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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-30
COURT OREGON AS HOST.
Celebrated It's Second Anniversary
 Last Evening in a Royal Manner

Celebrated It's Second Anniversary
 Last Evening in a Royal Manner.
 Court Oregon, F. of A., celebrated Its second anniversary in Congress hall last night. The program was as fol- lows: Address of welcome, Chief Ranger c. W. Bagley: piano solo. Thomas Mulcahy; duet, Thomas Ma her and William Hughes; address, J. H. Freney, P. c. R.; song, Martin Byrnes: address, William H. Klein ecke, grand secretary; song, Dr John D. Freney; address, M. F. Carney, D. G. O. R.; song, Walter Costello; ad- dress, J. J. Mcdonald, F. G. c. R.; whistling solo, William Quigley; ad dress, Treasurer J. Mcknight; song, James Moffatt; address, William F. Guilfoile, F. c. R.; recitation, D. F. Lawlor; address, W. F. McKennerney; auto harp solo, Fred Ogresick; address, James F. Dolan, P. c. R.; song, D. J. Delaney; recitation, George Crosby; song and dance, A. Cavanaugh; ad- dress, E. P. Rindar; address, D. J. OBrien; song, Edward Cook; song, William Louis; song, John McAuliffe; address, D. J. Kelley; song, Frederick Howard.
 Court Oregon, although one of the youngest courts in the city. is the most progressive. and proved to their friends last evening that they know how to entertain in royal style. Oregon has a membership of about 250. and the snug sum of $2000 and over in it's treasury. The present officers of the court have brought it to high standing and much credit is due them for the successful entertainment given last evening.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-30
FATAL COLLISION.
Railway Officials Killed and Maimed
 at Alma, Wis.


 at Alma, Wis.
 ALMA, Wis, May 30. - One man killed and several others seriously in- jured, some probably fatally, is the re suit of disastrous wreck on the Bur lington road at Alma. X gravel train, on which were six officials of the road, including. Superintendent Cunningham, was going oIf a switch when another gravel train coming from the north crashed into it, with fearful results.
 E. J. Blake, consulting engineer of the Burlington system, headquarters Chicago, was killed outright.
 The injured are: $. D. Purdy, road master, northern division, both legs cut off, will die; D. c. Cunningham, super intendent northern division, leg cut of, i, may die; w. l.. Breckinridge, chief en- gineer of system, seriously injured; J. B. Bessler, general superintendent of system, seriously injured.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-30
VERDICT OF ACQUITTAL.
Man Refused to Cheer for It and Was
 Killed.

Man Refused to Cheer Tor It anu was
 Killed.
 Chicago, May 3O.-The verdict in the McFetridge murder trial yesterday was responsible for murder which oc- cured shortly after midnight. A party of McFetridges' friends called at his house during the evening to congratu- late him upon his acquittal, and after arranging for dinner on Saturday af ternoon, at which his liberation was to be celebrated, left his house. While walking down the street the men who had just left McFetridge, among whom was Walter Nolan, q prize fighter, met John and Robert Warke, the latter a one-armed railroad fiagman.
 When called upon to cheer for Me Fetridge the Warke brothers passed on without replying. Nolan thereupon struck Robert Warke in the face. The recipient of the blow turned upon No Ian, but was struck down with a club and died in few minutes. Nolan and his party were arrested.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-30
GIRL BRIDE-ELEcr RAN AWAY.
She Is 15 Years Old and the Prospec
 tive Bridegroom Is 66.

She Is 15 Years Old and the Prospec-
 tive Bridegroom Is 66.
 Lancaster, Pa, May 30.-George w. Harmon, 66 years old, q prosperous Columbia merchant. procured license on last Tuesday for his marriage last evening to Miss May, the fifteen year old daughter of Mrs Ida Bierkenheiser of Columbia, the latter consenting.
 Harmon was married twice pre- yiOusly and his children and relatives opposed the marriage so violently and the affair created so much talk in Co., lumbia that the youthful bride-elect became greatly distressed. When the hour for the wedding arrived last evening she could not be found and upon inquiry enough was learned to make it evident that she, had fled to the protection of relatives in an ad- joining county. Harmon says he is 1early heart broken.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-30
Close to Pe1ee,s Crater.

TORT DE FRANCE, Martinique, May 30.-The awful crater of Mont Pe- lee has been approached within one mile. This feat was accomplished Tuesday afternoon by George J. Kava- nagh, an unattached newspaper man, wEo had accompanied Professor Rob- .ert T. Hill, the United States govern ment geologist, on his expedition.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-30
ON EASY PAYMENTS

You are welcome to choose any garment in the house and pay for it in small weekly payments, a glance at our price tags, which are marked in plain figures will prove to you that our credit prices are
 not higher than equal quality
 would cost in any cash store,
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-30
lJnderiakars Combine.

T. II. Brown of 152 East Main street, and Hugh J. Crane, who has had his office with the Benson Furni- ture Co, have consolidated, with head quarters at 152 East Main street MT Brown has had ten years experience and Mir Crane twelve years. It is safe to say that any business in their line entrusted to them will be well taken care of.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-30
ANNOUNCES PREsBYrER1AN1sM.
Creed Revision Causes Rev J. H. Stir ling to Join the EpisconaI Church

Greed Revision Causes Rev J. H. Stir
 ling to Join the Episcopal Church.
 Syracuse, May 30.-After having been for twelve years a clergyman in the Presbyterian church, the Rev J. H. Stirling has renounced that faith and was confirmed into the Episcopal church yesterday by the Right Rev Bishop Huntington of the Central New York diocese. For some time Mir Stirling has disagreed with some of the Presbyterian tenets, and the recent revision of the creed has made the breach wider. MT Stirling en- tered the ministry in Ireland. Seven years ago he came to New York city and preached there, at the same time studying law. He was admitted to the bar, but did not practice.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-30
CHESS BY TELEGRAPH.

New York, May 3O.-Two inter-city chess matches in which New York and Brooklyn took part against Philadel- phia and Boston respectively were played to-day The Philadelphia play CTS came to New York and sat at boards in the rooms of the Manhattan Chess club. The Brooklyn-Bost game was conducted by telegraph.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-30
THREE MORE DEATHS.

Goliad, Tex, May 3O.-Three addi- tional deaths have occurred as result of last weeks tornado. They are: R. ". Newcomb, aged 45; Beatrice Mathis, &; Boerne von Dosten, 4 Another vic tim, H. Maddox, a leading merchant is dying.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-30
CONGRESS OF SURGEONS.
Dr Kimura of Tokio Will Represent
 the Japanese Army.


 the Japanese Army. Chicago, May 3O.-Dr $. Kimura of Tokio, surgeon inspector of the imper- 1ai Japanese navy, is in Chicago to-day on his way to Washington where he will be the official representative of the Japanese army and navy at the American national congress of sur geons next week.
 Dr Kimura is sent to the meeting on the special invitation of President Roosevelt.
 Dr Kimura has been ordered by the head of the Japanese navy to make an extensive investigation of the United States navy yards at Brooklyn and folk. He will spend altogether about three months in this country This is his first visit to the United States.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-30
WaDtS-F Sale ID Rent

IT .OST--In the dressing room in Polls theater -AA last evening, part of George Gardner's s fighting costume Return and get reward to J. H. J., Democrat office. It
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
ALASKAN BOUNDARY Line.
Monuments and Boundary House
Found On Line Between
Alaska and British Yukon.

Tacom, Wash, Aug. 1S.-Skagway
advices say the question of the de.
struction of an old Russian monument
in the disputed territory between
Alaska and British Yukon has been
settled. S. Weitzman, a merchant OF
Hines, arrived from Skagway with
the news that Lieut.. Owens found two
monuments in perfect repair, and deh-
nitely located the place where third
one had been destroyed. One OF the
monuments discovered is about ten
miles above Rainy Hollow. The other
is on the Tahkeena river, fifty miles
from the coast. The third monument
had been destroyed within a few
months. Owens also found an old storm
house on the summit. This was call
ed the boundary house when the Rus
SLAMS occupied the country. This es-
tablishes beyond all doubt that the
Russians did occupy the territory now
disputed, and that the boundary line,
according to the treaty, is where the
Americans maintain it to be.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
IT satisfied Lincoln.

Among Liacoin,s callers one morning
in 1862 was a stranger seeking both
personal sand Official assistance from
the president and who brought with
him some letters lauding his loyalty
that bore the signature of former
goyernorof Maryland. Lincoln received
the stranger with some warmth that
was rot chilled even when one Of the
attaches. who had overheard the con-
yersation, interrupted to explain that
the signature must have been forged,
for the reason that the. Marylander
mentioned had been dead several years.
The stranger showed guilt in every fea-
ture, but Lincoln, sufused with that
pity for the ,luckless that was ever his,
cheerily observed:
"Oh. never mind that-never mind it!
This is far more interesting. l would
rather get letter from dead man
than from d live one any dayw-Phila-
delphia Times.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
HEBREW POPULATION OF NEH YORK.
In Manhattan Alone Every Fourth
Man Or Woman Is jev'
Or JeWess.

New York, Ang. 1s.-According to
statistics based on the number of Jew
.ish burials recorded by the Board OF
Health and compiled by the Jewish
World, Che Hebrew population of New
York City is estimated at 5s4, 7SS. In
Manhattan alone every fourth man or
woman is Jew or Jewess.
The Jewish burials amounted in 1901
to 1887. and as the death rate in the
most congested Jewish district is little
over Is per thousand, this implies a
population of 5333, l33 in the middle OF
1901.
Since that time no less than SO. 225
Jews have arrived at New York and
stayed here, while by natural increase
of births over deaths L, 400 would be
added up to August l of this year,
making a grand total Of 5S4, 7ss.
The number of Jewish marriages in
Manhattan alone in 1901 was 5,O62,
which at very high marriage rate OF
10 per thousand would imply popula-
ton OF $500, to which have to be
added the Te, go Jews Of Brooklyn
ard the increase by immigration and
excess OF births, as before.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
INDIAN AND BUFFALO.
How the Latter Turned Hunter and
Chased the Red Man.

How the Latter Turned Hunter and
Chased the Red Nan.
A retired officer Of the Northwest
mounted police who took part in Mis-
souri, buffalo run forty years ago de
scribes the impression at the time as
of an earthquake. The galloping
horses, the rocking mass Of fleeing buf-
falo, the rumbling and qualling Of the
ground under the thunderous pound
ing, were all like violent earthquake.
The same gentleman tells how he once
saw wounded buffalo turn on an In
dian hunter. The mans horse took,
fright. Instead Of darting sideways to
give him chance to send last finish
ing shot home the horse became wildly
unmanageable and fed. The buffalo
pursued. Off they rushed, rider and
buffalo. the Indian craning over his
horses neck. the horse blown and
tagged and unable to gain one pace
ahead of the buffalo. the great angry
beast covered with foam, with eyes
like fire, pounding and pounding. closer
and closer to the horse till rider and
buffalo disappeared over the horizon.
"To this day I have wondered what
became Of that Indian" said the Off
Ger, "for the horse was losing and the
buffalo gaining when they went behind
the bluff" This incident illustrates
trait seldom found in wild animals, q
persistent vindictiveness.-A. c. Laut
in Outing.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
ROYAL Bad Language.

The Pail Mall Gazette says it still
remains mystery how the chief Eng
iish authorities in church and state
ever succeeded III GROWING King
George /. Having come fresh from his
native Hanover, the first monarch OF
the Brunswick dynasty was to his new
subjects little better than q Melanesian
from the south seas. Not word Of
English could he muster, while the
chief officials were almost equally ig-
norant of German. Latin, therefore,
had to be resorted to as being the one
possible medium of communication be-
tween them. a highly popular joke
originated from these singular pro-
ceedings. which stated that an inn
mcnse amount Of bad language had
passed between the king and his min
listers On the great day.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
The Sunday Horse.

A correspondent writing from Ger
many says one sees there many
wagons designed for two horses, but
drawn by but one. 1t gives the vehicle
the appearance of being cut on the
bias. 81 inquired once why they did
not have two horses, or else use shafts,
and was charmed to learn that as keep
ing two horses was naturally more ex-
pensive people generally drove but
one during the week and rented an
other horse on Sunday, when the en-
tire family could drive out in style. 1t
was touching thought to keep the
Sunday horses place for him all week,
but reminded one sadly Of the vacant
chair
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
ONCE AGAIN.

The colossal efrontery OF jim Till
man and the deceptions he practices
to fool the people are amazing. At
Conway he asked to be heard first Of the
gubernatorial candidates on the
ground that he had received a telegram
announcing the serious illness Of his
sister and that he wanted to catch the
first train going out. He left and
went to Spartanburg, where his sister
resides, and a telegram from there an
nounced that his sister was in perfect
health and had not been sick and be
missed two or three campaign meet
ings ostensibly to see sick sister, but
really to look after the mill vote in
the factories. He had g perfect right
to leave the campaign party and go
elsewhere to look after votes, but he
had no right to lie about it. Liars
ought to be able to cover up their
tracks if they hope to avoid detection.
This man seems to live and breathe
in an atmosphere of falsehood. His
whole life and being seems to be an
animated falsehood and he is the first
instance in the history Of the State
where man of his notoriously bad
and unsayory reputation has ever
offered himself to the people as a can
didate for governor, always excepting,
of course, the reconstruction period,
and his candidacy ranks alongside Of
that of Scott and Moses, except that
they did not offer themselves to the
decent white people. ssHe is the one
candidate in the race about whose
character nothing good is ever said.
Not even his home papers have ever
said a good word for him, while no
paper in the State has ever said a
harmful word about any Of the other
candidates for governor. They are all
gentlemen of unblemished character.
And because the newspapers are ex-
posing the vile character OF this man
there are those who are ready to say
that he is being persecuted and he
himself has raised that cry. A good
and virtuous man might be persecuted
but vile and wicked man, never.
And men who raise the cry are deaf
to the appeals to reason and mean to
vote for him regardless of his charac-
ter. No attempt is made to disprove
a single charge made against him, and
he himself does not attempt to be-
cause it can't be done. The shame
lessness of the man is shown by MS
attempting to make himself the bene-
fciary of his Uncle Ben's popularity.
when it is fact well known to all
who have been mixed up in the politi
cal affairs of this State for the last ten
years that he was very bitter against
his Uncle Ben and the reform move
ment on account of the defeat Of his
worthy father, the late George D.
Tillman, the honored sire of a dishon-
ored son. He is proven liar, defaul-
ter, gambler and drunkard, a charac-
ter that has never before essayed to
offer himself for the chief executive
of a proud commonwealth. A man
who has not accounted for the money
entrusted to him to build Confede-
rate monument, though repeatedly
called upon to do so, should not be en-
trusted with the expenditure of the
thousands of dollars that the governor
controls in the contingent fund. Let
every voter reflect when he comes TO
vote that to vote for man notorious
" bad and unworthy makes the voter
to that extent like him.-Anderson
Mail.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
About Waiting.

The old proverb that all things come
to him who waits advances very pref
ty and pleasant theory, but its literal
Interpretation makes it capable Of great
misconstruction. for if it is in one sense
true its reverse is equally true. Nothing
comes to him who waits. Nothing comes
to him who waits and does no more.
There is nothing II the world that is Of
any valae that has not to be struggled
for. and these who sit down and fold
their hands. expecting: tf;:tta ard fortune
to bril- thea, what ti:ey n.cst Cesire.
VIII meet w;iirshe disc ppa:i.enle they
deserve.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
4 PAINT SHOP

kept by a practical painter OF
80 years experience, where can
be got Lead and Oil mixed any
color, also Ready Mixed Paints.
and Paints for different use,
such as Floor, Roof, iron, Var
nishes. Bronze, sandpaper, Put
ty, Gold Leaf, Dry Colors, Calso--
mine, etc. I want some work
painting and upholstering. /
will paint your house, Kalso--
mine or paper the walls cheap,
for while at work I am very
apt to find a Sofa. Rocker, or
sideboard that needs scraping
and vanishing. also upholstered.
| have some pretty colors in
Morocoline, Hair Cloth, Mohair
Plush, or may find a Car
riage or Buggy that | will paint
for ten dollars and give you a :
set of harness free, or pain' the
buggy for five dollars and no
gift. Buggy tops $500, ftted
ON Wheels, steel tires, painted
and put on ready for road,
$1,000 per sett. Shafts, paint
ed and trimmed, $500.
Agent for Councils self-lu--
bricating Axles.
Office in Curtis House. No.
326 South Main street.
II. 3. CURTIS.
Phone 1915. | paint signs
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
The Sense OF Touch.

The sense Of touch in man is most
highly developed on the skin. but mu-
cous or serous surfaces are also ca
pable of conveying impressions. Some
parts of, the body are more sensitive
than others and are usually devoid Of
hairs. as the tip Of the tongue, the
ends Of the fingers and the lips. It
will be noticed that these are so stu
ated as to keep us conveniently in
formed of what is going on around US.
Chambers Journal
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
VOLCANOES.
Some Facts About These Vents to the
Earth's Interior Fire.


Earth's Interior Fire.
Eons ago the earth On which we
live was a huge mass of ''hre mist"
Astronomers tell us that TODAY in the
heavens we can see vast nebulae, sug-
gesting what the earth was once.
Gradually the surface Of the fire
mist cooled and hardened, but the in
terror is still intensely bet. Whether
it is solid, liquid or viscous we do not
know. This heat. raging miles below
the surface, at times escapes through
the hard crust by vents or volcanoes.
There are from 800 to $50 volcanoes
on the globe. This estimate includes
merely live volcanoes which within re-
cent times have been in action. If we
should count the many mountains scat
tered over the earth which show today
signs OF volcanic action in more re-
mote past, the estimate would have to
be increased by many hundreds.
Volcanoes would seem to be arranged
with more or less symmetry in belts
circling the great oceans. a ring Oh
fire surrounds the Pacific. Starting at
the South Shetland islands, several
hundred miles south of Cape Horn, a
belt of volcanoes extends up the west
coest Of South America, Central Amer
ica and North America; from Alaska it
crosses the Pacific along the Aleutian
islands to kamchatka; thence it fol-
lows the east edge Of the Pacific
through the Kurile islands, Japan, For
mosa, the Philippines, the Moluccas,
the Solomon islands, the North Heb
rides, New Zealand and finally ends
in Mounts Terror and Erebus, on
the Antarctic continent.-Geographic
Magazine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
A SOLEMN QUESTION.
One OF the Franks Artemus Ward
Played Upon His Brother.

In the days when Cyrus Browne arc
his brother, Charles Farrar Browne,
better known as "Artemus Ward
lived in Waterford, ''the little Maine
village that nestled among the hills
and never diG anything else but
restlc.'' Charles delighted to play prac
tical jokes on Cyrus. Charles cane
EoG:e o:ie freezing night. says the nar-
raIor Of the following prank in tie
Boston Herald, at an hour that would
be thought early in metropolis. but
was not so considered in Waterford.
The family were sleeping soundly IL
the warm comfort Of their beds when
tie future Snowman halted under the
w;adow of Cyrus. and raised al alarm.
"Cy. Oh. Cy! Conc out here. Cy!."
after time Cyrus appeared at the
window. What do you WANT he
demanded through the crack he had
opened.
"I want yoa to come down. with
cc!...::, earnessness. Il want to ask you
ii question. Cy."
'.GA, 60 way" said Cyrus. his teeth
c;..:;;,erins in the awful cold. Its
only one of your jokes
"neaH:@. Cy. its a very important
question: persisted Charles with in
creased earnestness. Its Il solemn
thing. and want you TO come down.
Cy; ! want you bad.
F;nall.2. after gIumhling and expos
ti,lat;n C.,rGs slipped OH some clothes
ard came reluctantly downstairs and
CIT TITO the arctic cold. Now what
il the world is it that you WANT he
asked
Charles came up close, laid his hands
or his brothers shiye,;ng shoulders,
=;;Gia il that voice of plaintive solen2nity
wi.icl in after years moved so many
people to mirth said:
81 wait 10 Isl. you. Cy. if you think
slavery is wrong:'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
WHAT WISDOM DENIED US.
The Most Fatal Gift That Could Be
Conferred on Mankind.

The MOST F0Gat 4RaC SOUkO OS
Conferred on Mankind.
Granted the power to do it, which
would be the most fatal gift that could
be conferred on mankind?
Omnipotence without omniscience.
An omnipotent man, with the best Of
intentions toward his kind, could cas-
Sly wreck the universe and probably
would, since, unless he knew every
thing, he would infalhbly make some
mistake which could not fail to have
very terrible consequences. Next to
this would be the power of foreseeing
events. This would eliminate the great
est factor in human happiness, because
the man who could foresee everything
would have no hope. He would not
only know his own fate, but that of all
other human beings and also all their
feelings and intentions, which, of itself
alone, would make society impossible.
Equally terrible would be the power
of prolonging life at will, since no man
or woman would willingly die SO long
as life remained even tolerable. This
is proved by the shocking conditions
under which people now consent to
live. The race would probably con-
tinue to multiply indefinitely until all
the habitable portions Of the globe be
came overcrowded. Then would COM
mence a struggle for existence which
no human Imagination could portray.
War would be an impossibility, since
no man could kill another who did not
wish to die, and humanity would reach
some inconceiyable climax of misery
from which nothing but the interven-
ton of higher power could possibly
release it-Pearson's Weekly.