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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1904
Page
1
In Aiken on June 15 a butcher recovered a lady’s 18K gold bracelet from the stomach of a slaughtered cow. The animal had been bought with cattle from Tennessee. origin and why the bracelet was eaten remain unclear.
An officer was struck by birdshot in face and neck during a confrontation with a suspect described as Thomas. The assailant used a shotgun, then fled the scene and remains at large as of now.
Saluda county Democratic executive committee met and adopted a resolution endorsing a law banning intoxicating liquor use in primary elections and treating within a mile of polling places. It denounces liquor use by candidates and vows to prosecute violators, urging citizens to vote for candidates abiding by the act.
Charles S. McCoy a prominent attorney with offices in the Atwood Building Chicago killed himself in a Jacksonville hotel bath tub this morning. He reportedly lost $10 000 in stock speculation through a local firm in the days before his death.
Train robbers dynamited the Northern Pacific Express safe near Bearmouth Montana and took 65000 dollars. Kid Curry, the former Montana desperado, leads a posse pursuing the robbers as the Coast to Chicago freight billings were routed.
In Richmond on June 18 Reverend Decatur Edwards pastor of Falmouth Baptist church fired at cats in his Fredericksburg home yard and accidentally shot Mrs. Lucy Mann on an adjacent porch, mortally wounding her.
Gen Fitzhugh Lee argues on a Northward tour that Grover Cleveland is the man who can win for Democrats this time. He says Cleveland may accept the nomination and win by a large majority if urged but predicts Judge Parker likely to be the nominee otherwise. Lee notes rising Southern support for Cleveland and reports others willing to bet on his victory if nominated.
Friends report former Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck earned about 1.2 million dollars in Wall Street gains over the past year by betting against steel and other stocks. He sailed for Europe aboard the Compania with John L. Carroll and Charles W. Moree to take a lengthy vacation, leaving politics behind after a remarkable run of fortune. Morse and Carroll reportedly fared even better on the bear bets tied to steel, St Paul, and New York Central.
R A Gray of Oakville Indiana says ten years in bed with kidney disease left him unable to move part of the time. After no relief from top doctors Foley’s Kidney Cure was recommended and has been a Godsend, sold by Faderburk Pharmacy.
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