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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-04

Eoeland is ueDs 90 either sorc:0g
sae Beers irto var or buildozing
them 10 ii hey surrender sheir inde-
uendeoce aud yield their souo'ry to the
tender mercies Of sbe Eoglisa adven-
sursrs who operate the TFans7aal
mines.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-04

The "Plow Bov Preacher" Rev. J. Kirk
mas, Belle Rive, III, says, "After suffering
from Bronchial or lung trouble for ten years,
was cured by Ooe Minute Cough Cure. 1t
j. ali that is claimed for it and more y 1t
cures coughs, colds grippe and all throat
and !uog troubles -Hoehson-Lizon Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-04

It gives Us pleasure to note that
Go,umbiais cotton market has crawl
ed up. a little more, but it is still
being beaten by its competitors.
MiddliDg cotton is nearly Or quite
half cent higher in the Piedmont
markets. and in Sumter fully quarter
of a cent higher. Even Charleston
ran ahead oe Columbia yesterday,
with middiiug at s., against 81 here
We are informed ,!;ae local mill
buyers say they will be able to get
cotton cheaper in the southwest later
in the year, and they must be coz
templating such a resort OF hey
wnnld not let the neignborhood
cotton 90 to other places Sumter,
for example, has received about
3 o}o bales more than Columbia so
far this season We again advise
local merchants who have stock IN
the local mile to persuade them to
offer prices which viii bring trade to
Columbia Texas cotton, remember,
viii! bring no trade, and we believe il
u;li cosv the mills more The State
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-04

edicta have entirely restored her health. =,
! The monthly periods have returned !
and are now painless and regular.
q
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-04
ClaPen0nt LODGE No. O., A. T. N.

TINE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU-
NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No.
ca, A. F. NJ, will be held on Thursday
Evening, October IL. at "A p. m. Brethren
will take due notice and govern themselves
accordingly
Attest-P. C. MOSES Sec.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-04

4 is about time for Gov McSwee-
ney to chop off the heads of 9 dozen
or two more dispensary constaoles
The service they render the State
would be very dear at twenty fi7s
cents day. They haze been useful
in past campaign years to Office hold.
ers seeking reelection, but as Gov.
Mesweeney is not that sort of man
he doesn't want them and the State
can get along without them It is
time for the constables to go.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-04
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
OFFICE OF
COUNTY TREASURER SUMTER COUNTY

COUNTY TREASURER SUMTER COUNTY.
SUMTER, S. C, Sept. 20, 1899.
NOTICE is hereby given that will be in
~ my Office in the County Court House
at Sumter from October 18th 10 December
3lst, 1899, inclusive, for the collection of
taxes for the fiscal year 1899. The levy is ss
follows:
For State purposes. mills
For Couoty purposes, 81 mills.
For School purposes, mills
Total levy. liz mills.
Also the following special school levies:
School District No. l., mills.
School District No Is, mills.
School District No. 10, mills.
School Distrlc, No q, mills.
Mt Clio, mills.
Concord, mills.
Priyateer. mills.
No. 8, mill.
No. II, mih.
Commutation Road Tax for 1900 is also
payable at the same time.
H. SCARBOROUGH,
n::. Treasurer Sumter Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-04

The Sanster Ratcnnaan was founded
. 1850 and the True .Southron in 1866.
The Watehnsaa and Sousarom now has
she combined circulation and influence
Of both of The old papers, and is mani
festly the best advertising medium in
Samter
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-04

Col. Neal is having hard time to
raise the money to pay up the short
age 10 his account, but if the Office
holders whom he worked for and
practically made politically were
worthy the name ef men they would
show themselves friends to the man
who befriended them when he was
able to do so.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-01

were fellow-sufferers in the Carpet
Bag Venture.
One of Mr. Spikes most taking
epistleS was his report in the Carpet
Bag, November. 1851. of a great town
meeting in Horribly. called to decide on
the meaning of the clause in Neal
and over which the state was being
as to precisely what constituted in
toxicating beverage within the mean,
ing of the statute.
THE Town House was crowded and
tremendous excitement prevailed
writes the veracious special correspon-
dent. "Dea. Pelatiah Peabody was
called to the chair, and Elder Josh was
sekertary. When the question came
up for action it was decided to select
some man whose familiarity with in
toxicating liquors rendered him the
best subject for experimenting upon;
and 'Insine Eph Libby, of the Fay
lands, came fOrrerd to serve the
cause"
The outcome of this remarkable town
meeting was that after the aforesaid
militia officer had been abundantfy
piled with a great variety of alcoholic
liquors, but to no effect; ne was given
a pint of strong "ShoeshaWn' tea,
after which he soon dropped dead
drunk. Thereupon the excited as
semblage. with the exception Of ANT"
Judy Kyer, unanimously voted that
''Shoeshawn tea was intoXicatin' Ticker
within the meanin' OF the statOOte
made an provided
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-01
Filipino Sharpshooters Wounded
Three Volunteers Yesterday.
HAVE :LANDED SUPPLIES
CRUISERS SENT IN SEARCH OF
FILIBUSTERS.
Rebel Ammunition Factory Running
Night and Day-Ignorant Natives
Reflling Empty Springfield Shells
-Monadnock Demolishes Church
and Kills Few Natives.

Manila, Feb. 2S.-There has been the
usual desultory firing along various
parts of the line, but the only casual
ties today are Captain David S. Elliott
of company Ct, Twentieth Kansas vol
uEteers, and a private of the same regi-
ment. They are both seriously wound
ed. They were shot by the enemy S
sharDshooters near Caloocan.
4 battalion of the Twenty-third
United States infantry relieved the
battalion of the California volunteers
at San Pedro Macato today. The latter
will be ordered to embark on the trans
port st. Paul tomorrow.
The rebels at Malabon fired upon the
cruiser Calao from the jungle yester-
day while Admiral Dewey was visiting
dropped by the monitor into the Mala-
bon church, demolishing the structure
and killing a number of rebels who
were inside.
A factory at Malolos is reported to be
running day and night to supply am
munition for the insurgents. The ig-
norance of the natives is shown by
the fact that they have collected empty
Springfield shells and are retilling them.
Over two thousand of these cartridges
have been discovered in houses in
CelL Dg Oh CAilCNl Vi tiiO ''eNN1NA
ington volunteers.
The cruiser Charleston and the gun
boat Concord have gone on a ten days
cruise, presumably looking for filibus-
tiers. 1t is believed that arms are be-
ing landed in small quantities at north
ern ports.
Everything was absolutely quiet last
night, both inside and outside the city.
The commissioners appointed by
AJ,,Iy = CT, tIa.a
tons in the island are expected to ar
rive here on SATURDAY.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-01
HEALTH OF THE TROOPS.
Increased Sickness Will Follow Ad-
vent of RAINY Season.

Washington, Feb. 2S-With the ap-
proach of the rainy season il the Phil
ippines, now possibly not a month off,
material increase in the sickness among
our troops may be looked for. The war
department authorities apprehend no
alarming developments in the condition
of our men as the result of the incom-
ing rainy season but have prepared to
meet any possible contingencies. The
city of Manila itself is stated to be a
comparatively healthy vicinity, and the
troops remaining there, with reasonable
care, may be expected to get along fair
ly we'll Outside of the city conditions
are not encouraging, and are favorable
to malarial and similar indispositions
In a general way there is likely to
be a considerable number of cases OF
ailments originating from climatic
causes, and an unusual number OF doc
tors and medicines have been rendez-
Voused at Manila. The medical force
now on the islands is believed to be
sufficient for ordinary purposes, and to
meet any demands of the future rein
forcements are being hurried there. The
hospital ship Relief will sail from New
York direct for Manila via the Suez
route in a day or two with $50 picked
men from the hospital corps and about
ten doctors. This is in addition to the
regular equipment OF the DOCTORS ana
nurses of the Relief. The Relief will be
placed at the disposal of General Otis,
either as a floating hospital or for use
in transferring the sick and GONZALES
cent to the general hospital now under
way at San Francisco. She is loaded
with all the medical supplies that she
can carry, though there has been no
official call from the Philippines for
these supplies.
The authorities there have full au-
thority to obtain all the supplies of any
character that are wanted, wherever
they can be gotten. Lieutenant Colo
mel Woodruff, deputy surgeon general,
is now en- route across the continent,
going TO Manila for duty as chief sur
geon. He is one of the most efficient
medical officers in the army, and has
had the benefit of army service
throughout the civil war. He has given
special attention to sanitation matters
and a thorough sanitary system is eX-
pected to be maintained where our
troops are encamped.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-01
The Joy a Letter Brings.
boston Herald.)

The impulse of genial minds to seek
vent in off-hand letters is irrepressible,
as equally the delight in reading them
is inextinguishable. Nor does this hold
good of World-famous men and women
alone Poverty stricken the man who
does not count among his correspond
ents numbers, male and female, at the
sight of whose handwriting or1 the en-
velope his lips begin to wreathe them
selves in smiles, his intellect to whet
itself in gusto for something bright,
his heart to flow out in sure anticipa-
ton of genuine congratulation or con-
soling sympathy. 1t is not news he is
after; it is individual flavor, the per-
sonal equation of a type of love, wis
dom, idiosyncrasy, abandon, no book
can give him-nothing but the letter
and the dear man or woman incarnated
in it. To forego, then, the habit of
such genial correspondence, is to dis
inherit oneself of about the racieSt de-
light of human existence. All life IS
so bristling with stiff broomstickS that
are mere broomsticxs. Welcome, then,
every blessed witch of a man or wO-
man who has learned, even of Satan,
how to bestride one of them, career
away on its frisky mettle through the
electric regions of the sky, and then
swoop down-through the aid of the
mail-to impart the magic force Of its
1O0-volt current TO our dull carts, till,
whizzi they are off at lightning speed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-01
Republican Senator's Exonerate Him
On Technical Grounds.
CHARGES NOT PROVEN
MINORITY CALLS FOR A FUR
THEIR INVESTIGATION.
Two Reports On the Bribery Case
Submitted to the Senate-Minor-
ity Members Found That Hanna's
Managers Aided and Allotted the
Bribery-Ignored Summons.

| Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Chan
and elections, today presented to the
senate the report of that committee on
the charges of bribery in the election
to the senate of NJ. A. Hanna, as made
by the Ohio senate. The report states
that no direct remonstrance, setting
out that Mr.. Hanna was not elected, or
! ought to be expelled from the senate,
has been received by the senate. 1t
also shows that no one has appeared
before the committee, and that no
papers have been received beyond the
formal report of the action of the state
senate. Notwithstanding these failures,
the committee has investigated the
charges. 1t finds that there is no
proof submitted either that O Mr..
Hanna was elected senator through
bribery, or, ~ that he had any agents
engaged in carrying on his canvass for
the senate, who were directly or i'm
pliedly authorized by him to resort to
corrupt methods, or to any form of
WroingdOing; or CD that he had any
personal knowledge of the facts of this
case. 1t may be said that there is no
evidence which fairly tends to prove
either of the foregoing propositions"
In view of these facts, the committee
oil pIINHCSCo anu CICIlIOii lIco iCnSiiCt
the conclusion that the United States
senate is not called on to take any ac-
ton in the premises.
A minority report signed by Senators
Turley, Pettus and Caffery, was pre-
scented by Senator Turley. This report
takes the position that a further in
vestigation should be made, and enters
quite fully into the statement OF the
case presented by the Ohio senate. The
minority then say:
I'VE think the evidence to which we
have already referred, standing, as it
does, uncontradicted and unexplained,
shows that certain of Mr.. Hanna's
managers at Columbus not only knew
the purposes which Boyce had in view
in Cincinnati, but also that they aided,
abetted and advised him in carrying
out these purposes, and that this state
of affairs existed while Mr.. Hanna was
present at his headquarters. This
view is strengthened by two facts:
First, that many of the witnesses
whose testimony apparently would
have thrown much light upon the sub
ject under inquiry, denied the juris-
diction of the committee and refused
to testify, under the advice of counsel,
who stated that they represented the
interests of Rathbone and Dick and
Senator Hanna; and, second, that Mr..
Hanna and his representatives had
subpoenas sent to them by mail, which
seem to have reached them, calling
upon them to appear before. the state
senate committee, to which they made
no response"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-01

once, he was sensible enough to see
when he was we'll off, and so he called
again, and on another evening, and
some more. And Miss Blanks interest
in the real estate business sensibly de-
creased She thought as often as be-
fore. but her thoughts took a different
channel This is where we take the
side of Miss Blank as against the
views of editors who seem to think
| that she should have attended to her
real estate business and let the young
man go. Those editors have never been
women.
The depth and fervency of the young
mans affection were soon shown. He
asked her to marry him, and she ac-
cepted him with promptness and great
joy. 1t was the lady'S ill-fortune that
the spring boom struck her real estate
just at this time, when she could not
reasonably be expected to attend to it.
The very day following her engagement
four men came to her in search of
country homes, and she rented them a
cottage. Living over again, as she
was, the scene of the evening before
it was very natural that She should
rent the same cottage to each man.
And this is precisely what the young
woman did.
The men moved in on the same day,
all four of them, and simultaneously.
LdCH Was surprised 10 InQ the OIQer
three present, but each decided to
take possession himself and let the
dealer explain her error to those left
outside. So they all went together.
Front door, back door, basement and
windows were utilized, while the earth
ly possessions of four separate fam
lilies went through together. The scene
was in many ways a sad one. Even
the simple villagers who watched it
from afar, were touched.
1t was probably about this time that
Miss Blanks young man heard some
thing and FASTENED to her home. Gent
ly, as only a lover can. he broke it to
her that there seemed to be reasons
why she should go far away for few
weeks and visit her aunt.
Miss Blank went at once to her
aunts, and she said she couldn't exact
ly understand how it all came about,
but that somebody must have made
a mistake somewhere"
And this is exactly how the mistake
was made. 1t all goes to show that g.
woman is a woman, whether she is in
the real estate business or in the par
lor. And those who can read between
the lines may fancy that Miss Blank
Will make her young man "a better wife
if she had rented four houses to those
four men at an advance of 80 per cent
on regular summer prices.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-01
FORT HALL TREATY FAILS.
House Refused to Appropriate Money
For Indians
Especial to The Herald.)


Washington, Feb. 2S.-There is small
hope for the appropriations for the Fort
Hall Indians. They were inserted in the
Indian appropriation bill by Senator
Shoup, but the house conferees stubborn
ly refused to accept them.
Senator Shoup this afternoon presented
a memorial from the Idaho legislature,
favoring the establishment of a national
soldiers home near Fort Sherman.
Senator Heitfeld left this afternoon for
New York as a member of the senate
committee to attend the funeral of Con-
gresham Hurley.
For the purpose of facilitating the pass
age of the proposition for a military post
at Fort Sherman, Representative Os-
born has offered an independent measure
in the house, providing that 100000 shall
be expended for this purpose. The same
proposition is now pending before the
senate appropriations committee, with the
appropriation fixed at s50,000.
Franklin B. Simmons of Big Piney,
Wyo., has been granted an increase of
pension from Sc to IS per month.
Patents have been issued as follows:
Utah-William h. Hope, Ogden, car
seal.
Idaho-James B. Perkins, Lewiston,
shovel; Carl a. Rosenholz and ]. H
Tempe, Wardner, folding umbrella.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-01
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Yesterdays statement of the condition
of the treasury shows: Available cash
balance, $273, S77,3s9. Gold reserve, $780,
413 2O6.
The comptroller of the currency has de-
clared dividend of per cent in favor
of creditors of the Northwestern National
bank of Great Falls, Mont.
Edward P. Thompson of Indianapolis,
has been selected as postmaster at
Havana. Cuba. For several years he has
been deputy postmaster at indianapolis.
The president named John B. McPher-
son of Pennsylvania to be United States
district judge for the eastern district of
Pennsylvan I, and William S. Warner
receiver of public moneys at Rapid City,
S. d.
Chairman Burton of the house river
and harbor committee said that in his
opinion it was better the whole river and
harbor bill shall fail than the senate
Nicaraguan canal amendment shoWicipass
q n mai Of III
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-01
TALES OF THE TOWN.
A Dangerous Game.
cleveland Plain Dealer)


A woman who lives on the West Side
will be a little careful about her fu-
ture masquerading ventures.
Valentine day she determined to work
off a surprise on a neighbor The
neighbor is a woman and she has a
husband. He is a phlegmatic sort of
a. fellow and one evening they were
joking him about his lack of jealousy.
Pooh, he said, only fools get
jealous
SO the Incorporating woman deter
mined to give him d thorough test She
attired herself in a. suit of her hus-
bands and with a false mustache and
a flashy tie sought the neighbours home.
1t was Valentine night, and as she re-
marked to the lady of the house, I'm
something of a valentine myself"
She went in and sat down in the
parlor and at once engaged the wife in
earnest conversation.
The woman, of course, knew the
identity of her caller and humored the
ridiculous deception for the fun there
might be in it.
But there wasn't much.
After while the caller grew more
demonstrative, the husband in the
meantime sitting calmly in the back
room reading his evening paper.
Pretty soon the bogus youth slipped
his arm about the woman's waist and
gave her a resembling kiss.
In two seconds and three leaps the
husband had the caller by the collar
and was energetically engaged in sfak-
ing the life out of her.
Luckily her mustache dropped off
and saved her from further violence,
the wife in the meantime being so
paralyzed with establishment and sur
prise that she couldn't open her mouth.
Then they gave the masquerade
some stimulants and helped her home,
where she went to bed and didn't get
up for several days.
And it is pretty safe to wager some
thing valuable that she'll NEEDLE with
no more nom Jealous husbands.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-01
KIPLING'S CONDITION.
Hope For His Recovery Is Now En-
tertained.


New York, Feb. 2S.-The following bull
letin was issued at 1l:1O o'clock tonight:
Mr.. Kipling has. on the whole. not
gained during the day, though the res
plratory function has so far improved
that the use of oxygen is no longer neceS-
sary. The influence of the persisting in
hammauon in the upper lobes is still
manifest
1t was said today that Mr.. Kipling'
lung area available for breathing was al
its minimum on Sunday night. 1t was in
creased considerably yesterday and sun
more this morning. With this improve
ment the danger of delirium passed away
and hopes for recovery. are increased.
There is reason TO- believe, according
to the statements that come from the sick
room, that the clearing out of the lower
lobe of the patients right lung VIII con-
tlnue steadily and that breathing will be-
come so easy by the end of the tenth
day of Eiplng's illness, that unless a
relapse occurs his recovery is only
matter of time.
At 1:30 this morning Dr. Durham. in
attendance on Rudyard Kipling, issued a
statement in regard to Mr.. Kpling's con-
discouraged.
Mr.. hipling." he said. lis better in one
sense and worse in another. We hope to
be able to issue a more favorable bulletin
in the morning"
On being asked as to what he meant by
this DR.. Durham said that he could not
explain. but physicians would understand.
1t is taken TO mean that Mr. Kipling has
not yet passed through the crisis of the
be reached before the next bulletin is is
sued
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-01
SHOULD VOTE FOR QUAY.
Democratic Senators Give Advice to
Pennsylvania Legislators.

Harrisburg. Pa, Feb. 2S.-Congress
man-elect Joseph C. Sibley Of Frank
lin, who came here today TO take part
in the contes. C4r United States sena-
tor, has issued an open letter to the
Democrats of Pennsylvania, giving the
opinions expressed in letters written to
him by Democratic United States SEN
ators at Washington Mr.. Sibley says:
N'Time did not afford me opportunity
to call on more than a few, and in no
instance was there expressed a con-
trary opinion
He did not carry the request for opin-
ions into the house. of representatives,
except in the case of Congressman
Bailey of Texas, who says, in his letter,
that eff the reforrners will not vote
for a clean and good Democrat in pref
erence to Senator Quay, whom they de-
nounce so vigorously, then the Demo-
cratic members of the legislature
should break away from the unholy al
lance and vote for Senator Quay, if
that is necessary to re-elect''
Mr.. Sibley has letters expressing
practically the same sentiment from
Senator's Jones of Arkansas, Vest of
Missouri Stewart of Nevada, Morgan
of Alabama, Daniel of Virginia. Mitch
ell of Wisconsin, Faulkner of West Vir-
GINA, Allen of Nebraska, Gray of Della
ware, Tillman of South Carolina, ex
Senator Blackburn of Kentucky and
Representative Livingstone OF Georgia.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-01
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

The Pingree-Atkinson railway taxation
bill has passed the Michigan house by a
vote of Y to %.
Reports from the coal mining district
of Indian territory and western Arkansas
indicate that the wholesale walkout of
the miners has begun, and that the big
gest strike of recent years in the south
west is on.
At meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Massachusetts, state Democrat
ic committee Hon. G.. Fred Williams was
chosen as Massachusetts member of the
national committee, in place of John w.
Corcoran, who was removed at the state
convention last fall