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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-09-24

The labor troubles in the coal fields
have not yet ended and the end is
very far from being in sight. Their
continuance is giving the leaders of
the G. o. p. much concern and consid-
cradle anxiety. They are fretting over
the grave situation like hen mo-
ther over her wet ducklings and are
straining every nerve and exhausting
every resource to force the coal oper-
ators to yield and make terms favor
able to the striking miners. So alarm
ing is the situation that President
Roosevelt has spent portion of his
summer vacation making political
speeches in those sections of the
country where the demand seemed
more urgent.
There will be a general meeting of
the county trustee stockholders Of
the Farmers Alliance Exchange of
South Carolina in the State house in
Columbia on Wednesday, October
29th. The object of this meeting is
to consider the proposition of dissolv-
ing the Exchange and other PROPOSE
tions that might come before the
meeting. County trustee stockhold
ers failing to attend this meeting
will forfeit their pay. Thus another
of the farmers institutions has fall
ed by the wayside. It, like many
other economic measures, has run it's
course, fulfilled it's mission and there
is now neither present nor future de-
mand for it, so it passes into history
as one of the has beens.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-09-24
Beware Of the Knife.

No profession has advanced more
rapidly of late than surgery, but it
should not be used except where
absolutely necessary. In cases of
piles for example, it is seldom needed.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures
quickly and permanently. Unequal.
ed for cuts, burns, bruises, wounds,
skin diseases. Accept no counter
feits. Il was 80 troubled d with bleed
ing piles that I lost much blood and
strength. says J. C.. Phillips, Paris,
III. "DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
and heals. J. E. Kaufman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-09-24

There is a money famine in New
York. 20 per cent. is asked for call
loans. 1t is probable that the gov
ernment will come to the relief of
the greedy money leaders with the
Doodle to enable lem to give the
screws on the shackles of the poor
unfortunate debtors another turn.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-09-24
NOTICE.

ALL PERSONS HAVING ANY DE.
II mands against the Estate OF T. Shelton
Matthias. deceased. will present them to
the undersigned, properly attested, on or
before October 1st, 1902, and all those in-
debted to the said Estate will make pay
ment to the same by the above date.
L. S. MATTHIAS, Executor.
August Goth, 1862. 5w46,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-09-24

Ethel used to play good dealin the
school. One day she had been very
quiet. She sat up prim and behaved
herself so nicely that, after the school
was over, the teacher remarked:
"Ethel, my dear, you were very
good girl today
"Yes'm. I couldn't help being
dood. I dot stiff neck"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-09-24
The Poor Farmer.

So many improvements are being
made in labor saving machinery that
you will be hearing next of farmers
dying of nervous prostration.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-09-24
lexington SAVINGS BANK.
DEPOSITS RECEIVED SUBJECT TO
CHECK.

w. p. ROOF, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
Allen Jones, W. P. Roof, Q. II. Ehrd,
&. Hilton James e. Hendrix.
EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Deposits of 81 and upwards received AND
interest at per cent. per annum allowed,
payable April and October.
September 2l-5
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-09-24


institutions of higher learning, and
shall advocate their liberal support
by the State. lam in favor of liberal
pensions for the needy old Confede.
rate soldiers, and feel sure that the
younger generation of my fellow
South Carolinians will never be for
setfuI of the fact or allow one of
those who fought nobly for his State
in the times of her sorest need 60
down to his last resting place with
ont that care and comfort which his
past services entitled him to receive
at the hands of patriotic people. I
am opposed to trusts. to all those
great illegal combinations Of capital
gotten up for the purpose of sitting
competition, and when that is done
of forcing down the prices Of all the
people have to sell and of forcing up
the prices of all they have to. buy. I
am mindful of the fact that the gov,
ernor's duty is not to make laws; it is
his duty to enforce those laws WHICH
he finds upon the statute books, and
In my efforts to discharge my duty
along this line I believe I will have
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-09-24

The inaugural address of Governor
elect Hayward is looked forward to
with absorbing interest. No State
paper since that of Governor Till
man will be more closely and atten-
lively read than will be that of Mr.
Heyward's.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-09-24
Notes and Comments.

Notes and Comments.
Gathered for the Information of the
Dispatch Readers.
For assaulting Editor Blackburn
sometime ago, Hub Evans, a mem
bers of the Board of State Dispen-
sary Directors, was fined S5by a
Greenville magistrate.
The inaugural address of Governor
elect Hayward is looked forward to
with absorbing interest. No State
paper since that of Governor Till
man will be more closely and atten-
lively read than will be that of Mr..
Heyward's.
There is a money famine in New
York. 20 per cent. is asked for call
loans. It is probable that the gov
ernment will come to the relief of
the greedy money leaders with the
Doodle to enable lem to give the
screws on the shackles of the poor
unfortunate debtors another turn.
Lately We have often see the ques-
ton asked, Is Tillmanism dead in this
State? We answer empbatically
in the negative. Nor will it be until
long after the walls of Clemson and
Winthrop lay crumbling in the dust.
The result of the recent primary,
which gave rise to the query, was in
tended more as rebuke to the at
tempt to stife free thought and ac-
tion of the individual rather than to
sound the death knell of TiIlman-
ism.
r. M. Wallace, of Sumter, a prom
inent Republican, is dead. He was
once the Republican nominee for
Governor of the State and at the
time of hisssdeath he held the Fede-
raj appointment as Collector of the
Port of Charleston. Z '.shough Re-
pulicsn in the blacklist and most dis
graceful days Of the party, Mr..
Wallace conducted himself in such
manner as to win the confidence and
respect of the business men and the
community in which he resided and
-etained both until his death a few
days ago.
There is big fight going on in
the Republican camp in this State.
The warning elements are led on the
once side by John G. Capers, white,
latter day convert to Repulicanism,
now United States District Attorney,
who wants to kick the negro out, and
on the other by Edmund 81. Deas, a
negro, holder of a minor Federal
position, sometimes called the Duke
of Darlington, who wants to give the
whites, who got into the band wagon
for the spoils, the grand bounce. And
thus the jig goes merrily on to the
amusement of those on the outside
of the inner circle, and the Republi-
can party has to pay the fiddler.
MM
The labor troubles in the coal fields
have not yet ended and the end is
very far from being in sight. Their
continuance is giving the leaders of
the g. o. p. much concern and consid-
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-09-24
Gathered for the Information of the
Dispatch Readers.

Dispatch Readers.
For assaulting Editor Blackburn
sometime ago, Hub Evans, MEM
bers of the Board of State Dispen-
sary Directors, was fined S5by a
Greenville magistrate.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-05-23
May go.

HoUsE.-A resolution offered by Mr. HIT,
chairman of the foreign affairs committee fe
licitating Cuba on her independence. was
passed unanimously.
bill amending the passport law was passed.
During the consideration OF bills on the pri-
vate calendar measure to pay George Rush
berger, OF Johnstown. Pa, s., coo for discover
ing and capturing Santa Ana's money at Cerro
Gordo N. NJ, in ls4i, was called up. The
house, however, was not in the humor TO mass
the bill that extended over such a long period
and the enacting clause was stricken out.
SENArE-The subject OF the concentration of
the inhabitants in the Philippines into camps
was leading topic OF the discussion of the
Philippine bill in the senate.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Stewart OF Ne
vada providing that compilation OF all treat
les regulations and laws relating to Indian
affairs be made, was laid before the senate.
A bill TO regulate the Introduction of eggs OF
game birds into the United States for propa
cation was passed.
The committee on invalid pen sions
has reported the senate bill to Increase
the pensions of those who have lost
limbs in the military or naval service
of the United States, or were totally
disabled in the same. 1t is estimated
by the committee that nearly 1000
persons are affected by the bill, al
though the number is rapidly increas-
ing. The committee decided also to
report the senate bill increasing the
pension of MANNED soldiers, with an
amendment for the benefit of pension
ers under the act of 1890, who REQUIRE
the frequent assistadce of others.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-05-23
May 16.

HoUsE.-The house had another lively day OF
debate, Philippine atrocities and the Schley
case coming in for considerable attention
The naval appropriation bill received little st-
tention.
The house passed the bill turning over to
Porto Rico all the public lands of the island
ceded to the United States by Spain, except
sites designated by the president within one
year for naval and coaling stations, military
posts and other United States purposes.
After some discussion, the bill reported by
Mr.. Mccall from the ways and means commit
tee refunding the tax on legacies paid under
the war revenue act by religious charitable
art and educational institutions, was passed.
SENATE. Bill were passed as follows: To
increase the efficiency and change the name OF
the United States marine hospital service;
providing for an additional circuit Judge in the
Eighth judicial circuit to relieve Captain
George p White, Ninth United States cavalry,
from liability for the loss OF 81 ,429 public funds
stolen from him: authorizing the resurvey Of
certain lands in Wyoming; relating to grants
OF land to the territory and state of Washing
ton for agricultural purposes; to prevent a
false branding or marking of food and dairy
products as to the state or territory in which
they are made produced, the bill regulating
interstate commerce in falsely branded goods;
and ninety-five private pension bills
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-05-23
May II.

HoUsE.-The house spent the day discussing
the naval appropriation bill, and the most i'm
portant feature OF the discussion involved q
revival OF the Sampson-Schley controversy.
SENATE.-The senate will finish the debate
on the Philippine bill during the week The
next business in order is the Nicaragua canal
bill. In the opinion of senators this will be de-
bated week but will not pass. 1t will be de-
ferred in order to give the president time to
get further information. The volcanic erup-
lions In the West Indies have shaken the faith
OF the senate in the Nicaraguan route,
Next comes the Cuban reciprocity bill, whose
fate directly concerns the beet sugar manufac-
turers OF Utah. The Democrats in the senate
will, tits said indorse the att lde of the Dem
ocrats towards the Cuban sugar tariff, and
stand solidly for the bill as it came from the
house, which provides for twenty per cent,
reduction OF the tariff ON sugar with difrerential
duties on sugar abolished.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-05-23
EXPLOSION IN A COAL NINE.
TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE MINERS
KILLED IN A TENNESSEE c0LLlERY.
or the Entire Number Of Men and Boys
Who Went to Work la the Morning,
Bnt One Came Out Alive and he Is
so Badly Injured he Cannot Live.

Between IT'S and 225 men and boys
met instant death at the Fraterville,
Tenn, coal mine, because OF a gas ex-
plosion
OF the large numb Der OF men and boys
who went to- work in the morning,
only one is alive, and he is SO badly in
jured that he cannot live. This man
Is William Morgan, an aged English
man, who was a roadman in the mine.
He was blown out of the entrance by
the force of the explosion.
The Fraterville mine is the oldest
In the Coal Creek, Tenn, district, hav-
Ing been opened in 1870. 1t is fully
three miles from the opening of the
mine To the point where the men were
at work. They had not been at work
long before the terrible explosion oc-
Cured. There was fearful roar and
then flames shot from the entrance and
the air shafts.
Rescue parties were at work in
short time, but no lives could be saved
Every man had persisted.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-05-23
WORK OF WIND IN TEXAS.
Ninety Eight People Killed and One Hun.
dred and Three Injured at GoIiad.

Ninety Eight People Killed and One Hun.
dred and Three Injured at GoIiad.
The latest reports from Goliad, Texas
state that ninety-eight persons were
killed and 1903 injured by the tornado
which passed over that city Sunday
afternoon. The property loss in the
city and surrounding country will
probably reach 100000. The storm
swept the city from end to end and de.
molished $50 stores and residences.
The tornado, which was preceded by
terrific downpour of hail, lasted only
few minutes. The hailstones drove
the people into their houses, where
they were caught when the death-deal'
ing wind came upon them with terrific
force, leveling everyt thing in it's path.
SlThe tornado swept an area $50 yards
wide for distance of mile and half
Houses collapsed as if built of card
board, covering the dead and injured
with debris, which necessarily made
the work of rescue slow.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-05-23

The senate in executive session Mon
day voted on the proposition to con-
firm the nomination of j. b. Yost for
the Lewiston, Idaho. land office. 1t is
said that Senator Dubois carried the
fight onto the floor of the senate as
the senate committee had made a
favorable report upon the nomination
Certain parties had filed protests
against the appointment which were
supported by Senator Dubois. The
presumption is that National Com
mitteeman Stanrod will ask for the
appointment of another man i'm
mediately.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-05-23

HoUsE.-The navy appropriation bill was
passed.
Under suspension OF the rules the bill for
eight hours work on all government contracts
was passed.
A senate bill providing for the erection of the
northern branch Of the National Home for Dis
abled Soldiers at Hot Springs, S. D., was
passed.
SENATE-Only brief time was devoted by
the senate to consideration Of the Philippine
government bill.
A joint resolution was offered by Mr. Stewart
and adopted providing that part OF the Indian
appropriation bill which provides for submit
ting for entry part OF the lands of the Spokane
Indian reservation shall take effect when the
allotments to the Indians are completed.
partial disagreement on the omnibus claims
bill was reported and the bill was again sent to
conference.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-05-23
Attemptedto Assasslnate Emperor Francis
Joseph.

Attemptedto Assassinate Emperor Francis
Joseph.
The correspondent of the London
Daily Chronicle at Budapest reports
the Illustration of plot against the
life OF Emperor Francis Joseph. The
Emperor was recently going on night
train from Vienna to Budapest. In
the final inspection OF the imperial
train at the terminus of the state rail-
road at Vienna, made ten minutes
before his majesty's arrival there, a
bomb covered with paper was found in
the emperor's compartment. 1t was
calculated that this bomb would ex-
plode the moment his majesty entered
the car. An Investigation of the mat
ter led TO the dismissal of several rail-
road employees.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-05-23

Up to midnight Wednesday eighty
two bodies had been taken from Fra
terville mine at Coal Creek, Tenn,
the scene OF the catastrophe In which
2s5 miners persisted.
The cause of the disaster has become
known. Gas had collected in an abau-
doned mine close by, into which an
opening had been aecidently made last
eek by work boy in lateral shaft.
An attempt was made to close the
opening, but IL is believed that leak
remained.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-05-23
CUBA IS FREE.
Government IL Turned Over to the People
and Uncle Sans Representatives
Withdraw

and Uncle SANS Representatives
Withdraw
Senior Palma attached his signature
TO document as president of the Cuba
republic after an exchange OF coDgrat
ulation la the Audience chamber of the
palace at noon Tuesday, and with the
old veteran. General Gomez. assembled
to the roof OF the palace. He was in
stantly recognized and met with a
great demonstration OF welcome. Gen
erai Wood himself attended the hal
yards on the flagstaff and lowered tho
American colors. As they futtered
down, the cavalry below saluted their
flag.
Like an echo OF the cheers that
arose, came the distant boom Of one OF
the great guns OF Cabanss fortress.
across the bay. 1t was followed by
another and another in rhythmic sue
cession, until forty-five shots had been
fired, one for each state In the Union.
As the first gun spoke. the flags on
Moro castle and those on the Santa
Clara and Punta fortresses were low
cred. The Jurisdiction of the United
States had ended.
In the meantime, Cuban flag had
been bent on the halyards Of the palace
flagstaff and with his own hands
General Wood raised II as an act OF the
United States, General Gomez assist
ing him. AS the flag flew free, the
streets below fairly waved with the
cheer that arose. 1t was caught up
by the people on the roofs and rolled
over the city.
Again the cavalry below saluted, and
again theag guns OF the Cubans spoke,
this time with national salute of
twenty-ope guns. The bands sta
TONED on the plaza, at Cabanas and at
Malecon, crashed out with pride OF
country, and the revenue cutters and
battleships in the barbor Numbered
their strength OF war. The foreign
warships hoisted the flag of Cuba at
their mast-heads. The ensigns of
Great Britain and Italy had recognized
the republic.
General Wood and his adjutant-gen-
ernl, Col. Scott, with two aides, after a
last exchange OF good wishes, were
driven to the pier where they entered
a launch and were ficked away to the
Brooklyn. Both ships got under way
as soon as possible and steamed out of
the harbor. The man at the taffrail |
OF the Brooklyn was kept busy dipping
the flag In answer to the salutes OF the |
thousands upon the water front who |
watched her departure. A large flo
tilla of various water craft escorted |
the Brooklyn to sea.
While this was occurring at Havana, |
similar scene was being enacted at
Santiago, where General Whitesde at
noon turned over the authority to his
Cuban successor and sailed away with
two troops of the Eighth cavalry. Only
eight batteries of American artillery
remained on Cuban soil. A chapter OF
American history was ended and the
first chapter Of the republic of Cuba
was begun.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-05-23
PLEDGE is FULFILLED.
Promise of United States to Make Cubans
Free Is Redeemed.

Free Is Redeemed.
Secretary Hay, according to the plan
arranged some time ago, took the final
step Tuesday of acquaintiog the ma
lions OF the globe that the United
States government has redeemed its
solemn pledge to make free people in
the island of Cuba. This was done by
the dispatch by cable to every capital
where there is resident either an am
bassador or a minister OF the United
States OF an identical note informing
other governments that the military
occupation OF Cuba by the United
States has ceased, and that an indie
pendent republic has been inaugurated
there, under the presidency of Thomas
Estrada Palma. The ambassadors aud
ministers are instructed to convey this
information to the government to
which they are accredited.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-05-23
DEAD AT ST. PIERRE.
First OfclaI Estimate Places Number at
$4,000.

The first official estimate of the re-
suits of the explosion of Mont Pelee
have been announced This gives
%, 900 as the number of people buried
in the ruins of st. Pierre Six thous-
and persons were rescued by steam
ships or fled to places of safety. Three
thousand probably were drowned.
This is the most complete estimate
made so far. Mont Pelee continues to
throw up large quantities of cinders,
which are covering the country dis
tricts of the island.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-05-23
School building Unroofed by windstorm
and Pupils Have Narrow Escape

fierce windstorm, coming from the
southwest, passed over ST. Joseph, Mo.
Monday afternoon, wrecking the roof
of the Garfield school building, razing
many small outhouses and doing much
damage. At the Garfield school, which
is located in the fashionable resiaenee
section of the city, 200 panic-striclxeu
children escaped as If by miracle and
ran out uninjured into the rain, which
attained almost the proportions of
cloudburst.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-05-23

People OF Fort dc France Terror Stricken.
Tuesday morning at $3.50 o'clock a
thick, heavy cloud, lit up by flames of
lightning and the rising sun, rose from
Mont Pelee. The 10000 people of Fort
dc France at once became panic-stricl-
on. and in scant attire rushed excitedly
through the streets of the town. Shrek
ing and praying. Stones from the
volcano AS big as hazel nuts fell in the
streets.
Many of the inhabitants hurriedly
embarked on the vessels in the harbor.
and II was with difficulty that they
were eventually treasured.
The oasis., 1902-10-18

tory of the church is full of it; and it is of record in the manuscripts of the Jesuits and Franciscan faith CTS of Mexico that they performed many cures through their patron saint, without counting the rain they brought down upon the parch- ed earth through the same San Francisco.
 If there is no virtue in the rib bons, scarves, shawls, etc., after they come in contact with the effigy of the saint the poor pilgrims are knowingly and woefully deceived by the church.
 As to what becomes of the thou sands of dollars that find their way to the box at the foot of the saint, 1 do not believe one in a thousand knows what becomes of them, Mir. Meurer's statement to the contrary notwithstanding. D. L. G.