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V ? inc BOUNTY RECORD. Published Every Thursday AT KINGSTREE. SOUTH CAROLINA. % r.Y C. W. WOLFE . Editor and Proprietor. The difficulty with Spain is that it is so hard to bring an anachronism up to date. It has been legally decided in Illi. nois that children may enter school at any time after reaching the proper age, regardless of local regulations requiring attendance to begin at the opening of a school term. Following the example set in Saa* - - ? > ti_t_ i>:.? xi.. a tiago HUU xunu XiivU IUC authorities in Manila arc opening the schools and inviting the teachers to resume their duties. Progress ami . learning do not stop where Americans control. Tho Boston Herald says: "Something like our college settlements has, got into the British mind, for Liverpool has started the idea of giving concerts in the courtyards of the worst quarters of that city. If the dregs of creation caunot be lifted out of the gutters, the means of brightening and cheering them must be taken *o them. It is to the credit of humanity that musicians have volunteered, and the people for .whom the concerts are given have cleaned up and decorated the courts. Now, who will deny the efficacy o? divine music? So far it is only an experiment, but Liverpool's example will be imitated England over, if the excellent effects of these concerts continue as they have begun. The change of a sovereign over a nation of 400,000,000 people is a momentous event on paper. In China *- ' a-.-.-I + o It SBtims lu ue as uiwai iiu iuv;mcin u.i the morning change of guards before the Empress Dowager's palace. The latest story is that the new Emperor is a son of the late Emperor Tuug Chi, who died, presumably from poison, in 1874. The father was a puppet of the Dowager Empress, and the son will' no doubt be the same, considering that both Tung Chi and Cworifr Sn retained the throne SO long only as they were subservient to . the satanic old woman. She has been mayoress of the palace ever since 1861, when the Emperor Hien Fung died, whose concubine she was. It looks as if her power would end only with her life. * She is, perhaps, the most extraordinary example in history of a female Warwick, a woman who not only make3 monarchs, but rules through them. After twenty-five years of existence, the Michigan State Board of Health is to demonstrate the efficiency of its work by pointing to the health records >\t +1,r, Sto+o TV>? ficmrAq nr? un 1,4 v"v " biassed, too, as the statistics are collected by another and an independent body. In the twenty-five years the mortality from scarlet fever in the State has been reduced seventy-five per cent. Equal success ha3 been * had with diphtheria. Whooping cough and measles have been reduced about one-half, and typhoid and tuberculosis have beem materially restricted. Malarial fevers have been almost banished, this last being largely due to improvements in drainage. In this, as in other matters of sanita . lion, the work offhe State Board has been largely advisory and educational. | * Local Boards of Health are instructed how to proceed against an outbreak of infectious disease, and the people at large aro instructed how to prevent the spread of contagion. The Swiss telegraph business is a branch of the Post, Telegraph and Bailway Department, aud any postoffice will receive or deliver prepaid telegrams. At the end of 1896 the telegraph lines represented a length of 4863 , miles, and there were 252 telephone stations, with 6150 ?-ionii o"? non qnli. U111C9 Ul >? H U auu ,-w,vvv scribers. Snowfall is very troublesome, aud thirty-five per cent, of the wires are now underground. In 1896 the official balance sheet showed, for telegraphs, $362,780 received aud $319,520 expended; foi telephones, the statement was $866,700 received aud $869,680 expended. On January 1, 1S96, the telephone rate3 were reduced, with an increase of 4555 subscribers; but the annual income was decreased $56,870. The unfavorable weather of 1896 also affected the summer business in telegrams, in the extent of 3.83 per cent, in internal, 0.01 per cent, in international and five per cent, in through 1 messages. r \ ^ IIS "if lalEBtSI IS rtnrpvTtr T.P ?Frank AuderSOll. 3| colored mail who lives on J. \Y. Baker's place. near Batesviile, was ;n town recently to swear out a warrani for Will Sprouts, a white man, whom Anderson accuses of having committed a criminal assault on his daughter, llhody Anderson, a half-witted girl. It) years of age. Frauk Anderson was at work on the farm, and his wife, Lizzie Anderson, with another daugoter, wero some distance from thehouso. Thogirl, Hhody, was left in the house alone. Will Sprouts and Will Foster, two white men, drove up to tho house in a wagon. Foster is net known to have been implicated directly, but Sprouts, it is! said, went into the house and locked J the door. He then attempted to carry | out his purpose on llhody Anderson, j who resisted'him and a struggle on-j sued, in which tho gil l was overcome, j Lizzie Anderson and her other (laugh- i ter wero attracted to the house, ar.it on ' running there found the door fastened 4i.r. inci.h, I'.i- another entrance! they got in au<l Sprouts threw open the ; door and escaped. The condition of Khody Auuerson was such that Dr. | White was called m to soo her. His, examination confirmed the girl's story i and that of her parents. Dr. White found unmistakable evidence of the as- ; sault. Sprouts is a mau of middle aire, | and baa a family. lie live3 about a mile or two from the scene of the as-: sault, and is well known iu the community. Frank Anderson is au intelligent negro, about 45 or 50 years of ape. He is regarded ?3 a good negro. ' and Mr. Haker states that he has found him reliable. j I Pelzer. Will Clardy, colored, a farmer by occupation, induced by the exceedingly low price of cotton, and hard times generally, concluded as he was helping to giu a bale of his own | cotton at Frank Davenport's gin in Greenville county, that he would add a few hundred pounds to the weight of hi< bale by dropping a rock in tbe 5 ->3 occasionally, aud so he proceeded to execute this plan, with the result that when bis little bale of cotton was suspended upon ;he company's scales I ai 1'eizer, motion-ouyer u:uao ?.o tonished to see that the beam was tipped at the 829 figure, and suspecting that there was surely something heavier than cotton in the enclosure, Mr. Blake ordered the bale unhooked and Mr. A P. Long, chief of police, ordered Will Clardy to keep quiet and watch the investigation which ouly lasted a few minutes, when 3-30 pounds of rocks, five in number, were separated from the cotton, the largest one weighing 12.3 pounds. Mr. Long, after pausing a few minutes, came to the conclusiou that any man who could enhanco the value of iliat rocks from nothing to ijj cents per pound, would do to take along, and he accordingly invested his man with bracelets and escorted him to Anderson jail. Will did not confess his crime but only said "it's de strangest thiug lever seed howdem rocks got into dat bale of cotton. Seneca. ? Policeman Hopkins arrested George Mauce aud bis wife Nan for fussing on the street and locked them up in theguardhouse. Latersomo of Nan's friends got up a sufficient cash deposit to get her out, but left George in. Next morning George was found dead in his cell. There were rumors of threads made by Nan agaiust lif** cnciii/?iniiq Air WCUl^D O iiic? aim v/iuci wuw.r*v.?.?v w. cumstances which seemed to justify au inquest. Coroner Boggs was notified aud a jury impaneled. The coroner had Drs. Gray and Doyle to make a thorough examination and theii conclusion was that his death resulted from acuto gastritis which might have been caused by poison. After hearing what evideuce thoy could get hold of the jurors decided thatjhe came to his death by foul play at the hands of his. wife. Nan, and one Charlie Brown, a Georgia negro, who has been seemingly rather intimate with Nan. Charleston*. The case of the State vs. S. Giaretti, dispensary law violation, finally came to trial in the Court of Sessions in this city anu resulted in a mistrial. The Sessions jurors were discharged for the term. The. Giaretti case was warmly and ably contested * TT ir^? .3./ 3 Dy Mr. IX II. .uuioews, uenjuuuui B counsel. Twelve jurors were made up from the special veuire, being: carefully selected, each one of the opinion that he cpuld render au opinion according to the law and the ovidence. The evidence was all on one side, none being introduced for the defence, but it seemed to affect the members of the jury in dillerent ways, and they were unable to agree upon a verdict. They were given four hours for deliberation and and at the end of that time their foreman stated that it was unlikely they would ever agree. Solicitor Jervey has certaii.ly done his duty. Si*MTF.R.--The smallpox epidemic just across Green swamp, which is about two miles irom this city, is about at an end. Only two cases are under treatment now and tho9o are rapidly recovering aud will be dismissed next week. About 400 people have been vaccinated in the immediate neighborhood of the infoftnil houses alld all of those who were in any way exposed to the disease were arrested and put uuder "shotpun" quarantine and then vaccinated; consequently there can be no further Bpread of the disease. Spartanburg. - -Mrs. W. P. Smith, wife of Rev. \V. P. Smith, died at her home recently in the 43d year of her ape. She was reared here, her maiden name being O'fthields, and was universally esteemed for her many womanly qualities. She was buried in Oakwood ceuieterj'. She leave? a husband and four sons, the eldea being Furman Smith of Pelzer. Spartanburg. The Citizens' Telepone Co. is erecting the tallest juni J'ttl* [lUMft OVCl PCCU iu lUiO vvuuuj. Along Magnolia street tbey are dow putting up a low 02 feet high. They purpose to have their exchange in operation by January 1st. This company is conueetijg Spartanburg with all the principal towns in this part of the Mate, together with Tryon, and Charlotte, X. C. Gov. Ellerbe has offered a reward of 8200 for the apprehension of the party or parties who set fire to the grist, saw and gin mill" Mr. J. J. M. Graham of Lake City. < t \ \ ^ _ _ in its oTThe siJi ' S Columbia. The j,'roat topic of conversation among: Columbians now is tho OHt:4L?!iaIi:aeut of a paid fire department. The city bus ^rowu to such an extent M that such a service is necessary. The lattara frnm thft SflllthwHSteril Tlfiff T, Association are construed as a throat. It is thought that if additional fire protection is not accorded by the municipal au'hoiities rate.-* v;ill be raised, and thereby the expenses of citizens will be increased just as much as if a I paid lire department was in operation. w Ihe plan most likely to be adopted tfill iS be to have six regular salaried men with ' . cacti company ali the time,-and areserve l'oice to respond to all alarms and be n< l aid for tuo time durinjj which they jp work. !t is very probable that this | paid department will be inaugurated at : the be^innir.^ of the next fiscal year. I Auotlier source of complaint amount tho ul iusurauco neople lias been tiio lack of tt water at recent fires. The basin con- tl tains constantly more water than a city *h< i thy size ol' Columbia could reasonably d< ; !>y expected to consume, yet it is a fact si that sometimes water is scarce. This tc j scarcity has been attributed to waste w and leakage iu both privute aud public H ! institutions. Tho meter system has w ! been adopted to do awaj* with this " , leakage. Tho adopiion of the meters tl i mav mean more than the stoppage of ci wasto. Jl iuav solve the entire water y< question, which has been a source of bi I argument and contention for several p1 1 months. The saving in water may h; demonstrate that the present supply is tc I sufficient and that more pressure is a: alone needed. Ihe additional revenue 1 that will accrue to the city may also be u sufficient for undertaking the erection tc of newand more complete water-works, h for, with the very best reinforcement, ci the present system would serve but a it few years longer. S I Columbia.? A petition, signed by ? about 2,000 people, has secured for J. W. Powell, the slayer of C. W. Sloan, r: a commutation of sentence, and on !c Christmas day he will walk out of the ' penitentiary a free man, without having v.*./.,! lUoa nf Kio C T-Aftrs' tArm OCl TOU IjlUlO IU1QO VI U1U I J VM..-. The grounds for pardoning are baaed jr wholly on petitious. The family and V friends of the condemned man secured (1 signatures to a petition to the governor ?' asking for his releaae. Five such peti- " tions were circulated, One was signed w by not only a number of ministers from w this city, but from other parts of the State. A second petition was circulated amonp the lawj-ers, and their signatures obtained. Still a third was sipned by physicians of the city, and a fourth g) by ladies of Columbia, while the fifth h< was sipned by citizens generally, with- it out any distinction as regards profes- j sion. Nine of the jurors who found b l'owell guilty asked for his release. Charleston'. The joint committee c< having under consideration the matter ui of longshore rates for the port of bi Charleston held an important session tl at the Chamber of Commerce lasting V about two hours. At tho close of the r< meeting it was said that a report would b ha at soma later dav to the origi- It nal committee from the commercial w bodies. No intimation as to what hail d been clone was given and the only in- h formation obtainable was to the efiect oi that resolutions had been adopted unanimously and that they would be submitted to the larger body which named the sub-committee. A meeting p, ef the original joint committee will be e, held within a few days. p A petition of the citizens of Indian u: llill aud Bordeaux township of Ab- c< beyille county, which 60us:ht to have c< an election ordered to determine ti whether or not these townships should tc become part of Greenwood, has just tc been passed upon unfavorably by the vi attornej' generai. This authority ruled o: that the petition, in that it did not ai state whether Abbeville county would tc have left the constitutional require- tl meuts as to population, etc., was not tj such as to warrant the ordering of the election. A reprievo until tl e lfith of December has been granted by Gov. Ellerbe to b Juo. Harper of Chesterfield, a negro B) who was sentenced- to be banged for -p rrL _ tho murder oi anotner negro. jlob tt reprieve was given with the view that a commutation of sentence to life impri- ^ soDment might be granted. In all w cases where the presiding judge and ]c prosecuting solicitor recommend a g communtation it is usual for the gov- \ ernor to grant it. Georgetown. Grover Cleveland, aboard Commodore ?. C. Benedict's steam yacht, the "Oneida," has arrived hereon his usual duck hunting trip tj which he has gotteu much enjoyment al out of for several winters, he says. He a, and Mr. Huntington are guests of Con- r( modore Benedict, and they have come C( down here to eujoy a couple of weeks' t, X -1 x:__ ll ^^ , SpOTl 1U HLlUUllU^ iuu Uiauaiu uuvu.-, jg which are here m great numbers. Charleston.--Henry Kolleson, alias ei Cracker Henrj*, one of the negroes ar- d rested for being implicated in the kill- n iug of Private Theo. Godfrey, was shot and probably fatally injured in Nassau street. The shooting was done by Wesley Fields, who quietly walked fe away from the police and escuped. ltol- jt leson was seat to the City Hospital. ^ He was shot through the abdomen and C( the Hospital phvsiciaus said that the ^ wouud was considered dangerous. U Florence. Mr. J. A. McLaughlin, S of Willow ( reek, McMillan Township, n in this county, has a flowing Artesian ai well on his place. The well is only 75 feet deep aud flows about live gallons a minute. Tho water is ciear, pure and palatable. Flowreuce has a well 1,280 ^ feet deep, which does not yield a drop, j' and there is ouiv about twelve miles f .1..* I... * *l.? n| fl UlhlHLH'tJ UOIWCOU IUC m u buu wu*j m . ^ very lew feet uifference in the eleva tion. Can any one explain why this is. , ^ Sumter ?Anotbei epidemic, which seems to be quite as "catching" as smallpox, has broken out and is now | rapiug iu Hunter and vicinity, "mar- j riage fever." Your corresitondent has ci been in formed by reliable parties that ol at least ;55 marriages will take place in ai this community this winter. | V colt mbia. ? Mr. Win. Martin, Jr., ' w and Miss Inez Harlev were married at j11 noon Wednesday in the Baptist church. The Rev. Dr. Lindsay performed the ?* ceremony. The bride and proom left on themulnipht train for Jacksonville, Fla., where they will attend the peace CI jubilee. et erne Startling Details of tie Tragedy at Greer's. IcLAURIN AS A PEACE MAKFR. )bacwO in Orangeburg1 County In the Hands of a Receiver The Assessments of Banks of the State. Tii? killing of George Hughes by hifl ife, Mattie Hughes, at Greer's, prom63 to be one of the most sensational : Greenville's homicnlos. The corosr's inquest developed facts heretofore ^published. The cook aud othon stifled that Mr3. Hughes told hei tiiband she would give him two mintes to fight her fair, but his reply was lat he wouid not hurt her for auyliug. Ho attempted to leave the 3Uso, but with drawn pistol she or 2red him into the parlor and liun 1 ly lot him as he started to grasp the pis >1. Their only child, Leo, a boy of 9, as the only witness to the shooting, e made a statement which agrees ith all other testimony. He said: I'a asked mamma, if she had any ling to eay. Mamma then commenced irsing papa, saying, G?d?n you, 1 ou go out, I'll kill }*on. Papa wen sick. Mamma followed with pisto ointed at papa and 6aid she would kill iin and would irive him two minutes > tight but he refused. Papa got ui id mamma shut him." Several witnesses testified that a few lghts before, Mrs. Hughea was hearc > tell her husband that if he accusec ar again she would kill bim, anc arsed him terribly. The woman, now i jail, is a bold, handsome creature, everal years ago sho was involved ii local scandal and shooting scrape, he and her husband occoupied sepa ite rooms, the boy staying with hii ither. Mr. Hughes was successful ii usiness, being assisted by his wife few weeks ago she deposited in i reenville bank a large sum of monej t her own name, instead of her hus ami's, as usual. Just before hi: eath, Hughes made a will leaving rerything to the son. He 6tated tha ie shooting was not accidental, an( hen his wife kissed him exclaimed i as the first time in years. In the Hands of a Receiver. The Charleston cotton mill, at Char iston, the first mill in the South t< ibstitute negro for white labor, hat een placed m lue nanus ci a receive 1 the United States circuit court he bill for the receivership wa: rought bj* W. T. Walters <fc Co. ant owcomer & Co., of Baltimore. Tb< implainants have note3 against tb? nil for ?130,000, which they say canno o collected. It is alleged in the bill tha io company owes ?120,000. C. O rittio, president of the mill, was mad< sceiver. The Charleston mill ha: een working negro labor at a mucl ?wer expense than was had with tin bite help and the trouble now is no ue to the uegro operatives. The mil as had a bad streak of luck since it: rganization. Tobacco in Orangeburg. An effort is being made to get tkt eople of Orangeburg county interest :1 in the cultivation of tobacco. Th< lan is to get enough well-to-do far lers to obligate themselves toT>lant t ?rtnin neroftrm in tolmnnn flnrini* tin jrning year as an experiment to jus fy the employment of a practica >bacco expert to come to Orangeburj ) render assistance both in the culti ation, the cnring and the marketing f the crop. Some of the farmers wh< re leading the movement are williuf > put up a tobacco warehouse, so tha le crop that ma}* be made in the coun r can be disposed of right there. Palmetto Cotton Mills. The Palmetto Cotton mill of Colum ia, secured a charter with the capita :ock of S150,000. Allen Jones, presi ent and treasurer; W. P. Roof, secre irv, and Ira R. Hayes, constitute th< oard of directors. The ground has een broken for this mill and the worl ill be pushed to completion. Th< ication is near the crossing of tin outh Carolina and Georgia and thi tlanta Coast Line railroads on tin iarper place. The Assessment of Banks. Comptroller General Derham is get nc ui> data from all of the counti uditors of the State relative to th< cessment of banks. He has not ye jceived replies from many of thi aunty auditors, but thinks there ii )od iu the replies iu hand for Legis itive action. He will at least brinj ie matter to the attention of the Gen ral Assembly for such action, if any b< eemed advisable, as the lawinakeri lay think proper. .McLaurin as Peace-.Maker. Senator McLaurin had a long con ireuce with Postmaster General Stmt! 1 Washington with refereuce to thi reonwood affair. The result of th< inference is that, as there appears t< e no danger of any further troubli lere, the Government of the Unitec tates will not interfere, but leave th< latter to be dealt with bj' the Stati nthorities. A Fatal Mistakp Dr. Lambert J. White, of Abbeville, y mistake took a large dose of corros e sublimate instead of bromo-seltzei >r headache, and died at his father'i ome in that city. He was a youn^ iaa of great promise and irreproacha le character. Reward for Greenville Fiend. In compliance with the reqnest o tizeus of Greenville, the governor ha; lered a reward of ;2i0 for the arresi id conviction of the murderer o eaver Smith. the young white boj ho received such horrible treatment id finally death at the hands of an un nowu person. A like reward nac been lered by the cU zens of Greenville, id every effort is being made to appre end the fiend. The details of this ime are too we" known to need rep> dtion. I SliiiliiL t s The Battleship Slided Down the [ Ways Amidst Much Noise. c 8 A 27 FOOT FLAG PRESENTED. ii Eutier Home From Havana?A Rich Old Lady | Mardered- Pasha and the ChristiansRefused to Free His Prisoners. " o San Fkaxcisco (Special).?The battleship Wisconsin was successfully z r,4- o.oo Sotur/ifiv morninc. When the big vessel slided down the ( ways, the ships iu the harbor fired t saiutes and thero was a terrible din | from tuo steam whistles. The controversy over the kind of wino to be used - in the christening was settied by the i use of two bottles of champagne, one t of French make, provided by the Wis- j > I consin christening committee, and an- r . I other of California champagne, pro- ( > vided b3' the Union Trou Works. I'rior i . to the launchilig a gigantic llag of the* Union, measuring 27 feet long and -i | feet wide, was presented in honor ofl ( the Wisconsin. The llag was the re- . suit of the combined effort of MO3 \ . children of tho Irving .M. Scott Tnblid I School. Following the presentation f of the flair, a poem to the Wisconsin t was read by Miss Clara Izo Trice, itsl 1 author. The battleship Wisconsin, [ designed by the bureau of construc3 tion and repair of the Navy Depart> ment, is a sister ship of the Alabama, building at tho Cramp's yard in Philr adelphia, and also of the Illinois, I building at Newport New?. [ The dimensions of the Wisconsin are j as follows: Length of load, water line, ? 3GS feet: beam extreme. 72 feet 2.V inches; draft on normal displacement x of 11,525 tons, 23 feet 0 inches; maximum displacement, all ammunition 1 and stores on board, 12,325 tons; maxg imum indicated horse power ^estimatx ed) 10,0(J0; probable speed, 16$ knots. Normal coal supply, 800 tons; coal sup? ply, loose storage, 1,200 tons; full j bunker capacity, 1,400 to 1,500 tons. 1 . Complement of officers, 40; seamen, 3 marines, etc., 449. The main battery , viil consist of four 13-inch breech- i t loading rifles in Hichborn balanced j turrets, ovai in shape, and placed in I the centre line of the vessel, and fourteen 6-inch rapid-fire guns. Butler Kome Frotu Haiana. Washington* (Special).?General M. (J. .butler, of South Carolina, memoer 3 of the evacuation commission, arrived ' hero Saturday direct from Havana, in r response to a telegraphic summons from President Mckinley, and in the 3 afternoon he had a two hours' consultation with the President at the White 3 House. He made an extended report ' of the negotiations of the evacuation | and of the terms upon which the Spaniards had agreod to complete it by .Tan uary 1. General Butler pave it as his 3 opinion that all the Spaniards have met s the American commissioners with great ' fairness and that there has been little 3 friction. Some of the claims they matte f for compensation for Spanish property have been rediculous, and they will, of s course, be abandoned in the end. A Rich Old Lady Murdered. Acred Grandma Wynn, the richest resident of Brooklyn, 11!., and owner of half the town, which lies across the river from St. Louis, Mo., was murdered by robbers who cut her throat and left her dead in the front yard after ransacking the house. Mrs. Wynn, who frequently had considerable money i I -1. - i i: ] ?i?^ uUA I IIJ IUO Limiar, iivcu uuiuciv uiuuc. >?uu j ' managed her owu estate, personally I collecting her rents, banked her money * and invested her savings without con3 suiting any one. ilrs. Wynn was j estimated to be worth from &JI), 000 to: 1 S100,000. The murderer or murderers left no clue. It iA not known how much money was obtained, but the amount must have beeu considerable. ( Refused to Free His Prisoners. 1 I A special from Manila says Agui naldo, the insurgent leader, has ad dressed a second communication to Ma3 jor General Otis, the American military 3 commander, on thesubjectof the Spani ish prisoners in the hands of the insur3 gents. He has declined to release the e clericals and civilians, urging that both 3 carried arms voluntarily against the e insurgents. Aguinaldo theu refers General Otis to the local papers pub lisbed since the insurrection for "lire- | tutable proof" of his assertion that the . clericals were the "most active and ? vengeful agents in sacrificing the lives i and honor of innocent natives." ? e Topgallant Sold for $20,000. s At the Eastern sale of thoroughbreds in Lexington, Ky., the 14-year-old stal< lion. Imported Topgallant, owned by - Johu B. Ewing, of Nashville, was sold i to W. J. Alexander, of Chicago, for s $20,000. a Prince George Appointed. Athens (By Cable). The ministers of the four powers interested in the j proceeding,Great Britain, France, Rus, I sia and Italy, went at noon Saturday in ' \ ; royal carriages to the palace and for; | mally announced to King George, in j I the presence of the royal family of j j i Greece, the appointment of his son, , Prince George, to be high commisioner ' j of the powers in Crete. The Prince , later received the congratulations of the ministers. The Union Jack Over Ting Hai. . According to a dispatch from tfhang hai to. a London news agency, the i Urit'sh admiral has hoisted the Union 31 Jack over Ting Hai, capital of the is' lund of Chunan, and over several other ' islands in the Chunan archipelago. , The Fall of a Cattle King. ! A failure involving cattle interests throughout the Southwest was pre- J I cipitated in Abilene, Kan., when an ' attachment suit for $40,00d was tileJ 1 I against Grant C. Giliett, of Woodbine, I, by the (Jillespie uommission i^ompauy, i ' i of Kansis City. Oillett controls cattle I I on the Southwestern ranges and his > liabilities are believe to be over 31,000,1 000. ^ ' Telegraphic Briefs. 1 Gen. Shafter was the principal guest - at a banquet at Delmonico's, New York. Eeanty Is Blood Deep. Clean Mood means a clean skin, fifo eauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cattiaric clean your Mood and keep it clean, by tirring up the lazy liver and driving all imlUrities from the body, Begin to-day to anish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, nd that sickly bilious complexion by taking 'ascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug;ists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 2ae,50c. Dawson City has two newspapers, week,es; ">0 cents a copy. So. 48. To Cure A Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund money if it fails to cure, :25c Great Britain consumes 300,000,000 galaus of beer annually. ii. H. Cb8kn's Sons, of Atlanta. Ga., are the nly auccosful Dropsy Sne -iwlists in the - oriel. See their liberal offer in advertisenent in. another column of tli s paper. Catarrh Cured Jlood Purified by Hood's Sarsapa- jfl rilla and Health Is Cood. "I was troubled for a Ions time with e*? 1 nrrh and a l>a<l feeling in my head. I be- J rna taking Hood's Sarsaparillu, and it did 1 no a worl l of good. My sufferings from iatorrh are over and my health is good." Urn. A. A. Libby, Pownal, Maine. Hood's Sarsaparilla fs America's Greatest Medicine. SI; six for $5. Hood's Pills cure all Liver Ills. 25centa. Banks in the United States. The unmber of banks in 1797 waa 25; in ISO". 9.457. The capital in 1797 was $19,200,000'; in 1897, $1,027,493,553. The bank circulation in 1797 was $10,009,000 in 1897, S19S.920.G70. The deposits in the First Bank of th? I'nited States in 1809, the earliesl date at which reports of bank deposits are obtainable, amounted to $8,500.000; the individual d 'posits reported by the 9.4.77 banks in 1897 amounted to $7193,757807, of which ?l,939.37G-035 were classed as savings deposits. Dewey's sala^k as Admiral will amount to $13,000 per annum. A comfortable sum, and the Admiral has earned it; but in Ilnglnud. for such service as Dewey has rendered, a man would have been paid in a lump sum sufficient to make him independent, inaddition to promotion and increase of salary. TWO GRATEFUL WOMEN Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "Can Do My Own Work." Mrs. Patrick Daneiiy, West Winsted, Conn., writes : "Dear Mrs., Pixkham:?It is with pleasure that I write to you of the benefit I have derived from using your wonderful Vegetable Compound. I was very ill. suffered with female weak- A ness and displacement of the womb. "Icouldnotslcepat night, !ia'ltowM^^^""^H the lloor, I suffered so with pain in i?~s ~ * side and small of my hack. Was troubled with bloating, and at times would faint away; had a terrible pain in my heart, a bad taste in my mouth all the time and would vomit; but now, thanks to Mrs. Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound, I feel well and sleep well, can do my work without feeling tired; do not bloat or have any trouble wluitevC*. "I sincerely thank you for the good advice you gave mo and for what your medicine has done fur me." "Cannot Pra:se* It Unonjcli." Miss Gertie Dun kin*, Franklin, Neb., writes: " I suffered for some time with painful and irregular menstruation, failing of the womb and pain in the back. I tried physicians, but found no relief. " I was at iast persuaded to try Lydia E. pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and cannot praise it enough for what it has done for me. I feel like a new person, and would not part with your medicine. I have recommended it to several of my friends." ' * The Potash O.v. 11" :i<5nr c ' i A thoroug >f the subject has pre crop failures can be >d by using fertilii ntami ig a' large - i. r t> i percent,. > ol rotasn; no r plant can gvrow without Potash. We udtc a little book on the subject of Potash, writter^ by authorities, that we would like ft> send to every farmer, free of cost, if he will/0nly write and ask for it. CjERflAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. ?* Es Cl V " w r>ISC< VERY; S* I' ^3 qnick r?l>?f ai.d corn worst ? ?*? S' ml ofr bo-t ot t?M>nniimm- *.<d 10 day** trutmrut Frbe, j,r I I uiLLb fc bCoS AiUals. fls. it' ANTED of hsil ?h?t RI'I^A'tT'B " will not '""fcnfflt Se .d A.'tn. t Ripan. "Theinieal So., NowViirlf for lu sample* ai.d lmio les'lmonlsls. 5IT.50.--SPE.iAL v.FFE^.--$i7.50. U"tit Deo. i we ar. nr-rin? t.iree uonchs* a scholirsalp fur i'J- |ir.K-iiinr rai a.; *>!. Ifyouarenot > ait v to emit,, n,)W, you c. si'ii i $;.'i0 [to secure the I fTorjan 'I'-'iv wiienyo : c<mie titheChar- T** ol te Ci<niii Ritfrci il College. flAK..OfIKt N. C. m%rn U^nmiTAB CATARRH _ 1*1 n M HCUIUfllUn HKMEDT hi II'I Simple. He 1 h,e- Con^ i/Lni I nlett* t.-e itment wen- by rnsli postpaid on rv-celpt ..f Jr.'. Wrlu- for rartlctt. " H"u "Gumonlal*. (I/V MK'H A TOR CO.. I??9 "4tv]k?im Kireei, Vk m m and Whiskey Hablta HH Mill cured at home with^^^SBSta^SrOffice 104 N. W' ! I,