The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 21, 1897, Image 6
j TH E COUNTY RECORD
10MG8TREE, S. C.
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LOUIS J. BRISTOW, Kd. & Prop'r?
A striking feature iu the food situation
is that every country in Europe,
with the solitary exception of Russia,
will want to import wheat.
Bishop John P. Newman stated iu
recent speech that the annual liquor
bill of this county amounts to SI.000,000,'HK).
This, he claims, is equal to
the cost of twenty leading necessaries
of life.
Says the St. Lonis Dispatch:?The
bicyc' , as well as the grain, is bringj*
in * n..>ney to the United States.
tViiiic all the Europeans have not
moiK-r to burn, many of theui have
%Uo i to scorch.
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The Phoenix (Ariz.) fire department
turns out for parade and jolification
L lrhenever one of its members becomes
; k father. They have had eleveu such
. "birthday parades" this year, and ex
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s; P~t several more. Encouraging infant
industries the social economist
r. might call it.
r England, as well as the United
?> States, complains of an oversnpply of
a J *otore. More are annually grailuat
< I than there is room for, and the
t .me is true in other countries. What
t >do with the surplusage is a problem
t,f which no solution has yet been
I,- found. If the yoang sawbones could
be set to doctoring each other for a
term before trying their hands on the
jj. public their ranks would thin out with
> great rapidity, but such a course would
jf. probably be against the ethics of the
proiessiou. me euiupmiui ui u>w
many doctors is not a new one, and
?? the condition is not one easily reme
died. The fittest will continue to
Ij^. aurvive, and the others will continue
<. . to starve or go into the drag business,
according to their wont hitherto, serv>
ing as doorkeepers in the temple of
r.% -medicine if they are not permitted to
dwell in its tent 3.
The thriving city of Williamsport,
IPenn., has adopted a weed ordinance
requiring all householders to keep
their properties free from all vegetable
nuisances that mar the lawns and
injure the gardens. A small penalty
is provided for negligence and a strict
enforcement is said to 0} er&te most
beneficially to the general appearance
of the ciiy. We all have so much to
do in country (though for several
years hundreds of thousands of ablebodied
men have been unable to find
anything to do) that we have not yet
come to realize the duty each owes to
all to prevent the spread of weeds.
Here indeed "a stitch in time saves
nine," only the ratio of the tfiultiplicatiou
of weeds due to letting them
go to seed is far greater thau this. If
our farm and village communities
would only swear the vendetta agaiust
all maturing weeds, as in the old
countries of Europe, these pests,
which are now so disastrous to agriI
culture, oould be largely eradicated.
< Further industrial disturbance
oaueed by the bicycle is reported by
jv. the New York Tribune, from (irea:
Britain. It has hitherto been ex&> '
plained how cycling has affected the
horse trade, the book trade, the jewelry
trade and various other liues of
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business. Now Yorkshire tells of its
effects upon textile manufactures.
These are two-fold ?one bad, one
Kpr good. The bad came first, nud is only
- temporary. The good came second,
and will probably prove permanent.
The former was seen in a diminution
or purchases. Thousauds of women
?or their husbands or fathers?had to
choose between bicycles and new
dresses. They chose the former, and
j$ the drygoods trade accordingly ; nfjf/
fered. Manufacturers, retailers and
dressmakers all felt the loss of custom,
which was sufficient to make a serious
depression in trade. The second effect
has beea a change oi rasmou. i nere
j'\ is a vastly increased demand for dress
.. goods suited to bicycling. It comes
s both from those who can afford special
cycling suits and from those who cauR
not, for tli? latter uatm-ally now make
^ ' their ordinary street costumes of goods
that will also do for wheeling. The
goods demanded are chiefly tli:>*e that
are soft, cioseli woveo a id lustrcie^.
The manufacturers who a few years
ago were turningtout mohairs and other
"lustres" have adapted their works to
Li the production of serges and similar
goods, and are now prepared to supply
either class with equal facility.
That is a great gain for the Bradford
district. It means that manufacturers
will no longer be depeudeut ti]M>n the
vagaries of fashion Cycling has come
to stay, and so have its requirements
of dress.
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Items of People and Things in the
Palmetto State. j
HAZING WILL BE PUNISHED, j
Sneezed Out a Bullet?State's Phos- j
phate Industry?Gov. Ellerbe Asks j
Ministers for Their Opinion.
The following is a copy of a circular
letter that is being sent out to the ministers
of the State by Governor Ellerbe,
asking their opinion of the dispensary: i
Columbia, S. C\, Oct 1, 1897.
! Deak Sik:?The following questions
are submitted to ministers throughout
the State, for the purpose of ascertaining
the sentiment and opinion of Christian
citizens with reference to the dispensary
law.
Please answer each question in the
space following it, and after signing
and stating to what denomination you
t^loug and your postoffice address, return
tnis in the enclosed envelope to
the undersigned. Your prompt attention
will be appreciated. Very respectfully
yours,
W. H. Ellerbe, Governor.
1. Has the dispensary system increased
or decreased drunkenness or
drinking in you" community; and to
what extent, indicatingvour opinion by j
percentage of increase or decrease.
2. .What is the preference of your
people as between (1) prohibition, (2)
dispensary law aud (3) high license,
under the restrictions of the Conslitu1
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tion, and wnicn 13 muoi. kuw<.v ?
temperance measure, under existing
conditions ?
liemarks.
Name
Denomination
Postoffice
County
The phosphate industry of the State
isofin.erest to all the people of the
State, and all are interested in the success
of those engaged in mining the
rock, as a large amount of royalty is received
by the State and taxes are reduced
iu proportion to the amount
mined. The receipts up to October 1st,
from this source, have been $89,140, distributed
by months an follows: January,
$10,397; February, $1,229; March,
$0,493; April,$6,099; May, $1,875; June,
S3,838.50; July; $7,490; August, $1,700;
September. $2,559; which is an average
of $4,349.55 a month. The total receipts
of phosphate royalty for the last fiscal
year, which was fourteen months long
and included November and December
of 1895, ware $62,787.96, or an average
of $4,484.85 a month.
The great State Fair is only a little
over three weeks otL All concerned
are hard at work, and it is intimated
that the list of attractions will excel
those of all previous State Fairs. The
State ball is to be revived, and is to be
one of the principrl features of the
week. There will be a wheelmen's
meet, balloon ascensions, and many
other attractions, too numerous to mention.
The Fair Society this year has
offered a special prize of witn $">0
for second best, for the best bale of
South Carolina rafeed cotton shown at
the fair. This, the officials say, will
bo the means of bringing to the fair oue
of the greatest exhibits of baled cotton
ever seen in the State. The letters recieved
indicate that the competition ia
going to be very lively,
Mr. Isadore Wolfe, of Camden, recently
had a singular experience.
About seven years ago he was snot in
the face with a 32-calibre pistol ball.
His physician probed for the ball and
got the greater portion of it out, but at
the time it was thought the entire ball
was extracted. Since the shooting Mr.
Wolfe has experienced some slightly
unpleasant sensations in his fare and
on one side of his nose, and last week
he sneezed out the remainder of the
bullet.
At Charleston the operatives of the
Charleston shoe factory threw down
their tools and quit work. The female
operatives were the first to strike, and
when the male operatives heard that
the factory would replace them with
negro labor they stated that they were
opi>osed to mixed labor, and would also
quit work rather than hold their jobs
with negro operatives.
One of the recent matriculates of the
South Carolina Militarj' Academy was
handled roughly bv members of the
sophomore class. The practice of haziag
was abolished several years ago, but
seemr. to have broken out again. The
matter has been referred to the board of
visitors and an investigation will be
made and the guilty parties punished.
The continued low price of cotton is
playing havoc with the farmers in central
Carolina. Most of them borrowed
money on their crops; the New York
banks are shutting down on the local
banks, and the local banks have to
press all paper. The result is that they
caunot hold their cotton and it is going
at the present low figures.
Judge Simonton decided in Charleston
that "O. P." stores and dispensaries
cannot bo opened in dry towns.
In the Guckenbeimer case he decided
that the contract between the non-resident
dealer and resident seller is a good
contract of agency.
Successors to Chief Justice Molver
of the Supreme Court and Justices
Benet, Buchanan, Watts and Witherspoon
of the circuit bench will be
elected at the approaching session of
the Legislature.
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Senator Tillman is in Columbia, under
the treatment of Drs. Babcock and
Taylor, with some serious affection of
the stomach. The Register says his
friends are apprehensive of his condition.
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At Laurens John Johnson was found
guilty of the murder of Dan Johnson.
It will be remembered the quarrel was
about two pennies and a half.
Rober Hook, the slayer of Policeman
Goss at Brookland, has surrendered,
and is now in jail.
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palmetto pointers.
At Anderson, Mrs. J. G. Harmison
committed suicide by shooting herself
through the head. Mental depression
the cause.
Some unknown disease is carrying off
all the poultry in Clarendon county.
They apparently lose use of their feet,
flutter and fall over dead.
Negro labor only will be emplojTed in
the Montieth Cotton Mill to be built in
Columbia, and the promoter says the
negroes are subscribing freely.
Ben. Hutto, colored, living two miles
from Willistou, shot li s wife four times,
killing her instantly. He was in ambush
for a negro man, and mistook his
wife for the man. Jealousy was the
cause. Ben has gone to parts unknown.
The situation in Greenville abiut the
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miposmou oi xue neavy license uu kj.
P. stores by the city authorises ia
growiug apace. All but two of the 0.
P. shops, it is said, have quit the business,
and the next thing will b? a -ase
to test the validity of the action of the
council.
The following is a list of those who
have filed applications for the position
of Comptroller General: J. K. Alston,
Columbia; \V. H. Lawnnce, Darlington;
I. P. Epton. Spartanburg; X. \V.
Brooker, formerly of Edgefield, now of
Richland; J. P. Derham. Horry, and
J. J. Neill, Fairfield.
The city council of Anderson has appointed
a committee of prominent citizens
to perfect arrangements for a large
railroad meeting to be held there on the
4th of November, looking to the building
of the Black Diamond road, which
ia meeting with so much encouragement
iu Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and In*
diana.
A VALUABLE VOLU3IE.
A Bible One Hundred and Fifty-Nine
Years Old.
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meoiaie, 01 uoiuqiuih, says meie ??o
a Bible exhibited in their office last week
that was worth examining. It was found
on James Island in 18(54 by a negro,
June Mobley, who now resides here.
At that time Mobley was the body serAant
of Sergt. Jas. M. Hill, of Union.
Mobley has kept the valuable book all
these years, praserving it well.
It is a pnlpit size volume, bound
in red morocco. One of the backs
has long since disappeared The
title page shows that it was
printed in London by John Baskitt,
"printer to the King's most excellent
majest" in the year 1738. In the
preface is found the royal decree relating
to the volume. In the center of the
book on a half blank page io the inscription
in ink, "Kebekah Kace, Her Book;
She Was Born, July the 9, *1732."
Further on, inscribed on a blank page is
a family record, which may lead to the
discovery of the heirs of the original
owners of the volume. This record
starts with the marriage of Benj. Kace
to Kebekah Dixon, on May 29, 1751.
Other names that appear in this record
are these: David Stoll, Sophia Bour
quin, Lewis aud Margaret Bourquin,
and John Lewis B. Stoll, the latter being
born in November, 1788.
Here and there in the old volume are
prosed flowers. The book is printed in
old English.
ILLICIT STILL RAIDED.
700 Gallons of Sorghum Mash and
Grape "Pumice" Dumped.
* The United States deputy collector
, made a raid on two illicit distilleries,
in Bull Swamp township, in Orangeburg
county. He seized and dumped
about seyen hundred gallons of sor
ghum mash and grape "pumice," as
a result of the arrests David M. Jeff
coat, John M. Sturkie, Leslie Livingstone,
Paul L. Livingstone, Adam
Oliver, and Joe Mack have been bound
over for trial at the November term of
court. The stills were found on the
edge of the North Edisto river, and apparently
a good business had oeen going
on tor some little time.
Stnrkie claims that some time ago he
had a government license to still, and
finding the business unprofitable, gave
np his license and quit the basinesc.
He did not care to store his still, as it
was liable to be stolen in oase it was
known where he had stored it, so he
hid it out in the swamp, and now seems
to be very much surprised that some
one else should be found operating it.
Illicit stills in Orangeburg county
are a raritv. Additional railroad facili
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ties ana new ideas comiug iuiu mc
county with the march of progress
brought the illicit stills into the
county. Of course the stills were all
destoyed.
O. P. LICENSES.
A Concert of Action Should Be Had
Between the Cities and the state.
The following is Columbia's city attorney's
reply to a. recently adopted
resolution by the city council of that
city in the matter of licensing O. P.
stores:
"In reply I have to say that this question
affects the administration of the
liquor laws of the State and is a matter
which concerns the municipalities of
the State. Upon this subject the State
has addpted a certain policy and mapped
out a certain line of action. For
this reason I think there should be
ccncert of action between the law
officers of the citj and those of the
State. I will, therefore, confer with
the Attorney General of the State upon
the subject to the end that there may
harmony of action upon this question
in which the whole State is concerned.
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Mrs. Adelaido E. Sherry, a young
and pretty widow of West Point, Ind.,
runs one of the largest farms in the
State. She hires and directs her large
corps of assistants, indoors and out,
entertains generously, drives over the
estate daily, buys pigs and calves,
ships Percheron horses to Germany,
cattle and hcgs to Chicago, cribs annually
an tYerage of 10,000 bushels of
corn, ' aveis extensively and write?
for publications. She bas lately re
trrned from a sojourn in the Holj
Laud, and "after husking done," she
purposes investigating occult philosophy
among the Mahatmas in their
mountain abodes in India.
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! The. Venerable Jurist Resigns From
the Supreme Court.
' HIS TERM OF SERVICE LONGEST.
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; In April, 1896, Justice Field Wrote to the
President Informing; Him r? His Intention?The
Retirement Aw .ltn. In- ,
i terest in Possible Cabinet Changes?
i' , Career of the Distinguished Judge.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?Tho re-'
tirement of Justice Field from the bench of
the Supreme Court after the longest term
of sen-ice on record was publicly announced
in the court. The correspondence
Includes four letters. In April last Justice
Field wrote to the President informing
him of his intention to retire on December
i. i\u respuiiso was muuv iu mis tium
October 9th, when President McKlnley an
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JUSTICE STEPHEN ?. SIELD.
wered the Justice's letter In a complimentary
note and accepted the notice of retire:
meat.
j Justice Field formally communicated the
fi.ct to his associates, and they signed a
joint letter expressing the regret at the ne'
cessity which com pelled the venerable Jus|
tice to oe&3e his active labors. Upon the
; adjournment of court they called in a body
| upon Justice Field at his home opposite the
I Capitol.
I The retirement of the Justice has awak'
cned interest in the Cabinet situation. It
| has been rumored ever since McKinley took
office that the venerable jurist would leave
! the Bench, and that in making Judge Me'
Kenna Attorney-General the Chief Execu'
live was looking forward to a vacancy on
' the Supreme Bench, to whioh he would ap;
point him. Should Attorney-General McKenna
sqcceed Justice Field it is not
I deemed improbable that Seoretary of the
: Navy Long will take the legal portfolio and
! his assistant, Mr. Roosevelt, become full
Secretary. .
JUSTICE FIELD'S CAREER.
His Early Life and Service on the Bench
?Many Dramatic Incidents.
Justice Field, one of the most notable
men who have sat on the Supreme Bench of
the United States, comes of a distinguished
family. As is well known, he is a brother
of Cyrus TV. Field, David Dudley Field and
the Rev. Henry M. Field. He is the sixth
son of Rev. David D. Field.
Stephen Johnson Field was born in Had
dam, Conn., on aovemuor 4,1316. lie wau |
graduated at Williams College in 1837, and ;
went to New York and studied law In tbe
office of his brother, David Dudley Field,
with whom he subsequently practised. He
removed to San Francisco In 1819. and was
elected a Justice of the Supreme Court of
California in 1853.
When, in 1863. a tenth Judge was to be
appointed to the United States Supreme
Bench from the Pacific Coast, the whole
Congressional delegation from the Paeiflo
Coast, without regard to party, went to
President Lincoln to urge the appointment
of Judge Field. The President accordingly
appointed him, and he took the oath on
May 20, 1863. Washington now became his
res.de.ncefor most of the year, though, as
he was assigned to the Pacific Circuit, he
held court each summer In the far West.
Early in 1877 Justice Field was designated,
by the act of Congress creating
the Electoral Commission, as ono
of the Ave Justices of the Supreme
Court who were members of ir. He dissented
from tbe view of the majority of the
Commission, who refused to go behind the
certificates forwarded from the different
States. His position here, together with
his previous opposition to the reconstruction
aots, gave him prominence in the
Democratic party, so that in the Cincinnati
Convention of 1880 he was among the
Presidential candidates.
One of the most striking episodes in
Justice Field's life was the attaok on him
by Judge Terry, which resulted in the latter's
death at the hands of a deputy marshal.
It took place in the little town of
Lathrop, Cal., on his way from Los Angeles
to San Francisco.
Justice Field has been for many years
fV?n aanl^F mumhflr nt the finnrAmo Pniirf
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both in point of age and length of service.
On August 15 of this year he surpassed the
record of service in the Supreme Court,
even that of Chief Justice Marshall, who
served from 1801 to 1835. In 1886 Justice
Field became eligible for retirement with a
life pension, but refused to leave the laborious
duties of his office.
FOUR KILLED IN A WRECK.
Three Other Persons Hurt in a Collision
on tlie Canadian Pacific.
The Canadian PaciQc express from Toronto
, collided in a fog with a freight
about sixteei miles from Ottawa. Four
men were kl led and three hurt.
The dead are: James Hostey, brakeman
of the freight; Frank Lamendeau, engineer
of the express; Robert Peden, mail clerk;
John Kearney, a tramp.
Mall Clerk Peden was taken out of the
wreck living, but he died In a few minutes.
It is said that the operator at Stittsville
failed to hold the express, as he should
have done, until the freight engine had returned
to Stittsville with the part of its
train which it had been unable to take up
the grade.
Double Tragedy In Baltimore.
Matthew Rogers, a grocer, and Mrs. Ida
Wright, who lived with him, were found
dead In Rogers's house at Baltimoro, Md.
Both had boenshot. The police look upon
it as a case of murder and suicide, but
Rogers's relatives insist that it was the
work of a former admirer of the Woman.
Merciful Spain.
The Spanl.< h Cabinet has decided to suspend
the s6. Are decrees recently issued
against political associations in the Philippine
Islands. Tt has also decided to pardon
all Cuban exiles who were not inolnded
In previous amnesties.
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THEATRE CEILING FELL
Fatal Disaster In a Playhouse at Cincln.
nati, Ohio.
About 8.30 o'clock p. m., shortly after the
curtain rose at Robinson's Opera House
in Cincinnatti, Ohio, the framework of
the huge dome fell upon the occupants of
the orchestra chairs and narrmet seats.
Most of the lights were extinguished by
the accident. Alight was turned on the
audience from the stage, and this caused
the alarm of Are to add to the horror of the
situation. Manv of the audience were injured
seriouslv by the falling ceiling, but
manv more were crushed and tramuled under
foot during the rush for the doors.
Three persons are known to be dead and
several were not expected to live. It is
said that a dozen may be hurt, fatallv.
"The Hangers of a Great Citv" was the
name of the nlay being given. A little girl,
Alice Onie. was singing a song with a bass
drum acenmnaniment when the crash
came. With th? dome and ceiling the immense
central chandelier came down.
All of the debris fell within a circle of
aPout thirty feat diameter in tne narnuet.
The crash wa? as loud a? a thunder clan.
Oreat clouds of dust added to the terror of
the darkness that followed, and wild cries
came from all r>arts of tho house.
About tweniv victims, some of them
wounded fatallv, were oufekly taken out
and conveyed to the Cincinnati Hospital,
A large number of those who were not
hurt so seriously ran through the streets,
black with dust and with torn clothing.
On account of the disannearanoe of these
to their homes it was difficult to get even
a tolerahlv accurate list of the wounded,
but two were killed outright. One of these
was an unidentified aped man who was almost
cut in two bv a falling timber. The
other was an elderly lady, name also unknown.
whose hack was broken.
Manv of the injured received their hurts
from being tramnled underfoot hvthe terror-stricken
audience. The attendance was
not verv large. None of the members of the
theatrical comoanv was injured.
The house belongs to the e?tate of the
late .Tohn Ttobinson. the noted cjrcus owner.
The latest reports place the number of probablv
fatallv fninred at twelve and the more
or less severely hurt at from thirty to forty,
strangely enough, the nlnv tnat wns hooked
for next week is called "Under the Dome."
CREATER NEW YORK FOLITICS.
The Hot Municipal Campaign Formally
Opened By Tammany Hall.
The forma! opening of the Tammany Hall
campaign took place Friday night in the
big hall of the Wigwam, in New York. The
candidate for Mayor, Judge Yan Wyck, was
JVIX3E BOBERT A. VAX WYCK.
[Tammany caniiiuaie ior jiayur ui uicoiu
New York.)
not present. The principal speakers were
Amos J. Cumrnings, Thomas F. Grady,
John B. Stanc'nfleld, and Arthur P. Gorman,
Jr., of Maryland. Various meetings
for Low, Tracy and George were also held.
FIRE IN_DURHAM, N. C.
i District of Eight Acres Burned Over,and
Tobacco Factories Destroyed.
A destructive fire occurred at Durham,
N. C., In which $500,000 worth of property
was destroyed. At 11.25 o'clock a. m. Are
was discovered in H. J. Bass & Co.'s prizBry,
on Morgan street, and for two hours it
ieemed as if the town would he enveloped
In flames.
The following are the buildings destroyed: i
Two prize rooms belonging to B. L. Duke,
occupied by H. J. Bass A Co.; two belonging
to G. W. Watts on Fuller street, occupied
by the American Tobacco Company;
one on Randolph street owned by Manning
4 Morgan occupied by the American Tobacco
Company; one owned by W. Duke,
ocoupled by the American Tobacco Company;
one dwelling owned by W. Duke,
two belonging two William Newton, a
prize room occupied by the Blackwell
Durham Smoking Tobacco Company, three
dwellings owned by L. W. Wise, and two
owned bv B. L. Duke,
W. T. Carrlngton had about 500,000 pounds
oftobaocoln danger. He carried $200,000
Insurance on it, and about one hundred
hogsheads of it were saved. The water
supply was exceedingly low and of little
use in fighting the flames. The .burned
district covers eight acres.
A CALIFORNIA TRAGEDY.
Two Killed in a Flglit Between Officers
and a Stage Robber.
William Harold, of Delta, Cal., and Under
Sheriff Radford, of Siskiyou Connty
Cal., were shot and killed and Depuiy
8heriff Stewart was fatally wounded while
the officers were attempting to arrest Harold
for complicity in the robbery of the
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About 8.30 a. m. Radford and Stewart
presented themselves at Harold's house and
asked for Harold. When he came to the
doer, Stewart said: "I want t o see vou,
Haiald." The latter replied: "I'm ready,"
anu eoened fire opon the officers with a rovolvir.
The first shot took effect in Stew*
art's leg, while the second bullet struck
Radford in the left breast, killing him almost
instantly. Stewart, who had fallen in
front of the door when shot, emptied his
gun at Harold, who fell mortally wounded
with several bullets in his chest and abdomen.
He died shortly afterward.
Schooner and Seven Men Lost.
The schooner Bloodhound Is a total wreck
near Cape Pine, on the southern part of the
Peninsula of Avalon, Newfoundland. Her
crew of seven men have perished.
Spain May Give Up Cnba.
According to private information to
bankers and diplomatic olroles Spain will
give up Cuba after some delay to satisfy
public opinion in Spain. The Queen has
been urged to this oourse by eocleslastloal
authorities and influential banking interests.
I Territory of Lincoln.
It Is proposed to divide Alaska into two
territories, the northwestern portion, containing
the rioheet of the plaoer mines to
he called Llnooln, with Its capital, Woare,
on the Yukon River.
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TKE NEWS EPITOMIZEDL
Washington I^ms.
John A. Kasson. of Iowa, was appoint^! 'isja
by President McKinlev to negotiate reciprocity
treaties with other countries, under
the Dingley Tariff act.
Attorney-General McKenna has sustained
the contention of Customs officials that
diamonds imported through Canada from , jig
a country not contiguous to Canada must
pay a discriminating duty of ten percent.
James S. Dodge, of Elkhart, Ind., has declined
appointment as Consul-General at
Nagasaki, Japan, on account of business
and G. A. R. engagements.
The Korean Legation in Washington has
ucen nouuea mat me tung nas assumed
the title of Emperor. ' ig
The President made the following appointments:
Consuls of the United States? '3
John A. Barnes, of Illinois, at Cologne.
Germany; Leonard B. Smith, of Maine, at ??
Cnrncoa. West Indies,: William F. Rands,
of the District of Columbia. Secretary of 'JS
the Legation of the United ctates at Seoul,
Korea.
The Inter-State Commerce Commission 4
bas issued its ninth statistical report, for _ ?
the year ended June 30,1896.
Cornelius N. Bliss, Secretary of the Interior.
has sent a letter from Washington
to General Tracy, indorsing the Jotter's
candidacy for Mayor of Greater New York.
It is believed in Washington that Justice
Field may retire from the Supreme Court
bench during the present term of court.
Attorney General MeKenna is mentioned as'
his successor.
Governor Hastings, of Pennsylvania, has t
been informed bv Secretary Sherman that
the Austrian Minister has made a complaint
that the firing on the mob at Lattimer
was a violation of the rights of Austrian
subjects. The Secretary asks for *
statement of the facts in the case. Sheriff
Martin and General Gobin have been asked
by the Governor to reply.
Clara H. Richards has been appointed
rostraistress ai uyea, aiasna.
The postal recipts for September show -it
a cain of 7 1-10 per cent, over the sanqf
month la9t year.
The Monetary Commission held a meetIn?
In Washington, at which preliminary
reports from the committees were discussed.'
Domestic.
Senator Gorman has written a letter to,
Edwin F. Abell, editor of the Baltimore,
Sun, offering to resign the leadership of the
Maryland Democracy in favor of the !atter!
if he will withdraw from Republican alliances.
John A. Gordon, the Democratic nominee
for Justice of the Supreme Court of "vy?
Colorado, has withdrawn. The party. y
leaders were opposed to htm because he j
sunnorted Mr. Cleveland for President lnj
1892Frank
Loretto, aged eighty, committed4
suicide in New York Cltv by plunging:
down an nirshaft from the fifth floor of a
tenement.
Gold has been found In Rock County,!
within eight miles of Janesville, Wis. Two,
farmers exhibited samples of gravel taken< >
fmm the farm which showed gold In fair
quantities. 1122
Samuel Wilson, acred sixteen years, nas
been shot and killed at Carlisle, Ky., by;
Edward Crump, aged fifteen years. Crump,
was arrested on the charge of murder.
Crump was worsted in a fight with Wilson
and secured a revolver and lay in wait for.
* 0. M. Wolburn, an ex-Collector of Inter,
nal Revenue in the Northern District of,
California, who has been on trial in the
United States District Court, on an Indict-,
m*nt covering forty-two distinct charge*
of embezzlement, was acquitted by the .
Judge ShowaltT in Chicago gave a decision
to the effect that the makers of a '&M
certain line of goods, in a certain place, do
not have the right of a trade-mark to the
name of that place. This decision is of
general interest to milling people, and especially
to those of Minneapolis.
The organization of the greatest combination
of window glass makers ever formed
in this country was completed at Camden,
N. J. Pittsburg was chosen as the general
selling agency.
At a boxing bout, for the benefit of yel
low fever suderers, in New OrTean^-ia.,- t
Jack Cummings was fatally injured, and
died next morning. Walter Griffin, who 1
fought against him, is under arrest.
Fifteen men, including strikers and members
of a brass band, were arrested at
8andy Creek, Penn., by Deputy Sheriffs of
the De Armitt mines for marching on the a
public road. They were taken to Pittsburg
for a keanpg.
Charles W. Dayton acoepted the nomlna- <
tion for Comptroller of Greater New York
on tho Henry George ticket. Fairohild in
will remain on tho Citizens' Union ticket.
Two women were drowned In the Never-'
sink River, In Sullivan County, New York.
The fifteenth conference of friends of the *3
Indian was held at Lake Mohonk, N. Y.
Railroad traffio in Texas was almost en- V
tirely suspended on account of thp yellow
fever scare.
Philadelphia authorities barred Yietor
Hugo's "Lcs Miserables" as a toxt-book for r>
high-school girls. j
The Western Carolina Bank of Asheville,
N. C., failed to open its doors.
The steamer City of Topeka arrived ft
Seattle, Wash., bringing miners returning
from the Klondike region and (300,000 In
gold. The miners say the wealth of the
Klondike has been underestimated, and one
of them places the value of the claims thus
'?? nnanuA aft tM <100 000.
Conrad Heidelberg shot and killed Thornas
McSorley daring a quarrel at Castletou, - (->
Staten Island, and attempted suicide by
cutting his throat and wrists. Heizelberg -'mj
will recover.
The largest cattle deal made in Texas
since the boom days of fifteen yeas ago was
arranged at San Antonio, Ike T. Pryor, ' r?nf
selling to Winfleld Scott, of Fort Worth,
20.000 head of cattle of all classes for <1$
per noad, fall delivery. Other big sales are
pending.
Former Governor Boies, of Iowa, in a
letter said the Chicago platform had had its"
day in the "tribunal of last resort/' ^
The Treasury statement of domestic exports
in September shows that the shipment
of breadstuff* exceeded that of Sep- ?%
tember. 1896. by 100 per cent.
Over $1,850,000 of the school fund money*
of Chicago has vanished, and the account
has been overdrawn to the amount of
$117,000. This is the startling state of at- y -q
fairs that confronts the Board of Education,
according to the story of one of its
employes.
Foreign.
Colonel Jose Zayas* who is Minister
Plenipotentiary of the Cuban Republic to -|J
Great Britain, says that the time for 8paln
to grant autonomy has gone by, that the ?
Cubans to not waut annexation with the
United States, but recognition, and that
the mot'.o is still "Independence or
Death."
President Faure, of France, has signed
the appointments of Ambassador Patenotre
to Madrid and Ambassador Cambon to
Washington.
Ana Sotolongo, the Cnban woman who ?$
has suffered so much at the Casa de Becogldas,
in Havana, in which she wee -ygffl
looked up nearly two years ago charged *39
with conspiracy against the Spanish Government,
has been released, as no proofs of 1*.
her guilt could be obtained by the Military
Attorney.
J. Sterling Ryerson. a Toronto Conserve- |
tlve legislator, has published a protest
against letting the United States gunboat
Yantio pass through Canadian canals to
Lake Erie. . ^
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