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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-05-22
A SOUTHERN POET.

The following are the comments: OF
The OutlooS. magazine edited by
DR.. LYMAN Abbott of New York, upon
the recent 2nveiling of the TlnarOd
memorial In Charleston:
The unveEling of statue of Henry
Timrod in his native city, Charleston,
on Wednesday of last week, was a
tardy recognition of one of the truest
lyric poets that has yet appeared IN
this coantzy. In certain respects
TimroG was the most Characteristic Of
the Southern poets: done whose ideals
temperament, imagination, and char
acter were representative of the best
and most distinctive qualities of
Southern life. Timrod's voice was
the fist from the Far South TO sound
a new note in our poetry. He was
born IN one of the most interesting
and distinctive of Southern cities,
in community which posses
ed the keenest sense of local solidarity.
In the air of Charleston, In the first
quarter of the century, the moral fer
vor of the Huguenot-the Southern
Puritan-had passed into passion
of loyalty to the tradition and lnherl-
tance of a community touched from
the beginning with the grace and
light OF idealism in faith and man
ners. There was in the Charleston OF
that time an old fashioned culture OF
very genuine quality: culture
which held the best traditions of the
earlier classical education and of the
eighteenth century English writer's: a
culture which vas manifested, not IN
breadth of thought and keen intellec.
tual curiosity, but in refinement and
delicacy of mind, in cultivated tastes,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-05-22

Before foreigner can become cit
izen of the United Kingdom he must
have resided in Britain or have been
in the service of the crown for five
wears. Having this qualification and
having also the intention of residing
permanently in the United Kingdom,
or serving under the crown. he may
apply to the home secretary for natu-
rafization.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-05-22
WITH THE LORDS HELP.

In his story. The Southern
Mountaineer, in Scribner's, John
Fox, Jr., tells this tale
4 feud leader, who had about ex-
terminated the opposing faction and
had made good fortune for noun
taineer while doing it, for he kept his
men busy getting out timber when
they weren't fighting, said to me, IN
ell seriousness
u have triumphed agin' my enemies
time and time agin. The Lords on
my side and / gifts better and better
Christian ever year. .
A preacher, riding down ravine,
came upon an old mountaineer hiding
in the bushes with his rifle.
What are you doing there, my
friend 90
ride on, stranger, was the easy
answer. Pm awaiting fer Jim John
son, and with thej help of the Lawd
I'm going to blow his damn head of. y
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-05-22

The position of Senator McLaurin
Of South Carolina is causing no end
of disturbance in the South, and
Southern papers of the better class
are nearly all with him in his new po-
litical departure. The movement
which has started against bourbonlsm
in the South will make republican
voters in that region. 1t will cause
a break in the ranks of the democracy.
The boilers will come over to the re-
publican side. They will be reinforc-
ed in 1904 by thousands who are saying
nothing now.-Ohio State journal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-05-22

state. water This is ali to be
made into solid paying investments
by dual pressure squeezing out ev-
cry possible employee and squeezing
into the trust treasures, through
heavy costs and tolls of carriage, every
dollar that the general public can be
made TO pay. The control of trans
continental railway transportation and
the unifcation Of steam frelghts and
passage on the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans, all moved in unison by SIN
gle bell in New York, creates suspl-
.cion that canal at the lsthmus Will
harTg; be thought then necessary:
The SQ:th, which must largely depend
nnoa tie opening of a canal there 1or
i+s future growth, is, suppose. TO re-
main = =, in its past condition OF . hewers
~ wood and drawers of water 1or tnls
combination of new wealth creators.
10 dacoy or distract the white peo-
40 of South Carolina, whose only
future safety is in unlon-So enoessoa lsssooa
TO divide or mislead the party @nose e
conmission he still holds ana whose nos
bonors he has enjoyed-Senator VIC
Iaurin. after voting on party ques-
fions. against his party IN Congress
- ss;d fo be entrusted with the Feo-
eral patronage in South Carohna tc
create whiteRepubican party IN our
OF course, there are always the ne; ne3,
oose;tons and unscrupulous who vii
tsSe Office; that's human record ane
has been so since the world began ane 1
L .1o- p,+ IN view of the serious
noTtents ~ IT. now in full view l have :
confident belief that while money car
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-05-22

buv mines and steel plants, railroads
and ocean steamships, and while 1T IS
unfortunately true that power with
money is an intoxicant, neither can
or will buy or deceive fee and self-re-
specting people.-News and Curier.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-03
Several Others Are Not Ex-
pected to Live.

Keyser, W. Va. Dec. 29.-One of the
most disastrous accidents in the his
tory of railroad building in this sec
ton happened at Baker camp, near
Durbin, Pocahontas county. on the
line of the Coal g. Iron railroad now
building out from Elkins. AS the re-
suit of dynamite explosion six men
are dead and several others are not
expected to live. 1he accident hap
pened while the men were at dinner.
Some dynamite had beer placed
about the stove to thaw out, and
shortly after a terrific explosion
wrecked the camp, killed three men
outright and injured eight others.
three of whom have since died. The
dead men were blown into atoms.
Physicians hurried from Green Bank
and worked all night with the wound
ed, some of whom begged the doc
tors to shoot them instead of help
ing them to live to be blinded or
MANNED for life. On account of indi-
rect connections with the camp it is
impossible to secure the complete de-
tails.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-03
ROBBlNG The DEAD.
The ColnIubus Norgue Offtccrs Are
Charged win the Crime By
the Coroner.

Columbus, O., Dec. 3l.--Bccause a
corpse had to he left on the steps
outside of the morgue all night, w.
II. Baker, superintendent of the
Inurguc. was suspended The charges
were preferred by Coroner l'irming-
ham. who says he took a corpse to
the morguc one night, found it
locked up and no one around. The
corpse was left outside the building
until morning.
Columbus, o.. Dec. 3l.--Coroner Bir-
miugham has made further charges
against the suspended officers of the
morguc. Superintendent Baker and
his assistant, Milton Dolgru. The
coroner charges that there las been
systematic robbery of the dead. lie
cites the sase of the mysterious sui
eide. who came here supposedly from
Pittsburgh, with the deliberate intcn-
ton of taking her life, without dis
closing her identity. The woman,
known only as "the Chittcnden sui
eide" was taken to the morgue. All
her clothes, which were costly, were
stolen from the morgue.
The coroner charges also that the
morguc has become place of assig-
nation; that expensive ice machinery
has been ruined by neglect, and that
bodies taken there had to be left
on the steps all night because the at
tcndants had locked the building up
and left it.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-03
MANY DEFENDANTS.
billions Sued For By Nine Heirs OF
the Leonard Case Estate at
Cleveland.

Cleveland. o., Dec. 31.-A suit in
volving the ownership of many nit
lions of dollars worth of property i'll
this city and for $l,500,000 damages
for being excluded from the rents and
profits of the same was commenced
Saturday by claimants of the estate
of Leonard Case, who died in 1850.
The defendants in the suit are about
500 in number, being the persons who
now have title to and possession of
the property formerly belonging to
Leonard Case, and to whom it has
been sold by his heirs.
The plaintiffs, nine in number, al
leSc that they are the rightful heirs
to the property.
The basis of the claims is that cou-
sins can not become heirs to prop
erty against sister, the Case estate
having largely been left to cousins
OF the deceased millionaire.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-03
TRAINING SH!P OST
The TsukishimH Maru Sinks During
n Tynncc- --N-c Hv-S~cN 3NS
T,yvnt. .-CHc Li,c% Last.

Victoria. i. G.. Dcc -.
steamer Rio Jun Maru brings
that Inc Japanese training snip L."
<ishima Maru has been lost "ith a
hands. numbering 12l. near Namad,:n
Japan. She was long missing, and
the war ship Midsasha was sent 10
search for her. without avail 1t wa.
not until wreckage from her. to-
gether with the body of Capt. Mat
sumoto. her commander, was washed
ashore, that the mystery of her dis
appearance was cleared up.
She foundered during terrible
storm at the end of November in
Sunuaz bay, sinking after striking
Sumniwa rocks. Not one of her com
rany escaped.
The steamer Lushima Maru was
lost on December s by striking Il
rock in Alaska bay. A man was saved
by passing steamer, but the others
we're lost.
From Osaka comes news that the
bark Katok,gawa Maru was lost of
Tosa province with all on board on
December 0.
The bark Kami.ja Maru was lost
on December 4. The crew of 16 were
picked up after being in the boats
several days without food.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-03
DUPLEX TEL PHONIN ).
4 system by which Two Persons
Can Converse simultaneously
Over the Same Wire.

Chicago. Dee. 2S.-A prac; ical sys-
EN- of dupleXing telephone wires, by
Which. using an auxiliary telephone.
conversations with two pei sons may
,e held simultaneously CT the same
wire. has been adopted by the Chi
ago Telephone Co.. and instruments
or it's operation will be Put in inn
Hcdiately at many of the big stores
nd in offices where the use of the
clcphonc is heavy. The auxiliary
telephones will. as rule, be used for
Incoming messages. but they are so
lrranged that the calls may be made
It the same time that the main tg!"-
)hone is in use. Superintendent
iibhard said Thursday that the pia"
lad been thoroughly tested and
,roved success. BY its use II heavy
aving III the running of wires will
oe made, besides more than doubling
he capacity of the telephone service
~ firms using it heavily.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-03
cuDAHY THREATENED.
He Receives n Letter Warning Him
to Withdraw the Reward for
the KidnRpcrs.

Omaha, dec. 81 "A threatening let
ter receive by Mr.. Cudahy, the day
after he offered reward of $4,000
for the arrest and conviction of the
men who kidnapped his son. was given
ont Sunday. The reward was offered
December n. On the morning of De-
cember %. the postman delivered the
menacing letter. which was handed
to Mrs. Cudahy. The letter was ad
dressed: "E. u. Cudahy. SIS south
a7th street, Omaha The address, as
well as the letter, is printed in lead
pencil. The letter is written on com
mon note paper, ruled with blue ink,
which is scarcely traceable. The en-
velope is known as No. 6 size. being
oblong, and quite small. The stamp
is in the right hand upper corner and
is reversed
The postmark shows that the let
ter was mailed at the post office at
s n. m. Saturday. Dece mber %. show
ing clearly that one of the gang of
abductors was in the post Office on
that date if the letter had the same
origin as the letter demanding ran
som. That the origin was the same
was attested by Gen. John E. GOWN.
who saw both missive3. The letter
reads:
"Cudahy-If you value the Boys
life at the Price of A Bullet you will
withdraw the Reward AT once. And
lei well \uuu"h alone. II iu Don't
do this we will finish the Job with n
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-03
Chinese Plenipotentiaries Have
Been Instructed to Sign Pre-
liminary Joint Note.
FOREIGN ENJOYS NOTIFIED OF THE FACT
The Eml erOr's Instructions Are to
Agree Fully. But to Get the
Best Possible Terms.
The Powers Will he Requested Not
"a Destroy the Chinese Forts,
Hut Merely to Disnrm
Tbcm-Earl Lii Ill.

rckin, Dec. 31.-The Chinese pleni-
potentiaries have been unexpectedly
ordered to sign the preliminary joint
note. and have notified the foreign
ENJOYS to that effect.
The Chinese themselves were great
ly astonished at receiving the impe-
rial instructions. Neither Lii Hung
Chang nor Prince Ching had expected
success in persuading the court under
ten days.
The emperor's instructions are to
agree fully to the note, but to en-
deavor to get the best terms possible,
particularly in the matter of limiting
The number of the legation guards,
ANA also as to the places where these
are to be located.
The plenipotcntiaries are instruct
ID 10 endeavor to limit the number
of army posts along the line of to
us few as possible. and finally to re-
quest the powers not to destroy the
forts now standing, but merely to
disarm them.
Ii Hung Chang's health is bad, and
to do more than afiix his signature
to an instrument delegating his pow
ers to Prince Ching until another
plenipotentiary has been appointed.
He was dressed this morning and
carried in chair to the residence of
Prince Ching, with whom he held
long consultation.
Prince Ching then called upon the
doyen of the diplomatic corps and
he Spanish minister, Senor De Col
1gan. and requested him to notify
he other ENJOYS that instructions
had been received from the emperor
to sign the note.
Paris, Dec. 3l.--prince Ching and
Ii Hung Chang, according to another
dispatch to the Havas agency, say
that emperor Kwang Su has ex-
pressed desire that the court
should return to Peking at the end
of February.
Paris, Dec 31.-The Havas agency
has received the following dispatch
Hung Chang have communicated to
the foreign ENJOYS an imperial edict
in which the emperor declares that
China accepts the joint note and au-
thorizes Prince Ching and Iii Hung
Chang to negotiate and to ask for q
suspension of hostilities."
St. Petersburg, Dec. 31.--There
have been no negotiations regarding
the arbitration of the Chinese indem-
mites between the United States and
Russia, which first proposed arbitra-
ton, and the raising of this question,
press correspondent understands,
will not be regarded as timely until
negotiations in Pekin have proceeded
further. 1t is believed, however, that
Russia is still inclined to support the
arbitration proposition
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-03
THE COLOMBIAN WAR.
Leader of the Invading Troops De-
feated at COraze1, In the
Province of Bolivar.

Washington, Dec. 2S.-.Unitcd States
Charge Beaupre, at Bogota. has ca
bled the state department that he
has been infor med by the Colombian
government that the invading troops
were ovcrtakcn by the government
forces at Rosario; also that their
leader. Gen. Uribide, was defeated at
Corazcl. in the province of Bolivar.
He was rctreating with Il few remain
ing followers through the depart
ment of Magdalena toward the Ven
czurlan line. The war is said to be
progressing favorably for the Co.
lombian government.
Caracas. Venezuela. Dec 31.-Gen.
Tribe. the chief of the Colombian rev.
OlutIon. who was recently defeated
at toraze, in the province of Bolivar,
has arri, ed at Maracaibo. This is re.
Eardcd as a deathblow to the revo.
lutiouary movement.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-03
SCOUTING IN LUzoN.
Many Insurgents Were Captured-
The Americans Sustained No
Casualties.

Manila, Dec. 31.-Sunday brought
many reports of captures of insur-
gents as the result of scouting
throughout Luzon. The Americans
in this work sustained no casualties.
A detachment of the Fourth regi-
ment captured 60 in the province of
Cavite.
Gen. Wheaton reports having cap
tured and burned Gregorio's camp
in the peninsular near San Antonio.
Gen. Funston reports that five in
surgents were killed and several cap
tured near Gaysan.
Gen. Smith wires that the proclaim
alton of the governor general has
had good results in his district.
Near Moriones Saturday dozen
insurgents were killed and eight
wounded.
Gen. Grant trlegraphs that he has
detachments covering the lower por-
ticn of Mt. Aryat in the hope of
catching Ale ejanadrio. He says that
last Friday detachment of the First
infantry raidcd the camp of the in
surgent leader and secured some of
his papers.
Near Aliaja Sunday Capt. Mendoza,
with 30 men of Sandico's command
surrendered.
Detachnents of the Eleventh and
Ninth cavalres killed 12 insurgents
and destroyed several camps in the
Camarines district.
The Philippines commission has ad-
ded to the pending school bill IL pro
vision for the employment of Coo
American teachers at salaries rang
ing from S75 to 500 per month
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-03
BRITISH DISASTER.
Gen. Lytleton Reports the Cap
ture of the Post at Hell
vetia by the Beers.
About Fifty English We're Killed and
Wounded and Two Hundred
Prisoners Taken.
Recent Advices From Lord Kitcb-
encr shows That No Progress Is
Reing Mnde Against the
BOer Invaders.

London. Dec. 31.-The was Office
mas received the following dispatch
from Lord Kitchener.
'prCtoria. Dec. 30.-Gcn. Lytleton
reports that our post at Helvetia was
captured yesterday morning by the
Bocrs. About 80 were killed and
wounded and 200 taken prisoners.
"Col. Kitchener reports that he is
following with a small force in the
track of the enemy. Helvetia being re-
occupied by Reeves, who has been re-
inforced from Belfast.
"Helvetia was very strong posi-
ton on the Machadodorp-Lydenburg
railway and was held by a detach-
1nent of the Liverpool regiment. Am
asking for further information"
While Lord Kitchener sends bad
news for England on the closing day
OF the year. the press continues to
take a surprisingly hopeful view of ii
grave situation and of revelations of
an enormously wide field of Boer ac-
tivitv Gen. De Wet is still at large.
Kimberley is isolated. The Beers are
III force enough to have captured Il
strong position at Ilelvetia, in the
1yclenhurg district, while, Judging
from Lord Kitchcncr's very recent
advircs. no progress is being made
against the Boer invaders in Cape Col
pnN.
according to further tclcgramS re-
rciycd Saturday Ierust is practically
beSciged but has provisions sufficient
for five months. The garrison at OF
toshoop has been withdrawn to LEIGH
tenburg.
70 emphasize Lord kitchcncr's CO.
vert admission that no progress is
being made against the invasion of
Cape Colony a correspondent at Bur-
phersdorp, wiring Saturday reports
ms follows: Two fresh commanders
are entering the colony. On" has al
ready crossed near knaapdaar, and
the arrival of another is momentarily
expected in the Steynsburg district
The Beers are said to have two or
three horses each, though in bad con-
elition. They have no guns or trans
port, but are well supplied with Lee
Metford rifles and ammunition. Cap
tured Beers say that the intention Of
these commanders is to roam about
and wait until Gen. De Wet appears
upon the scene"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-03
DISORO1 R..Y PLACES
Keepers of Fourteen "Dives" and
Gambling Houses Indicted by
Chicago Grand Jury.

Chicago, Dec. 29.-Keepers of IA
"dives" and gambling houses were
indicted by the grand jury as the
result of the inquiry into crime and
vice in Chicago. The work will be
continued. OF the IA indictments
four were against alleged keepers
of gambling houses and ten against
proprictors of easements and other
resorts on the charge of conducting
disorderly places. One state senator
and David Lewinsohm. ex-city de-
tective, were among those hit by this
first batch of indictments.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-03
PROTECTIVE TARIFF.
The German ReichstaE viii Pass n
Dill to Protect Agrarian and
Commercial Interests.

Washington. Dec. 2S.--The vast in
!ustrial forces of Germany are or
ganizing for tremendous struggle
with the agrarian and commercial in
terests. according to a report to the
state department from United States
'onsul Schumann at Mainz. He says
that the manufacturing interests of
Germany surely will demand the pas
sage of a protective tariff during the
present session of the reichstag
Three of the strongest industrial So
cieties of Germany recently con-
vened to organize national indus
trial council. The imperial govern
ment apparently was in sympathy
with the movement, and, while the
efforts so far have failed, they are
not to he abandoned
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-03
CROP REPORT.
An Estimated Yield of Whent In the
United states i'm 1900 of 522,-
22O,5O5 Bushels.

Washington. Dec. 2s.--The statisti-
clan of the department of agriculture
estimates the United States wheat
crop of 1900 at 522 2,229,5 sos bushels,
the area actually harvested being
i2,495,3S5 acres, and the average
yield per acre 1929 bushels. The
production of winter wheat is esti-
mated at 35O,O25,4O9 bushels, and
that of spring wheat is estimated at
172,204, ,096 bushels. the area actually
harvested being 26,235,S07 acres in
the former case and l6,259,4SS acres
in the latter. The winter wheat
acreage totally abandoned in Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana and Illinois is final
ly placed at 3,522.7S7 acres, and the
spring wheat acreage totally aban-
doned in North Dakota and South
Dakota at l,793,46 acres.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-03

Lord Roberts arrived at Gibraltar.
Vester Guffin, colored. who killed
Georgia King, was hanged at Dam
Vile, Va.
Lieut.. Col. Sproggs and Capt.
Guest, of the Yeomanry, in South At
rica, have resigned.
The empress dowager secretly ap-
pointed new emperor, with the title
of Tung Hsu. He is 15-year-old
boy.
The japanese training ship Tsu
Kishima went to the bottom and
all hands, numbering 121 souls, were
lost.
VIM. H. Smythe, who was mystic
riously shot at indianapolis, is much
improved and it is thought he will
recover.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-03
Furious Blizzard in Nebraska.

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 31.-A furious
blizzard began in the eastern part of
Nebraska at s o'clock Sunday morn
ing, continuing throughout the day,
and Sunday night extended over the
state and as far west as Cheyenne
In this city the street car traffic is
badly blocked. There is high wind
and heavy snow, which cleared the
streets of pedestrians at an early
hour. Several signs were blown
down, but so far as known no person
has been injured.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-03
Declined the Call.

Cleveland, o., Dec. 31.-Rev. DR.. w.
W. Weeks, of Toronto, Ont, has de-
clncd call to the Euclid Avenue
Baptist church in this city. This is
the church of which John ID. Rookie
feller is a leading member. 1t has
been without pastor since last sum-
mer. 1t was announced Sunday that
John d. Rockefeller ir., had been
granted a letter of withdrawal from
this church to the Fifth Avenue Bap-
tist church in New York
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-03
TRADE WITH DENMARK.
Imports From the United States
Have TrebIcd Since 1896 and Now
Exceed S2O.OOv.OOO.

Copenhagen. Dec. 3l.--Denmark's
trade with the United States is grow.
i'm rapidly showing record figures
for 1900. Imports from til. United
States have trebled since 1896, and
now exceed S2O,OOO,O0O. The increas
i'm commerce between the 'wo coun.
tries is inducing many Danish Ameri-
cans to return to Copenhagen to rep
resent American houses, and this is
doing much to introduce American
goods. As II natural result new ships
have been ordered for the American
trade.