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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09

Virgins is experimenting with the
iispensary system OF selling liquor on
account of the State aod towo, Frsekllo
having been se!eoted for the experiment
The oommoD wealth get. Que fourth OF
tho profits and the towo the remainder
Uuder this syste N the liquor is sold IN
original packages aud must not be oon-
sumed 90 tbe premises.
The steamship Georgetown. the
second Of the feet of six steel
steamers of the Atlantic Coast Steam
ship company. arrived in Georgetown
harbor on Sunday. These steam
chips will ply between Georgetown
and New York
The latest development in the
Chinese situstion is that it has leaked
out that Russia had concluded ar.
rapeements to annex Manchurla as
.oug ago as December, 1899, and is
putting into effect we'll laid plan
to occupy and hold that province
without the consent OF the other
powers
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09
A Big Railroad Deal.

New York. Jan 6 6-The Tribune
tomorrow will say "Just at the
close of the market on Saturday Wall
street received news that Pierpont
Morgan had bought the Central rail-
road of New jersey and sold it to
the Reading railroad When the
market reopens Monday morning. it
is said, it will be confronted with the
additional news that Mr. Morgan has
secured the controlling interest in
the Lehigh Valley. also that this
interest will probably be offered to
the Reading at the meeting OF its
directors which has been called for
Monday to complete officially the
purchase aud arrange for the formal
transfer of the Jersey Central stcck
to its new owners
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09
Terrible Billiards in Europe,
Great Fall of Snow-Many
Frozen to Death.

London, Jan 7.-oevere cold has
suddenly set 10 ,hrougbou, Europe. In
Epgland it is accompanied by porth-
easterly wind, amounting to gale over
the channel. At Dover a boat vas
cap.issd, four persons beiug drowned,
and probably other accidents will be
reported
o. tho continent the weather is still
more severe Snow has falleo as Tar
south ss Naples, and in St Petersburg
the cold is 80 intense that the police in
the streets have had to be frequently
relieved and the schools to be closed.
At Moscow the temperature is 30
degrees below zero
Tremendous gales are blowing over
the Adriatic. Terrible bliszsrds are
reported froa Austria and Southern
Russia, ex.iuguishing signal lights aud
resulting in the derailing of the orient
express at Altpasaa
The storm caused collision between
passenger trains at Mikole, near
Ssartnar. Hungary. six persons being
killed
Moe people we're frozen to death on
a high road in Trsnsylvaoia. Odessa
is completely snowboand The harbor
is frcxeo over sud trains ere unable to
enter or leave in consequence of the
drifts.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09
Philip D. Armour Dead.

Chicago, Jan s Philip Dapforth
Armour, fuancier and multi million
aire, head of the vast commercial
establishment that bears his name,
died at bis home, 21l5 Prairie ave
nue., at 5 IS O'Clock this afternoon.
A muscular affection of the heart
was the immediate cause of death
He had been slowly recovering from
pneumonia which for three weeks
had been threatening his life At 9
O'Clock this morning his heart gave
way under the strain of his recent
illness, his pulse running up to lo3
That was the beginning of the end
During the day he had realized
that death was near, and was con-
ecious until within an hour of bis
death
Just before his death one OF the
nurses who had been attending him.
drew a chair to the bedside aud
slowly read from the Bible the Lord 8
prayer 1t was read sentence by
sentence and each was repeated by
Mr. Armour
The end came after two years OF
illness, during which time MIR Armour
visited German baths, passed the
cold months in southern California
and devoted himself largely to an
attempt to restore his health
So carefully bad the plans for the
future been made that the death OF
Mr. Armour will have little effect on
the outward working of the great
enterprise with which be had been 80
clearly identified 1t is believed all
the Armour properties will be held
in tact until the grandchildren come
into their own
Estimates of Mr. Armour's own
estate run from $40, 100000 to $25.-
600. 900. This of course does not
include the $l0,000,000 or ,000.-
900 owned by the younger members
of his family. For years every
enterprise he was Interested in has
been making immense profits His
holdings of stock he j all advanced
largely during the last three years
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09
ELECTIONS BY LEGIsLA.
TURE.

Columbia. Jan 6 There are three
candidates 10 the 6ela for speaker of :be
house of representatives, Wig: Mr. w.
F. Stevenson, of Chesterfield ; Mr. Geo
E Prince. Of Anderson. aod Mr.
Francis 81. Weston, Of Columbia.
In the race for clerk of the house Mr
Thos Haaer. the incumbent, will be
opposed by Mes.rs ] Walter Gray and
Mr. Higgios. Of Nswberry Couoty
There is 90 insimation of opposition
to Geo R. R. HemphilI as clerk Of the
senate.
The liyeliess contest will be fo.
libr.risu. This is the ooe elective
Office filed BY . woman, sud there arc
already moro than dozen candidates
in the 6eid
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09
ONE RASCAL CAUGHT.

Mobile. Ala, Jan 7.-This after
noon . secret service agent, E. P.
Adams, arrested on Royal street of
this city Capt c W. King, quarter
master and supervisor of the govern
ment work at Fort Morgan, Ala
Capt King bad juet received $1,000
in bills from ]. 81 Hobson, a con
tractor on government work at the
fort McAdams with a local detect
i've az witness searched the captain
and found the roll of money. King
telling them that if it was of any
value to them to know. be would say
he had received the money from
Hobson. AL the bills had previously
been recorded and marked 80 that
McAdams was able to identify them
Hobson told McAdams that this was
the second $1,000 paid to King by
him King was taken before United
States Commissioner Rickarby for
preliminary examination
Hobson testified before the com
mission that for acme time be had
been having trouble in carrying out
his contracts on buildings at Fort
egsn. about so per cent of the
material be furnished being regarded
ss uusatifactory About eight months
ago King approached and said if
Hebson made au arrangement with
him be would not be 40 hard on him
The amount named by King was
| $4,000 and as failure on the contracts
meant ruin, Hobson agreed to pay
| So 600 King said he would accept
that amount as be had caused him
loss by being hard on him. Hobson
paid King $500 in October and the
same amount in November, end
1000 today Capt King was bound
over in the sum of $40 600, but up
to O'Clock had not made his bond
King is volunteer officer. He
enlisted at Dubuque. Ia. in 1898.
receiving appointment OF captain and
assistant quartermaster He served
in Puerto Rico during the war,
experimenting the loading and IN
loading of transports He was as
signed to Fort Morgan on April last
He has q wife and two children and
has been we'll received here
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09
Thomas E Miller, President of the

Thomas E Miller, President of the
State Celored College made an
emancipation day speech in Beaufort
and furnished report to the News
and Courier for publication. Now
comes the negro preachers and politi-
clans of Beaufort who,'iu mace meet
ing assembled, by resolution, declare
that the speech published in the
News and Courier twas not the
speech delivered in Beaufort 1t
is up to President Miller to explain.
The South Caroline 1nte1-denomi-
national Sunday School convention
for the year 1901 will be held in
Newberry Feb 25-27 inclusive.
The Boston Journal understands:
what the Southern Begroes are being
sbipped 80 the Hawaiian sugar plsnta.
tioos for. 1t says: Delegate Will
COX. Of Hawaii, was elected by few
score votes ont Ct several thousands.
The Hawaiian Republicans will make
90 effort to unseat Wilcox, SO says their
special representative who has just
reached Washington. Wilcox will ses.s
the time, but he is likely to be sucoeed-
ed by nso of very different type
Dcubtless.-Ne1s and Courier.
The richest aau 10 the United Sssses
at the latter end Of tho eighteenth ees-
.urv Was George Washington, sbo vss
worth pretty near = million dollsrs.
Probably the richest man scday is Jots
D. Rockefeller. whose wealth is reckon
ed at $500. 100000. Mr Carnegie 10
supposed to be worth $500, 100000.
While W K Vaoderbils and william
Waldorf Astor probablp come next.
With over $10c, 600. 600 apieee. These
great miliooaires cannot estimate their
own riches witbio nsrgio of millions.
The Scranton News is sgit.tinE
the question Of new county to be
called Kings county and having
Scranton as the county seat 1t is
proposed to get the principal part Of
it's territory from Williamsburg coun-
ty and small portions feom Florence
and Clarendon counties
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09
An Orphanage Burned.

Rochester,N Y Jaa 8-Firc broke
out in the hospital seo'ioo Of the
Rochester orphan asylum at l O'Clock
this moroiug and tbe d.mes spread
eapidly to other sections OF the 'Osnfu-
ton IL is koown that l9 Of the
ohiIdreo pesisbed aad it is expected
tia: macy mere victims may be report.
ed later A terrific explosion was heard
acd 10 moment the eotlro hospital
section vas ia fames The york Of
rescue began With will F'reDen
carried children aud nurses from tho
building iu 90 uocoosoious cood,aoo or
dead. Anbulaocss cocvsJcd the VIC
tims to various hospitals
There we're 100 children at the
hospital aud corps of aoeot 80 nurse'
and atteodapts. T~o Of the women
stteudauts wero among the dead.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09
DELEGATION TO ENGLAND.

Cape Town, Jan AT meeting
Of Afrikander members of the Cape
parliament todsy it was resolved to
send Messrs j. Z Norman, former
treasurer of Cape Colony, j. w.
Sauer, former commissioner of public
vorks, and j. II Hofmeyer to Eng
land to present the state of affair
South Africa to the government
parlianen. and people of Great
Britain
Gen Barbant has arrived here tc
complete the organization of the
colonial forces
1t is reported that 1900 Beers gre
nearing the town of Switzerland and
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09

P. B. Msyson. recently elected to
the lover house from Edge6eld county,
is preparing bill which he S'll intro
duce that will revolutionise the system
of public road working 10 this State.
The main feature of bis measure 10 TO
abolish tue present sys,em o. working
onder oversecrs, aud substitute 'be'elor
the contract system, subject every one
now liab.e to road duty 10 the payment
of coumutation tax, let oct he roads
to be- worked up6cr contract. to De PAID
for With this fund. This Is practically
the p!ap adopted by north Carolins aod
sose OF the other sta;es, and has WORK
ed satisfactorily aud wi'u beet results.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09
Kipgstree Dispenser Arrest

Coluubi. 8. G.. Jau 5.--F. NJ.
Player dispenser q, Kisgstree, Was ar.
rested today oo the ohrge Of mslfeasance
10 efhos The dispeueary was robbed
Of large sum Of money on Christmas
night. Player said that four masked
meu had riddn to the dlspeosary and
bad forced BIN Player to open the
safe. Il has since been learned that
Player vas dsunk 10 the dlspeusarv
that pigbs and that be bad refused t'
deposit the money With the count, !,
treasurer as required by Law For
orimioa carelessoess be was arrested by
W n. Holloway. After his arrest be
admitted that be bad len, dispensary
money to his friends
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09
ROME Is SNOW CLAD.

Paris, sJao 6-Severe 6 cold is report
ed throughout Franco aud Italy. A
foot Of snow fell at Marseilles last
evooiog aud the mercury shows 18
degrees Of frost 10 Paris today. There
have been q number of deaths il the
streets Trains from long distance
are greatly delayed
Snow has fallen even in Southern
Italy. aod the city of Rome and sur
rouodirg country are soow clad for
the first time 10 many years Crowds
assembled OF The Ponoio to witness the
rare panorama
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09
Panic in Africa Grows.
The Boer Raid Sweeps On
ward.
ENGLAND IMPoRTUNBD FOR
MORE TROOPS.

London, Jan 7.-This mornings
neas IRON Cape Town is again unsa'is
iaesory. Martial lag has been pso-
saaimed at Malmesburg aod would
have been proclaimed iu other districts
bat shst the cabinet meeting called
Saturday vas uoable 20 agree as to It's
advisabiiity.
The vsgueness Of the information
concerning the movements and position
q the invaders has sent fresh cold ht
ever the colop,sts, aud Cape fown cells
ioadly for strong reioforcemeots from
.1oglaad on the grouud that the greater
part OF Lord Kitchener's available
fssce is employed in projecting the lines
Of eom1, unicasien and the Rand mines.
che latter extending for distance OF
Hsy miles.
It is asserted by one Cape Town COR
fespondeos that uoless the forces 10
Cape Colony are increased, most no
desirable state Of affairs may result. as
the success io arms of the Invaders,
however slight, might be the signal for
. Butch rising
AS it is many British residents have
had to leave the Dutch villages near
Cape Town, their lives being anbeara-
ks.
According to native report. bao
died mso, either Boers or local farmers,
have just passed through Clan william
aiasrias 10 .he direction of Maimesburg.
The Cape Towu correspondent OF the
Daily Mail who calls for 10000 fresh
troops. says:
.sPromioeos Afrikander loyaiists de
clare that the rebeliious coionists will
couserue the colonial call to arms as a
challenge, apd that the ominous 81
iesce of the pro rebels, combined ~i'h
the fact ,has members of the pro Boer
jsn,s in Cape Town bave been touring
ia the disafec.ed districts. emphasizes
the necessity for martial law Ihe
necessity uas never more acuse tor die
patohing reioforcements ALREADY
there is proof thas ooiooiaIs are leading
sae commando"
The military movements reported are
quite unimpostsnt, though Por'rogai is
seeding reipforoemeuts t" Loarenzo
nasqsss.
Dr.. LeJds, according 60 the Hague
correspondent Of the Daily Mail, IS re
essi,isg in Holland, Belgium. France
and Gesmaoy, aud his recruits will be
sent ont to Namaqualand osteosibsy as
snigrants, each m.o receiving t5O
dovn on assrsing.
Lisbcu, Jan. 6 6-Addi.ioo.l reen
forcenents have been ordered to Lou
renso Marques.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09

Cape Town. Jan 7-Mr P II.
Maisn, editor of the Gods Land, the
principal Afrikander newspaper here.
has been arrested on the charge o1
seditious libel. consisting Of refec.
tons upon the conduct of Gen
French and his troops He Is 6
member of the Cape parliament snd
his arrest has long been demanded
BY the extreme loyalis,s The
authorities accepted bail in the sun
Of $500.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09

Minneapolis, Mion.. Jan 6-Eieh.
men lost their lives in FIRE at lls:
Washington aveure 3 O'Clock this
morning The men we're overtaken By
an intense volume OF smoke 10 tie
Hervard hotel. which occupies The
ssccud, third and fourth floors ct the
building and death iu every iDstsnee
Was due 20 suffocatioo.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09

New YORK, Jan ! ALI records we're
broken 90 the Stock Excbange today.
Up to the cose Of tte exchange about
z. $50, 00G shares had beeo deal, io. the
creates, uunper Of Transactions record
ed 10 the history Of the exchaoge.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09

Piquepberg, Cape Colony. Jan !
The Beers boast that their present
incuveion is only big patrol, prepa
ratory to an invasion in force by
Gen DeWet. The latter's influence
over the Dutch is 80 enormous that
there is no doubt bic actual presence
would result in q general rising.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09

Pepsiu preparations ofteo fail to relieve
Indigestion because they can digest only
nlbumiuous foods There ia one preparation
that diges:s ali classes Of food, and :bat is
Kode, Dyspepsia Cure. /, cures the worst
cages o; Indigestion and gives instant relief,
for it dieests VIA, you ea: Us. Hughson
& Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09

Bloemfontein, Jan Tt is report.
ed that an influential peace commits
sion is being formed here to inter.
view Gen DeWet. Mr. Steyn and
other leaders, to explain Lord Kitch'
eper's terms and to eDdeavor tc
induce them to yield
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09

Cape Town, Jan. MARTIAL Law
hes been proclaimed in the districts
Of Cslvinis, Clauwilliam, Plquetburg,
Tulbagh, Paarl aud Stellenbosch.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09

Congress has been asked to make
an appropriation for the purchase Of
the site of the battle of Yorktown
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09
the other parties are close upon Ricb

the other parties are close upon Rlcb'
mond
The invaders have reached Calvi-
MIA and are expected at Clanvilliam
within few days
Scouts report that the Boer com
mandoes under Delarey and Stein
kamp in the Bufferspoort district
number 5000.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-09

lisbon, Jan. 6 6-Additiou.l reeu
fosoenents have been ordered to Lou
renso Marques.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-21

The commencement Of gold exports
had so little effect on the money mar
ket that that could hardly be reckoned
with as an immediate influence on the
stock market The condition of the
money market has been one of ex-
IRENE and increasing easiness. There
is no apprehension that the withdraw
ais of gold will result in any scarcity
of funds, but the speculative cam
paign in stocks has been based upon
an assumption of plethoric conditions
in the money market and the ready
acceptance of all grades Of industrial
stocks as collateral by money tenders.
The conviction has grown that the
outward movement of gold will reach
perhaps as high as s20,000,000. This
would undoubtedly preclude an actual
plethora of money and the discrimina-
ton of banks against undesirable col
lateral has continued in full force.
Without doubt, the most potent in
f1uence on speculation has been the
disquieting evidence of hostile condi-
lions amongst the great iron and steel
combinations. Mr.. Carnegie's epigram
Iron is either king or pauper, d.
reefs attention to the periods of ex-
IRENE depression to which the iron in
dustry has been subject in the past and
causes anxiety for the future of the
highly capitalized steel industrial,
dividends on which are dependent up
on a highly prosperous condition OF
the industry. 1t is evident also that
the division of business amongst the
great steel corporations is subject OF
friction and threatens competition and
reprisals that would inevitably demon
alize profits in the industry. The an
nouncement Of a projected tube mill
by the Carnegie interests at Conneaut,
Ohio. has been supplemented by om1n-
Gus rumors of further incursions into
the field of the various departments.
The tacit admission by the Federal
steel authorities Of a contemplated
bond issue is accepted as note of pre-
paration for conflict. From the
purely speculative standpoint it is
matter of notoriety in Wall Street that
there are animosities amongst the steel
interests which are ranged respectively
on the bull and bear sides of the mar
ket. The stock market has felt the
sympathetic effect of the violent f1uc-
tuations in the steel stocks but the un-
easiness over the iron and steel trade
outlook, as a barometer of general bus
mess conditions, has been even more
effective on speculative sentiment.
Bonds have moved in sympathy with
stocks on a lessened volume OF busl-
ness.
u. S. registered IS declined e. old
As y and IS "a on the last call COM
pared with quotations a week ago.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-21

75Hc; May 77A@73c; steamer No. !
red 7i@T1Kc: receipts, 1851 bushels;
southern, by sample. 7o074Ac; do. on
grade 741s 074Ac
Corn, dull: spot, January and Febru-
airy 42& @43c; receipts, 26s, S4S bushels;
exports, 23S,571 bushels; southern
white corn 42A 9432c; do. yellow 429
43c.
Oats, steady: No. white 31@311sc;
No. mixed 2S92S11c; receipts, 2S,90t
bushels.
Cheese, steady and unchanged.
Eggs, firm at &c.
TOLEDO. O.. January 19.-Wheat
dull and firm: cash and January TIC;
May 1850: July 7sAc.
Corn, fairly active but firm; cash
and January SIC; May 39Ac
Cats, dull burt steady; cash and jan
uary 25c; May 261ac
Rye, at 53c.
Cloverseed, 1898 prime, sS,45; cash
and January s7.22A; March $7.2711.
Oil, unchanged.
CINCINNATI, o., January 19.-Flour
easier.
Wheat, quiet; No. red soc.
Corn, strong; No. mixed 394c.
Oats, strong; No. 2 mixed &c.
Rye, firm; No. 2, 55956c.
Lard, quiet at 1920.
Bulk Meats, steady at $7.25.
Bacon, dull at SS.25.
Whisky, quiet at $1.27.
Sugar, easier.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-21
METAL.

NEW YORK, January 19.-In the alb
sence of advices from abroad the To-
cal market for metals was for the most
part nominal and featureless affair.
Trading was confined to sales of small
lots and this in a hand to mouth way.
Throughout the general list of metals
quotations were practically as quoted
yesterday. Tin was dull at S26 3712,
with sellers at this figure; lead and
spelter were inactive and quoted nom
inally at 81 3712 and 81 05@4 10, re-
spectively. Copper was quiet and
quoted nominally at SIT 90 for Lake
Superior and 1875 for casting and cleo
trolytic. Iron markets ruled dull and
unchanged at 50 5000 so for pig iron
warrants; Northern foundry S15@16 so.
Southern foundry S14 50@15 rs and
soft Southern at s13 00615 rs.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-21
BRIDGEPORT.
News Notes of Interest From the
Town Across the River.

News Notes of Interest From the
Town Across the River.
c.. A. Thomas, of the public schools,
is o ffduty, sick with the grip.
Albert, young son of Fred Hanlon.
is quite sick with the measles.
A young daughter of Fred. Neinin-
ger is seriously i'll with lung fever.
Measles is quite prevalent in Kirk
wood, but SO far no case has proven
fatal.
George Kenny, the popular clerk at
LOWE 6, Co.'S drug store, spent Sunday
with Moundsville friends.
Prof. Beatty, of the schools, who is
sick at Flushing with typhoid fever,
and has been very low for several days,
is said to have taken change for the
better and that his physicians have
hope for his recovery.
District Deputy Grand Master D. T.
Mardry on Saturday night installed
the following officers Of Clement Lodge
No. 129. l. o. o. F.: n. G.. w. E. Nor
gan; V. G., William King; secretary.
j. D. Burtoff; treasurer, H. A. Young;
warden, Robert Ulrich; conductor, D.
T. Ma1dry; l. c., d. Il. Jones; U. g.,
e. Anthony; r. S. n. G., Walter Heine-
man; l.. S. n. G., Fred. Ziegelhover; r.
S. V. G., Calden Fluharty; L. S. V. g.,
William Harding chaplain, J. r. Will
liams.
The grip shows no abatement in
town, and if it continues in its attack
on the teachers in the public schools.
they will have to close, as there Is net
q sufficient number Of substitutes to
take their places. While the disease
is not 50 severe, it is sufficient to keep
one at home. At present number OF
the c., l.. & w. railroad men are off
duty on account of this disease. and
almost all the extra force are al work
One of the after effects of the disease
here is that the patient is left with an
annoying cough which does not read
lily yield to treatment.