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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28

American missionaries in China are
iu danger on account Of the anti.forelgn
movements which are agitating the
aowery kingdom. They are so far
inland as to be beyond protection OF
gunboats. The State department Is ID
qu.odsry over the situation, which is
complicated by uuoertainty as to the
government to which they should look
for protection, whether China OF Ger
many. This uncertainty grows out OF
the ipde6niteness of the latter's sphere
Of influence. Promise Of protection
has been made by Germany, of Amer
loans, to the same extent as will be
accorded German missionaries. The
greatest apparent difficulty 10 this
respect lies in the fact that Germany
has not sufficient military force on the
ground to assure safety ip case of an
uprising of serious proportions.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28
Must Give Up Cigarettes.

Washington, March 25-A death
blow was given cigarette smoking IN
the weather service Sunday when
Chief Wills L. Moore issued an order
prohibiting persons connected with
the service from smoking cigarettes
during Office hours, and stating fur
ther that those who smoked cigarettes
at any time would be mentioned in
the confidential reports, which are
made quarterly to him by chiefs Of
the several Offices and divisions
throughout the entire service
The order is plainly worded and
the chief evidently means that it shall
be obeyed.
"The order was issued after care
full consideration and thorough inves
tigation of the evils from cigarette
smoking. 1t will stand In this
service we are compelled to maiDtain
Q very strict discipline in order to
secure satisfactory service Some OF
our men. who are regarded as the
most thorough and competent. doing
every detail of their work with the
utmost promptness and accuracy,
gradually became careless and lax
| sent inspectors to investigate and
in a number of cases it was found
directly attributable to the use OF
cigarettes. I am not p:udish nor do
| wish to assume any authority
whatever over any privilege which
the emplyeee of the service should
have, bat as public servant | feel
that it is my duty to correct any evil
which mag exist, even if in attempt
ing to make this claim that / am
over stepping my authority can
state most emphaticaliy that the
order will stand aud that it applies
to the entire force of the bureau
throughout the service Cigarette
smoking must Geese Cigars and
pipes are not barred y
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28
Came by Himseif.-J. K. Stuck
ey in the Penltentlary.

Sunday afternoon stuskey, the Spar
tapburg merchant, who vas convicted
Of manslaughter and sentenced to ten
years is the peuiteutiary, presented
himself at the prison Office, banded over
his CON mitmeot aud announced that he
was ready to enter upon the service OF
his sentence. He was taken in, shaved
up and given striped suit. The
supreme court last week decided Stuck
ey's appeal case against him, and there
was nothing for him to do but to flee or
come on to the penitentiary. He put
his business in shape aud came.
Supt Griffin will put him to farming
near the prisop.-Tbe State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28

to the Franklin County grand jury shat
the case cssy be iurttec ioVestiga;ed
This afteroo9n Ccitoa's cocosai az
pouaced that Colson woaId 81 iVe n:s
ezsn;oiog trial aod by a.seenens Of
toe attorneys be will ren=l2 st home
With bis sick wife. under pr!c:,e guard.
Capt John Davis also .sived ezsploe-
tion aad was admitted to ball in tee
sum CT $1,000 He vas locked up for
the nighs.
Tie Dsuocratio niIi''z will 5e
re,aioed here till after tie April tern
Of the c'roui: court which beglne
Monday aud al which Secretary Powers
and others are to be tried.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28
The Kentucky Trouble.
Culton Seeking Clemency by
Making Important State
ment.

Frankfort, Ky, March 27.-TneFe
were scue startling developments in
the Goeoe; assassination case TODAY.
This af,e:noon ". Fl Cclton. Woo
waived exauina.ion and vas he!c c.ec
10 the circuit court, went to the Capt,
to. hotel, 9he7e be was In conference
with the attorneys fer the prosecution
for over two bocrs. he was accom-
panied By Ills brother ia.isw, Z +
Hogs. who is also his attorney. oal-
tor was reporsed TO have made Goa
tessioa. cut later tonight II de7e!opea
&c at Tue information gsioed was nc; az
sweeping as thought. His friends ae-
nit that be gave the p1osecutloa saoa
,aforna.iop ss he had aad which bad
heretofore not come ocS.
Henry E. Yoctsey. Republican AUDI
ter Sveeoey's clerk, vas arrested a;
uoou and locked up IL Jail. charged
viii 5e;og sn accessory to the assas-
| sioation. He is half brother OF Hon
L. 8 Crawford, prominent Repobll-
can of Newport. aud detectivee arrested
| him as the man With ths black
mou,taohe whom Golden mentioned as
beiog given the key to Caleb Powers'
cfice Yoctse7 complained that the
prosecution bad broken faith in arres:
ing hin, aud it is stated be Is read }
TO make public statement for which
tie prosecution is DOT anxious at tnis
time
Al ,cda7's session Of the examining
trial of the Republican Secretary o!
State Caleb Powers, the court room
was cleared of all persons except a;tor-
oeys, newspaper representatives aad
court officers. TIE defense announced
they would introduce 10 testimony snd
teuderiag Goverpcr Taylog's pardon o.
Powers, asked the defendant be Cas-.
missed upon the cvldcoee .iac CON
noaweslta disputed TaJlsrzs rsas ~
the court overrrlad !lc cotton Bar
was asked fov, Jpage Moore sa:d
cit IS oct ny be;i2: saat Powe::
Cred the $40, which .;iilcd Gov Goeoel
5as fron tue evidence It is uy op!oio,
that be uss connected with toe coos2'
rsoy to kill hin. | shall therefore
order that be be held over without bal
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28
Charleston as Seldom.
The Rev Arthur Crane Begins
His Crusade.

Some of the sinners who got in the
from. seats at the First Baptist Church
yesterday afternoon expecting to
hear wild, weird, thrilling and
gbastly recital of vice and sin in
Charleston, were trife disappoint.
ed They heard story of, sin. how
ever, as preached by the Rev Arthur
Crane after what he called personal
observation of the bars, the gam
bling houses aud the questionable
resorts in the city. Mr. Crane talked
about many things not heard in a
Charleston pulpit heretofore. He
talked about municipal affairs He
said the town was wide open that
there was no liquor law here to be
enforced. He attacked the police
force aud said i: was not safe for
ladies to be on the streets after dark
He said ne could meet more drunken
men in fifteen minutes in Charleston
than in any other city in the country.
He said he had seen policemen in
front of bars and gambling houses,
where the cink'ng Of the glasses and
the chips could be heard He lnti-
mated that he would talk later OF
individuals who were helping TO
break the laws
Mr. Crane had some things to say
which were new to some OF the men
about town, who listened TO his
sermon yesterday lie said he had
been asked by people here to So
slow. out he thought the tine ripe 20
tel how wee aDd sin was sniaing the
city naonyElo,:s letters, he said,
had been seat him IS gentle wari,
:ngs bus :i:cse were treated with tie
con,ernps they deserved. Speak
lng OF ,ae PAGES where the laws
were broken openly, as be considered
il, i;r Crane said ae was prepared to
furnish evidence, if this was needed
Mr. Crane had a mixed congrega
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28

uumuzzled. This precautionary meas.
ure was considered necessary in view
of the large number OF raold dogs
now doing so much damage, and
bringing SO much distress ali over the
county Manning Times.
The town council of Manning has
acted so wisely in this matter that
we trust the city council of Sumter
Will, st the next meeting, Go ike
wise. There is no reason foc allow
ing dogs to run at large on the
streets, and if dog owners cannot or
will not keep them at home they
should be required to muzzle them.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28

The Sumter Natcansaa was ouneeo
n 1850 and the True Soutaroa in 1866.
The Watchn.og and Soasaron now has
the combiuea circulation and influence
of both of tic old papers, and IS mani
fcstly the best advertising medium 10
Samter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28

ton. There were men there to hear
him through curiosity alone: there
were men about town who nave not
been seen in the church in years, and
there were Christian workers, who
believed in the work Mr y I
Bettison ara Mr Roack occupied
seats in tue pulpit News end Coa-
rier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28

Peculiar stories for Boys aod girls, Hen:y
se7;es. aud many others at H. G. Os.een +
Co.'S.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28

If you want to purchase nice buggy or
OF good horee, go to ". M. Graham's
stable. he has just received car load OF
each
March T.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28

F.aak Lesne= Popular sioa;hiv, ne;-o?c-
HON si-..sz::as, i!uases Jaa1o7s Tor aP::i, ut
H 6. o4;een 4 Co
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28

Rev Arthur Crane, an evangelist OF
some no,e, who wae recently Installed
pas.o- Of ooe OF tie Charleston church
es, began his career 10 his new 6sld of
la5o. by visiting the bliod tigers,
gambling hel;s and all other dens OF
vice asd ;o:qrisy that be could 6cd.
He d:a this 20 make a personal acqasio
sarcc With the sio aud vice CT bis new
home and to collec: material fer the
e,cuod WORK c; crusade against tie
devil acd bis works IL Charleston
Mr Craze preached sensational sermon
10 waic5 ae made charges o. tie
biaekes, description against Charleston
and Ger resideats-ci.y ard county
officials, church people aoc ali others
who have allowed the old city 70 become
. very Sodon OF vice and corruption
HIS crusade has created decided
sensation aud the people Of Charleston
are aildly excited There is more or
less truth, DO doub., 10 the charges. for
Cbaslae.on ia vide open old town and
there is lots cf sin ard w;ckeGness
hi5:oe io the ehadows Of the historic
old churches, taere are hundreds o.
blina tigers 10 which liquor is sold
openly aud co Charleston nan can deby
this there are many gambling deps,
where one nay run up against aoy sort
of game desired except the one oy
whiob the wayfarer wis instead OF
losing there are maoy other dens OF
vice OF various descriptions, and 20 cue
will deny their existence, but it is more
than questionable whether Mr. Craze
has adopted the wisess plan fc7 fighting
the sin as it exists il his Pas,oS..e
He is stirring up the Rip Van Wrinkles,
however, and ia s6!s way aay DO
good.
The town council has issued an
order authorizing the police tc shoot
down any dog found rupnih At large
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28


If there are any possible means BY
which the Atlantic Coast Line can be
induced to provide depo. facilities in
Sumter adequate to the needs of the
srave|iog public and commensurate
With the importance of this place as 8
railroad center, something should be
done at once to set the bal! 10 motion.
The building now doing service as a
passenger depot would be adequate to
the needs of hamlet of three huodred
population enjoying the benefit of a
single railroad, but for town of six
thousand Inhabitants, the business GEN.
sre of large section Of country and
the lupcture aud transfer point for four
railroads it is not adequate, and aDy
one with half an eye can see it at a
glance. The depot is too small for the
passenger business that the road han
dies; the waiting rooms are small and
cramped, three large roons are needed
where two email oaes are provided.
There is no train shed to protect the
passengers who transfer from one train
to another, and the discomfort they
suffer in rainy weather can be appre.
cia:ed only by those who have had e1-
perience. II is the rule tha: major
i.y of those who 60 to the depot to wait
for train have 10 remain on the plat
form because the waiting rooms are
overcrowded aod there is neither CON.
for. nor pleasure 10 this, as buodreds
will testify. Sumter needs depot. and
the A,lactio Coss: Line should appro.
pirate suficien: amount to build one
that will be credit to itself Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28

There are two issues that should
not be obscured in the State cam
paign this summer, and if the people
are wise they will insist on having
An expression from all legislative can.
didates as we'll as the aspirants for
the governorship. The issues are
the sale of the State farm and the use
of convicts on the public roads.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28

The town council has issued an
order authorizing the police to shoot
down any dog found runni1 Y large
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28

sc1a MS eN-
= anlinationS
! It's marvel
! Gus action
: on the DIS
! tinctlr fem
I: !. min o:
sans. heals
i,r,I rtrn,,.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28

Do you suffer from Painful, Irregular
!: or Suppressed Menstruation? Benedicta
! has cured many suffering women and
Z will cure you in the privacy OF your
nome. without the necessity OF physi-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28

Sold by Hpghson-L -Ligon Co,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-03-02
Mrs. Lnwton's Gratitude.

Mrs. Lawton has made the following
acknowledgement of the receipt OF the
home fund:
"Pewee Valley, KY, Feb. IS, 1900.
"Dear Gen. Corbin:
"Such kindness as yours can never
be repaid, and my heart is very full
when try to thank you. Words seem
very poor at such time. VIII you
please believe that l do appreciate It,
and all my life will find comfort in the
remembrance.
''The universal feeling, which
prompted such wonderful generosity
from the nation, is so beautiful to me,
and so dear, my gratitude is uneXpres-
sibly profound.
at has relieved the one anxious
thought Henry would have had, and
do not know how to thank you or the
nation.
believe me, with kind regards
VERY sincerely,
MARY c. LAwToN.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-03-02
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.

The Republican members of the con-
ference committee on the financial olll
reached an agreement on the 23d. Inc
Democratic conferees were called In
and stated their opposition to the
bill and without further formality the
bill was ordered reported. The text OF
the bill as agreed upon and as 1T prop
ably will become a law, is as follows'
That the dollar, consisting OF 20 $40
grains of gold, O-1O fine, as established
by section 35l1. of the revised statutes
of the United States, shall be the
standard unit of value, and all forms
of money issued or coined by the United
States shall be maintained at parity
of value with this standard and 1T shall
be the duty of the secretary of the
treasury to maintain such parity; that
all L. S. notes and treasury notes Is
sued under the act of July IA, 1890,
when presented to the treasury for re-
demption, shall be redeemed In gold
coin, and that it shall be the duty OF
the secretary of the treasury to set
apart in the treasury reserve fund OF
$50, 600 900 in gold coin and bullion
which fund shall be used for such re-
demption purposes only.
The Puerto Rican tariff bill now I'M
der discussion in the house provides Tor
the laying of duty of % per cent OF
the duties provided by the Dingley law
! on all imports into Puerto Rico. Inc
opponents of the measure contend that
! Puerto Rico is a part OF the Unlteu
! States, and as such, no tariff restrlc-
! ton can be placed on the commerce be-
tween the mainland of the United
States and the island, the constitution
prohibiting the laying of tax on com
merce between the states. The advo-
Gates of the measure contend that
| Puerto Rico is not part of the United
States, but merely n possession subJec'
TO its jurisdiction. The issue therefore
is not so much whether there shall, OF
shall not be tariff on Puerto Ricar
imports, as it is question whether
congress shall have the power under
the constitution to impose such tarlh
The senate in executive session OF
the 2lst ratified the treaty between th'
United States, Great Britain and Ger
many affecting claims growing out o
the Joint control of the Samoan islands
This treaty was a separate documen
from the political agreement dividing
) the authority over the islands.
A bill for the benefit of state minln
schools has been introduced by Senate
Pettigrew. The bill provides that .
,, per cent of the proceeds from the sal
of mining lands in each state shall b
S turned over to the mining school OF tn
| respective states up to the amount
{ Sl2, 900 year.
The Republican members of the way
and means committee of the house al
:, now frantic in their fear that the nous
will defeat the bill making Puerto Rlt
dependency of the United States.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-03-02
Row Over "A wife.

AS Elmer Jones and a woman, sup
posedly his wife, were about to board a
train at Holly on the 23d, a stranger
stepped up and asked him what he
was doing with his wife. Jones de-
MED thatishe was any ones wife but
his own, whereupon the second man
whipped out revolver and it is said
fired at Jones, who sustained a slight
wound. The shooter was cap
tured and gave his name as j. Parks,
of Chicago. lie stated that he mar
ried the young woman at Chicago over
a year ago. The brother of the girl
was with Parks and she has agreed to
leave both men and return to her pa
rental home in Chicago. She is but 20
years of age and is a handsome girl.
At the depot Parks tried to tear the
clothes off the young woman, declar
ing that it was his money that bought
them. The affair caused great excite
ment.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-03-02
michigan NEWS SUMMARY.
DOngs of the Week Recorded in a
Brief Style.
CONCISE AND INTERESTING,
The Death Rate for the State In 1899
was I4.I Per Cent Per 1000 Estl-
mated Experimentation and Marsh
Failed to Quash Indictment Charges
ss,fSo Deaths In Michigan in 1899.

$3.50 Deaths In Michigan IN ioV"'
Secretary of State Stearns has COM
pleted compilation of vital statistics
of Michigan for the year 1899. This
shows that there was total of 80, 100
deaths in the state last year, thus MAX
ing the death rate per 1000 of esti-
mated population AL per cent. There
were 6,14O deaths of children under l
year old, 2,432 from 1 to years old,
and 0,175 of persons Go years old and
over. The per cent in these classes
was 1914, ~ and $3.50 respectively. The
number of deaths and annual death
rate per 100, 900 of population from I'M
portland diseases were as follows: Pull
monary consumption, 1,os5, or Sis;
other forms of tuberculosis, 65l, or 27.7;
typhoid fever, 57l, or 24.3; diphtheria,
297, or 1916; Group, 14S, or 6.3; scarlet
fever, IA, or 61; measles, 1874, or Z;
whooping cough, 2l7, or %; pneu-
monia, 1894, or 124.7; diarrheal disease
of children under years old, 1,9s7, or
ga; cerebro spinal meningitis, $780, or
$50; influenza, Loo, or 75.2; puerperal
septicemia, 176, or rs; cancer, 1,2s2, or
54.5: violence, 1904, or ~. The total
death rate per 200 of estimated popu'
lation was 1.6 greater than in 1898
and the total number of deaths 4,46l
greater.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-03-02
whisky at the Bottom of 1t.

Tired of taking in washing to sup
port herself and an INDECENT husband
who seemed to love liquor more than
he did his wife, Lydia Bull, of Handy
township, Livingston county separ-
ated her home ties from Geo. w. BUM
last October. Three months later she
commenced divorce proceedings in the
Livingston circuit court, securing an
injunction at the same time, when
tied up her husbands interest in the
estate of his sister, who had recently
died leaving him about $1,000. AS a
sequel to the injunction, Mrs. Bull is
now suffering from bullet wound IN
the back of the head which was inflicted
by the Infatuated and whisky-soaked
husband at Ann Arbor on the night
of the 23d. He then turned the revol'
yer upon himself, but his aim was moi
accurate. Both were alive at last &C
count.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-03-02
$4,000 Fire at Wayne.

At midnight on the Goth Wayne was
visited by one of the worst fires in
the history of the village, and
the damage will run up to
about S25, OOO At 1890 o'clock assist
ance was summoned from Detroit, but
before the fremen reached there the
flames had destroyed the Stellwagen
block, which was divided into three
stores and occupied by d. NJ. Chambers
dry goods; j. c. Cozadd, hardware, and
the Wyane Savings bank. BY the
heroic work of the villagers, an adj
joining residence and the stores on tho
opposite side of the street were saved
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-03-02
sp,nish-American War Claims.

The work of sorting out the claims
of soldiers of the Spanish-American war
for relief provided by the recent special
session of the legislature, making an
appropriation of $4,000 for this pur-
pose, is now being performed by Audi
tor-General Dix. The claims filed will
aggregate nearly twice the amount of
the appropriation, but it is thought
that after the unworthy ones are re-
iected and others cut down that about
rs per cent of the face value of the re-
naming claims can be paid. 1t will
be March 10 before the payments can
be made
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-03-02
$4,000 Blaze in Detroit.

Mari e. Taylor, retail dry goods mer-
chants at 15O-152 Woodward avenue,
Detroit, together with several smaller
firms, who occupied space in the same
building, were completely burned out
on the Goth, entailing a loss of fully
sos, 900. Fortunately it was not at
tended by any loss of life, though there
were about so people on the four
floors of the building when the alarm
spread that the place was on fire. Sew
eral had narrow escapes through being
cut off by the dense smoke in the stair
ways and they were forced to seek the
windows on the second floor where
they were rescued by the firemen.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-03-02
An Agreement Reached in Kentucky.

The contests over the state offices are
very much simplified by an agreement
entered into on the 21st between the
attorneys for the Republicans and
the Democrats, representing both sides,
and Strengthening out the legal tangle
over the multiplicity of injunction
suits for the title to the governorship.
The agreement is that there shall be a
speedy trial in the court of an agreed
case involving all of the issues, the first
hearing to be before Judge Emmett
Field at Louisville.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-03-02
Nortcare Creditors Suffers Defeat.

The third mortgage creditors of the
late o. NJ. Barnes, who are scattered
all over Michigan, suffered defeat in
an opinion handed down by the SUI
preme court on the Goth. These credi-
tors recently foreclosed their mortgage
and bid in the property subject to the
first and second mortgages. The de-
positors of the defunct Central Michi-
gan and Ingham County Savings banks
were the principal beneficiaries under
the second mortgage and the circuit
court recently gave the former decree
for $50, s64 and the latter for SRI, 500
This was objected to as excessive by
the third mortgage creditors who ap
pealed to the supreme court.