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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-09-17
NEGROES HANG A JUDGE.
Exciting Incident of Rnce War
in Oklahoma.

Wichita, Kan, Sept 12.-
Judge Prouty, of the Federal
court at Tecumseh, Oklahoma,
was lynched by II number of ne.
groes near his home last night.
Ihe negroes, Uum bering only ten,
overlook him on the public road
about 4 miles out of town, bound
him hand and foot, stripped him
OF his clothing and hanged him to
q tree by the roadside, where his
body was found this morning by
farmers going into town. On the
body was pinned a piece of paper
upon which was scrawled:
"Justice to Negroes.
On last Saturday night some
cowboys ca ne into Tecumseh and
got drunk. AS they were leav-
ing town they passed Dave Fitch,
a tough negro of that section.
The cowboys began shooting at
him and he returned the fire All
of them then opened upon him
and filed his body with bullets.
No attempt was made by Judge
Prouty to prosecute the murder
ers and the negroes sent him q
threat to lynch him unless he took
immediate action.
1t looked like n war of exter
mination between whites and
blacks and the judge still refused
to act. Tho whites came to his
rescue and told him to stand firm
and they would frighten the ne.
groes out of the country. On
Sunday a crowd of negroes rode
out to Judge Prouty's home snd
left word with his family that un
less the cowboys were arrested al
once they would avenge their
comrades murder oy murder.
The judge was in town and die
not know of the visit. When he
started home about 10 O'Clock
the negroes were notified and fol
lowed him. They came upon
him and soon accomplished their
purpose. The whites are in ,
state of terror and are armine
themselves with the view of ex.
terminating all the negroes ot
that section.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-09-17
SWEPT BY THE WINDS.
TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE
AND PROPERTY.
The Barbados and Other West
Indian Islands Devastated -
A Whole City Destroyed.

London, Sept 15.-Advices
this morning show that first re-
ports regarding destruction of
life and property by the hurri-
cane which swept the Barbados,
st Vincent, st Lucia and other
islands of the Windward group
are not exaggerated. Indeed,
appalling as the details are, they
fail to present an adequate idea
Of the terrible havoc wrought by
the storm. Estimates of the loss
of life are believed to be not far
short of the actual number killed.
while the mum Der rendered home
less was greater than at first
stated.
The aggregate damage to prop
erty cannot be estimated even an.
proximately, as winds. rainfall,
tidal waves, landslides, complete
ly devasted the country. 1t is
believed that Kingston, the cap
ital of the island, is totally des-
troyed. Three hundred are dead
and 20, 600 homeless The British
man of war Alert went to sen to
escape the storm. There has
been heavy loss to shipping.
Guadalovpe also suffered heavily.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-09-17

The question of the hour is
still, What does the President in
tend to demand in the Phillipines9
According to the New York even
ing Post, (anti expansion,) Mr.
Mckinley has determined to re-
tain the island of Luzon and to
insist upon that demand, 10 which
case it is thought likely that
Spain will insist upon the United
States taking charge of the who e
group. This definition of the
Presidents intentions has appear
ed several times. The persistency
with which it bobs up leads to
the belief that it has foundation in
fact. Everything hangs on the
Presidents decision. Without
knowing we give the story for
what it is worth. The State.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-09-17

fHE BIT SALvR In the world for
cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
hheum, Fever Sores. letter. Chap.
pea Hands. Chilblains. Corns. and al
skin . eruptions. snd positively cures
Piles, or no pay required 1t Ia guar.
snteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price Is cents per
noxsa rEisi<.;sS .s:zs=.e-a Bros
d; Mliss ~. F5lis 1rs sssfSsssed TO sses
&eSs@eSe IN 20 minutes "One Csnt doss.E
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-09-17
THE WAR IS OVER
Wheeler Denies That He or the
President Said Otherwise
and Expects no Trouble
From Cubans.

BY Telegraph to The Greenville
News.
New York, Sept 14.-Mai
Gen William r Shafter and Mai
Gen Joseph Wheeler returned to
New York today by the same
train. Neither general knew the
other was aboard the train and
they did not meet even after their
arrival in Jersey City.
General Wheeler and his party,
consisting of his son and an aide.
travelled in private car. Gen
eral Shafter, who boarded the
train at Washington, had berth
in sleeper.
General Wheeler was up and
dressed when the train pulled into
the depot, and on the way to the
ferry he walked past the car Gen
eral Shafter was in without know
ing he was there. General Shat
ter took later ferry boat to
New York. All he would say
regarding his plans was that he
would 60 to Montauk Point to-
morrow. He was accompanied
by his wife.
General Wheeler was more
communicative when questioned
by reporter. He said: 81 will
return Mt once to Montauk Point
to resume command of the cavalry
division. There are five regi-
ments of cavalry left at Montauk,
the FIRST, Third, Sixth, Ninth and
Tenth. They will he sent to the
various stations as rapidly as pos-
sible."
General Wheeler denied that
he had said in an interview during
his journey, that President Nc
kinley had observed to him that
the war was not over.
"Moreover, said the general, "
"President Mckinley never used
such an expression in my pres
ence. 1t is true that in answer
to questions as to mastering out
or volunteer troops | have ex-
pressed an opinion that a con-
siderable portion of the volunteer
force would be retained until
peace is signed;
General Wheeler added that in
his opinion the Cubans and Porto
Ricans will be found tractable to
the wishes of his government. 81
have learned" he said, "that
you can accomplish nothing by
dealing harshIy with Cubans, but
by reasoning with them you can
get them to do nearly anything
you desire. They will listen to
reason. | do not believe that a
large standing army will be re,
quired either III Cuba or Porto
! Rico -
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-09-17
Big Reward for Murderers.

Bridgeport, Conn, Sept 1t
A representative of the governor
said he would PROBABLY offer five
thousand dollars reward to capture
the murderers of tie unknown
girl. ....
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-09-17
Official and Complete Returns
Run Ellerbe'S Vote Up.
ALL HEARD FROM.
Detailed Report by Counties Show
ing Where the Maiorities of
the Rival Candidates for
Governor were Given.
Special to Greenville News.

Columbia, Sept 15--The official
returns of Tuesdays primary are
slow in arriving but the following
is virtua ly correct return
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-09-17
Beauty Is Hood Deep,

Clean blood means clean skin. No
leauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
BIC clean your blood and keep it clean, by
tirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm.
,urities from the body. Begin TODAY To
,anish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads.
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,--beauty for ten cents. All drug.
gists. satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c, SOC.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-09-17
" T. Low j AUN DICE
CURED.

Suffering humanity should be
supplied with every means posi-
BILE for its relief. II is with
pleasure we publish the following;
This is to certify that was a
terrible sufferer from Yellow
Jaundice for over six months, and
was treated by some of the best
physicians in our city and all to
no avail. DIR Bell, our druggist,
recommended Electric Bitters;
and after taking two bottles, l
was entirely cured. i now take
great pleasure in recommending
them to any person suffering
from this terrible nalady. / am
gratetully yours, NJ A Hogarty,
Lexington, KY" Sold by Craw-
ford Bros Druggist.
- - = =
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-09-17
Blanco, Weyler and Others
Violently Denounced.

Madrid; Sept 13.-There was a
riotous scene today in the senate.
Bianco, Weyler, Cervera and
Linares were denounced by Count
Almeans, who said their sashes
should be around their nec!ls.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-09-17

The man who thinks he can do
1T all generally never tries to do
any of it.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-09-17
Do.i ree.eeo spt and su.os. ys.r Ilfs Aw.y.

To quit tobacco easily and forever, DO mag
netie. full OF life. nerve and visor, take Note
Bao, the wouder.worker. that makes weak men
siroas. 80 sc-sseists. soc or o.. Gore euarnn.
seed Rookiet and ssnp,e froe, aSscrcss
sterling Hemsdy e. ihioAgo or New Yorp
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-09-17

Better cultivate three acres
with good crops, than five with
half crop.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-09-17

Beaufort is the only county not
complete. Only Bluffton and Bar.
rel Landing are missing. Official
returns from Greenwood and one
other county will run Ellerbe' $
majority up to 5000.
Cooper was elected Secretary of
State; McMahan, Superintendent
of Education; Floyd, AdJutant
and Inspector General, and Gar
ris Railroad Commissioner.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-09-17

jBdueass xocr rsowsis wssn Csscsrsss.
Candy Cathsstie, cure corssipasiou, forever
fec ssc. If G. @. O. faii. druggists refund money
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-01
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.


SALE OF A MOST VALUABLE. Full
LY-EQUIPPED TOBACCO MANUFAC-
TURING ESTABLISHMENT. AT No.
2lOl EAST MAIN STREET, RICHMOND,
VA.-By virtue of decree of the Law
and Equity Court of the city of Rich
mond, Va, entered on the oath day of
February, 1898, in the suit of Charles III
Tilghman VS.. the Griffith Mayo Manufac-
turing Company, ! will receive and report
bids TO the court for the factory. plant.
machinery. and property of the Griffith-
Mayo Manufacturing Company, including
the unexpired lease, and the valuable
buildings erected thereon, on the parcel
OF ground in the city of Richmond 'front.'
ing on Cary street between Pear and
Twenty-sixth streets, as a whole, for one
third cash, and the balance of the pur-
chase-money on a credit OF six and twelve
months.
This is an extraordinarily desirable
piece of property, as the machinery and
plant are all new and in the best run
ning order. and the factory is first-class
in every respect.
Persons desiring to bid may send their
bids to $. s. Il. Patteson, attorney at
law. Richmond. Va, or the undersigned,
not later than the 18th day of March 1895
F.. B. FISCHER. Receiver,
Room cO7, Merchants National Bank
Building.
mhl-Tuit Baltimore Md
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-01
DISCOUNT III.

II is now asserted that the report Of
the Board of Inquiry charged with in
vestigating the disaster TO the Maine will
hardly be made before the latter part OF
this month.
Whether there Is any more real ground
in the shape OF actual knowledge for this
assertion than there has been for the
many baseless rumors that have been
sent out regarding the boards discover
les and what the members thought we
know not On the theory Of probabni-
ties. however the report viii not be
made In hurry. Never were men
charged with more delicate and respon-
sihle task than are the members of This
board. IL win not do for them to renor,
until they have exhausted every possible
means OF arriving at the cause OF the ex.
plosion. The nation cannot AFFORD tina,
they should do less Justice to ourselves
and justice 10 Spain demand that they
should make no mistake In the mean.
ame' the business OF the couassy ysapat
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-01

M ,he new marine wonder" the Hol'
land torpedo-boat, which has succeeded
not only in going under water. but IN
coming I'D again, the New York Times
speaks as follows:
"a submarine boat that doesn't begin
and end It's career by drowning the hrs'
crew bold enough to test it's capabilities Is
enough unlike its numberless predecessors
10 deserve very serious consideration. Ihe
Holland boat has risen from the waves,
as well as plunged beneath them, and,
therefore. comparatively high hopes are
entertained that another conquest OF ma
ture has been begun. That is much dr.
,erent from saying has been accomplish
ed but IL is saying a good DEAL ana the
progress of the present experiments VIII
be awaited with eager and anxious lnte-
rest in many quarters. IL nobody had
ever tried to make a boat Of this kind'
the task would seem TO be one when any
skilIed mechanic with moderate amount
Of money at command could perform
Many thus equipped have attacked the
problem. however, and hitherto the re-
ward has always been failure, usually I'M
mediate, and in not few cases the failure
has been emphasized by death. 1t may
he. too. that even when practicable sub
marine boat has been constructed the
thereof will find harder thah
they think the expected revolutonlzlns
of war and commerce. The underwater
world Is a dark one and the bllnd move
slowly and uncertainty"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-01
MAN SUPPOSED TO BE DROWNED.
Navy Officers Pay n visit to Old Point
Comfort.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA, February Is
tSpecial)-Lucy Martin (colored) has re-
ported to the Norfolk police that her hus-
pand, John Martin, truckman on board
the steamer Plymouth, which is now run
ming between Norfolk and this CITY in
place of the steamer Louise. was drowned
last Monday.
She stated he was lost from the Ply
mouth while the boat was lying at the
chesapeake and Ohio passenger pier i'm
tnls city, and she suspects foul play.
The woman was advised TO have the
authorities here investigate the matter.
and the local police now have the matter
In hand
The Chesapeake and Ohio officials here
know nothing of the reported fatality.
Ihey say that IL any one had fallen over
board the fact would have been promptly
reported.
Inc meeting at the Young Mems Chris
tlan Association yesterday afternoon was
devoted to the hearing OF reports Of the
oeiegates which attended the convention
in Lynchburg.
NAVAL OFFICERS AT OLD POINT.
Al O'Clock this morning Captain Dick
', ScSictdiy Long rlBnt-ndnd man,
arrived at Old Point from Washington.
Captain Dickens was accompanied by two
other officers Of the United States navy.
Ostensibly the visit was to conduct the
annual inspection of the training-ship
Essex which is now there. The entire
day was given up TO this inspection, the
main features of which were the drilling
OF the crew and the condition of the ship
When these officers will return is not
known, and cannot be learned 1t is be-
lleyed that the real object Of Captain
Dickens's visit is TO take a casual glance
at the Notifications at the Point.
IL is also rumored that the government
VIII soon put mines in and place torpe-
does at the Capes. This will protect the
cities OF Washington. Baltimore, Rich
mond, Newport News, and Norfolk.
Another rumOr has It that the govern
ment will complete the Notifications at
Rip-Raps, an obsolete stronghold opposite
Fort Monroe
1t is expected that the double-turreted
monitor Puritan will leave Portsmouth
hayward and go to Old Point in day
or two.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-01
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-01

do better than discount all news az
sumIng to anticipate the contents OK tne
report. AS we have previously said, even
should the investigation snow ,na' 'ne
disaster resulted from an exterior cau'e,
Il might sim be far cry 10 war ~
might be that there would be no 'us'ih-
cation for war An unjustifable war
would be crime. AZ the case now pre-
sents itself. in its relations to both the
known and the unknown facts. patriot
ism. and duty, so far from calling upon
us TO encourage the war feeling lay
upon us n heavy obligation to rebuke
enc, feeling. Not until 1t shall have been
clearly demonstrated that war Is neces-
sity to the Vi dication of our honor anu
prestige will this condition change.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-01
GEES. w1I1AM n. rALrArERRo.

| Than General william j. Taliaferro
who passed away at bis home In Glouces-
ter county Sunday night full of years
| and full of honors, there never was a
nobler type of
"The knightIiest OF the knightly race
That since the days OF old.
Have kept the lamp OF chivairy
Alight IN hearts of gold
General Tallaferro's military career is
lndssolubly associated with some OF
the most stirring events in the history
OF the state and nation. He was
veteran of the Mexican war, commanded
the Virginia troops during the John
Brown raid, and was major-general
In the Confederate army, to which posi-
lion he rose by reason of his ability and
splendid courage. In his civil career he
had served his State in the General As
sembly, on the bench, and uSen the
boards of educational institutions, and
more than once his name was prorni-
nently mentioned in connection with the
highest office In the gift OF her electorate.
In every position to which he was
called, ia the performance of every duty
that devolved upon him, in every rela-
ton of his life. General Taliaferro COM
PEELED esteem and admiration. On the
fiery fringe Of battle his was the lions
heart and his native earth Virginia)
'had drank his blood from many a
willing VEIN" Yet, in private life and
among those he loved. that heart was as
tender and sympathetic as a child's. In
the discharge of official trust. and where
ever principle was involved, his will
was iron, but even here his firmness
was tempered by that high-bred
courtesy and old-fashioned regard FOR
the feelings Of others that ever charac-
terized him I'm social intercourse. To
heroism as a soldier, lofty conception
of the obligations Of civil public pre-
ferment, in1exble personal integrity,
and innate refinement, there was
added in General Taliaferro steadfast
and earnest Christian faith. In that
faith he was no less humble than
he was transformations in wearing the
many laurels Virginia had bestowed upon
him, and which he had won by a devotion
to her he was ready TO seal at any
hour with his death All in all, his life
was an example. 1t was well rounded
life, so ordered in its morning and it's
noon that at eveningtide there was
light for him-light that fadeth not away.
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-01
KILLED ny ROLLING LOGS.
Mr.. Maupin Meets an UntimeIy End
in POcahOntas County.

MONTERREY, VA, February %.-(Spe-
cial. 1.-The particulars of quite sad and
fatal accident, which occurred yesterday
at Marlinton, Pocahontas county, w. Va,
have just reached here.
Mr.. Harvi Maupin. with another man,
was engaged in getting out rail cuts on
a steep hillside. Quite number Of logs
had lodged in one pile against some small
obstruction. which MIR. Maupin was try
ing to remove, as they wished to roll
the timber to the foot of the hill. While
thus engaged two of the top logs began
to roll, and, before Mr.. Maupin could es-
cape, they threw him to the ground and
passed over his body. He was terribly
crushed, and lived only twenty minutes.
He was son of the late Thomas Maupin,
well known in this section Of the county.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-01

The Interstate Commerce Commissions
statistics of the casualties TO persons in
for the year ending June 80, 1896, were:
Totai of killed, GAS; of injured, Ss6S7.
For nine years the average deaths were
6,4H year; the average injuries were
$1,000. II. G. Prout, editor of the Railway
Gazette, in commenting on these figures
says: THE passengers killed in a year
are 2S3. But the passenger travel in 1896
was 1908, 100000 miles, or It equalled one
passenger travelling that distance. 1t
follows that a man can travel by rail-
100000 miles before he is killed. In
other words, if he travels night and day
at thirty-five miles an hour he must travel
$50 years before he is killed"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-01

The Springfield Republican remarks that
it 5 an error for any one to compare the
war waged in Cuba with the civil war in
the United States, so far as the humani-
tartan side Of war is concerned, and that
1t says this not to inflame public senti-
ment, but in justice to America. In Cuba,
adds the Republican, the Spanish Govern
ment drove the entire agricultural popu-
lation from their farms into the towns,
and then it failed to feed them allowing
several hundred thousands literally to die
from famine while under Spanish juris-
diction. Nothing Of the sort was perpe-
trated in the American civil war, asserts
our contemporary in conclusion.
As a general proposition this is largely
true. But how about the devastation of
the Valley of Virginia and that little
"crow ration order? And how does that
order compare with the orders General
Lee issued to the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia when he crossed the line to engage
in the Gettysburg campaign? In these
matters ii is not altogether safe for our
northern contemporaries to throw back"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-01

The steamship Manitoban. twenty-four
days out from Bosekop, Arctic Lapland
reached New York Sunday night She
brings an extraordinary cargo, consist
ing of 113 immigrants, $50 reindeer, AIS
sleds, and between 5000 and 1900 bags OF
moss TO feed the reindeer. The expedi-
ton is in charge of DR.. Sheldon Jackson.
and is the one intended 60 solve the
problem of transportation in the Yukon
region. 1t will go to the Yukon by way
of Puget Sound and Southeast Alaska.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-01
Property Transfers,

Richmond: G. J. Hooper, Jr.. special com
missioner, to j. c. Minson. is 1-6 feet on
west side Third street, between Main and
Franklin. $500.
Henrico: Annie May and r. F.. Gasklns
to j. T. Walton. SO acres a short distance
from River road. about eleven miles west
of Richmond, s., 800.
Oscar r. Parrish and wife to Paramount
Land Company, Is feet on east side TWEEN
tleth street, SO feet south of Il, S.
c. T. Whites trustee to Thomas T..
Stagg, 81 feet on east side Twenty-second
street. 30 feet north of w, $3.50.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-01

One Of the pages Of Sundays issue oil
the New York Herald is a "Fitz. Lee
page" 1t is headed. "Major-General F1tz-
hugh Lee, Soldier and Diplomat" and pre-
sents a biographical sketch of "our own
Fitz." as il terms the Consul-General, to-
gether with notes on his ancestry and
pictures Of the subject as he appears now
and as he appeared as a Confederate
cavalry leader There are also pictures
of General Lees father and grandfather
Mrs. Lee, and the consular building at
Habana. In introducing the sketch the
Herald says that 1.-The Cuban situation,
provocative of apprehension as 1t has
been. would occasion vast deal more
concern were 1t not that we have as our
representative in Habana a magnificent
tyne of American manhood in the person
of ConsuI-General Fitzhugh Lee. Then,
in emphasizing its contention that Lee is
the man of the hour, the Herald re-
marks that 1t is not that the hour and
the place have made the man. but simply
that we have a conspicuous example of
the right man in the right place. Great
opportunities, it continues, come only TO
those who are great without them.