The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, January 20, 1900, Image 1
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%riORIiOW 8. OA.ttTERs | ^ PatJiily JS\w*pupcr : Jcnr LV.r /Yomolion c/ Politic J, Xtftnal, Ayric&UitrvU mi f^mvnartial Jntcr~*iM. J TERMS: 1
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SIIOl' Ol.'T OLI) l'Kl'P. also was !iit l>y utrny luilletg, 1 nit | Tiia I Ariiclafnrn <nn?> 11.. .......
Throe Men Killed and Two W'nun
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(led in Kentucky ? Innocent
Bystanders Perish.
Frankfort, Ivy., .Fan 10 FxCoil
p reus in un David (i ("olson
shot and killed Kthclhurt Scott,
J uther Domareo and Charles
Julian and slightly wounded James
(jolden in the Capital holed today.
The killing was a result of a re~
news I of a feud between Colson
and Scott, which jirew up between
ttiem while in the army
lust year.
Harry McRweny; of Louisville
Nature
| Babies and children need )
| proper food, rarely ever medi-1
J cine. If they do not thrive :
I on their food something is
I wrong. They need a little
| help to get their digestive j
| machinery working properly, j
S?&*J0N
COD LIVER OIL
W/TH HYPuPHOSWITES ofLIME4 SODA
. will generally correct this {
difficulty. !
If you will put from one- |
fourth to half a teaspoonful {
in baby's bottle three or four {
I times a day you will soon see I
(a marked improvement. For |
larger children, from half to f
a 4/^ fnl d ~ I
| u ica>|'uuiiiui, atiuiuiu^ IU t
{ age, dissolved in their milk, J
J if you so desire, will very |
j soon show its great nourish- j
| ing power. If the mother's |
{ milk does not nourish the {
I baby, she needs the emul- I
j sion. It will show an effect j
{ at once both upon mother
{ and child.
Lsoc. and fi .00, all druggfetv
SCOTT A BOWNF, Chemists, New Yuck.
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not seriously wounded. All but
Scott were bystanders ami were ,
hot by accident. Colson was
shot in tho arm, but not seriously
hurt. After the shooting ho went
to the residence of Chief of Police
Williams nearby and gave
himself up. Later a warrant was
sworn out by Clint Kogg. who' ,
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witnessed the killing. hogg says1
Colson shot first.
The killing occurred in the lobby I ?
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of the Capital hotel, which was
densely packed with people who
are here attending the trial of the
contests before tho legislature.
Persons who were in tho hotel
when the tragedy occurred say o
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fully 20 shots were tired. Scott. ^
who was tirst killed, was a nephew
of ex Governor Bradley. I tenia
reo was assistant postmaster at
Shclbyvillo and a prominent lie
puhliean politieian. dulitn was i.
one of tho wealthiest farmers in s
this county and belonged to ati (.
old Kentucky family. The ironMe
between Scott and Colson,
which began in the army last *:
year, resulted in CoLon being _
shot by Scott and it has been ..
predieteil since that one or both !
would be killed should thev meet, ()
as they did today. #
Insane Bank Cashier Kills Teller "
Then Himself
Columbus, Ga, Jan Id. --('apt
J \V Murphy, cashier of theThird
National bank, instantly kilie<l
Teller P F Shutze this morning
una then cuimaioicd suiriro-. Tito
bank was tilled with customers
and the full corps of clerks when (
the tragedy occurred.
('apt Murpljv is a prominent
business man, but of recent
months has been in ill health and
it is believed that be was tempo
rarity insane, as lie and Shutr.e
bad long beet the closest of
friends.
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The evidence in fore the c.?r<? |
imr\ inrr tin- ito?i-?n. .1.
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that Murphy, presmnaht\ iu>ane,
placed the pistol ch>*o t?> the temple
of Mr Shutze and tired. |ie .
then turi.ed the" pistol in i 1 i>.
own mouth and tired twice, hot hi ,
halls penetrating ids hrain, j
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IL-:S. HMSEa. BUGGIES, tti
I-HEATH M
1 111) LJOfjlOlillUI \j.
Vosphnte Con niissioner's S>vl".jy
Reduced -Convicts to he Ilire?!
to Counties to Work Roads.
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ksdav ? In tho house this J
mrnin? t 10 salary of the phov
lmto commissioner was (ixod ut
l,'20<>, instead of ^l.^on as
eon previously.
JSaK | i
I h? joint resolution to submit
> the people of this state .the
uestion of prohibition, dispcv
tr y or hiuli licence with local
ption was withdrawn from tie
I ll? l\i 1 U I*
The house, by a T<?to of 88 to .
8, adopted a resolution looking
. o
> sin amendment to t'e constitu
on providing for biennial sessions
f the genera! assembly.
A hill looking to the election
f mem hers for four years was
illed, o lv reeeiving votes, j
8 being necessary to submit n
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(institutional amendment to the I
eople.
A bill win passed ?;iving conn
ic? tlie preference in hiring con
ids to work on the roads. The
rice for each being $4 per month. !
hie lull mis not passed without
pposition *111(1 many attempts to s
mend it. I
Wkdskmiav ? In the house 1lii? 0
norning the I ?i 11 to have count y , *lisjKMlsers
elected instead of ;i|>- c
minted was killed. , i8
The convict hire bill was recoili t
uitted on motion of Mr Muuldin. 11
Ie said it was for the puruuefi of i *
urtlicr amending tlio hill. There 'J
va . considerable,/ ?\ii)idijp!\iiilLv
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he motion whs curried by n.'.da ' '
:isive majority. h
Mr Yerner Imd a tiill waking,0
ions good on the cotton cro|? and *
lotlnng else. Ile contended that '
he passage of the biil would en** '
outage the people to raise more r
rea?lstulTs. I'hc lull was how-,0
rer, rejected. 1
In the stmate Senator (i i a don v
lit rod need a dispensary I?i 11 The *
toard of control is to con ist of i
ecfetary <if -late, coni| 'roller '
cneral *i11< 1 superinterul? nt of I
'ducat ion, and < mint' boar Is are
u be abo|i>hed. County < ispen v
ors are tr? be u|>|??>itil?*<l ly the t
overnor and may lie n uored ?
riien lie thinks tin re i> Mtlieien^ i
Ule~"coT-:
IAG0NS, HARNESS, ETC, '
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; & \VK IIAVK tin finest !
lot of mules ever oll'neil on ?
this market, and we w il sell ?
them at reasonable pric'>. for
cash or j?ood paper.
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TAKE YOU* CHOICE. L
The Anchor Bu?jf?jy, t Wren 1
Ihiojry and the renowned Ty? o
{ son *NE .I ones r.u^tries always /
I in stick. Yes, and at prices;
3 that will please you.
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The celebrated Oiesboro, a
Kentuckv. Wmron iullie l?"i ' -
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and cheapest on the niirket. i p
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} I $J" Como one, come all. '
Wo will nmko you tho best '
satisfied and tho hest pleased h
you ever wore. u
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Prices low. Terms reason- f)
able.
ULE CO.,
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.... ... in... i is. * - w i sc remove ; c
lie commissioner and repoit his n
easitiiH to t'ne next general at
ruilily. t
I lie commis-doiicr is to he e
e< te?! hy tin; legislature as at f
resent and is to give three sure-jo
v hoiuls of ?gn,00it each. I/ii|tinr o
i11st l?e bought from the lowest
' jionsiole hiilder, llu; hid* to lie |
ihlicly opwned. I Ii?m. are the n
rineipal changes. s
Senator .Manldiii'a hroad tire I
ill brought out a "feat* deal of
ik.eus.sion pro and eon. Senators i
vino in hilly counties especially
pposed the till on tlie ground that |
lie wnijoiH vroiihl lie liable to slip
1 ditches on the -ode of the roads
wing to t no rounded shape in
rhich toads generally are huilt. j
he hill goes jut,, elTeet .January (j
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UK HKI'OIM' ON KOHKllTS. v
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'lie Committee Cnanimou* on '
His Polygamous Status?\
Minority Keport to Favor
His Seating to he Fed- "
low ad liv Fxpulsion.
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Washington, .Ian 17 ?The '
peeial eoinmittee o* tin* House of <r
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'?Oresentlll ives io invnOi.?ut? ?i...
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ase of Briiihntn II Roberts, of 1
Jtali to il?v reached a tirrnl con- '
In-ion. On the pnlvyamou* '
tatus of Mr Roberts tin* coaimitre
was unanimous and agreed *
p<>n a formal statement of facts. ;
)u the ijucstioii of procedure to (
ic adopted the committee was di
jdgd._ The majority, con-i-tino
members except Liitlcvld,
of Maine, and DeArmoml,
f Missouii, favored exclusion at <
ho out-et. Messrs Littleticld. t
lepuliliean, and DeArinond, <
)einocrat, will make a minority
eport favorable to iicutin<r Rob I
rls on hi- prima facie rights ^ )<| <
hen expelling him. The majority i
rere Taylor, Frear, Morris and i
del'lierson, Republican-, and f
.anhaiii and Miers, I)emoerati>. I
i he statement of faets found l?y '
he committee is as follows: I
" W e lind that !> II II ?l?erts
ra- elected a Repre?ontat i\e of '
he Fifty-sixth C'oinrress from the
Mate of I'tali, and was at the date |
>f his election uhove tiie aire of
!.'? \ears; that lie has been for
noie than siven years a naturalzed
citizen of tin1 Fnited States,
iinl w?s an inhabitant of the State
d I'tali. Wo further tin I that
iboiit 1^7^ lie married Louisa ,
smith: his lirst and lawful wife, ,
villi whom In* has ever since lived
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s .-i eh, and who, since their mar
ihas horno him six children. '
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"That since he married u? ^
lis plural wito (Vliu nibble, with ,
rhoin lie ha- ever since lived as ^
ucli, and who, since such mar
iago; has borne him six children, |
f whom the last were twins, horn
tugust 11, 1 M>7.
"That some years after his
aid marriage to Coliai Pibjdo ho '
ontrncted another plural marri
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go with Margaret (' Shipp, with |
rhom he has ever since lived in |t
lie hahit and repute of marriage, i
'our eommittee is unable to lix '
he exact date of this marriage. ;
t does not appear that ho hold i
er out as his wife before Jan* L
ary 181)7, or that before that <
ate she held him out as her bus- >
and, or that before that date '
hey were reputed to bo husband
nd wife. f
"That these facts wore goner- ]
II y known in Utah, publicly
harged against him during hit
:?tn|>:iiii for election ami werej'
lot denied lt\ liini.
"That testimony hearing on 1
liese tarts was taken in the pre*
nrr of Mr Roberts, and that he
ullv cross examined the vrilness>,
hut drelined to place himself j
11 the w it ness stand.
Chairman layler says ttie re ,
iort of the cuinmitteu will he |
nade on .Saturday, and that the
uhjeet will lie taken up in thel
louse next Tuesday. ,
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.OKKN/.O hKOWN ESCAPES .
lei Was ('ondeinned t?? tie nam;- I
ed at (ireenville N ('.Ian 'JiS. <
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Norfolk, Va, .Ian 17.-- Lorenzo :
Irown, colored, under sentence of c
leath with the execution set fori
lie "Jhth inst, escaped from jail at I
ireenville, N C, last ni<?ht. lie i
vas assisted hv other prisoners i
ml t?v a colored msiii employed I
iy the shorill as waiting boy i
b<?ut the court house and jail i
Phe other prisoners secreted I
Irowii and fixed a dummy iu the i
ell so that in counting up tlioii
ailor thought all wore present, j
Vfter ni^lit the waiting hov stood |1
juard outside, and is believed toll
iavo helped cut a hole through jl
he wall. Blown was convicted j]
d' rape at the April court laS year I
.ml sentenced to hano. h
;i;n. wiiKKLKirs ukti'un. '
); is 1 >id Not tiive Him Active
Work and lie Disliked Garrison
Duty.
Manila. dun ltlth?(ten Wheel
*v will r?turn to the I'nited States
hi-> week, making a stop at Guam
m his wav hither.
War department otlieials have
ittle to say re^ardinir (ien Wheel
ir'.s return I lie order had hren
riven some time a^o, I?i11 whether
t wa> the result of an application
Tom hint could not he recalled. '
It was j^aihered that (ien Otis had
lot. heeil aide to tin I a place in j
lie field satisfactory to (iwneral
Wheeler, who had no mind for
?er\ ice in Manila.
Drew Fatal Numher in Suicide
(!luh.
Muncie, Ind, Dispatch, dan !?'?.
\\ II Strayer, an engineer on
ho Mi.Hand Railroad, was re?
iM?i ted mi>.-du*r Monday. .John
simpson, a fellow workman, said
Strayev told him ho belonged to a
oiieide club in Chicago. Straver
-aid the "annual death draw" was
undo lad month, ho trotting the
fatal number. Simpson said
straver t:ilke<l cheerfully of his.
inn resolution to ?t?i<l<^ by his
>nth, and it is believed he has
billed himself.
ItKWH MKN FA 1,1,
Victims to stomac h, liver ami
<iddey troubles as well as women,
ind all feel the results in loss of
ippetite, poisons in the blood,
mckachc, nervousness, headache
ind tired, listless, run-down feeing.
Hut there's no need to feel
like that. Listen to J Wtiirdlor,
Ind. Ho says: ''Electric!
Hitters are just the tiling for a
nan when ho is all down, and
lon't euro whether he livos or |
lies. It did moro to give me
lew strength and good appetite
than anything I could take. 1 i
'an now eat anything and have a
lew lease on life." Only 50 cts,
it Crawford Hro's Drug Store
Every bottle guaranteed.
UTSabacriba U TUB LIDMK,
ill 10 SlIN'S TOTAL LCLiPSK.
Professor - lut'-icTulk
of tin* I Miction ten on.
Washington I)F;';,t< it to 1 lie i tiinorc
Sun, .1 :tii 1 1.
Prof F I! Hi?_re!o\v liKwrMcn
in interestinir statement <t tin*
otal eclipse of the iii M:iv 2^.
15MJ0.
The putli of the -liadow, he -:ivs,
r> i 11 liejrin :it sum i<" over the
I'arilie oceun just to tho wo-t <>f
Mexico, and extend tlieiico len t I
.oJ I W ...<1 w-< ...
M W > r i ?nr iiuiilliri II .init'N
from New Orleans to Norfolk,
Tossing the middle portions of
[lie North Athmtie to Fori ugal
md terminating near tiie northMil
md of the Ued Sea at sunset.
The locution of the track in tlie
l'nite.1 States is remarkable for
its convenient accessibility to a
illdlt itmlo of people. Hcostimalcs
[hat more than half a million person#
will see the total eclipse of
more or less duration from their
Homes, and many more will take
id vantage of the opportunity to
see the event of a lifetime.
Kdueators should encourage
[heir -tudents to see it, and he
suggests it would he a popular
thing for the railroads to arrange
for excursions to the cities and
localities affording tiic most
favorable opportunities for a
sight, as there are good hotel aeL'ommodations
through all the
section affected.
l'lie I'nited States Weather
Bureau, which has heen conduct*
ing a cloud survey of the region,
predicts the chances for fair
weather as almost < ertain in(ieo?
giaand Alabama. The track will
pass over Mobile, Montgomery,
Macon, Milledgevillo, Augusta
and Columbus, a liitie south of
Atlanta.
INVESTIGATION ASKFI).
Kxdiailroad ('*>111111!?iict 11 II
Ihomas Presents a Petition.
l'lu! State, 1 T'.li in>t
Representative M?! >? > \esters
day presented ti> tin; Iii'ii-r tiio
f<?ll?petition from ex-Rails
I'liml ('nmmissioner l'iiomas:
To tho llonora'dc Senate * i I ,
House of Representatives.
Gentlemen: Your siilisei ioe;*
humUlv petition* you'1 honorable
holies to ajtp ?int a committee
witli power to sen 1 for poisons
an I papers to investi^ate tlio rate
making of tli" railroad commit*
hion and also tlio expenditure of
tliu contingent fund of said com
mission.
Your petitioner makes tlie following
diaries, which, on i uveas
titration, ho is prepared to prove:
I'hnt, tho rnilroa 1 commission
signed his name to the report of
1 v.)s without his consent or excuse,
ami made him a party to
what ho believe* is a misappropriation
i f public funds; also,
that their late making is contiary
to law and hurtful to the people.
Respectfully,
11 It Thomas.
Wedgefield, .Ian 12.
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