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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-05-14

climb on board when his boat disap-
peared. Several of the crew of the
Roddam were quickly scorched to
death. By superhuman efforts, ha7-
ing steam up, the cable was slipped
and the steamer backed away from
the shore, and nine hours later,
managed to reach Castries. Ten OF
the Roddam's men we're lying dead,
contorted and burned out of human
semblance, among the black cinders
which covered the ships deck to a
depth of six inches. Two more. of
the crew have since died.
HEROIC CAPTAIN ON SEA OF FLAMES.
The survivors of the Roddam's
crew were loud in their praise of the
heroic conduct of their captain in
steering his vessel out of danger
with his own hands, which were
badly burned by the rain of fire
which kept falling on the ship for
miles after she got under way. Be-
yond burns all over his body the ca p
tain is safe, as is also the ships agent,
though he is badly scorched.
NJ. Plissono is believed here to be
the sole survivor of the forty thous-
and inhabitants of St. Pierre wao re-
NAMED there for the town and the
shipping in the port have been
utterly destroyed, the West Indian
ap1 Panama Telegraph company's
repairing steamer Grappler going
first, then the Quebec liner Roraima,
Capt. Muggah of the latter waving
his hand in farewell to the Roddam
as his vessel sank with a terrific ex-
plosion.
The British royal mail steamer
Esk, which called off Martinique at 10
p. m. last night, reports standing off
shore five miles, sounding her whistle
and sending up rockets. She received
no answer. The whole sea front was
blazing for miles. The Esk sent a
boat ashore, but it could not land on
account of the terrific heat, which
was accompanied by loud explosions.
Not living soul appeared ashore
after the boat had waited for two
hours. Fire and ashes fell sll over
the steamer.
Fort de France, Martinique.-A
landing at last has been made at the
city of St. Pierre and the work of ex-
ploring the ruins and annihilation of
the town has begun. Enough has
been revealed to indicate that the
very worst anticipations, as a result
of the eruption of Mont Pelee, are
realized. Those who returned from
St. Pierre report that the streets and
| all the neighborhood around are cov-
cred with heaps upon heaps of dead
bodies in all directions and that ap-
parently fire killed the most of them.
The dead are naked and roasted.
Some faces are calm and others show
the sorrow with which they met their
fate.
The French troops are now build
ing funeral pyres in the streets and
crematipg the bodies.
The treasure Of the Bank of Mar
Unique has been recovered from the
ruins. Many refugees in near by
villages are arriving here as fast as
the steamers can bring them.
The clock on the dial of the court
house of Martinique shows that the
disaster occurred at 7:50. The warn
ing sign from the volcano since April
% had not been needed. The sur
7ivors now face starvation.
| LATER.
Fort de France, Island OF Marti-
nique, May l3-Business here is sus-
pended. The people Of the city have
assembled in the churches and at the
cathedral where services are being
held for the St. Pierre dead, has been
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-11
A SCENE IN JAPAN.
Life as Viewed in a Suburb Of Wonderful
Toxic.

2
At the end Of that hours journey
from my hotel, / reached the Eueno
park. There was 9 lake, on the
smooth surface Of which the maple
trees were dropping the last Of their
red leaves. Tiny, doll-like japanese
children were playing about in every
direction. japanese girls with chill
dren on their backs, and children with
smaller children still strapped there
on, till one came to the tiny mite who
carried a doll on its back in prepare
ton and training for the next unborn
baby. Backgrounding all this were
stately, venerable pines, aisle-like,
pillaring the blue sky, and a Buddh-
list temple with old oak columns very
much like the pine trunksa and lacquer
and carving that harmonized with the
moses on the pine trunks, and
seemed to mingle so intimately in feel
ing that apparently there was no gap
where nature ended and art began.
And now and again from these tenn
pies came the mellow, soft sound of
a great bronze bell, a bell that never
seemed to be struck, but from the in
ner part Of its hollowness appeared to
breathe forth into the air around a
quiet sigh Of music, asoft, gentle, hal
lowed sigh, filing it with mysterious
color, and leaving no Aotfall Of echo
in the air as it died away-Magazine
of Art.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-11
Jefferson City, BOOnville and Lexing-
ton Division.
MlxEp DALI 40. sunpAY.
SANTA &c ROUTE.

Trains arrive AZ North Lexington;
No. 20 daily 49,. ~....-,... .... T:45 a. N
Trains leave North Lexington;
No. 70, Express daily ...... ,......... 1863 a m
Main line trains pass Lexington Junction
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-11
WHY SHE WANTED SAMPLES.
Doubtless a Fair Representative Of Bar.
gain. hunting FsmininitY.

ls
At the end Of each season big dry
goods houses always have on hand q
large supply of small-piece samples,
such as are used by statesmen both on
the road ana in the house.
The pieces of cloth are rarely a
quarter Of a yard square, and when
the house has no further use for them
viii give them away or sell them at
any price offered.
One of the department stores, says
the Milwaukee Sentinel, recently
bought a quantity of these odds and
ends Of cloth and offered them at ex-
ceedingly cheap prices. Strange to
say, there was quite a demand for
them, and in the course Of a few
weeks the entire stock had been sold
out.
Il never could understand what
the women wanted with these scraps
and samples said a department. man
ager, until one day a woman APP
preached me and asked if we had any
more of them left. Isaid no, and she
seemed very much disappointed, SO
much 50 that / asked herwhat use she
made Of them.
"'0h,' said she, Istill have what /
got here before and / don't know what
I can do with them, but they're SO
cheap and | was ever SO anxious to get
a lot morer
"Then ! understood why we sold
Out--because the stuff was cheap"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-11
rhs pacIae cabIs.

The principal difficulty in regard
to a Pacific coast cable has disap.
peared during the past few years with
the acquisition By the United States
Of Hawaii, Guam and the Philippine
islands. It is now a comparatively
easy matter 10 secure the necessary
mid-oeean landing places. The
greatest distance from land 10 land
would De from San francisco to Hon.
olulu, 2.0s0 miles. From Hawaii t.
Wake island would be 1000 miles:
from thaistationtoGuam /, 290miles
and from thence 10 Manila, 1920
miles. Although the Pacific Is deep.
er than the Atlantie, little difficulty
is ANTICIPATED on that account. The
cable from Hayti to the Windwardis-
lands lies in $4,000 feet Of water
and is working successfully The
greatest depth between San Francisco
and Hawaii is 1880 feet, and be.
tween Hawai- and Mantle. 1900
differences Which present noNsericw
obstacles.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-11
APPROPRIATIONS.
Good Illustration Of a Telegrapher's Hit
in This Direction.

Good Illustration Of a Telegrapher's Hit
in This Direction.
Authorizations make up one Of the
most important elements in The career
Of the telegraph operator. Abbrevi-
ated dispatches are often sent in five
minutes that would require half an
hours work if transmitted in full.
But there is, according to the Wash
lngton Star, an operator out in Pitts
burg whose originality in inyenting
substitutes for good English surprise
even his work mates. When the
death Of young James S. Ayres was
first sent over the wires and the name
Of Mrs. Bonnie was first mentioned.
one Of the local operators received
a query from the Pittsburg man:
~Who do you mean?' @Mrs. B-O-9."
When the significance of the phrase
burst upon him the local operator an
nounced the abbreviation to his asso.
ciates and the name has been sent all
over the country as "B-O-9" ever
since.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-11
lncrsass d Monay ordsra

The transactions Of the money
order business during five wears
have increased from $1eS, 091, 056.27
to the enormous sum Of @294,6I8..
5000, or Sc per cent. So, too. il
every other branch and division Of
the service there have been constant
andunnsual advances.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-11

Farm property insured, oc-
cupied by tenant or owner.
Risks written in ny town in
county. Will come and make
personal inspection, and name
rate upon application Will.
ANYTHING. Write or
call on him at office in.
lexington
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-02-15
A WORTHY SUCCESSOR.
-Somethlas New Uader the Sun. /"

All doctors have tried to cure cat
arrh by the use of powders, acid
gases, inhalers and drugs in paste
form. Their powders dry up the
mucous membrapes, causing them to
crack open and bleed. The powerful
acids used in the inhailers have en-
tirely eaten away the same mem
branes that their makers have aimed
to cure, while pastes and ointments
cannot reach the disease. An old and
experienced practitioner who has tor
many years made close study and
specially of the treatment of catarrh,
has at last perfected a treatment
which when faithfully used, not
only relieves at once, bat perma-
nently cures catarrh, by removing
the cause, stopping the discharges,
and curing all inflammation, 1t rs
the only remedy known to science
that actually reaches the afflicted
parts. This wonderful remedy is
known as. "Snuffles. the guaranteed
catarrh cure" and is sold at the cx-
tremely low price OF One Dollar,
each package containing internal
and external medicine sufficient for
u full month's treatment and every
thing necessary to its perfect use.
"Snuffles">is the only perfect cat
arrh cure ever made, and is now REQ
ognized as the only safe and positive
cure for that annoying and disgust
ing disease 1t cures all, inflamma-
tion quickly and permanently and is
also wonderfully quick to relieve
hay fever or cold in the head. 81
catarrh when neglected often
leads to consumption -" "Snutles"
will save you if you use it at once.
1t is no ordinary remedy, but a COM
plete treatment which is positively
guaranteed TO cure catarrh in any
form or stage if used according to
the directions which accompany
each package. Don't delay but send
for it at once, and write full particu.
lars as to your condition, and you
will receive special advice from the
discoverer of this wonderful RENE
dy regarding your case without cost
to you beyond the regular price of
"Snuffles," the "guaranteed catarrh
cure"
Sent prepaid to any address in the
United States or Canada on receipt
of One Dollar. Address Dept. HI67,
Edwin b. Giles Il Co., sa3o and aga
Market Street, Philadelphia.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-02-15
The F>inestCake
Is made with Royal Bak-
ing Powder. Always light,
sweet, pure s. wholesome.

the finest cereals and vegetables on
the globe, while magnificent crops of
alfalfa can be raised here without
half trying, and this il the crop that
is generally raised at the present
time. Furthermore, the climate
makes this one of, if not the very
best, section in the State to feed stock
in during the Winter. Not one year
down to zero for more than day or
two, and it is seldom that snow falls
to depth of more than few inches,
nor does It lie on the ground more
than a few days. The soil Is sandy
loan, and cattle pastured and fed
here do well on this account because
they are not in the cold mud up to
their knees, as they are in many
other Winter feeding grounds in the
State. Some years hay has been a
drug on the market, but it seems
that the advantages of this point for
Winter feeding have become known
abroad as every pound of hay has
been'sold here this season, and much
has been contracted tor tor next
Winter, and the prices for future
delivery have in some cases been
higher than were paid this season.
These facts should be an incentive
to raise more produce, While it has
been said that hay and grain cannot
be raised at profit here, most of
those making such assertions have
never raised enough to sell. Those
who have devoted their attentions
strictly to business, have made good
homes, improved their farms and
will tell you that they have never
been able to raise all they could sell
of hay, grain and other farm produce.
The mining industry will be no
small factor in the building up of
this community in the near future,
and the southern country which is
now developing such rich mineral
properties, will from this time on be
u large consumer of farm produce.
There is no reason why this market
should not be ours.
There are thousands of acres of
land in this valley which can be had
for reasonable prices, and those seek
ing homes can put the, land in shape
to produce much more oheaply than
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-02-15
SOUTHERN PACIFIC MISSIONARY WORK.
Nevada, California, Texas and loulslaaa to be
Pushed to the front.

The Hartman people, who control
the Union and Southern Pacific sys-
TENS, are said to be making arrange
ments to send thousand mission
aries into the field to induce people
who are dissatisfied with their lot to
take up residences in Nevada, Cali
fornia, Louisiana and Texas. This
move will begin soon, but Just what
means will be taken to advertise the
resources of this State we do not
know. When the time comes, how
ever, other sections will no doubt set
forth their advantages and resources
in an endeavor to secure az many
new settlers as possible, and much
rivalry will exist between commu-
mites. This will not be a detrimen-
tai feature in the least, for it will
stimulate each community to do its
best not TO be left behind in the race.
In view of the above it seems to us
that the proper thing to do in Mason
Valley is TO organize an improve
ment Club, do little fixing up in
the capital OF the valley, gather up
statistics of our resources and have
them in shape to present to the
Southern Pacific Company, a State
Board of Trade OF anybody who
might be desirous of locating in this
section.
The resources of this valley are
many. In the first place the climate
and soil are adapted to the raising of
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-02-15
Lyon County.
NEWSPAPER Law.

4 Subscyibsrs toho do not gipe eEpyess notice 10
tls contrary considered toishing to continue
fheiy subscription.
Ifsubscribsrs order the discontinuanee Of their
periodicals. the publisher may continue 20 send
Uea until all arrears are paid.
II subseribeTs neglect refuse to take their pc
riodieGis from the Office to Whieh they directed
uey held responsible till they hare settled Asir
biH and ordered their paper discontinued.
II subscribers mons to other places seitAo.t
tpoTmtg the publisher, and the paper sent to the
tcysner direction, they are held responsibls
S Ths courts haps decided that refusing to taks
periodicals. from the sics or removing and leaving
s,n uneailsd for. Is p,ima Jaeis svidssce Of iEtsn
tiosal fraud
8. Any person pho Tscsipes nssospapsr and
Dskss use Of It. tohsther he has subscribed for Il
not. Is held in idU as subsertbsr.
Z. Ths Postmastsr ,gho nsgisets TO gipe the legal
aottce Of ths neglect Of person 10 take from the c
ace the nsgspapsr addressed to aim IS liable to tAe
publisher for the subsrripfion price.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-02-15

The Carson NeWs in three-col-
umn article tells of William Bowen,
the hero uf the Carson State Prison
convict break in 1871, who by his
bravery and wounded almost unto
death he prevented a break that
would have given liberty to every
prisoner. 1t says he has been sent
to the poor house there to await the
final calling that We. must answer.
The NetUs says he deserves better
treatment and more comfortable
quarters. Now if Mr.. Bowon was a
resident OF Tonopah and had per
formed acts of bravery for its peo.
pie, the residents of this camp would
quietly place him on easy street and
no outsiders would be the wiser
bonanza.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-02-15

Stops the Cough aad Works off the Cold.
Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets
cure cold in one day. No Cure, no
Pay. Price rs cents.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-02-15

in other sections of country. The
move once started to secure new
blood it would not take long to make
this valley a rich and prosperous one
inhabited by at least FIVE thousand
people. Think what that would mean
to the town of Yerington. Ii it not
worth making concerted trial for!
Would it not be a good idea to or
ganize an Improvement Club and
spruce up the town a little 50 that
people. coming in here would not con-
Iclude from the appearance OF things
that the people already here had
simply squatted here for the time
being? Wouldn't it?
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-02-15
No. 7.

lob WORK OF EvERY DESCRIPTION Ex.
= ecuted with neatpess and dispatch at the
TINES ofice at reasonable rates. send for our
estimates before sending your work elsew here
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-28
HANDWRITING EXPERTS OCCUPIED THE
TIME AT THE M0LlNEUX MURDER TRIAL

woman. was next called and told of
going 10 the theatre with her mother
on the night Of Dec. q, Of her mothers
headache in the morning. of her appeal
TO Cornish for a draught of his bromo
settler. OF giving the poisoned drink TO
Mrs. Adams and of her almost imme-
date collapse.
To the counsel for the defense, Mrs.
Rogers said her relationship TO Cor
nish is by marriage and not by blood.
She said she had known Cornish nearly
all her life; that the fact Of the sep
aration from her husband, occurring a
couple OF months after Cornish came
to New York, was only a coincidence
Mrs. Rogers denied absolutely that
her mother ever hired a letterbox from
Daniel, Callahan, who said last week
that she had, and declared that she and
her mother had no secrets from each
other. Mrs. Rogers said she had a pri-
Vate letterbOx under an assumed name.
The other witnesses today were A.
X. Pugh of Cincinnati. who identified
the COrnish-Von Mohl letter; Alfred S.
Osborne. a handwriting expert, who
said the hand that wrote the poison
package address and the other disputed
letters was the hand that wrote the
conceded writing OF the defendant
Molineux; and Albert II. Graham, pay
ing teller in the National Bank of
North America, who testified that in
his opinion the same hand wrote all
the disputed and conceded writings
used as evidence in the case.
There was a rumOr about the court
house after adjournment that Mr. Os-
borne will close the case for the prose-
eution before the adjournment of court
tomorrow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-28
FIRE VOMITED FORTH
Hill in Mexico Suddenly Becomes
Observation-Disclosures Run
ming About in Terror.

Mexico City, Mex, Oct. 2Z-There is
no little CONSERVATION felt by the in
habitants OF many towns in the remote
south country on account of showers
of ashes falling in the extensive region
from San Juan Beautista. capital of
the state of Tabasco, as far north as
Salina Cruz. II is believed that a hill
near Palenoue. where there is a great
prehistoric city in ruins, has suddenly
been transformed into an active vol
cano. The ashes falling at Palenque
have hidden the sun and also at Co
mitan, and great fear has come on
the people. Palenque Is the center of
the disturbance, as the burning noun
tain Is said 10 be near there. There
Is some anxiety felt for Chiapas.
Indians arriving at San Christobal
Las Casas say a hill in the Guadeloupe
Sierra is vomiting fire and smoke. Peo-
pie in many towns have been running
about in terror and Offering prayers
publicly for the safety of themselves
and children. Scientific opinion is that
all of this Is part of the general awak-
ening Of volcanic forces in the West
Indies and Central America.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-28
Reportorial Dignity Injured.
CBoston Herald.)

A reporter on one Of the local daily
papers is small OF stature and looks
and behaves like very young boy.
One night recently he was sent TO Ev-
erett on an assignment by the night
city editor. He called at house and
asked for the lady he wished TO in
terview 1t was after Ok. and
the curfew had warned all children
from the streets on penalty of being
arrested and locked up.
The questions the reporter asked the
lady were impertinent but important
She gazed az the innocent looking
child before her a moment, and then
said:
Little one, you are not a reporter
Your are an impostoF whom some idle.
malicious gossip has sent here TO wor-
~ me. You ought to be in your bed.
Now you run along home or you will
get arrested and locked in cold dun
geon: for remember. the curfew has
rung, and all little boys must be in
bed. nicely tucked in. before the cur
few rings. So run along like good
little child"
The reporter checked down his wrath
and went his way. But his dignity had
been assailed, and he gave vent to his
feelings later when he related his ex-
perieace 70 his chief. Now he is de-
voting all his energy to growing a
mustache.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-28
MISSING MONUMENTS FOUND
Important Discovery Bearing on Alas
kan Boundary.

Seattle. Wash. Oct. 27.-Advices were
received from Juneau on the steamer
Dolphin, which arrived today. that the
missing Russian boundary monuments,
which have been so energetically searched
Tor by Lieutenant EmmOns for the past
Two seasons had been discovered by a
prospector OF the POrcupine district
named James II. de Blondeau. He is a
native of Marseilles. France, but has
been interested in the Porcupine district
and the mOdus Vivendi strip for several
years. Through his friendship with the
Chilkat Indians he gained Information
which gave him a cleW 70 the position
or the first monument. From this start
ne followed along and discovered more
OF the old landmarks put up years ago
by the cars followers. The line marked
BY these monuments is about five miles
inland from Pleasant Camp, which is
seventeen miles from KlukWon. The lat
ter Is five miles from tide water on the
Chilkat river. This makes the Russian
survey line approximately twenty-seVen
miles inland 10 the summit. less than ten
marine leagues, and just where IL would
be expected to be from the language used
in the Anglo Russian treaty OF 1873 The
Rainy Hollow district is within American
territory.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-28
NEGLECTED TO MAKE
PROPER ACCOUNTING

Butte. Mont. Oct. 27.-A special TO
the Miner from Helena says: Paul
Reisinger of StOckett has been made
defendant In a suit commenced by the
United States district attorney. Carl
Rasch. The government claims that
the defendant. while second lieutenant
and acting quartermaster in the Tenth
United States cavalry In Florida and
Alabama. IN 1898 and 1899. failed to ac-
count for a large amount OF supplies.
together with S763.S0 in money. The
supplies, 1t is claimed. aggregate 1882
S05.Sl in value and consisted of feed
and other regimental supplies and
equipment furnished the regiment be-
tween July l, 1898. and July 1. 1889. A
government official stated today that
as matter OF fact the government
did not expect to recover such an
amount as was sued for. II was stated
that Mr.. Reisinger had failed TO prop
erly account for the supplies, but that
ne proved he had turned them over to
his successor when he retired from the
army on account of III health. The de-
PENDANT states that he expended the
money charged against him for coffee
for the regiment between Aug. / and
Nov. !, 1898