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THE LEDGER. Thurlow S. Carter, EDITOR ANI) MANAGER. SATURDAY, AUOUST (>. 1S08. Killed in tho Charge at Santiago. Mrs Jamos A Erwin received a letter Sunday from Dr Frank II Erwin, of Hamlin, Kansas; Htating that his kinsman, Mr Win L Erwin. who joined Col Wood's Rough Riders, enlisting at Washington, was killed at Santiago r when the Rough Riders made i their impetuous charge. We sup- ? pose his body was interred on tho o brttlcfield. 1 Mr Erwin was horn and raised p in Bethosda township, this coun n ty. He left his old home about ci 1800 and nothing had been hoa *d r of him since. ? Rock llill Herald, ii Pieacher Drowned. Pickens Sentinel: On Satur '] day, the 23d instant, the Rev (! # O Milder, a Baptist minister of o Eoflis, N C., drowned in a small h branch near Dacusville. Ho was t. on his way to pickens, and tho c cause of his death was due to a jj plank being gone from the hot- p torn of a bridge across the branch, | and as he went through the hole, b he came in contact with another plank which knocked him senseless. Tho water being very high, and he, being senseless, could ^ not have saved himself from j drowning under any circum- e, stances, uniess neip arrived ira- f} mediately. He was walking when |t he mot with this fatal accident. i 61 lie was about 45 voars old and ? J e< leaves a wife and many relatives l( and friends to mourn his death. w KILLED BY AN ELEVATOR. c< w The Fate of David StevenR in ^ Charleston. A Dreadful Accident. ! s< "Special to l?ho State."'"" . Charleston, Aug 2.?David Stevens, of 78 Vanderhust street, ^ aged 20, who has had charge of the elevator in the llirsh-Israel ^ Company building, was instantly . killed this morning about 0 o'clock, while attempting to board the elevator cab which was de- ' scending from the third floor. When discovered his body was found lying on the floor of the third story, with his head inside ^ of the elevator car, held fast bet' tween tho top part of the cab ^ door and the floor of the build<1 innr _ ti Tom Heed Renominated by Maine e Republicans. ' C Portland, Mo., Aug 2.?The ^ Republicans of tho First congressional district held their con- e vention here today. Aftei pre- r liminary business, tho name of ^ Thomas C Reed was presented to * the convention and he was nomi- e natod by acclamation amid much 0 enthusiasm. t m ~ <? a Mr Ira II Dunlap, now of n Lynchburg, Va., has been elected n one of the bookkeepers in the Na 1, tional Union Hank instead of Mr ? Haul Workman, who resigned the t place to become a partner of Mr n 11 N Craig in the brokerage busi- v ness. Mr Dunlap is now general n agent of a popular insurance com- 1 pany in the State of Virginia.? v Kock Hill Herahi. t "r.?: ** ' Liver Trouble* 1 and constipation Aykr's ' ? are invaluable, always affording immediate relief. They are * The Beet Pill." < R. S. MAYO, F.dna, Minn. , JUDGE MACKEY'S WIVES. h?p " n r\VO YOUNG WOMEN CLAIM I Ma< THE AGEI) J UR 1ST AS A j< uss HUSBAND. |uen I afte His Whereabouts Not Known? inor Mrs Mac-key, in New York, jwas Procures a Warrant Charg- ')ir* ing Desertion, While He Weils Miss Porterfield of Charlcstown, W Va. lan^ iu<i* Ex-Judge Tom Mac-key, of mar 1> nore or less unsavory reputation 11 SOS n South Carolina, seems to be a ' I I? jay Lothario, despite his weight! ov f years. The following Now fork dispatch to tho Washington >ost gives an account of his many ^ ac iiatrimonial ventures, tho intro- ',an( luctory sketch of Mackey's ca- ur eer in South Carolina being as ^av< th f nverncious as Mac key himself olud have made it: 6 ( New Yoi k, July 31.?Ex Judge ^ie 'homas Jefferson Mac key, gay in pite of his being within one year f tho allotted spun of life, lins to ' rought misery into the lives of wo young women, and both are *or ! rying for vengence and his pun- ^r8 shment for ulleged biganiv. Ilis owni resent whereabouts are unknown nioD' 1? was last heard from in Pitts. Hoon urg, Pa. hom< Ex-Judge Maekoy is a native wce'1 f Charleston, SC., and his fath- ^0,lir r was prominent as a jurist in WH8 :iat section. Ho was born in ca8ei 829, vas graduated from a South- 'e<S8* rn college, studied law with his ^ ither, and was admitted to the *^0 1 ?r in Charleston in 1851. His l1U8h loquence and profound knowl- in at Ige of the law soon raised hiu t^ey ) the front as a jurist, and ho ^ine as in 1855 appointed a supreme ^ :>urt judge* About this time he 10*>t as married to a Southern woman, 8tre? hose name, it is said, was llosiua y?ar colt. Her beauty and accoui- 111001 lishments made her a favorite in 8tre? jciety, and for many years her u?h? nildren were Beckford Mackey, Oi ho was appointed United States wife lonsul to a city in Brazil, and i?gt* 'as urougbt into notoriety by case illing an editor of a newspaper long j a theater, who had publicly in- he pi ulted him; Argyle Mackey, a she hysician of Washington, DC., 000 rho committed suicide in Haiti- noth lore about two years ago; Thom- get8 sj., jr., and Crandall Mackey. ton. Judge Mackey, after his re- her dement from the bench, con- Fisk in tied the practice of law in Co- taint imbia and Washington, and fro- her uently argued important cases abar otore the full bench of the Unit in t d States supreme court. He was dete ne of the lawyers who defended wari ieneral Ilazen in th#> famous trial 'p >y court martial. Rjon After ex-Judge Mackey was whil stablished in Washington rumors Mis! eached the oars of Mrs Mackey. beat Hie hatl an investigation made, was nd the result was that she secur- Dori d a divorce on Juno 242, 1880, boai n the statutory ground. He love hen camo to this city and opened told law office in ('handlers street, for fi . i t i e . i . iear nroauway. ajosi oi me to li uoney Muekey had made in the proi iiw business he lost, it is said, part peculating in stocks. lie added saw 0 his income by contributing to cash nagnzines, and published several towi olumes on legal topics. The for- fian< uer judge has several old friends the iving here, and he frequently ey ? 1 si ted their homes. On one of ried hese visits he met Miss Sarah by j ^enoro Curtis, the daughter of the ix-tlndge Curtis, a wealthy man, brit vho lives at Stanford, Conn. He diss Curtis had just been grad- thei lated from a college in New Kng- wht and, and had peculiar ideas con him ?rning matrimony. She did not at t relieve in love aa the foundation his >f wedlock, and held that mnr- inp riages founded upon intelleottiel l*1a lympathy were the only ones Jvri which would result in lifelong Ma pincss. lias Curtis met ex Judge ;key seveuil times and dis?ed this subject with him. lie 3ed with all that she said, and r an acquaintance of a few itha, proposed marriage. He then sixty-one, at his last hdav, and she was only twenHer parents reluctantly 0 their consent to tho union, the ex judge and the ex ;o's pretty daughter wero ried on May 3, 1891, at St l's Methodist Episcopal church East Fifty fifth street, by tho George II McGrew. Exge Curtis gave his daughter 90 for h weeding present. Mrs key had supposed her lms1 was wealthy enough to givo a homo as good as the one she 3 up, but she soon found out ho was practically penniless, lecided to go to Europe on honeymoon trip, and spent, 11,000 in the old country. ;n they returned they went housekeeping at 308 West j h street. The ex-JuTigc was i tune devoted to his wife. Mackey had a little of her | , and her husband borrowed; ey from her regularly, llej began to absent himself from | o, and has been away for is at a time the last two b. lie told his wife that he I attending to important legal > which would bring him large rs JVlackey never saw any of noney he got. as fees. Her and did not liko to live long ly one house, and since 18U1 have lived at 138 West! ty-ninth street, 47 West! fir nintU oI??/va4 TA \%f.??.4 I v ",MV" rn wi, IV U IJBl h street, 30 East Tenth ! t, and they ntoved about a ago to the Catherine apartt house, 226 West 114th it. He claimed th! I as aJtbful to live lon? ? canv nnirl i June 8 Mackey tob^Lis that he was going to Waah)n to attend to An important and would be ubsent for a time. During her absence acked up all his clothing and says he also drew about $4, of her uiouey. She heard ing from him nnd could n^t tny trace of him in Washings Acting upon the advice of father and Lawyer John H o, of 52 Wall street, she obid a warrant for the arrest of | husband on the charge of idonment from Justice Mott, he Harlem police court A ctivo was detailed to serve the, rant. he ex-judge, though in seclu , was not idle, l^ast spring, o in Washington, he met h Katherine Porterfiehl, a itif ill young woman. She living temjiorarily with Mrs ing, who keeps a fashionable ding house . Mackey made to Miss Porterfiehl, He her he had been a widower years, and lieforo ho returned is home in this city she had nised to marry him, if her snts consented. The ex jndge Col Georgo A Porterfiehl, lier of the Hank of Charles n, W Va., the father of th? ce, and obtained his consent t' marriage. On July 19 Mack ind Miss Portei field were mar i in Colonel Porterfiold's boas the Kev A C Hopkins, li evening the ex-judge and ha le started for Washington told Colonel Porter field thai re waa a woman in New Yorl > would attempt to blackmai i if the marriage became knowi bat time. The ex-judge an wife spent two daya in Wash ton and then he took her t infield, N J. On Soturdai y 23, he called npon M ekey No 1 at her home. tried to communicate with tho detective who had tho warrant, but was unable to do so. Mackey said that he had beon kept away by urgent business, hut he agreed to meet his wife at her home the uext day. The ox-judge came at the np pointed timo and was arrested, lie was taken to the Harlem po^ lice court and was hold for examination on the charge of ahand r-? onment. He followed Mrs Mackey to her homo and made this confession to his wife: "I married Miss Katherine Porter held," said he. "on July 19. I did so i against my will." Mrs Mackey was astoundad at her husband's perfidy, and nearly lost her reason when ho proposed a plan to save himself. Ho admitted that ho loved Miss Porter- j ] field, and had tried to obtain a | divorce in several states from I Mrs Mackey, so that he might marry her. There was a person in Mrs Mackey's fiat who over, heard the conversation. Mackey j said that his second wife did not i know ot his former marriage. "I will go ami see this wonihil," said Mrs Mackey, "and tell her who 1 um. You deserve to go to prison for bigamy." Mackey liecame violent at this, hut when he wsr again calm said: "I want you, Sarah," sttid the ex-judgo more calmly, "to swear j to a statement which I will pre- j pare now. The gist of it will lie that you will admit that when 1' ii arried you you had a husband , living from whom you had not' been divorced. This -ill make our marriage illegal, and will save me from going to the penitentiary. If you will do this I will not desert you. After this proposition, it took some time for Mrs Mackey to ro cover her senses. Then she said: "You are a scoundrel, sir: and i will never sign any paper for you, Leave my house or 1 will call the 4>' ? police." The ex-Judge left, muttering threats. Mrs Mackey, after consulting with Lawyer Fiske, decided to give up the abandonment proceedings, and start a suit for divorce. She learned that it was ber husband's intention to forfeit bis bail bond and go to Euro|>e tith his brido and she whs sur- ' risod laet Wednesday by the fol- | lewing telegram from her hus- j taqd: i ''Pittsburg, Pa. ? Mrs Mackey 22d West 114th street. Left t?? oid unjust arrest; am alone;! ( wi return to you if you will stil l by mo. Will you? Ans\v paid here. If Thomas." t is said that after Mnckey had od to got his wife to condone deserted Mrs Mackey No 2 in | s sey CPy and she returned to father's home. It was learnthere that the old ex judge had > wives living, ami the wart which he-referred to in his ^ Igram, is one obtained for his | iHt upon the complaint of Mrs jj key No 2 in the South, olonel Porterfields sons, it is ^ , have declare*! they will take law into their own hands. It kid that one of them, Itoliert, i in Brooklyn. There is a vert I'urtertield in the Brook,x C'C directory whose address is n as 157 Kainhridge avenue. Porterfield who lived there B< kntly has moved, and his pres. address is not known. LawFiske is collecting the evi "" ;e and will file a petition for ! tree as soon as possible. Mrs ] key No 1 is in comfortable fr( nmstances and her home is on ly furnished. A woman ma 3d lives with her. After she a divorce she will return to home in Stamford. s*-t*-s?rtor rlfty Cmii. iruua MlMen b*bii our*, mtk** vrtk itraoi, Mood piirw. lOo SI All drufcisu. Shaftor an to Feve*\ Washington, Aug 2.?Ge Shaftor has sont the folio win sanitary report for August 1 Total sick, 4,239; totul fev< cases, 3,179; nr*w eases of fevei 089; cases of fevor returned I duty, 679; deaths on August 15. Washington, Aug 3.?Gc Shaftor reports the fever situatio as follows for August 2: Toti sick 4,290; total fevers 3,038 now cases of fever 594; cases < fever returned to duty 705; dcatl 11. EVERY BRIDE ^ and wife should know about the pre paration that for half a century ha been helping expectant mothers brini little ones into the world withou ' danger and the hundred and oni Pnforts and distraction nt to child-birth. I (lied externally, whicl only way to get reliel cines taken internal!; will not help and ma; result in harm. Mother's Frienrf II. \ - - - ? ? jj \ \ fits and prepares ever r\ \ \ organ, muscle an< \\ \ \ part of the body fo \ 1. \ the critical hour. I J\\ Vi \ robs child-birth of iti ^ \ tortures and paini Baby's coming is mad< ' fc quick and easy. It action is doubly bene ^Vficial if used during the whoh y period of pregnancy. $1 per bottle at all drug stores, o sent by mail on receipt of price. Books Frrk, containing valuable infot nation to all women, will be aent to an address upon application by The Bradfield Regulator Co. Atlanta, Ga. Bargains ~ ] FPe are still re< every train ai ed to make r In order 10 do ho we arc goii nf HIGH PRICKS. Our buyer, lias just ?*e1urnod from tho North larger Jortion of his time there, i pick u]> stutr at almost his own pi >n a few things : MEN'S'. YOUTI AND B r-3T ri.e CHEAPEST evei Men's SiiitH at $1 85. Men' nits $3 25. All wool Clay Wore Hoy's Suits from 21* cents up For $2 *55 suit of clothe Standarc lie 5 cents kini Derss Challies ! 'ard. Come wh Donhie-width Dress Novelties SHOES, Men's good Sunday shoes 03 < nts. Ladies fine Ince shoes 40 c< i cents. Children's shoes from 1 Overall qants at 23 cents. 1 :>ys knee pants 13 cents per pair. We also have a nice line of IESS 800DS, SILKS. SATIN! THAI JUST RECEIVED ! 2 solid >m 38 cents to $3. Another nic< the $1.00, among them a nice l< tnufacfurers coet. IST* We have many other liar 'hid mentioning. Come to see ui > counter. Respectfully \ ouri Shannon-Fi Si atk ok Ohio. City ok Toledo, "> l.uca8 t'ol'nty. js >n Frank J Chunky makes oath that he is the senior partner of lite firm of ? F J Chunky & Co , doing business in the City of Toledo, County ami State afoieaaid, and that said firm will pay ;r tlie rum of ONE llUNDHED I)()L? IjA MS for each ami every ease of Ca tarrh that "auuot be eured by the use to of Hall's Catarrh Cuhk. Fit AN K J CHENEY. I, . . A \VGLE\HON, | sral. | Notary Public. !tl Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally and acts directly on the hlood n ami mucous surfaces of ti e system, dl Send tor testimonials Jfiee, .. Addrers, F J CHENEY A CO., ' Toledo, O. )f gt$rSold by Druggists, 75c. is ?? ?? . NEWS OF VICTORY. from every side makes all of us take greater pride than ever in ; THE AMERICAN EAGLE. Z Just so have It Brandt's wares t been put to the test and have won e i victory everywhere. !' During the Summer , wo have reduced prices in orde* ' r... ii t.. tl.n 4: null ia> lilt' UIUU?. Our wares wure and y Our priced please. , R BRANDT, 9 OHKNTER, MO Under Town Clock. DYSPEPSIA t uP?r ?lx frara I waa vlrilM ofdr** p*|?*la In IU n>r?t form I could eat nothing ' but milk lout, and at Umea my stomach would not retain and digest even that. Last March I began taking CASCARETS and since then I ? have steadily Improved, until I am as wall aa 1 ever wae In my life." 8 David 11. Mubtbt. Newark. O. I CANOV j m %. M CATHARTIC r vn lynli DK) wWw?Wf?W? tea01 SMM MBBINS Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Do Good. Never Slrkeo. Weaken, or Gripe. hhr. Me. Me OURK CONSTIPATION. ... Hirfl.1 Imi<| f I?|II>. mini, Mulwil. M W. HI io-TQ-MC yaawggaaa.'aaa';! \ Bargains! 1 ;eiving them ton id are compel oom tor them. ng tc? knock the ROCK bottom out Mr. T J Shannon, of Monroe, N. C., tern markets, and, spending the tf ith the spot cosh enab es him to "ice. \\ e <jnote you jx ?es below uc i o OYS' CLOTHING brought to Lancaster. h all wool SuitH $2 75 Men's plaid itcd Suits, #.'i 75 to #7.00. ?s, nice pair of shoes and hat. 1 prints 3 cents, I. All styles of 2 3-4 cents per lie it lasts. i at 9 cents, worth 15 cents. ABB ? SHUE ents. Indies fln? *\itton shoe* 45 ants. Old lilies ' omtnon Sense 0 cents per pair up. tain Overall suits only 45 eenta. S, ETC., CHEAPER 1 TOUCAN BUY ELSEWHERE. cases Uubrellas at prices ranging > line of Sample Hats at 50 cents it of Stans. Yours at less than gains that time and printers ink ? and let us quote you prices over ?> inderburk Co.