The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 14, 1904, Image 9

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?EBW J?ifit? TO i?5 J90LS. Republicans Carry tbs State by Thirty-Three Tfeoasaod Plur? ality -Republicans Claim Roosevelt's Election is Assured. \: Burlington, Vt, Sept. T.-The ?>tate bas gone Republican by over thirty-three thousand plurality. It is a sweeping Republican victory. As a political barometer, Vermont has never failed, the Republican's declare and they claim that Roosevelt is as gooci as elected. Practically com? plete returns this morning, with elevaa small towns be heard from, gi ve ibis total: Bell (Republican) ?7,816. Porter (Democrat) 14,977. Missing towns will bring Republican [plurality np to something over 33,000. Esopus, Sept. T.-The Republican vieiory in Vermont and gain in Ark? ansas yesterday are apparently viewed with equanomi ty at Roesmoun t. The Parker managers hold that tee trend of public sentiment has not yet ?et ID nor will it until October. There were no visitors today. Judge Parker devoted hisjtime today to the prepara? tion of the speech be is to deliver to the Democratic editors wbc are to call tomorrow. The Arkansas Election. ; Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 3/-Later returns tonight from the State elec? tion yesterday show that vhile the unopposed Democratic nominees for State" omces^received 85 per cent, of tb? total vote, the plurality for Gov. Davis, Democrat, will be ?ess than 40,000 and may drop to 30,000. In Benton county, the home of United States Senator J. H. Berry, the contest between Davis and Myers may cause a count to determine the result. Gov? Davis has lost heavily in Franklin, Lafayette, Independence, Irlttle Kiver and Lawrence counties, fie has gained in eastern Arkansas and his total vote will not be.ia&* short of the normal Democratic strength. The next legislature will stand: Senate, Democrts34; Republicans 1 ; Hocse, Democrats 95, Republican 5. &6EKT OF IS OWN DEFEAT. -i Story Which Illustrates the Late Senator ?uay's Ability to Judge Human Nature. One of jbbe qualities which gave power' to the late Senator Matthew S. Quay of Pennsylvania was a wonderful ability to judge human nature. An incident which the Brooklyn Eagle re? counts illustrates the humorous side of Quay's ability to tum men to bis own : uses. Shortly before General Beaver* a personal friend of Quay's was nomi? nated for the governorship of Pennsyl? vania, a political writer for one of the . Philadelphia papers went to Harris? burg for an interview. He met Mr. Quay on the train. "What are you hunting thi3 time?' asked the senior. " Ob, Fm going to interview General Beaver," was the reply. "Is that so?" said Quay, thought? fully.- "Well, I wish you would take a note to him for me. It would save "my getting off the train there." The newspaper man promised to do so. Mr. Quay borrowed bis oad, .. wrote a few words on a sheet, folded it loosely and addressed it on tho out side to General Beaver. 4 'Just give that to him if you will," be said, handing it carelessly to the writer. That is all I was going to say to him." .v Ushered into the veteran's office in Harrisburg, the newpsaper man asked General Beaver if be would consent to an interview on the isuses of the cam: paign. "With the greatest pleasure in the world, was the reply. "Before we begin," said the report? er, "I must give yon this note from Mr. Quay, whom I met on the train." General Beaver took the note and opened it. His face broke? into a j- broad smile. * 41 have changed my mind," he said. "I have decided not to be interj viewed today." Then as the joke grew upon him he laughed aloud. "Oh, this is too good to keep," he cried, and handed the note to the reporter. It read: "Dear Beaver, don't talk. Quay." Mr. Quay had assumed that the newspaper man, being a gentleman, would not read the loosely folded note, aud that he would give it to General Beaver before the interview to get it off bis mind, and |>erbaps to impress General Beaver with' his ac? quaintance with the "bess." Quay bad judged correctly, and the inter yiew was not given until be had time to advise his candidate.-Youth's Companion. COERCION Of THIBET COMPLETED. Formal Treaty with Lama Signed and the British Mission Ready to Return. Lhassa, Sept. 7.-?Via Gyangtse, Sept. 9.-Col. Younghusband, head of th? British mission, and the Thibetan officials signed a formel treaty today in the apartments of the Dalai Lama, at P?tala. The ceremony was simple and was conducted amid quaint and picuresque Surroundings. The terms of tbe treaty were read out only in the Thibetan language and its details will be published later by the foreign office at Simla. The proceedings closed with a short speech by Col. Younghus? band. |The Dalai Lama is now supposed to be well on his way into Mongolia, and the officials insist that his action amounts to abdication The adminis? tration is now carried on by a council of regency. It is believed tbat the Lashi Lama will eventually be recog? nized as tbe supreme religious head. " The arrangements forjthe return of the British mi nion are complete. Property to the value of 81,200,000 was destroyed by fire in Progressa Mexico, Thursday and Friday. FIEKDISB SHRUBS DISFIGURE i WOMAN. Threw Carbolic Acid in Face of Young Lady Who Discovers Them at Work. Chicago, Sept. 8.- Burglars entered the mansion of B. F. Crawford, Presi? dent of the National Biscuit Compa? ny, early this morning in the fashion? able district of Evaston. While en? gaged in their work Miss Isibel Mac Pherson a sister of Mrs. Crawford sur? prised them. One robber grabbed a Dottle of carbolic acid from his pocket and threw contents in Miss Mac Pher son's face and escaped. She will be disfigured for life. The Hew Simpl?n Tunnel. The New York Tribune says that "the completion of the new Simpl?n tunnel is one of the greatest engineer? ing feats in modern times. This makes the fourth time the Alps have been pierced, the*tunnels, in (the order of length, being the Mont 'Cenis, thirty yards short of three miles :the Arlberg, six miles and 404 yards: the St. Got hard, nine miles and 564 yards, and the latest and longest of them all, the mammoth bore of the Simpl?n, twelve miles and 456 yards in length. "Active work on the Simpl?n was begun in August, 1898, the enter? prise being a joint one between the Swiss and Italian governmentsrand the contract calling for the comple? tion of the tunnel by May 15, 1904. Work was begun on both sides of the mountain, and the engineers calcula? ted so well that when the miners from Switzerland, on the, descending grade, met those from Italy, on the ascend? ing grade, the borings disclosed an error of only a few feet, to remedy which a slight curve in the line was made necessary. While this result 'seems wonderful enough to those un? familiar with engineering, the engin? eers themslves expected a divergence of only a few inches, and hence are not boasting over the result, satisfac? tory as it is. While the passing through of a construction train marks the end of the min?is' work, the tun? nel itself will probably not be ready for traffic for many months yet as nearly all the approaches are still to be built and the first train-load of traffic between the valley of the Rhone and that of the Di vria may not pass through till next summer. "The road runs due north and south from Brigue on the Swiss frontier to Iselle on the Italian and may be de? scribed as the string of the bow of which Napoleon's great road over the Simpl?n, built in 1801-05, consti? tutes the arc The latter from Bfigce to Dome d'Ossola, is forty-one miles iu length, reaches an altitude of 6,590 feet, and as an engineering feat is a worthy monument of the conqueror who willed that there should be no more Alps. The route the tunnel takes lies northeast of the Simpl?n road, and could have been madel much shorter by beginning at a higher alti? tude. This, however, would have in? volved steep approaches/and experience with the three other Alpine tuunels has demonstrated that the cost of haul? age up steep gradients nullifies the in? itial advantge of the shorter tunnel. This is not the only point in which the engineers learned from previous expe? rience in tunneling the Alps with the result that the longest and greatest of Alpine tunnels was finished in mncb shorter time, considering its length, than any o? the three other reads through the mountains. "While >tbe strata through which thft read was driven consisted princi? pally of gneiiss and schist, the Brandt hydraulic rotating drill, the most per i feet instrument ever devised for tun? neling through hard rocks, more than I met every expectation.. The power j was supplied by the Rhone and the Diveria, and, v.hih this result was I not contemplated when the road- was j begun, it \s exceedingly probable that [ these rivers will yet furnish the elec jjjric power for the running of the trains. Various unexpected difficult? ies we'rejnet in the prosecution of the work, such as the gushing forth of torrents of hot water, owing to the great depth below the surface. The depth of the axis averages 3,740 feet, and in one place it reaches the great depth of 7,000 feet.. Yet by means of i sprays of glacial water a recorded tem? perature of 121 degrees Fahrenheit was cooled to a maximum of 77 degrees, while the use of great fans exhausted impure air and at the same time sup- j plied fresh air fer the miners. "As.to the advantages of the new Simpl?n tunnel, they are many. In tue first place, it comes opportunely I at a time of approach ment between | Italy and France, and will bring back j to the latter much of the traffic lost to it by the opening of the St. Gothard. i Correspondingly, German railway iii- j te rests will buffer, but as a compensa- j tion Genoa will now probably increase at the expense of its old rival, Mar? seilles, in Swiss imports! A consider- j able saving of distance will also be i effected between the straits of Dover and the Adriatic, and the new route will probably be chosen for mail be? tween Calais and Brindisi. Traffic charges will also probably be reduced on intercontinental traffic as the result of the opening up of the new road, and travelers will now have still an? other choice of routes through the \lps "from lands of snow to lands of sun. " " San Francisco Sept. 10.-The new cruiser. Milwaukee, was launched to? day and the occasion marked the final day feature of the Knights Templar Conclave. Miss Janet Mitchell, the young daughter of the late Senator Mitchell of Wisconsin, christened the vessel. The Milwaukee is one of three sister ships, which are the largest protected cruisers in the navy, the other two being the. St. Louis and the Charleston. Topeka, Kans. Sept. 10.-B. F. Slagel alias Roret Romaine a deported | colored miner under arrest here for burglary has confessed to thc county attorney to complicity in the Inde? pendence depot and the Vindicator mine explosions in the Cripple Creek district last June by which 15 non- ! union miners were killed outright and others injured. Romaine says he j helped to place the dynamite and ; wires running beneath the depot by j which the charge was ser off. Rom- ? aine gave the names of those whom he ; alleges were, implicred with him in the j plot. There weie 12 other men. FR?SHTFUL WRECK ON THE SE&B8&RD AIR LINE. Train Goes Through Trestle Over Catawba River, and Second Train Piles Up on Top of the First. Many Passengers Believed to Have Been Killed-Details Lacking, Owing to Wires Being Down. Charlotte,N.C.,Sept. 9.- A frightful railroad wreck occurred on the Sea? board Air Line near here early this morning, when ?a train of five day coaches, sleeping car, baggage car and engine plunged through trestle into .the* Catawba river. The engine and express car on the following train were also precipitated into the river. The engineer of the second train re? ceived no warning of the wreck. The accident is thought to have been caused by the breaking of the trestle. Many litres are reported lost, but with communication cut off no details of tjhe disaster have been received. The wreck occurred on? the Seaboard Air Line seven miles outside of Charlotte. .The river at the trestle is deep and it is believed that many passengers lost their lives by drowning, as most of the coaches were submeged. The second train fell on the train which fell through the trestle first. Not as Bad as Feared. Portsmouth, Va., Sept. 9, 11.30 a. m.-The latest information received at the office of the president of the Seaboard Air Line here is to the effect that two woman passengers and the en? gineer are dead and one engineer, con? ductor, fireman and eight passengers were injured in the wreck of two trains that occured at Catawba river. The accident, occurred shortly before 10 o'clock this morning. The name of the engineer, who was killed is Barksdale, the names of the others are not known yet. As telegraphic com? munication is interrupted the cause of the accident is unknown. The train went over the trestle and down the embankment. The lighter engine and the caboose followed over the embank? ment a few minutes later. Latest From the Seaboard Wreck. Portsmouth, Va., Sept. 9.-Reports received at headquarters of the Sea? board Air Line at noon indicate that four persons were killed outright in the Catawba wreck and 33 injured. Officials of the road claim to have discovered that the accident was the result of malicious tampering with the track just north of the trestle ; some joints having been found to bave been disconnected. The first train is be? lieved to have been derailed just north of the trestle and plunged into the trestle, tearing it down. One report, not official, says eleven were killed, but this is not confirmed. Hester's Cotton Statement. Total Amount Brought into Sight for the Nine Days of the New Season 212,474 Bales, 8gainst 46,485 Last Year. Foreign Exports 92,782 Bales, Against 12,231 Last Year. New Orleans, La, Sept. 9.-Secre? tary -Hester's weekly cotton state? ment, issued today, shows that the amount brought into sight fer the week ending his date is 180,281 bales, against 41,937 for the seven days ending September 9 last year, and 198,497<>year before'last ; this makes the total amount for the nine days of the new season 212,474 bales, against 46,485 last year and 265,593 vear before last. The statement shows receipts at all United Staes ports since September J to be 154,475 bales, against 24,771 last year and 163,685 year before, last over? land, across the Mississippi,^ Ohio and Potomac rivers to Northern Miiis and Canada 5,254, against 169 bales last year and 3,968 year before last; inte? rior stocks in excess of September 1, 17,745, agaiust 9,405 last year and 43, 666 year before last; Southern mill takings 35,000 bales, against 12,140 last year and 54,611 year before last. Foreign exports for the nine days have been 92,782 bales, against 12,231. The tctal takings of American mills, North and South and Canada, thus far for the season, have been 164,724 bales, against 38,243 last year. These include 29,624 by Northern spinners, against 26,103. Since the close of the commercial year the stocks at American ports and the twenty-nine leading Southern in? terior centres have increased 63,135 bales, against an increase for the same period last season of 1,023 and are now 53,125 more than at this date last year. Including the amounts left over . in stocks and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales brought into sight thus far for the crop the supply to date is 374,441 bales, against 214,284 for the same period last year. American Cotton Company. New York, Sept. 8.-Charles E. Kimball, of Summit, N. J., and Wil? liam C. Lovering, Taunton, Mass., have been appointed recievers for the American Cotton Company for the N'W York district by Judge Lacombe, in tba United States Circuit Court. The New Jersey courts yesterday ap? pointed the same men ?eceivers with bonds of 8200,000. The appointeraient of today is to enable the receivers to handle the assets of th?- company in this State. The American Cotton Company was organized with a capital of $6,000,000, which was later increased to 87,000. 0C0. Its difficulties are attributed in the papers'of the petitioning creditor and stockholder, Frederick Y. Robert? son, to a lack of sufficient capital. The company owns or controls nearly two hundred cotton and ginning plants. Nearly $2,000,000 of liabilities will accrue next montb, and the pa? liers, filed say the company is without funds to meet them. Wedgefield, Sept. 6. -This town and surrounding country was visited hy a severe electric ?torin yesterday after? noon. During the storm lightning struck a t?en m Mr. A. S. Flndd's lot and killed two fine mules of his and five bogs. III-W - Kewer gallons wears longer; Devue. I Runaway Train Kills Four. _ Altooua, Pa., Sept. S.- Two men were killed and four others injured this afteuoon by a runaway freight train on the Pennslyvania Railroad leaping from the rails on Horseshoe curve. The train was reduced to a heap of scrap iron. State Fair Buildings Ready. JPresidenr R. P. Hamer of the State Fair association was in the city yesterday to look over the situation. The buildings are practically com? pleted. The painting and finishing touches.are now being put on. There is a slight hitch concerning the right of way for the street car line, but it is thought that this will be settled without trouble.-State, Sep. S. One More Chance to Register. " The books of registration will be open only once more before the gener? al election, that is on Monday, Octo? ber 3. The election occurs November 8 and according to law the books must be closed 30 days in advance, that is about Sunday, October 8. An effort is being made to have the books kept open three successive days at th^ next registration period, and the attorney general has been asked as to an opinon on this. j ' Emergency Medicines. It is a great convenience to have at hand reliable remedies for use in case of accident and for slight injuries and ail? ments. A good liniment and one that is fast becoming a favorite if not a house? hold necessity is Chamberlain's Pain Balm. By applying it promptly to a cut, bruise or burn it allays the pain and causes the injury to heal in about one third the time usually required, and as it is an antiseptic it prevents any danger of blood poisoning. "When Pain Balm is kept at hand a sprain may be treated be? fore inflammation sets in, which insures a quick recovery. For sale by China's drug store. Gainesville, Sept. 9.-The first bat? tle of Bull Run has been . repeated. General Bell, commanding the attack of the Brown forces, this morning won a decisive victory over, the Bide forces which were found shortly after day? break strongly entrenchd on the old Bull Run battle field. By nine o'clock the battle was won. The battle this morning began shortly after daybreak and was the most spectacular engage? ment of the manoeuvers. Gen. Bell's victory was due to superior strategy. St. Petersburg, Sept. 9.-Prince Sviatpolk Mierski was this morning gazetted as minister of the interior to succeed the* late M. von Plehve, who was assassinated some weeks ago. TOT FOR TORPiD LIVER. A torpid liver deranges thc whole system, and produces SICK HEADACHE,_ Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Rheu? matism? Sallow Skin and Pife There is no better remedy ? or these common diseases than DR. TUTT'S LIVER PILLS, as a trial will prove. Take No Substitute^ DON'T Flit your life away, take a les? son from the ant, not from the butterfly, and provide for the future. in Adequate Endowment Policy In the Penn Mutual Life In? surance Co. will insure peace and comfort for your old age - if you live-or will protect and provide for your family if you die. Opportunities for good men to act as representatives. P. MOSES, JR., General Agent, Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company Sumter, S. C. Aug 10-ly Glenn Springs Railroad Schedule. DAILY EXCEPT SUXDAY. EFFECTIVE J FNE 1. im. . Ev FfU'nii Sp^>. 9 00 fcinjLv $partanb*g 410 pm Ar Roebuck i) 35 am|Ar Roebuck 4 ?3 pm Lv Roebuck 945 am i Lv Roebuck 3 85 pm Ar Spart an hy IO00 ami Ar Glenn Spgs. ."> pru ELS. SIMPSON. President. $100,000.00 Capital. THE FIRST NATIONAL Ml of Sumter, S. C. ffHE Comptroller of the Currency hav? ing approved the increase of the Capital of this Bank to $100,000.00, depositors now have as security for their deposits : Capital, - - $100,000 00 Stockholders' Individual Lia? bility, - - - '00,000 00 Surplus and Undivided Prof? its, - - 25,000 00 Total Security for Depositors, $225,000 00 ONLY NATIONLA BANK IN CITY OF SUMTER. Largest Capital of any Bank in this section of South Carolina. Strongest Bank in Eastern part of this State. Interest allowed on deposits to a limited amount. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. A. J. CHINA, President. NEILL O'DONNELL, Vice President. H. D. BARNETT, R. D. LEE, G. A. LEMMON, JOHN REID, E. P. KICKER. R. L. ET MUNDS, Cashier. R. D. LEE, Solicitor. BOOKKEEPERS. J. L. McCsMum, D. J. Winn, Jr. Oliver L. Yates. etona Vegetable Preparationfor As - ?j similat'mgiheFoodand?egda ?hg the Stoinaciis and Bowels of Promotes Digeslion.Cheerfur ness andRest.Confains neither Opium.Morphine nor "Mineral. 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Read down Read up No 142 No 140 No 141 No 143 2 lo pm 7 00 am Lv Sumter Ar 9 15 am 5 45 pm ll 40 am Ar Charleston Lv 3 20 am 7 10 am 11 40 am Ar Columbia Lv 7 20 am 3 10 pm 12 30 pm Ar Augusta Lv 6 55 am 6 10 am 10 55 pm Ar Atlanta 1055 Lv 10 55 ll 45 pm 11 45 am 5 30 am Ar Birmingham Lv 5 20 ^4 10 prc 8 30 pm ll 10 am Ar New Orleans Lv "9 20 am 12 35 am 3 30 pm Ar Spartanburg Lv 3 30 10 35 am 1 30 am 4 55 pm Ar Greenville Lv 4 55 9 40 air 7 15 pm Ar Asheville Lv 7 05 a? 8 15 pm Ar Louisville Lv 7 40 am 7 30 pm Ar Cincinnati Lv 8 30 ail? 6 00 .pm Ar Camden Lv 2 00 pm 8 35 pm Ar Rock Hill Lv 9 25 arr 9 40 am Ar Charlotte Lv 8 10 a?* 9 45 am Ar Washington Lv% 9 50 pra 4 15 pm ; Ar New York Lv 3 25 pm Trains 142 and 143 make close connection at Samter Junction with 117 going Norm via Camden and Rock Hill, and No. 118 for Charleston and Atlanta via Augusta or Co? lumbia. . ? - f Trains 140 and 141 make close connection at Ringville for Charleston and Colnm bia, and at Columbiawith solid Pullman trains composed of elegant Dining Cars, Phil? mau Compartment, Club Library, Observation and Drawing-room Sleeping Cars to and from Northern and "Western points. For full information or reservations apply to any agent or address S. H. Hardwick, C. H. Ackart. F. T. M., J. R. Claok, General Manager, Washington, D. C. Agent, Washington, D. ?. W. H. Tayloe, Sumter, S. C. Brooks Morgan, Gen. Fuss. A?er.t A. G. P. A., Washington. D. C. R. W. Hunt, D. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. Oharleston, S. C Cheap Trips to the East -VIA Atlantic Coast Line. Baltimore, Md.-Account National Convention Frater? nal Order of Eagles, Sept. 12 to 17, 1904. Rate: one first class fare plus $1.25. Tickets on sale Sept. 10th, 11th and 12th, limited for return to Sept. 10th, with privilege of ex? tending return limit to Sept. 25. Boston, Mass.-Account General Convention Protestant Episcopal Church, Oct 5-28. Rate, one first class fare plus 50 cents for the round trip. Tickets on sale Oct. 2d and 3d, lim? ited for return to Oct. 31, 1904. St. Louis, Mo., World's Fair. Season tickets, 60-day tickets, 15-day tickets, on sale every day. Coach Excursion tickets on sale every Tuesday. Don't miss the opportunity for an excellent trip. Rates, routes, schedules and all information given by ticket agents and the undersigned. H. M. EMERSON; W. J. CRAIG, Traffic Manager, Gen. Passenger Agent, Wilmington, N. C.