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X~~tbI. \~~~~~1I ~MANNNNG, S. C.. AV1)NES1)AY1 OC'1OBL 8 8; _______ O 4 A COLUMBIA SENSATION. SEVERAL COUNTY OFFICERS PRE SENTED BY THE GRAND JURY. They Find Where the Cash HI an't Always Been Right and Where Considerable Carelessness Ras Existed-A Report Ftual of Interest to Tax payers. CoLtMMA, S. C., October 22 -The grand jury of this county made a re port late this afternoon which impli cates sevei ai county olicers with gross cArelessness and actual shortages. The report will prove quite a surprise al though something sensational was ex pected. It covers about fifteen pages of typewritten matter. It censures the auditor and treasurer and justice about the loose manner in which poll taxes are collected, and comes down to the offices of treasurer and auditor, upon which it says: "Thatinconnec tion with the auditor and treasurer's office we have gore back in our in vestigation as far as the settlement of 1891-92. We would have carried our investigation further, but for the total absence of the vouchers for the fore going settlements and for this settle ment of 1891-92. The vouchers are not on file in the auditor's office. The former auditor, L. R. Marshall, can give no reason for or explanation of their absence; the present auditor emphatically states that they were not on file in the office when he took chrge of it. We are, therefore, un able to report further on these settle ments as regards the cancelled checks, abatements. nulla bonas, etc. There is a credit given the treasurer in this settlement for "Executions in hands of sheriff amounting to$840 76. It ap pears that there were no executions in the.sheriff's hands at the time that this settlement was made. For the settle ment of 1892 93 the record is by no means complete. The cancelled school checks are missing to the amount of $925 64, and the cancelled county commissioners'-theckstio the n t of *'ut $1500. That there are no other vouchers pertaining to this settlement on file in the auditor's office. In the settlement of this year the credit of $840 76 reported in the hands of the sheriff in the settlement of 1891 92 was given as a credit. That in addition to this amount there is a credit for the taxes of 1892-93, under . the same head. "Taxes delinquent still in sheriff's hands," to the amount of $2,502 88, making a total of $3,343 04, which the sheriff was supposed to have in his hands in process of collection by execution. Now as a matter of fact - there passed a receipt from the sheriff to the treasurer for every execution held by him just one week before the settlement was made and that every one of them was endorsed with the proper return. That J. S. Campbell is again given credit for this amount in the settlement of 1893-94, and the total amount givei credit for in this settlement under head of "Delinquent taxes still in sheriff's hands" is $4, Tridsurer Campbell submits by way lanation that in reierence to the 01- ~ ~"1892-93 the Comptroller Gen eral refused to allow credit to be given -him for certain executions that the sheriff returned as uncollectable, hav ing been paid to the fund commis sioner underAct of December 24,1892, requiring taxes past due and unpaid for eight months to b~e paid to the Sec retary of State, as agent of the sinking *fund commission. We find that exe cutions so returned for the year 1892 93 was $978 36. He further submits that asto the balance of this credit it should hae been credited as an abatement. There is another credit for abatements on settlement and there is no voucher on file~to cover more than the amount ~of th-ose credited as abetements. There *were no executions whatever in the sher iff's hands at the close of this set tlement.. We recommend that J. S. Campbell be allowed credit for those executions on property upon which the taxes have been legally collected by the ainking fund commission. That he be required to produce a proper vouch er for the balance of this credit in the settlemennt of 1891-92, 1892-93 and 1893 94,-an~d .if hebe unabfe to do so he~ shall pay to the county treasurer the amount of same. That this matter be attended to at once, as it has stood a part. of it for three years without in vestigation oi--attention by the proper officials. That in the settlement of 1893-94 the vouchers are missing from the audi tor's office for the credit given J. S. Campbell for "school checks paid" to to the amount of $345 33. We respectfully recommend that L R. Marshall be called upon to give a satisfactory explanation to the Court as to why he destroyed, permitted to be destroyed or taken from thbe audi tor's office the cancelled checks and other vouchers pertaining to the settle ---ments rade by him during his term of office with the treasurer. Also as to why he permitted the delinquent book to be made up in the treasurer's office instead of his own, as the law Wrecommend that J. RI. Hopkins, auditor, be required to furnish satis factory proof to the Court that the cancalled school checks pertinent to the settlement of 1893 94 amounted to the credit given Treasurer Campbell at the time the settlement was made, and ifhe beunable to do so that he be called upon to explain to the Cour t why they are not now on file in his offic-a to the amount of the credit given. That in the settlement of 1893-94 a dredit has been allowed J. S. Camp bell, treasurer, under the head of --de -linqenent taxes with 15 per cent pen alty" the sum of $12,952. That the de linquent taxes of this year amounted only to $11,086. The explanation of the Comptroller General, the auditor and the treasurer, J. S Campbell, are that previous to the settlement the treasurer's office had been turned over to L. B. Folk; that L. B. Folk had given a receipt to J. S. Campbell for the book containing the list of delin quents, and that he had stated in this r. e tipt that five book-s showed a re capitulation of $12,t62; that they were compelled to take this receipt as the proper voucher ior the credit given J. S. Campbell. Now on this book there is $1 treasurer's cost for execution to be issued, amounting in the aggregate to $1,876 which was included in the recapitulation of $12,962, and for which no credit sl-ould have been al lowed J. S. Campbell. Now it is the decision of this jury that J. S. Campbell is responsile to the county for this sum of $1,87t, and that J. S. Campbell, J1. R. I [opkins, Comptroller General James Norton. - and all others who are required to witness ettlements, and whose names are aopended to the se'lement snes of 189.3 t)1, are eqal ly responsible for the error, and have been careless in the administration of their otlicial dii tv, inasmuch as they allowed credit to be given a treasurer in his final set tlement under the head of "delin quent taxes, with 15 per r-ent penalty," or $.1,89 more than he was entitled to under this head, and that they ac cepted a receipt for a book. stating that the recapitulation of book, given by the incoming treasurer to the out going treasurer, as the proper vouch er for "delinquent taxes, with 15 per cent penalty," when they should have taken as the only proper veucher the abstract of the boor. for which the re ceipt passed which should be on file in the auditor's and Comptroller Gen eral's oflices. Mr. J. R. Hopkins gives as his ex cuse for his seeming carelessuess that he assumed the duties of his ofilice just at the time that this book peing made up. That the book was being made up in the treasurer's office in stead of the auditor's oflice, and was just about completed when he inquired after it; that no abstract was ever filed with him of said book; that he was told that it was customary for this book to be made up in the treasurer's office. and that he had not had time to acquaint himself sufficientlyv the law bearing upon his duties as au ditor and that he has since complied with the law in regard to this matter in every particular. Tnis jury con siders this a reasonable excuse. We recommend that J. S. Campbell be required to pay to the treasurer of Richland .cunty the sum of $1,870, the amount of over-credit under "tax esdelingeuent, with 15 per cent penal ty, in the settlement of 1S93 94. We call attention to the attached communication from J. S. Campbell: Since the typewritten part of our re port was made up Treasurer Folk ap peared before us and produced re ceipts for poll tax, which he procured from differenit persons whose names Ldeoappear on the books, the said receipts having been signed.by Ex TreasurerJ. S. Campbell, and covering a period of several consecutive years. He further alleges that there are na merous cases like the above, in view of which we ask for more time in which to investigate the matter, through a committee of this jury, and that we be allowed under the next term of this Court to report up: the same. We thank your Honor and the other officers of the Court for cour tesies extended. Respectfully submitted. L. T. W sLDs, Foreman. Columbia, S. C., October 22, 1S96. Who are AnarchIstwr Not content with endeavoring to force free American citizens to vote against their own persoaal convictions, the Republicans, if Elward Lauter bach, chairman of the' Republican County Committee of New York, is to be taken seriously, contemplate force to- prevent the seating of Mr. Bryan should he be elected. No other meao in-be -taken from Mr. Lauter baeWs language during a speech he made last Saturday night in New York City. Speaking of the pension question, and alleging taat in case of the triumph of the Democrats pensions would be cut off, he went on to say: "You are fighting today for just as important a principle as did those brave men in '61; but it is a blocdless fight. No blood will be shed -at least not yet; but if they attempt to subvert your Supreme Court, if they should succeed by any chance in foisting up on you the hortible doctrines --anar histic, socialistic and communistic which t'ie platform adopted by the Populist convention contains, we will not abide by that decision." On Monday, after having had time to consider his words, Mr. Lauterbach concluded to modify them somewhat. He alleged that he said "-We 'may' not abide by that decision," instead of "We 'will' not." The stenographer insists, however, that he said "will not." The change is not really mate rial, taken in connection with his en tire speech. Repeatedly Mr. Lauter bach referred to the Southern repre sentatives in' Congress as "that South ern gang," and to the Western silver men as "that Populistic brood." He also characterized the framers of the. Chicago platform as "devils", and the platform itself as "infamous, dishon orable and anarchistic ." It is true that Mr. Lauterbach has not much influence or weight outside of New York City, and probably not a great deal there, but his position a~s chairman of the Republican Commit tee adds to the force of his words. These words constitute a positive threat of revoluti~n; they express a desire not to abide by the will of the people; an intention t- make this country, if possible, on a par with the pretended republics of Central Amier ica. It is clearly defined '"rule or ruin" policy. The pity of it is that Mr. Lauterbach is not without support in his anar chistic ideas. Senator Palmer, the presidential candidate of the gold De mocrats, in a speech at Detroit on Monday night said, "For myself, I would prefer to live under a righteous monarchy ratuer than submit to such principles as these declared by the Chicago convention." "Who are the anarchists in this campaign? Nothing that has been said by Mr. Bryan; nothing that is con tained in the Chicago platform: no utterance by Governor Altgeld or Senator Tillman, or by any leader of the free silver party, is in any degree so startling, so revolutionary. Ihad any free silverite hinted at a determi nation to resort to bloodshed should Mc~inley be elected, what a howl would have gone up from Wall street and from the whole Republican press. If Mr.Bryan himself or any of his fol lowers had expressed a preference for a king rather than McKivley as Presi dent, what political capital would have been made of it. The real anarchists, it is plain, are not supporting Mr. Bryan.-Pittsburg Post. A Terrible Tumbleit. MANS,'UN, N. J., Octh 1.-In frout of headquarters at thet State camp at Seagirt ther-e is a tall llagsta!T,. big flag had become twis-ed, and it. was gradually whipping itself to shreds in the strong wind today, If the 1lag was to be saved some one had to go uip after it. and Bowdish P earce, a paint er, accustomed to dizzy heights, volun teered. lHe miade the ascent of the pole without miishap, and was busilyv engaged in endeavoring to untangle te !Hag, clinging to thle stall mean while with one arm, when his hold gave~ way and he dropped. whirling over and over to the ground. Thle pole is upwards of 100 feet high, and Pea.c wae instantly kild THEY ARE WIT1 ITS. CERMANY'S BIMETALLISTS DESIRE BRYAN'S ELECTION. it i the First Step to an internationeal Agree-nent--M r. Morton Frowen Fints an Iruportait Interview WRtA Dr. Ar eidt. CmIe'An0. Oct. IS.- While at the re cent Buda-Pesth exposition, M r. Mor ton Frewen, the distinguished English bimttallist, had a conference with Mr. Otto Arendt, the distinguished Ger man bimetallist, who recently declar ed, through the New York Journal, that th:, independent action of this country in adopting fr e coinage would have a marked effect in forc ing international action. After leaving Buda Pesth, Mr. Frew en wrote out his interview with IHerr Arendt, and mailed it to the latter for revision. Mr. Frewen left London less than a month ago for America and is now in Chicago. Ile received this morning a communication from Herr Arendt in closing the latter's revision of the Budan-esth interview which is as follows: "How do you explain that you wrote in The North American Review in opposition to free silver and but re cently, in the New York Journal, in support of Mr. Bryan?" "I am glad you ask me the question, because numerous letters from the United States prove to me that my at titude was not understood on the other side. At least a dozen corres pondents think that the 'wicked sil verites' havecommitted a forgery and that the letter in The Journal was nev er written by me at all! This is particu larly the case with those who have een only extracts. My position is this. Last spring I hoped and believ 4d that.whie both-paig would de elare against free silver, bo would be for energetic action in favor bif-Pi ternational bimetallism. I assumed too conadently that the Republican party would particularly favor such action, and that at the St. Louis con vention the idea of Senator Cameron nd Speaker Reed would be included in the platform; namely that by a ombination of the currency and tar itf issues there would be offered a a more favorable tariff to such na ion as would open their mints to the ree coinage of both the metals. But instead of this, at St. Louis, the Re publican party surrendered absolutely to pressure from Wall street. Thus bimetallism received a deadly blow, and the single gold standard was speciically indorsed, with only some meaningless verbiage, as to something to be done when other nations were ready to do it. The St. Louis action, as we over here view it, was a radical ly fresh departure, and as such it has been hailed with delight by the pro ressional monometallist press of New ork--by such papers as The Sun and he Post. It represents the very worst lepnents of reaction-the old absurd letermination to 'do nothing without E.ngland.' This is thestock argument )f the men in Europe who want gold onopolism-not of the men who de ire any form of currency reform. - "I affirm," said Dr. Arendt, "that ,he St. Louis platform is radical and reactionary for this reason: Those who constructed it are the men who vould decline emnhatically to do any hing unless England did everything. 'hat was not formerly the attitude of .he United States. At the monetary yonference of 1S81, the American rep resentatives, declared that bimetallism with the co-operation of France and 3-ermany, was all that was required. Lnder all the circumstances, I be lieve that any active bimetallic policy n the Unitedl States with McKinley as President is extremely improbable. Ple New York money power which supplies his campaign funds will de mand in return a gold policy-on the rinciple 'to the victor belong the spoils.' Presently your farmers in America, and, after al], they are the Jackbone of your nation, will have oo little left to, recruit this spoils policy any longer; and then, through a depth of sutfering, reform will "So that, Dr. Arendt, it is your e w, that while free silver is less de sirable than a wide bimetallic union, et that it is a lesser evil than a per manent gold standardi" "Exactly, I should vote for Mr. Pryan were I in American, because I regard the alliance of Wall street and NicKinley omnious of great disaster mpending. The issue is not so much for or against free silver, as for or against a fresh exploitation of the people by the larger capitalists class. "And," continued Dr. Arendt, "while I expect nothing in the wvay of bimetallism from McKinley, I think Lhat Bryan's victory must keep inte national bimetallism to the front. hould silver rise to the parity, and sta there, the problem is solved, thould si ver continue, as I believe it will, to fluctuate around some point considerably below the parity, then the economic ditliculty in Europe, the gold premium-that bArrier to all that Europe exports to America--will be so formidable that some action will be secured in Europe to solve the ques tion forever." 'And what do you think of the methods of tighting on both side ?' "There, again, I find a strong argu ment for supporting Bryan.- The Re publican press is shouting for 'sound money,' 'honest money,' is denounc inie free silver as 'repudiation.' Why. these are the very lying azguments into America from the Euiropea.n gold fanatics. This is the exact sty le of vitu peration with which we in inter national bi metallists are assailed every day in Europe. if the gold party' win by employing such argument and such methods, then they will afterwards sure'y en deavor to secure the lasting accept ance of the gold standard." "Do you think, then that the fail 're of the present free coinage move ment will result in throwing the Unit ed States forever upon the gold stand "No' Because looking at the im mense indebtedness of the Umnted Sates, I do not think the, gold stand ard is possible; but instead of the issue of legal tender silver, I should dread that under Mckinley the c )untry may be forced upon a paper basis. Either that will happen, or else after a series of further loans and years of depression, much of the present load of debt -railway capital and other in Lastrial investments held by En rope an investors, will be ruibbed oiT by the insolvency of American carpora tions. I suppose a good deal of debt has already fallen overboard in this tion but that this is'so; the incompara tive failure of credit in America shows that." "Do you not suppose that credit within the United States may as we are told, have collapsed because of the silver agitation,' "No. I do not think so. You see, that during the past few years, the countries with depreciating currencies, such as Russia, India, and eveu Ar gentine, six yearsago bankrupt -that these countries have improved their credit in the markets-of Europe very materially." "Do you think that free coinage will bring the dollar to 50 cents?" "That is a statement so fantastic, and even wicked, that it must lose Mr. McKinley many votes. As a foot rule is 12 inches long so, also, is a dol lar 100 cents; the terms are identical. What the phrase means is something quite ditferent; it mean that the pur chasing power of the silver dollar af ter free coinage will fall by 50 per cent. in other words, that pricesof com modities will double. Of course this is not true either. If the rise in silver is to involve any such rise in good prices, then the converse must also be true, namely that the fall in silver has brougit about the present great fall in gold prices. In other words, that because of the fall in silver we are now using a 2U-cent dollar-a dollar which buys twice as much as 20 years ago. But as far as the work ingman is concerned, it is to be re membered that his daily expenses are to a high degree constant. It is only wholesale prices which fluctuate vio lently. In the wholesale markets prices have fallen increasingly, and in these markets a rise would be the salvation of the producing classes. "You will admit," said Dr. Arendt, "tbat all history shows that the wel fare of the working classes does not depend upon the price of bread, but upon the demand for their labor. If prices rise, of course the demand for labor increases; falling prices are ever followel by a decline of industrial en ,terprises. From Russia, for example, ti-e-etry home of low prices, laborers are nowsmigrating to Germany, where prices are hlier.~ Agaii, C"Ur eastern provinces in Germany, where the cost of living is extremely low, the human stream Ilows westward. even though living in western Ger many is dear,.r. The cost of living in the United States is far higher than in italy, still the American workingman does not emigrate to Italy. On the contrary, it is the Italian who emi grates to the United States. There is something unreal and shadowy about this working class argument. Labor gets its tolerably regular per centage of all the wealth produced. If more wealth is produced in America, then, with free coinage, the working classes will get more of it. And free coinage, which will of course raise the price of silver, and thus raise the ex change rates with all Asia, will firmly establish many productive industries, the existence of which in America, and their transference to Asia is seri ously threatened by the present low price of silver. The especial money of the working classes is silver money; and to prevaricate, to shulla and to frame thories th-at this money should be kept 'destandardized,' as today, in order to protect that class which re ceives its wages in silver-such the ories are a disgrace to those who con tinue to employ them in the face of all the facts. "And, Dr. Arendt," said his initer viewer, "what effect has the nomina tion of Mr. Bryan on a free coinage platform had in Germany?" "Of course, the moral etl'ect of such a nomination has been very great; it came at a time when we in Germany had almost ceased to look for it. Were the German agricultural population resident in the United States, our ag gragrian class would almost to a man vote for Mr. Bryan. I have seen it stated in an American paper that were America to go to free coinage, Ger many would take advantage of this to sell the United States her mass of legal tender silver thalers. Such a state ment is ridiculous. The German ag ragrian party is in a position of great strength, and would not tolerate any such operation for a moment. No ministry adopting any such policy could carry it through; indeed, its only supporters would be the social Democrats and a handful of such no liticians as Bamberger and Barth. Our arliament would refuse to vote a bill to make such sales by an overwhelm ing majrity. You~ haye seen what the opinion of the agrarian leaders is here at Buda-P~esth. Whlen the choice left to governments is between bank ers, stock exchange brokers and farm ers, the farmers, must in the end car ry the day. The nation may get on withiout Wall street, but it cannot sacrifice its farm population. In every country the opposition of the anarch ists and the sccial Democrats will have to be met by the forces of a uni ted agriculture. Mr. Bryan's victory will prove one thing to Europe-that by union the weak become strong, and tnat although it is inl initely difficult to combine ]Demccrats, yet that it is not altogether impossible. Mr. Mc Kinley has elected to stand beside the money of the country and Mr. Bryan by the men. There is an old proverb, "Tell me with whom you associate, and1 I will tell you who you are.' " Kiiied by a Bomb!. Naw YonK,Uct. 23 -Ilamlin J. An drews, President of the Arlington Chemical Company of Yonkers, was ~killed today by the explosion of a bomb in his otlice. Ie was alone when the trigedy occurred Who placed the bomb in tne o11ice or whom it was in tended to kill is not known. John,An drews, a brother of the victim was generally the first to enter- the office and, as the dead man was very well liked, it is canjectured that the broth er was the one whose life was desi red. HE W.'6 MURD) ERED. Yoxgnics, N. Y., Oct. 23 -Them mys ery surrounding the violent death of Ilamlin J. Andre ws, Secretary of the Arlington Chiemical Company of this city, who was blown to pieces while mn his oflice at Palisade avenue yes terday morning, seems to be so far so!lved as to determine that And rews was the victim of a murderer. At irst it was supposed that lie either lost his life while experimenting, or was killt-d by the explosion of a bomb attachment to his safe, intended for a burglar trap. Today, however, an electric battery was found in the cel lar beneath the scene of the explosion w.hich was connected with wires run ning' iup through the floor under An drew's desk. Th'le theory now is that some enemy put an infernal machine in the otlice and set it ofr from' the outside of the building who-r Andrews WILL CARRY 'iHE WEST. Irenry George Says Ilryan i4 Certain to ha Eiected. Early in September Henry Geor,e was requested by the New York Jour nal to make a tour of the so called doubtfui States and to give to the pub lie the result of his observations of the political conditions prevailing there. Before his reply was received the news caine from Maine of the increased Re publican majority at the State election there. Then followed Mr. George's answer, as follows: JUma~o, September 15. Editor New York Journal: In my opinion, confirmed by Maine, the result is foregone. I believe, there fore, that a convinced free silver man would be better to make proposed trip for Journal than I, as candor is some times uselessly painful to friends. Will go ahead if you wish and do my best to give exact truth as I see it, but both my feeling and judgment are against this. Would prefer to save my time and your money by not begin ning. Could stop until tomorrow's committee meeting for your private information if you wish, though do not think I could learn anything not public; otherwise would start back. Advise me Victoris Hotel. HENRY GEORGE. In reply to this a message was tele graphed to Mr. George, requestinz him to stav for a short time and des cribe the situation as he saw it-that the Journal wanted the truth. On October 5 Mr. George, having then spent three weeks in the doubtful States, was requested to telegraph for the information of the editor of the Journal his opinion of the probabili ties. In reply he sent the following: CLEVELAND, 0., Oct. 15. Editor New York .Journal: My belief is that Bryan will be elec ted. This is my carefully formed pri vate as well as public opinion. I con gratulate Journal on the good pros pects. HENRY GEORGE. Last week Henry George came back irZrm the West after spending five weeks out there and wrote the Journal the following letter: Editor New York Journal: I catne back to New York over more than a .ibaird of the continent to regis ter my vote and to hear Governor Alt geld make iiaCooper Union the speech in which he sat forth what, in my mind, is the mctt impfttat-Of the is sues in this camoaign. The question that greets me frdhr the lips of every friend I have ever yet met, and the question repeated in all I have as yet had opportunity to glance at in the pile of letters I found awaiting me is: "What do you really think will be the outcome of the elec tion?" Let me answer questioners and zorrespondents, one and all, through the medium of the Journal. My Der sonal opinion ditfers from that which has already been expressed in the let ters that have recently been telegraph ed by me to the Journal from the placA where they have been written only in this: I am somewhat more confident than my letters to the Jour nal have shown, that Bryan will carry the States that have been considered doubtful in the Central West, and will be elected to the presidency. I have no ability to see into the fu ture, and am liable to all the mista'ces of judgment that beset man born of woman, but this is my opinion as to what will be, formed after five weeks of as diligent, cautious and dispassion ate effort as I am capaole of to discov er the trend and strength of the tides of political opinion now running in that part of the country. This was not my first opinion-on the contrary, it at first seemed to me that McKinley, not Bryan, would car ry the Central West; but it is the ma tured con viction with which I came back to New York. And that the tide is daily setting more strongly toward Bry an, I am con vinced. Sadl Encd of a D~efaulter. Fma>Emecss :uaa, Va., Oct. 2t-WV. T. Rambusch, e~he defaulting banker of Juneau, Wis., shot himself in the right temple during the night in this city, dying instantly. His body was found sitting on a bench in the nation al cemetry eary this nmorning, still grasping the pistol with which the suicide was committed. lie arrived here a week ago and registered at the hotel as C. T. Anderson, and since then lie has been visiting the batt'e fields in the vicinity of Fredericksburg. About $100 was found on his person. Friends from J uneau have telegraphed for the body to be forwarded there. The following iiote was four.d in his pocket: "Mv name is WV. T. Rambusch, of Juneau,- Dodge county, Wisconsin. Wire Dr. WV. E. Hlallock, Juneau, Wis., also F-orde Rambusch, of Ram busch & Petit, art decorators, Broad way, New York, and Captain H. A. Bagger, 193 Ninth street, Brooklyn, N. Y., to come here and identify me in order that my poor wife may get my life insurance. Bury me here, not in Wisconsin. I have money enough to pay all expenses. Hope kind people will pardon mie for the trouble I make them. (Signed) "WV. T. Rambusch." Rambusch had no baggage when he arrived here save a small hand satch el. Rambusch was one of the most prominent men in Wisconsin in church, state and financial affairs. He was president of the Citizens' Bank in Juneau and held the imhlicit confi dence of every person- lie left a few days ago and it was then ascertained that he was a defaulter in the sum of $250,000. The news of the defalcation created the biggest sensation in~ Wis consin ever sprung in Ii nancial circles. Since that time otlicers have been on the search for the speculative banker but could mid no definite trace of him. Stinl Playling the Fool. ATLaNTa, Oet. 20.--The Populist State executive committee met today to act on any reply which the Demo cratic exec-utivme committee imight imake. The Democrats authorized a reply, but did not prepare it today. Tonight the Popu lists met again. Tomn Watson, Ht. W. Reed and George F. Washburn were with the committee. Some wanted to fuse with the Repub licanis. Others urged that thme Popu list electoral ticket in this State be taken down and the party followers be left free to vote as they pleased. Mr. Watson opposed fusion with the lRepublicans, declaring lie would rathi er lose an arm than see it. Messrs. RE'ed and Wash burn have been threat ening on the outside that the P'opu lists would use with thme Republicans unless the D)emoc-rats made great con cessons to thmeum. The~ mieetinig may last all night. TIHREE OF A KIND. PETITIONS FOR, ELECTIONS FOR MORE NEW COUNTIES. Greenrwoul. Dorchestc r anid Calhoun the Naies or the Propoed New Comers Som11 iACts as to Their Com position. ( 0 181:1.\, S ' ., 1. M. The Pus to secure new counties has conmencc-d in dead earnest. Yesterday petitions for the ordering of elec'ions to estab lish three new counties came all in one lump. Already two elections have been ordered for the new coun ties of Salem and Limestone. The three now asking for elections are to be known as Calhoun. Dorchester and Greenwood, respectively. The first and last named are new county schemes which have been urged be fore succeeding general assemblies time and again. It looks at last as if those who have been working for them are to be successful in their efforts. Governor Evans is still absent froui the city and consequently none of these petitions have yet been granted. The papers appear to be complete, however, and no doubt the elections will be ordered immediately upon the return of the chief executive. All the papers were filed in the governor's of fice yesterday. CALHOUN TERRITORY. The new county of Calhoun expects to have 410.89 square miles of territo and the county line will not run near er tnan 81 miles of Orangeburg court house. The county proposes to take about $1,600,000 of the taxable proper ty of the present Orangeburg county, leaving over $2,000,000; acd $124,905 from Lexington, leaving in the old county $2,669,885. In the portions of Orangeburg proposed to be disnem bered 500 of the 900 qualilled voters have signed the petition for the order ingr of the election. Seventy-fire per cent. of the 126 voters in the portion of Lexington county proposed to be cut off have signed the petitions. The new county will include the townships of Pine Grove, Caw Caw, Lyon and Amelia townships of Or angeburg county, and Sandy Run and part of Bull Swamp townships in Lexington county. Orangeburg will have 931 square miles and Laxington S19 square miles left when the new county is formed. The dividing line will run neir Elloree and Jamison. leaving these two places in the old county. Those who are pushing the seeme arf Mrs Julius Jacobson, J. posing the specia co have been working for the establis - ment of this county for a long time. FACTS ABOUT GREENWOOD. Greenwood county will take the fol lowing population from old counties: From Abbeville, 16,082, from Elge field, 6,153. The new county will have 433 square miles. The value of the taxable property to be taken from the old counties is as follows given by townships: From Abbeville Ninety Six township.......s 487,7f5 Green wcod................1, 179,480 White Hall................ 213.575 Four-fifths of Cokesbury.... 295, 328 Less than one-half of Smith ville..................... 175,000 Less than one half of Indian Hill..................... 150,000 From Edgeield Half of 1Iibler township.... I115,585 Cooper township......... 303,580 Gray township............ 250,1410 Total.................$3,467,393 DORCHE'STElR CoUNTYC. Dorchester wants to take the follow ing townships from Colleton county: Summerville, D)orchester, part of Col lins north of public road, Burns, Corn, Gingham, George and Koger. There will be taken from Berkeley county the section thus describe-d: From the intersection of the county line between Colleton and Berkeley with the Four Hole creek, a straight line to a point upon Saw Mill branch one mile northeast of the South Caro lina and Georgia railroad; thence along said branch to the Colleton line and thence back to the starting point along the line of division be tween Colleton and Berkeley counties. The property to be taken is as fol lows: From Berkeley -- P art of Sumimer ville tow ashiip.i:si, 15 Part of Brownsville township.. 21,1145 ln either Summerville or Burns ville townships............0,C00 RailIroad property not includ d above....... ... 11,0 Toal......... ..........$4,S800 This leaves $2,747,525 of taxable property in Berkeley county. The rest of the statement u as fol lows: Value all property in Colle ton.................-...$1 ,3SG, 512 Value all property in section to be cut 0ot............. 1,52,65)3 Leaving in Colleton...,53,85C Value all property in Berke ley...................3,9,5 Value all property in section to be cut o11.............. 41L.SO0 Leaving in Berkeley..$2,747,525 alue of taxable property in the proposed county....177,4513 Population --Total for Colle ton......................40,2931 Population of area to be cut off.11,052 Leaving...................., 2t1 Total population Berkeley coun ty before act throwing..part to Charleston .......... ..... 54,11') Of area to be cut of........... 1,18 Leaving in Berkeley.......52, 792 Total population of proposedl county....................12 270 Distance to Walterboro, nearest county seat. 1:3 miles. Area of new county From Colleton..............508 From Berkeley.............1U77 Total....................5.5S State. A To'rrible Kilinng. Lui x, S. C , ot 2l. -Brooks Mc Kensie was shot dead in the public road near Alcott, Darlington county, by Charlie Hatlield last night. They were both young white men, and had been chums. Brooks, followed by his dog, meeting Charlie, said in a joking way: "Look out: l'1l set my uog on you" The latter spoke roughly: the other replied indifferently. (Charlec then dIrew his pistol atnd Iired, kiing McKensie instanitly. lBending over the body of the murdered man, liatlield said: "Hang, or no hang, .I've killed you;" so testify two witn esses presenit. tiatlield has not yet been caught, but NO FUSION IN CtORGIA. Popniit- o Not Re-garu seiwaUi a Factor jn the contest ATLANTA, G(a., O. 20. -The Demo cratic executive committee of Georgia met here today for the purpose of tak ing action concerning the party prim ary for the nomination of four Associ ate Justices of the Supreme Court to be ci-td at a special election on the ISth o. December under the new con stitutional amandment, and also for the purpose of considering Populist proposition published last week re garding a fusion electoral ticket. A State Convention to nominate four Justices was called to meet in Atlanta on the 18,h of November, each county to choose its delegates on the 14th day of November. In regard to fusion with the Popu lists the committee refused to accept the Populist ultimatum, which de manded that the full electoral vote o' the State be cast for Watson for Vice President, but otfering to withdraw seven of the Populist electors, retain ing six to run with seven to be named by the Democrats. This action was taken by the Populist executive com mittee last night. their communication being formally delivered to the Demo cratic committee today. The com munication declares that an inferen tial contract exists as the result of the St. Louis Convention by which the Populists were to support Bryan in the event of the withdrawal of Mr. Sewall It then proceeds to express the belief that it is the intention of the leaders of the Democratic party to defeat, and, if possible, to humiliate Mr. Watson, and attacks the Democratic party of the State. It then makes the fusion proposition above outlined, qualifying it with the express understanding that the thirteen electors so agreed upon, shill cast their vote for Bryan and Watson, and concludes by resolving, "that our central committee is author ized and empowered to withdraw if ad visable, our remaining electors or re instate those that are nov withdrawn, if the Democratic party does not ac cede to the foregoing j ast and reason able proposition within five days from date." The comm inication was dated the 15,h instant, the Populists' ultimatum expiring today. The matter was fully considered by the Democratic committee, and it was the unanimous agreement that the Populists were seeking to prevent a fusion, and that they would listen to no reasonable terms, though the con sensus of opinion among the members present was that if the Populists them 'sl:ddad not locked the doors against fusion thecnmteeQ:C cheerfully have negotiated for a settlem + The ultimatum of the P 'pulists, how ~ refusing to consider Mr. Sewall as a factoriia the contest, settled the mat ter, and the following resolution, of fered by Mr. Clark Howell, of the national. committee, was unanimously adopted: Whereas, the Populist State execu tive committee has a proposition which completely ignores fusion by eliminat ing the candidate of the 1)emocratic nominee of Vice President, Mr. Sew all, and has cut off the Democratic committee from further consideration by fixing an arbitrary limit which ex pires today giving this committee no opportunity for consideration of a movement for proper fusion: There fore Pe it resolved, That the chairman of the Democratic State executive comn mittee appoint a committee of five, of which he shall te the chairman, to properly present to the public the at titude of this committee in its refusal to accept the unreasonable and unjust ultimatum of the Populist committee, clothed as it is in otfensive and unbe coming language. At midnight the executive commit tee argreed to -appoint a sub committee with plenary po wers to continue nego tiations with the Democrats. Mr. Watson's letter of acceptance may be given out by himself on Thursday. WASuLNGT ,N, Oct. 2g.- The Su preme Court to-day heard argument in one of the South Carolina Dispensary cases. The cases before the court grew out of the seizure of liquors imported into the State last December by James Donald, he claiming them to be for his own use and consumption. It came up on an appeal from an injunc tion gretntedl by .Judge Simonton of the United States Circuit Court. Don ald had brought suit against four con stables for ani injunction to: prevent them from seizing wines, liquors, etc., imported by him in the future for his own ase. The injunction was granted, and the S'.ate authorities ap uealed to the Supreme Court. Attor ney General Barter of South Carolina appealed for the State and J. P. K. Biryan represented Donald. The lat ter argued that the law was unconstt tutional because it forbade commer cial intercouse bet ween the States and because it denied to the product of some States a police inspection provid ed for iiquors from other States. He contended that if this principle were admitted the State could ex-2lude from use by her citizens all products of other States. Attorney General Bar ber argued that the State had the right to exercise her police powvers in order to give her citizens pure 'iquors. Ie said tnat 90 per cent. of the liquors consumed in South Carolina were manufactured in other States. In eon nection with his 'efense of the law, he cited statistics to .how that the ef fect of this "police mneasure" had been to reduced drunkness in the State 50 per cent. and the ecnsumption of li uor 57 per cent. Both Mr. Bryan and Attorney General Barber agreed to the coupling of this case with ex parte Snyder, which is on its way to the Saupreme Court irom the Circuit Court. being a decision declaring the the Act of the last South Carolina Legislature, modifying the orignal Dispensary law, to be, like i:, uncon stitutional. Attorne: Genrr-al PBarber said that the State wvas exceedingly anxious for a final adjudleation of the question and stood ready to agree to anything with that end in viw. (ielz W Iier !4 itong'. krl.-m;., GA , < t. :2.-A bomb shel! w.as exploded in political circles here today by the making public of a letter from Dr). W. I. F-elton, P'opu ist elector, withdrawing his name from the ticket and pledging his sup pm-t to Mckinley. Dr. Felton was at (ne tfime member of Co~ngras5 from tie Seventh D istrict and has long been ()uspiceuous in (Gorgia p'olitics-. His corse is c-onstruedi by many as mdi ating that there will be a general dle fection to Me inley from the Popitlist ranks in <(ieorgia on account of the treament of th Populist Sate Corn IN OLD KENTUCKY. MR. JOHNSON, OF SPARTANBURG, TO THE BLUE GRASS FARMERS. Great Ontipnurings of the People Greet HIlm-Goldbu Democrats and Hanna Republicans Work iig in Accord to Elect McKinley. FANKLIN, Ky., Oct. 1.-It was ar ranged for me to ao into Illinois next Wednesday, but the Kentucky cam paign committee wired the National committee to let me remain in this state a week longer. The National committee instructe. me to speak in Kentucky until neu. Saturday night. I will go into Illinois on Monday 26th instant. In this great contest my movements are of snall moment. What is the outlook? After writing you from West Vir ginia I made two other speeches in that State. My belief is that Bryan will carry it by a good majority. 1 came ino Kentucky at Ashand and made my first speech at Grayson, the county seat of Carter county. Carter is a strong Republican county, but our people have the promise of two hun dred Republican votes for Bryan and will lose thirty gold men. In all the county districts the Democrats will make large gains. The gains will came from silver Republicans, Popu lists and men who have not heretofore voted. For instance there are three brothers in this county who have not voted in twelve yet.rs. They are red hot Bryan men and will vote and work for him. Our people are confi dent of carrying this State for Bryan by thirty thousand. I ao not know. While the Democrats will gain enor mously in the county, it must be re membered that the losses will be con siderable in Louisville, Lexington, Covington, Richmond and other towns. The Louisville Courier-Jour nal, The Louisville Times, Tne Louis ville Post and many more heretofore Democratic papers are ighting Bryan savagely. These papers are as anx ious for McKinley's success as The Mail and Express of New York, but as they still dub themselves Democratic they can do us more harm than they possibly could do if they were Repub lican. Any news unfavorable to Bry an is published under flaming head lines, all reports favorable to Bryan are suppressed. I heard Bailey of Texas make a great speech in Lexington last Thurs day night. The papers Friday morn ing did not report one sentence nor give a synopsis of the speech; but re ported the fact that Bailey spoke to a full house. In the same issue in let larger than your enterprising ad vert'ors use it was announced that Bourke ockian and John G. Carlisle would mail.' emocratic (?) speeches in this state. Friday I had a joint debate with a gol an at La=nce burg and on Saturday ing.T' Courier Journal reported t d complimented the other and did not say one word about my part of it. I merely mention this toshow you how extremely bitter the contest is here and how these papers suppress re ports. I care nothing about the fail ure to report my part of the debate, because I left the happiest crowd of Democrats you ever saw, many of them accompanied me to the depot. The Democrats in this State have more to contend with than outsiders can well imagine. Jonn G. Carlisle, Buckner, Lindsay and Breckinbridge have all been honored by the Democ racy of Kentucky. They are all able men and each has a personal following. I made two speeches in Hart county, the home of Buckner. His vote in that county is estimated at. from 30 to 100. Breckinbridge will be supported for Congress by the Re publicans in the 7th district. The gold Democrats and the Repubiicans are as amiable and loving as you please. I think if some of our gold friends down South knew that the gold men in this section were working in complete har mony with the Republicans, they would pause to ask themselves how the Democracy will be any more pre served by turning the country over to McKinlev and the trusts than to Bry an and his followers. When the gold Demiocrats speak here their audiences are composed almost exclusively of Republicans. The Republicans talk about Clevelad and Carlisle and that crowd as statesmen and patriots. Are Palmer, Buckner, Carlisle, Cleveland ar-d that crowd fighting McKinley and Republicanism?~ Are the Repub licans lighting the gold Democrats? They are both fighting B:-yan. The boiters (calling themselves the only pure Democrats) and the Republicans are working to one common end and that is to defeat Bryan in the interest of the money power. The unholy alli ance will faiL The people will render their verdict on November 3rd in these words: We find for the American people: we find that men, not money, shall rule this country; we find for W. J. Bryan and bimetallism. J. T. Jo1D~soN. in Spartanburg Herald. Look Out for Fraud. WA i1HINGToN, Oct. 23.-Senator But ler. as chairman of the Populist na tional committee, has issused a circu lar in which he claims to have infor mation that it is the intention of the Reoublican managers to attempt to control the approaching election by the use of money, and urging the friends of Bryan to be on their guard against all efforts at either purchase, coercion or intimidation of voters. "My advice to th.e supporters of Bry an." he says, "is to keep every eye open to these games. Let them. place cool, game men on guard at every~ pre cinct, sharp enough to expose these schemes and. to use the best and most legitimate methods to frustrate them. I believe that the pc:itentiaries will be the proper place for all scoundrels who try to prevent an honest election. Coercion,intimidation and every other un-American means has been used so far, but it will become a more serious matter to make the ballot box itself the scene of rottenness and fraud." A trocitie:4 in A rmenia. C Nz~TNTINOPLE, Oct. 22.-- ews receivedi here from Eastern Anatolia said that widespread fears exist of a re newal of the massacres. In the mid dle of September Kurds from the Kharput district overran the vilayet of Sivas and destroyed and looted six Armenian villages, ki!h~ng a number of the inhabitants. The village of l'inguian had 2tU houses burned and 'of its inhabitants were massacred. It is further stated that a number of women committed suicide by jumping into the Euphrates in order to escape the bhuatonf the unrdac