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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-02-11

Marchftase la flor en- ell estfo
y conviertese en- polvo su corola
como ella tambi6n, triste y sombrfo,
ell pensamiento mfo
es una flor que sc marchita sola.
M. ABRIL.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-02-11
DIR. Manuel Guzman Rodriguez. Ger

DR.. Manuel Guzman Rodriguez. Ger
tifica:
Que ha usado con magnfficos resul-
tsdos el Vino de Stearns de Aceite de
Hfgado de B.cslao con Psctonato de
Hero, en- todas las enfern edades con-
suntivas, en- la convalescencia de los
processes febriles graves, en- ell psludis-
mo cr6nico, y en- todos aquelloa pade-
cimientos que requieren ell uso del
Aceite de Higado de Bscalao y ell
Hero. Es uno de los mejores prepa-
radios en- sel tratamie to de la Tisis,
Bronquitis, Anemis; Debilidad general,
Escr6fula y Raquitismo-
DIR. N. GUzMAN RopRIGUEz.
A1asco, r. r. 10 de Mario de 1894.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-18
A LETTER FROM WHEELER.
He Tells President What He
Thinks of the Philippines.

Sioux Falls, S ID, Oct Ii
During tne course of his remarks
at this place the president said:
81 received the other day letter
from most distinguished officer
now engaged in active duty in the
Philippines. 1t is a letter dated
Manila, Aug 80, 1899, and | want
to read one or two extracts from
it: 81 am confident that if we
would withdraw our army now
that Aguinaldo could not hold
himself in power without carrying
on warfare against other tribes,
and this would cause a constant
warfare and turmoil for years.
OF course there would be looting
of cities and seizing and destruc-
tlon of property, and the business
people and property holders would
apply to some strong government
to restore order. For us to with
draw our army now would be
criminal and for such an action
we would be arraigned and de e,
; nounccd by the civilized nations
of the earth.
An idea seems to be prevalent
in the United States that this is
an unhealthy country and that
white men cannot live here. This
is great mistake. There is also
an impression that to retain these
islands would be burden to our
country. That these views are
errors should be. impressed upon
the American people.
"You may ask, my fellow citi-
zens, who is the author of this
letter. | answer you that it is
from a gallant soldier, a great
cavalry leader of the Confederate
army, one of the heroes of Santi-
ago in our recent war, and for is
years a member of congress from
the State of Alabama-the gallant
and intrepid Joe Wheeler. -
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-18
THE THIRD CHAPTER
Cf D, A, G, OltZS,S DiSpenSary
Serial Story.
lie Has More to Follow. Repre-
sents That He Will Make Things
Warm in a Short Time.
Special to GreenviIle Times.

Columbia, S c., Oct Ito
day Bookkeeper Outzs issued an
other batch of his dispensary
revelations. The current chapter
deals with Secretary of State
Cooper, a former member of the
board, with ex Commissioner
Vance and with the case of for
mer Mayor w McBee Sloan,
whom he styles "X>Mayor Sloan"
as Il 'local striker" for whiskey
houses.
He charges Cooper with seeing
that purchases of liquor were
made from whIskey house by
one Gibson, who rented Cooper Z
farm for buying and sending out
wniskey during the campaign for
political purposes.
Tie pays his respects to Capt
Webb for not closing up CASTILLO,
a Charleston beer dispenser, when
ordered to do so by the board.
He also charges the clerk with
violating the rule about drinking
on the premises.
He charges Col Vance with
selling contraband liquor to him
self and others. Col Vance is
also charged with "pushing" the
Hunter rye whiskey. He charges
Col Vance also with cleaning"
some coal to William b Sloan.
He then goes for cx-mayor
Sloan rs "striker" for mum Der
of whiskcy houses. He charges
that every effort was made to car
rol the dispenssry employees and
make them vote for Sloan in the
last municipal election.
MIR Outzs promises a good deal
more matter and from what he
says it will grow warmer and
warmer toward the end.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-18
Blood Has Been shed in the Afri.
can War.

Capctown, Oct Is, OIL m
A dispatch from Nryburg snys
that an armorcd train has been
destroyed 1t is feared that much
loss of lite will result. The news
has been officially cor frmed.
London, Oct 13-Thc Evening
News publishes the following dis
patch from Capetown: "An armor-
ed train has been destroyed south
of Mafeking. Fifteen British
troops were killed. The Beers
sheled the wreckage after the
train was derailed."
An unofficial dispatch received
at the colonial Office says; "The
armored train was destroyed near
Kraaipan station while on the way
to Mafeking with guns" This
disposes of the fear that many
women and children were involved
in the disaster.
Capetown, Oct 13, 4:05 p m
The entire crew of the armored
train, with the exception of the
engine driver, were made pris,
oners by the Beers.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-18
Five Thousand Killed by Violent
Earthquake.

Amsterdam, Oct -. "A dis.
patch to The HendelsbaId from
Batavia; capital of the Netherlands
Indies, Java, says that violent
earthquake has visited the south
side Of the Island of Coram, next
to the largest Of the Moluc cas,
between Booroo and Papua, COM
pIetely destroying the town of
Amhei and killing, it is estimated
some 1000 people, as well as in
juring some 500 others.
The dispatch says that details OF
the disaster have not yet been oh
tainCd.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-18
Free Delivery.

Congressman Stokes gives cor
respondent of the State the infor-
nation in regard to the recent
change made by the postoffice de-
partment IN the star route service,
that "the change relates to South
Carolina alone and consists in es.
tablishing free rural delivery
along every star route in the state.
Hence the bidders for star route
contracts must include the free
mail service also, as this service
will be required without any ex-
ira compensation over ana above
the regular bid.
With this information and in
t.lligent action on their part our
local bidders should capture some
of the contracts at first hand, and
not he made to pay tribute to the
foreign contractors, who make all
the profit, without rendering any
service"
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-18
BANK ROBBERS MET TROU>
BILE.
Tackled an East Tennessee Bank
and Only One is Left Alive.

Knoxville, Tenn, Oct 13.-
Three masked robbers made an
unsuccessful attempt to rob the
bank at Seveirville this morning.
President Mcmahon on the first
demand of the robbers threw the
loose money into the safe and
seized gun, killing the leader of
the gang. The assistant cashier
rushed out of side door and shot
two of the robbers horses. Cal
Derrick was arrested, after being
wounded. Will Derrick rode a
mile, pursued by posse. On
being surrounded he fled into IL
barn where he committed suicide
by shooting himself in the head.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-18
NOTICE TO DEBTORS.

nN ACCOUNT OF WRETGHED
" health for the past few moths
am compelled to be absent from Lam
caster for treatment for some weeks
| leave my books and accounts with
Mr. John Crawford at Elliott d Craw~
70 DIS stabIes He is duly authorized
to collect for me. aud | will be glad
for all my friends who are indebted to
me To call on him and settle at their
earliest convenience / will necessari
ly need money in undergoing treats
ment and | will appreciate your
prompt.settIement.
Very Respectfully,
w. NJ. WFORD, NJ. d.
Sept 20. lS99.-6w.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-18

The county commissioners of
Greenwood at their meeting fixed
the communication road tax for
next year at two dollars, but
through an oversight failed to tix
the number Of days road duty
that would be required in lieu OF
the payment of the tax. This
will bs done at their next meeting.
Last year the road tax was one
dollar or FIVE days work. About
1850 persons in the county paid
the tax.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-18
How the Armored Train was
Captured by Beers.

London, Oct. 14-Further de-
tails are at hand regarding the
destruction Of the armored train
ut kraaipan. These show that
Capt Nesbit, who was in command
of the train, was warned at Mari
boro that the Beers held the line.
He replied that he was bound to
proceed. Nearing Kraaipan the
train dashed into IL culvert
that had been blown mp by the
Beers, who were lying in wait
for the train The Boer artillery
Immediately opened fire and a
desperate fight appears to have
ensued, lasting four hours, with
the odds greatly against the Brit
ish. The precise details are TN
certain.
1t seems, however, that police
patrol, attracted 10y the firing, ap~
preached within about 1000 yards
of Kraaipan, saw the train ditched,
with the Boer artillery still pound
ing at it, but noticed no response,
The Beers seemed afraid TO ap-
proach until the wreck was COM
plete, and the police patrol feared,
as there was no sign of life near
the train, that the entire force had
persisted in a desperate attempt to
get the train back to Mafeking,
where they know it was anxious
ly awaited with its load of guns
and ammunition.
1t is reported that the Beers
lost heavily, but there is no means
of verifying this. Two miles of
rails were torn up.
There is no authoritative con-
tirmation of the report that bat
tie has been fought in Natal be-
tween Gen Sir George Stewart
White and the Orange Free State
troops, although there is no queS-
ton that the Beers have crossed
the frontier at several points.
They are said to have Is guns;
but if, as reported, the engages
mcnt began before the Beers had
formed laager and thrown up
earthworks, the British cavalry
and artillery arc liable to have
had the best of the fighting.
1t is even alrendy reported that
the British have gained Il great
victory; that 1000 Beers were
killed, and that may he withou,
foundation, as another report has
been published to the effect that
Lord Rothschild WAS in receipt Of
nsws of a great British victory,
but when the Associated Press
representative questioned him re-
garding the alleged dispatch he
replied: 81 am sorry that I have
not received anything of the
sort.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-18
BRYAN HIMSELF AGAIN.
Starts on Tour Of Kentucky and
Ohio. 81 speeches Scheduled.

Chicago, Oct IS. -Wm J Bry~
an, accompanied by Mrs Bryan,
and John f Vreeland, of the Ken
lucky State Democratic committee,
left here today for his speech
making campaign in kentucky
and Ono,
Mr Bryan declared that his
health was good and that he ex-
pected to stand the strain of max.
ing IS speeches in the Blue Grass
State and 16 In Ohio, without en-
dangering his health. Mr. Bryan's
train was late and as q result of that
he was compelled to forego his
his contemplated trip to attend
the meeting of party leaders IN
st Louis.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-18
FRIGHTFUL BLUM,
DER,

Will often cause a horrible
Burn, Scald, Cut or Bruise.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the best
in the world, will kill the pain
and promptly heal it. Cures Old
Sores, Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils,
Felons, CornS, all Skin Eruptions.
Best Pile cure on earth. Only
95, cts a box. Cure guaranteed.
Sold by Crawford Bros Druggists.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-18
Large Ste.ner Consumed by Fire
Near New York.

New Pork, Oct 14.-The
Bridgeport Steamboat Company $
steamer, Nutmeg State, which
left Bridgeport at 3 o'clock this
morning caught fire three hours
later, off Execution light and was
totally destroyed. Eight persons
perished.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-18
CHRONICLE OF COUSINS,
OutzS Continues His ReVGla
tionS of the DiSpensary.
Way to Sell Liquor-Get Cous,
in of Somebody to Drum-A
Chairman Who Cancelled a
$4,000 Debt in Brief
Time.

Special to The Grcenville News.
Columbia, S. c., Oct 13. d
A u Outzs has given out chaptcr
two of his statement. 1t deals
with Chairman Haseldcn almost
entirely, and Outzs says there
will be other chapters to follow
for several days. He starts out
by saying:
CD. Sachs & Sons, Of Louis
vile, Ky, first had John r. Gas.
ton, ex acting State commissioner
as State striker, striking the
board for orders for them. lie
was paid for one or two purposes
and their regular drummer, Micllle
discharged Gaston during the
meeting of the board. Castor
told me that he Immediately left
Mlckle's room in the Jerome hotel
and went to tho board room and
called Mr. Cooper, member of the
State board, out, and told him of
his treatment. Cooper went back
into the board room and had the
board 20 countermand an order
for twenty-five barrels of whiskcv
which had been given to d Sachs
& Sons.
The next deal Sachs & Sons or
their drummer made with local
strikers was with young Evans, a
cousin of j Dudley Haselden, then
chairman of the board. This
young man was scarcely 81 years
old and had never sold whis-
key before and knows Just about
as much about travelling for a
wholesale house MS the average
country youth, and they know
nothing about trade and COM
mcrce. He could never have got
ten a job if he had not been re-
lated to the chairman. The
strength of his pull may be Judged
by the amount of his and Gaston's
orders which amount to SlG,5NO,
9S. The amount may be larger
than this because all the invoices
may not have been posted when
this amount was taken from the
books" "
Outzs says liquors were ordered
from Sachs as needed. Then be
takes up Friedman, Keller & Co.,
who fought the di>pcnsary law
ana had an opposition store and
shows how they worked through
Matthias, of Charlestan, and then
employed w f Blue, another
cousin Of Haselden. Mr. Blue
succeeded in getting some good
orders and the amount of his pull
and that of Matthias with j Dud
ley, chairman, advocating order S
for him, amounts to $19,4I9 in
orders given.
! After the board passed :esolu-
tions excluding local strikers, Blue
was turned down by Friedman,
Keller e Co., and j Dudley Has.
elden decided that their liquor
was not as good as it was while
Blue was with them. At least he
gave up advocating purchasing
from Friedman, Keller & Co. and
they have gotten no more orders
since.
"Just after the death of Gov
ernor Ellerbe and about the time
Boyd Evans was leaving his Office
a drummer came to Columbia to
a meeting of the board. Sprink>
Ter represented the Reidsville, N
lC, Liquor company and was cor.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-18

S5 persons we're poisoned, by
eating slaw made of cabbage on
which poison had been sprinkled
while growing, at avoiding feast
at Huntington, w Va, last Thurs
day night
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rallied at the first meeting he at
tended by w Boyd Evans, who
got Il job with him, and upon
Sprinkler S going before the board
with Evans and telling them he
had employed Evans to travel
North and South Carolina, an
order was given the ReidsvilIe
Liquor company. They got such
a large order that they had some
difficulty in filling it-did not fill
1t in time to get another at the
next board meeting-but have
been given orders at every meet
ING since. If Evans ever travel
eel further for them than from
Marion here to Columbia it has
never been heard of. Boyd
Evans pull amounts to IS, $50. O8
in orders given, besides the Seq
tcmbcr purchases. SO much for
taking care of cousins.
"Now, what about yourseIfl j
DudIcy HaseIden, did you ever
make this remark, that you had
Iiquidatcd $4,000 in debts since
you had been member of the
hoprdI Your salary according
TO the published report of the
board, was not 800. Besides
these three cousin liquor drum
mers, and before them, j Dudley
Haselden had his brother In law
elected one of the inspectors, who
held his job several months, re
signed and went back to college.
After this j G Moody, another
cousin from Marion county, YVES
given the inspection job. He is
still connected with the dispen-
Sary. 1t has heen asserted th It
Stelling was given job as dis
! penSer in Charleston because NJ
X Cooper needed his influence in
the city to help him in his race
for secretary of state. J d Per-
clvai was also given 4 dispensers
job in Charleston about the same
time. Stclling was finally allow
ed to run dispensary against
the vote of Mr. Douthlt and Mr.
Williams and they had him held
up for thirty days and tried to
prevent Stelling from running
wholesale dispensary.
OUTS says Hascldcn bought
case Of liquor for the legislators
and paid for il at wholesale prices.
He says HascIdcn charged up for
services not earned; that hc plays
double in the beer privilege mat
ter.
Fricdmand, Keller & Co. Of
fcrcd silver TASKS for orders Of
five cases of Case goods and got
the orders.
Outzs asks HaSeldcn: cat the
same time were You not buying
contraband Yourself! viz: | W
w Harper whiskey at adOlsr and
eight cents per quart, the same
price charged to county dispensers
and thus the town and county los
ing their profits, and not paying
cash but having it charged to your
account! When you would draw
your pay for attendance here as
chairman at the end of the week,
you would have a bill made out
for it and receipted, paying for
the same. Not only this; did you
not have full cases of champagne
opened in the State dispensary,
take out what you wanted and
pay for it, at prices charged a
county dispensarya This You did
while Victor Blue was here, and
you and he drank it in the board
ROOM"
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-18

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Csscsrets Candy CathartiG 100 or sSo.
n @ Q. @. asi " surs. druggists refaad nnoasy.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-18
VINN WE HAVE
EEA BUGGIES
BV. ALMOST WITH
OUT NUMBER,

OF all grades and at prices rang
ing from $50 for a good top bug,
gy on up. In fact, just at this
season we are making a speciality
of BUGGIES. Our large week
ly sales is the secret of our being
able to sell good BUGGY for
SO LITTLE MONEY.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-18

Pay your subscription to
LEDGER!
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-18

Buggies Buggies; Buggies galore
Buggies good, Buggies better, Bugs
gies Best -
Buggies big, Buggies little, Buggies
on every story
Buggies for comfort and Buggies to
last
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-12
A PARTY OR THE PEOPLE.
From the Globe-Democrat.

From the Globe Democrat.
4 beautiful illustration of the muddi-
ness of mind which characterizes the av-
erage demagogue of today is furnishe ed
by an agtator named Lawrence Gron-
lund, I'm this country" says Gron-
lund, I'VE have on the one side a party
with wealth and brains, the Republican
party but with no good will toward the
masses. On the other side we have the
Democratic party. which has absolutely
no brains, but which has good will to-
ward the masses Gronlund's charac-
terization of the Democracy Is little
more favorable to that party than the
Judgments usually passed upon it. The
Democracy has often been stigmatized
as the "orSanized ignorance and vice of
the country" 1t has good will, but no
sense, according TO Gronlund. 1t means
well, but doesn't know. Gronlund's as
scrtion that the Republican party, with
all its wealth and brains, has mo good
will toward the Masses" has comical
sound. Good will toward the masses
the defense of the people against the
slave oligarchy of the Democratic party
who wanted to spread their system of
bondage through the territories and re-
duce the workingmen of the North, as
they already had those of the South, 20
the condition of serfs-was the cardinal
principle on which the Republican party
was founded The Republican party
accomplished its object, but In doing this
H. of course, had to overthrow the Dem
ocratic party and to keep II overthrown
for a quarter of a century. The Re-
publican party enacted a homestead law,
which the Democracy always opposed.
and which a Democratic president vetoed
when passed at one time by Republican
votes That act, which a Republican
congress passed. and which a Republican
president signed, has provided free
homes for millions Of persons in the past
third of century. 1t has materially
aided in peopling every state from the
Alleghenies to the Pacific, and from the
Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian line, In
the entire hundred years of the Demo
cracy's career that party never gave any
aid to the people which will bear an in
stants comparison with the splendid SER
vice which the Republican party rem
dered to human freedom and civilization
in each of those magnificent achieve
ments,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-12

venience of this has been demonstrated
more than once 1t is manifestly i'm
possible to enact laws for a city Of
nearly 100000 population which would
At one of 5,OOO Local conditions are
often radically different even in cities
Of nearly equal size, and 1t can be read
lily understood what a gap there is be-
tween the more populous and the
smaller ones. Municipal growth has
been much hampered by these restric-
tions.
SO far as the reports OF the debate
on the proposition before the Bar as
sociation show, the chief reason given
for opposing IL was that the constltu-
ton had been drawn by more brilliant
and brainy men than the gentleman
who, as chairman of the committee,
had reported the proposition. This was
the chief reason advanced by the three
leading speakers in opposition and two
OF them were among the brilliant and
brainy members Of the constitutional
convention of 1873. Apparently they
are disposed to look back upon their
work of twenty-three years ago as one
Of perfection. Experience has convinced
other brilliant and brainy members OF
that convention that the constitution
has its faults. and in more than one
particular. 1t has many eXcellencies,
but in recognizing that fact it is not
necessary to shut our eyes to its weak
nesses. 1t was excellent in prohibiting
special legislation, as it had afflicted
the state in all previous time, but in
doing away with evils which all wanted
to get rid of it was made entirely too
restrictive regarding legislation for
municipalities. 1t is not proposed by
anybody, and never again Will be, to
open the doors to miscellaneous special
legislation, but such change as would
enable municipalities to obtain proper
legislation applying to their local ne
cessities would have many advantages,
and is worthy of careful consideration
and intelligent discussion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-12
A FABLE FOR ART CRITICS.
BY Ambrose Bierce.

BY Ambrose Blerce.
While bathing, Antinous was seen by
Minerva, who was so enamored of his
beauty that. all armed as she happened
to be, she descended from Olympus to
WOO him; but unluCkiy displaying her
shield, with the head Of Mcdusa on it,,
she had the unhappiness to see the beau
tiful mortal turn TO stone from catching
"a glimpse of 1t. She straightway as
cended to ask Jove to restore him; but
before this could be done "A Sculptor and
Critic passed that way and espled him.
This is very bad Apollo" said the
sculptor; "the chest is too narrow, and
one arm is at least half inch shorter
than the other The attitude Is unnat-
ural, and i may say impossible. All! my
friend, you should see my statue of An
tinous."
'In my judgment the figure" said the
Critic, "is tolerably good, though rather
Etrurian, but the expression of the face
is decidedly Tuscan, and therefore false
to nature. BY the way, have you read
my work on The Fallaciousness of the
Aspectuai in Art?"