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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
Getting Too Handy with a Gun.

Crystal Falls. Mich. Oct. pa
hOmesteader named Mike Kane was
shot by fellow named Mike McGraw
in drunken row at >Beechwood in
this county Sunday night. Kane was
brought to the hospital here and the
doctors fear that the wound will prove
fatal. This is the fourth shooting af-
fair in Iron County within three
months. and the people are getting
iiicanSnd
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
A FALLING TREE
CRuShES OUT LIFE

Rockford, ILL.,, Ost. "a Rev. DAN
iel Franz and wife. of Fairview. Kas.,
were killed and three others injured
at Cedsrville today by being crushed
nv q falling tree
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
CzoIgosz Sees q PrIest.

Auburn. y. Y. Oct. 24.-When Fa-
ther SZadZinski of Rochester left Czol-
eosZ IL was with the understanding
that he would return when summoned
10 do so. CzoigOsZ was TO ponder upon
the subject of renouncing anarchy and
embracing the church. When ques-
toned Warden Mead said there was
absolutely nothing new with Czolgosz.
He had not vet requested the second
interview with Father SZadZinskf.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
New Paper trust Coming.

Springfield. Mass. Oct. 24.-The
Mountain Paper company, n 5000
600 corporation. is being formed by
western Massachusetts, parties and will
soon be incorporated under New Jer-
sey laws.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
De. Moline. Gun club shoots.

Des Moines. Iowa, Oct 24.-In the
first annual amateur handicap shoot
OF the Des SIOines Gun club J., NJ.
Hughes. of Palmyra. Wis. was first
with 1T3 birds out OF possible $50.
Guy Burnside. of Knoxville. Ills. was
second with 161: w. Witleaf, Of Mich
OILS. Ia: was third with 166. and
A. p. Mcdowell, of Adair. Ia. was
fourth with 164
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
PRINT CLOTH PRICE
MATERIALLY RAISED.

Fall River. Mass. Oct. 24.-By
Offering 3.1-16 for any amount OF
regulars which can be delivered be-
fore next February. M. G d. Borden
today today raised print cloth market
q sixteenth of q cent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
ola Man Caught by = Cave.

DaIevilIe.' Ind, oct. 24.-Robert
OgIe. a.. was caught by a cave-in at
the gravel pit a mile north of town
Monday morning and barely escaped
Icing crushed to death. He was seri-
uusIy injured and on account Of his age
the ininries may prove fatal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
schurz spenks for Sem LoN

New York, Oct. 24-The anfi-Tam-
many organizations held large meet
ing at st. Nicholas rink Tuesday
night Columbia university students
were much in evidence. Seth Low.
candidate for mayor. and other fusion
speakers. made addresses. but the prin-
eipal one was by Carl SchurZ. who on
this occasion made his entrance into
tho camnai0n
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
Kecord Pric. for Cattle.

, Omaha. Neb.. Oct 24.-Nineteen cat
tie. mixed steers and heifers, averag-
ing 1,257 pounds. Tuesday brought
5000 hundred, the highest price ever
paid for beef cattle on the South
Omaha market. The cattle were two
year-olds of the white-face and short
horn variety.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
HERO OF TRUE GRIT"
Is Messenger Charles, of the Ex-
press Company, and Worthy
of All Reward.
BE STANDS OFF TWO TRAIN THUGS
Saves the ValuabIes in His Gus
tody at the Risk of His
Life in a Hold.up.

Portland. Ore. Oct. 24.-The north
bound Overland Express train OH the
| Southern Pacific was held up by two
masked men fifteen miles south OF
Eugene at a. III. yesterday. The rob
bers blew open the express car with dy-
Balnite. but secured no booty, having
been stood off by the express messen-
ger. All the swag secured was one reg
iStered mail pouch. Two men boarded
the train at Cottage Grove, and a short
distance this side. near Saginaw, put
Cfr the fireman and his helper. I'M
coupled the express car. and made the
engineer go ahead a short distance.
Their first act was to blow open the
door of the express car, which they
did with dynamite. tearing the door TO
pieces and badly damaging the car.
Messenger Charles IL Brick.
Express Messenger c. r. Charles was
in the car. and had made up his mind
tO stay there The robbers ordered the
messenger out OF the car, but he de-
terminedly refused to come, and held
a position where he could easily bring
down any person who should enter
through the opening on the side made
by the dynamite.
Come out of there, or we will blow
ell the robbers; but he did not come.
The desperadOes compelled the en-
gineer 10 throw into the car a stick OF
dynamite with n lighted fuse. The
messenger grabbed it and put out the
fire in the fuse.
Last Scheme q Failure.
They next attempted to enter the
car by compelling the engineer. who
was in the hands of the robbers. TO
crawl in through the door, the robbers
hoping to gain admittance by using
him as n protector; but Charles used
his shotgun TO good advantage and
kept up a good fire directly over the en-
gineer's head. knowing well the rob
hers would attempt TO follow him into
the car.
Had tn Give Up the Game.
Finally the robbers turned their at
tentiOn TO getting away with what lit
tie they could from the mail car. They
obtained the registered mail. and then
one of them. taking the engineer on
board the ngine. which thev cut loose
from The train. ran 10 WI min half a
mile OF EugeRe. where ,s.left the en-
CINE and started tOwarP She Willamette-I
river in nOrtherT direction. The
The passengers wey not molested.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
Fine Hotel Destroyed.

Menasha. Wis. Oct 24.-The Nation
al hotel, feur-story brick structure and
one of the best-known hostelries in the
state. built in 1872 at cost of S40.-
900, was totally destroyed by fire. The
guests barely escaped in their night
clothes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
PRESIDENT RETURNS
TO NATIONAL CAPITAL,

Washington, Oct. 81 The presi-
dent and party returned from New
Haven this morning. The "trip was
without special incident.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
Ivood,s LucIx stands by Him.

Oklahoma City, o. T., Oct. "a
James r. Wood. who drew claim No.
I'm the I.awfon district. has been dam
prrousIy i'll and was reported dead,
but Is recovering.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
For the Electrocution of Leon
Czolgosz at Au-
burn.
TO OCCUR NEXT TUESDAY
Assassin of the President to
Meet His Doom in
Early yMorning.

Albany, Oct. 24.-CzoIgosz. the
murderer of President Mckinley, will
be electrocuted at a. m. Tuesday
Oct. 20, at Auburn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
Did Not Get That Signal.

JOhnstone testified that he did not
receive any signal from the Brooklyn
To fire her thirteen-inch guns at the
Spanish ship CristObal Colon. and all
the Oregon's officers who testified eX-
pressed the opinion that the Oregon
and the Brooklyn We're practically
eQui-distant from the Colon when that
vessel went ashore. Some of them,
however. were inclined to think that
the Brooklyn was shade nearer the
Spanish ship.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24

Elan. Lieutenant l.. w. r1Derle anu
Lieutenant r. q. Iohnstone Lieuten-
ant Ackerman had charge Of fine after
rhirteen-inch turret, and Lieutenant
Eberle of the forward thirteen-inch
turret of the Oregon on July ,. and
Lieutenant tombstone was signal or
ficpr on the Oregon at that time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
Had to Give Up the Game.
raE VIEW FROM INSIDE
Messenger TEL the story as It Appeared
in the Car.


The express car is badly shattered.
but it was brought In with the train.
The first intimation l had of any
thing wrong said Express Messenger
Charles. 'waS when the train began to
slow up near Walkers station. Ii was
20 o'clock as near Us / remember.
shortly after that the train came TO a
standstill and / WAS ordered to open
the door. L refused TO move. l was
threatened with all sorts OF things.
Open this car or we will blow you
to hell. commanded one of the rob-
bers. / made no response and was
given a salute with dynamite.
''The FIST charge blew ipen one of
the doors and knocked me down. My
overalls were blown into shreds and
mys legs somewhat scratched. but
Otherwise l was unhurt Further
commands to open up and threats fol-
lowed. but without avail. | made no
reply knowing that the object of the
robbers was to locate me i'm the car
and then try to put me out of the
way. either by dynamite or bullets.
changed my station to the other end
of the car.
"a second shot blew open the door
at the end l had just left. The third
shot failed to go off, as | had re-
moved my shoes and quietly walked
over to the dynamite and detached the
fuse. Two more shots exploded. each
of them blowing a hole i'm the floor of
the car. All It'd four shots went off
in the car, two failed to explode. and
one / prevented from exploding by
removing the fuse.
''All efforts to compel me TO open
up or leave the car failing, the en-
gineer WAS sent in through the open
ing blown in tn side. / ordered him
to get out, and fired shot over his
head with my shotgun. The entire
ceremony lasted about forty minutes.
The engineer retired after | fired the
shot and ordered him to leave. and
waa NOT mOlpSted further"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
sunmarine e perimc cnt In lsngIana.

London Oct. 24.-Six men who had
been sealed up in marine boat. ready
for launching. at BarrOw-in-Furness
for twelve hours. We're released Tues
day evening They suffered no i'll eff
fects from their confinement. the viti-
ated ab being absorbed by the appa-
ratus for that purpose and fresh air
having been supplied from the com-
TlracSorS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
BIssell pines Win washinx,ou.

New Haven. Conn, Oct. 23.-Booker
4. Washington. who is attending the
Yale bicentennial celebration. was Il
guest of Morris +. Tyler, treasurer of
the university. at a dinner at Tyler's
Postmaster General Bissell also ac-
cepted an invitation to dine with Tyler
that evening. and met Washington
Tyler said yesterday that the invita-
tipns were sent and accepted about
ten days before Washington dined with
President Roosevelt in Washington.
Attorneys for Caleb Powers, on trial
at Georgetown. KY. expect to close
their case Friday and a verdict may be
reached by Saturday night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
TO DEAL HEAVY BLOW.
Filipino Rebel. Are tn he swept Into jail
or the Sea.

Washington. Der. 24.-In order To
deal deathblow 10 the insurrection
throughout the Philippine archipelago.
an active campaign. participated in by
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
Nnmea ON enc YIrness Liat.

Other Witnesses IN auultlon 10 mare
who testified yesterday We're: Chief
Boatswain William l.. Hill. Gunner +.
4. Applegate and Major Paul st. C.
Murphy. of the marines, all of whom
were aboard the Brooklyn during the
Cuban campaign: Lieutenant Com
mander Harlow, who as executive Of
ficer OF the Vixen made notes of the
battle of July 3, and three officers of
the. Oregon-Lieutenant A. A, Aeker-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-04
THE BURGLAR CAPTURED
Ana Some of the Articles Stolen From
Mr.. Mason Recovered,

The police have succeeded in captur-
ing the burglar who entered Mr.. G. T.
Mason's house Sunday night and he is
now in the guard house. The pistol
stolen from Mr.. Mason has been recov-
cred from the party to whom it was
sold by the burglar, and several other
of the stolen articles have been found
in the possession of negroes who are
ready to prove that they bought them
from the negro under arrest. He says
his name is Charley Dock, but it is
said he has several other names. He
claims to have come to Sumter from
Florence, and as he had number of
articles in his pockets when arrested
that were evidently stolen, the police
in Florence will be communicated
with, and if the owners identify the
property it will be restored to them.
4 gold brooch, containing an old fash
ioned portrait of gentleman, is one
of the articles the police found IN
Docks pockets.
The police did clever piece of de
tective work in the capture of Dock
and in securing evidence sufficient to
convict him of the burglary. 1t is
hoped that all of the jewelry and other
articles taken from Mr.. Mason's house
will be recovered.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-04
CAPITAL WINS AGAINST LABOR.
Steel Strike Nearing Its End
Strikers Growing LawIess.

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 2.-The big
Labor day demonstration monopolized
the attention of workmen and strikers
here and in the surrounding towns,
but steel manufacturers went on max
ing preparations for the opening of the
plants that are shut down by the strike
and increasing the number of men at
the mills already in partial operation.
Public interest in the strike Itself
is tagging as the contest seems to have
settled down to an issue Of endurance.
Only the unusual incidents connected
with each days doings receive notice
by those not directly affected by the
struggle. Evidences of impatience
are cropping out on the side Of the
strikers and fears that the unlawful
acts participated in by the strikers
last night and today about the Star tin
plant may multiply and spread to
other quarters. The officials of the Star
plant claim that today the pickets
about their mill held up special de-
livery boy from the postofflce with
letter for the Office while he was COM
ing down Twelfth street and inspected
the letter before he was allowed to
proceed. The matter will be reported
to the postal authorities at once. 1t
is also charged that the strikers stoned
the company carriage en- Pennsylya-
MIA avenue this morning, but did no
special damage to the occupants. The
aggressivenes of the strikers was fur
ther demonstrated late this after
noon when a mob surrounded William
Jones, a colored man who was mis-
taken for a non-union man from the
Star works. He made narrow escape
from serious injury and possibly death
by the appearance of Police Lieutenant
Crossan, who came to his rescue. Be-
fore Crossan could secure additional
aid he was almost overwhelmed by the
large crowd that had gathered. The,
arrival of large force of officers.
probably saved Jones from being
lynched, as the mob appeared despe~
rate one and many demands were made
that he be strung up.
The failure of the Amalgamate6 peo-
pie to cripple the Carnegie plant at
Duquesne this morning is looked upon
by the steel officials as the death blow
of the strike, in the Carnegie mills at
least.
Last night the strike managers at
McKeesport announced that a march
would be made this morning to Du-
quesne and predicted confidently that
the men would not go to work and the
entire plant would be tied up. This
morning no paraders appeared, the
men went to work, and the plant is in
operation as usual.
1t is more than probable that this
latest failure at Duquesne will have
the effect of making the strike man
ayers withdraw ali efforts in that
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-04
THE WATER is ABOVE SUSPICION.
DR.. Ravenel of the Unlyerelty Of Peaa-
syIvania Says 1t Is Pure.

Supt. Scarborough Of the Sumter
Water Co., has received from Dr.. NJ.
C. Ravenel, of University Of Pennsyl-
vania his report on the psychological
and chemical examination Of the SAM
pies of water recently taken by his as
sistant from the city water mains. He
states in letter accompanying the re-
port that the water is as pure and
wholesome as any he has ever exam
ined, and recommends it for use as
drinking water and all other Purposes.
Very few bacteria of any kind were
found and none at all that are of an
injurious character. No color bacteria
were found in any of the several sam
pies of water tested.
This report comedies in every parti-
cular with that of DR.. Robert Wilson,
of Charleston and the two taken to-
gether should remove all doubts as to
the purity of our water supply. Those
who have had fever this summer will
have to work elsewhere than the city
water supply to seek the cause.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-04
CANNON WON EVERYTHING.
Result of the Colored Y. NJ. c. A. Ath.
letic Carnival.

The Athletic Carnival Monday
brought out very large crowd, the
largest seen in Sumter for quite a
while. The day was favorable and
everything was carried out nicely
through the efforts of the committee.
Everybody seemed satisfied with the
card.
The entire programme was won by
Z. S. Cannon, the Marion crack
athlete. Cannon seemed in perfect
condition and no doubt has lowered
some of the State records.
The summary: 16 lb. shot-putt, ~ it
sin. Broad jump, IL it in. 120 yard
hurdles, II 2-5 seconds. 220 yard
hurdles 80 1-5 seconds Running broad
jump, 22ft lin. Running high jump,
oft 6]a inches. 100 yard dash, 10 80
seconds. 220 yard dash, % 1-5 sec
onds Pole vault, loft 712 inches.
After the above programme Cannon
gave four-round exhibition with the
gloves with Kid Smith, the crack pug
list of Sumter and knocked out Ben
Jones', better known as "Big Ben, y
195 FOUNDER, in rounds.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-04
Base Ball at Mayesviile.

Mayesyille, Sept. 3.-The second
game of the series between Workman
and the local team resulted in anoth-
er walk-over for the home boys, the
score being It to Z. The visitors were
reinforced today, by several of Sum-
ter's best players, such as ,Villeneuve,
Noise, Sanders, Gillespie, and Miller.
Mayes, who pitched such good ball
yesterday, went in the box again to-
day and did excellent work. Noise
began the game for the visitors but
was retired after the second inning.
He was followed by Villeneuve, who
soon gave place to Sanders. This
pitcher did the best work for the visi-
tors. The game was rather ragged all
through, with the exception Of several
good plays by the home team. Cooper
at third made a beautiful catch.
The following was the official score:
Batteries: Mayes and Heron and
Shaw (Mayesviilel. Noise, Vile
neuve, Sanders, and Miller and Giles
pie workman.
Struck out: Mayes IL; Noise q;
Villeneuve 1; Sanders 4.
Bases on balls: Mayes ?, Noise q;
Villeneuve g.
Runs (Mayesville, Cooper, 8, Brad
ley, ], Shaw 2, Heron 2, Reames 2,
Anderson 8, Mayes 2, Gallagher, c.
j., l, Gallagher, c., 1.
Runs (Workman) Gillespie l, San
ders l, Miller 0, Noise l, villeneuve
l, Harrington, W, l, Harrington,
P, 1, Player l, Redding Q.
Score by innings:
Workman 100000 o..
Mayesville- 18ooeo1 x-l7.
No game tomorrow. G.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-04

The special committee Of City
Council, charged with the duty Of
having the streets numbered, has pro-
ceeded as rapidly as possible to az
range for the performance Of the duty
imposed upon it and as soon as the
Post Office Department gives positive
assurances that the free mail delivery
will be established Immediately the
work of having the numbers put up will
be commenced. The only delay that
the committee has met with has been
due to the necessity Of securing an
accurate map of the city, showing each
and every house, but this having been
arranged for, the committee is pre-
pared to begin putting up the num-
bers just as soon as the Post Office
Department indicates in writing that
the free delivery system is an assured
fact. The committee claims that
there has been no unnecessary delay and
that at this time the committee is
really waiting on the Post Office
Department. The committee sees no
necessity for numbering the houses at
this time unless the free mail delivery
service is to be established, and it has
been decided that until there is off,
cial notice of the free mail delivery in
Sumter the houses will not be num-
bered.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-04
SUMTER WINS FROM DARLINGTON
AGAIN.
A Fine Exhibition of Bail Playing.
Score II to 4.

The lovers of base ball who went out
to witness the game Friday after
noon between the locals and the
Darlington team had good cause to be
very well pleased with a good, all
around exhibition of ball playing.
The game, with the exception of one
error in the first, was interesting,
and it is very evident that the Sumter
team is improving rapidly. Noise,
who pitched the first seven innings
for the home boys, did himself credit,
and pitched as good a game Of ball as
anybody wants to see on an amateur
ground. The Darlington boys could
not find him. Our home team did all
around good batting, but some of the
boys seem to need practice in base run
ming. Sanders made three safe base hits
at the right time and Noise knocked
a home run in the fourth, bringing in
Smith from second, also. Cuttino,
who played center, made a fine run
ming catch, and a quick play from
Smith to Osteen deserves mention.
It is easy to see that the Darlington
team is no snap, and the home team
had the game to win from the first by
good playing and hard batting. The
conspicuous absence of kicking and
wrangling was a treat, and we take
pleasure in saying that the Darlington
team is composed Of as gentlemanly q
set as we have had the pleasure of
meeting in some time.
The game was called in the eighth
inning with the score II to 4 in favor
OF Sumter.
The score by innings was as follows:
Sumter, 0241 3010
Darlington, 2 10000
The Darlington battery did fine
work and the team gave them excellent
support, but the home team was too
much for them. The local team is
trying to arrange a return in Darling
ton OF next week and il the arrange
ments are perfected they will go to
Darlington one day next week.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-04
MAGNOLIA NEWS NOTES.
cetten Opening Rapidly...Depot lnpreve.
nents..-Scheol Building.

Magnolia, Sept. Cotton is open
ing rapidly, but in consequence Of
almost daily rain, but little or none
has been picked. Without several
days fair weather cotton, again, will
be seriously damaged. About 60 per
cent, of an avreage crop will be made
in this section, though some OF the
farmers estimate the crop greater, and
some less. The corn crop is failure,
except the corn planted very late, or
after the oat crop was gathered.
Rev. MI. Phillips, assisted by Rev:
Nj. Satterwhite of Sumter, conducted
a protracted meeting at the Baptist
Church in this place last week, clos
ing yesterday. Everybody took much
interest in the Rev. Satterwhite's SER
mons, and large and attentive congre-
cations filed the church at every ser
vice. We certainly congratulate the
church of which he is pastor.
Our graded school building will soon
be completed. The contractor, Mr..
G. W. Stokes, is showing things fol-
all they are worth, and the building
when fully completed will be quite
handsome.
Messrs. j. A. Rhame, H. V. Ander-
son and John F. Hawkins are the
trustees of this school, and they have
been very partlcularin selecting prin-
,cipal and two lady assistants, at pres
ent, for this school. We had quite
an unusual accident in our little town
last evening Sunday.
A negro boy while riding
Dr.. Guile Tomlin's horse through
the streets with considerable
speed ran into a mule and buggy
which was meeting him and in les:
than two minutes the horse lay deao
in the railroad ditch, and the mule
drawing the buggy knocked down anc
considerably bruised. The buggy
shafts struck the horse just under its
throat penetrating the heart. The
rider Of the horse, terribly frightened,
disappeared like host. DR.. TomliI
paid hundred dollars not long age
for the horse.
I am told The Atlantic Coast Line
is making considerable changes in the
warehouse and side track at this sta.
tion, which will be a great advantage
to this place. The work is rapidly
progressing.
The people in the Shiloh sec
ton and around. Lynchburg owe
Supervisor Seals q debt of gratitude
for the valuable work done to the roac
below Lynchburg by the chain gang.
Our sick folks are improving.
Occasional.