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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-11-19
SHAMEFUL ACTS Of
NEGRO SOLDIERS
Start in by Stealing a Hog;
Then Murder Several
People.
THE STATES WARNING
VERIFIED.
Result of Sending Negro Troops
to Do Garrison Duty in Cuba.
A Very Ugly Affair.

Santiago, Cuba, Nov. 15.-An
incident occurred last night at
San Luis, about 25 miles north of
Santiago, which caused a great
deal Of i'll feeling among the
Cubans and considerable annoy
ance among the United States
military officials here.
All the colored regiments are
encamped in the neighborhood of
San Luis. They were sent there
virtually to get them out Of the
way, because Of the difficulty s1-
perienced in managing them. The
colored officers seem to have lit
tie or no coutrol over their men,
and officers and privstes are often
seen drinking together.
The trouble began last evening
in an attempt to arrest two
soldiers for abusing . Cuban
workman and stealing his hog.
The outrage was committed On
the Normas sugar plantation.
Lieut.. Jose Ferrers, chief of Gen
Woods geudarmerie in that dis
trict, q Spanisrd, but a Cuban
sympathizer, and . man whom
Gen Wood knew to be able and
courageous, attempted to make
the arrests.
The soldiers, who belonged to
the Ninth immunes, escaped.
Soon after 80 co!ored men wear
ing the uniform of the United
States army, attacked the house
where Lieut. Ferrera was, and
kept up regular fusilade, killing
Lieut. Ferrera, Antonio Roman,
old man, Emilio Bettrau, a boy
of seventeen and baby, and
wounding several others. Two
soldiers were killed in the affray.
When the news reached Santa
go, Gen Wood was at dinner.
He Immediately went to the
signal office, where Chief Signal
Officer Brady took charge of the
key. For four hours dispatches
we're sent and received. The
colorod officers all denied that
theil men were implicated in the
affair, in spite of evidence to the
contrary.
After an unsatisfactory attempt
to get at the fa3ts of the case
over the wires, Gen Wood ad-
Journed his inquiry until this
morning, when he left on a special
train for San Luis.
At 8 o'clock Gen Wood re-
turned, reporting that after a
long investigation, he had come
to the conclusion that all the
colored regiments were more or
less mixed up in the affray. He
has offered 81, 900 reward for the
names of the men who did the
shooting, and before reaching San
Luis he read the colored officers a
severe lecture for denying last
night that their mon we're impli
Gated.
Eye-witnesses of the affair, who
arrived here during the course of
the day, say that two gendarmes
who were wounded are expected
TO die.
oA0TSREA.
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Beauty Z. Sssss csep.

Beauty Z. Hoo. Seep.
Clean blood means . clean skin No
seauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
&c clean your blood and keep it clean, by
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,urities from the body. Begin to-day to
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and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists. satisfsction guaranteed. l0c. 25c. SOC.
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Killed q Blind Man.
Special to The State.

Camden, Nov. 16.-Silas Aus
tin, the colored blind man, who
was shot Monday night by Wiley
Bradley, died today. The de.
fendant has not been arrested vet.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-11-19

Doat Tssseco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netie. full OF life. nerve and visor, take Note
Bae, the wonder worker. that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, Soc or 81. Cure guaran-
teed- Booklet aud sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy O lineage OF New YorS
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-11-19

John Wesley used the express
sion, ";leanliness is indeed next
to godliness," in q sermon on
"Dress.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-11-19
CLERKS SALE.

UDul(A y OHulj.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CoUN TYOF LANCASTER,
Court of Common Pleas.
Jennie p. Belk, Plaintiff.
Va.
William P. Belk. Defendant.
DURSUANT to an Order Of court In
the above case. signed hy Geo. w.
Gage. Circuit Judge, Oct. 5. 1898. /
wiz sell at Lancaster c6urt-house on
The First Monday in December.
within the legal hours of saIe, the fol-
lowing described property TO wit:
AL! that tract OF land in the county
Of Lancas 'er and State OF Sou h Caro-
lima, containing
I2S ACreS, More on. Less,
bounded, North by S ] Starnes and ]
III Williams; SOurh. by estate lands of
II X w Belk, deceased; East, by lands
Of Margaret Hinson and d A Funder>
burk; West, by estate lands Of II II w
Belk.
l6- Terms of Sale, CASH, or one
half cash and balance In one wear, to
be secured by bond o, purchaser hear
ing eight (S) per cent interest from
date which shall he secured by a mort
gage Of the premises Purchaser to
pay for papers.
w. S. l.. Porter,
&C. G. l.. G..
r. E. Wylie, Plff's Atty.
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-10-15
his company had more friends.

his company had more friends. His
death, though sudden, was not unexpect-
ed, as he suffered for years from his
wounds and hardships of four years Of
war. He never applied for pension.
Marinette, NNis.-Miss Elizabeth
Stephenson, Of this city, VINO has been
chosen to christen the battleship Wis
consin In company with er cousin, Miss
Harriet Stephenson, daughter Of Hon. S.
NJ. Stephenson, of Menominee, Miss
Charlotte Holmes, of Menominee, and
two Chicago ladies, had very thrilling
ago. These ladies have been travelling in
Europe for some time and went up on
Mount Vesuvius while it was in eruption.
They employed some inexperienced
guides, who lost their way, and the
party travelled all night, much of the time
in hot ashes and lava. Their clothing
was badly burned and their shoes burn
ed off their feet. The ladies were fire.
quently overcome by the heat and from
exhaustion and had to be carried by their
guides. Miss Elizabeth Stephenson was
unconscious for two hours at one time.
They finally reached their hotel at
Naples and were obliged to remain in
their rooms for several days as result
of their experience. The ladies are now
on their way home.
Grand Forks, N. D.-The Sacred Heart
parochial school reopened on Monday.
Oct. 10, in the basement of the church.
The school is in charge q the Sisters
of st. Benedict, who are thoroughly
competent for their work and prepared
to take pupils of all grades. Pupils will
be examined and classed according to
their merits. The school is under the
direct supervision of Rev. FIR. Greene,
who is warmly interested in 1t. More
over, it has been made a free school.
consequently no tuition fee will be charg-
ed. and it is hoped that there will be a
good attendance during the term.
Maple Lake, Minn.-Tfe following is a
list of those who went with Father Savoy
last week to the Maple Lake Catholic
cemetery 10 cut tne WeeuS, ana WHO ny
so doing, rendered Gods acre neat and
pleasing to the eye Of the public: Frank
ProeIel, Frank Wokaty, c. B. German,
John II. McCalpine, Henry German,
John McAlpin, Henry Meier, Ambrose
Mooney, James O'Loughlin, Dan Cava-
nagh, Pat Butler, Albert Muller, Thomas
Mooney, Frank Mooney, Bernard Jude,
Thomas McAlpin, Thomas German, Rich
ard Hogan. Anthony Vorachek, Ulysses
Savoy, and the Mesdames f. Hamilton,
c. B. German, John OLoughlin, James
Mooney, James O'Loughlin, Mary Nc
Alpin and Gertrude Kotilinek.
New Richmond, Wis.-After brief
visit with relatives in the Twin Cities,
D. f. and J. R. O'Connell, Co. F, 18th
Minnesota volunteers, have left to join
their regiment at Camp Meade, Pa. Dur
ing their furlougll they visited relatives
and friends in Somerset, New Richmond,
and Erin Prairie. All regret their de-
parture and wish them safe and pleas
ant journey on their way to Cuba.
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might IN FERNANDINA."
Soldiers Entertained at Montgomery
Rifles ArmOry.

Soldiers Entertained at montgomery
Rifles ArmOry.
Co NJ, 32nd regiment, Michigan VOL
unteers, was given reception and COM
plimentary entertainment recently at the
Montgomery Rifles armory, in Detroit.
The preliminary was SOLDIERS sup
per-" in illustration of camp life. Hard
tack was naturally the piece de resis-
lance. musical program was rendered
by Misses Fisher, Iaferty and Blanch
Belleville DIR. Greusel, William Bartell.
Thomas Condor and j. Manning. Vaude-
Vile numbers were given by Master
George Farron Nat Leipziger, Mr.. Por-
ter. George Leipziger and A. l.. Dageus.
A feature Of the program was the read
ing of some original verses by William
j. Dawson, president of the Veteran
corps. They were written at the request
of the Montgomery Rifles and are in re-
ply to lines written by Private Dan Bo-
land, Goth New York in honor of the
62nd Michigan. as published in the Free
Press. The regiments were encamped
together at Tampa and Huntsville. The
entertainment closed with a hop, the an
mory being decorated with flags and
bunting. The entire program was called
"A Night in Fernandina"
RESPONSE TO DAN ROLAND.
have read your cheerful clipper, Dan,
you minstrel from New York,
And its tuneful cadence rises like an echo
from fair Cork;
Not the cork that's pulled from bottles,
but the Cork where flows the Lee:
Where the Bells of Shandon" ever ring
immortal melody.
ends of earth
Love, valor. wit, transplanting from
their mother land of birth,
In whatever chimes they mingle be they
dark or radiant skies.
With Celtic warmth of heart and hand,
are sure to fraternize.
The 69th We're not unknown to each and
every one,
Who has read the bloody drama that was
fought at first Bull Run;
How Corcoran and his brave boys stood
like a wall of fire
And raised odd Glory's" stars Of hope
above disasters dire.
And SO. my tuneful minstrel, the 32nd
knew
The rock of strength baptized In blood
that they would find in you;
How short would be the struggle, be the
foeman whom he may,
With Michigan and brave New York
united for the fray.
We followed brave McGurrin; he's of
that fighting race
That oft on many field of fame has
laughed in deaths pale face,
With Reynolds for our major, and as
brave a soldier. too,
AS any that the Goth placed in command
DER you.
There were Lothrop, Hart and starkey,
Dupont and Considine,
AS brave group of officers as ever led
line;
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A Pleasant Featur.

Is the dining and cafe car service. serv.
Ing la carte meals. attached to fast
trains running from Minneapolis and St.
Paul to Milwaukee. Chicago and Eastern
and Southern points. via. Wisconsin
Central Lines. Your nearest .icket
agent can tell you about other pleasant
features on the Wisconsin Central. or
address Jas. G. Pond. general passenger
and ticket agent. Milwaukee. Wis.
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OUR READERS.

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cept of the price,
Liberal discount made if several books are wanted
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-18
THIRTEEN is A HOODOO.
Thirteen Car Central Branch Train
Wrecked at Bridge No. 10.

Atchison, June 1S.-There was a bad
wreck on the Central Branch a mile
west of Pennington at o'clock Thurs
day afternoon. Local freight train No.
426, Conductor Carlan and Engineer
VIII Perry was coming in from Green
leaf, loaded principally with grain. AS
the engine was passing bridge No. 10,
engine broke, throwing the car off the
track The car rolled over, carrying
four cars into the ditch, and derailing
three others. The five cars which roll
led over were piled up and grain was
thrown in every direction. The earth
is very soft near the track, and the
trucks of several cars sank almost out
the wreck We're loaded with grain, one
with rock and one was an empty. The
train was moving at a speed of about 16
miles an hour, or the wreck would have
been much more disastrous.
When the cars went into the ditch
the link attaching the engine to the
train broke, and the locomotive passed
over the bridge in safety. Fay Willie
was the heod brakeman on the train
and he was standing on one of the
cars that went into the ditch. As the
cars rolled over he kept on top like a
circus ACROBAT, and was not injured
The wrecking crew from the Central
Branch shops was Immediately notified
and the track was cleared at :: 80 o'clock
yesterday morning. 1t is believed that
three or four of the wrecked cars are
smashed beyond repair, and will have
to be burned. 1t was one of the worst
wrecks the Central Branch has ever
had Strange to say, the wreck oc-
CURED at mile post No. 49, bridge No
ID. and there were IS cars in the train
The wreck will prove a very costly one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-18
RED TAPE FUNERALS.
Board of Survey Investigates Death of
Horses at Camp Thomas.

Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, June
1S.-The heat and dust of Camp Thomas
nave cost Uncle Sam a pretty penny in
horseflesh. In Colonel Young's Illinois
cavalry dozen or more animals have
given up the ghost, and as every regI-
ment of cavalry and mule corral re-
ports equal mortality the expense is
the war. Nearly all Of the Illinois vol
unteers' horses were purchased in Chi
cagO, and upon arrival here large
proportion of them were found to be
sick with catarrhal fever and distem-
per, contracted in the StOclSyardS prior
to shipment. The long trip and the in
furious effects of the heat and dust
soon told upon the suffering eQuines,
and the veterinarians were unable to
save them.
The men were compelled to bury the
carcaSseS in six feet of Georgia soil. AS
the ground is hard and full of stones
the task is not an enviable one. Troops
B and f have each lost three animals,
and have several more in a critical con-
ditiOn in the improvised hospital The
animals are slow in becoming acclima-
ted, but it is believed that if they can
thrive during the present conditions
of Cuba or any other Spanish posses
sion.
The death of each horse necessitates
the appointment of a board of survey
to determine the responsibility and see
whether all due precautions were ia
ken to prevent death. This inquest in
wolves the attachment of the usual
amount of military red tape, and the
proceedings, certificates, affidaVitS, etc,
are filed in the archives of the war de-
partment for future generations to pom
n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-18
RIPARIAN RIGHTS.
An Important Case Comes Before the
General Land Office.

Washington, June 18.-A case pre-
senting some novel and interesting fea-
lures has been argued before Commits
sioner Hermann of the general land
office. 1t involves the ownership of
lands surrounding Lake Malhuer in
Oregon and hinges upon the question
of whether the owners of the land
down to the waters edge in 1877 can
now hold lands left dry by the receding
waters of the lake. The French-Glenn
Live Stock company is the appellant
and claims after the surveys of 1877
and laws of Oregon possession of land
to the water edge of the lake. There
has been a subsistence of the water and
this company now claims the vacant
land as a riparian right. A large num-
Der of settlers have filed entries for
this land in the local offices of the de-
partment.
The question is as to the title of the
land exposed by evaporation between
1877 and 1895.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-18
ROCK ISLAND FLOWERS.
General Manager Allen Promotes a
Meritorious Work.

Some time ago Assistant General
Manager w. I. Allen of the Rock Is
land outlined a plan for the improve
ment of all ground about the Rock Is
land stations in the west, and his ideas
are now being carried out. Station
grounds along the line of the Rock Is
land road in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa
sOdded, and wherever it is possible
flower beds have been made. At some
places trees and shrubs have been set
out, and many of the station grounds
equal in appearance the lawns of the
most fastidious citizens of the different
towns.
Mr. Allen said that his idea in hav-
ing the grounds improved was especial
ly to aid in dispelling the idea still
entertained by many eastern people
that the west is uncultivated with
much of its original wildness yet to
be seen,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-18

g {" 1t told how man, who suffered as /
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iams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
1t gave me faith and hope. l took two
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Ny gain was steady; my return to
health was a source of daily qualification.
" In all took eighteen boxes of the pills
before l was entirely well. At first paid
so cents box, bot afterwards l saved
money by getting six boxes at time,
paying $3.50.
~ owe my cure entirely to DR.. Williams
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To clinch his remarkable story and add
to its he1pfu1ness to others, Mr.. Trip made
affidavit to its truthfu1ness before Homer
Hanna, local Notary Public.
From he1p1essness, suffering and despair
MIR. Trip was restored to the hea1thfu1,
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While 1ocoInotor ataxia Is one of the
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Druggists everywhere sell DR.. William
Pink Pills for Pale People.
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POSTAL CARDS STAY.
Their Sale Will Not Be Discontinued
by the Department.

Washington, June 1S.-Postmaster
General Emory Smith has put in oper-
alton several changes in the postal reg
ulatiOnS. 1t has been stated that the
postal card was today to be discontin-
ued but the regulations regarding the
new mailing cards recently authorized
by congress shows this to be a mistake.
Hereafter while the postal card will
continue to be sold it will be lawful to
use cards with a one cent stamp af-
fixed for the same purpose. These
cards must be approximately the same
size, shape and color as the postal
card. When these mailing cards are
sent to foreign countries, the ordinary
letter postage must be affixed.
Another change in the regulations
prohibits the return or forwarding of
second, third or fourth class matter I'm
til additional postage has been affixed.
When ii is obvious. however, that val
uables are contained in such packages,
the sender shall be notified if possible.
On second class matter one cent for
four ounces must be paid before it will
be returned or forwarded.
The sale of Transmississippi EXPOSE
ton stamps has begun at the Wash
ington pOstOffice and they will be on
sale hereafter at the principal offices
throughout the country until the 31st
of December next.
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GROCERIES FOR GOLFERS.
Chicago Club Claims to Have Been
Swindled.

Chicago, June 1S.-Golf players who
follow the gutta percha ball over the
links at Wheaton are protesting iii The
superior court that they have been de-
frauded and overcharged for their stew
ards supplies by Abe Mincer, dealer In
general merchandise in the county seat
of Du Page county. In a bill filed yes
terday the Chicago Golf club alleges
that their steward has purchased from
Miners general store between July,
1897, and April, 1898, large amounts of
meats, groceries and other articles of
provision and that the bills, itemized
and unitemized, have been paid when
presented.
Investigation, the bill says. has dis
closed the fact that the market price
of butter, eggs and sugar was over
reached to a great extent by Mincer
and his assistants and that they believe
they have been mulcted of a considera-
BILE amount of money through such ac-
ton. The complaints ask that Mincer
be made to produce in court a record of
his sales so that an adjudication of the
matter can be made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-18
MOONSHINERS TO FIGHT.
Georgia Giants Released to Go to
War.

Atlanta, Ga, June 1S.-Six Georgia
moonshiners have the war with Spain
to thank for their freedom. Captain
Yancey Carter the Populist leader, who
is organizing a company of men who
are to be the giants of the army, visited
Federal Judge Newman yesterday and
represented to the judge that as moon
sinners would make excellent fighters
he suggested that as many now con-
fined in Fulton county Jail as wished to
enlist be given their freedom
AS moons Inning is only misdemean-
or and does not incapacitate for public
service Judge Newman agreed. Capt.
Carter went over to the Jail and soon
obtained six volunteers. 1t is difficult
to obtain the right kind of men for his
command as he will only have 6-foot-
ers in the pink of physical condition
He was once a revenue officer and has
often chased the six giants whose sem
fences have been suspended in order
that they may fight. Many more are
expected to enlist within few days.
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80 BOXES OF GOLD.
Easv Mining for Pin Money.

To secure some desired information
direct from the people, it is proposed
to send a trim little box containing 5
gold dollars to each 80 persons who
write the most interesting description
of their experience and observation on
the following topics:
How have you been affected by Cof-
fee drinking?
Do YOU know anyone who has been
driven away from Postum because it
came to the table weak and character
less at the first trial?
Did you set such a person right re-
garding the easy way to make Postum
clear, black and with crisp, pungent
taste?
Have you ever discovered a better
way to make it than to note the clock
at the time actual boiling commences,
keep it boiling moderately for full 10
minutes, using heaping teaspoonsfull
for each cup of beverage?
Give names and account of those
YOU know to have been cured or helped
in health by the dismissal of coffee
and the daily use of the Food Coffee
in its place.
Address your letter to the Postum
Cereal Co, Linn, Battle Creek, Mich,
writing your own name and address
clearly.
Decision will be made and the 80 lit
tie boxes of gold sent out on June 80,
next.
Every friend of Postum is urged to
write and each letter will be held in
high esteem by the company, as an
evidence of such friendship, while the
little boxes of gold will reach many a
modest writer whose plain and sensible
letter contains the facts desired, al
though the sender may have but small
faith in winning at the time of writing.
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Saving wood, working In his garden,
walking three times day to and from his
place of business form part of the
daily routine of Edwin R. Trip, Post
master Of Middlefield Centre, ~. Y. He
IS past his seventeen birthday.
Nearly fifty years blacksmith thirty
two years Justice of the Peace; three years
town clerk, then postmaster; forty-six years
a resident of the town he now lives in
these are the bare outlines of a Useful life.
p4r. Trips career is type. His story
will be read with heartfelt sympathy by
thousands. His hearty endorsement of DIR.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People will
be echoed by tens of thousands.
He said:
an March, 1892, I was attacked by
what afterwards learned was 1ocomotor
ataxia.
1.-TWO ski11fu1 doctors did everything
they could for me. I steadily became
worse. Was enable to dress myself.
Later could not move even about the
room, bot was carried IN my chair.
gave up hope. The doctors gave me
no encouragement. did not expect to live
very long. I was more helpless than
baby. sank lower and lower.
an Jcne the tide turned! From the
lowest ebb, It began to set toward health
and xigor.
The turning point was a newspaper
article.