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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-24
THE COAL MINERS
WIN GREAT STRIKE.
Operators Accept all CondI-
tlons Of Miners-.-A Great
Victory For Labor.

Philadelphia, Oct II The grea'
strike of the anthracite mine workers
of Pennsylvania, which began Sept
II, practically ended today when the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron company. and the Lehigb Valley
Coal company agreed to abolish the
sliding scale in their respective
regions and to grant au advance in
wages of 10 per cent. net. the ad-
vance to remain in operation until
April /, 1901, or thereafter. This
action meets the demands of the
Scranton miners convention The
decision was arrived at after con-
ference between representatives Of
the individual coal operators and the
large coal carrying companies The
conference began yesterday.
Today's action was the culmina
tion of the recent meeting of the in-
dividual operators at Scranton, follow
ing the nine workers convention in
the same city. Nearly all of the
collieries in the coal region had,
previous to the mine workers con,
veutiou, posted notices granting an
advance of 10 per cent. The mine
workers in considering this demand
ed that the sliding scale in the Lehigh
and Schuylkill districts be abolished.
the increase to be guaranteed until
April l, 1901, and all other differ
ences be submitted to arbitration.
The individual operators agreed
to everything aud the appointment of
a committee to induce the Reading
and the Lehigb companies to abolish
the sliding scale and make the wage
increase permanent followed 1t is
conceded that the result of today's
conference is a complete victory for
the men. All the demands of their
convention are acceded to and as one
of the individual operators put it
after the conference, the operators go
a little further in agreeing to main
tain the wage advance after April
/ This same operator, VINO required
that his name be not used, said in
speaking of the conference
.'Its all up to the miners now. We
have agreed to everything and moth
ing remains now but for them to
return to work as soon as the notices
are posted by the colliery managers
These notices will be practically
similar to the Reading company's
notice, the phraseology only being
changed / lock for resumption of
operations by Monday at the latest.
The conference was entirely harmonl
Gus aud every phrase Of the strike
situation was gone over"
TIE Reading compspy's notice
reads
"It hereby witbdraws the notice
posted Oct 8, 1900, and. 20 bring
about practical uniformity in the
advance Of wages in the several coal
regions, gives notice that it will
suspend the operation of the sliding
scale, will pay 10 per cent advance
on September wages till April /.
1901, and thereafter until further
notice and will take up with It's
mine employees any grievances which
they may have
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-24
Bryan $ Second
Day in New York.
Journeys half Across the
State From East to West.

Syracuse, N Y, Oct 1S-Wi'
liam j. Bryan continued his tour OF
the Empire State today, travelling
half way across it from east to west
He began his Journey at Albany and,
following the course OF the pictu,
rescue Mohawk and the line OF the
Erie cana, he reached this point late la
the afternoon. From here be made
a run northward to the southern
shore of Lake Ontario and made a
speech of half an hours duration at
Oswego. Returning to this city
later, be spoke here tonight
The attendance at the majority OF
the meetings was complimentary IN
size, and some of the audiences were
large 10 comparatively few places
was there marked enthusiasm There
was. however, close attention in
every instance, and in no case was
there any interruption worthy of
note. The Oswego meeting was the
best attended and in other respects
the most notable of the day.
A. almost half his stopping places
today Mr.. Bryan was confronted by
large and conspicuously posted bills
warning the people against him.
These bills ennonnced in large, red
letters, 'sBrysn is here" and then
gave extracts from his speeches made
at Knoxville. Tenn {, in 1896. and at
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, last September, and
then adding:
.4This means national dishoncr and
lndustrisl collapse. A vote for
Bryan is q vote for low wages Or no
wages, bread riots. coup houses and
hard times "
Dir. Bryan spoke from balcony in
front of Stanwix hall ia Rome lmme-
diately IN front of him were suspend
ed large portraits of the Democratic
nominees on the national ticket,
while ooly few steps away the por-
traits of Mckinley and Roosevelt
also swung across the street. His
audience at this place was large aud
attentive, aud the speech was pune.
tuated with frequent barsts OF ap-
plause
Expressing his pleasure at being
in Rome, Mr. Bryan said that the
large attendance could not be &C.
counted for upon the ground of
curiosity, because be had been in this
city before, and the people then bad
had al opportunity to see and hear
him. He accused the Republicans of
avoidance of the real issues of the
campaign, and asked 5:
etDo they not insult the intelligence
of American citizens when they ask
their votes and yet decline to outline
what they are going to do Read
the platform of Our party. compare
it with the platform of tue Republl.
can party and you will find the differ
ence is that the Democratic position
is stated with clearness that admits
of no ambiguity. while the Republi.
can party states it's position in gilt
tering generali,ies and spends more
time Dragging about the rain that the
Lord has seut than in telling Of the
imperial reign that the Republican
party intends to bring upon this
country
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-24

Detrio,, Mich, Oct Is AS resait
of 6ce which started 5000 after /
O'Clock this afserpooo 10 the building at
Is Jefferson avenue. occupied by the
Witcbell Brothers Company. msnosac
turers of shoss, Two men are dead soa
eight persous are mo7e or less seriously
Injured.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-24
Dispensers Bonds.

Uudcr tic OH law the bonds o; COUP
ty dispensers were dlfeveOt from the
bonds Of other officers, but uuder the
oew jaw the form Is the same. The
attorney general is having considerable
trouble in ge.tiog the boods made out
iu proper form.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-24
SURVEYING

GURVEYING and Civil Engineering work
~ promptly and accurately dooe
". LORING LEE, Civil Eogr.
May go
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-24
June 5th 1883. =

"Ma. June 5th 1883. =
The fragment Of the old Sumter " atcbran
we7 the NEST curious sod Interesting thing
il the collection The fragment contained
principally advertisements. The leading
merchants OF Sumterville IL those DAYS
;aao;nc from the advertisements, were J. T.
Solomous & Co, who speak of ,helT new
bra orek store, north OF the Court Houss. = L.
< Hanks, who calls attention to bic new
s,ocx 0; spsing goods. DR. ". Jas Darsan
4 Co apd A. Noses
A White, Sr., adveriises loo Boxes OF
Ecocrson Finest Tobacco. Brown Lee &
Go advertise 20 buy wool for cash CT trade
Wbi;e, Jr Go give notice OF o'sso!a-
;ion of ;he firm and cost sale of STOCK
That Sumter7ille Was progressive even IN
,hoaa DAYS is evidenced oy notice OF the
opeulug Of books OF subscription to the cspl,
tai stock OF The Bauk of Sumterville'
authorized capital $500, 900; shares $25
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-24
FOUND I'm CORNER STON 6.
Curious Documents Taken From
the Foundation Of the Baptist
Church.

In ncTice the old Baptist Church last
week toe corner store was opeced sod srDstl
metal cox removed This box contained two
silver plated cope. plates. a portion OF 2
Suuter paper, probably the Black River
Wetchmsn. two sive: coius-a three ceot
piece Of 1852 apd balf-diue Of lSs5, two
circular advertisements OF Charles ". Davis
and advertisements of C. T. Mason and 9th
ers, evideuty clipped from the . Tstchnsn'
aod tee Sumter Banne. Oce OF these
Clippings showed the heading OF TIE "Santei
Weicbrnen' with the nsmes OF their editors.
+ 3. Erase. and L Fraser, j. tie other
the heading Of the stBanner' CT which Z
Green was editor.
On one of the silve. plates was engraved
the following history Of the Sumter Bapt's
Church:
The
SuuterviIle Baptist Church
Constituted the 7th day cs August
1913
FRS, Church Built BY A Spears u
1918
Pastors
la Succession as follows
| Joseph B Cook T W 2el'lcbanp
. Jesse Hsrtwe!l Moab Graham
lanes DuPre Saul Furnsn
Secopd Church Bniit By
B E Evaos IN
1853
Col Jobn Miller
The Originator 1, Pillar Of the Church
From 1919 TO 1889
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-24
C " Davis EograveG

On the other plate wss engraved picture
of the Baptist Church built IN 1913 and torn
down in 1853, and the following l1scI,ploc
..V,ew Of the Old Baptist Church, oy Char:ss
W. Davis.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-03-29

On Trains, Does Athens County's
Sheriff.

The sheriff OF Athens county ar
rived at the penitentary this morn.
ing with Amos Gee, who will
serve three-year sentence for
perjury. The prisoner was an ac-
compllce of Matt Montgomery,
who was received for the same
crime yesterday. Mon cry
had sued man for $4,000 alleged
due for alternating his wife's affec.
tious and in the trial Montgomery
and Gee testified that they had
been up in Jackson county when
the alleged crime was committed
The day book at the mine where
the men worked showed that both
of them had been at home on this
occasion. 1t was on the charge OF
perjury that they were convicted.
This sheriff has brought three
prisoners to the penitentiary In
three consecutive days. He could
have brought all of them at Once'
but he apparently likes to ride on
trains when some one else is pay
ing for it.--COl. Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-03-29
ArbOr Day.

Governor Nash oD Monday issued
the following proclamation, desig-
mating Friday, April 20, as Arbor
Day.
ION April IL, 1852, the General
Assembly of Ohio, by joint resolu-
tion, authorized the Governor OF
Ohio to issue proclamation annual
ly, setting apart day In April for
the planting of forest trees, and re-
commend that the day be devoted to
that purpose.
"Therefore, I, George X. Nash,
Governor Of Ohio, do hereby desig-
nate Friday April 20, 1900, as Arbor
Day, and recommend that this day
be observed by the people, children
and adults, in planting Of forest
trees.
In this way our homes and their
surroundings may be made more at
tractive, the lands occupied by
schools, colleges and other educa.
tional institutions can be rendered
more pleasant, and the parks in our
towns and cities more inviting. ]
earnestly ask the people Of Ohio tc
devote one day to this pleasant
task"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-03-29
Public Sale.

The undersigned will offer for
Sale at public auction, at the late
residence of Peter Fox deceased,
on
THURSDAY, APRIL 18th, 1900,
the Goods and Chattels OF said de-
ceased, consisting in part of:
Cow, l Heifer, about 20 bushels of
Potatoes, 20 bushels Wheat in bin,
Household and Kitchen Furniture.
And at the same time and place
I will offer the farm known as the
home farm and being the South
half of the South West quarter OF
Section 7, Township IL, Range 1S.
And also a 20 86-l00 acre tract
known as the old Fox place In
Section 8 of said Township and
Range.
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock,
forenoon. Terms of Sale Cash
v. @. Lowry Administrators
With Will Annexed of Peter
Mch ~ 1900. Fox Deceased
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-03-29
Prof Boone.
New Lexington Tribune. i

lN'OW iNAihkboh AitNuhttI
On last Friday, Prof. Boone, the
mind reader and hypnotist gave
his entertainment in our town. He
placed his subject. John Douglass,
under hypnotic influence and he
remained in the show window of
Goldstein Bros. In a hypnotic sleep
from Thursday evening until Fri
day evening, when he was remov-
ed to the Opera House stage and
there brought to his natural con-
dition.
Mr.. Boone on Friday gave his
usual carriage ride exhibition. A
committee composd of Auditor
Guy, Deputy Probate Judge Wolfe,
@. H. Bell and Thos A. Harper
went to Comly's hardware store
and removed from nail on the
wall, a small looking glass and
then went to Ringer & Harper's
and removed from shelf, u can of
salmon, ahd then, In a carriage,
they drove to the eastern part of
town and hid these articles, after
which they returned to Goldstein
Bros. Whereupon MIR. Boone got
into the carriage thoroughly blind
folded, took the lines and drove the
team of hoIses to the places where
the glass and can of salmon were
hid and after finding them, and
reading the name OF the brand and
manufacturer of the salmon, he re-.
turned them to the idep tIcal places
in the stores where the committee
obtained them, and during all the
entire route, Mr.. Boone was com.
pletely blindfolded.
The entertainment at the opera
house In the evening consisted of
exhibitions of mind reading,
sleight of hand and other myster.
ious and scie ntific feats, and was
we'll patronized.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-03-29
Uniform Rank knights Of Pythias.
Lexington Tribune.i

Lexington Tribune.l
The date of instituting the Uni.
form rank of the Knights of
Pythias has been changed to April
4th, at which time large number
of members of the order from sur
rounding towns will be present to
assist in the exercises. Col. III. M.
Ennis, of Columbus, commanding
the 1st Regiment will institute the
Lodge while Ellenwood company
No. l0l, Columbus, Captain Frey
commanding will assist in the
ceremonial. Companys have been
invited from Columbus. GAINESVILLE,
Lancaster, Logan, Clio ter,
Shawnee, Athens, Nelsonville and
Newark; twelve in all. The Co
lumbus organizations are expected
to arrive about o'clock p. m. when
a street parade will take place af-
ter which all will meet at Castle
Hall for the instituting ceremonies.
AT the conclusion of the exercises
banquet will be served in the
Masonic building under the man.
agement of committee of wives
and daughters of the New Lexing-
ton Knights. The Columbus peo.
pie will have special train return
ing the same night.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-03-29
John Kistler, Dead.

Our community was shocked
Monday morning by the news that
John Kistler, a prominent farmer
of Marion Tp., had suddenly died.
He was man of strong physicque
and jolly nature, and gave promise
of a long life of strength. On
Monday morning he was In attend
ance at the funeral of Grandma
Ruff, and while assisting In saving
boards for the grave, he fell dead
of apOplexy. Physicians were
hurridly summoned and the Coron-
er DIR. Lyons from Logan, but the
splendid form of good John Kistler
grew cold and he was pronounced
dead.
1t is indeed a shock to his &C.
quaintances Ia Logan. He was 9
prominent citizen OF our county
Interested In public affairs and al
ways reliable In his opinions. His
going ont ia great loss to oul
community, and his family have
the deep sympathy of all.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-03-29
"Uncle Hez."

Fun, fast and furious, will be the
order of things at the Opera House
on Sat. March 3lst.
The adventures Of Hezekiah
Barnaby, keeper of country store
Is the theme of the laughter pro-
voking comedy entitled Uncle Hez
The auditor follows him from
Barnesville, his home, to New
York and Havana, Cuba, where he
meets with all sorts of people.
His originality wins for him friends
and his determination and nerve
confOunds his enemies. Each act
is replete with brilliant climaxes
and stirring events which keep the
audience on tip-toe of expection.
In act 3rd Uncle Hez meets a SER
les of unusual mishaps which fury
him not a little. Though he comes
out victor and wields the deadly
AK with terrific force. The coun-
try dance at the end of act four is
novelty in itself and never fails
to bring forth laughter and ap-
plause. A feature of the perform
ance will be the handsome dresses
worn by the ladies of the company
Bright musical numbers and clev-
er specialties will be introduced.
Seats at Rempel's Bazaar.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-03-29
Headquarters at Nelsonville.

DIR. Lutz the dentist who has been
visiting our town for the past year,
has fitted up the best dental offices
in the state at Nelsonville and will
make that place his headquarters for
an indefinate length Of time.
All parties having dental work
done to the amount of five dollars or
over, will haye their car fare paid to
Nelsonville.
A full upper or lower set Of teeth
without plate almost at the same
price as the old style. Think of it
a full set of teeth without a plate too
cover the palate, nothing to interfere
with taste or speech. no place for
seeds to get under and spoil meal,
holds tighter, is lighter, stronger,
more natural, and better in every
way than the old style bunglesome
plate. This is the greatest invention
Of dental science. All infringements
will be prosecuted.
M. H. LUTz Dentist.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-03-29
Died Under the Surgeon's Knife.
Pike County Democrat.l

Mrs. II. P. Kleinsch midt's sud-
den death last Thursday evening
shocked the entire community.
While she had been ailing for some
time, her trouble was not such as
to confine her to her bed and she
had been up the day before max
ing all arrangements for the opera
tion, which the doctors decided it
would be necessary to perform to
remove fibroid tumor, from which
she was sufferer.
DIR. Black, of Jacksonville, as
sisted by DR.. r. D. Smith, perform
ed the operation shortly afternoon
Friday, and it was thought she
would pass safely through. but she
was not strong enough to stand the
reaction and expired few hours
later.
The funeral sermon was preach.
ed by Elder Russell F. Thrapp at
the residence Sunday afternoon
and she was laid to rest in the west
cemetery. There was large num-
ber of sOrrOwing relatives and
friends In attendance at the funeral
and the Pittsfield fire department,
of which MIR. Kleinschmidt is a
member, turned out In body. The
floral offerings were many and
beautiful.
Eta May Philips was born in
Pulaski county, Indiana, April IA,
1869, and was married to Mr.. H,
P. Kleinschmidt ut Kewanna, Ind,
June 70, 1889. To them were born
one son, Lee, who is now 8 years
old,
Mrs. Kleinschmidt was beloved
by all who knew her and will be
sadly missed in her circle OF
friends.
Among those from abroad who
attended the funeral were Messrs
George and Ed and Miss Minna
Kleinschmidt and Mrs. Kate
Stracke af Ohio; Mr.. Marshall
Philips and Mr.. Will Philips, father
and brother OF the deceased, from
Indiana,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-03-29
Duke veragua Comes To Grief

BERLIN, March 9,-After invest
ing the crown prince with the Order
Of the Golden Fleece, the Duke of
veragua complained with tears,
trickling from his eyes into his pic
turesque side whiskers that the
Yankees had Invested him Of gold
en- fleece worth 10000 pesetos an
nually.
"They have cut off my pension as
descendant of Columbus" he said
ruefully. "They have not acted like
gentlemen"
The duke is the seedy Spanish
nobleman who hasn't had to work
tor living because by a fluke Of
fate he happens to he a llneal de-
scendant of the great Spaniard who
discovered the American continent.
The duke has been having good
time in Berlin. He is the guest Of
the kaiser and is enjoying himself
because he can eat and drink Of the
best and 1t is all paid for by his i'm
perlal host. Veragua likes a "free
blowout as we'll as any congress-
man, and he can be found always in
those princely houses in Paris, Rome
and Madrid where it is known the
champagne flows freely and the din
ners are above suspicion.
If it be true that the Americans
have divested Veragua Of his pension
of 60, 900 pesetos, the future will be
blue for him. The house of Veragua
is not powerful financially, and the
pension from the United States was
as helpful as crutch to a cripple. n
1.-The Americans have not acted
like gentlemen observed Veragua
ruefully, and there was that in the
shrug Of his padded shoulders and
the trembling of his moth-eaten
whiskers that intimated that he be-
lieved that they never were and
never could be gentlemen.
Americans, however, have diff
erent opinion of themselves and of
Veragua. They do not forget when
Veragua visited them as the guest Of
the nation at the time of the Chicago
worlds fair. The duke was "put up"
everywhere at the best hotels, and
when he discovered that "every-
thing went" he ordered champagne,
fine cigars and good dinners with
tho abandon Of trust millionaire.
The duke therefore had lived
hand-to-mouth existence, harasseu
by tailors, grocers and wine dealers.
Good dinners and champagne and
he were not on speaking terms. He
pushed the button 30 generously pro-
vided by Uncle Sam, push ed IT early,
often and hard, and revelled in lux
uries that he had only read of before
he visited the states as the guest Of
the government.
1t is this same seedy duke who is
now abusing the United States in
Germany. The kaiser, however, is
said to be informed of his character,
and the buffers at the royal Scbloss,
where Veragua is being entertained
will count the silver carefully before
his departure for Madrid.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-03-29
Obituary..

CONRAD MARGARET JACKSON
Conrad Margaret Jackson was born
April 11th, 1928, and died Feb. 10th,
1906. Aged II years, 10 months and
days. She was married to Henry
Conrad, October 18th, 1S4s. They
were Baptized by immersion by
Rev. Anderson, and united in the
M. E. Church.
In the year of 1865 after uniting
with the A G. church she served in
that faith until death. She said she
was willing to go, but she was will.
ing to wait till the Lord was ready
to take her. She had two sons, and
three daughters gone on before. She
leaves husband, two sons, four
grand children and many friends to
mourn her departure. The remains
was laid in the home cemetery to
rest.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-03-29
Albert w eiland, Dead.

We regret to learn Of the death
of Albert Weiland, aged IL years,
on the 81 inst. He was the prom.
ising son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Weiland, of Columbus, and grand
son of our townspeople Mr.. and
Mrs. N. j. Weiland. The funeral
vas held at Holy Family in Colum-
bus and interment had on Friday
at Logan. The good-grand par
ents were with the little fellow in
his last sickness, and returned
grieved to Logan with the funeral
cortege. Among the friends from
abroad besides the immediate
family that attended the funeral
here, we're Mr.. A. s. WeIland an
uncle and Miss Anna Burgoon an
aunt, Of Columbus, and Miss Mary
Fisher, OF Junction City. This
good family have the sympathy Of
our entire community In their sad
bereavement.