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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-14

The Sumter Wotcnnaoa was founded
in 1850 and the True Southroa in 1866
The Natchmon ond Soasthron now has
she combined circulation and influence
Of both of the old papers, and is mani
e-sly ,he best advertising medium IN
Samtec.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-14

Gov. McSweeney was so considerate
of the feelings of the people and 50
solicitous that the material prosperity
of the State be not retarded by politi-
cal turmoil and strife that he stretch
ed his authority to prevent the resig-
nation of Senators Tillman and Nc
Laurin. That the people do not fear
political turmoil and strife and that
they are ripe for campaign OF educa-
tion on national issues is proven con-
clusively by the Union and Chester
meetings held last week, the meeting
to be held in Spartanburg on the 9th
and the Numerous meetings OF less
magnitude that have been held in 9th
OF parts of the State. The issue is
before the people, they want it dis
cussed and will insist on hearing from
the defenders of true democracy and
the promoters of republicanism. The
plan to have the senatorial campaign
this summer having been defeated, the
people in order that they may have
the issue discussed are having an in
formal, but very instructive campaign
of their own. There is but single
drawback connected with this sort of
campaign-there is no way to secure
the attendance of all the prospective
cadidates for Office and would be
moulders of public opinion. Never
theless the meetings are doing good
and we hope that many more of them
sBin he held.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-14

The Congressional campaign in the
.Se9aath District, while it does not IN
4sress the other sections OF the State
IS of the first importance to the demo
Gratis of this district It is important
that true and consistent democrat
be chosen. that he be able, energetic
devoted to the interests of the dlstrlcS
and that he be not mere ofhce-seek-
er. caring more for the Office and the
enoluments thereof than the good OF
those he represents. We have repuD-
lished from the Lexington and Cole
ton papers what has been SAID Oh
Messrs. Lever and Howell, and we
have no doubt but that all that has
been said is true. 1t appears, howev-
or. that the race is being run on coun-
~ lines and that Lexington is to Dc
Sent as solid as possible for Lever
Colleton for Howell and orangebuFs
for Brantley, and this being the case
The voters of Sumter county shoule
support E. D. Smith, the Sumter
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-14

Washington, Aug. 13.-senator
Tillman of South Carolina, who was
in this city today en- route east to
meet an engagement to lecture, said
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-14

Aug. 14-3t*
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-21
A TRANSvAAL ASSET.
Americans Claim For Millions
Transferred by the War.

Washington. Jan 21.-At the opening
Of teday's session Of the seate the chap
lain in his invocation referred in deep
pathos to Queen Victoria, paying tr1b-
ute to her virtues as a sovereign ana q
woman and invoking Divine tenderness
ard sympathy to all members of her
family and to the people of her realm
An act to confirm in trust to the city
OF Albuquerque, N. NJ, in New Mexico
the town OF Albuquerque grant was
passed
Mr.. Turner washington offered a
resolution requesting the president to
transmit TO the senate if not incompatt-
bic with public interest information Of
what steps have been taken by the state
department to protect the rights OF R.
E. BrowR, q citizen of the United States
in the matter of his claim against the
South African republic together with
copies of all correspondence and papers
relating thereto. The resolution was
adopted
In presenting the resolution Mr.. Tur-
ner made a. statement regarding the
case. Brown, the senator said, was an
American engineer who went to South
Africa eight years ago. He located a
large number OF gold mining claims at
Witfontein, adopting American methods
in his work He was deprived of the
claims by order Of the South African
authorities and instituted suit against
them for 81, S50, 900. The case was de-
cided by the South African court in
Browns favor, his contention being up
held on every point Notwithstanding
the order of President Kruger with
drawing the claims held by Mr.. Brown
from location. The judgment of the
court SO incensed President Kruger and
the Volksraad that the judges were re-
moved sunmariIy from Office. Subse-
quently the new court dismissed tie
case of Mr.. Brown and he was invited to
institute a new suit Realizing that the
court was packed against him. he de-
cided to appeal to his own government
for Justice and with a view to securing
his rights as defined by the highest
court of the Transvaa1 republic.
Mr.. Turner said the claims Of Mr.
Brown now were worth IS, 0OO, 600 or &C.
0O0 900. In view of the government
change that had taken place in the
Transvaal, Mr.. Turner said the purpose
of his resolution was to press upon
Great Britain the merit of the claim of
Mr.. Brown and to ascertain what steps
had been taken by this government in
regard to it since Great Britain had as
sumed the responsibilities Of sovereignty
over that territory.
A bill authorizing the construction of
a bridge across the Mississippi river at
Gray's Pointg No, was passed
The senate at / p. m. on motion of
Mr.. Foraker, went into executive ses-
sion.
IN THE HOUSE
Washington, Jan. 21.-This was Dis
trict day in the house. Before the reg
ular order was demanded some routine
business was transacted. The postoff7e
appropriation bill was reported
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-21
NOT THAT GOULD.
Actor Flares Up When Asked About
His Family Connection.

Howard Gould and his company, who
Will present Rupert Of Hentzau," a
sequel to The Prisoner Of Zenda," at
the Crawford tonight, arrived from
Kansas City at noon.
Mr.. Gould was sitting In the lobby of
the Hotel Throop when some one asked
it he belonged to the Wealthy Gould
family. No, sir, I do not" said Mr.
Gould with some warmth do you
know, scores of people ask me that Do
you suppose that if I was the million
aire Howard Gould that I would he
travelling over the country playing ore
night stands in filthy theaters, living in
poor hotels, and riding in Pullmans, If
7 had all those millions2 Why, If peo-
pie would just stop and think their COM
mon sense would tell them that I am
not that Gould. If he was stage struck
he could buy q. theater in New York,
hire the best company to be had, and
play there whether he took in a cent
or not. People come to me and telo-
phone and write me to decide bets about
the Gould family. While / was in Kan
sas City I had an absurd experience.
as absurd as I have about my name. A
man came to the hotel to have me settle
bet He wanted to know whether the
elder or the younger Sothern was the
first to play The Prisoner Of Zenda-'
told him as the elder Sothern had been
dead twenty years. 1t was probably the
younger"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-21
rHF DFLAwARE DFADLoCK.

The result Of the separate ballot for
senators in the Delaware legislature
indicates that that body is deadlOcked
along the same lines that have existed
FOR two years past. The Republicans,
who have a majority In both houses.
arc split into two factions, and the
Democrats lack four votes Of The TWEEN
ty-seven required to elect a United
States senator on a joint ballot.
In 1895 the term OF Anthony Higgins
expired and for two years the state
legislature failed to elect Finally. in
1897. r. r. Kenney. a Democrat. was
elected to fill the seat. His term expires
the fourth CT March next. In 1893 the
term Of George Gray expired. and again
the legislature failed to act. This throws
the election of two senators into the
present session OF the state legislature,
ana unless that body hllathese vacancies
at its present sitting Delaware will not
be represented in the United States
senate when the Fifty-seventh congress
meets. The governor cannot appoint,
FOR the decision Of the senate in the
Quay case deprives the state executive
OF the power to appoint to Ill vacancies
where the state legislature has failed to
act.
On a Joint ballot the Republicans con-
troll twenty-nine votes out Of fifty-two.
and that they have a majority in both
houses Is shown by the fact that they
were able. by laying aside their differ
ences, to organize both houses with Re
publican officials. The whole trouble
in the state Is the fight against Addicks.
On the separate ballot he has polied six
teen votes and he claims to have I'VE
more when he chooses to use them.
This gives him twenty-one votes. The
best that the Dupont faction can mus
ter IS eight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-21

ing the lecture field the EI Dorado wo-
man has made many friends
The Brown LeghOrns Of a Butler
county farmer furnished him with $225
worth Of eggs for the market the past
year. not to mention those consumed at
home In cakes and omelets.
"A VeFmiiIion man who swapped horses
sight and unseen, giving a dollar TO
boot. found a. dead animal when he went
after his property. He got his money
back however. by selling the hide
A silver dollar rolling down a. Mus
cotah church aisle last Sunday evening
almost stampeded the congregation
The inventor OF that collection box evil
IDENTIFY had only figured on pennies and
niehels being dropped in.
The Atchison Globe objects to Topeka
papers speaking a good word for Mrs.
Digs Such eminent authority as
Ouida says every pretty woman should
Pc a firt and every clever woman a.
politician And Mrs. Diggs is clever
A Marshall county man has used seven
gallons of gasoline trying to remove
stains from wall paper, furniture and
ceiling caused by an exploding can Of
tar which the small boy Of the family
had placed on the hot stove to watch
expand.
So anxious were some citizens Of Ne
maha county to secure education that
they could not wait until school in dis
trict No. So opened Monday, but spirited
away the dictionary and encyclopedia
Friday night. None Of the pupils are
s1IsDnrfp7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-21
REPORTED FAYORABLY.

The judiciary committee of the senate
will report favorably upon the following
bills this afternoon: No. %, by Smith, re-
lating to proceedings in habeas corpus
and providing for the review and orders
of judgment therein; No 81, by Smith,
requiring the fling of document for rec
ord whenever part of a city or town has
been vacated; No. Al, by Morehouse, pre-
scribir4g the manner in which county sur
veyors shall establish permanent lines and
monuments for land corners; No. IS, by
Smith, to repeal section of chapter 169 of
the laws of 1889 relating to township IL
brarfes No. As. by Carpenter, in relation
to grand juries and amendatory thereof;
No 90, by Wulfekuhler, in relation to the
admission Of attorneys at law and pro-
viding for the examination Of those per-
sons desiring to be admitted to the prac-
tiee of law; No. g, by Branine, providing
for the removal Of disabilities OF persons
sentenced to confinement in the Kansas
State Industrial reformatory; No "A, by
Fulton, to allow receivers. assignees,
guardians, trustees. executors and admin
istrators to include in lawful expenses
such reasonable sums as may be allowed
by the court not exceeding 1 per cent of
the amount of bonds; No. 70, by Fulton,
in relation. to bankrupts; No. 81. by Wulf-
kuhler, to provide transportation for dis
charged convicts from the place of con-
hnement to the county in which they were
convicted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IE'rom the Chicago NeWs-J
There is no end to the rings @ woman
wears
The older a lamb grows the more
sheepish he becomes
Be sure you are right-thsn pause a
moment for reflection
wise is the girl who fears a man more
than she does a mouse
Lots Of people seem to think it bad
form to be polite in public.
The first thing shoemaker uses in
his business Is his last
Railway travel teaches people to know
their own station and stop at It.
The man who aims to be good in this
world may miss fire in the next.
Every bargain you pick up at an
auction sale must first be knocked down
to you
It is easier for a young man to fool
his own mother than it is for him to
fool any other woman
The more careful a. woman - about
her complexion the more careless she Is
about her homework
An irreverent writer says that satan's
fall was probably due to his having
slipped on a peal Of thunder.
so dark and yet 50 light" said the
funny man as he looked at a ton of coal
the driver had just delivered.
There are men who will laugh at a
woman for buying a nickel package of
chewing gum, then proceed to blow in
a quarter for an imported cigar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-21
JAYHAWKER JOE.

Howard Is a town without a negro
resident.
The payroll Of the Rock Island is s14.-
900 monthly at Goodland.
Eight gallons Of milk daily is the rec
ord Of a Marshall county cow belonging
to Uncle William. Warren.
Seneca claims a resident woman of 104
years. She was an elderly matrOn when
the meteoric shower OF 1888 occurred.
One Caldwell man has the contracts in
his inside coat pocket for the building
OF eight residence house foundations.
The boom is on in Sumner county.
Blue racers and not blue birds are
harbingers OF spring in Rocks county.
Farmer Lowe killed a. big snake Of this
variety in his door yard the other day.
A Kirwin doctor found nfty-six sick
people in eleven families visited i'm one
day Like in the puzzle pictures, find
the well members who went after the
physician.
A Lebanon wood chopper forgot his
overcoat on a brush pile over night The
next day he found six baby polecats in
one Of the pockets. Luckily the parents
were absent
A Smith county man has started an
to care for them, as the first night in
pasture they ate the wire fence and
twenty escaped
Two Fall River boys broke into a.
saloon and helped themselves to whisky
They were promptly sent to the reform
school But the joint runs on. as the
license money IS needed
A Phillips county woman didn't know
her husband had hid his watch In the
fireplace, away from burglars. or she
would have removed the valued time
piece before starting the fire.
Miss Jessie Morrison win visit a
brother in Enid, Okla, for a time. In
abstaining from chasing a man or TAX
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-21
FAST TRAIN DERAILED
On K. c., Fl. s. & NJ. by Striking
Empty Coal Cars.

Kansas city, Jan 21.-North-bound
fast passenger train on the Kansas City,
Fort Scott & Memphis which left Mem
phis for Kansas City last night at S:25
was derailed at Pilgrim, NO.. 80 miles
north of Springfield. this morning, run
ming into three empty coal cars that
had been run on the main track. w. w
Newton the express messenger, who
sustained a sprained back, was the only
one injured, the passengers escaping
with a severe shaking up. The engineer
and fireman saved themselves by jump
ing. The train was the fast express In
augurated on the first of the year, and
was hauled by new engine, one Of the
biggest used in the southwest The en-
CINE was partially demolished. but the
mail car, baggage and express, coach.
chair car and sleeper remained upright.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-21
DEATH OF MRS. GREER.
Well Known Pioneer of Topeka Passes
Away at Her Home.

Mrs. Elizabeth Greer died Sunday af-
ternoon at her residence, 418 West Sixth
avenue. Mrs. Greer. was one of the old
est residents of Topeka. She was born
April 9, 1913, at Covington, Miami coun-
ty, Ohio Her maiden name was Patty
She was married in 1887, and came to
Topeka in 1857. At the time of her
death she had lived forty-one years in
the stone house near the corner Of To-
peka and Sixth avenues
Mrs. Greer's death was due to the
grip and old age. She would have been
So years old next April. Her only sur
Viving descendants are Miss Florence
Greer and Mrs. ]. w. Gleed, grandchil-
dren- Mrs. Greer was a woman of very
bright vigorous mind and strong char
acter. Her faculties were all unimpa1r-
ed up to her last illness which was very
brief. The funeral will take place We'd
nesday afternoon at three o'clock from
her late residence
The funeral of Mrs. Sarah Osterhaus
was held from Shellabarger's undertake
ing rooms Sunday at 10 o'clock.
Mildred Agnes Ellis daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. W. o. Ellis, died January Is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-21

Philadelphia Record: Probably the
most effective argument against the
ship subsidy bill has been furnished by
those persons who are most actively
pushing it. They are putting money in
to ships and keeping all the shipyards
Of the country busy. Ship building is
rapidly becoming one OF our most active
and prosperous industries. Government
statistics substantiats the assertion
that investors are manifesting a renew
ed interest in maritime undertakings.
Against this weight Of testimony show
ing the revival OF a great industry de-
spite unfavorable and hampsring navi-
cation laws the pleas Of the subsidy
beggars should be OF little avail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-21

In closing an editorial In which it de-
clares that Senator Frye killed the ship
subsidy bill by his speech made in its
support the Chicago Herald says:
so long as American capital, brains
and industry can be employed more
prohtably in other directions It matters
little who are our hewers OF wood and
drawers Of water. When it pays to do
our ocean carrying with American
ships paying American wages Ameri-
cans will not be backward in en-
tering the field"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-21
UNSPECULATIvE LIFE.
Too Much Attention Given to Cam
bling Passion Says Dr. Felix Adler.

bling Passion Says Dr. Felix Adler
New York. Jan. 21.-Dr. Felix Adler,
in Carnegie hall. during the course Of
an address on THE Gambling Passion
and it's Consequences made a distinc-
ton between gaming and gambling
The former might be for recreation, but
when the element OF gain Is added It
1.-The savage and the child are natural
gamblers" he said. 1.-THE streets of
this city swarm with gambling children.
Craps is a prevalent species Of gambling
among them. The Chinese and the Ital-
ians are passionate gamblers. On the
gambling and particularly the life which
is orderly and regular is apt to be free
from it.
1T is sometimes said that all business
is speculative and to a. considerable ex-
tent this is true. Every man almost who
attempts to carry out any great work
is specializing and such specializing is
productive of the greatest good to the
world. But the difference between him
and the gambler is that his success de-
ponds upon toll and foresight. The
gambler wants wages without working.
For this reason he is anti-socia1 in his
aims.
much is said nowadays about the
produce and stock exchanges. It is un-
deniabIy true that they offer chances for
gambling excelled by no faro bank any
where. Yet careful examination will
show, I think, that they are a valuable
element in progress
ssWhat we need to do in this day is
to lend our influence to the unspec1la-
tive side of life. In spite Of some Inn
provements this city is still wide open.
s.Give me what is squandered at the
card tables in this city and I will change
the face of New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-21
KILLED BY TRAIN.
J. Willis, Of 1916 jefferson
Street, Dead in Oklahoma.

The body of a man, supposed to be
that Of J. Willis, Of 1918 Jefferson street.
Topeka, was found near the track Of the
Rock Island railroad one-half mile east
of North Enid, Okla, this morning. On
the body was a card with the above
name and address. A certificate of
membership in the Farmers and Mer-
chants Social club Of Topeka was also
in one of the pockets The body was
horribly rnutflated. and 1t is evident that
the man had fallen under a train. The
body is being held for Identification at
North Enid No further particulars
were obtainable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-21

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE navy de-
partment has cut from the specifications
for the new battleships items aggregat-
ing in value about $4,000 It also has
considerably reduced the fund reserved
for superintendents. inspection and cop
pering. Therefore today Secretary Long
was able to offer to the lowest bidders
the Newport News and Bath corpora
tons the sum Of SO, 590, 600 each for the
construction of one sheathed battIeship.
Judge Payson, representing the two
companies, has accepted the offer and
nothing more is to be done but to pre-
pare and sign the contracts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-21
vaIuable Kansaa Historv.

Many cities and towns in Kansas are
adopting the work on Kansas history
by Noble l. Prentis. Atchison has re-
Gently added it to the course of study in
public schools 1t is undoubtedly a
splendid work for the pupils of Kansas.
It is extremely readable as well as in
valuable and instructive. Where the
book has been place in a school room for
reference it is found that the children
like to read it better than any other
book 1t is a. book which is adapted to
the seventh grade of the Topeka schools.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-21
AUSTIN GETS JUDGMENT.
Allowed $3.50 Because Western Union
Was Slow About Message

Judge Hazen this morning decided the
case Of E. A. Austin against the West
ern Union, allowing Austin $780,
The case was brought by Austin I'M
der the penalty law. A. G Marl1ley sent
him a telegram from Lyndon The tele-
gram was not delivered promptly, and
Austin brought suit under section Of
the telegraph law passed by the special
session of the legislature in 1898. The
law provides that telegraph company
refusing or falling or neglecting to
transmit or deliver a telegram shall be
liable to 500 in each case and attorney
fees Mr. Austin sued for the 500 and
$50 attorney fees. The complaint was
that there was delay in delivering the
telegram.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-21
SHOULD AT ONCE.
Chairman Hopkins Says State
Should Be Redistricted.
IspeciaI Id the state Journal.1

Especial to the State Journal1
Washington. Jan. 21.-There can be no
question Of the necessity of redistricting
Kansas in the present legislature. If the
necessity Of redistricting the state is
recognized at all it should be done at
this session. In an interview with the
State Journal correspondent Chairman
Hopkins of the apportionment commit
tee stated that if the Kansas legislatu
should redistrfct this session the same
would not take effect until the Fifty
eighth congress as members Of the Fif-
ty-seventh are already elected II no
action be taken at this legislature the
conditions of electing a congressman at
large would be the same ten years
HENCE. L. w. THAV1S.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-21
EATEN BY RATS.
Horrible Fate of Mrs. Norah Hanni-
gan of Chicago.

Chicago, Jan. 21-With her face
gnawed beyond recognition and the
flesh of her hands and feet eaten by
rats, Mrs. Norah Hannigan was found
dead at her home, SO Sennott place last
evening, by John Adams, friend Of the
family, who called at the house.
The woman's body lay on the floor
with her head resting on the edge of
Washtub. There was every indication
that the woman had been dead several
days.
The rings from her fingers were found
scattered about the floor, where they
had rolled when gnawed off by the rats
that infested the house and were rapidly
eating the decomposed body