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Dem DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPI?Y OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." BENNETTS VIELE, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1904. NO. AA AN ABSUJRD CLAIM, Cortelyou Says He will Bag Two Hun dred and Ninety Votes BRYAN'S STIRRING CAMPAIGN In Indiana IB Said to Have Captur ed Finer ii Thousand Votes lor Parker and Davis). A dispatch from New York snys managers of the Republican campaign profess to be so coull dent of Roose velt's election that they have practi cally huspended work at national headquarteis io that city and Chair man Cortelyou has gone west to spend meet of the time remaining before the election at Chicago headquarters. Mr. Cortelyou bas 1? fe for the west, coin cidentally claiming 290 electoral votes for Roosevelt. This statement, it is said, was based upon a cacvass of the entire country, lt concedes Parker 151 votes and classes 85 votes as doubtful. Tlie total electorial vote is 476, so that only 239 are needed fora majority. In the Republican claim of 290 elco toral votes for Roosevelt New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana are classed as surely Republican. The doubtful states, from a republican standpoint, have now been reduced to eight, namely, Colorado, Delaware, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming. The Republicans say that West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland and Utah are by no means sure for the Democrats, and that with the work now being done there is a good chance of their going for Roosevelt. RIDICULES CLAIMS OK lllCrUm.lCANS. Tammany Leader Murphy made light of the Republican claim that they would carry New York. Ile said the result of Hie two days' regis tration negatived that claim. "There was a gain in tho Democra tic districts and a falling off in the Republican districts," he said. "What more do we want? The failing efl in some of the downtown districts ls ac counted for by the fact that the peo ple are moving uptown. The increas ed registration in the twenty-third ls distinctly favorable to us on this ac count. The reported failure of the independent vote to register I have not heard much about, but if it ls true we don't lose anything by it. That vote has always Leen with the Repub licans. Chairman Taggart said that he never had given out any ligures and probably would not this year, but he reiterated his claim that all doubtful Btates are sure for Parker. BRYAN'S WHIRLWIND CAMPAIGN. News enmes Ire m Indiana that the "whirlwind" Bryan tour has had the ul u'."i ?i"*-*.riUjunn.f.'o.v_hj thoth parties. The Democrats, Mushed with hope and newborn confidence of vic tory, are working as they never work cd before, and tho Republicans have been startled into a realization that there is danger, and they are ou the alert to sive every vote possible and conserve the state's support to their party. John P. Rein, the Detrocraticnom inee for governor of Indiana, sajs: "Bryan is putting fire and force into this., campaign that we know not of. He ls more earnest as an advocate for another's candidacy than he was for his own. Bryan's audiences in 1890 and 1900-I was with him on both tours-were large and enthusiastic, but in neither of those campaign was he greeted by such enormous crowds as he had last week. "I can say without hesitation and stake all my reputation as a political Observer o i the statement that Bry an's tour his determined tue votes of at least tea thousan 1 men who were wavering, and 1 believe ho bas won thousands who had decided to vote for Rossevelt. " mu PURCHASABLE: VOTE. All i ptservcia or political drift 8sy the'i?v aie 20,000 purchaseablc voters in that stale who are now ready to talk business. Both Chah man Cor telyou and Chairman Taggart will soon be In Indianapolis and it is the steadfast opinion of those who believo in conducting campaigns on "business principles" that tte man who takes the biggest barrel to Indiana will land these floaters. George Foster Peabody, secretary of the dcmccrat'c national committee, asserts that the partv will cheerfully go down to defeat before they will buy a single vote, and, mi mover, he says the com mitte has not funds for suth pur poses. There are increasing signs of democratic activity. Not only will Ooah nun Taggart give his personal attention to the campaign In Indiana, but more speakers have been assigned to speak in all doubtful states while of still greater Importance ls the fact that Judge Parker will speak twice before delegations at Esopus Friday and Sat urday. BRISK ELECTION BETTING. Election betting has been slow, taking the whole country tiver. In Wall street there is always some wagering, but there ls little or none In Chicago. In Indianapolis it ls diffeient. Nearly every "Poor Man's ?lub" In tho city has a big blackboard covered with crayon announcements of amounts and odd:, that may be had upon application to the man behind the bar. One of these places offers over fifteen thousand di liars In va rious 1 ets, and has already placerla like amount. The bets are all small, most of them under ot e hundred doh .arB, nene over live hundered dollars Purker money is offered at thirty to one hundred dollars, and few takers. Roosevelt at fifty to twenty-live dol lars is a popular wager and linds many willing betters. Fven money is placed and taken on tho IlerncU nigghn race in New York. One hot of two hundred dollars even that Par ker will carry New York has been made. But '-he most significant feature of itali is that no money is offered on thc rc: ult in Indiana. One of the mon w io is offering several thousand dollars in various bets was asked the reason for this st range omission. "Too blamed badly mixed for mine. No coin from these (holding up four linger!-) goes on any race where there ain't no sort o' dope at all to smoke on." LED THEM IN & TBAP. V Japanese; Night Attack Resulted Disastrously to Thc m. ?The Japanese are fond of night at tacks, which they organizo cleverly. They light a series of enormous canap lires at falso bivouac i and then stealth ily they creep up m the Russian senti nels who, peering imo the darkness and bllndol by thc glare, cacnot soe the Japanese approaching. Or they take advantage of a rain storm and try to surprise the Russfaos. On Tuesday night they adopted both rus?s, near Mukden but ran into a hornet's nest. Tho Dlgfct was inky black, rain was falling aud a cold wind was blowing. "A line night for the Japanese" every one said, and tho Russians hud dled in the trenches Ind strict orders given lo thom that il the expeo'ed, but uninvited guests appeared not to lire but to meet them with the bayo net. It was so datk that a pei son could not see bis banu before his face, except vaguely. Tarough the iain, in the dlrectitn of the false ca nip fires, all eyes were strained ami ear? listening Intently. Tho wird which was as cold as ice and cut lo the bones was suddenly freighted with ominous s muds, an unmistakable quash in the mire and squirting of water under the tramp of hurrying feet accompanied by the metallic rattle of arms The Russians stooped lower. The oil! sera passed along another caution-under no circumstances to tire, but to meet the Japanese with bayouet*. On they came. The Rusdaus could already see thc silhouettes of tho Japaue.-e and watched the approach of their victims with grim satisfaction, their anxiety being lest same nervous sol dier might, tire and thus spoil the game. The Japanese carno un strain ing their eyes in the darkness, evi dently believing that the Russians werj not so close. When they wore right under their feet, the Russians lose up as if out cf the ground, and, with a hurrah, ??idly ?eil upen them with the bayonet. The ftont ranks of the Japanese broke, turned and smashed into the second line, throw ing the whole force into disorder. Like a rabble they tried to escape, but the R ossians gave them no mercy bayoneting them as they pur tied. For a mile the work of slaughter pro cecded and few of the Japanese lived to carry back thc tale. In the morn ing tho grouud was strewn with corpses._ Will Preach. A dispatch from Rjanoke, Va., says James H. Tillmau, the former lieutenant governor of South Carolina, who,^whIle in ollice, killed Editor N. G. Gonzales, in Columbia, has djcided to enter the Methodist ministry, and has written a prominent divh.o there telling him that he has applied to the Methodist Conference for admission. 3?AO. former Lie.iiJv-.oisnl. unvrtft'O1-. i? .. uephew of S?natoiiB. R. Tillmau and the killing of Eiitor Gonzales and the subsequent trial cf Colonel Tillman created considerable interest, not only in Sutith Oat?llna, but throughout the South. Rev C. P. Currie, a native of South Caro ina, now a resident of Missouri, where he is a local M ?tho dist preacher and who is in that city assisting Rev. J. C. Brown, a western evangelist, tn a revival at tireen Mem orial Methodist Episcopal Church, liai received a letter from Colonel Till man telling him of his Intention to preach. Mr. Currie is a relative of Colonel Tillman. I mp ilea tot! White .lian. Fletcher Watson, a nop. i confined in the county jail at Gainesville, Fla., charged with the murder of Garrett V. Chamberlain, white, has confessed the crime and implicated A. G. Lamb, a promineut merchant of Micauopy. Watson said f iat he killed Cnainoer laln because the latter discharged bira, owing him thiee dollars. Ile .<ald that Lamb give him a rilla and told him to shoot Chamberlain or Chamberlain would shoot bim; that after the shooting tie ran luto the store and told Lamb, who said: ''Good thing, If you bad not killed him he wou'd have killed you. The law will protect you." Deputy Sher iff Livingston arrested Lamb st Mi canopy Thursday and brought him here Friday. Watson's confession was secured by John Williams, a pris oner in the county Jail, who gained Watson's' confidence, lt, is now in writing and in the bauds of the elli ce rs. Ko un tl in Autfiista, IO. B. Mullins of Summit, Ga., was found on the streets of Augusta Fri day in an unsound mental condition ard placed under arrest. Ilcha', lei n mi.-sing two months and detectives have been trying to si Ive the mystery of his disappearance fur the life in ur ance companies willi win m he bud policies aggregating 828,000. It was believed that he had been murdered and a number ot negroes bave been arrested fr< m time to time suspec t <1 of having had a band in the killing. When recognized Mullins did not deny his identity but made a rambling statement that gave no clue as lo where lie bad spent ti e pa?t fow we: ks. Ho is being held until tuc ari i val of his relativ is. I 'or a Stolon K lt??. Whether a stolen kiss ls wm tb 815, ooo ls the question which will have to he. decided by a jury In federal court, which sits hi Cuvh'gtoa, Ky. M Grant Mitts of Mason Ky., thinks the is entitled lo that amount for a kiss which she declares was stolen last Juno, by J. lt. Alexander, a friend of hor husband, who made a friendly call while the husband was not at homo, and she has brought suit. As a result of the alleged larceny she declares she is a nervous wreck, and bas been sub jected to mueii humiliation and no toriety. _ IMunw il into Uiver. In an automobile accident near Srrlugficld, Ohio. Vernon M Idleton, brother of George IO. C. Middleton, was killed outright, Mrs. Wilkins' arm was broken and Miss Virginia Hundley was internally injured SO tad ly she may die. The entire pan y is from Urbana, Ohio, and had been out for an all night ride. Their machine at a high rate of speed, swerved and plunged over a bridge at Mad river, seven miles from there, landing ou a pile of rocks below. BRIGHT HOPES. Dem?crata Not the Least Daunted by Boasts of Republicans. FINE PROSPECT IN NEW YOEE. Parker's Popularity and Koosovolt's Laok of lt Make the Stato Almost Certain for tho Democrats. A dispatch from New York says Democrats in thc South who are look ing to New York for political Inspira tion should be satisfied with the developments of the campaign from day to day. Privately tho Republi can managers admit the probable defeat of their State ticket, but they profess to believe that Roosevelt is popular enough to save himself by the 'skin of his teeth." On the other hand, the Demo.ratlc leaders at bo: h State and national headquarters, be lieve that Parker, as well as Herrick, will carry the State. Rcossvejt and Higgins,- they say, are beaton today, and if the Djmocrats can hold their own from this time on they will stay beaten. The Republicans base their hopes of capturing t he electoral vote of New York upon Roosevelt's alleged extra ordinary popularity, upon their tine organization, and upen their great corruption fund. Carrying so big a stick, lt is true they may go far. But the New York Democracy ls not frightened, lt has faced adverse conditions in the past and won great victories. It believes the conditions favorable now, hence, with tood rea son, expects to win another. To begin with, Roosevelt's "extraordinary popularity" In New York has yet to he demonstrated. He has been before the people but tl wee, once when he tau for the assembly In a strong Re publictn district and gota fair ma jority, again when he ran ?or Cover nor and was elected by 17,000 ma jority. Neither of these achieve ments stamped him as a very popular man. Judge Parker on the other hand, has run for e.thee a number of tunes and has yet to be defeated. He ran In every instance but one In a Republican community. Under normal conditions New York is a Democratic State, and this year thc political conditions are about nor mal. If there are any abnormal con ditions they favor the Democrats, rot the Republicans. For instance, the Independent vote is believed to be with the D mocrats to the extent of 75 per cent, or more. Four years ago at least 00 per cent, of this vote was Republican, and eight years ago prac tically all of lt went the same way. thc Watson vote will not amount to much in New York. Toe discovery that Odell is running the Populist ??der?;-''-'" . .?*? .-?pened ,tbc. ?M .>r de luded l?emocrats~in enc north**.".jare of the State and the bottom has fallen out of the movement there, lu some counties it has been shown that three fourths of the signers of the Watson nomination papers are Odell bench men, and in one county the names of seventeen of O Jell's officeholders were on t he papers. It seems to be thc general opinion that New York is the pivotal Siate now, as formerly, and the belief is growing that as New York goos, SJ tile country will go. The labor vote is evidently going to be divided, but I the trend of organized labor Is toward the Democracy, lt ls easy to figure out a Republican victory in the coun try at large without New York, but signs multiply that the party which gets the electoral votes of the Empire State will have a majority In the elec toral college. Tills ernies with it thc implication that the majority in New York will be large et.ough to set the pace for Connecticut and New Jersey, West Virginia aud Indiana are believed by the best-posted men at D?mocratie headquarters to be in sympathy with New York. Mary land is safe beyond peradventure. There ls a chance for the Democrats ni R loda Island, Nevada, Colorado and Montana continue to send cheer ing news. All three of these moun tain States, lt is believed, will cut loose f.on Republicanism. Wiscon sin ls the greatest puzzle in the wtole lot of States. One. thing only Siems certain, and that is that the Demo crats will gain three or four Congres sional district, Including Babcock's. If the Democrats are true to Peck tic will be thc next Coven.or of the State. The State ls claimed for Roosevelt by a large majority, but the Republican factional tight has h,come so bitter that noone can fore tell to what length one facti ?ii or the other may go lu au ellort to carry Its point. That there is not much en lim.-.?asm for Roosevelt was shown the other day when ' Uncle Joe" Cannon, Senator Fairbanks, Congressman Bab cock, and other Republican orators addressed an audience of .twenty-two persons at Piattsmouth, in the heart Of the zinc region, In a Congressional district that has given as high as 10, 000 Republican majority. lu conclusion it may be wei! to say 1 word about thc betting In New York, which the nawspapers over the country have advertised extensively. There has been very little genuine betting on the general result of the election. The New York World, af ter making an investigation, expresses its belief that not more than $20,000 has bron wagered in this city since the Presidential nominations were made. The Evening Post places the amount at not to exceed $20,000. The Republican national com mittee, in conjunction with cer tain Wall Street sharks Is be lieved to have conceived the scheme of fake betting, at big odds on R osovelt, hoping to create an im presi?n which would bc o' great help to to tho committee in Its attempt to carry the country. Tnore is nothing in the political situation to warrant large odds on either candidato. The profesional bookmakers who wager hundreds of thousands of dollars for themselves a id others on Presidential election0, have not begun business yet, i or will they for ten divs or two vv: el s. Th i big sports who have their own ways of "getting a line on" a po litical situation, will ba heard from after registration In this city has bron ii.m pirie. I and analyzed, and what they consider reliable pointers have j ( bein nceived from up tbe State and from Iudiana, Counecticit, Now Jer sey and otber cf tho st called doubtful States. At this stage of the campaign of 1892 the odds t n Harrison were three to one, yet Harrison was snowed un der. THE VOTE FOTJ? YEARS AGO. Tabulated Rot urns from Every State lu tin- Union. There are these da vs numerous in quiries by mail, by wire and by 'phone whlcb it is fuuud most convenient to answer by presenting tho following tab!e. Cut lt out and piste it up for reference. It will save time for you and others. It is a list t f the popular votes f tur years ago as received by the democntlc and republican candidate* for president: States bein. Rep. riurality. Alabama.. 97,131 55,512 41,019 D Arkansas.. 81,i42 44,800 -30,342 D Cal.124,965 KU.T'.J 39 770 R Col.122.7:5:; 9;?,072 29,001 D Conn. 7:5,997 102,507 28/>70 R Del. 18,658 ^2,529 3,071 R Fla. 2S.OJ7 7,3.4 20,003 1) Ca. 81,700 3?,03:") 40,0iif> D Idaho. 29,411 20,997 2,210 D 111.503,001 597,080 94,734 R Ind.300,584 330,'(?3 20,479 R Iowa.209,179 3 :~,765 08,006 R Kansas.102,001 185,055 23 354 R Kentucky...235,103 227.128 7,975 I) La. 53.071 14,233 39,438 D Maine. 30,822 05,435 28,013 R Maryland ...122,271 130.212 13,911 R Mass.150.997 238,800 81,809 lt Midi.211,085 310,259 104,584 R Minn.112,001 100,401 77,500 R Miss. 51700 5,753 45,953 D Mo.351,922 314,0! i2 37.630 D Montana.... 37,140 25,373 11,773 D Neb.114,013 121,835 7,822 R Nev. 0.317 3,840 2.498 D N. H. 35,489 54,803 19,314 R N. J.104,808 221,707 50,899 R N. Y.078,380 621,992 143.000 R N. C.157,752 133,081 22,071 D N. Dakota.. 20,519 35,891 15,302 R Ohio.474,662 ?43,918 (?9.030 R Ore. 33 3R5 pi.52:; 13,141 R Penn.421.232 712,005 288,443 R R. 1. 10,812 33,784 13,917 R S. 0. 47,230 3,579 43.057 I) S. Dakota... 39,544 54,530 14,980 fi Tenn.114,751 121,194 23,557 D Tex.207,337 121,173 14<?,1I0 D Ctali. 45,0ii0 47,139 2,133 R Vermont.... 12,849 42,308 29,719 Ri Va.140.060 115,60.-, 3',215 D Wash. 44.833 57,450 12,023 li W. Va. 98,807 119,829 21,022 R Wis.159,285 205,600 U.0,571 lt Wyoming.. 10,104 li.isi 4,318 R Totals.. .6,358,133 7,207,923 Tne vote for other candidates amounted to 393,900 votes, dlstrlbu ted as follow.1: Wooley, prohibition Ist, 20S.914; Deb-, EOOi?list, 87,814; Maloney, socialist labor. 39,73?; Bar ker, middlc-of the-road populist, 50, 373; two other candidates received about 7,000. Of the popular vote Mc Kinley received 849,700 m ire thou his democratic opponent and 450.259 over ;rJ1. tl'i?e Lu ?^T* "pup id ac '\Olio of itl? candidates was 13.959,053. It is es timated that the vote this year will be about 15.000,000. There were 470 votes in the Elec toral College, and 239 are uecessary to a choice for president and vice president. These 470 votes are dis tributed among the slates as folio.vs: Ala.ll Nev. 3 Ark. 9 N. II. 4 Cal.io N.J.12 Col. 5 N. Y.39 Cohn. 7 s. c.12 I ?el. 3 N. Dakota. 4 Fla. 5 Ohio.23 lia.13 Oregon. 4 Idaho. 3 Penn.34 Ul.27 U. 1. 4 Ind.15 S. C. 9 Iowa.13 S. Dakota. 4 Kansas.lt) Tenn.12 Ky.13 Texas.18 La. 9 Flab . 3 Maine. ti Vei mont. 4 Maryland. 8 Virginia.12 M Icli.11 Washington.5 Mass.10 W. Va... 7 Minn.ll Wis.12 M iss.lo Wyomi! g.13 Mo .18 - Mon. 3 Total.170 Neb. 8 A MYSTERY bULV.fci> Ity the Death ol' a Woman Who Wa? RI ordered. A dispatch frc m Peoria, 111., says Mrs. Nellie Thomason, wife of a form er prominent real estate dealer in that city, ls dead us tile result of injuries received in a sensational encounter with Richard and .lennie H'ggins, son and daughter of .lohn G. ll ggins, a prominent member oi the board of supervisors of Peoria et linty and prom 1 ni nt in Republican politics, tn Saturday last. Young Higgins ls 24 j ears old and Iiis ulster is 20. They intercepted a 1-1 r written to Higgins, Sr., by Mrs. Thomason, in which she asked the Older Higgins to moot her in Ibo di pot, nf t te Rock Island rail road in that city. Hi, gins was at St Louis and his son opened the letter. Tue missive asked Higgins to lie in the waiting roora. Winn Mrs. Thom aso.i arrived she was confronted by young Higgins and his slht?r. Mr Tin mas >n is said to have attacked Higgins with a hat pin, whereupon Higgins stiuclt lier in the fa e. Later the woman askel tho ticket agent to assist her to thc train. He did so and when sbe was gone di ?covered the lloor of the waiting room covered with blood. The woman lingi red in great agony at her home In L icon mail she died. Higgins is under arrest on a state warrant charging him with murder. The case has created a sen sation. Th.? t. Detective William E. Murphy, who was murdered u ider such sensa tional circumstances in that city last .lune, was connected with thc lliggins Thomason case was a startling devel opment of the afternoon. It a pps rs that on the night Murphy was killed he was shadowing John H. Higgins at tho Instance of the members of Hig gins' family. Young Riggings says that either on that night or on the following night, Mrs, Thomason called up tho II gglns residence by telephot.e and saio: "Murphy was a good friend of yours. Weill [Ie got. his tonight. Kiorans(a fallow detective of Murphy) is your friend, too. Ho will got his n xr.." Richard Higgin says that the family had made frequent efforts to bro.ik up tho attachment between the elder Higgins and Mrs. Thoma-on and bad in vain offered her largo sum 1 i of money. "131 MEN ARRESTED 1. _ ry Chargea With the Killing of the Kegro Prisoner Bookhardt AT ETJTAWVILLE LA8T BTJMMEE. Town- ?larabal or the Town and Con stable o? tho Magistrate Aro Anions; Those Arrested lor tho Crime. The Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier fays it took real bull dog tenacity to do anything in the Eutawville lynching. Just as soon as Governor Hey ward went over the case with Solicitor Hildebrand he real'zed that it would take hard and delicate work totecure the evidence. Governor Heyward went into the case with the full aud fixed determina tion to see that the law was vindicat ed and that such a. brutal murder as that of Kitt Bookhard should not KO without brlgtngthe culprits to trial. Solicitor Hildebrand pledged and give his loyal support. From thc very tirst it was suspected who wete the men implicated in thu killing and the sub sequent throwing of the body into thc river. Solicitor Hildebrand knew, but he plainly told Governor Hey ward that there was no use togo into the case without evidence. Governor Hey ward promptly got Into touch with the Pin kerton detective agency and has had that agency persistently at work siLce he went to work on thc case. THE PINKERTON MAN. Mr. F. P. Dem Uo, Jr., who is assistant superintendent of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency of Philadelphia, was placed in charge of thc case. He is lu charge of this district and has a force working under him. The first dilllcult.y was that Edwards, tho hired man of the Martins, who had the trouble with Houkhard, left Eutawville immediate tely after the killing. Whetcr he left of his own accord or was made to leave by those Interested does not appear, but that was the tiis, serious hitch and it took patient work to lo cate Edwards, wlio bad evidently been spirited away aud was agreeable to being kept In the backgr und. At first lt was thought he was in Savannah, but be was not to be fouud there and the hunt continued for months. In the meanwnile every day of the week and every week of the m m th there was a detective in or around Eutawvlllegathering evidence. They i were not welcome and made short stays and then were supplanted oy otl'.er detectives. Whin it ls known that J. H. Pal mer, tho town marshal, and S. A. Eadorr, the. ce astable of thc local ^.Tt?g -..tate 4.> tia? - Penitentiary wallst chargsd with tho crime, then the difficulties of the detectives will ba beater uuderstcol. The. men wno were wanted In con nection with the killing of Bookhard were H. C. Edwards, the young man with whom Bookhard han the epiarre-1, Penny Marlin and Ben j. Martin, on whose place Edwards worked; Ad^er Huller, who was on the wagon on the famous fi diing exped? lion; Eldon, the magi.-.trate's constable, aud Palmer, the town marshal. ox THE WAGON. The two Martins and Duller were on the wagon when Edwards and Bookhard bad their quarrel and ex changed drunken compliments about spunking each other. Dd wards was taken in custody several days ago and has been at thc Penitentiary shice Sunday, where bois being held as a material witness for thc State, an t" ne knows the details of the tragedy lu which a town marshal and a magis trate's constable are said bo have fig ured so prominently. Governor lievward has toiled and worked patiently ott the caso, never once despairing that persistency would win. Wednesday Dighton his rouim from th? Lexington Fair he had the pl-.aMire of receiving a telegram from .Sherill" Morrison that he was on hi> way bo Columbia with five pris mers In the Eutawville case and another message from Mr. P. P. Demaio, Jr., assistant superintendent of Pinker ton's National Detective Agency of Philadelphia, that Penny Martin, Ltenj. Martin, Ad ger Butler, S. A. 10 tdou and J. H. Palmer would reach Columbia Wednesday night under ar rest. Even after Hie wat r iots had been sworn out constables ?rean an other county had tobo called in to serve the arre.->t warrants. Tue pris oners were primarily brought tu Co lumbia for safe keeping a;.el also to have a safer place thun the Berkeley Jail is reputed to bo. IT WAS NOT K011C1OTTKN. M.my have thought and said that the shameful Eutawville lynching would sink into au unpb asant mem ory, as so many other similar cases before it have done. Governor iley ward, however, felt there was a chance in this ciso to arrest those implicated and to get tho evidence and he grappled with the task with determination, There was no money ?villi willoh to employ delectlves and he full well knew that nothing could be done without eonpetent detectives in such clicumstmcos, and so he obli gated himself because he felt tin: shame of the killing of the helpless negro and tue necessity for calling a halt. The men will bo given a fair and prompt trial. The arrest of the al leged Eutawville lynchers mean-, very muob at this time. The news that arrests were ex pected has been known for several days, but In response tu the request id the authorities no use was made of the Inform ilion until thc arrests were actually made. A STORY OK TOE CUIMK. Several days after thc crime was committed the correspondent had cc casion to visit Eutawville and at that time this story was given coneeiitfig the crime: "Tile evidence shows that on tho day before tho Monday on which the kill ng occurrid Kilt Bookhard, a ne gro boy, about 21, wont t n a fi liing r p with two or three Martin broth ers. Henry C. Edwards and Butler: Bookhard worked on Ino farm with the Martins and Edwards and knew them all well. On the return trip the crowd got boisterous and offen sive, and there was talk of "licking," and Bookard told Edwards that if he did not leave him alone he would spank him. There was no light or other incident at the time. O a Mon day Edwards, who was employed by the Martins, sworo out a warrent be fore Magistrate Wiggins, and the ne gro was arrested and tined 95. Magls trate Wiggins thinking this) the best oourse to stop the trouble. Bookhard was sent to thc town Jill, a two-story frame building in the heart of the town, and that very night was taken out, mutilated and killed. ? 55 pound irou rod was tied to bis body, which was carted to the Santee River, three miles away, and thrown in. THE DODY FOUND. The negroes suspeoted foul play and found thu body floating six miles from where lt bad been thrown into the river, with the 55-pound welgbt, brought up by the llo&tlong body, te whic i it was tied, Instead of keeping it bilden under the water as was ex pected. Several negroes swore that they identified Bookhard and part of his clothing was brought into the inquest and there recogn;z;d. There lias been some suggest I )n that other holies have been found in the same' viclnit\ and are caught by a boom in the river built to catch logs, and that th's might bo one of such bodies. The re ports are that the ldentillcatlons were far to J complete to a/lrftit of such a .-.tory and that the weight, the^Jjrack aud all indicate that thc body ls ?Y..>A. of Bookhard. There has not been a day since Gov error Heyward returned from St. Lr irs that he has not himself known every move that has been taken in this case, and there has not been a day during which something has not been done. It has been a slow proc?s-, but the po'icy has been to more slow ly rather than tu make a stnen play There will be abiulutely no>Y'let-up" in tbe case and the laws of the Stat.* will be enforced. A. K. AllKIVED IN COLUMBIA. Ten passengers came Into Columbia Wednesday night from Eutawvllle. There were live prisoners, Sherill Morrison, Superintendent Demaio and three deputies. They got into three hacks and went to the Penitentiary, where the five prisoners were lodged. This closes the first chapter In the Eutawville affair, the arresto of the suspects. The Martins, Palmer and Eldon all say they know nothing about the kill ing of II lokhard and insist upon their innocence. Sheriff Morrison this morn lng made all of the arrests with the assistance of one deputy. The arrests wire mad J before the deputies from other placts arrived. He states that the prltoners all surrendered without protest. Barber? and Nc^roe? of Pittsfield, Mass., in a Kuw. There ls a reign of terror among the barbers of Pittsfield, Mass. The artists of the lather brush are in a state of mind, a mixture of anger and dread, because of the persistent pres euee of a champion of the nogro race, who, they say, ls a "sure thing hodo?," a regular "Jonah man." The negro, who ls Frederick 0. Gould, of Boston, recently made com plaint against William H. Frank, a West street barber, alleging that the barber refused to shave him. The barber was ordered to pay 825 damages and ?") for the court costs. The bar ber appealed, and thu case ls now awaiting tho next sitting of the court Monday. Gould, with confidence made strone, because of the decision In his favoi hy the district c urt Judge, tried the tonsorial artists again, this time ask ing Tor the best and latest thing in the hair-cutting line. With a white companion for a wit nois, he entered the shop of John Gilbert, but finding all the barbers near sighted and somewhat deaf, he put Mr. Gilbert's name down In bb noteb ?ok and the left shop without bi hair cut. Next ho tried the Gregory barber sh ip and was told that all hands wort busy just then, but that If he would come around later, say about ll or 12 o'clock at night, they would see what c old be done for him. When last foeu Gould's hair was still untrimmed and his lighting spirit was'rising, and ho declared he would camp on the trail of the Pittsfield barbers until tho call "Next!" is di rected his way. The barbers are afraid of losing their white customers if they accept, the pat ronage of negroes. The local bur be rs' union is expected to take a hand in the race war, while Gould bas tho, backing o' all tho other ue gibes of the city. Meanwhile Pittsfield barbers look and tremble before they speak ano call out "Next!" In a subdued tone ot ri;.ing Inflection._ DiHiii?8flO(l fron) Service. Capt. R. M. Hitch, who was In charge of the the troops at States boro, Ga., on the occasion of tho re cent h m iling and burning of the ne groes Heed and Cato hus been dismiss ed from roi thor service In the martial was approved by Gov. Torrell. In ad dition to dismissing Capt. Hitch, the verdict contains the following recom inondations: Lieut L. A. Mell, who was lu charge of the camp while Capt Hitch was at tho court house, ls sus pended for ot.e yt ar and is to be pub licly reprimanded. Lieut. Griner, who was in charge of tho reserves and who left his command without authority, is to be publicly reprimanded. Lleuts. Come and Morrison were acquitted. Tho finding of tho court ma-.tial ls tho result of a trial which was held lo Savannah, Col. Clifford L. Anderson of Atlanta being president of the court. The most careful Inquiry lute tho facts surrounding the lynching of the two negroes was made, the hear big lasting nearly two woks. Th ru? i'rjtiuniuu tvi.leti. In a roar-end collision on the Cleve land Pittsburg Rtllroad near Alliance Wednesday morning a ' fireman, messenger and a breakman were kill ed. Several oars wjre wrecked and ono other brakeman was injured. HOW IT STANDS. What tho Republican* ' and Domo? cram Olnlm in Electoral Vote. Tbc HepubllcanlNational Commit tee ofllclally announced last week its ligures. It gives Roosevelt 290 votes in tue E'.eotcral College, concedes only 151 to Parker and classes 35 as doubt ful. Two hundred and thirty-nine) will elect the next President. Here are the figures: '.uUfornia. 10 | Connecticut. 7 Idaho. 3 Illinois. .27 Indiana. 15 I Iowa. 131 Kans is. 10 Maine. 6 j Massa ehuattts. 18 Michigan.14 Munn so'a. ll Nebraska. 8 New Hampshire. 4 New Jersey. IS New York.39 North Dakota. 4 Ohio.23 Oregon. 4 Pennsylvania. 34 lt iode Island. 4 South Dakota. 4 Vermont. 4 Washington. 5 | Wisconsin. 13 Total.290 I The States olassed as close or doubt ful are: "?-w^do._ 5 Delaware. . 3 Maryland.TTTVS^. g Montana.~">~- _*. 3 Nevada..7?": . Z???3 Utah. 31 West Virginia. 7 Wyoming. 3 Total. . 35 Tnc Brooklyn Eigle liJicuRs the 3 hove cs Imate and claims that Parker will hivo 230 elec'.O'a! votes in the electoral coll?ge, which it says is the figures c-f tho Democratic managers. Tbc Figle claims that it has been placed lo pnsession ot the inner facts upon which th^i demojratto belief is 256 votes for Parker in the electora' college is based, a'id here sets them forth. As a mat-erof feb, says the Eagle, more than 250 v jtes are hoped for. Wk cousin, it ls held, ls quite likely ti cast its electoral vote for I Parker, and there are even hopes cf | the state of W.tsviir gtoti. Here ls thc list counted on by the democratic managers: New Jersey, 12; New York. 39; Connecticut, 7; Delaware, 3; Maryland 8; West Virginia, 7; In diana, 15; Montana, 3; Colorado, 5; Idaho, 3; Wyoming, 3; total 105. "One hundred and fifty one v.?tes f the southern states arc conceded by the ropublicxns to Parker. Add tihoe to 105 and the result is 250, a maj rlty ojE 17 ror Parker in tho o A egc." The demreratic claim, the Etgle says, is that New Jersay will go | d?mocratie by 17,000. The indepen dent vote of the state they claim, is known to be 00 per cjnt fir Parker. As to New York state, the claim is that Parker will carry it by 30,0001 plurality and 00.000 f ir I?erriok, al though there are enthusiasts who | cla'.m the state f jr Ilerrlci by 100,000 THE DEMOCRATIC VIEW. Ttiey Aro Certain of Ono Hundred and Sixty-Nino Votca. The democratio national leaders consider 109 electoral votes of the 239 necessary to e'.ect Judge Parker practlcilly won. El^hhtv-four votes thy.consider are in the balance Obairman Taggart, James M. Gjf?y, of Pennsylvania; ox-Senator James Smith, of New Jersey, and ot'aers, db.eus?.ed the bituation at length at Mr. Gully's rooms in the Holland House Thurday. Mr. GutTey, who has large oil interests In Wot Virginia, IB sponsor, in exjunction with Henr> G. Da\is, for that stale. Mr. GulTey cold bis conferees that if the election ./.ere held now, West Virginia would g i democratic. Mr. Bryan ls making -pt eches tbere now, and by constant . Hort for a fort night it is hoped the s ate eau be held ia the democratic column. Word of a siml ar nature was received from Senator Gorman regarding Maryland. There ls not believed to be as much chance for the republicans carrylug that state as West Virginia, whatever course is pursued from now cn. The other slate of which the democrats feel as suroil is Nevada, with Its three elec toral votes. The solid South, Mary land, West Virginia and Nevada make 109 electoral votes, just 70 le s than ls ntce.-siry to elect. Tr.ere are eight slates, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Colorado, Montana, Indiana and Wisconsin, having a total of 97 electoral votes from which they hope to obtain the nquialte 70. Of these, New York, Coloraco, Montana and New Jersey look promising, if sufllclent money ls available for whirlwind effort. In Indiana, Djlaware and Connecticut tho situation is almost as bright. Wisconsin is deemed a long chance. The inslped republican es timates give Wyoming and Utah as doubtful, but Chairman Taggart be iieves the rcbnblicaus conceded Utah as doubtful bocauso they didn't want tu be placed lu the position of claim ing the Mormon vote. From persons wno ha\e cm versed privately with Judge Parker, lt is learned that the candidate feels sanguine of election. He thinks the trend is in his favor and sultlclcntly strong to reverse con dillons by Novcmbor 8. Wanta HeywarQ io Resign. Thc Greenville news received Fri day night a copy of a letter to Gover nor Hey ward, signed by 112 citizens of Oconec cou.ity, asking for his resig nation in view of his course In the Hoyt Hayes murder c. so. In declin ing to publish the petition the Green ville Nows, which has held that Governor Heyward blundered, urges lao citizens not to pursue such a course for thc reason that tl o gover nor was undoubtedly conscientious in what he did. Tuc feeling In Ojonee, while sharply divided, is bitter, many ? people believing strongly in the guilt of Hayes. In a persona1, note to the editor the signers ot tho letter say that lt has already been malled to the governor. NO MIXING ALLOWED. White Soldier Who Manied Negress Dieinissed From Army. APPEALS TO THE PRESIDE?T. Gen. Fred. Grant Recommended the Man's Discharge for the Good of the Military Service. A dispatch from Washington to Tb* State says President Roosevelt is faoo to face with the negro problem in ona .. uf its ugliest phase?. Private John Smith of tbe United States army hospital corps, stationed at. For! Motte, N. J., has married a negress, dis commanding officer, Surgeon Sballeuberger, bas recommended his dismissal. The commanding officer of the post refused to endorse this recommendation. It was approved, however, by the surgeon general. Smith's plea is that If the constitu tional commander in chief thinks a negro good enough to eat with he should not object^to a private In the army mari y lng a negress. Smith Is a white. The war department ls en deavoring to sidetrack the case till after elections. A dispatch from Washington says the surge m general of the army has concurred io the recommendation of Gen. Grant that John T. Smith, a member of the United States army hospital corps, stationed-' at Foit Mott, N. J., who is said to have mar ried a negress, be discharged- from the army, "for the good of the ser vice." -tCbis recommendation has been for warded to-toe Secretary of War for his action. Smith.wftfljttsto the War De partment inquiring if ^b?e\? was s?/"-^ ftusou why he should not ba permitted to marry a negro woman, setting forth that her charaoter was good, ind that he [could cs'ablisha good character for himself by his record. A special to.-The Baltimore Sun from Salem, N.J., tells ot the case as follows: Soldiers at Fort Mott} are awaiting with interest to see what ac tion President Roosevelt will take in connection with the marriage of John T. Smith, a member of the hospital jrors, attached to the Forty-second Company, coast artillery, and Sarah Wolfert, a Southern Maryland ne gress. Smith's discharge was called for by Hospital Surgeon Sparrenbergar, as soou as he learned that tho wedding uad taken place, but Smith refused to sever his connection with bis oum pany. At the time that he was rep rimanded by his superior Smith ls said to have declared that according to the 14th amendment to the Con stitution all persons are free and equal. "If President R >osove?t sat au a table with a negro," Smith ls reported to have said, "it is my right to wed the girl of my choice, regardless of creed O? color." Smith's refusal to resign and his de claration that he would jiofc do So un til bis case had been passed upon by tbe highest authorities was the cause of several conferences among the offi cers of Fort M itt. B dog unable to decide the case for themselves, it was de.cided that the matter should be submitted to President R ?osevelt. I As soon as Pest Surgeon Sparren j berg was satisfied that Smith was j married to the negress he communi cated with Gen. Fred. D. Grant, com mander of the department of the east, lu this letter the post surgeon object ed to having attached to his corps a man with a negro wife. He said there was much indignation among the ar tillerymen over the affair, and wound up by requesting that Smith be dis charged. Ln the meantime Smith write to Secretary Moody for bis decision. About the same tim ?, so the report ls here, Gen. Grant referred the post surgeon's communication to the Sec retary of War. Now the whole mat ter has been referred to the President for adjudication. The President's finding ls feverlsh I ly awaited at Fort Mott. Back of the wedding is a story dat ing from the, Spanish-American war. Smith then was a member of the Six teenth Indiana, stationed in Cuba and was stricken with yellow fever. He was ordered to Camp Wyckoff, New York. For two months he hovered between life and death and the ne gress, a member of the Volunteer Red Ciois Society, nurse! him faithfully. A sh >rt courtship followed and Smith was ordered to Fort Mott, about eight miles from the city. Letters followed and Smith's form er nurse came to Salem on September 20, where tuoy were married. O.ily a fe.v of Smith's soldier friends attend ed thc wedding, and the matter was kept very quiet. Merchants With i'arkor. Democrats aro surprised at the Par ker and Davis sentiment manifested among the business men of Now York In the past few days. There bas been nothing like lt In the history of the pirty, unless it was In the campaign of 1892, when Cleveland and Steven son received the bulk of tl e support of the busln ss men. Some of the business men's Parker organizations, which have been cifeoted in the past three days, are tho ColTee exchange and the Downtown Merchants' Par ker and Davis Club and the Printers' Parker and Davis Club, willoh em bracis nearly every prominent printer, publisher and book manufacturer In New York; the Jewelers' Parker and Davis Ohio, the Washington Market Parkerand Davis Club, the Wholesale Wine and Liquor Trado Parker and Davis Club. Threw Lamp itt Woman, At New York Mrs. Nellie Mc Carthy was burned to death at 247 Bast Sixty-second street and Mrs. Annie Martin is under arrest, charged with homicide. The tragedy is said to have resulted from a quarrel be tween the two w. men over the respec tive merits of their husbands. Annie Martin, who ts only 22 years old, ad mitted t hat she had Hung the lamp In the other woman's face. The lamp struck tho unfortunate woman square ly, breaking into fragments, and de luging her clothes with burping oil. Mic- died soon after.