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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-05-20
cHERAw BOY WON NAVAL ACADE-
MY SCHOLARSHIP,

Yorkville, May 16.-As a re-
suit OF the competitive examina.
ton for a cadetship at the U nited
States naval academy, held here
this week, a young man named
Bellinger of Cheraw won first
place, as principal, and T. M.
Center Of Winnsboro is first al.
ternate ani Frank Latimer of
4orkville second alternate. There
were only three applicants.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-05-20
A FISHERMAN DRowNED.

Spartanburg, May 17.-While
ssiuing with some friends in the
pond at Lolo, where the Valley
Falls cotton mill is located, Mr..
jonas Sanders was drowned last
evening. The unfortunate man
became entangled in the seine in
some manner, as did the other
two men in the water with him.
Being placed at the disadvantage
of having lost his left hand sever.
al years ago, Mr.. Sanders could
not extricate himself from the net
and slipped into the deep water
and drowned before aid could
reach him. The deceased was
about 35 years of age and q widow
and four children survive him.
PosTOFFICE ROBBERS CARRIED TO
ATLANTA.
Greenville, May 18.-United
states Marshall j. ID. Adams and
Deputy Marshall J. W. Gray and
C. A. Carson took James Lang,
Walter Wood, H. B. Wilson and
Charles Rodgers TO Atlanta on
Thursday to the penitentiary,
there to serve out tho sentence OF
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-05-20

i've years, imposed upon each of
them at the late term of the fed
eral court. These men, it will he
recalled, were convicted upon the
charge OF robbing the postofice at
Greers.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-05-20
Young Frank Payne
Burned To Death
Killed a Nagro in Saluda County
a Few Weeks Ago-Re-
fugeeing In Waynesville.
The State, 10th inst.

The State, 10th inst.
The ashes of Frank w. Payne
will be brought here from Way.
nesville today. Two months ago
he left South Carolina because he
had killed negro near Johnston.
He had intended to come back to
Saluda county for trial in July.
But his charred remains we're
found early yesterday morning in
the ruins Of the home of Attorney
General Gilmer.
Mr.. F. A. Tompkins, Joint yard
master of the Southern, Coast
Line and the Seaboard in this city,
is an uncle of young Payne and he
yesterday received a dispatch from
the depot agent at Waynesville
stating that Payne had been burn
ed to death. 1t was a startling
announcement to the tragic event
of eight weeks ago. The evidence
against Payne before the coroner's
jury was very strong, and he was
even then on his way out of the
State while the coroner's court
was in session. However, his
friends are satisfied that he would
have been acquitted.
The evidence before the coro.
ner's jury was that Payne became
involved with a family of negroes
because Of some remarks he had
addressed TO q negro girl. In the
melee Payne shot and killed the
glri's brother.
The charred body will arrive
here on No. II today and will be
taken to Johnston for interment.
He was of q prominent family of
that section and the double tfage-
dy of his life causes sorrow to his
friends.
The State last night received
the following dispatch from Ashe-
vile:
Fire last night at Naynes-
vile destroyed the residence of
Attorney General Gilmer and
burned to death three persons
F. w. Payne, a telegraph opera
tor, and negro servant and her
daughter. The origin of the fire
is not known. 1t was discovered
about midnight and shortly after
several Of the guests had entered
the building.
"Payne was young man who
was for some time employed by
the Postal Telegraph company ir
Richmond. Later be went tc
Colum bia where he remained un.
til about two months ago when he
went to Waynesville.
"a telephone message from
Waynesville this afternoon was tt
the effect that the body of th'
young operator would be takel
back to Columbia for interment
A private message from Waynes
vile this afternoon says some sus
pect foul play, as 1t is not under
stood how three people could hav
failed to escape from the burnin
building at that time Of nigh
when they had only retired
short time before the flames wer
discovered
American Soldiers Killed.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-05-20
No Perpetual Motion Idea.
GovernIRent Hasn't Issued Patent
to South Canolinian.

The Washington Evening Star
says: The commissioner of pa
tents, MIR. Frederick |. Allen,
stated today positively that the
patent office will not, under any
conditions, issue patents on so
called ''perpetual motion" ma
chimes and that no patents for ma
chimes have been issued by the Of
hce for the past forty years. This
statement of the commissioner
was made in response to an in
quiry of a reporter for The Star
regarding the alleged issue of a
patent for perpetual motion ma
chine to man in South Carolina.
This man claimed to have re.
ceived patent for his machine,
and long articles praising him and
the machine have appeared in
several of the leading Southern
papers 1t was n clipping from
one of these papers, which con
tanned, among other things, an
alleged statement of the patent
Office officials regarding the utility
and practical merit of the ma
chine, which brought forth such
.n unqualified denial from Com.
missioner Alien.
TIE clipping was brought 70
the commissioner by a Star re.
porter with request for a state
ment as to its truth. Mr.. Allen
did not hesitate to pronounce the
statement false. 1t has never
comef from the patent Office h,
said.
''The article to which you cal
my attention. said Commission
er Allen, "published in a daily
paper of Columbia, S. G., and en-.
titled perpetual Notion Machine
Patented. First Patent In Fort,
Years. The Inventor a Sumter
Architect, Mr.. u. G. Zeigler-
Generates Power for Effective
Work, is absolutely false wher.
J it says, in respect to this inven
ton: 1t is the first perpetua
motion invention that the Uuitet
States government has allow ed
patent for in forty years. be
cause tho patent Office IL not al
lowing patents upon perpetual mi
tion machine at the presen
, time.
GA long description appears il
this article, proceeded blythe words
The United States patent offic
has the following to say about tn
I machine, aud at the end of it
This Endorsement by the paten
t bureau shows that Mr.. Zeigle
, has hit upon a practical ma
! chine n Mr.. Zeigler too
his machine to Washington an
illustrated it, putting it to practi
cal test, and the commissioner
wero SO we'll pleased with it tha
they told him that his appllcatio
!. would be filed and allowed
"These statements are so utter
ly false in their implication ths
the patent Office would do any
thing so foolish that it is difficu
to conceive for what purpose tn
article was written, unless it W,
prepared to case discredit upo
the operations of the Unite
States patent Office, or else to il
, dace ignorant people to embar
their money in a fraudulent 81
| terprlse.
cit is enough to say that IL
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-05-20
MADE YOUNG AGAIN

"One of DR.. Kings New Life
Pills each night for two weeks
has put me in my teens again"
writes D. H. Turner of Demp
seytown, Pa. Pa. They're the
best in the worlu for Liver, Stom-
aob and Bowels. Purely vegeta-
BILE. Never grip. Only 25c at
Crawford Bros. and j. F. Mack
ey q Go. Drug Store.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-05-20

0A0EoEEA.
Beam ~ HIh khd Yeu HAN Always Bougtt
'''.:''" = GtzZsZx
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04
School of Mine. Teachers.

The board of trustees of the Colo
RADIO School OF Mines completed the
faculty of the school by electing
Charles r. Burger assistant professor
of mathematics and surveying, and
James j. Browne instructor of math-
ematics.
With the appointment of these two
men DIR. Victor C. Anderson, the presi-
dent of the school. has the full quota
of teachers and he expressed himself
last night as being very well satisfied
with the entire personnel of the fac
ulty. This body consists of seventeen
men.
Professor Burger took his degree at
the University of Colorado in 1892. and
his A. B. at Harvard in 1893. For
seven years he was a successful teach
er in the Denver High school.
Mr.. Browne, the other appointee. is
graduate of the Royal university of
Dublin, Ireland. where he received the
highest honors in mathematics and a
prize of 5000 in public competition.
During the past year he has been en-
gagged as an instructor in mathematics
in the State University. He is con-
tributor to mathematical journals and
has done advanced work OF high or
der.
Professor Traphagen. who will have
charge Of the metallursical depart
ment, has been for many years the
adviser to Senator Clark of Montana
regarding metals.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04
Want to Exchange Crews.

London, Aug. 3O.-A cable dispatch
was sent to Sir Thomas Upton yester-
day. offering to guarantee his expenses
If he will agree for series of five
races between the Reliance and the
Shamrock Ill, with their crews ex-
changed.
In approving of Sir Thomas report
ed determination not to challenge
again for the Americas cup the Globe
this afternoon voices the despair which
marks all the comment on the cup rae
Ing. saying:
There comes time when constant
and inevitable defeat wearies even the
most enthusiastic, and Sir Thomas is
well advised to relinquish the struggle
while his pluck is so generally recog-
nized and before his failures have be-
come jest. While the American yacht
builders are SO superior n their Eng
lish rivals, we are not liLely to regain
the cup"
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

Denver. Aug. 31.--A Republican spe-
cial from Durango last night says:
The strike at the smelter, while
called for 3 o'clock this afternoon, vir-
tually was inaugurated at noon. when
many changed shifts. At o'clock.
when the shift changed. about thirty
men were on hand to go to work and
this evening smoke is putting forth
from all the chimneys and the manage
ment says there will be no close-down,
although the force will be hard pushed
and handicapped for time.
The night shift changed at IL and
men were on hand to take the places
of those who quit. The engineers and
flremen remained. There is board
ing house on the premises and many OF
the men will board and bunk at the
smelter until agitation dies down.
About ITS Of the $50 men are out.
This morning the Citizens Alliance
met and had circulars issued In Eng
lish and Spanish guaranteeing protec-
,tion to all who desired work, and the
executive committee is in communities
tion with the management and arrange
ments have been made for rendering
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04
State Health Statistics.

The sanitary bulletin for the month
of July has just been issued by the
State Board of Health. The bulletin
contains a special notice to the effect
that heal,l officers are cautioned to
announce to undertakers not to use
fur rugs around the biers of those who
have died from contagious diseases.
Following is a summary OF the re-
port: Total number of deaths for
July, 1908. 774; total number of still
birth for July. 1908. 81; estimated pop
ulation. 561.136; annual death rate
per 1000, excluding still births, 1857;
deaths from diphtheria during July.
1903, 12; deaths from scarlet fever
during July. 1908. .; deaths from
smallpox during July. 1903. g.; deaths
from typhoid during July. 1903. 12.
Compared with June, 1903, the pres
ent month shows a decrease of 40
cases of diphtheria, Al cases of scar
let fever, "a cases of smallpox. and an
increase OF 80 cases of typhoid fever.
DR.. William G. hitchell. bacteriolo-
gist, during July. 1908. received. eX-
amined and reported upon 126 speci-
mems for suspected diphtheria: of
these IS were negative. "a positive
and 4 contained no growth.
During July, 1908, DIR. Fl. r. McGraw.
medical inspector. visited Salida and
Minturn to investigate an outbreak of
smallpox. July 7th he visited Lead
vile to confer with the City Council
concerning sanitary matters.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04
COMMISSIONERS TO CONSIDER
ALASKA BOUNDARY QUESTION

so-British treaty of 1926. the line prop
erly crosses numerous inlets. including
the headwaters of the Lynn canal. The
contention seems to be that the inlets
less than six miles wide, situated in
the disputed region. belong to Canada
United States Counsel Foster vigo-
rously opposes this view. holding that
the treaty clearly places the line thirty
miles inland. following the sinuosities
of the coast, thus separating Canada
from all arms Of the ocean and putting
Porcupine creek and the gold district
under American jurisdiction.
The American representatives are
confident that their position is unassail-
able. The commissioners expect that
the complete consideration of the en-
tire case will take less than two months
and that even should the commission
fail to render a majority award. the
facts will be clearly established. This
will lead to an easier settlement in the
future.
Secretary Root intends to take ad-
vantage of the recess between the fl
ings of the briefs and the oral argu-
ments to witness the British army
maneuvers.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04
Shortage Of Fund. Certain.

The belief that the state Will not
be able to pay many OF the approprla-
tions made by the last Legislature
grows with the return OF the abstracts
OF the assessors of the different coun-
ties of the state. Up to yesterday,
says the Denver Republican OF August
28th. forty-One counties had been heard
from. The decrease In the assessed
valuation of the states based on the
reports that have already been re-
ceived by the state auditor will be
about $50, 100000. This Is an estimate
and Governor Peabody says nothing
can be said definitely concerning the
matter until all of the counties have
reported. The Indications at the pres
ent time show that the state will be
short at least 100000 for the two
years of the present administration.
1t has been estimated by Auditor
Holmberg that even IL the State Board
of Equalization were to raise the as
-sessed valuation OF the railroads OF
the state over ten per cent. there
would not then be enough to pay all
the appropriations made by the last
Legislature.
The state can look only to the in
herItance tax OF the Stratton estate.
If that were wholly collected all of the
appropriations could be paid. But
there is every prospect that the STRAIT
+ ton case will be tied up in the courts
for many years.
All assessors must file their alb
stracts with the state auditor before
the middle of next month.
What the state Will do to make up
the deficit is not known as Governor
Peabody yesterday refused to state
anything concerning the situation un-
til it was more definite. 1t is not
likely that the banks of the state nor
private individuals will loan the state
any money as they had an experience
of that sort in the Thomas administra-
ton,
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04
DEATH OF NOTED
DENVER PIONEER

Denver, Aug. 31.-Dr. Frederick
Steinhauer died at his home. 1865
Clarkson street, at 12:15 yesterday
morning, of cholera morbus. He was
one of the founders of the Denver
school system and the State School OF
Mines, and was the Oldest druggist in
Denver. For many years he was In
partnership with DIR. Walbrach and
their drug store was the leading one OF
Denver He was born in Odenheim,
Baden, May %. 1885. and came to
America when Is years old, settling in
New Orleans. For time he was con-
nected With the United States coast
survey at Philadelphia, and took up his
residence in Denver in 1854 The fol-
lowing year he went to Europe, and
after his return remained continuously
in business in Denver. He was mem
ber of the territorial Legislature and
was asked to accept the lieutenant gov
ernorship with Governor Pitkin, but de-
clined. Governor Pitkin made him
president of the trustees of the State
School of Mines, which position he re-
tanned from 1878 to 1893. At the time
he went on the board the school was
chiefly on. paper, and DIR. Steinhauer
was largely responsible for its develop
ment. AS member of the legislature
in 1868 he sent to Europe for seed of
the sugar beet, believing this product
would grow in Colorado. The expert
ment did not prosper at that early day,
but Dr.. Steinhauer was nevertheless the
pioneer in the sugar beet industry.
The doctor took the deepest interest
in the establishment and development
of the Denver schools. He was mem
ber of the school board from 1888 to
1892. He was out from 1892 until 1893.
when he was reelected and remained a
member until his death. In 1891 and
1892 he was president of the board and
in 1878 served as secretary. The Den
yer schools are indebted to him for
many of their best features and for
thirteen years of faithful service. Su-
perintendent Aaron Cove says of him:
HE was a most important factor in
the city schools. although his most
prominent educational work was in the
State School of Mines. He was con-
nected with the school from its estab-
lishment until he was removed by Gov
ernor Thomas. He gave both that
school and the public schools of Den
yer a great deal of thought. A more
honorable, faithful and lovely character
l never knew. He was a friend of
every teacher, yet always so eminently
fair in all controversies as to satisfy
both sides. His death is to me great
personal loss"
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

London, Aug. 31.-Secretary of War
Elihu Root, ex-Secretary Of State
John Foster, Hannis Taylor and Judge
John M. Dickinson arrived at Liverpool
on the Celtic yesterday for the meet
ings of the Alaska boundary commits
sion. which will open in London Sep
tember 30.
United States Ambassador Choate
has arranged to give dinner in honor
of Secretary Root at which all the
American and British representatives
will be present.
At the first meeting of the commits
sioners next Thursday the Americans
and Canadians will submit their briefs.
which will be condensation of the
facts and arguments regarding the in
terpretation of the treaty.
The commission will then announce
the day on which the oral arguments
will be heard.
The documents have not yet been
made public. but the Associated Press
correspondent learns that the whole
controversy centers on Canada's effort
to acquire an outlet to the sea. 1t is
known authoritatively that the Cana
dian agent asserts that under the Rus
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04
DORADO STATE AFFAIRS AND
DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL CITY
Land Excluded From Entry.


Through the state land office 1t has
been learned that large tract of gov
ernment land l. Rout county. on the
line of the Mofra. road, has been ex-
cluded from entry This is said to con-
tain rich coal veins and II is intimated
that there is scheme to obtain 1t for
persons Interested
The tract that has been reserved
contains II, lG0 acres. 1t lies along the
Yampa and Williams Fork rivers and
Is said to contain the richest coal veins
in that section of Colorado. Denver
men have fled upon the property
which is said to contain veins OF coal
from four to eighteen feet in width.
In reserving the land from entry the
only reason that can be given is that
1t is needed for Irrigation projects
Those who have gone over the ground
claim that this cannot be the case. be-
cause the ground Is hilly and broken.
A homestead entry can be made On
the land, but this would not lie because
the entry would be subject to the act
of exclusion. II 1t was shown that the
land was needed for an irrigation en-
terprise. those making a homestead en-
try could not hold 1t. The tract COM
ing under this order OF the department
extends from Craig westward to the
Utah line.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04
DEATH SENTENCE
ON THIRD TRIAL

Georgetown. Ky, Aug. 30.-The jury
in the case of ex-Secretary of State
Caleb Powers, charged with completely
in q conspiracy to murder Governor
William Goebel. in January. 1900. yes
terday found the defendant guilty and
imposed the death sentence.
Powers was sentenced to imprisOn-
ment for life in his former trials for
completely in the conspiracy. 1t was
on his motion that he secured the new
trials each time. The verdict yester-
day caused great excitement among the
friends of other defendants in these
cases.
The third trial of the defendant
closed shortly before noon. Several
hundred people crowded the court room
when the verdict was read and intense
silence prevailed. The jury was polled
and each man declared the verdict of
guilt to be his finding. Powers sat un-
moved while his attorneys asked for
time to make a motion for a new trial.
Arthur Goebel broken down from the
strain on hearing of the verdict OF
guilty. The Jurors decline to state
what occurred in the jury room.
Arthur Goebel. brother of the victim.
is prominent merchant at Cincinnati
and has spent his time and fortune for
over three years in the prosecution Of
those accused of being in conspiracy
to kill his brother.
Powers has been convicted twice be-
fore, this being the third trial in which
the jury brought in a verdict of guilty
against him. On his previous trials he
escaped with sentence of life impris-
Onment
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04
SMEl TER employees STRIKE
AND MINE OPERATORS COMBINE

assistance when desired. Several have
proffered services to work in the smell
ters. The management will be able to
keep running although short-handed
This evening at s o'clock all the sa-
looms were closed by order of the mayor
and sheriff, ,ne latter exercising au-
thority outside the town limits. This
was done to prevent crowds congre-
eating and becoming boisterous. al
though quietness prevails
A Silverton dispatch says that In an
ticipation of the threatened calling OF
a general strike in the San Juan coun-
try, the mine operators of the San
Juan, Ouray and San Miguel counties,
comprising what Is known as the San
Juan mining district, perfected last
night the organization of Mine Oper-
ators' association. Full delegations OF
mine owners and operators from the
three counties met here tonight and
effected permanent organization. on
GERS will be elected at the next meet
ing, Monday, and 1t was announced
that within few days statement of
the objects of the association would be
made public.
The Springfield herald., 1903-09-04

The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany is one of the latest corporations
to file protest against the assessment
of its properties in the state with the
State Board OF Equalization. 1t is al
legged in the protest that its lines are
assessed as high as s100 mile and
that this amount ought to be reduced
to s75 mile. 1t further alleges that
come of its lines in the state are not
worth more than $40 or SIP and that it
is not right that they be assessed at
such high valuation.
State Engineer Carpenter has re-
ceived number of photographs from
the party having in charge the recon-
Nuisance of the new state road to be
built in Boulder and Grant counties
The photos show the course that the
road is to take over the mountains.
and is one of the latest and best ways
of marking out preliminary work. 1t
is nearly as good as preliminary sur
vey and costs much less. This photo
graph work is being done by all the
parties out in the state in charge of
the state roads and their building.
State Fish and Game Commissioner
Woodward left last night. accompanied
by w. S. Kircaid and Charles Dowdell.
for the White River country, where
says the Denver Republican of August
25th Charles Dowdell is the superin-
tendent of the Denver fish hatchery.
The officials took about 100000 fish
with them. Later in the trip they will
be Joined by S. E. Land. superintend-
ent of the Gunnison hatchery. who will
appear with about 100000 more fish.
All these will be placed in the White
river.
Calls on the business men of Den
yer to go out into the state and get
acquainted with the people at annual
celebrations have been filed with the
Chamber of Commerce until there are
enough on record to occupy half the
month of September. The managers of
Watermelon Day want Denverites to
visit Rocky Ford September End 3rd
and 4th Peach Day occurs at Grand
Junction September Sth. 9th and 10th,
and the Western Slope Fair will be in
progress at Montrose September 22nd,
2Srd oath and 25th. The chamber is
endeavoring TO organize an excursion
which will take in the three celebra-
tions without returning to Denver, and
would like to hear of some other events
in southwestern Colorado to occupy
the time of the eXcursionists between
September 10th and 22nd.-Denver Re-
publican.