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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31

fatal, unless complications or blood
poisoning should set in The patient
himself kept up his courage. insist
ing again and again that he was uot
going to die
It was decided by bis friends to call
in also the services Of Dr. McMurty,
prominent surgeon Of Louisville. aud
urgent messages were at once scot for
him After the wound bad been dress.
ed Senator Goebel showed great
exhaustion, aud it vas announced by
the physicians that be would in all
probability die in short time. He
rallied, however, and, under the iDdu-
ence OF 40 oplate, sank into q gentle
slumber which lasted several hours.
The bullet which struck Nj Goebel
vas fred from window 10 the centre
of the third story Of the office building,
lust east Of the capitol. That window
was raised abou. eight inches from the
sill to permit an unobstructed passage
for the bullet uheo Mr. Goebel should
come witbil -a.se. Both Cbioo and
Liilard asses. that, while the first shot
came from the direction of the window
in the third story, there we're other
shots fred from diferel portions of
the same building. Some OF these who
heard the shots say that at least one
shot was fred from the Office Of the
secretary of state. This, however, is
Dot trae, as there we're men 10 the
Office of secretary of state who rushed
to the window az the shots were heard
and all of them declare that there was
no shot fred at all from that part Of
the building.
The window in the tSird story wss
left open, DO effort being made to close
it by the would-be assassin, while not
another window in the building vas
opened, nor we're there any places
where bullets had been fred through
then
Whitaker was arrested as be came
dowo the steps ou the cast side of the
State cfhce building. directly below the
window fron which the shots bad been
fred. AS he reached the sidewalk and
vas has:eCing toward the scene OF The
shooting, be vas met by Joho E Miles,
who is 76 years of age. Wi,hoat tesi-
ta.ion Miles threw himself upon Whit
taker, winding his arms around him
aud calling loudly for help.
Il was right ct band and in 40
instant Whitaker was surrounded by
group of men, many of them With
drawn reyolvers He made 90 attempt
to escape, knowing we'll that the slight
est attempt to do so you'd have brought
dozen bullets iuto bis BODY He
submitted quietly to search, which vas
quickly made, the proceeds being ;eree
revolvers aud oue big koife. A quick
examination of the revolvers showed
that none Of the cartridges bad been
used, aod there was 20 powder smut
upoo any part Of his weapons, proving
coucluslce!y that be could not have
used any OF his three revo!vers 10
addition to this, all those who beard the
SLOTS join 10 the statement that they
we're frou rife aod not from smaller
weapon.
Whitaker vas quickly led away and
placed in the Jail. while guard was
placed at the outer entrance to keep of
people wbo had DO direct connection
with the institution.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31

Senator Manning hae introduced a
bill providisg for the sale of the State
farms that should be passed at this
session of the general assembly The
farming operations Of the State pen
itentiary have been far from protita
bic, and it is wrong in principle for
the State to engage in this class of
business The convicts can be more
pro6tabiy employed in building
roads, OF they can be leased to the
counties to be used by the county
authorities IN the county chain gangs
on the public works.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31
When Glasses Should be Used

., ere. v.er or become much fa,isd < sh".' e1r:e
c oi r 10 BE- fcuen.lv clo-e or relieved b. ve.h
~. rhrn the of book appear 10 blend "'h Que
.-l. or become treble: whom more Sst Is REQUISITE
,n fmr.y-o Example when the Light must be PLACED oeseeh
IN. 80. AND ~, obj-ct c1nno; be sen v;hoo r.
q, IN increased di,ance when much dIf:cG'Y 1,
~ r>,,n- --s.lc: become cor'nS ~ u NC
J , sre b,.n when black specks i soa;ns II The
,i,,. ~h,n afflicted With chronic -
When ssY ad:c-.Ion nsr a.! aaeta'on s''r
,,! A.; lie responsible and ssillfil ouI censuiei
I'VE .ho h>, coming 10 Mi. STATE :"' the pss
th-...,r. .,.,:e the ieepiy seated
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31

FIRE . FIFE
is 40 ominous soupd 10 toe mao who
isp, insured. wheo be sees his bone
Disappearing 10 flames aod smoke.
We can hardly bave aoy compassion
op hio,. when i; is SO sasy aoi a: such
small outlay 10 provide against such
loss A policy lu tie Hartford Insur-
ance Co costs 3ca sat snalI sum
when we dszv It tor you. and gives
ecu security as safe as the Bank Of
Eogiand.
A. C. PHELPS CO.,
Gen'lInsurance Agents, Sumter, S. c.
Mch l5-o
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31

Some of our exchanges are trying
to settle the question as to who is the
grandfather of the Maaidin wide tire
bill. and several claimants have beer
put forward, bet as yet the genea!o
gy of the bill has not been satlstac
tol ly established. 1t is most ex-
cellert bill. and it is not strange that
there is a desire to divide honors
with Senator Mauldin, but we would
suggest that 10 the division Senator
Manning of this county is entitled to
a large share of the honors. He not
only made strong fight for the
Mauldin bill, but when a member OF
the house iu 1924 introduced q
wide tire bill aad made a strong tight
for it against adverse circumstances
and a pervesse majority
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31

Mr. Moses bill providing for q
rebate on taxes paid in October and
Noyembe has been killed The bill
mad much to recommend it, aud it
would not have been an untried ex
pertinent, for laws of similar cnarac
ter are now in operation In New
York and several other states
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31

The spartanburg Daily Herald has
issued an illustrated industrial and
manufacturing edition that is by
odds the handsomest, finest and most
comprehensive special edition ever
published 10 this State 1t ls mag
nificsns advertisement of the indus
tries and resources of Spartanburg
county. and is a piece of work of
which the Herald has a right to oe
proud
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-31

Aacian's 6 Y
= anlinat!onS
s Its marvel
= Gus action
on the dis
S :s tlnct!y fen,
:: inine Nr-
:. cans, heals
:: lDt! Stre..
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are reasonable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-09
RAILROAD news.
Plans Submitted For Rock
Island Depot in Chicago.
So Far None Have Been Accept
ed by the Company.
TO COST A MILLION.
New Depot VIII Be a Magnifl-
cent Structure.
To Be Built as Soon as Track
Elevation Is Granted.

Chicago. July 9.-Announcement was
made in the rooms of the track eIeva-
ton committee by representatives of
the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
and the Chicago & Rock Island rail-
roads that the passage of their ordf-
nances securing track elevation into
their depot would result in the cOuStruc-
ton of a magnificent terminal station
in place Of the old one at a cost Of ap-
proximately 81, 0000 coo.
The new Rock Island station will be
ten or twelve stories in height and will
be modern in every way. The tracks
will enter the station on an elevation
with the tracks of the Union loop. which
maintains station directly in front of
the depot, the idea being to land pas
sengers so it will be unnecessary to go
out of the railroad depot to board a
loop train The baggage, express and
main waiting rooms viii be on the
ground floor the second floor being de-
voted entirely to the elevated tracks
In this way several additional tracks
may be put in the space now used for
waiting and baggage rooms.
The general Offices of the Rock Island
and those of the Lake Shore located in
Chicago will all be in the new struc-
ture The present station building is
not large enough to accommodate all
the offices Of the Rock Island company,
the passenger, the advertising and
bridge and buildings departments, as
well as the rime-ta ble-making branch
of the concern, now using offices in the
RiaIto building directly across the
street The corner Of the contemplated
structure at Pacific avenue and Van
Buren, street probably will be used as
q ticket Office for the Rock Island, Lake
Shore & Nickel Plate roads, the latter
also entering the station. A number OF
offices not used by either company Will
be rented
Several architectural firms have sub
mitted plans for a new building, but
Vice President Parker says that none
has been accepted The present Van
Buren, street station is the Oldest rail-
road depot in Chicago 1t was built be-
fore the fire and was partially destroy
ed by the great confagratfon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-09
FIRE HOSES Disabled.
One Has to Be Shot and Two Others
Out of Service

Saturday was an unluclzy day for fire
department horses. and before the day
was over one was dead and two injured
sufficiently for them to be taken out
of service
At o'clock Saturday evening an
alarm came in from box SO, at No
fire station. on Jefferson street The
hose and chemical com anies from sta
ton No and the truck and hose com
pany from station No 5 responded
Soon after the first alarm q second
came in from box 81, at Sixth and Clay
streets. The remaining conf auies in
service, hose company No. 4 and chem
ical and hose companies from station
No I responded At Fourth and To-
peka avenue Allan" one of the horses
on the hose reel from station No l
slipped and fell on the street car track.
He quickly regained his feet He was
lame, but ran as far as Sixth and Tay-
Tor streets, where he fell again. and
was unable to rise. It was found that
he had broken one of his hind legs at
the ankle joint He had to be shot
The companies from headquarters
made the run to the second alarm also,
and when they turned into their quart
ers after the run Diamond" one of
the horses on the hose wagon had to
be taken out of service on account of a
sprained shoulder He could hardly
walk In the afternoon Jerry" one
Of the horses on the chemical engine,
was injured so by running into a buggy
that he had to be relieved By ten
o'clock Saturday night three horses
were out OF service and only one extra
horse Two horses were secured from a
livery stable, and the companies were
ready for business Diamond had
been retired from the service on account
OF age. but was put N service again as
the department was short on horses
Some new horses will be bought
The alarm turned in from box 80 was
for a FIRE in the home OF William Pat
ten, 40 East Second street A lounge
caught fire, but was extinguiShed with
small loss Box 81 was pulled for q
fire in the home of DR.. Dick. at Sixth
and Fillmore streets. A lamp exploded
and started the blaze, which was ex-
tinguished with small loss.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-09

q. p. Train Rescues Wrecked Rock
Island PASSENGERS.

Denver, July S.-Dragging ten heavy
cars the engine of Union Pacific train
No. came into the union depot q lit
tie after o'clock It had a double load.
for it was carrying not only its regular
train, but also the regular Rock Island
train It was SaddIed with the extra
load because of an accident to the
Rock Island engine, stranded in the
middle of the plains near Agate, on
side track, with a fractured tank jour
nal The Rock Island train, which is
due in Denver at II 80 o'clock, was max
ing about 30 miles an hour when the ac-
cident occurred The tender Journal
snapped suddenly but the TRAM was
brought to a StandStil before any ser
ious damage had been done to the track
or the train No one was hurt, but it
was three hours before a word could be
sent to the dispatchers and wrecking
crew sent out
From Lfnon to Denver, the Rock Is
land and the Union Pacific use the
same track, and Agate is q station about
three quarters of the way from Denver
to LimOn Before the wrecking train
could arrive at the scene of the acct
dent, word was sent to the dispatchers
that the Rock Island was on its way to
Denver. Union Pacific train No 4
came upon the wrecked train shortly
after the accident, shunted the disabled
engine on a side track. and hitching the
Rock Island coaches, proceeded to Den
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-09
REALIZE ABOUT 50, 900.
Sale of Houses on Santa Fe Shop Site
Brings Good Results.

The auction sale Of the buildings located
on the site for the proposed Santa F'e
The sale was largely attended Long
before o'clock the crowd began to as
ginning OF the sale about 800 persons were
present In the next half hour this num-
Der was sweIled to at least five hundred
The Commercial club realized about
g. 600 from the sale of the properties. Sew
eral houses were not sold at auction for
the reason that the owners and the Com
mercial club could not come to satisfac-
tory terms
Tt was q curious crowd which attended
the sale Saturday Some went there in
the hope Of finding exceptional bargains;
some went thinking that if something
turned up which exactly suited them they
would buy while others were attracted
Little groups were formed here and
there where they would discuss the merits
or faults of a certain house IN one
group would be several Woodworking men
IN tou-stained clothes, and near them
would be a group of well-dressed business
men or spectators
During the progress of the sale couple
OF oootblacks who had wandered from
A bystander heard one say. How I'D you
Ike to live in house Hkt than 'un.
They were standing in front OF a little
two-rooned shack
- IN, I Il would De dead swell an
a secondhand stove, and lots OF things
-. e. tnat would be pretty fine, but how
-. Save your money" came the answer
- an saving nine got s1-<7 already
" men get old / II have enough to buy a
mousse Ike that. then I can marry NTOIlie.'
Al amusing incident occurred when the
aucConeer was about to sell the barn on
a property originally owned by a German
woman colored boy saw some broom
sticks and attempted TO steal them The
lazy OF the house come prancfng around
and n a forctble manner took possession
q TIE sticks and in no gentle words told
the boy to Git outi' She then staIked
Up 70 the house and opened the cellar
door and there deposited her load The
coLored boy made no move to go until the
NoE1an advanced toward him with out
stretched arm and cIenched fist
Promptly at O'Clock the auctfoueer
John As nbaUgh- stepped on a chair on the
porch OF the first house to be sold and
after announcing the terms of the sale
kind Friends. an prous RI h. the
aucUoneer chosen by the Commercial club
e sell these houses Why is this sale
nacsZ Il IS TO secure the land upon
which to build the shops for the greatest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-09
IT ISN'T SO.
Senator Allen Says Fusionists
Have Not Given Up Kan
sas and Nebraska.

Senator William Vincent Allen, of Ne
braska, who serves in the upper house
Of congress by appointment. stopped off
on his way home from the Kansas City
convention to visit his sister, Mrs. N.
Leech, in this city
The statements said Senator Allen,
ito the effect that the fusionists do not
expect to carry Kansas and Nebraska
and other western states. with Mr.. Stew
enson the nominee for vice president,
are made with but one purpose. to deceive
the people
The fusionists have no such an idea
There is no doubt in the minds of the men
who have to do with politics in the west
that Bryan and Stevenson viii carry Kan
sas and Nebraska On presidential mat
ters, Kansas belongs in the POpulist or
Democratic column and men familiar with
political affairs in this state inform me
that there is, in their Judgment no danger
OF losing the state to the Republicans this
year
THE talk Of losing Nebraska is nom
sense That state is by no means in the
doubtful column now The victory for the
fuSionistS in that state is now as good
as Won
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-09
TRAVIS DEFEATS DOUGLAS
Metropolitan Golf Champion Again
Carries Of the Honors.

Garden City. l. l.. July 9.-Perfect
golfing weather greeted the enthusiasts
as they arrived on the links at Garden
City this morning and the early trains
brought over large number of people
TO witness the final match between the
Metropolitan champion, W. J. Travis,
and the ex-champion, Findlay S. Doug
las
Both men had been playing a grand
game all through the meeting and it Is
hard TO predict the winner. The score
man was particularly pleased at the
storm last night, maintaining one could
now pitch right up to the hole without
any fear of the ball running off the
green's He seemed to have plenty Of
confidence in himself and expressed this
in no uncertain terms.
Score on play out:
Travis, out-4-3-4-6-4-5-4-5-+
Douglas, 5-3-6-5-5-4-4-4--40
At the end of the first half Of the final
rounds of match play for the amateur
golf championship. Travis finished up
on Douglas
Cards: Travis. in-5-5-4-7-4-4-5-5-44 s
Total 50.
Douglas. in-6-5-5-e-5-5-6-5-A
tai Sc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-09
FROM ATcHIsoN.

Ed Clark. yardmaster of the Mis-
souri, Pacific, was badly cut by broken
glass Saturday afternoon After the
arrival of the Central Branch passenger
train at 3:45 p m, he boarded the chair
car, in company with Master Mechanic
Weller, to ride to the Central Branch
shops. They sat in seats at the end
of the car. Near Tenth street the vesti-
bu1e door of the car was blown shut
with such force that the glass, 1Sx40
was broken out A large piece of it
struck Mr.. Clark on his left leg. below
the knee, cutting a cash which required
several stitches He IS at home today
being too lame to attend to his work in
the yards Glass flew all over Mr.
Weller, but the particles were small.
and he was uniniured-
Frank Brewster, who has been en-
pIoyed in the tin and copper department
of the Central Branch shops since 1883
has been promoted to the position of
chief of tin and copper smiths at the
Missouri Pacific shops at Sedalia
Brewster has been with the Missouri
Pacific since 1870 having been employed
at Sedalia before being transferred to
AfchiSOu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-09

railway in the world
Don't forget the members of the Com
merciaI club. who have worked night and
day in this enterprise and have neglected
their business and other cares 10 spend
Now friends. I want you to bid upon
in securing the new Santa Fe shops
Don't bid like you would at a second
Following this little talk the sale began
The bidding was brisk from the start.
At the first house Ashbaugh called for
pa TO start with H.. 4 man oILsrea 70
looks and then in sarcastic tones asked
for a bid A man bid 800 and the house
was finally knocked down at $50. There
was a well on the property and the buyer
Of the house inquired If the sum he paid
for the house included the we'll He was
assured that it did, providing the buyer
wanted it
Following are the prizes, and who drew
House number POI North Klein street,
Fred F'ensky for s1doi house in rear ,,,, Of
Klein street, F. Patrick, $50: number 205
North Klein street. q. A. AxteIi. SIS: num-
Thomas S55. number 2If North Klein
street Mrs E. D. Kelly. s45: shed in rear
of z11 North Klein street, J. W. Taylor,
s.. transferred to i. Johnson: house num-
Der Us North Klein street, J. B. Davidson,
$3.50; store building, number 214 North
street, Jonathan Thomas, s1s5; barn rear
Hoagiand. $50; house number 221 and 223
North Klein street, Dudley Pratt $50;
shed in rear of 221 North Klein street.
julius Schmidt. So; house number 1873
North Klein street. Fred Fensky, 1916
barn and shed in rear of 133 North Klein
street, James Neil, S24: house number Us
North Klein street, John Schwerdt, $50
shed in rear of number rs North Klein
street, J. B. Carr. "a: house number 123
North Klein street, c. L Haywood SIS;
shed in rear of number 123 North Klein
street, John Ashbaugh. 81: house number
119 North Klein street, Daniel Feeney,
800. barn in rear of number 1l9 North
Klein street, Daniel F'eeney, S11; house
number III North Klein street, ais. Neil,
SS5: house number 100 North Klein street,
Mrs E D. Kelley. 500: barn rear number
100 North Klein street. John Burghardt,
SD. shed rear number 100 North Klein
street. Eugene Wilke, IS: house number
197 North Klein street, Charles Rain, $3.50;
barn rear Of number 107 North Klein
street. John Deitz. SIS; shed in rear num-
Der 107 North Klein street, G. W. Guy.
81 IS. summer kitchen rear of number 1e7
North Klein street. John Deitz, 81: house
number 103 North Klein street Fred Jan
zen. $40 sheds IN the rear Of number 1O3
North Klein street Frank GibIer $3.50.
house number 161 North Klein street John
H. Sell SO: sheds in rear of number 101
North Klein street. John Deitz. 81: first
nue.. John Burghardt, sS25. remaining lot
of brick walks. Freeman Sardau for 1872
cents per foot Hnea1-
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American Enterprise at Paris.

Among the striking and original ex-
hibits at the Paris exposition Of 1900 few
have occasioned more favorable COM
ment than the great map Of the United
States, 1Sx15 feet, exhibited by the well
known advertising agency of Lord &
Thomas, Chicago and New York This
map is constructed to show at q glance
the various details concerning state
areas and population, number of pub
locations in each, circulation per issue.
percentage of circulation to population.
value Of publishing plants, number Of
employees, averag e hours of labor, aver
age wages paid and average cost per
inch for yearly advertising. Inforn1a-
ton of this nature is of especial value
70 advertisers, showing as it does the
best locations IN which TO place adver-
Using to reach the greatest number Of
people and secure best results The
firm of Lord & Thomas has been en-
gagged in the general advertising bus1-
ness for over thirty years, and ranks
among the largest in its line They pre-
pare advertisements for all classes Of
advertisers and place them in any pub
LEGATION in the world Copies Of this
valuable map will be sent free on re-
quest to all advertisers who address
Lord & Thomas, Trude building. Chi
"a go.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-09
RAILROAD STATISTICS.
Report Of Interstate Commerce Com
mission For Fiscal Year.

Washington, July 9.-The statistical
report of the interstate commerce COM
mission for the year ended June 80, 1880,
shows that the number OF railways in
the hands OF receivers on that date was
IL a net decrease Of % as compared
with June 80. 1898 The number of roads
placed in the hands Of receivers during
the year was Is, and the number re-
moved from their management was SO.
On June co. 1899. the total single track
mileage in the United States was 1Ss,
294 an increase for the year of 2.SS9-
This increase IS greater than for any
year since 1893. The aggregate length OF
mileage, including tracks Of all kinds,
was 252, 1854. There were IS. 703 IOcomo-
tives in service at the end Of the year,
or 469 more than for the year ended
June 80. 1883. The total number of cars
Of all classes in the service was 1,375s 916,
an increase of 40. 74z-
The number of persons employed on
railroads was gzS. ga an increase for the
year Of 81. 466.
The amount of railway capital out
standing was 81. 033. 954. SOS. or a capital
ization Of $50, SIG per mile Of line The
amount Of capital stock paying no div
idend was s, 275. sos. isl. or So SO per cent
Of the total amount outstanding and the
amount OF funded debt. excluding equip
meut trust obligations which paid no
interest, S572, 416, 746- The number of
passengers carried during the year was
5z3s 116s 5oss an increase for the year OF