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SEttNWEEKLY. L A N C A 8 T E K, S. C . APRIL 9 1 9 0 2 K8TABL8H1ED 1862
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A Terrible Crash
At Football Game.e,
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At Glasgow Between Eugland and ^
Scotland.?The Statu! Collapses e
Many Killed and Injured. }l
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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
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spectators wet* an the ground and ^
an immense crowd had gathered ^
outside Being unable to gain
admittance the crowd broke down
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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
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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
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The Casualty Lists Greater Than 1
Supposed.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.