The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, December 18, 1900, Image 3
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ROUTT COUNiy, COLO
.Two Settlers Murdered and
Others Are Banished.
HISTORY OF THE TROUBLE
.Wide I'miii (lie I \\ o M i‘ii liilli‘<l Si*v-
oriil \11i'll!pi i <| A^sastinal ions llavi*
Oi'ouri-etl One I'.i in i ly I )ii\cm A way
l .i<ici'Ifi |i(>atc<l riircalsol Uiirdci - .
Havukv, t dl i., Deo. 17.—Two cow
ardly ninrdors of inoffensive^ottlers, at-
fem|>.' to kill others ami the banish
ment undi r the threat of death of an
entire family from the Brown Bark sec
tion have caused a iviitn of terror
throughout the western anil central part
of K am county.
Matthew Bash, a ijuiet tind inoffen
sive ranchman, was killed in his cabin
last July. On Oct. I Hash’s partner,
Dan, Wii. shot down as lie stepped out
of his door. The family of A 11. Bas
sett, postnui'ter at BtiDue, Ranchman
Thompson and Joe Davenport, all repu
table people, have been warned by the
murderers to leave the country on pain
of death.
Several of the proscribed people have
been siiot at from ambush. 1 lie Bas
setts, Thompson and Davenport have
left Brown Bark, but are still threat
ened. There is ;aliv of oryaniziilj; a
vigilance committee to hunt down the
murderers.
TR!£•:D TO RESCUE PRISONER
.'•her IT MtaeUed by Three Men, but
I>ri ves Them < Ml.
\Vt< iiita, Kan., D e. 17.- Last night
on the Santa Be train near Kmporia
three meM tried to resv tu Sol Temple
from Slti rtlf Buttsof Kuid, O. T. Tem
ple some months ago held up Sheriff
Butts who had him in charge for lar
ceny b uind him and went off with the
sheriff's team.
He wa- arrested last week in Kansas
City and was on his way to Kind
when till-' e supposed cronies attacked
Butts to are rite rdea-e of Temple.
Sheriff Simmons of tiiis county was
aboard the train He assisted Butts and
the three associates were driven off
liny escaped from the train ut the
next station. Temple did not succeed
in escaping.
ARBITRATION CONFERENCE.
Methods ol Dealing With Industrial
Di put <*S DIsciihsimI.
» Cun ■ voo, Dec. 17. — A conference on
Industrial conciliation and arbitration,
under the auspices of tin National ( ivic
federation, begun here at lUJlh o’clock
today.
The conference has as its object tile
stirring up of public sentiment by in.mis
if intelligent discussion In tween repre
sentatives ot liilor and employer, ratiier
than of taking delimte action, although
it is not likely tiiiii some reasons giving
tin* sentiment ol the eonferejioc on tile
best ways of dealing with industriitl dis
putes will come up before the close of
the meeting Tuesday night. The audi
ence during t in* forenoon listened with
dose attention to the variety of views
presented bv the speakers.
The con l et eiiet was called to order by
Franklin MaeVetigh, ehuirmau of tlie
committee on arrangements, in a brief
speech.
Carroll D. Wright, United States com-
missioncr of labor, followed.
DEATH OF CADET 0. L. B00Z
Hoard of lu<| itry Hegiiis the TiiUing
of Test im my.
Biustoi., Ba., Dee 17 Tin* military
board of Inquiry appointed bv the secre
tary of war to investigate charges made
by relatives and friends ol Oscar L.
Boo/,, the former West Point cadet who
died Dec 10 at Ids home here as the re
sult of hazing by cadets at the academy
two years tigo, began taking testimony
here today.
The entire B.ooz family was present,
the first witne'S called being Mr. Boo/,,
who was invited to tell till he knew
Mi. Booz stated that Oscar entered the
tie.eh my on June 10, isos. Soon after
letters were received from him stating
that ue hud been hazed.
.Negro < hihl Hm-ncd lo Death.
SiiKi.itv, X 0., Dec. 17. — A negro
woman left her Is year-old child asleep
and went out to work. Returning later
she found the child lying in tin* yard
dead. It had awakened during Imr ab
sence and while playing in the lire with
a broom its clothes became ignited. It
run into the yard, where it died.
Another Mill Tor lalladega.
Tai.i.aihha, Ala., Doc. 17.—Another
cotton mill seems assured for this place.
About •■j'Jo.OOO has been subscribed to
tile Chinmibcc cotton mill, granted a
charter by the present legislature. Tal
ladega already lias two cotton mills, m
which $sioo,000 of home capital u in
vested.
New Steamer Purchased.
Columbus, Oa., Dec. 17. —The (Jeor-
gia and Florida Navigation company
have purchased tint steamer Naiad from
the Central line of bouts of this cityuud
will operate her in place of the steamer
Three States, which was burned two
weeks ago
( ox Makes Denial.
PlIlLADKI.TlllA, Dec. 17. — Alexander
Cox of Cox Bros, it Co., the lug coal
operators, deities that, there have been
any negotiation with J. P. Morgan At
Co. for the sale or disposal of their coal
interests in the Isthigh valley.
Hall Player Injured.
Izis Asm- t.i s, Dei*. 17.—Frank Chance,
the catcher of t lie ('hicago baseball club,
and at pre>eiit playing in the Southern
California Stab i ague, is in a precan-
oils condiii'a rcMilting from being nit
on tlm head by a pitched ball.
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gineer, a-si-ttint engineer and a number
of petty officers were drowned.
< 'olnlilbiii ii Rebel I ion.
C.u.ii\,Colombia.via (tai.vksIiix, Dee
17.--The Idntisii gunboat Pheasant ur
rived at Panama Saturday. Tlie Brit
isl) steamer Taboga, seized l»y the Co
lombiati government some time ago,
left today with another armed Colom
bian expedition to quell a disturbance at
Chepo. Tile govt rumen’ fotec is ex-
peeled to ticiiieve ail easy victory.
May 'ell to Amo deans.
Rio in. Jankiuo, Dec. 17.—It is an
nounced that the American consul tit
Bara inis been traveling inci.gnito
through the state of Mauaos, by the
Am i/.oii and its tninnnries. It is be
lieved tlii> j airiiev lias some relation to
the reported -tlie by Bolivia ot the terri
tory in the socalled republic of Acre to
an American syndicate.
THROWN FROM THE TRAIN
('oii< I net or ('rook A-sa ul t ed aini Had ly
lejui-i-d Near Hiriiiingliani.
Bikminhuam, Ala., Dec. 17. —A fight
occurred on a Birmingham and Besse
mer dummy train between Conductor
Joe C.ook and A. C. Hautrauft and \V.
i. Coleman, and as tin* result Crook is
in tin* hospital with one linger shot off
and Miff, ring ft >m other injuries, while
his twj alleged assailants are uinier ur-
rest.
it is stated that the two men were un
der tin- influence of liquor and were dis
order! y on .‘ini rear plat mini of I lie lady’s
coach. Tint conductor remonstrated
witii them when it is all ged tiiat they
threw him from the ear and billowing
him beat him severely.
Three shots were tired, which at
tracted tin* attention of sheriff Murgin,
who w is on tin* train, ami witii tin* as-
sistanv** ot st• venti etti/.eiis in* arte-ted
tin-two men Neither of tliem iitid a
pistol ..ml it is nor known who fired the
sin its.
TO OPEN NEW COAL FIELDS.
Alabama's < mil <)iii|int Next Year
\\ ill Reach 10,000,000 Tii||s,
15111mts1111 \m, Ala., Dec 17.—Brepara-
tioiis are being made for active in-
creased operations in tin* Alabama coal
fields next year and the work of devel
oping will commence immediately after
tin* new year sets in. Many hundred
thousand dollars in capital will be in
vested iti mining properties in this state.
The output in tiiis state during tile year
1N!) , .| amounted to 7, lsl,77 s > tons, it is
not believed iliiit the production tiiis
year will be much under S.aOO.tHK) tons
and if there slmuld lie no strikes or
other trouble in |‘ii)| the production will
go considerably oyer lo,ooo,(Mii).
Companies have linen formed and are
yet b mg foi nicd for the purpose of ex
teiisivlv developing coal lands through
out Alabama.
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH
In Her Deitlli M niggles She Also liillH
Him* Motlier.
E'ayk.iti vii.i.i,, N C., Dec. J7._At
tin* home of Allen Fuller, hear here, nis
daughter discovered an outhouse on fire.
Hie nn to put it out, and in doing so
her clothing caught lire.
Her mot iter, attracted by her screams,
ran to the aid of her daughter. She
tit lew Imr arms around her mother iu
her i. utli agony and, despite tin* mri-
<'US straggles of tin* old woman, literally
squeezed her to dentil. Physicians
say the mother was thus killed lie-
fore the lire did its work upon the
daughter.
MissItiiiui'Y Work Among Negroes,
N K W \ okk, Dec I*.— Tlie Aiaeriean
Missionary association lias received a
report concerning special work among
negroes based on investigations hv See
let ary J. K. Moorelaud of \\ asliingiou.
There mv two mam lino of work: Tin*
work among students ami tiiat among
young men in cities. Mueli emphasis
is placed upon Bibles and personal work
among tin* students. There an* til asso
elation schools.
Insanity Among Negroes tiicrt‘u*liig.
K vi.Kltiil, I )'*e. 17. — Insanity among
negroes is found to lie greatly inctvus
ing in North Carolina. The asylum for
liegro iiiMine has been twice enlarged iu
20 years The legislature will be asked
to appropriate $50,000 for anotln r en-
laigetnent. Fallv halt of ibis year’s’up
plieati 'iis for admission have lieen n*
fused for la *k of room. There are over
4(A) inmates.
Big Fire In Cleveland.
Ci.km.i anp, Dec. 17. —Fire earlv to*
dav altpost entirely destroyed the big
plant of tlit* Brown Hoisting and Con
voying Machine company. Five out of
seven buildings used by the company
are in ashes and property estimated to
be worth over $.>00,000 was entirely con
sumed. Fie veil hundred workmen are
thrown out of employment as a result
of the tire.
Dr. Iloge’s I'rnhuhlc Niiecessui*.
WlLMISOTOS, N. C., Dec. 17. —Hey.
J. M Wells of Staunton, Va , has been
called to the pastorate of the First Pres
byterian clmreh of this city to succeed
Rev. Peyton II Hogc, |). I)., who re
signed about a vear ago to become pas
tor "I VVariou Mumorlal church, Louis
ville.
OFFICERS CL^rO
FOR THE DISASTER
London Takes a Gloomy View
ol the Defeat.
NOT GUERILLA WARFARE
Hcci'iidescncc of Host titties ( annot He
>o Regiii'ilt > d Serinllsnes*. of Die De
feat Fully Real i/.ed—(.enei'al D«*Wc*t
l.ed the Attack In I'erson.
London, Dee. 17.—Tlie report of an
other severe battle resulting in a British
victory is current here. According to
tile story the lighting began at day
break today ami lasred for several hours.
J lie Boers, who numbered from l.atO to
2 ••Of) men, were surrounded at tlie
Orange river and totally defeated with
v tv heavy losses in killed and wound
e l. A number of Boers, it is added,
were captured.
London, Dec. 17. — The release of
prisi tiers and other incidents reported
by General Kitchener fail to reassure
the public. Tile last phase of tin* cam
paign is remarkable for the miscalcula
tions on the British side and excites
many outbursts o! candor Tie* staying
power of tin* Boers lias been umiere-ti-
Ututed ami their preparations for e in
tituling hostile operations in tie* extr**m*
ify of t heir fortunes by means of buried
stores of ammunition have not b . n
taken into account. Nicholson's N' k
lias been reproduced within 10 mile.'of
Pretoria, with an isolated command sur
rounded and forced to surrender at ter
its ammunition mid b on exhausted, and
witii tie* main holy retiring without
making any effective effort to retrieve
the disaster
Tite generals now receiving tin* con
gratulations of their irb rnls upon their
return frankly confess that tney have
tin uncomf' rtable fei ling in Icing toast
ed ami feasted. Lord Dtindotiald said
before fin■ public bamjuet at tlie Hotel
Cecil that lie could not help regretting
his premature return, since the war t vi-
dently htid not ended, and a soldier’s
place was at the trout. Lord Methuen's
friends an- emphasizing the fact that
while In* has been more sharply criti
cised than any other general except Gut-
acre, he has at least remained on the
fighting line, bent on seeing the job
through.
'Tite recrtideseiice of hostilities cannot
be minimiz d as guerilla war.are.
The latost edition- ot tin* newspapers
till comment upon tin* seriousness of the
defeat which hetcll rite British force
under Clem ms last Thursdav.
Tin* Telegraph considers that the re-
x erse was only rendered [mssible by the
i*:in lesstiess of tiiose iii conitnaud and
tiiat a heavy responsibility rests upon
same one for neglecting to see that tae
troops were in position to hold tlie hill
against all comers. Broiidwood’s 1*011-
duct seems itmxplieabie and people are
asking whv tli*i*)* wtis m> co-op*-rntion
between him and Ulements.
The autli irities are quite aliv)’ to tin*
ugliness of the present sitmidon in
Soiitii Africa and an additional con
tingent of 5 OHO mounted iulantry will
shortly be sent out.
General Kitchener, it is stated, is to
he allowed an absolutely free hand.
DE WET LED THE ATTACK.
Hoers T\i ei* K'-piil-cd Hefore I'liey
Hrose ttie Hriti-li Line,
Mas: ur, Dec. 17.—It app<*ars that
D<* Wi* ’s force was twice repulsed before
It broke through flic British lines in tlm
Itelghl o’diood of Thabaueiiu.
In tit * third attack D<*\V(*f l<*d in per
son. With a few d tcriuiucd mi*u In*
clmrged and broke tin* British lines, the
rest ot the commando following. He
was torced, however, to leave in the
hands of tin* British a 15-pounder and 15
w:t oils with ammunition ami stores.
Commandant 1 Iaa~broek, with a com
ma :do and two guns, tried to get
through Spriiigkam’s Nek, hut was
driven back, losing 10 men.
ROBSON’S NARROW ESCAPE
Bui ct I* lred Into a I rain Mrikes
( lose I o 11 im.
Dvnvii.lk, Ky., Dee. 17. — James
Stout, one of the richest young men in
this part of Kentucky, is iu jail here
charged with shooting into passenger
trains on the t^uecii and Crescent rail
road between here ami Junction (’ity.
Stout, who has been acting queerly for
several days, stationed himself on a hill
2 miles from town Saturday and Iduz-d
awuv at several trains witii a big re
volver.
Cue train which jMisscd carried Stuart
Robson, tin* actor, and hi** company.
Two bullets crashed through the win.
dow of tin* 'inokingci.inpaitnient where
Robson was -eated amt narrowly missed
him
Tuiladega 'oi*b*t> Disappointed.
TaLLAPKiIA, Ala., 1))*(*. 17.-- Society IS
just recovering from the -lawk it .-us-
taiued by tin* mmatrival of tin* Duke
ami Duelms* of Manelic.-ti'r, who were
scheduled to be III this city last Wetlm s
day. Lug'in* Ziiiiineniuin, fiulmr of
tin duelp ba-ii i'i his household cf.
fect> reiuovil to t'lncttmati, wiucii i-
tabeti to mean that In* will not hcrcutier
maiutuiu a residence hero.
I o Make steel Rails.
HikMiNtiii am, Ala., Dee. :7. —'j'lu,
statt-meiit is laatle that the Sioss Shef-
liehl Steel ami Iron (iinipany will begin
preparations during the coming year to
inanufaetiire steel and steel rails This
statement emanated from President K.
(). Ilopkius, wlto has returned from the
quarterly tin eting of the directors of the
Company recently held in New York.
Rtell Deposit!* of I'llosphitte.
Bkai isvii.i.k, Ala., Dec. 17. -Profes
sor H Barclay reports the disco very *of
one of th<* largest ami finest s|M‘i*iim‘ii*)
of phosphitte beds alioiit I mile-, from
Brattsville In* has ever s"i*n He slates
tiiat then* are m*t le-s tlinii HOP acre.*, of
these beds in that locality.
SHOE NEWS
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SHOE.
Fashion's
Favorite.
No Commonplace news ever
comes from this Wonderful SHOE HOUSE.
Shoes must be good and prices remarkable,
or the / have no place here. The wonder is
that such bargains can continue--even in this
store. How much longer they will come is
very uncertain.
Ladies’ Shoes from the cheapest to the
best.
Men’s Shoes of every description, from the
cheapest and most curable Brogan to the finest
Calf Shin.
CCMWMIC
Boys’ Shoes That Wear.
I roli liilile Shot’s to I my. I he host of Uqtthor in hoth
Upper and Nolo. Thun tin* Solo and Hool havo an armor
ol uhillod sto(*l oi re lots thcit nntkus tho Sho ^i\x* nearly
dotthlo sorvioi*—'2.1 to ol, $2.00.
We want your Shoe trade because we strive to
merit it and we guarantee satisfaction in every
sale. Respectfully,
BRIDGES
M'CRAW,
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XMAS!
If you want to enjoy it you should
come to see us before you buy your
Fancy Groceries, Fruits, Candies, Cakes,
Nuts of all kinds, Fine Cigars, Toys and
Fireworks.
We have just received :
100 Boxes of Florida Oranges.
20 Barrels of Fine Apples.
25 Boxes of Raisins.
5 Barrels of Malaga Grapes.
700 Pounds of Nuts.
2000 Pounds of Gandy.
Our prices are the very lowest to be found
in the city.
Don’t forget that you can get a nice Fruit
Cake from us.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year.
Yours Respectfully,
SPARKS « HUMPHRIES.
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