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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-08-06
Contract Awarded.

Washington, Special.-Acting POST
master General Wynne signed the con-
tract of Paul Herman, Of Rutherford,
N. j., to furnish the money order forms
ts the government during the next four
wears. The first forms are to be sup
plied, under the new contract on Sep
TENDER 4. The signature Of the hnai
papers ends the fight which the OLD
contractors, the Wynkoop, Hallenoeck
and Crawford Company, OF New York.
have been waging ever since the award
was made to Herman, a former en-
ploye Of that company.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-08-06
At The North

Twelve Of the convicts who escaped
at Placerville, CAL, were still at large.
Though prices were irregular, there
was a better feeling in the New York
stock market.
After sleeping A days, Endicott C.
Allen, in the Long Branch, N. j., hos
pital, Is awake.
Martin Ebelt is said to have con-
fessed the murder of his wife, whose
body was found in a sewer at Mount
Vernon, N. Y.
When he attempted to prevent
Adolph Schloss, a soldier. from shoot
ing his sweetheart. Patrolman Corne-
Illus Mulvey, Of New York, was se-
riously wounded.
A South Dakota divorce was adj
judged void under English law by the
president Of the Divorce Court, in Lon
don.
A terrific explosion Of gunpowder ct
a Lowell (Mass.) factory killed prob
ably 20 persons and wounded a number
of others.
The convicts who escaped from the
California prison have reached the
Greenwood Hills, where the officers
hope to starve them out.
The stock Of the Evansville and
Terre Haute Railway was transferred
to Rock Island interests.
twenty-five union miners were ar
rested at Idaho Springs, Cold, charged
with conspiracy, a minehouse having
been blown up.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-08-06
A Opinion.

Chicago, Special.-Judge Kavanaush,
in a decision handed down in the ha-
beas corpus case of four strikers for
violating an Injunction granted to the
Illinois Malleable Iron Works, decided
that labor unions have the right to
place pickets about a point where a
strike is in progress and he also de-
clared that workmen have the right to
persuade workmen to quit. The jurist
furthermore held that sending men TO
jsil upon affidavits that they have vio-
lated an injunction Is illegal. Judge
Kavanagh's decision is directly opposed
to decisions rendered in the Superior
Court.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-08-06
An Erudite Senator.

Senator Knute Nelson, Of Minnesota
Is one Of the most accomplished
linguists Of the Senate. A Norwegian
by birth, he speaks that language per.
fectly. He also speaks Swedish,
Danish, German and, of course, Eng.
lish. He has a very good understand
ing Of French. Senator Nelson from
the age Of IL years was brought up in
Minnesota, where a mixed population
Of No~rwegians, Swedish. Danish and
German gave him a splendid oppor.
tunity to acquire their languages,
and, being at all times %studious, he
lost no chance to add to his knowl-
edge.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-08-06
commutes woman's Sentence.

Washington, Special. President
Roosevelt has commuted the sentence
Of Lucy Smith, a white woman. con-
victed in the western district OF Vfr-
ginia, Of retailing moonshine whiskey
without license. The woman was con-
victed in May last and was sentenced
to pay a fine Of 500 and serve six
months in prison. The United states
attorney recommended Communication OK
the sentence on the ground that the
woman was the mother Of five chill
dren, ignorant Of the offense she had;
committed, and that the children were
dependent upon her and were in a des-
titute condition. The sentence was
communted to expire August !.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-08-06
Trouble at Panama Subsidsd.

Washington, Specialize tempo
rary ebullition on the isthmus has sub
sided. according to a cablegram from
limited States Consul General Guasef
dated at Panama Tuesday He says that
everything is perfectly quiet and ne
,nt,cipates no more trouble. MT.
Gudger would like to come home on
leave of absence, but Acting Secretary
L,oomis has been obliged to deny MS
request to that effect until conditions
ON the isthmus are more settled.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-08-06
To Examine Food Products.

Washington. Specialize Agr!cul-
tural Department took its first action
under the amended pure food act OF
.July /. 1903, by requesting authority
f,om the Treasury Department to take
SAMPLES and make a chemical analysis
OF certain food products shipped to this
country from abroad. The PERMISSION
asked for has been granted n an Oh
fetal examination Of these products
will be made to determine whether
their use Is deleterious to health. An
inouiry also will be made to determine
whether their use is prohibited in the
country Of their origin. In either OF
these contingencies their entry and sale
in this country will be prohibited.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-08-06
From Across The Sea.

Cardinal Camerlengo Oregila has
asked the 81 cardinals in Rome to be
ready to enter their cells for the con-
clave by tomorrow.
Count Hedervary, the Premier, was
shouted down in the Hugarian Diet at
Budapest and the sitting broke up in
a riot, which will result, it was report
ed, in several duels.
A solemn requiem mass for King
Humbert was celebrated in the Pan
theon at Rome on the third anniver-
sary of his assassination.
Cardinal Gibbons had a conference
with Cardinal Logue, and many hon
ors are being rendered the distinguish
ed American prelate.
The Cunard Steamship Company has
agreed to the British Governments
offer Of 5000, 900 subsidy on the pro-
POSED two new vessels for the line.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-08-06
Three Killed and a Score Injured.

Lynchburg, Va, Specia.-At z
o'clock Thursday afternoon three per-
sons were killed and more than a score
injured by lightning at New Hope
church, Appommattox county. Inc
dead are: Paul Gowen. Charles Aus
tin and Aubrey Wingfeld. while
among the more seriously injured are:
Eugene Turner, Nathaniel Morris. Tom
Coleman and Napoleon Patterson. A
meeting Of the James River Baptist
Association was in progress n a
large number Of men took refuge IN
der an awning near the building when
the storm came up. Lightning struck
a tree in front Of the awning. causing
the disaster and throwing the great
crowd on the ground into a panic.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-08-06
f1iIl Operative Killed

Washington, N. c., Special.-Work-
ing at her place on an operating table
in the knitting mill here, Bessie Ipock,
a twelve-year-oid girl, had her dress
wound around the exposed shaft bar
that was revolving swiftly. AS soon as
the slack of the dress was wound up,
the girls body was whirled round and
round through the air and her head
struck the floor with a sickening thud,
killing her instantly.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-08-06
Tobacco Association In Session.

Newport News, Va, Special.-The
Tobacco Association Of the United
States convened in it's third annual
convention at Old Point. Besides
President Darlington, Of Richmond,
and Secretary-Treasurer Thomas
Mason, OF Louisville, KY. there were
about Is members in attendance. Ow-
ing TO the failure Of a large number Of
delegates to arrive in time for the
opening session, an adjournment vas
taken and no business was transacted.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-08-06
tn Search Female Passengers.

Washington, special.-secretary Cor
ta,vou has selected a limited number
of women from eligible lists furnished
bv the Civil Service Commission Tor
onnointment as matrons in the immi-
grafton service to board ln-cohiihe
vessels and assist in the examinaton
of women passengers. They will ASSIST
the men inspectors. A three months
trial of this plan in the spring OF the
present year led to it's abandonment.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-08-06
President InSuited.

Oyster Bay, Special.-Profane and
abusive language was directed toward
President Roosevelt and his family
Sunday as they were driving up to
Christ church here to attend the morn
ing service. The offender was a resi-
dent Of Oyster Bay named Mccain. He
was hustled away from the church I'M
tremendously by the Secret Service
operatives.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-08-06
The Slave Passions.

Washington, N. c., Special.-All day
long and extending into the night a
medium sized crowd Of negroes, led by
an elder, has been in the county u
house praying and singing and passing
a petition to Congress to pass the ran
ma bill introduced into the last Con-
gress for the purpose OF pensioning
the ex-slave. They have been loud N
their lamentations and are led by an
elder who Is duping them.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-08-06
Where There's a Will
There's a Way
BY Margaret Stowe.

= FTEN it is said that 1.-The most prolific school in the world is the
I school of difficulty" That is, when We are surrounded by diff
! culties the desperateness of the situation compels us to think,
and so often in that way we make opportunities, when before
we could see none.
If you are determined to find a way for yourself, opportuni-
L ties can always be made.
1t is not accident that helps us in the world so much as pur-
\ pose and persistent industry.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-08-06
Marriage a Turning Point.
By Winifred Oliver.

is little doubt that marriage generally proves the Turn
ing point in the road of life which separates a man almost en-
tirely from the friends of his bachelordom. An Indifferent
kind of friendship may possibly survive the marriage. but as
a rule when 4 man falls in love mere friends and acQualnt'
ances are regarded from a totally different point of view than
heretofore. Solid friendships founded on mutual esteem and
regard do not. Of course, end abruptly. The cooling process
Il. .o.,rnIir Slou md ofton reluctant. It's heninninc. though,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-07-16
Crimes and Criminals.

The mysterious death of a young
man at Baltimore leads to hints of
murder.
In a street duel at S~teeleville, Mo-,
one man was killed and three others
fatally injured.
All gambling houses in Kansas City
have been closed and 800 slot ma
chimes turned to the wall.
David Shaud. who shot and killed
Mrs. Ida Becker and Cyrus Shaefer,
was hanged at Lebanon. Pa.
Seven people were killed and many
others injured in a fight between mill
tia and a mob at Evansville. Ind.
Sherman Wells will reside for e.
teen years in North Dakota prison for
numbering Frank Carr at Foreman.
Charles osgood. a negro rape iend.
was lynched at Charlotte. N. c. His
victim was a white woman. aged sixty.
In the bribery cases at st. Louis, At
torney Carroll for the Burlington won
his contention in refusing to answer
questions which might incrimirate
himself.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-07-16
CATTLE MADE CRAZY.
Loco Weed Has Poisonous Effects
Upcn Cattle Who Eat II.

Loco Weed Has Poisonous EHects
Upon Cattle Who Eat II.
Livingston, Mont, July l2.-LarKs'
pin, better known as the loco weed. is
bringing heavy loss TO cattlemen in
various sections Of the state. After
two years of freedom from the weed
the r~achers are again confronted
with it, and dozens Of cattle are dying
as a result of eating of the plant. j. X.
Hathern, whose herds are on Trial
creek, is the latest sufferer. Thus fsr
this week he has lost nearly fifty head,
while several hundred of the animals
are sick at the present time. After
eating of the weed the cattle become
crazy and unless closely watched start
off on the run, stopping only long
enough to attack anything and every
thing in their path. This insanity
continues for perhaps t~wenty-four
hours, when the unfortunate animals
drop dead. For several days stockmen
of the West have been searching for
an antidote for this poison weed, but
as yet they have found lone.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-07-16
.a.hinston Notes.

tA NOktas
The Alaskan boundary dispute will
be submitted at London Sept. 3.
Baron von Sternburg has been
raised to the rank of ambassador.
Postmaster General Payne has IS
sued an order abolishing the position
Of physician in postofices.
A petition has been received at the
interior department from the Indians
at Pine Point. Mimi, urging the con-
tinuation of the school at that place.
The district commissioner and chief
of police are investigating an alleged
scandal regarding the payment of
money to secure positions on the
force.
Rear Admiral Bradford has ordered
twenty sets of wireless telegraphs for
installation on the f%iagships and scouts
which will participate in the summer
maneuvers.
The Kearsarge smashed all ocean
records for speed in the ~battleship
class IN her Journey to Kiel, making
a total distance Of 3,345 miles from
New York to the Needles at the high
average speed Of %.62 miles an hour.
Reports received at the treasury de-
partment were o the effect that the
official trial OF the Mackinac, the tug
built at Baltimore for service on the
Great Lakes, Was a success. The YES
sci attained a speed of fourteen knots
an hour.
Twenty.six additional candidates for
the naval academy have passed the
mental and physical examinations and
have been admitted as midshipmen.
This brings the number Of members
OF the plebe class up to 297, with
about fifteen more to be heard from.
J. w. Miller of St. Paul has been
awarded the contract for the construc-
ton Of the public building at Stillwa.
ter, MINI, authorized by congress.
The amount involved is $41,507. The
contract calls for the completion of the
work by Aug. is, 1904.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-07-16
casuaItIes.


Twenty-four people were killed in a
railroad wreck in Virginia.
The Hammond packing plant at. st.
Joseph, Mo-, was destroyed by fire.
The body of a woman went through
Niagara gorge the other day the
second within three months.
Sixteen people are known to have
been drowned In the Pennsylvania
flood and sixteen others are missing
The big carriage and wagon deposit
tory of S~tudebaker Brothers in San
Francisco vas destroyed by fire, caus-
ing a loss estimated at 5000, 600, part
ly covered by insurance.
The smelling plant of the Silver
City Reduction Works company near
Silver City. N. w, has ben destroyed
by fire. Loss 500. 900; insurance $751;
900. 1t was owned by the Hearst es-
tate.
Elmer M~cGibbeney. twenty-one
years Of age, from Pittsburg, Pa, was
drowned in Gull lake, near Kalamazoo,
Mich, while sailing. He was connect
ed with the Pittsburg & Lake Erie
railway.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-07-16
GORDON KILLED BY MISTAKE.
Body Intended to Reach the River ous
Fell on the Tracks.

Fell on the Tracks.
la Crosse, Wis, July 12.-After .ne
conviction at Mount Carroll yesterday
of Estelle and Clara, arrested sons
months ago for the Burlington Tram
robbery at Marcus, Estelle made .
confession as to the murder OF GORDON,
the robber who was found shot 70
death on the train after the ROBBERY.
Estelle told bis story to one OF the
detectives, with the understanding IL
was to be held until he was in prison.
The detective repeated it to the Adj
ans Express company's agent. VINO
gives it as follows:
Brownie. one of the robbers VINO
escaped, and who was subsequently
killed in a bank robbery near Cal
weston, shot Gordon, mistaking MIN
for a trainman. The wound was not
Immediately fatal. and Gordon told
his pals 20 throw his body into the
engine fire box if capture became IN
eyitable. Estelle refused TO permit
this. and when leaving the engine
Brownie sealed Gordon's lips with a
final bullet and threw his body from
the engine. as he supposed. into the
river"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-07-16
Resume 81 the news.
ed
~

No trace OF William Rudolph, the
Union bank robber and alleged muir
derer Of Pinkerton Detective Schu-
macher, who escaped from the city
jail at ST. Louis, has been found.
Constable H. f. Bierer was killed at
Greensburg, Pl-, by a bullet from a re-
volver, said to have been fired by
Charles Kruger. whoa Bierer was try
ing to arrest for an assault upon an
Italian miner.
A. NJ. Ross, manager of the Empire
Trust and Securities company, was
committed at Newark, N. j., In de-
fault OF $4,000. The company of which
he was manager is alleged to be a
get rich quick"
Italian laborers employed at the
Wabash tunnel workings at Green
Tree, Pa, engaged in a riot and a num-
Der were seriously injured. Five of
the participants are now in Pittsburg
hospitals and two will die.
Pulaski Lods, master mechanic of
the Louisville & Nashville railroad.
died from a bullet wound inflicted in
his Office at Louisville by George War
ner, a discharged employee. Warner
shot himself, but will probably re-
cover.
Made insane by a long illness, James
w. Brady. a wealthy real estate OPP
orator of New York, threw himself
out of a secon6-story window. He was
taken to a hospital. where it was
found hat he had sustained fatal in
juries.
Senator Stewart OF Nevada, who Is
practically g permanent resident of
Washington. having a large dairy farm
GRO the line in Virginia, had his
pocket picked. He was robbed of $40.
several bank notices for notes due and
several railroad passes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-07-16
LEG WAS BEING AMPUTArsn
WHICH WAS SHATTERED ey
FATHER-IN-LAW.
SHOTGUN IS THE WEAPON UstD
YOUNG MAN Is SHOT IN THr
HEAD AND TERRIBLY
MuTILATED.

Button, Ind, July IA. - John Ter
rell, a wealthy farmer living near Pa
troleum, nine miles north Of the #citv
killed his son-in-law, Melvin Wolfe
yesterday afternoon, firing both bar.
rels of a shotgun into his head AZ
Wolfe lay on the doctors operating
table to have his leg amputated, neces.
STATED by a wound from Terrells gun
fired a short time before.
Four years ago Wolfe married Ter.
rell's daughter. Wolfe deserted the
girl, 1t is said, leaving her with a child
in arms. A suit was brough to omnei
him to support his wife. 1t is claimed
Wolfe had twice driven by the Terrell
home, shouting insulting remarks and
shaking his fist at Terrell. The third
time he drove by, Terrell jumped from
some bushes along the roadside and
Fired at His Son-in-Law
with a double-barreled shotgun. The
first shot shattered Wolfe's right leg.
The second barrel missed. Wolfe was
hurried to the Office of DR.. Saunders at
Petroleum and placed on an operating
table to have the leg amuntated.
While a crowd stood around watching
the doctor, Terrell came up from his
home in a buggy, broke in the door Of
the doctors office, drove out the
crowd at the point OF his gun, and,
with the remark, II am after him, and
| am going to get him yet" fired both
barrels into his ~son-in-law's head. He
was terribly mutilated. At the time
he fired the young man was only half
conscious. Terrell got In his buggy,
loaded up his shotgun and pointed It
at the mob that had hastily formed,
held it at bay and drove 10 the sher-
ifs residence. He is in Jail.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-07-16
From Other Shores.

Another outbreak against foreigners
Is feared at Pekin.
The American squadron was warmly
welcomed TO Portsmouth.
Consul General Gutierrez of Santo
Domingo states that the only hope of
that country lies in annexation to the
United States.
A former French officer named Bal
ligue has been sentenced to four
months imprisonment for spying In
behalf of Germany.
Electricity will be the sole medicine
of the future. according to D'Arsonval.
a well-known savant of the Physio-
logical institute Of Paris.
Two women accompanied their hus-
bands in a balloon C at Paris re-
Gently. Mrs. Savalle holds a record of
254 miles and will doubtless get the
cup.
The cruiser Benjamin Constant will
sail from Rio de Janeiro next month
from the United States to return the
visit made by the American warships
when Gen. Alvos assumed the presi-
dency.
The emperor of Japan has directed
the premier to take a brief rest, but
he will retain Office. 1t Is generally
expected that some arrangement will
be effected without a ministerial dis
turbance.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-07-16
HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE.
Sioux Falls Man Accused of a Serious
Crime.

Sioux Falls, S. d., July 12.-As a re-
suit Of his preliminary examination,
which extended over the greater por-
ton of the last three days, William T..
Rowan, a local carriage painter, has
been held for appearance at the next
term of the circuit court to answer to
a serious charge. If he cannot procure
bonds in the sum of $4,000 he will
have to lie in Jail for nearly six
months before he can be tried. Rowan
is accused of having kept a fifteen
year-old girl prisoner in his place Of
business for the period of two days
and nights.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-07-16
STRENGTHS OF MEN AND OXEN.
Bulk for Bulk, the Former Are the
Stronger.

Bulk for Bulk, the Former Are the
Stronger.
Few people know that a man, bulk
for bulk. is stronger than an OK, but
1t appears that snch is the case. The
matter was tested not long since al a
fair In America, one Of the attractions
of which was a contest Of a yoke OF
oxen against an equal weight Of men.
A drcg was loaded with granite blocks,
weighing in the aggregate 1850
pounds. The yoke of oxen that made
the trial weighed 1920 pounds. and
twenty men, allowing 160 pounds to
the man. were set against them. The
men took hold Of the drag first, and
easily walked of with II. covering q
distance OF IS feet in the space Of two
minutes. The oxen at their trial moved
only eighty-hve feet in the same length
Of time. and the men were accordingly
declared winners-Pearson's Weekly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-07-16
Elevator Is Burned.

Osceola, Wis, July 1.-THE elevator
owned by the Osceola Mill and Ella.
vator company at Nye, east of here.
was injured during the storm Of
Thursday morning. and at 10 o'clock
at night 1t slid off its foundation.
bursting It, letting out on the ground
over 1000 bushels of grain. The ware
house will have to be rebuilt. as It il
completely wrecked.