The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 24, 1901, Image 7

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SENSATIONAL SHOOTING IN TOWN OF HAMPTON. r Dr. Harvey Desperately Wounded by Mr. Clausey. Hampton, July IS.-On Monday af? ternoon lass there was a most unfor? tunate shooting affray on the street here. The participants were Dr. J. B. Harvey |and his brothers-in-law, the Messrs. Causey. The latter came up in a buggy and, alighting, ap? proached Dr. 'Harvey. Dr. Harvey's wife was a Miss Causey and the diffi? culty grew out of family trouble. It is said that Dr. Harvey shot first. Dr. Harvey and the elder Causey fired attach other. When it was over Dr. Harvey walked across the street and sat down. There were four serious wounds in his body, and it was feared ?bat he would die at once. But he is "being most carefully treated and is displaying remarkable endurance. ? It is said that he m?de a statement exonerating his brothers-in-law from blame in the affair just after he was shot. He is doing well today and promises to make a statement as soon as he is able to do so. No feeling oth rer than of sincere regret and a desire TO pull the wounded man through ex? ists in the town. It is hoped now that he will survive his severe wounds, y lari Russell Convicted of Bigamy. He Pleads Guilty and is Sent to ^ Prison. London, July IS.-Earl Russell, ar? raigned at the bar of the house of lords today on the charge of bigamy, pleaded guilty after a long argument against the jurisdiction of the court. The trial was carried on with all the quaint ceremony. The arguments basted one hour. Both the Earl and Contess Rssell (Mrs. Somerville.) through their counsel, pleaded they did not know they were doing wrong, but had acted on the best legal advice ob? tainable in Nevada. The peers reached their decision after consideration of the case lasting 20 minutes. t Earl Russell was sentenced to three months' imprisonment as a first-class misdemeanant. Postal Law Modification. Merchants who fill large mail orders and have been sending out smples of goods from which their out-of-town ^-customers might select and order will be interested in a new ruling which has just been made by the post office department. The ruling allows "these merchants to write upon each tag on a sample of cloth figures denoting the width and price on the goods. This had been done by the merchants before last April, when the asssistant i attorney general decided for the postoffice department "that the act of June 20, 1888, relating to permissible ad? ditions to the fourth class matter, does not authorize these figures to be written on each tag attached to separate samples. On account of the writing in the package it was held that the samples were subject to first v .class rates, which was double the price the merchants had previously been sending them for. Now the third assistant postmaster general, Edwin C. Madden, decides "that it is permissible to write upon the tags which go as fourth class matter. The rulings will be a great relief to ?-- the merchants who fill large mail or? ders and send out for that purpose great quantities of samples. The appellate division of the su~ ^ preme court of New York has recently rendered a decision on the rights oi witnesses in which it says: ? "It cannot be that because a party refuses to submit to a demand made upon him, and himself goes upon the witness stand to contradict testimony given by his adversary, he can by rea ^ -son of that fact be compelled to W divulge the secrets of his life, unless r .such secrets are connected with or have some bearing upon the matter be? ing tried. A party, when he becomes a witness, is entitled even in cross examination, to be protected. Wit? nesses have some rights which courts a,?e bound to respect. Attacks of the Kind set out in this record cannot be made upon one's private life under guise of cross-examination. Their pur? pose is either to coerce the party into a settlement or else to unduly and un? justly prejudice the jury against him. Such examinations tend to bring the administration of the law and a trial of actions into disrepute and to lessen - the respect which litigants have for the courts." SIGHTS OF WITNESSES. RUSSIA HAS SEIZED MONGOLIA. London, July 19.-"Mongolie is now Russian," says a dispatch to the Daily Express from St. Petersburg. "Urga, a Chinese frontier station on the road to Pekin, has been fortified and garri? soned by Russian infantry and Cos? sacks. . "Surveying parties, escorted by troops, have penetiated as far as the edge of the Great Desert to determine the route of a railway to Pekin across the desert and the point where it will " join the mid-Siberian Railway exten? sion.'" **** Anderson. S. C., July IS.-An Eng? lish sparrow caused the four Anderson cotton mills to shut down twenty minutes ahead of their usual time yes? terday afternoon. The bird alighted on one of the heavy feed wires at tie sub-station. These" wires bring the electric current to the city from Port? man Shoals. There was probably an inesct no one of the other wires, at any rate the bird touched the other wire with it's bill. This established what electricians calls a "short cir? cuit." There was a hissing and crack? ing sound and some part of the elec? tric apparatus was bumed out and ,?he machinery had to be shut down. A few charred feathers and the odor of burned flesh ws ail that remained of the bird. STRIKE ST?T?S UNCHANGED. President Shaffer Says^Workers Have Gained Steadily. Pittsburg, Penn., July 19.-The strike situation tonight cannot be termed materially changed. Many rumors are in the air to the effect that a settlement of the troubles is imminent, but none of these rumors have been verified. At the offices of the Carnegie'."Com? pany and at the headquarters of the manufacturers the usual silence is preserved. President Shaffer, of the Amalgamat? ed Association, expresses his entire satisfaction with the progress of the battle and says the workers have gain? ed steadily, "while the manufacturers have lost continually since last Mon? day. He says up to the present time I the Amalgamated forces contemplate no change in the programme, being | perfectly satisfied with the showing their people have made. President I Shaffer says the advance in wages of- 1 fered the tube mill workers at McKees port today, while seemingly large, will not bring the pay up to union scale. Commencing in a day or two, week? ly bulletins will be issued from Amal? gamated quarters to give workers and strikers official news of the exact con? dition of strike affairs. From the storm centre at Wells? ville. Ohio, tonight comes word that striking mill men in that vicinity spent an uneasy, restless day. The American Sheet Steel company have many of the town's largest merchants back of them in their fight against the workmen : the merchants fearing that if the present trouble goes along much further the Wellesvilie plant will be brought across the line into Pennsyl? vania. Grocers, clothing men and others are trying to show that they are wrong and foolish in keeping up a fight. Pressure brought to bear along this line, the strkers say, is energy wasted. Many of the workmen have money invested in property here. J. P. MORGAN'S FIAT. *-New York. July 19.-J. P. Morgan gave^positive denial today to rumors that the steel strike had been settled. He made this statement to the Asso? ciated Press : "There is not a word of truth in it. There has been no .settlement and there can be no compromise on such a question. The position of the operat? ing companies is perfectly simple and well understood, and so far as I am concerned has mv unaualified approv? al." The Appalachian Reserve. An Asheville, N. C., special to the New York Evening Post says: Mr. Wilson, secretary of agriculture, after spending a week in the North Carolina mountains, is an advorcate of the proposed Appalachian mountain reserve. He will recommend that con? gress make an appropriation for the purchase of about 2,000,000 acres of forest land within the states of North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina and Alabama. The secretary found that the moun? tains are being denuded of forest growth at an alarming rate-with far more rapidity than he had believed possible-and unless congress is will lng to appropriate a sufficient sum, perhaps S6\000,000, to buy this land outright, it will only be a matter of a comparatively few yeaars, he believes, before the effects of forest destruction will be plainly noticeable in the agri? cultural ands and manufacturing sec? tions fed by the Ohio, Tennessee, Yad kin, Svaannah and Roanoke rivers, not to mention the hundreds of smaller streams relied upon by the agricutural community. "This section is a natural water re? serve for nearly all the rivers of the south," the secretary says, "and the present operations can only result in the complete drying up of its rivers, or shrinking them to such an extent that their use will become wholly im? paired, for it is a recognized scientific fact that to preserve the streams the forests at their headwaters must not be destroyed. Right here let me say that it would be well for all southern members of congress to give more at? tention to his forest reserve and let rivers and harbors work drift until the more important work is accom? plished. If this timber is destroved the object of rivers and harbors work will be defeated in advance, and there will be few streams remaining of suffi? cient size to justify a dollar's appro? priation for improvements." NEW LANDS IN OKLAHOMA. A Description. Full Information and a Map. Mr. Thomas R. Harney formely of this city but for many'years a resident of Washington, D. C., has sent us a pamphlet giving full informaton rela? tive toj the new lands in the Keowa, Comanche and Apache Indian reserva? tions. Oklahoma Territory which will be opened for settlement under the homestead law within the next few weeks. The pamphlet contains a di? gest of the law and complete desrcip tion of the lands from the U. S. Sur? veyors township field notes, copied from the official records in the general land office, and also a new sectional map of the said lands. Mr. Harney is a member of the firm of Milo B. Ste? vens ? Co.. from whom the pamphlet can be obtained. Price 25c. ELECTION DAY SET. The governor will today issue his proclamation ordering the election for a successor to the late Congressmn J. Wm. Stokes to be held on Nov. "> next. This is the general election day. and it is thought best to have the election take place at that time. In the meantime the State Demo? cratic executive committee will meet on the 25th inst., and arrange for the campaign in the district for the dat? for the geneeral election makes it possi? ble for the Stat?* committee to avoid a summer campaign and primary if it. so desires. ? - II -nr wm Marica. Yucatan. July IS.- Yellow fever patients are being treated with the new Brazilian lymph wijth.remark? able success, the temperature of the patients being reduced at once. FROM THE WIRES. Yokohama. July 17.-The prevailing torrential fall of? rain has caused ex? tensive floods throughout Japan. Great damage has resulted and there have been numerous . fatalities. Sixty men lost their lives through the flood - ! ing of a coal mine at Yushu. due to ! the rain. Washintgon, July 17.-The Italian government has taken cognizance of a recent affray at Erwin. Miss., in .which it is claimed two Italians were lynched and a third seriously wound? ed. The facts have been communicat? ed to the foreign office at Rome, and the Italian embassy here has made representations to the state depart? ment. At the same time, the Italian ' authorities^ re pursuing an investiga? tion of their own through their coun? sel at New Orleans and their consular agent at Vicksburg, Miss., which is not far from the scene of the alleged trouble. Yalpa riso, July IS.-The Ecuadorian consul general here, A. A. Sanchez, was assassinated today in the centre of the city. He was shot and stabbed and his ears were cut off. It is sup? posed that the assassins are enemies of the present Alfaro administration in Ecuador. Several Ecuadorians have been arrested. * London, July IS.-Lord Kitchener, commanding the British forces in South Africa, report to the war office as follows: "Elandsfontein. July IS.-Capt. Chas. Botha, son of Philip Botha, and Field Cornetists Hamann and Oliver have been killed in the Orange River colony. Manila. July IS.-The United States civil commission announced today that after three months trial of - a provincial form of government in the islands of Cebu and Bohol and the province of Batangas. Luzon, control of those districts, owing to their in? complete pacification, has been re? turned to the military authorities, it having been proved that the commu? nities are backward and not deserving of civil administration. Manila. July 16.-The insurgent general, Gebarro, with " 70 men, has surrendered to the authorities at Le gaspi. Albay province. Gen. Aquino, who has been proved to be responsible for the murder cf five captive soldiers of the Twelfth United States Infantry, has been sentenced to imprisonment for life. Many native murderers have been hanged or imprisoned. Abbeille, July 19.-The Virginia Carolina Chemical company has re? cently completed a deal with Mr. J. Allen Smith of this city by which the company obtains a controlling interest in the Abbeville oil mill and the entire property of the oil mill and ice plant owned*by Mr. Smith in Athens, Ga. The price paid for both of these pieces of property was 362, OOO. Dallas, Texas, July 19.-The Pipe Line company here today reduced the price it will pay producers for crude petroleum in the Corsicana field from 25 cents per barrel to 20 cents. Here's a chance for big money. A Madrid sculptor has reproduced in marble the Metanzas mule that Samp? son killed during the war with Spain. If exhibited in this country, in con? nection with an enlarged copy of the navy department's medal, that mule would outdraw a circus.-Spartanburg Journal. Lewis Elkin, a Philadelphian, has bequeathed two million dollars to es? tablish a home for disabled female school teachers. Mr. Elkin served for twenty years on the board of educa? tion, and was thus brought in sympa? thetic touch with the teachers. By a law passed recently the most incorrigible of the ratiros, or pick? pockets, of Mexico City are to be put to work on the tobacco fields in the interior of Tehuantepec. This plan was tried once before, but the thieves were sent to a station near the coast and from it easily made their escape. Under the new law they are to be sent so far into the interior that escape will be practically impossible. Big Fire in Vaidosta, Ga. Valdosta, Ga., July 19.-Fire broke out at 10 o'clock last night in the fur? niture warehouse of S. B. Goodwin. An entire block was destroyed. Be? sides the furniture warehouse, the buildings burned were the Christian church, livery stable of Roberts, Craw? ford Dasher company, Vaidosta Pub? lishing company and the Vaidosta Furniture store. In the livery stable were about 75 horses and mules which in fleeing from the burning building injured a dozen of the spectators, some seriously. The damage will amount to $50.000. The origin of the fire is supposed to be by rats igniting some combustibles in the warehouse. Lightning Struck a Team. Monday, as one of the hacks of the Blowing Rock line was coming down the mountain about one mile from Green Park, a bolt of lightning struck the team, killing three horses outright and disabling another. The driver, W. M. Bledsoe, was stunned and knocked off his seat, but no serious injuries were sustained. There were two passengers in the surry, both of whom were unhurt. This makes four horses Mr. Henkel has lost by light? ning. -Lenoir Topic. The late Admiral Sir John Comme rell seems to have conceived a preju? dice against the members of an ancient and learned profession. Here is an ex? tract from his last will and testament: "I entreat the parties interested in my will not to appeal to the law if any difficulty may arise, but to arbitra? tion. Having been swindled myself by every lawyer that I ever had. anything to tlo with makes me offer tins advice to my heirs, executors and assigns." imim '?rn- -O A woman of New Britain. Conn, who is a Christian Scientist, main? tains that mosquitoes have brains and ? reasoning powers, that it is "outrage? ous." to kill the "little harmless in? sects*" ami that all that is necessary ! i< io reason with them. Sh?' says: j*'If a mosquito is troubling you just speak to him kindly and say, 'Look ! here, my friend, you leave me alone - and I'll leave you alone.' Then believe 'that he won't bite you! Even if he J does his sting won't hurt. I have done : tiiis for years and now enjoy having : the pretty little things around and j listening to their musical buzz*" 0; ' ? -- "?.v"" ' ,J I After He Comes ! * 1 he has ? hard enough time. Every- ? 4? thing that the expectant rn< tber ... can do to help her child she should S do. One ol' the greatest blessings ^ ff she can give him Ls health, but to -3 $? do this, she must have health her- *f ? self, ?he should use every means ?* ? to improve her physical condition. 4 ?j She should, by all means, supply -? J herself with % $ Mother's g iff^?jk Friend. % \ It will take her * p^^^ crisis j? ?.V ^ j anc^ ^*ig?r to the ? n\ ^^^'-x-\\\\ / muscles. Com- ?? K| ^^^^^/^c^n^ sense will ^ ffiffl^^ PSW muscles are, ?J 1 II i which bear the 3 / strain, the less ^ ? ' pain there will be. ^ ? A woman living in Fort Wayne, * Ind., says: " Mother's Friend cid * Jr wonders for me. Praise God for ^ <; your liniment." ^ * . Read this from Henel. Cal. % * " Mother's Friend is a blessing to & *? all women who undergo nature's ? J; ordeal cf childbirth." ;<'. *? * ?; Get Mother's Friand at the J drug store. Si per bottle. ? * TME BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., ~ % Atlanta. Ga. % Write for our free illust-ated book, "before Egg? and Chickens. Barred Plymouth ftock Eggs, FROM FINE STRAINS OF FOWLS At $1 per sitting of 13 Also a few young Cockerels for sale. 1ST. G-. OSTEEHST. L um & Fire Insurance Ageney ESTABLISHED 186?. Represent, among other Companies LIVERPOOL ? LONDON k G LO BF NORTH BRITISH h MERCANTILE HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. t. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,600,000 Feb 23. DAVIDSON COLLEGE DAVIDSON, N. C. For two thirds of a century David? son has been noted among Southern collegee for the thoroughness of its training, the ability of its Faculty, ansi the atmosphere of morality and honor on its campus It invites the attention of every parent who wishes the body, the intellect, and the char acter of his son trained together For farther particulars, catalogue, etc , address HENRY LOUIS SMITH, June 26 President. WE Are Money Savers ! In addition to our large stock of Heavy and Fancy Groceries, we will handle Bagging and Ties. And &9 we h?ve already made a b'c purchase 10 this line we will *??? tbat you get our prices before you buy Special prices eiveo to large bu vers. Let U3 have 5 our orders for Flour, Grits. Meal, Sugar, Coffee, Lard, Bacon, Molasses, Corn, . . . Hay, Cakes and Crackers, Cigars, Cheroots and Tobacco, DRUGS, Canned Peaches, To? matoes, Pineapple. Baked Beans. Corn Beef, Pot? ted Ham, Gelatine, Cocoa, Chocolate and numbers of other things. Send ns your order and we will save you money. OBOSSWELL & GO., PHONE 53. Land Surveying, J WILL GIVE 5>r"tu;.t attention to all ? c>i?s for eurvevinc ?cd t>. H T * i - c \n> eis HANKS ii POYK1N, (jc? ;o-0 Can ball. S C. Glenn Springs Hotel, GLENN SPRINGS, S. C. Queen of Southern Sommer Resorts, There is but one Glenn Springs, and it has no equal on the Continent for the Stomach, Liver, Kidneys, Bowels and Blood. el Open June 1st to October 1st. Cuisine and Service Excellent. The GREATEST RESORT II\ THE SOUTH, For board app1}- to Simpson & Simpson, GLENN SPRINGS, S. C. Water For Sale by Dr, A. J, China, J. F. W. DeLorme. June 26-3m. JMS S .Hr D O.V.I LD Takes pleasure in announcing that her stock of FOR THE Spring and Summer is complete and one of the handsomest she has ever shown. Largest variety of ROSES, FOLIAGE and SMALL FLOWERS That we bave ever sbowo. Millinery is still OD S "gold basie," about ooe-bsif the facey materials sbowiog it as a constituent. Hats For Ladies' and Children (Uo trim m ed) io tbe leadiog shapes. We bave engaged the services of % most competent trimmer from Louisville, Ky , who bas bad the advao tage of workiog io the wholesale booses of that oity, Ciaeiouati, and o'ber fasbiooable centres throughout the country Closest attention given to designing and executing. Come and see us, we take pleasure in showing our goods. McDonald. SUMTER. S C. MAIN STREET. The equal of any high-grade $$. and $6. Shoe but at half the price. The only advertised woman's shoe awarded a medal at the Paris Ex? position. Fifty-eight styles to select from in high shoes and low shoes-$2.50, $3, $3.50. Stylish, comfortable. The Shoe that wears! For street', house or dress occasions. Made and guaranteed by G. W. Herrick & Co., of Lynn, Mass., who have been making nothing but womens' shoes for the past thirty-eight years. WALSH'S SHOE STORE. S2.50 $3.00 $3.50 THE OSBORNE RIVAL DISC Ha* Never Been Equalled as a Pulverizer. I st'il lhotse Harrows ou so little margin that my greatest comfort is in the mtisfaction they give rhtnt-r than the profit I make My dooss ure open tu all-My stock is ready for inspection. " ?nc !. . . ' tv.*: ir. iii> n w quarter*, coiner if Liberty &od Haryip Streets. FIRST CLASS LIVERY. FEED AND SALE STABLES. W. B. BOYLE. Sumter,. S/C. Ju iv ll