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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-05-03
HISLIFE w ASSAVED.

Mr.. j. f. Lilly, prominent
citizen of Hannibal, Mo-, lately
had wonderful deliverance
from frightful death. In telling
of it he says: 81 was taken with
Typhoid Fever, that ran into
Pneumonia. My lungs became
hardened. was so weak | couldn't
even SIT upin bed Nothing helped
me. | expected to soon die of
Consumption, when | heard of
DR.. Kings New Discovery. One
bottle gave great relief. | con-
tinued TO use it, and now am we'll
and strong, can't say too much
in its praise" " This marvellous
medicine is the surest and quick
est cure in the world for all Throat
and Lung Trouble. Regular sizes
so cents and $1.0O. Trial bottle
free at Crawford Bros Drug
Store; every bottle guaranteed.
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mem oers of the presbytery to get
the Rev. Mr.. Holmes back into
the church and those at work
along this line are hopeful of sue
cess. They recognize that he is
a splendid man and they are sorry
that he saw fit to leave them.
Others, however, say that with
the views he now holds he can
never become member of pres.
bytery and that unless he re-
nounces these views he will never
be received back into the fold,
and they do not believe that be
Will ever renOunce any views he
has expressed.
Whether Mr.. Holmes wishes
to get into the presbytery could
not be ascertained yesterday. He
had left the city to be gone several
days.
The situation the Brewerton
church's action presents has never
been presented here before and it
is causing much talk in Presby-
terian circles.
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Greenwood Men are not Guilty.

Greenville, S. c., April 2S.-
The trial of the famous McCor-
mick conspiracy case, growing
out of the Phoenix election riot
and lynching in Greenwood coun>
ty last November, ended in the
federal court here today in
verdict of not guilty. The Jury
was composed entirely of white
men and half of them were from
Greenville county. The jury was
not out less than fifteen minutes
and the verdict was announced at
2:50 p. IN. The case went to the
jury without argument and the
verdict is generally endorsed.
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SEMI WEEKLY LOTION.
FIFTY DEAD AND MANY
WOUNDED IN KIRKS-
WILLIE.
Two Hundred Families Homeless
and Property Loss of About
5000, 200. Freaks of the
Wind.

kirksville, Mo-, April IS. As
result of the tornado that swept
through the eastern portion of
this city yesterday evening, de-
molishing half of the residences
and other buildings, 200 families
are homeless and nearly 60 dead
bodies and 20 injured persons
have been recovered from the
ruins. More than dozen of the
injured will die. Although the
rescuers have been searching the
ruins ever since the storm spent
ITS fury, many are still missing,
and it is thought that number of
untortunateS were consumed in
the flames that broke out soon
after the storm had ceased.
When the tornado struck the
city last evening most the resi-
dents were at supper. The torna-
do cut clean path one mile long,
and 80 feet wide through the
residence section, leaving death
and destruction in it's wake.
Buildings were demolished or
twisted apart and scattered to the
four winds. A conservative ssti-
mate places the aggregate amount
of damage at 5000, 900, the in
dividual loss ranging from 800
to so, 900.
Calls for help were sent to sur
rounding towns and were quick
ly responded to. The wounded
were carried to the homes of
hospltable neighbors and given
immediate attention. Twenty-Five
doctors from Moberly, Macon
and other points along the line of
the Wabash railroad came to
kirksville last night in reponse
to urgent calls for medical asssis-
tancc.
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.
Chillicothe, Mo-, April %. .-
Scenes of utter distress and
desolation were pictured today in
the little tornado swept burg of
Newtown, 40 miles north, op the
st. Paul railway. There are
about 10 dead and over 800 in.
Jured, while half of the place is
IN ruins and so families are home
less.
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tS]ABll> HI D 1852
>. {. d G. LEASED BY
SOUTHERN.
The Old Charleston, Cincinnati,
& Chicago Not Included in the
Transfer.

Charleston, April 29.-The
South Carolina and Georgia rail-
road will pass into the hands of
the Southern railway at , o'clock
tomorrow night.
The deal was consummatcd at
the Office of the 5. &. and G.
road this morning. 1t is in the
nature of Il lease, and not Il sale.
The lease is for 80 years, with
absolute control of all the proper
ty of the South Carolina and
Georgia road. 1t is said that the
terms of the contract give the
Southern road the privilege of
purchasing the property at the
expiration of the lease.
The Ohio River and Charleston.
the other leased line of the South
Carolina and Georgia road is not
included in the deal.
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QU ALlFICA rIONS OF
JURORS.
An Important Decision by the
Supreme Court.

ln the case of New VS.. the
Charleston and Savannah railway.
the supreme court renders a de-
cision as to the qualifications of
Jurors which is of considerable
importance. The question at issue
was for damages for injuries re-
ceived, but the point was raised
that one of the jurors was not
a qualified elector and hence could
not serve, he not having been
registered.
The court holds that a Juror
must be qualified elector and to
be such he must be registered.
But 1t holds that where . Juror is
accepted, when he was a subject
of challenge, this circumstance
will not be a cause for overthrow
ing the verdict of the jury, as
the principal is we'll established
that after discovered cause for
challenge will not effect . verdict
rendered.
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HoiStS the White Flag and
asks Terms for Surrender.
SEES HIS FINISH.
Sends two Officers who are Kind
~ Received and Conducted
to Gen. OTIS, at Manila,
to Negotiate for
Peace.
Grecnville News.

GreenNllle News.
Manila, April 2S.-As was
predicted, the capture of Calum-
pit by the Americans broke the
back bone of the insurgent cause
and the capture was made by such
daring skill and was such re-
markable military achievement
that Aguinaldo lost no time in
hosting flag of truce and mak>
ing overturcs for cessation of hos
tilIties.
Col. Manual Argueleses and
Lieut.. Jose Bcrnal, chief of Gen
eral Luna's staff, entered General
McArthur's line early today bear>
ing flag of truce. They were
On route for Manila by train to
confer with General Otis regard
ing terms of surrender.
Arriving at Manila, Colonel
Manuel Arguelesson and Lieuten.
ant Jose Bernal told General Otis
that they were representatives of
General Luna and had been re-
quested by Aguinaldo to ask Gen
eral Otis for cessation of hostil-
tiles in order to allow time for
the summoning of the Filipino
congress, which would decide
whether the people wanted peace.
General Otis replied that he did
not recognize the existence of the
Filipino government.
There vii! DC another confer
ence tomorrow.
When the flag of truce was first
raised the Filipino officers walked
down the railroad track to Kan
sas regiment outpost at 8 o'clock
this morning. The Kansas cap.
tain in command there escorted
them to General Wheaton's head.
quarters where they we're provid-
ed with horses and sent to the
headquarters of General Near
thur. The latter invited the Fill
lplnos to luncheon and conversed
with them for some time. He
refused, however, to speak au
thoritatively on the subject of
their errand.
The Filipinos were then escort :
ed by Major Maloney, of General
McArthur's staff, to Manila,
reaching that place at 3 O'Clock
p. m. General Otis's aide Lieu.
tenant Sladen. was awaiting their
arrival at the depot with u car
riage in which they were driven
to the palace entrance. They
we've escorted directly to the Office
of General Otis.
Jacob q. Schurman, president
of the PHILIPPINE commission, and
the Hon. Chas. DENLY, member
OF the commission, soon joined the
party there.
The news of the arrival of the
Filipino officers under flag of
truce spread thr ough the city rap
Idly and many officers gravitated
to the corridors of the palace
while crowd of natives gathered
in the square opposite the palace.
At 5 O'Clock the Filipino off. j.
GERS, escorted by Lieutenant Sla.
den and Major Maloney, left tho
palace.
| To Cure Constipatioa Forever.
Take Cascarsts Candy Catbarsic. Ioo ar a..
! u y. q fan 70 cure. druggists refund money.
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Newspaper Man on the Chain
Gang.
Piedmont Headlight.

Piedmont Headlight.
Some time ago the Herald EN-
p(oyed j. j. Ward as canvassing
agent for the Semi Weekly Her
aid. He did a thriving business.
apparently; but failed to come in
on settling day. Last week MIR.
Darlington heard that he was in
town and had him arrested for
breach of trust with fraudulent
intent. He was indicted for six
otfences-how many more he was
guilty of does not appear-and
the magistrate found him guilty
and sentenced him to thirty DAYS
on the chain gang for each otfense
making the total sentence six
months. The law makes such
breach of trust larceny and dis
honest agents receive no mercy.
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An Old Idse.

Every day strengthens the bslief of emil
nent physicians that impure blood Ia ths
2epse. Of the majority, Of oar diseases.
TNenty-hve years ago thts theory was used
e. ? basis for the fornula OF Brosns' Iroa
By thh hmous old hesssIoa remedy srs
suneasnt 10 prove tAAt The theory y Sosresk.
bfsv6' IrsA Dsttss y ssla hy N @es1sA
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70 Cure Constipatioa Forever.
TAKE Cascarets Candy Catbarsicl zoe or 60
u q o. Q. fan 70 cure. druggists refund Eossy'
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LANCASTER. s. g.. may 3 1899
TRYING TO SHIELD REESE.
Mrs. Patterson, Mother of Mrs.
Anderson, Makes a Statement
Says She Will Try to Procure
Reese and Luckie' s Pardon.
Cor. of the Gaffney Ledger.

VI "l =. LIICll AuuCl Spu, IDC
most conspicuous figure in the
famous trial of Reese, Luckie and
Anderson for the murder of Chas.
/. Williams at this place on the
night of Feb. 9Th, 1896. Since
writing the article | have re-
ceived the letter hereto attached,
from Mrs. Emma ID. Patterson,
the mother of Mrs. Ellen Ander-
son, with the request that it be
published:
Atlanta, Ga.
Editor:
In recent issue of your paper
was an article that reflected un-
favorahly upon my deceased
daughter, Mrs. Anderson, as also
upon myself. AS my daughter
has passed away from the scenes
of her trouble and her sorrows to
I be ut rest | desire to defend her
memory. During the last three
years of her life, my child suf-
fered untold mental grief from,
being the cause of trouble and
undeserved punishment to the in-
nocent. but more especially to
myself, her brother and Mr..
Reese.
Your correspondent from Blacks
burg says | propose to use a
dying confession, she is said to
have made, as means to procure
a pardon. Through all her last
illness of nearly three months,
she made no SO called dying con-
fession, but did reatfirm the truth
of her previous statements that
she, and she alone, fired the three
shots, one of which proved fatal
to Z. Williams, II statement made
to at least eight living witnesses,
to two of whom she made it
within a week after the unfor-
tunate affair.
A pardon for my son could
have been procured long since,
had | or my child been willing to
disclose the whereabouts of Mr..
Reese. Letters are in nv pvs
session with this offer. We de.
cllned betraying the innocent
under any terms. Now that my
daughter has been removed by
death, can enter upon my q
fort to procure pardon for the
two who are suffering unjusty,
without my motives being pis
understood, and | neither six,
nor will accept, any fnatiaI
help from Mr.. Reese nor his
family, in so doing.
L know my son is innocent i
know Mr.. Reese to be ipncent
and have known it since lon be-
fore the trial and | deem 1t me of
my sweetest privileges in tfe to
SO work and with Gods Iessing
finally to triumph.
My daughter declined to tell
me the facts at first, as Sd feared
the shock would be serjus; the
knowledge that she shoid have
killed any one, and he had
promised her brother hat she
would not disclose tome true
facts under any CIRCUMSTANCES,
and he on his part coh endure
what might come, r,her than
have me know the trutI matters,
however, 80 shaped Jhemsel YES
that she had to con6den me.
VIII you kindly ge space te
this as q reply to yourSlactsburp
correspondent and as iformation
10 the public that it my be less
severe In its judgmen
MRS. ENhA D. PfrrRsos
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PRESBYTERIAN SCHISM.
BFHertOn Church, LaurenS
lCGunty, Follows the Rev.
Dr.. Holmes.
Breaks Away From the Authority
of PreShytcry and May Le Fol
lowed 10y Other Congrcga-
tiOns.

GIfs"viIIo News,
he Brcwerton Presbyterian
church in Laurens county is about
to swing loose from the church
fold and become an independent
congregation. The people there
haye called as their pastor the
Key. y. j. Holmes and he has
accepted, The Presbyterian church
authorities say that such action is
irregular, as MIR. Holmes having
retired from the PRESBYTERIAN
pulpit is no more eligible to the
pastotate than a Baptist or Meth.
odst minister. 1t is said that
the church, however, intends to
stand by its choice regardless of
the consequences and defy the
prcsi ytery.
sth1 Brewerton church was
organized several years ago by
the lev. Mr.. Holmes and has a
strong membership roll. The
Rev. Mr.. Holmes, it will be re-
men)ered, withdrew from the
pre'bytery last fall along with the
Rev. Mr.. Todd when they were
organizing the Paris Mountain
Bibe institute to teach divine
healing. Holmes and Todd were
investigated by a committee of
pr'sbytery and they withdrew
frsm the denomination. AS Mr..
H'lmes is a man of great popular
arty the action Of presbytery
Grated some feeling, which the
acion of the Brcwerton church is
te'ding to revive. During his
campaigns as evangelist he organ
izd a number OF churches iii that
setion and it is said that it is
nG unlikely that some churches
vii follow the lead of the Brewer~
ton church and cut loose from the
pesbytery, endorse the Rev. MIR.
Eblmes's views and become in
dpendent organizations. Those
opposed to Mr.. Holmes say there
u no foundation for this report.
Ihe BrewertOn church has sent
: petition to presbytery asking to
De allowed to withdraw on account
Of the Holiness views Of the con.
gregation and committee has
been sent to inyc stigate the case.
The Rev. DR.. j. >. Watkins, of
Spartanburg, and Rev. DR.. b. G.
Clifford, of Unisu, are members
or the committee, which is in
Structed to make a report at the
next meeting Of presbytery at
Reldville next Septcm ber. 1t is
said that the church was unanI-
nous in its request, but though
there was no minority report the
preSbytery assumed that there
might be some who did not want
10 withdraw, and appointed the
committee to look after the in.
crest of the property. This con-
iition of affairs presents the possi-
Dility of lawsuit over the prop
'rty. Presbyterians here say that
I there are member of the church
who do not want to withdraw,
he property, if its title is not
rested ia board of trustees, be.
ongs to the minority, and that If
he majority insist on withdrawing
hey will have to get out and
,uild a new house of worship.
The majority will naturally resist
his view, and the courts may be
allied in to decide the very deli.
ate question involved. q
Efforts are being made am ong
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R BRANDT
IN LA No: (:ASTER

Friday April, the 14th.
One day only Oeaves on the
afternoon train.
Will bring full line of samples
of his stock.
PRICES ALL REDUCED!
SPECIALS: Ladies' Sash Buck
les, Shirt Waist Sets with Pins in
plate and gold, aud Link Sleeve
Buttons.
Parties desiring spectacIes can
be fitted as usual.
Bring your watch work and
jewelry jobs. All of which will
Dok like new when returned.
The record-union., 1899-09-27
THAT FOLSOM GAME.
Manager j. O'Nei11 OF the West
erns Has His Say.

j. O'Neill, manager OF the Western
baseball team, says the statement pub
lished yesterday on behalf of the Fol-
som Juniors does the Westerns an in
justice. He says the latter won fairly.
There were some raw decisions
given, he says, but they did not help
they did the Folsoms.
What won the game for the West
erns,'' he says, twas a right field hit
by D. Silvey and very careless throw
to the home plate by the right fielder.
The young pitcher for the Folsoms,
who is about q years old, pitched
good ball for six innings, and then
both pitcher and catcher became rat
tied by the rooters who went from Sac
ramento.
''That alleged eye witness, who must
have been asleep while the game was
going on, should have seen the man
ager of the Folsom team and learned
how the game was lost before writing
to a newspaper about it.
"The Folsoms felt pretty blue over
their defeat continued O'Neill. "They
got so ratified that they We're afraid to
let our boys use their bats Burke,
who caught for the Westerns, caught a
first-class game, and Felix pitched
good ball toward the last. The Fol-
SONS couldn't hit the ball outside the
diamond for the three last innings The
oldest boy in the Westerns is 16 years,
with. the exception of one, who is but
q years, while the Folsom boys are
19 and over'
The record-union., 1899-09-27
YESTERDAYS FIRE.
It Was Caused by Defective Gas.
oline Stove.


About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
a gasoline stove in the rear of THE
Grotto," a tamale cafe at 915 K street,
exploded and set fire to the kitchen.
The flames spread rapidly and burned
out the rear portion of the place, which
latter was of wood, also a number of
sheds and balconies in the rear of two
adjoining buildings.
There was some delay in the fire.
men reaching the scene owing to the
fact that alarms were sent in simul-
taneously from two boxes. which
caused confusion
Sousa & Silveira's barber shop, ad-
joining the Grotto, was also damaged
in the rear, and J. Lang's dyeing and
cleaning works suffered some damage
by smoke and water.
S. J. Carey and F. B. Carter, two
young men who lodged in the upper
part of the Laine building-in which
the fire started-directly over the Grot-
to, lost everything they had in their
room. Four hours after the fire they
rescued from the debris a nickel clock
watch. 1t was still running, though
the face was scorched and it showed
many marks of the fire.
There was no insurance on the Laine
building, but the tenants were insured.
Among the latter, who suffered some
damage, is Mrs. M. B. Landreth, pro-
prietress of the Viking Cyclery.
Chief Guthrie says the frame struc-
lures burned We're erected many years
ago, but he will not permit them to be
replaced.
The record-union., 1899-09-27
THE DEMOCRATS.
Men Who VIII Compose the DEM
ocratic Convention.

The Democrats did not cut a very
wide swath in the political bayfield,
yesterday. There was but one ticket
in the field-for r. D. Stephens for
Mayor-and very few of the party took
the trouble to go to the ballot-box. In
some precincts the vote was surprising
ly small. The following named per-
sons will compose the Democratic con-
vention:
TWENTIETH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
Charles H. Bentley, E. w. Hale,
Frank Ruhstaller, Jr., w. F. Gormley,
w. j. Hassett, Peter F'laherty, r. LII.
Hawley, Chris Suter, Arthur M. Sey-
mour, Isadore Townsend, II. B. Neil
sen, W. A Henry, r. C. Irvine, Fred
Pierce, John Zittinger, Robert Martyr,
c. P Walrath, ]. B. Giffen, Ben
Sweeney, Edward Twitchell, P. E.
Jones, NJ. ]. Sullivan, G. z. Wait, E. A.
Nicolaus, ]. H. Fitzgerald. Louis Curtz,
c. j. Grafmiller, Fl. d. Nash, P. A.
Byrne, John Habberkorn, Owen Moen,
B. f. Ward, c. D. SERVER, L. H. Gray,
Henry Dehn, Ed McGraw. A. H. Grie-
sci, Leslie Renfro, r. H. Byers, J. V.
Powers, E. Gravel, /. Boysen, Robert
iSliCl, w. II. DIduy, IL. II. NyulIH, Il.
w. Day, A. D. Christianson, J. ]. Dwy-
er Or. H. L. Nichols, P. L. Lykins, r.
o. Cravens, NJ A. Washburne, G.. II.
Stephenson, William Skeels, J. E. Mayo
NJ. r. Beard. II. W. Strader, N. c.
Billingsley, II. NJ. LaRue, Jr., w. c.
Hendricks, John Oschner, Maurice H.
Sheehan, F. B. Chenoweth, Charles
Miller Clarence Hunt
TWENTY FIRST ASSEMBLY DIS
TRICT.
Fred Cox, Henry p. Brown, Henry
Mohr, A. B. Guthrie, NJ. Hanrahan. ].
G. Davis, d. w. Carmichael, DIR. F. H
Metcalf, Frank Kent, Joseph S. Quire.
Frank T. Lyman, Harry r. Blair, Geo.
S. Brand, 7. L. Acock, w. o. Bower $.
c. NJ. Harrison, Adolph Bauer. w. II.
Devine, J. M. Henderson. ST., F. Fl.
Veach, William Murphy, D. Reardon.
Edward LEVEL, Martin Flahive, w. +.
Stack, William Rutherford, James
Boyle, P. Gabrielle, j. T. Liness. III.
Meyer, r. L. Estis, w. G. Todd. Louis
Dickman, G. ]. Johnson, John e.
Mooney, W. F. Schmidt, ]. P. Hardy.
Joseph Wilson, Cornelius Touhey. Jo-
seph Harlow, Isadore Schad, S. Addi-
son, j. d. Green, G. f. Donsing, E. p.
S1lber, l. Hasert, D. H. Cox, NJ ]. Hol-
land, e. ]. Carragher, Stephen Dillon.
Daniel Meagher. Martin Beasley, JOS.
McAdams, Harry Nottingham, J. N.
Payne, L. c. Billups, James O'Brien,
Philip Caffrey. j. H. Davis, Thomas L.
Elliott, Frank Flemming, Simeon
Brown, VIII Fl. Devlin. j. Grant Back,
l. Alexander, C. E. Harrison, Simon
Ash, ]. Hoffelt, Bert Bowsher, +. G..
Knauer, w. w. Cuthbert, A l.. Fort
son, Prentiss Maslin, George Suydam,
J. e. d. Baldwin.