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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-21
L. LANCASTER AMI CHESTER
RAILW WAl.
.-r.h. Cue ia effect Nov. 3, 1902.
(Eaiiy except fuudn,

tGaiiy except ruudn,)
WESTBOUN n>j fASIP, UND.
Nos. IA and l6. Nos. 5 and L..
y Nj. ? NJ. A s. PM
s'I5 30 AR Chester lv 1000 SIS
$50 200 Richbure IOS7 $50
74i 45n 8ascombville lO47 S45
7a4 >4.30 Fort lawn IL O3 8 So
7.f5 AGO i.y Lancaster AR IL 80 els
No. IA, leaving Lancaster Gas am,
uakes close connection at Chester
18th @outhsrn Railway No. SO for
'Ia'jnate I;ii poiitis nDiLii; and Sea-
"y..rI Air Lina Atlanta Special"
! Adanta and points west Also
Tith Carolina and Northwestern Rail-
'sr No 10 for r"oir n G., and in
iermediate points, and southern Rail-
vay M 33 fDr Cc!umhi' snd points
ouLh.
No. 10, leaving Chester 1000 M,
onnects with southern Railway No.
IS from Colu ldbia and roiuts south;
sCaboXrd Air Line Atlanta special"
rom northern sud eastern pOinis and
southern Eaiiway No. 33 from North
srn and eastern i,oiuts, al l.au-
3aater with ( 4 q e for Blacksburp.
NO. l6, ieaViHg lancaster 5 Is p IN,
.unnects at Lancaster with S G. &GE
from camden ana Marion, and South
ern Railway No, "a at Chester for
Charlotte and points north
No. IL. leaving Chester 8.I5 % M,
connects at Chester with southern
sailway No "a from Goluns bia and
points south.
JAS NJ. HEATH, Gen Pass Agt.
LEROY SPRINGS. President.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-21
Lynsher's Jailed.

Kosciusko, Miss, Jan. Is.
Sheriff Loving and a posse have
brought in and lodged in jail ten
white citizens of this county.
charged with lypching Jim CASTOR
and Monroe Hallum, two negroes,
at the cross roads last August.
The parties and number of
others have been indicted by the
grand jury.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-21
"What do you think of Janks q

"What do you think of Janks %
asked the irate man.
"He's the biggest liar ever
knew was the reply.
81 thought so, l thought so,''
exclaimed the irate man, his ANGER
apparently somewhat appeased.
"He C lied me a fool a few min
utes ago"
"Oh, WELL" replied the friend,
"perhaps | have misjudged him. y
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-21

Benjamin Sloan Elected President
Of the S G. College
Columbia, Jan 17.-Thc trus-
tees of South Carolina College to.
day elected Benjamin Sloan, .e-
Nor member of the faculty and
professor of mathematics, to the
presidency of the institution. He
has been acting as president since
the resignation of President
Woodward last summer.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-21
Prisoners EytS Taken Out.
Lieutenant Arthur III. Dalton
Tells Of Punishment Inflicted
Upon Prisoners and Men,
Rivaling the Horrors of
The Spani.h lnquisi
tion.

San Francisco, Jan. 15.--Among
the passengers of the steamer
Newport from Panama and way-
port were Lieutenant Arthur Ii.
Dutton and j. j. Many, and four
enlisted men of the American.
manned Colombian cruiser Bogo>
ia, which sailed from this port
Oct. 7. They speak in anything
but enthusiastic terms of their
experiences in Colombian waters.
Lieutenant Dut on, executive Off
Ger Of the Bogota, in a signed
statement, says:
81 never heard of a court mar
tial while | was in Colombia.
Punishments were carried out and
sentences inflicted at the sweet will
of those in power. The SO called
discipline of the armies we main
tanned by the bullet or the lash
ga thrilling offense was at
times punished 10y one hundred
lashes on the bare back with a
flexible cane. Men were shot for
mere nothing.
"a few days after peace was
declared two liberal officers, who
had refused to acquiose in the con
ditions but Nere captured, were
taken to the Chiuqui fortress,
Panama, and there lashed brutalIv
until dead,
"Some prisoners who had been
taken after a particularly stub
born resistance, had their legs or
arms cut off, or their eyes or ears
removed, and were then released,
to 90 manned through life. Some
died from less of blood.
One of Several schooners, load
ed with refugees, which the Bogota
was towing, sprung leak in deep
water st sea. The refugees were
rescued and the captain and crew
OF five men were about to follow
them when the Colombian officers
In charge ordered them back on
board the doomed schooner. Let
them perish with her, he exclalm-
ed. The six unfursuna,es, limo.
cent of any wrong-doing, were
left to their fate on sinking
schooner, with no sails and no
boats.'
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-21
muH nEehI UHFVIU InuDNKr
lnE OEMi- III EEkLY jUURNhh
OF ATLANTA, Ca,

is twlcc-a week NEWS paper, pub
lished on Monday and Tuesday of
each week. with ali the latest news OF
the world, which comes over their
leased wires direct to their office. Ia
an eIght-page seven> column paper.
BY arrangements We have secured
'Pecial rate with them in connection
i'm
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-21
4 Signed State:
ment By fillman.
Published Statements, He CLAIMS,
Are Untrue Will ContepdO
That HeiThought Con
zales Was Armed. :.

'p tho SouHby Jail.
During the day he had visitors
and three of his lawyers, Con.
gresham George w. Croft. for.
ner'Judge o. w. Buchanan, and
Mr.. Coleman l.. Blea.e, spent
most of the day with their client.
Mr.. P. H. Nelson, who is said
to be in the case, was consulted
during the day. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Tillman is quartered in the
corridor room on the second floor
OF the county jail. He has loom
to himself. This afternoon he
had.new furniture brought to the
room and is comfortably fixed.
During the afternoon two of his
counsel brought'a copy. .of a state
ment which Colonel Tlllman had
himself written in response to an
offer from a New York paper that
Its columns'were open to him. 1t
was also requested that lthe state
ment be sent to the Associated
Press. 1t ls as follows.
81 thank you for your courtc-
Gus and kind telegram. In view
of the facts that the dispatches
sent out from Columbia emanated
from the Office of The State news.
paper, ,,of which Mr.. Gonzales was
eaitor, Il don't deem it. .necassar,
to deny what, has been sent from
that quarter. When this. Tunfor-
tunateS affair 2is known to my
friendsas well as to the people of
this country, they will see how
thoroughly l was justified in ac.
ting as l did.
"lhe statements already pub
lished in the papers are untrue
dat the proper time, will be
prepared to show this. Beyond
this l do not care to make any
further statement.
(signed) "Jas. H. Tillmau
The New York papers, with
whatever accounts they may have
published have not reached here
to bs read, and the reports pub
lishsd here are.based on tn. avail
able facts and evidence. The un-
dsrstanding is that Colonel Till
mans line of defense will be that
he thought Mr.. Gonzales was
ar ned, that he had a weapon 10
his coat pocket and that he had
his hands in his coat pockets. He
is'said.to contend that he did not
know Mr.. Gonzales was DOT arm
cd. Second, that when he aimed
his pistol the second time at Mr..
Gonzales, he did so expecting Mr..
Gonzales to defend himself and
that he lowered his weapon be-
cause there. was no response and
not because of anything Mr.. Cons
zales said. He refutes the reiter-
ated statement of Mr.. Gonzales
that he said to him with bullet
through him, and unarmed,
"Shoot again, you coward!'
Mr.. Tillman will also, it is un-
derstood, contend that be had not
met Mr.. Gonzales. This is DEM,
ed, and it is said that Mr.. Cons
zales and Mr.. Tillman were in
the Senate chamber and State cap
itol together.
Lieutenant Governor TIllman.
however, only makes the state
ment that appears over his sigma
ture. The whole story, has, how,
ever, all been given and there is
now no need to repeat the details
of the awful affair. That Mr..
Gonzales sent no message; that he
was quietly on his way to dinner;
that he was alone; that he was
unarmed; that he said nothing TO
provoke hostilitles, all seem ad-
mitted, and that Lieutenant Gov
Arizona republican., 1903-01-07
SULLIVAN STAYED
 FOR FOUR ROUNDS
Against Monroe Whom Jeffries Could
 Not Put Out.

Anaconda, Mont, January 6.-Jack Sullivan, a local boxer, tonight stayed four rounds before Jack Munroe, the man who did the same thing with lief fries. Sullivan is much the lighter man and never had been in a dnish fight. Munroe did all the aggressive work, chasing Sullivan around the ring when they were not clinched.
 In the first round Sullivan stood up well, and made some return of the punching from Munroe. In the remain ing rounds it was mostly clinching and short arm blows and Sullivan dropped to his knees after each exchange re- mainiBg nearly for the count each time. Tn the last round he was on the floor most of the time. Munroe showed him. self a quick and hard hitter.
 Sullivan is clever but in a finish fight would hardly last. He gave very little punishment but managed to avoid most of what was meant for him.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-07
PRINCE ARTHUR WRECKED
 EIGHTEEN WERE DROWNED
The Disaster Occurred on the Wash.
 ington Coast.

Seattle, Wash, January GA special to the Post-Intelligencer from Port Townsend, Wash. says:
 News of the wreck of the Norwegian bark Prince Arthur and the death by drowning of eighteen of the crew was received here today. The Prince Ar thur was bound from Valparaiso for British Columbia to load lumber. On the night of January the vessel ran into breakers and was soon hard and fast on the rocky shore. The scene of the disaster was about two miles south of Ozette on the Washington coast, fifteen miles from Cape Flartery.
 As the Umatilla light vessel lies about three miles off shore from Ozette it is believed that the master mistook the lightship for Tatoosh isl- and and sailed eastward believing he was entering the straits instead of running blindly to his fate. Of the twenty members of the Prince Arthur's crew only two were saved and they were nearly exhausted when they were washed ashore. The bodies of the. eighteen drowned seamen are being buried by ranchers and Indians liv- ing near the scene of the disaster as they come ashore.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-07

who while so serving shall have the rank. pay and allowance of captains mounted. All officers In the general staff shall be detailed therein for per iods of four years. While serving in the general staff corps officers may be assigned temporarily to duty with any branch of the army. Upon being re- lieved they shall return to the branch of the army in which they hold per Tnarent commission and no officer eX- cept q general officer shall be eligible to further detail in the general corps unless he shall have served two years with the branch of the army in which commissioned except in case of emer- gency in the time of war.
 The bill also provides that the chief of stan under the direction of the president shall have supervision of all troops of the line and of adjutant generals. inspector generals. judge ad- vocates, quartermaster. subsistence, judicial, pay and ordnance depart ments, the corps engineers and signal corps and shall perform such other du- ties as may be assigned him by the president
 4 number of bills of minor charac acter passed, the most important being one to increase the pension of soldiers total ly deaf from $3O to S4O per month.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-07
THE U. P. STRIKE
 MAY BE SETTLED
The Conf, rencss are to be Resumed at
 Omaha.

New York, January G.-The strike conference between the officials of the Union Pacific railway and union labor leaders was resumed today. The main questions were wages, hours and recog- milton of the union. At the close of the days meeting it was said that satis- factory progress had been made and that President BuIt would go to Omaha to continue the negotiations there. Both sides expect that an amicable agreement will be reached. The ses- slons will be resumed in Omaha in a week or ten days.
 Alter the conference representatives of the strikers said that each side to the controversy had made claims which the other believes cannot be substan- tiated. The meetings at Omaha will be in the nature of an investigation. The chief point of disagreement in volved is the question of piece work which President Burt strongly favors and which the representatives of the strikers demand shall be abolished
 President Burt is said to maintain that of the 5000 men out on strike the majority are in favor of piece work and this is one of the points to be in vestigated. It is understood that if this is found to be true and President Burt can persuade the men to withdraw any objection they may have to piece work the officers of the union will per init the demand for the abolition of piece work to be dropped.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-07

Caracas, January G.-A high official of the Venezuelan government said to a correspondent Of the Associated Press today:
 "I am greatly surprised at the press cablegrams saying that importance has been given to the last of the sew eral propositions contained in President Castro's answer to the powers in the matter of referring the Venezuelan diff hculty to arbitration of the Hague tribunal The proposition was intend ed simply as compliment to President Roosevelt as chief executive of the greatest of American republics Its suggestion that the question be left to the arbitration of the American repuD-
Arizona republican., 1903-01-07
DIDN'T WANT OFFICE CLOSED
Though a Co'ored Postmistress Was
 Not Wanted.

Louisville. Ky. January GA special to the Courier-Journal from Indianola. Miss, says:
 Mrs. Minnie Cox. the colored post mistress of this place on account of whose resignation the government ord cred the postOfiice here closed. left in dianol2 tonight for Birmingham, Ala. accompanied by her assistant.
 It is now thought that there is little danger of further trouble although the sentiment of the people is against the action of the government in closing the office and causing a partial paralysis of business.
 No violence is anticipated. Before she left tonight Mrs. Cox made state ment in which she denied that she had been subjected to any indignities and stated that no violence had been threatened her. She said, however that she would not again take the office of postmaster under any circum- stances. Her husband who is employed in the United States railway mail ser vice also made a statement in which he said that his wife had not been threat ened but that he understood the race problem in the south and had advised her to give up the place.
 There is no doubt" he continued, that there is general sentiment here against a negro postmaster"
Arizona republican., 1903-01-07

Washington, January G.-The day in the senate was eventful because of 2 notable speech by Senator Hoar on his bill regulating the trusts and an at tack by Senator Vest on the protected industries through the operation of the Dingley law Senator Hoar's utter ances were listened to with marked attention He said that nearly all thoughtful men in this country are agreed that some legislation. state or national, ought to be had for the regu- lation and control of what are known as trusts" and of large masses or capital accumulated by corporations or artificial persons holding property and conducting business without individual liability. There was. he said. general feeling of insecurity and alarm about the matter and that the country is dealing with a real peril and not with a fanciful or imaginary danger. He argued that if his bill should become a law and prove effective no corpora tion engaging in the commerce, which is within the jurisdiction of congress should keep it's condition a secret.
 Senator Vest used as a text for his re- marks his resolution introduced yes terday instructing the committee or finance to prepare and report bill re moving the duty on anthracite coal. Feeble in the extreme and supporting himself on his desk he called attention to the condition or the distress which had arisen as result of the shortage in the coal supply. There was breath less silence in the chamber as ile spoke and every senat tor on the floor turned in his direction in order to catch his words. He said that the question was no longer a partisan one, but Of hu manity and that we are not on the verge of a crisis, but actually in if. H. charged the. republican senators with being silent and dumb to the state of affairs, having only in mind the party cry stand pat He characterized the Dingley tariff act as a sacred elephant with which nothing was to oe done" He sarcastically remarked that if the whole question was raising money for the next presidential cam paign that was the end of the discus sion. MT. Aldrich took exception to some of MT. Vests statements and ar his request the resolution went over until tomorrow when Mir Aldrich will make a reply.
 At 4:3O o'clock the senate adjourned after d brief executive session.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-07
FATAL MASQUERADE.
In Which a Young Denver Girl Took
 Part.

Denver, Colo, January 6.-LeonI Whitehouse. aged seventeen years. was seriously, and perhaps fatally, shot by mistake by William Massey, a near neighbor this evening. With two other girls Miss Whitehouse dressed in boys clothes and went about the neignDor- hood ringing door bells and playing similar pranks. Her hat blew into Massey's yard and when she went after it Massey. thinking her a chickenthief, fired at her with pistol. the ball talk ing effect In her face indicting a dan gerous wound
 Miss Whitehouse is the daughter O, James Whitehouse, the sculptor.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-07

lie was only a complimentary alterna- tive"
 President Castro is elated today over the capture by his troops of all the ammunition destined for the AIatos re- volutionists which, it is alleged in cer- tain quarters here, the allied powers permitted to reach the Venezuelan coast at Coro. It has been learned here that the allies declared that the blockade of Coro will begin tomorrow. January :.
 As q result of the governments vic tory over the revolutionists at Guatie last Sunday General Fernandez, one O. the revolutionary leaders. has offered to treat with President Castro
Arizona republican., 1903-01-07
SOUND COUNTRY
 TRAIN SERVICE Badly DarangGd by the Late
 Floods
Matters Are Slowly Being Straight ened Out But It Will Be Days Before Normal Conditions Are Resumed.

Tacoma. Wash, January G.-Superin- tendent Law of the Northern Pacific says it will take about ten days to clear the main line of the Northern Pacific between Palmer Junction and Elensburg The damage done by the Green river in Eagle gorge is very great as the river rose to an unpIe- cedented height.
 There are three west-bound passen- ger trains between Palmer Junction and Stampede tunnel. One is at Can ton, one at Haywood and one at Les ter. The majority of the male passel- gers came into Tacoma last night walking from the point where the trains are stalled to Kanasket and be- ing brought in from there by special train. The women and children are re- maining on the trains being well cared for at the expense of the company. There is a dining car and sleeping cars on each train and provisions enough in the dining cars and at Hot Springs hotel which is accessible, to last four days. It is expected that the bridge at Martin will be repaired within three days and the trains will be sent back to Spokane and brought west over the liGe of the Great Northern.
 The main line of the Northern Pa cihc is opened between Seattle and Portland and trains are moving be- tween these points on schedule time From Seattle trains are being sent east over the Great Northern. Trouble is reported on that line this morning and the superintendent reported that it would take about ten hours to repair the damage. With the exception of the carborado branch trains are moving on all branch lines.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-07
COLORADO DEMOCRATS
 APPEAL TO THE PUBIC
Against lhe Threatened Action of the
 Republican House.

Denver. January G.-The sub-com- mittee of ten appointed by tEe demo cratic state central committee last Saturday to draft an address to the public setting forth the democratic side of the senatorial controversy completed the address last night. It is g. long one and reviews with coasidera bIe detail the contest prOcee dings which have been begun against the democratic members of the house from Arapahoe county, charging that the contests were begun at the instigation of former seuator F. O. Wolcott. and that large sums of money had been spent in the accumulation Ot false or distort- ed testimony in support of the contests
 It is declared there is not evidence that more than 500 illegal votes were cost in Denver. while the democratic mat tority is about 5000. An appeal is made to the republican members of the house to prevent the throwing out of the Arapahoe representatives but it is declared to be the duty of the demo- cratic majority of the senate in case the republican representatives insist upon the wholesale unseating of demo- crats to prevent a joint session of the two houses and thus make it imDossi- ble to elect a senator.
 A statement is issued by the caucus that it has been agreed to resist the election of republican senator by all constitutional means.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-07
WOOL.

Boston, January G.-The wool market held rather quiet over the holidays as q whole but some houses report a good weeks business. There are indi- cations that some buyers think the market as high as il is likely to go but there is certainly nothing in the pres ent condition which would indicate that the price limit is reached yet. There was a tremendous advance es- pecially Tn pulled and combed woO!s which were relatively below the mar ket. These wools show an advance of three to five cents per pound and are now fully on a par with the balance of the market.
 The request for territory wools con tinues excellent. Prices are fully maintained. Fine staple territory 56G 60c; strictly fine. 5OG55c; fine and fine medium. 50052c; medium. 45@t6c
Arizona republican., 1903-01-07
RECEIVERS FOR
 ARIZONA CONCERNS
The Copper Bell Mine in Cochise
 County in Trouble.

Copper Bell Mining company of West Virginia with headquarters in New York and capitalized at s1,O0O,OOO is in financial difficulties and a receiver has been appointed on the petition of NJ. A. Newmark & O.. of Los Angeles. The Copper Bell owns valuable mines. smelter, a store, etc. at Gleason. Ari- zona. A. H. Emanuel has been aD- pointed receiver by Judge Davis of Tucson and will take charge of the affairs of the company.
 The concern has been involved since last July and the indebtedness is up- wards of S1O0,000. The New York stockholders are eastern people of small means. A large proportion are of the waiter class in New York
Arizona republican., 1903-01-07
GENERAL STAFF BILL.
Passes the House by a Substantial
 Majority.

Washington, January 6.-The house today passed the bill for the creation of a general staff for the army by q vote of 153 to 52 By the terms of the bill if becomes the duty of the general staff to prepare plans for national de- fense and for the mobilization of the army in time of war, to investigate and report on all questions affecting the efficiency of the service and to render professional aid to the secretary of war and to the general officers and other superior commanders.
 The general staff corps is to consist Of one chief of staff and two general officers, all to be detailed by the presi- dent from officers of the army al large not below the grade of brigadier gen eral; four COlone's, six lieutenant coi- onels, twelve majors. Twenty captains are to be detailed from officers of the grade of captain or first lieutenant