The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29

experienced operator.
Lake Butler, Fla, July 1s.-A ne
gro tramp named Adams, who assault
ed negro woman near this place a
day or so ago, was captured last night
by mob Of negroes and lynched in
Santa Fe Swamp. His body was cut
into shreds by the mob and severely dis
figured. The lynching was carried out
By negroes entirely.
Spartanburg, July 22.-Last night
two negroes, Hub Flack and Dock
Jones, had fight. Flack strcuk Jones
on the head with something that dazed
him. He walked to his home and little
was thought Of the affair. This after
noon about 5 o'clock he died. Con-
stables have gone out to arrest Flack.
Nothing definite is known as to the
cause Of quarrel or what the blow was
given with.
Havre, July "a large proportion
of the cargo Of the General Trans
atlantic Lines steamer La Bretagne,
which sailed for New York, consists
OF cotton which has been re-shipped to
the United States on account Of the
American speculation in that staple.
Assistant Chief Constable Howie
has resigned his position from the
force, but it is not known yet who
his successor will be. Howie, it will
be remembered, WIS chief constable
in Charleston but was afterwards
transferred to Beaufort, from which
point he resigned and went to Chester.
st Louis, July 22.-Upon orders of
walking delegates, about l50 men,
structural iron workers and roofers on
the machinery building at the worlds
fair grounds, are on strike, their
claims being that workmen building
the elevated track are not union. A
fight ensued resulting in the non-un-
ion men fleeing for safety. Several
men were hurt, Jos. Meyers skull
being fractured. Police restored quiet
and the strikers were forced to leave
the building. No arrests we're made.
Columbia, July 21.--Judge Gary this
morning rendered decision in the
case of Brookshire VS.. the Farmers
Alliance Exchange, ordering that a re-
ceiver be appointed for the fund now
on hand, about SIT, 900, or that bond
be furnished for twice the amount IN
yolved until this fund is distributed.
The attorneys for the Exchange have
ten days in which to reply and, there
is little doubt but that an appeal will
be made to the supreme court.
New York, July 22.-Gerald Jordan,
a promoter, who gives his age as 42,
and his wife, Laura, twenty years
younger. made two attempts at suicide
last night and today. Mrs. Jordan
says that they came to an agreement
to kill themselves last night and swal-
lowed laudanum. The poison did not
take full effect, and at noon the couple
drank more Of it. Mrs. Jordan ap-
parently relented after the second dose
and called doctor from the ground
floor, who summoned an ambulance.
Mrs. Jordan recovered rapidly. The
man was slower in responding to the
treatment. It is thought that both
will be well enough to be arraigned
in the Police Court tomorrow. Jor-
dan is from the South. His wife says
he has lost everything.
Our vice consul-general at Berlin
reports to the State Department new
invention relationg TO rapid telegraphy
that is undergoing practical test, the
results of which should receive due
consideration in the United States.
The system is known as the Rollah-
Virag rapid telegraph, and after a
careful examination at the Polytechnic
institute at Charlottenburg it was
shown to the emperor and empress of
Germany about the middle of last
February. It was decided at this visit
by the chief of the German postal
s5sstem and other influential persons
shat the new system would be given
a practical, test On the line between
Berlin and Konigberg, which is some
10 kilometers (44715 milesj long. The
results obtained with the new system
are considered most satisfactory, as it
has been demonstrated that 10000
words per hour can be transmitted
under the most varying conditions.
The imperial telegraph service has
decided to introduce the system on the
busy line between Berlin and Frank
fort.
Montgomery, Ala, July 20.-Fletch-
-, T,7rror % xrbito man in tho I1ni ted