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Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05

ACrand White House Wedding in Mid
'February-Culminat of Romance
Believed to Have Occurred on Ocean
Voyage.
There is to be another wedding in the
White House, and society at the capt.
tai is already looking forward to what
undoubtedly will be the most brilliant
event IN the history of the mansion.
1t is Just about two years since Rep
resentative Nicholas Longworth, of
cincinnati, began to lay siege to the
heart of the charming daughter of the
President, and his attack has been I'M
remitting. Now he has captured the
heart of Miss Alice, and will lead her
to the altar in d-February.
Several times during the last year
Mr.. Longworth's engagement to Miss
Roosevelt was rumored, but it was
never confirmed, and the social world
began to conclude that warm friend
ship was about all that existed between
them.
Chance of Lifetime.
1t was when Miss Roosevelt deter
mined to accompany Secretary Taft's
party to the Orient that Mr. Longworth
apparently saw his browning opportu-
nifty, and he forthwith became one of
the party. Throughout the jaunt his
attentions to the daughter of the Pres
ident were more marked than ever be
fore, for in his wooing he had the ad-
vantage of being the only courtier in
the field.
Though his friends now say that
they had observed the CLINT of a glori-
GUS victory in his eyes when he re-
turned from the long voyage, he never
confided his triumph to a soul, and the
first information of the engagement
did not reach society until Mrs Roose-
welt told it to few personal friends in
the White House. Then, of course, So
ciety soon heard of it.
Will Tour Europe.
1t is expected that after their mar
riage the distinguished couple will take
a leisurely trip throughout Europe
They will, of course, be certain of a
splendid reception everywhere, espe-
cially in all the capitals of the Old
World.
Miss Roosevelt has never been in
Europe, although she has had several
opportunities and invitations, notably
when she was invited by Mrs. White
law Reid when Mr.. Reid went to Eng
land as special ambassador at the cor
onation of King Edward.
In Paris, too. the Longworths are
certain of lavish entertainment, as Mr..
Longworth's sister, the Viscountess de
Chambrun, lives there.
Miss Roosevelt, who is the only child
of the Presidents first marriage, will
be twenty-five years old in February,
and is named for her mother, Alice
Lee, of Boston, to whom the President
became engaged in his college days at
Harvard, and whom he married in
1883.
On the death of her mother, one year
after the latter's marriage, Miss Roose-
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05

Hops were introduced into England
in 1924 by a native of Artoris
home of the Artesian well. Physicians
denounced their use as dangerous
and Henry VIII forbade brewers In
his kingdom to use hopes in making
ale.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05

The forestry station at Dodge City.
Kansas, is giving away trees at the
rate of 100000 a year. Since the in
auguration of tree planting on an ex-
tensive scale there have been remark
able changes in the climatic condi-
tons of Kansas.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05

For nearly half century the sew
ing machine has been In use, and yet
for the shirt we wear the poor work.
woman receives but sixty to eighty
cents dozen.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05
ROOSEVELT.

Mitchell, of Oregon. Yet there is no
body of men on earth which is great
er stickler for ceremony governed by
precedent than is the United States
| Senate But the Mitchell case pre-
| scented a unique situation. The official
recognition of the death Of a Senator
is always solemn and affecting pro-
ceeding, but even the usual funeral
rites were omitted in this instance.
The Oregon Senator had been convict
ed of a grave crime against the gov
eminent. Excepting Senator Burton,
of Kansas, no other members OF the
Senate has ever had to face criminal
court trial. The Senate has expelled
members and has often exercised its
constitutional prerogative of unseating
Senator, but with the two exceptions
above stated, it has never been con
| fronted with such situation as was
| forced upon the public attention by
Senators from Oregon and Kansas.
The President, who is the
President of the Senate, did not ap'
point the usual committee to attend
| the funeral held in Portland, Ore
Senator Fulton, the sole representative
| of Oregon left in Congress, had intend
ed presenting a brief resolution, re
citing the death of his colleague, and
asking that the Senate adjourn as a
mark of respect, but even this was not
done. Not even was the desk which
| the late Senator occupied yelled in the
heavy mourning drapery as is the Gus
tom. In a word. the Senate. in sad
ness, passed over the death of its for
mer Senator as quietly and unostenta
tiously as possible. There have beer
no eulogies. His successor, appoint
ed by Governor Chamberlain, Dem
ocrat, comes to Washington from the
far Pacific slope and the sovereign
State of Oregon will again have it,
| full representation in the Senate.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05
FOILS THE LAND THIEVES.
SECRETARY HITCHCOCkS RE
LENTLESS PURSUIT or LAND
GRABBING THIEVES.
Was Earliest and Strongest Advocat &c
of Government irrigation-lrriQa
tion Work of His Department Highly
Successful.
BY Richard IL. byrd.

BY Richard IL. byrd.
1t Ia rumored that among probable
Cabinet changes Secretary Hitchcock
is to shortly retire from the Interior
Department of which he has been the
head since the second Mckinley adj
ministration. 1t will be recalled that
more or less definite statements as to
Mr.. Hitchcock's retirement and his
probable successors have been of very
frequent and regular occurrence, but
the reason therefore Is probably not
hard to find. MIR. Hitchcock has made
a very great Secretary OF the Interior.
He has torn to pieces vast fabric
constructed to steal, not acres, but
square miles of the public lands, to
grab from the government great tracts
worth millions OF dollars. The land
grabbers have been men in high po-
sitions; they have employed perjury,
bribery and forgery, to say nothing OF
more forceful crimes to defrnud their
country. Their ring was backed by
wealthy and influential men and In
cluded members OF the legislatures.
United States Commissioners, special
land agents, notaries. etc. The trail
even led to the head of the General
Land Office, into the national House Of
Representatives and into the United
States Senate. The loose land laws or
the country made their task possible II
not easy.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05
Her Debut in Washington.

NIt5o ItOoocNtlL iiCi dCput at 9.
ball given in the great East Room
early in January, 1902, since which
date she has enjoyed a succession of
attentions never before offered any
American girl
At the Worlds Fair in st. Louis
when she was the guest of Miss Catlin
Miss Roosevelt was admired by thou.
sands who saw her, and was voted a
true type of the American girl. Thou
sands followed her wherever she went
but her demeanor did not indicate that
she was any more than a plain Amer
lean. Her sweet smile completely cap
tivated the throng, and in st. Louis or
the West the Presidents daughter will
always be welcome.
Mr.. Longworth is the only son of the
late Nicholas Longworth, one OF the
great millionaires of the West. His
mother inherited all Of the estate of his
father.
Wholesome Sort of Man.
The future son-in-law of the Presi-
dent is an enthusiastic lover Of outdoor
sports. as his splendid physical devel-
opment plainly indicates. He is an ex-
\pert on the golf links, a cross-country
rider, a good marksman with shotgun
Rnd rifle, and a veteran fisherman. AT
Harvard he was member OF the
varsity ~ wing crew. and for three
nars 81 @rently rowed in the class
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05
Seats Vacant in the House.

Oregon's representation in the
House will remain vacant until the
courts have finally passed upon the
indictments and trials of the States
two Representatives. Messrs. Binger
Hermann and John Newton William
son. Mr.. Williamson already has been
convicted by a Federal Court of Of
lenses similar to those for which SEN
ator Mitchell was made to suffer, and
is now awaiting the outcome of the
appeal of his case. as was Senator
Mitchell when death gratefully re-
lieved him of further humiliation and
woe.
Mr. Hermann is yet to be tried. 1t
thus happens that there was no one
in the House from Oregon to make for
NAL announcement to that body of the
death of Senator Mitchell, so that no
official attention was paid the incident.
There is so little that can be said
of the strange, tragic, pitiful case of
Senator Mitchell that the men of the
Senate who knew him best, who liked
him best, who had served in that great
forum with him longest. and who are
most grieved at the sad ending of his
career, have been dfsinclined to speak
of him at all.
HE is dead" said one Senator, "and
that ends all. II he were the man !
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05
SENATOR'S DEATH IGNORED.
ENTIRELY OVERLOOKED At CAP
ITOL, WHERE HE HAD SERVED
MANY YEARS.

Due to Conviction for Defraudlng Gov
eminent of Lands-Both Oregon
congressman Also Under Indict-
ment or Conyictio..
All precedent was ignored by the
United States Senate in the case of
the death of the late Senator John II.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05
HON. NICHOLAS LoNGwoRTH.

welt became the charge of her aunt,
Mrs. William S. Cowles,. who was then
Miss Anna Roosevelt, and to the pres
ent day is as much the child of Mrs.
Cowles' affection as though she were
her daughter instead of her niece.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05

Copyrighted by Frances Benjamin Johnston,
MISS ALICE
turned to the Fifty-ninth Congress by
an overwhelming majority. There is
a great light in Mick" Longworth's
eyes these days.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05


Secretary Hitchcock, shortly after he
became member of the Cabinet had
his attention called to evident frauds
In the requirement of government
land. He set to work n quiet inyestl.
CATION. 1t finally eliminated in the
Indictment of great numbers of people
and in the recent conviction OF u
United States Senator and a Member
of Congress. Perhaps, though the cul
mination Is not yet. No man knows
where the trail may lead next or how
much evidence Mr.. Hitchcock has ana
Is working up.
1t Is stated to have been good deal
of surprise to the wlseacres at
Washington, and in fact throughout
the country, TO see the way in which
the Secretary of the Interior has made
good" In his land fraud prosecutions,
1t was never supposed last winter
that the government could ever secure
a conviction Of any Congressman or
Senator in Oregon. 1t was announced
that the Secretary had been lily ad-
yised and had gotten himself into q
deep hole. the outcome OF which would
be disastrous to himself.
Tried to Have Him Removed.
The Secretary remarked on several
occa sions that the land frauds were
astounding in their magnitude but
that he proposed to stop them. He
was laughed at but just the same
some of the land grabbers began to
get little nervous and the newspaper
rumors began, to the effect that Sec
rotary Hitchcock would probably re-
sign-in the course Of two or three
months, after he had finished with GER
tain investigations being made at
that time. But the investigations have
never been finished. Before one batch
Of frauds has been disposed OF,
another sensation has been sprung In
some other state so that there has
never been time when a change In
the Interior Department would not
have been hailed as victory for the
land grabbers. ~
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05
MISS ALICE TO WED.
CONGRESSMAN NICHOLAS LONG
WORTH, OF OHIO, THE MOST
FORTUNATE OF MEN,

ACrand White House Wedding in Mid
,February-Culmina of Romance
Believed to Have Occurred on Ocean
Voyage.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18
That Crop Report.

A good deal can happen in one
month. In these days a good deal
must and does happen. Our farmers
have been the busiest people working
under difficulties and discouragements
that just seemed to multiply. 1t was
no use to worry and fret, but many a
fellow struggling against odds has
been so overcome as to do so tossing
ON his bed at night taxing his brain
to know lust what to do. There have
been may Things to vex, a lazy mule,
a sleepy careless negro, fractlous
horse combined with the most unsea-
sonable wather, tended to make life,
the farmers life, vexations, hence It
would be surprising if he did not lose
patience. You will readily guess
from the above and correctly, too,
that the crops in the Game Cock coun-
ty have not progressed as they usually
do. No. In response to my question
as to crop conditions in his communl-
ty in the upper part of the county
one Of It's leading farmers made the
significant reply that they We're just
there. Another whose last report was
something near sixty said my next Will
be fifty or under. A close observation
from ore end Of the county to the
other reveals the fact that IN many
places it is not even so good as that
with the best crops around OLD
Lynchb1rg. Of course there is
chance for improvement. but each
under the most favorable circum-
stances. A full crop Of cotton cannot
be MADE. Corn has not suffered like
cotton, but the crop can only be con-
sidered fair. This for Sumter county
while I am reliably informed by large
planters in Orangeburg county tina;
for three weeks labor has been prac-
tically suspended on account of the
rains and that crop conditions are
simply bad in the extreme. The rain
fall there has been in that time 1S
inches. Reports from Florence anc
Richland are almost equally discour-
aging but in baby Lee, especially near
Bishopv:lle, they have very fine crops
"Hagood."
Haaood, s. c., July g, 1906.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18
WILL PAY LIQUOR CLAIMS.
The Whiskey Which Has Been Sold
VIII Be Paid for-Other Accounts
Will Be Examined.

Columbia, July 10.-Tle directors
Of the State dispensary have decided
to pay all of the outstanding claims
which shall be reported to be just.
In determining the justice OF the
claims the board will be governed by
the advice of the special attorney, Mr..
J. E. Mcdonald.
There are SAID to be S675.000 in
these unpaid claims and in a lot OF
instances the liquor has been sold.
The board decided to pay at once
these claims on which the liquor has
been disposed Of. If there is not
money enough in the State treasury to
meet the claims, the deposits are to
be applied on pro rata basis to set
tie the claims for whiskey already
sold.
In addition to this, Mr.. ]. E. Nc
Donald. the special attorney, will in
yestigate the other claims to see it
some or all are just. Upon this re-
port the other claims will be paid OF
suspended.
The board was busy yesterday with
the case of J. H. Doscher, manager OF
the Gernfaria Brewery Of Charleston,
Doscher has been, selling his own
beer and also Wiedener beer, The
point was raised that his is but a
brewers permit and not a retailer S
After considerable discussion the mat
ter was referred to the Charleston
county board for a further report.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18
Saved His Comrades Life.

*"while returning from the Grand
Army Encampment att Washington
City, a comrade from Elgin, ILL.,, was
taken with cholera morbus and was
in a critical condition. says Mr.. ]. E.
Houghland, of Eldon, Iowa. 81 gave
him Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Die..rhoea Remedy and believe saved
his life. I have been engaged for ten
years in immigration work and con-
Quoted many parties to the south and
west. I always carry this remedy and
have used it successfully on many oc-
casions." Sold by all druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18
Feel Impending Doom.

sThe feeling of impending doom in
the minds Of many victims Of Brights
disease and diabetes has been changed
to t,aankfulness by the benefit deriv-
ed from taking Foley's Kidney Cure.
1t will cure incipient B.igl}t'S disease
aud diabetes and even in the worst
cases gives comfort and relief Slight
disorders are cured in q, few days. q
had diabetes in its worst form writes
Marion Lee OF Dunreath. Ind. Il
tried eight physicians without relief.
OnI,- three bottles Of Foley's Kidney
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18
VIII Interest Many.

*Every person should know that
good health is impossible if the kid
neys are deranged. Foley's Kidney
Cure will cure kidney and bladder dis
ease in every form, and will build up
and strengthen these organs so they
Will PERFORM their functions properly.
no danger of Bright's disease or dia-
betes if Foleys Kidney Cure is taken
in time Durant's Pharmacy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18
TRAIN WRECKED.

Petersburg, Ind, July 12-The
spiking Of a switch on the Southern
Railway eight miles west of here
wrecked a freight train this morning.
The engineer, fireman and brakeman
were killed. Two others of the crew
were injured. The engine toppled
over and the entire train left the
track. Several of the cars We're de-
molished. Bloodhounds, followed by
az angry mob, are on the trail Of the
wreckers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18
Makes the Liver Lively.

*Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup gives
permanent relief in cases Of habitual
constipation as it stimulates the liver
and restores the natural action of the
bowels without irritating these or
gans like pills or ordinary cathartics.
Does not nauseate or grippe and is
mild and pleasant to take. Remem-
Der the name Orino and refuse substi-
tutes. Durant's Pharmacy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18

"a sweet breath adds to the joys Of
kiss. You Wouldn't want to kiss
your wife, mother or sweetheart with
bad breath. You can't have sweet
breath without healthy stomach.
You can't have healthy stomach
without perfect digestion. There is
only one remedy that digests what you
eat and makes the breath as sweet as
a rose-and that remedy is kodol for
dyspepsia 1t is a relief for sour stom-
ach. palpitation Of the heart and other
ailments arising from disorder Of the
stomach and digestion. Take little
Kodol after your meals and see what
it will do for you. Sold by all drug
gists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18

spons;ailiry for this gross and palpa-
bic misuse of relief supplies where it
justly belongs, with the Red Cross, OF
which Mr.. Taft is president; Mr.. Ma
gee. secretary. and DR.. Devine, agent
and which was recommended and en-
dorsed by President Roosevelt. Chi
cago Tribune.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18
Twenty year Battle.

*sT was loser in a twenty year
battle with. chronic piles and malig-
nant sores, until I tried Bucklen's
Arnica Salve which turned the tide,
by curing both, till not trace re-
MAINS" writes A. NJ. Bruce, OF
Farnaville, Va. Best for old ulcers,
cuts, burns and wounds. 25 cents at
Sibert's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18
COMMITTED SUICIDE.

Minneapolis. July 12.-Nathan NJ.
Riggs, a conductor on the Northwest
ern railroad, who was arrested at FL
roy, charged with the murder Of Miss
Mile Ellison, at the National Hotel
in this city on Tuesday where Miss Ell
lison registered as miss Moore, :"
committed suicide just after midnight
in Elroy jail. He shot himself in the
head with q. revolver which he had Sc
creted about his person.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18

*Does evil still, your whole life fill?
Does woe betide?
Your thoughts abide on suicide?
You need a pill!
Now for prose and facts-DeWitt's
Little Early Risers are the most pleas
ant and reliable pills known today.
They never gripe. Sold by all drug
gists
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18
T1cE ADMIRAL cHoKUN DEAD:

sevastapo1, Russia, July 12.-Vice
Admiral Choukuin, commander of the
Black Sea fleet, who was shot yester-
day by a. sailor while taking walk in
the garden of his villa, died at l
o'clock this morning. He did not re-
cover consciousness after being taken
to the hospital.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18

sKennedyy's Laxative Honey and Tar
is the original laxative cough syrup
and combines the qualities necessary
TO relieve the cough and purge the
system of cold. Contains no opiates.
All druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18
A Tragic Finish.
struck.

eA watchman's neglect permitted
leak in the great North Sea dyke,
which a child's finger could have stop
ped, to become a ruinous break, de-
vaztating an entire province OF Hol-
land. In like manner Kenneth Nc
Iver. Of yancehoro. Me, permitted
little cold to so unnotieed unit! a
tragic finish was only averted by DE-.
Kings New Discovery. He writes:
Three doctors gave me up TO die OF
lung inflammation, caused by neg
lected cold: but DIR. Kings New Dis
cove~y saved nay life Guaranteed
best cough and cold cure. at Sibert $
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18

Boonville, Ind, July 12-Fire which
started at 1890 o'clock last night de-
stroyed twenty-five buildings in the
town Of Lynnville. The town has only
1000 inhabitants. The loss is 100000.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18

In rear end collision of freight
train on the seaboard All, Line trestle
at Columbia "Wednesday Conductor W,
II. ;snead was killed and FIagman
Burenay was seriously injured.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18

Tom WilHe Eaxten, deaf and
dumb boy. was killed by train near
Newberry on Wednesday. lie was sit
ting with an umbrella over him when
struck.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18

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