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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-08-02

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boat early in the morning, or in the
creeks, where the finest whiting,
drum. bass aud sheephead are
caught. The shooting of marsh hens
on high tide is enjoyed by many.
Then there is crabing, amusing the
old and young alike, but especially
the children
But the best of all is the surf
bathing; perfectly delightful is this
The beach ia broad and Fat so
gentle is the slope that one can
easily get beyond the breakers, and
not have the water uncomfortably
near the chin. And how invigorat-
ing, and what fun to sport amoog the
green waves The beach is clean
and as quickssnds are unknown,
bathers have secure footing The
dreaded undertow is very rarely felt,
and then only in disagreeabie
weather on the outgoing TIDE. No
one has ever been harmed by any
of the denizens of the deep off this
beach. in fact, one never sees any
thing more dangerous than delicate
whiting or a harmless porpoise. If
one does not care for bathing, and
every one does not, what is more
pleasant than to rest in a comfortable
hammock with a good book on the
shady veranda, or to watch the others
as they enjoy the hath. And last.
but not least, when the stern god Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-08
OVER 100000.
That is What President Cross
Owed the. Bank When He
Killed Himself.

The Emporia Gazette of July 7th
prints the following concerning Fridays
developments in the affairs of the First
National bank:
"The attorneys in the First National
bank case resumed taking testimony
before Smelser. H. P. Clark was put
on the stand to prove by the record
just when the varisu officers of the
bank took their positions. 1t developed
that Martindale has been a director of
the bank since its founding and that he
has been a member of the discount
board since it was organized. 1t has
been composed of VIM. Martindale, H.
F. Martindale and Chas. Cross and
these three have passed on the re-
liability of all the notes in the bank, in
cluding those of Cross and Martindale.
Mr.. Clark also testified that the bank
records show that for some time before
the bank closed, Cross owed the bank
over $300,000 and was therefore insOl-
vent, a fact which in the eyes of the
law, MartindaIe, as a member of the
discount board, must have known. This
testimony is introduced to show that in
taking bills of sale from an insolvent
debtor of the bank to protect himself
MartindaIe was profting by his own
fraud, a proposition which is rather
tough to face if proven.
After the taking of the testimony
Lambert and Albaugh conferred with
the attorneys for the opposition, looking
to forcing an agreement to go on with
the case July IA as previously arranged.
Lambert and Albaugh agreed not to
examine MartindaIe if he was put
on the stand here in EmpOria. except
along the line suggested by his attorney
in the direct examination. Mr. Martin
dale has claimed that by miscellaneous
questioning by Lambert, unless Martin
dale was protected by the presence of a
Judge his case might be injured. Lam
bert agreed to limit his cross -examina-
tion strictly to the matters in hand
Mr.. Martindale would not agree to
a in fl-1Ip ions rNf :
depOsitors' committee, the attorneys for
the receiver offered to allow everything
asked for by the opposition attorneys
in COIOra do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-08
THURMAN'S BOOM
For Vice-Presidency Started at Col
umbus Banquet

Columbus, O., July 8-About 1000
people attended the dollar dinner given
by the Young Mems Democratic club
of Columbus In the auditorium last
which the local Democracy has had
since that given in the honor of the
seventy-seventh birthday Of the late
Judge Allen G. Thurman, in the same
hall ten years ago. The affair was
strictly Democratic in its simplicity, all
classes being represented. There were
also a large number Of ladies in the
Rssemblage.
The chief guest was Colonel William
Jennings Bryan, at the table with
whom were also seated G. T. Callahan
and George Fred Williams, of Massa-
chuSettS; Judge Tarv1n, of Kentucky;
Allen Thurman, of Columbus, the toast
master, and a number of others promi-
nent in state politics. The entrance of
Col. Bryan was greeted by an OutburSt
of applause which lasted until after he
had become seated.
Judge Tarvin, president of the League
of Bimetallic clubs, of the Ohio valley,
responded to the toast, Party and
Principle"
In vitriolic speech he denounced the
attempts being made to relegate the
silver question to the rear. He insisted
that the issue must be made as prOmi-
nent in 1900 as it was in the Chicago
platform.
The party must not tolerate any dick
er or trade for the purpose of obtaining
the men in control of the Democratic
organization in New York were motor
iOusly out of sympathy with the Chi
cago platform, and said it was known
to all men that the organized wealth
of the country owned the New York
city organization body and soul. He de-
nounced the efforts now being made
by the organized wealth of the cOun-
try, in New York, in Chicago. and in
Indianapolis, to destroy the force and
power of the Democratic party by NUT
dating the Chicago platform of 1896"
When COI.Bryan was introduced there
was another outburst of applause that
continued for several minutes. When
quiet had been restored Col. Bryan
launched upon q. discussion of the issues
of the day In response to the toast
Democracy"
Col. Bryan insisted that there must
be no retreat from the position taken in
1896. He spoke also of the trust ques-
ton, declaring that the trusts must be
taken in hand by the federal govern
ment and recalled a recent statement
of Attorney General Griggs to the ef-
feet that IF anything is done to control
the trusts it must be done by the
states
Col. Bryan maintained that the presi-
dent through his attorney general could
enforce the law now in existence, but
he declared that the Republican party
had mortgaged itself to the trusts to
obtain money to carry on the last cleo
tion and said that when the methods
GiItpIOy Gu III lAldL 6lGCNlOn were uIluGF-
stood, no one can wonder that the at
torney general is undisturbed by the
watering of stock, the discharge of
travelling men and the extortion prac-
tised on the consumer"
Mr. Bryan deplored the taking of life
in the Philippines and insisted that the
people of those Islands should be given
the same freedom as had been promised
to the Cubans.
The last speaker was George Fred
Williams of Massachusetts, his toast
being The Eastern Democrats
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-08
DOUBLE LIABILITY.
Supreme Court Makes an Important
Decision.

The supreme court today rendered an
important opinion with reference to the
double liability of stockholders. When
a corporation dissOlves and is in debt
creditors may sue under the double ia
bility act.
The court holds that when a CORPORA
ton suspends business for year al
though it is not formally dissolved the
statute of limitations begins to run
and in three years from the time the
business suspends the liability of the
stockholder ends.
The syllabus of the opinion by Justice
w A. Johnston follows:
when a corporation Suspends bl1si-
ness for more than a year it is deemed
dissolved so far as to enable creditors
to enforce the individual liability of
stockholders. The right of action in ia
vor of the creditors accrues and the
statute Of limitations in favor Of the
stockholder begins to run Immediately
after the suspension for a. year and not
after such suspension is shown or de-
termined in a judicial preceding
"A creditor cannot postpone the stat
ute of limitations by failing to take af-
hrmative action which rests wholly
with himself to perfect his right against
stockholders upon their individual liza
bility- AS soon as reasonable time and
opportunity for that purpose has been
afforded him the statute of limitations
begins to run in favor of the stockhoId-
erS''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-08
LOSS OF $4,000, 600.
$4,OOO,OOO of It In Cotton by
Texas Flood.

Caldwell. Tex, July s-Estimates
made by competent cotton buyers as
to the loss resulting from damage to
the cotton crop in the Brazos, badly
tax the credulity of persons not famiI-
lar with the flood conditions. Not less
than 200 square miles of cotton bearing
land has been flooded. Every acre of it
would have produced a big bale.
Basing the loss on scent figures, the
crop destroyed on these plantations was
worth almost S4. 000 900. Well informed
persons are of the opinion that this un-
precedented rise in the BrazOs has cost
the people of Texas little less than $10,-
100000 Thousands of mules have been
drowned, all Of the domestic animals
have perished, rented houses and negro
quarters have been swept away, the
gins are nearly all ruined and hundreds
of plantation stores carrying big stocks
of general merchandise are under wa
ter. Not bridge has escaped and not
a train has passed over the Santa Fe
railroad between Brennan and Milano
for a week.
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WHAT TO DO.
Regulations For People Who Organ
ize Companies.

George "A. Clark, secretary of state,
is sending out today the blanks which
are necessary for the annual reports
from corporations doing business in
Kansas, according to the requirements
of the Bush corporation law, passed by
the last legislature.
Accompanying the blanks is a letter OF
explanation which is as follows:
1.-The laww relating to corporations
enacted by the legislature of 1898. extra
session. requires that each corporation
doing business in the state shall pre-
pare and file in this Office, on or before
August 1 of each year, a report show
ing its condition June 30 next preceding.
The statement must set forth:
''First-The authorized capital stock.
'SecOnd-The paid up capital stock.
''Third-The par value and market
value per share of the stock.
"Fourth-A complete and detailed
statement of assets and liabilities on
June 80 preceding.
"Fifth-A complete and detailed state
ment of receipts and expenditures for
the year next preceding.
'Sixth-A full and complete list of the
stockholders, with the postofice address
of each and the number of shares held
and paid for by each.
'tSeventh-The names and postofice
addresses of the officers, trustees or
directors, and manager elected for the
ensuing year, together with a certifi-
cate of the time and manner of holding
such election.
This law, you will observe, makes it
the duty of the president and secretary
of any such corporation. a s soon as any
transfer of stock is made, as shown upon
the books of the company, to at once
file with the secretary of state a state
ment of such change of ownership, Civ
ing the name and address of the new
stockholder, number of shares trans
ferred and the par value, and amount
paid on said stock. No transfer of stock
shall be binding until such statement
is made, etc, etc, nor can action be
or recovery had in any of the courts of
this state without first obtaining a GER
tificate from this Office that this state
ment has been properlX made,
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Enormous Output of Prof. Lip
pey's Mine.
Pack Trains Make a Number Of
Trips
CARRYING 1T AWAY.
June Clean Up In the KIOndike
Is PrOdigiOus.
Nuggets Found Worth From
$1,000 to $4,000.

Tacoma, Wn., July S.-Dr. L. o. Will
coxson Of Chicago, who has arrived
from Dawson, brings authentic news Of
an enormous cleanup that took place in
the first half of June, pack trains ar
irving at Dawson daily from Bonanza,
FL Dorado, Hunker and Sulphur creeks,
each bringing in 100000 to $1,5000OO in
dust. The big pack train made several
trips from Prof. Lippey's claim on FL
Dorado, which produced two tons Of
gold aust
The largest nuggets yet found tn the
Klcndike were discovered during the
clean up. One from claim 4, below on
Bonanza weighed 6015 ounces, and was
valued at 1868. A still larger one, but
impregnated with quartz, was found
on Gold Hill. It weighed over 106 oun-
ces AID is valued at $1S04.
Steamers aWere leaving Dawson al
most daily for St. Michael bearing rich
Klondikers and their dust. The steam
er Robert Kerr, leaving Dawson on
June 20, carried ever 50 600, ,00O-
He thinks that $5,0O0,J00 and their
owners will arrive on the first steamers
from st. Michael.
Coming out WilcOXson learned of two
important new discoveries, enc on
Thirty Mile river, where 81 per pan was
found, and the other Cn Big Salmon,
where the winters dumps averaged
s3S per cay per man. WilcOxson goes
home, but will return north in August
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WATCH IDENTIFIED.
Chain of Evidence Against Mur-
dererS of HI. G. Tandy
Completed.

The circumstantial evidence against
James Render, alias Denver Kid" and
Dick Williams, alias "Trilby,' for the
murder of Harry Tandy near McFar-
land on June % is conclusive.
The last and the most discriminating
evidence against the two is the identifi-
cation of the watch which the two color
ed men lost to William McCarty in a
game of craps. McCarty took the watch
to ex-Ch1ef of Police Henry Steele, in
North Topeka, and sold it to him for SO.
working on clue to some stolen shoes
and came to Topeka in working up evil
dence. The Topeka police were looking
after the same shoes and found that
Render and Williams had sold several
pairs of new ones. They also found that
Williams and Render had been seen
with Tandy and another white man.
The Manhattan officer went to Alma
and found that McCarty, who was there,
had been with the two cOlored men. He
brought him to Topeka and McCarty
confessed to having had the watch but
did not know where the colored men got
it. In company with an officer he went
to Steele and bought the watch back
for So. so. Steele had been doing some
detective work in hopes of catching the
nurderers but was not aware that he
had almost conclusive evidence in his
possession. Since then Officer Mccoy
took the watch to Creighton Mo. and
the father of the murdered man as well
as a jeWeler who put in a new crystal,
identified it as Harry Tandy's watch.
Sheriff Cook and his force had a
description of the supposed murderers
and had been on the lookout for them
for several days but when the two called
at the jail to visit a negro prisoner did
not recognize them. Chief Ramsey saw
the two go to the county Jail and ar
rested them there in the office The
officers there said they were about to
call for the police to arrest them for
vagrancy.
At first both Williams and Render
denied they were in Alma or Mcfarland
but after being in the sweat box for
several hours they admitted having
been in Alma and then in Mcfarland
| and even admitted playing cards with
Tandy and another white man on the
bank of the creek where the body was
found.
Tandy had a valise with him when
last seen. Sheriff Cook has in his pos
session a small, yellow valise with blood
stains on the bottom and a slung shot.
The weapon is undoubtedly the one used
in the murder and the valise is thought
to have been Tandy's. Sheriff Cook will
not state where he found the articles.
Williams is known as a smooth Grim
inal who would break Jail unless close
ly guarded. He viii be taken with Rem
der to Alma for a preliminary hearing,
but both will probably be returned to
the Shawnee county jail for safe keep
ing. Render has served a term in the
penitentiary for burglary and while in
the county jail in Topeka made his es-
and
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Telegraph Companies Conform
TO State Regulations.
Applies Only to Messages Sent
by State Officers.
TEN WORDS, Is CENTS.
That Is the Price Under the
New Law.
News From the State House
Departments.

The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany, while testing the constitutional
ty and the equity of the new telegraph
rate law passed by the last legislature,
is accepting for the transmission or
messages, from the state officers, the
new rate of Is cents for ten words.
This is true also of the Postal Tele-
graph company. This company is
watching the development of the suits
which have been brought by the West
ern Union. It is said the two companies
have pooled for the purpose of fighting
the law. The Western Union appears as
the active plaintiff but the Postal con-
tributes a proper share towards carry
ing on the litigation.
On the first of each month the tele-
graph companies settle with the various
state departments on the basis fixed by
the new law.
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OBJECT TO ROBERTS.
Anti-Polygamy Meeting by Mini1ters
at Springfield, Mo.

Springfield, No, July S.-The minis
ters of Springfield held an anti-polyg-
amy meeting at the St. Paul Methodist
church last night, and protested against
the seating of Congressman Roberts OF
Utah. Rev Mr.. Allen, rector of Christ
church, was chosen chairman of the
meeting, and short speeches were mace
Street Christian church; DR.. Jenkins
of the st. Paul; Mr.. Bacon, of the Cunn-
berland Presbyterian church, and other
ministers of the city.
A local branch of the anti-PolygaIny
League of America was organized, and
committees were appointed to canvass
the city for signatures to a petition 10
congress praying that the Utah mem
Der be not seated. Mr.. Allen stated
that the purpose of the movement was
to secure 1, ,0O0, 900 names throughout tie
union protesting against the seating or
the polygamous congressman.
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SOME GET THROUGH.
Prosr ectors Reach Dawson by the
Edmonton Trail

Seattle, Wash, July San uncon-
firmed story comes from Dawson City
that several prospectOrs. who have ar
rived there over the Edmonton route
report that a score of miners have died
from scurvy at Wind river, branch of
the Peel river, and that a number of
others have suffered from its dread eff
fects. They had no list of those who
died. but they report the following
among the sick: DR.. J. p. Mason, Chi
cago; W. Ouch, Brom Brothers, DR..
Martin, dentist, Chicago; Edward Har-
rison, - Mitchell.
DR.. Martin was camped with two
other Chicago men. Both were taken
down with scurvy. Martin loaded them
on sled and tried to pull them to
Wind City, a distance of seventy-five
miles, where he expected to find medi-
cines and fresh supplies. One man died
soon after the journey began Martin
took the other man on his back and
completed the journey.
The news was brought to Dawson by
a party consisting of A. M. Gregory,
DR.. Stone, A. c. Alexander, w. N.
Gray, J. w. Smell and Howard Nc
Gregor of Huron county, Ontario; DR..
J. E. Brown, W. E. George and James
A. Ferguson of Chicago; Carl Brown,
Meade Beaudette, Oliver Carter and
William Pearson of Bay City, Mich. =;
James Vincent, Fritz Thiele and John
Lanolette of Fargo, N. D.
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WHEELER'S NEW BOOK.
Writes of the Civil lWar-Publication
to Be Sold to Benefit His Old Men.

Atlanta, Ca, July 8.-General Joseph
Wheeler has written a book on the op-
eratiOns of his cavalry during the civil
war and it will be published for the
benefit of the Wheeler cavalry camps
throughout the south. At a meeting of
Wheeler's cavalry, camp A, letter
was read from the A1abaman in which
he stated that he had compiled a lot of
notes after the war which had never
been printed. He signified his intention
of sending S100 to start the work and
said he would accept no royalty. The
manuscript will be here tomorrow and
the book will be published at once by
an Atlanta firm.
A resolution was unanimously adopt
ed thanking American" Knauss of
Columbus Ohio, for the care taken of
Confederate graves in that city.
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NEW ORLEANS GETS 1T.

Portland, Ore, July s.-The National
Editorial association has elected the fol-
lowing officers:
President, R. II. Henry, Jackson, Miss.
First vice president, Matt Parrott,
Waterloo, Iowa.
Second vice president. F. B. Balls,
Clebourne. Texas.
Third vice president. Albert Tosier,
Portland Oregon.
Corresponding secretary, J. NJ. Page,
Jerseyville, Illinois.
Recording secretary, r. NJ. White,
Mexico, Mo.
New Orleans was chosen as the place
of holding the next annual convention
in February. The vote on the place of
meeting was as follows: New Orleans,
232; Hot Springs, Ark, SO; Detroit, 2;
Saratoga. 1.