The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, April 24, 1901, Image 1

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The Stat" h is ;*.li *-0*l\ wot ut on its point* cflWting tht criminal onse, ?nd in 'hi* cuhe i also ohlHiiiM h. victory Both ru?.e are of much pumic ink reef In this cast Judge Kluyh pre sided in the circuit court In tlv criminul case Judo? Heuet pte.sid d. The points mvolved in the can decided yestei(i tv'are familiar t< the people and the genlleuion o the bar.. v The text of Judge Jones' opin ion could not he seen lust ?veninj as it was tiled quite late. ?Th State, 19t.h iost. I Does the !i i Baby Thrive: < i if not, something must be < ** wrong with its food. If the ' I > mother's milk doesn't nour- < < > ish it, she needs SCOTT'S < '' EMULSION. !t supplies the ' ) > elements of fat required for < < the baby. If baby is not < ;; nourished by its artificial * food, then it requires I Scott's Emulsion ** Half a teaspoonful three <! or fouf times a day in its < > bottle will have the desired ' [ effect. It seems to have a ] > magical effect upon babies < an<f children, i A fifty-cent | bottle will prove the truth < I of our statements. < i CL...U 1. *? ' oiiuuiu uv mni hi mummer mm. : * * well me winter. * * * joc. and $1.00, all druggieta. 4 < > SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemist*, New York. < / # PRICES 1 I } recent decline in c usual, our buyer. > e bis jobs that will ami and six buiidr iil? for $3 l>0, $7.< l\ cue putt or n of a kind at 75 cents. i\ i? *M lie now shades, at 75 cants. - in (miters fr m 50 cents to $2 00. - in nopiihir grades and prices. j FRFFfT 1 1_J JL VI UVJ A 1 I lo-oke we look t iiios, th? kit d llval worth 8 cents oui ities Piques Duck? hon'l tail to tal THE G? r ot pants slightly Murders Wife, Kills Himself. Wniilat Kentucky Planter FoL 14 Iowa hib Wit'e, Who i? Suing for Div >row, and Uaea . Hia Pitftel. Chicago, April 18. ?Charles 11 Sweeney, a wealthy cotton planter of Greenville, Ky., today shot and killed bis wife and then committed ? . ^ suicide in the apartments of his wife's sister, Mrs. W L Phillips, wife of a Chicago tonacco nier chant in the Dubuqi e flats, Rush 1 5\ireet, near the Grenada hotel.? Mrs Sweeney left her home at g < Greenville a month since, coining to Chicago, it is said for the purpose of securing a legal separation ' B Sweeney is said to have told his wife he would kill her if she persisted in suing for a divorce. ? i e Sweeney reached Chicago this ( > morning and carried out his ( f threat Mrs Sweeney, this morning du- { - ring the temporary absence of her ( y sister, went down town shopping. e She returned at 9 o'clock and ( stepping into the apartment, was , . met by her husband who had been ( admitted by Mrs Phillips' 6-year | ' old son. I , Sweeney grasped her wrist and ( 1 pulled her inside. At the point ( ' ! of a revolver he ordered the bov . 9 ' to run. Crying out that a mur* der was being committed the child 1 . , fled to the Grenada Hotel, hut he-* ' for* help could ariive two shots . j were heard knd the hotel attaches found the man and the woman ly~ ing on the floor. Mra. Sweeney wait dead and ia a few momenta > , the huahand expired. I, ? j The woman was a daughter of ' Thomaa P Morgan, an extensiy* ' plapter of Greenville. The Swee-1 ? neys were well known in Kentucky ' * society, it is said. , Or. E Oeicohn'a Anti. Olurtee 9100 May be worth to you more than $100 ; r af you haw a child who eone bedding ' I from inoontenence of water during sleep. Cures old and young alike. I* lrrests the trouble at once. $1. Hold by JP Maokey & Co, Druggist, Lan, eester, H C. "m a, ' w~ SubMrib* t? Tk* Link t # ? U JL% ST oltitii. all kinds 01 a ho tins jiht retui i do our customer ed dollars worth suits for ?4.oh MILLINERY~OPI Our l*M'tern Hat^ "ill bo ?>ti ca * < < > \t S> \ M We are ?hnwiii?r the choicest li A new and complete stock in tl This depart met is in eh?irir? of .ANDSLI Item in ca*?' Kit" > sell at (5 1-2 ceil r m ice onl> 5 ceil i ami about 50 pit le advantage of tl IN S 0 N imperfect lo ai ri WEST PENNSYLVANIA |MIFRF.RS fiRR&T T.ftQCi! uui ? UilW UllLin 1 LIUU J 9 P And Fifty Thousand Men Made t idle by the Flood. f e Railroads Blocked With Snow h ?Thousands of Homes Invs. j* ded hv Mudd Water? j a Enormous Damage. !*' I _ j \ Pittshnrg. Pa , April 21.?The,1"' most widespread and destructive , P storm. from a mxteri d point of |u< riew, lias passed It has left a zone 1 ? :>f ruin 200 miles in diameter It was unusual in that it possessed so many different features Cities * 70 miles from Pittsburg were tied ; up hv one of the worst snow f| dtorm* ever known. While the 0 * mowfall was from 18 inches to |( three feet deep, which is not d Extraordinary, the snow was so |, wet that it clung in weighty ! t masses to shade and fruit tre?4 i\ and electric wires and poles, hear r ing them to the parth It settled * [in steam and street railroads like q wet sand, stopping all traffic and ?] making pedestrianis n a feat for w ,in r inr mofci nann . I he fall was s<? heavy an 1 spontaneous in 'j oino places tlnit the residents , leclare it see t ed like the hoisting >f a snow cloud. g Nearly ?very town on the Ohio river between Pittsburg and Wheeling is in darkness tonight. , ^ El?ctnc light plants or their ^ wires are damaged and the gas ^ in the mains generally turned off. In previous floods this precaution was not taken and the result was ^ explosions with loss of lite and ^ propei ty. V n A remarkable feature of the ^ sterm is that but few fatalities _ attributable to this cause have been ^ reported. A railroader, caught +| in a wreck caused by a landslide, 6 and the death of an old womae from ',bock are the only ones known so far. The money loss is just as difficult to foot up. It may reach $3,000,000. The railroads think they have lost $1,000,000. The loss of wages?to the arnuy of work* I- IV I I. Z. 4 I >?'" I' LOWER I good* have take *iie?l from \en \ s gooil. ol tine clothing a . $ I '. Miits tor $ ENING. it :hir>iti'>n AIICH S9.|: r<> O P. M. I it? of any previous season ic latest Parisian stylea thoroughly competent milliner*. detinw at our own price, is* our price oi?> ts. M agiiificeiitc cen white goods* lis earh Spring < cash ve tlii* week at ???ws^? i?mm*MOU? rs in manufacturing plant* up ^ r.d in the rivers will amount to 500,0<H) utul the repairs to ilants will Ha a large sum. Pittsburg and Allegheny are lowly emerging from the murky I nod.. At 8 p. m. tha river* rere Receding Bear I v a foot an our. *' The highest point reached t Davis island dam was 25 8 feet t 3 a. in., which m?ans 28 feet at c * r lie junction of the Allegheny and Jononguhel* rivers. The water pinained stationary until |ahont 3 *' m. when it begat) to fall i'on- " srvative estimates of the total 11 CI amage in this district is between 2,000,000and $3,0<M),000 Fifty 11 hotisand laborers are suffering * roui enforced idleness. While there have been greater loods at this point there was never ne that caused so much financial ifcK and 'discomfort. This nan ue to the denser population caused iy the recent rapid growth of the ^ t! wo cities and to the fact that all lie manufncturieg plant* on the ^ iver hanks were in active oper- ^ tion, most of them working ^ ighf and day, untill the water ut out the fires and t rove the rotate re to higher ground. ^ d 'he* Government Exhibit Will be Made at. Charleston. r< ipecial t? The State ^ Charleston, April 20.?A meet- j( ng of the hoard of director# of lie Charleston exposition was held inlay, which whs attended by U ieriator McLaurin and Congressman Elliott. The government I xhibit waa accepted and the com. 1 a iany will erect the government " luilding en the plana to bo furlished by the government archi- f ect at Washington. Resolutions 1 fere adopted thanking Senator ' /IcLaurin and Col. Elliott for heir geod work in securing the ? xhibit. * 'm m m P s CASTOR IA [ For Infants and Children. tW KM Ym Han Always Bowgtit j e LfEVEL ! 'ii Ji (u in bit1. *1 oi k lia a mihi | ? I Iffe* <|f} ( (| (i. $i? ?ni< t t<?r $%\ti 'K&'* * T!>m vjr^ii! ? *( ? >i:o< Ii*,ri ?>f 'in f i) ivh -l? i?? ? ( >t> >4111111' ? I' i>?; mil mi ' * I *l?lll * ?H i ?I" I? ?M "l.'. I' V C? iftl rASH GC oil" cum* inei s .? ('('Ills |lU ll< olleHioll of ti||< a great har^ai ?ffe< ing n m /\ T\ tt S I UKI > ; . I i 'he York Murderer Captured. l?s*e Said to he in the t 'ustody of the Sheriff of Oxford? A. Story About the Woman in the ('ass. ???? The Sheriff at Oxford, Mi*?., a* wired the She: iff of York nunty thxt heceriainlv has Ma ion R. Keeae, who with Daniel F iiickr was convicted of murder, mnt.enced to he handed and iiftorrarde made one of the most dar ig, ingenious and successful rstpes from jail ever attempted in tie State The sheriff Ht Oxford lso wrote Got McSweenev aaylg that the mat answer* to the ascription and looks like the picire of Re? se, and seems to hare 0 doubt of the identification. In hi* first letter the sheriff said Irs Anderson was at Oxford aswing hr the wife of Reese. In lis connection the gentleman resrred to recalled the fact that a ear or two ago a letter was writtn to the Gaffney Ledger alleged 1 hare been signed bv Mrs An arson's mother in which it was fated that Mra. Anderson had ied, and on her death bed had lade a confession that she had illed Williams. If she is now eally liring it shows that she is uite a shrewd person and will go 3 almost any extent to shield her lver. The governor has received a ertitied copy of the indictment nd sentence from the clerk of ourt of York, and requisition painrs will he at once issued on the ;overnor of Mississippi. W H Newbold of Chester, who ras State detective at the time of he escape and who made an efo**t te catch the men. has been ppeinted by the governor to go to dississippi and bring Reese back. Jewbeld has seat for the man's icture. It may bs decided not to end for the prisoner until this ibotograph is received and posi~ ire identification is established. . _ Wanted?An Idea S3 SS\ v&hsz&s-izsafiiar * < I Kl> ? e t(ol in on the Micccs^tut trip. it- dollar. 'I hat 7 &c. :?> * h nat'k if-ioiis for *kirtn and hiiitint ?ii,?_r 'i? ?v in |><>|>ular fabrics that i.Ti r?-< ?ucy mvtiriamy uro 'i* m";in h nicer dress ut u smaller iODS. the benefit, lid Percales fuil Lawns, liatiste. 11 lot--at a liitle 1 i J J > ?"??? ItAOISiO. liOAKI.NO FI.OOI) Washed down u telegraph lino which ("has. C. Ellis, o Lisbon, la , had to repair. "Standing wHiat deep in icy water," he wiites, "gave me a terri >le cold and cough. It grew worse daily. Finajly the heat, doctors in Oakland, Neb., Sioux City and Omaha ?a;d 1 had Consumption .and could not live. Then I hegan usi inn Or. King's New Discovery I and was wholly cured hv six hot| ties " Positively guaranteed for j Coughs, Colds and al' Throat and I Lung troubles by Crawford Pros, j and ,1 F Mackey & Co Price 50c .and $1 00. ! Under the leadership of such men as our junior United States . senator, and we say it fearlessly, , there is no resRon for non-success in any legitimate line of work iu the South. Our resources are un ui passed. We should exhibit : them to the world and so not only retain our own sona around their ( paternal tiresides but bring tlio sons and daughters of our less fa m>,ou iifri?nn r? mio our genial clime Why pursue the old policy of kicking against the pricks when we *ee the results that have ruinated therefrom ? No, the thinking men have already l?y their actions placed the brand of condemnation on that course U I is only by accommodating ourselves to the trend of modern ideas that we mar hope to succeed and that is what the men of Mc Laurin's stamp are teaching the youths to de. A result of his policy, if followed to its end, will be a new South, a Sr uth that will attract the best talent from all sections of our country and in a few years we will have regained what wo have lost by our utter disregard of all the laws of progress. We have the resources, we need the men to develop them. We have not obtained them under , our old leaders with their old ideas i and with their stubborn barriers, i ?Greenville News. Don't Neglect Yonr Liver. Liver troubles quickly result in serious complications, and the man who neglects his liver has little regard for health. A bottle of Browns' Iron Hitters taken now and then will keep the liver in perfect order. If th? disease has developed, Browns' Iron Bitters will cure it permanently. Strength and . vitality will always follow its use. 1 Browns' Iron Bitters Is sold by all d#al?ra?