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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-08
Fall and Winter
Underwear.

Shorter days, cooler nights
and mornings. These hint
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we offer the following spe-
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Children's soc. Gray and
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25c.
Children's Fine Gray Wool
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Mems Wool Fleeced Shirts
and Drawers, good Use. values,
for soc.
Mems $3.50 Red Shirts and
Drawers, strictly medicated
and all wool, for II.
Ladies' White Wool Vests
and Pants. good 75c. values,
for soc.
Ladies Gray Wool Vests
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Ladies' Fine TailOr=Made
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ESTABLISHED 1852

put on the stand with his stub
book. Newham's ticket was No.
12S. Numbers 1877 and 129, be-
fore and after it, were issued on
Feby Esd. When this fact was
brought out the prosecution made
the direct charge that the date on
Newham's had been changed. The
Incident has gone far to shake be-
lief in the testimony given by
some OF the best witnesses for the
defense. Tomorrow the govern
ment will continue its evidence in
rebuttal and the arguments will
probably begin Wednesday morn.
ing.
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Georgia Man Holds a Filipino
Regiment Back.

Washington, D. c., April 12.
The following extract is from
a private letter dated March II.
received by a naval officer in
Washington from a friend in
Manila. 1t relates to Assistant
Engineer Emory WinshIp of the
gunboat Bennington. Mr.. Win
ship is from Georgia and was
graduated from the Naval Academy
in July, 1896:
"Winship did fine thing last
week." says the writer. "A
landing party of about 1875, from
the Bennington, went ashore on
Malobon in several boats, and a
launch remained, with Winship
and two men as boat keepers
and to watch steam. The land>
ing party advanced foolishly with
out scouts and precautions, and
were suddenly set upon by q
regiment of Filipinos. They fed
for the beach to the boats, pur-
sued by the natives, and were
hard pressed. Seeing this, Win
ship unlimbered the revolving
cannon in the bow of the launch
and turned it loose upon the pur-
surers. He kept up a deadly
fire, and thirty Fllipinos we're
killed or disabled. He stood off
the whole gang, enabling our
party to get to their boats safely.
He then fell, having received five
bullets. Tausig says that but for
Winship none of the party would
have escaped"
Tausig is the commander of
the Bennington.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-19
AN ENTER PRISING
DRUGGIST

There are few men more wide
awake and enterpiising than
Crawford Bros who spare no
pains to secure the best of every.
thing in their line for their many
customers. They now have the
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New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. This is the
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1t absolutely cures Asthma, Bron-
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Lungs. Call at above drug store
and get trial bottle free or a
regular size for SO cents and 81. {.
90: Guaranteed to cure or price
refunded.
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NEW WAR CLOUD GONE BY
No Danger Now any Fight Over
Samoa.

Washington, D. c., April IA.
After hearing this m, rning
from the British and German ems
bassles the state department was
enabled to announce positively
and finally that the parties to the
Berlin treaty had agreed upon in-
structions to he given their Samoan
commissions and that it was
certain that the commission will
leave San Francisco on the 25th
inst. for Samoa on the Badger.
The instructions to the commits
sioners are identical. The three
governments have agreed upon a
form which compromises the diff
ferences which have existed up to
this point. The commission will
be empowered to deal with the
situation as, it is and will he found
IN tho Samoan islands upon its ar
rival. This applies to acts neces-
sary to place the affairs of the is
lands in peaceful and satisfactory
condition for the time being and
whatever the commission does in
this direction is understood to be
OF temporary character and
subject to the approval of the
three powers.
AS to the merits of the bitter
controversy between the repre-
sentatives of the powers on the
islands up to the unfortunate out.
break of April 1st, the commls>
sioners are expected to make an
impartial investigation and report
results to their respective govern
ments.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-19
HOW TOLOOK GOOD

Good looks are really more
than skin deep, depending entirely
on healthy condition of all the
vital organs If the liver is in.
active you have a bilious look;
if your stomach is disordered,
you have dlspeptlc look; if your
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and you will surely have good
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kidneys, purifies the blood, cures
blotches and boils, end
gives good complexion. Every
bottle guaranteed, Sold at Craw>
ford Bros Drug Store. so cents
. bottle.
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Smallpox in Aiken.

Governor Ellerbe has received
n letter from Mr.. o. +. Cheatham,
of Aiken county, in which he
says the county chain gang is
stationed within 800 yards of his
house and that there are four
cases of smallpox among them.
He asked the overseer to have
them moved away, but he couldn't t
without orders. MIR. CheaLham
asks the governor to have them
m"ved away and also to send q
physician to attend them. The
letter has been referred to DR..
Evans. .-Columbia Record.
Educate Your Bowels with Csscarsss.
Candy Cathartis, cure constipation forever
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LANCASTER. S. c. APRIL - IS99 :

qulrements.
AS the average salary of pub
lie school teacher Is $25 per
month, and as the school term is
to be three months, the legisla>
ture adopted as basis that each
school district must from it's three
mill school tax and it's poll tax
raise $75 per annum. Should
there be a deficiency in any school
district, the said deficiency is to
be made up from the supplements
ary school fund derived from dis
pensary profits. After each school
district in the State is raised to
the basis of $75, the remainder
Of the school fund is to be appor-
toned among all the counties in
the State in proportion to school
enrolment.
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Bound for Manila.

Newport News, Va, April -.
morning Batteries F. and
H. of the Sixth artillery, left
Fort Monroe for San Francisco,
where, on the 18th inst, they
will board a transport for Ma
nila.
Among the officers and non
commissioned staff of the regiment
are number of southern society
men, who enlisted or secured
commissions at the outbreak of
the war.
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BucFEen's 1rnica SGIV.

THE Bk,T SALvE In the world for
Cuts. Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Sal,
Rheum, Fever sores, Teltsr. chap
ped ,nds, Chiib aims, Gnrns. anil al
Skin -ruptions, nj positively cures
Piles, "r no pay required II is guar.
'anteed to give porf-ct satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents Del
box tOr sale nv rywiort Bro
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DIR. Miles Remedies"
DR.. Niles Remedies
arc sold BY all drug
gists under = positive
guarantee. 6rst bottle
benefits or money re-
funded. Book on dis
eases OF The heart and
nerves free. Address,
DIR. MILES MEDIOAJ
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Presented to Miss Gould.

New York, April 14.-Miss
Helen Gould has received an al,
bum containing the autographs of
more than 1000 sailors and
soldiers as mark of their an.
probation of her services to the
army and navy in the war with
Spain.
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DISPENSARY PROFITS
DIVIDED.
Sixty Thousand Dollars to be
Turned Over to Counties Show
ing a Deficiency.

The comptroller general will in
day or two issue warrants dis
bursting the 100000 placed in the
state treasury by the dispepsary
to the credit of the school fund
Ibis money would have been paid
in December, but apportionment
was suspended on account of
mandamus proceedings ia the
state supreme court.
The comptroller general would
have apportioned the fund among
those counties In which the poll
tax and three mill school tax did
not aggregate three dollars per
capita. There were 26 such coun-
ties. The other counties natural.
ly wanted part of the fund if it
were possible to obtain it. The
Richland county board of educa-
tion endeavored to have the 500
600 apportioned among all the
counties in the State, regardless
of any deficit, for $4,000 had
already been set aside by a reso-
luton of the general assembly to
supplement the deficiency in GER
tain counties.
The supreme court decided
against the Richland county
board, and ruled that the $50, 900
was to be apportioned among the
counties which received a proper
ton Of the former appropriation
from the dispensary profits. The
disbursement has been unavoida-
bly, detained, as the apportion-
ment was to be based upon the
population of 1895, and forma-
ton Of new counties made these
statistics hard to obtain, but the
calculations have at last been
finished. In addition to the $780,
900 there is surplus of 81, ,19s =
IS to the credit of the school
fund which will also be appor-
toned.
Following are the counties
which will obtain a share of the
fund:
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THE LAKE CITY DEFENSE,
Three Of the Prisoners Dropped
From the Indictment.
Attempt to Prove Alibls, to At
tack Newham's Evidence and
to Prove that Mounted
Masked Men Com
mitted the Crime.
Special to Greenville News.

Special to Greenville News.
Charleston, April 14-After a
mail carrier named Edwards had
testified that Stokes, one of the
defendants, had told him that
Postmaster Baker was going to be
killed, the government rested its
case in the Lake City trial this
morning.
MIR Jervey for the defense. said
that as the case of the defense
would consist largely of alibls, and
in showing that Baker was killed
by masked men, he thought time
would be saved if Kelly, Edwin
Rogers aud Clark we're dropped
from the indictment. The gov>
ernment had not connected these
defendants with the crime. Dis
trict Attorney Lathrop accepted
the suggestion and the three pris>
oners we're sent out of the court
room. This leaves eight on trial
for the lynching of Baker.
During the day the defense Of
fered many witnesses to prove
that there was no animosity against
Baker in Lake City and that no
threats bad. been made against him
These witnesses admitted on cross
examination that a mass meeting
had protested against the mans
appointment.
State Senator A H Williams tes
tilted to meeting masked men in
the town months before the lynch
ing.
j A Green swore that Moultrie
Epps was at his house until near
midnight on the night of the
lynching. On the cross examina.
tion he admitted that Epps went
to his room and might have left
the house without his knowledge.
w L Askins heard men riding
in the town the night of the lynch
ing.
+ L Prosser did also.
County Treasurer X D Rollins,
of williamsburg county, swore
that Newham, the man who turns
ed States evidence, was in his IF. .
fee in Kingstree drunk the day
of the lynching and was there two
days later. He paid a ticket \, W.
ham had against the office.
Twc I've other witnesses were
examined. Their testimony was
intended to prove alibls for the
various defendants and to show
that Newham was in Kingstree
drunk the day of the Iynching. -
Most of the men were relations of
one or another of the defendants
and on more than one occasion
marked Inconsistencies in their
testimony were developed by the
cross examination. These wit
nesses are, however, men of stand
ing in their county. Clerk Gro>
san, OF Williamsburg county, was
among them.
Charleston, April lib the
United States court here today
the defence in the Baker trial con
tinued its attack upon the charac
ter OF Newham, the lyncher who
turned States evidence. Witness
after witness from Lake City tes-
tilted that they would not believe
Newhsm on oath. Scarcely one
OF them could give q substantial
reason reason for distrusting the man, a
reason that sntedated his appear
ance for the government, bit With
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one accord they swore that New
ham was unworthy of belief.
General Barber, of New York,

General Barber, of New York,
counsel for the prosecution, hand
led these witnesses of the defence
admirably when cross questioning
them. He brought to light many
Inconsistencies in their testimony
and frequently involved them in
radical contradiction of each 9TH
er. He did it so quietly and in
snch good temper that each of
them left the stand thoroughly
satisfied with himself.
The defence set up today its al,
ibi for Rogers. A man named
Saul swore he was with Rogers all
of the night of Feby 21 1898. -
They went flushing together and
he and Rogers slept together. -
Cross examined, he admitted he
was not ultimate with Rogers;
seldom went to his house, and had
never before or since slept with
him. Rogers left his wife's room
to sleep with him. 1t was a very
cold night, but they had flushed
till midnight.
More witnesses were called to
strengthen the alibi set up for
Mcknight, but they varied so ma
terially as to leave the impression
that it is questionable whether
they helped that defendant great
ly.
The afternoon session vas de.
voted to reinforcing the aIibi for
Rogers and in establishing one for
Ward. Three men swore thew
were in the Rogers>Saul fishing
party. A man named Collins
that Ward was at his house the
night of the lynching. Mrs Col
Inns was sick. Three other men
and two women swore they all
stayed there till late that night
The Gloss examination developed
the fact that the Collins house has
but one room in it. The attor>
neys for the government laid stress
upon the inconvenience such a
crowd of guests must have been
to the sick woman.
Charleston, April 1.-THE I'd
week of tne Lake City lynching
was opened in the United States
circuit court here today. The de-
fense concluded it's task of prov
ing alibis for the prisoners at the
bar, closing its case late this af-
ternoon. Alibis have now been
set up for all the defendants ex-
cept Stokes.
The defense claimed last week
that Epps had been seen to retile
to his room at midnight on Feby.
2lst, that Mcknight was at home
with sick child; that Rogers was
fishing with a friend and that Ward
was nursing the wife of sick
( friend. Today efforts were made
to prove that Webster and God
win were at their respective homes
lex, and that Joyner slept that
night at his home with a school
boy named Simmons.
Many Inconsistencies in all this
testimony have been shown on the
cross examination, but this after
noon veritable sensation was pro-
duced by the evidence in rebuttal.
Many efforts were made by the
defense to prove that NEWMAN
was at kingstree instead of at
Lake City on the day of the lynch
ing. The strongest proof put for
ward was pay check issued to
him by County Supervisor Chan.
dler. When the check was Offer
ed there were susplcions on the
part of the prosecution that it had
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

summer farmers Institutes have
'ss,rrranged, to be held in June, in sec
been a.. the State where two-day winter
tons VI are not advisable. The ques-
nee'I3s .crssed will be made applicable to
tons a5irions of the various localities,
the ' Yso hone of stimulating the agricul-
viii u, of northern Wisconsin.
F1ta. s.n,ers and persons interested in
Al t ;-r ond stock raising are invited to
facntI+ those meetings. The Institutes are
a' sa hold IN the following cities:
70 T " County, Naugart, Tuesday,
l1 To0 d County, Lindsey, Wednesday,
June 1S;n :, County, Cooks Valley, Fri
DAY. g,, @r County, Loveland, Tuesday,
J1 Is,r1ade County, Elcho, Tuesday, June
10 rssbbnrp County, Shall Lake, We'd
1I r0rpnce County, Florence, Thursday,
'I Pnrnptt County, Grantsburg, Friday,
llornette County, Amberg, Friday,
Tune 16.
'I & Croix County, Glenwood, Tuesday,
TqyIor County, Rib Lake, Thursday,
June y, =,
Price County, KEENAN,, Friday. June %.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
Beaten by Her Pupil.

Miss Mary Jeffrey, a teacher in one of
the schools at Centerville, was badly beat
en- by one of her pupils, a 14-year-old girl.
The teacher, for some offense committed
BY the girls brother, proceeded to punish
him, when the sister interfered and struck
the teacher in the face. The teacher, in
attempting to avoid the blow, lodged,
throwing back her head, with the result
that her hair caught on a hook IN a hat
rack and held her. While in this position
the girl rained blow after blow on the face
of the defenseless teacher, who was not a
match for the strong, husky country girl,
and she had just about been pounded into
Inconsistencies when people, attracted
by the teachers screams, ran in and re-
leased her
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
State Items of Interest.

While raising a large cistern with a
"'ndIaSs, Henry Hinze of Kiel had his
arm shattered to splinters.
thomas Evans of Sparta was severely
injured in La Crosse. He says that the
Uainmen put him off of the fast mail train
ana ne fell, striking or his head.
The Tornado Mining Company, which
was organized in Sturgeon Bay a month
Ut SO ago, has collapsed. No shares had
'een sold, only prospectuses issued.
District Attorney Reilly of Fond du Lac
entered nolle in the case of Edward
H1oody, charged with interfering with a
preliminary election meeting last fall.
John Crillman of Ashland was drowned
u White river. He attempted to cross
.1e river, which is now very high, with an
'Hproylsed raft. The current upset the
'aIc and he was drowned
After the muster in of Company G Of
hudson by Col. B. H. Daily officers were
eIected as follows: Captain, w. Y. Bur-
WI Son' hrst lieutenant, Lony Enslin; second
lieutenant, Joseph Miller.
The grain elevator at Picketts burned
WIN ITS contents. The building was own
81 and operated by NJ. B. NJ. Peacock Of
peaVer Dam, who controls nearly all the
SSt rs on the northern division of the
~ 1il'"aukee road, The building contained
"ooat LOO bushels of grain.
August Swanson. a resident of Mari,
e'.e Tor eleven years, committed suicide
!! hanging himself on a clothes line in
TaSn' He was an employe Of the L. W.
: ). Co. Swanson was comfortably fixed
financially. He came from Sweden.
sSnere a wife and FIVE children survive
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
WAR HISTORY PAGE.
ONE THAT HAS NEVER BEFORE
BEEN WRITTEN.
terrible Destruction of Norfolk NAVY
Yard LIS Said to Have Been Both I'M
necessary and I'm wise-Pow erful W ar
Engines Might Have Been Saved.

A few weeks ago / read with great
interest an article giving the early his
tory of the Norfolk Navy Yard. was
drummer-boy on United States man
of-War, the Pennsylvania, in 1861, ly-
ing in that yard the day the war broke
out. Although but boy, was keen
observer, and I thought then and still
think that there was no need what
ever of destroying the Norfolk Navy
Yard, and that many powerful ships
OF war could easily have been saved
as we'll as many guns that fell into
the hands of the Confederates. I
think that if this famous four-mile
square yard, with it's many powerful
vessels and valuable material, had not
been prolonged by the Confederates for
so many years.
To my mind the burning of this navy
yard, while the second event of the
war of the rebellion, was really the
most important event On the day
Fort Sumter was fired on there was in
tense excitement in the yard, particu-
larly on board the receiving ship Penn
sylvania- She was rated a 144-gun line
of battle ship, with four rows of port
holes, and every one of her guns at
that time was shotted as soon as the
news reached us. Orders came to Com
modore McCauley, the commandant of
the yard, to burn, blow up and destroy
all the buildings and their contents
and the ships in the river, and be ready
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
well as the big dry-dock, was saved

well as the big dry-dock, was saved
Being youngster, l was not assigned
to any of the parties in the work of de-
struction. I roamed at will around the
yard, and watched the progress of the
havoc. 1t seemed to me an unnecessary
and frightful waste and an outrage to
destroy so much property, and l no.
ticed with a good deal of satisfaction
at that time that some of the machin-
cry was not touched.
On the last day at the yard, the great
shears hanging over the sloop-of-war
Germantown were cut adrift and fell
athwart her amidships, breaking her
back, and cutting her literally in half.
This was unnecessary, as the powerful
ocean tug, Live Yankee, lay Immediate
ly at her bows ready to tow her and
the Merrimac out. The Germantown
was fully equipped for sea-, and could
easily have been saved. She and the
Merrimac and several other vessels
could just as we'll as not have been
towed out. The Merrimac was light,
had no battery aboard, and could have
away by slipping her hawser, at
tached to the dock. The Confederates
had no trouble in raising the ship and
running her into the saved dry-dock.
She made a formidable ram, and the
world knows the damage she did. 1t is
said that the Merrimac was scuttled.
If she had been blown up, as were the
others, her hull would have been de-
stroyed by the fire or by explosion. All
of her splendid machinery was pre-
served. On the way down the river, on
the Pawnee, from whose deck the sig
nails were given to fire the trains, was
very near the officers and heard them
talk over the work of destruction, and
nothing was said about orders having
been given to scuttlee the MeErimac: It
struck myself and other soldiers, when
we heard of the Confederate ram Merri-
mac, that if she had been ordered scut-
tied while all the other vessels were