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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-25
KLoNDIKE AMENITIES.

It Is Not All e Desert Waste, and People
May Live Comfortably.
The summer opens about May 10.
The ice goes down the river, andby
June / no snow is seen anywhere. You
can plant OR SOW grain there on May
Is. ! have raised barley and oats there
for two years. You can raise potatoes,
but they don't mature. Not enough
could be raised of any of these crops to
support the people, because there are
only q few places where you can raise
them,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-25

two feests 10 it. / tax him bone aod
feed him ze arsnich. sn boil ze hot
oil and pat on ze legs, an max q.
borse look like be worth tree buudred
doll. | make zs horse look SO well |
like him myself put 90 bin ze dam
big eirt-gurth you call him so big
it cover up ze bole Z,n | ride by
Mees,er Stanberlio. u horse look
6ue-he look like be worth tsee huo
der doll Sbamberlin be say. Com
10. Frank .Ob, 90. Mees.er Sbamber
lin said I. | dcn' come in You
echwinale me in "a: horse yoa trade
mee.' I'm Shamberlio and be say
once more. CONE 10, Frank an |
come in, ao be want me Grade for my
horse | make no representations to
him. He gust make se trade himself.
ride by, and zen I come back by
Meester Shamber)in. He gust make
me ze trade himself He eime me two
ponies aud eightee doll for Eat horse.
lead ze horse 10 dark place in zs
stbable and take of re blanket. Zen |
ride Que of se ponies, an lead zs other.
aud has ze eightee doll in my pocket.
Zen next morning Sham berlin be come
ofer TO zs mackrooy factory, he say,
'Mszza, you CON ofer my sthatle and
help ooe lift up Eat horse! I made DO
representations about Eat horse, Mees-
ter Juree.'
The jury. AFTER this candid acd lucid
explanation. had no difficulty 10 6nd
ing verdict for the Dago
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-25
STORY OF THE KLONDIKE.
get the general excitement and off he
would go

would go
The a G. T. company and N. A. T.
company both made two trips with
their boats there. They both keep gen
seral stores. Flour is $12 a hundred
pounds; sugar, 80 to % cents-20 cents
lfr brown and 90 cents for granulated; !;
I1ce IS 90 cents q pound oatmeal, %
Gents; condensed milk is 60 cents can:
butter is $3.50 a roll; beans are 1277a
cents; salt is 10 cents; dried fruit, 25
1 30 so cents; apricots are S5 cents a
pound: tobacco sells for $3.50 pound,
chewing and fancy brands for smok-
ing plug cut is SO a pound; cigars
wholesale there for $50 to $3.50 per
,000s single cigar is so cents. 1t
would cell here for cents.
sFozr Dollar Blankets Cost Thirty Dollars.
Blankets run all the way-for good
shianket winch white man would pse
rom $40 to $50 q PAIR Hudson bay
/ blankets sell for ss0s (Which you would
] get for about s4 ID England A good
linen shirt viii cost you So. suit of
underwear about SO; canvas oyeralls,
from SO TO SO. 80; boots, from SO to
/ $G The common stogy shoes are worth
S5to s.. 90, which would cost about 81
here
a suit OF clothes brings $50 to $50.
There are no tailers there yet These
clothes are custom made winter clothes,
{ TIE same as they keep IN the cities.
They are largely remnants Of clothing
dealers old stocks
For winter wear the overcoats, if you
4 wear any. are the parhes, which are
made out OF the Siberian deer skins and
have white spots on them. There is no
cloth used in their manufacture. The
fur side shows
The effect Of seeing man in one of
these spotted coats is peculiar. The par
hes have a hood with fringe Of wolf
Sur around the face. They extend down
20 the knees. They are put on over the.
head like q shirt and are very warm and
comfortable. The cost Of one is any
where from $40 TO $40.
The dress Of the people there in the
summer is just about whab it IS here.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-25
On the highlands Of the mainland the


frost strikes every month in the year.
The only favorite places for farming
are on the islands, and near the coast OF
these. When you get back too far frcr:
the water, the frost strikes there.
Mr.. McQuesten has garden at Forty
Mile. He raises potatoes, barley and
oats, horse Feed, turnips, lettuces, rad
ishes and cabbage. He sells them and
gets good prices for them. Turnips sell
there for 10 cents pound. Mr.. Harper,
at Fort Selkirk, has garden. That is
at the head Of the Yukon river, where
the Pelly and the Lewis rivers meet,
178 miles from Dawson.
The summer lasts from May Is until
Sept. i. You- crops can grow during
that time.
On March e. and on Sept. 81 we have
the sun as you do Iere. The days
lengthen and shorten there at the rate
of seven Minutes day. The longest
day there is June 90. On that day we
have the sun for about 20 hours-a
clear, warm sun. It was 9S degrees the
day I left there.
Winte- Begins Sept. 1.
After the winter sets in, about the first
of September, the cold comes gradually.
In the months of September and October
the climate is fine. The month Of Octo-
Der there is about the same as, Novem-
ber here. After that everything is closed
up. The Yukon river usually closes be-
tween the lst and the 10th Of Novem-
ber. It is not navigable after that time
until the next spring.
The reason we cannot get provisions
there is on account of not having steam
ers enough IN the summer, and in the
winter the river is not navigable at all,
so that the best way Of getting into the
country is closed.
The ice in the river freezes 511a feet
thick, according to Mr.. Ogilvy, who cut
holes for measurement once a month
during the winter. From that time un-
til June Is of tie next summer the life
the men and women. lead is about the
same as in any mining camp.
In the winter time the nights are
spent in playing cards. Among the
gamblers the great game is poker.
Among the miners the favorites are
whist, pedro, eriobage and checkers.
Dawson is woman's country. Any
woman who can get alcng in any ordi-'
narily healthy town would be able to
take care Of herself there.
Russian Eaths There Toe.
As far as cleanliness gees, we have
the Russian bath. The lighthouses are
made out of logs. There is an arch
built OF rock, and this arch is fred un-
til the rock is hot: then the fire is put
out, and a barrel Of cold water is thrown
on the rock until the house is filed full
Of steam. You can then get up on q
shelf or lie on the floor and get any
temperature you want. It is a good
sweat bath and is all right, too, for
cleaning.
There are bathtubs In the country.
They are made there out of zinc, the
same as you have here. The barber shop
is fitted with one. The Russian bath
houses are mostly free. I had bath
house myself. At the barber shop a
bath cost 81.
The currency there is mostly gold
dust, and paying is done by weight.
Each establishment has its scales. The
man who makes purchase throws his
sack of dust over the counter, and the
keeper of the store weighs it cut The
basis js S17 tn o,la ou41ce
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-25
III oNDlkE cHIL DREN.
Schools, Churches. Lawyers and Doctors
ON the Ground.

Schools, Churches, Lawyers and Doctors
Il on the Ground.
There are lots Of children up there
now They are most all strangers tome.
The barber, I know, has two sons and
one daughter. An immense lot of chill
dren came in this spring. There is a
school at Circle City, and one is being
buillt n Dawson this year. The teacher
I'm Circle City, which is above the arc
tic circle and the farthest city north.
was an American from Nebraska. I
don't know what her name was or what
pay she got obably s75 a month.
There were no churches in Dawson
upto the time left. There Will be a
Catholic church built this summer.
There will probably be also an English
church and a Presbyterian church tee.
Bishop Rowe of Boston has the latter in
charge Father Judge was there whenI
came away.
Dawson has no theater yet. They
wanted ne to saw out $4,000 feet of
lumber fcr one, but was too busy to
40 it
There is theatrical company in that
district. It has been playing at Circle
City. The leading actor and manager
of it is George Snow. His wife is the
beading lady. They are real coed. They
gave all sorts of plays" Uncle Toms
CABIN one night, Old Kentucky" the
next, Camille the next, The News
boy" the next. It is repertory COM
pany. They will have a theater in Daw-
son this winter.
We have a graveyard started and two
graves in it. One is tsat.of Bert Stick
ney, who died natural death on Lake
IA Barge, and the other is that of G. G.
Fe1ch, who died Of heart disease in the
room over my Office. We had service
over these men conducted by church
OF England mar. I don't know his
name.
Bishop Bumpers is the head of the
English church, and this was one of the
clergymen under him. The bishop is at
Forty Nile, but will move to Dawson.
$500 to Lose = Finger.
We have Dr. Wills, a Canadian ply
sician; DE-. Chambers. from Yakima,
Wash. I think they charge according to
the way man is fixed. I know one
man got a finger taken off and was
charged $3.50 for the job. These doctors
have complete medicine chests. There is
no drug store except what Dr.. Wills has.
There was a lawyers Office started
just before I left BY two Seattle law
yers. There is also Judge Murphy, who
is my legal representative there.
don't remember hearing that any
babies were born in Dawson before
left.
Dawson is situated on the north side
Of the junction Of the Klondike and
Yukon rivers, right at the angle The
Yukon is 600 yardswi at this point
and the K1endike about the same. AS I
saw the city last it was about a mile
and half long.
Across the Klondike river there is
little Indian village called Louise Town,
which is known ON the map as Klon-
dixie. The Indians are of the tribe of
Gems de Fou, or foolish people. .
cannot recall any city in New York
state that the residents of New York
would recognize which bears any re-
semblance to Dawson as saw it when
I came over the mountain trail on June
23 last. You get simply foggy idea
sf bonseS and tents crowded together
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-25
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
SUMTER COUNTY.
oyFIcs OF
SCPERvIsoR OF REGISTRATION,
Scurrp Corrrv
SUMTER COUNTY.

SUMTER. SC, May /, 1887.
Notice lie hereoy given that 10 accordance
with an Act of the Geoeral Assembly, the
books for the registration of all Legally quail
fed voters, and for the issuing of transfers,
&C., will be open the court house, between
the hours Of o'clock m, and o'clock
D. o., on tie fret Monday of each month,
and for three successive days, uu,il thirty
days before the next geueral election.
Minors who shall become of age during that
period Of thirty days, shall he euti,led to
registration before the books are closed, If
otherwise qualified
W S. JAMES,
Eff BURROWS,
j. ii KNIGHT,
Maf II Supervisors Of Registration.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-25
A Conflict
of Evidence

By Rodrigues ottolengui, a
notwithstanding detective story.
We have never offered a more
exciting narrative to our read
efs. The first chapters will
be found in these columns in
g few days.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-25
State of Ohio, City OF Toledo, | IS

State OF Ohio, City OF Toledo, lss
Lucas County.
Frank ] Cheney makes oath that BE is The
senior partner Of the 6rn OF F. J. Cheney L
Co., doing business in sbe City of Toledo.
County aud Sss'e aforesaid, and that said
firm vii pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case Of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use Of RafI's
Ca,arrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me epd subscribed in my
p.eseuce. this 9Th day oJ5 December, a. D.
1895
A W.GLEAsoN,
tssAh Notary PuoIlc.
Halls Cata!Fh C1re is taken iutersaiiy and
acts directly CO The blood aud mucous sur
faces Of ;be system. Send tos testimonials,
free.
FL. CHENEY 4 co s, Toledo, 0.
~ Sold nY Druggis,s, 75c.
The age-herald., 1897-12-15
Apportionment of Lands

Washington, Dec 1.-The subcommittee of the senate committee on Indian affairs appointed to consider the problems pre- sented in the Indian Territory today praeti- cally decided to recommend amendments to the present law providing for the appor- tionment of all the lands held by the five civilized tribes among members of these tribes and also an amendment providing that all valid cases shall be recognized by the government of the United States and the money paid on account of them received into the treasury of the United States for the benefit of the various tribes as such.
 Ex-Senator Dawes and General Arm strong were before tho committee today and expressed their approval of the con templated measure,
The age-herald., 1897-12-15
Sustained Heavy Losses

Simla, Dec H.-Accordng to official dis patches from the northwestern frontier the march of General Westmancotts brigade from the camp at Sher-Khelin into the Hesti-Kel country was attended with great difficulties. The enemy closed upon the column and kept firing at short range. The British loss was heavy and included Lieu tenant West of the Ghurkas, who was killed and Lieutenant Champer who was wounded.
 The whole march down the Bara Valley since the 9th instant has been marked by incessant fighting in which the men have behaved admirably. The work was diff cult in the extreme, aong the river the course being impeded by ravines and boul- ders and the icy cold stream had to be forded knee deep twenty times. Twelve thousand transport animals, with soldiers sick and wounded, encountered the passage. The casualties were about fifty and today about ten. The enemy has been severely punished in the recent encounters.
The age-herald., 1897-12-15
PREACHERS LIFE IN DANGER.
Rev. ]. George Gibson, Durant's Former Pas
 tor, Protected By Police.

San Francisco, Dec. 4.-The Examiner says: The police and the people of Eman- uel Baptist chuI ch believe that the life of Rev. J. George Gibson. Durrant's for mer pastor, is in danger. The police have warned the reverend gentleman to protect himself against the possibility of harm.
 The warning has been needed, and Dr.. Gibson is protected night and day. One of the members of his congregation has vol unteered his services as a body guard, and the police will detail an officer to attend every public service at Emanuel church. Since the murder in the church many at tempts have been made to cast suspicion on the pastor, and his refusal to be drawn into the case, even as Durrant's spiritual adviser, has caused much comment.
The age-herald., 1897-12-15
TIE FEDERATION OF LABOR
Opposed to the Proposed Annex
 alton of Hawaii.
EQUAL TO A SLAVE STATE
Stationary Engineers Must Organize Before Making a Fight For the Eight-Hour
 Benefits-Barbecue at Night.

Nashville Tenn, Dec. 14.-At the opening of today's session of the American Federa- tion of Labor letter was read from the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union expressing sympathy with the la bor movement, and urging that stand be taken by the convention against sa- looms.
 Isaac Cowen, of Canada, was invited to address the convention in regard to the strike of the engineers of Great Britain and responded. He explained the situation and said it grew out of an attempt to es- tablish the eight-hour day.
 The committee on resolutions offered a resolution endorsing the establishment of postal savings banks by congress and ad- vising the secretary to issue circular urging immediate action in the matter.
 The Hawaiian annexation matter came up and produced some discussion, and the committee reported on resolution oppos- ing the annexation. J. Atkin presented the following substitute:
 ''Whereas, there is pending in the United States senate a treaty providing for the annexation of the Hawaiian islands, and
 ''Whereas. that annexation would be tan tamount to the admission of a slave state, the inhabitants of which would work against American labor; and that the
 
 of annexation and that the senate reject the ratification of the treaty."
 Resolutions relating to an eight-hour day movement was referred to a special com mittee The convict labor question was also referred to a special committed. It was decided to assist in the organization of the tile workers, as recommended by President Gompers, and a committee was appointed to work for this purpose.
 The report of the cemmitte upon the .AO1 ol nlaf.,s union of Washington, relative to the rights of citizenship in the District of Columbia, was taken up and the committee recom- mended that the executive council investi- gate the conditions and report at the next convention.
 A resolution was adopted providing for the organization of all stationary engineers preparatory for making the fight for an eight-hour day on May 1, 1S9S
 Tonight an old-fashioned barbecue was given the delegates at the Tulane. Speeches were made by many delegates, and Gov. R. L. Taylor also made an address.
The age-herald., 1897-12-15
SOUTHERN COTTON GROWERS Nearly 2,OOO Delegates Present
 at the Session. ADVISE REDUCED ACREAGE Of Cotton and the Planting of More Food Crops Meeting of Cotton Growers
 at Memphis Endorsed.

Atlanta Ga, Dec. 14.-When the confer ence of the Southern Cotton Growers as- sociaton met at the Ball house at noon, nearly 2,000 delegates answered to their names. They represented the foremost planters of the fieecy stape, of Georg.a, Alabama Texas and other southern states. The meeting was called to order by MT. J. c. Wilbory, the president of the South Carolina association The first business taken up by the conference was the election of temporary officers. The following were unanimously chosen:
 J. c. Wilbory, South Carolina, president; 5. D. Watson, of Texas, yice-president; Robert Cheatham, editor of the Memphis Cotton Journal, secretary.
 The delegates will form what is to be known as the Interstate Cotton Growers association. The object of the association will be to have repeated the present mort gage, lien, etc., laws, under which they assert the southern farmers have been sub jected to abject poverty. They will devise some means for mitigating the speculation in cotton which is indulged in so freely by the southern as well as the northern peo- pie. They say that the spectators practi- cany gobble up the entire crop before it's production and that low prices are the result.
 The southern farmers will be advised to reduce their cotton acreage and make more food crops.
 By unanimous action at the night Ses- sion the cotton growers decided in favor of reduced acreage, against trusts and speculation in cotton, indorsed the meeting of the American Cotton Growers associa- tion in Memphis next week, decided in fa- vor of complete organization in every coun- ty and state in the south, self-sustaining farms and information bureaus.
 The following organization was per fected
 Hon. c. J. Wilhorn, South Carolina, pres iden; vice-president, s. E. Watson Texas, and Richard Cheatham, Memphis, secre- tary.
 A committee of six was appointed to att tend the Memphis convention Monday.
 After three busy sessions the convention adjourned tonight at 11:30 o'clock.
The age-herald., 1897-12-15
NEW CODE OF RULES.
Speaker Reed Will Present Them to the House
 After the Holidays.

Washington, Dec. H.-A new code of rules for the house of representatives will be presented by Speaker Reed and his associ- ates on the committee after the holidays At present the house is proceeding under the rules of two years ago, these having been adopted pending the framing of new rules. The purpose IS 10 re-adopt the old rules without important changes.
 In view of published reports that Mir Reed was framing a rule to cut off "riders to appropriation bills originating in the senate, 1t is stated by one familiar with the speakers rules that he has not contem- plated any such action, and that the house could not do so if 1t would. When such amendments come over from the senate the house is obliged to act on them by con- curing or non-concurring, and it Is ex- pected this practice could not be changed
The age-herald., 1897-12-15
And Shot the Inmates as They Ran From
 the Building.
NEGROES ARE PANIC STRICKEN
And Are Leaving the Community as Rapidly as PoSsibIe-Good Citizens are Deter mined to Stop the lawlessneSs
 Perpetrated By Outlaws.
special to The Age-Herald.

Special to The Age-Herald.
 Kennedy, Dec. 14-Last night between Il and 12 o'clock a lawless band of White sively for the past ten months in and around this vicinity, went to the house of Lewis Bonner, colored, who Is tenant on J. T. Kennedys place, three miles from here, and after setting fire to the house they gave the alarm, and as the inmates ran out to extingiush the flames the White Cappers, who were in ambush, proceeded to shoot them down.
 John Bonner was shot through the arm, but not seriously wounded. Lewis Bonner was shot through the thigh with a SS-cali- think amputation is necessary. He is in a very critical condition.
 The supposed reason for this act of law lessness is that Lewis Bonner and Walker McCarty, who was at the time of the oc- currence secreted in Bonners house, are both witnesses in the case of the killing of Andrew Hayden by White Cappers here last June, and the marauders were desir- of doing away with convicting testi- mony. This case was to be tried in the last session of the federal court in Birming- ham, but was continued from some cause until the March session.
 The good people of the community are very indignant over the repeated acts of lawlessness perpetrated by this band of outlaws. and with the assistance of the state officials will make every effort to ex- terminate the existing evils, which are assuming alarming proportions. The ne- groes are panic-stricken and are leaving as rapidly possible No arrests have yet been made
The age-herald., 1897-12-15
MURDER AT MOBILE.
Mrs Hogan, Who Keeps Small Store, Was
 Grained by Burglars.

Mobile, Ala, Dec H-This morning, a girl, going to the store of Mrs. Hogan, at the corner of Clay and Congress streets, to make a slight purchase, found the store open and lamps burning, but no one at tending. Going into the rear of the store she discovered Mrs. Hogan lying on the floor and with her hands tied behind her back and piece of cloth tied around her mouth and rope around her throat. Civ ing the alarm, an investigation was made, which showed the place had been robbed of money and other contents.
 The robber had probably forced the wo- man of 65 years of age to give up her small hoard, which she kept in her room back of the store. Then she was strangled, but finding her slow in dying the robber had brained her with some blunt instrument. Her brains had oozed out upon the floor. From the fact that the lamps were still burning and the woman fully dressed, it Is thought that the murder occurred some time last night, perhaps at an early hour in the evening. No noise was heard at any time, and there is no clue to the iden- tity of the murderer.
The age-herald., 1897-12-15
The Louialnna LynchIng

New Orleans. Dec. 1.-Only one of the two men taken from the train at White castle yesterday was lynched. The pair were taken to St. Gabriel the scene of the Brazin murder and there John Thomas, one of the negroes made a confession of his own gui t, also duplicating two black brothers, Joe and Charles Alexander. The latter were captured on a neighboring plantation and were forced spectators of the execu- tion of Thomas on the gallery of the store they robbed. The Alexanders were then tried and confessed to the robbery and murder and also to another robbery that was planned for January. The AlexandeTs were then hanged in front of the store Four other negroes were also tried by the mob and although acquitted of the murder, being bad characters, they were stripped and wbanped and ordered to leave the town