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AMERICANS RULE THE ISTHMUS.
Commander McLean Reports
Measures Adopted to Pro
tect Panama Railroad.
More Warships and .Marines Ordered to
Colon.
Washington, Sept. 25.?-The navy de
partment has received the following
cablegram from Commander McLean
of the Cincinnati :
"Colon, Sept 25.?Wednesday after
noon 390 insurgents attempted .to board
train about leaving Empire station j
and capture Colombian officer passen- j
ger Colon to Panama. Marine knock-1
ed insurgent, off car with butt of
musket. Guards trained Colt gun on
. them but did not fire, as they fled*"
The second dispatch was as fol
lows:
"Colon, Sept 24.?Russell and
three companies marines railway sta
ti on and wharves Panama : one com
pany marines Colon. Marines sharing
duty with sailors who bad been doing
all guard duty. Placed Mason in ccm
; mand forces doing duty ashore."
Secretary Moody was more fully ad
vised of the situation on the isthmus
of Panama this afternoon by another
and a longer cablegram from Comman
der McLean, at Colon* It was stated
* at the department that the comman
der's report was to the effect that
; conditions on the isthmus while not
. seriously disturbed now, are such that
the United States forces at present
there cannot be withdrawn or dimin
ished. After the receipt of this dis
patch it was announced that the
Prairie had been ordered to leave the
Boston navy yard by soon tomorrow,
going thence to League Island, to
take on a party of enlisted men and
then proceeding to Norfolk, where she
will be ready to start at any moment
with the marines assembled there for
Colon.
Orders also were sent to the Olym
pia, which is ?to convey Rear Admiral
Coghlan to the Caribbean; directing
that the repair work which she is now
undergoing be pushed so that she will
be ready to sail about the first week
in October, instead-of the latter part
of that month, as was anticipated.
SAILING M? FALSE COLORS.
Venezuela Warship Hoists Ameri
can Flag to Deceive inhabitants
of Ciudad Bolivar.
Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad,
Sept 24.?A leading German merchant
who recently escaped from Ciudad
: Bolivar, Venezuela, arrived here yes
terday and made a statement under
oath before'the officials here setting
forth that on August 20th the Vene
zuelan waship Restaurador, when
steaming up the Orinoco river for the
second time in order to again bombard
Ciudad Bolivar, hosietd the American
flag in order to be able to reach that
city without arousing the suspicions
of the inhabitants as to her identity,
and that by this strategem the Restau
rador reached the custom house at
^'Ciudad Bolivar and immediately open
-ed fire on the centre of the city, caus
ing loss of life and damage to property
in the quarters inhabited by foreign
ers. The merchant also stated that
the foreign consuls and all the popu
lation of Ciudad ,'BoIivar protested
against the actions of the Restaurador.
Washington, Sept 24.?The singular
circumstance reported by the German
merchant in the above cablegram was
explained by the reception ojf two
cables from United States" Minister
Bowen at Caracas at the department
of state this afternoon. The first dis
patch stated that the Venezuelan gun
boat Restaurador had approached
Ciudad Boolivar flying thev American
flag. She did not?lower the flafg until
she was very close- to the shore, when
she opened fire upon the insurgnets
from her position there, creating great
consternation. When the Restaurador
returned to La Guayra the fact was
reported to Minister Bowen who indig
nantly demanded a complete apology
from the Venezuelan government and
also that the flag of the United States
be saluted by the offending ship.
The second cablegram from Mr.
Bowen reports* that the Venezuelan
government promptly acceded to these
terms, made a "suitable apology, and
the commander of the Restaurador
hoisted the American flag and fired
a national salute.
LondoD, Sept. 24.?The money situa
tion in New York is much commented
on in London, but there is no appre
hension outside of the bull contin
gent on the stock exchange who failed
to cover before yesterday evening's
break. Partners in some of the largest
American and British banks in Lon
don in conversation with a representa
tive of the Associated Press agreed in
saying there was no cause for anxiety.
A member of one of the most important
international banking firms says :
"There is a good supply of gold here
whenever New York wants to pay for
it. We shall be glad enough to" em
ploy money in New York at 6 percent.
New York can get $20,000,000 to $25,
000,000 in London whenever it wants
to borrow it at what we consider a
remunerative figure. The simple fact
is that exchange rates are still too high
for more than enough to absorb all
the grain bills which are coming over
this autumn. If America wants more
gold she must borrow here and pay for
it."
Berlin, Sept. 25.?A dispatch receiv
ed here from Tashkent, capital of Rus
sian Turkestan, reports a terrible
earthquake August 22, the shocks con
tinuing utnil September 3. One hun
dred persons were killed at Kashgar,
in eastern Turkestan, 400 in the vil
lage of Astyn, 20 at Janig, while the
twn of Aksuksitche was comlpetely^
destroyed.
Stricken with Paralysis.
H'Uler-on Griraett, of this place, was j
s-^ik vi a pa-.t:?il paralysis and coai
1 telyb ^t the use of one arm and side. Af
t'ji- i ei ig tr* atea bv ;iu eminent physician
for quite a while wi'h out relief, my wife re
commended Chamber?? i u*s Pain Balm, and
after using two bottles of it he is almost
entirely cured.?G^. R. McDonald, Man,
Logan county, W. Va. Several other very
remarkable cures/of partial paralysis have
been effected by the use of this liniment.
It is most widely known, however, as a cure
for rheumatism, sprains and brui e3. Sold
by Tr. . 3. China.
RELIEF FOR THE BANKS.
I Secretary Shaw Makes Statement
j of Measures Adopted to Relieve
Financial Stringency,
Washington, Sept. 25.?Secretary
! Shaw today gave out the following
statement :
"Money once covered into the treas
ury (and this of course includes the
sub-treasuries) -cannot thereafter be
deposited in banks. All custom re
ceipts are by law payable to the treas
ury and sub-treasuries. The only fund
therefore available for deposit in
banks is internal revenue and miscel
laneous receipts before they have been
actually covered into the treasury.
These amount to about half a million
per day and since the stringency arose
to the fullest extent have been stead
fastly returned to circulation. This
policy will be continued for 30 to 60
days if needed* and longer if neces
sary.
"In the meantime national bank cir
culation has been increased about
seven million dollars, largely induced
by the distribution of deposits, and
the further increase to the amount of
eight millions is assured.
"All rumors of experiments have
been unauthorized by the treasury de- '
partment. It is to be hoped that the
public will place no credence in vaga
ries started by irresponsible and in
trusted men of the street. It is also
hoped that the country will under
stand that the treasury department to
the fullest extent of its ability, will
stand by the banks, east and west,
north and south, and it is hoped also
that- <the banks will stand by every
business and every interest that is
worth protection.
"The only way to get money' out
of the treasury into circulation, after
it has been actually covered in,, is by
the payment of legal obligations of
the goverment. These may be antici
pated. The department did anticipate
the October interest. It now offers to
anticipate all interest maturing be
tween October 1 and the end of the
fiscal year, if presented within 60
days, at a rebate of two-tenths of 1
per cent, per month, which is at the
rate of 2.4 per cent, per annum. In
other words, these obligations will be
repaid at such a rate as to allow the
government to profit thereby at 2.4
per cent, per annum. The amount
maturing before June 30, 1903, is in
round figures $20,650,000. The profit
of the government if this offer shall be
accepted will be in round figures $220, -
000.
. There wil be no experiments tried,
and no policy adopted until after ma
ture deliberation, and no feelers will
be sent cut Anything to the contrary
should be discredited."
Regarding the published report that
he had resigned, Secretary Shaw said :
"I denied this rumor in Chicago. It
would seem unnecessary to repudiate a
story that has no author, and is built
upon a false assumption and is enlarg
ed upon simply to fill space. The pres
ident and the secretary of the treasury
are in thorough harmony. Of this
there need be no doubt if the speeches
made by the president and secretaary
will be read and compared instead of
the.head lines."
Money Scarce in New York.
New York; September 28. ?The local
financial stiuation contfnued to excite
considerable interest today* Money on
calLfiuctuated between 11 and 20 per
cent before noon, opening at the first
named figure and advancing to 20 per
cent in leaps. By noon the rate had
eased off to 12 per cent. An unusuU
and significant feature was the lending
of money by individuals and firms,
who withderw the greater part of their
bank balances and made loans. Natu
rally this curtailed the supply of bank
money and created some ill-feeling be
tween the banks and their clients.
One prominent brokerage house is re
ported to have taken ?1,000,000 cash
our of two banks, lending the money
at from 15 to 18 per cent. Two lead
ing banks reported today that with
drawals by their out-of-town correspon
dents, presumably in the West and
Southwest, had been unusually heavy.
These drafts, it was added, were for
crop purposes. Considerable money is
-reported to be going to Chicago,
Cleveland and St. Louis.
A number of out-of-town banks pur
sued tbeir usual course on this occa
sion by withdrawing the balances from
the local banks and loan banks and
loaning them on the floor of the Ex
change. Local branches of the ?Cana
dian banks' were heavy lenders at the
higher rate.
In the late hours the rates for call
loans were quoted at from id to 13 per
cent.
Washington, Sept. 26.?President
Roosevelt has signed the order provid
ing for the taking of a census of the
Philippines in accordance with the
terms of the Philippine act passed at
the last session of congress.
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 26.?Informa
tion has reached this city of a double
murder which occurred at Upatoic,
Ga., 18 miles from here, last night.
During a quarrel Arthur Comer in
stantly killed his wife, Louise, shoot
ing her with a pistol. Shortly after
ward J. W. Murphy, Mrs. Comer's
father, hearing of his daughter's
tragic death, went to his son-in-law's
residence and shot him dead with
the same weapon which Comer had
used to kill his wife.
i Charleston, Sept. 26.?Superinten
dent Frank K. Huger, of the Charles
ton division of the Southern railway,
has resigned his position, to accept the
place of superintendent of a division
of the Seaboard Air Line, with head
quarters at Raleigh, N. C.
Trouble has again broken out at
Eldorado, 111., on account of the feel
ing against the negro residents. An
all-night fight occurred between the
soldiers guarding the home of John
Bean, colored, and a mob of forty j
men. A mom her of tne mob was
wounded, but none of the marauders '
was captured.
Forty Years7 Torture.
To bf relieved from a torturing disease
? after 4 > years' torture might well cause the
gratitude of anyone. That is what De
Witt's Witch Hazel Salve did for C. Haney,
Geneva. O. He says? "DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve cured me of <r>iles after I had suf
fered 40 years." Cures cuts, burns, wounds,
skin diseases. Beware of^couuterfeits. J.
S. Hughson ?c Co, ^
WASHINGTON HOTEL DYNAMITED.
Crazy Man Wrecks House and Kills
Himself?Only Two Persons
Injured.
Washington, Sept. 25.?The Golden
Eagle hotel, on the corner of New Jer
sey avenue and D street was dynamited
this morning at 4.30 o'clock by Frank
McKie, one of the guests, who subse
quently committed suicide. Between
20 and 30 guests were thrown from
their beds by the explosion, but only
the proprietor, Louis Brandt, and his
wife, were injured. The roof of the
building was blown off and the fall
ing wreckage crashed through to the
basement, leaving the structure as if
wrecked by a tornado. Every pane of
glass in the building and the adjoin
ing structure was broken. The explo
sion called out the fire department.
The affair is involved in some mys
tery. The proprietor gave a banquet
last night in honor of his wife, who
had just returned from Germany, and
McKie was a guest.
McKie had boarded at the hotel
four years and had been treated as a
member of the Brandt family, which
includes a daughter, Sophie, with
whom McKie is said to have been in
love. Brandt denies that there was
any understanding between the two.
McKie remarked last night that he
was going to wait until Sophie return
ed from Germany with her mother,
and then he was going to his old home
in Philadelphia. Mrs. Brandt and her
daughter returned about 8 o'clock last
night. The attempt at wholesale mur
der followed this morning. McKie
with a pistol in his hand was seen by
an employe of a lunch room opposite
the hotel just before the shots were
fired. When the explosion occurred a
slight blaze sprang from the debris,
but it wasquicklyextinguished by the
firemen. Brandt and Ms wife were
quickly rescued before many of the 30
guests of the establishment had reach
ed the part of the building in which
McKie's room was located. McKie,
with a revolver in his hand, was found
lying on the floor, with his head in a j
pool of blood. A bullet hole near the
right ear had caused instant death.
Brandt was bruised about the body
and shaken up badly and received a
severe cut on the leg. Mrs. Brandt
sustained bruises about the body and
a cut hand. When the wrecked build
ing was searched today enough dyna
mite was found in McKie's trunk to
wreck a block of buildings.
BICH HAfi?ESllOR LAWYERS.
Suit Will Be Filed to Break Mil
lionaire Strattoni Will.
Colorado Springs, Colo., Sept. 24.?
If Isaac Harry Stratton, the only off
spring of the late W. S. Stratton, does
not bring suit to break his father's
will, the heirs will do so. No one
seems satisfied. A revised estimate
places the fortune at $;14,951, 00. The
Myron Stratton Home will get all of
this but $485,000. Several of the heirs
are here, and others are reported com
ing, among them being Harry Ham
lin, nephew; William McCorkhill,
Mrs. James Clark, Mrs. William
Whittick, cousins, of Jefferson ville,
Ind. ; James Halstead of Franklin,
Ind. : ; Charles Halstead, of Memphis,
Tenn., also cousins.
The son has retained eminent law
yers and has been in conference with
them all day. He refuses to say posi
tively that he will bring suit to break
the will It is understood that he will
bring suit, and probably all the heirs
will join in the suit. The son is cut
off without a cent in case of contest.
Several heirs got nothing.
There is general dissatisfactioon
here among the citizens, who regard
the Myron Stratton Home as impracti
cal, if not a detriment, to thccity.
Columbia, Sept. 25.?So far the at
tendance at the South Carolinan has
been quite gratifying and Major Sloan
feels very much encouraged- Already
there are enrolled 65 new students and
a large percentage of the old boys are
back and are getting down to hard
work once more. The attendance so
far is larger than at the same time last
year, and it is thought that the roll
will reach higher than it has in years.
Oxford, Miss., Sept 24.?Will
Matthis (white) and Orlando Lester
(colored) were hanged here today at
noon for the murder of Deputy United
States Marshals John A. and Hugh
H. Montgomery. The crime was com
mitted Novemberi? last, 15 miles from
Oxford at Matthis home, whither the
officials had gone to arrest him for
illicit distilling. The mutilated and
charred obdies of the deputies were
found in the ruins of the Matthis
house the day after the intended raid.
Gloucester C. H., Va., Sept. 22.?
Solomon Lewis, aged 102 years, was
married Sunday to Fanny Lewis, aged
eighty. Solomon's older brother died
a few*months ago, being 107 years old.
Both belonged to Jesse Thomas Faunt
lerov, of King and Queen county, and
lat?i- to Mrs. F. L. Taylor, of Belle
Farm, Gloucester. During the war
while their master was in the army
they were most faithful to their mis
tress and by catching oysters in the
York River and selling them to the
Northern soldiers at Yorktown, they
were quite a source of revenue to Mrs.
Taylor, as they brought the money to
her every Saturday night. Solomon
says his grandmother was named
Johanna ; that she was born at sea
coming over from Africa and was 110
years old when she died. Daphne, his
mother, lived to be 100 years old and
died in 1868 at Belle Farm, having
seen three wars.
Get a free sample of Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets at Dr. A. J.
China's drug store. They are easier to
lake and more pleasant in effect than
pills, Then their use i> not followed by
constipation as is often the case with pills.
Regular size, '_T?c. per box.
Mercer, Pa., Sept. 25.? Tte worst
wreck in the history of the ^Bessemer
road was occasioned by a head-on col
lision between two freight trains at a
point two miles east of Mercer today
in which four were killed and three
injured.
? ? ?- ?? ?m?
The excitement incident to traveling and
change of food and water often brings on
diarrhoea, and for this reason no one should
leave home without a bottle of Chamber
lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Re
medy. For sale by Dr. A. J. China.
GREAT LOSS ?F LIFE IN SICILY.
A Tidal Wave Comes With a De
vasting Cyclone?Volcano
Became Active.
London, Sept. 26.?A dispatch from j
Rome today announces tbat a severe j
cyclone has swept over Catania, a ?
city on_ the east coast of Sicily.
Catania is flooded and many houses,
including the villa Bellini have been
damaged. The railroads have suffered j
seriously. The cyclone also wrought
havoc at Modica, a town of Sicily, |
where many persons were killed.
Mount Etna shows further signs of.
activity and the volcano of Stromboli
is still active..
Syracuse, Sicily, Sept. 26.?For 24
hours before the cyclone burst over
the island, a violent storm raged on
.the eastern coast of Sicily. The path of.
the cyclone was 124 miles long, and
everything in the line of the storm
was destroyed. The sea swept inland
for several kilometres, doing enormous
damage, while there were violent
submarine agitations between Sie;ly
and the mainland. Along the railroad
from Catania to Palermo, the force of
the cyclone was such that rails were
torn up and hurled to a great distance.
It is reported from Modica, 32 miles
west from Syracuse, that a hundred
bodies have already been found, but
that the number of dead bodies swept
away by. the torrent is unknown.
The newspaper Fracassa expresses
the belief that some fourhundred peo
ple have "beenjdlled.
The torrent destroyed everything? on
the ground floors in houses in tne low
er portions of Modica. Bridges have
disappeared and damage amounting to
many million lire has been done. A
lire is worth 20 cents. ) The survivors
of the catastrophe have taken refuge
in the hills. A relief commitee and
search parties have been organized at
Modica. The disaster is supposed to
have been due to a marine water
spout. The German steamer Caprera
was wrecked at Catania after a terri
ble struggle with the waves.
AN ACTRESS" LOSES MILLIONS.
Her Greid For Ail of Bennett's
Millions Was Too Great.
Long Branch, N. J., Sept. 26.?The
fight of Laura Biggar, the former ac
tress, for the millions of Henry M.
Bennett came to a sudden and drama
tic ending today before Justice Wilbur
A. Heisley here. The claimant,
through counsel, abandoned the? suit
and announced she would be satisfied
with the 60 per cent, of the estate,
given her by the will. Hardly had
this been done than counsel for the
heirs opposing the Biggar claim show
ed they had been more than prepared
for this step, and warrants charging
conspir?cy were served on Samuel
Stanton, the' former justice of! the
peace of Hudson county, who testified
that he had performed the marriage
ceremony between?Miss Biggar and the
Pittsburg millionaire, and Dr. C. C.
Hendrick, at whose sanitarium 'in
Bayonne, it was alleged that Miss Big
gar's child was born. A search is now
in progress for Miss Biggar herself
that she may also be presented to the
grand jury to answer a similar
charge. Stanton and Dr. Hendrick
are now in jail at Freehold.
Compromises Tax Claim.
The sinking fund commission has
settled wth the Blue Ridge railroad as
to some taxes due the state. This
money has been due ever since the
receivership, and the commission com
promised for about half, $5,000 being
the amount.
Rome, Sept. 26.?The publication of
a . pontifical bull on the apostolic
constitution of the Philippines is im
minent. It will indicate the general
object and aims of Archbishop Guidi's
mission to Manila. The apostolic
delegate will have to reorganize the
whole ecclesiastic hierarchy of the
arcHipelago, will create three new
dioceses and will propose prelates for
the archbishopric of Manila and the
remaining bishoprics, after which he.
will convoke a synod to establish
rules for governing ecclesiastic affairs,
in harmony with the customs of the
islands,as is done in South America.
By request Sheriff Hunter went up
to the Steel Hill colored camp ground
to see that no blind tiger whiskey was
sold and to prevent any disturbance
on the grounds during the progress of
the meeting. The Sheriff's presence
had good effect for everything passed
off quietly.?Lancaster Ledger.
* ~?^mm
Many purchasers of milch cows are
deceived by the sellers. This is often
not done intentionally. A fresh cow
is milked and the warm milk measured
as it comes from the cow. About one
third is foam. The proper way is
to weigh the milk. A cow that will
give when fresh 24 to 28 pounds a day
is a good one and generally put on the
market as a 4 gallon cow. The great
dairy herds with fine pastures and feed
seldom average more than 16 to 18
pounds a day. ' A gallon of milk
weighs about 8 pounds.
Save all the mature sorghum^seed you
can. If run slowly, through a wheat
thresher they will be well cleaned.
Beat them off as well as you can and
run through a good pea huiler and they
will be well cleaned and separated. It
is said that if you fill a strong coffee
sack with them tie it tight and then
beat awhile with a stick, they will be
separated enough to sow. When strip
ped from the heads an old fashioned
wheat smutter will clean them. They
will bring a dollar a bushel next
April. Save them.
Notwithstanding the additional j
buildings recently provided at the
stare hospital for the insane, the insti-j
tution is still overcrowded and only !
patients whose incarceration is abso- j
lutely necessary are admitted.
General Superintendent Machen, of I
the free delivervsystem, estimatesthat
between Sil,000,000 and 812,000,000
will be required for the rural free de
livery service in the next fiscal year.
John Green, a farmer of Cleveland,
County, N. C, shot an eagle that
measured.7 feet and 1 itch from tip to :
COKING. TO THE FAIR.
Corps of Cadets of the Suir.ter Military
Institute.
Yesterday Col. Clarence J. Owens,
the head of the SumterMilitary insti
tute which is regarded as one of the
best military schools for boys in this
part of the south spent the day in the
gity. Col. Owens says he expects a
most succssful year for the institution :
he will have about ?O boarding cadets
this year. He stated also that he in
tended to bring the cadet corps her3 to
spend one day curing the State fair
and they will give an exhibitioii
drill. This is the first of the military
schools to announce its intention of
having its cadets here to the fair.
Col. Owens returned to Sumter yes
terday afternoon being accompanied
by Mr. Miles P, McSweeeny, son of
the governor, who will become a cadet
in the instittne this vear.? State,
Sept. 26.
Bishopville News Items.
Misses Daisy Scarborough and
Pansy DuRant are attending school in
Sumter.
Messrs. Henry Stnckey and "Willie
Rob Law left on Tuesdav for W. N.
H. S. "
?? Misses Edith McCutchen and Annie
Carnes will leave on Saturday morn
ing to pav a visit to friends in Abbe
ville.
Misses Tyson English, Louise Bas
kin, Sallie Walker and Edna Mc
Cutchen have returned to Winthrop
College.
*If any one doubts that Bishopville
is a good cotton market, he should
visit here right now. From 2;"0 to 300
bales for the past ten days e. ? been
sold here daily. As many as fifty
wagons were -waiting, to unload at
depot.?Vindicator. _
BBiflST^T^lRirRm.
Coal Strike the Only Dark Spot
on the Otherv/ise Growing In
dustrial Prospect.
? \
New York, Sept. 26.?Bradstreet's
tomorrow will say: Large yields of
nearly all crops have been secured,
jobbing trade activity is unabated,
manufacturing industry in nearly all
lines is running at full speed, retail
demand is improving, railway and wa
ter transportation interests are pushed
to handle business; offered and the only
unfavorable feature in the situation is
the growing tension exerted by the
anthracite coal strike, which now finds
cold weather almost here and indus
tries in many lines threatened with
interference caused by the enhanced
price of the bituminous prod net. Col
lections in a majority of instances re
main good, most of the exceptions be
ing noted at the south, where the feel
ing owing to reported shortages in
yield of cotton, is a trifle less optimis
tic.
At the south heavy rains dnring the
cotton picking season has been an
unfavorable feature so far as affecting
the gathering of the crop already open !
is concerned, but beneficial to the late
crops in Indian Territory, Texas and
Florida, and, in fact, wherever they
have fallen.
At the east business is reported good
in nearly all branches or the New York
dry goods trade, and the outlook is
very encouraging. The strength of cot
ton goods, based largely on the posi
tion of the raw material, is notable.
Among the industries the feature of
transcendent interest is still the
enormous demand, greatly in excess of
the supply for iron and steel in its
cruder forms. The scarcity of coke is
as marked as ever, and a number of
furnaces are now shut down with ensu
ing great loss to operators, who are
unable to take advantage of the pres
ent enormous demand. Buying of
foreign iron and steel is liberal
despite advices from' the central west
that consumers find difficulty in utiliz
ing some of that already imported.
Business failures for the week are
170 against last year.
JIM TILLM?N TO LECTU?E.
Will He Discuss Parliamentary
Law in Politics?
The Edgefield Advertiser has the
following: ?'It is reported that Col.
James H. Ti liman has been engaged
by the Southern Lyceum to make a
lecturing tour of the West."
Cruel Immigration Laws.
Detroit. Mich., Sept. 25.?Driven
to desperation by the prospect of being
forever separated from her lover, to
marry whom she had nearly circled
the globe, Alexandra Joseph, Si Young
Syrian girl, threw herself from the
window of a Michiagn Central train
running fifty miles an hour, this af
ternoon, and was instantly killed.
The tragedy occurred two miles north
of Newport and was the culmination
of years of effort on the part cf Joseph
Abodely, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to
lead his Old World sweetheart to the
altar. When he had saved enough
money to pay the girl's passage to the
United States and she had come as far
as Montreal la^fc May th9 United
States immigration bureau reached
out to separate the lovers, and the
plucky fight which the young man at
tempted against fate ended tonight
in his sweetheart's death.
The girl was refused admittance to
the United States on the charge that
she was afflicted wiith trachoma, but
Abodely had the young lady's eyes
treated at a Montreal marine hospital
for three months. On Auugst 19, his
funds having run low, he attempted to
run the gauntlet of the inspectors at
Detroit and was caught. Both the
foreigners were detained by the United
States authorities at Detroit, and
Abodely narrowly escaped imprison
ment for violating the immigration
laws, but the sympathy of the officers
being amused he was allowed to leave
town. From that time the girl's fate
hung in the balance until today,
when Immigration Agent Cameron
Miller took her in custody for the
trip to Now York, with a warrant from :
the Secretary of the Treasury to have
the ' girl deported to her home in
Syria.
The officer had allowed his charge
to go to the toilet room, and in a mo
ment was horrified tc see the door rly
open, revealing an empty room and an
open window. The train was run back
and the young woman was found dead
beside the tracia
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With impure blood there cannot
be good health.
With a disordered LIVER there
cannot be good blood.
r, ? vif y the torpid LIVER and restore
saturai action.
A healthy LIVER means purs
* blood-mm
Pure blood means health.
Health means happiness.
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Sold
everywhere
in cans?
a.!! sizes.
Made by
Standard OH
Company .
."NOTICE.
*
Until January 1, 1903, the magistrate's
office will be open every night until 9 p. m.
Saturday nights until 11 p. m. Loans
negotiated in any amount. Careful per
sonal attention to all business. Notes and
Chattel Mortgages bought.
H. L. B. WELLS.
Sept 17?1 m.
NOTICE.
It is better in planting small
grain to place with the seed
while planting a limited supply
of Ammonia and Potash to
insure a well developed and
consequently stroDg and deep
root to withstand freezes. The
Home Fertilizers Chemical
Works of Baltimore, Md., have
[ carefully made up just what * I
need for my country out of th&
very best material that can be,
had for the purpose. And I
hope to take your orders at my
office in The Bultman Building
or Box 203, Sumter, S. C.
Respectfully,
Thos, S Sumter.
Sept 10?4t.
Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
This preparation contains all of the
digestants and digests all kinds of
food. Itgives instant relief and never
fails to cure. It allows you to eat all
the food you want. The most sensitive
stomachs can take it. By its use many
thousands of dyspeptics have been
cured after everything else failed. It
prevents formation of gas on the stom
ach, relieving all distress after eating.
Dieting unnecessary. Pleasant to take.
It can't help
bat do you good
Prepared only by E.C. DeWitt & Co., ChicagC
The $L bottle contains 2tf times the 5Cc size
J S EUGHSON & CO
THE BANK OF SUMTtR.
SUMTER. S. C.
City and County Depository.
Capital stock paid in, $75,000 00
Undivided surplus, 16.000 00
Individual liability of stockhold
ers in excessif their stock, 75,000 00
Transacts a general banking business;
also has a Saving Bank Department. De
posits of $1 and upward received. Inter
est allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per
annum, payable semi-annually.
W. F.*B. HAYNS WORTH, President.
Marios Moise, VV. F. Rkame.
Vice-President. Cashier.
Jan. 31.
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In time. Sold by druggists.
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