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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29
THE FATE OF GIUDAD BOLIVAR.
After the Battle it Appeared TO
Have Been Swept by Cy-
clone and a Conflagration
Combined.

Soledad, Venezuela, Tuesday, July
2-19 a. my Boat from Ciddad
Bolivar. )-Ciudad Bolivar was cap
.tured at II O'Clock last night after
fifty-two hours of desperate struggle
and horrible carnage, during which
great courage was shown on both sides.
At 5 O'Clock in the morning the cor
respondent of the Associated Press
followed Gen. Rives, the commander
of the Government troops, who met
Gen. Gomez, the Venezuelan COM
mander-in-chief, near the capitol and
confirmed the announcement that the
capitol, the Jail and all the rest of the
city we're in the hands of the Govern
ment soldiers. Gen. Gomez Informed
the correspondent that the resistance at
the capitol had been of nature worthy
of a better cause, that each yard O.
rampant was covered by the dead, and
that Gen. Nicolas Rolando, the last
representative of the revolution, and
his two lieutenants, Gen. Pablo and
Gen. Guzman, and Gen. Francisco
neasqVz had been taken prisoners.
No adequate idea can be cabled OF
the scene which Ciudad Bolivar pre-
sents. The city appears to have been
swept by a cyclone, accompanied oy
a conhagration.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29
GHlAA's UNKEpT PROMISES.

Washington, July 23.-The State de-
partment has heard nothing recently
from Mr.. Conger respecting the Man
churian negotiations, so it is suggest
ed that the Pekin report, TO the effect
that the Chinese Government, through
Prince Ching. has declined to open
any Manchurian ports, refers to phase
of the negotiations dating about two
weeks back. The reason for this
suggestion is knowledge on the part
of the Officials here that before Secre-
tary Hays departure for his summer
home the Chinese Government actually
did pledge itself to open two or more
ports in Manchuria. 1t is not deemed
proper here to indicate how these
pledges were conveyed, whether
through Mr.. Conger, at Pekin, or the
Chinese minister here, but as to the
fact there can be no question.
Respecting the plea attributed to
China in the Pekin dispatches to the
effect that she cannot open the Man
churian ports because they are in the
possession of Russian troops and Off
cials, it is pointed out here that as
several weeks, even months, must
necessarily elapse before the new treaty
can be made and become operative,
there will be ample opportunity
for the Russians to evacuate the
desired ports if such a course is
necessary.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29
Miller Goes to Work.

Washington, July 24.-W. A. Mill
er, the foreman of division in the Gov
ernment printing Office, against whose
reinstatement the Bookbinders'
Union is fighting, appeared at the
Government printing Office today and
tomorrow morning will report for
duty. under instructions Of Public
Printer Palmer. The bookbinders
nave positively announcd that they
viii walk out if Miller goes to work
and that the allied trades will take
sympathetic action. The civil service
commission issued a certificate Of re-
instatement, which reached the pub
Tic printer about noon today, and Mr..
Palmer announced positively that, IN
accordance with the order, Miller
would return to work tomorrow morn
ING unless there was in the meantime
some executive order to the contrary.
He declined to discuss his policy fur
ther and said that he did not believe
fhe bookbinders would walk out.
Secretary Corteylou has advised the
Roog binders Union that the charges
against Miller are matters for the
consideration Of the public printer, as
they involve an employee of the lat
tsr;s Office. He also has advised them
tbat the question settled by the Presi-
dents order of reinstatement and the
charges of unftness as an employee
now pending are separate and distinct
subjects, the former being regarded
as a closed incident.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29
CAPT. JAMES GONDON DEAD.
Aged Drummer at the Citadel
Academy and Oldest Soldier
in the United States Ar
my Passed Away
Suddenly.

Capt. James Condor, drummer at
the Citadel Academy and the Oldest
soldier in the United States army in
active service, died suddenly few
minutes after midnight this morning,
at his residence, No. 356 King street.
Capt. Condor had not complained Of
feeling unwell last night and he spent
the evening chatting with his son-in-
law. He lived scarcely ten minutes
after being stricken.
Capt. Condor was IA years old: He
was the oldest soldier in the United
States army-oldest in years, as we'll
as in length of service His name has
been on the roll of the United army
for sixty-four years
Capt. Condor was born in Quebec,
Canada. He enlisted as drummer
boy when he as 10 years DID,. For the
past eighteen years he has been On
duty at the Citadel as drummer, hav-
ing been assigned to that post by the
Secretary of War. He had long since
passed the age for retirement, but re-
fused to receive pension, deeming
himself able to perform active duty.
He was a brave slodier, worthy
citizen and a genial, warm-hearted
comrade.
Capt. Condor leaves a widow and
six children. Funeral services will be
conducted this afternoon at the house
and interment will be in Magnolia
Cemetery.-News and Courier
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29
Are You Satisfied !
If Not What Better Proof Can
Sumter Residents Ask For :?

This is the statement OF a sumter citizen
The testimony of a neighbor
You can readily investigate it
The proof should convince you.
]. a. Burgess, clerk and booSkeeper resid-
ing at 3l1 w. Liberty street. says: My back
has been in {, bad condition for number OF
years. At times it was SO weak I could not
get about and there was Il constant dull pain
across the lons. The SecretionS from the
kidneys were AL out of sorts. very dark and
contained a brick dust sediment and were
too frequent in action. disturbing my rest at
night. My eyes watered terribly and panied
considerably. | saw Doan's Kidney Pills and
heardthem spoken so highly OF that | pro-
cured them at Dr. A. J. Chna's drug store
| may say that the result Of their use very
much pleased NE for / felt hundred per
cent better, the pain in my back left, my
eyes stopped watering and my eyesSht I'M
proved while the kidneys were regulated
and | could sleep all night without having to
get up. Doan'S Kidney Pills acted like a
charm on me and | can Recommend them. y
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo \. y. sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan sand take no
substitute.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29
APPENDICITIS PREVALENT.
Physicians Puzzled Over its In
crease in England.

A London dispatch says: Since
King Edwards illness appendicitis has
been fippantly termed fashionable
disease.'' Its prevalence, however,
has now become alarming, and medical
men are casting about for solutions of
the mystery of its remarkable increase.
DR.. S. Kellet Smith, in the Lancet
says that "the cause, whatever is it,
must be one affecting the mass of the
people, rich and poor, it must be COM
mon to all countries of high civiliza-
tion and big towns; it must be coin
cident with the increase in the dis
ease"
During DR.. Smiths studentship such
cases we're rare; he does not remem-
ber one appendicecatomy at his in
frmary in ths period. The Doctor seeks
for the solution in the present condi-
tions of food supply and distribution.
Probably four-ffths of tie chief
perishable comesti bles," he says "are
frozen or chilled for transmission or
collection before reaching lthe custom
er. Chilled or frozen mead, fish, poul-
try, rabbits, game, etc. are notorl-
ously prone to rapid decomposition
when removed from cold storage, also
they degenerate more rapidly after
cooking than unfrozen artic icles.
.Following the argument, it may
be that the ingestion of chilled or
frozen food especially liable to rapid
decomposition may result IN a more
septic state of the intestine than in
pre-the cold storage days, and this
greater septicity may in its turn &C.
count for the greater virulence OF
those irritations to which the caecum
and appendix have always been prone. !"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29
Riots in Richmond.

Richmond, Va, July pa quite
general outbreak Of street car strike
disorder occurred in the city tonight.
Two cars were blown up, one in the
east and the other in the west end,
and one of the motormen suffered so
from shock that be had 20 be relieved
from duty.
Another motorman was shot at, and
a window Of his car broken, by a
would be assassin in Barton Heights.
A woman passenger was struck by a
stone thrown at a Clay street car.
There was also stone throwing at cars
in Fulton. The disorder has the ap-
pearance of preconcerted effort to pre-
vent people from riding on the cars.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29
GERONIMO BAPTIsED.
Old Indian Warrior Received into
the Methodist Church.

Fort Sill. Okla, July 22.-Perhaps
one of the most impressive Christian
ceremonies eyer witnessed West OF the
Mississippi, remainder of the earlier
days when the missionaries labored
among the Indians, was the conversion
and baptizing of the aged Geronimo
and dozen of his Apache warriors
last Sunday before a large crowd of
Indians and whites. The ceremony
was performed by a Methodist minis
ter.
Last Sunday morning, with the
Comanches sitting on one side Of the
tabernacle and the Apaches on the
other, each tribe with its Interpreter
standing in the foreground repeating
the words Of the white preacher, the
minister stood and told the story of
Christ who died for the sins Of the
world, Of how the Indian could have
full and free salvation and pass
through death to the real happy hunt
ing grounds. At the close of the SER
mon, the minister 'sopened the doors
of the church'' and Geronimo and
twelve of his warriors, prisoners OF
war at Fort Sill, went forward. and
through their interpreters told of their
love for the white mans Christ, and
asked to be receivedinto his church.
In the afternoon the baptismal cere-
mony occurred. The minister sprinkled
the clear water over the aged chiefs
head, repeating the we'll known words
-'sIn the name of the Father, the
Son and the Holy Ghost, Amen
and Geronimo became a Methodist.
Geronimo and 200 of his warriors,
captured twenty years ago by Generals
Miles and Lawton, are still retained
as prisoners of war at Fort Sill. Ger
onimo was considered the most blood
thirsty Indian of his time.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29
TRAIN WREGEERs CAUGHT.
They Confessed to a Plot to Kill
all the Passengers.

Rianoke, Va, July 21.-Detective
William e. Baldwin, of Roanoke,
last night arrested James W. Bailey
and John W. Kennedy. near Shen-
andoah, charged with wrecking Nor
folk and Western passenger train near
Greenville, on the night Of Decem-
Der 2S last, when Engineer Wesley
Bailey was killed. The men had a
hearing today, pleaded guilty and
were sent to Staunton Jail without
bond. They are charged with muir
der. In a sworn confession they say
they planned with Mrs. Ellen Painter
to wreck the train and kill any pas
sengers vino might escape death in the
wreck. Only the engineer was killed
and the plan for wholesale murder
was abandoned. Mrs. Painter comes
from North Carolina and will be ar
rested later.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29
TORNADO IN new JERsY.
Only Three Persons Were Killed
But One Hundred Were
Injured, Fifty Families Were Left Home
less and the Property Less Amounts
to Two Hundred thousand Dol
lars

Paterson, N. j., July pa terri
BILE tornado visited this city yester--
day. During the blow, which lasted
about three minutes, two persons were
killed and at least. three score more or
less injured. Half dozen men we're
at work jacking up house and when
the tornado struck the building 1T
collapsed. Joseph van Dam was buried
under the wreckage and instantly kill
ed. Four other men were caught, but
were dug out alive, although uncon-
sciuos. At ST. Joseph's Hospital the
patients were thrown into panic.
Big trees in the grounds around the
hospital were blown down, tie win
dows were smashed and the awnings
carried off.
Thomas Hancock, 8 years old, was
struck by piece of shafting blown
from wrecked laundry building,
which completely severed his head
from his body. The monetary lossSby
the storm is estimated between SloO, ("
600 and $500, 600. Nearly as can be
estimated tonight ffty-two houses
have been blown down, or so torn by
the wind as to be beyond repair.
About double that number are badly
damaged and several times that num-
Der slightly damaged.
Two thousand men we're put to work
today to clear away the wreckage IN
the streets caused by yesterday IS storm.
In summing up the tornado's work
Paterson counts three dead, one hun
dred injured, fifty families homeless
and property loss estimated at $500,
900. The tornado moved path OF
destruction 400 feet wide from the
southwest to the northeast of the city.
Mayor Hinclife has treceived many
offers of aid from other cities, but
says he feels sure assistance from out
side of Paterson will not be nedeed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29
FATAL ACCIDENT IN GREENVlLLE.
Mrs. Henry N. shunate Thrown
From a Buggy and instantly
Killed. Struck on Her
Head.
snec;al 10 The State.

Special to The State.
Greenville, July PA very sad ac-
cident occurred last night IN which
Mrs. Henry NJ. Shumate Of this city
was instantly killed. Mr.. and Mrs.
Shumate have been in the habit of
taking a drive late IN the afternoon
or evening for number Of years, and
as usual they went ont yesterday on
the Cedar Lame road. On their return
home between s and 8 o'clock, when
they were quietly driving along with
the reins hanging loosely over the
dashboard, sdrs. Shumate touched the
horse with the whip. The handsome
and very spirited animal started OF
as q breakneck speed, plunging and
kicking, and after going a short dis
tance the buggy was overturned,
throwing both Mr.. and Mrs. Shumate
out. Nr. Shumate falling under the
vehicle and Mrs. Shumate being
thrown several yards away, striking
her head on The ground. Mr.. Shumate
was rendered unconscious for che time
being, and when he came TO himself
the horse was kicking. at the buggy and
succeeded IN breaking loose.
Mr.. Shumate called for his wife,
but received no answer. He then be-
gan 80 look for, out could not find her
on account oil the darkness. Going to
the house Of Mr.. HUFF, who lives near
where the accident occurred, he
secured a lantern and began the search
anew. The body of Mrs. Snumate
was found about 20 yards from where
the buggy was overturned. Her skull
had been crushed in the accident and
she had died Instantly. The body was
brought TO- the city in few hours aft
er the accident.
Mr. and Mrs. Shumate have been
residents Of this city for number Of
years and are we'll known al over this
and adjoining counties. Her maiden
name was Simpson, and she was
twice married. Her aged mother lives
near Simpsonville, where she has
numerous relatives. She leaves a hus-
band and one daughter, Mrs. Joseph
Pool Of this city.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29
TAX ASSESSMENTS.

North Carolina has been having a
reckoning with her taxpayers. a new
assessment of property has been COM
pleted, and the assessors mace some
startling discoveries. In many cases
property was assessed a5 a merely
nominal value, and it is said that IN
one case man worth 500, 900 was
found to be paying no taxes at all.
The returns from nearly one hundred
counties indicate that the valuation
for taxtion will be increased about
twenty-five per cent.
Whatever may be said about the old
principle of equal and uniform taxa
tion, there is no sort Of doubt that
assessments should be equal and uni
form. BY which we mean to say that
there should be some uniform rule for
making assessments. Lands every
where should be assessed according to
bheir market value, and personal prop
erty should be assessed by the same
ruIe. But this rule has not been en-
forced in Virginia, as everybody
knows. In some cases lands are assess
ed nm to their full market value, while
in other cases the assessment is ride
uIously low, and as for personal
property, eaeh and every community
seems to be law unto itself, as we
have several times shown by citing
the returns made to the Auditor OF
Public Accounts. The assessment
should be so nearly uniform as to
make every man bear his fair and just
part of the public burden, no more,
no less, and there ought to be some
way Of getting at very large class OF
people IN the State who own no visible
property, but who have good incomes,
vet escape taxation altogether. II the
State should farm out its revenues,
Won may be sure that every man who
oughs to pay taxes would be brought
to book and made to settle up. Ii
Others could reach this class OF citizens,
the State could also reach them II she
would. It simply requires ordinary
diligence and enterprise on the part OF
her officials.
There are young men in Richmond
who make from a thousand to fifteen
hundred dollars year, yet never pay
cent of taxes, not even their poll
tax. But the widow with little home
worth no more than the annual income
of these young men is made to pay to
the last farthiag. Richmond Times
Dispatch.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29
TO PREPARE FOR 1ILLMAN.
Extra Heavy Dose Recommended by
Spoonsr's Physician.

In the United States senate, when a
member is conducting the discussion
of some bill which attracts much at
tention, he is called upon to reply to
all sorts Of searching criticisms. To
get a contested measure through re-
quires strength Of purpose, nimble
wit and compete knowledge of the sub
iect. The ordeal also levies upon the
physical strength Of the man in charge
of the measure.
One day during big debate in
the recent session. Senator Spooner,
who was in charge, did not feel SO
well as usual, and forthwith consulted
physician, man, who is close
student of public affairs.
There is nothing serious the mat
ter with you,' said the medical man
ssyou have been on a strain, that's
ali. I'll give you some pills which
you will find to be an excellent tonic.
Take them in the morning just before
going to the Senate?"
How many shall take?"
.sThat depends upon circumstances, ,"
replied the physician. Let's see !;
who is slated to criticise your bill to-
morrow?''
The Senator from Wisconsin men
toned the name of a colleague known
as a strong and resourceful debater.
&sTake three pills, !" said the physl-
clan.
WHO'S to be your opponent the next
day?''
The name OF Senator not quite SO
formidable as the first was given.
'sTwo pills" said the doctor. And
who's the man you meet in debate the
following day?''
The name was given.
ssOne pill will do. And who is down
to assail your bill and ask you ques-
tions on the fourth day."
Senator Spooner named a Senator
who evidently had not impressed
the physician.
You may omit the pill entirely
that day"
The Senator laughed. ''Next week
/ am to have Tillman of South Caro-
lima on my hands," he volunteered.
ssOn that day take four pills before
going to the capitol and one every half
hour during the rest Of the day. Sat
lrday Evening Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29

It is only about three years since
the Dowager Empress Of China loath-
cd foreigners and everything foreign,
but in that time the Chinese Court
has been modernized in many ways.
At recent entertainment in her
palace at Pekin the Misses Yu Keng,
the two daughters Of an ex-minister
to Paris, danced minuet dressed as a
French peasant boy and girl. In the
same evening four Chinese princesses
went through quadrille, the Empress
looking On with evident pleasure. Not
so long ago a Chinese woman, who
dressed as a man brought lasting dis
grace on herself and her relatives.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29
Grand Jury in ,Breathitt County.

jackson, KY, July 22-The special
grand jury continued its sessions to-
day. From the witnesses that are be-
ing called it is believed that the Jurors
are considering the cases of the coun-
ty officials who are said to have
furnished the SIS, 900 that Garden Plum
mer offerd B. j. Even if the latter
would not testify against Curtis Jett
and Thomas White in the Marcum
murder case, also that the inquisition
is extending into the murders of Cox,
Cockerill and others.
Capt. Even caused quite a stir in
camp last night by yelling in his sleep
and when aroused told the soldiers he
was dreaming that he was being kill
ed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29

Middleburg, KY, July 23.-After
killing one man and fatally wounding
another Robret Lee, a minister at
Linnie, in Casey county, said grace at
the jail table in Liberty. Lee became
involved in a quarrel with Ellis Woods
and the latter's son and the shooting
followed. The fighting parson" was
then arrested and taken to jail at
Liberty, where he peacefully returned
thanks at the table with the other
prisoners.
Fort Worth, Texas, July 23.-Isaac
Ford, negro accused of criminal as
sault on little girl in Grayson Coun-
ty, committed suicide in Jail today by
hanging himself. Mob violence was
threatened
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29

jackson, KY. Julyi23. Capt. Even
left this morning for Lexington. He
will go to Cynthiana on Sunday to
testify against Jett and White He
was escorted by detail of soldiers as
far as Torrent. The troops got off at
Torrent and escorted Charles Green,
witness before the grand jury, who
has been threatened, back to jackson.
Green is to testify in the Cockrill
case. 1t is claimed that he saw the
man who fred the shot that killed
Cockrill.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29
The Kentucky Feud Trials.

Lexington, KY, July 23.-Curtis
Jett and Thomas White, indicted for
the murder Of j. B. Marcum, at jack
son, who have been in Jail here for
safekeeping, were quietly spirited
away from the Fayette' county jail
this morning and taken to Cynthiana
where they are to be tried by Judge
Osborne, on July 27.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-29

R;chland county planters OF tobacco
are shipping and preparing to ship
their crop to Florence, Darlington
T;nnaonsylie and other warehouse
towns. The weed when prepared for
shipment is not a very pretty article,
but II sells and brings o good price
Mex wear Richland's production will
be between 100000 and 5000, 000
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-08-06
Announcement.

| have sold my dental practice to
c. w. Sanford of Spring Valley.
Having been intimately acquainted
with DR.. Sanford for several years,
l can conscientiously recommend
him to the people of River Falls
and vicinity as capable and con-
scientious man. He is a graduate
of the Northwestern Dental College
of Chicago, one of the leading den
tai schools of the country, and is
fully equipped to do all kinds of
dental work in the most modern
and scientific manner.
/ also take this opportunity to
thank my patrons for the liberal
patronage they have given me while
in River Falls. Respectfully,
w. D. DooLITTLE.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-08-06
Sidewalk Needed.

There is a general expression of
the people across the South Fork
for foot bridge or sidewalk out
side of the wagon bridge crossing
the river. The bridge is narrow
and there is danger in crossing the
bridge on foot when teams are
crossing. This is so at any time
but when there is general gather
ing at the Park the danger in cross
ing is acute. A sidewalk outside
of the bridge on the east side would
be a great convenience and some
thing that seems to be badly need
ed. The walk could be readily at
tached to the bridge and the cost
would be a small matter for the
city.