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Sac. 900 For Breach of promise.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Special.-Miss
Henrietta Adams, Of Caseville, Mich,
was given a verdict of $4,000 against
Robert Stuart Baker, Yell-known
young society man Of this city, for
breach of promise. The trial has been
one of the most sensational in the his
tory of western Michigan. The romance
which led up to Bakers proposing
marriage to the young woman, began
when both were students at Olivet
College. Several hundred letters writ
ten to Miss Adams by Baker, were read
in court, and number from the young
women to the defendant were also in
troduced as evidence. Bakers letters
were, many of them, very sensational
and improper. The jury decided that
Baker fraudulently made the contract
of marriage with the purpose OF seduc-
ton, and that he afterwards ratified 1t
with the same purpose.
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THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
President Sets Apart Last Thursday
In November.

Washington, Special.-The President
Saturday issued his annual Thanksgiv-
ing proclamation, in the following
terms:
BY the President Of the United States
OF America-A Proclamation:
The season is at hand when, accord
ing to the custom Of our people, it falls
upon the President to appoint day o.
praise and thanksgiving to God.
During the last year the Lord has
dealt bountifully with us. giving us
peace at home and abroad and the
chance for our citizens to work for
their welfare unhindered by war, fam
inc or plague. 1t behooves us not only
TO rejoice greatly because of what has
been given us. but to accept it with a
solemn sense Of responsibility, realiz-
ing that under heaven it rests with us
ourselves to show that we are worthy
to use Alright what has thus been en-
trusted to our care. In no other place
ard at no other time has the expert
ment of government of the people. by
the people, for the people. been tired
on so vast a scale as here in our own
country in the opening years OF the
twentieth century. Failure would not
only be a dreadful thing for us, but a
dreadful thing for all mankind, because
it would mean loss Of hope for all who
believe in the power and the righteous
ness of liberty. Therefore, in thanking
God for the mercies extended to us in
the past we beseech Him that He may
not withhold them in the future, and
that our hearts may be reused to war
steadfastly for good and against all the
forces of evil. public and private. we
pray for strength, and light, so that in
the. coming years We may with clean
illness. fearlessness and wisdom, GO our
allotted work on the earth in such
manner as to show that we are not al
together unworthy of the blessings we
have received. :,
Therefore, l Theodore Roosevelt,
President of the United States, do here
by designate as q, day OF general
thanksgiving Thursday, the 26th Of the
coming November, and do recommend
that throughout the land the people
cease from their wontei occupations
and in their several honoes and places
of worship render thanks unto Al
mighty God for His manifold mercles.
In witness whereof have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal OF the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the City Of Washington, this'
31st day of October. in the year OF our
Lord one thousand. nine hundred ana
three and of the independence OF the
United States the one hundred ana
twenty-eighth.
BY the President:
John HAY, Secretary OF State.
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Surplus Exhausted.

Washington, special.-A Significant
fact Is noted in the Treasury statement
at the close Of business Saturday 1t
is that the receipts and expenditures
of the government for the first tour
months of the present calendar year
are practically the same. the surplus
hoinr so small as to be only fraction
of the aggregate. One year ase: me M
surplus for the same months ID 1 .nI
fiscal year was s13,50o,000. Tho total
receipts for the fiscal year have peen
about s190, ,397, ,2S5, and the expenditures
s1S9 ,S11 .697, leaving surplus OF anont
$685.. 900. An analysis Of the statement
shows that the practical wiping oat OF
the surplus is due not only to a de-
crease Of the receipts, but also to an
increase Of expenditures.
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Is DIE IN A FIRE
It Was ina Sadly Fatal Tenement
House.
FEARFUL HOLOCAUST OCCURRED
A Desperate Struggle Made by the.
Victims, the Most of Whom Were:
Italians.

New York, Special.-Twenty-one.
| men, three women and ten-months-
old babe were burned to death or suf-
| focated in a fire that started early Sun.
| day morning iq the House Of AN Ma
tons, q five-story tenement at Ne. 426'
Eleventh avenue, and which the police.
and coroner believe to be Of incendiary
| origin.
Some of the peculiar features OF the
disaster. in addition to the startling,
loss of life, are that the fire was prac-
tically extinguished in 20 minutes: that
the police could learn Of but one per-,
son being injured, other than those
who lost their lives, and that the prop
erty loss was only $1,000 The dead are
mostly Italians.
The only person injured, 80 FAR as
can be learned, Is Mary Jane Quinn. AZ
years old, who was burned about the
| face and hands by leaping from the
second floor fire escape to the ground.
In several apartments Halloween par
! ties were in progress and the guests at
these added greatly to the number OF
persons in the house and made the
crush and jam to escape more than 1t
ordinarily would have been. Although
plentifully provided with fire escape.
front and rear, all escape here wac cut
off a few minutes after the fire started
by the bodies Of the dead becoming
wedged in the openings leading to the
ladders. The fire had been burning for
scme minutes before it was discovered.
II had started in the basement and,
rushing upward had attacked the stair
way leading to the apartments. IN a
short space of time the flames had so
enveloped the stairway that eeress
from the building was impossible. The
house from the third to the fifth floor
was entirely destroyed.
At the windows, front and gear
bodies of men and women were JAM
med, showing that a desperate sffug-
gle to get free had resulted in the eom-
plete choking of these exits to ths IRE"
escapes and had been the cause o. a
number of the inmates being suHoeat-
ed. Lying on bed alongside Wiadow
at the rear of the fourth floor, the FIRE
men found the bodies Of five men. kach
had clutched the one next to him in
an endeavor to push him away in Sraer
tc get to the fire escape outside. ane
features of the men were distorted.
some with rage, some with agony, and
in two instances the men had gripped
each other so hard that blood hsd ceen
drawn and had run over their hands.
On the third floor were founa the
bodies of Mauleta Vingiuerro and her
baby. The mother had crawled to the
front window and had succeeded n
srasping the.sill when she was SUI
located. In her arms lay the bocy OF
her child. On the third floor II an
,partment were Halloween party was
being held, John O'Toole, one OF the
occupants, started to go to the street.
He was met by a volume OF smoke as
he opened the door. He ran to the nre
escape, followed by all those in the nat
with the exception Of his mother whose
charred body later was found lying az
tbc entrance to the apartment. o'feole
and the others escaped.
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Killed In Collision.

indianapolis, Ind, special.-Fifteen
persons were killed and over 50 in3ur-
ed some fatally, Saturday morning by
a collision between special passenger
train on the Big Four Railroad and a
freight engine drawing coal cars: Ine
accident happened in the edge OF TINS
city. The passenger train OF twelve
coaches were carrying 954 persons,
nearly all of whom were students Of O.
Purdue University and their friends,
from Lafayette to Indianapolis, Ior
the annual football game between the
purdue team and the Indiana Unlver-
sity squad for the State championship.
which was to have been fought TINS
afternoon. In the first coach back OF u
the engine were the Purdue footoall
team, substitute players and mana
gers. Three players. three assistant
coach, trainer and seven substitute
players of the University team were
killed. and every one Of the 90 o'her
nersons in the car were either fatally
or seriously injured.
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Tribute to Mrs. Booth.Tucker.

Chicago, Speciai.-SurToIEIed by g.
COO Salvation Army mourners, who had
gathered at Princess Rink Friday
night to pay tribute to the memory OF
Mrs. Emma Booth-Tucker, who was
killed in a railroad wreck last Wednes-
day night, Commander Booth-Tucker,
in a sermon full of pathos, told Of the
many good deeds performed by the
dead leader While speaking the hus-
band, grief-stricken and weeping, stood
at the head Of the caskst At the con-
clusion of the ceremonies the casket,
containing the body was removed to
the Pennsylvania depot and will be
taken to New York.
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Dow..eites Weary.

New York, Special.-Dowie seem
ed weary Friday and instead OF
standing and walking about vigor
ously during his discourse. remained
seated while speaking. His subject
was "Triune Immersion" a disse-'
tation on tn proper method of bap
tism. He declared that baptism was
useless unless one were dipped three
times. and asked his hearers to come
to the Sunday service to witness the
baptism of the converts.
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News in Brief.

Alfred Eckstein, David WeisenDers
and Thomas Bechtel were arrested III
Allentown( Pa. in connection with
the murder of Mabel Bechtel.
Ex-Congressman John e. Russell, OF
Massachusetts, is dead.
Fire destroyed the Girard Avenue
Theatre in Philadelphia.
Four persons were killed in rail
read wreck near Charlotte. n. c.
Dowie declares that he controls 90,
600 votes in Chicago.
A Washington dispatch states thai
the national campaign in 1904 will be
conducted by President Roosevelt's
friends on very conservative lines.
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News of the Day.

IN American schooner, Captain I. f.
Williams. arrived in JacksonVlae FIJI
dav. with Captain Carlson ana seven
members of the crew OF the scnnoher'
Germ. which was abandoned at Sea on
the morning of October 70.
The japanese Minister to the United
States denies that the Japanese con,
sui who is alleged to have promotsd
tbe cause of the Filipinos acted win
the approval or knowledge OF his GOV
ernment.
viceroy Alexieff was thought t.
hove instigated an article in g Port
Arthur newspaper saying that Russi-
ans would remain in Manchuria.
The Dampskibsselskabet Eellus
has lost the suit which was recently
instituted against it in North Caro-
lima The Dampskibsselskabet s not
On Internal machine. nor the al
Dhabet pied" 1t is simply an lnoi-'
fensiye boat recklesssiy if not GRIM
inally named by its owners.
The largest number Of women en-
rvovoes in any line Of work are IN
the United States postoffce depart
ment. More than one-thirG Oh theni
are past middle age and some are past
seventy. They FL all kinds Of posi-
lions. even many CT the rural free de-
liver routes being filled by them
il is estimated that during the last
five years telephones have been put
into nearly half million rural homes
The farmers find that with the tele-
phone he can keep in touch with the
market. selling his produce OF live
stock when quotations are the most:
favorable.
Count Lamsdorff, Russian Foreign;
Minister, held important conferences
with officials in Paris.
Three Catholic Bishops-Right Rev
erends Estrada, Broderick and 0rne-
were consecrated at Havana.
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Bank Burglar Arrested.

Hot Springs. Ark. Spccial.-CharleS
Gavin, alias Geoble. As years old, was
arrested here Friday. There is re-
ward of $1,000 for Gavin, who, it is
charged. broke into a bank in Denver
in 1882, and secured s330,00O. He is
wanted also il Bishee, Arizona, on a
charge connecting him with a $4,000
diamond robbery. The authorities at
Bsbee and the Pinkertons at Chicago
have wired to hold Gavin at any cost.
He admits his identity.
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Winston's Tobacco Market.

Winston-Salem, Special.-The Win.
ston manufacturers shipped 2,193,09'
pounds of tobacco during seis month.
This is an increase Of 64,51O pounds
over the same month last year, the
shipments for October, 1902. being q
1345S7 pounds. The stamp sales at
the winston Office this month were
as follows: Tobacco, $l3l.seo;SL !,
spirits, S., 1870; cigars, $3.50. Inc
leaf sales this month amounted 10 J.
174,S09 pounds. 1t brought $6S,2S5.. H.
an average Of $3.50 per hundred. While
the average is much less than last
wear, it is more than the warehouse
men had anticipated. 1t is claimed by
tobacconists generally that the quail
ity of the offerings is not as good as
last year.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-05
Two Negroes Hanged.

Luverene, Ala. SDecial.-Jim
Chambers and Lou Shaw, negroes,
were hanged here Friday for the
murder of Williamson Champion. an
other negro in March last. Sale Ar
rington, an accompIice, turned States
evidence and was released. The hang
ing was in public, and the military
was used to help preserve order.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-05
Coney Island Fire Swept.

New York, Special.-Coney Island
Sunday was swept by the most disas-
trous fire in it's history, about two hun
ired and fifty buildings being destroy
ed. ertailing a loss estimated at not
less than 100000. No lives were lost
although several persons were serious
ly injured. The fire started near the
Steel Chase Park and swept along the
bowery district, which is filled with
fiimsy frame structures that burned
like tinder.
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Nut Growers Meet. g..

New Orleans. Special.-The Nation
al Association of Nut Growers elect
ed the following officers: President,
G. NJ. Bacon, Dewitt, Ga; first vice
president, VIM. Nelson, New Orleans,
second vice president, j. B. Curtis,
Orange Heights, Fla; secretary treas
urer, ]. F. Wilson, Georgia. st. Louis
was chosen for the next place of meet
ing.
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Strike Trouble In St. Louis.

indianapolis, Ind, special.-lt is re-
ported here on information received
from the national headquarters OF the
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners,
that between 1000 and 5000 men af-
f,liated with the Structural Building
Traders Alliance and employed at the
St Louis Exposition grounds, VIII
strike. in pursuance of an order issued
nv the officers of the alliance.
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u 4 ~ with have week am always at the
IA o'clock and often un-
~ especially Mon
II Tuesdays, has begun to run
smoothly Similar hours prevail of evenings
with rehearsas for the play hat
This with the time have to devote to
with friend who had just in from playing
myself having comparatively easy
lot in
prominent outotown Clergyman with
taken with the regular
of kind
Saturday sermon
church conducts employment
auxiares all
other organizations for which often
calls the HOO members of
employed marrying eghtytwo
making about 1000 calls
a dwho a
twelve hours work day. said he
time reading
The introduction supplementary
schools the taking special subjects two hours week.
require reading and studying"
life
with the notebooks
it is SUBJ
If important is far
after Under ordinary circumstances
dinner assignments returning
possible his paid for
will
always keep packed grip the office"
o'clock morning when he in the
hour
B. working
prominent recently
system An ghhou union professional
work with their brains ought certainly to be seriously considered
Weeky
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Knoxville & Ohio Railroad.

Knoxville. Tenn, Special.-The
Knoxville & Ohio Railroad Company
recorded here Friday a 50-year mort
gage for s3,OOO,OOO, in favor of the
North American Trust Company, OF
New York. The money is to be used
in refunding s2,OOO,OOO worth of first
mortgage bonds and in improvements.
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Peace Sentiment Prevails.

Pekin, by Cable.-The Chinese min
lister at st. Petersburg, telegraphs
that while the war party has been
dominant for long time, he believes
a peace sentiment is beginning to
prevail.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-05

Ole result Of training than the habit of absolute and
exactly
world
and unexpected often bring discontinue in their
crow "Galee received its from Ga who wrote history of
a
religious phiosophc
nothing became phoso
In
of vision and ceaness hearing that
thought undeneath?Haper
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the regular sheet and the mattress will be found mitigate
without Personally, I
ind have pillows at all
of
The
fail other
We
that another
problem that solve
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-05
he Art OF Getting TO Sleep
BY Harvey Sutherland

Il cOtisns must be favorable TO sleep The bedroom should
b. ~ dark and airy. In winter it is better to have the
away up than shut it that kneedged draught
shall chill exposed shoulder The temperature Of the bed
should be agreeable Getting to sleep when the feet are cold
slow job getting to sleep when hungry howater
bottle piece of bread and butter in the other
help things leave you decide which is for which
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-05


hand location the
opportunity the house
a
months the Of
would be much
ce would shut off from the passing life
immediate
The of household.
house. should planned with special
build
the possible with
striking
be usually
fne by making naturally
the OF ess.-Go Housekeeping
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-05
Locating q HOUSE

ONCERNING the choice OF site for suburban village
home experience shows that the soil, the
posure regard and Winds and matters of drain
age are important considerations exposure which
winter and breeZes in summer and at least
gentle slope away the building considered favorable
general conditions.
The locating Of the house the lot calls for some
thought more perhaps than is commonly given The finished
desired should be kept constantly in mind Mistakes
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-05
$ Accuracy" in Education
By President WooIley

HOROUGHNESS implies accuracy Gtterng generalies may
have their place. but it is not in the Dean Briggs
thinks it next impossible to find youth who copy
list Of printed without spelling result which might
be expected when 1--WE leave the straight and and
Wnhb ALL ais
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-05
Men Who Work Overtime.
By John z. Rogers,

HAVE been talking with number Of men who work hard
in their various professions. The comedian of stock COM
pany wellknown New York theatre said: ITO begin
with we have play every week am always at the
theatre every afternoon about o'clock and am often un
able half later especially on Mon
days Tuesdays when the play has not begun to run
smoothly Similar long hours prevail Of course evenings
the play that
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-12-02

details are familiar to the readers Of
the press. No one believes that those
who pretend to favor II are honest, or
else hope to get some Of the corruption
fund; which. Henry Watterson says,
goes into the millions.
And because Senator Morgan has
been consistent. honest and is still
persistent In his advocacy OF the
Nicaraguan route, opposes the great
Panama fraud, he has been deposed
as chairman of this senate committee
and Is the object of ridiucle by those
papers that are owned by the power
ful thieves aud their characterless
echoes all over the country.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-12-02

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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-12-02

Eastern publications, now that the
affairs Of the rotten Shipbuildiug
trust have been exploded. are all
telling what n wicked scheme IL was
to rob the public They do not.
however, yet ackno Wedge that all
trusts are constructed, more or less,
on the same plan. Everybody 'sMag'
azine has found tbis humorous phase
of the gigantic fraii:
cone merry little incident of the
game was the appearance of young
dummy directors lent by IA New
Jersey corporation which makes IA
speciality of them. One of these
handy men testified that he had voted
To increase the capital stock from
o., 900 To 1000. 200, and for the
issuance of $40, 900, 600 of securities
For his share In these creative mys'
tcries OF high finance, he got s20.
He did not know where important
constituent companies of the com
bine' are. In fact. he knew very
little about tho business. Why
should hey All he had to do was to
obey orders. The price Of indus
trials stocks shows how much conf
dence the public puts In the trust
makers. The great hnancier' and
the humble 'bunco. .steerer, are
brothers under their skins. '"
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-12-02

pect a section of the desert that no
prospectors have yet worked in'
owing to the entire absence of water.
He will make arrangements to have
IL hauled to him in large iron tanks.
MIR. Smith passed through that
country twenty years ago and de-
tected many favorable indications OF
mineral, No man who has ever
operated in eastern Oregon Is more
skilled than he in reading the story
of the rocks--in coaxing from them
the secrets which they reveal only to
the elect.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-12-02
{. SANDtRSON SMITH
GOES TO CALIFORNIA

+. Sandeison Smith left this after.
noon for southern California. His
health has been poor for some months
past and his physician advised him
not to remain here during the win.
ter. MIR. Smith has extensive in.
terests In eastern Oregon. which he
has left in charge Of Attorney
Chance.
While in California he will take
advantage Of the opportunity to carry
out the long cherished wish to pros