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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-04-24
ROBBED BY IT'S MANAGER
A National Bank in Iowa Closed
Pending an Examination.
OFFICER RUINED BY SPECULATION

T. T. Ward. vicc-prcsIdcnt or tho Nation
al Rank. al lie Mars. Iowa. Abscoudcd
With 100000 - Left n Nbte Saying
That He Was Going. God Knows
wherc"-BanI1 IL Heavily Involved.
Sioux City. Iowa.-Thc lie Mars Na-
tional Bank. at Lee Mars. Iowa did not
open for business on "Wednesday.
Thomas L. Ward. Nicc-P President ana
manager Of the institution. is self
confessed cmhcZzlcr to the amount Of
So. 900 or 100000. He has also ah-
seconded. II is alleged he took $50 600
with him or lost If during the past few
from the vault Of the bank
Two days after Ward departed Cash
icr Frank Koob received Il letter from
Ward beginning: Dear Frank: leave
tonight. for God Nlmi@htv knows
where. This Board OF Trade buSi-
ncss has ruined me Saw" me from in
dictmcnt if Won can. viii nay back
evory cent | eau"
Then thc writer specified th, funds
from which hc had hcrn stealing 10
bank are, President V g. T. NacLa-
gan. who x in Scotland: Vice prcSi-
don't 7. +. Ward: Cashier. Frank Kooh.
tho only officer in town: Directors. u
y. Tiorncy and John Linden both IN
Hot SPRINGS. Ark. Cashier Nooh. IN
tho absence Of advice closed the doors
and posted notice that an Examiner
would hc placed in charge
The dCfunct bank was organized 4
number of wears ago hy William II.
Dent. He left the State after dis
noSing OF The institution. Ward coming
from Primghar. Iowa. to hc manager.
TIL" bank was capitalized for SIOO OOO.
and at tho date of the last statement.
February II. showed $lOSO0 dcpos-
it's
Ward was u member of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee Mrs.
Ward is dangerously i'll nj Ecr homo.
having given birth to child week
ago. News OF her husbands Disgrace
is withheld from her
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-04-24
Poor sugar Maling Season Ends.

The maple sugar making season in
Vermont is practically closed. most
of the makers have taken in their
buckets and stopped boiling. The sea
son has not been as good as was eX-
pected. The typical sugar weather has
been absent. Most of the farmers have
made syrup this year. Suga- brings
twenty-five cents pound. an unusual
ly high price. and not plenty at that
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-04-24
FOUR KILLED BY A sNOWsLioE.
TWO Engines and Piow swept From
the Tracks into IA Gorge.

Boulder. While huckinC snow
mt Frances two locomotives of the
Colorado Northwestern Railway We're
struck by Il SnoWSlidc. lifted bodily
from the rails and carried down pre-
cipitous gorge.
with them went the snow pillow. ana
they found lodgmcnt on the switch of
the Big Five tunnel, 100 feet down the
hill. An avalanche of snow and rock
coVcr<d the engines and four of ihc
crew.
The dead are: w. j. Hanna. thirty
five. married; John NJ. Miner. thirty
married; f.. L. Fitzgerald. twcnty-siX
single: w. III. Bair. forty live. married
Engineer james Marks was rrcov-
cred alive from the snow after an
hours hard digging. one arm was
broken, and IN iron rod penetrated
one foot. He viii recover.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-04-24
TELEPATHY's AWFUL MESSAGE.
Choir Singer Eroke Down nt the Exact
Moment Her Sister Died Far Away.

Moment Her Sister Died Far Away.
Cleveland. Ohio In The midS' or -
song at Trinity C0ncrcgational Church
Mrs. A. \. LauCdon. noted baritone
singer stopped suddenly and left ,il.
platform, with tears streaming down
Her face. She was assisted ia the
dressing room bv her husband. where
she burst ont into hystcricaI crvinY.
Something awful has happened"
she cried. Her husband tried lo eOotio
her ana to assure her there was moth
ing wrong. bur she was unable To re
sumo her singing" she was taken to
her hotel in Il carriage and there she
received telegram from AShcviIlc
\. C.. announcing the death Of her sis
ter.
Mr9. Inngdon left the platform ~
h"' o'clock. the exact moment thar
her sister expired
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-04-24
Yellow Fever in Mosquito Bite.

Surgeon-General Sternberg. at Wash
ington. has just given his approval.
without reservation. 10 the report OF
the special Medical Board composed
of Surgeons Reed, Carroll and Agra
monte upon the "etiology of yellow
fever." In which the conclusion was
reached that the mosquito IS response
bic for the transmission OF this fell
disease.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-04-24
WANTS YOUNG MEN TO MARRY.
Priest Announces That Hereafter III, Wn
Tax Bachelors in His Congregations

Boston, Mass.-At the eighth annual
reunion and Irish night of the ST.
Mary'S parish. of Cambridge. the Rev.
Thomas Scully declared that hereafter
he intends TO tax all unmarried men
in his parish over twenty i've years OF
age so year until they reach the age
OF thirty-hve. when they Will he taxed
sou. After that age they Will he cX-
eInpt from the tax, as the priest says
that no woman would care to marry
them then
II do not propose TO open matri.
monial agency. but something has cot
TO he done to keep so many OF these
bright. intelligent young men from be
coming bachelors"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-04-24

The tax OF ten cents on export bills
OF !ading imposed by the War Revcnua
ia" was deciared invalid by the Uni
I'd states Supreme Court. ~ Wash.
lh-'on. the decision. however. being
tnat Of bare majority Of the justices
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-04-24
SUFFERING IN ALASKA.
Two Men From Nome Tell SenIIes Of
Deaths Along the Coast.

Seattle, Wash-The Skagway News.
OF April 13. which has Just arrived.
says:
Two men, names unknown. VINO ar
rived from Nome, bring sensational re
ports of wholesale deaths 10y frecZinc
along the coast They report that 200
persons had died from exposure or
freezing before ,hc middle of January
at various points Up and down the
coast. Their stories are not credued
here.
Teams are still arriving from White
Horse with freight and passengers.
making good time, The tIan is ncld
ing remarkably we'll
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-04-24

Boston. Mass. In Massachusetts
cons .derab.c damaSc was done.
dam near Middlcleld broke. submcr.
lnS the town OF Chester but no lives
were lost
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-04-24
GREAT LOSSES BY FLOODS
Widespread Destruction Due to Rain
and Snow.
PlTTSBURG SUFFERS HEAVILY


fall "r Thirty Inchcs-Au the Cities
tho ohio From PittsburE to Wheeling
I1oodcd-Losses In other states.
PittShur@. rcnn-Thc most wide
spread and destructive storm. from
material point of view. has passed. 1t
has LETT 4 zone Of ruin 200 miles in
diameter. Cities severity miles from
riushurS were tied up hy one of the
worst snowStorms ever known
The money loss may reach $4,000
600 The railroads think they have
lost S1.oOo.OO0 The loss of wages to
the army of workers in manufacturing
plants up and down tho rivers will
mount up To SIoo.OOo and the repairs
To plants viii hc Il large sum. The
dama@r to stores. stocks residences
and furniture in pittShurG. Allegheny
aud towns and cities down the Ohio
will probably reach $1OO.uOu
In addition there is the enormous
indirect damage caused 10y the almost
complete suspension of trade.
While there have been greater floods
nj this point there WAS never one that
caused 50 mucE financial loss and dis
comfort This WAS due to the dcuScr
population caused by Tie recent rapid
growth OF PiUSburg and Allegheny.
and to the fact that ail the manufac-
turin" plants on the river banks were
n active operation. most of them work
in" night aud day. until the rising
water put ont the tires and drove the
workers To higher ground.
The submerged districts in pittSburg
and Allegheny on Sunday were n scene
of abicct misery. Cellars. and in some
instances the dr I floors. Of stores and
dwellings, were covered with water
Where the flood subsidized IL left be
hind greasy yellow scum two or
three inches deep. The damage To
iurniur" AMI buildings i'm Allegheny is
estimated al about NluO.OuO. In Pitts
burg the loss to residences and stores
and goods and the cost of cleaning
up will amount to about S25O00O.
At Carnegie Borough. six miles from
PittShurS. the loss is estimated at
Sio.Ooo. of which the Columbia Bridge
Works los" $4,000. The other losses
range from SO To 5000
AT Beaver Falls. Penn, the damage
10y tn" Hood ana storm was considcra-
bic. REPORTS from Washington Penn.
said HAT all traffic on the CHARTERS
N'' '"' 'i'' N'u Wy bIuS'S hcluS
washed away AMI landSlidcS, and thar
the Baltimore ana Ohio WAS seriously
crippled. WaNncShur% was isolated,
ana much Inconvenience resulted
Eric, Penn. The SnowStOrm Of Fri
day night and Saturday aud the sIcct
storm of Saturday night were the
worst known here in sixty years. and
surpassed tn famous blizzard Of
March. iS~S. Thcrr were twelve inches
of snow on the level, and nearly every
trolley line III the city was tied up.
kcporiS from outside he city west.
east and South--Sh0w snow three feet
tlpen pu1 .si,.nt ,Iu,b.,.-.. a.. T,.,,;, ,....
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-04-24
MILNER IS DISCOURAGED
Says South African Conditions Are
Worse Than Last Summer.
GRAN TED A LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Tho Eners Nns Renew prac" N-gotin.
tions-Thc' Objected tn Uir Participu-
'ion In the Last Conference.-The Last
Review OF the Situation Not Opti-
mistic-rhc Damage tn the Mines.

Iondou--A blue hook has been is
sued giving Sir Alfred Miners re-
quest. made on April . for leave OF
absence from South Africa. on the
ground that he had worked continu-
ouSly for two years ana unless he OBJ
taincd res; lie would he unable To
Superintcnd the work OF reconstruc-
tion.
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain. in
reply. said he regretted the necessity
for Sir Alfred leaving South Africa
hut ne recognized thai Il leave OF alb
Scucr WAS unavoidable, and he grant
cd three months.
The blue book contains long re
view of the situation written hy Sir
Alfred Nilncr at Cape Town. on Feb
ruarX t.. wi ich. While not d"Spond-
cnt. is in uoWiSc optimistic. Ii is no
use denying. hr says. that the last
half year has been one OF retrogrcS-
sion. Seven months ago The colony
was perfectly quiet ~ far rs jhc
Orange Hi,cr. Tho southern half of
the Orange Free state was rapidly
sct,lin" down. ! considerable portion
of the TrHnSvaIl distinctly seemed to
have accepted British authority and
Ia have rcjoiccd III the opportunity 10
return TO orderly government and
DraCr.
Now the scene is completely altered
II would Gc SupcriluouS To dwell nu
the increased losses 10 the country
caused 10y the prolongation of the
struggle. The events of th" last sin
months viii involve Il greater amount
of repair aud i longer period of re
cupcration. especially for agriculture
than anybody could have anticipated
when the war ucgan
Sir Alfred holds. however. that the
economic consequences, though grave
are in no wise appalling. He dwC!ls
upon the cOuntlN'S rccuVrratiVc pow
crS. and especially upon the fact that
the Rand and Kimberley have NOT
been damaged. He says he is convinced
that II viii not be many wears before
the economic ravagcS of the war are,
citaCcd, and believes that the material
destruction is less serious than ihr
moral effect of the rccrudcsccncc OF
the war.
He concludes 10y summing up what
lie believes To he the last unanimous
feeling OF South Africans who SYM
pathiZc with the British Governments
He says they are sick 10 death OF the
war. which has ruined so many of
them, but would rather il should con
tinuc indefinitely han risk any com
promise leaving the rcmotcSt chance
of its recurrence in the future They
are prepared to fight and suffer ia
order 10 make South Africa indiS-
putably forever one country under the
British system OF government. hut.
that accomplished. they are willing to
bury racial animoSitiCS. The atti-
tudc of almost all the leading repre-
sentative men and The general trend
Of public feeling is against anything
like racial cXclusiveneSs or domiu:,.
ton.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-04-24

y Cape Town dispatch says that for
~ Gocrs recently met at Bashof and
fo!cmnly reelected Mr Steyn Prcsi.
dent OF the Orange Free State.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-04-24
rotcr, ncceat Indian Troons.

\ I0rcc u EONcrs attacked Il com
p.uy @. Puuj0D Infantry near Mn.
Iu, CHINA killing a British major.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-04-24

One Of the obstacles in the recent
peace negotiations between General
Hutha and the British was the Rorr
hostility TO dealing with Sir Alfred
Miner. who as British High Commits
Sioner in South Africa. had become
very unpopular. 1T was stated that a
request had been made by the Beers
Tor his withdrawal from the negotia-
tionS, bur that Colonial Secretary
Chamberlain had refused to permit it,
There have been recent rumors of Il
renewal of the negotiations between
General Kitchener and General Botha
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-04-24

Buffalo y. Y.-The dclugc of rain
that followed in the wake of The big
snow storm continued for two DAYS.
leaving littl" of The foot of snow mat
covered the ground. Reports from
points along the southern shore of
Lake Eric say that the damage tn fruit
trees viii he great The wet snow
chung 1" the branches until they gave.
way under its weight leaving unly
the trunks standing. The loss TO tclr-
graph and telephone companies is
great. miles OF wire being broken
down.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-04-24

Rochester y. Y West bound Train
NO. I2G. the fast freight ON the Romc
WatertoWn and OGdcnsburg Railroad.
ran INTO Il wash-out one mile south
east OF Forrest Lawn ana the engine
ana hne cars rolled down Il fifty foot
embankmcnt. MI hUi one OF The cars
were loaded with merchandise. The
loss is roughly estimated at $jOOOO
The train crew escaped by jumping
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-04-24

Dunkirk, y. Y.-Chautauqua County
was covered with eighteen inches OF
heavy, damp snow. Telegraph and
telephone wires We're down, while
trains ou all roads ran late.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-04-24

batavia. y. six inches of snow
fcll in this section Country highways
were in bad shape. but railroad traffic
was not greatly intcrfcrcd with.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-07
The Old Ring At AnnapOlis.

The old Gorman-R asin Ring is again
enthroned at Annapolis, and Mr.. Cor
man is present in person directing
the operations of the General Assem-
bly, and the Executive Department
with all the arrogance of the days be-
fore the people rebuked him in 1895
and again in 1897. No one would i'm
agine for an instant that the people
of Maryland had ever, by an over
whelming majority, turned Mr.. Cor
man and his crowd of political con-
spirators out neck and heels, and
placed the seal of disapproval on their
acts during the generation they con-
trolled the city and State. Through
the misguided folly of the people they
were allowed temporary return to
power in 1899, but unmindful of the
past, they have fallen back into their
old ways, and now theft political ar
rogance and overweening pride of
power are as great as ever before.
Like the Bourbons, they never re-
member and they never learn, and
forgetful of the popular rebukes they
received in '95 and '97, they have
taken up their old course and are at
tempting to carry. out the affairs in
their former high-handed and ruth
less way.
With the spectacle presented to
them at Annapolis, not only this
month and during the last session,
are the people of Maryland ready to
submit to such dissertation and
practical disregard of their most sa-
cred rights? Are they ready to see
the men who were chosen to repre-
sent them at the State House for one
purpose disregard their most solemn
obligations and pass measures which
are intended to impair the inherent
rights of the citizens of the Statei
Are they ready to acquiesce in silence
while an attempt is being made to
juggle the laws SO that the German,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-07

Rasln ring may return to power, with
out let or hindrance from the people,
for an indefinite period of timer Are
they ready to permit return to the
old days when public sentiment was
detied by these men, when elections
were a farce, when life and property
were unsafe from their rapacious de-
mands, when tools Ind henchmen,
without decent character or common
honesty, were placed in high offices
to do the behest of the ring? Are
they ready to endure the attempt of
Mr.. German and his sycophants to
pass laws, the plain and open intent
of which is to allow them to manipu-
late affairs in such a manner that leg
islation hereafter will be under their
control as in the old days? Are they
ready to see corporate franchises sold
for private gain, and corporations
and individuals plugged and black
mailed for the profit and enrichment
of few INSCRIPTIONS men? Are they
ready to aid, by their silence, the eff
fort to enable these men to return to
! their old methods, when they were
able to protect gamblers and policy
dealers, when crime was openly con-
doned by the officers chosen through
a polluted ballot box and prostituted
ell ection officers
Are they ready, in word, to con-
done the effort of these men to re-
turn to the old methods, by means of
partisan legislation, so that it will
again be said, and that without fear
of contradiction, that the city of Bal
timore, and through it the State. are
ruled by and in the interests of the
criminal classes, as was the case for
twenty-five years before 1896?
That is what Mr.. German and his
crowd are trying to accomplish at
Annapolis at the present time. Are
the people of Maryland willing to see
it done?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-07
Guilty of Contempt.

Mr. James c. Fredlock, manager
and former proprietor of the Pied
mont Feed and Ice company, of Pied
mont, was adjudged guilty of con-
tempt of the Ohio county circuit
court last Saturday at Wheeling by
Judge Harvey. The case has been in
court for some time. The contempt
consists in Fredlock's bringing action
in the Mineral county circuit court
against the West Virginia Loan Com
pany of Wheeling after the chancery
case of that company VS.. Mary L. Nc
Mechen had been brought and was
pending in the Ohio county court.
Mr.. Fredlock, who is down south, is
fined $50 and costs and the Mineral
county suit is ordered stayed until
the termination of the Ohio county
suit. An attachment of the body of
Mr., Fredlock will probably be direct
ed to Sheriff J. Frank Dixon, of Key
ser, and he will be held until the per-
Torrance of the things required of
him in Judge Marvey's order.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-07

dial. Only recently has the pulpit be-
gun to thunder against it, but as the
facts fix themselves in the minds of
the clergy they will be found, as usual,
denouncing atrocities and defending
the oppressed, be they Chinese or any
other race.
The President dwells at some length
on the relations with Cuba. While
the act of Congress imposing terms on
the Cubans was a palpable disregard
of the obligations of the United
States which must be deplored, it is
probable that the Cubans, after some
demur, will end the controversy by
accepting our demands. In their help
less condition it is difficult to perceive
how they can do otherwise, and the
closer they are brought under the
protection of this country the better
it will be for them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-07
The Fifty-sixth Congress

There are two ways of Judging the
work of Congress. 1t may be meas
ured by the expectations of political
prejudice, which is quite common
way, or the record of its actual
achievements may be made the basis
of criticism. By the former process
the last session of the Fifty sixth Con-
gress has been a saturnalia of wild
schemes and reckless expenditure.
Imagination ran riot in predicting
what it would do, and those trust
worthy forecasts must be made good
at the expense of justice and truth
1t is strange that partisanship should
still hope to derive any advantage
from this threadbare device. 1t has
been SO often exposed, and there has
been so little evidence of its influence
on public sentiment, that the truth
would seem to be desirable even on
political grounds.
In reality the last session of the
present Congress has been conserva-
tive. The cry of billion dollar Con-
gress has no significance unless the
money was foolishly appropriated. 1t
is not the amount of money, but the
purposes for which it is appropriated,
that should subject a Congress to adj
verse criticism. If the needs of the
country require heavy appropria-
lions it is idiotic to blame Congress
for making them. Some extravaganza
things were, doubtless, done by the
Fifty-sixth Congress, just as they are
done by all Congresses, but the ag-
gregate of such legislation was small.
The most eXtravagant measure was
the RIVER and Harbor Bill, which can
not be justly chargeable to the ma jor-
ity, because it was advocated with
equal pertinacity by both political
parties. 1t must also be said of this
measure that it is honest and imper-
sonal, and the money appropriated
by it will be expended to enlarge the
commercial facilities of the country.
Congress was obliged to make large
appropriations because of the recent
extraordinary growth of the country
and its temporary military needs,
but it may be said without fear of
contradiction that there have been
few sessions so absolutely free from
faint or even suspicion. Gigantic
schemes for emptying the treasury
were before Congress, but they were
defeated, and that body is not to be
judged by the measures which it de-
clined to pass, but by those which it
actually did pass. There were meas
ures before it, probably, which it
ought to have passed, but were not of
sufficient importance to occasion re-
mark or comment We think, there
fore, that the Fifty-sixth Congress
has left a record which will compare
very favorably with those of it's prede-
cessors.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-07

Non partisan" papers, edited by
partisans, are the most patent hum
bugs of the age. In commenting up
on public matters they start out non
partisan, but wind up partisan. They
are simply frauds. A partisan paper
is the more to be admired. 1t sacra-
fees patronage for principle. 1t is
more honest, for it does not play for
both sides, and does not pretend to
be anything than partisan. There is
nothing antagonistic to honesty in
being partisan, and there is every in
ducement to dishonesty in being non
partisan or independent. The most
despicable object is a partisan who
pretends to conduct non-partisan
or independent paper, and then by
his acts endorses every principle and
policy which his party espouses.-
Westminster Md Advocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-07
Death of Mr.. Alfred S. Mitchell.

Mr.. Alfred S. Mitchell, prominent
and highly respected citizen of Lis
tonburg, Somerset county, Pa, died
at that place on Thursday, February
2Sth, after two weeks illness, of pneu,
monia, aged n years, months and
"a days. Mr.. Mitchell was born and
reared in Listonburg township. The
following relatives survive him His
aged wife and four children. Miss
Laura and Jesse, of Listonburg, John
L. and Edwin L., of Oakland, and
one brother, David Mitchell.
lnterment was made at Petersburg
on Saturday last, the remains being
followed to their last resting place by
a large concourse of sorrowing rela-
tives and friends.