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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-14
Serious Charges Against White
Men. gSi
The State, 10Th inst.

The State, 10Th inst.
The internal revenue depart.
nent has had considerable trouble
recently on account of complaints
that parties representing themsel-
YES to be revenue officers have en-
deavored to collect government
tax from merchants who are as q
rule keepers of small grocery
stores in the suburbs.
Recently j. w. Hammond, a
former police officer, was arrests
ed on this charge and was admitted
to hail. 7. A. Bateman was ar
rested on similar charge and was
also admitted to bail. Yesterday
Bateman was arrested and COM
mitted to jail in default of bond on
three charges of this kind.
An official of the revenue SER
vice said yesterday that the fsder,
al government has no desire to
deal hardly with persons accused
of violations of law, but the prac.
tice of imposing upon susceptible
people -blackmail-ls not to be
tolerated. 1t is easy for a person
impersonating a revenue officer
and wearing some kind of badge
marked "detective" to intimidate
shop keepers into paying black
mail ostensibIy for the purpose of
protecting themselves for some
trumped up charge.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-14
"But you said you would give

"But you said you would give
Is cents for 1902 PENNIES.
"Certainly; we are prepared
now to give Is cents for one
thousand nineteen hundred and
two pennies s."
Then they would he vendor un-
derstood tho game that had been
played shouldered his coppers aud
walked away. Other men who
came carrying copper as Il prize
were met with a similar reception.
And the copper that went up to
Washington from the piedmont
section was shipped back home.
Mr.. Gresham said last night that
he had been told that the enter
prising business men who worked
the advertisement had been arrest
ed.
1t was reported in Charlotte
last night that the mad scramble
tor the 1902 pennies was still
maintained. Pennies of that
date sold for 8 cents each in
Mooresville yesterday, it was de.
clared, and were still bringing a
fancy price in Salisbury aud 9th
err neigheering towns. The agi-
tation over copper has struck the
rural districts of upper South
Carolina and unless runners con-
vey the intelligence of the fake
game into the various hamlets the
fierce rush for one cent pieces
may last for good many days.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-14

Disturbances eff strikers are not
nearly as grave as an individual
disorder of the system. Over>
work, loss of sleep, nervous ten
sion will he followed by utter col Z.
lapse, unless n reliable remedy is
i'm nediately employed. There S
nothing so efficient to cure disor>
ders of the Liver or Kidneys as
Electric Bitters. lisa wonder
tul tonic, and effective nervine
End the greatest all around medi,
cine for run down systems. 1t
dispels Nervousness, Rheumatism
and Neuralgia and expels Malaria
germs. Only SOC, and satisfac-
tion guaranteed by Crawford
Bros, and j. f. Mackey & Co.
Druggist.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-14
WORKING OVERTIME,

Eight hour laws are ignored by
those tireless, little workers-Dr.
Kings New Life Pills. Millions
are always ut work, night and
day, curing Indigestion, Bilious
ness, Constipation, Sick Headache
and all stomach. Liver and Bowel
troubles. Easy, pleasant, safe,
sure. Only 25c at Crawford
Bros, and j. F. Muckey & Co..
drug store.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-14
Tennessee's Governor Requested
to Ignore the Wisconsin
Proposition.

Nashville, Tenn, March o.
The house of representatives to-
day adopted u resolution request.
ing the governor to ignore the
request of the governor of Wis
consin to appoint delegates to q
convention to settle the race ques-
ton, declaring that the race ques-
tion will settle itself.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-14
Lynched for the Usual Crime.

Lynched for the Usual Crime.
Tampa, Fla. March 9. Henry
Thomas, colored. who attempted
to criminally assault the 1O.year>
Old daughter of Porter Kenne,
Friday, was lynched near Parish
last night after being positively
identified by his victim and hav-
ing admitted his guilt.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-14

The Best Prescription for Maiaro
ChilIs and Fever is bottle of
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic. 1t
Is simply Iron and Quinlne and
tasteIess, No Cure No Pay.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-14

The courts Will be called up
on to distribute the state alliance
fund. A receivership will be
asked for before Judge Gary.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-14

fortunate to escape with their lives
Deer, bears and other animals have
been driven to highlands and are
being slaughtered In large mum.
bers. The weather is threaten
ing. The river gauge is SO. s,
being 2.5 above the danger line
and rising.
CARUTHERSvILLE THREATED WITH
DESTRUCTION.
Charlottesville, March IL
This city, containing $500 in
habitants, is threatened with des
truction by the flood. An old
levee, which is caving, alone
stands between the city and the
swollen Mississippi. Govern
ment engineers regard it as the
most critical food point along the
river. Four hundred men under
Engineer Fitzpatrick are working
desperately at building a new Ie-
wee.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-14
A Big Fake Deal In NennieS.
Result of Smart Advertisement
A Washington Firm Offers "1S
Cents for 1902 Pennies"
Charlotte Observer.

Recently clothing store in
Washington advertised that it
would pay at noon Saturday, the
7th inst, "1y cents for 1908"
pennies, and because of this nd
verlise nent practically y all the pen
nies in the piedmont section of
North Carolina and in gord
many towns in upper South Caro-,
lima have come into the possession
of n few spectators. The fact
that the advertisement was not a
bonafde proposition, but II play
on words, did not become known
until yesterday, when 1t WAS dis,
covered that thousands of 1902
coppers had changed hands after
a big pre- MUM had been paid.
For week or ten days it has
been currently rumored in this
city that Washington agency
wanted the pennies IN question,
and it was said that the agency
was acting for the government,
which wished the pennies recalled
because it had been found that in
coming them large quantity of
gold had been accidentally spilled
into the molten copper.
The absurdity of the rumor
seemed to impress no speculator,
and for the last four or FIVE days
penny-buying has been going on
here at great rate.
Early last week Mr.. Edwin B.
Gresham, of the firm of Gresham
d Company, the well known rail
road eating house concern, COL
lected all the 1902 pennies he
could IN banks and other business
places in Charlotte. He got the
pennies ut their real value and be-
fore the report of the premium
giving had become widespread.
A day or so after his purchase
Mr.. Gresham sold to Baggage
Agent Sonner of the Southern
railway, $50 pennles for S33, and
Sonner stated that the next dav
he sold the pennies to a bank in
Alexandria. Va, ut Is cents
apiece.
Mr.. Gresham worked ASST
duously and collected many hund
red other pennies, but he was sble
to sell none of these at profit
He still has on hand enough cop
per to make llfe-slzsd statues of
both the mayor and the rec ,rder.
Mr.. Gresham was not the onlv
man who bought pennies in large
quantities. Tom Rowland, the
popular conductor on the States
vile road, devoted large part of
kls time to co per-grabbing and
did not desist in his speculative
operation until yesterday.
Half dozen other Charlotte men
and men in nearby South Carolina
towns, and residents of Salisbury
and other places in this State,
made wide search for last years
coppers.
The movement OF the spectators
had its natural effects, and for
week 1902 pennies have been sells
ing high; jumping from two and
n half and three cent each To five.
seven and ten cents apiece.
The knowledge that the advertise.
ment WAS inserted with intent f.,
deceive did not reach here until
yesterday. 1t was said that bags
holding over 5000 pennies, se.
longing to specul4tors 10 this sec
ton, reached Washington Satur.
day morning, and, keeping COM
pany with copper that came frcm
many other sources, were about
to be taken to the clothing store
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-14

Stops the Cough and Works of
the COfd.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets cure a cold in one day. No
Cure, No Pay. Price, Csc.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-14
More Rain on The Mississippi.
The Levees Are Still Holding,
Though the Danger is Great
Hundreds of Men at
Work Sacking Weak
Points.

| ''@o"i'y oI tHiS poiul, tne gauge
this morning making 1922 feet.
Ih's is rise OF FIVE tenths of a
foot in the past 24 hours. 1t is
believed that the river will reach
mark of 3S feet at Memphis
Reports from Mississippi and Ar
kansas to-day Indicate that the
grave t apprehension prevails re-
Igarding the flood situation. In
some districts armed sentries are
patrolling the levees. All streams
and rivers in Arkansas are over
flowing. In north Memphis the
hsod has already begun encroaeh-
ing ut certain points and will take
but few inches more of water to
render work impossible at many
OF the lumber industries in that
section of the city. At Greenlaw
and Second streets, the back wa
ters have reached the latter thor.
oughfare. The occupants of ca
bins there have been compelled to
flee to higher ground.
The steamer Georgia Lee ar
rived from Cairo to day and re,
ports all landings to be in a bad
condition. The steamers officers
say refugees from the lowlands
are to be seen everywhere. The
government engineers have aug
mented their forces and the stea.
mers are carrying sacks of sand
and other supplies to the more
dangerous places in the levee sys-
tenn.
THE WEATHER BUREAUS SPECIAL
RIVER BULLETINS.
Washington, March 1.-THE
weather Bureau to day issued the
following special river bulletin:
From Cairo to Helena eondi
tlons have become slightly
more threatening since Tuesday
The rise is progressing at an in
creased rate, and SO feet of water
are expected at Memphis by Sum
day or Monday. A stage of 80
feet is not improbable and precau.
tlons should he made for that
stage. The White river has con-
tlnued to rise rapidly, while the
Arkansas is also near flood state,
and the effects of these waters will
be felt in the main within a short
time.
From Helena the rise will con.
tlnue steadily and maximum stages
will probably be reached as fol-
lows: Arkansas City 81 feet;
GreenyilIe 46: Vicksburg so.
The Mississippi below Vicks
burg and the Atchafalaya will con-
tlnue to rise for the next three or
four weeks, while the Red below
Shreveport and the Ouchatlta will
continue to rise for several days
SITUATION BAD IN ARKANSAS.
Little Rock, Ark, March II.
The food situation in the inter.
Tor If Arkansas is any thing but
bright aud the las, "a hours have
developed few, If any, hopeful
lndica ions. The Red, Ouchaita,
Black, White, Current and Ar
kansas rivers are bunk full and
rising. Lowland farmers have
already suffered great property
loss though only two deaths are
reported ON account of the floods.
Ihe Arkansas river at Little Rock
Is within sever tenths of a foot
Of the danger line and rising. The
water in the Arkrn sas river in
nearly every case reaches the
Mississippi.
DEER AND BEARS MOVING.
= Natchez, Miss, March IL. i
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-14
Loss Of Flesh

SOOV VI uVOuU
When you can't eat break.
fast, take SCOTS Emulsion.
When you can't eat bread
and butter, take Scott S
Emulsion. When you have
been living on a milk diet and
want something a little more
nourishing, take Scott $
Emulsion.
TO get fat you must eat
fat. Scott's Emulsion is a
great fattener. a great
strength giver.
Those who have lost flesh
want to increase all BODY
tissues, not only fat. Scett's
Emulsion increases heln all,
bone, flesh, hoed and
nerve.
For invaHas, kar con.
vaIescents, for conssnptives,
for weak children, for all
wI,a Rced flesh, Scots
Emulsion is q rich end com.
Portable food, and a natural
tonic.
SCOTS Emulsion for bone,
flesh, blood and nerve.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-14

MANAGER WANTED! Trust-
worthy, either sex, by Wholesale
Merchandise Company of solid
flnanclaI standing, to manage Lo-
cal Representatives who will or.
ganlze clubs among consumers
4o per cent saved or our custo.
mers. Business no experiment
put a proven success. Salary
SiS o0a week, expenses advanced.
experience unnecessary. Address
-. b. Clarkson, Mgr, 3s4 Dear
norm St., Chicago, III. l-24.7
Our MIR. j. M. Hood IL 81
ways In the market to purcba.o
mules and cutt!c. And d on,t vou
forget it. ~"
Lancaster Mercantile Ca
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-14

We will send you
a free sample.
Be SIRE i!'s; ii.is picture
h The ferm 81 o label Is On
stc wrarp'r vi evcry bottle
Of Emulsion yss buy.
SCOTT {: BOVINE,
CHEMISTS,
400 Pearl St. g., II. Y.
zoe. and 81 all druggists.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-03-14
DEER AND BEARS MOVING.

Natchez, Miss, March IL.
Officers on the mail steamer Betsy
Ann are authority for the state
ment that frame buildings in the
lswlnnds have been washed away.
Residences have bean torn from
their foundations some have
been caught and held ny the trees.
The owners and occupants were
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-09
From Other Shores

The private firm of J. 81. W. Pease
of Darlington Englan has executed
deed of assignment. The firms liabili-
ties are placed at about $2,500,000.
f, Ire Canadian Pacific Railway COM
pany has determined to open the st.
Lawrence route next spring and to es-
tablish weekly service of cargo
steamers from Liverpool, a ten days
service from London, and similar
service from Glasgow.
The earthquake at Andijan killed
$500 people in and near that city and
destroyed 10000 houses. The rumb-
,lings continue the people are starving.
United States Ambassador Tower
presented his credentials to Emperor
William at the palace recently. All the
members Of tierstah Of the embassy
were present. IN Z d s55 /. D.
The Allegemeine Elekraicaetets "a.
zeIlschaft with $22. 125, 900 capita and
the Union Elekraicaetets HaSellSth
with 326, 00O, 900 capital, have consolid-
ated. There are Berlin corporations.
the technical manager Of To orKAnix-
atiel bstng a. AsAsris ~. 1faees. "
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-09
TO KILL BLAckMAlL.

New Police Commissioner. Makes Plain
Clothes Men Patrol Beats.
New York, Jan. 3.-After consulta-
ton with Deputy Commissioners Eb-
stern and Peter Piper and Chief In
spector Cartwright, Commissioners
Greene yesterday issued the following
order:
Cali precinct detectives and patrol
men doing duty in plain clothes,
whether in the district or in the pre-
cincts, and whether detailed to duty
by the police commissioner or by in
spectors of districts, or captains of
precincts, are hereby returned to duty
as patrolmen, to take effect Jan. 2,
and they will not be eligible for detail
of any kind during ninety days from
that date"
BY this order 262 men are ordered
to duty as patrolmen, and each is trans
ferred to new precinct. Commission
er Greene is taking this action, it is
understood, with view of breaking up
the system of blackmail alleged to ex-
list in the department.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-09
PUSH ON w N JAlllLA
Pacific Cable Viii M Be co,mpIe ted 10
fa3 M nila nv y.liAlsSs IA sss5si si{ Y

Pacific Cable viii BE- Completed d
Manila by July 4. 4
New York, Jan. Clarence III.
Mackay. president; George G. Ward,
vice president and general manager,
and the other officials q the Com
mercial Pacific Gable company, are
greatly pleased at the completion Of
the company'c cable between San
Francisco and Hawaii, q work to which
they have devoted much energy and
time during the last few months. They
do not proposed to stop at Hawaii,
however, and now say that by July 4
they, expect the cable will have been
completed to Manila. Speaking Of the
project, Mr.. Ward said:
The Commercial Pacific Gable COM
pany's cable to Hawaii was connected
through to San Francisco at SAB p. M,
Jan. 1. Honolulu time. The cable will
open for public business, on Monday
morning, Jan. g. The widespread in.
terest created by bringing the Hawaii
an island into electric touch with the
Pacific coast is evidenced by congrat-
ulatory cablegrams received to-day. 1t
is particular satisfaction to US TO
have -hn ceole completed on the first
day of the new year, because it fulfills
our promise to congress. Rapid prog
ress is being made in the manufacture
Of the sections to be laid between Hon
olulu and Manila, and over $500 miles
of this cable have already been manu-
featured. fully expect messages will
be exchanged with Manila by July 4,
next. The laying of the remaining Sec
lions will commence from Manila the
first week in May next"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-09
ILL LUCK FOR LUCKY" BALDWIN.

Millionaire in Obscure Lodging House
and Treated by Cancer Specialists.
San Francisco, Jan. 3. s- With death
from cancer threatening him, the old
millionaire, E. J. Baldwin. better
known as Lucky" Baldwin, is in an
obscure lodging house, being treated
by cancer specialists. He has been
there since the day after Christmas,
but his identity has been hidden under
the assumed name of Edward jackson.
His family has been calling on him
daily. The old man is suffering from
cancer, and there are no less than
three growths developing. The most
serious is in the middle Of the lower
lip, and the others are under the chin.
His doctors say he will recover, as the
two shncers under the chin were
caused by X-ray treatment, from which
Baldwin derived no benefit, but as the
patient is over seventy the danger Of
complication is grave. Baldwin did
not tell the doctor who heswas, but the
doctor says he drove very shrewd
bargain with him for treatment.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-09
Sin and Sinners.


Daisy Carleton of Bloomington, ILL.,,
was acquitted of the murder of Mrs.
Joseph Leslie.
John Doyle, a wealthy mine-owner of
San Bernardino, CAL, has been missing
for two weeks, and foul play is sus-
pected.
Wesley Watson of Detroit was shot
| and instantly killed by his brother,
| Samuel, who mistook him for a bur-
glar, at Middleport, near Brantford,
Ont.
J. D. White, editor of the Cordell
Beacon, at Cordell, I. T., fatally shot
A. ]. Johnson, a prominent townsite
man. The cause of the tragedy was an
old quarrel.
With the aid of hat-pin, Stella May
hew of Chicago drove off a negro who
was trying to steal her sealskin coat.
The assailant, however, secured her
purse, containing $40.
Voltairine LIE Cleyre, an Anarchist
and teacher of languages, was shot and
MORALLY wounded by Herman Helsch-
err, a former pupil, at Philadelphia.
Unrequited love is said to have been
the cause.
Through a confession made by Ed
ward M. Smart, who was arrested re-
Gently in New York. charged with rob-
bling messenger boys, $4,000 worth of
silks, sealskin coats, Persian lamb
Jackets and laces were recovered.
Turned from the door after an un-
awaiting plea for reconciliation with
his wife, Leslie Penney of Chicago
swallowed carbolic acid and fell dead
on the steps leading to the residence
of his mother-in-law.
Thomas Ewing Steele, prominent
member of the Columbus, Ohio, bar,
grandson of Thomas Ewing, secretary
of the treasury under the first Harri-
son administration, and nephew OF
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, was
found guilty of conspiracy with intent
to defraud.
Forgery of notes aggregating almost
100000 was revealed at Chicago by the
arrest of Louis Stern, a note broker.
He is now locked up at the Central sta
ton while the police are searching the
city for William S. Brown, former
dealer in jewelry, with place Of bust
| ness in Philadelphia.
Richard Burke, an attendant of the
Long Island supreme court, on reach
ing his home in Flushing, l.. L., early
the other morning, found burglar.
When Burke grappled with him the
burglar fired four shots, one bullet
striking Burke in the chest and anoth-
er in the neck. The wounded man was
removed to the hospital.
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CASTRO ), i / o B !. |. ||||.'||'
MAKES SOME CONDITIONS WHICH
GALL FOR a JOINT q 81
ANSWER. IA. A u:
ALLIES ARE CONSIDERING II
CASTRO WANTS DISPUTE SUB
Is ARE CONSIDERING IT
CASTRO WANTS DISPUTE SUB.
MlTTED TO HEAD OF AN AMER.
lcAN REPUBLIC.
WANTS THE BLOCKADE LIFTED
PROPOSES METHOD OF PROCEED.
uRE PENDING ARBITRATION
q AGREEMENT.

Washington, Jan. 3.-Secretary Hay
yesterday received kilograms from
London, Berlin and Rome, notifying
him that President Castro's response
to the suggestion of this government
that Venezuela's troubles with the
creditor powers be submitted to The
Hague tribunal for arbitration had
been delivered to the foreign ministers
of England, Germany and Italy, and
was being considered by these govern
ments, which were in correspondence
among themselves with a view to
agreeing to joint answer.
The answer of President Castro was
not an unconditional acceptance of the
proposal that The Hague court arbi-
trate the Venezuelan dispute. While
indicating friendly feeling for the
proposal, Castro expressed a preiSr-
ence for a submission of the pending
questions to the head of IAN American
republic" This was interpreted by the
United States
As Resubmission,
under another form, of the original
proposal of the allied powers that Pres
ident Roosevelt act as arbiter, although
some members of the administration
think that Castro, knowing Mr.. Roose-
velt's unwillingness to serve, was hint
ing at the selection of President Diaz
of Mexico.
In transmitting Castro's communica.
ton to the United States embassies at
London, Berlin and Pome, Secretary
Hay expressed for the president the
hope that the allied pc wers would adj
here to their acceptance Of the sug-
gestion that The Hague court under
take the settlement.
President Castro, in 1.-The message
which contained his Suggestion, pro-
posed method of procedure in the ne
gotiations preliminary to the protocol
for reference of the dispute to The
Hague tribunal. 1t is understood that
this method contemplates an arrange
ment for lifting the blockade and re-
newing diplomatic negotiations before
the arbitration protocol has been
signed.
Gathering in Ships.
La Guayra, Jan. 3. - The British
gunboat Xumbador, formerly the Ven
ezuelan war vessel of that name, left
here for Trinidad yesterday. She has
in tow three small schooners captured
during the blockade. She will return
for other prizes.
To Fight Insurgents.
Paris, Jan. 3. "A dispatch to the
Matin from Caracas says a strong
force of government troops has taken
the field against the insurgents. The
latter are reported to be advancing on
Caracas.
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GERMANY's EXPORTS.

Business With United States Increases
Heavily During Year.
Berlin. Jan. 3.-Partial returns from
the consular districts indicate that
Germany's exports to the United
States increased in 1902 by about $5,-
100000 over those of 1901. !. The net in.
crease in nine districts Of North Ger
many alone amount to 1896. OIL. chief
~ textiles. Bremen and Magdeburg
showed decreases together of. 2, 500 900,
principally in sugar. The imports from
the United States fell of, but no relia-
BILE figures are available.
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IN A BLOODY SPREE.

Desperate Fight With Knives and Re.
volvers Fatal to Five.
Santiago, Cuba, Jan. 3.-Seven 1tal-
ian peddlers became involved in a
drunken brawl here and fought desper-
ately with knives and revolvers. Two
of the men were killed instantly, and
two died later in the hospital, the fifth
was fatally and the sixth man severely
wounded. The seventh man, who did
most of the killing, was not hurt. Thir-
ty revolver shots were fired in two
minutes. The men concerned were
brothers and cousins.