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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-29

A tickling cough, from any cause,
is quickly stopped by DIR. Shoop's
Cough Cure. And it is SO thoroughly
harmless and safe, that DR.. Shoop
tells mothers everywhere to give It
without hesitation, even ~ young
babes. The wholesome green leaves
and tender stems of lung-healing
mountainous shrub furnish the cura-
tive properties to DR.. Shops Cough
Cure. 1t Gains the cough and heals
the sore and sensitive bronchial
membranes. No opium, no chloro-
form, nothing harsh used to injure
or suppress. Simply resinous plant
extract that helps to heal aching
lungs. The Spaniards call this shrub
which the doctor uses, "The Sacred
Herb" Demand DR.. Shoop's. Take
no other j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-29

mUCuo - x f.l' ~
It is very probable that II the
total appropriations and authorized
carried by the bills ln-
troduced in the Fifty-ninth Congress-
had become law they would have
caused Uncle Sam to pay out ten
billion dollars. Representative
Brownlow Is the champion bill in
trOducer OF Congress. The two years
for which a Congressman lives are
lost time with him IL he does not
get FIVE hundred bills to his credit.
Wyatt Aiken, OF South Carolina,
holds the record for bills which be-
came laws In the Fifty-ninth Con-
gress, there being thirty to his cred
1t, to say nothing of two public
buildings which went In at his In
stance. Several of them Were bills.
for building dams on nayigable'
streams in his district One night.
he had Senator Frye put fiye OF,
these through'n a single hour. The
Senate heard Its grave member from
Maine announce that he had Ave
dam bills he wanted to get through.
Everybody looked up in astonish-
ment to hear, as they thought, an
oath In che Senate Chamber from
the lips of so dignified man as the
senior Senator from Maine. But when
he completed his statement they
found that he had simply perpetrat-
ed one of the best puns OF the ses-
sion. Is
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-29
Co. .nterfeit Certif.catas.

Columbus, Ca, Jan, 23.--During
the last three days while the banks
We're closed for the holidays and
Sunday, count eiters passed q
number of court, rfeit clearing house
certificates. .,ntil the certificates
have been taken In it will not be
known to what extent the counter
letters have been passed, but so far
nfteen certificates of twenty-dollar
denomination have been unearthed.
The clearing house association has
called In all certificates.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-29
Serum Stops Meningitis.

Newport, r. l., Jan. 23.--Two ma
val apprentices recently received at
the station here are suffering from
spinal meningitis. Both were con-
sfdered hopeless cases. Medical In
spector Henoberger, however, deter
mined to try the serum discovered
by DR.. Simon Flexner, of the Rookie
feller II ,stitute, and it Is now re-
ported that both men are expected
to recover. One Is e. f. Crawford,
of Charleston, ILL.,, and the other r..
b. Holloway, of Lipton, Tenn.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-29
Texas Prohibition Fight On.

Dallas, Texas. Jan. 22.-The fight
before the people for State wide pro-
hibition for Texas began in earnest
yesterday. Tnree mass meetings
were held. Five speakers addressed
nearly 1000 persons at Bush Tenn
'ple this afternoon and twice that
many were addressed last night at
the First Methodist and First Bap-
tist churches. W.D, Upshaw, known
among the speakers, both afternoon
and night. 81
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-29
Gen, Hagood's Portrait.

The portrait OF Gen. johnson Ha-
good presented to the State Of South
Carolina last Monday by the Daugh-
;ters OF the Confederacy, will be hung
in the hall OF the House of Repre-
sentatives by the sergeant alarms
at once. The portraid was very
much admired yesterday by Gen.
Stephen D. Lee, who was personal
friend of the gallant soldier and
was pronounced an excellent like
ness l.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-29
who Should be Excluded /?
ITiIe State. j

The Judge in The Thaw case re-
fused to exclude reporters. There
was no reason to exclude legitimate
members of the profession, but it is
unfortunate that there is not some
way to bar from the court room Mil
dred Fudge, Winifred MuNl, and
Laura Jean Dippy, and the other
members Of the Sob Squad.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-29
simple Remedy for La Grippe.

La grippe coughs are dangerous,
as they frequently develop into pneu-
monia. Foley's Honey and Tar not
only stops the cough, but heals and
strengthens the lungs SO that no se-
rious results need be feared The
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar con-
tains no harmful drugs and is in a
yellow package. Refuse substitutes.
Sold by all druggists.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-29

Stops earache in wv minutes:
toothache or pain of burn or scaId In
five minutes; hoarseness, one hour;
muscleache, two hours; sore throat,
twelve boursDr. Thomas Electric
Oil, monarch over pain.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-29

A Rings Dyspepsia Tablet after
each meal overcomes indigestion, ,dys-
pepsia and other stomach ills. Two
days trial free. Ask our dealers--J.
w. Bell, Walhalla; w. j.. Lunney,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-29

Disturbed the Congregation.
The person who disturbed the con-
gregation- last Sunday by continually
coughing Is requested to buy a bot
tie of Foley's Honey and Tar. Sold
by all druggists.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-29
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Owen Reid ct al, v. Rena Reid ct al.
! The creditors of Seek Reid, de-
ceased, will present and prove their
claims before me within one month
from the date hereof, or be barred.
w, o. WHITE, Master.
January 10, 1908. 3-5
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-29

Itching piles provoke profanity,
but profanity won't cure them.
Doan's Ointment cures itching bleed
Ing or protruding piles after years
Of suffering. At any drug store. "
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-29

& Rings Little Liver Pills wake up
lazy livers, clean the system and
clear the skin. Try them for bilious
ness and sick headache. Price $50.
Sold by ]. w. Bell, Walhalla: w. J..
Lunney, Seneca.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
Steamer Springs Leak. Is Hit by
huge Wave and Rendered
UnmanageabIe.
nine RESCUED BY uftSAVfRS
Some of Crew Drowned While Trying
to Launch BOat-DangerOus
Work for Rescuers.

Newport, Or. May 6. - During ii
storm Friday night on the coast the
steamer Minnie f. Kellon shifted n
sprung a bad leak. Saturday noon a
huge wave struck the vessel and
washed her deck and cabin, lowing
the vessel waterlossed and unman
ageahle. Eleven of the crew were
drowned some while trying 10 launch
a boat.
-Four on a raft tried to get ashore,
but only one succeeded. and he sus-
tanned a broken leg. The ~lifesavlng
crew OF this place took nine men off
the vessel and landed them on the
shore about fifteen miles north of
here, The Minnie r. kellon was
bound from Aberdeen to San Francis
co loaded with lumber. in command
Of Capt. James McKenna. The last
seen of the vessel she was picked 40
by another schooner going north.
As soon as the news reached here
The lifesaving crew at Yakima Bay
station left for the scene. After IL
trip fraught with danger the crew
reached the vessel and succeeded IN
r%escuing the nine men who remained
on board. The lifeboats put asher"
twenty miles north Of Newport.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
SCORE PERISH
n nOTfLf|R[
New Aviline Hotel at Fort
Wayne Destroyed-Actual
Loss of Life Unknown.
GUESTS FIND ESCAPE CUT OFF
Flames Discovered at ! O'clock in the
Morning Spread With Ap.
paIling Rapidly.

Fort Wayne, Ind. May AN I'M
known number of persons. estimated
at from twelve to twenty. lost their
lives in a fire that Destroyed the New
Aveine hotel here early yesterday.
The entire interior of the building is
a smoldering heap of ruins and how
many dead are concealed by the de-
brls can only be conjectured.
The hotel register was consumed nv
the fire and there are no accurate
means OF determining who is missing.
Bodies UnrecognizabIe.
Inc complete destruction of the in
terror of the hotel makes the work of
recovering bodies a task of difficulty.
A confused heap Of charred wood
bricks and twisted girders is piled M
Eetween the bare walls TO the second
story. Piece by piece this must be
removed before the roll of dead can
be completed. Some OF the bodies
taken out are mangled and charred
beyond recognition and the work of
identification is in these cases a task
almost battling.
lnf9ntry Company B and Battery 3
of the national guard are on duty and
aiding the fire and police forces to
clear away the debris.
Escape Is Cut or.
The fire was discovered at $40 YES
'erday morning in the elevator shaft
by Night Clerk Ralph r. Hopkins. He
rushed to the upper floors alarming
the guests until flames which had
spread with appalling rapidity, drove
him back His efforts. however
saved many lives. The hotel was
erected half a century ago and the
woodwork was dry as finder. 1t burn
ed like ~matchwood and within a few
minutes from the time fire was dis
covered the whole interior of the no
tel was a mass of flames that filled
the corridors and rooms with suffocat-
ing clouds Of smoke and laid fiery bar
r1ers across all means Of escape save
by the windows.
Many Thrilling Rescues.
The fire department rescued MANY
by means of ladders. but some. fren-
Zied by the onward rush of the flames,
leaped from high windows to the
paved street.
AS the fury of the flames increased
men and women were seer in the win
dows Of their rooms, where they wild
ly implored help. Some did not wait
for the efforts of the firemen and
leaped to the street. Several were
seriously injured in this way.
There we're many thrilling ESCAPES.
The hotel and furnishings were val
ued at $4,000. Other losses will ae-
gregate about 5000.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
THAW GETS OUT OF ASYLUM.
Temporary Lodged in Duchess County
jail.

Poughkeepsie, May 6.-Temporari-
ly at least, Harry X. Thaw is out OF
the Matteawan hospital for the criml
nal insane. As a result of Yesterdays
proceedings on the writ OF habeas
corpus sued out in an effort TO have
him legally declared sane. he Will re-
main in the Duchess county jail until
the final decision on the writ is hand
ed down. The formal hearing in the
case will come before the supreme
court here next Monday.
The adjournment was taken upon
the request Of a representative Of the
district attorney Of New York coun-
ty. to give District Attorney Jerome
an opportunity TO appear in person to
Oppose Thaw's release from the asy-
lum.
In the meantime Thaw will remain
in the Duchess county jail here in
stead of being returned to Matteawan-
Evelyn Thaw May Testify.
An interesting feature of pestar-
days proceedings was an announce
ment that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, al
though she has brought suit for annu!-
ment of her marriage, will appear, II
necessary. as a witness in her hus
bands behalf.
Thaw himself undoubtedly will 90
on the stand in his own behalf. Mr.
Peabody said. He declared that the
prisoner is willing to submit to any
examination the court or the district
attorney may desire as proof Of his
sanity.
1--WE hold that the burden of proof
rests uron MIR. Jerome to show that
Thaw is insane. He has never been
declared insane. Mr.. Jerome's com
mission in the first trial adjudCed him
sane. The jury in the second trial
deemed him insane at the time he
killed Stanford White
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
MASS OF FACTS AND FIGURES.
Publishers Substantiate the Charges
AGAINST Paper Trust.

Washington, May 6.-An eight-inch
stack of kilograms from newspaper
publishers throughout the country tell.
ing OF the increased cost of print pa
per was submitted yesterday TO the
special committee of the house investi-
eating that subject by Mr.. John Nor
ris Of New York. who occupied the
witness stand the entire day. Amplify-
ing these ~telegraphed statements. Mr..
Norris presented a mass of facts and
figures su~bstantiative of the charges
brought against the International Pa
per company by the American News
paper Publishers association. The
committee has practically decided to
adjourn at noon of next FRAY and go
to Planners Falls. Saratoga county, N.
Y. to inspect the mills OF the Hudson
River Paper company and take testi-
mony there relative to the cost of pa
per production.
FOrty-SiX newspaper publishers. Mr..
Norris informed the committee, have
telesraphed hat they are willing to
come to Washington and give testi-
mOny.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
UNITED STATES MIXED IN Il
Occupation of JuradO Was Advised BY
AmeriCa-CastrO Plans to
Grab Territory.

~Cartagenia. Colombia. May 6
son to believe that the government at
Panama is intriguing with Venezuela
to declare war upon this country. 1t
is known that the occupation of Jura-
do. which is on the Atrato river, the
boundary line between Panama and
Colombia. has ansered the Panama
government.
The occupation of Jurado was lone
on the advice of the American gov.
eminent. which held that it was clear.
ly within Colombian territory. The
attitude of the government Of Pana-
ma has given the United States a
good deal Of solicitude. One of Secre-
tary Tafts chief missions TO Panama
is to try and adjust the matter.
1t is believed thai the American
government is aware Of The effort Of
Panama to induce Venezuela to make
war upon Colombia.
Two Disputes Pending.
Two boundary disputes enter into
the situation.
1dSllO wants Il Stllp Oh NOlOlllDldH
territory on the east and Panama, &C
cording to the COlombians. is seeking
to desroil Colombia Of certain terri
tory along the AtratO river, which in
cludes the town of Jurado. NeneZue-
las claim. or rather demand. is that
Colombia cede her Il very material
part Of the Goadjira peninsula. down
the center of which the present boun-
Diary now runs. as we'll as a certain
area in the vicinity of Cucuta.
Troops Sent to Juraeo.
When Colombia heard of these as
%piratiOnS she sent troops TO JuradO for
the purpose of bringing this matter to
an issue.
Panama. if is declared. would like
TO embroil Colombia with Venezuela
on the eastern frontier. as such an
outcome would give her a better
chance to force her claim for terrific
rial extension upon the western from
tier.
On the other hand. Panama desires
TO extend her territorial holdings TO
embrace a section of the Atrato river
and al area of territory which in
cludes JuradO.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
ELEVEN DEAD IN HOTEL FIRE.
Rain Drives Exhausted Workmer
From Ruins at Fort Wayne.

Fort Wayne. Ind. May 6. - At 6
o'clock last evening rain stopped the
work on the Aveline hotel ruins. The
firemen and otter workmen who had
been constantly digging for bodies
since Sunday morning were exhaust
ed. The mayor, chief of police and
chief of the fire department had had
no sleep.
Up to last night NO bodies had been
found since 4 o'clock yesterday norm
ing when a charred trunk was taken
out. All the bodies but two were
claimed by friends yesterday, and
most of them were taken away during
the afternoon and evening. The in
jured in the hospitals are all doing
well except f. M. Matthews of Colum-
bus, Ohio, who it is thought cannot
survive over to-day.
The body taken out yesterday
morning makes eleven known victims,
The only persons known to be missing
are Charles Benjamin of Detroit and
Herman Seligman of New York.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
NEWS Of THE WEEK N fpITOMt
important Events At Home asd o.
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
Washington.

The second annual meeting ct the
American Society OF International
Law was held in Washington.
President Roosevelt has been pre-
sented with a magnificent Turkish
rug, the gift OF the sultan of Turkey.
BY the Turkish minister, MANNED Ali
Bey.
Most Rev. Diomede Falconio, the
apostolic delegate at Washington.
also is among those mentioned as
likely to be created cardinals at the
aext consistory in June.
The joint resolution to require the
carrying of Panama canal material
and equipment from the United
States to the isthmus in American bot
hons has been reported favorably by
the house committee.
President Roosevelt has notified
Secretary Straus of the department OF
eommerce and labor that he had reap
pointed him for another term of six
years as one of the American mem
hers Of the permanent court of arbi-
tration at The Hague.
The house committee on public
lands ordered a favorable report on
the senate bill providing that where
proofs offered in contention of home
stead entries have heretofore been re-
tected they shall be reinstated and
oOnfirmed IL the entrymen can show
that he lived upon his land at least
-.A ~ 49, ,,on, ,rtnr 4 n
The submission Of proofs.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
Crimes and Criminals.

After blowing open three safes in
Jasper. Mo-. and securing but 81, two
of six robbers were captured near
Joplin. The men refused to divulge
their James
Starved out I'm 4 fruitless endeavor
to escape, Frank Dunno has returned
from the wilderness northwest Of Mar
quette. Mich, to face the music es
he calls it. AS the outcome of a quar-
rel he had shot at a fellow workman.
An Indictment charging the embez-
element of $97, 900 of the funds of the
First National Bank of Baton Rouge
was returned by a federal grand jury
at Baton Rouge. La. against Oscar
Konder, former cashier of the bank.
Charles Pendelick, member of a
firm Of chemists at Chicago, was shot
through the abdomen and probably
fatally wounded by John Bowling, an
inventor. The affair was the outcome
Of a business controversy. Downing
was placed under arrest.
The dead body of Henry Lehtiken-
ges was found near the Hecla &
Torch Lake railroad tracks at Calu-
met, Mich. 1t is believed he commit
ted suicide, as a loaded revolver and
an empty poison bottele was on his
person. He was unmarried and thirty.
five years old.
Charles Allen and Robert Cuff were
locked up in the immigration deten-
tion house at Philadelphia by the
United States immigration authori-
ties. pending an investigation of
charges that they were brought here
from England IN violation of the con
tract labor law.
Mrs. Leonora Pierce, nineteen
years old. and Miss Greyta Fulmer.
twenty-five years old, were arrested
at Denver on the charge of having OBJ
tanned nearly $4,000 in n year from
Mrs. Harriet Grove of Dillon, Mont,
sixty-sepen years of age and blind. by
falsely inducing her to believe that
they were restoring her sight by
means of s~piritualistic treatment.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
ROBBERS GET ONLY $500.
Big Squad Of Officers on Express Rob
berry Case.

Pittsburg, May g.. Officials of the
Pennsylvania Railway company and
the Adams Express company have but
little more accurate informatin on the
daring robbery OF the express car on
the fast New York-St. Louis express
at Walkers Mills. just beyond the
city limits Of P%ittsburg, Thursday
night, than was given them in the first
report of the theft telegraphed when
the train reached Steubenville, Ohio.
Pinkerton detectives were early put
in charge of the case. n together
with the secret service forces of the
railroad company and the city and
county detectives have been at work
all day. but last night reported little
progress.
1t is now pretty we'll established
that the robbers did not get over 5000.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
RAralan.

President Castro has asked the
academy of medicine to formulate
measures for the sanitation of Cara
cas- to combat the bubonic plague
should it break out there.
The Canadian government has de.
cided not to press this year the insur-
nee bill which was introduced at the
opening Of the session and which
would impose strong restrictions on
American insurance companies, which
do a large business in Canada.
The government of Australia has
been in communication with the gov
ernments of Victoria and New South
Wales with regard to the entertain.
men of the American fleet during its
visit there. 1t Is understood that
more than $500, 900 will be devoted to
this purpose.
The committee Of Vienna citizens
which is arranging for the jubilee in
honor OF Emperor Francis Joseph has
insured the eMperor's life for $ 1850
600 until June next. in order to cover
the expenses for the preparation of
the celebration in the event of his
death before they occur.
While exploring the Monterosa sla-
cier near Berne, a party of guides dis
covered in an ice %vas a body
which they cut out of the ice and
brought to this city. Later the body
was Identified as that of a guide
named Nagki, who fell into the Gre
vase in the summer Of 1887 while
conducting a party over the glacier.
The body was well preserved.
The Madrid Epocha, calling atten-
ton to the serious financial and COM
mercial crisis in Barcelona, states
that 1t is partly due to the anarchist
t%errorists and party to the fact that at
the time Of the stringency in the
United States cotton exporters offer.
ed the most advantageous terms for
spot cash. and as a result a great
amount Of gold left the country.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
General News ltems.

A subcommittee of the house com
mittee on Indian affairs reported ia
vorably on Senator Clapp's bill chang
ing the boundaries of the Cass Lake
Indian reservation.
The New York police last night pre-
vented the scheduled ten-round box
ing match between Terry McGovern
and Johnny Summers of England at
the Old Broadway Athletic club.
BLACK Perfection" a hog imported
from Europe by j. 6 Gallman of Van
Horne, Iowa, is dead. The animal
was valued at 81, 900 and was acquired
only recently, hence the total loss.
Gov. Post OF Porto Rico has had a
conference with the presidents of the
legislative bodies, the Spanish club
and representative societies with ref
erence to the celebration of the 4O0th
anniversary Of the landing at Porto
Rico OF Ponce de Leon. A committee
composed of naval, army and insular
officials will arrange a program.
BY the payment of a sur declared
TO De less tndn $I,OUU dHu oil tHC iICu
ical and hospital expenses, Repre-
sentative Hefiin Of Alabama has eft.
fected a compromise with Thomas
McCreary, New York horseman.
whom he accidentally wounded while
engaged in a shooting ARRAY with a
negro on a street car in Washington
nearly a month ago.
BY the filing OF q mortgage OF the
Bingham Central Railroad company
to the Metropolitan Trust company
OF New York for $4,000. 900 with the
county recorder at Salt Lake City
terloo. Iowa, and the surrounding ter.
ritory. the Waterloo. Cedar Rapids &
Northern company has just negotiated
a loan Of 81, ZOO. 900.
Six delegates at large to the Re
publican national convention at Chi
cago instructed to support William H
Taft for the nomination for the presi
dency were elected by the Colorado
Republican stAte convention.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
WATERWAYS FUND FIXED.
Senate Committee Proposes $4,000
900 as a Starter.

Washington, May ). The senate
committee on commerce adopted the
report of its subcommittee which re.
vised the Newlands waterways bill.
This report fixes the appropriation at
$1O,0oO 900 and authorizes the issu-
apce OF bonds when the "~waterways
fund falls below $4,000. 900 in order
to keep the fund up to that amount.
The full committee expects to hold
frequent meetings with a view to re-
porting the measure as early as pos
sible.