
GRAFTON for right of way across their
though, and the work for the past few
weeks has gone along smoothly. Today,
however, the grading crew, to the num-
ber of 100 men, threw down their shov-
els and declared that they would not
work any more. They said that they
were not satisfied with the grub that
there was not enough of it. The bosses
filed up with liquor, and, led by them,
the strikers marched about in quest of
trouble. but they did not find 1t. For d
time, though, things looked lively, and
guns were drawn, but not used. A par
ley was held, and, with inutterings, the
strikers finally dispersed.
1t is very strange that the men should
have been SO long in discovering thai
their grub was insufficient. They hav,
been at work ON the road for a month OF
more past and no complaint before had
been made against the food supplied by
the contractors, Messrs Ramish anc
Marsh, who have treated the men very
well indeed. Unless the trouble is set
tied satisfactorily, other help will prob
ably be brought up from Los Angeles
and the places Of the strikers will be
filled by new crews.
The herald., 1897-12-17
THE MAYHEM CASE
The House Doctor Testifies in His Own
Behalf

SANTA CRUZ, Cal, Dec. 1s.-M
Schoedde, the veterinary surgeon, on
trial for mayhem, testified this morning
in the Superior Court that he was en-
gagged to perform an operation on Chas.
Harris by George Plyler, who told him
that Harris had outraged Mrs. Plyler at
the point Of pistol and choked her
Plyler promised to pay him WELL Schoed-
de came here, but refused to participate
in the crime. Plyler said that the oper-
alton had been performed by a physi-
clan. Schoedde admitted that he pur-
chased ligatures at San Jose at Ply
ler's request. He also admitted that he
had told people in San Jose that he had
performed the operation, but did so as
joke. not believing that 1t had been
done. Plyler showed him evidence Of
the crime and acted as though crazy. He
positively denied having been in the
room when the crime was committed.
He said he had never seen Mrs. Plyler
until on the train that brought him to
Santa Cruz on the day the deed was
done. He gave a detailed statement Of
all Of his movements after leaving Santa
Cruz. The case Is expected to go to the
jury tomorrow.
The herald., 1897-12-17

ure corresponded with the ministerial
statements of last year. 1t instructed the
system Of oral direct procedure, and
while separating the duties of the Judge,
prosecutor and defending counsel, af-
forded means Of redress by way Of COM
plant. appeal or revision. The final de-
cision would rest with the tribunals and
the actual trial would be public, except
when public interests or the military
service would suffer thereby. The su-
preme military tribunal assured the
identity Of Interpretation and app:ca-
tion Of the laws. Any further assimila-
tion Of the civil code was precluded by
military considerations.
The herald., 1897-12-17
anti-scalper bill. now pending in con

anti-scalper bill. now pending in con-
gress. and say:
THAT as the decisions Of the United
States supreme court have so weakened
the power of the interstate commerce
commission to perform the duties origin
ally outlined for it, we petition congress
so to amend the interstate commerce law
as to clothe the commission with power
to carry out the original Intentions Of the
act"
The board. by invitation, called on
President Mckinley.
After the visit to the White House,
there was short session, at which the
report Of the committee on reform of
the consular service was read. The re-
port recommends such changes in the
administration Of this service as will Sc
cure permanency. Judicious promotion
in accordance with merit and ADEQUATE
compensation.
The report from the committee on for
estry was adopted, providing for the
conservation of forest lands and the en-
couragement OF timber culture over de-
nuded areas. Another measure adyo-
Gated by the board was the passage of
a general law to substitute weight for
measure in the sale of all commodities
to which this regulation could con-
yeniently apply.
OPPOSES POOLING
WASHINGTON,De 1s.-The eleventh
annual report of the interstate rate com
mission, issued today, is lengthy doc
ument which touches the work of the
commission during the past year and
includes several suggestions. Speaking
of the powers of the commission the re-
port says that a suit to recover excess
over reasonable rates is not an adequate
or equitable remedy, and continued:
Prevention by fixing and establishing
rates in advance is the only practical
legal remedy for extortionate and unjust
charges, and the law should be made so
plain that neither the commission nor
the courts can misconstrue or misinter-
pret it's meaning.
The report discusses the supreme
court decision denying power in the
commission to prescribe maximum rates
and goes on to show why the commits
sion has no real power as to fixing rates.
II the commission is given power to fix
rates, how are its orders to be made
cilSCtlVc anu Will IL 10 De tne attitude OF
the courts toward such orders? The
commission considers the law as laid
down by the supreme court in the cases
OF the Minnesota and Texas railroad
commissions and points that opportuni-
tS for judicial inquiry as to whether
rites fixed by state legislatures or COM
missions are reasonable must be afford
ed and Is provided for in the statutes,
especially in California, where the fed
e4al court was held the statute uncon-
sHtutional.
f'By legalizing pooling the public loses
the only protection 1t now has against
the unreasonable exactions of transpor-
t&tion agencies. Still, In view Of the
Whole situation. a majority of the COM
mission would be inclined to recommend
that the expedient be tried II suitable
safeguards are provided in advance,
but this recommendation must be taken
only with the limitation stated.
oEhe great necessity for uniformity In
Tight classification is urged. and sew
nv amendments and additional legisla-
are pointed out a. q necessity.
The herald., 1897-12-17
HAYTIAN TROUBLES
Threatened Revolt Calls for Measures
Of Suppression

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Port-au-P Prince says:
The population Is becoming more ex-
cited instead Of calmer and the govern
ment is preparing to take drastic meas
ures to prevent an outbreak. The situa-
ton is particularly critical in the inter-
ior, where there Is much discomfort. All
shore leave for the officers and men of
the United States cruiser Marblehead
has been temporarily stopped for fear
Of the fever.
Another German warship is expected
to arrive here on the goth inst
News has reached here of revolt at
Jacmel. On Monday a determined at
tempt was made to seize the government
offices. The insurgents were repelled,
seven killed and fifteen wounded.
The herald., 1897-12-17
Feared the Surgeon

OAKLAND, Cal, Dec 16-Manuel
Benedict. young Oakland barber, last
night leaped through glass window,
scaled high board fence and made his
escape with a bullet lodged near his
heart from the city and county hospital
in San Francisco. Benedict was shot
two weeks ago in barber shop in San
Francisco. Yesterday afternoon the
hospital surgeon told him that today the
bullet must be removed Benedict had
seen two injured men die in his ward
after operations had been performed.
He decided to make his escape from the
surgeons knife, and did SO at the risk
Of his life.
The herald., 1897-12-17
POOLING IS ENDORSED
BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF
TRADE
Members From the West Opposed the
Recommendation as Strongly
as They Gould

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1e.-The national
board of trade today adjourned after a
three days session. The most impor-
tant action Of today's session was the
Endorsement Of a pooling measure which
would place this question under the su-
pervislon Of the interstate commerce
commission. There was strong sec
tional division on the question. the east
for and the west against the measure.
At todays session Mr.. Elliott of Phil
adelphia read paper in favor OF the es-
Establishment Of a permanent tariff COM
mission. A resolution urging upon con-
gress the creation of such commission
was adopted, also one recommending
"such legislation by congress as will
unity the quarantine regulations of the
country for protection against imported
dangers to enable health inspectors to
give the least possible hindrance to trade
and travel consistently with safety"
Mr.. Eckert of Chicago presented a re-
port favoring the adoption of such leg
islation as will define the manufacture,
mixed flour. The report was adopted.
Mr.. Thurber of New York presented
a report on railroad transportation and
kindred subjects:
"The national board of trade advo-
Gates legislation by congress to amend
the interstate commerce law SO as to
permit. pooling by railroads under the
supervision and control of the interstate
commerce commission, to the end that
unjust discrimination may be prevented
and reasonable. uniform and stable rates
be established"
A minority report on this resolution
waa presented by Mr.. Valandingham Of
et. Louis on behalf of four members of
the committee, strongly opposing the
pooling proposition.
The resolution was finally adopted by
two-thirds vote. The remaining res
olutions Of Mr.. Thurber were adopted,
as follows:
That start toward Justice In trans
portation rates, greater uniformity in
the classification Of freight Is necessary,
and should the railroad companies fail
to formulate and put into effect q uni
form classification Of freight WI ton a
reasonable time, that the peIkinr ate
commerce commission shoui A.
powered to formulate and ,ne Hawas,a :,
I've such specification Adite s ..tt,a-
The resolutions deprece4 Japan ana to
ments looking to governgrd power, She
q railroads, reanhrmss ~
I ..
The herald., 1897-12-17
Jury Couldn't Agree

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 16.-The Jury in
the case Of Nick Cippa. charged with
having committed rape upon Mamie An
derson. aged fourteen years, disagreed
after being locked up all night, and was
discharged. The jury stood nine for
conviction and three for acQuittal Just
as it did at previous trial. The COM
plant against Cippa will probably be
dismissed
A woman named Lizzie Wamble has
already confessed In court that she pro-
cured the girl for immoral purposes and
introduced her to Cippa.
The herald., 1897-12-17
A Fire at Chico

CHICO, Cal. Dec. 16-Ear1y this
morning fire destroyed the dwelling of
David Hall Of this city. A lamp, which
had been left burning in the sick room of
Mrs. Hall, exploded. Before the inmates
were aroused they were nearly suffo-
Gated by the smoke and only escaped in
their night clothes. Mrs. Hall was res
cued after much difficulty Loss on the
building and contents about $25O0 In
surance, $1,000.
The herald., 1897-12-17
The Insanity Plea

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 16.-H. n.
Deppe, who shot and killed Jos. Zammit,
fireman. on September 9th, was ac-
quilted by jury in Judge Wallace's
court this evening. The shooting was
admitted by the defendant, but In ex-
tenuation for his crime he pleaded in
sanity, which was caused by the actions
of his victim who, it was charged, had
assaulted and then slandered Deppe's
wife.
The herald., 1897-12-17
Ended His Spree

SALINAS, Cal, Dec. 18.-Leon Pein,
a native Of France, aged 63 years, COM
mitted suicide in his cabin in the San
Miguel valley some time between Sun
day and yesterday. when his body was
found. He was last seen alive on Sunday.
when he was recovering from q, spree.
He used q shotgun'to end his existence,
The herald., 1897-12-17

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1e.-United
States Attorney Foote today filed in the
United States circuit court a petition to
dissolve the coal combine and asking for
q temporary order, and set the hearing Of
the matter for january 3.
The herald., 1897-12-17
An uncle Tom Character

LEXINGTON, KY, Dec. 1e.-Lewis
George Clark, IS years Of age, the original
George Harris Of Harriet Beecher Stoves
famous novel, 'Uncle Toms Cabin" died
here today.
The herald., 1897-12-17

BERLIN, Dec. 16.--In the reichstag
to-day the debate over the bill for the
reform Of the military judicial procedure
was commsnced. The imperial chan
ltellor. Prince H6htnlohe; 1aid the meas
The herald., 1897-12-17
ngeles' Society Vaudeville Theater.
Coniohk-Oonl0ht

Harry c. Stanley and Adele Jackson. Tho Glenn
ence Trio-Rose. 'Don Mabelle. o. K sato, the
Dog Doc. Fred Brown, Coon Singer and Rag Time
Miss C- -roline Hull. Triple Voiced Vocalist and De-
,raph, New Series Of American Views.
.rvcd Seats 25 and 10 cents; Gallery 10 cents. Reg
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-08-04
ANGER N EGGS.

A Boston Man Says the Combination May
Result In Death.
"Never eat eggs while You are an
cry" said A. E. Stewart Of Boston.
my attention was first called to this
strange fact by the tragic and sudden
death Of a lady acquaintance in Boston
several years ago. I accepted her hus-
bands invitation to dine with them.
Just as we were going in to dinner a
servant did something that caused the
lady to fly into a terrible rage. She had
been irritable from some minor COM
plant for several days, and her hus-
band Gained her ruffled feelings suffi-
GENTLY for the dinner to be eaten in
good temper. I noticed that she ate an
unusually large amount Of soft scram-
bled eggs. Fifteen minutes after we
left the dining room she was a corpse.
She died in frightful commissions be-
fore the nearest doctor reached the
souse. The doctor was unable to ascribe
the cause. A few months later I was
visiting a brother in Connecticut, and
one of his sons died under similar Cir
cumstances. Before breakfast one morn
ing the boy, who was about Is years
old, had a fight with a neighbor's boy.
Before his anger had subsidized my
nephew was called to breakfast. He ate
four soft boiled eggs. Had I known Of
much then as / do now I would have
prevented it. In less than a half hour
after breakfast the boy died with exact.
ly the same symptoms that were present
when my friends wife died: This sci
me to thinking about the matter:
1T wasn't long after this before q
Beacon bill friend Of mine expired sud
denly after a meal. The doctors, al
usual, were divided in opinion on the
cause of death. Some of them contend
ed that it was heart failure, whatever
that is, and others are still holding Out
that it was apoplexy. Inquiry by me
developed the fact that my friend wa!
very angry when he sat down at table
and that he ate five eggs. With these
developments I searched Il o further fol
| the cause Of his death. He was angry
he ate eggs, and he died. If these ar
not links in the chain Of cause and eff
feet, the human intellect is incapable O
logical thinking. st. Louis Republic
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-08-04
Notice of Mortgage Sale.

Whereas, default exists in the conditions of a
certain MORTGAGE, dated May 10, 1894, and execu,
ted May Y, 1894, by Julia N. Wheeler rnd David
5. D., mOrteagors, to northwestern Loan and
Banking Company, Of Lake county, $. D., mort
gage. upon the real estate described az follows
to wit: From southwest (sw) corner OF TT e
northeast [ne) quarter of section No. elk ().
township o ,e hundred and Elk (1O6), north of
ran &c ffty-two (52), run east twelve O2) rods on
on a line parallel with wet line of said quarter
section, nineteen (19) rOds, five 90 feet; from
this point az place OF beginning, thence north
twenty COY lods, eleven and one-half (1l1a) feet,
on a line parallel with west line or eald quarter
section, thence east twelve (12l rods seven %
feet, on a tine parallel with south lice of said
quarter section, thence south twenty CDO rods
eleven and one half Ol1) feet on a line parallel
with west lin. of said quarter section, thence
west to place Of beg mig, containing one and
the United States government survey thereof,
situate in the cor 'ty OF Lake and state OF South
Dakota; said mortgage having been given to Sc
cure the payment OF q certain instaliment note
for $l2S ~, with interest at II per cent per an.
mum from d tie on all unpaid installments; said
mortgage having been filed for record IN the o.
fee of the register of deeds IN and for Lake
county, s. D.. May II, 1894, at $3.50 O'Clock p. m.
and recorded in book II. on page 2O3; and,
whereas, the said note ard mortgage contained
a condition that in case OF nOn-payment OF any
instailment when due, the whole amount of the
note then unpaid should at once become due aud
payable, and should draw interest at IL per cent
from date; and, whereas, the installments due
| on said note January 1, 1896, July !, 1896, Janu'
airy l, 1897, and July !, 1881. respectively, are past
due and uDpald, the mortgage does hereby ex
e else its option and declares the whole of said
note and mortgage to be due and payable: and
whereas, there is now claimed to be due on sale
| note and mortgage the sum OF one hundred
thirty-eignt dollars and thirty-fve cents (S13s.35)
principal and interest. and the further sum 0!
| fifty dollars ($5OO0) attorney fees as stipulated
in said mortgage in case OF foreclosure and,
whereas, there has been no proceedings at Law
or otherwise for the col ton Of said debt, Of
any part thereof, now, therefore, the sheriff o
said Lake county will cell the said above de
ecribed premises at the south front door of thu
court house, in the city OF Madison, in said Lake
J county, on the 4th day of september, A. D. 1897
| at two o'clock p. m, to the highest bidder TO
!, cash to pay said debt, attorney fees, and costs 0
| eRie.
Dated, Madison. S. D, July ~. 1897.
NOKTHWESTERN LO IN AND BANKING
COMPANY, Mortgage.
J. II. WILLIAMSON,
Attorney for Mortgage.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-08-04
Excursion Rates.

EActrSAOn Rates.
The Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul
railway offers at the Madison depot, the
following reduced excursion rate tickets
to national gatherings:
Fourth of July excursions, within 2OO
miles n and one fifth fare, sold July 3,
4 and 5, good to return on 9Th.
Christian Endeavor convention, San
Francisco, 525.O5, n way. Sold June
90 to July 3.
National Educational association. Mil.
waukee, one fare plus $500 for round
trip. Sold July 8, 4 and 5, good to re.
turn July 10. IL and II.
National Y P. G. U. Detroit, July 6 tc
ID; one fare for round trip.
National Photographers association
Lake C~hautauqua, N. Y, one fare, round
National Republican League, Detroit
July 1916, one fare round trip.
Epworth League convention, Toronto
July 1918, one fare, round trip.
Baptist Y. P. U. Chattanooga, Tenn.
July 1918, one fare, round trip.
Annual Convention Y. P. G. U.
Indianapolis, August 1923, q fare
ronnd trip.
National Encampment, G. A. II.
Buffalo, N. Y, August 1928, one fare tc
Milwaukee plus $3.50, or one fare to Chi
cago plus S1O.5O for rest of journey
Sold August 81 and %; good to return
July "a to 81.
National Encampment Sons of Veter
ans, Indianapolis, September 8 to II, one
fare for round trip.