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I used ' various advertised remedies for female com- J plaints besides being under the care of local pnysiciuna, wi-noui neip. i noncca in L>r. MIW advertisement the testimonial of a lady cored of ailments similar to mine, and I shall never cease to thank that lady. Her testimonial Induced me to use Dr. Miles' Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills, which restored me to health. I cannot say enough for Dr. Ml let'Remedies." Dr. Miles' Remedies Dr. are sold by all druggists under a positive guarantee, first bottle ^VwOrVlflD ^ benefits or money re- fe j flaaforofi Jj funded. Book on dls- Lr Cfl eases of the heart and nerves free. Address, lilHRflfllMMilH DR. MILES MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart, Ind. Evidence Strong Against Quay. Philadelphia, Pa., April 12.? The bank's books are in evidence against Senator Quay. They will be produced by the prosecution in the trial. 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It is to tho effect that i reaty of peace has been made be ween Senator Tillman and hi 'ormer political rival, Gen. M J. Butler, and the program i aid to be that Gen. Butler wil indeavor to return to the Senat is the successor of the presen unior Senator, McLaurin, at vfo ixpiration of the latter's term Vly informant, who was in Soutl Carolina recently and minglei vith the members of the Tillman Latimer Congressional excursioi larty, says there is not the slight ist possibility of defeatiug Senato fill man for re-election, and a iresent there is a feeling tha senator McLaurin did not repre wqt the views of a majority o lis party when he voted with th Republicans to ratify the Pari leace treaty. There is a disposition to reor ;anize the Democratic lines ii south Carolina and bring baci nto the regular organization moi ike Gen. Butler, Hampton an >thers who have heretofore un agonized tho Tillman faction i he Palmetto State. It Isclaimei hat Senator Tillman has ha* ome of the rough edgos worn o! >f his nature while in the Senate IUU ue is less OOjeCllOQAOlO to D1 'ormer antagonists than he wa i few years ago. Gen. Butler' >opularity, together with hi ibility, would go a long way to vards rendering him acceptahl 0 the followers of Tillman. WHAT WILL MCLAURIN SAY? It is safe to assume in advance hat this statement will create arge?sized row umong the friend >fjSenator McLaurin, who all hav 1 fondness for Gen. Butler. I s also likely that there will 1> tome vigorous denials on hotl )f the propositions. The fact i he subject was quietly talke ibout by friends of Senator Till nan and also by friends of Sena or Butler, while the (Jongres lional party was journeying be ween Washington and Havana Whether the gossiping was don vitb the consent of Senator Till nan and God. Hutler, I nrn unabl o say, but it stands to reason th dea did not originate withoti lome foundation, for the gentle nan who gave me the infor nation was a member of th >erty. He was not actuated b; nalicious motives, but simply re ated to me the incident as a piec if interesting political gossip vhich might be of interest t knith Carolinians. Osear OMhartU. tan twsinSia toNvti ks?.w?. uaaoimk,i-mmtianmmi A MUCH IN THE TIUAL. | One of tho Witnesses in the L ike I City Lynching Case, Who j Turned State's Evidence, j Charged ?Vith Having Been Convicted of Larceny. Charleston, April 11.?The Lake City cases was continued in the United States Circuit Court here today. The leading witnesses examined were Lavonia Baker, Rosa Baker, Cora Baker and Lincoln Baker, members of the family of the postmaster who was lynched. Each of the witnesses , had been wounded at tho time Baker and his child were killed j by the mob. They described in detail what they saw and heard 1 * the night of the murder. They i awoke to find their home in flames. Soon men l>egan shooting isMhe < ' | building. Baker and the child " were killed and they, though i a j wounded, escaped from the house ' I tku j uiu in me woods. The cross ' 8 i examination brought out nothing < ' new. ' 8 A legal battle followed an effort ' ' 1 of the government to put up Early 1 B P. Loe, one of the men who has 1 turned State's evidence. The de- ? 0 ( fence objected on the ground that ( I the man had been convicted of 1 ^ larceny. The prosecution for I ^ larceny followed closely upon his 1 " giving testimony for the govern- 1 n ment and the claim of the govern- 1 " ment is that it was instituted to 1 r disqualify Lee in this case. Some ' ^ of the records of the court In 1 t which he was convicted cannot be ' found. The court adjourned today, pending further argument on e the eligibility of this witness. 8 The efforts of the district attorney today was merely to prove the crime; no attempt was made to 0 show the connection of the wit^ nesses with it. 1 ^ Thirteen Workmen Killed on Harlem Bridge. New York, April 11.?Thirteen lives were lost shortly after three o'clock this afternoon by an acci'' dent on the bridge across the Har8 lem river at 132d Street, which 8 was in course of construction.? The victims are all said to lie work8 men. Three were killed outright, ten were drowned and injured. ? c The number of drowned is estima ted any where from six to twelve, but apparently reliable reports , place the number at ten. 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Man Jho Fired Baker's Honse n Tells of the Plot. m ' C STORY UNSHAKEN. L n L " Damaging Evidence Against the w Men Accused of Murdertag ty the Lake City Postmaster an Accomplice. w Special to Greenville News. ul Li Charleston, S. C., April 12.? 0j District Attorney Lathrop put up ^ his strongest witness this morning in the Lake lynching case now w being heard in the United States ^ circuit court here. ^ J. P. Newham, by his own admission one of the two men who ^ set fire to the Lake City post of Roe, told the story of the crime ar jf which Baker and his family ta were the victims. Newham is n< now employed by the govern- . ~ " ' | in ment in Washington and while he stated on the stand today that ho could neither read uor write he ^ displayed more than ordinary intelligence. He told his hor" 8V rible story clearly from beginning to end, and though the attorneys for the defence made every possible effort to tangle and confuse him, he stuck to the cc esset tial facts as he bad first stated them in a manner which ^ must have left an impression on ^ the jurors. 81 ft e wham said he had been inftl vited to a meeting at Stokes' store in Lake City on the Friday night prior to the lynching. He found there the defendants Stokes, Goodwin, Epps, Lee, Whittaker and Singleterry. Stokes said they ^ had to kill Baker but the meet- ^ ing was not large enough to act then They agreod to meet Monday night and carry out their purpose. Memt>ers were assigned to go ^ out in the country to collect a crowd for that night. The party met again Monday. He remembers that Stones, Goodwin, Lee, ^ Epps, Webster, Ward, Alonzo, Kodgers and Singleterry were present. Thoy went to the post office. He and l^ee were assigned ? to set fire to the house while the i others remained in front to shoot , ! h Baker when the fire forced him out. B Lee started to back out but . was finally prevailed upon to go 11 on. They poured oil on a pile of '8 ? ?j .i-? - 'c nuuniipN uuu uii'ii me samo ou the sides of the house. Lee stuck c a mutch to the place and it blazed ^ up. As the fire climbed to the . roof be heard the cries and screams 11 of the people inside. Then the * shooting began, and ho and Lee v turned and ran. They afterward 1 mot the members of the original party at a neighboring church. * This is, of course but an out* * line of the story which New ham r told in the great ordeal. In it all u but three of the prisoners at the ? bar, Kelly, Clark and E. Rodger?, n are directly implicated in the con- h spiracy and murder alleged in the d indictment. The second witness sworn was 1 M. B. Springs, a white shop * keeper of Lake City. He swore <that on the day of the lynching h Stokes asked hint to help to kill g Baker that night, but he refused to do so. r While Springs was being cross a ni :amined in tbe afternoon .Juror urpby wan taken sick ami court Ijourned till tomorrow morning 10 o'clock. Charleston, S. C., April 13.? 0 line can yet say how strong a ,se the defense will l>e able to ake out, but the government is irtainly drawing a powerful >t of direct and circumstantial ridence about some of the men ho are on trial here for the nching of Postmaster Frazier B nker at Lake City. It is evident that *ho defense ill be that the deed was done by iknown parties who came to ake City on hoiseback the nigkt ( the lynching but in the mean trie witness after witness is beg put up by the government ho all swear that one or more 1 the prisoners was implicated in e crime, The alleged lynchers have lost e careless air with which they ent into the trial and are now ixiously following every step lcf?n Th?\r nrr?rr?r?t llioir o ? )vh constantly and loan forward; their seats open mouthed as one : an after another swears that one j more of them positively helped i kill Baker. M. B. Spring, the man who rore that Stokes told him Baker as to be killed, was cross-ex nine:! today. He stuck to the ory ho told yesterday. It came at that he was a member of the ironer's jury that brought in a erdict that Baker came to his Bath at hands of unknown parties, he witness explained this by tying that he was afraid to tell t Lake City what he knew of the ise as it would have been as luch as his life was worth to do a. George Jetfers, a blacksmith, -as sworn, lie said he had aeon ae tire at the post office and heard ae tiring. His testimony on the ireet examination was aiorely irroborative but whilo being arrassed by the defence it came ut that Joyner (a defendant) had aid him that McKnight (another efendant) had killed Baker, lie )ft Lake City because he was fraid to stay there after his astimony was given. Henderson Williams, a a oldime darkey, who said he came ear being lynched himself once, ras next sworn. He lived near jake City. The tiring awoke mi, and he and Henry Burgess tarted to the post office. They let men coming away. They hid a a cotton field. There were oven men with gun#. He reorgnized Moultrie Epps among hem. He left Lake City beauso threats were made against im. It was true he swore at the nquest that he knew nothing of he affair, lie did ao because he rould have l>een killed had he old the truth. Henry Burgiss substantiated he testimony vf Williams. While hey were hiding in the field he ecogcized Alonzo Rogers, Ward nd Webster, tmnncr the ge van aen they saw coming away from he burning post office. He had lot told the coroner this because e knew ho would Ik? killed if he lid so. A colored preacher named Iraveboy swore to finding carridge shells near the post office. At the afternoon session Post >ffice Inspector Moye told of how e worked up the case for the pvermnent. The government will probably est its case some time tomorrow nd the defense will be opeoed. WAR OF MISS THREATENEDEnglish and Americans Die Together in Samoa. BODIES BEHEADED. New Fight in Samoa Makes the Blood of two Nations Tingle and is Said to have been Incited by Germans. A nolr lnrwl * :i ?1VIT ticainuu, /V^irn 12?Dispatches received here today from Apia, Samoa, dated April 1st say that a party of 10.r> American and British sailors were forced to retreat to the beach after having been caught in ambush on a German plantation on that date. The expedition was led by Lieut. A. H. Freman, of the British third clasr cruiser Tauranga. Lieutenant Freeman and Lieutenant Lansdale, of the United States cruiser Philadelphia, and EiBign J. R. Monahan, of the United States cruiser Philadelphia, were left dead on the field. Ensign Monahan remained to assist Lieutenant Lansdale and was shot in retiring. Two British and two American sailors were alao killed. The natives engaged were some of Mat&afa's warriors, about 800 in number. They severed the heads of the British and American officers who were killed. Priests of the French mission afterwards brought the heads into Apia. The manager of the German plantation has been arrested and detained on board the Tauranga on affidavit declaring that he was seen urging the rebels to fight. Mataafa's loss was 40 killed and a number wounded, these being carried off the field by the rebels when they retired. In a previous [engagement Mataafalost27 killed, ! while the Europeans escaped I uilUi/.nf im n??tf I TT IlU\?Ul lUJUi J . I There is constant fighting with the natives around Apia and the life of no one on the islands is safe. The Samoans say Mataafa had on threo occasions resolved to surrender but that the German consul, Herr Rose, advised him not to do so and he now says he will nevor give in but will tight to the death. 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