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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-04-28
THE PRESIDENTS MAIL.
He Receives as Many as Eight Hundred
Letters Per Day.

he Receives as Many as Eight Hundred
Letters Per Day.
Gas many as 800 letters in one day
are received at the White House, but
comparatively few OF these, only the
most important ones, reach the presi-
dent, for if he dealt personally with all
his correspondents he could do nothing
else,'' writes ex-President Harrison,
telling, in The Ladies' Home Journal,
of "A Day With the President at His
Desk VERY many of the letters ad-
dressed to the president, he adds, "are
trivial, not a few of them impertinent,
and some Of them angry and threaten
ing. These, if the private secretary IS a
iudicious man, the president never
hears of, and the malicious intent Of the
writer is thwarted. The requests for au-
tographs are scarcely Vulnerable. Patch
es for bedquilts and lunch cloths add to
the burden Begging letters, for num-
Der, take the second place i'll the presi-
dents mail
They core from every part CT the
land and relate 10 every possible sub
lect. Some are appeals to aid the writer
to get an education, CT to pay eft a
mortgage, or 10 buy piano or q pony,
and ro form Of public appeal is absent
to aid the building OF churches, to en-
dow schools, to buiId monuments, and
to aid every ether good purpose for
which mon or women or children assc-
ciate themselves. On one day the re-
quests for specific sums aggregated So
600. These appeals are unavailing in
the nature of things, and self respect
ought to restrain tho. practice. .
A Migratory Journal.
The new journalism is not confined
to America. Two young Frenchmen,
members Of the ''fourth estate, arrived
in this city early last week on a-tour OF
the world, which is a rather unusual ex-
ample of Journalistic enterprise. They
are NM. ]. Leroy and H. Papillaud,
who left Paris two years ago without q
cent in their pockets and have supported
themselves throughout the tour by pro-
1eSSlOlIdl NO1h. LII St,1i SOI1o1USittoAC
city where they stop they issue an cdi-
ton of 4 paper called En- Route, the
business and editorial Offices Of which
are located "in the weld" It is {. ten
page paper, copiously illustrated from
photographs which they take by the
way, and it contains articles describing
their tour printed in French, in the
vernacular Of the country in which the
issue is published and, in the case OF
East Indian, japanese and Chinese cit
les, in English also The paper is quite
a journalistic curio. The publishers
have received generous support from adj
vertisers in all countries, and they state
that their circulation ranges from 5000
to 10000 copies.-San Francisco ArGo-
naut.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-04-28
| Bleachery for Cotton
Goods.
1t Would Cost $4,000 and
Would Pay 35 Per Cent.

| III tuS NOttOt VI oV @SCW0 ooS
Courier I see by the Journal v'
Commerce that the business men o
Charleston have been talking Of the
possibility Of erecting bleaohery 70,
cotton goods. and, being practical
man on all classes Of bleaohed and
dyed goods Of twenty-eighs years ex
perience. and being a firm believer in
the future greatness Of the South as a
manufacturing country. thought a
few remarks could be acceptable on the
bleaehery question.
In the 6rst place. the question has
often been asked is there water to be
found Soarh suitable for bleaching and
dyeiDg purposes?
Second. Is there work enough that
erected to make it paying concern
would be sent to such bleacbery il
Third. Is the bleaching business
profitable enough to ioduce capitalists
to invest?
I sill answer the first by saying that
I know personally of three places
where there is water clear and pure
enough, ADD 10 quantity enough. to
run bleachery of twenty-five tons per
day, aud / have no doubt that if | bad
the time and money at my command.
so as to look the Southern field we'll
over. | could 6od a large number of
suitable places for bleachery.
10 answer to the second | viii say
that over sixty tons of cloth are ship
ped daily from the Piedmont region to
Northern bleacheries. enough to keep
six good-sized bleacheries running
every working day through the year.
and find work for about 1000 men,
women. and boys and girls.
Io answer to- the third. Is the
bleaching business pro6'able7 | wou'd
say that bleschery of ten toos per
day capacity, if erected aud laid out in
a proper manoer by thoroughly prac
tical man. can be made to pay from 80
to IS per cent
The queatiou may be asked, for how
much could bleacbery be erected aud
equipped. all ready for doieg business,
of ten toos per day capacity:
Cost of machioery for ten
ton bleschery. $50, 900 90
Eoeiue and boilers 10 600 90
Buildings, about 10000 90
Land and water privileges $4,000 90
Total s65 600 90
So that If company was organized
With S1o0. 1000 this would give work
ing capital of $50. 90
Aud should business warrant it the
bleacbery could be run night aud day,
thus turning out twenty tons of 6oish-
cloth every twenty four bours and dou-
bling the profits. and finding work for
double the bands. Any gentleman
who wishes further information oo the
subject will please address
HENRY Rowe
No 44Sommer street, Lewiston. Maine.
April II. 1897.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-04-28
Hoods is the Finest
Spring Medicine-Tonic, Ap-
petizer, Strength Builder
It Makes You Eat, Sleep, Work
and Happy.

.sWe think Hoods Sarsaparilla is
the finest Spring and family medicine.
I had been bothered with headache
while at my work, many time having
to go home, and loss of sleep, tired all
the time, and getting up in the morn
ing weak. I decided to take Hoods
Sarsaparilla and felt better after three
doses. kept on taking it, and now I
can go into the quarry and do days
work and come home feeling well and
always hungry. We have also been
giving Hoods Sarsaparilla to our
youngest child, who was weak, lam
guid and losing flesh. We could soon
see marked change. He ate better,
slept well, and in little while was
like new boy. He has continued to
improve, and today is lively as a
cricket, and the neighbors say he can
talk more than any man around the
place." THOMAS WHITE, Park Quar-
ries, Freedom, Pa.
NIB. Be sure to get Hoods because
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Is the best-in fact the One True Blood Puri-
fer. Sold by all druggists. 81, six for S..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-04-28
For lO DayS
We Will Offer:

10 doz. Knee Pants, worth % at lOc pr.
5 doz. Knee Pants, blue Cheviot Csc pr.
so doZ. all-linen Collars, 75c doZ.
| case Mems Straw Hats, the SOC kind
at 35c.
10 doz. Boys Straw Hats, SOC and 75c
kind at Soc.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-07
STRANGLED IN A SWING.

New York, Oct. 6.-Ethel Mahoney, 8 years old, of Jersey City, met death in a queer manner last evening. Her father had rigged a swing for her, the ropes being attached to a branch of a tree standing in theyard. Yesterday in some way the child got the rope twisted about her neck. Then she fell from the seat of the swing and hung in the air.
 Mrs. Mahoney heard the little ones scream and thought she had fallen. She ran to 8 window, and when she saw her child swinging by the neck she became horror stricken. For a moment she stood helpless; then she ran to Ethel's assistance, but she was dead
Arizona republican., 1897-10-07
DIPLOMATS RETURN
The British Embassy Reopened-
 M Patenotre Congratulated

Washington, Oct. GA number of turned from their summer vacations, some of them temporarily and others to open the embassies and legations for the winter. Baron von Hengel- miller, the minister from Austria Hungary, came back for a day, leav- ing the city again this afternoon. His visit caused some comment in connec- tion with the reports that the Aus trian government is about to protest against the killing of number of Austro-Hungarians in the recent min ers' trouble near Hazleton, Penn.
 Charles F. A. Adams. first secretary of the British embassy and charge d'affaires i'll the absence of Sir Julian Pauncefcite, has returned from Man chester-by-t y-the-,Sea, and the British embassy is reopened permanently. The staff of the embassy, Messrs Tower, O'Beirne and Kavanaugh, came with MT. Adams The latter called at the state department today and saw Secretary Sherman It was 8 social visit, and is said to have had no significance in connection with the Behr1rg sea question Mr. Adams has been twice before station ed in Washington, and came here from Brussels.
 The French ambassador came from his summer home, at Elberon, N. J, for a brief stay. He has not yet re- ceived official word of his transfer to Madrid, but he continues to receive felicitations by cable from friends in Paris, and this is taken as confirming the report of the transfer. Jules Cam bon, who will succeed him here, ac- cording to the latest reports from Paris, comes of distinguished French family, one of the Cambons having been minister of finance fol- lowing the revolution. Two of the brothers now stand high in the French service, one being ambassador at Constantinople. Jules Cambon is one of the recognized orators of France. He is a commander of the Legion of Honor, has served as pre- feet of the department of the Nord, and is now governor general of Al giers, the largest and most impor- tant French colony, comprising three departments
Arizona republican., 1897-10-07
female seal pups at the rate of 1000

female seal pups at the rate of 1000 Q day.
 The brand will grow with the outer growth of the animal. The outer, or water hair, will hide it to some ex- tent, but the part of the skin on which it appears is permanently spoiled for the furrier's purpose, as, in the course of preparation for market, all the longer or water hair IS removed. The adult seals can also be branded with out injury, but they are not so easily handled.
 It has been asserted that handling the animals will frighten them and drive them off to some other islands, but there appears to be no foundation for the statement, as the animals do not mind it any more than sheep mind being sheared.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-07
GUNBOAT ON THE LAKES.
United States Believed to Be Violating
 Treaty With Canada

Toronto, Ont, Oct. 6.-There is ex- citement here over the report teie- graphed from Washington that the American government has ordered a gunIboat to be dispatched to the great lakes between the United States and Canada, in violation of the treaty. The fact has been known for some time in Toronto, but no definite in- formation could be obtained as to the purpose to be gained by the move.
 About two weeks ago Captain Less lie of the Collins Bay Rafting com pany received a telegram from the navy authorities of the United States, asking if he could arrange to bring the Yantic through the St. Lawrence canals The intention of the govern ment of the United States is thought to evade the terms of the treaty by keeping war vessels on the lakes, not in the name of the government, but of the naval militia, which is not a federal body, but under the control of the states.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-07
THE OLD SUPERVISORS YIN
A Reinstatement Of San Fran
 CiSCO'S OuSted Board
Supreme Court Desision ReCcgiz- ing the Tax Levy Made By the Shifry Eishc After they Were Kicked Out of Office.

San Francisco, Oct. 6.-This after noon the supreme court rendered it's decision in the tax levy case which ip volved the question as to which of the levies respectively adopted by the members of the busted beard of super visors and the new board, jointly ap- pointed by Governor Budd and Mayor Phelan, should be accepted by the auditor The decision orders that the writ of mandate applied for by Super visor Morton to compel the auditor to recognize the levy adopted by the busted board be granted.
 This decision is generally accepted as tantamount to a reinstatement of the old board of supervisors, ending it's appeal from the decision of Judge Wallace, busting it's members from office for malfeaSance in having failed to fix the water rates within the time specified by law.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-07
LAS TUNAS "OUTRAGES.
Senor Palma Shows the Falsity of
 Spanish Reports.

New York, Oct. 6.-Referring to the allegation of the Spanish authorities h Havana that in entering Las Tunas the Cuban army had committed all sorts of outrages upon the peaceable inhabitants of the city, Senor Tomas Estrada Palma, the Cuban delegate here, said yesterday: 'The best proof of the falsity of this report is to be found in the Spanish newspapers pub lished in Cuba. Here is what Fl Por- venir of Gibara, printed on September 1, says: Dr. Benedid and his family, two officers and 40 sick and wounded soldiers from the Victoria de Las Tunas hospital have been delivered by the insurgents to our authorities in Maniabon.' Now, if the Cuban sol diers spared the lives of the Spanish prisoners, is 1t credible that they should have acted cruelty toward the detfenseless inhabitants of the cap tured city?"
Arizona republican., 1897-10-07
PITY THE POOR SEALS.
All the Female Puppies Are to Be
 Branded by Electricity.

Washington, Oct. Gone of the suggestions announced for the protec- tion of the seals in the northern waters which appears to be entirely practi- cable. is that proposed by President Jordan of the Leland Stanford, Jr., university of California who advo- cates that the government brand all female seals found in our waters, thus destroying. the skin for commercial purposes, and, consequently, offering no inducement to the sealer to to kill such branded animals.
 President Jordan has just returned from the Pribyloff islands with the news that the revenue cutter Rush has inaugurated the scheme. The branding is effected by means of an electric device, which is both con- venient and effective. Dr. Jordan says in regard to this branding pro cess sthat it is perfectly feasible to brand seals and that the brand will remain permanently, as it does on a horse or COW, One man can brand
Arizona republican., 1897-10-07
HERE'S A LUCKY TRAMP.
Inmate of a Charitable Home Heir to
 a Large Fortune.

St. Louis, Oct. 6.-Peter Champion, a refugee at the Central Home of Rest, is not a tramp, although he was ad- mitted as one. Instead he is a gentle man of means and heir to a comfort able fortune and one of the happiest men in the world.
 Champion was admitted to the home last August. Mir. Handmann, the keeper, wrote to his relatives in the fatherland telling of Champions woe begone condition, at his request, and asked that he be assisted in returning to his old home at Dussdorf, Germany
 Yesterday a reply came It stated Peters relatives had been searching for him for seven years and that he was heir to 56O,OO marks. With the letter came a draft for 1 100 marks to start the wanderer on his way to his home and happiness.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-07
MISSIONARY ROBBED IN JAPAN
Rev. MT. Hoy Lest 1000 Yen in Oc
 tOber, 1890.

Reading, Pa, Oct. 6-The board of foreign missions of the Reformed church in the United States, of which the Rev. Dr. James I. Mood of this city is chairman, today made public the announcement that one of it's missionaries in Japan, the Rev. W. B. Hoy, had been robbed in that coun- try of 1000 yen of the building and missionary funds. The robbery took place in October, 1890, but except for confding in a few confidential friends. MT. Hoy kept the affair secret The matter came to the knowledge of the few months ago. The board has just held meeting, and after considering MT. Hoy's account of the affair, passed resolutions to pay the loss sustained by him.
 A full statement of the case was to- day issued to the church at large believing that "an attempt to conceal would not only be futile, but sorely luJui iOuo. N1l- u1Oy says luldl Out night in October, 1890, he heard the familiar cry of ''mail'' in front of his door. He opened it and was confront ed by three masked robbers, who, al the point of the dagger, compelled him to open the door of the safe, which contained 1000 yen, and to all of this they helped themselves. At the time of the robbery this would be equiva- lent in gold to $56OO, but since ther there has been a drop in the commer. cial exchange rate, and it would now be about $3, 300 in gold.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-07

Madrid, Oct 6.-At cabinet council tonight the government decided to grant autonomy to Cuba under the suzerainty of Spain and to continue the campaign as long as may be nec- essary.
 Senor Sagasta, the premier, has re- ceived a cable message from Captain General Weyler, who offers his ser vices to the government, and says. T shall not resign"
 A WEYLBR DEMONSTRATION.
 Havana. Oct. 6.-In spite of Captain General Weyler's prohibition, mo- table demonstration took place here today in his honor The bourse was closed, as were also the principal stores and tobacco and other manufactories All the main streets were gaily dec orated. The various processions united at Central park and then moved to- captain generals palace, where as many as 10000 people were gathered. Several bands discoursed patriotic music. The plaza and the thorough fares leading into it were densely crowded A number of deputatfons went to the palace, where they were received by the captain general Ac- cording to the officia, accounts, they assured him tlat it was the desire of all loyal inhabitants of the island that he should continue at the head of the government and carry on the campaign against the insurgents. They also ex- pressed confidence that the Madrid government was inspired with alto gether too high designs for the vel fare of the country Ito withdraw the illustrious chief who had subjugated the instruction.
 Captain-General Weyler, after thanking the deputaticn for their as- surance said that in the course of seven months four important provinces had been nearly pacifed and he was confident Of being able to pacify the two remaining provinces at the proper time with forty battalions ready for the task. 1.-The delicate position in which I have been placed,'' said the captain, 'has compelled me to request the government to dispose of my po- si-ion in whatever way it may think convenient, and however the matter may be decided I shall always be pro foundly gratified to the loyal inhab- itantS of Cuba who in such ,elOouent terms have expressed their, absolute approval of the policy I am following to bring the war to a close''
Arizona republican., 1897-10-07

nominated Seth Low as a candidate for mayor, hoping to defeat the reg ular republicans and incidentally to help themselves. The regular repub- licaR nominee is eXISecretary Tracy, who will poll the full republican vote, and thousands of the working mems
 votes and will be elected He could not be but for the divisions in the dem ocra5ic party, which is split hopelessly into three factions, Tammany, of of course, being the most powerful.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-07
The Defense Going Like Dew
 Before the Morning Sun
BIS SHREDDED WITNESSES
Who Swore They Saw His Wife
 at KenoSha, Wis.
The Story Will Be Further Wrecked Today By the Presence of the Woman Who it was Testified was Seen.

Chicago, Oct. 6.-The testimony in the Luetgert trial was more interest ing to the general public today than it has been at any time for the past two weeks. The dry technical evidence of the experts gave way to the impeach- ment of the evidence offered by the state against the witnesses for the defense, who had stated on the stand that Mrs Luetgert had been seen in the vicinity of Kenosha, Wis, within. to have been committed. Several of these who claamed to have seen the woman around Kenosha fared badly at the hands 0. their neighbors, and ness for the de.ense in the KennGha story, had his character torn into shreds One of ,his neighbors who testified against hsm, said he did npt know what was meant by Scholey's "veracity," but he made himself clear in the next breath by adding, 1T do know, though, that Soholey is ID good.'
 Evidence was introduced to show that Luetgert had not put any gfease CT clipped bone into his vats for dmak- ing soap on the night of May 1, as his businesis partner, Mir. Charless shad testified, because it had all been cart ed away On the morning before. It was also shown that Lnetgert had no occasion to make any soap, for when the factory was seized by the deputy sheriff several days after the murder is said to have been committed, a great many barrels Of soap belonging to him were found in the basement of the factory.
 Tomorrow witnesses from Kenosha, i Wis, will be called to the stand to refute the stories of the persons who stated positively that they saw Mrs. Luetgert in the Wisconsin town on
 May 5, and ,. It is expected that these witnesses will be confronted
 with the woman they mistook for Mrs. Luetgert.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-07
HARVARD ROWING POLICY.
Cam bridge Men to Meet Both Yale and
 Cornell.

New York, Oct 6.-Bob Cook and Payne Whitrey, captain Of the Yale varsity crew, visited Cambridge the other day ostensibly to order some new boats. It is said that they also con- ferred with several Harvard boating men in regard to arrangements for a race next year. but were asked to await the arrival of Coach Lehman, who is expected here from England in a few days. Enough was said, though, 50 certain college men say, to convince the Yale representative that Harvard is still loyal to Cornell. Speaking of the matter yesterday, a rowing man said:
 Harvard will do all in her power to have Yale admit Cornell to an other big varsity race next year. There is a general desire at Cam bridge to have Lehmann's methods of coaching and training tested once more in contest similar to the one last June at Poughkeepsie. Lehman, too, is reported to be anxious for an other brush with Cornell and Yale, and will advocate a three-cor0ered race when he arrives.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-07
THE PRICE OF MONEY.

New York, Oct. 6.-Money on call, steady at 21a@3 per cent; last loan, 21A; closed 21a per cent; prime mercan- tile paper, 4@5 per cent; sterling ex- change, easier, with actual business in bankers bills at SASHA @4.S47s for de mand, and at s4S2A for sixty days; posted rates, s4.S21a@4.S4, and $4.S5@ 4.s6; silver certificates, 55@56A; bar silver, 551s; Mexican dollars, 43.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-07
SEARCH GIVEN UP.
Residents of Wurtzboro Fear Chris
 tian and His Ugly Revo1vers.

Wurtzboro, N. Y, Oct. 6.-The resi- dents of this vicinity have given up the search for Christian. The main req son for this is the general belief that he is still in the woods near by, get ting his meals from some friendly res ident of that desolate country and pro tected by his famous belt of ugly re- volvers and a dirk.
 Sheriff Watson of Monticello is anxiously awaiting claimant for the $500 reward, but is doing nothing him self toward apprehending the mur- derer
Arizona republican., 1897-10-07
KANSAS CITY STOCK MARKET.

Kansas City, Oct. 6-Cattle receipts, TOGO; market fairly active, strong; Texas steers, s2.90@41O; Texas COWS, s2.40@295; native steers, s3.75@5.25; native COWS and heifers, $1.65@4.35; ; stockers and feeders, $2.50@435; bulls, $2.25@3. .25; sheep receipts, 5000; mar keb steady; lambs, s31O@5.15; nut tons, S2@3.75.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-07
TO WATCH THE CHoCTAWs.

Washington, Oct. 6.-Secretary Bliss has requested Secretary Alger to order troops to proceed to Tuhkahoma. h. dian Territory, to avert threatened trouble during the sessions of the Choctaw council, which convenes Mon day.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-07
LYNCHING STORY UNTRUE.

Richmond, Va, Oct 6.-The alleged lynching of a white woman in Rock ingham county sent out from here on the authority of local afternoon pa per is shown by investigation to be I1rtr1a
Arizona republican., 1897-10-07
A LUCKY ARIZONAN.

Washington, Oct Special )-Lee Crandall, IT,, of Tucson, was appointed to a position in the congressional/ /1i- brary today. ->.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-07
SPAIN's HANDSOME OFFER.
The New Cabinet Decides on
 Cuban Autonomy

Weyler Wires Saga sta That Fe VIII Not ReSIgn-A Demonstration at Havana in Favor of the Captain General.