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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-05-04
OVerpoWer a Guard and Fly to
Waterte Swamp.
An Exciting Man Hunt Follows
Man IN q Tree Shoots at Per-
suers But is Brought
Down With Pistol.
Only one Es-
capes.
Special to The State.

most daring escapes that was ever
made from the State farm was
made by three convicts Yesterday
morning. The plow detail was
at work near brick branch when
Israel Sims, Il life prisoner from
York county, slipped up behind
Guard NJ D Burkett, struck him
stunning blow on the meek and
took his gun from him. After
getting the gun Sims attempted
to shoot Burkett, but did not
know how to manipulate the rife.
He Immediately took refuge in
the branch, carrying the rifle with
him and was followed by two 9th,
er desperate convicts, Grant Nc
Neill, sentenced for life from
Charleston, and Tom Haystack,
sentenced for 20 years, from Sa-
luda The other prisoners made
NO effort to escape, though it is
said that others were in the plot.
AS soon as it was possible Mr..
Gardner, the manager of the De-
Saussure farm, was notified of the
escape and AS is the custom, every
effort was made to effect their
capture. 1t was not long before
the guards and TRUSTEES had the
escapes surrounded in the swamp.
With the edges we'll guarded on
all sides, several entered and
searched the almost impenetrable
swamp. 1t was not long before
Isaac Sims, the ring leader, was
discovered up tree. He still
had the rifle with him and on be
ing commanded to surrender, op.
ened fire ON MIR. Morris, the man>
ager of the Reid farm, and an.
other man who was with him. AS
there was onl ~ one load in the
rifle, Morris knew that no harm
could then be done, so he covered
Sims with his pistol, and effected
his capture without any fu ther
trouble. Sims was then securely
tied, turned over to one of the
guards and was soon landed in
the stockade. The pursuit uf
Mcneil and Hay was then
continued. Another drive was
made through the swamp when
McNeill was discovered. He
broke and ran and attempted to
make his csc ape across an open
field, but Mr. Gardner, who was
mounted on bis horse, soon over
took him. On being commanded
to halt, McNeill showed fight,
turned on Gardner and had to he
shot before he would surrender.
The wound, however, is in the
arm and Is not considered dam
gerous one. He was returned to
the stockcde and the pursuit was
| continued for Haystack. With
tho swamp we'll guarded on all
sides, search after search wes
made, but the fugitive could not
DO found. A large guard force
was kept on duty all of last night
but at this writing Haystack has
eluded his pursuers and it is sup
posed has made good his escape.
1t is simply marvellous how he eff
fected it under the circumstances.
The plot to escape was we'll laid
for the prisoners captured were
supplied with rations sufficient to
last two or throe days and also
had small quantity of turpen-
tine which they use, it is said, on
their feet to keep the dogs from
trailing them. When Sims took
Mr.. Burkett's gun, Burkett at
tempted to shoot him with his pis-
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-05-04

Educate Your Bowels With Cascsrets.
Candy Cathnrtic, cure constipation forever.
-, 90. IL c. G. @. fail, druggists refund money.
, 1901-01-19

BY request, Mr.. Roberts of Laramie
county has introduced a bill providing
for a commission to take in charge all
matters pertaining to the Pan-Ameri-
a exposition at Buffalo. 1t provides
for a superintendent at the rate Of ST.
500 per annum and carries an appro-
priation of $4,000. The fact that the
bill was introduced by request is evil
dence that Mr.. Roberts heart was not
in the measure. The exposition bust
ness is all very nice, but they are com.
ing n little thick. and not a few are a
little fakey. To be plain about the
matter. we are long on expositions and
short on cash.
, 1901-01-19

products last year was $3.50. 900 900, or
$13I pei capita, which is at least SO
per cent above the per capita produc-
ton of this country and 100 per cent
more than the per capita production of
the British nation. While chiefly pas
toral and agricultural, its mineral and
manufacturing products have an annu-
al value of over $3.50, 000, 900. 1t sold
wool to the mount of $4,000 900 last
year. 1t has 5000 square miles more
area than all our states and territories,
except Alaska and our new island pos
sessions. West Australia is just four
times as large as Texas. New South
Wales, the smallest state but one, Tas-
mania, has an area equal to the com
bined areas of New York, Pennsylva-
mia. Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky
and Indiana. The possibilities of the
minerals of Australia are limitless. 1t
expects to have 100, 900, 900 people by
the year 1000. 1t has gold, diamonds,
coal, iron, copper. tin and lead. The
trade of England with Australia last
year amounted to $26S, 900, 900. 1t
comes carer being a pure democracy
in its new government than any other
large country in the world. The six
senators from each state are elected
by direct popular vote. The Federal
parliament is to control all armed
forces. make all marriage and divorce
laws, as well as all inheritance, labor
and arbitration laws. All the railroad
lines are already owned by the state
governments and the federation is go.
ing to take hold of telegraph lines al
so. 1t is hard fixing a limit to the pos
sible growth of Australia in this com
ing century, because while other things
might be estimated, there can be no
estimate of her gold production. When
cur nation began it had no gold, no
railroads, no steamships. Think what
it probably would have been now had
there been as much gold in New York
n hundred years & as there is in
West Australia, had steam and cleo
tricity been in full Use The English
speaking race numbered 10000, 900 a
hundred years ago; it now numbers
100, 900 900. What will it be n hun
dred years ~hence?-Salt Lake Tribune.
, 1901-01-19
AMERICANS IN KNEE-BREEcHEs,
E~x-Secretary Foster Gives Amusing In
cident Of Representatives Abroad.

Honorable John W. Foster, former
Secretary of State and one of the most
widely experienced Of American dip
lomats, tells in this weeks issue Of The
Saturday Evening Post interesting and
amusing instances of American Diplo-
mats and Court Costumes. The ladies
will be interested in knowing that in
diplomacy extreme COZ. liberation Is
given to the kind Of clothes which the
representatives veal In the course of
his article MI. Foster says:
Some ministers have made them
selves ridiculous by securing an ap-
pointment in the state militia, and
making use of that uniform. A story
is told of one Of our representatives at
a European Court who appeared at the
palace in the garb Of a captain of q
cavalry troop. a post he had filled at
home, which led the monarchical dip
lomats, attracted by his metal helmet,
quizzically to ask If he belonged to q
fire company in America! The in
structions of the Department of State
now in force construe the law to allow
OF such a departure from a simple
dress as will secure our diplomats well
come admittance at court ceremonies.
For instance, the members of the
United States Embassy in London ap-
pear on state occasions in knee-breech-
es, with metal buckles on their shoes,
and in other respects in ordinary W
ing dress"
, 1901-01-19
HAZING WEST POINT HAZERS.

The young men of West Point have
been given a rude shock, owing to the
marked difference in the investigating
methods of the military and congress
sional committees.
The military investigating commit
tee, under General Brooke, did not al
low any unseemliness to creep into its
hazing inquiry. The cadets were ask
ed no rude. disturbing questions, and
there was neither doubt nor sarcasm
when the young men told Of the beau
ties Of hazing and how they had thriv-
ed on "~bracing," "eagling." "woodep
Willie" sitting on bayonets, and allow
ing hot candle grease to raise blisters
on their feet. The military investiga-
ting committee had its softest gloves
on, and when the deliberations were
concluded it was evident that hazing
was one of the most admirable features
of West Point training, and that ca
diets who were not hazed did not know
one of the greatest enjoyments Of life.
The questions of the congressional
committeeman are in sharp and pain
full contrast with the purrings of Cen
eral Brooke and his assistants. The
smiling and confident young West
Pointers have been crushed and humil-
lated on the witness stand. They have
been forced into acknowledging that
the upper classmen smoke cigarettes,
smuggle liquor into the academy and
otherwise fracture all the laws and dis
cipline of the institution. They have
been compelled to give the details OF
countless fist fights and Of tortures un-
der which unfortunate plebes have
tainted dead away. They have been
tangled in their testimony, and have
left the stand perspiring and confused.
Unfortunately for the cadets, the
congressional committee gives no evil
dence Of stopping this novel and disa'
pointing form of witness-stand hazing
until the West Point affairs have been
probed to the bottom. The outlook for
the cadets is anything but pleasant, es-
pecially after the confidence inspired
by the mildness Of the former ipvestf-
cation. Whatever the outcome of the
congressional investigation, IL is evil
lent that the stock Of conceit among
West Point upper classmen will, be ma
terially reduced.-Denver Republican.
, 1901-01-19
STATE PRESS
Pointedly Peppered-

Preacher Pointedly Peppered-
A truly good mar from Wheatland
is temporarily sojourning in our midst.
His name is Stevenson, and he is con
Quoting a series Of what he is pleased
to term revival meetings" at the
Methodist church. Unlike the meek
and lowly Nazarene whose understudy
lie claims to be. the Rev. Stevenson
a club as it were, rather than through
moral suasion. Last Sunday evening
the gentleman-I use the word, and
cite him to Webster's unabridged in
case he may not know what it means
relieved himself Of a TRADE of abuse
of Douglas and her people. He declar.
ed that our reputation as a wicked and
vicious community was almost world.
wide: that we were dead tough" and
d blot upon the face of the footstool.
MIR. Stevenson is either a p~revaricator
or a fool-and he can choose either or
both horns of the proposition. The
best refutation of his uncalled for and
cowardly attack upon us is found in the
fact that instead of tanning the match.
scratching end Of his anatomy with q
bedslat and transporting him outside
the corporate limits on the angle-edge
Of a rail, as he deserves, we allow him
to linger longer. Everybody knows
that Douglas is a model town-an in.
telligent and law-abiding people, com.
%paratively free from crime and kindred
evils. We have a reputation for law
and order, decency and morality
throughout the state and the west, and
We deserve it and are proud of it, and
don't propose to have It called in ques'
ton by either saint or sinner without
q protest. Mr.. Stevenson may NEAR
well. but he must understand that he
cannot insult and traduce decent PEG.
PIE with impunity even though he does
II under cover of religious zeal and
from the pulpit.-Bill Barlow's Bud
get.
, 1901-01-19
Coed THING.

German Syrup hia special prescripe
on of DR.. A. Boscnee, . %ceiebrate1 Ger
man physician, and Is acknowledged
to be one of the most fortunate dis.
~coveries In medicine. It quickly cures
coughs, colds and all lung troubles Of
the severest nature, removing. as 1t
does. the cause Of the affection and
leaving the parts in . strong and
healthy condition. It is not an ex-
perimental medicine, but has stood the
test for years, giving satisfaction in
every case, which it, rapidly increas-
ing sale every season confirms. Two
million bottles sold annually. Bos-
chee's German Syrup was introduced
in the United States in 1858, and is
now sold in every town and village In
the civilized world. Three doses will
relieve any ordinary cough. Price 7b
cents. Get Green's prise almanac. =.
H Eggeston, druggist
, 1901-01-19
vAsELINE NO GOOD FOR HAIR.
Dandrusf Germ Thrlves In Il, A. Well
40 In Al Grease.

A we'll known Chicago hair special
list invited the Inter Ocean reporter to
come to his ONCE and see, under a mic
roscope, how the germ that causes
dandru1 thrives in vaseline. The
specialist said that all hair prepare
lions containing grease, simply furn.
ish food for the germs ami help to
propagate them. The only way to cure
dandruf is to destroy the germs, and
the only hair preparation that will do
that is Newbro's Herpicide. Destroy
the cause, you remove the effect"
Without daudrun no falling hair, no
badness. Ask for Herpicide. It is the
only destroyer of the dandruf germ.
, 1901-01-19

Mr.. Fourt of Fremont county has in.
t:oduced a bill creating the office of
state g%eologist. 1t has merit and will
doubtless. in some form, become a law.
Wyoming's importance as a mineral
state is rapidly advancing and every
effort should be made by the people
and the legislature as their servants
10 keep the ball rolling. Mr.. Fourt's
bill provides for a geologist at a an
nual salary Of $4,000. It shall be his
duty to make examination of proper
ties at the following schedule, the
money to go into the state treasury:
For the examination OF a mere pros
pect, s25; for the examination Of a mine
having development work to the
amount of two hundred feet and less
than five hundred feet, the sum Of $50;
for all mines having development work
amounting to more than five hundred
feet he shall charge the sum Of 500,
the said funds to be paid in advance
by the person or persons requesting
said examination.
, 1901-01-19
The Mothers Eavorita-

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the
mothers favorite. 1t is pleasant and
safe for children to take and always
cures. 1t is intended especially for
coughs, colds, Group and whooping
cough, and is the best medicine made
for these diseases. There is not the
least danger in giving 1t to children
for it contains nc opium or other injur.
ious drug and may be given as conf
IDENTIFY to a babe as to an adult. F. H.
Eggleston.
, 1901-01-19

Mr.. Hicks of Albany county has in,
t:oduced n bill providing for the taxa.
ton of railroad cars other than those
which are the property of railroad com,
panies. There are numerous corpora
tons doing business throughout the
United States who do not own any line
OF road, but simply send their cars over
all lines. and it is the purpose of this
Hill to reach such corporations and
compel them to pay a just tax to the
state.
, 1901-01-19
Drying preparations sirply dove

Drying preparations si,aply dsvsl-
pdry catarrh; they dry up the s~serstionA
which adhere to the membrane and deoom-
pose, causing a far more serious trouble than
the ordinary form Of oatarrh. Avoid al Dig.
ing inhalants, fumes, smokes and smiths
and use that which ~cleansss, soothes end
heals. Ely's Cream Balm il such q rsusedy
and will cure catarrh or cold In the AaAa
easily and pleasantly. A trial size will-bs
mailed for 10 cents All druggists sell H.
50c. sise. Ely Brothers, 80 Warren st., MI.
Tho Balm cures without pain, dos not
irritats o cause msezing. II spreads itss6
over an irsftaesd and angry surAss, fsNsS.
ing Immediately the painful inAammatsa.
WiA 1ly's Cream Balm yotass ss1lsd
Against NasaI Cstarah and Hay fsva.
, 1901-01-19
Old Fashioned Cold Cures

are out Of date. The busy man Of to-
day can not afford to lie abed q whole
day and undergo the martyrdom of the
sweating process. Krause's Cold Cure
are capsules Of convenient size, and
can be taken without danger while per-
forming your usual duties. They cure
in "a hours. Price 25c. Sold by Chas.
N. Settele, pioneer druggist.
, 1901-01-19

Captain J. Elzear Bernier Of Quebec
has gained the support of Sir Clements
Markham, president Of the Royal Geo
graphical society, for his plan for a
norLl pole expedition. and he hopes to
enlist the British government in his
support. Captain Bernier Is an exper-
fenced arctic traveller.
, 1901-01-19
A Prominent Chicago Woman Speaks.

~ TUHrrHenH OHrCdgU "UWdH oPeaNu
Prof. Roxa Tyler, Of Chicago, Vice
President Illinois Woman's Alliance,
in speaking of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, says: 81 suffered with a Sc.
we're cold this winter which threatened
to run into pneumonia. l tried differ
ent remedies but l seemed to grow
worse and the medicine upset my stom'
ach. A friend advised me to try Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy and I found
1t was pleasant to take and it relieved
me at once. l am now entirely recov'
cred, saved a doctors bill, time and
sale by Frank H. Eggleston, druggist
, 1901-01-19
Tenant Equal to Occasion.

A landlord recently walked into a
Salem (Mass.) store and ordered his
tenant to vacate. Tho tenant meekly
listened to the command. and then.
exhibiting a constable's badge. ordered
the landlord to vacate the premises
under the threat Of arrest for tres
pass upon the tenants store. The as
tonished landlord got out.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
, 1901-01-19

The rich copper deposits Of Alaska
are beginning to be developed. the first
shipment from the White Horse belt
having been dispatched to. Tacoma al
ready. This belt, traversing a trfbu-
tary Of the Yukon, Is twenty-five miles
wide. The ore Is said to range from
Is to rs per cent copper and carries Sc
to SO per ton gold.
, 1901-01-19

The queen Of Holland has an enor-
nous fortune, only a part Of which
belongs to the crown. She will settle
20, 900 900 marks on her future 'lus-
band. A quarter Of this sum Prince
Henry con dispose Of by. will II there
are no children. The rest will revert
to the queens estate.
, 1901-01-19
ou nuumn,

The Republican \ Aev o9eriaga IN
Rand-HcNalfy douhls map (ths word
on one lseGs and IL United States a
the otAst) - a-Dssots0 - sAsA 49,
y subssgsytsea % ~ Dn1ly Nlpub-
liean watsAsfs-N1fi h aev1aps ~ Q
upv a. u RxDsMseA Atias ~ Il
uooths' snlssimiea.
fhsss valsanae wosl1 UAytAeeA
At or elses; sna u 0anAsyAoADase
care to pay . ysaf q stx Deatk6 d ~
ysnce ~ VIII aaQ- ~ 0aD 1ue q, q
tAs atlas ~ oolsnk-
, 1901-01-19
Aszieo Buys American Book.

Mexico buys more American books
than does France, and nearly a. many
- Germany. Much Of this trade is due
to the large rssident American popu-
lation to be found in Mexican cities
and to the demand from mining camps
where Americans are living. and not a
little u due &c the growing spread of
English among the Mexican people.
, 1901-01-19

On the corner Of Forty-fourth street
and Lexington avenue, New York city,
high above the pavement, there is
carved a lions head. in the mouth OF
which q pair of sparrows recently built
their nest and raised their young un-
molested, regardless Of the f%erocious
eye and mouth OF the king Of beasts.
, 1901-01-19
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1900.

Mr.. John Reid of Albany county has
introduced Il bill for the benefit of fra
ternal beneficiary societies. 1t dis
ance associations and eXempts them
from the insurance laws of the state.
II should become a law, as the benefit
amount of good in Wyoming.
, 1901-01-19

The Trabing Com.
mercial Go. is holding
outgreati
to all cash purchasers.
Their stock is enor-
mously large and in
order to reduce same
it will be sold at a very
low margin for spot
cash regardless OF
profits.
Daily RApuhlkcon onfY I0s a mnntA
, 1901-01-19

Pepsia preparations often fail to re-
hevs indigestion because they can d.
gest only albuminous foods. There h
one preparation that digsses al glasses
OF food, and that u Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure. It cures the worst eases Of IN
digestion and gives instant relief, for
It digests what you eat. Laramie Drug
Company.
, 1901-01-19

Rabbi Jacob David Wilowski, ne Of
the most famous talmudists Of Europe,
10 lecturing in New York. Later he
will lecture at Chicago. This learned
man, who presides yer a large con-
gregation in Siuzk, Russia. has attain
ei literary fame by publishing eighteen
volumes Of commentaries on what is
known a. the Jewish version Of the
talmud.
, 1901-01-19
A Simple Cold Cure,

Krause's Cold Cure, in capsule form,
is easy to take and does not affect the
head or hearing like quinine. Try II
today. Price Csc. Sold by Charles N.
Settele, pioneer druggist.
, 1901-01-19

Paris latest innovation in street
lighting is oil lamps. They are not the
sort Of lamps used a hundred years
age. when the cry was "aristocrats a
la lanterne," but enormous structures
that give out 1000 candle power each.
, 1901-01-19

Do you want them? Do you simply
want to glow with health? Do you
want to eat well, sleep well and work
we'll? Try Lichty's Celery Nerve Com
pound. Sold by Charles N. Settele,
pioneer druggist.
, 1901-01-19
r

Speaking of the new nation Of Aus
tralia, that began the new century
much as ours did the last, 1t 10 the
richest country per capita in the world.
The total valuation Of the new nations
, 1901-01-19

Such little pills as DeWitt's Little
Early Risers are very easily taken, and
they are wonderfully effective in
cleansing the liver and bowels. Lar.
annie Drug Co.
, 1901-01-19
ALLYN e SON
OPPOSITE CATHEDRAL.
Wall Paper and Paper HalQilG,

Stop in and examine our stock OF
Wall Paper. We have q nice collsetioa
a hand, also Q nne line Of sanpio
from which you ear make Q ssIsstisa
that will - somsthing diRsfsnt froo
your neishborA
oivk W A CALL
, 1901-01-19

FOR SALE-Three brick houses on
University and Sixth street, either to-
ether or separately. Apply to
o19-3m h. A. WILKINSON.
, 1901-01-19
COAL SITUATION
STRIKE OF THE MINERS Is
SPREADING OVER ALL
COLORADO.
Denver Fears a Famine-Ail Eyes Up
on the Trinidad Region-Laborers
There May Go Out in Sympathy
With Northern Miners-The Legis-
Iature Will Investigate the Trou.
BILE.

Denver, Jan. 1S.-Trinidad is the
point d'appui of the coal situation to-
day. If the miners of that district de
eide to go out it will mean and closing
OF the smelters and the throwing out OF
employment of more than $4,000 men.
smelter employees, miners, laborers
and others dependent upon steam pow
ers.
This morning word was received
here that a meeting had been called
for the purpose of completing an organ
ization of the Trinidad district, and
that the probability was that the or
ganization would be effected and that
the miners would walk out within the
next two or three days. A meeting of
four or five of the leading coal miners
CT the Trinidad district was held at the
Albany hotel this morning and at its
conclusion it was reported that it was
reasonably certain that the strike
would De extended to the Trinidad dis.
trict. ]. T. Johnson, who claims to
represent the miners from three or four
of the Trinidad mines, said at noon to.
day that there vas no doubt whatever
that the strike would take in the Trini-
dad district before the end of the week.
Mr.. Johnson said that the meeting at
the Albany hotel this morning repre-
sented three Of the strongest mines in
the camp and if the men from these
mines wen out the whole district
would join the strike, as the rest of the
mines amounted to but very little.
J.. A. Keller, manager of the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron company. said that
nothing had been heard from Trinidad
this morning, and that his company
was without any information regard,
ing any possible change in the situa-
tiOn
, 1901-01-19

A committee representing the miners
held a conference with Senator Tan
quarry and other members of the gen.
eral assembly this forenoon at which
the situation was discussed. The com.
mittee stated that 40 eastern coal
would be received in Denver or for
Colorado trade hereafter. which is un-
derstood to mean that the Mine Work
ers' Union of America will not permit
Kansas, Nebraska OF Iowa mines to
oonsign n portion Of their output to
Colorado territory. The committee
vas assured of the purpose of the leg.
i~slative committee to go into the sit
uation very fully, and that its finding
would be in accordance with the evi.
dence.
, 1901-01-19
No Arbitration.

President Cannon of the Northern
Coal company says the company will
never entertain any proposition to ar
bitrate the strike of its employees. w.
+ Hynes of the state board of arbitra-
ton said today that no one had brought
the strike to the attention of the board,
that the board could not take the ini-
tiative.
The large packing houses will be
compelled to close down If the short
age in coal continues.
Secret meetings of railroad men are
being held in Denver today, with a view
to relieving the coal situation. The
smelters are beginning to feel the linn.
tied supply and the railroads in the
state will eventually be pinched.
, 1901-01-19

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