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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-04-11
NEED MORE TROOPS
IN THEPR0VINCES.
Gems Young and Bell Say
Their Forces Are
Inadequate.

Manila. April Reports Of en
counters between the American troops
soi the insurgents continue to arrive
from many points 90 Feiday Capt
Sturgis while recon o offering, struck 40
insurgent oatpost on the Nevalicbes
road five miles distant from Manila,
killing two aod capturing ten All
we're 10 foil uniform. Uofortun ately
Capt Sturgis' force was not large
enough to pursue the main body
A detachment of the Forty secood
infantry while scouting 10 Laguua
province vas pursued BY the iosurgeot.
aUd obliged to take refuge 10 q church
at Paeto. where the Americans repelled
the rebels until rec eoforoe meets arrived
Lieut. Gordon, with company of the
Sixteenth iufsutry while scouting near
Apart. Cagsyan province, engaged
200 Insurgents. Lieut. Gordon was
wounded.
A sergeant and a corporal of Co I,
Eigbteeoth infantry we're killed 10 Q
severe fight 10 Cspis province. Isl.od
Of Paoay.
The insurgents made o night attack
upon Calbayon. Island Of Samsr They
killed the sentry, swsrmed into to-
towo. aud searched toe house of Maj
Gilmore. of the Forty Third infantry
who VAS absent. They killed bis cook
Ultimately the Americans drove them
out OF tho town killing four sud oap.ur.
log twelve.
Gen Young. commanding .in North
Lusoo. has made several requests for
reeo eoforoemeots, represen nting that biz
force is inadequate. that the men are
exhausted by the necessity of coustau,
vigilance, that be is unable to garrison
the towns 10 bis Jurisdiction. that the
Insurgents are returning to the distrio.
and killing the amigos. and that it is
necessary for him to iofict pun,sbmeor
10 several sections before the rainy sea
SOD begins
Gen James Bell. who is CON q ud,ue
10 southern Luzon. has made similar
representations. He says his forces
are inadequate aud that be merely
holds few towns without oontrollioe
the territory
The president of the town
Sawal. province of Bataar, Luzou
aud another prominent natives have
oeen sssassInsted because they we're
known to be friendly to the Americans
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The Custom House Row,

Mr. @ A. Macatee. special agent
Of the treasury department, conciud.
ed his investigation yesterday into
the conduct of affairs at the custom
house HE report will reach the
hsuds Of ths secretary of the tress.
ury Monday morning. but when
sction will be taken 10 not known.
Mr. Macstee has made q thorough
investigation, which lasted exactly
one week When he first arrived be
was inclined to give little credence
to the report that liquor was stored
10 the custom house Reports we're
strong enough to lead him to believe
that it had been stored there, bat he
was not inclined to believe that he
would be able to find any there
Last Soudsy morning. when the
empty kegs were found, investigation
began Alright
O'Brien's confession was not &C.
cepted, in the face of the denial of
the collector. deputy coilecto jsni.
tor and cleaners. This circumstsn ce
led everyone to believe that the
investigating committee was ia hold
Of evidence of q ve,y strong nature
The main point of evidence ie the
barrel Of rum Mr. Ostendorff claims
it to have been bis personal property.
but Mr. Macatee, it is said, has res
son to doubt this The internal rev
enue department can trace every
gallon Of liquor that makes Q legiti.
mate Start from the distiIlery This
particular keg--or, rather, barrel
of 81 gallons If rum has passed
through the required regulations of
the department, except the storing of
1t in the custom house Evidence of
q graver nature has been found
against certain parties 10 the custom
house, but for reasons it is withheld
The last witness called up was q
man named Scott. q former employe
about the building His evidence or
testimony was used to corroborste
certain information gained mostly by
Mr. Macatee on the outside On
Friday MIR Mscatee devoted q great
deal of his time to outside work and
secured valuable evidence 10 the
case
1t cannot be stated authoti,atively
what his recommendation is, bnt i. ia
rumored that he recommends q very
lively shaking up of the collectors
office.-News and Courier, April 8.
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Frankfort. Cy., April IA clash
between the opposing militia was
narrowly averted here tonight. Two
soldiers ct the State house we're
arrested for drunkenness by the police
and their comrades rescued. them.
A Dumber Of shots we're fred but no
one was hurt Chief of Police Williams
summoned his full force and went to
the State house to demand the
prisoners. The Beckham military
authorities intercepted the police and
dissuaded them from attempting to
to capture the men who bad started
the trouble and who bad been rescued
by their comrades. The soldiers of the
opposing administration were drawn
up ready for action The soldiers of
the State house remained drawn M
ready for action for several minutes
sfter the police and deputy sheriffs
withdrew. but later eli of them, ex
cept those doing night watch duty,
went inside the State buildings and
the excitement abated
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The Best Advertising

Evidence that the live popular
newspapers are, of all advertising
mediums far the best has accumula
ted until it may be fairly called de.
monstration.
The most enterprising and success
ful merchants have learned this truth
by experience aud their testimony is
practically unanimous in favor Of the
newspaper az the best means
of reaching and attracting the trade
Mr. John WaDamaker is the most
famous and perhaps the most sue
cessfuI American merchant, and he
advertises almost exclusively in news
papers He is said to spend more
than $5O0,OO0 year 10 this way,
and be attributes his immense success
mainly to his newspaper sdvertis
ing
His two magnificent department
stores, one in PhiIadeIphia and the
other in New York, are said to have
netted him nearly $4,000 600 last
year, and he is advertising more than
ever this year, and almost entirely in
newspapers
Frank Daniels. manager of Wal
lack's theatre in New York, took "a
hand primary" go to speak, the other
night on an important question. in
which the business public throughout
this country and the press is directly
interested The story is told as fol
lows:
"Between the acts ushers distrib
uted among the audience slips with q
brief print statement. politely asking
the recipient to indicate by q check
mark in the list of various advertis
ing forms employed which one bad
attracted him to the performance
newspapers, biIlboards, window lith
ographs or something else The
people seemed to take kindly TO tho
idea and the response was most liber
al. Eleven hundred slips were
banded to the ushers. and of that
number 99l had been attracted BY
the newspaper solely
As the Richmond Ledger says, in
commenting upon this incident !:
The newspaper is the thing"
There is no other medium of adver
tising that compares with it in sdvsp.
tage to the business man
This incident indicates that the
general public as we'll as shrewd
business men, understand that news
papers furnish incompsrably the best
means of advertising Atlanta Jour
nal
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Once Pygmies Inhabited
Europe.

Excavations 10 southern Germany
have just established the fsot that 10
prehistoric times Europe was Inhabited
by pygmies Strangely enough the
discovery of actual and convincing
testimony TO that effect 10 soutbero
Germany has been announced almost
simui q a.eo.siy with the news similar
disoove les 10 Switzerland end 10 the
Pyrenees. SO DOW there is proof that
Heronotus and Homer we're not "yel.
lowing" when they told of dwarfs thai
lived 10 the wooded hills and caves far
north or R'me aud Greece
The skeletons which have been
found ate so small that they Gao be
oactd into 90 ordinary museun ID drawer
Noue of them is longer ,hao 6fty.6ve
inches, and many are smaller. There
is 20 doubt that they are the skeletons
of real dwarfs The bones prove thai
the bodies were those of adults. The
6ods have been mouoted and ere DOW
being exhibited 10 the National Museum
Of Sutherland 10 Basle. Scitu is
think that 'be little people lived 10
neo.itbic times.-New York Press
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probability Of further rsin. According z
to best intor ms alton obtain able most oi
the corn and nearly ell OF the cotto
80 far planted is ruined sud will have
to be repia0ted. There has been some
damage at Port Lavaca. Rookport.
Corpus Christi sod other small plsces
along the coast oy reason of the gales
But 10 not very heavy
A special from Lagrange says :
"At 7 O'Clock the river bad rises Al
feet and is still rising slowly. Busi
ness has become partly suspeu ded
The power house is practically iouu at.
ed aud the larger part Of the plant will
90 doubt give way wheu the water
rscedes Many dwellings, are fastened
to trees by ropes and chains. No
trains we're cunning on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas road today. There
has been loss OF life 10 this vicinity. 4"
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Abraham Jacobs, the New York
man who has been missing for the
last two weeks and to whom it was
feared foul play had come because
when be disappeared he had $1,000
with him, has at last been found serv
ing term in the work house, to
which he waa sentenced shortly after
bis supposed disappearance for va
graucy, having been arrested for
begging in the streets Mr. Jacobs
still has his $4,000 with him, but he
is likely it seems to serve out the
remainder of his three MONTH 9
sentence
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The return Of the troops 10 the
Philippines to the United States will
begin in May Those that went over
fret will be the fret to come back
Two years 10 considered long enough
for people Of the temperate zones to
remain in the tropics Unless the
situstiou 10 the archipelago sball
undergo . marked change before the
movement is inaugurated it is not
improbable that for every regiment
brought homo another will be sent
from this country to take its place
The government transports will have
. busy season before them
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Ponce, p r. Apru I The ive
an sentenced to death for murder
were gsrrotcd here today There was
10 disturbance The five men we're
convicted of the murder Of Prudeuc clio
M'nd'z after orim,n,lly assaui'ine the
wife and daughters Of their victim, who
were compelled to dance about the
cIpsc
Florence. April Mrs John Jolly,
young woman, was burDiOg trash 10
the field near her home 10 this oounty,
when her dress oaush fire from the
trash pia and ber clothes we're burned
cff before help could reach her. She
was practically unconscious when her
brother. who was 10 the field, reached
her.
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lying Is feet uodsr wsssr while the city
10 10 dsrkosss and without wafer.
Reports from points below here are
to The effect that tho food has been
mos, disastrous and The breaking OF
'hs dam hes oooasioued many thousands
Of dollars worth Of loss to property.
The surface Of The river throue b out
the day has been dotted by email houses
or frsg gmeots Of houses sod drowued
suimals. aloeg With trees and debris.
ell Of which bear testimony to the
rsvsges Of the food 10 the mouutaioo ous
reeioo above Austin
10 addition 10 tbe losses here. the
Iptsrns,iousl snd Great Nortbero Rail.
road snd The NorthWes,ern Railroad.
both entering this CITY. have suffered
severely, the 6rss named having Q
serious wreck BY reason Of the foods
ihis @oroiog
The southbound cannon ball traiu
frou St Louis 90 the IossroatioLsl and
Grsst Norshero due st 4 . m.. Vas
wrecked as Mcneil. oioe miles above
here. 90 . result OF . wsshout. The
engine aud osrs plugged toto . oulver,.
dsmollsbiog the engine. the mail aod
bsgssgs oars, two day eosches snd one
slsepsr. Tho cars left the trsot aod
rolled over % their sides in four feet Of
ws's'. bot fOrsoosssly 90 lives we're
lost nor we're coy Of The passengers
badly burt This 10 sssributsl to The
fact that there wers not many 90 the
srsio sod il was ruooiog slowly ss the
time owing to the bad track. The msil
clerk. Oral Davis. Of San Antonio. wss
seriously bruised. aud Engineer p. F
Mayobsw. OF San Aosoois. sod Fire
oso Q. N Stanley we're slightly
Injured The Aussio sud North western
road operated 20 eraios todsy due to
tbs isos that 6vs Of their bridges we're
wssbsd sway dsriog sbs night.
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Tettcr. ll-Rheum and Eczema.

The intense i;cning and smarting incident to
these diseases, is instantly allayei by apply
very bad cases have been permanently cured b.
1t. 1t is equally efficient for itching piles and
q favorite remedy for sore nipples. chapped
hands, chilblsins, frost bites and chronic sore
eyes. 25cts per box. For sale by DR. A. J
China. Dec so
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Esstover, April o. Eastover seems
bent on keeping up with the procession.
A 600 sp'odle cotton factory costing
$lOO.0 700 is one Of the possibilities of
the near future. For some time the
matter hss been discussed and iudivid.
uals have been making canvass to see
1t the mooey could be raised. A
meeting is called for next Friday aod
the books of subscription will be for
mally opened
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FOUND CHAMBERS.

Prof Nesom of Clemson college. The
veterinarian. was in the city yesterday {.
tie was returning from tae eastern part
OF the Stale. where be has been to 10.
vss'igste tho reported exls,eooe of
glanders among horses He found the
disease 10 Georgetown. Darlington :,
Orangeburg aod Bamberg oouoties,
and is' afraid that it will spread il
preventive measures are not tskeu.-
The State. April 8.
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The Appetite Of q Goat

Is snvied by all poor dyspeptics whose stom.
ach and liver are out of order. All such .bould
know that Dr.. Kings New Life Pills, the wor.
derful Stomach and Liver Remedy, gives q
splendid appetite. sound digestion and regu.
lar bodily habit that insures perfect health al
great energy. Only Csc at ]. F: W. DeLorme's
drug store.
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Public opinion has now accepted
WOOD Of Cuba and Lesry Of Guam az
'be greatest men of the McKiole ,
sdmiuis.ration. They have done the
scavenger work that devolved on the
country. and oome out spotiessly cles o
~biie many who sat 10 ioe Offices have
had their hands dyed to the complexion
# that 10 which they dabbled. aud
their souls soiled. 80 that the pages oil
N,-tory will only know them as bots O"
our record. When the glorious Fourth
comes, let 90 orator forget Wood and
Lsary-may their days Of services be
a. long as envious tongues end small
men will allow Jack SOD vile ella J
Tmes Uoon and Citizen. Dem
Senator Beverage sent out his
speech on the Porto Rican tariff pri.
or TO the date upon which it was to
be delivered. and when the time
came did not make the speech He
subse equently made another, in which
there were important changes from
the original speech sent out The
democrats in Indiana have the orig
,nal speech. however, and propose
to use it in the campaign to show
what were the senator's real senti
ments and how he was obliged to
abridge them at the dictation Of the
administration n.-Augusta Chronicle
Dem
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Rev. W. k Sitter, W. Catou, Il. Y,
writes, 81 had dyspepsia over twenty years.
and tried doctors and medicines without
oeteft was persuaded to use Kodol Dys.
Pep.ia Cure and II helped me from the start.
| believe il to be psnaces for all forms of
Indigestion" 1t digests what you ea, j..
8. Haghsou b Co.
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W'nourn is good photographer. During
the next few days be will make 10 photo
graphs for - cts. No money 10 it, but jus,
Tor fun. SO let it be done by your home
photographer. AprA
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DO you suffer from Painful, Irregular
! has curel many suffering women and
Will cure you in the privacy OF your
{ home, without the necessity OF physi-
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!. cia ms eX-
|, aninatiOnS
! Its marvel
| Gus actioL
: on the dis
| tinctly fem
| inine or
|, ganS, heals
| and Streng-
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edicta have entirely restored her health. I,
The monthly periods have returned
and arc now painless and regular. !
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RELIEF CAME,

coiCtd mas certainly
been a blessing to
my sixteen year
old daughter. She
was in wretched
health and had
missed four monthsI
Two bottles of Benz
The labor world., 1900-01-27
CONTINUES TO EXPAND.
New PostOfficc at Cass Lake Ready
#a.:f@ for BUSINESS. .t-s

New PostOfficc at Cass Lake Ready
Ea.:s@ for BUSINESS.
CASS LAKE, Mimi, Jan PSI
Adam Bede spoke here last night on
This Yankee NatiOn.'' 1t was a good
speech witout any political tinge
Prof. J. J. Trask, of St. Paul, and
DR.. Chalmers of Eagle Bend are here
today, Prof Trask will lecture here
next Tuesday night. DR.. Chambers
is looking over the town with a view
to locating. .a =. II I .
Latendress Bros, of Red Lake Falls
have located here and opened a grocery
store. The Strawbridge boys Of Crook
ston will move their stock of dry
goods and shoes here and open busi-
ness. They expect to arrive here by
the LIST of February. "A. G. Lack, of
Rochester, Minn., arrived here last
evening to accept position with Mel
Johnson in the drug store. He will
move his family here soon. Geo. A
Greenough, of Pender, Neb., has ac-
cepted position as druggist with T.
I.Gardner. The new postoffice fixtures
| were put in place last night.
Chas. Barboy was taken to Walker
yesterday to be examined for his sani
| ty. He is a Norwegian by birth, ha:
a wife and family. He imagined lit
! was a very bad man and that they
were going to hang him, and he though
he ought to go and do it himself.
The labor world., 1900-01-27
MAGNATES ARE FIRM.
National Baseball League to Consist
of Ten Clubs. s.s. 4

of Ten Clubs. as.. i
CLEVELAND, Jan. 25.-The meetins
of the National league baseball mag
mates, which has, been in session here
for two or three days, and Of which
up to today, the newspaper reporters
were unable to obtain any information
came to an end this afternoon and al
but Messrs. Brush and Hart. left fol-
their homes. 5
While the representatives of the var
ious clubs declined to give out the
least information up to the time OF
theirl departure, it can be stated or
the best of authority that as a result
Of the meeting Cleveland and Louisville
will be dropped from the National
league. It is also reasonably sure that
Baltimore and Washington will not be
in that organization when the coming
season is opened. Indeed, so far as
Washington is concerned, the matter
is already practically settled. But
there is a hitch on the Baltimore prop
OsitiOn upon which the circuit people
and, the representatives of the latter
club failed to reach an agreement
However, Messrs. HanOln, Abel, Soden
and Ebbitt went East together on the
same train this afternoon and it is in
timated that they may be able to reach
a satisfactory solution of the Baltimore
matter before they arrive home.
In case, however, that no settlement
is made in regard to Baltimore, then
it is probable that the National league
will consist of ten clubs.
The labor world., 1900-01-27
Uur Washington Letter.

s.
(From our Regular Correspondent) :
= WASHINGTON, Jan. %, l900.-An
epidemic Of Boer sympathy broke out,
in Washington several Gays ago, and
is now raging in and out of congress.
Tt may be said to have started Win
Senator Hales somewhat sensational
speech, i'm which he expressed the be-
lief that nine-tenths Of the people OF.
this country We're in sympathy with
the Beers. Then came Senator Aliens
resolution, asking for information as
to why the state department declined
to recognize a properly accredited rep
resentative of the Transvaal republic,
which was adopted by the senate alter
it was amended, so as TO leave 1t TO
the discretion of the president Wneth-
er the information should be given. 1T
reached it's highest point last mght
at big public meeting, ADVERTISED as
a 'Boer demonstration at. which
speeches were made by Senators Hale
of Maine Allen of Nebraska, Mason Of
/; Illinois. and Representatives Bailey OF
| Texas De Almond of Missouri, Sulzel
of New York, Lentz of Onlc, Lamb of
souri,. Because a man happens to be
a member Of congress does not, OF
course prevent his having Ihe SALINE
| sympathes as other men, but many
question the good taste of their par
! ticipating in a public demonstration
against a nation with which this s~coun-
! try is on the most friendly terms
! IN view Of the fact that the commit
tee was unanimous in it's verdict
against the right of Roberts to sit II
the house. although differing as t.
whether his seat should merely be de-
clared vacant, as advocated by the
majority report. or whether he shoult
be created and expelled as advocated bS
! the minority, it seems a little odd fo
the house to devote three days to dis
cussing the matter, but that is exactl.
what will be done this week. They sa.
that the discussion is necessary. no
on account of Roberts, who is bount
to so, anyway, by practically unau
imous vote of the house, but becaus
Of the Importance of the question in
volved--the right Of the house to shu
out Il member; even when he present
The labor world., 1900-01-27
.,MORTUARY.

St. Paul, JAM 25.-A Pierre, S. D.,
special to the Pioneer Press says:
Nichol Ireland, a millionaire from
Providence, r. l., who became demen-
ted six years ago and has been living
several miles north of here in custody
Of Emmet McEntie, died today. He
leaves many relatives of great wealth
in Rhode Island and New York. He
was 72 years Of age.
Kansas City, Jan. 25.--Manning S.
cowles, died today aged 81 years. Mr.
CoWles came to Missouri in 1865. He
built Rich Hill Mo-, and probably did
more than any other man to develop
coal mining in that part of the state