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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-07-24

bureaus. Yesterday Kansas City ex-
perienced the hottest weather ever
known here, the government thermom-
eter registering 104 and remaining
above the 100 mark for seven consecu-
tive hours. Two dozen prostrations,
nine of which resulted fatally, were
reported.
The bureau thermometer. at the
highest point in the city, showed l06
degrees today, while thermometers on
the streets reached as high as Us
Hardly:a breath of air stirred. The
suffering was intense especially among
persons compelled to work out doors
and among the poor districts IN the
bottoms. Seven deaths from prostra-
tions were reported during the day IN
Kansas City, Mo-, and Kansas City,
Kansas, and over 80 people overcome
bv heat were treated. This makes
total of death for the two days OF To-
Most of the victims we're elderly peo-
Today is the SD in succession on
which the temperature has averaged
above so degrees, and the 50th IN that
time that the thermometer has gone
Al Lawrence, Kas., the State uni
versity reported the heat recorded for
Kansas again broken, with the mer-
curry at 1865 degrees, the highest IN
Farmers are still rushing their live
stock to market because of the scarcity
Of water. Today the local receipts
of cattle were the heaviest on record,
amounting AZ to %, 600 head. There was
also a big advance in the price OF
grain, attributed to the heat. Sin
gle carlots of corn sold as high as Is
cents bushels to 60 back to the coun
try. There was liberal receipts.
Heavy showers fell this afternoon in
southwestern Missouri. in the vicin,,
ity, of the Joplin mining district and
in southeastern Kansas around Fort
Scott. There is no prospect for a
heavy rainfall, the only thing that
will cause a permanent break IN the
unprecedented drought.
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EFFECTS OF HEATIN MISSOURI.

St. Louis, July 21.-Norman J.
Coleman, former secretary of agricul-
ture, who has been receiving for the
past week full reports ON the hay crop
From all the, agricultural sections Of
Missouri and Kansas, asserts that this
is the most disastrous time that has
visited the country for generation.
He has advised the various farmers
associations OF this state to begin SOW
ing at once second grass crop. which.
it is recognized, will be dependent on
the drenchings of a long rain. The
advice carries with it the significance
of his statement that the first crop
has been totally eliminated.
Farmers of Missouri are feeding
wheat to their stock in some of the
most parched sections of the state,
They say that they have found this
cheaper than resorting to the supply
OF oats in the present extremity.
Large stock owners in Missouri have
been shipping their horses and cattle
across the river in parts of Illinois,
which have escaped the worst Of the
wave of heat.
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WILL LEAVE IT TO CONsTABLES.
The State Authorities Will be Allowed to
Enforce the Dispensary Law to Suit
Themselves.

Acting upon instructions received
from Mayor Smyth Saturday afternoon
Chief Police Boyle yesterday withdrew
his regular dispensary raiding squad,
which has heretofore consisted of a
sergeant and two privates, and assign
ed the men to routine police. duty on
the streets of Charleston. This, being
INTERPRETED, would seem to mean that
the city has accepted the action of the
board of directors in Withdrawing all
dispensary profits from Charleston,
and that in future the State authorl-
ties will be allowed to enforce the dis
pensary law here in their own way and
and at their own expense. 1t conld
scarcely have been expected that the
city would go on paying out the money
of its taxpayers to have the law en-
forced when it was to get none Of the
profits of the liquor traffic. 1t is un-
derstood that the efforts made to en-
force the law here have been costing
the CITY several thousands of dollars
annually. This was to be expected
when the city was receiving her share
of the dispensary profits, but now that
the State board is going to withhold
the profits the city will withdraw the
men that have heretofore been assigned
to dispensary duty.
Chief BOYLE was seen by a reporter
for The News and Courier last night
and asked if he had received any in
structions on the subject from Mayor
Smvth. He said that he had. and
that. acting upon them, he had issued
orders to the force accordingly yester-
dav. The raiding sqnad. he said, had
been withdrawn and assigned to reg
ular duty on the streets. Chief Boyle
said ahat if the State constables called
upon his department for aid at any
time he supposed it would be given
promptly. but as far as raldlng was
concerned that would be left ex-
clusivelv to the State authorities, who
had taken charge of it.
This puts new phase on the sltua-
ton heare. The action taken by the
municipal authorities will scarcely oc-
casion any great surprise. In view o.
the action of the State board of dlrec
tors there was little else left for then
to do. Time alone will show how
much better. if any. the State consta
hles succeed in enforcing the law thar
the local police have done. 1t is safe
to presume. however,. that there vii
be great rejoicing among Chief Boyle:
men over the orders which Withdrew
them from onerous dispensary duties
News and Courier.
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SAMPSON -SCHLEY AGAIN.
Sampson Makes Statements That
Demand a Court Of Inquiry.
Charges Admiral SchIey With
Lying.

Boston, July 22.-Referring to Mac
Laws naval history which has been
criticized by Secretary Long on ac-
count of statements considered objec-
tionable, Rear Admiral Sampson, in an
interview published in The Transcript
today, said:
In one way, possibly, was re-
sponsible for the statements made IN
the history. I was commander-in-
chief of the squadron and was respon-
sible, so far as reading the proofs
goes. If the historian has taken facts
from my official reports to the navy
department that is all well and good.
stand by first reports and official
communications.
81 would welcome an investigation
of this whole matter by congress or by
the navy departmnt, " he said, "but l
see no hope Of its being taken up
tSchley's first statements regarding
the battle of Santiago" continued
the admiral, "were moderately cor
rect.
"The interviews given out some time
afterward were not at all correct.
They were entirely different from his
first accounts. and were written in a
different spirit, I think. An interview
purporting to have come from Admiral
Schley published, I believe. on Jan.
6, was entirely incorrect. Soon after
this statement appeared in print he
came aboard my ship and told me that
he had been incorrectly quoted. The
reporter to whom the interview was
granted was friend of mine and he
afterward told me that he had publish
ed Schley's words practically as they
had been spoken. -
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RACE TROUBLES IN MISSISSIPPI

Cleveland, Miss, July pa band
Of armed negroes, none OF whom was
known, rode into Cleveland at half
past one this morning and stopped a
party of three white men on the main
street. The negroes made threaten
ing demonstration. Being called upon
to identify themselves they answered
by bringing their rifles into play. One
of the negroes was quickely killed by
the white men, another was wounded
and is reported to have been found this
morning on the outskirts of the town,
and the other escaped, although 1t is
supposed that more than three were
hurt. They were all armed, with
Winchester rifles and were we'll mount
ed.
Excitement was at fever heat during
the remainder Of the night. squads of
armed men patrolling the streets until
daylight.
The trouble grew out OF the lynch
ing of Jessie Phillips, negro, IN the
earlier part of the night. The negroes
in this section are organized into
lodges, . secret orders and pro
tective societies. f." and as Phillips was
a leader among them. it was feared
that an attempt would be made to
avenge his death.
The fact was developed that the
killing of Young Reed. the planter, a
few days ago, was studied scheme
on the part of the negroes.
The excitement of last night has en-
tirely abated. 1t has been decided
that the breaking up of these negro
organizations is necessrv and there Is
10 doubt that this decision will be en-,
forced. The town is more quiet thar
is usually the case even on Sunday.
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HOTTER Ind HOTTER.
a Hundred Degrees Was Common
and Ill Records Broken.
THERE IS NO RELIEF In SIGHT.

ST. Louis July 2l.-On this day, the
day that Governor Dockery designated
for fasting and prayer to God that the
present drought might be broken IN
Missouri, all records for hot weather
inSt. Louis were broken. The weather
7ureau thermometer on the custom
house registered 10S degrees. On the
streets and exposed places the mercury
vent many degrees higher. The record
broken was that of LOG, made IN the
As early as Z a. m, the day gave
oromise of being unusually warm AT
fhat time the thermometer registered
so degrees, and from then on until $50
o. m. the mercury steadily climbed
inward under the impulse Of q fierce
sun shining from a cloudless sky;
Hardly breath Of a air stirred all
dsy. The Governors proclamation was
yery generally needed, nearly every
church in the city holding well attend
ed services given up to prayer that the
drought, which has prevailed seEerai
months and threatens the destrucslon
OF all vegetation, might be broken.
This is the second proclamation OF
the character ever made IN the history
OF Missouri. In 1875, time OF
drought and grasshopper, pest, Gov
ernor Charles II. Harding called upon
the people of the State to pray for re-
lief. This call was also generally
observed.
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PRAYER NOT ANSWERED.

St. Louis, Mo-, July 22.-The terri
BILE heat which broke all records in the
State of Missouri Sunday was unbrok-
en- today. According to dispatches re-
ceived tonight higher temperatures
were recorded in every section OF the
State today than were ever known IN
Missouri before.
A thermometer reading of 100 was
considered comparatively low, so fierce
was the heat over the State.
Prostrations were reported from
many towns and villages in the State;
In St. Louis hundreds of men and
women spent the early hours OF the
morning in the parks, being unable to
find rest in their homes. Six deaths
have resulted from the heat in the past
"a hours in St. Louis, and 25 prostra-
tions have been recorded.
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Banished From the State.

Columbia. July 23.-Yesterday
Gov. McSweeney, at the request of
the city council of Florence, granted a
pardon to R. H. Wilke, white, of
Florence, on condition that he leave
the State and not return within twen-
tv years. If he should violate the con-
ditions of the pardon and return to
the State he will be re-arrested and
returned to the chain gang, to which
he was recently sentenced for 80 days
for violation of the dispensay law.
Wilkes comes of good family but is
an incorrigible.
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London, July 22.-"Owing to the
Sunday telegraphed hours in Hol-
land says dispatch to The Daily
Mail from Hilversum, Mr.. Kruger
was not informed of his wife's death
until the evening. The news was
broken to him by DR.. Heymans and
Secretary Boeschoten. Mr.. Kruger,
who had just returned from Hilver-
sum church, burst into tears and ask
ed to be left alone.
..He exclaimed. She was good
wife. We quarreled only enc time,
and that was six months after we were
married. lie prayed for long time.
and is now calmnly sleeping with his
Bible beside his bed.
THE Transvaal and Orange Free
State flags flying above the villa We're
draped and half masted.
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MRS. KRUGER DEAD.

Pretoria, July 21.-Mrs. Kruger,
wife of former President Kruger, OF
the South African republic, died yes
terday of pneumonia after an illness
of three days. She, VS. 81 years old.
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REPORTS FROM OTHER PLACES

Kansas City, Mo-, July 21.-Reports
from numerous places in the heat
stricken district tell of record-break-
ing temperatures today, resulting IN
prostrations and in some cases death.
In this city the heat broke all records,
the temperature at o'clock being l04,
Three deaths from the heat were re-
ported.
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Pretoria, July 21.-Mrs. Kruger's
long separation from her husband, com
bined with the death of her favcrite
daughter, Mrs. Smith, last week, had
completely broken her spirit.
Mr. Elof, and many other members
of the Kruger family were at her bed
side when she passed aawy.
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indianapolis, Ind. July 22.-This
was the hottest day on record IN IN
dianapolis. The official record was l06
at 2 o'clock this afternoon. At the
same hour thermometers on the streets
recorded I1O and 112. Two deaths and
three prostrations were reported.
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. Amsterdam. July %. Former Presi-
dent Kruger of the South african re-
public is very depressed as the result
of the death of his wife, but ms health
is unaffected On the contrary be
has thrown himself into his work with
more than his usual energy.
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Leavenwoth, Kas., July pat Fort
Leavenworth the weather bureau ther-
mometer registered 10S degrees. Capt.
r. H. Allen, post adjutant, was pros
trated by the heat while at his desk
this afternoon, and was taken to his
home.
9 Five other prostrations were report
ed.
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Cincinnati, O.. July 22.-All pre-
vious heat records here were ecllpsed
today when the official government
thermometer reached 105 at 2:3 this
afternoon and remained there for
about an hour. There were % pros
trations and one death reported.
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Kansas City, July PA veritable
hot blast literally scorched the south
west today, breaking all heat records
in the history of the local weather
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Sioux City, Iowa, July 2l.-The
maximum temperature here today was
1O6. For six hours the mercury stood
at 1O2 or higher.
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Freeport, ILL.,, July 21.-The heat
was q record breaker today, from ITO
to 115 in the shade being reported.
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INTENSE HEATIN ILLINOIS.

Chicago, IL, July 2l.-All heat
records since the establishment of the
weather bureau in Chicago, thirty
years ago, were broken today, the gov
eranment thermometer registering lob
degrees. Down on the street it was
from 8 to degrees hotter, and to add
TO the suffering a hot, sitting wind.
like blast from a furnace blew all
day from the southwest. From 5 O'Clock
IN the morning, when the thermometer
until at 40 this afternoon the top
notch had been reached. Shortly after
that time the wind veered around to-
ward toward the lake and caused. q
drop to o5 at s. 80 O'Clock tonight.
Prostraticns were numerous and
police ambulances were kept busy
taking care of persons who were over
come on the streets.
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Decatur, Ill, July 21.-This was the
hottest day ever known here. The
government Thermometer registered
l06.
The Dolores star., 1901-12-20
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
neoSssSosnA neoSs y Aa A|1t,1E.,l69s: ! z es9

yesterday morning Thursday, De-
cember 10, 1901, at about 8 O'Clock.
Miss Lucretia M. Bradfield and Mr..
David y. Johnston, were united in the
molly bands of matrimony at the home
Of the BRIDES parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ".
bradfield, who reside about fifteen
miles down the river. Rev. Charles F..
Perkins, Of Durango, offlciated, using
the beautiful service Of the Episcopal
church. Only immediate relatives
were present and after the ceremony
the bride, and groom came to Dolores
to take the train for California, where
they will enjoy their honeymoon.
The bride, who came to Dolores a
year ago last April with her parents, Is
an accomplished young lady and has
the honor Of holding first grade GER
tificate as teacher, and has made a
largo circle Of friends here. She wore
a light brown silk travelling dress and
looked very happy.
The groom has been resident of this
section for several years and is we'll
known cattle man. He has amassed a
snug fortune and made host of friends.
The bride and groom have each caught
a worthy prize, and both have abun-
dant reason to be happy. May their
future always be as bright and happy
as the present, is the hearty wish Of
their many friends.
Their wedding tour to the Pacific
coast will be by way of Santa Fe over
the Southern Pacific to San Diego,
thence north to Portland, returning by
way Of Salt Lake and will cover per-
ipd Of tw9 or three months.
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saw Death Near.

"It often made my heart ache"
writes L. c. Overstreet, Of fElgin, Tenn.
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A woman's Awful e,ru,

'There Is only one chance to save
your life and that is through an opera
tion,o were the startling words heard
by mrs. I. h. Hunt, of Lime Ridge,
Wis.,, from her doctor after he had
vainly tried to cure her of a frightful
case Of stomach trouble and yellow
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Cures dyspepsia, loss Of appetite. Try
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A Good Cough Medicine.

[From the Gazette, Toowoomba, Aus
tralia.
1 find Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
is AN excellent medicine. I have been
suffering from severe cough for the
last two months, and 1t has effected q
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Old papers lS cents hundred. at this
: An EvangeIlst's Story.

II suffered for years with a bronchial
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lief until commenced using One Min
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II have no hesitation in recommending
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They like it.--J. J. Harris & Co.
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: Health and esauty.

A poor complexion is usually the re-
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Of the bowels. Unless natures refuse
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The Dolores star., 1901-12-20

From the little information there Is
to be had a new brick store building
will be erected in this city early next
spring and a furniture store opened.
THE STAR hopes present plans will
materialize. The town is badly in need
of substantial brick or stone buildings,
as under present conditions the husi-
ness portion is in great danger Of going
up in smoke If fire ever gets started.
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saysd H.s LIE.

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H. G. Chestenson Of Hayfield, Minn.
"For three years I was troubled with
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Finally ] was confined to my bed.
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The Dolores star., 1901-12-20

A. J. Smell wanted to attend party,
but was afraid to do SO on account OF
pains in his stomach, which he feared
would grow worse. He says, 81 was
telling my troubles to lady friend,
who said: 'Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy will put you in
condition for the party l bought a
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Smell is resident Of Summer Hill, N.
Y. This remedy is for sale by NJ. H.
Ordway.
The Dolores star., 1901-12-20

HOLIDAY RATEs:-A rate Of one
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railroad, the minimum fare being $50.
Selling dates December "a, 25 and 81,
1901, and January l, 1902, with final
limit to return January 2, 1902. The
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Of Benefit to You.

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Beware Of counterfeits.-J ]. Harris
& Co.
The Dolores star., 1901-12-20

L. Bsemer Rhodimer, of Pagosa
Springs, stopped in Dolores last We'd
nesday night and endeavored to place
few shares Of the Colorado Mutual
Oil and Coal Co. stock. This company
has well near Pagosa Springs that Is
now down over 800 feet and from all
that can be learned Of it, it is as safe an
investment as can be had in any oil
company now offering stock.
The Dolores star., 1901-12-20

Tie Bauer Mercantile company Of
Mancoa and John J. Harris 4 Go. Of
Dol6res supply ! vast area Of country
With ieuefal merchandise and outtit-
tans f0paG Both have grown up with
tASlf tiads anti each Il : popular dealer
With ~ Apm, range, mill, railroad
md Ynlhi6E trade. They do an enor-
imogs hu1iness In southwestern Colpra-
o sh4 s1a!ssn Utah. -pTursdso Demo,
esat
The Dolores star., 1901-12-20
Food Changed To Poison.

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The Dolores star., 1901-12-20

A little excitement was created last
Monday night about 8 o'clock when
the mill whistle set up that continuous
howl which says there is a fire. The
residence occupied by George Gardner
and family was visited this time and
caught from stove pipe through the
roof. Fortunately it was discovered in
time and the damage is very slight.