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The San Francisco call., 1899-07-17

| x UISUN. July 16.-Peter Olsen. pro-
prietor of the Union Hotel at
Birds Landing, was shot and per
~ haps mortally wounded at
o'clock this morning. His assail-
! ant was Harry H Burt, a recent ar
rival from Rio VISTA who leased the
| hotel part of the business from Olsen.
The shooting took place in the street,
near the store of Bird & Dinkelspiel,
and was witnessed by seven or eight
persons. Olsen received four wounds,
one through the body below the stom-
ach, two flesh wounds on the hip and
a bullet in the knee. The weapon used
was a cheap self-acting revolver that
carries 38-caliber cartridge.
There was some misunderstanding
between Olsen and Burt and the latter
concluded to terminate his lease on
Monday. A dispute arose over the dis
position of two sacks of coah and Olsen
took offense at the remark made by
Burt that there was nothing but
thieves in Birds Landing" He shook
his fist in Burtt's face, and, according
to the version of an eyewitness, was
shot down like a dog"
Immediately after the shooting and
while his victim lay bleeding and
groaning on the ground, Burt walked
coolly across the street to the hotel
porch. drew a new supply of cartridges
from his pocket and reloaded his smok-
ing weapon. During the few minutes
that intervened Henry Bird rushed into
the store and called the operator at Col
linsville by telephone, telling him to
send Deputy Sheriff W. c. Jones there
at once.
Hardly had Mr.. Bird concluded his
message when Burtt, with pistol in
hand. rushed through the small crowd
on the street into the store and TOOK
possession of the premises. He STOOD
in a defiant and threatening manner,
warning those outside not to step in
side the door. He then walked TO the
rear of the building, took down the
telephone and called up the Sher1h OF
flee at Fairfield, telling the officer that
he would surrender to nobody but the
Sheriff While he was calling hrst one
office. then another on the line. Ofncer
Jones was speeding en-hisssway 10 the
scene of the tragedy and just four
teen minutes after leaving Collinsville
he arrived on the ground, having run
his horse the entire distance. de was
met in front of the store by an excited
crowd which by this time had increas-
ed to about twenty-five.
Lynching was freely talked or but
Mr.. Jones. who is known throughout
the State as a fearless officer, succeed
ed in ouieting the villagers temporarily.
Despite the protests of those without.
he walked into the store without even
displaying his own revolver and took
the desperate into custody. He placed
bandcuffs on Burtt's wrists and at the
as,assin's request took him over TO the
hotel TO talk to Mrs. Burtt before Ieav-
ing for the County Jail
Ten minutes elapsed before they were
readv to start and by this time loud
talking was being INDUCED in on the
street. Threats of lynching were heard
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-17
TO
ARBITRATE THE
GREAT STRIKE
President ROSSiter Defiant.
Brooklyn Trolley Cars
May Be All Tied Up.

NEW YORK, 16-Pre said tonight the
difficulty
There Rossiter The who
o
they already had substantially all asked for and would straighen
disposed
dispassionateIy."
nen en out morning.
"Bew and Not more than10 a the
S enough
md
he o'clock in the
with
trolley during the day for Coney Island by
Ulmer
either Con Island return to the city for hours
Master Workman Parsons the the
considerable
Deehanty Webster
a
the
the me
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down F'latbush avenue, whence it ran
to Coney Island. Coming back from
| COney Island, the presidents car trav-
eled over the Fifth-avenue route. and
as 1t neared Twenty third street and
Fifth avenue those on board found
! their further progress impeded by a
stalled car near the h-aVenue barn.
Here crowd of some 500 people, many
OF whom were women and children, had
congregated, and the motorman of the
Ampere, Howard Jackson, was attack
ed by several men who were either
strikers or in sympathy with them. The
mOtOrman received some ugly bruises
on the head and legs.
Secretary Wickes was one of the
first to run to the mans assistance and
he was finally rescued from the mob.
Six arrests were made and the track
was soon cleared.
Throughout the afternoon powders
and large pieces of granite were taken
from a nearby yard and placed on the
tracks in the vicinity of Greenwood
Cemetery, and the cars came along at
intervals of twenty and thirty minutes.
The further progress was delayed until
these distractions We're removed. No
sooner did the cars pass than the
powders were laid on the tracks again
and the police were unable to stop the
efforts of the obstructionists.
During the day 300 additional police
were sent over from New York and
close watch was kept all along the
Brooklyn Bridge 10 see that no person
could interfere with the trolley wires.
The only cutting Of wire reported to the
Brooklyn police headquarters was the
partial destruction of the feed cable on
Flatbush avenue, but a score of line
men soon repaired this in a temporary
manner which sufficed to reopen the
line.
Late in the afternoon a conference
was held at police headquarters.
Among those present were Police Com
missiOners York, Hess and Sexton,
Chief of Police Devery. Deputy Chiefs
:.-..-LIi-, NJ, y o : :, -L--I
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-17
SAYS GOLD Is THE
GREAT AMERICAN IDOL
Havana Newspaper Say That Gull
ture Is Entirely Lacking in This
Country

HAVANA. July 16-El DiArio de la Ma
rine says If the human ideal is material
interest +her the United States 0oceeeses
the highest form Of civilization; but,
thank God the Spaniards. and Cubans
have been taught in a nobler school. The
predominating influence in the United
States is capital. Monopoly coupled with
the use of machinery, has only served in
the United States to curb personal intel
lectual endeavor, to disappoint such am
bitions and TO make culture and knOWl-
edge hardly worth the candle.
1t is only necessary to glance through
the columns of the American newspapers
in order to find letters and interviews
from returned officers, which have grad
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-17
RETURN WITH GOLD
FROM THE KL0NDIKE
Twenty Dawsonites Reach Vancouver
Aboard the Steamer
Clutch.

VANCOUVER, B. c.. July 16.-The
steamer Clutch arrived tonight from
Skaguay. bringing twenty Dawson pas
sengers who came cut at the same time
as those who came down by the City of
Seattle. Purser Turner had 5000 600,
mostly in drafts, in his keeping OF
this S120. 600 was owned by II. Lancaster
of Liverpool, England, British miner
who went to the Klondike only eighteen
months ago. He had phenomenal luck
and owns one of the best claims on
French GulCh.
Annn1.icnns from AtIin inin In nra isin 6.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-17

"a
II trolley. strike is on in Brooklyn.
VI So far it has not been as effec-
I tive as the strike of 1895, but
there is no telling how far
reaching it may become. For some
weeks past the employees of the several
lines controlled by the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company have been complain
ing that the management did not live
up to the ten-hour law. The men de-
mand a revision Of the time tables at
the different barns and also claim that
they should be paid twenty cents an
hour for overtime, which is equivalent
10 s. a Gay. the price which they set
for a working day of ten hours. Meet
ings have been held daily and nightly
for the last week and it was inferred
from the reports given out by the en-
ployes and their advisers since Thurs
day last that while a strike was immi-
nent. it would not occur for some days
TO come.
General Master Workman Parsons
and District Master Workman Pines
had charge of the mems affairs and a
strike was called at half-past this
morning. At this hour most Of the
rnotormen and conductors of the Brook
lyn Traction Company's lines had COM
p.rtrI tueir uielt trips and the leaders
decided thar this was the most oppor-
tune moment to begin what was eX-
pected 10 bee d stubborn fight with the
traction company. a heavy rain storm
was in progress at this time and there
was very little passenger traffic. The
Smith street, Franklin avenue and
Hamilton Ferry lines, which are con
trolIed by the Coney Island Railroad
Company, having maintained the regu-
lar terms with their employees, were not
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-17

holders of the ChiIkoot of the profits of
the railway.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-17
PIONEER
DIES IN NEW JERSEY

NEW YORK. July 16.-Major Francis D.
Clark, the California pioneer, is dead at
East Orange. aged So years. When a
young man he enlisted in the famous
Stevenson Regiment, which was sent by
the Government TO California soon after
the acquisition of that Territory.
He volunteered in the Mexican war and
served with credit. and in the civil war
he served in the Quartermaster's Depa rt-
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-17
ANDREWS
RESCUED IN
MIDOCEAN
Lone Navigator Fails to
Cross the Atlantic in
His Cockleshell.
PICKED UP EXHAUSTED
The Little Doris Is Turned Adrift
and the Daring Voyager Car
ried to Liverpool.
Special Dispatch to The Can.

LIVERPOOL, July 16.-The British
steamer Holbein, Captain Sherlick,
from New York July l for Manchester,
which arrived here to-day, picked Up
Captain William A. Andrews, known
as the lone navigator" who left At
lantic City on June Is in a little craft
named The Doris, barely twelve feet In
length. to attempt to cross the At
lantic. Captain Andrews was found
exhausted on July u, about 700 miles
from the Irish coast. His boat was
left adrift
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-17

EW YORK. July 16.-Another
trolley strike is on in Brooklyn.
So far it has not been as effec-
tive as the strike of 1895, but
there Is no telling how far
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-17

Comnanv. the deal having been put
through by General Manager Ha"Klns
of the White Pass and Hugh Naliace OF
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-17
LOSE LIFE
IN A QUEST
FOR WEALTH
Eleven Prospectors Drowned
in the Waters of the
Yukon.
SCOW HITS A ROCK
Not One of the Party Aboard Sue
ceeds in Reaching the Rock
bound Shore.
SCOW HITS A ROCK
Special Dispatch to The Call.


VICTORIA, B. c., July 16.-The
steamer Roanoke of the Alaska
Trading and Transportation
Point at 7:30 o'clock this even
ing, bound for Seattle. She re-
ported that there was over three
millions in gold from Dawson on
board
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-02-02
Regardless Of Age.

Tho kidneys arc responsible for more
sickness, suffering end deaths than any
other organs of tho body.
A majority Of tho ills aftlicting people
to-day is traceable to kidney trouble. Il
'prevades all classes of society, in all eli
mates, regardness of age, sex or condi-
tiOn.
Tho symptoms of kidney trouble arc
unmistakable, suoh as rheumatism, neu-
raigia, sleeplnssness, pain Or dull ache in
tho back, dt 'ire to urinate often day or
night, profuso or scanty supply.
Uric acid or brick dust deposit in urine
arc signs of clogged kidneys, causing
poisoned and germ filed blood. Some-
times the heart acts badly, and tube
casts (wasting of the kidnoys) arc found
in the urino, which if neglected will re-
suit in Bright's disease, the most dan
gerous form of kidney trouble.
All these symptoms and conditions are
promptly removed under tho influence of
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root. 1t has q
world wide reputation for its wonderful
cures of tho most distressing cases.
No ono need bo long without it as it is
80 cas- to get at any drug store at fifty
conts or ono dollar. You can have q
sample bottle of this wonderful discov-
cry, Swamp-l9oot, and book telling all
about it. both sent to you absolutely FREQ
by mail. Send your address to DR.. Kill
mer e. Co., Binghamton, N. Y, and
kindly mention that you read this liberal
offer in tho KEOWEE COURIRR
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-02-02
y AslEsgssss ss,s'ss 81;
Jake Cook Comes at rs d. j ~ and
4 "A Don't Miss Hin a Dlt.s y
NJ 8 sSsssssr ! 3 I IN ,Ilho K ooweo I collrlar i

i$S IYSSsisssssszs sssszs for Tho KeoWeo Courier. !
FoIT MADISON, 8. 4 o., JANUARY 2s, s,s-Wye
notice in his eommunio cat don OF the oath
that your y correspon from Return
says: Esss'We beg to differ with 3 Mr.. Cook
In regard TO the jackson limbless cotton
seed. We will plant our Drop with them,
guarantee seven bales to the aoro, and
we will not grumble st Eve cents per
pound next fall, and that the biggest
trouble u that it takes threo or four
acres to make q bale Of the ordinary
varieties Of cotton. NJ 81 N
Now, Messrs. Editors, your CORES
pondent from Return has the salne right
TO his opinion that t,>9s have to ours. We
mean no insinuation when we say tnat
thore is at least one "Smart Alool,
among the farmers in every community
who can make seven bales OF cotton to
the aore without any trouble at all, But
this kind of q farmer does all his farm
Ing on paper. 30 has only to sharpen
his poncil and In Ave minutes his big
Drop Is made. But when we como to the
farmers who farm on tho dirt, why they
oil know better than this. There is not
room enough on ono acre of land for
seven bales of cotton to grow. You
might peck ak tho stalks, ioaves, bolls
and roots into bales and you wouldn't
have seven. We arc now making about
$4,000, 600 bales annually. Your corres-
pondent from Return ID. J. MY admits
that 1t takes three aoros to make bale.
If 30, we are oultivating 80. Oo0, 900 acres
in cotton annually. If we mako seven
bales to'the acre wo would have crop
of 252,000,000 bales on hand next fall
Now, with such q Drop as this, can your
correspondent reasonably expect that he
would got flvo cents por pound for itp
Under these circumstances tho price
would not begin to hire it picked out
after it was made. Tho best bale you
could find would not pay its own freight
from Fort Madison to Westminster. We
would probably have to pack it in silk
bagging to give it away. ...
Now, wo think, if wo had the monkeys
that your correspondent speaks of we
would got us grind organ and start out
with thom and make moro money than
thoy would in the cotton field.
Yours Co., J. A. Cook.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-02-02
A Drunken Soldier Weds q Negress.

GREENv1LlE, January 28.-William j.
Jackson, a private in Company M, Two
Hundred and First Now York Regiment,
is in most disgracoful scrapo. While
under tho influence of liquor Tuesday
night ho was married to negro woman
by q negro preacher. Ho has been put
in Jail, and it has not boon determined
what measures will be used in dealing
with him. Tho preacher and tho woman
have not been arrested.
Jackson appeared at Magistrate Whit
miro's Office yesterday and stated that
he wanted divorce, relating tho circum-
stances of tho situation. Ho said his
now wife had asked for u dollar and he
had whipped her. Ho was not sober
yesterday. Jackson is q nico looking
young follow, probably a man of intolli-
gcnco. Drink seems to have gotten him
into this abominablc mess.
1lo appeared quito dojected over his
position and was crushed by tho news
that divorces arc not supplied horo.
Mattio Earle is tho negro woman to
whom Jackson was married, but tho
namo of tho pi cachor has not been OBJ
tanned. The lawyers diffor as to whether
this is legal marriage undor tho laws
of South Carolina in regard to miscege-
nation.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-02-02
THE NEWLY ELECT.
Short Sketches Of Senator Griffith and
Messrs. Robinson and Boykin.

Short Sketches Of Senator Griffith and
Messrs. Robinson and Boykin.
Capt. d. j. Griffith will soon lay aside
tho senatorial toga for tho garb of ano-
thor Office. Senator Griffith is very
popular man personally, and is regarded
good business man, having bee,l in the
railroad business fourteen years. Last
year Senator Griffith won tho gold watch
awarded by tho Columbia State to tho
most popular member of tho General
Assembly.
Ho has served as Clerk of tho Court
and as Troasurcr of Lexington county
for number of years, always winning
over his opponents by largo majorities.
Capt. Griffith is Colonel of tho Loxing-
ington regiment, United Confederate
Veterans. In tho Civil war his service
as private for the first few months was
so faithful and valuable that he was pro-
noted to lieutenant at tho ago of 10. He
was captain when 18 years old. He
mac. good soldier, has been equally as
good 4 citizon, and promises to do Just
as y a.l as Superintendent of tho Peni-
tentiary.
Mr.. II. G. Robinson, who was olectod
to succeed Mr.. Douthit on tho State
Board of Control, was candidate for
tho Office of State Superintendent of
Education three years ago. He was o
lawyer of good standing in Pickons, and
editor of the Pioltcns journal Ho is q
,Wofford College man, and possesses
good business qualifications.
Mr.. Burrill II. Boykin is clear- out,
successful business man and farmer.
His father, for many years before tho
war, was a member Of tho General AS
sembly, was captain of tho first troop of
cavalry from South Carolina which On
tered tho Confederate service.
Mr.. Boykin, who is now 4S years old,
received his collegiate training at Yale.
Ho has since devoted his time to farming,
and has been very successful. He was
once captain of a cavalry troop, having
received o commission from Governor
Richardson. This is tho first timo ho
has applied for or received an Office OF
public trust. His work on tho Board of
Control is expected to bo honorable and
faithful.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-02-02
General Egan Found Guilty.

WASHINGTON, January 2S.-- Gen. Eagan
Commissary General of Subsistence,
has been found guilty of tho charges OF
conduct unbecoming an officer and q
gentleman, and of conduct to tho prcju
dice of good order and discipline, and OF
the specification thereto, and has bcon
sentenced to dismissal from the United
States Army, but with II Recommendation
from the Court for the Executive clom-
ency.
Undor tho regulations the Court, hav-
ing reached the conclusi ion that tho ac-
cused was guilty, had no choice in select
ing pcnalty, the regulations prescribing
absolutely tho ono -dsmis-
sal-for tho otfonce. Therefore. the only
hopo for Con. Eagan is in tho direction
of commutation, mitigation or disap-
proval.
Col. Davis, tho Judge Advocate of the
Court marshal, finished his revision of
tho record of the Courts proceedings
this afternoon and at once placed the
papers in the hands of Secretary Alger.
This action settled Mt once any doubt
that may have existed as to the routine
to be pursued in the treatment of the
case. AS for Secretary Algcr, as soon as
ho has read tho record he will place it at
once with tho President, who, under tho
law, is the final reviewing authority. 1t
is his privilege to add to or take from tho
strength of tho Courts recommendation
that clomoncy be shown. Tho indica-
tions are that tho papers will bo in the
Presidents hands early next week.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-02-02
Redistricting Bill Popular in tn,
House.

The House engaged in a long fight
Thursday over Mr.. Patton's bill to rear.
range tho Congressional Districts in
South Carolina; It was hard ono, but
was won by safe majority. This meas
ure proposes to repeal tho law creating
the "shoostring" districts, formed to
keep tho Republicans out of power. A
motion to strike out tho onacting clause
was defeated oy vote of 55 to ID. The
following arc tho proposed new districts
Poo Dec District-Marlboro, Chester.
field. Darlington, Marion, Florence and
Horny.
Santeo District-Georgotow Berkc-
Icy, Williamsburg and Charleston.
Waterce District-Fairncld, Korshaw,
Rchland, Sumter and Clarendon.
Edisto District-Orangcbur Barnwoll,
Bamborg, Hampton, Collcton, Dorchcs.
tor and Beaufort.
Saluda District-Aikon, Lexington,
Edgefield, Saluda, Greenwood, Laurcns
and Nowborry.
Keowco District-Abbcvillo, Anderson
Oconco, Pickons and Grccnvillo.
Catawba District--Tork, Cherokee
Choster, Spartanburg, Union and Ian.
caster.
The bill has been reported favorably in
tho Senate and it is quito likely that i,
will pass that body.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-02-02
State Board Answers Criticisms.

. e1Nf"SS ~NS'SN'N NSAosSSsASs
III It's annual report, submitted to the
General Assembly ;est Monday, tho State
board of control answers tho criticisms
of 1t, which appeared in the Governors
message, as follows: js..%gaH , +.
Tho Governor, in his message to the
General Assembly, has seen fit to criti
cise the management of tho affairs of the
iispopsary by tho board of control. We
make no Topiy in tho spirit of criticism
but are content to roly on a roview of the
operation of tho dispensary as our vindi.
cation.
During Mr.. Traxler's administration
covering a period Of 10 months, the net
profits to tho State, counties and towns
amounted to $l25, ,32S.4O. - \,
During tho administration of Mr.. Mix,
son, covering a poriod Of 14th months
tho net profits to the State, counties and
towns amounted to $313,974OS.
Tho total profits for both of those
petiods, covering 33 months, was $780,.
3O249.
During tho incumbency of tho State
board of control, period covering 81
months, tho same length of timo as both
former administrations, tho total net
profits to tho State, counties and towns
have amounted to $S53,210.05. This
result has been obtained at consider,
ably reduced scale of profits, and prices
to consumers, with q volume of business
increased but little.
At tho worry beginning of our manage,
mont NO instituted tho system of COM
petitive scaled bidding, from which we
have obtained worry satisfactory results.
During tho calculation on tho actual
price of the whiskey, exclusive of the
internal revenue tax, wo pay for Y rye 20
por cont less than Traxlor and 10 Dol
cent less than Mixson.
We pay for Xxx ryo ~ por cont loss
than Traxler and Is por cont less than
Mixson.
In xxx ryo we pay do por cont less
than Traxler and % per cent less than
Mixson, or IS cents less pcr gallon than
Traxler and "a cents less por gallon than
Mixson.
The difference in beer and glass is
equally as great in our favor.
We arc willing to risk comparison of
tho character or quality of tho liquors we
put on sale, with those of our prcdeccs-
sors, to tho Judgment of tho people who
consume tho same.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-02-02
An Honest Medicine for La Grippe.
RI Especial CorresI ondenco. | u

George w. Watt, of South Gardiner,
Me-, says: "I have had the worst cough,
cold, chills and grip and have takon
lots of trash of no account but profit
to tho vendor. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is tho only thing that has done
any good whatever I have used ono so
cent bottle and the chills, cold and grip
have all left me. / congratulate tho
manufacturoru of an honost medicine"
For sale by j. w. Bell, Walhalla; w. j.
Iunney, Seneca, and Fl. B. Zimmerman,
Westminster.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-02-02
Suit for Damages.

AnnEvILLE, January 27.--Mr. j. Y.
Jones, of this place, has lotaincd counsel
for the purpose of bringing suit against
tho Press and Banner for $4,000 dam
ages. Tho action is to be brought on &C.
count of an article which appeared in a
recent issue Of tho Press and Bannor,
which is regarded as q reflection on Mr..
jones' character. Mr.. Jones says that
similar action will DO brought against
some othor papers for tho samo oilcnso.
The indications are that livcvy time
will bo had In this mattor.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-02-02

President McKinloy's steward, whose
namo is Sinclair, Is considered most
careful bWyor. He survod President
Cleveland eight years, and Mr.. Cleveland
recommended him to Mr.. Mckinley. His
salary, fixed by law and paid by the Gov.
ornment, is 81, 800 year. IIo has an of,
flee in tho basement of tho Whito House,
but lives with his family OH 10th stroot
few blocks distant. IIe is responsible
for all tho property belonging to the
United States within tho Executive man.
sion, and is bonded for $4,000. The
value Of somo OF tho property under his
care, from historical standpoint, is In.
ostimable. ..