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SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 2. 1903.
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The State Hsase Repairs. j
CJolaxnbxa, Nov. 25-Architect C. C.
Wilson, cf Colombia, who is a pains?
taking and conscientious worker, has
submitted his detailed report to the
special Legislative committee appoint?
ed to recommend what should be
done' to remedy the defects of the
State House and pat it in good condi?
tion. " Although $275,000 was spent
asdsr the pians of Architect Milburn,
Mr. Wilson's report recommends that
considerable money be spent to make
what he considers necessary changes.
He says the entire roof will have to
come off, and the present gravel roof
is no good and should be replaced with
a waterproof tin roof. He recommends
that the ceiling be given additional
support, as rt now lacks sufficient sup?
port and is swagging in places. In
the. hall the entire ceiling will have
to be replaced. Mr. Wilson recom?
mends that the walls will have tc be
repainted and the system of ventila?
tion will have to be materially im?
proved. He suggests that the corri?
dors be painted some light color, and
thia with the assistance of skylights,
which will have to be put in, will
-tend to give some brightness to the
now dreary office floor of the State j
House. He recommends that an en?
tirely new system of heating with
new "boilers be installed. The com- j
mission today decided to recommend
the improvements as advised by Mr.
Wilson.
Japan's Tobacco Monopoly.
London, Nov. 26.-Tfce Tokoi cor?
respondent of the Daily Mail says that
the Government will introduce in the
Diet in December a bill to create a to?
bacco monopoly sosaewihat oh the
lines of the French Tobacco Beige. It
is proposed to appropriate for this pur
pose 36\000,000 yen, as the project in?
volves the compulsory buying ont of
sis: thousand manufacturers at the
appraised vaine of the factories, stocks,
etc* allowing for the good will only
one years income. Many British and
American capitalists interested in the
industry, the correspondent says, are
asking the ministers of their respec-,
tiva countries in Japan to protest
against the plan.
Treaty Accepted ia Advance.
Panama, Nov. 25.-The junta, com?
posed of Jose Agustin. Arango, Tomas
Arias and Manuel Espinosa, held a
meeting at 10 o'clock this morning,
all the ministers of State and coun?
cillors being present, and unanimously
decided to ratify the canal treaty so
soon as it is received here, and author?
ize Minister Buuau-Varilla offically
to communicate the junta's decision to
the United States Government
The decision of the junta was re?
ceived with great joy throughout the
Isthmus, without distinction of parties
or classes.
Rear Admirals Walker and Glass
have been informed of the action taken
by the junta.
Washington, Nov. 25.-Cablegrams
.from Governor Taft received at the
war department contain a few further
details of Gen. Wood's battles with the
Moros. Under date of November 21,
Gen. Wood reported to Governor Taft
regarding the fight. After describing
the battle at Tagil bi he said there were
no further indications of hostilities;
that tfce Sultan's men had been at* the
head and front of the fighting, and
that he understood this action on the
part of the Moros abrogated the so
called Bates treaty, and that there
was evidence to implicate the Sultan.
Gen. Wood denounced as "outrageous
treachery" the shooting of Major
Scott, but the major is reported to be
progressing favorably.
Is Beauty Only "Skid Deep ?
Beauty is only skin deep, but the forces
that create beauty are as deep as the foun?
tain lrom which they flow, when the Blood
is charged with impurities Beauty disap?
pears, when the blood is pare Beauty blos?
soms in faee and form. Rydales Liver
Tablet? keeps tie Liver healthy and the
Bowels regular, prevents the blood becom?
ing ladened with bile and waste matter,
make the skin clear, eyes bright and
Beauty more than skin deep. All dealer?.
Cape Haiten, Nov. 24.-Dispatches
received here from Puerto Plata say
that the city of San Domingo was sur?
rendered to the revolutionists this
morning and that President Wos y Gil
and bis ministres took refuge on board
a German warship. The dispatches
farther say that great enthusiasm pre?
vails throughout the country.
?Ill 1 ll ? I? Ullin
How we Catch a Cold.
A coli is sometimes contracted while
remaining inactive for a while in an un?
comfortable room or a cold draft and by
falling to sleep under like conditions. But
most colds are caught, while sleeping too
cold at night. Deep sleep causes sluggish
circulation which renders the system sus?
ceptible to change of temperature. To
prevent colddfsieep under plenty of cover.
To cure colds, use Rydale's Elixir, it les?
sens the severity and shortens the dura?
tion nf ajcold and prevents pneumonia,
bronchi? and consumption. All dealers.
THE POLICY OF COLOMBIA.
Will Make War on Panama and
Not on This Country.
New Orleans, La., Nov. 26.-Gen.
Ruiz Reyes, representing the Govern?
ment of Colombia, who is on his way
to Washington to intercede in behalf
of his Government in connection with
the recognition of the Republic of
Panama, arrived heire today on the
steamer Beverly. Gen. Reyes was
accompanied by Gen. Peclio Aspinal
(Jen. George Holequin and Gen. L.
Cabalerro. They boarded the Beverly
at Port Limon and came direct to this
city. Gen. Reyes and party did not
go to any of the hotels. They drove
to the Louisville and Nashville offices
and hought tickets through to New
York, and made every effort to avoid
publicity. The General had a satchel
.full of Colombian gold and paid for
the tickets in coin of that Republic.
l?he party left tonight for Washing?
ton, wnere they will arrive on Satur?
day morning,
Before his departure Gen. Reyes
eave out an interview much on the
line of that cabled from Colon to the
Associated Press. He said lie was
going to see the President with his
colleagues' and hoped to have the
; United States decide to keep hands of!
of the Isthmus and allow the Colom?
bian Government to regain the lost
territory. If the United States would
not agree to this then the Colombians
would march an army of 100,000 men
across the mountains to Panama, and,
meeting only the 2,000 isthmians,
! would soon regain the Isthmus. Then
the United States would have to nego?
tiate with Colombia or build the
Nicaraguan Canal. He said the Co?
lombians bad no thought of declaring
war against the United States because
they saw it would be a futile effort.
Train Wreckers Sentenced.
Staunton, Va., Nov. 26.-Mrs. Ellen
Baily was found guilty today of plan?
ning the wreck which occurred on the
Norfolk and Western Railrod at Green?
ville last December. The jury fixed
her punishment at ten years in the
penitentiary. Her son, James Bailey,
and Joseph Kennedy have been con?
victed of wrecking the train. Bailey
was condemned to serve eighteen years
in the penitentiary, while the jury in
the case of Kennedy brought in a ver?
dict of murder in the first degree.
- A New Bank at Camden.
The Secretary of State has issued a
commission to a new bank to be estab?
lished at Camden to be known as the
Commercial Savings Bank and Trust
Company, with, a paid up capital of
$25,000. The petitioners are E. S.
Vaux, D. R. Williams, Jr., and John
W. Corbett.
Everybody's Magazine for December.
The new publishers of Everybody's
Magazine declare the holiday issue of
the .publication to be much the best
they have yet produced. It is not the
typical Christmas number made up of
stilted fiction and pictures of the festi?
val in many lands. It is just an espe?
cially lively and entertaining maga?
zine, full of really good stories, clever
pictures, and well written aud timely
articles.
In Everybody's one never finds a
distinguished name tacked to a dull
tala Among its contributors are the
ablest writers of the day, but it is in
connection with their best work, not
their pot-boilers. The reading public,
which has become familiar with O.
Henry, Juliet Wilber Tompkins, and
F. Walworth, for instance, will find
in the holiday issue the most suc3ssful
story each has written this year.
The other items, in a long table of
contents, seem to be in the same cate?
gory. In the midst <e'f all this excel?
lence, however, there are some really
conspicuous features : notably Booth
Tarkington's "Boss Gorgott,v the
first piece of short fiction the author
of "Monsieur Beaucaire" has written
in the last three years. It is a politi?
cal story, giving jhe young champion
of reform from the standpoint of the
boss, and for comprehension of char?
acter and pure literary skill it must
figure as one of the most powerful
tilings Tarkington has yet done.
Another big thing the magazine has
is Eugene Bnrnand's pictures of Bible
scenes, reproduced for the first time
in America. Bnrnand is the greatest
painter of sacred subjects since the
old masters, and his studies of the
Saviour and of the Last Supper are of
extraordinary interest. In this num?
ber a new department, "The Players."
a gossipy resume of theatrical doings,
by Hartley Davis, set off with superb
pictures of the stars and lesser 9tage
luminaries, is inaugurated.
Monsignor Quigley is Dead.
Charleston, Nov. 27.-Mgr. E. D. J.
Qaigley, vicar general of the Roman
Catholic diocese of Charleston, died
this afternoon at his residence in this
city. He was born near Glasgow,
Scotland, in 183?. In 1864 he accom?
panied Bishop Lynch of South Caro?
lina as private secretary ou his mission
to Rome as representative of the Con?
federate States. Mgr. Quigley\s pri?
vate papers contain valuable unpublish?
ed documents showing the scope of the
negotiations or conference between
Bishop Lynch and the papal nuncio at
Paris relative to the proposed but
never consummated recognition of the
Confederate States by Pope Pius IX.
In 1885 Dr. Quigley was appointed
monsignor, and is said to have been
the first Roman Catholic prelate in
the south who was so honored.
Fewer Gallons ; Wears Longer.
Fewer gallon? ; takes less of Devoe Lead
ana Zinc than mixed paints. Wears loDger ;
twice ad long as lead and oil.
TRUTH ?BOUT BEN. LEONARD WOOD.
j Facts Brought Out Indicating That
Things Were Not Altogether
What They Seemed.
Washington, Nov. 27.-The senate
committee oa miliatry affairs today
heard Maj. James E. Runcie of. Ha?
bana, probably the most important
witness that will be offered by the
opponents of Gen. Leonard Wood in
their attempt to prevent his confirma?
tion to be major general
Maj. Rancie was on the stand several
times dnring the day, telling the com?
mittee of a dinner at Santiago, Cn ba,
attended by himself, Gen. Wood and
Ray Stannard Baker, a newspaper
man, at which, it is alleged, was plan?
ned the magazine article attacking
Maj. Gen. Brooke that has figured
conspicuously in the Wood case. Maj.
Runcie was stopped more than once
during the course of his testimony and
told to give nothing but facts of which
he had personal knowledge. This did
not exclude his story of the dinner in?
cident which resulted in the issue of
subpoenas for three other witnesses,
among whom is Gen. Brooke.
In his testimony Maj. Runcie ex?
plained that he had acted as the confi?
dential adviser of Gen. Wood for near?
ly two years and that they lived
together at Santiago. It was while
they were living in the same house that
Mr. Baker went to Santiago in search
of material for a magazine article. A
meeting was arranged between the
three men and dinner followed, testi?
fied Maj. Runcie, at which was dis?
cussed the plan to have published an
article which would exploit the suc?
cess of 'Gen. Wood in dealing with
affairs at Santiago and draw a com?
parison with the situation at Habana
unfavorable to the administration of
Gen. Brooke.
Maj. Runcie declared that Gen.
Wood asked him to write the article
and that be had done sc. The article
was given to Baker and published in \
February, 1900, over the name of Maj.
Runcie. He asserted that Gen. "Wood
knew what the article contained and
that they bad correspondence about it
as the result of the furor created by its
publication. He offered to produce
copies of letters which he had written
to Gen. Wood concerning his own
defense.
lt was not until after Gen. Wood suc?
ceeded Gen. Brooke that the aride was
published. The effect was a severance
of the relations between the witness
and Gen. Wood. Other witnesses call?
ed by the committee to testify were
Maj. E. Ladd, U. SA.., who audited
Gen. Wood's Santiago accounts ; Wallis
Clearman, a former employ of a New
York jewlry house, who made the sale
to the Jai Alai company of the silver
set which was given to Gen. Wood;
?nd a representative of the bureau of
insular affairs, who explained the
character of the game and the manner
in which speculation is indulged in by
the spectators. Basket, raquets and
other paraphernalia were used in illus?
trating the manner of play.
Mr. Clearman was twice? on the
stand. The first time he told the com?
mittee that after the purchase of the
silver set he took the ware to Habana
and delivered it to Zaras Queda and
received the purchase price, S3,100.
He was not asked weather duty was
paid on the set.
The second time he was asked con?
cerning the charge that after negotia?
tions -were made between the purchas?
ers and the jewelry company a tele?
gram was received by the purchaser
telling him not. to close the deal until
notice of the granting of the conces?
sion to the Jai Alai company had been
published in The Official Gazette at
Habana. Mr. Clerman said he had
never heard of such a telegram.
It was brought out through the tes?
timony cf another witness a.)d by an
inspection of articles of the Jai Alai
company that Zaras Queda was a mem?
ber of the board of directors.
Paris, Ky., Nov. 25.-On account of
failure to provide "Jim Crow"* cars
the Paris and Lexington Inter-Uban
Company is liable to be fined 8180,000.
President Alexander, of the company,
was summoned before the Bourbon
County grand jury today and immedi?
ately after leaving the jury room he
had a compartment for colored people
constructed in each of the cars. The
maximum tine that can he imposed for
each offence is ?500. Eighteen runs
have been made a day for the twenty
days the line has been in operation.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals has
decided that electric inter-urban lines
and railroads are subject to the pro?
visions of the law requiring compart?
ments for colored people It is under?
stood the Bourbon grand jury will
agree to return only one indictment
and Mr. Alexander will be 'fined the
maximum amount under it,
Leavenworth. Kans., Nov. 20.-Ober?
lin M. Carter, ex-captain of engineers,
?. S. A., who has served three years
and seven months of a five years sent?
ence in the federal prison at Fort
Leavenworth, will pass out of the gate
of the prison Saturday morning a free
man. f?e intends to go directly to
Chicago. Carter positively declines to
be interviewed by newspaper men,
is atrneys warningfco him to say nothh
ing whatever.
London, Nov. 27.-The Shangha
correspondent of The Daily Telegraph
cables that the viceroys and governors
of 13 provinces outside of Chi Li have
offered the Chinese throne to send 90,
000 foreign drilled troops to fight Rus?
sia for Manchuria.
Safeguard Against Accident.
The best safeguard against accident is
to use good judgment in directing every
act. But. accidents will often occur in
spite of every effort to prevent them. The
best safeguard against injury resulting
from accidents is Elliott's Emulsified Oil
Liniment. It is the most serviceable ac?
cident and Emergency Liniment ever
made and is the most satisfactory Lini?
ment for u>e in the family and on animals
ever offered. Large bottle 25zt?. All
dealers.
CHICAGO'S BEARDLESS BANDITS.
Three Bbys who Haye Murdered
Nine Men Within Three Months.
Chicago, Nov. 27.-Chained wrist to
wrist, their hands matted with dried
blood, their clothing covered with
dnst and dirt, two beardless boys,
Peter Neidermier and Harvey Van
Dine, sat tonight in the presence of
Mayor Harrison and Chief of Police
O'Neal calmly confessing to their
share in a three months' career of
crime which has inclnded nine mur?
ders, the wonnding of five other men
and a long series of robberies. The two
yonng bandits, neither of whom is 21
years of age, together with their com?
panion, Emil Roeskie, who is no older,
were .captured near Liverpool, Ind.,
today after a fight in which they bat?
tled against policemen, railroad detec?
tives, railroad laborers and farmers.
One man was killed another fatally
wounded and all three of the young
bandits were wounded but not serious
ly.
Neidermier was wounded in the hand
by birdshot; Van Dine was similarly
injured and sustained in addition a
flesh wound in the left thigh. Roeskie
was shot in the right hip.
The three men were wanted by the
poilce for complicity in the murders
at the car barns of the Chicago City
Railway company on Aug. 30, when
two mon were killed, a third badly
wounded and $2,250 stolen. Gustave
Marx, who last Staurday night mur?
dered Officer John Quinn when the
policeman endeavored to place him
under arrest, confessed after his cap?
ture that he, in company with the
three men, had committed the crimes
at the car barns. The hunt for Van
Dine, Neidermi?r and Roeskie has
been hot ever since.
Although they knew the entire
police force was looking for them the
three men remained in the city until
Wednesday morning. "We were 'lay?
ing' for a fellow that was a witness
i.'against Marx," said Van Dine. On
[/Wednesday they left Chicago, going
to a dugout made near Millers Station,
?nd., where they were surprised by
the police this morning.
CLEVEUHDlof ?AHBIDATE.
Determination to Stay Out of Poli?
tics Unalterable.
New York, Nov. 27.-Grover Cleve?
land has sent the following letter to
t the editor of the Brooklyn Eagle :
Princeton,N. J., Nov. 25, 1903.
My Dear Mr. McKelway: I have
wanted for a long time to say some?
thing which I think should be said to
you before others.
You can never know how grateful I
am for the manifestation of kindly
feeling toward me on the part of my
countrymen which ycur initiative has
brought'out. Your advocacy in The
Eagle of my nomination for the presi?
dency came to me as a great surprise
and it bas been seconded in such man?
ner by D?mocrate sentiment that con?
flicting thoughts of gratitude and duty
have caused me to hesitate as to the
time and manner of a declaration on
my part concerning the subject-if
such declaration should seem necessary
or proper.
In the midst of it all and in full
view of every consideration presented,
1 have not for a moment been able
nor am I now able, to open my mind
to the thought that in any circum?
stances or upon any consideration I
should ev?r become the nominee of
my party for the presidency.
My determination not to do so is
unalterable and conclusive.
This you at least ought to know from
me, and I should be glad if The Eagle
were made the medium cf its convey?
ance to the public.
Very sincerely yours.
Grover Cleveland.
St. Clair McKelway, LL. D., Brook
i lyn, X. Y.
The Brooklyn Ea^Ie, to the editor
of which Mr. Cleveland's letter was
j addressed, announced today that thc
support be had given Mr. Cleveland
for the Democratic- presidential nomi?
nation would now he given to Alton
B. Parker, at present chief justice of
the court of appeals of this State.
Grangeburg ice Factory Burned.
Special to The State."
Orangeburer, Nov. 2i.-The k-e fac?
tory of the Orangeburg Brick and Ice
company was burned at 6 o'clock this
evening. Tiie plant is located near
the Edisto river, in the western
suburbs of the city and was entirely
beyond reach of water protection, so
that the loss is total. The plant is
modern, having been completed early
in 1902, and cost 827,000. The total
insurance carried amounts to only
813,000, so that the loss is 814,000.
Shreveport, La., Nov. 29.-Uncon?
firmed reports from Belcher, La.,
where Robert Adger, a prominent
planter and business man, was shot
down by negroes last night, are to the
effect that three of the negroes have
been caught and identified, and by
this time they doubtless have been
lynched. Five negroes were implicated
in the shooting, which will probably
result fatally. Mr. Adger was shot six
times, whiln trying to <jueil a street
disturbance.
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and are not intended for a ''cure all " They j
contain concentrated aseptic, pepsin, pare
pancreatic an i other digestive agents, j
They contain powerful tonics and mild !
stimulants that have a specific effect on the j
stomach, and organs of assimilation and !
which aid nature in reconstructing the j
broken down cells and strf ngthening the J
rlacid muscles of the walls of the stomach j
and other digestive organs. Rydale's ?
Stomach Tablets are a perfect stomach j
medicine-they relieve at once and soon
cure the worst form9 of stomach trouble.
Price 25 and 50c. a box. All dealers.
s WHY, OF COURSE.
It certainly was not our intention of again referring to this
blanket matter. To be challenged, though, to produce more
proof, was altogether unexpected, and is just a little too much
to let pass unnoticed. Under the circumstances, therefore, we
ask pardon of the public for again referring to same, and hav?
ing to furnish so willingly the challenged proof, that
they may weigh the correctness or incorrectness of our state?
ments.
.Why certainly there was a motive in our getting the Tar
Heel brand on blankets. No more high prices do we believe
the public will be willing to pay in future for the privilege of
buyiDg this blanket because it is branded Tar Heel.
Even granting that O'Donnell & Co. have the Tar Heel
ticket on the No 200 grade only, and the Dixie on the No.
300 grade, the great difference in cost of which is 2Q cents a
pair, ask them to place the same percentage of profit on the
Tar Heel as they have on Dixie, and tell you how they charge
$3.75 for Tar Heel and only $2 95 for Dixie. Is this in anti?
cipation of that registered trade mark, or to depreciate the
Dixie ?
We are indeed grateful for being allowed to receive back
the 15 pair blankets due us by the mill ; we must quote,
though, from a letter dated 21st instant, from the mill, as fol?
lows : "We hope you will assist us in ending this unpleasant
trouble by accepting these 15 pair of blankets under some oth?
er ticket, and why not get up some nice brand of your own ?
You have, no doubt, as much individuality as any other house
in your town or State. Under a ticket of your own we will
in future sell you just as many blankets as you will buy from
us."
We presume, of course, this, too, is by the sanction of
O'Donnell & Co., and for which we are also most grateful.
Every pair of Tar Heel blankets bought by us were delivered,
and 15 pair returned for exchange, as stated, and were all
bought from the mill's direct selling agent.
That we unloaded Dixie blankets from a merchant in
neighboring town who sought us, having bought more than*
they thought could be handled, is a matter entirely foreign to>
this issue, and of no concern to the public. However, we deny
the statement that they were bought "through this firm"
these blankets being in their store, and were more than they
felt could be disposed of.
Below read the proof we were challenged from South Mam
street to produce :
New York, August 19, 1908
Messrs. Schwartz Bros., Sumter, S. C.
Bought of E. H. Hamilton ' ? Co., Commission Merchant-.
113, Worth Street, -
1 Case 10-4 Tar Heel Blankets, 25 Pairs, -
New York, August 24, 1903..
Messrs. Schwartz Bros., Sumter, S. C.
Bought of E. H. Hamilton & Co., Commission Merchants .
113 Worth Street,
j 1 Case 11-4 Tar Heel Blanket?, 15 Pairs, -
Certainly we are not. the only ''pebbles on the beach,'7 but a
pebble easily lound. Oh, name Tar Heel thy days of usefulness
are being ended, the purpose for which you have been register?
ed is very apparent.
CHWARTZ BROS
Mlmmtie Coast L*ine<
Effective August 30, 1903.
Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter.
Train 35 Florence to Augusta Leaves 4 41 am
" 54 Columbia to Wilmington " s 20 am
" *57 Gibson to Sumter Arrives 9 40 am
" 52 Charleston to Columbia and Greenville Leaves 9 50 am
" *46 Orangeburg to Charleston (Tne8d'y,Thur8d'y,Saturd'j) " 9 50 am
" 53 Greenville and Columbia to Charleston " G 20 pm
" 32 Augusta to Florence ** 6 18 pc
" *56 Sumter to Gibson u 6 50 pm
" *47 Charleston to Orangeburg (Tnesd'y,Thursd'y,Saturd'y) " 8 20 pm
u 55 Wilmington to Columbia " 9 30 pm
Freight Trains carrying Passengers.
rrain *24 Sumter to Hartsville Leaves 10 00 am
u *39 Sumter to Robbins ? 10 00 am
" *11 Florence to Sumter Arrives 1 40 pm
" *12 Sumter to Florence Leaves 3 10 pm
" *36 Robbins tr Sumter Arrives 5 25 pm
" *25 Hartsville to Sumter " 7 40 pm
Northwestern Railway.
Train *70 Camden to Sumter Arrives 9 00 am
M *72 Wilson Mill to Sumter ? 12 30 pm
" *68 Camden to Sumter " 5 45 pm
" *71 Sumter to Camden Leaves 9 55 am
" *73 Sumter to Wilson Mill ? 3 30 pm
" *69 Sumter to Camden ? 6 25 pre
Trains marked * daily except Sunday ; all other trains daily.
For further information, apply to
J. T. CHINA, Ticket Agent A. C. L.