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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-07-17

Ii you suffer from bloating belching,
sour stomach, Indigestion or Dyspepsia
take a Rings Dyspepsia Tablet after each
meal and overcome the disagreeable
trouble: It will improve the appetite,
and aid digestion. Sold by Hartmann
Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-07-17
a c.
DIAMOND Ring
o $500
ED

With a Diamond Ring I reveal
Free how to secure a Beautiful
Complexion. Diamonds and ex-
quisite complexion are both de-
sirable. An opportunity to every
woman is now offered for obtain
ing both. For $500 1 offer a
- Kt. Gold Shell Ring, shaped
like a belcher, with a Tiffany
setting, set with a Genuine Dia-
mond and will send free with
every order the recipe and direc-
tons, for obtaining a faultless
complexion, easily understood
and simple to follow. It will
save the expense of Creams, Cos
metics and Bleaches. Will free
the skin from pimples, blackheads,
etc., aad give the skin beauty and
softness.
The GENUINE DIAMOND
RING is Guaranteed by the Man
ufacturer to be as Represented,
and should any purchaser be dis
satisfied, I will cheerfully refund
the money. Do not let the price
lead you to doubt the genuineness
or value of this ring, as the above
guarantee protects each andevery
purchaser. Send me $500 by
mail and take advantage of this
offer, as the time is limited. Send
size of finger for which ring is
desired. .
T. C. MOSELEY,
- East 23rd St., New York City.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-07-17
Father Of Fifty-Three Children

Elberton, Ca, July S.-Citizens of
this place are to ask President Roose-
welt for an anti-race-suicide medal for
Elijah Edwards, a negro farmer near
Peters Point.
Edwards is the proud father of fifty
three children, ffty-one of whom are
living and doing well. He had thirty
by his first wife and twenty-three by
his second. Edwards is still hale and
hearty.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-07-17
Bad Burn Quickly Healed.

Il am so delighted with what Cham
berlain's Salve has done for me that I
feel bound TO write and tell you So"
says Mrs. Robert Mytton, 457 John St.,
Hamilton, Ontario. MY little daugh-
ter had a bad burn on her knee. [ ap-
piled Chamberlain's Salve and it heal
ed beautifully" This salve allays the
pain of a burn almost instantly. It is
for sale by Kaufman Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-07-17

Headache and constipation disappear
when Rings Liver Pills are used. They
keep the system clean, the stomach
sweet. Taken occasionally they keep
you well. They are for the entire
family. Sold by Kaufman Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-07-17
Stimulation Without Irrita.
tion.

That is the watchword. That is
what Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup does.
Cleanses. and stimulates the bowels
without irritation in any form. Sold
by The Kaufman Drug Go.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-11-07
Historic Car1onchet, House Of Tragedy" WiH No Longer Be
 Home Of Spragues

when Lincoln had that able and am- bilious man, Salmon P. Chase, in his cabinet as secretary of the treasury; time when Kate Chase dominated Washington society and influenced her fathers eminent associates by the force of her beauty and the spirited brilliance of her wit
 Then and there William Sprague, a dashing young fellow from Rhode Island-its civil war governor and later it's United States senator-brave, handsome, clever, entered upon a ca reer which makes fiction seem tame and tragedy commonplace.
 Kate Chase is dead-she died in the direst poverty Her only son lies in suicides grave. Her daughters tried the stage, but did nothing of conse- quence. But the life of Gov" Sprague, as they call him still in Rhode Island, is as eventful to-day as it was in the times of war
 William Sprague's membership in the A. & W. Sprague Manufacturing company. doing business in all parts of New England in the sixties, afford ed him in wealth the power which made him at the age of 2S the gov ernor of Rhode Island. This was in 1860.
 The civil war was on
 Sprague was mere youth, and one of the heads of business enterprises involving the employment of 22,000 workmen. His shops, mills and foun- dries beclouded the sky with their in- dustry, until it was said, Whenever you see smoke in Rhody, it belongs to the Spragues.
 He was governor-the youngest war governor As chief in command of the states military forces he insisted on taking the field in person.
 He went to the United States senate in 1863 and served 12 years.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-11-07

the grandest mansion on the coast It stands on the favorite camping ground of Canonchet, chief of the Narragansett tribe of Indians. It cost a million dollars. Its furnishings were brought from the stores of many countries. It is a palace within, strangely, voluptuously featured, a labyrinth of halls, hooks, salons, chambers, towers, eerie dens, a the ater, library-6S rooms in all.
 It had s40,000 worth of hand carving in the dining-room, and other appoint ments of a similar extravagance It stands to-day, dark but proud; heir of it's hospitality to the distinguished men and women of two continents. Horace Greeley used to visit there and toast his shins before the library grate; Conkling's name is indelibly stamped upon the place and time, and the man whose memory goes back to the early seventies will recall the high jinks and the Sprague-Chase-Co Conkling episode, which eliminated in Conklings S flight from the governors gun by way of window and a barred and bolted boudoir door.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-11-07
Brilliant Kate Chase.

While United States senator he mar ried Katherine Chase, famed as Kate Chase, the beautiful daughter of Sal mon P. Chase, Lincoln's secretary of the treasury With this brilliant mar riage began the social career which sent the name of Chase-Sprague to the greater salons of Europe and America.
 Kate Chase in that day was account ed the most brilliant woman in the so- beautiful, she was a diplomat of mar velous methods, the homage of the greatest statesmen of that time was
The Carlisle independent., 1907-11-07

Willie's wife procured divorce from him and married Gerrit s. Wheaton, a welcome guest at Canonchet for three years. Wheaton was million aire; Willie Sprague was an cratic genius, at times exceptionally bril- liant, always impulsive, loving and af- fectionate.
 Canonchet was having its house par ties and the halls were aglow with oriental splendor The Florentine fountain off the dining-room was trick ling its crystals to the idle after-din- ner chat of a surfeited company.
 It was October, 1890, and the night was chill when this self-absorbed party suddenly learned the news of Willie Sprague's death. He had shot him. self in laborer's tent in the suburbs of Tacoma The sign of blood was again upon the house of tragedy. A few days thereafter, when the poor boys wasted body was being brought home, a final letter which he had ad- dressed to his father came to light. It had been written in a tent assigned to young Sprague as one of a gang of road laborers. In it he recited some of his hardships. The boy com plained of the coarse quality of his breakfast that day. Here the letter abruptly terminated. His body was
The Carlisle independent., 1907-11-07

. OR SALE. A HIGHLY IM- A proved estate at Narragansett
The Carlisle independent., 1907-11-07

TIA OR SALE. = A HIGHLY IM- lA proved estate at Narragansett
 Pier, R. l., consisting of $50 acres
 of land, with beautifully furn- ished mansion, upon which and the stables green houses and other buildings about slO0o,Ooo have been expended This property is historically known as Can onchet," the palatial home which Kate Chase Sprague daughter of Salmon P. Chase) built about 35 years ago at the cost stated.
 So runs the circular-the house of tragedy goes under the hammer! Who wants to buy it?
 You may have it, with the story of the loves and hates of men and wom- en of half century ago. With it go memories of other days; of duels and divorce; of elopements, suicides, scan- dals and law suits without number.
 Here Roscoe Conkling was once an honored guest; and here law, diplo- macy and politiealfstrategy were made ~a1d unmades Blaine, Garfield, Beecher, Tilden, Ben Butler, Greeley, Dana Grant were all honored guests here. Its rooms and halls are redolent with memory to-day as they were three de- cades ago.
 Who wants to buy? Name your price.
 Canonchet, once the handsomest es tate on the Atlantic coast, is for sale to the highest bidder. It is on the mar ket because a girl chose to defy her parents-Inez Sprague has eloped with the son of her grandfathers bitterest enemy
 As last of the direct line of the Spragues, she was to have inherited this baronial estate, worth at least ST., 0,000 today. But she broke her en- gagement with J. Harold Winpenny, of Philadelphia, stayed in seclusion year and then eloped with Harry Will Hams Stiness, son of Judge Stiness, associate justice of the supreme court of Rhode Island.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-11-07
MEz C2RAGUE pZZlEGf

and that eventually she would inherit the house of tragedy, the home of thousand memories of bygone days.
 But their silence did not mean con sent For when all their plans had been formulated, Gov. and Mrs. Sprague instructed their lawyer, Henry Wellington Wack, of New York. to arrange for the sale of the historic estate, just as it now stands. A great inheritance has been forfeited because a young girl saw fit to make shop ping trip to Providence and then sud denly make up her mind to get mar ried.
 Fall back A years and march along with the events of the time, tire
The Carlisle independent., 1907-11-07
Better Than Two.

The foreman of railway construc- tion gang engaged on spur near Phil adelphia was approached not long since by an Irishman of the gang, who asked about a job for his brother Dennis
 He's just as good a man as me- silf," said Mike. Cant ye fix him here?"
 CT guess so,' responded the fore man. Send him here tomorrow morning."
 Whole I'm about it. continued the Celt, 'Fd loike to put in a wor-rd for me other brother, Malachi"
 "Is he a good man, too?"
 Me fri'nd," said the Irishman, i'm pressively, "Malachi's better man than mesilf an Dennis put together!"
 'In that case" said the foreman with grin, tell Malachi to come; and you and Dennis can look for other jobs "-Harper's Magazine.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-11-07

hers, she was the queenly leader of Washington's social and official life.
 And what was her quest? The older generation will recall the plot and the interplotting of those years to make Salmon P. Chase president of the United States. The fact that this great ambition of daughter was never grat- filed was probably the precursor of that adverse fate which has relent- lessly pursued and gnawed the heart of every Sprague ambition felt since that time.
 Early in her married life Kate Chase Sprague built Canonchet, on an estate of $50 acres at Narragansett pier. Tho house was at that time
The Carlisle independent., 1907-11-07
Can Never Forgive Her.

.He did his utmost to accomplish my fianancial ruin," declared William Sprague, who was war governor of Rhode Island when the north and south decided to discuss their differ ences at the cannons mouth. T can never forgive her"
 The governor and Mrs. Sprague, his second wife, retired to Canonchet to make their plans. In order to gain time they said not word when it was asserted that they had forgiven the clipping bride and that she and the bridegroom would be welcomed there,
The Carlisle independent., 1907-11-07
Unfortunate Willie spraaue.

After few silent and pathetic years down there by the sea, the household of Sprague was again disrupted. Willie Sprague had again come under the in- fluence of his mother. He became a reporter on Washington paper, then shifted to a similar position in New York. A beautiful girl was born to his iwife-Inez Sprague-and the present Mrs. Sprague became at once an aunt ,and a grandmother.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-11-07
AHZE C1zzJE JQR4GZlE.

SpTague succeeded in accomplishing their design. It soon became evident that the fate of the A. and W. Sprague concerns, estimated to be worth S60,- 000,000, would be destruction. The Spragues had been ambushed. When the concerns failed in 1873, with more than s30,000,000 in actual assets and less than $11,000,000 of indebtedness, the state of Rhode Island was almost prostrated 2. Chaffee was appointed trustee of the estate. The courts wrestled with it for more than 20 years, and enterprises which once in volved all of Rhode Island were laid waste.
 Domestic discord and arrangement now intervened to madden the prin- cipals in this drama. The three daugh- ters of Gov. Sprague and Kate Chase were being educated abroad. Willie" Sprague, as he was called, the only son, a strange composite of genius and impulsive youth, was still at home.
 Robert Thompson had been appoint ed trustee for the personal estate of his mother On November 6, 1883 Willie was arrested for shooting at Thompson as he attempted to visit Canonchet. The boy was largely given to impulse all his life. A court in- quiry resulted in his discharge.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-11-07

Those Foolish Questions. Hello, old man. Back in town again?"
 No, I am out on the ocean. sailing my boat Look out now. I'm going to jibe.''
The Carlisle independent., 1907-11-07
Fate's Relentless Pursuit.

In the autumn of 1897 Mrs Inez Sprague, having studied grand opera with some of the best French and Italian masters, appeared in Boston and made her debut with the Boston Symphony orchestra. Among other numbers she sang the suicide aria from the opera 'Gioconda.' Boston critics caused Mrs. Sprague to quit her proposed tour and return to France. Defeat lay in ambush wher- ever a Sprague ventured forth That same year Mrs. Kate Chase died in poverty in Washington.
 Five years ago Gerrit S. Wheaton died and left his large interest in Standard Oil to his young widow, sis ter of Mrs. Inez Sprague, one time wife of Willie Sprague, and mother of Inez Sprague the second. The lat ter was a beautiful girl And she has just blasted the great hopes of the little war governor" ald his wife, by eloping with Harry Williams Stiness, son of Chief Justice John H. Stiness, Spragues implacable enemy in the Rhode Island supreme court, between whose family and the clan Sprague a feud has existed since 1874.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-11-07
Separated by Divorce.

Meantime, Kate Chase brought her sensational suit for divorce. Gov. Sprague filed counter charges. So- ciety glutted itself with gossip of the case. A compromise was finally effect ed by which both these charges were withdrawn and charge of cruelty in- terposed On May 27, 1882, Kate Chase-Sprague got the decree diyorc- ing her and giving her the right to re- sume her maiden name and the GUS tody of the three daughters, Ethel, Portia and Kitty.
 On March 8, 1883, the governor mar ried his present wife. She was Dora Inez Weed, of Virginia. She was then 25 and Gov. Sprague 53. They imme- diately went to Canonchet, where Mrs. Sprague has since reigned as its chat elaine.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-11-07

Sprague's Business Downfall.
 It was in 1873 that the political and social forces at work to ruin Senator
The Carlisle independent., 1907-11-07
Marriage Promised Much.


 Many had courted the girl. Finally last year, when she was 21, she be- came engaged to young Winpenny, member of prominent Pennsylvania family. By this marriage, the Wheaton fortune, coupled with Canon chet and it's acres, might yet make the score even between the Spragues and their enemies.
 But fate was against it.
 One day last spring Miss Inez an- nounced the breaking of her engage ment to MT. Winpenny. On a day in June she left Canonchet to go shop ping in Providence. There on June 21, at St. Stephens church, she mar ried Harry Williams Stiness without previous announcement. Rev. Her. bert Barker performed the ceremony. w. c. Rhoades and Wurst White were witnesses. Tho spirited young lady was not to be bothered with the forms and frills of a conventional marriage. It is merely a matter of theory that the acquisition of husband on her shopping tour was the item of chief concern to Miss Inez. There was a new hat, for instance.
 And because of it Canonchet goes under the hammer at once. The Spragues are to quit Rhode Island and America forever.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-19
SAID TO
Be CERTAIN
FIVE HUNDRED CARPENTERS IN
WHEELING DISTRICT ASK FOR
WAGE INCREASE.

WHEELING, April l9.-It is practi.
cally certain that 800 carpenters in the
Wheeling district will so on strike the
Isl OF May.
Recently the carpenters local un.
ions united in a demand upon the
builders for an Increase in the daily
wage from 50 to sS.GO per DAY, and
gave the alternative Of a strike OF
their craft, effective the first of next
month In the event that the increase
in wages Is not acceded TO.
Last night a reporter asked one OF
the most extensive builders in the city
as 10 the situation relative to the
mems demands, and he replied:
There will be a carpenters strike
commencing the lst OF May, :laless
the men recede from their demands.
We 10 not intend to give the higher
wages demanded, because the build.
Ing trade will not justify such a step.
II will be an endurance fight, and We
believe we will win In the end"
No formal reply has as yet been
given 10 the carpenters.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-19

The largest and finest floating the.
ater. known as ". r. Markle's New
Sunny South. will arrive In 'Fairmont
from Morsantown Sunday afternoon
and give two performances while here,
Monday and Tuesday evening. This
will be the first time here for this
mammoth aaatlRg theater, said to be
yeritable floating palace. lighted with
hundreds of electric lights, steel lin.
ed interior, seating capacity. twelve
hundred; has boxes, balcony, elevated
seats, heated by steam and in fact Is
a modern playhouse capable Of NOV
ing from town to town, giving first
class show, accompanied by a flnG
band and orchestra. This season the
Sunny South show consists of q very
funny musical comedy with ten of the
biggest and best vaudeville acts on the
road, assisted by big chorus Of pret'
ty girls; also new moving pictures and
illustrated songs. More than fifty pco'
pie are employed with the Sunny
South company.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-19
GOVERNOR SENDS
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Fine from ii
Mcdowell ;I6 y, Il. County

CHARLESTON April, 1s.-Goyern.
or Dawson has received a letter from
John cramplers q Mcdowell county,
in which he saysshe has been notified
by some ofshissfrlsnds that the State
offers reward for ltriplets and makes
the statement thu he is the father
of three girls that arrived on Febru.
ary Il. 1907, aud cites proof Of the
fact, saying: ~ there be a premium
given in such cases I can send you all
reference required.
Governor Dawson met tie situation
by sending out Pfhls own pocket a
substantial premium, and in making
a statement to th} press, the governor
says: "Please sly5that II any one
else desires to ADJ to; the premium
against race suicide, I will be glad to
forward same"
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Massle, OF Nc.
Dowell county. are also the parents of
tFiPlets born something orer a year
ago. y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-19
5 CONVERSIONS
LAST NIGHT
INTEREST IN UNION 5EvANGEGls.
TIC MEETINGS INCREASES
WITH EACH SERVICES.

Five conversions, many requests Tor
prayer. and two hours iot Intense and
impressive religious service. were the
fruits Of the union eyangelistlc service
held last night i9Ethe Methodist Prot.
estant Temple. DR.. Wlcker's hold up
on the rfople is growing flrmer with
each ser'lce. His iIteh{e carnestness
coupled with hi, apt Interpretation Of
the Word Of God. makes the audience
his own from the opening hymn to
the benediction. The spacious auit.
torium.'of the Temple was too small
for the crowd last night. The Sunday
school room had 10 be thrown open Ia
accommodate those who came late.
The growing familiarity Of the large
chorus choir, and audience with the
new hymns, was very noticeable last
evening in the snappy manner In
which they sang. A new hymn en-,
titled "On to Victory" was tried last
night for the first time. 1t captiyat.
ed every one from the very start, AMI
was sung with vim unequalled In any
previous service. Undoubtedly It will
become the tavorlte OF the campaign
DR.. Wicker founded his sermon last
night on the parable OF the three rep
resentatfve men, who with one con,
sent began to make exc1se." Real es
tate, strenuous business, and social
pleasures hinder men and women to
day. even as they did In Chrlst's day
in the performance Of their obligations
toward God and man.
The gist Of Dr. Wicker's advice was
this: any friend whatever stands In
the way Of your obeying God. sep
arate yourself from It now, and quit
making excuses" He made It very
plain that II we refuse to separate
ourselves voluntarily from the things
that hinder God having his way Ia
our lives the time will come when
death will forclbly separate us from
them. and then whose shall these
things be? aud what shall be our
standing before God2.
In response to DR.. Wlcker's tender
appeals three young men and two
young women came forward and knelt
at the altar. An after service was
held, bat SO intense was the interest
that less than 4 hundred of the great
congregation left the building. Meet
ing tonight begins promptly at 7:3C
o'clock. Go early so as to be sure Of
u seat.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-19

out. OF court
JUDGE eoFF DECIDES TRUE BILLS
FOUND AGAINST 3. 6 o. TO
BE FAULTY.

CLARHsBURG, April 19.-The in.
dlctments found against the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad Co. one year ago on
the question Of violating the Inter.
state Commerce law and discrlmina.
tion in the distribution OF cars and
shipments on the part OF the railroad,
were dismissed yesterday by Judge
Gon.
It was charged that such discrlmln.
alton has been shown by the railroad
company to the Pittsburg Vein Coal
Co., and several other corporations, In
favor Of the Fairmout Coal Co. and
and the New York Mine Co. The de:
fendant demurred to the indictments
and information and Judge Goff took
the matter under advisement. r.
Yesterday he delivered his opinion,
and sustained the demurrers. The va.
rious counts we're taken up separately
and discussed. Judge Goir stated that
The capacity Of the mines, the number
OF cars demanded and other requests
for shipments, together with specific
refusals on the part Of the railroad
company should have been fully set
forth In the Indictments. BY this rul.
ing the indictments against the com;
pany are thrown out OF court.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-19
1S|'AlI!TY SAL dose FOR trio OF women
SENATOR TILlAAA WILL LECTURE II This
CITY ON MONDAY NIGH. april 10Th.
WILL PROBABLY BRING HIs PITcHFoRK

The word has been given out that
Senator Benjamin R. Tillnan will lee.
tare here at the Grand Opera House,
Monday, April 2sth. From Falrmont
he goes to. Plttsburg to lecture and
from Plttsburg to Parkersburg on May
list. He will be at Morgantown on
the 9TH. Senator Tlllman is much in
demand as lecture farorite and he is
the only man on the platform to-day
who has every date for the year 1907
engaged. Some objection has been
raised to his lecturing In Plttsburg by
the colored people, but the matter will
probably be arranged SO that the lee,
ture will be delivered. The same oh.
lection was made at Portsmouth, O.,
a short time ago, but when the date
came for the lecture over $500 people
were in the audience and good crowi