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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-02-24
THREATENED TO CUT.
Pay of Railroads for Carrying
Mail..-Southern Service.

Washington. Feb. % The report
of the postoffice appropriation bill has
been delayed in the senate for several
days, ow,ug to proposition made ir
committee to reduce by 20 per cent.
the amount Of money paid the railroads
for the transportation Of the mails.
This was agreed to by the con mmittee,
but the railroads asked to be heard and
several hearings were subsequently,
granted. The railroads antagorizsd
the proposition and showed that the
present rates we're not in excess of
what ought to he paid Tor the services
rendered The postof6ce officials also
stated that the department. was getting
all it paid for ard advised against the
reduction. The committee. after looking
over the ground thoroughly. came to
the conclusion that it would be unwise
to strike in the dark While it is be-
lieved that the sum paid was excessive,
it was decided not to make any change
uutil the subject could be further inves
igated.
The committee also decided to strike
out the appropriation Of Sl70 600 fer
tue special services south on the Atla'-
tic coast, hut this is being bitterly con
tested by all the soufbern senators and
it is probable that the action of the
committee will be reconsidered to-mor-
row before the bill is reported. Sena
tor Bacon of Georgia made a strong
argument before the committee and
stated that this appropriation made a
difference of "a hours 10 :be mail ser.
vice for ,be whole south and all the
coast States The bill will De reported
to morrow morning.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-02-24
The Rate War Extending.

Baltimore, Feb. l9 The rate Wal
instituted last Monday by the Norfolk
aud Western Railroad company over
the Cumberland Gap Dispatch fast
freight line against roads in the jciu'
traffic association seems destined :o
spread. The Southern Railway COM
paoy promptly met the reduction.
Yesterday the Norfolk and Western
company announced cut of about 30
per ceut. 90 the Cumberland Gap Dis
patch, Virginia, Tennessee, and Geor'
gia Air Line frou Baltimore TO Nash
vile and Memphis
Mr.. Kenoon Jones. agent for the
company. states that the reduction will
90 into effect next Monday 1t will be
for the purpose. be aays. Of making g
uniform rates to the south and west
There seems to be but little donbt but
that the Southern Railway company
will also meet the last cut.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-02-24
Trouble With the Papagos in
AriZOna.- Their Chief
Killed.

Nogales, Aria Feb. 21-At El
Piona, west of here, there is serious
Lndian trouble For three weeks since
the government had misuDderstaud-
log over lot Of cattle With band Of
Papago indians there has been trouble
With the leaders with prospects for
bloodshed. Asthe same time Governor
Ramou Ca1ral sent Dew commissioner
of police to the station. Carrai seot
for the chief of the Papagos known as
Pablo to settle the former difficulty
Sunday morning the chieftain entered
toe town with about % retain
ers Clemente Hazard, the commits
ario, instantly arrested Pablo aud put
him in Jail That afternoon so indians
attacked the Jail, intending to libera;e
the prisoner. -Four Indians we're killed
and three severely wopded. Fearing
another attack. the women and childreo
were assem- bled 90 surrounding bill
pear the @ffices of the ilexican Mining
aod Developing company. A courier
was sen; for aid aud about Monday
nigh, four men arrived with 20 rifles
aud supply OF ammunition. When
the courier left Wednesday evening,
Caief Poblo attacked his guard and was
killed with the knife that be tried to
use iu escaping.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-02-24
= KILLING WOLVES.
Some of the Methods Used to Get Rid of
the Pests.

Some of the Methods Used to Get Rid Of
the Pests.
Whole families Of the animals are
sometimes asphyxiated in their dens.
A wolf of the gray variety generally
makes its home by getting on the side
of dirt gulch and burrowing straight
inward until safe distance from the
surface is reached There her young are
born and raised to sturdy cub estate.
When a cowboy locates a den in
which be believes the entire family to
be gathered, a composite mass of cotton,
saturated with damp -four sulphur and
other noxious smelling substances, is
thrust into the den and set on fire. The
mouth of the hole is then filled with
clay tamped down solidly, and the i'm
prisoned wolves are speedily sufocated
within. In this way from 6 to 10 and
II wolves, young and old, are wiped
out at one stroke.
Another effective method is to bore
four or more holes in a flat piece of
board and plug them up with beef fat
soaked in strychnine The odor of the
fat attracts any wolves that may be in
the vicinity, and they lick the fat vora-
ciously until the leavenipg of poison
does it's work upon them and they drop
dead. Very often as many as a dozen
wolves are killed off by this process be-
fore the fat in the holes is exhausted.
Strychnine inclosed in capsules is also
used. The capsule is thrust into slit
cut in chunk of beef, and the wolf,
boiling the meat whole, falls an easy
victim. Steel traps, baited with raw
beef, are also tried with fair success. =
Denver Republican.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-02-24
Campaign of 1900.

New York, Feb. 19.-Wm. j.
Bryan is booked for a speech here next
Friday at Carnegie hall. The subject
Of his discourse will be Money" and
its object will be to boom the bimetallIc
association which has just been formed
The association purposes to elect the
President of the UDi.ed States in 1900
on the platform Oh which Mr.. Bryan
ran last year For the purpose of &C
complisbipg his series of bimetalic
educational lectures has been arranged
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-02-24
The School Book Bill.

Section 1. That the County Boards
of Education of the several counties of
this State be aud they are hereby. au-
thorised and empowered to set aside
from the public school fuHds Of their re-
spective counties an amount not exceed
iog, Eve hundred dollars for the purpose
of providing the pupils attending the
free public schools of their counties
with school text books at actual cost or
exchange prices.
Sec. 2 That the amount so set
aside from the school funds shall be
paid to the County Superintendent Of
Education BY the County Treasurer,
out of the uuappropriated general
school funds 10 his bands on the war
rant of County Board Of Education
SEQ 8. That the amount so set
aside by the said Couoty Board of
Education shall be and remain per-
msnens fund, in tae hands Of the
County Superintendent Of Education,
to be used in purchasing aod keeping
on hand school text books for sale to
pupils attending the free public schools
Of bis county. for cash, at actual cost
or exchange prices, aud to be used for
no other purpose and iu no other man.
ner.
Sec 4. That for the full aud just
accounting for said money aud books.
and all his acts and dealings relating
thereto, the County Superintendent of
Education shall be responsible on bis
official bond
Sec 5. That no tax or license.
either State, County or municipal, shall!
be imposed on OF required of the Coun-
ty Superintendent of Education on &C
count of the purchasing and furnishing
of said books to the pupils as afore-
said.
Sec 6. That this act shall be gen.
eral act. and apply to all the Counties
Of the State, from and after its ap-
proval.
Sec. I. That all acts and parts of
acts Inconsistent herewith De, aud the
same are hereby. repealed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-02-24
A SCATTERED FLEET.
Where Admiral Bunce's Ships
Have Gone-Near Cuba.

Washington, Feb % According
to advices at the navy department,
Admiral Bunce's fleet is now prac-
tically dispersed, though SO advan-
tageously distributed that it could be
assembled in few days if an emer.
gency arose. The admiral, with the
New York, Indiana and Columbia is
on the way to Hampton Roads,
where his ships will be coaled and
held in reserve until after the inau-
guralion, the Massachusetts will be
at Tompkinsville in the next day or
two ready for the first docking she
has had since her completion, and the
Puritan will probably leave Charles
ton directly for the New York navy
yard to test the new dock there, the
largest on the Atlantic coast The
Amphitrite and Terror will remain
al Charleston for some time The
Marblehead takes station at Key
West and the Vesuvius at Jackson
Vile, to prevent infractlons of the
neutrality laws, while next week is
to be spent by the Montgomery at
Mobile and by the Maine and Texas
at New Orleans in attendance on the
Mardi Gras festivities of those cities
While the feet is so disposed as to
be nearer to Cuba than ever before,
it is explained that this is merely due
to the necessities of the service and
the administration foresees no con-
tingency under which the vessels
could be placed in position at all of.
fensive to the amicable relations exist
ing with Spain.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-02-24
Gary Offered Cabinet Posi-
ton.

Canton, o., Feb. 19.-Jas A Gary
of Baltimore, who came to Cauion
this morning by the invitation of the
President-elect, said this evening /:
"Governor Mckinley has ,eodered ue
a portfolio 10 his cabinet. While it
was DOT definitely settled which one,
am assured it will be one which I can
accept
The understanding is that Mr. Gary
will be postmaster general. As he is
Dot lawyer be caoDot be attorney gen.
sra!, which lie the only other portfolio
unprovided for.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-02-24
ALAS CAROLINA!
j. GORDAN CoCGLER.

j. GoRDAN CocGLER.
Alas ! Carolina Carolina fair laod Of my
birth.
Thy name will go down as marvel in his
As bei"g the greatest educational center on
earth.
AT the cost of mems blood tbro "ore X
whiskev.
Two very large elephants thou has lately in
stalled,
Where rhy sons and thy daughters are 10.
sited To cnmo,
And learn to be mentally and physically
sirong,
By the solemn proceeds Of the ''innccen''
rum.
TIE Ahvove poem is one Of 'he remarkable
freaks o: genius that a6orE the pages Of J.
Gordan Cooeier's lstes, volume of poetry
and other things. Columbis's S poetic bard is
rushing fameward with basty strides, which
may account for the lame feet ic sone of his
verses.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-02-24
Killed by a fire Engine.

Charleston, Feb. l9.-Eddie Nc
Sweeuy. toe l2-year old son of W. }
McSweepy, was crushed to death under
q FIRE engine this afternoon. The
engines we're responding to an uptown
call. and little Eddie tried to cross 10
front of No. 6. The horses struck him
down, and two wheels passed over bis
stomach He lived an hour or two,
and died 10 bis mothers arms.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-02-24
Heart Disease Cured
By DR.. Miles Heart Cure.

Painting, Weak or Hungry Spells. Irregu-
lar or Intermittent Pulse, Fluttering or Pal
pitation, Choking Sensation, Shortness OF
Breath, Swelling Of Feet and Ankles. are
symptoms Of a diseased or Weak Heart.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-02-24

OF Fort Wayne, Ind., writes on Nov 90 1854:
"I was afflicted foc forty years with heart
trouble and suffered untold agony. had
weak, hungry spells, and my heart would
pal2itatc so hard, the pain would be so acute
anl to.turins, that l became so weak and
nervous could not sleep. was treated by
several physicians without relief and gave
up ever being well again. About two years
ago commenced using DR.. Miles Remedies.
One bottle Of the Heart Cure stopped all
heart troubles and the Restorative Nervlne
did the rcstand now sleep soundly and at
tend to ny household and social duties with
out any trouble.
Sold by druggists. Book sent free. Address
DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
DR.. Niles Remedies Restore Health.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-02-24

That the blood should perform its vital
functions, it is absolutely necessary it should
not only oe pure but rich in ife-givog ele-
ments. These results are best effected by the
use of that well-knowo standard blood-pnri-
fres, Ayers Sarsaparilla.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-02-24
"s- -
HONEST WORK.

1t needs to be proclaimed from every
house top and practiced by every parent
and teacher that amid ali of our needs the
one supreme one is better work. Young
man, if you have an ambition and need
world to conquer, begin heroically or
yourself and make yourself ftfor some
thing. Do some one thing well. Do it
well, whether you are under the eye Of
master or not. Do it we'll if it is never
seen. Do it well if you get nothing for
it. Put conscience into every stroke,
whether the work be small or great. All
work is great that is greatly done.
The entering wedge Of fatal omp laint is
ofteu slight cold, which dose or two of
Ayers Cnerry Pectorsl might have cured at
the commencement Therefore, it is advisa-
bic to have this prompt and sure remedy
always at hand 10 meet an emergency.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-02-24

Cinco the cent straight Havana Cigar
or sale by H. G. Os,een b Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-02-24
LODGE DIRECTORY.

Ozaremont Lodge, No. 81, 4. r. M.
Meets Thursday rightsi Of each
month, on or before the Full Moon.
L. S. CARSON, W. NJ.
q. c. Moses, Secretary.
Beu'ah Chapter, No 25, r. d. NJ
Meets on First Tuesday of each
oonth.;
L. S. CARSON, High Priest.
F. NJ SpANN, Secretary.
Gamecoch Lodge, No. II, K. of P.
Meets every Monday night at 8
o'clock, except fifth Monday night.
H. B. BLOOM, G. c.
3. WALSH, z. of R. & 8.
Sunster Lodge, No. lo77,sK. of q.
Meets every First and Third Mon
:ay nightsfat I o'clock.
.W.sJ. DURAS7. Die.
&. G. Moses, Rep'r.
Fidelity Lodge, No. 25l, K. & L:ofH.
Meets every Second and Fourth
Monday nights at o'clock.
j. S HUeHsoN, Protector
B. j. RHAaE, Secretary.
Sumter Council, No. $40, A. L. Of Il.
Meets every Second and Fourth
Tuesday nights at o'clock.
". F. RHAxs, Com.
J. n. CoRaEr7, SecJ
Sumter Lodge, No. l, 4. 0. U. ".
Ieets every Firs. and Third Thurs.
uay nights at I O'Clock.
e. G. Moses, NV
B. WALsE, Rec.
Pocahomtas Tribe, No. 16, 1. O. e. II.
Meets every Fridays Sleep at the
9Th Run.
R. 0. PURDY, Sachem.
B. G. WALLACE, C Of R.
Sumter Council, No. 7 Jr. 0. y. 4. n.
Meets on Second and Fourth Tues
day nights of each month at 8 o'clock.
VIZ YEADoN, Councillor.
B. c. WALLACE, Sec'ty.
Holly Wood Camp, ". Of ".
Meets every Third Wednesday
aight at 8 o'clock.
E. ". Hurst, Con. Com.
R. S. HOOP, Clerk.
Carolina Ccumcil, No SIS, C. B. L.
Meets every Second and Fourth
Wednesday in Monaghan Block.
NEIL O'DoNNE1L, Pres.
4. H EBERHART, Sec.
cAncuola Lodge, No 26l, 0. G.. C.
Meets Second and Fourth Wednes.
day nights at 8 o'clock.
G. n. MARSHALL, Com
3 C. WALLACE. Secty.
All of the above societies hold
their meetings at the Masonic Tem-
pie, except when otherwise speci-
fec.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-18
RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA.

There is q good deal of talk these
days about reciprocity with Canada,
owing to the visit of the Canadian pre-
mier to Washington. If reciprocity will
encourage trade with Canada, to the
extent that it does it will be a good
thing, as ell trade is a good thing. But
If the true principles" of reciprocity
are adhered to. it viii be rather diff
ficult matter to arrange any very eX-
tensiye reciprocity treaty with our
northern neighbour. Those principles
are that reciprocal trade must be de-
veloped il full harmony with the pro
tective system, and that under no pre-
text must foreign products be allowed
TO come into competition with domestic
products Of the same kind: in other
words, that the products of the coun-
tries to a reciprocity treaty should sup
plement each other, and not come into
competition with them. What products
does Canada produce that the United
States do not? This country produces
many that she does not, but she does
not produce one that this country does
not. 1t has been suggested there might
be reduced rates on fish and coal, for
many protecuonists think they might
be granted without injury to the inter
ests of this country. 1t is also sug-
gested that the duty on lumber might
be reduced, but this chiefly because the
forests on this side of the boundary
line are fast disappearing. And. fin
ally, it is said that Canada can be COM
pensated for a reduction of her tariff
by the railroad bonding system.
Until a treaty shall have been nego-
tiated and its terms are known, it
viii be impossible to say what
the administration will hold to
be proper articles and products
for reciprocity treatment. but the
fact that Canada does not produce
anything that this country does not
viii make it rather a hard matter tc
negotiate any treaty and still adhere to
the true principles" underlying such
treaties. The thing to do is to throw
these true principles to the wind and
enlarge our trade relations with Can
ada Both that country and this would
profit by it, and they would be drawn
more closely together.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-18

Leavenworth and Marengo, this county,
handing the money due depositors. The
fact that R. H. Willett, who had charge
of the business of the three banks. is
hiding somewhere outside the state. is
all that has prevented the men from
doing acts of violence. The failure is
the most far-reaching that ever oc
CURED il southern Indiana. The first
warning came Friday night, when the
Union National bank of Louisville noti-
fed the Leavenworth bank that it was
overdrawn. r. H. Willett could not be
found, and an investigation showed
that the three banks, which were under
the same management. were without
cash. AL the county money was dis
tributed among the three banks. AS
soon as the true condition of affairs be-
came known, the county superintendent
of schools ordered the public schools
closed, pending an investigation. Perry
county is also a sufferer. as all the fall
installment of taxes Just collected was
in the three institutions The friends
Of Mr.. Willett say his mind has been
unbalanced since the death of his
mother several weeks ago. The general
belief is that he lost the money specu-
lating in wheat. His wife says he will
not return to the scene of the disaster. .
1t is very plain that Willett's books
have been unbalanced. no matter What
his mind may have been. If these are
national banks and he is convicted he
may console himself with the thought
that he has friend in the White
House.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-18
BANK WR
PARDoNED.
WRECKER


President Mckinley appears to have
a mania for pardoning national bank
wreckers, among the very worst class
of criminals in the whole country. The
latest case in which the president has
exercised executive clemency is that of
man in Albuquerque, N. NJ, who was
sentenced to five years for falsifying
the accounts of his bank This man
may have been leading citizen and ali
that the term implies, before his ras-
cahty was found out, but he was a ras-
cal just the same. What does a bank
failure brought about by the rascality
of its president or cashier mean? Very
often it means ruin to hundreds of de-
positorsN whose savings from their small
earnings are gone il the twinkling of
an eye. When the president of the
United States pardons one of these
wreckers, does he ever consider for
even a single moment the desolation
they have brought to many homes, the
hopes that they have blasted forever?
II looks as though he did not He is
said to be a sympathetic man, but his
sympathies seem to go out to the ras-
Gals, instead of to the people, to judge
by the pardons he grants. He is bring
ing his administration into disrepute in
this respect, and the people are begin
ming to think that so far as the presi-
dent is concerned. that bank wreckers
can commit any offense they choose,
and that he will succor them in the
hour oe need.
It IS really a wonder that some of
these baala wrecl1ers have not been
lynched by their Infatuated victims In
Indiana, one day last week, three banks
failed through the rascally operations
of the man having charge Of them. The
scene around them when the announce
ment Of the failure was made is thus
described:
For So hours an Infatuated mob has
stood in front of the banks in English,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-18
Assist Nature

little now and then. with a gentle,
cleansing laxative, thereby removing
offending matter from the stomach and
toning up and invigorating the liver
and quickening it's tardy action. and
you thereby remove the cause of a null
titude of distressing diseases. such as
headaches, indigestion, biliousness, skin
diseases, boils, carbuncles, piles, fstulas
and maladies too numerous to mention.
To accomplish this purpose, DIR.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are uneaualed
Once used, they are always in favor
Their secondary effect is to keep the
bowels open and regular, not to further
constiDate, as is the case with other
pills. Hence, their great popularity
with sufferers from habitual constipa-
ton, piles and Indigestion
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-18
NO ARBITRATION.
Coal Operators of Northern Illinois
Reject Their Miners Offer.

Ood1 OPSIdCOfS Oh IdOTCnefn Illinois
Reject Their Miners Offer.
Chicago, Nov. 1.-THE coal opera
tors of northern Illinois have refused
absolutely to arbitrate their differences
with striking miners. and the miners
will hold a convention Friday, at Strea-
tor, to consider what action shall be
taken.
A. L. Sweet, of Chicago, one of the
two coal operators who responded to a
call for conference with the miners,
told the men he believed the operators
would be willing to pay a rate of 4
cents under that demanded by the
miners, except as regards the Streator
price, which is within IL cents of the
scale asked.
Mr.. Sweet generally is regarded as
the spokesman for the operators and
his figures are looked upon as semi
official. Most of the men are firm in
their demand for a better settlement.
though it is said by some if the opera
tors will make an official offer of the
nature indicated by Mr.. Sweet. the
convention may vote in favor of ac-
cepting it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-18
If He Gould Not Go Home, Niagara
Falls Would Do.

dumpy little man with an extreme
ly red nose climbed on a Niagara Falls
trolley at Main and Niagara streets
the other evening and took a seat in
the smoking compartment of the car
says the Buffalo News. I sat behind
him for little way, but the odor
from his pipe was too much for me,
so | moved across the aisle.
The car was nearly to the city line
before the conductor got around for
our fares, and in the meantime the
passengers in the smoking compart-
ment had discovered that the little
man with the red nose had "a quiet
one on
He tried to read the paper he had
with him, but his eyes were not equal
to the task. Their lids got heavier and
| heavier and soon the little man was
sound asleep. The conductors gruff
Fare, pleasef' reused him. He gave
up nickel and demanded an Elk
street transfer.
This car don't go to Elk street."
said the conductor.
ut don't?"
NO; where do you want to go?"
Home t supp'r."
We'll, this car won't take you there -
'Thash funny (hic)," said the little
man under his breath. "Thish carsh
always takes me home t supp'r. Did
lash nj n nj before lash But it
| won't t'ni', Ell? Well, if it won't take
M homesh gotter take me some place.
Jessoon go t. Niagara Falls as home
anyway. Letter go