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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-06-17
BURIAL OF CYCLONE
VICTIMS.
Thirty~Two New Graves in One
Wisconsin Town-A Large
Number of Unburied Dead
The Dead Horses Removed
and Fires EXtinguished.
New Richmond, Wis. June IA,

New Richmond, Wis. June IA.
Thirty two new graves were
made today in the two little ceme-
telies at opposite sides of the town
a constant succession of funerals
treading a passage through the
Uttered streets all day long.
Services for % were held in the
Catholic church, and from the
Congregational church ten. There
is still a large number of unburicd
dead, and but for the fact that
collins failed to arrive today, it is
thought the number of funerals
would have been close to fifty
The number of known dead was
increased by one, Harry Larsen,
a boy about IT years old, the
son of laborer, and two of the
injured died. Contrary to ex-
pectation there were no bodies
found during the day in the base
mcnt Cf the Williams dry goods
store. Ten bodies still remain
unidentified. All of these have
been counted in the list of dead.
-Four bodies were found today,
those of Mrs. Kate Hawkins,
Willie Houghes, John Prior and
Larson. The Hawkins family,
consisting of Mr.. and Mrs. Haw-
kins and three children, is wiped
out with the exception of Mr..
Hawkins, who is seriously injured,
and his recovery Is very doubt
full.
The work of clearing up the
town was undertaken in u syste-
matte manner this morning and
decided progress was made. The
numberous dead horses that we're
lying around were all buried early
in the day. All the fires which
had been smouldering for Sc
hours were extinquished and
number Of cellars in which dead
bodies were supposed to be were
cleared up. The militia kept
strict guard around the edges of
the devastated district, and no one
who could not show excellent
cause for admission was allowed
inside the lines. Supplies have
been coming in all day from all
directions aud there is no scarcity
of anything to eat. The relief
committee has received tenders Of
money from various sources,
amounting to about $4,000.
Enough additional money is in
sight, it is said, to supgly all the
immediate demands for cash. A
building and To- n association plan
has been talked of for rebuilding
the town. All of the wounded
were doing well today and no
more immediate deaths are looked
for.
NINE KILLED IN HERMAN.
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TILL nj AN TELLS HIS TALE
All About His Transactions With
the Penitentiary.
Special to Greenville News.

BOSh'i'AJ lhNS9IlSdIlOh COIu-
mlttee resumed work ut noon to-
day. Chairman Stevenson and
Senators Hay and Livingston
were the only members present.
There were no interesting dee
velopments.
Mr.. Stevenson had written dur~
ing the recess to Senator Tillman,
Governor Evans and others
about the charges made against
them. Evans had Ignored che
communication and Senator Till
mans letter was read and it was
not insisted that he be summoned.
Senator TilImans letter rs follows:
Trenton, Max %, 1899.
Hon. w. L. Stevenson, Ker shaw,
sc.
Dear Sir: | have your letter
of May Goth. l hardly think it
worth my while to appear before
your committee to answer the
trivial matters brought out in the
Neal investigation. | do not see
In what way Col. Neal dereliction
or misconduct or his transaction
in regard to the bricks and book
case etc. can effect me. | am in
the dark as to the exact nature of
one of these matters to wit: The
account of the commlssarv book
and would be glad to know the
nature of that account, items and
dates. l will state for your in
formation that | have no recol
lection whatever of ever having
obtained any groceries or any,
thing else that could he charged
on a book of that kind from the
penitentiary except an occasional
mess of vegetables which were
sent to me by Colonel Neal as Il
compliment, | suppose, and l am
sure | paid for anything else. In
regard to my running a farm
with cOnvicts, | will state that |
never ran n farm while in Colum.
bia ut all in the common sense of
the term. | rented five or six
acres of land which | sowed in
oats in the fall aud worked with
my carriage horses and then sowed
in peas after the oats were cut,
for pea hay. There was IA little
patch at the executive mansion
which was similarly treated and
the Convicts who kept the yards
and grounds clean helped to gather
in the hay as well rs that on the
rented land the last year was at
the mansion and Colonel Neal
world never take anv pay. The
labor Of cutting and hauling five
acres of oats and pea hay one
year, you can estimate so rs TO
sec about the extent of the account
if it is still open. The matter was
so trivial | attached no importance
to 1t then or now. You may con
slider it in IL different light. In
regard to the brick, | will say
that Colonel Neal at his own sug
gestlon once, while at Rock Hill,
offered 10 ship me car load of
brick If | would pay the freight,
saying that they would cost
him very little and he would
make me present of them. |
accepted the offer, and when Col>
onel Lipscomb sent a bill | seat it
to Colonel Neal with n letter in-
quirrng whether Lipscomb had
any rights in the matter. He re-
piled enc" that it was Il mistake
and there the matter dropped.
Neal also presented me with
plain pine book case with glass
doors worth about FIVE dollars. |
will say that shortly nfter re.
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NINE KILLED IN HERMAN.

Herman, Ncb. June IA. This
village was destroyed by torna-
do last evening. Nine people
were killed and IS were seriously
injured in the wrecks of their
homes The tornado started a
few miles west of Herman and
after travelling west a short dis
tan"e turned back, covering
strip about 25 rods wide. The
town was directly in its path and
only two or three residences were
left standing. The Methodist
church and the school building
are the only buildings left. The
Methodist church is being used as
a hospital and morgue.
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LANCASTER AND CHESTER
RAILWAY
BETWEEN CHESTER AND LANCASTER.
Schedule in effect Daily except Sunday
on and after Sept IL. 1895

WESTBOUND EASTBOUND.
Nos. IA and 10 Nos and l5'
NJ. NJ. A " = NJ
80 5 SO Ar Chester Ly II 90 : 90
9O7 5 O7 Richhurg II 3s 745
8 55 4 80 BascOmbville II 52 30
S 33 4 SO Fort Lawn l2l2 SIS
90 4 % Ly Lancaster ArI2 50 So
Connects at Chester with Southern
ROiiway, SeaoOard Air Line and Car
Oiina and North Western Railway.
Connects at ancaster with the Ohio
River d Charleston.
Leroy Springs. Pres, Lancaster, 5. G.
J NJ Heath, G.. p. A,
w II Hardin. V p and Aud, Chester
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any old symptoms"
Dr.. Miles Remedies
are sold by all drug
gists under a positive
guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money re-
funded. Book on dis
eases OF the heart and
nerves free. Address,
DR.. MILES MEDICA
The daily sentinel., 1899-09-27
iHE COUNTRY OF THE czAR.

Russian papers complain that the
Siberian railway, instead of civilizing
the regions through which it passes,
is teaching the natives the art of rob
bing trains.
Ornithologists must be very infiu
entail in Russia to succeed in almost
making a government matter of the
great exhibition of birds which is to be
held in ST. Petersburg.
In the next seven years, it is now
stated, Russia will spend f51,0O0,000
on her navy, for which she will get
eight battleships, 16 cruisers, one sub
marine mine transport, one torpedo
transport, 20 destroyers and 30 tor
pedo boats.
Russia has curious preselyting meth
DDS. The czar has presented the Bull
garian people with the complete cos.
tunes for hundred Russian plays
taken from the wardrobes Of the st.
Petersburg and Moscow court the=
aters. They comprise s,7O0 separate
articles Of dress, valued at 10000 rop-
bles,
The daily sentinel., 1899-09-27
WOMAN AND HER WAYS

Girls know how every young man
tips his hat.
A woman thinks the chief purpose of
keys is to lose them.
Probably every girl has ,wished at
some time that she had curly hair.
Any woman who won't work il soon
spotted by the rest Of the iieighbors.
Some women worry so much over not
having any time to rest that they
don't enjoy it when they have time.
Nothing bores . woman 20 much ~
to have anyone agree with her when
she deprecates her own housekeeping.
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THE copRA INDUSTRY.
~ Important Trade May Be Trans
1erred to the United States
from Marseilles.

Consul Skinner at Marseilles invites
attention to the fact that the occupa-
tion of the Philippines by the United
States may lead to the transfer to the
United States Of an industry now al
most exclusively confined to the city
of Marseilles. He refers to the copra
industry, and states the situation as
follows:
1.-THE crushing of oleaginous seeds
and cocoanuts, for the extraction of the
oil they contain, has for many years
given employment to hundreds of work
men, and the skillful use OF blended oils
in the manufacture of soap gave to this
city its worldwide reputation for the
latter Inmore recent times, the Amer
lean cotton seed oil has to large ex-
tent replaced the copra or cocoanut oil.
at the same time severely crippling the
seed-crushing business. A soap manu-
facturer advises me that the cotton oil
cannot, however, entirely supplant the
cocoanut oil, as the former, if used
alone, produces soap too soft to be
acceptable to commerce; and the lat
ter, If unmixed with cotton OF peanut
oil, makes soap as much too hard.
1 am informed that mixture of about
half and half produces the best results,
and that the failure of Marseilles man
ufacturers to maintain these proper
tions has been followed by distinct
falling off in the quality of some IA
nous brands of Marseilles soaps.
1.-THE copra or cocoanuts crushed in
Marseilles come almost exclusively
from the Philippine islands. In the
year 1897 the imports amounted to $780,
100 metric quintals, in addition to
which 1910 metric quintals were i'm
ported from the French colonies. The
highest price paid at Marseilles during
1897 was $6.94 and the lowest $6.31.
The nuts fall from the trees and lie on
the grounG until the hard shell sep
arates from the kernel and decays. The
kernels appears to lose none of it's use
full qualities, though permitted to re-
main on the ground for year or more.
When a favorable opportunity occurs
the copra is gathered, dumped into
some small coasting boat, and eventual
ly reaches Marseilles. At the present
time the price is uncertain and almost
double the average figure, because of a
complete suspension of arrivals from
Manila. On January II the total stock
of copra in the docks and warehouses
was only 1880 quintals, and the fear
now prevails that the troubles among
the natives will prevent the shipment
OF any considerable quantity for some
time to come.
"The assurance that means of COM
munication between the Philippines
and the United States will soon be
established will make 1t appear easy
for American capital to build and oper-
ate crushing mills; and, with cotton
oil in unlimited quantities to draw
upon, the manufacturers of soap will
be in possession of additional resources
for carrying On their businsss."-Wash-
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else him.

About the best silver campaign litera-
ture we have read fer some time is the
decision of the Michigan supreme court.
It has decided in suit for the payment
Of debt in gold coin, that silver 10 one
Of the soin metals Of the government, 80
interpreted by the constitution, and that
any obligation Of private or public debt
is payable in silver or gold. How uns-
tious this decision sownds to us, when
We have heard dinned for years that sill
yer is not legal coin; how parslyzing it
must be to those cut threat money loan
ers who have disseminated the doctrine
that all obligations must be paid In gold.
Secretary Gage could, il he was not
under the spell OF Wall street and the
goldites of the east. pay every govern
meut debt in silver and we hope the day
will come whom silver will be recognized
as debt paying coin OF the government.
There is no law against it now, but the
will alone Of the secretary Of the treas
ury.
The daily sentinel., 1899-09-27
nususDss LooAA

Bsdwsll sells books.
The Star Laundry docs qniok work.
Lady Grey cigar at 400 Main street.
Get your outing supplies at Bedwells.
Furnished rooms---437 Pitlkin avenue.
Grady 4 Springer fix all hinds Of
Duncturss.
Cameron sells the Best &c. cigar in
the city, 400.
Have your washing done at the Star
Laundry.
Choiee cigars and tobaccos at Came
ron's, A08.
For Sale-Fine Jersey cow.-Apply to
J. W. Bedwell.
Big line Of lamps just received at the
Bargain house.
Ask for the White knight cigar at
Camsron's, 400.
Everything in the line Of sporting
goods at Bedwslls.
Grady & Springer repair whesls. Steele
building, opposite Sentinel.
II anything gets wrong with your BIZ
cycle take it to Grady 4 Springer.
What do they have at the Bargain
HouseP Why bargains, Of course. Good
ones too.
The daily sentinel., 1899-09-27
DEWEY AT HOME.

Dewey, the hero Of Manila, the hon
ored son of the greatest nation on earth.
is home. All hail Dewey. may tho well
come you receive in New York be q
synonym OF the gratitude Of the whole
nation. Though your coming was q
surprise, yet the heart of the nation was
sufficiently attuned to give you cordial
welcome.
OF good old New England stock, a
friend OF the common people. it is they
who give you welcome. not the select
few, neither those who consider them
selves the elect. 1t is not to the glori-
GUS victory, won upon that memorable
morning to which the people bow in
homage, but in recognition Of that su-
perb readiness and unfaltering conf
dencs which begat that immortal say
ing when you are ready Gridley you
can commence firing. That language
and the absolute absence of fear Of con-
sequences to our vessels, which has
taught the nations of the earth to be-
ware Of our imperial navy, its glorious
seamen and lts more than glorious COM
mamderf; which in a word has made US
upon land and sea, through the sublime
confidence Of our Dewey, to all this does
this nation give glory and honor to
George Dewey, superb and glorious com
mander. we'll balanced diplomat and
common citizen.
The daily sentinel., 1899-09-27
"a. 90 I. New York and R..ur,

Via Nickel Plate road, September 26th
9th and 28th, with return limit Of Os-
tober 4th, 1899. Three through trains
bet xeen Chicago and New York daily
with first class equipment and dining
car service. For further information
or reservation Of sleeping car aecomoda-
tioni, address General Agent. No. Ill
Adams st., Chicago. Chicago passsn-
ger station, Van Bursn St., and Pacific
Ave-, on the elevated loop.
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For the Dcwey Day Celebration

Al New York City, the Nickel Plate
road will sell tickets, Chicago to New
York and return, at e2AOO. Tickets on
sale September 26th, 27th and 18th with
return limit to and including October
4th, 1899. Three through trains daily,
with vsstibulsd sleeping cars. Please
address General Agent at Ill Adams
street, Chicago for further information.
The daily sentinel., 1899-09-27

Bryan's prediction OF the coming ne
cessity for the coinage of silver has been
verified already. The California mint
has orders to coin s1,OOO,OOO per month.
Bryan evidently understands finances
better than some who presume 70 criti-
else him.
The daily sentinel., 1899-09-27
RIO oRANDI wEsTlRN.
COMING OUR WAY.

We haven't got strings on the earth
hero in Mesa county but frem present
indications We are going to get our share
Of the COED things Of the earth, il we
play our hand right.
Tho Denver press has contained a
great many items lately about tho possi-
bio investments OF Henry Oxnard, the
beet sugar king, in the Arkansas valley.
This mornings News contains the vel
como statement that there is possibili-
ty Of interesting Mr.. Oxnard in the
building of the long hoped for high line
canal, which will reclaim between forty
and sixty thousand acres Of desert land.
It has boon . matter Of surprise to
many that Mr.. Oxnard should want to
mako his investments in the Arkansas
valley, whore land would cost him con-
sidsrably more than in the Grand Valley
and whore the water problem il 20 un-
certain.
The water question in this valley re-
solves itself into question only Of get
ting the water on the land. OF water
there il more than an abundancs; more
than will ever be needed to reclaim all
the available land,
Putting water on the land is not an
impossible problem, in fact no great on
cheering fsts will be required to run
water. through tho means OF an irrigat-
ing ditch to this vast body Of redesmable
arid land, II has only bsen . question Of
securing the funds to carry forward the
project.
With the necessity arising for vast
acssage for the cultivation OF beets to
supply eur great best sugar factory, the
proat element TO any one making the
Investment, for building the ditch, 10 an
swsrsd In the sale OF the land and the
water.
Before Mr.. oznard fully decides upon
erecting his great sugar factory in the
Arkansas valley, where land 10 high
priced and water b irrigats 1t an intri-
cate problem. he should make full and
complete investigation Of the wonderful
possibilities and psoat which will result
in building high line irrigation ditch
through this valley and the reclamation
ss this vast body Of arid land whish,
when kissed with water. blossoms and
responds to the hand Of the Hllss. sush
- no other land does In III this inter
moantain region.
The daily sentinel., 1899-09-27
Fits Like
A Glove

10 what every lady and Rsntlema
says about our new line Of fall
footwear, known a. the invisible
cork soles the perfestion Of perfee-
tioa in stylish foot covering at SO
apair.
THE BOSTON SHOE STORE.
The daily sentinel., 1899-09-27
Not What
You Paw

But what you get for your money
= what should prompt you In shos
buying. We buy and ssll the best
enly.
7n1 BOSTON SHOE STGRH.
The daily sentinel., 1899-09-27

To Cure . Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money il 1. fails to
cure. 26c. Genuine has L. B. 9. on
each tablet.
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no KIND to Your stomacn.

In this connection I recall a remark
recently made by a New York physi-
clan after reading of the death of a
young woman in Brooklyn in'conse-
qucncc of eating two quarts and a pint
of peanutsi in three days. Says the doc
tor:
Such statements make me lose faith
in all mankind. The peanut is a very
appetizing thing and if eaten in mod
Grafton and well masticated will do
no harm to a person with q fairly good
digestion. but to think Of eating more
than two quarts of them! Think Of nut
ting such a terrible load on the human
stomach just TO crafty the appetite.
III the young woman had eaten a lit
tie salt with the nuts the probabilities
are that the progress of digestion would
have gone on and her stomach would
not have cloggcd. But no one should
permit a fancy for any particular kind
Of food to overcome the dictates of COM
mon prudence. Always remember that
your stomach is your best friend. and.
treat it us such. If you don't you will
surely be reminded of every act of UNI
kindness
The human stomach is a mass OF
muscle and fiber which seems u be
specially constructed to meet the in.
tirmities and weaknesses of our appe-
tiles 1t is like a piece of india rubber
but there are limits to its endurance, al
every dyspeptic knows and as every
n who abuses it will discover in due
time and very often too late,-M Y
Aail and Cypress.
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1T WAS AWFULLY MEAN OF ALICE.
But After All She Only Happened to BE
. Little Ahead.

Il haven't seen you with Alice late.
ly," remarked the girl whose roses
matched her cheeks. us it&that your
street gowns do not harmonize, or can
it bega matter Of temperpp
4You have not seen us together 0
viii you," firmly replied the girl with
the yelvct@sleeves, otis not a matter OF
gowns, but Of principle. Alice Is a cat
Ia mean, spiteful, malicious ca. z
"Humph! Her fur seems to be 10
very good condition, Judging from what
l saw"
Don't eel me what you saw unless
you met her in a high wind without a
veil trying to be a Gibson girl. You
didn'tP Well. then, just listen while /
tell you what she did"
"Dear me, | hope it is something very
bad" tluttercd the girl whose roses
matched her cheeks. Il haven't been
very well of late and the doctor says my
system needs toning up.
ut is. You know that Jack Bitter
sweet has Tilted Juliap I never could
understand what he saw in her anyhow
myself, but he kept her from poaching
on other peoples preserves So"
She's taking it very hard, too. Tho
reason | know it is that she is making
desperate efforts to secure Jim, and no
girl who had not suffered a keen disap-
pointment would"
"M'hm. Well, I was at Alice's when
the news came that it was off. You
know, before he became engaged to
Julia, Jack used to divide his attentions
pretty evenly between Alice and my.
self. Well, l knew Alice, so l told her
plainly that l thought we ought to
punish him for treating poor Julia so
badly, as we'll as for having engaged
himself to her in the first place. She
demurred at first, but l talked her round
by arguing that women should stand
by each other-she is always talking
about the sympathy of sex,you know.so
she had TO agree. We made q solemn
compact then and there to snub Jack as
he deserved
sand did your"
well. it was this way: After I got
home | fell to thinking it over, and ]
began to feel sorry for poor Jack,
especially as he might not, after all,
have been to blame. Besides, papa told
me that he has been making a great
deal of money lately. You knows man
with plenty of money is more apt to be
led astray, and there was no knowing
what he might do if I suubbed him
severely. Finally, / decided to send for
him and give him a Enthusiastically
admonitiOn."
"Of course"
$50 the next morning L wrote him a
note asking him to drop in for a cup of
tea and n chat ats o'clock, when Iwould
4 hn ~ - .r.l.H" +a. @ " .-E=f5HM
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Looking Back With Hen.

TX"
o do you remember last winter, Ben Bolt.
When the mercury slid ava down;
When 1t seemed that your nose would be
frozen, Ben Bolt,
Ere you got to YOU office downtown
Those days when we grumbled at 10 bs-
low
And the water pipes froze every night
When we scolded the plumber for being
- 81 slow,
And the iceman kept well out Of sight?
o do you remember those mornings, Ben
When you worked with your overcoat
on.
And declared you'd be glad don't deny
itl, Ben Bolt,
When the COMPOUNDED winter was gomez
And don't 0 remember those chilly
nights, too,
When We couldn't get bed-clothes
enough?
Q how The frost nippcd us and how the
wind blew!
Just think of 1t! Wasn't 1t tough?
Chicago TimeS-Herald
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s SHE WAS TOO HEAVY.
Toy Woman Got WcdRel In i
it3k4n Cab and l,ouIdn,sGetOut.

Tow Woman Got WcdRel In /,
I ia,kasn Cab ailu Ns.ouIdn,eGetOut,
London News: The Irishman who went
VT u an evening reception IN a i adan
:hails. the bottom of which fell out. and
who said chat hut for the look of the
thing he would as SOON have walked,
Ws;s not In such san awkward pledica-
ment as 3 .5,ds Who got into a cab in she
3ouleNard st. Michel in Paris the other
lay. She was raif, 10 and exceedingly
lat. and as she sat on the seat ii gave
way and her feel. were on the roadway
Unfortunately thu, driver did not AT frst
notice the mishap and drove OH, the lady
cumming as best she could and ming
10 him to stop. A crowd collected and
Me man pulled up, 1t was Then found
that the lady could not be got out OF her
embarrassing position without taking the
horse ont OF the shaft and lifting the
vehicle over her head. Gr{it WAS iinpos-
iiible to slift her mp thro6gh the aperture
through which she had fallen. The crowd
VI idiefs who were soon on The SPOT We're
greatly amused ana their delight knew no
aounds when an alteration enst,ed be-
EHeen the cabby and his fare, the one
manning damages for the injury 10 mis-
sab. the other declaring that sile would
cue his master for damages incurred
through the vehicle being insecure NStu-
rally no agreement was arrived at and
!he matter Will be referred 10 the civil
tribunal.