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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-06-01

back to the swamp, threw it down
and escaped into the interior of
the swamp.
In a few minutes the crime had
been reported and in less than an
hour practically the entire city
was in arms and we'll armed posses
were moving in every direction
in search of the criminal. Blood
hounds were secured and all night
fruitless search was continued.
This morning no trace of the ne
gro had been secured and the
people were becoming more des-
perate in their determination to
apprehend him as the chances for
his final escape seemed to grow.
About noon a courier arrived an
nouncing that the negro had been
captured by two other negroes
south of the city. Posses were
Immediately on the trail, but the
capturers evaded detection and
succeeded in getting their prisoner
quietly into the city and in turn
ing him over to the sheriff of
Polk county. In less than ten
minutes after the transfer had
been made, as if the matter had
been flashed voluntarily through
out the city and neighborhood.
the streets became congested with
people, augmented as they march
ed upon the Jail.
In spite of the sheriff and a
strong guard of extra deputies who
made every effort to protect him
from mob violence, they secured
the prisoner and took up on the
march to the scene of the crime.
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RAGING. ROARING
FLOOD

Washed down a telegraph line
which Chas. 9. Ellis, of Lisbon,
Ia, had to repair. "Standing
walat deep in icy water" he
writes, "gave me a terrible, cold
and cough. 1t grew worse daily.
Finally the best doctors in Oak
land, Neb., Sioux City and Oma-
ma said l had Consumption and
could not live. Then l began u.s.
ing DR.. Kings New Discovery
and was wholly cured by six bot
ties" Positively guaranteed for
Coughs, Colds and all Throat and
Lung troubles by Crawford Bros,
and j F Mackey & Co. Price soc
and $1.OO.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-06-01
Hsartrendins Disaster.
Tho Rich!and Mine Explosion
Proves to Have Been Peculiar
ly Fatal and All May Die
Twenty-one Cofiias
Ordered.

Chattanooga, May 2.-As far
as known this morning TIE mum
ber killed in tho explosion at the
Richland coal mine near Dayton,
Tenn, yesterday afternoon is
twelve.
There were 20 men in tho mine
at the time snd every one was
either killed or injured. Rev.
VIM. Hale, who was seriously
burned, may recover One uni
Identified body Is believed to be
that of VIM. Ross. At least Eve
are SO badly injured that they
will die.
Coffins for twsHty-one bodies
have been ordered from Chatta>
nooga. The funerals will be held
from diffiereat churches in Day
ton Sunday. The coroner will
hold an inquest this afternoon and
endeavor to place the response
bility. All bodies are terribly
mutllated. The town of Dayton
is in mourning today and the
grief of the friends of the victims
is heartrending.
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Will Be Rebuilt.

The now hotel at Cliffs, which
was washed away last week, will
be rebuilt within the next few
weeks, So said Colonel L. T.
Nichols to the reporter last Satnr-
day afternoon. The building was
washed from its foundations and
carried down the river. There
was a'report to the effect that it
was the cause of the break in tho
Southern trestle at Belmont; hut
this was mistake. The building
separated before it had gone q
great distance down the stream,
and the various sections of it
lodged against trees, in eddy
water. Much of the tim ber, of
course, continued on down the
river. Colonel Nichols says that
no time will be lost in replacing
the building on & somewhat safer
and it Is his expecta-
ton to be able to entertain many
summer visitors before the hot
season re ches it's height. York
vile Enquirer.
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General Gordon Reflected.

Memphis, May 20 With all
their work for the year finished,
nothing remains in the programme
of the reunion of the Confederate
Vetersass~ve the parade which
will be hold tomorrow morning
if there in no inter ference by the
elements. There was sharp
little thunderstor n this evening
and the prospect for to- morrow Is
not entirely favorable. The con
vention adjourned this evening to
meet next yaar in Dallas, Texas.
General John B. Gordon was re-
elected commander of the order
without opposition and the scene
which followed the announcement
that for one year longer hs would
preside over the work of tho
organization was touching. The
old soldiers sprang to their feet
and cheered tho general with
frantic energy. Delegates climb
ed upon their chairs, made the
building ring with their shouts
and filed the air with their wav-
ing hats as they applaudsd him a
gain and again. 1t was a minute
or two before the general could
master his emotion sufficiently to
express his tina nks for the honor
awarded him.
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The Porto RiCan Tariff.

Washington, D. c., May 81
Tho Uaited States Supreme Court
this afternoon handed down its
decisions in the Porto Rican case.
The first decision was in tho De
Lima case. The court held that
in that case the government con-
tention that Porto Rico was
foreign territory at the time the
tariff was issued il correct.
The opinion. which was read
by Justice Brown, concluded that
=. the time duties were collected
Porto Rico was not foreign csup-
try but = territory of tho United
States.
The decision in the Downss case
followed the history of the deal
ings of tho United States with
Porto Rico = step farther. That
case dealt with the legality of the
collection Of duties on goods i'm
ported from Porto Rico into Now
York after the passage of the For
aker Act, providing for duty on
goods shipped from the United
States into Porto Rico and alss on
those shipped from Porto Rico to
the United States. In this case
the court hold that such sxaction
was legal and constitutional.
.Thefpoint of tho two decisions
considered collectively is that Per
to Rico was never, after the ac-
QUESTION of that Island, foreign
territory, that until Congress act
Cd on the question no duty could
bs collected, but that as soon 40
Congress outlined the msthed of
controlling the islands revenues
that action became binding; in
other words, that Congress-. has
power, under the constitution to
prescribe the mannsr Of collecting
the rsvonus of the country's insu-
lar possessions and has the right
to lay duty on goods imported
into our insular possessions from
the United States or exported from
them into the United States. 1t
holds in brief that for taxation
purposes they are not q part of
the United States to the extent
that goods shipped between their
ports and the United States are
entitled to the Same treatment IS
though they wore shipped between
New York and New Orleans.
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Negro Burned at the Stake.
Horrid Crimo Terribly Avenged.
Fred Rochelle, Dies at the
Hands of Mob,

Barlow, Fla, May 9.-Fred
Rochelle, black negro a5 years
of age, who at noon yesterday
criminally assaulted and then
murdered Mrs. Rena Taggart. a
well-known and respectable white
woman of this city, was burned
at the stake here early this eve
ming in the presence of a throng
of people. The burning was on
the scene of the negro's CRIME,
within 100 yards of the principal
thoroughfare of this city.
This assault and murder was
one, of the boldest and coldest-
blooded crimes ever committed in
Florida. AT 10 o'clock yester-
day morning, Mrs. Taggart, who
was born and reared in this place
and was woman of good family
and reputation, went fishing alone
in small row boat that she kept
at the city bridge over Piacco
creek. This is in full view of the
public thoroughfare. A few min
utes before noon Mrs. Taggart,
desiring to return home, rowed
her boat to the bridge and made
it fast. A negro man was fishing
from the bridge at the time. Mrs.
Taggart started home and had
proceeded only a few steps in the
swamp toward the open prairie
and thence to the street when she
was approached by Rochelle, who
had been hiding in the swamp.
He seized her and she broke loose
and screaming ran from the
swamp into the prairie, where he
overlook her, overpowered and
assaulted her. After the assault,
while she was PROSTATE, he held
her with his hands and knees and
taking his knife from his pocket
cut her throat from ear to ear,
causing instant death. He then
walked to the negro, who had
been fishing from the bridge and
was thoroughly frightened, and
asked him what he should do with
the body. He was told to leave
it where it was, but unheedful of
this request he took the bleeding
form in his arms and Carried it
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-06-01

u. Walt Whitman says that if
McLaurin's health should fail 20
that ne could not make the race
against Tillman, that he himself
would feel called upon to make it.
Says there are some things he'd
like to toll "old' Ben," anyway.
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VIM. Rose, the aged colorsd
man who has bssn messenger to
the governor since 1876, is dead.
White and black alike attended
his funeral and zach race was
represented in the pallbesrers
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3Cs Road to be Extended.

Again it is rumored that work
is soon to begin on the Augusta
division Of the 3Cs. Railroad. 1t
is to be constructed from Union
by way of Newberry on to Johns
ton. We understand that Mr.. A.
P. Eskridgs has the contract. -
Rock Hill Herald.
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we have Just opened one figured Satin Stripe boug
a. s'o-, AgSa our bargain price cents They beautiful
and splendid sellers One seersuckers stripes n
plain fast coiors job price H. recent of lot
IL aud Is cents Bastes and will and 10 cents
They are fine values and will 60 rapidly 4 >,
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Il THE G ANSO CASH STORE ~
WHERE THE CROWDS GATHER YOU WILL FIND BARGAINS
We are kept busy
One Of the Best Stocks in Upper Carolina.

we say with confidence there
disc IN the state than have today What old
been sys macay weeded out and pride new
and date stock representing the
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1Fine Shoes, Slippers, and Oxford Ties.

Here doing tremendous business touch us
this line Our second lot of ladies' Sandals
have Just n with two and three styles ai
that could he desired prices thane elsewhere
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The One Day Gold Cure.
For cold In the head and sore threat use Ken
mott's Chocolates Laxative Quiniae, the " On
oay Cold cngA" ''' ..,
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Ladies Fine Summer Underwear. :

been recently added to stock
lhsse garments in good muslin ana
lace and embroidery and right The
remarkably cheap cents Is cents 81 co. 81
26, $3.50. - ~
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| Mems Shirts and Shirt Waists.

Shirt for meo are the They fill long felt No
cost vest supende nothing
and light breezy shirt he mic for hot weather
have received another sample shirts pants
cents on the dollar 35 cents 40
|shlrt sorh from 0hcents @
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Wonderful Millenery Success

Two stocks already The third
Miss Evans fine work has charmed
prices on millinery this lower than
pretty banded sailor a.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-06-01

The contract for Wofford's
new alumni hall been awarded to
Mr.. l.. A. Justice a local contrac.
tor at $15,0
OA - oRIA.
Beam The HM Kind yM II. Always Bese,s
,s''" < NxHAzzNx
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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-11-27

The Indian territory and it's pre-
cocious child, Oklahoma, is now
leading all the states in the con;
struction of railways, Horace
Speed, attorney general of Okla
homa, in recent Washington in
terview says: "Just look at the
economic and financial condition
involved in the development of
our territory through railroad
building. Few people outside of
the territory realize the activity in
this direction. A new road is
building out of Lawton into Texas.
An extension is under way from
Blackwell and Enid into Texas at
Acme. A railway from Fayette.
vile, by way OF Muskogee to
Shawnee and Guthrie, is one of.
the certainties, and it is possible
II may be extended TO Dallas. Tex.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas
is building from Coifeyvllle, Kan,
to Guthrie and Colgate. The Fort
Smith and Western is going from
Fort Smith to Guthrie. An ex
tension Is in course of construction
from Oklahoma City to Vernon.
Tex. The Frisco will build from |
Texarkana through the Choctaw
and Chickasaw country to Lawton.
in the heart of the Kiowa country,
which was recently opened to set
Element.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-11-27
WILL RENDER THANKS.
Union Service TO be Held at Metho-
dist Church Thanksgiving Day.

AS with one voice the Chris
tians of Vinita will unite in re-
turning thanks to their Crea tor, at
Union service to be held in the
Methodist church tomorrow
morning. The several congrega-
tions will gather together at 1920
a. M, when the following order of
services will be conducted:
Prayer. Rev. Q. L. Browning
Reading OF Proclamation. ID. M. Mars
Song.
Scripture Lesson ..... Rev. J.L. Bray
Offering,
Offertory Prayer. er..........P. B. Hicks
Anthem.
Sermon ........... Rev. Mr.. Newly
Song. Benediction.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-11-27
Adair Items.

Chas. Collins. R. l.. Brock and
Geo. Warren are in Kansas City
this week.
Chas. Brown. of Gold Point, wal
here Tuesday.
Henry Vier had considerable
fun with a whiskey pedler Satur-
day.
A. o. Harlan and wife, of South
McAlester, visited here Saturday
Miss Minnie Archer is number
ed with the sick.
Christmas goods are beginning
to arrive.
The Holiness people will hold
meeting here next week.
Jim Cummings has his new
home completed.
Mrs. Pool has recovered from a
a long spell of sickness.
Mrs. Davis and family have re-
turned from Georgia, where they
spent the summer.
A surprise party was given to
DIR. A. w. Heron and wife,
last Wednesday. A de-
lightIul evening was spent.
Those present were: DR.. Z. L.
Seabright and wife, Geo. Warren
and wife, Rev. Russell and wife,
John Archer and wife, f. w.
Propp and wife, Silas Meeks and
wife, Mrs. John warren, Mrs. J.
w Skinner, Mayor Durham and
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-11-27

wife. Arthur Stewart and Miss Oh
lie Warren.
Mrs Dizney, mother of Mrs.
Joe DeLozier Is mere on visit.
Mrs. Geo. Hayes and family
leave Sunday for Durango, Colo.
RADIO, to make their future home.
Mrs. Bess R;x gave a birthday
party Tuesday in honor of Iva
Heronymus, of Vinita.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-11-27
Stepped Into Live Goals.

"When child burned my foot
frightfully," writes w. H. Eads. of
Jonesville, Va, (which caused hor-
rible leg sores for 30 years, but Buck
lin's Arnica Salye wholly cured me
after everything else failed" Infal-
l1ble for burns, scalds, cuts, sores,
bruises and piles. Sold by Peoples
and A. w. Foreman's drug stores.
Price, % cents. DIV
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-11-27

Many people are suffering fearfully
from indigestion or dyspepsia, one
single bottle OF Herbine would bring
about prompt and permanent cure.
A few doses will DO more for a weak
stomach than prolonged course OF
any other medicine. Price, soc. Peo :
peoples drug store. DIV
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-11-27

Harvard has hve hundred stu
dents working their way through
college. How many young men
in Vinita would tackle an educa-
tion in that honorable way?
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-11-27
Now carve dat 'possum.

Don't forget to be thankful. The
man or woman without anything
to be thankful for is poor. indeed.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-11-27

If the Cherokee nation survives
another week, and council ad-
journs, a sigh of relief may go up
from $4,000 Cherokee citizens.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-11-27

Finest selected oysters served ia
any style at New Gem Restaurant. tf
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-07-12

their tenants, Mr.. Vernon had little or
no intimacy. People did not quito ur-
derstand him or his position. There
were rumors afloat that touched his
character closely; and oven Marion
was supposed to be-not a lady, rel
alive and his wife--but person Of In.
ferior birth; some even thought her
a servant, who had consented to reside
with him without troubling herself
about the formal ceremony Of mar
riage. He must have known that this
was the general impression. and yet
he never contradicted 1t in any way.
So no one ever came to the Hall, and
Marion wondered little at the I'M
social neighborhood and heard nothing
for long time of the dangerous iati-
macy her Indifferent husband had
formed
At last the tale leaked out through
the good offices Of her own maid. Sha
was shocked and indignant, but somo-
thing impelled her to seek Mr.. Vernon
at once and know the truth. She went
down into tho study. where he was
lounging in an easy chair, smoking
cigar, and thinking, probably, much
less of Mrs. Vernon than Of Mrs.
Moore. He laid aside the cigar and
she sat down beside him and began
her hopeless task.
Hopeless-how hopeless every wom
an must know. For all men, even the
best and bravest, and gentlest, are
cowardly in their dealings with wom-
en-, and will evade a downright in
quiry if it is in their power to do so.
1t happened, therefore, as a mere mat
ter of course, that Mr. Vernon told his
wife an absolute falsehood, and made
her believe at last that she had been
slandered, by the reports she had heard
highly colored ones, let us own.
She believed him.
But the next day both he and Mrs.
Moore were missing.
The had fled to Australia together
The shock drove Marion mad for the
time. And in hef frenzy she destroyed
the life of her infant which was born
before she recovered.
ITO be continued)
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-07-12
TRAMP STEAMERS CHANCE.
Big Trade Awaiting Development from
Americas Inland Ports.

Americas Inland Ports.
In Leslie's appears a most interest
ing article upon the possibilities Of
Chicago as a seaport. The author, w.
D. Hubert, sums up his argument by
remarking that, when all is said and
done, the facts remain that transporta-
ton by water is almost invariably
cheaper than by land, and that at
least portion of q cargo-say from
/ 500 to 1000 tons-can be carried
through the Welland and st. Lawrence
canals without breaking bulk. The lat
ter point is of vital Importance, especi-
ally in shipments Of fragile goods
which will not bear much handling.
The delays in passing the canals will
be counterbalanced to some extent by
the delays which now take place in
New York custom house. 1t is even
claimed that, because of the length
of time required to get merchandise
through the crowded warehouses Of
New York. goods from Europe can be
delivered at the lake ports more
promptly by way of the st. Lawrence
than by the present routes. AS to the
comparatively small size of the steam
ers, that may prove to be in some cases
a positive advantage, for it will en-
able them, like the Wergeland, to visit
lesser European ports which now have
no direct communication with Ameri-
ca-cities too small to absorb the car
go of larger steamship, or to furnish
her with load for her return trip.
Even if the traffic should not be as
satisfactory as desired in 1901, it may
succeed the following year. Just now
marine freight rates are very high,
and there is a great demand for steam
ers, especially on the ocean, but this
condition of things cannot last always.
Sooner or later a change must come,
and the cargo no longer will be seek
ing a ship, but the ship a cargo. And
then the owners and masters of me-
diminished steamers will turn their at
tention to this fresh water route,
stretching from Montreal 1000 miles
into the very heart OF the North Amer
lean continent.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-07-12
Siberian Butter.

Speaking of the development of the
Morning Herald says:
1--WE recently alluded to the new port
which Russia is attempting to estab-
lish in the far north. This port is to
be used for the shipment of agricultur-
al products during the winter months.
While the ports on the Baltic are open,
however, a very large dairy business is
carried on between Russia and Great
Britain. Quite recently the Russian
government entered into a contract
with a commercial house at Riga, a
port to the south of st. Petersburg, to
establish direct line of steamers to
London. These are to be equipped with
special refrigerating plants, and week
ly trips will be made from Riga, large
ly with cargoes of butter. 1t is
planned to collect this butter at the
railroad stations ON the Siberian rail-
way, the train starting at OBJ. Spe-
cial fast freights made up of refrig-
orator cars will be run, each car car
rying about eight tons of butter. On
arriving at Riga the butter will be in
spected. and, If it is thought necessary,
repacked before being placed on the
steamers. 1t is hoped that this fast
freight and steamer service viii build
up business in other lines. but the
principal article that it will depend on
is butter. and the Russians hope to
very largely supply the London mar
ket-"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-07-12

Like many other useful Inventions
the art of bottling beer was discovered
by mere accident. 1t is attributed to
Alexander NOVEL;, head master OF
Woodbridge school, England, who was
noted for his erudition, his piety and
his penchant for angling. His ror-
trait in the hall of Brasenose college.
oxford, represents him with his b. bic
before him and his fishing rods on
either side, and bears the inscription,
Piscator Hominum. 1t appears that
once while fishing, as his habit was
at Hadham, he mislaid his bottle Of
ale in the long grass on the banks Of
the river Ash. Stumbling upon It some
time afterward he found il in the
quaint words of Fuller. mot a bottle.
but a gun, such the sound of it when
opened, and this, as casua ty Is the
mother of more inventions than indus
try. is believed the original of bottled
ale in England" NOVEL; was present
ed to the living of Great Hadham in
1862, and the date of his discovery
must be about 1880.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-07-12
Tom John..n K>~rs TIT. Word.

Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland
recently redeemed promise TO his
schoolgirl daughter jy buying for her
1000 automobile Miss Johnson
some time ago asked her father, for
one of the horseless vehicles and he
agreed to get her me as soon as she
could operate 1t. He forgot all about
the matter until one afternoon recent
ly, when, as he was walking home. his
daughter came along In an auto at
high speed. She s-Opped In front OF
her father and LOOKED al him mourning
ly. He nodded and next morning the
young lady owned handsome horse
less vehicle.