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t %V I i \w </ ;. ' w!y V y' '!< i s Z ( F ' SYesS. i ytsD t r lei E o(''OBER i! 1900. The Asser-bei Demcr.1c':C Ciubs Ac d se dc b-y Br v '. HUGE AUD:ENCE HEARS :;M His Pcwarfu! Arai :reer R-cublic r. McK r v's Own Wo:ras Us- ci .Agrst Him. T ! bi"lin wiah wa- .s sembled 1 Clu : ' r npls inds . on T;hnrs dar wav ; rar ec witl. people, probably Jn IN i praenrt. :)ut ao The hour appreaeLed fr the advent of Mr. Bryan at 4 o'lsck the aisles were diled and the hall thronged to a decree of almst suffocation. After Adlai E Steven:on had coreludcd. .lame R. Sever;en, ex crand master workain of' the Knights o: Labcr, spoke, dealing with the wo:k ineman from a , olftical :tandp int. He said labor i- tlic f undazior of itberrty in :ll the world dlr. Sotrei n was foilowed by 1isho1 J. 1ilieu 'lurner, minister to Liberia under Grant's administration, who ' coke brisdy and in part a! follows: "A great many of my race F ho foini d the msj yrity of t.e r'gro poru lation in the United States 2.5 years ago have already been promoted and bave Zone to their good Christian fathers. but the boys are eomirg forth in teem ing buncrecs and theuands from that palladium and safeguard of American institutions, the public school system of our country, and unlike Uncle Tom and -\unt Sdly, they ate ding their own thitking like other young Ameri cans for themselves. "We come with a fresh born, disin terested patriotism to rut forth our might at this time in the States of In iana, Ohio. Illinois. New York and New Jersey and other States where we have been making the presidents for the last 23 cr :0 yearf, and we think this time, through our votes, we will be able to make up such a quota for the leci- n of Wim. Jennings Bryan that we will elect this ticket without any posibility of NeKinley defeaut it. ItRYAN lAD TO CHECK THE CHEERING. As Bishop Turner concluded dir. Bryan appeared upon the platfo:tu. lie ad reached the city a few minutes be fore 3 o'clock, but did no. arrive at the all until a quarter past 4 o'clock. He was escorted through the streets by a number of marching clubs. As soon as the Democratic nationl candidate ap peared on the platforr2 there was a shout of greeting, and this soon devel "oed into a demonstra.ion which con tinued for sbout six minutes, until there was a call fcr cessation by Mr. Bryan himself. The speech was liber ally appiauded throughout, and when it was eencluded there was a rush to the stage on the part of those in the audi ence who wished to ,hake hands with im. Hie, however, avoided this demon stration, and soon found his way back to his hotel. Mr. Bryan said: TU]E wORk iVR THiE CIX1S "I appreciate the work done and be in done and to be done by this associ tien of Democratic clubs, and I appre ciate the energy, the enthusiasm ana the ability displayed by 31r. Hearst, the president of this association. I be lieve in these clubs. The work of De mocracy, being a work for the people, mut be done by the peoplec. \\e need the clubs to help us eh "c' moniey ,to carry on our campaagn. Tie Repubii can party can get its money from the corporatons, which plunde: the people between campaigns in return for the money contributed darirg campaigens. # et cannot go to a trutt arnd ask it to help us, because we do not expect to be hlpee. The Republican party does not collect money for its national cam paign from one Republican out of 100i, and when the election is-over tK cut of 100 Republicans have nothing to . say about the running of the gverWet. - We <xpect that the ad3niistration will be conducted in behaif of the great mass of the American people, and we have the right to call upon them to help with their money as well as their -votes to win this fight, which is their tght, arnd not our fight. We need the clubs to help circulate hiterature, it evey member of the clubs will pie-k out some acquaintance and find out what he is thinktng about, prepare to meet his arguments, supply him with literature and work for his conversien, the miem bers o.f these clubs will be astonished to nd how much can be done. W e need the clubs to poll the votes, for we ust do by voluntary effort what the Republicans can afford to pay for havig done. REPUBtLICANs DomNO. -The Republican party is not p're pared to mueet the issues of this cam paign. '1 he Republican party is today dodging, running from nearly every issue in the cam-paign. Whnen they started out they said the nr-oney ques tion was the puestionl of paramai~ant im portance. Bust, my friends, they found that when a man says that a quiestton of money is mote important than a 1ueson of government he at once aruss suspicion, and people begin to wonder whether he thinks a dollar is more important than a man. Think of trvinz to make the money guestion paramount in this campraigt . hhy, my freds, wh en the mocney *-uestion was parmunt in s- we fan tne Rie C aid, 'Let us ocin -e m"is in-tead c the minis,' and the lirsz thtng they a. when they got into p-owcr was, not te reform the currency out to reierxr. the tarif, and give the men who contrib ued a chance to run their hands deepei into the pockets of the people "Now, when the questions of t he hu man race and itiman liberty are ,a seake. the Riepublicans say tn-at tra money uestiun is the paramount tssue They were afraid in 1>:% that we were gir to have a 5no cent dollar. No the have eiven us an 85 cent citizet in Perto i;ico, and they dare not tel us what per ert. of citizenship th< Filipino is to have. In >:% they sai' we could not have a double standard o: c u:e -anm , 1overnient-a re re and a despotism in the I' . i ! lar s. They saidi i1 h we could not maintain a parity a w te metal and a yellow. nc:; they Maintain a parity be * - a .ite citizen and a ellow suh r : th e Philippine Island-? They th:.: it is too sordid a doctrine to that the standard of money you e is tuore important than the f-rmi i ment under which you live. l Uo N . :rw: TRUS Alv yt, -:y irienfd, whie the c t' rc. w bcat fthe -ireiaey of :he meer"C; tesbin, the are l)t 1e pared tot mot the other :;-ues. Mr H1annLa - says t are co trutst ihat et:;es th: iestq n. He olueht to ask hids wife. Ery wife knows there are trusts. The only trust that any Re pitlican in tbis country seems to know about is the ic. trust. and the Republi cas dont know much about that, for if they did they wou!d know that every is a Republican If they knew tore about the ice trust they would know that its harm was con fined Lo the peorie of New York. and if ther knew that they had a governor of the State of New York, a man who would not let any harm come to his people they would know that there would be no ice tru-t there or the gov ernor would kill it New York has a Republican cover nor arnd a Republican ieei-lature. and ycu Republicans who have been worry ing so much about the ice trust can cale your minds. for as long as the gov ernor is out west making speeche , you may be sure nobody is being hurt in New York. Why is it that no Repub liean knows anything about the Stand ard Oil trust, or the sugar trust. or the salt truat. or the trust of crackers, or the trust of window glass, or the en velope trust, or the writing paper trust, or the trust in paper that R2publican editors use to write a defense of the trusts upon. Why don't they know about these trust'? Is it dishonesty or is it ignorance? Why is it that no lh publican speakers come out against any trust cxcept she ice trust, and why is it that the Republicans in charge did not d.;stroy that, so you can believe Mr. Hanna when he says there are no trusts? AI'mtliiI OF TIlE ISSUE "The Republican parry is not pre pared to defend itself on the trust question, therefore they try to get it out of the campaign. The lbpulican party is not prepared to defend itself on the army question. They say there is no question of militarism and yet an army four times as great as the stand ing army of 18% is demanded by the president's message of December, 1S9S How much do we spend for education in the I aited States? Les3 than $2J0, 000 000. How much. do the Republicans want to spend on a military establish ment? Uce hundred million dollars a year. They want to spernd more than half as much for a military establish ment as we spend for the education of all the children in the United States Is that not a step towards militarism? What reason can they give for it? They can give only one. That is the one they do not give. There are two reasons which lead men in this country to want a large standing army? One is a do mesijeone; the other is connected with our foreign affairs. What domestic reason is there for a large army? To proteet us from the Indians? No; the less Indians we have the more army the Republican party want. That is not the cause. Why do they want it? So that they can build a fort near every large city and use the army to suppress by force the discointent that ought to be cured by remedial legislation. WH!Y THEY wISH A BIG ARMY. "The laboring man asks for arbitra tion arnd gets a large army; he asks protection from the black list and his answer is a large army; he asks for shorter hours of labor in order that he may have more time with his family and for the development of his mind, and his answer is a large army. He asks fer representation in the presi dents cabinet in order that labor may be protected, and his answer is a large army. That is the domestic reason which is not given and yet it is a rea sn entertained by many. What is the reason they give? They say we need it for our f~reign policy but, my friends, they asked for the army before the American people had ever decided upon a foreigh policy that made a large army necessary. "In December of 1S98 when the presi dent asked for his army the treaty had not been signed, but its terms were un derstood. When the Republicans con gress voted to raise the army to I00.000 the treaty had been signed and no arm was raised against this nation any where in the world. But the American people had never voted for a colonial policy; up to this time the American people have never vote&. for a colonial policy, and yet the Republican party is pledges to a large army. What does it want with it? It intends to exploit the Philippine islands and if you want to understand the reasons for a large army, read the prospectus issued by the Philippines Lumber and Development company. You will find that at the head of the company as president stands a republican member of con g~ess who is the chairman of the army commttee of the house of representa tives, and another Republican con gressman is attorney for the company. What do you want an army for? To hold the Philippines while they are be ing developed by syndicates headed by Republican politicians? THI(sE F'OLIsH CHIAIN "The Amierican people have not yet decided in favor of imperialism. Thei Republicans refuse to meet it. You do not hear defenses of imperialism from those authorized to speak. You find that now the Republicans ate trying to hide behind first one subterfuge and then another- They say new that the reason we are in the Philippines, the reason our boys are dying, the reason a large army is necessary, the reason we cannot come home is because 1 helped to tatify the treaty. "-Mi friends, I want you to go back a few moments and you will find that the IRlepublican party said ive were in the Philippine islands because of the act of God, and it is a great come down from God to me. If' it is the hand of God that takes us to the Philippine islands, why do the Republicans want to lay i on to a Democrat? If it is well to be there, if it is a rart of the divine mis there. n t! 3ia! i oc silent t-artncrs with the lAi hty. 1ut the triuble is that they ake a! the noise and ths far the Almgt hva.; been the :ilent partner. Now they say the rar wouli stop if it w e not fir the I)emeerati: parry. They say that the F !ipieo" would ay: d ow their arms but for the hr'e th." l'av that 1 may be elec:ed Whener a 1bliti'r tells you that vou tell im that the colOnists fought the Qanc "atl that the Filip'i os are ti ine and they did it r.arly il ycats before I wa. born. "Tell them that !lhe F:lipinos issued a declaration i idepen tnce patterned .Geri ours before the iue'tio of impe riai-m e er entered in0 A.' rican p011 C, . The d1o m 1 toth hur .:C'e they s:y that I am re-persible for :he Fili .oo hircd of for'i1 doi nat'on If they have not f"orgotren the te"eh ings of Abraham Lincoln th-y woaiii know that he said it was riot a ar~y but God himself who planted in the hurr.;n heart the love f lib.'rty which no R publican par'y can take away. So tiat the Flipinos would not fight but "r the hope Deiocratie success. e'ntil human rature i6 entirely changa prpie held in bondage will rise -eanst it hnever there is a prospec: of sueces d never made a race that woul .elcome a furcign m ster and 1,1101) years from now, no matter what party i- in po~ver, tie Fliiiinos il! ha--.a us and stana ready to ris'e againtt u; if we attempt to hold them in vassdage and tax them with out thit oonteet. DESTRtTTIVE i.eTBiNE4. "Republicans, what we object to is that in order to defend your imperial polioy you have to lay down doctrines which, if erricd our, will destroy the right of the A merican people to partin ijate in their ow:n government. That is our objcetion to your policy. If Sou are simply going to kill the Filipinos off and come home we mirh: get over the crime. But that is tilt y lur p )licy You dare not ki'l them o because y:.u want to trade with them You would destroy your trade argument if you kill them. You cannot trade with dead peop-e. "You want them for subjects, but you shall not have the-u for subjects if we can prevent it. You cannot make subjects out of them without changing our ideas of government. You can't hold them in perpetual servitule with out amending your constitution either openly or indirectly and the same power that can disregard the consitu tion and make a subj'ct out of a Fili pino can disregard the constitution and make subjects out of the American peop'e. You have as much right to disregard the constitution in the United States as you have in Puerto Rico You have as much right to excude American citiz ns from the guarantees of their constitution as you have to cx elude Puerto Ricans. FOLLOWING; THE PATHS OF MoNARC HY. "The Republican party is following the paths of m narchy. It does not propose a king, but it proposes a prin ciple upn which only a king can stand. IL does not propose a crown, but it proposes a doctrine that can fit nothing but a crown. 'ThIe Republican party has done in Puerto Rico jast what Eagland did in this country, and our president is doing today just what George HI did a century and a quarter ago. What difference does it matter whether you call him president, or em peror. or king, if he administers to the power of a king? "We are not only against imperial ism because it strikes a blow at our principles of government: we are aainst it because it destroys the moral prestige of this nation among the na tions of the earth. "Let me read you what was said by Mr. McKinley himself in regard to this nation's position and in regard to the principles set forth in the Declaration of Independence. We have insisted, as all have insistea who have defended the declaratioH, that it was not written for a day, nor for a year, nor for a een tury. We have contended tha. it was written for all time and all people and that no nation would ever be so great that it could not rest securely on that dccaration of independence- We were not alone in this idea. U'ntil the poison of imperialism enter-:d the Republicans they acceed with us in this doerrine. as you weill see from a Fourth of July speech miade by the president himself at Chicago five years ago last July. Speaking of the authors and signers of the Declaration of Independence and the constitution, he said: .\tKINLEY'S OWN WORIDS. "'They built not for themselves but for posterity. Their plans stretched out into the future, compassing the ages and embracing mankind. Not alone for the present were their sacrifi ces and their struggles but for all time thereafter; not for American colonists only but for the whole human race, wherever men and women are strug gling for higher, freer aind better con ditions. It was the yearning of the soul for emancipation. It was the cry of humanity for freedom-freedom t> think, speak add act within the imita tion of just and proper laws which sheuld be of their ow'n making." "There were no limitations on that constitution then. There were no limi tations on that declaration of indepen dence. It was not intended for the pople who struggled then; it was for them and their children's children to the remotest ages. it vs'aa not for the Anglo-Saxon then. It was for all man kind " 'I cannot better describe the fal'-of the Republican party; I cannot better picture its demoralization: I cannot better describe its complete surrender to the doctrines that underlie 'wonaroh Is and ea:pires and despotisms than to tell you that when a king dies a lle publican president can send a s w of condolence but that when two re publics expire no Republican sheds a tear. We want the American people to attend to their own business. We want them to have their own ideas and stand fyr them. We want this cation to be among the nations as a light and example. I;E. Jt-T AND' !'ittt 1T. "I want this nation to be just and upright so that when other nations quarrel, instead of calling out great arnies to kill each other, they will say, 'leve he uesio to the I'aited States -they can be trusted.' I want this na tion to be a peacemaker among the nations and tien it will earn the re a pr tiied to the 1eacemaker: vecedi'_c t eca 1) 'I reer a'm": iram k- - J'f*' I ' - 1h ' 1 pu'eed M1r 4u';::- .r 'ochr-n voted his -peech to 1 oim Adlai1 E S ee:' d ircs-t :a the convention at the terUm tin He said in part: V11 '., RE1'Vl~Li'AN SD'- iE ir "I'he recieetion of resi. ...t -Ucj'L ley will b.. he'd b dh a t1 -and j :b tiy u. - i . oi - j1ards th 'ii: ; CO lipuic w ".u e' cu,' a'3 i at the - , cbanke in the neoL. And p, of worS than miT u~ "te ''he i: 1 r eee t Ion ,:f the .. t...'1 wouM~ be a oeou en cnOUrsement t e i of a war of cor. hi-... -' it feat nre of his admiitr i'n. The* demnatioi f the adaini.-trrion by the ballot is our only here of e=C-.n *",m the perilous rpolicy it h inaugarated. --lmperialiams5 kno\; e'in of 'I' m itations of power. ih- rule is sia of tie constitu:ion. 1 :: Ihe adoption by the AJI.:eie r1 di of the COIlo ial r.ethods 1f I: ac nonarchis. It re" the r;.:. .hd aien peoples as tcts I n o cs force as the contr);iing az nCy in 'M' cranent. It means the e ire lowing elose in the wake o' '-pyt'rialhrm will cone the iwien s'ndmg army. The dread hand of i;li:i s will be felt in the Nw Werld a in the old. The strong arui of pow r will be sub stituted for the peae fu. agencies , which have for more tian a entury un de our pcople c ) e -n appy. Qaiting the Old Party There is an interestirg iul ix of old time Republicans in!C the Democratic party. The Springfi.i R-'^uAblican says that "followin C-i. Iligginson into the Bryan club of Ma- a:huretts, go Judge Pattam cf I'.bridge. ex Governor Chamberlain, Iirani \ roo man of Roxbury and niny others;' while the Chicago Record says "the most conspicious convert to the Ihmo cratic ticket recer.tly is Syndney Webster, who was private secretary to William Seward and married the daughter of the la:e lanilton Fish, For many years he has enjoyed the reputation of b:ing one of the ablest international lawyers in the country and been connected with some of the mest famous and important cases of internationailiti ation. lie .shares with Mr. C:ney and M:. Schurz the fear that Prcsident McKinley's foreign policy will ruin the cu:try, and there fore advises people to vote for Bryan. Mr. Webster is an agd1 rean and rather feeble, but he wiu1 be in'.ted to preside over the mecetirg at Madison Squire when Bryan speaks on the 14.11 of Oatober, if he is able to be present." A Boy Abducted. What looks like a Genuine cae of ab duction ha; come to light in Flrence eunty. last Fri'b~y na rain w:-ek John Gieyward, a ID y.r-oid boy. dis appar.2d fecm his f athe.; s name in the Elinghami section. M1r. J. iE Heywnrd. the ather c-f the lost b--, h-as been told by responsible partics ha: he as ee; dueed from his home by a man niDeQ Simmons, a preternded eleek pedidler and tinkerer. Nothing has b::en seen cr heard of' Simmons and the boy since Friday we~k. It is thought that they went in the direction of North Caro lina. Simmons had been at Eflingham for several wecks, and the people be ieved in him. 31r. R. Hatehell kuew of the matter, bu: at the tima thought noth.ng of it. It seems from what he says that Simmons had promisca the boy to take him to Fiorence and leave him there, so that he igiht return in thc afternocn with his father, who was in town. M1r. Hleyward is nearly heart broken over the disappearance of his child, lHe has made cxteesive in quiries, with no succes- .-Columnbia state. Bridegromin Wasr't There. in Lippincott's M1agazinC is given an account by Chloe. a young Legro house servant in an Atlanta faanily, of a wd ding she had attended. Tne next day her m'stre:-. said to her: "Well, Chloe, how d i th weddaing go off?" Oh. la, missy. it was le ,rds wddin' I ebber saw It wa j~slb Oh, yo' j es' ought to cob seen cce flw-ahs an' de splendid weddin -"ppah an' de bri-e-oh, de bride! She had- e-n de longest trail, anm' a white veil al ovah her, an' a wreathi ob il a'ah-. an' oh, it was jss' de mos' elegzant we a~ "How did the bridegroo'm ho - An exp-ression of idiuite di~ tu4i came into the face of - ee as sh- ad scornfully: "Ls. is'y. tihat go-.:r uaothin' no-count nigph nekba come ci- ! A FearfalFall Ge orge- Whittesey hai ' rea kable makirg a lloo-n *eertion. When 1000i f act hig'h he cut- loe the para -hute openinc nie-:iy af:.e a are p of 50 feet, when th sau ba us'e-~d in ortrin the b-.lrn bak -loo0e -n el ukin-g the pvaa'ue o'n top an croia' it.~ WiA-.tc fe . uhy the parachute reopenled,~ afa wiegi he land' d safely in the- :neadi- ad Grunds. i'cople were :--tae when 11. bag stru.:k ti e pa'a'1u:e, th ba& pa-s ine on down :d -f ii th 'aing atront r. c' . ise n Editor 3h.de I41ppy. Te ~N o! le ae - h we' g--.: -: U: u iuw o: -ur ei tori m olne-- --:a te ek.AUe lan-d hepe yeet ~ fml a-nd onve uin vne bi&a io ro: da l e forl eur aionihe \ien lik n cany be ourel incuens wrat -t. iat usau hey cun os our fuo'rur tame exanph our b heinIens, wa n ouaenuthp A T ELY RESCUE. Adrift On. An Open Sea for Ten Days. PASSED BY SEVERAL SHIP3. The C.p':in and Crew of the Shin Eiltsrslie Rescued A.,r Severe Suffsr img. Testmr Anmaa, Cat, tai. :nr. in ' au , .ava.via St. .. :stri ;-vd a: i; ston Wcdres : -n, i:avlg on b.:ard tne ai t.d !thr-n ,i the cre w of the inspool'. ship 1'ier3lie, which wa abandoned at ca. ci-mtated snd water loiac. T he steat.cr rcteued the men ou Sepei ber . after they had been buffetec about by fearful seas for ten day s. The master of the Ellerslie is Cain ii e Vilyn Cook. Onoe mmber of the Cr' was lost overboard on Sep tember is The Elersiie sailed from 'ica ou a. 'iss., on August IS, for SLiverp~oo. %e was a three masted to.'dien -hip of 1 346 tons. C aain Cook states that the Eilers lie st:led August 1S with nearly a mil lion feet of pine lumber for Liverpool ani had 1-ht winds until September :3 after which a succession of gales was enc,untrcd, developing on the 18th into a il r eet hurricane. During the ncx: f. days the wind blew at the rate of eighty iiles an hour at times, the vessel rolling and pitching in a terri blc manner. The men were forced to the forecastle head to prevent being carried overboard. The sufferings of the men becanme intense through lack of fresh water, the supply having become exhausted. After the masts went by the board the vessel was relieved some what and the gale moderated soon af terward=. The crew set to work elear ing away the mass of wreckage from the dc in order to secure a donkey boiler with w hich t- condense the salt water Ab out eizht gallons of sea water were thus condensed and the crew were given small drinks diluted with lime juice. Daring all these days the vessel was be ing made the toy of the waves, the crew endeavoring by means of signals to attract the attention of passing ves sels. Three or four steamers passed within sight of the shipwrecked men, but apparently did not see their signals of div ress, o :a least they paid no at teution to them. Finally on the 20:1', at -? p. i., Capt. Cook saw a faint streak of smoke far away to the east ward an all hands eagerly watched the volume grow in size until faint outlines of a steamer were finally made out on the horizon. The stump of the main mast was now utilized for ditress flags, and not n'y the B'ritish j ck, but a bunch of the international code signals was nailed t) it to attract the attention of .he onex*nin; steamer. The latter pr.m. d to be the Auana, .Java for Bos tn, and was soon in hailing distance. The eamer's boats were speedily low cred, andi after several ineffectual ef fonrs to get the men off the wreck from the side of their vessel, the boats were pailed under the j ibboorm, and by means of iines the men were lowered from this part of the wreck and taken on board the steamer. The Ellerslie was then set on fire. Bryan Nails a Lie W. J. Bryan's attention was called to the statement alleged to have been made by Mr. Kingman, that hereceived $150,000t for insisting upon the silver plank of the Kansas City platform, and he said: "It is hardly worth while to deny the charge of a man who hides behind a woman wnose name he will not give, hut in order that the most unscrupulous Republican may have no reason for re peating the charge I will say that it is aholute y false in every particular. No one ever effered, premtised or gave me that sum or any other sum for urging thar p!~ak or any other plank of the Iesa Chy platform or any other pahrm. 1 do not know anything of 1r. Kingman, but it is said that he is a cou:-in to Senator Cullom. The sen ator ou'-ht to k-now whether his cousin is trustworthy or not, and if the senator will state over his own signature that lie believes what his cousin says, and is willing to represent him in an inves tzation of the charge, I will make him a ~proposition which will give him an op -tnt to produce his evidence." SeredHim Right. The Spartanburg correspondent of The State san s Lewis Byars. a white man, wa- .sul j .cte~d to a rough and de served exp'erience in that city on Wed esday. The day before he had been cnvice in the court of an aggravated asault, and the man he assaulted ap peared and asked for mercy. He w as gwen a senteoce of one year in the pencraiary or 81. fine. As he was grgout of the court room Byars stuck the objcet of his former assault onb.- in the mouth, makinig a bloocy lu:re in. Wednesday Judge Benet Fae yarsico court, revoked the far.:r ntence and imposed a sentence of een uL'nths otn the ehaingang. In Need of Money. N tionDal Damc-ratic Chairman Jas. k .Jones has written frotu Chicago to :ya:e- hairnan Willie .Jones as follows: Sir Dea Sir: Please accept my very -ic hanks for your letter of recent oc olosng check for $'0 as a coa oibution to) the campaign fund from e ::n o hrion county. S. C. I will ae-isamount in the hands of the trea-urer of the national committee, and it will be used for furthering the cau' e of Democracy. Please extend my tharnks to the gentlemen who joined n is ecnribution. and assure them it is the more appreciated because we are veryv 'uch int need of such assistance. Killed Forty Boxers. k dispateh from Pekin says the Ger ma ou e )fsisting of 1 ,700t men unde r Gen. von Hoopfner, encountered a maall Boxer force south of the im rmerial deer park recently and killed I of the Chinese during a fight which F ollwe. The Chinese were put cc flight and scattered. Four German: er wonded. THE BRITISH LOSES The Boers, Though Conquered. Made a Gallant Fight. The olicial report of British caiual ties in the Boer war up to September 15 shows how expensive even a small and successful war may be to say noth ing of a bia one. The total losses are given at 40,075. of which 25,199 are persons sent home as invalids, 285 of. 'mrs and 2.71S men killed in action, St (fiers and 77mrn died of wounds, 14:1 t fli.sers and 5 582 men died of di? w 8 officers and t; men died in cadtivity. 12 offiers and S09 hnt are "mi:irg" or in captivity and 3 etliera and 107 men were killed in accidents. Evcry week uses up nearly half a r,^ ment. In the week ended S pten:bcr 15. for example, there were 21 cFicr= ar.d 440 men killed, wounded. died of disease or invalided home. As many as 110 died in Soth Africa of dis case during the werk mentionel. 'There were 1,07: otli.:ers and 13 001 men wounded during the war. The British taken prisoners, or mi-sing, were 284 officers and 7 -3; men. of whom 269 of ficers and 6,444 wen have been released er nave escapod. Theye were losses of an army aggngating about 230,000 men. including colocials. The total of 40,75 casualties, it will be observed, about equals the aggregate of B ter soldiers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State. Including the Boers of Cape Colony and Natal who joined the bur gher army, the grand total of the bur gher army when it was strongest was not over 52,000 But it was all mounted infantry or artillery and the most mobile army of modern times. It was also an army of the best marksmen the world has ever seen, armed with the best weapons ever used so far in war. Tr their mobility and marksman ship the Boers added the advantage of exceptional skill in selecting defensive positions in a country that offered fine facilities for the defensive. To Buy up the Rice. A meeeting of rice gr.xers have been held in Beaumont, Crowley and other towns in the rice district of Louisiana andTexr s,at which the proposition made by the New York syndicate to buy up the entire rice crop was submitted. It seemed to meet with the approval of the farmers, and it is claimed that 9) per cent. of the rice growers of South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, and Tex as, have agreed to the plan and sWgned the contract engaging to sell all the rice they may grow for the next four years, to the New York syndicate. Messrs. Anderson, Herd, of New York, and C. D. Dusen, of Crowley, La., rep resented the syndicate at these meet ings. It is said the syndicate has a cash capial of $7,500,000. New Or leans rice brokers are likely to raise an objection as it will largely shut them out of their business, the agreement will probably be perfected this week, but it can scarcely be put in operation until the next season as the bulk of the present rice crop has already been mar keted. After Thirty-Eight Years. General R. N. Richbourg, who fLor a long time commanded the Fourth brig ade, South Carolina miilita, and was a resident of Columbia for many years, was twice wounded at the battle of Frazier's farm, Juno 27, 1862, while charging the breast works. One bullet took off a finger, while another struck him full in the breast. No effort was made to locate the bullet and the wounded soldier recovered and con tinued fighting until the end of the war. General Richbourg writes from Moatgomery to say that a few days ago he felt a patn in his back. A spot be came inflamed and sore to the touch. That night he placed a drawing plaster on the spot. Next morning the pain was relieved, and taking off the plaster he found the old bullet that he had ear ried for 33 years sticking to it. It was flattended and weig ed one ounce. How They Talk 'Negro disfranchisement the para mount issue" was the subject discussed by several speakers at a mass meeting of colored people in Cooper union, New York, Wednesday night. it was con ducted by the Colored Citizens'league. The hall was filled, and about half the people present were white. Resolutions were passed protesting against the dis franchising of negroes in Southern states; calling on congress to reduce the representation of such states to a pro portion of votes cast; asking congress to pass laws for the enforcement of the 13th, 14th and 15:h amendments to the constitution, and "a force bill if neces siry," protesting against lynching; asking the president to use the military force to prevent lynching; pledging the meeting to oppose the election of Mr. Bryan and favoring the election of Mr. McKinley, by way of "rebuke to recent Tam many police methods.' Burned at the Stake. Winfield Townsend, alias Floyd. a Negro, was burned at the stake in the little town of E~lectie, Ala , a half hour after midnight Wednesday morn ing. The Negro's etime was an at tempted assault on Mrs. L~nnie Har rington, whose husband set fire to the brands which reduced T1ownsend's body to ashes. Townsend made a confession implicating seven other Negroes in his rime. As this is the second white woman assaulted in this vicinity with in the mouth it is believed there is a 'onspiracy among the Negroes A Lucky Nurse. Mrs. Ora Horsman, Lynn. Mass.. a nurse, is woith perhaps $1,000,000, due to the beneficence of Mrs. William Porter of inston. Mrs. Porter is K. years old and feeble. She lives in the Back Bay district, and there has been nursed and cared for by Mrs. Ora Hors man. On September Mrs. P'orter paid her nurse with $S'U00, and on Saptember 9, made a will leaving Mrs. Horseman all her property. Messages to the Dead. A sad leaf in the history of tele graphic communication is encompassed in the story that-never bc fore has there been so many messages sent to the dead as at Galveston. Thousands of despatches have been sent to persons who were destroyed by the recent hur ricane,- and who can never call for them. ALL IS QUIET. Some Ringleaders Arrested, Others Have Fled. A dispatch from Georgetown says Main street Tuesday morning presented a scene which would do credit to Ma nila. Soldiers ira-ehed, drums were beating and the whole town apparently was under military rui-, but such was not the case. Mayor Mcrzan and the councilmen, to whom were ad-ed sev eral prominent citizens, constituting an advisory board, were in session and have been discussing what was best to d; in the premises. About noon it was given out that twenty warrants had been is ou*;d for the arrest of ring!eaders in the disturbance of Sunday night, and these were served Tuesday afternoon. Wal te-r Denison. a negro barber, is c.nsid cred the ringleader, and is being held responsible, in a large measure, for the excitement Sundy night. While it is not generally admitted by some it is believed that by the thoughtless remarks of a few hot heads Sunday afternoon the ncgroes beiieved that John Brownfield would be taken from the jail by the whites Sunday night and lynched, and that the ringing of the fire alarm would be the signal. At the first sound of the bell, there fore, there was a hue and cry raised. especially by the negro women, and there was a general rush to the j Iii, each bearing some kind of weapon, from a rice reaphook to a rifle, and in a few minutes 1.500 negroes were around the jail and in the streets adjoining. The whites at first did not understand the meaning of this outpour and some of the prominent citizens, including Mayor W. D. Morgan, Col. Sparkman, Sheriff Skinner and others went amongst the mob and told them that no one was going to lynch John Brownfield. Here the rice field virago, the length of whose vindictive tongue has never yet been ascertained, got in her vilest work. "Don't go home, mens, like do buckra men tell you; stay here and save John. Bu'n do dam town down to ashes. Yunna kill all de buckra men, an' we will 'tend to de buekra 'ooman and chillun. De buckra want to run over us, but we will show dem." These and other remarks followed in rapid succession, and the consequence was that pandemonium reigned su preme. The Georgetown Rifles were summoned and remained in their ar mory all night awaiting orders. Ma;or Morgan understands the negro wel. As far as he is concerned, he was un willing to call 6n the governor for troops, but yielded to the judgment of others whom he called into consultation. As soon as it was learned that the troops were coming the leaders among the negroes advised them to go to their homes and stay there, which they have done. It seems as if this negro, John Brownfield, was a leader in the society of coondom as well as a member of the Odd Fellows and other organizations. It w' believed that a large stock of arms was stored in a certain hall in town, and a committee was sent to seize them, but it proved to be false. Not more than sixteen arrests were made this afternoon on the twenty war rants issued this morning on the charge of riotous conduct, carrying arms and using menacing language to the terror of the people. Some of the principal ringleaders have escaped, including Walter Denison. As predictcd, these arrests were made without resistance, and a few of the cases were heard this afternoon, a conviction resulting in every case. Three are in jail under sentence of 30 days or Si00. One woman paid her fine of $15. Killed in a Wreck. A serious and fatal wreck occurred on the Plant System road near Benbow mines, several miles from Charleston, Wednesday night. The engine and several freight ears junmped the track and tumbled down an embsnkment, killing Engineer Gooding, a young white man, and Fireman Harvey Thompson and Brakeman Ben White, colored. When the ears and engine went down the long embankment the cars caught on fire, and the surviving members of the crew fought the fire to prevent the bodies of the dead from being burned to a crisp. The cause of the wreck is not known. The railroad ofiicials refuse positively to make a statement. The conduct of the railroad officials cannot be explained, unless it be that they are anxious to cover up something that ought to be exposed. Coroner Duffus was holding the inquest Thursday afternoon and Friday. The examination was a most thorough one, and the blame will be fixed where it lies. Hanna's Way It was recently stated that Senator Mark Hanna demanded a contribution of $80,000 from the Baltimore Clearin g House association for the Republican campaign fund. Not only has this re part no't been denied but the Baltimore Sun publishes statements from two di rectors of Baltimore banks who corrob orate it and tell how the demand was made. One of these is a Bryan man and was indignant when the proposi tion was presented to the direcetors' meeting. Ten Dollars Per Family. The census of 1900 is expected to show a porulation for the I'nitde States of from 73,000,000 to 80 00U0,000). T he yearly current cost of ho~iing the Phil ippines, therefore. amounts to nearly or quite $.l per incividiual. It accord ingly amounts to $1t' per year for each average family. To the large majority of families in the United States this sum is nearly or tuite equal to what the heads thereof are able to earn in a week. Galveston Still Needy. The Fund for the Galveston sutiers sa tar collected iS altogether inade quate to aff.ord the relief that is so much needed. Cliaritable persons should not withhold their hands from giving because the city is bsginning to "do business at the old stand." There are many victims of the storm who lost their all, and who must be helped to their feet again before they can earn a livelihood. , In Hard Luck. Th3 Union correspondent of The State says Mr. G. Walt Whitman,4ate candidate for governor, was recently elected in that town for disorderly con duct and carrying concealed weapons. PEKIN HORRORS. They Are Reviewed by aReturned Missionary. WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO SAY. The Refugees Arriving in San Francisco Tell of Great Hardships Experienc ed In China. R,:v. C. H. Fenn, a returned mission ary from Pekin, telle of the first receipt during the siege, of direct news by Minister Corger from secretary of State Hay. lie said: "On July 15 we received a message that said: " 'Communicate tidings bearer.' "There was no date and'no signature. This Conger sent to the Tsung Li Ya men with the request that it be plain. le received in repiv a- opy of Minister Wu's dispatch which stated that the United States government demanded word from Minister Conger in: cipher. The message made our hearts jump with j y. Conger sent his reply at once. 'The night before relief arrived we hear the rattle from Chinese guns in the distance and it was sweet music. Everybody got up-it was Labout 1 o'clock-the women made coffee and there was no more sleeping that night. The next day as the Americans came in I went down and shook hands with each man as he came-through the water gate." Cecile E. Payne, who went to Pekin last spring as the guests of Minister and Mrs. Conger, was a passenger on the steamer Coptic. She told a graphic story of the siege on her arrival here. "Of the whole eight weeks of terri ble anxiety and dread." she said, "three nights stand out with special prominence. They are spoken of by the besieged as 'the three nights,' The first was just before the siege-about Jane 17 or 18. That was while we were in the American legation. We went into the British legation com peund on June 20. The night I speak of was one the foreigners will never forget. All night long went up terri ble cries-bowls and shouts of thous ands upon thousands of Chinese crying for the blood of the foreigners. The second terrible night was about the mid dle of the siege when after three or four days of muggy and sultry weather one of the most violent thounderstorms I ever experienced broke over the city. Everybody had predicted that with the - coming of rain the Chinese would cease firing, but the effect was just the oppo site. It was a night of bellowing thun der, roaring artillery, incessant light ning and pouring rain. "The third and last night of horrors was that of August 13th, the day before the rtlief came. On that night the Chinese were fairly frantic to break in and kill us. The firing that had be fore seemed furious was tame compared with the hail of shot and shell that poured in upen us that night. It came from all quarters, and seemed to be from every imaginable kind of firearm. We had received reports of the ap proach of the relief column, and knew that it must be near from the furious atttempts of the Chinese to slay us. We expected that any moment might be our last, as many breaches were made by shells, and a determined assault at any one place would have opened the way for the hordes outside." Talking~ Through Their Hat. In a statement issued from Republi can national headquarters through Committeemin Manly, the national commaittee claims 266 votes certain in the electoral college for McKinley, 112 for Bryan and 54 pat down as doubt ful. The States conceded to Bryan are: Alabami, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Texas -and Vir ginia. In the doubtful column is put Colorado, Idaho, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Nebraska and Utah. iaerything else is put down for Mo Kinley, but Indiana, which with its 15 votes is admitted to be in doubt. When shown this Republican claim Mr. Richardson for the Democrats characterized it as only "so much boasting." He added that the Demo crats also had a poll which was very different from the Republican one, but that it would not be made public. Sounds the Key Note. Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, has sounded the key-note of the McKinley imperial campaign. He was put for ward by the Hanna national committee to voice the spirit of the trust party, and at the Auditorium in Chicago, Sept. 25, he sums up the whole matter in these words: "If the opposition says that our constitution forbids American people to hold and govern possessions as their situation may require, Idis mand that they show me the denial of that power in the constitution. We are a nation. We can acquire ter ritory. If we can acquire territory we. can govera it. If we can govern it we can govern it as its situation may de mand."' Memories of Homestead. The great staike now in progress in the anthracite fields of Pennsylvania had its counter part in the bloody Home stead strike in 1S92 The later countri buted largely to the defeat of the Re publicans in that memorable year. The Homestead aff air was one of the worst in th'e history of monopoly war on labor. The steel barons had setout to destroy the unions and the culmination of their efforts was reached in the mur derous assault of the Pinkertons upon an unarmed populace. Died in the Xoiutaius. Gen. MacArthur reported to the was department Friday that five soldierr died in the mountains of Laguna province after having made their excape from the insurgents by whom they had been captured. The date of their death is unknown and no details are furnished as to the manner of their death. It is supposed, however, that they perished from starvation and ex posure, having lot t their way in the mountains in their endeavor to return to tir comrades