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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-03-09
MONEY T0 LOAN

L have IN ,de arr angements by which
can nrgo,iate loans o. $500 90 and
upwards on first mortgages or i'm
proved cotton farms at per cent In>
tereIt Oh sums of S 900 GO and over
and pec cen, interest on sums of less
than ) 900
NO commission charged. only rea-
ags)n lie fee for abstract of title
X. T.. WYLTE,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-03-09
HaReniD5 In The State.
As Chfo,fclcd by the Alert Cor,
rosponaents Of The Columbia
n State.
THE Lake. BOILER EXPLODED.

THE IakGE BOILER EXPLODED.
Georgetown, Mar. THE boat
oar facfpry of the Fitzgibbons
company was badly damaged
about 9H1'cIock this morning by
the eSplpsion'of 100 hors c pow
er boiler Flying boiler hues
and other wrockago struck houses
two blocks away, and the vicinity
of the wreck is covered with de
bris The foreman of the fac
tory, Nj. L. Chadwick, and four
negro eeploycs miraculously cs-
capped with painful but not serious
injuries.
A negro fisherman named
Rohortf Wright was was s!rucI,
by a flying missile aud instantly
killed.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-03-09
HE CoLLIDED WITH THE FLYER.

Cheraw, Mar. 3.-Jako Green,
one Of the most prominent nc
groes in Chcraw, was badly in
Jnred yesterday by one of the
Florida fast flyers on the Sea-
board track about half mile
from the depot His mule be,
came frightened and rushed across
the track lust ahead of the en-
CINE, which caught the wagon,
completely destroying it and
threw him on the COW catcher,
where he wac carried for about
100 yards till the train could be
stopped. His head was severely
Injured but his escape from death
was marvellous. The mule was
unhurt.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-03-09
Earthquake in Peru.

Lima, Peru, Mar. "A tre-
mendous earthquake, which did
much damage, occurred here Mt
$3.50 this morning. Nothing
comparable with it has been eX-
perienced during the last thirty
years.
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There is a suggestion that the
offices of county auditor and
comfy treasurer should be taken
ont of the primary This ought
to be done. The appointment Of
these officers is the prorogatiyo of
the governor and his hands ought
not to be tied by the results of Il
primary. Rock Hill Herald.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-03-09
WAS KILLED BY A FALLING TREE

WAS KILLED BY \ FALLING TREE.
Laurens, Mar. mir. John
l.. Pitts was instantly this killed
afternoon by falling tree which
crushed his head INTO an unrecog.
nizable mass and pinioning his
Iiteless body to the ground. The
shocking tragedy occurred in Il
new ground in which MIR. Pitts
was at work on his newly settled
farm just 4 mile cast of Tumblino
Shoals. The tee was a dead oak
around; whose trunk logs and
brush had been hcaped and set on
fire. After burning several hours
and aided by a strong wind the
tree susacnly collapsed md in a
twiokling Pitts was hurled INTO
eternity.
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Plety is more than perfunctory
paying.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
FATALLY STABBED BY M0ROS
Two United States Soldiers Meet
Death in the Philippines.
Cnpt. David p. wheeler and COrpOr-
al Percy Heyvelt Fall Victims
to MindanaO MOrOs.

Manila, April 16.-Capt. David P.
Wheeler and Corporal Percy Heyvelt,
of the Twenty-second infantry, while
reconnoitering the Moros' works along
the Taraca river, in the Lake Lanao
district of the island of Mindanao,
April II, were stabbed in the abdomen.
Capt. Wheeler died at Marahui, April
10. Corporal Heyvelt is fatally wound
ed.
Capt. David P. Wheeler, of the Tween
ty-second infantry, who died at Mara
hui, Mindanao, Thursday, from a stab
wound in the abdomen, inflicted at Ia
raca on the 18th inst, was born in
Ohio, July IS, 1876, and attained his
%captaincy at the age Of q years. His
father, Benjamin Wheeler, resides in
GAINESVILLE, o. Capt. Wheeler had a
splendid fighting record, gained u
ing his service in the Philippines. He
was engaged in the action resulting in
the fall Of Manila, in 1898, and in the
Filipino instruction which occurred
in February, 1899. He fought at Tondo
and Bulacan in 1899, and in the en-
gagement of San Isidro, San Pablo,
Santo Tomas and Pacol, in 1900. He
entered the academy at West Point II
1894 from Ohio, and was commissioned
captain in 1903.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
LEWIS PEASANT HANGED.
The Murder of Mary Spflkn legally
Avenged More Gal1cws
Fruit Nearly Ripe.

Chicago, April 16.-Lewis Peasant,
one of eight murderers who are in Jail
here under sentence of death, hanged.
Next Friday is the day that has been
set for the hanging of Neidermeier,
Van Dine and Marx, the car barn ban
dts, and shortly following, four more
men will meet a similar fate OF the
same scaffold. Pesant's crime was the
murder Of Mrs. Mary Spilka during a
robbery. He entered the woman's home
while she was alone and struck her
on the head with a club. Then he car
ried her into the garnet, where he
kicked and pounded her to death and
secured the none he knew she had
concealed in the house.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
SCION OF A NOBLE FAMILY
Found Guilty and Sentenced to
Three Years in Prison For


Milwaukee, April 16.-Fritz Idle Won
Ingelheim, who claims to be a scion
of one of the Oldest and noblest fami-
lies of Germany, and himself heir to
immense estates ard a noble title, son
of a cabinet official under Emperor
William L., was sentenced to three
years and six months in states prison
Friday, for forgery, by Judge Brace.
Won Ingelhein attributes his downfall
to gambling AMI intoxicants. He was
known to the police as Fred l.. lngel-
helm. He says he will return to Ger
many after serving his sentence. Ac-
cording to ~Ingelheim, he deserted from
a German military academy in 1880.
when 16 years old, and has been re-
ceiving an annual income OF $4,000
from an estate ever since.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
MURDERER CONFESSES GUILT
Tells How He Brutally
Father and Daughter OF
Girl He Loved.

Jackson, Miss, April 16.-In the
presence of a number of witnesses, Ed
Gammons, who murdered Lake kinsey
and his daughter, Fannie Kinsey, at
Water Valley, has made a confession.
His statement regarding the death OF
the young woman, with whom he was
in love, is sensational. He says h a
after he killed her father in the field,
he went to the house where the girl
was and told her Of his deed. AT first
the two planned to run away and be
married, but the girl changed her mind
and asked him to kill her, which, he
says he refused at first to do. Then
she tried to get the pistol away from
him. He then told her to step Off a
few PAGES and turn her back, which
she did. He then shot and killed her.
Gammons will be tried at the June
term of court.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
A Nurseryman's Experience.

Tarlton, Tenn, April lSth.-Mr: E. j.
Morton, proprietor of the Tarlton
Nurseries, has given for publication some
of his experiences, which, no doubt, will
interest a great many people who are try
ing to overcome similar difficulties. Among
other things he says:
Il will answer all inquirers who enclose
a stamp for reply and will be pleased to
tell them just how | cured myself of a
serious case of Kidney Urinary and Blad-
der trouble which had tortured me for
over three years. l had a fearful burning
sensation when urinating and was in very
bad shape till l commenced to use a medi-
cine called Dodd's Kidney Pills.
In a very short time L found | was
getting better and | kept IN till l was
completely cured. Every symptom of my
old trouble is gone and, besides being cured
of this particular trouble, my. general
health is better than it has been for years.
l feel like a new man and am ready at all
times to testify to the wonderful curing
powers of Dodd's Kidney Pills"
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
HADN'T THOUGHT OF THAT.
There Were Obstacles to the Free
Movement Of Doors That
Opened Outward.

There was a man who had read that il
was safer to make the doors of all houses
open outward instead of inward, says the
Chicago Tribune.
He remembered it, and when he built a
house of his own he had all the outer
doors hung in accordance with that idea.
One bright morning in March he moved
into his new home.
Late in the evening of the same day 1T
hogan to snow. and it kept on showing UNI
til the ground was covered a foot deep.
Then the wind blew and piled the snow
In drifts.
After which it began to rain.
The rain later turned to sleet and the
mercury sank 20 degrees.
And the next morning the neighbors
were astonished beyond measure at the
sight of a frenzied man with his head thrust
out of a second story front window OF that
house. Qesticulating wildly to a boy on the
Sidewalk and begging him for heavens
sake to go and call the fire department
and have the ice and snow blasted away
from his doors so he could open them and
get out of the house!
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
REFEREE COLES
IS REVERSED
Decision of Judge Adams In the
Federal Court at St. Louis.
AFFECTS $4,000 INVESTORS
Those Who Intrusted Their Money
to E.. j.. Arnold a. Co. Are En-
titled to Pro Rata Share
in Any Salvage.

st. Louis, April 16.-Over $4,000 per-
sons who had intrusted their money
to the E. J. Arnold & Co. get-rich-
quick concern are affected by a de-
cision of Judge Elmer B. Adams of the
federal district court.
This decision makes all of them en-
titled to a pro rata of the property,
whereas Referee Walter D. Coles pre-
viously decided that the investors had
no claim.
Judge Adams stated that on July 2
1903, DR.. A. U. Williams, of Hot
Springs, Ark, made proof of a claim
of 81 5000 against the Arnold concern
Afterward the Gottchalk Printing
Co. made a claim against the estate
of the bankrupt, and on March 3, 1904
the referee ordered that the Williams
claim be expunged and disallowed. be-
cause the money deposited by Williams
was for the purpose Of betting on horse
races,
1t was shofn in the proceedings that
Arnold & Co. embarked in their bust
ness in 1900 with SIC, 900 capital. By
their advertisements they drew in daily
deposits as high as $4,000. When the
company was declared a bankrupt ii
was found that their liabilities were
over So, 900 900, and the number of de-
positors over $4,000.
The evidence showed that their total
at. fnox, Laft;nr on the raaQc
amounted to between $250,0GO ano
$500, 900.
The referee held that the bankrupt
was engaged in an unlawful business
and that Williams had no legal right
to share in the assets of the bankrupt
which amounted to about $780, 0O.
The referee found that the Arnold
company was not making profits from
betting, but paying dividends from
the money sent in, and that the con-
Germ practiced fraud in getting the peo-
pie to invest.
In closing his decision, which over
ruled Referee Coles, Judge Adams used
the following language:
II prefer to put this decision on the
broad ground that the bankrupts in
this case shall not be allowed to Sc
cure deposits of money to the amount
disclosed in this record, by false and
fraudulent representations Of material
facts. and afterward be heard to say
that the depositors shall not recover
It. from them on the ground, forsooth
that the ultimate use to be made OF
the money was to bet on horse races
The right of recovering in this case
is based upon the false representations
of material facts, and the fraudulent
acquisition of money thereby. Any
other conclusion than that now reached
would permit the bankrupts, after sue
cessfully s%windling the community out
of millions of money, to bid defiance
to their creditors, and enjoy the fruit:
of their iniquity, u~nrestrained."
The printing company, it was held
must stand in the shoes of the bank
rupt, and the action of expunging the
claim of Williams is disapproved an6
the claim ordered allowed.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
APPETIzINc %LUNcHEoNs.
The MONDAY Meal Should Be Made
Not Only Palatable But
Attractive.

Luncheon is usually a woman's meas,
as in a majority of families the men
can only appear at the table morning
and evening, says the Boston Herald
Such being the case, 1t too frequently
happens that mistresses allow this
meal to be prepared and served in q
careless. even slovelly fashion, and
that the dishes are but too palpably
a rehash Of previous meals.
Now there is no reason why the re-
mains of yesterdays roast should not
serve for to-day's luncheon, but there
is no need of serving it in an unap-
petizing manner; nor does it follow
that because the meal Is a simple one
the maid should shirk her duties or
Remnants often taste better in COM
bination than in their original form.
but they should appeal to the eye as
we'll as to the palate, while the maid
who is allowed to be careless at lunch
is soon likely to be equally slack at
breakfast and finally at dinner.
Scientists tell us we should seldom
indulge in a meal of exclusively cold
dishes, and one we'll made hot dish
should always appear at the lunch Ia
BILE. 1t may be only a thick soup, but,
If hearty, a potato or egg salad and a
cup of cocoa or chocolate will make a
satisfactory meal. So many combiha-
tons as well az omissions of courses
are allowable hat there should be lit
tie difficulty in planning luncheons,
while the ho%usekeeper who is fond Of
cooking and takes pride in originating
dishes can make this home meal her
trump card without any appreciate
money expenditure.
If the other dishes are not very sub
stantial in character they may be
helped gu by a hearty soup. Any
number of cream vegetable soups may
be evolved from the following general
directions: Mash the vegetable and
press through a sieve; if not sufficient
ly tender, boil or steam until it can
be pulped. For each cupful of pulp
make a thin white sauce with one Ia
blespoonful of butter, one tablespoon
and a half of -four and one pint of
milk. Add seasoning to taste, mix
gradually with the pulp and simmer
for five minutes. Serve with this crou-
tons or oyster crackers. In place of
cream, gravy or any meat stock may
be used, the flour being first Drowned
in the butter.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
IoLD III EYEWITNESS.
""s'er VI a." Dan Tug Witnessed
kplOsiOn.

'e tplOsiOn.
fensacola, ~ Il April 16.-The ex-
plosloh III .he Inch gun turret of
tne pallleshlp Msouri, which occurred
luesddy' XIII ng32 men, continues to
De the sole ~ opi of discussion among
the hundreds ~ofnaval officers here
Inc master ofan ocean tug gives the
pest account } yet learned of the explo-
SION Inc tutg was about 100 yards
Instant from " ne Missouri when the ex-
plosloh occur red, and the master
was "atchins the firing, when he saw
a pun OF smo ike shoot through the top
Oh tne turfe't- For two or three min
utes this co %,ntinued, when there was a
dull thud, alnd the smoke became black
ct ana pIa cker, followed by flames
"hlch pur} st through the turret and
leapeo oo Feet into the air. Just prior
to the b. ,rstine ont of tho flames ba
SAY" d Hf angled body shoot up through
Tue tufr let and fall on the starboard
sue ol The Missouri. The master start
Gu HIS Vessel toward the Missouri, when
she suddenly turned, and heading to-
"ara him with full speed, signaled the
~ ~ Ul5 pdttlCSAAP WOAI
at luI | speed for nearly three miles to-
"afols the beach, hosting signals to
lne kTexas, Scorpion and n or two
n vessels, all Of which were follow
lns close behind. The tug boat was
an lost run down by the Missouri. The
lat ter continued at full speed, with the
smf oke and flames pouring out of her
tu' FRET, to within 100 yards of the
pfeach, when the battleship was brought
70 standstill. The tug RAJ close be-
hind the big ship, and Capt. Cowles
E could be seen on the bridges giving in
structions to his men. Streams of wa
ter were plying on the turret. just be-
fore the ship reached the beach the tug
boat men saw Capt. Cowles turn from
his work Of directing he fighting OF
the fire and observe the ship. He i'm
mediately gave orders, and the big ship
came to a stop so close to the beach
that the men on the tug boats and
other ships thought she was ashore.
The last of 80 bodies we're shipped to
their respective homes Friday.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

In addition to the loss of the bat
tleship P~etropavlovsk, on the 18th, the
Russians lost the torpedo boat de-
stroyer B~eztrashni, which was scout
ing outside Port Arthur, and only five
out of a crew of so escaped. The bat
tleship Pobbieda also struck a mine"
and was crippled.
A "rumor" was current in st. Peters,
burg, on the 10th, that, under escort
of Admiral Togo's fleet a force of Jap
anese had effected a landing to the
westward of the Yalu river in Man
churia, and that a concealed Russian
force had attacked 10000 of them,
driving them back to their ships with
heavy losses Of men and guns.
The Japanese fleet, in two divisions,
according to a dispatch from Admiral
Alexieff, bombarded the fortress and
town of Port Arthur from 9:15 a. m.
till midday, on the 18th, from the Lao
THE Shan promontory. The Russian
squadron replied with a plunging fire,
the land batteries also participating.
The imperial palace at Seoul, Korea,
was GU NY AIC, I'll IuC ulSIJ VI
the 14th. So far as known there was no
loss of life, the emperor and his house
hold taking refuge in an adjacent gov
eminent house.
The Chinese minister at Washington
has entered an energetic protest against
the treatment accorded prominent Chi
nese coming to this country in con-
nection with the Louisiana Purchase
exposition, which amounts, in some
instances, to a positive insult to a
friendly power.
The Japanese consul in New York
city has made complaint to the govern
ment, at Washington, that the Ham
burg-American line steamer Patricia
took away in her cargo a quantity OF
arms for the Russian government,
which are contraband.
J. w. Hawkins, who was shot in a
street fight over politics on April 4 by
L. T. Russell, formerly editor of the
Lawton Democrat, at Lawton, Okla,
died on the 18th. Hawkins was a ma
tive of Georgia, 81 years Of age, and
was a man of imposing figure, being
six feet seven inches tall. He was SER
geant-at-arms of the house in the late
Oklahoma legislature.
Four hundred employees of the Lyon
& Healy piano factory at Chicago quit
work on the 18th. The question Of
CLOSED shop" is the sole issue.
The front and side walls of the four
story brick building at Thirty-ifth
street and Eighth avenue, New York,
collapsed, on the 18th, and six men
were injured, one of them seriously.
The cause of the collapse has not beer
explained.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
Enterprise.

II hear you have a very unieL
of making people believe tn 1.
healthy town." said the close f
"Oh, yes" assured the land aeI,e
pay the only undertaken in towIn
tent himself with one meal pei a
"What good does that do?"
"Why, he looks SO thin peoI n,
he is starving for the lack of bI A.
Chicago Daily News.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
May CLOSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ituatiO Grave at Kansas City as
Result of Killing of n White
Boy By a Negro.

Kansas City, Mo-, April 1G.-The
mixed high school at Kansas City,
Kas., may be closed permanently as a
result Of the race feeling that has
grown out of the killing of Roy Martin,
a white pupil. by a negro. Although
there vas but littlo outward show of
excitement Friday, the situation is still
considered grave. Many citizens, both
white and black, discussed calmly the
best means of preventing further trou-
BILE. Inasmuch as separate schools can
not be provided without an act of the
legislature, the general sentiment was
in favor of closing the school for the
remainder of the term at least.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
END OF STRIKE IN SIGHT
The Northern Pacific Company
Miners at Red Lodge. Mont, Will
Soon Return to Work.

Helena, Mont, April 16.-As a re-
suit of negotiations which have been
in progress between President Mitchell
of the United Mine Workers and Cen
eral Manager Horn of the Northern
Pacific road, who has supervision OF
that company's coal properties at Red
Ledge, an end of the coal miners
strike is in sight. Six hundred men, it
is said, will return to work in a few
days. The terms of settlement have
not been announced.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
His First official Visit.

New York, April 16.-GooIge B. Cor
telyou, secretary of the department of
labor and commerce, made his FIRST Of
fetal visit to Ellis island. Secretary
C%ortelyou said that the object Of his
visit was that he might better become
acquainted with conditions on the is
land.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
CUTICURA PILLS
For Cooling and Cleansing the blooa
In TortuFing, D~isfiguring Humors
&c Chocolate Pills 2Sc.

Cuticura Resolvent Pills Chocolate
coated) are the product of twenty-five
years practical laboratory experience in
the preparation of remedies for the treat
ment of humors of the skin, scalp and
blood, with loss of hair, and are confident
ly believed to be superior to all other
blood purifiers, however expensive. Com
plete external and internal treatment for
every humor may now be had for $l.OO,
consisting of Cuticura Soap to cleanse the
skin, Cuticura Ointment to heal the skin,
and Cuticura Resolvent Pills to cool and
cleanse the blood. A single set is often
sufficient to cure.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
TOoTHPICK CAUSES DEATH
Cancer of Tongue Caused by Con-
tinaOus Irritation Causes Death
of St. Louis Man.

st. Louis, April 16.-The habit OF
holding a toothpick in the mouth IL
blamed for a %ancerou affection OF
the tongue, resulting in the death OF
Adolph Weymann, aged At, which oc-
Cured Thursday afternoon, after an
illness of two years.
Mr.. Weymann was born in Osen,
buch, Germany, and came to America
in 1870. He was vice-president of the
Flohr- Walter Candy Co., later the A.
j.. Walter Candy Co., until that con-
cern was absorbed by the trust.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
Examination Continued.

San Francisco, April 6.-The prelim-
mary examination of the Delaware
witnesses in the case of Mrs. Cordelia
Botkin, on the Dean murder case, was
continued Friday in Police Judge Con-
lan's court. No new facts of impor-
lance were developed.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
Irish Wit.

A gentleman riding with AM
came within sight Of an old gay
to display his wit said:
Pat, do you see that
ITO be sure OF do replied 4 B
And where would you be
the gallows had it's due?'
"Oi'd be riding alone" repl1
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