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* ' / % ^-V\~?^:--~?* VOL LIV WINNSBOKO. S. C., WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1899. NO. 12 ' ? ~ **"" ?T*?n??rTniTi I a ir^n n ..Vr n r-< . r T\ IN GREAT DOUBT.' ! Contest in Ohio, Iowa, .Nebraska and Kentucky are Close. MARYLAND IS ALL RIGHT. Boss Hanna's Trust Speech is Helping the Democrats in Ohio and McLean'Js rr# Gaining. The New York Herald publishes a forecast of the state elections to be held November 7, in Ohio. Kentucky. Iowa, Nebraska, Maryland, Virginia, Massachusetts and other states, in which it undertakes to indicate how the several states will go. The Herald's investigations show that the result in several of the states is vt.ry doubtful, and that either party may reasonably claim the> advantage. This is regarded as significant, as few of the Republican or Independent papers concede that the Dern* A? v ,_T ? ocrats have any sbowiii unio onowuvr Nebraska. onio. As to Uhio, The Herald tays: "It is estimated that in the coming Ohio state election Samuel M. Jones, the ''golden rule" independent candidate for governor, will rective *bout one hundred thousand votes. It is also estimated that the total vote will be about eight hundred and fifty thousand. It is evident that Jones is drawing his strength about evenly from both old parties, although in seme sections he is drawing more from one than the other. ''Senator Hannarefused today iogive out any estimates on the result, except to say that he is confident that Georsre Tr ?T v u i 1.V.r. o XV. J.'NaSU wuuiu yc cjiccitvi i/_> u. ?? some plurality. Should Jones receive one hundred thousand drawing equally from both parties, it will make little difference in the general result, and, as nearly as can be predicted at this time, the Republican candidate will be elected by a plurality at least as large as that received by Governor Bushnell in 1897. "Features of the last week's fight have been the campaigning tour of William J. Bryan, the visit ot PresiJ ?* (tT/.TrJr<latT tVia -nrpsenpA nf Gover- I UCUl lU^XXlUlVJ) bx>v ._ nor .Roosevelt of Xew York, and the important utterances of Senator Hanna on the Philippine war and the trust question. Another feature that will have an important bearing upon the campaigning is the wonderful fight which Jones i?makiDg. uThe utterances of Senator Hanna on the trust question will csu?e considerable trouble for the Republican party. The Democratic press has already Senator Hanna with defending trusts and repudiating the trust plank of the Republican platform. "In several interviews Mr. Ilanna has repudiated the stories that he is op posed to the tru.-t flank, but his exBs planations have/u-r been clear or comprehensive enough f-. r the average voter. It is feared that his speeches on this question will be a serious detriment to the party's chances of success. "Money is being lavishly used in the present fight, aod it is a safe estimate that before the campaign is over more than $1,000,000 will have been expended by both parties. .lnhn R. McLeansaTS he is confident he will be elected by as good a majority over the Republican candidate as was received by Governor Campbell when elected as Democratic govern nr in 1889. when he defeated Foraker by 10,872 votes. KENTUCKY. uThe Kentucky gubernatorial election will be held on Tuesday, November 7. but not even at this late day is rvnTrent of DODular feeling setting so strongly in one direction that its flow can be easily determined. There are two Democratic tickets and one Republican. "Both Democratic tickets are planted on free silver platforms, and both are advocating Bryan for president. Republicans are united and harmonious. Seemingly, Republicans should be surt of victory, and trey are confi dent, jet the result is in great doubt. William Sylvester Taylor, head of the Republican ticket, acu his associates are confident. Sena: or Goebel, head of the regular Democratic ticket, is certain he will be the nest governor by 10 or 15 thousand plurality. "Mr. Goebel does not beliuve the nomination of former Governor John Young Brown on an independent ticket has addsd to the opposition to the regular Democracy. He believes Brown may get ten thousand votes, bat says if the ticket bad not been nominated the remilar Democrats would have been so apathetic lie would have been defeated as Hardin was in 1S95. yS" "Mr. Goebel attaches no great im/ portance to the Brown ticket, and no estimate outside of these of Brown's supporters puts his vote above 20.000, whiie one-half that seems a fair esti mate. "Republicans, however, believe the bolt so formidable that they are declaring Brown will get 40.000 votes, and that Taylor's plurality will oe 30,000. This estimate is for public consumption. The close calculators really figure on a Taylor plurality of 5.000 to 15,000. They declare they will carry the third, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth k and eleventh districts. Chances are wm good for them in the third, aDd the 1 * - .3 ^ lourtn is uguuuui. "The fifth district includes Louisville and Jefferson county. Louisville is undoubtedly Republican, though it went Democratic in the city election, but here is where the Independent ticket has its greatest strength. Here is also a heavy gold Democratic vote which will go for neither Democratic ticket THE OTHER STATES. "In Virginia the contcst is for the legislature, and the issue is the c'.eciion of United States Senators by the people. Democrats will carry the legislature, and a majority of the members will undoubtedly vote for the re election of Martin as senator. "Massachusetts politicians are Scaring chiefly on the size of the Republitan majority. Republicans will be eatiafied with anything above fifty ! thousand majority, and Democrats will [ l>c satisfied if tfcey "can keep the figures j below forty thousand. "E^ch party is declaring it -will win in Iowa, but Republicans feel entirelj safe for both governor atd legislature. ; At the beginning of the campaign there was some lear as to the effect of imperialism on the foreign born voters, but Republicans say this issue has no; proved of any use, to the Democrats. The latter declare quite the contrary. "Bryanism has been made the issue by the fusior-ists in Nebraska, where Republicans are working earnestly tc carry the state. The Fusionists base their hopes of succets large'y on the 1 defection of the German votes, who are declared to be solid.y in opposition tc the expansion policy. Indications art that the Republicans will make sub stantial gains, if they do not carry the state." TLe indications are that Man land, which has gone Republican in her last two elections, will retcra to the Democratic column on the 7th. At least this is the outlook at this time. THEY "WEBE STARVING. Passengers Arrive at Seattle in De pioraDie uonaiiion. After a voyage of 28 days from Cape Nome, during which two men diedfiom starvation a?.d others were half crazed froi- want of food and water, the sch.. or B. ra arriv< d at Seatle Wed uex( ?v wr.ii ueany zuw passer-pcrs u;< ! f.r News of the wretohcl plight of tin Hera's passecgers was brought bore Sunday night by ti-e stoaiuer Lukms. The rtVtsEue cutur Grant ami the tug Sea Loan, ia mediately started after the schooner. They succecd*d in Iiudicg it Tuesday about fifty miles off Cape Flattery. The two dei'h-s reported are those of J. S Ryau, came oa board a well aac, hut through bad food became ill, arid owing to :ack of attention gradually grtw worse, u^til he died on October 16ih. The ">ther case is much the same. George Lamby, through want of nourishment and confinement in ill-ventilated quarters, was taken ill with typhoid fever and died on October 21st. While he was sick he had absolutely no medical attention. Both men were buried at sea. From the statements of other passengers it is learned that the agent of ship at Nome guaranteed them plenty of good provisions on the way down. They were chargrd $50 for their passage. When they were a few days out meat, sugar and butter ran out. The menu consisted of suit pork and canned mutton. There was a little dried fruit on board, but only enough to supply the table three times with dried peaches and twice with dried prunes. From that time on for nearly 24 days their fnnd consisted of flour and coffee. There was plenty of flour bat the water was short. Four days ago the last unpalatable salt horse was consumed. Had it not been for rain storms which fell for 1 * ui i :.-L a lew aays, tney wouia nave uteu wiuiout water also. When the Hera anchored out in the stream the majority of the men were so weak that they could not carry their gold dust ashore without assistance. Several passengers were crazed from their terrible experience and had to be carried ashore and taken care of. Even taking their terrible voyage into consideration, the passengers unite in declaring Nome to be the greatest camp on earth, and many-of them will return in the spring. Rerarakable Yield of Wheat. The Carolina Spartan sajs Mecklenburg County, X. C., has no doubt again 1 d the United States in growing wheat. Tiiu Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.. had 145 acres, and Mr. Fred Oliver 210 acres, making 355 acres of wheat grown by one manager, 31r. Oliver. This wheat suffered from the excessive rains and cold weather experienced by the whole winter wheat territory last winter. andtheyieli was cut off at least 50 n'er cent, by the damage done. It cave an average jield; however, of 20 bushels to the ^cre. Many acres thac were so situated as to be protected by good drainage aud by surrounding woods, gave yield of over 40 bushels per acre. Mr. Oliver claims he can raise 40 to 50 bushels or wheat per acre with favorable seasons. The fertilizer used la?t season cost $4.SO per acre, and it would no doubt have given double the yield of wheat if the weafhcr hau been favorable. Why raise cotton when you can get more money value fiooi ?vlieat, with less labor and expense, and at the same time have a chance to grow on sauie land, same season, another crop eithei of pea*, millet or corn. The farmers in the South will be much more independent when they raise all the wheat, corn and hog's ar.d cattle that they con sume and ociy tail as mucn cotton as id now gro>vn. November WeatherThe follo wing data. covering a period of twenty-eight years, have been compiled from the weather bureau records at Charleston for the month of November: Mean or normal temperature 58 dearees. The warmest month was that of 1S9G, with an average of 63 degrees. The coldest month was tnai or iscs, -with an average of 54 decrees. The highest temperature was 82 degrees on November 13, 1379. The lowest temperature was 23 degrees on November 30, 1872. Average date on which first * killing" frost occurred in autumn, November 30. Average date on which last '"killing" frost occurred in spring, March 2 Average precipitation for the month, 2 02 inches. Average number of days with .01 of an inch or more, S. Tl-m irroatoj* niAnThlv nrpnimtation was 7.54 inches in 1SSS. The least monthly precipitation was 0.33 inches in 1876. The greatest amount of precipitation recorded in any twenty-four consecutive hours was 5.34 inches on November 1C? and 17j 1-8S9. Average number of-clear days. 13; partly cloudy days, 10; cloudy days, 7. The prevailing winds have been from the northeast, 22 per centum. The highest velocity of the wind was 40 miles from the east on November 14, 18SS. Don't Like Our Style. The Filipinos, like the Spaniards, do not like the style of American fightinr. A letter from Manila says the "little brown men" complain that the Americans "do not fight fair," in that "instead of going back after a battle to have dinner and smoke cigarettes, they keep on going ahead and want to fight again.1' ''ABSOLUTELY FALSE." i * That is What Witnesses Swears j About Ouzts Statement. * IN REFERENCETO COL VANCE I The Ex-Comrnissioner Submits i His Side of the Case in i the Form of Affida, vits. To the People of South Carolina. Mr. Ouzts in one of his. chapters o? revelations, has seen lit to make charges i against me. For two years I held the position of commissioner at the vate i dispensary. The first year Mr. Ouzts was the shipping c'trk; the second year he was my confidential clerk and bookkeerer. My desk was never locktd. As my confidential cierk Mr. Ouzts opened all my mail, and at all times had free access to all my papers. Darr..orc tViaf. xcnrtpfl tn VUU V?1V w *. v, ^ V gether 31r. Ouzts at all times treated me with the utmost ccurtcsy and consideration, and I mot him in the same spirit. I could submit other affidavits, but think the following sufficient to r<;plj to Mr. Ouzts: Very respectfully, c w k.'. 11. 1 OUlt. Columbia, S. C , Oct. 2G)V18UD. Sra.e of Soath Carolina?Richland w"1;. Personally appeared before a,e D M Miles, who being duly sworn saya that he is the chairman of the State board of control; that he has read in the papers the stau merit of I) A G Ouzts that Col Vance, when commissioner, had paid to Mr. Earhardt the sum of $12 without his knowledge ~r consent, and pronounces the same to be absolutely false. D M Miles. Sworn to before me this 17th Oct., 1S99. B. C. Webb, X. P. State of South Carolina?Richland County. Personally appeared before me M K Cooper, who being duly sworn, says that he is secretary of state for South Carolina, that he has read in the papers the statement of D A G Ouzt? in reference to the changing of prices of certain liquors and wines by Col Vance, fVio /?nmmia?in7ipr and that hfi had com plained of the same to other members of the board and pronounces the said statement to be absolutely false. M R Cooper. S^orn to before me this 18th Oct., 1899. D H Means, X P. % State of South Carolina?Richland County. PiTionaily appeared before me M H Mobley, who being duly sworn, says that he is one of the bookkeepers in the State dispensary; that he has read in the papers the statement of DAG Ouzts in reference to the sale to him by Col Vance, then commissioner, of one gray horse; that he bought the horse openly and fairly, after the other bids had been rejected, and that any state ? ^ ^ A n fa fViA rneuii uy XJ uuiu iu tuo buuuu; is absolutely false. M H Mobley. S^orn to before o)e this 19th Oct., 1S99 Benj. C. Webb, N P forS C. Stale of South Carolina?Richland County. Personally appeared before me J Jf Easier, who being duly sworn, says that he is an employe at the State dispensary; that he worked there while CM, Yacce was commissioner; that he has read in the papers the statement of DAG Oazts that last Christmas, through some of the hands, Col. Vance gave to the railroad employes $20 00 worth of whiskey; that he was the man who carried the whiskey to the depot; that to the best of his recollection Col. Vance sent by him six bottles of X rye pints on the day before Chaistmas to *U/v of Jonnt TTTIO f.hft IUV iiauuo av tuv uv^vu -? uv ~ dispensary shipments; chat six bottles of X rye pints were woiti about $2 00; that the statement of D AG Ouzts that Col. Vance sent $20 worth of whiskey te the railroad hands is absolutely false. J P Easier. S*ora to before me this 19th Oct., 1S99. Benj. C Webb, Notary Public for S C. State c-f South Carolina?Richland County. ~L> ? .rt. Allfr orvnAiro/] TYlA IT T? JL tr-rM/uaiij opp\^a.4.\y\A W*VAV mw * ? Elowie, who being duly sworn, says that he has read in the papers the statement of D A G Ouzts in reference to the sale of some contraband wine to himself and W J Hill by Commissioner Vance; that at the time of the sale of ihe wine Messrs Williams and Doutnit were in the board room; that Col. Vance took a samrle of the wine to them accompanied by himself and W J Hill; that Williams tasted the wine, and remarked that kiit tasted like pokeberry juice, and was unfit to drink." Mr Douthit unon tastinir it pronounced it worthless; that Col. Vance said he thought it pretty fair claret wine, aud could sell it for 10 cents per galloD; that Messrs. Williams and Douthit told him to sell it immediately; that the statement of D A n t\ n.,1 V ? A. VjT. III it L \ auug ov*u vu*u wine oo his own motion is absolutely false. H. B. Howie. Sworn to before me this 25th day of Oct., 1S99. Winthrop Williams, >\ P. S. C. State of South Carolina?Richland County. Personally appeared before me T. W. Collins, G B Pettigrew, J E Earhardt, J P Easier and R C McCants, who beinc duly sworn say that they are em ployes at the State dispensary, that they vrere there while Col Vance was commissioner: that they have read the statement of I) A G Ouzts in the papers in reference to Col Vance trying to compel the employes to vote for Sloan in the last municipal election; that Col Vance never intimated to them that he had any choice in the matter, nor do they know of Col Vanes haviog spoken to any of the employes about whom they should vote for, and chat to the best of their belief and information the statement of DAG Ouzts is absolutely false. Thos. W Collins, G B Pettigrew, J Earhardt, R C McCants. Sworn to before me this 10th day of 1 Oct., 1S09. Benj. C Webt), * Notary Public for S. C. State of South Carolina?Richland 1 County. Personally appeared before me John .nlm krtinnr n!r srrnrn savs that | vr liu UV/IU^ Ai; w .. V* ? J ?v I he is the shippin' 'erk at the State I dispensary; that h Jed said position 12 months while CoT Yar.ce was commissioner; that never at anytime did Commissioner Vance intimate to him 1 in the remotes; degree that he would prefer any one brand of whiskey shipfhit Vvn lioa in fchfi J'UU LU ailVUlVi J WUUV ?V papers the statement made by D A GOuzls that Col Vance pressed the shipment of certain liquors; that to the best of hi? belief and information said statement is absolutely false. .John Black. * Sworn to before me this 10th Oct., _ 189!). Benj. C Webb. ? Notary Public for S- C. . ? o OUZTS ASKS FOR THE RECORD AND (iETS * IT?IX TIIE NECK. w Iu his card published October 21st, tl Mr. Ouzts. in s?peakimr of his 'Tevela- t! tioas," "I dtsiro to say I am ready to stand bv th? record as to the truth of C the same, aid demand by the records I a bo judged." d n S:ate of South .Carolina?Richland h County. (1 Personally appeared before B. C. t< Welb. who being duly sworn, says that w he is the clerk of the State board of r control, that he held sain t " position ti wLile Co!. Yu:.co was eommis?ioner; t< that he has re&u the statement as pub- d iished in the papers by D A. G. O jzts. w in which he charges that C?>1. Vance Iomed to Mr. \V. MeB. Sloao th? coil F belonging to the State, aud that, Sloan u did hi> o?.n weighing, returning some si and pa\ing for some; that some lioje in Si March Mr. Sioan delivered to the dis- tc pccsary one car of coal, but not 100 b tons as rba-ged by DAG Ouzts; that a] the cr, according to the railroad b weight, contained 58,700 pounds of h 1 -I . vr_ s ?? n nn fr COai; t (1 It .ur 01<>aU JJJL it] iti; puuuuo, " as sho.vn bv the certificate of City bi Weigher Griifin attached to the voucher iut be office of the State board of ai octroi; tbat on April 6 Mr Sloan pre- h; sentcd his bill and was paid for 44,290 re pounds, as shown by voucher in the office of the State board of control; w that Mr Sloan did borrow from Col es Vance 10,320 pounds of hard coal; that e'< the coal borrowed and the coal returned was weighed by City Weigher Griffin, h; as shown by his certificate of weights h( attached to the voucher in the office of oi the State board of control; that Mr. la Sloan returned all the coal borrowed hi save HO pounds, which he paid for at the rate of $6.50 per ton, as shown on 01 voucher in the office of the State board oi of control; that the statement of D A G- w Ouzts in reference to this transaction w is absolutely false. - tc B. C. Webb. Sworn to before me this 19th day of Oct. 1899. Wm. H. Yeldell, N. P. S. C. B tT State of South Carolina?Richland County. Personally appeared before me G H ^ Charles, who being duly sworn, says that he is one of the bookkeepers at ~ .1,1 i J f r the State dispensary tnat ne nas reaa in the papers the statement of D A G lc Ouzts that Col Vance invariably gave a i he orders for Lanahan & Son's whis ^ kies to b( shipped out first, so that the ^ same could be bottled up and shipped * out before the next meeting of the " board r" control; that Col Vance nave*" eave verbal oiders for the shipment of * liqours purchased by the State board; that all orders were in writing; that he has examined the orders given by Col ^ ir r *?:i IOOQ ? A-,.,*! 1.QQQ bj V SOUS lruoi ItWU, iu u^m iwu . inclusive (duriDg which period DAG *Oazts served as bookkeeper to Col eI Vance, who was commissioner at that VJ time); that these orders, which are now ai on file in the office of the clerk of the P1 board of control, by their dates show conclusively that the statement of D A G Oazts is absolutely false. *n G. H. Charles, ,b( r. X. -L_c k( D>vorn to ueiort: mu mis w uaj u? Oct. 1S99. U. X Gunter, Jr., s[ ]S. P. S. C. ti] ta Sta<e of South Carolina?Richland County. Personally appeared before me F E g1 Young, who being duly sworn, says t}. that he is the receiving clerk at the D. State dispensary, and as such keeps c] vr.r?r\rA n F all revived: that I <.v 1"" Vv/i v* *" ^ 3 'w """* " ' "*"" ' 3 ^ L prior to his appointment DAG Ouzts W( kept this book; that the entries from April, 1S9S, to May, 1S99, except when <<, Mr Collins was doiDg Mr Ouzts'work, m are in the handwriting of D AG Ouzts; ot that he has read in the papers the state- le ment of D A G Oazts that Col Vance st when eommissioDer would order the Lanahan purchases shipped first, so that their liquor would be first received sj at the di:-pjnsary, bottled up aDd ship- tj. ped out before thu next meeting of the State board of control; chat the receiving book shows when whiskey purchases were received; that the record as kept sa by DAG Ouzts himself proves con- hi clusively that his charges as stated at above against Col Yacce are absolutely R false F E YouDg. bl oitli . I tr U?TU1U IV UV/iViV Uiv WU.V WW-., 1899. B C Webo, ec Notary Pabiic for S. C. b: Lynched in Georgia. c; John Goolsby. a young Negro, was g. shot to death at Riggin's mill, near fr Macon, Ga., Friday morning, it is presumed by some member of an informal Q( posse from the adjoining county of Twiggs. Goolsby ha'4 cut to pieces his employer, Jim Tom Robinson, a respected white farmer of that county, ir the night before. Some time ago bi Goolsby was in Bibb couDty jail under H a misdemeanor charge. Robinson paid tl the tine with the understanding it was tl to be worked out on his farm. He h found Goolsby worthless and ordered tl him away. The Negro returned to the is place Thursday night and a difficulty h arose between the two men In which ri Rjbinson was badly cut up, and it is e: feared he will die. Goolsby fled and H o nnc;o <- f npifhbnrs started in Dursuit. tc " F>"-v ? -o - ? Friday morning his dead body was oi found near his father's house with a Winchester bullet through the h.-art. An S-year-old brother of the dead man was the only witness of the shooting, i and he could only say some men did it. -t Goolaby's record ha^. . The long feathers the Jaiies wear in p their hats now-a-days may be harmless, w but they look awful dangerous. a; FROZEN TO DEATH. rhe Most Fatal October Blizzard Ever Known in Montana. FAITHFUL COLLIE DOGS. fhey Guarded the Bodies of Their Dead Masters. Nine Men Known to Have Per ished. As a result of the reoent blizzard rhich swept through Teton county, in be northern part of Montana, nine len are known to be dead, and of these, ve bodies have been recovered. With nc exception, all were aheep herders, nd all were found lying in such posiions as to indicate that they had stayed ith their flocks to the last, dying in heir attempts to save the pooperty of heir employers. Williom rj-raVuim working for the Cascade Land company, was found in coulle near Healy Butte. It is evient that he tried hard through the lght to get his sheep into camp, but ad not succeeded. Conscious of the eath which was impending, he returned . r-nirlninrhf thorP J UJ3 ICU. auuuu uiiuuiguv Muvi w rote and left a note saying ha was early exhausted, but was about to reirn to the sheep in the snow, hislan;rn about 20 feet distant. Of his two oga, one remained to guard the body, bile the other followed the sheep. Norman Brace worked for Will ioweree. He remained with his sheep ntil be managed to drive them into a leltcred spot, where tbey wculd be tf'e. Blinded by the storm, he mis>ok the coulle where "his cabin was ui)t and wandered up another. Re* * - * ?. 1 A- J iiziog Jhis<mistafce too late, ne raraeu ack and fell less than 200 yards from ome and safety. The searching party mod his dog stretched across the dead ody. Matt Gregorich was found with his :ms crossed upon his breast. His dog ad followed the sheep into camp and iturned with the rescue party too late. H. Herald, working for C. R. Scoffin, as lying in the deep snow, his beard iten of Dy the sheep, which had also iten his clothes and part of his boots. Tt ia nrnhflhlp that the dead list is ardly begun. Flocks of sheep without srders have been reported from vari29 points in the storm district, and ter these will be traced and the dead srders found. Now the snow covers up everything i the prairie, and the coulies, many ? them more than 100 feet deep and ith steen sides, are filed with it. This as the most severe and most fatal Uciber storm ever occurring in Montana. Bride .Robbed by the Groom. Mrs. Mary J Colthar, 45 years old, of unker Hill, 111., whose husband'died fo years ago, leaving her a farm and J, 000, is penniless in Rochester, N. .. having been robbed of $4,075 by a ew York confidence man. Accordig to her story, which has been veri;d by the Rochester police, Mrs. Col iar about a month ago, by a letter of itroduction through an agency, began correspondence with James Monroe. few weeks later, by appointment, tey met in Indianapolis and the same 'ternoon were married. The folio wig day they started, together with Mrs. olthar's 11-year-old daughter, for New ork, to witness the Dewey day cele ation. Before going however, Mrs. -U1 -1 J ? 40 hflA /S? UlLiicii piaucu t% tpjy,v/w iuuivgags? vn ic farm and drew $2,100 from the ink. The trio arrived in Rochester a w days ago, and Monroe proposed to igage in the drug business and preliled upon his wife to loan him $4,075, id s'med for New York, ostensibly to irehase stock for the store. Monroe is not been seen since. Wednesday rs. Colthar received a letter from him : New York, saying he had been rob;d, and advising her to return toBun;r Hill. Mrs. Colthar, realizing that j le had been deceived, immediately laia ie case before Chief Cleary, who has ken steps to catch the man. Threatens to Resign, William E. Mason, junior United :ates senator from Illinois, declared lat he would resign if the Republican itional convention in 1900 did not de are against ''criminal aggression" in ie Philippines. Mr. Mason even ent so far as to say he would resign if ;e convention offered the Filipinos canned freedom," a* he thought it ight do. There must be no evasion 1 the vital issue of pure and unadulrated freedom, or the senator will ep down and out. T Mr. Mason oposcs to stand for reelection to see Hether the Illinois general assembly des with him or witb the policy of ie McKinley administration. Bravery Rewarded. A dispatch from Cleveland Ohio, .ys: "City Councilman J. L. Reilly is fallen heir to $80,000. Four years co, while in San Antonio, Texas, Mr. eilly stopped a runaway team, probaiy saving the life of the driver, a ealtby farmer of Palmer, Texas, nam1 John Wallace. His arm was so idly injured in the s ruggle that for a me amputation was thought to be neissary, but eventual]/ it healed. On iturday Mr Reilly received notice om San Anton1'o that Mr. Wallace id died and left him a legacy af $30,)0." Has Seen Light. Senator Beveridge's silence respect ig the Philippine problem seems to 3 worrying some of the Republicans, ie speot several months studying le question in Luzon and elsewhere in le archipelago. Bat since his return ome he has not had a. word to say in le public prints in favor of the admintration's Philippine policy. Before s sailed for the East Senator Bevedge was understood to be an ardent spansionist, if not an imperialist, [is present silence is being construed ) mean that he lias undergone a cnange F heart. As to Shade Trees. The supreme court of Illinois has ecided that shade tree3 on the street 1 front of a house belong to the owner f the house and that a telephone ccmany which cut the limbs of a tree ithout permission was liable for damre. HASELDEN'S PEIVATE STOCK. It Is Charged That He Has a Bai Eoom at HomeSome of Mr. Haselden's neighbor; make very serious charges against him. Outz in a card to the papers quotes from two letters received from Marion county in which the writers say: ';Sicce Haselden's connection with the board of "control hundreds of bottles of all kinds of liquors and wines ind lager beer by the barrel have be^n shipped to Seller's Station to him by various liquor houses for his own personal use. In every instance the freight is prepaid and he has nothing to do but to take it out. Of course it is a physical impossibility to drink it all himself, while he does his level best to do so. and the balance is distributed ab>ut free where it will do the most good. I am told that he has a room in his house fixed up for the display of his goods, and has large bottles on which appear in I laree eilt letlers such labels as the fol lowing: ''Haselden's night cap." ''Haselden's private stock," "Haselden's dew drop.'' etc, etc. All this is received from liquor houses and is sent to him absolutely free. Many young men have been offered liquor ia his house and they often come away in all stages of intoxication and .1 myself have seen older rneD, men with families, come from his house as'--drunk as the proverbial fiddler's bitch. '"The looks of the express company at Sellers will show the many shipments. The influence of a free bar in that, community is worse than a dispensary or a bliud tiger. All the above facts and many more similar can be substantiated by record and unimpeachable testimony. You might also inquire who was it Ilaselden or Cooper?who had the box of samples shipped to Spartanburg for a certain candidate during the last State primary and about which much was said at the time." The second letter says: "At the time Mr. Haselden became a member of the boird of control he owed a judg ment agaiDst him of between $2,000 and $2,500. That judgment has been paid. It lias been reported for months that packages of whiskey had been shipped to Mr. Haselden from various liquor houses of the very fanciest kind put up in "Haselden's Pride," etc. It has also been reported that Mr. Haselden has a college record equal to that of his dispensary record.-' WILL BE HUNG. Quick Work Made of the Two Darlington Fiends. A dispatch from Darlington to The State, in speaking of the trial and conviction of the two fiends who recently raped a young lady in that county says: The court house was crowded again Thursday and excitement was running high on account of the trial ot JL>ini? Mitchell for rape. Ed. Luckey was convicted the day before, but sentence was suspended so he could testify against his accomplice, Diak Mitchell. Judge Bennett charged the jury to weigh well the evidence, and that it would not do to convict where life was at stake on the testimony of an accom plice alone, that it had to be corroborited by other testimony. He also said that he took this opportunity to thank attorney King for the energetic way he has conducted the defense. That it was the duty of the presiding judge when a man was to be tried for his life and was too poor to provide himself with counsel to appoint counsel for him, and that he had appointed Mr. Coker King to defend Mitchell. He had received no compensation for it, but he could have done no better if he hail been well paid. The jury was out but a few minutes, when they returned with a verdict of guilty. Dink Mitchell and Ed. Luckey were both sentenced to be hanged the 24th of November. Everybody seems to be well satisfied, and Darlington county has set an example for the whole south. Wanted for Bigamy. The Columbia State says Gov. Johnston of Alibama has for some time been making vigorous efforts to secure the capture of Dr. W. H. Ilderton of this State who is wanted in Alabama for bigamy. He sent a requisition some time ago to the governor and it was * . .1 . 1 TT TV T ^ sent co ine snerm 01 l/oruinjsiex cjuuty. Nothing was heard from the sher iff and he was asked to explain. He writes that he has made every effort to catch Ilderton but has failed. Gov. Johnston has offered a rewaad of $100 for the capture of the man. From Gov. Johnston's letter it appears that Ilderton left his family ia this State and went to Alabama. There he met and manied a beautiful girl, and when it was discovered that he was a married man the young woman's life had been ruined, he fled from justice and came back to Dorchester county. South Car olma. Look Out FarmersA dispatch from Charleston says a deal was closed Tuesday whereby the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company acquires the Edisto Phosphate company for two hundred thousand dollars. The Virginia-Carolina company now owns all but one of the Charleston fertilizer oompanies, and bv recent acquisition of properties in Savannah and Columbia, it practically controls the fertilizer product of the south. This means that the farmers will have to pay higher prices for fertilizers next year than they did this Married Nine Times. Wesley James, an old Negro, whose home is in Charlotte, has one of the most remarkable histories we have ever heard of. He has been married cine times. Eight of his wives are dead, and he now lives with the ninth. lie ;s 75 years old and is hale and hearty. His oldest children, twins, 2re 55 years old, and his youngest, twins also, are 12 months old. James savs he is the father of 5G children, and many of them he has not heard from in years.? Charlotte News. Dr. Rice Declines. The Columbia State says the Rev. Dr. J. A. Rice, president of the Columbia celleje, recently declined to consider a very flattering call to the pastorate of one the wealthiest charges in I the Southern Methodist church at a salary double that which his present position pays. WILL DiUi riiUSJCiUUiXi. Two Shipwrecked Sailors Held for Murder Released. A. spccial dispatch from Charleston to the State says: Maurice Andersen and Gudmaan Thomassen of the shipwrecked crew of the Norwegian bark Drot were released from custody Thurskv Arrlor r>f \nrwee-ian covern ut?J ^J ~ ?~ o O - * ment, and Deputy Marshal Reed, who has had the men under surveillance at the city hospital, was withdrawn. The men will not be prosecuted for slaying their shipmate, Max Hoffman, and they have been offered free transportation back t3 their homes in Sweden and Nor way. The instructions for the release of the seamen came to Mr. C. 0. Witte, the Norwegian consul, from the consul general 2t New York. Mr. Witte repaired at 10 o'clock Thursday morning to the office of United States Commissioner J. Wesley Smith, on Queen street, and after the papers for the release had been drawn up, he signed them, liberating Thomassen and Andersen from custody. The papers were immediately served. The decisiqb of the Norwegian gov' ? 1 3 ernment not/o prosecute Andersen ana Thomasseywas probably reached on the reports submitted by Consul Witte, which slyfwed that the killing was the result or dire necessity. The men were crazed by hunger and thirst and long suffering, and it is hardly to bethought that they should be held accountable forsan act done under the circumstances. The drawing of the lot, which decreed that Hoffman should be sacrificed, was entirely regular and fair. His death meant the saving of the lives of the other seamen and, however regrettable ? ? - .r the attair ana narrowing tire aetaiis, the fast remains that it was necessary that one man should die, and it just happened that Hoffman drew the lot. This is the common sense view of the case, and it is the opinion that is generally held. The Norwegian government probably reached the same opinion and hence the instructions to Mr. Witte to have the seamen released. Thomassen and AndeYsen were greatly elated when told of their good for tune. Thomassen will leave here in a few days for New York, whence he sails for his home at Stevanger. He said that he will never cross the ocean again after his present trip. He will engage in coastwise fishery and will live with his mother and four brothers. Anderson is still confined to his bed and will not be able to get about for a couple of weeks. He says that he desires to remain in Charleston. He has no immediate relatives and is not ?_ ?x. t-__i_ c?j? -u;? ? anxious 10 go oao*. lu oweueu, uxb u?tive couatry. As to-Population. Interesting statistics in regard to tHe increase of. population, just completed by Sir Robert Giffon, show that England now has possessions in all five continents, and that a quarter of the nnrmlaHnn nf tTiA pnf.irA AArfcll is STlb ject to her suzerainty. The extent of territory owned by England amounts to 13.000,000 square miles, and on this immense tract is a population of 420,000,000. In the last 27 years the English realm has increased by 2,854,000 square miles, and within the same period 125,000,000 have been added to the population. Since 1871 the population of the United Kingdom?England, Scotland and Ireland?has increased from 32,000,000 to 40,000.000 At the beginning of this century England, Scotland and Ireland had a population of 11,000,000, and France of 26.000,000, yet today the proportion in both countries is almost alike. Russia ^? ? t i-*-:? cn nas mcreaseu. uer pupuiaoiuu uj w,000.000 since 1870, the result being that she has now a total population of 130,000,000 Germany had a population of 20,000,000 at the beginning of the century; now she has between 50,000,000 and 60.000,000^ of whom alf most a quarter of the result cf the increase of births over deaths. Germany too, is making vast s.iiiles as a colonial power, and her population in those distant possessions already amounts to a big number. A TerriDie xypnoon. Japan was recently visited by a most destructive typhoon. In Tokio and Yokohama it raged with great fierceness. Hundreds of houses were wrecked in all districts, though the storm seems to have been attended with less loss of life than usual. News of another disastrous catastrophe comes from Tagonaura between Numadez and Znazkawa. A.bout 1 o'clock on October Tth a tidal wave swept over Tagon aura. Over 500 houses were destroyed aud more thaa 100 perished. The neighborhood of Yosohtwa >leiwa was converted into an extensive lake. Great misery and suffering prevail among the afflicted people. A telegram from Miyazaki prefecture also reports the occurrence of a tidal wave at Mimitsumachi on October 6th and the des truction of many houses. It Was Not Yellow Jack. The governor Wednesday received a letter faom Dr. Mole, of Yemassee, in which he declares that the reported yellow feyer at that place is hemorrhagic fever. He cannot understand how the report that it was yellow fever originated. Governor McSweeney as soon as he was informed of the suspected cases immediately set about to have the matter thoroughly investigated. Some people think it is unfortunate for such matters to get out to the public, but the governor thinks it better to do that than to run the risk of other communities bei"g infected. Luckily n this case the rumors were false. Didn't Falter. A special to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from Dallas, Tex., says Walter Ford, who murdered his sweetheart, Lucy Moore, at Waco, Tex., in June, 1S9S, was hanged in that city today.He died without faltering. - Dangerous to Delay. Last week a delinquent subscriber said he would pay up if he lived. He died. Another said: "I'll see you to morrow." He's blind. Still another said: "I'll pay you this week or go to the devil." He's gone. There are hundreds who ought to take warning from these procrastinators and pay up now. ' ........ IUM 1 Tnil f AIK! The Capital City's Invitation to all South Carolinians. EVERYTHING NOW READY. Exhibits Promise to Be Unusually Full and Varied?Great Crowd Already Assured?Some of the Attractions. Columbia, Oct. 28.?Special: All the preparations for the State1 Fair, so far as these are within the reach of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society, are bow practically completed. Both President Cunningham and Secretary Hollo way have taken quarters here, and they have been busily engaged in matters relating to our great fall gathering. They are both confident of a great gathering?one of the very largest that have been witnessed here in the past thirty years. This of itself will constitute a leading attrac tion of the .fair. Every such, crowd is good-humored and jolly, and joliy people are always happy. Even were there nothing in the fair but its effect in thus bringing thousands of our people together, it would be worth the people*s attendance and patronage. But there is much more. Col. Holloway reports that there is assurance of fine exhibits in every department. Judging also from the business going on in his office we may safely count on an exhibition that will be varied.- extensive and first-class in every particular. This fact is enough to furnish reasons for a great gathering of people from evefy part of the State. * e T- - jjui iucic tt^c utuer iui ouuu a gathering this y&i.* ,-Ti>e six^t crop of cotton has been sofcL^- far bettoi" prices than were expected. ' ^&i]jst oxir pt?rt "? pie are the wcrse for the fafittr^bf their * crops, yet the unexpectedly good prices * has put them in good spirits, and they are after a little innocent pleasure. The Stat a fair affords tin deairftd nn portunity and the people mean to use it. They are coming here by the carload. The railways have giyen good rates?one fare for the round trip, plus ten per cent The business-men of Columbia realize that there must be some attractions in addition to those on die fair grounds In the daytime the people do enjoy themselves on the grounds, yet they like a little run down town on the electric railway and arrived there they appreciate a little amusement The city fair association have undertaken to supply this. There will be trapeze performances, tight-rope walking, aerial 1 _ 0. t 11 aivmg, ana every auernoon a D&iion ascension. At night the First U. S. Artillery Band will give a giand concert on the State House grounds, ac companied with a display of fireworks. Main Street itself will be brilliantly illuminated. The annual ball of the South Carolina Club will take place on Thursday night of Fair week in the hall of the nouse ot representatives. <Ja ttas occasion there will be a joyous gathering of the beauty and gallantry of South Carolina. The hall of the House of Representatives is one of the handsomest in the entire countryAmple accommodations will be available for the visitors. Besides the hotels and the boarding houses, there will be numbers ot private houses where ezcellent accommodations may be had. There is already an Intelligence Bureau (in the Central National Baak building), where information as to these accommodations will be gladly furnished. Fair week this year will be a season of genuine enjoyment. Let everybody come. Lieut- Brumbv in Atlanta. * The arrival of Lieutenant Brumby, of the Olympia, at Atlanta Wednesday night, to receive his formal welcome into the city and his native state, was the signal for a noisy and enthusiastic demonstration. A special train on the Western aBd Atlantic brought him from his home at Marietta, Ga., 20 miles from Atlanta, where he went Tuesday to spend a short time with his mother and relatives. He was given a reception at the Capital City club and Thursday the presentation of the sword from the people of Georgia took place. The ceremony occarred in front of the state capital and the sword was presented by Governor Candler. i. 111 a musi j. reat au an&e. Walter L. Farnsworth, the self-confessed Chicago bigamist, who claims he has married over forty women ia different parts of the world, says he will offer a unique defense when his ca?e is called for trial. 1The Sultan of Sulu has many wives and is under the protection of the United States government," said Farnsworth. "I also have many wives, but the police, not the government, have me in charge. This is not according to the constitutional provisions guaranteeing equality to ail and then denying special privileges to the residents of this country. I will see that I either go fr^e or the Saltan of Sulu .gives up-some of his better halves._ Helped Against Their WilL A 450 pound bale of. cotton at 5 cents is $22.50. At 7, cents ^ it; is $31.50.., Eleven million bales at o .cents is $247,000,000. Nine million Hales at Y cents is $283,000,000. The South is thirtysix million dollars'ahead by - having a v poor crop. The farmers would not learn sense enough to reduce the acreage, but a kindly Providence shortened the yield for them and helped them against their will?Greenville News. Tiie Oldest Han. , Bruno Cotrin. a Negro, born in Africa and now living in Rio Janeiro, is said to be the oldest person in the -world. According to a German statistician, who has" made an extensive research into the census returns, Cotrin is now 153 years old.J There is au unauthenticated story to the effect that one n1 living in Russia is now 160 ?ears old* * " - * ' . . ' , j