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Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-02-12
THE LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings Of Saturday and Mon.
day.
SENATE.

cay.
SENATE.
A. B. 10, Skaggs-To repeal the
act defining the duties Of the Lieuten-
nt-Governor and fixing his salary
therefor. Temporarily placed at bot
tom of the file.
5. B. 27, Pitt-Providing revenue
for State of Nevada. Temporarily
placed at bottom of the file.
A. B. 20. INSTRUMENTATION of
act to prevent spread of contagious dis
eases among sheep. Agriculture.
S. B. l3, Flanagan : Authorizing
the commissioners of Washoe county
to issue bonds in aid Of the Reno fire
department, Passed all.
S. B. II, Flanigan-Relative to
fraudulent weight Of goods. Recon-
mitted to committee.
S. B. S. Bell-Provldes for exhibit
of Nevada products at Pan-American
Exposition. Appropriates $4,000. Pass
ed; ayes IL, nay /, absent ..
S. B. %. Nice ullough-Amenda-
tory Of act relative to elections. Ju-
dietary.
S. B. %, Williams-Amendatory
Of act creating boards Of county COM
missioners. Judiciary.
S. B. 9, Flanigan--To repeal prize
fight law. Lost, 10 to 3; absent 2.
A. B. II. Skaggs-To repeal act
defining duties Of Lieutenant Governor.
Ways and Means.
A. B. %, Greene--To prohibit the
herding or pasturing of sheep within
three miles Of any town or village,
Agriculture.
Tuesday being Lincoln day Senate
adjourned until Wednesday.
ASSEMBLY.
A. B. %, by misunderstanding
the corporation law. Considered, read
and referred to the committee on cor
porations and railroads.
A. B. 80. by Skaggs-Considering
dining and buffet cars as hotels and
dealers in liquors and held liable to no.
tel and saloon license law. Referred
to the Committee on Judiciary.
Senator Green's bill regulating the
sale of mule and horse meat was re-
ceived and referred to the Committee
en- Agriculture.
A. B. l2-Regarding the salaries
and duties of Storey county officials.
This bill raises the salary Of the con-
stable of Virginia from SIS to $50 per
month with nc fees. Passed by an
unanimous vote of all present.
S. B. a by Bell-Relating to mar
riage and divorce, vas temporarily laid
on the table. '4
S. B. II and S. B. 3 we're Temporal
rily laid on the table. 49,,
S. B. 20-Making it the duty Of the
county commissioners to appoint an
spector of sheep in each county of the
State. all expense to be borne by the
sheep owners. Passed with but two
votes in the negative.
Committee on Public Morals re-
ported favorably on A. B. "a, with
recommendation that it pass. This is
the nickel slot bill. Bill ordered
e~ngrossed.
A. B. 8 postponed until Tuesday at
Q o'clock.
Coryell gave notice Of a bill provid-
ing for building and equipment Of an
assay office and a hospital for students
at the State University at Reno.
A. B, 80, Webster-An act TO pro-
vide for the establishment Of a free
public Kindergarten school at Reno.
A. B. 81, Parker-Regarding cleo
ton Of school trustees.
a r "a McDonnel1--RepardinC
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-02-12

Like bad dollars. all counteneits of
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve are
worthless. The original quickly cures
piles. sores and all skin diseases. Kin
ney & Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07
CONDITION or The COTTON CROPS.
Forecast by Department of Agri-
culture.

Washington, Aug. 5.-The monthly
report of the statistician of the depart
ment of agriculture shows the average
condition of cotton on July % to
have been IL as compared with ST.
on the 25th of the preceding month !:
76 on Aug. l, 1900: S4 on Aug. l,
1899, and 10 year average Of 81.
There was an improvement of condl-
tion during July amounting to 6 points
in Georgia, 5 points in South Caroli-
ma, 2 in Alabama and Mississippi and
s in Virginia. On the other hand there
was decline of 19 points in Missouri,
Is in Arkansas and Tennessee, 13 in
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, II IN
Texas, 7 in Florida. in North Car
olina and 2 in Louisiana.
The impairment in condition is
largely due to drought, but in a por-
ton of the eastern section of the cot
ton belt it is tributable to the prev
alence of excessive rain during large
part of the month.
While the condition in Mississippi
is 5 points above the States 10 year
average, every other State reports a
condition below such average, Vir-
ginia being l, Louisiana 2, Alabama
3, Texas 7, Georgia s, South Carolina
and Florida 9; North Carolina u: Ar
kansas, Tennessee and Missouri 16
points below their respective 10 year
average.
The averages of condition in the
different States are reported as fol-
lows:
Virginia So: North Carolina 73:
South Carolina 75; Georgia rs: Flori-
da 70: Alabama 80: Mississippi 99:
Louisiana 80; Texas "a: Arkansas SO
Tennessee 70: Missouri II; Oklahoma
rs; Indian Territory IS.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07
How Horses Rest.

"Haye you ever noticed" asked a
Germantown veterinarian the other
day, that every horse left standing by
a curbstone for any length Of time in
variably turns around SC as to place
his fore feet on the sidewalk? He al
ways does it if the road on which ne is
standing slopes the least bit in either
direction. This shows that the horse
has q great deal of plain. common
sense. He will not allow himself to
be worn out where it is not necessary.
If people only had his wisdom. there
would be q great deal less sickness ID
the world ethan there is at present.
When a thoughtless driver leaves his
horse standing Oh 4 slope or at an angle
of the street. all the animals weight is
thrown upon one side. causing strain,
and if left long enough painful e2-
haustion. Twenty minutes of such an
ordeal will fatigue q horse more than
q whole days travel. But when ne is
able to plant his fore feet on the curb
stone it gives him q better plant and
adjusts his weight more equally. Many
of the muscular ailments from which
horses suffer are brought upon them by
being continually obliged to stand by
the gutter side on streets which slope
decidedly. a good driver will always
seek to rest his horse on 4 level when
nossible. ."-Philadelphia Record.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07

Charlotte, n. c.. August "A spe-
cial from Shelby, n. c.. to The OBJ
server says that Chief of Police Jones
of that place was shot and instantly
killed by jim Lowry. negro employ
ed at the South Carolina and Georgia
depot at l O'Clock this morning.
Jones was trying to serve warrant
charging Lowry with selling whiskey
without license, Lowry ran firing at
Jones, the bullet taking effect in the
lung. Jones followed and caught him
as he struck lamp post. Lowry fired
again, the bullet going through Jones
heart.
Jones is a we'll known detective and
has State reputation for bravery. The
last reports from the scene tonight is
that reward of 5000 is offered for
the negro's arrest by the city and a
reward of s400 will be offered by the
governor.
Four blood hounds and over thou
sand people are on the negro,s trail.
One of the blood hounds was shot by
the fleeing negro. 1t is quite likely
that if the negro is captured he will
never reach the jail. Jones was very
pODular man.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07
Dewagsr Empress Of Germany Dead.
Passed Away Suddenly After
Long illness.

Cronberg, Aug. 5.-The Dowager
Empress Frederick died at els F. M, !,
this evening. The death of the dowager
empress was somewhat sudden. At 4
O'Clock her physicians reported no
change in her condition. Emperor
William and her majesty's other chill
dren and the Empress Augusta Vic
toria were in the sick room most of
the day. They were all round the
bedside when the dowager empress
passed away, quietly. Professors Rem
vers and Spielhagen were also in the
room. The flag on the castle was i'm
mediately halfmasted.
Ats O'Clock this evening Emperor
William conducted the members of the
dowager empress household into the
death chamber and led them, one by
one, past the bedside, to take a last
farewell Of their mistress.
Closely following the announcement
of the death from the castle the church
bells were tolled and the flags half
masted. Visotrs to the castle began
inscribing their names in book
placed for the purpose in the hall.
It is said that the cause of death
was dropsy, accompanying the cancer.
The remarkable vitality of the dowager
empress astonished her physicians.
She retained consciousness to the end.
The castle grounds are now surrounded
by soldiers and patrolled by Hussars
and mounted police.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07
THE EVACUATION OF CHINA.
indications That the Movement is
Not Without Perils.

Pekin, August american and
Fnropean residents assert that the
demeanor of the Pekin populace is
constantly becoming more unfriendly
and that as the allied troops depart
the Chinese resume their old habits of
jostling and cursing foreigners in the
streets.
The legation defences are now ap-
preaching completion. Generally
speaking they consist of brick walls
from fifteen to twenty feet high and
from three to four feet thick, loop
holed for rifles.
The ministers of the Powers ignored
the plan for uniform system of de-
fence submitted by the generals, and
consequently the governments are
working independently.
It is the policy of the ministers to
avoid conspicuous work of defence less
these should prove.an irritant, pro-
voking instead of preventing hostili-
ties. Most of the engineers have re-
commended stronger defences than the
ministers will sanction. Major Edgar
B. Robertson, of the 9th infantry, who
commands the United States legation
guard, has written to Mr.. Rockhill
to protest against what he calls 'the
defenceless position Of our legation, -
representing that it is exposed to at
tack on four sides. Mr.. Rockhill has
replied that it is not intended to main
tain fortress, but merely a wall for
protection against unexpected mob
violence. The wall is made of brick
out of Difference to Chinese pride.
The French and Italians still re-
main here. The non-ful6llment Of the
agreement to evacuate public places
in fortnight causes some inconveni-
ence to the military authorities. Only
the German barracks have.been COM
pleted. The French barracks have
hardly been begun. The troops are
grumbling over having to give up COM
Portable quarters and to find temper
LATEsT RUMoRS FROM CHINA.
London, August 5.-The Times pub
lishes the following dispatch from
Pekin dated August 2:
"The draft Of the protocol proposes
that the new tariff shall come into
operation on October u.
"Russia is displaying new activity
in Manchuria and is Strengthening her
grip on Niu Chwang.
"It is expected that Ii Chen Fong,
son of Ii Hung Chang, will be appoint
ed Chinese minister to Russia to con-
tinue the baneful policy inaugurated
by Ling Hu Chang.
"It is reported that the French in
tend to build railway from Pao Ting
Flu to Tien Tsin direct, with or with
out Chinese consent. -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07
One of sothern's Jokes.


That inveterate joker, Sothern the
actor, had made an appointment with
Toole. the comedian. to dine at a we'll
known London restaurant. The hour
of meeting was fixed and Sothern ar
rived some few minutes before the ap-
pointed time. An elderly gentleman
was dining at a table at some little
distance from that prepared for the
two actors. He was reading a news
paper which he had comfortably ar
ranged before him as he was eating
his dinner. Sothern walked up to him
and striking him smart blow between
the shoulders said:
Hello. old fellow! Who would have
thought of seeing you here? I thought
YOU never The assaulted diner
turned around angrily, when Sothern
exclaimed: II beg you thousand par
dons. sir l thought you were an old
friend of mineAa family man whom
I never expected to see here. l hope
you will pardon me-
The old gentleman groWled reply,
and Sothern returned to his table,
where he was presently joined by
Toole. to whom he said:
.See that old boy? I'll bet you half
a crown you daren't go and give him
a slap on the back and pretend you
have mistaken him for friend
Done said Toole. and done it was
Immediately with a result that may
be imagined.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07
Killing Negroes in Mississippi.

New Orleans, La, August The
Picayune's Carrollton, Miss, special
says:
time last night the armed mob, which
has been in the Taliaferro neigh hbor-
hood for two days looking for Sallle
Layon and others, killed Will Price,
the negro who worked for Mr.. Ial,
ferro and lived within two hundred
Yards of his residence. He was found
dead in the road on Mr.. Dukes place
this morning, some distance from a
tree, with rope around his neck and
mutilated by gunshots. Esquire John
Irving held an inquest over the BODY
The verdict was: 'tCame to his death
by the hands of unknown persons.
It is said that he went to the Talla-
ferro residence yesterday and told Jack
Taliaferro all about the murder and
said that the plan was to kill both
the old people and Jack the Youngest
boy, while Lynn was away and shoot
Lynnswhen he returned. It is under
stood the mob has quit work now and
gone to their homes. No arrests have
been made of parties who engaged IN
the lynching.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07
In End TO all Compromise in The
Great Steele Strike.

Pittsburg, Pa, August 4.-''Within
a week every union man and every
union man at heart in the employ Of
the United States Steel Corporation
will be asked to join in the strike now
being waged by the Amalgamated AS
sociation. We must settle whether
unionism is to stand or fall.
There will be no more conferences
with the United States Steel Corpora
ton unless the meeting is asked for by
the officials of that corporation. The
.Amalgamated Association will not re-
quest a peace meeting.
These and several other significant
statements were made tonight by
Theodore J. Shaffer. president of the
.Amalgamated Association OF Iron.
Steel and Tin Workers, upon his re-
turn from the fruit conference with
J. Pierpont Morgan and others in
New York.
1t is now fight to the bitter finish
between the great billion dollar Steel
Trust and organized labor.
Mr.. Shaffer says that he is ready to
employ every peaceable means within
the power of man to win victory.
No quarter is to be given and none
will be requested. The entire man,
agement of the battle has been placed
in the hands of President Shaffer. He
has absolute power to call out every
man who is connected with the organ
ization and he intends to do it. He
is satisefd with the progress Of the
fight to date. He finds that none OF
his battle lines have been broken.
Promise is made by Mr.. Shaffer that
the trust will find that the Amalga-
mated Association has strong roots in
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07
STEEL TRUST DECLARES WAR.

Pittsburg, Pa, August st will
be fight to the finish. No quarter
will be given. We are prepared to
spend all the money and time neces-
sary to wipe out the Amlgamated AS
sociation in all of our mills.
This was the message that came over
the wire from New York to local Off
cials of the United States Steel Cor
poration this afternoon. Officials were
waiting long after the usual Saturday
afternoon closing time to get word of
the conference in New York between
the executive board of the Amalgamat-
ed Association and the general officers
of the big trust. Two messages came.
The first Stated that the conference had
adjourned between the workers and
Mr.. Morgan after receiving his ulti-
mate decision in the matters in dis
Dute
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07
Highest Cross In the World.

The highest cross in the world is SAID
TO be that which caps the loftiest peak
of the Harz mountains. The cross is
in reality a tower. and it commands
magnificent view of the country around.
The height of the tower is l2o feet. and
it stands on mountain l,1Sl feet
above the sea Level. 4 stair of 200 steps
leads to the top of the cross. but there
is an elevator Of which people may
avail themselves who for any reason
wish to avoid the long climb.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07
TILLNAN IN The WEST.
Made a Speech in Wisconsin on the
Race Question.
Asked the People Up There Why
Don't They Intermarry With the
Negroes From the Southern
Standpoint.
Milwaukee, Wis, Aug. "A Sen
tinel special from Marinette, Wis,

Milwaukee, Wis, Aug. A Sen
tipel special from Marinette, Wis,
says:
Tillman, of South Carolina, address
ed large audience on the race cues
ton from southern standpoint. One
of the features OF his remarks was
plea in justification of lynching.
SIN Wisconsin you have 1900 black
men, - he said. 'sWhy don't you! try
the bleaching process and extermlnate
them by ;ntermarrying? The idea is
repugnant to you. In South Carolina
we have 10000 blacks and 800, O0O
whites. The carpet-baggers, the
niger and the southern scalawags
and scoundrels ruled Us after the war,
until they had stolen everything that
there was in the State; then we went
with our shot guns to the polls and
took it away from them. All men are
not created equal and the 'nlggers' are
not fit to vote. Come what may, 1ne
white people of the South Will govern
their own country.
He condemned Booker Washington S
scheme of educating the negro along
industrial lines, as an attempt to place
him on an equality with the white
artisan, something that would lnten-
sify race hatred in the south. He
ssid that among the 1000, 600 slaves
during the Civil war, there we're more
Christians than there are today among
the 1000, 900 blacks in the south. ;.
s.I do not want to uphold slavery, "
he continued. ''I thank God there
are no slaves today under the stars
and stripes. -
Mr.. Tillman made an eloquent plea
in justification of lynching, saying
that southern women could not De
brought into court to testify to their
shame and degradation before a jury
for the purpose of convicting beast.
His reference to the sanctity OF the
southern household and the southern
women and mis- remrks on lynching were
heartily applauded. He closed With
an impassioned statement to the effect
that the white people Of the south
would remain on top in spite OF the
devil'' and, if necessry, he and his
brethren were ready to take down
their shotguns again.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07
4 WISE MAN OF The EAST.
Remarkable Proclamation of Gov.
Yuan, of Shan Tung.

Washington, August 3.-The State
department has received a copy Of a
remarkable proclamation by Governor
Yuan. of Shan Tung. on June I, defn-
ing the relations that must exist be-
tween the MAGISTRATES and the native
Christians. The proclamation deals
with the subject in language so ener-
getic as to make it evident that the
Chinese magistrates will not allow
missionaries to exercise the same IN
Huence as heretofore in local affairs or
In anv other than religious matters IN
the future.
Governor Yuan states that he has
received many reports from Chinese
officials that unworthny members Of
the Church were praticing their reli-
gion simply for the protection which
it afforded them and we're lightly set
ting aside the law OF the land and
seeking occasions for quarrel, and that
such affairs were daily increasing II
number.
He points out that the missionaries
are merely preachers OF religion.
t4They have no authority whatever to
interfere in the affairs of the Chinese
people, nor any power to exercise Off
cial functions, as everybody ought to
know Therefore this Governor en-
Joins his magistrates to make no dis
tinction between Church and people,
to let no one else presume TO exercise
his authority for controlling the peo-
pie. Says he:
3.The most important matter is that
justice should be done to both sides.
1t makes no difference whether the
people annoy the Christians or the
Christians annoy the people: let there
be clear distinction made between
the crooked and the straight, and 1t
will then be impossible that any occa-
sion for interference should arise. .
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07
Arizona Forests.

Arizona is supposed to be almost an
unbrolen desert. but in reality it has
the largest unbroken pine forest in the
United States. covering an area of over
5000 square miles. This timber IS
nsnallv found ct an altitude of be-
tvoen $500 and 1900 feet. The total
quantity of pine timber fit for saving
nrrnoses within the boundaries Of the
territory amounts to lo.ooo.oo0oG0 feet
which can supply the needs cg 4 popu-
Ions state for more than century.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07
The GreenviIIe News Changes
Editors.


Mr.. John 4. Moroso, who has been
editing the Daily News for few
months, has announced his retirement
from the position, assigning as the
reason that he has been offered a more
lucrative place in Richmond. Va. He
will be associated with the Richmond
Evening News, of which Mr.. \. b:
Williams is the managing editor, and
with which Mr.. Moroso was connected
before he came to Greenville The
Greenville News will have for its edi-
tor Mr.. ]. X. Blackman formerly OF
the Charleston News and Courier,
and who was stenographer of the
First circuit for number of years.
He has been in New York for some
time.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07

There have been numerous calls
throughout the state for the services
of the Clemson college veterinarian.
President Hartzog, of the college,
writes the governor that it is impossl-
BILE for the veterinarian to visit all
these places and that he is endeavor-
ing to employ an assistant, but has
not vet been able to secure one. The
veterinarian is wanted to attend to
cases of glanders and other animal
diseases which have been reported
from various parts of the State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07
TAMPA. Fla. Aug. 5.-Tonight 100

Tampa, Fla, Aug. 5.-Tonight LOO
business men, in order to end the
strike of Resistencia union cigar max
ers, searched the streets of Tampa and
seized many of the strike leaders. and
it is rumored that they were sent on a
vessel outside the bar to the gulf
Excitement prevailed but no rioting
occurred. It is said that an attempt
was made to assemble the strike lead
ers in conference and capture them
all together, but the strikers heard of
it and dispersed. The search through
the streets followed. The rumor as to
the disposition of the captured men is
not fully confirmed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07
Buyfue Molasses.

She was newly arrived from the old
country, and she went to the store for
eirup.
Give me pound Of treacle," she
said to the grocer.
..Treaclew repeated the grocer. You
mean molasses."
Possibly"
1--WE don't sell it by the pound. but by
the measure"
"Oh, then give me yard!"-Pitts-
burg Chronicle-Telegraph.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07
War in Venezuela.

Caracas. Venezuela, Aug. 4.-The
Venezuelan government announces
that force of invaders under Gen.
Rangel Garbiras, including % battal-
ions of the Colombian army, was re-
pulsed by the government troops and
compelled to fall back across the from
tier after % hours fighting, July 2S
and 29.
1t is officially asserted that the in
vaders lost 800 men, the government
troops losing 300.
The government has sent reinforce
ments to the frontier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07

Philadelphia, Aug. "a terrific
explosion in block of six buildings
on Locust street above Tenth tonight
completely wrecked five structures and
caused the death of from 10 to 20 or
more persons. Over two score of 9TH
ers were more or less seriously IN
jured Some of those taken to the
hospital will die. 1t is estimated
that at least 35 persons were in the
FIVE buildings when the explosion oc,
Cured and the exact number of dead
will probably not be known for a
hours.