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, 1901-03-07

The fire was discovered by Warden
Davis himself shortly before midnight.
he being aroused by the cracking of
flames and smell of smoke.
The alarm was Immediately given.
convicts, guards and employees aroused
and an appeal t~clephoned the Lincoln
fire department for help. The convicts
We're ordered TO clothe themselves and.
in their prison garb, marshaled into the
huge court yard, where. two hours
later, they We're sim standing in a long
double line TO the number of nearly 800.
under the espionage of a score of
armed guards patroling on the top of
the wall surrounding the court yard.
The main building and west cell
house, both of which are ~three-story
stone structures. are a total loss. the
former about 40XS0 aud the latter
5OXl2O feet in dimension. The war.
den II his immediate aides made
quick work of removing the books.
records and papers of the institution
to n place of safety. Nothing else of
value was saved from the burning
structures.
The room where the fire originated
was n kitchen for the warden's apart
ments. 1t was located in the upper
story of the main building, almost di-
rectly over the office and near the cell
house, running down from the west end
of the yard.
, 1901-03-07

Boulder. Colo. March 2.-Denver Re
publican Special.)-The students of the
University of Colorado are wild with
excitement because of the victory of
one of their representatives in the state
oratorical content held here last night.
wilkins o. Peterson Of the University
or Colorado won first place and NJ. :.
Collins of Colorado College at Colorado
Springs second place. The following
We're the participants: NJ. $. Collins,
Colorado College. "Self-Mastery":
lemuel f.. Parton, University of Colo
RADIO, War An Aid to Progress: Har-
old Buell.. Denver University. The
Spirit of The Age: Frederick c. Singer
Colorado College. THE Ideal American
Statesman; Wilkins o. Peterson. lint
Verslty of Colorado, The Farmer; Ar
thur Clements. Denver University
IAN Arctic Hero"
Inc Judges on thought and composi-
non We're John Parsons, Hon. Tyson s
Dimes and c. NJ. Hobbs. The Judges
on delivery We're Hon j. Warner Mills
j. w. Freeman and Hon. w. b. Teb.
belts, all of Denver. A speciaI 1roin
arrived from Denver AT 4 O'clock YES.
q afternoon with Il large number
of delegates.
The members of the Beta Theta pi of
Denver and their lady friends were on
tertnined at a banquet at the Brown
hotel before the contest by the mem
Ders of the Beta Theta ri Society of
TINS place. a social hop was also had
IN t~hlckering hall in honor of the Don.
yer visitors.
, 1901-03-07
New York Wages Decision.

New York, March 2.-Morc than $40
ooo'ooOo may be saved to this city by
a decision of the Court of Appeals in
the case of Contractors William /
hoGerS who refused to pay the pre-
Vailins rate of wages. As Interpreted
by municipal experts. this decision
means not only that the prevailing rate
OF wages fixed by law has received lis
death blow, but that all acts forcing
the city to pay its employees prescribed
salaries are unconstitutional.
, 1901-03-07

Denver. Colo. March 4.-Thc big
granite dam which the Denver Union
Water Company is building in Goose
Creek canon. on the South Platte riv-
er, has been progressing rapidly be
cause of the favorable weather. 1t has
now reached the height of thirty-tivc
feet above low water mark, and forty
tNo feet above the foundation in the
solid granite of the gorge. If the
weather continues favorable the en-
ginecr Of the company hopes To get the
dam above the siNty-foOt level by the
time of the May floods. If this is ac-
complishcd then the flood water can
all be cared for in the two tunnels ut
the ten and siNty-fout levels. so that
the work on the dam may continue
without interruption all summer.
1t Is not expected that the dam will
he completed to its fun height of 20
feet before the fall of 1902, and discus
sion of the proposed electric power
plant has been deferred until the dam
is higher.
, 1901-03-07

The Seattle spirit is a thing to ad.
mire and initiate. 1t was manifesto
when the secretary of the navy told 3
Seattle firm that their bid must be re.
duced to two hundred thousand dol.
lars If they wanted a contract for one
of the new battleships. That was final
and in many places the people would
have said, Too bad we've lost it," and
zone about their humdrum business.
Not so in Seattle. The strong men OF
the city conferred; the builGe. $ Offered
TO scale down their bid if their fellow
citizens would divide the loss, and the
Seattle business men promptly sub.
scribed the hundred thousand dollars
and four thousand over. These
things being understood. we fancy no.
body will b~egrudge Seattle the con.
tract which will so richly benefit the
manufacturers, mechanics and trades.
men. She has demonstrated her pos.
session Of that public spirit by which
a city grows great.
, 1901-03-07

Denver, Colo, March 4.-Colonel
William II. Grove, commanding the
Thirty-siXth regiment of volunteers,
arrived with II part of his regiment on
the transport Pennsylvania at San
Francisco, Saturday afternoon. He is
expected home about March 18th. The
last letter from Colonel Grove. dated
Manila, January 18th, reached his faith
or, Silas w. Grove of No. 3245 VIII
liams street, only Il few hours before Il
telegram N from San Francisco, an
nounccd his safe arrival in the United
States. The letter, however, was writ
ten in the interior of LuZon where the
regiment was located and ut the time
Colonel Grove did o know when he
would sail for home.
With Colonel Groves regiment. in al
probability. are a number of Colorado
boys. When the First Colorado left
Manila some of the soldiers remained
and enlisted in the Thirty-siNth rcgi-
ment, Of which Colonel Grove vas lieu.
tenant colonel. and they have fought
with the regiment against the insur-
rectionists until almost the day of
sailing.
Soldiers of the First Colorado who
enlisted in the Thirty-sixth We're:
Company A-Sergeant John f. Camp
bell, Privates Samuel y. Patton,
George X. Wilson.
Company ~B-Captain l.. L. Booth.
Private Thomas Arthur.
Company C-Sergeant Charles Il
Clark, Privatos Percy Jones, John
Owens, James w. Whitman.
Company D-Sergeant Edward c,
Kunde, Privates Henry IL. Klement.
Henry Rcdhair.
Company E-Sergeant Winfield :,
Grove. Privates Charles NJ. Foster,
John O'Brien, John Sanders, Claud V
West.
, 1901-03-07

The recent German census shows
there are now thirty-three towns in the
German empire with a population OF
owe 100, 900, exactly the same number
as in the British isles. Five years age
there were twenty-six, and at the es-
Establishment of the empire in 1871 only
eight. Thirteen towns have a popula-
ton OF over 200. 900, against eighteen
in the British Isles; while seven have
over 300, 900, against nine in the Unit.
ed Kingdom.
, 1901-03-07

To abate the smoke nuisance in Chi
cago. 1t has been suggested to license
stokers and firemen, so that they may
be temporarily suspended when they
grow careless, or have their licenses
revoked when they allow clouds of
smoke and SCOT to roll from the chin
ney tops. Mechanical experts say that
n boiler fit for the work required of
it will produce little smoke If properly
fred.
, 1901-03-07

Forefathers' day celebrations cal
forth annual ~eulogies of the men ant
women who founded New England
but they seldom suggest a bettel
thought thar that uttered by the New
Bedford Standard. IF we are bette
than the fathers" it says, 1T is be
cause they did the best they could
If We have outgrown our
Is, 1t is because they tried to overcom,
the traditions with which their live!
were handicapped. To the true de
scendant of the Pilgrim a gap in tn,
genealogy matters nothing. 1t is thu
descent of spirit and purpose tina
counts-of hat spirit and purpos
which determine to make tomorrow
better than today as today is bettel
than yesterday. Plymouth Rock ant
Burial Hill teach this lesson to New
Finland and to the nation"
, 1901-03-07

The masters OF English are not afraid
to use homely words whose expressive.
ness more than offsets their plainness.
Thus Lord Roseberry declares that
England, in order to Withstand inter
national competition. must educate he.
youth, and he suggests sending
patches OF young men abroad to
learn the best her rivals know. That
honest word batch would have been
passed over by a speaker less sure OF
his English, when speaking OF an ag,
gregation of individuals. In the use OF
language there is a happy medium be,
tween overfastidiousness, which weak.
ems ones style. and out-and-out slang
which wrecks 1t completely.
, 1901-03-07

Washington, March Especial Com.
missioner lIocklill at i'ekin has been
instructed 10 make II known to the for
elgh ministers that the President
strongly deprecates any action that will
tend to delay or check the present nego-
tiatlons there II especially is he de
slrous that there shall be no further
unnecessary bloodsled.
, 1901-03-07

Professor Kaufman of Breslau. in
comforting the degree of doctor of phil
osophy on Frauleln Immerwahr, the
first woman who has ever passed the
examination at that university, said
that he earnestly hoped study among
women would continue to be the ex-
ception with the few capable individu.
ais. inasmuch as it was desirable thai
they should hold their primary and
noblest calling of wife and mother"
, 1901-03-07

New York. March 2.-At FRIDAYS
meeting of the directors of the Ameri.
can smelling and Refining COMPANY.
the resignation of ii. ii. Rogers and
Lewiston We're accepted.
II was stated that the president WINS
nuthorlZed to contest any threatened
litigation against the company.
, 1901-03-07

AIcssrs. W. l.. Chandler, Thomas A.
Carter, W. T.. Mason. Bots Penrosc. S.
Il. Elkins, j. L. Dolllvcr. Marion But.
Ter, Richard Kenncy. Alexander Clay,
G. \. Culbcrtsun.
The cup presented to Senator VOL.
colt Is sixteen inches high and is n
beautiful specimen of the silversmith's
art. 1t has for handles deer prungs
carved and bound with silver clasps.
ON the face II the cup is designed n
government mail bag. on which is en-.
gravcd:
presented to Edward o. WOlcott.
Colorado. chairman. from his associ.
atcs on Senate committee on pustOflices
aud post roads, March i. 1901"
, 1901-03-07

At the marriage of Miss Lalla Jor-
dan to David Jennings Porter in Green
vile. S. c.. a sudden death occurred
Immediately after the ceremony. While
Mrs. John NJ. Jordan. the mother of
the bride, was talking to her daughter,
the old lady suddenly fell to the floor.
and in a few moments was a corpse.
, 1901-03-07

William Burke. of Binghamton. N.
Y. has been sent to Jail for thirty
days for using profane language in a
public street. Since his Incarceration
he swears twice as much as ever, but
his oaths are muttered urter his
breath.
, 1901-03-07

Washington, March 2.-The conferees
on the Louisiana purchase exposition
Dlll agreed upon the amendment ia
close the gates on Sunday ana dIsn.
greed to the appropriation for the
Charleston, South Carolina, exposj-
ton. 'NPosi-
, 1901-03-07

In connection with the trial OF tn
regicide Bresci, one gruesome pisce OF
evidence made use of at the trial was
the bullet which had been extract, d
from the breast of King Humbert.
Queen Marguerite, on hearing that the
tragic relic was in the possession OF
the minister of Justice. NJ. Gianturo.
expressed a wish to have it. The min
lister of justice at first hesitlted to send
the sad souvenir to her majesty, but
the queen insisted. and has accord
ingly received it from the hands OF
the keeper of the seals.
, 1901-03-07

The fish inspector at Chicago re-
ports that, by actual count, there are
10000 pounds of frozen fish in the
city which have been in cold storage
for five years. The fish, much of
which is unfit for food. is sold in the
ghetto on Friday afternoons for two
cents a pound.
, 1901-03-07

Washington. March i-Sonntur VOL
colt was yesterday the recipient of n
magnificent loving cup. presented TO
him 10y his associates on the Senate
postOtlicc and post roads committee.
, 1901-03-07
SARATOGA SUN.
SARATOGA, - WYOMING.

It is a remarkable fact that the
chameleon. when blindfolded. Loses
the power to change its hues, and the
entire body remains of a uniform tint.
, 1901-03-07

An inactive Liver, Stomach disor-
ders, Sick Headaches and other ills
arising from an imperfect digestion are
cured by Garfield Tea, which is made
from Herbs.
, 1901-03-07

The prominence achieved by Garfield
Tea al a blood purifier has not been
equaled by another remedy; an i'm
provement in the complexion can be
seen after a few days use.
, 1901-03-07

Ii Hung Chang thinks the Christian
powers, TO be consistent. should amend
the reading of the eighth command
ment to, Thou shalt not steal, but
thou mayst loot"
, 1901-03-07

Further excavations in the Forur,
reveal the fact hat the Christian ba-
silica recently unearthed on the Pala-
tine was the residence of the Popes OF
the eighth century. The following in
scription has been discovered: "Jo-
hannes XII, Servus Del" John VII.
was Pope from 7O5 to 7OS A. d.
, 1901-03-07

DO you take any stock in this abol-
ishment of Santa CLAUSE" "No. indeed;
If we couldn't blame our mistakes on
Santa Claus we couldn't live with Bob
by Mt all"
, 1901-03-07

People have been married by tele.
graph and by monograph. But court.
ship is carried on the same old way.
That is n field where there is no room
for Improvement.
, 1901-03-07

The ST. Gothard tunnel through the
Alps is claimed TO have admitted mos
luitoes from Italy into Switzerland.
or it Is said that before the construc-
lion cf the tunnel there was no: n
mosquito in the country.
, 1901-03-07

Try Russ Bleaching Blue. the modern
bag blue, makes clothes whittier than snow.
Sold by grocers everywhere.
, 1901-03-07

A fashion journal says: "Shirts. ties
and hosiery will be quieter next sum-
mer." That's all right. but It's the
blamed collar buttons that provoke bad
language.
, 1901-03-07

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take BRoMo QulNINE TABLETS. All
druggists refund the money II 1t fails to cure
l.. w. Groves signature is on the box. 25c.
, 1901-03-07

The Legislature has passed several
bills in the interest Of the State Uni
vcrSity at Laramie. one of these pro
vidcs for the establishment Of n central
heating plant. which will be in n build
Ing by itself. Another provides for
the completion of Science hall. and
still another provides for the purchase
of II lot in one corner of the campus,
thus completing the square.
, 1901-03-07
ACker's
English
Remedy

will cure Consumption. Stops
a cough in a night. 1t will
cure Asthma and Bronchitis.
We positively guarantee it.
MRS. T. NJ. BRAlT. Vassar. Mich, who
was pronounced hopelessly i'll with con
sumption, says: Il owe my lie to
ACKER's ENGLISH REMEDY. 1t is a
certain cure"
Write to US for testimonials and
free illustrated book on Consumption
Sold at 25c, SOC and 8I.OO n bottle.
n you are not sati.h-d return the bottle To
your druggist, and get your money back.
W. II. locker & CO., Proprs., Buffalo, Y
, 1901-03-07

An army officer thinks he has discov-
cred the site of the Garden of Eden in
the Philippines. Adam and Eve have
moved. but the snake is still there.
, 1901-03-07

Governor Richards has issued notary
public commissions as follows: To j. j.
Pagan. Carbon county; Fred a. Pier
son, Gold Hill. Crook county; l.. En-
dernd, Rock Springs: Emil Jammer-
man, Ranges, Sweetwater county.
, 1901-03-07

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrur-
For children ~teething, softens the gums, reduces In
Examination, allays pain, cures wind collie. Csc q bottle.
, 1901-03-07

As every wants United States senators
elected by the people. we will proceed
not to do 1t for another hundred years.
, 1901-03-07

The great public schools of the large cities
costs NO more thnn tho poorest. Get it.
, 1901-03-07

Un%reciprocated love can't kill a man
who has a healthy liver.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-06-28
Uinery Wheel Burst;

The Atlanta Journal SAYS: "W. Il.
Jones, whito mechanic is dead at tho
Grady hospital. He vas struck by tho
flying piooos Of brokon emory wheel
We'd nesday afternoon while at work at
the Winship Machine shops, on Ma. 1T
ia street The injuries inflicted were of
an internal nature, large section Of tho
wbool striking him in tho abdomen. IIo
was takon at once to tho hospital and
had boon practically in dying condition
since last night. The physicians speak
OF tho case as one Of tho most pathetic
that has ovor como undcr their notioo.
About the bed on which the dying man
lay wero gathorod his vito, his brother
and several Of his ohildron. He did not
seom to suffor great doal Of physical
pain, but his eyos Expressed the koen-
ost agony as thoy passed from his wife
to his littlo ohildren. Jones was alone
whom tho fatal accident befoll him.
Without warning, tho wheel suddenly
flow apart, and he was rendered breath.
loss and insensiblo by the blow, which
felled him to the floor. A large sootion
of tho stone struck him in the abdomen
and smaller pioco noarly carried off his
right hand"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-06-28
3 Remarkable Avalanche.

An avalanche, unparalleled in tho
Wost Virginia mountains occurred
We'd nosdsy night at Hopeville, Grant
oonhsy. Great sections of tho mountain
sido along tho Potomac rivor for two
miles rushod down into Tho beautiful
valley. Thousands Of tons Of forest
trees, Immense rock and Garth oamo
down, and the homo Of Mrs. Androw
ours, . widow, was completely wrook-
ed. Tho twonty year old daughter Of
Mrs Ours was instantly killed. and
Mrs. Ours Is in dying condition. A
little grand child who was spendipg
tho night with Mrs. Ours was grabbed
whom tho frat warning oan,o, but os.
cape was impossible and whom fou nd
this morning tho grandmother was
buried to her waist in tho debris, hold
inc. the child in hor arms above tho
chilly mud and stone in which sho was
fastened 30 tightly that after many Of
forts ,neighbors found it neooessary to
pull tho braised body out leaving hor
clothes buried, Tho child only will
rocovor. Miss Ours body was found
during tho day. All day hundreds Of
visitors havo gono to the soeno and
othere from far and near arc going by
carriage and horseback, thero being
no nearer railroad point than Keys or
to visit tho soono Of tho most romark-
able mountain occurrence the State
has over known.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-06-28
Destruction by Lightning.

Three persons were killed and several
injured By lightning during the severe.
electrical storm which passed oyerIndi-
ana Thursday night. The storm did
considerable damage in several plaoes.
AT Marion, tho First Presbyterian
churca was etruok by lightning and bad
ly damaged; Rowan's saloon was struck
and partially destroyed. Five mon, who
were in the saloon, were knocked sonso-
less. # as i. n 81 y
4 At Greentown trees were uprooted
and fruit and growing crops badly
damaged by hail. Three hundred VIM
dows were broken. Several barns were
burned. Tho loss in and around Green
town probably will reach $40, 900.
at Koaohdalo, tho building occupied
by the Roaohdale News was entirely
destroyed. The machinery and fixtures
are. badly damaged. (. I5
at Monticello the barn Of Bort Hath
away was struck by lightning and
Hathaway, who had taken refuge frop,
tho atorm in the building, was instant
ly killed. Tho barn and contonts, in
oluding seven valuable horses, woro on
tlroly consumed, causing loss Of $b,-3
Hartford City was visited by a terri-
tio wind and hail storm Thursday night.
Fifty oil derricks were blown down and
several buildings damaged, causing
loss Of SIT, 900. ,.4si
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-06-28
Served Him RIGHT.

Tom Watson, who, with his vito,
awore that tho negro, Will Busscy. had
committed an assault on Mrs. Watson,
was takon out by committee of oiti.
S,ps OF Camden, Ark, Wednesday night
and giyon five hundred lauhes. Tho afIi
davit of Watson and lis wife was tho
means of Bussoy having boon aontenoed
to DO hanged, but about throo wooka
ago Mrs. Watson mado writton state
mont, oonfessing that sho had sworn
falsely against Bassoy. On learning
this Governor Davis suspended the sen.
tonce imposed on Bassoy. Wataon'a
vito sworo that sho was compelled by
hor husband to tostify against Busaoy.
AT the conclusion Of the lashing Watson
was placed on train and giyon instruo.
not to stop IN Arkansas.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-06-28
Murdorous Mexicans.

News by wire has just reached LIRE
do, Tex, that Capt. Brooks company
Of State Ringers had fight with tho
Moxicans who are supposed to be guilty
Of tho assassination Of Sheriff Mcrfis Of
Karnos county, and Sheriff Glover and
Constable Schnabol Of Gonzales county.
The commander of the company was
wirod that four horsos wero stolon Sun.
day night at Campbollton ia Atascosia
county and that tho riders wore hcadod
for the Rio Grande Brooks company
were at once put on tho lookout and tho
information is to tho effoct that
tho detachment overlook foui Mexioans
riding horses that suited the description
of those stolen at Oampbellton from tho
Bordas ranch which is about 80 miles
from Laredo. ArunniDg fight onsut d
in which ono Moxioan was killed, one
captured and two escaped. Capt.
Rogers and party arc in pursuit.. The
doad man was BROUGHT to Benavidcs
Tho county clerk of X ,rnos county has
boon wired to send mon to identify tho
Mexican killed and the one captured.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-06-28
Made Them Chew Soap.

Charges Of a cruel modo of punishment
in ono Of tho public schools OF Ohica-
60 havo been plaood before Supt. Lano
by Hugh Brady. He ,ys that children
in tho summer school have beon
punished repeatedly for chewing gum
during school hours by having soap
forcod into thoir mouthp, being com
polled to lot it remain until it dissolved
and ran down their throats. Children
who say that thoy were subj ,otod to
tho soap troatmont returned to their
homos on Wednesday vi h burning
throats and raw mouths. Lestor Brady
was one Of the sufferers. but tried to
conceal tho fact from his parents. Ho
was unable to cat his supper, and aftor
repeated quoStionings tho story oamo
out. Three other boys, Harry Baker,
Harry Parker and Edgar Windorson,
also assert that they wore c,mpollod to
undergo tho samo treatment.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-06-28
Gen. Chaffee's Report.

Tho report Of Mai Con. Uhaffoe on
tho campaign in China is being prepar-
cd for publica ion at the war depart.
mont. Some Of Con. Ohaffees 8 oom-
mcnts arc interesting. At one point ho
says: "a
For about three weeks following tho
arrival ct Tho relief column at Pckin
the condition in and about the city
was bad. Looting Of tho city, foraging
in the Surrounding country and seizure
by soldiers OF everything a Chinaman
might haVc, as vegetables. ohickons,
ehoep, oattlo, o,o, whether being
brought to tho city or found on tho
farm; indiscriminate and generally
unprovoked shooting Of Chinese, in
city, country and along the line Of
march and The river-al this did not
tend, as was natural, to gain for tho
troops tho confidence Of tho masses
whom it il certain wo havo no equal,
but wero in need Of thoir labor. It is
sato to say that whore one real boxer
has benn killed sinoo tho capture Of
Pokin, many harmless Coolies or labor
crs on farms including a few women
and ohildron have boon slaia. No
doubt the boxer clement is largely mix
ed with tho macs of population, and by
alaying ono hundred, ono or moro box
ers might be taken in"
Con. Chaffneo speaks of the restraint
nc placed upon American troops. Tho
Japanoge commander also made it
known that gonoral war on all classes
was not intondod.
Con. Ohsffoo said he opposed on ,er.
ing tho Forbidden city unloss looting
vas prohibited. This was agreod to
and no thinks but little looting has
boon dono thoro though articles have
boon offered Tor sale, said to havo boon
takon from tho Forbid end oitY.