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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07
The Cuban Convention.

Havana. August 2.-The Cuban Con-
stitutional Convention today began to
consider separately the provisions of
the electoral bill, taking up first of all
the qualifications of candidates for the
posts Of Provincial Governor, provln-
cial councillor. Senatorial elector and
Presidential elector. These provisions
were adopted as embodied in the pro-
ject Submitted. except that in order
to become the Governor Of province
or a provincial councillor it is not ne
cessarv that the candidate be the ia
ther Of family, or taxpayer in the
province, or the possessor of a degree,
or that he should have held public
Office by virtue of popular election.
The question was raised as to wheth-
er the Convention had the right to set
tie an electoral dispute. Senor San
gully maintained that this function
belonged to the military government.
The Convention did not vote on this
matter.
There was also some discussion re-
garding the freedom of Presidential
electors to vote for whom they choose.
Senor Sanguilly maintained tnat 1t
would be better to elect the President
by the direct vote of the people than to
have the electors bound to vote for a
special candidate. He favored a change
in the Constitution in this respect.
AS result OF the discussion of the
question of the qualifications of Gov
ernor Representative, provincial Leg
islator or Presidential elector, the
Convention decided the candidate
must be either of Cuban birth or nat
uralized, with residence of eight
wears in Cuba after the naturalization.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07
Mr.. Lever Also Resigns.

In the Lexington Dispatch of this
week Mr.. A. F. Lever announces his
candidacy for congress in the seventh
district, and in doing so takes occa-
sion to resign his seat as member CT
the house of representatives from his
county. Thus far Mr.. Brantley is the
only candidate who has qualified with
the State executive committee and Mr..
Lever and Mr.. Brantley are the only
two of the office holding candidates
who have resigned their positions.
There are two other avowed candi-
dates who are holding public office,
but it is not known whether they Will
resign before the race opens or not.
II they do not they have good prece-
dent for not doing so.-State, Aug. ..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07
Columbus O.. Aug. 2.-Cresceus,

Columbus, O.. Aug. 2.-Cresceus,
champion of the trotting turf, added
more laurels to his fame today by trot-
ting mile in 20214, reducing by a
half second his week-old record OF
2.O234, made at Cleveland last Friday.
The first half was trotted in 59a4, the
first time that distance has been cover
ed in less than one minute by a trotter.
The time by quarters was 2934. 59"4,
!. .3O1l and 3. .0214. Only stiff wind
blowing directly up the track kept
Cresceus from stepping faster than
POP.
London, Aug. 1.-The house of
Lords today unanimously voted the
grant of s100, 900 for Lord Roberts re-
commended by King Edward. as a
token of the nations appreciation OF
the field marshaI's services IN South
Africa.
Trenton, n, j. Aug. The South
ern Cotton Oil company today filed
papers increasing its capital stock
from $500, 600 to s1l, 900, 600. The pa
pers were signed by Samuel I: Morgan
president and Allan II. Harris, secre-
tary.
Orleans, Ind, Aug. 1.-Heise &
Sons Touring mill at Saltillo, nine
miles east of here, burned during the
night. Several days ago the proprie-
tors of the mill found a note inform
ing them that unless they put GER
tain sum of money in sack and left it
at a given point their mill would be
burned. A sack filled with buggy
washers was deposited, and men lay in
wait several hours, but no person ap:
preached the sack. 1t disappeared
shortly, however. and the mill was
burned to the ground during the night.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07


An old colored preacher in the rural
districts accounted for the lightning
in this way:
Ever time Satan looks down en-
sees de Lawd's work gwine on, fire
flashes f'om his eyes. OATS de light
ming. En- wen he fail ter hit a
church widlit, he lays back en- hollers.
OATS de thunder.
But parson,' said an old deacon,
.wha' is Satan in de winter time? We
DON'T have no lightnin' den?
The preacher studied minute and
said:
''Well. hit may be, Br'er Williams,
dat hell's froze over den atlanta
Constitution.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-07

New York, July 31.-The Ever Evening 5a
Post says that the extra dlvldena a4 e oei :,
clared p recently by the First National
bank before taking over the Na6lonal a6n
Bsnk @ of the Republic, was l.90o 3a0 pc per
cent. on the capital stock Of o soDIovo: : w.
enough @ to enable the stockholders $50 TO
80 for their share of the new STOCK
fo be issued on the increase OF the
Sank,s capital to SO, 000,O GOO wlthoos
%hesoutlay of other cash.
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1851. 1901.
Furman University.
Greenville, S. c.
A. P. Montague, P. H. D., L. L. D.,
President.

Two courses are offered leading to
the degrees of Bachelor of Arts (B. Al
and Master of Arts NJ. 4. Library
and Reading Room. Physical and
Chemical Laboratories, Judson,
Alumni Hall, containing Auditorium,
Society Halls and Lecture Room, just
completed and furnished at a cost OF
twenty thousand dollars. Dormitories
on campus. New Forty Room Dormitory
ready by September l. Expenses re-
duced to minimum by the Mess sys-
tenn. Next session begins September
25. Catalogue and circulars OF informa-
tion on request. Address
DIR. A. P. MONTAGUE,
Greenville, S. G.
For rooms apply to
PROF. H. T. COOK,
Greenville, S. c.
July 81
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somuia. Fits, Dlzziuess, H,steria, Nervous
DEBILITY, Los, Vitali,,, Sen ipsl Losses, Faii-
ing Memory the result Of orer-work, SICK.
ness. errors of youth or over.iodulgeoce.
Price ST.; to1-s S. By nail in plein
package to an, address on receipt of price
So d only by Dr. W DeLorme.
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Life and
Fire Insurance.

Call on me, at my residence. Liberty
Street, for both Life and Fire lusu
rance. Only reliable Companies rep
resented Phone No l3O.
Anldrenna Noses
Oct25-o.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-10-25
WILL RUSH FOR THE LAND.

When Portion of Rosebud Agency Il
Thrown Open for settlement.
Muchinterest is felt at Yankton in the
news from Chamberlain, tina the sig
natures have been obtained from the
Indians for the opening of a portion of
the Rosebud agency. 1t is believed that
when the lands are opened there will
be as great a rush as was the case re-
Gently in Oklahoma when there were
1877 900 applicants for some thirteen thou
sand homesteads. The land is as good
as is to be found anywhere in the
state. 1t is we'll watered by numerous
stream and is an ideal grazing or agri-
cultural district.
There are 420. 900 acres Of the Rose
bud reservation included in Gregory
county and Indian Inspector James TT
Mclaughlin has succeeded in perfect
ing a treaty with the Indians by which
this whole tract will revert back to tho
government.
The Indians win receive $3.50 per
acre for the land, the amount to be
paid to them in five annual payments
of $500 0 each; and the government
will put $3.50. 900 into young breeding
stock and make improvements on tho
reservations such as putting dams III.
to streams that need them, ETC., to the
amount Of $1,000. This will leave
that particular tribe of Sioux in pretty
good shape as they will have plenty of
land left, for the entire reservation con-
tains about 5000, 900 acres.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-10-25
BANKS SHOW GOOD TINES.
in Deposits In Banks "a
south Dn Since 1917.

South Dr. since 1870.
George A. Silsby, national bank ex-
aminer for South Dakota, makes the
following statement concerning Soulh
Dakota banks:
The record in banking for the past four
years in South Dakota, tells somelhihs
of the marvellous prosperity that mas
| come to our people, and evidences INC
substantial basis on which our lndus-
trial enterprises are founded.
In October, 1897, it is presumed tnat
deposits in banks had again pecoi"e
normal, after the depressing perloo
from 1898 to 1896, and a comparison
of deposits for the twenty-five natlon-
al banks doing business in this state
Oct. 1, 1897. and again Oct. /, l9ol'
makes a splendid showing, and no
doubt a similar report from the near.
ly two hundred state. private n new
national banks in the state. Wouiu
show the same general increase.
Oct. /, 1901, deposits OF %
National banks ......... $S,llS'2n 90
Oct. /, 1897, deposits of same
banks 4'f''''- -
Increase for the -four years
named S3,oz4,oo IL
Average gain for each of the
twenty-five banks .......S l4i.'oz 70
Thus we see that the twenty-five ma
tional banks in the state. in a bfleI Pc
Rod of -four years have nearly doubled
their deposits. making an increase OF
owe 81 per cent.
A little over a year e the total de-
post of all the banks in the state was
about $13, 600, 900. Applying the same
ratio of increase to all the banks, that
has obtained with the national banks,
and the deposit in the state would reach
the magnificent sum of 100000 0 at
this time, a record of which we may
well be proud.
AS a wealth producing state, South
Dakota has headed the list for the last
several years, and the splendid In
crease in savings indicates the thrifty
condition of our people; and at no time
lin it's history have the general condi-
tons been so favorable as the present.
With a thorough knowledge OF its
capabilities-gained sometimes by very
severe experiences-the future of South
Dakota is well assured; and the rapid
influx of new settlers, most of whom
are forehanded and practical farmers.
gives assurance Of increased produc-
~tiveAess and added wealth.
The Sunshine State" is enjoying
genuine prosperity, and is destined to
be one of the richest and most pros
porous in the sisterhood of states.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-10-25
LIME X GOLD.
Splendid New Cyariding Proposition
in the Hills.

SlbACuu1u Nc"
in the Hills.
Another rich strike of lime ore has
been made not far west of Ragged Top,
near Deadwood, and is developing INTO
one of the best propositions in thai
lively district. The ore is in a fiat shoot
something like twenty feet thick and of
unknown length and width. 1t is like
a great blanket spread over the sur
face. The essay values run from So to
$14 a ton gold and the tests that have
been made show it to be an excellent
cyani ling proposition. The discovery
shows that this lime formation, which
is attracting so much attention among
Colorado meT, is more extensive than
at first thought. The new strike is three
miles west of the Spearfish company's
plant on Iron creek. Already a deal is
on for the ground in which Colorado
capital will figure.
Ragged Top will soon have a second
cyanide plant in operation, the build
ings for which are already enclosed
and the machinery being installed. w.
o. Morrison and associates. of Colorado
City, Col, associated with Edward
H~anschka, of this city, are building
the new plant.
1t is said the owners Of the Big Four
mine, four miles west of this city, II
Deadwood gulch, are contemplating the
erection of a 100-ton cyanide plant at
the mine. A vein of IS ore has been
opened up.
The old Esmeralda mine, in Black
tail gulch, is again in operation and it
will undoubtedly be made a successful
proposition. It is a cement mine, with
low grade ore, which is amalgamated
n cyanided.
The little 25-ton cyanide plant at
Central City. formerly worked by the
Dakota company, is now running on
ore from the Cornucopia mine, near
Portland,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-10-25
BLACK HILLS FRUITS.
Second Crop of Apples and Straw
herrieS md AnnleS MT Snearfsh

Second Crop Of Apples and Straw
berries and Apples at Spcarffsh.
The past season has been remarkable
for all sorts of fruits and berries. Jo-
seph Wells, who owns a large apple or
chard in the valley near Spearfish, had
two crops of apples from some of his
trees. In August a certain variety of
apples hlossomed the sc cond time and
the fruit matured before the first frost.
The fruit was not as large as the first
crop, but was as good in flavor.
Prof. F. j., Cook. president of the
state normal school. last week picked
several crates of strawberries from his
berry patch, which vas the second crop.
He picked over 5000 quarts of berries
during the season. 1t is estimated that
over 10000 quarts of berries were picked
from gardens in the vicinity Of Spear
fish.
Chris. Jensen, near Rapid City, raised
$500 gallons Of cucumbers from an acre
n a half of land. They were sold for
an average of 60 cents per gallon. He
picked ever 1000 bushels of apples from
his orchard.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-10-25
G

Representatives of seventy-six live
stock associations met and organized in
st. Louis.
A Chicago man, after a search lasting.
ten years. found his sister on a North
Dakota farm.
Executive officials of Western rail
roads killed the proposition to abolish
the pass system.
The largest reservoir in the world has
been built by the Burlington railroad
at Galesburg, Ill.
Wall street clings to the consolidation
story regarding Great Northern, Bur-
lington and Northern Pacific.
Thomas w. Lawson Of Boston states
that he lost ST. 0O, eco by the recent
break in Amalgamated Copper.
The big copper producers of Montana
have reached an agreement to curtail
production and thereby maintain prices.
Plans will be laid before the commits
~sioners of the st. Louis exposition to
exhibit a scheme for a model city at the
fair.
Three of the most important estimates
place the worl1s wheat crop Of 1901 in
excess Of that of the w preceding
years.
Henry Watterson a announced him.
self as a candidate for nomination for
governor of Kentucky on the Demo-
cratic ticket.
The New York World quotes Sir
Thomas Upton as saying, in
ton with the international yacht race
problem, that If no one else challenges
Co. A-oo~3oo,c avn no vxyi11 do CD
The formal@call has been issued, for
the tw~enty-first annual convention of
the American, Federation of Labor. to
be reid at st. Thomas college, Scran-
ton, Pa, Thursday, Dec. 5 next.
It was decided recently, at a meeting
Of the stockholders of the Seventh Ma
tional Bank Of New York. to resume
business about Nov. 1, and to continue
the name of the corporation as the e
enth National Bank.
The board Of control Of the American
Red Cross society has been notified that
the International Red Cross society will
meet in ST. Petersburg in May. 1902, and
has accepted an invitation to send dele
gates from the American association.
Maurice Hulin, president of the Pan.
UIJId SdIiot lNS oS
New York from Paris. He is on his
way to Washington on matters con-
nected with the company, but declined
to make any statements for spublica-
ton.
Yale university has awarded to a Bos-
ton firm the contract for a large organ.
to be placed in the new auditorium by
funds furnished by the Newberry FAM
lily Of Detroit. The new organ, which,
It is believed, will be the finest in Amer
lea, will have between $500 and 5000
pipes.
The Storr's course of lectures In the
Yale law school has been opened by E.
Hatoyama, the distinguished japanese
lawyer and former legislator, whose
subject was THE Civil Code of Japan"
MI. Hatoyama is in this country to at
tend the bi-centennial of Yale. and Is
to receiye the degree Of LII. ID.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-10-25
HOLY TERROR REVIEWS LIFE.
End Of Litigation Restores Activity
in the Black Hills.

End of Litigation Restores ACTIVITY
in the Black Hills.
keystone has taken OF new life since
the settlement of the famous law suit
between the Holy Terror Mining COM
pany and P. b. McCarty of Rapid City.
For the first time in over a year the
has shown real life. During
the trial very discouraging reports were
placed in circulation about h mine.
and the town became dead as the re-
suit. Only a portion of the stamps were
dropped on ore, and most of the men
were let out.
Now the announcement Is made that
the ore on the 1,100-foot level is richer
than 1T has been at any time in the his
tory of the mine. A shaft is being put
down an additional 100 feet, making the
deepest shaft in the Hills. The compa-
ny expects to start up the additional
fifteen stamps, making thirty in all,
and regular dividends will be resumed
again in a short time. The mine has
paid nearly 5000. 900 in dividends. be-
sides paying for the development of the
property There are a number of other
g~ood-paying mines N hat district, that
will now come to the front as producers.
A Milwaukee company IS erecting a
forty-stamp mill near town, which will
be completed very soon. The Keystone
district is located on the southern end
Of the Homestake ore belt.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-10-25
RAILROAD
harrington Completes widening AZ
Narrow Gauge.

NNIho
The burlington Railway company has
ooun1ated it's standard guage ROAD from
E~ngIavcod into Lead. The company
n,,rcba sed. on Aug. Is, the Black Hills
e. Fort Pierre road, and went to work
,madia1ely widening h o a by put
tinp in a third rail. The distance IS
ahc,,t seven miles, and standard gauge
trains will now go directly INTO Leau
storpinc at the Old station or the biach
11;lls e. Fort Pierre road. The addltlon
of the third rail to the narrow gauge
=, will mean a great saving to Lead
noonla in MANY respects. For instance,
heretofore coal in Lead mas peeh % per
TON higher thar in Deadwood, on &C
count OF it's having to be transferred
from standard to narroW-gauge cars.
Reductions will also be made IN all oln-
classes of freight.
force of 500 men will be at work
within a few DAVIS on the grade OF the
Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri valley
Railway company's grade from Gay
vile to Lead. The road is to De pulll
over the mountains, and the
expects have it completed by n MD
die of January. This route will be very
picturesque.
1t is said the Burlington company mas
ordered new rolling stock for the Dead
wood Central (narrcW-gauge) ROAD, pe-
tween Lead and Deadwood. n 1t is
planned by the company to replace the
steam power by an electric trolley ana
run trains oftener 1t is believed that
the Elkhorn company will meet TINS
by putting a third rail on the
new road from Lead to Deadwood, ana
that trolley cars will be run via Cen"
trail CitV
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-10-25

One can accomplish much In forty
years, remarked Professor Haeckel, the
scientist, In whose library at Jena IL
a good-sized case filed with his own
works. His vocation has demanded
the labor which most men would deem
q full measure OF toll, while his avo-
cations have revealed q capacity for
work Of q remarkable character. It is
said that he has a collection Of more
than two thousand OF his own paint
ings. mostly water coiors, besides thou
sands OF other sketches in ink, ccayon
and pencil. Dividing men into pro-
ducers and non-producers. 1t is not diff
ficult to say to which class Haeckel
belongs.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-10-25

Mrs. Cora Dibert, a woman Of AL
toona, Pa, escaped death by one inch
Of water the other day. She vas
pumping water when the platform on
which she was standing collapsed and
she dropped to the bottom of the well.
She was just able to keep her head
above water by standing on her tip
toes. When unable to stand longer
she covered her mouth and nose with
one hand and went under for as long
as she could hold her breath. Her oc-
casional shouts were finally heard and
she was rescued just in the nick OF
time. She says that n more dip un-
der the water would have been her
last.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-10-25
Resume 81 the neW$.
Accidental happenings


A Chicago man, while at dinner, was
choked to death by a piece of meat.
An immense reservoir at East Liver
pool. Ohio, burst and caused great dam
damage.
Fire in the auction house of John "A.
Horner & Co, Baltimore, caused a loss
of $4,000, fully covered by
In a head-end collision between a
lemon train and a work train on the
Colgrove branch of the Santa Monica
electric railway, near Los Angeles, Cal,
four men we're instantly killed sew
en- injured, FOUR seriously.
The most destructive fire in the his
tory Of Los Gatos, Cal, occurred re-
Gently. The entire business section OF
the town was wiped out. The area COW
cred by the fire is estimated at about
four acres. Property yariously estimat-
ed in value from 500, 900 to $50, 600 was
destroyed.
A forest fire is raging near Pacific
Grove and Monterey. Cal. The damage
already done is estimated at 500, 600.
Many thousands of acres of brush and
timber have been burned over Two
messengers a arrived from Pacific
Grove with an urgent request for as
sistance.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-10-25
Foreign.


The notorious Italian brigand, Mus
solino, has been captured.
Fatal bread riots occurred recently at
several points in Eastern Russia.
Revolutionary disorders occurred re-
Gently at several points in Spain.
Gen. Castro, president Of Venezuela,
says h desires peace with Colombia.
A syndicate at Belfast a been
formed to challenge for Americas cup.
Princess Radziwill, a society belle,
drags Cecil Rhodes into court in Cape
Town.
The immigration from Southern Eu-
rope is increasing. Few of the immi-
grants are able to read or write.
Maj. Brfaganda, who personally SUI
perintended the slaughter OF over 100
Spanish prisoners. has been sentenced
to be hanged at Manila.
The Chinese court arrived at Tung-
Kuan last Friday. and will remain for
several days. in order to recuperate
from the fatigue due to travelling over
the execrable roads.
Advices received in Madrid from Rio
NUM-, a Spanish possession on the ives.
coast of Africa, say that cannibals, who
recently captured seven, Spanish mar
ines, have eaten the prisoners.
Famine riots have broken out in the
government of S~aratoff, and serious
conflicts have taken place between the
Russian Peasants and the troops.
Many persons were wounded during the
fighting,
Mr.. James Ross, the wealthy Canadi-
an, who was reported at Halifax, N. g..
to be negotiating for a challenge Of The
Americas cup. personally denies that
there is any truth in the story SO far as
he Is concerned.
A new advance in wireless biography
is reported in London. The Daily Tsle-
graph says that Marconi has succeeded
in transmitting messages through the
air for nearly $50 miles. which is far
greater than the maximum distance
hitherto reported.
1--WE understand" says the London
Daily Chronicle, that, owing to fric-
ton with the ministry, the earl of Mimic
Is not likely to complete his term as
governor-general OF Canada. II he re-
signs. the appointment will be offered
to Baron de Blaquiere."
There are now so9 lepers and 1854 clean
persons at the Molokai leper settle
ments in Hawaii. according to a report
Just received from Chief Quarantine
or Ger Cofer, IN charge of the marine
hospital work in Hawaii. All these are
housed. fed, clothed and governed for
$50, 600 o. year.
There has been q marked revival OF
the u~nfavorable reports regarding King
Edwards condition, but 1t is irresponsi-
BILE gossip, based on hearsay evidence.
for the coronation are In
and the king is taking a direct
and hearty interest in every detail.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-10-25

Frederick Ring. awaiting trial fol
highway robbery, attempted to roast
himself to. death by setting fire to hil
bed in the Essex County Gaol Of New
Jersey. He is now In the gaol hos
pital under close guard. The prisoner,
who 10 known as a desperate, had re-
ceived q visit from his mother. Dur.
ing the interview he had wept bitterly.
After she had gone Ring wrote q long
letter Of confession. This IA found
by the warden when he searched
Rings cell. In the letter Ring con.
fessed to having committed q murder
in South Jersey about two years ago.
Since then, he declared, the fear Of ar.
rest and hanging made his life . tor.
ment