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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-08-21
Condition Of the Cloth Mar
ket Much Improved.
AN INCREASED DEMAND
After Being Shut Down for Some
Time Several Northern Mills
Begin Work Again.

Fall River, Mass. Aug 16.-
Most of the cotton mills which
have stopped temporarily started
on full time today. The improv-
ed condition of the cloth market
and ohe reported advancement of
the cotton crop served to restore
measure of confidence among
manufactures. The curtaiIment
has amounted to about quar-
ter OF million pieces. The
Eddy woolen mill opened its doors
today after Il four months curtail
ment. 1t Is planned to start only
the dye house ut present other
departments being opened as the
work progresses. The factory
employs about 800 hands.
Providence r | Aug 16.-1he
Lonsdalc company's cotton mills
today storted, after a shut down,
giving employment to about ), 900
operatives. 1t is stated here that
the demand for woolen and cotton
goods is on the increase.
Lawrence, Mass, Aug 16. The
repairs in progress at the Methuen
cotton mills at Methuen are being
pushed forward rapidly and it is
expected operations will be re-
sumed in some of the departments
next Monday. The mills shut
down Aug. Z, at which time it is
stated they would be idle three
weeks. The mills employ about
500 hands.
Salem, Mass, Aug. 16.-The
Naumkeag steam cotton mills re-
sumed operations today after a
shut down of Is days. The mills
will run 42 hours a week for the
present. The plant employs /, -
400 people.
Chester, Pa, Aug. 1.-THE en-
ploycs of George CiIaltzcl < Co. ,
manufacturers of worsted goods,
have been notified that the wages
paid in 1892 would be restored on
Sept. 9th next. The notice was
"a surprise as the restoration was
granted by the firm without s,li
citation on the part of the hands.
Haltzel and Co. employ several
hundred people. Since 1892 two
reductions of wages have been
made, aggregating about 20 per
cent, and until three weeks ago
the mill has been running on half
time. The firm has of late re-
ceived many new orders and the
employees are working full time.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-08-21
TRAGEDY AT HENDERSON
WILLIE.
Mrs Ben + Hood Shoots and Bad
iy Wounds Her Husband,
and Then Kills Herself.

Asheville, Aug. 17.-At Hen
dersonville, 20 miles from here,
this morning, Mrs Ben f Hood
shot her husband, one shot break.
ing his right arm and the second
taking effect in his left breast, in
flicting what may prove a danger
Gus wound.
Mrs Hood then shot her self,
dying insta ntly. The cause of
the tragedy was a fight of ieal-
ousy.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-08-21
BLACKWELL'S MURDERER.
Two Tramp Suspects Being Held.
Strong evidence Against One.

Yesterday information reached
the city that two men, each sup
posed to bc the murderer of FLAG
man Blackwell of the Atlantic
Coast Line, had been captured.
One of the tramps was caught at
Pee Dee, on the Atlantic Coast
Line road. He denied that he
was the man, hut said that he
would identify the assassin if he
saw him, as he had been with him
several days. He gave the name
of the fellow and said that he was
mulatto of large build.
In the meantime a train on the
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
road, speeding along at night, hit
a tramp on the track and knocked
him off. The train was stopped
and when the crew went back they
found a large mulatto unhurt save
that he was limping. He was
carried to Fayetteville, and get
ting all right by the time the
train reached that point, he was
allowed to go. Soon after he had
been released the message came
saying that the murderer was a
mulatto. The name he gave talli
ed with that given by the other
suspect. A searching party
secured the town of Fayetteville
and found him asleep in negro
shanty. He was placed in iaIl.
The Pee Dee tramp was then tax
en- to Fayetteville to identify him.
When he walked in the cell he
said; That's 5 the man. This was
not taken rs conclusive evidence
and the conductor of the train up.
on which Blackwell was killed was
sent up Yesterday to see if he
could identify him. He stated
at first that he thought he could
recognize the form of the murder
er, but that was all; the man vas
so smeared with dirt and grease
that he could not see his face well.
What has come of this is not
known. The mulatto tramp had
pistol.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-08-21
COTTON WORMS IN ALA
BAMA.
Feared They Will Seriously Da-
mage the Crop.

Selma, Ala, August lS.-The
army, or cotton, worms have put
in an appearance in several locali-
ties in this territory, and it is
feared will seriously damage the
crop. The present damp weather
is favorable 10 their propagation
and if it continues they will gain
great hcadway within very few
days.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-08-21

Who was it that told +. NJ.
Nixon last year, that b. r. Till
man had lined his pockets with
rebates and when charged with it
on the stand did not deny itf
Why! Because Nixon was present
with strong corborative evidence.
Record.
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Registration Books Open.

y ACCORDANCE with the Act of
u 1896 providing for tho registration
ofelectors, the books of the Supervisors
OF Registration will he open at the
court house on the first Monday j.
each month for the registration of eIec
tors entitled 10 registration and ker
open for three successive days in eacI
month until the general election OF
AjSS. w. G.. A. Porter,
X. NJ. Kirk.
II. j. FIyhn,
Board OF Registration.
Nov IS. lS96-tf.
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SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.

Complaint Served.)
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF LANCASTER.
Court Of Common Pleas.
-C III Wolfe. Plaintiff.
against
II w Wolfe, Defendant.
To the Defendant r w Wolfe
You are hereby summoned and re-.
'quired To answer the complaint I'm this
action, 0f which n copy is herewith
served upon you and to serve
copy OF your answer to the said coms
plant on the subscriber at his office
at ancaster Court House, County of
Lancaster. and State OF South Ceroli-
ma within twenty days after the ser
vice hereof, exclusive Of the day OF
such service; and III you fail to answer
the complaint within the time afore-
said, the plaintiff In this action will
apply to the Court for the relief de,
'manded I'm the complaint.
Dated April 9th. 1897.
r. Il WYLIE.
Plaintiff Attorney.
(sea, WIS. l.. PORTER,
@. G.. &. l.. G..
Vo II w Wolfe, nonresident Defend.
ant:
Take notice that the summons and
complaint In the above action was A.
led In the Office OF w 8 l. Porter
clerk OF the circuit court for said Coun,
" and State, at Lancaster Court
House, on the 9th day OF April 1897.
Dated dpriI 81, 1897.
n. f. wYLIE,
Plaintiffs' Attorney
M-2i-6g.
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HaS Itch on human, mango on horses
dogs aud all stock, cured i'm 80 minutes
by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. This
never fails. Sold by J + Nackey IL
CO., Druggist, Ian caster, S G..
eyT Subscribe for the Ledger.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-08-21
WEATHER CROP BULLETIN
Drought Continues in Southern
Portion of Texas.

Washington, Aug. 17.-The
weekly crop bulletin of the agricul-
tural departmenttoday
: Drought continues in portions
of Missouri, Tennessee and south
ern Texas, and the need of rain is
beginning to he felt in Indiana,
Iowa and portions of Virginia and
North Carolina. There has been
too much rain in New England
and local stoams have caused some
damage to crops in the Virginias.
The conditions have been gener-
ally favorable to crops in the
southern States, Oklahoma, Kan
sas, Nebraska, South dakota, Wis
consin, Michigan, Ohio and in the
middle Atlantic States. On the
northern Pacific coast, the week
although warm, has been favor
able for harvesting. In the prln-
cipal corn states of the central
valleys the weather conditions of
the week have not been wholly
favorable, beng too cool, and
much too dry. Good rain, have,
however, improved the crop in
Kansas and Nebraska. The week
has been generally favorable to
cotton, except in North Carolina
and portions of South Carolina,
Missouri and southern Texas,
where it, suffered from drought.
Generous rains over the greater
part of the cotton belt have arrest
ed pres &pre opening and she'd
ding. asp -
The Condition of the States Farm
ing Interests.
The following is the weekly
bulletin of the condition of the
crops issued by Observer Bauer:
There is II great diversity in the
tone of the reports for the week,
the correspondents being about
equally divided in calling the week
n favorable oran unfavOraDle one.
As general rule the best reports
come from the western portions
of the State, where inpIaccs the
crops are magnificent Worms
have appeared in many of the
eastern counties in large numbers,
and from mcagrc descriptions
furnished, it is supposed to bc the
Army worm. They have destroy
ed much grass for hay in Will
liamsburg, Kershaw, Berkeley,
Colleton and Beaufort counties,
and in places have attacked corn,
rice and cotton. Their increase
in numbers during the week was
a!armingly rapid. They have al
so made their appearance in a
number of other counties, but as
yet inno threatening force.
Corn varies in condition with
locality and soil and the culture
it received, but that por tion of
the crop already made is very
nearly if not quite up to an aver
age. Late corn is still very prom
ising and will be greatly improved
by the recent rains. Fodder pull
ing is making rapid progress over
the eastern counties, where 1t is
nearing completion, and extend.
ing gradually westward, where
the crop is much later this wear
than usual.
Chinch bugs continue to damage
corn in Chester. Fodder was saw.
ed in good condition.
Cotton was not uniformly af
fected by the last weeks weather;
many reports indicate a reason
able Improvement, and fully as
many note deterioration, due,
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OUR LEADERS.


20 pounds light brown sugar for 81 90
3 pounds Atbu 'kles Coffee for 90
7pounds good green coffee for 90
pound fine Tobacco for 35 cents.
Sas~ Tin Ware VERY CHEAP.
WE KNOW
how close monep matters are with
most people. We are prepared for
close buyers. Values that two OF
three years ago seemed almost i'm
possible are to-day an actual fact
nearly cut in two. Many are sur>
prised at the line of Groceries ]
offer. Some even are incredulous.
a. GLASSER.
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MN D.
TERRIBLE On 4 ny
l5ss !. M in IDAHO ls ~
HleaA ma CslIieisn DStvsssn, ~ I'asi'.s'
ssnssr TrainS ~ 80 - Flas-.s
suits a. che l,eath Is MIG IleA3
sna me serious ~ ~ 81 AaasAsl
n 51Iore-yvorst, b syvreSls Il II ss lfaailySss
Years. ,:s


h Pocatello, Idaho, May 20 - head.
end collision between i freight and a,
passenger train ut America Falls.
twenty-five miles west Of here, caused
the death, 30 far as known, Of ninC.
men and the serious injury 0f eight.
others. Two OF the latter Will die
This Is the worst wreck that has
Cured on the Short Line lin many
years. Il !. 3Ig :, 4. q. N ..ss;.;, 4
The west-bound passenger was walt
hg for the freight at America Falls.
standing In front Of the station build
ing. The freight coming east ran
away on the hill west Of America
EQlls. It is thought that the air was
tempered with. The freight, running
fifty miles an hour, crashed into the
passenger train, which was already
backing up right In front Of the sta
StiOn. Two men were on the station
platform. One was killed and the
other fatally injured. The station
building was shattered. Both engines:
We're converted into scrop iron and.
twenty freightscars piled up ii q heap.
Eight box car passengers, sheep shear
ers and tramps were crushed to death
Five bodies have been taken out. Geo.
Moore. the engineer of the freight. Is
seriously injured, sustaining q COM
pound fracture. The fireman, Dick
Cosgrove, had a leg broken. q. e.
Hickman, engineer Of the passenger,
sustained slight injuries. He stayed
with his engine till he had reversed.
The conductor and brakeman were on,
top Of the freight setting the brakes.
and Fireman Cosgroves had climbed
back to help when the crash came.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-06-04

9AaO08G4 ACVCes 0EC0Hk .N0U01W9 UEGoH
s Damage.
S 81 Pas0. Tex, May 3d. Yesterday
morning the river showed a rise OF 6
inches and the water was sweeping
through at a terrific rate. Early In the
morning the head gate Of the canal.
which Is above the levee. began to
give way and 500 men with logs and
sacks of sand were put to work to pre-
vent a break at the head gate. At 3
o'clock in the afternoon the head gate
gave way with rush. the river pour
ing into the canal. The fire alarm, was
sounded to warn people in the lower
districts. and instantly the city was in
such wild confusion that for half an
hour it was impossible to make any
organized effort to take another stand
against the waters which were soon
over the banks of the canal. inundat-
Ing the territory on both sides. The
people living along the banks of the
canal are the poor laboring classes.
and their homes were soon under
water. The houses being in most cases
OF adobe, melted away at the touch
of the rushing torrents. and household
goods We're floating around in all direc-s
tions. The levee at the foot of Ell
PasO street broke and in q short time
twenty little residences in that locality
were flooded. By this time the people
for three blocks north were moving
out and the streets were thronged with
wagons, carts and wheelbarrows load
cd with goods. For three miles across
the town and the river front everybody
Is moving up into the business portion
Of the city and to the more elevated
residence sections. ~
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-06-04
THE MARKErs.
Latest Quotations From Grain aud
& 1.-Two Stock Centers..

Latest Quotations From Grain autk
s Live Stock Centers.
Chicago, May %. - Wheat = No. 2
red. 95aS7c; No. 3 red, 7SaS3c; No. =
spring, 71a72c; No. spring, 68a70c;;
No. hard, winter, 65a67c; No North
ern spring, 74a75c. Corn Cash No. 2,
% 3-4c; No. 8, 23a23 1-4c Cash
No. 2, 1Sc; No. 3, 10 1-2a19 1-2c.
Chicago, May 3d. ~ Hogs - Light.
$350a3.65; mixed, $3.45a3.6O; heavy,
$3.25a3. 60; rough, $3.25a3.35. Cattle
Reeves. $3.9Oa5.20; cows and heifers,
$2a4.4O; stockers and feeders. $3.6Oa
AGO. Sheep Natives, $2.5Oa4.S5;.
Westerns. $35Oa4.5O; lambs, $325a
6.GO.
Milwaukee, May %. - Flour steady.
Wheat unsettled and irregular; No. =
spring, u 1-4c; No, 1 Northern, 16 1-2c.:
July, 50 3-4c. Corn steady No. 3. DC.
Oats dun and lower; No. 2 white. 21a
81 1-2c; sample. % 1-2a32c. Rye low
Minneapolis, May q Wheat May
closed at 20 1-8c: July opened at 20 $50.
and closed at Toe; September opened
at 63 lido and closed at 90 5-Sa82 8 4c.
On track-No / hard. e 1885, No. 4
Northern. Il 5-8c; No. 2 Northern.
60 3-4c.s.sg
South st. Paul, May g. ~ Hogs ~
$3.3Oa3.45. Cattle - Stockere, $3.6Oa,
4.25; oxen. $500; calves, $3,75a4; heif-4
ers. $3.50: cows, So; feeders, $3.50.
st. Paul. May %. - Wheat - No. 1
Northern. a 1-2a72 1-2c; No. 2 North,
ern. CD 1-2a71c. Corn -. No. 3 yellow,
21a22c; No. 3, 2Oa21c. Oats - No.
3 white. 2Oa2O1-2c; No. 3, 1S1-2a19c.
Barley and rye-Sample barley. goa
BIS; No. 2 rye. 33a34c;l No. rye. ga,
33c. Seeds-No. 1 fax. 73a74c; timothy.
9Oa$1 10; clover, $3.G0a4. 40.
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WORKING ron DURRANr.

Old Soldier Says He Was Onered
600 to Swear Against Gibson.
San Francisco. May 228. "A letter was
received today from w. 7. Bryant.
the old soldier who recently .swore to-
sensational AFFIDAVIT to the effect
that he saw Rev. J.. G. Gibson, pastor
of Emanuel church. carrying the body
of q woman up to the belfry on the
date Of the Blanche Lamont murder.
which effectually disposes Of the docu-.
ment Although this letter was mailed
at Montevista. Colo. four days after
Bryant made his affidavit. he states
he never saw either Gibson or Durrant
Ito his knowledge. but that two wo-
men, Hester Hicks and Henrietta
Bfgsby, had offered him 5000 to.
swear that he was In the church at the,
time when the murder was committed;
and that Gibson committed tile crime.
Nothing is known of either Of the wo-
men.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-06-04

Over much Of Oklahoma the amount
nf moisture in the soil 10 considerably
greater than is usual at this season
of the year. At the Experiment Sta
ton at Saltwater the rainfall from
January I to March 16 was Al inches.
compared with . little less than two
inches for the full three months last
year. Frequent observations are made
ut the station as to per cent Of mois-
ture in the soil. A few hours after the
close Of a rain Of 1.60 inches, which had
fallen in twenty hours. the first foot of
three classes Of upland prairie soils
we're found to contain the following
percentages Of moisture: Fall plowed,
s2.5; prairie grass. 25.6: "alkau spot
grass covered. POS. The first had a
gain Of about ten. the second a little
over / and the third about ~ per cent
10 compared with their moisture con-
tent two days previously.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-06-04
TIA VEMEY Y Eltl REE'
THE TRIALOF THE / 4 SUGAR j /. lIACNATR
ENDS ABRlPTLY.
vAe Court Dfrects the Jury tel 10
: cara : verdist . xsss asilty-TAs
Defense Moved Tor DisnissAl -
SAX Grouads, aAa IN : Lsnsthy|
DecisieH 4he Coust sassaaasA -
Noaioa. rs, IA i

Washington, May g ,'Certainiy j
am satisfied with the verdict said
Henry o Havemeyer q few minutes
after the jury had returned q verdict
Of not guilty. The verdict, = he con.
tinued, ought to be satisfactory 10
every decent man In this and every
other community rs
Il That was the only expression the
president OF the American Sugar Re.
timing company would make upon the
result of his trial which had been Id,
progress for three days before Judge
Bradley. The verdict was the Gull
mination Of q long legal battle which
began three years ago when Mr.. Have
meyer declined. az q witness before
the senate sugar Investigating COM
mtttee to furnish the committee with
data as to the political contributions
made by the company OF which he Is
president to the local and state cam
paigns Of 1892 and 1893. Broker
Chapman. aroung whom the preiim,
mary battle waged. was found guilty
and fs now serving q thirty-day sen-
tence in the district jail. The conclu-
eion of the trial was abrupt. The de-
Tense produced no witnesses. When
the government rested its case the de-
Tense moved that the court instruct
the jury to order an ;acquittal on six
grounds. the principal one OF which
was that the committee did not have,
Jurisdiction and that the question
asked was not pertinent. The district
attorney made a valiant attempt to
induce the presiding judge to override
the motion. But the court, after tax
ing an hour and half to weigh the
arguments. sustained the motion. In
rendering his. decision. which was
very lengthy. Judge Bradley declined.
to rule on the main question as to the
Jurisdiction of the senate committee.
He said the questions involved in that
proposition were Of such grave Inn
portance that he would not rule on
that point without further and more
careful examination. But, he held It
was unnecessary to rule on the main
contention. Practically he sustained
the motion on the single ground that
the question calling for data to state
and local contributions demanded in
formation not within the knowledge
Of the witness, which he had testified
he had no personal knowledge Of, and
which. IL given at all, must have been
procured from books and of which the
books themselves were the BEST testi-
mony. Although the verdict Of not
guilty was given by the jury, It was a
verdict returned under the courts d.
rection. and amounted practically to
the judge throwing the case out OF
court. III;
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INSURGENTS DEFEATED.
One OF Weyler.s aOmctal Report,
From Cuba.

One Of Weyler's ssOmcial Reports
From Cuba.
Havana. May 2S.-It Is officially an
nOunced that Spanish force under
Gen. Godoy and Col Strutch. consist
ing Of the Reina. Vergara and Aragon
battaiions. acting In conjunction with
the boats of the gunhoat Armendariz.
has INFLICTED severe loss upon the In
surgents in the vicinity OF thesRtYer
Gayagueleje. n Plnar del Rio The
Spaniartls engaged the enemy at
Slerras Animas, Elcuzco and Brujo,
destroying q number Of chips. captur-
ing ten boats. quantity Of arms and
1900 cartridges. The insurgents left
a killed and are reported to have car
5ried the bodies Of many more away.
The Spanish lost 5 killed and u
wounded. b. g
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H =
Prof. R. o. Becker. a music teacher in
Marion, Ohio. has received a letter from
his father in Germany notifying him
that the military court at Leipsic de-
mands his return to Germany and his
appearance before the military court by
April rs to show cause why he left the
German military service, and that a
levy has been made upon his father by
the German government Of $4,000 year
~ for his absence. To this the profess
sor says INIT" People who have been
good citizens of this country for six
years, as Prof. Becker has, are not
likely to do army duty-not IL they
can help it. II they are hankering for
army life they can get it right here.
provided they are worthy.
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Initation Gun Barrels,

Washington, may - nearly all Of
the real Damascus steel gun barrels
that come to the United States are
made in Belgium. but for some years
the trade hassuffered severely from
the imitation Of the genuine Damas-
chs. The latter Is made only by the.
most expert workmen. while women
and children turn out the imitation
barrels from q paper pattern at q cost
OF about u cents. and the barrels thus
treated last as long as the genuine.
United States Consul Gilbert at Liege.
/ who reports on the subject to the state
department says that so per cent Of
the barrels exported from that place
to the United States are imitation.
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The South Australian farmers "who
hold nearly all the wheat Of South
Australian growth. feel very confident
as to the future, because the quantity
of wheat cleaned up was not a. much
as the size Of the heaps led them to
expect. and their statements quite con-
firm the figures that the yield Of the
harvest will be 100000 bushels less
than requirements. Consequently this
quantity, which means 1850 tons, will
have to be imported to supply
tie necessities Of our own colony, and
that being the case, it is not likely
that we shall see lower prices for
some time to come"
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The rurk win yaik, Peace.
hurry IT { I. FOREVER.
An Effort 10 Consign the seeley Din
ner Scandal t0 oblivion,

An Effort TO Consign the seeley Din.
ner scandal Is 0blivion.
New York, May 22s.-It is likely that
the persons Indicted for participation
In the notorious Seeley dinner last
January. that was raided by Police
Captain Chapman. will not be. tried.
The district attorney. according to the
Journal. has about come to the con-
clusion that the best interests of the
community that the details of the
dinner be allowed to remain buried.
instead of being brought out in court
He has lately received numerous let.
ters signed by prominent people urg-
ing him in the interests Of society to
allow the indictments to remain where
they are. In this class are school
teachers and principals, who state that
the publicity given the Seeley dinner
has damaged the youthful minds OF
the community.