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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-11-23
IMPORTANT
Notice by Board of Registration.

Notice by Board Of Registration.
The board of Supervisors of
Registration for Lancaster county
met this the 7th day of March,
1898, and organized by reelection
of w G \ Porter, chlirman and
Montgomery Caskey secretary.
According to notice already
ivcu, the board will not keep the
ooks open for the registration of
electors between the consecutive
days in each month until thirty
days before the general election
this year.
Electors who registration in
1896 and 1897 and still remain in
their respective polling precincts
are not required to register. Those
who have moved from one pre-
cinct to another will have to cor, n
forward and have their certlfcat
changed to conform to their pr,
ent precinct.
w G A Porter,
Chairman.
j NJ Caslkey,
Secretary.
ancaster, S c., March 7, 1898.
E Pay Up.
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In a fight at Milledgeville, Ga,
Friday afternoon between w O
Phinney and his son and j r and
w B Stanley, the two former
were killed and the Stanley broth-
ers we're seriously wounded.
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At Manila, Il party of Philip
pine natives attacked the Ameri-
can military police Thursday mig ht
and Sergt. Price of Minnesota
vas killed and three other Amer
leans seriously wounded. One ma
tive was shot dead.
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Burglars broke into the store
of l. l. Patrick & Co., at White
Oak, Saturday night, blew open
the safe, and stole $4OO In money,
o lady's gold watch and a quanti-
ty of other jewelry, etc.
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In the wreck Of the British
ship Atslanta, Thursday morning,
% lives were lost, and only three
sailors survived to tell the terri
BILE story of the wreck.
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Louis Portee and Sydney Wood
fought near Camden Friday. The
latter's throat was cut and though
an artery was severed, strange to
say, he did not bleed to death.
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FinaIDischarge

THE Undersigned. b F Miller, Ad.
Il ministrator Of John r Welsh, de-
ceased, will apply to George McC.
Witherspoon, Probate Judge, for a
Final Discharge as Administrator of
said Estate, on the 26th day OF Novem-
Der next At III o'clock q. m.
This Oct. 26 1898.
b. r. Miller, Admr.
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LANCASTER AND CHESTER
RAILWAY.

BETWEEN CHESTER AND LANCASTER.
Schedule in effect Daily except Sunday
on and after Sept II, 1898.
WESTBOUND EASTBOUND.
Nos. IA and 16. Nos. II and Is.
A Nj. L M. A N. p Nj
8 SIS 5 55 Ar Chester Ly 100 90
9O7 5 07 Richburg IL 3S 745
8 So 455 Bascombville 1852 755
PM
33 433 Fort Lawn 1912 SIS
100 400 Ly Lancaster Arl25O 8 SIS
Connects at Chester with Southern
Roilway, Seaooard Air Line aud Car.
olina and North Western Railway.
Connects at ancaster with the Ohio
River Il Charleston.
Leroy Springs. Pres, Lancaster, s. G.
J NJ Heath, g. p. A.,
w II Hardin, " P and Aud, Chester
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Mr.. James e Sims, son of Col.
K M Sims of Columbia, was elect
ed to the Sttae senate from the
Tenth District in California in the
recent general election. Mr., Sims
was tho democratic nominee.
The Prohibitionists say they
can control the next legislature
and therefore will accept nothing
short of straight prohibition
law. Mr. &C Featherstone and
other leaders of tho prohi rition
democrats met in ColumbiA last
week and discussed the matter,
making the announcement that the
next general assembly would give
the people Of this State a prohibi-
tion law pure and simple. .-..
co
Il w Hancock, pastor of the
colored Baptist church at Phoenix,
the scene of the recent race riot in
this State, in a communication to
The State, puts the case more
strongly for the whites of that
neighborhood than it has been put
yet. His testimony goes to show
among other things that q number
OF negroes passed their own pre-
cincts to 60 there and by illegal
votes for Tolbert help him make
his case for Congress.
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TO Crrc Con,tinntinn Foraver.

Take CaScarets Candy Cathortic l0c or e5c
Q Z. <. iIll 20 cure, druggists refund money.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-09-28
ENDS LIFE.
Henry 3. Freeman, a Madison
Youth, Commits Suicide by
Taking ChIorOform.

Madison, Wis. Sept. 26.--[Special.l-
Henry B. Freeman, son of Prof. J.. d.
Freeman of the State university, com
mitted suicide at his home here last night
by taking chloroform. When his father
went to his room at 7:30 this morning he
found his sons body lying across the bed,
partly dressed. a dish containing a cloth
saturated with chloroform lay between
the pillows and he had buried his face in
it. He was a young man of Is and was
to have entered the State university to-
day. He left a note to his father which
showed that he had grown morbid
through %brOoding over some matter,
which his father says was. trivial, and he
believed he had become mentally unbal-
anced. His mother has been in the Men
dota hospital several years. DR.. Dwight
Freeman Of Chicago is a brother Of de-
ceased
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-09-28
BIG TELEPHONE DEAL.
Bell interests Close Transaction Of
Unprecedented Magnitude
at La Crosse.

La Crosse, Wis, Sept. 26.-(Special.1-
A telephone deal of considerable magni-
tude and Importance closed in this city
today. The Bell Telephone company has
done something never before consented to
do in the West, perhaps in this country.
1t has entered into an alliance and traffic
agreement with the independent com
pany. Today connection was made with
the Wisconsin Telephone c~ompany's ex-
change. which is the Bell company's in
terest IN Wisconsin, and the Union Flee
tric Telephone company, an Independent
toll line with headquarters at Britt, Ia,
operating ines reaching about 10 towns
in Minnesota and Iowa. The company
has heretofore been connected with the
exchange of the La Crosse Telephone
company, a local anti-Bell company. That
connection was broken today and wires
were run into the Bell exchange. This
same dea! which was made by the North
western Telephone Exchange company,
which bears the same relation to Minneso-
ia that the Wisconsin Telephone company
does to this state, has also acquired lines
of the Western Electric telephone sys-
tenn. the Minnesota Mutual Telephone
and Telegraph company and all dependent
and allied companys having connection
with 200 Minnesota, Iowa and Dakota
towns and including over 5000 miles of
pole lines. Supt. c.. P. Wainman of Min
neapolis says this deal is of the greatest
magnitude in telephone circles ever per-
fected in the West. He refuses to say
whether the sale is outright or leased
and admits that it is quite unusual for
the Bell company to enter into any sort
of business with independent interests in
any form. He says it is not the purpose
Of the new syndicate to combat local in
dependent exchanges, but Will offer such
eXhanges, where their service is good,
Notion Nrr HYc%a 80 y ~, nnl 60
~cilities. The deal has been conducted
with great secrecy and this is the first
published statement of any definite details
from authoritative sources.
Later developments show that as far as
Western and Union Electric companies
lines are concerned, the deal amounted to
an outright sale. This is confirmed by
positive statement from Charles f. Web
ster of Waucome, Ia, president and prin-
cipai owner of the two companies. Other
lines have either been leased or agree
ments for the purchase have been made
and signed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-09-28
HAMLIN GARLAND RETURNS.
The West Salem Author Home from
the Gold Fields.

La Crosse, Wis, Sept. 26.-[Special. /
Hamlin Garland, the author of a number
Of charming stories of Western life, has
returned to his home in West Salem, this
county, after a very trying experience in
the Klondike. He made one excursion
into the frozen wilds in the mountains
and came, he says, as near starving to
death as ever anyone did who came out of
the experience alive. There is not enough
money to be had, he declares, in that en-
tire region to induce him to go back there
and repeat even half of the experiences
that he has gone through. The hardships
he has suffered tell on him considerably,
though he is yet in fairly good health.
1t is more than probable that Mr.. Garland
will write a book on what he saw and eX-
perienced in the gold fields.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-09-28
FELL OFF THE DOCK.
Body of Elmer D. Cough, Of the
Steamer Lynn Found in
CheQuamegOn Bay.

Ashland, Wis, Sept. 24.-[Special.1-
Elmer d. Cough, a Waterman on the
steamer Lynn, disappeared mysteriously
last Saturday night. He had been up
town with some friends and started for
the boat at IL o'clock at night. He was
obliged to go down a long narrow pas
sageway under the ore dock before he
reached the boat and as he never reached
the boat a thorough search was made for
him. Cough had about $50 with him and
it was thought that he had been muir
dered and robbed. This forenoon his
body was found floating IN the water
near the ore dock. His money and watch
were in his pocket and there were no
marks of violence on his body. He prob
ably fell into the lake in walking under
the dock the night he went to the boat
and was drowned. The letters in his
pocket Indicate that he is we'll connected,
having a brother, Charles, in Avoca,
Mich, and a sister, Alice, in Port Huron,
Mich. He worked On the steamer Italia
until September.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-09-28
KILLED IN A WRECK.
Harrison Fifield of Eau Claire Meets
Death and Companions
Are Injured.

Ashland, Wis, Sept. 2~3.-[Special. i
A bad train wreck occurred last night on
the Wisconsin Central road near White
River, a small station below Ashland.
Harrison Fifield was instantly killed, Wal
ter Sharple fatally injured and Thomas
johnson and two tramps narrowly escaped
serious injury.
All FIVE were riding in a box car stealing
a ride, it is alleged, from Mellen to Ash
land. The train broke in two and in
going down grade the two ends cane to-
gether. The box car the men were in
was at the front Of the back part of the
train and it was entirely demolished.
Fifield was killed instantly and has been
brought here. Sharple is at the Sisters
hospital: johnson, Fifeld and Sharpe
were all laboring men residing at Eau
Claire. They were without funds, and
having secured a job in a paper mill at
Cloquet. they were trying to get there by
stealing rides, it is claimed. Fifield has
Il wife and three children at Eau Claire.
The other two were unmarried.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-09-28

NEWS Totes


~ hermit named Draper stabbed and
Killed James Davis, a railroad section
hand, near Yukon, O. Z. No motive for
the crime is known.
Capt. c. A. Worden Of Co. T., Sew
enth infantry, died at Fort Logan, Col,
OF the effects of the exposure in the cam
paign at Santiago and at Tampa, Fla.
Five men were injured at the new
government dam at Neville island. near
travelling crane. Two of the men are in
a critical condition and may die.
Mrs. Nancy Guilford, the midwife
who disappeared from Bridgeport. Conn,
after the finding of the murdered girls
remains, has now disappeared from Wells
burg, n. Y.
"A tract of land near Ponce, Porto Ri
co, is to be bought and an American Gene
terry established in which the bodies of
soldiers who fell during the campaign can
be buried.
Baron Gustav Won Gotthardt of Stuff
CART, Luzerne, Switzerland, who married
Miss Bertha Wagner at Yankton, S. D.,
has deserted the fair bride, and his where
abOuts cannot be aScertained.
Three persons We're drowned by the
capsizing of a BOAT in the Connecticut
river off Moramus, Conn, the victims be-
ing Patrick Kelly, age %; William KEEL
~, Il, ana Wnl1am GOrman. 10
james Gordon Bennett has been ap-
pointed one of four representatives to at
tend the first international congress Of
public art, which is to meet from the 9th
to the 26th Of this month at the city of
Brussels, Belgium.
Two prisoners confined for the night
in the town lookup at Stafford Springs.
Conn, Ernst Branford, aged q years,
and John Marsh, aged 40, met their
death today in a fire which originated in
the cell.
"A Polish christening at Banning. a
mining settlement near Uniontown, Pa,
ended in a free-for-all fight, in which
knives, pistols and clubs were freely
used. One man was killed and five 9TH
ers injured.
-Word was received at st. Louis Of a
desperate and fatal duel between Mate
Bart Davis and Charles Baker, the night
Waterman on board the steamer May
flower Of the Diamond Joe line. Both
men are dead.
-Burrell Oats Of Dallas, Tex, and
William Hudson of Shreveport, La, quar-
relied in Il Dallas saloon about a woman.
Oats fired four bullets from a pistol into
Hudson and left him dead on the floor.
Oats has not yet been arrested.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-09-28
FOR OBTAINING MAILS.
Uncle Sam May Take a Hand in
the Railroad Crossing Fight
at Chippewa Falls.

Eau Claire, Wis, Sept. 24.-The Wis
consin Central has made a new and de-
cidedly effective move in blocking work
on the Chippewa Valley Electric road
between here and Chippewa Falls. En-
CINE No. Is and q combination coach left
Chippewa Falls over the short line and,
after arriving at the place the electric
people wish to cross the Central tracks,
the combination coach was run off the
track, completely blocking the road. Tel
egraph wires were tapped and connection
was made with instruments placed in the
combination coach on the siding. An
operator from Chippewa was on duty all
day and direct communication was kept
up with the powers that be at Milwau-
kee. The mail train leaving Chippewa
Falls ABOUT 3:2Q p. m, was stalled by
the derailed engine. Postmaster Mccall
of Chippewa and a United States in
Spector went into the mail car and took a
memorandum of the mail pouches, the
names of the train crews, the time of de-
lay, the cause, etc. Rumor had it that
Uncle Sam would take a hard in the
game. Sheriffs and deputies from Chip
peWa Falls have been at the scene night
and day since Monday night.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-09-28
NEW P
Cause of Rise of Price in Print and
london Boycott.

Appleton, Wis, Sept. 24.-[Special.l-
The Eastern print paper mills have sue
ceeded in working up Il paper market in
England that has served to assist mate
rally in keeping up the prices Of the prod
uct in this country. While the Western
manufacturers have been shipping paper
to Japan, the Eastern men have worked
up the British market to an extent that
resulted recently in the calling for a boy
colt on the American paper by the trades
unions. At least one London newspaper
is now printed on American paper and
the surplus from this country is shipped
there as well as to the japanese market.
This has resulted in the keeping up Of
the price of the article in this country.
Still another big paper mill is in pros
pect. Architect G.. Is. Pride has been
making surveys for a proposed mill at
Deer Lake, Mimi, where there is a ~
foot head of water. 1t is proposed to
build q ground wood mill and print ma
chimes will be installed. No further de-
tails are made public.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-09-28
CORP. BAILEY DEAD.
Delayed Advices from Ponce of La
Crosse Soldiers Decease.

La Crosse, Wis, Sept. 90 Special. j
Intelligence has been received here of the
death of Corp. Burt B. Bailey of Co. NJ,
Third Wisconsin infantry, at Ponce. He
died of the fever there September u,
but somehow his death did not happen to
get into the telegraph reports and the
first news has just been received here by
letter. Corp. Bailey was a promising
young business man Of this city. a senior
member of the firm of Bailey & Weiss,
booksellers, stationers, etc. An effort
will be made to secure the shipment Of
his remains to La Crosse for burial.
The remains of Arthur Masueger of
Co. G., Third Minnesota regiment, who
died on the 22d inst. in Boston, were Civ
IN a military funeral in this city at his
home this afternoon. The services were
held in the First Congregational church,
and the funeral was largely attended.
There was an escort composed of veterans
of the Civil and Disqualification wars.
Rev. DR.. Henry Faville conducted the
services, and Col. J.. Esch delivered an
address. The casket was covered with
floral tributes.
Private Alvin Berry of Co. NJ, Third
Wisconsin regiment, is now in New York
on his way home from Porto Rico, hav-
ing been discharged On account of per-
manent disabilities.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-09-28
TO RECEIVE
Peculiar State of Property Title of
Old Fond du Lac Guards.

Fond du Lac, Wis, Sept. 2~4.-[Spe-
cial. This evening the members of Co.
f. Wisconsin National guard, including
those who went to the front and others
who were left at home, will receive their
discharges. Capt. Markle has issued a
call for every man to be present and be-
sides receiving the papers they will re-
ceive some advice regarding the forma-
ton of the new Wisconsin National guard
which is to be organized as soon as the
volunteers are mustered cut of service.
Sparta, Wis, Sept. 24.-Word has been
received here of the arrival of Capt. Nc
Coy of Co. L of Sparta on the Seneca
from Porto Rico. There was much appre-
hension as to the safety OF the vessel as
she had passed through a heavy sea in the
tropical regions.
Appleton, Wis, Sept. 24.-Ararnge-
ments are being made to give Co.. G a big
reception at the armOry.
An effort is to be made by the parents
Of Private John Schulz, the first Co.. g
soldier to die IN Porto Rico to have the
remains brought here for interment.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-09-28

where the soldier was encamped to the
point of enlistment. In that case he liz
entitled to travel pay only from the point
where his regiment was stationed to the
place of enlistment.
Another matter settled by the decision
is that officers and soldiers discharged
at their own request are not entitled to
travel pay. but where an officer or SOL
der resigns or is discharged on account
of sickness or wounds, then he is emit
tied to travel allowance and such dis
charge or resignation is not regarded as
having been made for the convenience of
the sSdier.
1t is also held that disci.. sc or res
ignation takes places only from the date
on which the officer or soldier receives of
hc1al notice that it has been accepted.
When an officer or soldier is discharged
ne is entitled to travel allowance and
not mileage, and officers on waiting or
ders are entitled to full pay.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-09-28
RECALLS AN OLD TRAGEDY.
A~ntecedents of the La Crosse Murder
err and Suicide.


La Crosse, Wis, Sept. 23.-[Special.lE
1t developed today that Nick Sletteland,
the murderer and suicide. whose body
was found on Barron's island, beside
those of his victims, his colored mistress
and her baby. on Wednesday night, was
a son of Hans Olson Sletteland. who
some years ago was iynched in Trenpea-
leu county after serving i term in Wau-
pun.
Sletteland, ST., lived near Blair. He
discovered neighbors stealing his stove
wood, so he loaded a stick with giant
powder. The result was a wrecked stove
and at least one death in a neighbours
house Il few days later. Sletteland was
sent to Waupun. Completing his term.
he returned home only to be lynched by
a mob. His wife, who had remarked,
and Charles Johnson and one J. Stelletto
were convicted as leaders of the lynChing
party and sent to Waupun. They have
since completed terms in prison and now
live in Trempealeau county.
The cases were tried in Whitehall, that
county. Atty. e. G.. Higbce figured
prominently in the prosecution.