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' " . '1 ?"* A * ; ?bc Hattcasfer ledger. i"?*'. *,.?~ ? " . ? ... .., i. ? .? .. . .i . 1 ^gcssBsr*.'*' * | ' ^ -iVovqiM^ef : FvriSt* Avswiwi y uU Ajpitminmni<M^Cb?mmrdal Jmtmmat* | WC^ ,i . " ' ~7"" "' - ? >, i ? I., i. i?^ir... SEttNWEEKLY. L A N C A 8 T E K, S. C . APRIL 9 1 9 0 2 K8TABL8H1ED 1862 i A Terrible Crash At Football Game.e, 11 At Glasgow Between Eugland and ^ Scotland.?The Statu! Collapses e Many Killed and Injured. }l e Glasgow, April 5.?The strugfie of the crowds gathered at the L, Ibrox park to witness the last international football game between i teams from England and Scotland caused the collapse of a portion of ^ one of the spectators' terraces, resulting in the death of three persons and the injury of 125 others. ^ When the oranie honran 70 OftO ? "~?> . vr,VW spectators wet* an the ground and ^ an immense crowd had gathered ^ outside Being unable to gain admittance the crowd broke down c tome of the bars and swarmed upon the fields where the police ^ charged and drove the intruders r back upon the terrace and seats. r The railings divings the crowds j were thrown over each other. In Si the frantic struggle towards the ^ exits the pressure toward the upper portion of the westerly terrace was so great that a hundred r feet of the highest part ef the struoture collapsed under the ^ weight of the crowd driven npon ^ it, precipitating the mass of peo. ^ pie to the ground, 00 feet below. I The iniured were niled in hpana - ? ?r~' ll wedged in with broken wood. The onlookers hesitated to Approach the dangling structure at ^ first, hut fin-illy began to utilize j portions of the broken barries as stretchers. A hundred of the j most seriously injured "were carried to the pavilion and to spaces in the rear of the stands. A majority of the victims are suffering from broken ribs and fractured limbs, while some sustained inter- ^ nal injuries. Up to midnight five deaths had been reported as the result of the . accident, while in the cases of ^ twenty victims all hope of recovery has bsen abandoned _ c The Casualty Lists Greater Than 1 Supposed. 1 Glasgow April 6.?The casualty r lists of the disaster by the collapse ' of a spectators' stand yesterday afternoon eclipse all tho reports and estimates of the casualties which were current last night. The disaster has rosulted in the s death of 21 persons and the injury of 250. Nearly 290 of the latter , were so seriously hurt that they j MMSWMrtmSn??U- I IIIM I P* Oil for tho Children. \ Give them oil?cod-liver oil. \ It's curious to see the result j Give it to the peevish, fret- < ful child, and he laughs. Give i it to the pale, anaemic child, 1 and his face becomes rosy and 1 full of health. Take a flatchestcd child, or a child that has stopped growing, give him the oil, and he will grow big and strong like the rest. I This is not a new scheme. ' It has been done for years. 1 O; course you must use the right oil. Scott's Emulsion < is the or.c. Sculls Emulsion neither 1 1 * s ;.c r tastes like oil because we are so careful in making it , jueasent to take. J o.kI for free sample. SCOTT & ' >NVNK, Chemists. 409 Pearl St., N. Y. ( I., a. U ft oo; al druggista. ' * ft ere taken to intiriuuries for opration and treatment. One bun red and fifty of them still remain i the infirmaries. A large proporion of the injured had limbs brokn, bodies crushed and mangled ud heads and faces gashed. S>evrnl more deaths uudonbtedly will rjsult from <he most critical cases f fractured skulls. Pardons Granted. Ixef'itive Clomoncy Exercised in in Two Deserving Cases. loluuibia Record. The governor today pardoned Vnde H. Rowland, convicted in 'ickens county of bigamy and sntenced to six months on the hain gang. Rowland had served wo months, and a letter was writen the governor-by Judge Gage scommending the pardon, and tating that he did not think Rewind worthy of punishment. It sems that he is a weak minded ian, and it has not been altogethr hie fault that the crime wae ommitted. Solicitor Boggs also ecomniended the pardon. A pardon was also granted W. I. Parker, convicted of forgery a Anderson coenty and sentenced o two years. A pardon was efueed Parker 6ome time ago but itely Parker discovered a conpiracy between three negro prisners in which it was plauned to ;ill Jailor Dillingham and escape, 'arker overheard the plotting and iromptly informed the authorial Ulcers, Sores, Skin Eruptions, Burns, Scalds and Piles. It cures Dr no pay. Only 25c at Crawford Bros and J. F. Mackey and Co s drug store. Over 500 cases of treason and sedition are to he tried at Tayabas, P. I. Pay your subscription to The Ledger, please. ! ies, thereby saving Mr. Dillingam'slife. As a result Parker tag pardoned. njunction Against a Dispensary. Ipecial to The Siato. Greenwood, April 5.?The est~ hlishraent of a dispensary at Troy n this ceunty has received a check. Messrs. Johnstone, Welch & Mejrhce,representing certain citizens f Troy have seeured a temporary njunction from Judge Gary. An rder to show cause why this inunction should not be made pernaneut lias been issued. The case fill be argued in Columbia on the 4th inst. H. L. W. H p Onvft 11 n th? .Iaw?I>i Charlotte, N. C., April 5.?An ittorney of this city tonight turnid over to an ofhcer 55 pearls and r diamonds, the jewels lost by Mrs. Harriet Blaine Beale on a sleepng car between this city and Jack lonville some weeks ago, and a neatenger started to Washington eith the preperty. It is said the ewels were produced by a railread imploye who was on the car occupied by Mrs. Beale. He surrendered them en the piomise of immunity from publicity and prosecution. The value of the necklace is placed at $5,000. LOCKJAW FROM 'OBWKBN Cobwebs put on a cut lately ajave a woman lockjaw. Millions bow that the best things to put Dn a cut isBucklen's Arnica Salve, the infallible healer of Wounds. A GREAT TREAT FOR IHi LADIES. On Wednesday and Thursday, March 26th and 27th. We will have our Millinery Opening. Miss Evans has just arrived from the North, where she has been for sometime acquainting herself with the very latest styles, and is now busy getting ready to exhibit the most elegant and up-to-date line of Spring: Millinery Ever seen in the town and county of Lancaster. IN OUR DRY GOODS DEPARTMENTWe will also make a special display of all over Laces and Embroideries, White Goods, al] the new Summer Silks, Liner Crashes, Zephyrs, etc. We will Expect all rpTTT~i T n T\xnr 1HH LHLtiHi To come and inspect these different lines. They can't afford to miss it. -Lancaster Ircani to. Shot to save His Horse. \ A Chesterfield Mun Uses His Weapon to Prevent a Friend from Killing His Aniuml. r^hnrl/vHo fUtanmn.it w ? V UI?1 IVVIW v/ UOV I V VI Wadosboro, April 3. ? Juke Little was shot by Km it Huntl, at Chesterfield Court House, early yesterday morning. The two men eaine to YVadesboro Tuesday rnd aftor spending tlio day start ( ed back to their homes in Chesterfield. They did not reach their destination until yesterday morning and when they arrived the horse, which belonged to Huntt, - was considerably fagged out, which fact suggested to Little the idea of killing the beast. Huntt 1 told him to stay in the buggy and not to attempt to carry out his > idea, but Little jumped out and was advancing towards the horse with an open knife, when Huntt pulled his pistol and shot Little, the ball entering the right jaw bene. The wound was painjful, but was not of a futal nature. ,Mr. Little is from (J nion county i and recently went to Chesterfield . and opened up a livery stable. Mr J Huntt is a son of the justice of the peace at Chesterfield. Hail Two Inches Deep. A Severe Storm in Texas?Dwelling Housw Carried Away and Two Stores and u Farm House Destroyed. Prattville, Tex., April G.?A destructive storm swept over this place last night, between 8 und 9 o'clock. No lives were lost, but much property was destroyed. The storm came from the north and for 10 minutes there was a fleod of rain and hail. As far as known it extended only between Prattville and Pacio, eight miles > distance. Along the path of the storm, which resembles a railroad track, all trees, including many fruit trees, were leveled- llail ^ fall two inches deep. The Prattville Methodist church was blown . from its foundation and a dwelling L house at Lake Creek was lifted in to an adjoiniug fiold. Two stores [ at Pacio and a farm house nearbywere blown down Charles Pratt's store at Pacio was completely wrecked and the goods scattered for miles. Pratt scaped with a few bruises. The entire loss caused by the stei m is not known. BLIZZAItP IN MICHIGAN. Marquette, Mich., April 8.? Northern Michigan is in the grip of a blizzard tonight. Heavy snow is falling and a gale is lashing the lake to fury. The weather yesterday was balmy und warm. ^ Virginia's Suffrage Amendment. Richmond, Va , April 4 ?The State Constitutional Convention this afternoon, after nine months' discussion, adapted the suffrage amendment which provides for the "temporary understanding" clause for two years, a poll tax and also an educational qualification. CASTOR 1A For Infants and Children. ' The Kind You Have Always Bought ? A Gray Wolf Killed. After it Had Committed Many Depredations on Marlboro Far ids. Special to The State. Bennettsville, April 4. ? For two or three' weeks past several co mmmities in the vieinitv of J ? Benncitsrille ha e heeu much excited over the depredations of a at mil go animal that prowled mound at night killing poultry, pigs or dog* and other small domestic animals It had been frequently seen and shot at but without success, until Mr. B. F. Stauton, of the Hebron section, succeeded in killing it one night during the past week. Hundreds of people saw it and the unanimous verdict was that it was a gre^ wolf, but just where it came from or what it was doing in this part of the country is a matter of much speculation. Rev. S. C. Caldwell, of Heath Springs, Lancaster county, preached the Easter sermon for the Presbyterian congregation last Sunday morning. He preached ut the eveniug services also. Negro Murderer Tried and Hanged 1 II V/Ml f r^rtmto ... J. ..... UttJO. Sumterville, Fla., April 5.? Henry Wilson, a noted negro desperado, has been hanged here for the murder of Lee Graham, a prominent young white man. Great crowds witnessed the execution, but there was no violence, as had been anticipated from the fact that a previous effort had been made to lynch the negro. The execution of llenry breaks all legal "speedy justice" records. Henry was captured in a different part of the State only 10 days ago, and his trial began here last Tuesday at a special term ol court. He was legally executed within four days of the date of beginning his trial. Back T?> The Common Fund. Special to The State. Spartanburg, April 5.?This morning County treasurer Epps received from Mr. August Kohn, tieasurer of the State commission at the Charleston exposition, a check for $1,000, the prize awarded to this county for the finest county exhibit at the exposition. There has been considerable conjecture and discussion as to what this county will do with the prize money, and it would appear that this is now settled. Upon receipt of the check it was turned oyer by the county treasurer to ordinary county purposes. Chronic Constipation Cured. The most important discovery of recent years is the positive remedy for constipation. Cascarets Candy Cathartic. Cure guaranteed. Genuine tablets stamped C. C. C. Nevor sold in bulk. Druggists, ioc. An Indianapolis telegram is au> thority for the statement that a well-known glass manufacturer of Matthews, Indiana, after expert* ments covering two years, an nounres that he ha* solved the mystery of making malleable glass, long considered one of the lost arts. The manufactured product is not sensitive to sudden changes of heat and cold, and may be moulded very much after the manner of iron.