The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 09, 1901, Image 6
Faiiic in Africa Grows.
ThQ Boer Raid Sweeps On
ward.
??GLAND IMPORTUNED FOR
MOKE TROOPS.
London, Jso *7.-This morning's
oem from Cape Town is agaio unsatis
factory. Martial lav has been pro?
claimed afc. Malmesburg and would
have beeo proclaimed io otber districts
bet that the cabinet meeting oalled
Saturday was coable to agree as to its
advisability.
The vagueness of the information
ceoeerning tba movements aod position
cf the invaders bas sent a fresh oold fit
aver the colonists, and Cape Town calls
badly fdr strong reinforcements from
Soglasd on the ground that the greater
part of Lord Kitchener's available
ferae ts employed in proteotiog tba lines
af com iii un icatioo and the Rand mines,
(ha latter extending for a distance of
Mi j miles.
It is asserted by one Cape Town cor?
respondent that unless tue forces in
.ape Colony are increased, a most uo
desirable state of affairs may result, as
tan success in arms of the invaders,
however slight, might be the signal for
a Dutch rising
As it is many British residents bave
v had to leave the Dotcb villages near
wapa Town, their lives being a o hears -
. A acor di og to a native report, a hun
?red men, either Boers or local farmers,
have just passed through Ciao william
dtatriot io ?he direction of Malmesbury.
The Cape Town correspondent of the
9aily If ail who calls for 40,000 fresh
kr-oops. says :
''Prominent Afrikander loyalists de
alare that the rebellious colonists will
construe the colonial cali to arms as a
ehaller/ge, and that the ominous si
lenee of the pro rebels, combined wi: h
the fact that members of tbe pro Boer
jmnta io Cape Town bave been touring
^ in the disaffected districts, emphasizes
the necessity for martial law. The
necessity was never more eenie for dis
patching reioforeemeots Already
there is proof that colonials are leading
ana commando.'*
The military movements reported are
c^ite unimportant, though Portrogai is
.soding reinforcements to Lourenzo
Ifstqsat.
Dr. Leyds, according to the Hague
correspondent of the Daily Mail, is re
emiting in Holland, Belgium, France
and Germany, and his recruits will be
sent out to Namaqoaland ostensibly as
?migrants, each mao reoeiving ?50
down on starting.
Lisbon, Jan. 6 -Additional reen
forcements have been ordered to Lou?
renzo Marquez.
De Wet's Successful Raid and
Dutcn Sympathy for Bosrs.
SENDER ENGLISH SITU AT : ON
CRITICAL.
London, Jan 7 -Reporting to the
war office under date of Jan. 6. Lord
Kitchener says:
"Yesterday Rabiogton engaged
BeLarey's and Steenkamp's com?
mandos at Naowpoort. Tbs enemy
was forced to retire to the northwest
Oar casualties have not yet beeo re?
ceived, but are reported slack A
.Boer doctor stated ?hat 29 Boers
were killed or wounded Command
ant Doprez was taken prisoner
"It appears from reports of the
wounded wbo have arrived at Heil
hroD that a detachment 120 strong
belonging to Knox's command came
into contact with a s o per i or force
sear Lindley. I regret to say that
lient. Laing, two officers and 15
men were killed and two officers and
20 men wounded No detaila have
come from Knox of this act iou *'
There are several Naauwpoorts,
P^,eibJy the scene of the fight is tbe
Naauwpoort on the railroad between
Potchefstroom and Frede rickstad,
Transvaal,
Cape Town, Jan 7 -Martial law
hes been proclaimed in the districts
cf C alvinia, Gian william, Piqoetburg,
Tolbagb, Paarl and Stellenbosch.
Cape Town. Jan 7 -Mr P fl.
Malan, editor of the Oods Land, tbe
principal Afrikander newspaper here,
has beeu arrested on the charge of
??ditions libel, consisting of reflec?
tions upon the conduct of Gen
French and bis troops He is a
member of the Cape parliament and
his arrest has long been demanded
by tbe extreme loyalists Tbe
authorities accepted bail in the sum
cf ?500.
DELEGATION TO ENGLAND.
Cape Town, Jan 7 -At a meeting
cf Afrikander members of tbe Cape
parliament today it was resolved to
send Messrs J. X Morriman, former
treasurer of Cape Colony, J. W.
Saner, former commissioner of public
works, and J. H Hofmeyer to Eng
land to present the state of affair r
South Africa to the government
parliament and people of Great
Britain
Gen Barbant has arrived here to
Complete tbe organization of the
colonial forces
It is reported that 1.500 Boers ore
nearing the town of Soutberland and
tbe other parties are close opon Rich?
mond
The invaders have reached Calvi
ni* and are xpected at Clanwilliam
within a few days
Scoots report that the Boer com?
mandoes under Delarey and Stein
kamp in the Bufferspoort district
nnmber 5,000,
Bloemfontein, Jan 7.-It is report?
ed that an influential peace commis
sion is being formed here to inter?
view Gan DeWet. Mr Steyn and
other leaders, to explain Lord Kitch?
ener's terms and to endeavor to
indue* them to yield
Piqnenberg, Cape Colony, Jan 7
-The Boers boast that their present
incursion is only a big patrol, prepa
ratory to an invasion in force by
Gen DeWet. The latter's influence
over the Dutch is so enormous that
there is no doubt bis actual presence
would result in a general rising.
Philip D. Armour Dead.
Chicago, Jan 6 -Philip Danforth
Armour, financier and multi million?
aire, head of the vast commercial
establishment that bears his name,
died at bis home, 2115 Prairie ave?
nue, at 5 45 o'clock this afternoon.
A muscular affection of tho heart
was the immediate cause of death
He bad been slowly recovering from
pneumonia which for three weeks
bad been threatening his life At 9
o'clock this morning bis heart gave
way under the strain of his recent
illness, his pulse running up to 103
That was the beginning of the end
Daring the day be bad realized
that death was near, and was con?
scious until within an hour of bis
death
Ju6t before his death one of the
nurses who bad been attending him,
drew a chair to the bedside aud
slowly read from the Bible the Lord's
prayer It was read sentence by
sentence and each was repeated by
Mr Aimour
The end came after two years of
illness, during which time Mr Armour
visited German baths, passed the
cold months in southern California
and devoted himself largely to an
attempt to restore his health
So carefully bad the plans for the
future been made that the death of
Mr Armour will have little effect on
the outward working of the great
enterprise with which he had been so
clearly identified It is believed all
the Armonr properties will be held
in tact until the grandchildren come
into their own
Estimates of Mr Armour's own
estate run from $10,000,000 to $25
000,000 This of course does not
inelude the $10,000,000 or $20,000.
000 owned by the younger members
of his family. For years every
enterprise ha was interested in has
been making immense profits His
holdings of stock h? j all advanced
largely during the last three years
ELECTIONS BY LEGISLA
TURE.
Columbia, Jan 6 -There are three
candidates io the field for ?peaker of tbe
house of representatives, vis : Mr W.
F. Stevenson, of Chesterfield ; Mr Geo
E Prince, of Anderson, aod Mr
Franois H. Weston, of Columbia.
In the raes for elerk of the hons? Mr
Thos Haoaer. the inoumbeot. will be
opposed by Messrs J Walter Gray sod
Mr Higgios. of Newberry County
There is no intimation of opposition
to Geo R. R. Hemphill as elerk of the
senate.
The liveliest eoBtesi will be for
librarian. Tbis is the ooo elsotive
uffiee filled by a woman, and there are
already more than a dosen candidates
tn the fieid
Kiog8tree Dispeoser Arrest?
ed
Columbia S. C . Jan 5.-F. M.
Player dispenser at Kiagstree, was ar?
rested today on the ohrge of malfeasance
io effioe The dispensary was robbed
of a large sam of mooey on Christmas
night. Player said tbat four masted
men had riddn to (be dispensary and
bad forced bim (Player) to open the
safe It bas since been learned tbat
Player was ?raos in tbe dispensary
that night and tbat be bad refused t<
deposit the money with tho county
treasurer as required by law For
crimina! carelessness be was arrested by
W. H. Holloway. After his arrest be
admitted that he bad lent dispensary
money to his friends
A Big Railroad Deal.
New York, Jan 6 -The Tribune
tomorrow will say : "Just at the
close of the market on Saturday Wall
street received news that Pierpont
Morgan had bought the Central rail?
road of New Jersey and sold it to
the Reading railroad When the
market reopens Monday morning, it
is said, it will be confronted with the
additional news that Mr Morgan has
secured the controlling interest in
the Lehigh Valley, also that this
interest will probably be offered to
the Reading at the meeting of its
directors which has been called for
Monday to complete officially the
purchase and arrange for the formal
transfer of the Jersey Central stock
to its new owners "
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Congress has been asked to make
an appropriation for the purchase of
the site of the battle of Yorktown
Terrible Blizzards in Europe.
Great Fall of Sn ow--Many
Fr?ssen to Death.
London, Jan 7.-Severe cold bas
soddenly set io throogboat Europe. In
England it is accompanied by a north
easterly wind, amounting to a gale over
the ohannel. At Dover a boat was
capsized, four persons being drowned,
and probably other accidents will be
reported
On tho continent the weather is still
more severe. Scow has fallen as far
sooth as Naples, and in St Petersburg
the cold ia so intense that the police in
the streets have had to bo frequently
relieved and the schools to be closed.
At Moscow tbe temp?rature is 30
degrees below aero
Tremendous gales are blowing over
the Adriatic. Terrible blizzards are
reported from Austria aod Southern
Rassia, extinguishing signal lights aod
resulting in the derailing of the orient
express at Altpazua
The storm caused a collision between
passenger trains at Mikolo, near
Szartraar, Hungary, six persons beiog
killed
Nioe people were frozen to death on
a high road in Transylvania. Odessa
ts completely snowbound. The harbor
is frozen o?er and trains are nnable to
enter or leave in consequence of tbe
drifts.
ROME IS SNOW CLAD.
Paris, Jao 6 -Severe cold is report
ed throughout Franco and Italy. A
foot of snow fell at Marseilles last
evcoiog and the mercury shows 18
degrees of frost io Paris today. There
have been a number of deaths ie the
streets Trains from a long distance
are greatly delayed
Snow has fallen even in Southern
Italy, and the oity of Rome and sur
rounding country are snow dad for
the first time io many years Crowds
assembled on the Ponoio to witness the
rare panorama
Mr Stokes Seat Contested.
Orangeburg, Jan 4 -Notice was ro
cently served upon Representative
Stokes by Alex D Dantzler, his onlorod
oppooent in the last general election,
that he would oootest bis seat in Con?
gress. The grounds for the oootast
are general and include all of the ob?
jections to the registration and election
laws of the S:ate uoder the new Con?
stitution that were entered into a few
years ago io the numerous contests that
were entered by the Recobiioan can
didates over the State. None of these
objections earned any considerable
weight before and it is not thought that
this time there will be any chance of
Dantzler unseating Dr. Stokes. Still
it is inooovemeat and troublesome for
a Repr?sentais to have a oootest on
hts haods. and in so muoh as the
notice has been regularly served it be?
comes necessary for Dr Stokes to take
steps to defend his seat Notice bas
been served on thu attorneys of Dr
Stokes that the takings of testimony in
behalf of the contestant will be
oommenoed at Orangeburg on next
Taesday.
ONE RASCAL CAUGHT.
Mobile, Ala, Jan T.-This after
noon a secret service agent, E. P.
Adams, arrested on Royal street of
this city Capt C W. King, quarter?
master and supervisor of the govern
ment work at Fort Morgan, Ala
Capt King bad just received $1,000
in bille from J. H Hobson, a cou
tractor on government work at the
fort McAdams with a local detect
ive as a witness searched tbe captain
and found the roll of money, King
telling them that if it was of any
value to them to know, he wonld say
he had received the money from
Hobson. AU the bills had previously
been recorded and marked eo that
McAdams was able to identify them
Hobson told McAdams tbat this waa
tbe second $1,000 paid to King by
him King was taken before United
States Commissioner Rickarby for
preliminary examination
Hobson testified before the com
mission that for some time he bad
been haviag trouble in carrying out
his contracts on buildings at Fort
'gi?n, about 50 per cent of the
material he furnished being regarded
as uosatifactory About eight months
ago King approached and 6aid if
Hobson made au arrangement with
him he would not be so hard on him
The amount named by King was
$5,000 and 08 failure ou the contracte
meant min, Hobson agreed to pay
$3 000 King said he would accept
that amount as be had caused him
loss by being hard on him. Hobson
paid King $5'J0 in October and the
same amount in November, and
$1,000 today. Capt King was bound
over in the sum of $10 000, but up
to 7 o'clock bad not made his bond
King is a volunteer officer. He
enlisted at Dubuque, la. in 1898,
receiving appointment of captain and
assistant quartermaster He served
in Puerto Rico during the war,
superintending the loading and un
loading of transports He was as
signed to Fort Morgan on April last
He has a wife a?d two children and
bas been well received here
Now York, Jan 7 -All reoords were
broken oo the S:ook Exchange today.
Up to rhp c:o?e of the i-xonai.-'C ?bout
2.150,000 shares had been dealt in. the
greatest number of transactions record
I ed iu the history of the exchange.
Chinese Situation and South?
ern Mills.
One of the most important resnlts
of the troubles in China ha? been the
unfavorable effect upon the cotton
goods trade. Oor exports of cotton
?roods to China reached nearly $10,
000,000 last year, and np to the time
of the outbreak of the Boxer ont
rages trade was proceeding on a scale
which promised even greater resnlts
for the present year. Since the ont
break the demand from China has
practically stopped.
This falling off Tn the demand for
cotton goods, due to the stoppage of
the Chinese traffic bas been severely
felt by a number of southern mills,
which have been engaged in supply
ing tbe demand from China That
these mills have svffered there can be
no doubt, but the loss sustained has
probably been greatly overestimated
Nevertheless the stoppage of the
China trade bas afforded an excuse
for stating that the cotton manufac
turing industry of the south has
suffered a serious setback.
?s a matter of fact, while the loss
of the China trade has been felt by
those mills which especially catered
to it, the great mass of southern
mills did not feel the trouble in China
at ali, for the reason that their capac
ity was not engaged in making goods
for the China market While there
bas been some short time in individu?
al cases, and there bas been less
working overtime than last year,
these conditions have been due
rather to scarcity of skilled operatives
than to the loss of the China trade
It is more than likely that the great
increase in the number of spindles in
operation has more than offset losses
which have taken place in consump?
tion due to the stoppage in the China
trade and other causes
The New York Commercial and
Financia: Chronicle, in a recent
issue, gives the result of some special
investigations it bas been making
into this matter. It finds that the
inflaence of the loss of the China
trade has been much exaggerated,
and that, far from exerting a serious
ly damaging effect upon the develop
ment of cotton manufacturing in the
south, its effect has been more than
offset by the increased output of new
mill capacity
They Weren't Boer Girls.
Io the way of journalistic '"fake*/'
few things b*ve been quite so startling
as the arrant imposition recently
perpetrated upon The Ladies' Home
Journal of Philadelphia through one of
Mr Bok's energetic war correspondents,
Mr Hillegas. In an article whioh be
contributed to The Journal on the peo
pie of the Transvaal he submitted with
the text a series of photographs of
South African maidens, snapshots of
domestic scenes io President Kruger's
country, some of tbem taken in the
fields, with tbe bright eyed maidens
husking core and gathering tbe crops,
while others depicted them in thc happy
pursuit of preserving fruit and knitting
sooks for the sturdy sons and fathers of
the soil Hardly had the issue of The
Journal containing this attractive
feature appeared io various parts of
Pennsylvania when friends of the
''Boer maidens" recognised their faces
in tho piotures alleged to have been
taken m South Africa The excitement
did not break forth io. intense form,
however, uotil The Journal rcaobed the
quiet village of Ku'i'.own. All the
photographs were those of Ku'Stowo
maidens. Such a distinction as being
selected by the great organ of Phila
delpbia oultnre and household economy
to grace its pages had never been
dreamed of by the modest daughters of
the Kutztown burghers, but they did
not relish the labels on tho pictures
They resented the idea of geeing
piotures of tbe corners of the old farm
where they had milked the cow cinder
tho sharp rays of a Pennsylvania eun
palmed off upou the publie under
unpronounceable names as scenes in tbe
great war belt of the far eff Transvaal
-Baltimore News.
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An Orphanage Burned.
Rochester,N Y , Jan 8 -Fire brose
out in the hospital section ol tbe
Rochester orpbao asvlum at 1 o'clook
this morning and the Aimes spread
rapidly to other section? of the institu?
tion lt is known that 19 of ibe
children perished and it is expected
that many mere victims may be report?
ed later A terrific explosion was beard
aod in a moment too entiro hospital
section was ia fi?mes The work of
rescue began with a will. Firemen
carried children and nurses fruin tUo
building in an unconscious oonoicnn or
dead. Aaibulaooes ooevsyed tbs vic?
tims to various hospitals
There were 1?9 obildren at the
Oospital and a corpa of aoeat 30 nornea
and attendants. Two of tho women
attendant? wero among the dead.
P. B. Mayson, reoently elected to
the lower house from Edgefield oounty,
is preparing a bill which he will intro
duce, that will revolutionise the system
of public toad working in this Htate.
j Tbc main feature of bis measure is to
abolish the present system of working
under overseers, and pubsii;a>e therefor
the contract system, subject every one
now Kable to road duty to the payment
of a coTitnuiatiou tax, let out the roads
to bo worked under contract, to br paid
tor with thin fund. This \? practically
the plau adopted by n^r'h Carolina and'
some or the other Stares, and bas work
td sativfactoriiv and wi - (j beet results.
The Work of Cougress.
SOME REPUBLICANS OP?
POSE INCREASE OF
ARMY.
Washington, Jan. 7 -The debate to
the Sena :e oo the army bill has brought
oat several interesting poiots The
administration senators have been com?
pelled to acknowledge tbat the situation
in the Philippines is today worse than
it was when Mr McKinley wrote his
message to Coogress, and that it is
more likely to grow worse than better
io the near future; that in any event a
large number of troop*, qaite as maoy,
if not more than are there now, must
be kent cn the islands for an indefinite
period. Senator Hoar resumed bis old
position of antagonism to the McKinley
Philippine policy, aod urged that tbe
Filipieo leaders be given a bearing at
Washington, and that the policy of
extermination be abandoned. Senator
Caffery denounced the Army bill, be
cause its real purpose, the extermination
of the PhilipiooB was masked, and de?
clared that although this sort of thing
might bs called "benevolent assimila?
tion", it was no less tyranny and simply
a soperimposed yoke of imperialism
Seoator Teller began his speeoh by
predicting that 200,000, instead of the
100,000 men provided by tbe bill,
would be needed to oarry out the pre
eeot policy, and that for a century to
come th? islands wooid have to be
heavily garrisoned He referred to bis
having, two years ago, io a speech,
iaoghed at the idea of aoythiog imper?
ialistic being seen onder the Amerioan
flag, and added impressively :'' I
now ret ri,ct that assertion."
He characterized the actions of the
present Philippine commission as gross
imperialism unequaled anywhere on the
iace of the earth, and said "Under the
law they have a right there, but under
God's law, which is higher, they have
00 place there at ali Their actions are
the worst form of imperialism. In
reply to a question from Senator
Csffrey, Mr Teller eaid : "As Mr
Linoolo aooounoed in regard to the
Mexican war, a war that be did not
believe in, bc would vote fer snob a
force as the government needed, so
1 have no doubt that as long as our flag
floats from the Philippine archipelago,
I will (reluctant as ? may be) vote to
maintain the army and the flag there
if that ?3 illogical, it is illogical because
there is no better way out of it v In
dosing Mr Teller fired this broadside
at Mr McKinley : "The president has
assured us that there is no daoger of
imperialism, but if imperialism cao be
made worse than it is now in the
Philippines, you'll have to increase the
ability of the buinao mind for abso
lutism "
Senator Jones, of Ark. bas offered a
resolution providing for ao investiga
tioo bv th? senator committee on mili?
tary affairs of the charges of crooked?
ness io connection with a combine of
officiais to control the Philippine out
pnt of hemp, made by M sj E. L
Hawke?, against Col Beistand, and
some other prominent officials. In a
few remarks on the necessity for the
investigation, Senator Jones says :
"The ex army officer (Maj Hawkes)
bas been removed from the public
service, as the newspapers state, and as
it is stated by ooe of the Secretaries,
on account of his being guilty of some
bad cocduot. The rumors are that the
otber man was as guilty as be was in
connection with those things. If it
is true that the man who remains io the
pubiio service is equally as guilty as the
man who was removed, the facts osgbt
to be koown. If there has been any
infamo is conduct of that sort, it should
be understood " In a letter to Secre?
tary Boot, Maj Hawkes says of bis
charge* ; -*I will simply say they are
trae, or' Adj Gen Corbin, Assistant
Secretary Meiklejohn, Gov Allen, and
Judge Boyd misstate the facts as to
their connection with the proposed
hemp company "
Thal; maoy inventors should have de*
sired to file the first application for a U.
S patent in the 20:h oentury was
natara! Tbe honor was secured by
by Dr Calvin J. Pollock, of KirksviH.e,
Mo, through the energy of Messrs C.
A. Snow & Co, of Washington, D C.,
his attorneys
Pepsin preparations oftea fail to relieve
indigestion because they can digest ooly
albamioous foods. There ia one preparation
that dieests ali class?e* cf food, and tbat is
Kode! Dyspepsia Cure. It eurea the worst
CUSPS ot indigestion aod gives instant relief,
for it digests what you eat. J. S. Hugbson
.fe Co.
- -a -?-?*. i -
Virginia is experimenting with the
dispensary system of selling iiqaor on
account of the State and town. Franklin
having been seleored for the experiment.
The commonwealth cots one foorth of
tho profits and the town the remainder
Under this system the liquor is sold in
original paekages aod must not be con?
sumed on the premises.
The steamship Georgetown, the
second of the fleet of six steel
steamers of the Atlantic Coast Steam?
ship company, arrived in Georgetown
harbor on Sunday These steam?
ships will ply between Georgetown
and New York
The latest development in the
Chinese situation is that it has leaked
out that Russia had concluded ar
rangements to annex Manchuria as
long ago as December, 1899, and is j
putting into effect a well laid plan
to occupy and hold that province!
without the consent of the other j
powers I
Salt in Place of Blood.
Chicago, Jan 5 -Aa a result of a
protracted series of experiments with
salt solutions, the efficacy of which
in prolonging life was recently an?
nounced by Prof Loeb, of the Uni?
versity of Chicago, two prominent
physicians here claim to have demon?
strated that in cases of great loss of
blood by disease or injury normal
ealt solution used as a restorative
will save life even when 90 per cent
of the blood bas been lost. The
experiments, which have been ex?
tended over a period of six months,
have, according to the physicians,
made practicable a new system of
bleeding and substitution of salt
solution for persons suffering from
pneumonia, typhoid fevers, peritoni?
tis, acute and chronic Bright's
disease and all heart affections result?
ing from last named complaint.
Much success has followed, the phy?
sicians say, all their experiments,
particularly those made with pneu?
monia and Bright's disease.
In the experiments the physicians
used more than 100 dogs and found
it possible to withdraw ?0 per cent
of the circulation from an animai
before it was necessary to inject a
stimulant. The final test was made
on a dog from which 90 per cent of*
the blood bad been withdrawn A
needle, connected with a salt water
apparatus containing a 2 per cent
solution, was inserted in the jugular
vein and a second needle inserted ia
the junction of the large reins lying
close to the heart After the blood
bad been drawn off the salt solution
w as forced in aronnd the heart and
into the vessels of the brain The
dog was able to stand inside of aa
hour and on the following day was
able to walk.
A human patient, suffering with
pneumonia, who was operated upon,
recovered in much shorter time tbaa
it was customary with those suffer?
ing with that trouble In cases of
malaria thc injection of the salt
solution was made directly into the
spleen and in six weeks all sysmp
toms of disease bad disappeared. Ne
claim was made tbat a cure had been
effected in cases of Bright's disease,
the physicians merely asserting that
they bad removed several of the
roost troublesome features of the
complaint.
Thomas E Miller, President of the
State Colored College made au
emancipation day speech in Beaufort
and furnished a report to the News
and Courier for publication. Now
comes the oegro preachers and politi?
cians of Beaufort who,"io mass meet?
ing assembled, by resolution, declare
that the speech published in the
News and Courier "was not the
speech delivered in Beaufort." it
is up to President Miller to explain.
The South Carolina Inter-denomi?
national Sunday School convention
for the year 1901 will be held in
Newberry Feb 25-27 inclusive.
The Boston Journal understands
what the Southern Begroes are being
shipped io the Hawaiian sugar planta?
tions for. It eays : "Delegate Wil?
cox, of Hawaii, was elected by a few
score votes out cf several thousands.
The Hawaiian Republicans will make
no effort to unseat Wilcox, so says their
special representative who bas just
reaohed Washington. Wilcox will servs
the time, bat he is likely to be succeed?
ed by a ? AO of very different type.1*
Doubtless.-News and Courier.
The richest man io the United State?
at the latter end of thc eighteenth eeo
tur* was George Washington, who was
worth pretty near a million dollars.
Probably the richest mao tcday is Joba
D Rockefeller, whose wealth is reckon?
ed at 8300,000,000. Mr Carnegie ts
supposed to be worth $200,000,000,
while W K Vaoderbilt and Willam
Waldorf Astor probablp cone next,
with over $100,000,000 apiece. Theta
great m iii o o ai res oaonot estimate their
own riches within a margin of million?.
The Scranton News is agitating
the question of a new county to be
called Kings coonty and having
Scranton as the county seat It is
proposed to get the principal part of
its territory from Williamsburg coun?
ty and small portions from Florence
and Clarendon counties
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan 6 -Eight
men lost their lives in a fire at Hi
Washington avenue a 3 o'clock this
morning The men were overtaken by
an intenso volume ot smoke in the
Harvard hotel, wbiob occupies tba
ssocod, third and fourth floors of tba
building and death in every instance
was uu? to suffocation
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che power to digest and assim?
ilate a proper quanity of food.
This can never be done when
the liver does not act it's part.
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