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TROUBLE FOR THE TIGERS.
There ts no Telling What is Ahead
of Them.
"While no statement has been given
ont by the Mayor or the chief of po?
lice regarding the resolution adopted
by the* State board of dispensary con?
trol and tine enforcement of the dis?
pensary law in Charleston, it is said
that a statement is being prepared
to be submitted to the board at the
meeting called for July 15. Both Mayor
Smyth and Chief Boyle have been
summoned to appear at that time to
jshow cause why the dispensary profits
accruing to the city should not be
-withheld because of .the non-enforce?
ment of the dispensary law. The May?
or, it is said, will make a clear and
explicit statement of conditions as
they exist here at present There are
many people who believe that another
bombshell may be " exploded at this
bearing and the final outcome is filled
?with misgivings for the blind tigers
'which are alleged to thrive in this
city.
As already printed in the Columbia
correspondence of The News and Cou?
rier, the State board has disclaimed
any intention of bringing on a clash
with Govenor McSweeney over the
management of the constabulary in
- Charleston, and the Governor has de?
clared his willingness to cooperate
?with the board in having the law obey?
ed here. The forces seem to be work?
ing together and the finish seems dark
. and gloomy for the tiger. The State
board and the Governor are not pleas
-ed with the bold front put up by the
blind tigers. These wily dealers have
taken courage as result of the grand
jury's work, and where they stand
little or no chance of being^ punished
tiley have plain sailing for big profits.
The raids which have been made have
not been disastrous financially to the
tigers, for the reason that only small
amounts were carted away. The deal?
ers pay no license and their only ex?
pense is counted in the record of goods
seized by the constables. This is a
mere bagatelle, and now more serions
and rigid measures are being planned
to end unlawful traffic.
One fact which it is claimed will"
come out' of the developments of the
next wie weeks is said tobe the
friendly feeling which exists between
*the raiders and the blind tigers.
Only a few days ago the keeper of a
well-regulated blind tiger was making))
violent complaints against the raiders j
and he promised to make it warm for
Jbds enemies. According to his state?
smen t, his place had been raided as,
often as five times a day. What hurt j
bim most was the fact that the man
in the same block who probbly sold a
greater amount of liquor was not raid?
ed at alL This called forth much
talk, and it was a matter about which
the tiger people talked freely. The in?
jured dealer said that politics was be?
hind it all. The point is argued that
the law cannot be properly executed
where too much "friendship" exists.
Al? of this, however, grows out of the
unpopularity of the dispensary system.^
- * Blind tiger people are divided in the
opinion as to what will follow should
the State board hold back the Charles?
ton-profits from the dispensary sales.
Some seem to think that it will ag?
gravate the city to such an extent
that the law will have to take care of
.itself, while the majority is of the
opinion that the city, will begin to
make it so hot "for the dealers that
they will have to go broke or quit
the field. If the money which has
heretofore gone to the city is expend?
ed in hiring a constabulary for
Charleston, life will be made a burden
to the tigers if the constabulary does
not become too "friendly."
The general opinion in the city is
that the State board has not admitted
as much, but it has not denied the
'published statements to that effect
In any event a statement by the
3aayor and the chief of police, sub?
mitted in answer to the "rale" issued
by the State board, ought to make
interesting reading. Just what the
nature of this statement will be there
is not one who can say with authority.
It is evident that the blind tiger
element is worried. There is no tell?
ing when the dealers will be hit hard
and they are treading on the thin ice,
"^waiting anxiously for a decision one
way or another so they can see just
bow matters stand.-News and Cou
ser.
Hie Columbia Policemen Are
Hauled Over the Coals.
Columbia, July 6.-There was an?
other dispensary bomb" exploded
here today. This time the bomb was
thrown by Governor McSweeney. The
load had an effect practically the
same as that for Charletson.
Governor McSweeney today said:
""Unless the police of Columbia show
more activity against the ' tigers' and
a disposition to enforce the law, which
is being violated in this city, the
profits which accrue to the city will
be used to employ additional consta?
bles, and what is left will be turned
over to the county."
Governor McSweeney lives in Co?
lombia and has a squad of constables
bere, and ought to know something of
the local situation. It ought to be
suggested that the great trobule here,
as in Charleston, is not that more con?
stables are needed, but that they do
something more than drawtheir sala?
ries, if the alleged "tigers" really ex?
ist in either place.
The likelihood is that nothing will
"be done until the eventful hearing in
Columbia before the State board on
the 16th. There will be nothing done
by Governor McSweeney until after
tte 16th, and the chances are that the
State board will also hear something
more about the Columbia situation.
. Z If all that is talked about comes out
ait the hearing on the 16th there is
"fikely to be some lively evidence.
There were no dispensary cases tried
bere at the recent term of the court.
This afternoon's edition of the Rec?
ord has this interesting paragraph in
its account of the Charletson situa?
tion :
""The whole matter will come up
again at a meeting of the State board
?rf directors on the 16th instant. It is
said that then some startling revela?
tions will be made as to Charleston
and the constabulary's dealings with
blind tigers- It is intimted that the
constables are openly paid by blind
tigers and that proof will be pro?
duced."
Governor McSweeney said this after
noon that he would regret very much
to hare to deprive Charleston or Colum?
bia of any portion of the dispensary
profits, and did not want to do so, but
if the conditions did not improve it
would have to be done. This course,
he said, had been agreed upon between
himself and the State board, and would
be pursued in Charleton, Columbia
and other cities in which the local au?
thorities were inactive.
It is evident that the new system
will be tried in Charleton this month,
even before the 16th, and new and ad?
ditional coDstables^will be put on in
Charleston, and their pay and expenses
will come out of the dispensary profits
for Charleston; say about 81,500 a
month.-News and Courier.
Tigers and Constables.
That there is trouble and plenty of
it brewing for the tiger that is blind
there can no longer be a doubt. If
there had been - airy question about it
he utterances of Governor McSweeney,
which were reported " in the Colum?
bia correspondence of The Sunday
News yesterday, would, have been suffi?
cient to set all uncertainty pt rest. As
long as the talk of diverting city pro?
fits to maintain a constabulary was
directed at Charleston alone some per?
sons were disposed to place compara?
tively little faith in it, but now that
the same threat has been made against
Columbia, and by Governor Mcsween?
ey himself, the conviction is gaining
ground that there is going to be
"something doing" sure enough. Just
how soon the constables will put in
an appearance no one may say. It was
reported in Columbia that the au
horities would not wait for the con?
ference with Mayor Smyth and Chief
Boyle on the 16th, but would send a
new force here at once. Just who
these constables will be and when they
will be here is exercising the tigers
greatly. It is not known whether
they wiil be pnt under the charge of
Chief Howie, who is now in com?
mand here or whether they will operate
upon their own hook and under a
leader of their own. Chief Howie has
proved himself a popular and efficient
officer here. He has the confidence of
persons who know him, and they
declare he has used every means in his
power to discharge thoroughly the
onerous duties which have devolved
upon him . He is regareded in a very
different light from some of the other
chief contables who in times past have
had command in this section of the
State.
The assertion that charges would be
made against a number of the consta?
bles was read with much interest.
That some of the men who have been
sent here from time to time have
grown.unduly "friendly" with certain
tiger keepers" no one doubts. It has
always been more or less of a mystery
why some places were raided so much
oftener than others. There have been
instances where one tiger would be
raided three or four times in a day or
two, while his neighbor was not mo?
lested for weeks at a time. This, of
course, looked strange to men on the
outside and some of them have often
wondered whether or not the aforseaid
"friendliness" had anything to do
with it or not. Just how far the in?
vestigation which is alleged to be a
fact, -will go no one can tell. If it was
directed at Charleston alone it mi?rht
be considered undue discrimination
and harshness, and would be unpopu?
lar on that account, but if there is to
be a general overhauling of the con?
stabulary cf the State and their meth?
ods no one will, of course, have any
right to complain. If this is the pro?
ject that is afoot it is probable that
exciting times are ahead both for the
tigers and the minions of the law with
whom they have so much to do.-News
and Courier.
Daath of a Great Scientist.
San Francisco, July 6.-Prof. Jo?
seph Leconte, of the Univeristy of
California, died today in the Yosemite
Valley, where he had gone for a brief
outing. Prof. Leconte was one of the
oldest instructors in the University,
and had a national reputation as an
instructor in philosophy, history, and
sciences.
Prof. Leconte became connected
with the State University in 1S69. He
was born in Liberty Co.," Ga., in 1822.
His elementary education was received
in a neighborhood school and one of his
teach?rs was Alexander H. Stephens:
In 1841 he graduated from Franklin
College, Georgia. H?~received a medical
education at the College of Physcians
and Surgeons, in New York, taking
the degree of doctor of medcine in
1845. He practiced medcine at Macon,
Ga., in 1850, and then went to Cam?
bridge to study under Agassiz.
In 1851 Prof Leconte went back to
Georgia and was elected to the chair
of natural sciences at Oglethorpe Uni
ersity. He was employed by the
Confederate Government as a chemist
during the war, and in 1862 he came
to California.
Burning a Filipino Town.
Leavenworth, Kan., July 7.-Details
of the offence of Capt A. S. Rowan,
the burning of a Filipino town, for
which he is to undergo investigation,
have been received here in a letter
from Private John E. Watson, 19th in?
fantry, dated Jaqua, Bohul Island,
May 19. The letter says:
' * A native spy came into the post and
walked over to Capt Rowan's tent and
looked in and found it empty. But
when he started to go away he saw
Corpl Daly standing a few yards
a pay. The spy took Corpl Daly for
the captain and, walking up to him,
gave the corporal a folded note. As
Daly took the note to read the spy
drew out a dagger and stabbed him to
death.
"The insurgents had planned to rush
in and cut the rest of us down during
the confusion that would follow the
captain's death, but we coolly fell in
under arms and formed a skirmish
line around the post. The insurgents
thought they had got Capt. Rowan, so
when the skirmish line advanced they
met about 100 men in the bush.
About 50 of the enemy were killed and
about a dozen were taken prisoners,
who were killed while trying to escape.
"The men caught the spy who mur?
dered Daly. They would have tortured
him to death, but some men with
cooler heads than the others shot the
wretch in the head. The town was
burned and a few Filipinos killed."
PIERRE LORILLARP BEAD.
He Leaves a Large Fortune Made
in Tobacco.
New York, July 7.-Pierre Lorillard
died at 2:10 o'clock this afternoon.
The death of Mr. Lorillard took place
at the Fifth Avenue hotel where he
was taken from the Deutschland when
that steamer arrived from Europe July
4. The members of the family present
at the bedside when the end came were
Mr. Lorillard's daughters, Mrs. T.
Suffern Taylor and Mrs Wm. Kent,
and their husbands, and Pierre Loril?
lard, Jr., and his wife, and also Pierre
Lorillard third.
Pierre Lorillard was the eldest son
of Peter Lorillard, architect of the
fortune which made the family name
famous. He inherited much of the
business ability of his father and
marked success attended the commer?
cial enterprises which he planned and
executed. At the death of his father he
received a share with his brothers and
sisters in the great tobacco house of
which his father had been the head.
He at once purchased from his broth?
ers a control of the house and by
shrewd business management greatly
increased his fortune. He built a
handsome residence on Fith avenue
Fifth-sixth street and entertained in
princely manner. In 1874 he became
interested in the turf. His first great
horse was Parole, and with Iroquois
in 1881 he was the first American to
win the classic English Derby. He
was also an enthusiastic yachtsman
and once raced his Vesta across the
Atlantic He founded and controlled
at the time of his death the fashiona?
ble resort at Tuxedo. He was nearly
68 years old. He is survrived by his
wife, son, Pierre Lorillard, Jr., and
daughters, Mrs. T. Suffern Taylor
and Mrs. William Kent. He leaves a
large fortune.
Various estimates have been made of
the value of Mr. Lorillard's estate, and
while its exact vaule at the present
time is not known, it is believed to be
1 more than 825,000,000. As long ago as
1884 it was said to be from 815,0000,00
to $20,000,00.
Gomez For Annexation.
New York, July 6.-W. E. D. Stokes
gave a dinner at the Union League
Club this evening to Gen. Maximo Go?
mez and Gen. T. Estrada Palma. Mr.
Stokes was formerely a member of the
Cuban League of America and was
closely identified with the wort of the
Junta, of which Gen. Palma as the
head.
The dinner as arraged on the spur of
the moment, Gen. Gomez intending to
return to Cuba today and not deciding
to remain over until the morning,
when he accepted Mr. Stokes's invita?
tion, and the guests were summoend
by telegraph.
The Cuban general was the hero of
the occasion and was warmly received.
He made a brief speceh, which was
interpreted by Gen Gonzales.
Gen. Gomez said he was almost
touched to tears by the remarkable re?
ception he had receded in the United
States, but he never knew until he
came here how deep that debt was
that it was not merely the obligation
of one people to another, but of broth?
er to brother. Every Cuban born and
bred, he said, lived and died with the
idea of Cuba libre before him, with
the hope of the people being free and
relieved of the yoke of oppression.
Cuba and the United States, said
the General, belonged together. It is
only a quesiton of gravitation when
they will be one. But .at present, after
the great struggle, in which hundreds
of thousands of lives were sacrificed,
and when men returned to their homes
only to find their wives and children
starved to death in the restricted bar?
riers in which Wey 1er held them under
his policy of reconcentration, they felt
that they must have Cuba libre. It is
realized fully, he said, that Cuba can?
not get alons- without the United
States, but the Cubans do want to feel
freedom.
Gen Gomez referred to Gen. Palma
as the hold-over President of Cuxm,
having been elected during the insur
rectionfof 1868, and he pointed to his
fellow Cuban as the first President of
Cuba libre.
Gen Pirna made a feeling reply,
warming to the subject of Cuba libre,
and speaking enthusiastically of the
future of the Pearl of the Antilles.
After dinner Gen. Gomez said to the
newspaper men that he wished to ex?
press his gratitude to the press of the
, United States and of the world for the
great good they had done to the cause
of Cuba libre. He said that when he
came here years ago he was very sad,
but that on this visit he was very hap?
py and was glad to recognize how
much the American people had done
for the Cubans. He had felt a bond of
sympathy with the American nation
when he first mingled with his people,
but he now felt much more strongly
the reality of that bond. He was sure
that the Cuban s would now establish
their own government and would show
how much they feel gratitude for the
successful help of the Amercans in
removing the Spanish yoke.
"Is there any feeling of apprehen?
sion in Cuba with regard to the inten
j tions of the Uniited States?" he was
asked.
"No, there is no question about it,"
he replied, ' ? Cuba trusts implicitly in
the honor of the American people."
? ' What can you say as to the future
policy of Cuba?"
"That cannot be answered." replied
Gen Gomez, "because no one can for
see the future, but I belielve that the
attitude of Cuba will be one of grati?
tude in accordance with the obliga?
tions of Cuba to the United States."
"Whom do you think will be the
President of the Cuban Republic?"
"I don't know, but I hope that it
will be Gen Palma."
"No, no," said Gen Palma, "that is
for the Cuban people to say."
"Well, there are three candidates,"
said Gen Gomez, "or rather three
persons named, myself. Gen Bartolome
Masso and Gen Palma, I will not
accept under any circumstances. Gen
Palma was elected during the Ten
Years' war and I hope that he will be
elected again.*'
gJLondon, July 8.-The financial sec- !
retary of the war office, Lord Stanley,
in the house of commons today in an
answer to a question, gave the total
number of Boers killed, wounded or
made prisoners, from the active com?
mands recently as follows: March,
1,472: April, 2,434; May, 2,640; June,
incomplete, 1,538.
I NEW LAND IN OKLAHONA.
-
j President McKinley Issues Proc?
lamation Opening Country For
Settlement.
Washington, July 7.-The proclama?
tion of the President opening to settle?
ment the lands ceded by Indians in the
territory of Oklahoma was given to
the public today. The proclamation
covers the cession made by the Wichita
and affiliated bands of Indians in ac?
cordance with the act of March 2,
1895, and those made by the Co?
manche, Kiowa and Apache tribes in
pursuance of the act of June 6, 1900.
The proclmation provides for the open?
ing of the lands in those reservations
which are not reserved, at 9 o'clock a.
m., on tha sixth of August next, the
lands to be open for settlement under
the homstead and town laws of the
United States.
The proclamation says that begin?
ning on the 10th instant and ending on
the 26th, those who wish to
make entry of land, under the home?
stead law shall be registered, at the
land officers at Lawton and Reno. To
obtain registration each applicant will
be required to show himself qualified
to make homestead entry of those
lands under existing laws and give the
registration officer such appropriate
matters of description and the govern?
ment. Registration cannot be effected
through the use of the mails or the
employment of an agent, excepting
that honorably discharged soldiers and
sailors may present their appli?
cations through an agent, no agent be?
ing allowed to represent more than one
soldier. No person will be allowed to
register more than once. After being
registered applicants will bi given cer?
tificates, allowing them to go upon the
lands and examine them in order to
assist them iin making an intelligent
selection. J It is explicitly stated that
"No one will be premitted to make
settlement upon any of the lands in
advance of the opening provided for,"
and the statement is added that "Dur?
ing the first 60 days following said
opening no one registered applicant
will be permittd to make homestead
settleemnt upon any of said lands, and
then only in pursuance of a homested
entry, duly allowed by the local land
officers, or of a soldiers declaratory
settlement, duly accepted by such offi?
cers.
A plan of drawing or lottery is then
provided for in place of the old plan
of a grand rush to make selections.
TO ARBITRATE LABOR TROUBLES.
Steel Company's Officers Will
Meet Union Officials.
Pittsburg July S.-"That which I
believe will prove the most important
conference in the history of capital
and labor will open in Hotel Lincoln,
Pittsburg, next Thursday morning
at 10 o'clock, when the highest offi?
cials, of the Amalgamated Association,
gatherdd from all' parts of the coun?
try, will meet with high officials in
the iron andjjsteel industries to settle
grave questions.
"Every vice president of the Amal?
gamated association from Alabama
noSfe is hurrying toward Pittsburg
?omght on my telegraphic orders. I
ha?? considered it best that they be
caned to confer at this time instead of
the regular conferees who have usually
met with us to adjust differences.
"As yet I am in ignorance as to who
will constitute the committee repre?
senting the -steel company. I have
been informed that President Charles
M. Schwab of the United States Steel
corporation will be present in person,
but do not know this to be a fact. The
laboring man is at present confronted
with some peculiar conditions which I
hope will be adjusted at the coming
conference.
"I believe the strike will be speedi
Iv settled.
""{Signed) Theodore J. Schaeffer."
The above is the statement made by
President Schaeffer of the Amalgamat?
ed association late this evening as he
emerged from the Carnegie building
with a party of Amalgamated associa?
tion officers and officers of the Ameri?
can Sheet Steel Company. It was at
the close of one of the most eventful
days in the history of organized labor
and was made so by the decided stand
taken by President Schaeffer in the
Wellsville case, he insisting on rein?
statement of union men discharged
there as preliminary to a conference.
The conference today lasted for al?
most two hours, but what was said or
done was not given out save through
the above statement made by Presi
dent Schaeffer. It was evidently decid?
ed that the best interests of both
sides demanded that the wage confer?
ence be held at as early a date as pos?
sible in spite of the trouble at Wells?
ville. It is understood that on hear?
ing the statement of Vice President
Chappell regarding the Ohio situation
assurance was given that it could
easily be adjusted and would be.
This being the case, the conference
was quickly arranged.
Undert he present arrangement the
Wellsville men will remian at work
pending a settlement or disagreement
on Thursday.
None of the combine representatives
who could be seen would talk of the
strike troubles.
Judge Nevill, of Louisiana, has add?
ed a section to the oath required of
grand jurors serving in his court. He
requiresjthem to swear that they are
not in favor of lynch law and that they
will return an indictment against any
person charged with lynching if the
evidence against him ,is sufficiently
strong.
The Seat Remedy For Stomach and
Bowel Trouble.
"1 have beeo to ibe elrae business for
twenty 5ears and bave sold most all the pro
prietary medicines of any note Among the
entire list I bare never found anything to
equ?l Chamberlain's Coiic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy for all stocoacb aod bowel
troubles," saya 0 W. Wake?eld, of Colutn
b??, Ga "Tbis remedy ?cored two Jsevere
cases of cholera morbus tn my family aod I
bave recommended aod sold bu cd re is of
bottles of it to my customers to their entire
sa ti sf a elton It affords a quick aod sore core
in a pleasant form. For sale by Dr A J
China.
WHO WILL SUCCEED THE UTE
DR. STOKES?
Campaign and Primary This Sum?
mer After all.
The death of Congressman J. Wm.
Stokes makes necessary a campaign
this sn m mer after all, though it will
have to be confined to one congres?
sional district only. His successor
must be elected by primary and gen?
eral election and be in a position to
qualify and take his set in congress by
December. This leaves but little
time for the conduct of the elections,
inasmuch as there will have to be
meetings of the State and county
Democratic executive committees, un?
less a primary is done away with,
and there seems to be absolutely no
chance of that inasmuch as ' there will
very probably be a large number of can?
didates.
There is already considerable specu?
lation being indulged in about this
race in political circles. It is stated
that Mr. Thomas F. Brantley of Or?
angeburg, who opposed Dr. Stokes in
189& will be a candidate, and he is
considered the strongest man mention?
ed so far. The name of Mr. Thomas
Raysor of Orangeburg is also mention?
ed, but his friends say that he does
not care tojenter the race. Judge
Buchanan, it seems, will certainly be
in the race. He is from Sumter as are
Senator R. L Manning, Hon. Alta?
mont Moses and Col. J. Harvey Wil?
son, all of whom are mentioned in
connection with the unexpired term.
Mr. C. M. Efird of Lexington, the
present reporter of the State supreme
court, a former member of the senate
anp of the constitutionl convention,
ana Senator Sharpe of the same coun?
ty, it is said, will be canddidates.
These are the only men mentioned
thus far but there may be others. If
Mr. Raysor does not run, that will
leave the largest county in the district
with only one man in the field, while
the other large counties will have one
or more.
In this connection it is interesting
to take a glance at the primray vote in
this district as polled in the last pri?
mary election. The vote in this dis?
trict is one of the largest in the State.
It amounts to no less than 13,144 and
is divided among the counties as fol?
lows:
Berkelev, - 1,126
Colleton, \ 1,837
Dorchester, 1,159
Lexington, 2,982
Orangeburg, 3,431
Richland, 158
Sumter, 2,351.
These figures will afford an inter?
esting study to those who are concern?
ed in the outcome of this race.
The State executive committee will
doubtless be called to meet very soon
and set a date for the primary! after
which the governor will proceed to or?
der the general special election for the
purpose of filling the unexpirted term
of the deceased congressman. Per?
haps a series of campaign meetings in
the districts. will be arranged for by
the State committee when it meets.
'Some think that it will be unneces?
sary to hold a primary if only two can?
didates are in the race, but the general
opinion in politicl circles is that a
primarv will be held, bevond all ques?
tion.-The State, Julv 9."
Two Ghost Stories.
In his "Story of My Life" Augus?
tus Hare tells a number of ghost stor?
ies, from which are the following :
In November, 1873, Mr. Herman
Merivale reiterated the following
story: "A captain was crossing to
America in his ship with very few
sailors on board. One day one bf
them came up to him on the deck and
said that there was a strange man in
his cabin : that he could see the man's
face, but that he was sitting with his
back to the door at the table writing.
The captain said it was impossible
there could be any one in his cabin
and desired the sailor to go and look
again. When he came up, he said the
man was gone, but on the table was
the paper on which he had written,
with the ink still wet, the words,
"Steer due south." The captain said
that as he was not pressed for time
he would act on the mysterious warn- j
ing. He steered due south and met
with a ship which had been long dis?
abled and whose crew was in the last
extremity. The captain of the dis?
abled ship said that one of his men
was a very strange character. He had
himself picked him up from a de?
serted ship, and since then he had
fallen into a cataleptic trance in
which, when he recovered, he declared
that he had been in another ship,
begging its captain to come to their
assistance. When the man who bad
been sent to the cabin saw the cateleptic
sailor, he recognized him at once as
the man he had seen writing. ' '
In January, 1874, Mr. Hai re met
Col. Henderson of the police force at
a dinner. Col. Henderson said that
his father had been executor to old
Lord Birdport, who had a box which
no one was ever allowed to open and
of the contentts of which even Lady
Birdport was ignorant. After Lord
Birdport's death the window sent Col.
Henderson to look into things and
then said: " Iwish you would open
that box. One ought to know it "
Col. Henderson did not like doing it,
but, took the box into the library
and sat down before it with candles by
his side. Immediately he heard a
movement on the other side of the
table and looking up, saw, old Lord
Birdport as clearly as he had ever
seen him in his life, scowling down
upon him with a furious expression.
He went back at once to Lady Bird
port and positively refused to open the
box, which was then destroyed un?
opened. Col. Hendlerson said, "I
shall never to my dying day forget the
face of Lord Birdport as I saw him
after he was dead."
Nlrb TSTas Her Terror.
"I weuld cough Dearly all night long, '
writes Mrs Chas Applegate of Alexandria,
Ind, "aid could hardly get any sleep. I had
consumption so bad that if I walked a block I
would cough frightfully and ?pit blood, but,
when all ether medicines failed, three $1 bot?
tles of Dr King's New Discovery wholly cured
me and I gained 5S pounds." It's absolutely
guaranteed to cure coughs, colds, la grippe,
bronchitis and all throat and lung trounbles.
Price 50c ?nd $1* Trial bottles free at J F W
DeLorme'i drug store. 2
AMERICAN CUP DEFENDER.
The New Boat Proves Her Su?
periority to the Other Two.
Newport, E. L. July 8.-If the vic?
tory of the Constitution over the Co?
lumbia and the Independence in the
first of the three-cornered race ou
Satnrday was significant and definite,
her winning today may well be charac?
terized as overwhelming and the de?
feat of the Independence as positive
and almost hopeless. The approach of
evening again found the committee
boat anchored far out in Narragansett
Bay along with the cat boat which
marked the other end of the finish
line, waiting for the Boston boat to
cross while her rivals were well up to
the harbor on their way to their
moorings.
The new Herreshoff boat had beaten
the Columbia by nearly half an hour
over the 30-mile course, while the rec?
ord against the Inpendence was almost
a full hour. She came near traveling
around the triangle while the Crown
ingshield creation was covering twp
lengths of it. Today's race establishes
the new Bristol sloop as a record
breaker in light airs. She has accom?
plished what yatchsmen considered
impossible in thus beating the Comm
bia, while her performance has put
the Independence entirely out of the
running in conditions like those of
today. What her showing may be in
heavy weather is still a matter of con?
jecture.
PLENTYOF PHOTOS.
' ' Would you be kind enough to re?
turn my photograph?" she wrote. "L
gave it to you in a moment of girlish
folly, and I have since had occasion to
regret that I was so thoughtless in;
such matters." Of course she pictured,
that photograph framed and hung up
in his room, and was inclined to think
that he would part with it with deep
regret. Just why she wanted if return?
ed is immaterial.
Of course, he had offended her im
some way, but it is unnecessary to
inquire how. The. reply to her note*
came the following day.
'*I regret," it read,* 'that I am una?
ble at this late day to pick out your
photograph. However, I send you my"
entire collection, numbering over 600,.
and would request that you return all
except your own by express messenger
at my expense."-Tit-Bits.
Purity of Dairy Products.
Washington, July 7.-The Agricul?
tural Appropriation Act for the cur?
rent fiscal year authorizes the Secre?
tary of. Agriculture, in his discretion,
to apply the law for- the inspection and*
branding of live cattle and products^
to dairy products intended for export?
ation, the purpose being to enable our*
exporters of dairy products to give
foreign buyers the assurance of cer?
tification by the Government of the
United States of the purity, quality
and grade of our dairy exports. . Sec?
retary Wilson has decided to exercise
the authority conferred on him by
establishing, in the customs districts:
of Boston, New York, Chicago and
San Francisco a system of inspection
of dairy products, but first will have
experts in these districts gather all
possible data in order that efficient
regulations may be drafted for the con?
duct of this new service. A beginning- -
will be made in a tentative way, with
the purpose of bringing about a prac?
tical and an honest system by which
all parties may be properly protected.
It is stated at the department to be
"probable that at an early date the
owners or shippers of products for ex?
ports may upon application have the
same marked and. certified as to pur?
ity and quality, provided they are
above a minimum grade, vet to be
fixed. "
Trouble Breeding Condition.
Robbins-Funny, but young people
who seem to love one another the most:
devotedly are oftentimes the first peo?
ple to fight after marriage.
Wren-Tlie trouble is. you see. tber
endeavor to protract the "two soote
with bot a single thought'* Idea too far.
Two persons with but a single thought
between them cannot help bating, one
another sooner or later.-Boston Tran
script.
Ifs a pity a balky horse does nat
realize that lt ls easier to pull than to
take the whipping that goes with a
balk.-Atchlson Globe.
Northwestern Railroad.
TIME TABLE NO 3
In Effect Sunday, Jone 9, 1900
BET WEEK WILSONS MILL ANO SUMTER.
Southbound Daily ex Sunday Northbound
73 Mixed 7fc
P M STATIONS P M
2 00 L? Sumter Ar 12 30
2 03 Som Jonction 12 27'
21? Tindal ll 55
2 30 Paskeville ll 30*
3 00 Stirer ll OS
i%} m
3 50 Sommerton 1010
4 30 DaTii 940
4 45 Jordan 9 27'
515 Ar Wileooe Mill LT 310*
BETWEEN MILLARD AND ST PAUL
73 75 Daily ex Sunday 72 74,
PX A. M Mixed AX PK
5 10 10 15 LT Millard Ar 10 46 3 30
3 15 10 25 Ar St Paul LT 10 36 3 2G
BETWEEN SUMTER AND CAMDEN
39 71 Mixed 68 70
x AM Daily ex Sunday pu AM
4 50 10 00 LT Sumter Ar 4 20 9 00
4 52 10 02 N W Juoctien 4 18 8 58
5 17 10 22 Dalsell 3 50 8 25
5 35 10 32 Borden 3 25 8 00
6 00 10 59 Remberti 3 05 7 40
6 15 10 55 Ellerbee 2 65 7 30
6 35 ll 20 Son Ry Junction 2 40 7 IC *
6 45 ll 30 Ar Camden LT 2 30 7 00
px AK (S C k G Ex Depot) PX A xx
THOS. WILSON President