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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-10-19

ana we heard him uncnaining the front
door Then we all trooped into the en-
try and ran through the house. some
high, some low, but none of us finding
anything. There was not a scrap Of
furniture nor the signs of any occu-
pancy that we could see.
But miss, she also hunted. halloing
on the collie dog with n Go look, Roy"
worry, worry. worry, which drove the
beast nearly mad. He hunted and
qucsted through the house with q
short. swapping bark. as If he was
rounding up a shcepfold. and it was
he, marvellous animal. who led us into
the basement. into Il sort CT cellar be-
tween the front parlor and the kitchen.
Here he raced round and round like q
thing possessed. yclping furi2uSly. The
place was al black darkness. No win.
dows. not Il CLINT Of daylight. H,.t
some one struck n match and lit a
bullscye. and we could make oft what
there was there. Cn" big. long table. n
kitchen table. with seats On each size.
and at the end II strange thing that told
it's own story.
1t was a sort OF wooden erection
something between n ScatGOla and
bulkhead: two great upright tlE.bers.
wedged In tight between the Ceiling
and the stone floor-miGht have been
a support. pilarlkr, for the roof o.
ceiling. but we could see it was meant
to make some one fast to-a pair Of
stocks. you might say. or Il whipping
post And so it had been used, no
doubt. For there were n long chain and
paddock hanging between the uprights
just over low bench that served as Il
seat for whoever was held there n
prisoner.
This was where the collie ragged
about most fiercely, smiling. scenting,
hunting to and fro. always under the
encouraging voice of missy. who shout
ed, "Lu-lu-lu, good dog; find him, then.
Where is he? Out with him, Lulu"
OF course his master had been there.
None of us had doubt of that, any
more than Of the plain fact that he was
not there now. We looked at each other
blankly. after 2 bit, hardly knowing
what to do or say next, till miss stamp
ed her pretty foot and cried, "Well"
'T have my suspicious" began the
sergeant, knocking his hands together
rather jovially, till the dust few out of
his white Isle thread gloves. Its not
all fair and square. l shall make a re-
port to that effect and await instruc.
TONS
"Pshaww interrupted miss. And
meantime Mr.. Wood may be murdered.
shall offer reward of $500 to whoever
finds him, but it must be within the
next "a hours"
"Now you're talking" I said hcart!-
ly, "and I don't see we gain much by
staying here. The cage is empty, anG
we've got to follow the birds wherev
er they've flown"
"If you'll excuse me-" said the ser
| geant, who had got mighty eager wher
| he heard Of the reward, "the most
proper course, as I see it, Is to star
from this here house. Whose Is 1t
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Who tool, it2 J;,.o,,.,.
onnor,tns and ,,.,,,,a u.,,' r'' "p '..''
tinn. 10 ,,,. ''"'. H"'".
bouso oyonts tr,1os.n, ~.
we NAV come TO law ov,. Cnro.e 49,,
them as is RESPONSIBLE for ~. n,r,,
business"
"You had bcttrr do oil ,r,+ ,ro,,
said tho general worry disco,tnn.n,
"and l shall 60 TO Now sco,,,,1 vo,',
to thc fountain boof ,r,,,l,.a,s' -, =,
this than Won durrcrs .co,,, ,a ,ni,,,.
We want the host mon thoy.ro ,nt
ro,l dctoctivo to .oI.n ~, t,'' s
This wo. o,r,o1 ~ w
kind. you'u saw Dut ortor OH ,a,,.
much had T done ,n1 u.h,,.n ,,.,, i,o'.
Joe? ivy
ITS not like him u v.,o s,ri- ,,e
TO myseIf ne ,vn stoo1 to,-o+r,,,.. ',t ,,,,
and |. while shc w,s +,r;;nc. ,ho 49,
bons and with ono noo+ r,o,,.,, .I,.,,',,,
the stcp WINS inst oo+tinr into. ho,. l,,..
"Eithcr he's becn corrht snvina n,,I
that's not ,ilyo him-n. hn,. h,,,.,',,,,
to their heels like bir1 Iimn H.
What IN tbundor,s thota,,
I saw some rough I,.r;tirr ~ ,,.,,.,
chalk upon tbo rotn and on ,r,.o,,. n,,
urcd there with tho no,rt tou.or1ro,,
don:
,ooked !, r,,,ori, -,
Thov ,voro &c n,o;,,
their mooninm ard 7 rointnh 80. 80 ,,'
words trjumnhontIv IA Nil 1soi,Te,.,"
81 know that bov y,.oulI,,+ ,r,n
He's got rrit no hos Somo I,, hi
be able to tcocl mo my hu.inos.,
I wish bo wonld Go~;n coon ;, s,id
miss peevisblv .lts olvovs th, sor,o
story. Some dov ono dov noyt ,,n-.
never. And all this timo hn-noor C,,,,N
tain Wood-is"- p
With th,t sbn c,vo bor ro,,,
cut with bor thong on1 +hn hno.t ,a,
Iv snriprinc, +hro,oI, lie, r,e,I,,. -,
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CHAPTER VI.

PASSAGES FROM THE DIARY OF W1LFR1DA
FAIRHoLME.
S. S. Chattahoochee, July 1T.-Al-
though still harassed and oppressed
by hideous anxiety, l want. in this my
first moment of leisure. to set down
clearly and fully the strange events
that have occurred since that-n,einnrs-
Bile evening in Princes Gate. I have
been in whirl ever since. But I have
forgotten nothing. Every act, every
thought is indelibly fixed in my mem
ory from the moment that 1 realized
my loss.
Forget! shall never forget that aft
ernoon when the American detective
brought me the news. What an odd
creature he was. Very much overdress-
ed, with a sort of company manner
voice, which didn't disguise his Yam
kee accent or tone down his awful
Americanisms. I know now that the
poor wretch was honest and straight
forward, but l could not get over my
repugnance to him at first.
And SO when we got to the very
house and drew quite blank I made up
my mind that the man was an arrant
impostor. Nothing fell out as lie said.
"His boy would be on the watch"
There was no boy. He was quite GER
tain of the house into which Willie
had been carried. The police broke in.
There was no Willie Wood.
The whole thing was humbug. felt
convinced Of it and said SC, only to re-
gret 1t directly after. 1t could not be
quite humbug, or, If it was. Roy. dear
Willie's lovely dog, was in 1T, too, for
Roy had certainly smcit him out in the
cellar where we found the awful appa-
ratus and things. and | ought to have
known that n dogs instinct is always
true. But l was very short with Mr..
Snuyzer and left him in n huff. 1t was
a mistake. of course. for it was losing
a chance. The man might be useful
and after all he was the only one who
whether the right or the wrong one
had any sort of clew. That. was good
old Sir Charles Collingham's opr1ou
and Colonel Bannister's. the big off
cial, chief constable or assistant com
missioner or something whom the gen
eral brought with him to Hill street.
found them there closetcd with mother
who had heard all about IL from them
She was rather in limp condition
dear mother, having quite failed tc
take In the situation and unable to say
or suggest anything.
The colonel-he was rather cross
looking, middle aged man, with square
cut, short whiskers and bristline
gray mustache-took me sharply t.
task for letting the American slip, ant
l should have been offended ut hi
tone, but knew l had been wrong.
Prom what you tell us he had II,
doubt been in communication Will
Captain Wood yesterday, and he would
have saved us some time and troubl,
II we had him under our hand now
He must be hunted up" said the colo
| mel.
your people know him at Scotland
| Yard. He was there today, and the.
sent him on to the United States con
sulate. He told me that himself"
said.
"They will know him at the consu
late nrobablv. l will send there to In
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II Happened in Il Drug Store.

"Ono day l&st water a lady came
INTO ny drag store and asked for a
brand o: cough medicine that l did
MT have il stocS," says Mr.. c.. R.
Graudin, the popular druggist of On
'"r;o, n. \. She was disappointed
ana wanted 20 know what cough prep.
arat!cn | could recommend. 1 said
- lc" that | could freely recommend
ihanlbcriain's Cough Remedy and
'aat ste ccu'd take bottle of the
fsmedy aad aittr giving it fair trial
II she did Tot find it worth the money
to bring .hc bottle back and 1 would
refund IT," price paid. Il the course
Of day CT 40 the lady came back in
compa0f With friend in need of a
cough Il !isine and advised her to
hu.' LrN'" oS Chambcrlain's COUGH
Il, II dy. consider that a very good
te'"m""n's'jon for the remedy. Itis
10" sale hy +. G. Duke, Druggist.
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Gen. Fizhugh Lee, in his annual
report to the War Department, comes
ouc hat-iocted in favor Of the army
canteen, and declares that it tends to
the moral improvement of the men,
and cites the condition of one partic-
ular command, which had no canteen
before they came under him to prove
the declaration. The administration
takes good care to publish every good
WORD it receives for the army canteen.
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GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
lfOW'S This?

"" offer On" Hundred Dollars Be-
"; 't Tor any cas-" ut Catarrh that CALI
rc' lie cured lay Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. ). ( llENEY ~ CO.. Props.,
Toledo. y.
VI, u" undersigned. have known f.
i. tncn,y for The last - Years, and be-
i'Nr Ann iclt"clly honorable III ali bust
h's5 transactions and lit ancially able to
cary cut any obligations mace by their
Grm.
WEST X ThUAA, Wholesale Drug
"isiS. 1ulc,!u, q WALDING, KINNAN
X MAi;vl>, Wholesale Druggists, To-
I,ho. =.
ila,i'& CatarIh Care is taken internal
~, acting directly upon the blood and
m"ru"" surfaces of In" system. Price
-" ;',r bottle. Sold 10y all Druggists.
Testimonials free.
lIai'a Family Pills are the best.
The Turkish woman is marriage
able ut the arc Of 8 years, and by
Turkish law, if married, shs is com.
pc lie to mln&g, her own property
ana dispc Of twc-:hirds Of her for.
tune.
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For three days and nights 1 suf-
tered agony untold from all attack of
cholera morhus brought on by eating
cucumbcrs," savs NJ. f. Lowther,
clerk CT the district court, Centreville,
Iowa. 81 thought | should surely die
and tred dozen different medicines
but all to no purpose. l sent for
hottie of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy and three
doses relieved me entirely" This
remedy is foi sale by F. c. Duke,
Druggist.
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Wi e Dr.. G.. j. Moffet, st. Louis.
Mo. iJr his valuable little TEErH!NA
Wash-L;s, Book, f-cc. 422,

"'Why, in the name oi'-sonc ror-
eign gibbcrish-'whcrc have you drop.
ped from? What brings you 'anging
about 'crcT
II tried to stall him off by aXing
him to buy Il box of matches. but he
cut up very rough and wanted to lay
'old of me, saying he'd call the police
and give me in charge for lettering
and all that. But l checked him and
Slipped through his nngo"s--'twasn'
ditlicult-and ran up the road.
".\fter had been caught out" Joe
went on. "for which I'm very sovry.
sir, | judged I'd better keep off bit if
l was to do any more good.
at was time, too, now they'd dropped
on to me, to send word to the Office
what was up; that they was a-rloving
down here. was a-making for the
nearest postollicc to send Il Wire, when,
from where was, l saw the carriage
drive straight into the garden.
THE road was clear, so | crCpt back.
keeping cut OF sight and SCrouging in
side the pillars of the next gate. where
I'd got my eye on what went on. The
carriage was nowhcrcs to be seen.
They must have took it right inside
the stables, for the coachEousc doors
WAS ,Enen:,
said the American dc}dcrMPod away
"How do YOU know that? You don't
even know that he was there at ALL"
snccrcd the colonel.
'IIah. You wait. Guess you'll see"
retortcd Nj. SnuyZCr. Il believe the
carriage came on purpose. or they We're
uneasy ut seeing the boy. Suspected
something; some one had got wind.
some one was on the track and wanted
to clear out"
"All pure conjecture" said the colo
| nell
Anyway. thcy did remove him." ar
gued SnuyZc"
IF he was cvev there" retorted the
colonel.
"Well. well. Go ca. joe Did YOU
see anything more OF the Drougham:"
| asked.
Did |. mum? or course l did That's
what was waiting for. 1t WAS half
| an hour or more aforc it come out
again. .tnd thcrc Was three chaps
| comr'd out first, a-laughin% and a-talk
| ing | hCcrl one Of 'cM say. Not much
| fight about him now T"othcr says, He
went like Sheep n dead un,' says
| another. Mutton. YOU mCan.'"
| "Oh, had tEry hurt him? Oh. Sir
Charles" | burst in. finding great diff
| Guilty in restraining myself.
| no, miss" put in the American very
kindly. i've told YOU they've no cause
t. hurt him rs | look at it. Hes too
| rrgc;n.s tn .hnu hpSi1nc ISivt, rhnoI
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quirc.' said the colonel, making Il short
note.
And Captain Woods man knows
him. They came here together this
afternoon"
And for the matter Of that so do L."
added Sir Charles. Not much. Of
course, and he's an uncommon queer
looking chap. But the fellow seems
honest and straightforward"
unless the whole thing Is Il pat up
job remarked the police colonel, with
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fro EE CoNTiSCE0.
Bank Clerk Missing; $50, 900 Gone.

Bank Clerk Missing; 500, 800 Gone.
NEW YORK, oct 9..-P. L. Ci!lhooiy,
counsel for the ENMbcthporD tN. j.
Banking company, annoUlced today
chat William SchricbCr, IL missing clerk
of the bank, was IL dclaLltcr - the
amount OF $50, 600 and that the bank di-
rectcrs had made good the amount OF
the shortage
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he Union veterans Union, at it's
annual encalnpment, held in Wash.
'nst n, last week, unanimously adopt
.! 4 resolution in favor of bull ling
the prop scd memorial bridge across
t." Potomac from Washington to the
National Cemetery at Arlington, and
directed the Commander-il Chief to
petition Congress in liz favor.
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Mothers
Friend

will 90 for every woman what it did for the
Minnesota mother who writes the above let
ter. Not to Use it during pregnancy is a
mistake to be paid for in pain and suffering.
Notber'S Friend equips the patient with
strong body and clear intellect, which in
turn are impaired to the child. 1t re1axes
The muscles and allows them to expand. 1t
cehci-1 c---":,::,c. c:-'----5 c.J --c---ess.
puts all the organs concerned IN perfect
condition Tor the final hour, SO that the actual
labor IS short and practically painless. Dan
ger OF rising or hard breasts is altogether
avoided, and recovery is merely a matter Of
few days.
Druggists sell Tiothcr's Friend for ST a bottle.
The br&dfiell Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Send ;or our free Illustrated book
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WEea you cannet sleep for cough
jlHHg' it is At9afdlyvHessssaySu t9 that alta any
few doses of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy to allsy the irritation of the
tAroat, and make sleep possible. Itis
good. For sale by F. G. Duke, Drug.
gist.
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The W"t-r rec Messenger SAYS that
a cH'1niing len il Augusta was raid.
cd { .eI days ago, and among these
arr,s., w. james II. Til,m,n, who
va "a" dominated for Lieu .enant
GOVernOr IL Lbis State.
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For sprains, sTcllings and lameness
the'o IS noihlns 50 good as Chamber
!a'n,s Pain Balm. Try it. For sale
by +. {. DuAc. Druggist,
People's voice., 1900-03-29

Forty or more years ago these words
were uttered by a great thinker: "The
feudalism of capital is not a whit less
formidalism of force. The millionaire is
as dangerous to the welfare of the COM
munity, in our day, as was the barenial
lord in the middle-ages. Both supply
the means of shelter and of raiment on
the same conditions; both hold their re-
tAiners in service by the same tenure
their necessity for bread; both use their
superiority to keep themselves superior.
The power of money is as imperial as
the power of the word; I may as well
depend upon another for my head as
for my bread. The day is sure to come
when men will look back upon the pre-
rogative of capital, at the present time
with as severe and as Just a condemna-
ton as we now look down upon the preda-
tory chieftains of the Dark Ages. y
Horace Mann.
People's voice., 1900-03-29

Wichita Beacon: Rev. E. A. IIOyt,
the Methodist minister at Kingman,
is seriously i'll at the hospital of acute
pneumonia. Mrs. HOyt is with her
husband and some other friends ar
rived here from Kingman last night.
His friends have not lost faith in his
recovery, but they realize that he is
in very serious condition. Rev.
Hoyt was here attending the confer
ence and on Saturday he preached the
missionary sermon for that body. He
is an earnest worker In the church,
and was one Of the active members OF
the conference. The attack OF pueu-
monia was the result OF a severe cold
contracted during the meeting. REV.
Hoyt was formerly pastor OF the ME-.
church here.)
People's voice., 1900-03-29
Call for the Democratic Congressional
Convention.

Alta meeting of the Democratic Con-
gressional Committee of the Seventh
district, held in the city of Hutchinson,
on Tuesday, March 9th, it was ordered
that delegate convention of the Demo-
cratic party of said district be held at the
city of Great Bend, Kansas, on Tuesday,
April II, 1900, to nominate a candidate
for congress and transact such other
business as said convention may elect.
The basis for the apportionment of del
gates was fixed at one .delegate-at-large
for each county, and one delegate for
each 800 votes or major fraction thereof
cast for Hon. Jerry Simpson at the gen.
eral election in 2S96, provided, that no
county shall have less than two delegates.
The several counties are entitled to the
following representation:
People's voice., 1900-03-29

Abraham S. Hewitt, who knows good
deal about the iron business, says that
the government, by retaining the duty
of 40 cents ton on iron ore, is making
apresent to Mr.. Carnegie, whose works
turn out half the steel made in the
United States, of $4,000 a day. But as
the net profits of the Carnegie company
were only 100000 this year on S25,-
100000 capital, it would be pity to de-
prive it of $4,000 a day. 1t would
greatly reduce the cost of steel to the
people, but it would be too hard on poor
Carnegie & Co.-Fort Madison (Ia.)
Democrat.
People's voice., 1900-03-29

Under the new banking law money
equal to the face of the bonds will be
issued. Twenty-Five Thousand dollars in
bonds would now cost $26,75o. With the
money received all but $3.50 of this
could be paid back so that only that
amount would be invested. Deposits
could then be received and loaned at
from ten to twenty per cent. The S25,-
600 in bonds would also draw interest.
Greatscheme. Beats raising wheat at fifty
cents per bushel.
People's voice., 1900-03-29

Rome lost her liberties and the people
did not find it out fo- a century. For
more than hundred years the govern
ment remainedin in form arepublic, while it
was, in fact, monarchy. 1t was the
concentration of wealth in the hands of
the few. 1t was the control of govern
ment by this moneyed aristocracy that
brought about its ruin. In all its history,
In all the history of the world, there is
not parallel to the career of John D.
Rockefeller. The nearest to it is that of
other trust magnates of today. It is not
pleasant to be an alarmist, but it is
question thoughtful people may well ask.
How far may present tendencies go be-
fore the liberties of the people will be in
danger?
People's voice., 1900-03-29
Mckinley VS.. Mckinley.
Extract From McKinley's Messave to Con-
gress in December.

gress in December.
at must be borne in mind since the
cession of Puerto Rico she has been de-
MED the principal markets she has long
enjoyed, and our tariffs have been con-
tinued against her products except up
on terms to which the commerce of all
nation is subjected. The island of Cuba
which used to buy her cattle and tobacco
without customs duties, now imposes
the same duties upon these products as
from any other country entering her
ports. She has therefore lost her free
intercourse with Spain and Cuba without
any compensating benefits in this mar
ket. The markets of the United States
should be opened up to her products.
Our plain duty is to abolish all customs
tariff between the United States and
Puerto Rico ard give her products free
access to our markets" "
This was Mckinley sober. This was
what Mckinley and SO out of every
100 people then and now want done
It is the only honorable and fair thing to
do. Anything else is unconstitutional
and violation of solemn pledges made,
not only by the president, but by Gen
eral Miles at the time Of their peacea0le
surrender to him. the real rulers
had not yet spoken. Now comes the
tobacco, sugar, and other trusts with a
demand that these pledges, and the wishes
of the people be brushed aside. They have
bought the presidency and will furnish
the funds to buy it again. They must
have their pound Of flesh. Stand up,
Mr.. Republican, and tell what you think
-
People's voice., 1900-03-29

7lDr. Ray Ferguson came down from
K nsas iUyWednesday on a visit to
his parents, Major and Mrs. Levi
Ferguson.
Miss Bessie Thew has returned to
her home in Oxford, after a pleasant
visit with her cousin, Miss Grace
Thew Of Wellington.
Bishop Hurst, in his sermon at the
opening Of the New Jersey Methodist
Episcopal conference, speaking Of the
American university at Washington,
said that President Mckinley would,
at the conclusion Of his service as a
public officer, accept the position Of
professor of international law at the
university.
Workmen began laying pipe at
Woodward yesterday for pipe line tn
carry water for the Santa Fe railroad.
The water at Woodward is of poor
quality, and the Santa Fe found it
necessary to get water elsewhere, coz
equently the water will be piped
from some springs about two miles
from Woodward.
A test Of the axle electric lights,
with which many Of the Santa Fe
coaches are equipped, is being made
by the mechanical department of the
Santa Fe road. The test is made
mainly for the purpose Of determining
the efficiency Of the axle electric
lights and how much additional coal
and water is consumed on the road by
a locomotive pulling train equipped
with the axle electric lights aud one
which is not so equipped.
The Santa Fe Railway company has
purchased an additional twenty acres
OF ground adjoining the city Of Guth-
rie, OF, on the south, which makes
ninety acres purchased within week.
This land is for terminal facilities for
the new lines now building out north
east aud west from there, and for the
Rock Island branch from Kingfsher.
A handsome pressed brick union depot
will be built within ninety days, and
Guthrie will be made division point.
Arkansas City will let out another
groan on account Of this item.
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO
LUCAS COUNTY.
| FRANK J, CHENEY makes eath that be is
the senior partner Of the nrm OF Z. J..
CHENEY & CO., doing business In the city OF
Toledo, county an 1 state aforesaid. and that
DOLLARS for each and every case Of catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use Of BALLS
Va A FRANK J. CHENEY,
Sworn 10 before me and subscribed In my
presence, this 9th day Of December, A. d.
IsEILl A, W. GLEASON,
| Notary P-b,ic.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the syste N. Send for testimonials
| fpQo
f., ,CHENNEY &os., Toledo. ..
Sold BY druggists 75c-
nan's Family Pills are the best.
People's voice., 1900-03-29
A Fiendlsh Attack.

An attack was lately made on c. F.
Collier Of Cherokee, Iowa, that nearly
proved fatal 1t came through his
kidneys. His back got so lame he
could not stoop without great pain
nor sit in chair except propped up
by cushions No remedy helped him
uutil he tried Electric Bitters which
effected such worderfu: change that
he writes he feels like q new ma b
This marvellous medicine cures back.
ache and kidney trouble, purines the
blood and builds up your health. On.
ly Socat F. B. Snyder's drug store.