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~"j : . ; fivT~VOL UY, WINNSBORO. S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1900. NO, 9. -ifc LIBERTY CONGRESS. " ; I Says Imperial Crowns Must be Cast Aside by THE ELECTION OF BRYAN. George S. Boutwell Makes a Great Speech Against Imperialism and De Clares for BryanThe liberty congress of the National Aati-Imperialistic league met in Indianapolis oa Wednesday. About five j hundred delegates were present. Tomlinson hall was elaborately decorated with American flags and with portraits of Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, ? " * 3 Ai; T> Thomas A. Jdenaricss ana unver x. i Morton. There vera two huge banners j containing excerpts from the speeches of Abraham Lincoln and three containing parts of the "Behold a republic" peroration of Mr. Bryan's Indianapolis -v speech of acceptance. Swung directly cvar the speaker's platform was an immense banner with the following inscriptions: "I speak not of forcible annexation, * ? ? A mt_ _ a . for that cannot be tnougnc 01. xaai, i by onr code of morals would be criminal aggression?William McKinley." "Behold a republic standing erect with the empires all around her bowed beneath,the weight of their own armaments?a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared? William Jennings Bryan." George G. Moncer of Philadelphia ^called the convention to order at 11 o'clock, presenting Edwin Burritt Smith of Chicago as temporary chair^ man. Prof. A. E. Tolm*n of the nniveraity of Chicago read the Declaration of Independence. The Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow of Cincinnati invoked the j ??- _.divine blessing on the deliberations of j * 1 ' i-i-T- I trie oouy; aiter which an. uuuw ?w * : livered his address. He said in part: "The American people must once for r all put away the imperial crown which Mr. McKinley proffers them. A selfgoverning people cannot acquire and hold power to rule others. There is place for none but citizens beneath the American flag. "The last six presidential elections have been determined by independent voters. These voters are today united in their opposition to the approval of Mr. McKinley's course. If they cooperate at the coming election they will compass his defeat and briDg the republic back to its true course. "Our correspondence which extends j to the entire country, indicates that in* dependent voters in large and increasing numbers will vote d:rectly for Bryan. Others deem it desirable to have a third ticket as, a means of withholding votes froia McKinley. Some beL lieve tliis to be a good time to found a new and conservative psrty that may ^iujime dispute the cuutrol of the gov?*-? ^^fenent with survivor of the existing parties. Each of these views is ably f represented in this congress." _ Throughout the delivery of Mr. Smith's address tne applause was generous, but it reacted its greatest volume when the temporary chairman suggested that many of the sympathizers with the movement were disposed to give their support to Wm. J. Bryan. The cheers and shouts which greeted this utterance lasted two or three minute3. Chairman Smith called for short addresses from delegates. Those who responded were Dr. W. A. CrcfFut of Washington, Gen. Jos. Bjatty of CoA I n r5 rra VlrtCHfi TTsIlp.t fc fi? i.um&/U0} v j v v*vwvw Denver; Edgar A. Bancroft of Chicago and Gamaliel Bradford of Boston. Dr. UroSutt said he had long been a Republican, but should this year give his support to Bryan. He presented to the convention the regrets of Gen. Win. Birney and ex-Senator John B. fienJ nf WaeTiJncrj-ivn and Senator UCIOVU VI tf George L. "Wellington of Maryland. < Gamaliel Bradford said he had taken the long journey from Boston princi. pally to avert what he thought would be a great mistake?the nomination of a third ticket.; "This election," he said, "is Dot going to be settled by the newspapers nor by the politicians, nor by the capitalists, but by the people. Now if we are going to defeat McKinley we must throw our solid support in behalf of Wm J. Bryan. (Grsat applause) Then - ? ' 1 i-l A _ when lie sits m tue presidential cuair, which he will, we will have some influence with the administration, we will be able to say that we were with him from the beginning. I think the first t consideration is to defeat McKinley, but I think it is just as important to elect Mr. -Bryan. I did nat vote for " T J Him lour years ago; t am a suruus advocate of the gold standard, and I think he is mistaken about the money question, but I also think he is thoroughly earnest and honest and sincere. I have as much faith as I have in any doctrine of religion that when the people come to vote next November they will cast an overwhelming testimony in favor of Wm. J. Bryan." The venerable George S. Boutwell, ex-governor of "Massachusetts aud secretary of the treasury in the cabinet of " i i r\ i. J ? .fresiG^nc urraui was iii?ue yci chairman. He made a splendid speech against imperialism, which was most enthusiastically received. He said: "I oharge that the policy upon which the administration has entered will mean the abandonment of the princi^ pies upon which our government was founded; that k wiii change the republic into 3n empire. The first of the means before us for the preservation of | the Union if our allegation is true, is j the overthrow of the administration. .We ,are told there is peace in the Philippines and our 60,000 soldiers there are merely performing police du + ty. The president has said the Philippines are ours and there will be no abatement of our rights and no scuttle poricy. This seems to indicate that we have entered upon a colonial policy, j I am not able to explain the motive of Mr: McKinley in taking this policy. I believe he is the master mind in Ms cabinet and that nothing has transpired I except that which he himself has originated. And he has carried it through j thus far without interruption. He is the one person responsible for what has been done, our chief duty is the overthrow of the administration of whic'a he is head. There 13 one issue which the popular verdict will settle irrevocably, and that is the issue of imperialism. If the Republican party be successful its control of the judicial as well as of the executive and legialalative departments of the government will be absolute and its disposition to exercise all its power for the enforcement of an imperialistic policy cannot be doubted. At the end of four years imperialism will fee so firmly imbedded in our political life that it can never be expelled. Since the election of Mr. Bryan is certain to deliver the country from imminent peril of imperialism, can the liberty convention hesitate to support him because of an impossible danger arising from his opinions on subjects with which, as president, he I AnnnAf nr?ocnV?W ? UAUUVb ? "How is the evei throw of the administration to be accomplished?" inquired Mr. Boutwell. There is but one available means and you know what that is. I am for Bryan in spite of what he may believe concerning the currency er finances of the country. Th'.3 question to which we invite the country's attention is a question of life or death to the republic. In such a crisis shall we stop to consider whether the silver should be worth mo re or less than it m ! I If the currency is Impaired we can re* ! deem it. It wa3 impaired daring the I civil war and we redeemed it afterward. If you have not been deceived in a man and he promises to do what is right jcu are not to blame if you try him. Mr. Bryan to me stands ia that positioa. Even bi* enemies say nothing against him as a man. In this very city he has n ad? the most explicit promises to pursue that policy which we advocate. T 5. J i * T I X am CI13pOS6U W brust iiiiu* x ucnv * v Bryan is as honest in his purpose to redeem this country from degradation and its policy of imperialism as any man who sits in this audience. Therefore, for one, I am in favor of supporting Mr. Bryan in spite of his beliefs in thinars conornine which be has not my approval. BRYAN ENDORSED. ! On Thursday the convention endorsed Bryan and Stevenson, and adjourned sine die. HAVE A HEW DEAL. After Five Years Wives Go Back to Husbands They Exchanged. Two farmers of Monckton, N. B., named William Henderson and Walter ' -? '--/J mirTAO ^TTA r?n?1?D luoore, WHO eicuaujcu mrco UTt j ago, m?t and exchanged back on S'aturday. Both were possessed of capable and handsome wives. The members of both families had been reared in the neighborhood and had been sweethearts and friends from childhood. After & period of what was believed by the neighbors to have been perfect happiness covering more than a decade of jears, a coolness grew up in e3ch household. Mrs. Hendergon returned i- * e? J to ner parents. Aiew latci ucuderson was found by Moore with his wife. There was no qaarrel with the men. Moore simply said: "If you want my wife you can have her," and left the house. That settled it, for the next morning Henderson and Mrs. Moore disappeared, going to Long Island City, Me , where L lie putUiiaocu a diuv& x??i lll. Mre. Henderson, who was obliged to work for a living, hired with Moore as his housekeeper, and she seemed to be happy. Things went along swimmingly until two years ago, when Mrs. Henderson's heart returned to her old, love, ^ aaIt fn 1 Artafd ALU OUC auu 1UV/VI& ul UUV1 S.\J wa ww ivv?i.v the missing couple. Last Christmas eve word came to long Island City of the feeling at Moncton, and a correspondence followed, which resulted in the meeting of the four at Waterville, Me. The couples neared each other at the railway station and the men did not look at each other. They stopped a few feet apart and the wives went to their sides The reunited couples took ?"? ? j me iram once xor tneir respeouvc homes. Suicide cf Lovers. Farmer Joue9 a ad Bonnie Turner, two young people living near Coal, Mo., were found in a dying condition in a buggy by the roadside Wednesday morning. They died about two hours later from the effects of morphine, which they had taken with suicidal intent Jones was about 22 years old and Miss Turner was 18. They had been keeping company for over a year and had intended to marry, but unfortunately Jones was kicked by a horse this summer, necessitating the expenditure of the money he had saved | to marry on. As soon as he recovered [ and found it necessary to leave home ! in search of work the young folks decided they would rather die together than be separated. They went driving Saturday afternoon, remaining away all night. Sunday morning they unhitched the horse from the baggy, tied him to the fence, fastened the laprobe over the side of the buggy top so that they could not be seen from the road and took morphine. About 9 o'clock a man named JL.mk Mcbrinniss, who was passing, discovered them in a dying condition. Three physicians were called, but were unable to save them. A note to Jones' mother was found in his memorandum book, telling ffhere his picture could be found and asking that they be buried in the Eame grave. He gave as the explanation of the deed that they could not marry and would rather die than be separated. Japan Bore the Brunt. The Associated Press correspondent [ with the allied forces in China says | the glory of the fighting at Feitsang belongs to the Japanese. They did all the hardest fighting. The Americans were in reserve and had no casualties. The Japanese, advancing across the plain, had no shelter and flanked the Chinese from their strong mud walls and trenches extending five miles. The feature of the battle was the magnificent Japanese cavalry charge which re5 1. 1A ? J suited iq me capture ui uciu guu?. The Chinese retreat was orderly aad they left but a few dead on the field. The correspondent of the Associated Press counted 200 dead or wounded Japanese. The British loss was two > * 3 _ * rp v - men Eiuea ana a iew wouuueu. jl uc Britisii naval brigade guns and two big Kussians had a duel with the Chinese gun?, which resulted in silencing the latter. The Russians found the plains east of the river flooded and joined the main army west of it. A COMING EMPIRE The Rapid Approach of an American ErnD?ror. THE ALARM SOUNDED. Soma Serious Reflections from Senator Pettigrew, of South j Dakota, on the Political Outlook. Within the past thirty years the wealth of the United States, whioh was once fairly distributed, has been accumulated in the hands of a few, so that, according to the last census, 250,000 men own $14 000,000.900, or over three-fourths of the weaitn of this country, while 52 per cent, of the population practically have do property at all and do not own their homas. It would naturally be supposed that the 48 per cent, of the people who still have an interest ia the property of the nation would be the governing classes. Recent events, however, point nunmtakably to the fact that the 250.000 people who own nearly all *ihe wealth have combined with the 32 percent, of our population who have no property, and by gaining control of a great and aforetime patriotic political organization have usurped the functions of a government sod established a pla tocracy. Among all monarchies of the pa3t, " ?j -n wnenever an puwrr ?uu a:i have been gathered into the hands of the few and discoccent appears among the masses, it has been the policy to acquire foreign possessions, to enlarge the army and navy, to employ the discontented and distract their attention. The attempt on the part of the United States to acquire foreign territory, coming as it dees along with an ever.1 J?? il. 1 increasing ciamyr ior mc cuiu^ukuu I of the army and for the creation of a great navy, is sufficient to alarm patriotic citizens and lead to an anxious inquiry as to whither we are drifting Today we have no territory that a navy is needed to defend. The United States is so situated that she can say whether she will have peace or war. But the mom?bt we acquire distant possessions we must build a navy to defend them, for in case of war these possessions would be first attacked and taken from us Francs, England and Germany have possessions scattered all over the world, and those nations are consequently compelled to maintain 11 mi immense navies to aetena tnem. icese possessions, in case of war, furnish so many points of attack, so many embarrassments, so many opportunities for national humiliation that the strife is to see who can maintain the greatest fleet upon the sea. Shall we enter the arena of this contest? From our earliest history we have insisted that we would engage in no entangling alliances. "We have said that we would attend to our own afairs and that our interests demanded that no European country should gain further foothold upon the western hemisphere; and so strong has been our moral Dosition that without a navy we have always been able to enforce this doctrine. ? Throughout our past we have encountered many propositions for the annexation of tropical countries and we resolutely put them behind us, until our judgment was circumvented by the machinations of capitalistic combinations and we took forcible possession of the Hawaaiian Islands. The S3me influences are now at work to attach permanently to the United States the Philippine Islands; still deeper in the realm of tha blazing sea. Tropical countries produce and maintain populations much mere dense than countries in the temperate zone be cause ic isses leas iu uiutiic <*uu xccu and care for their people, because their demands and wants are less and because of the wonderful food-producing power of the soil of the tropics. The island of Java has an area no larger than the stats of Iowa, and it contains 24,000,000 people. It is reasonable to suppose that the Hawaiian and Philippine islands can maintaia a population in proportion to their area crtMol t/> fhrtao nf rttlipr trnnifial conn V-V4VAt?C W V VMVwv V* v??v* -? tries. Bat what kind of a papulation? The more of tbem the worse. There is not a colony of European or AngloSaxon laborers within twenty-two degrees of the equator anywhere on the globe. No English, no French, no Germans, no Scandinavians, no Russians, none of the people whose blood Hows in the viens of our people have colonized any portion of the globe within twenty-two degrees of the-equator. American enterprise and Anglo Saxon thrift seek the region in the northern hemisphere or the southern hemisphere between the thirtieth and fifty-fifth degree of north or south latitude. They abide where the frost chills man's blood and where clothing made of the wool of the sheep helps to keep him warm. I think it can be established as a proposition which cannot be refuted that self-goyernment and independence and high civilization are only embraced by people who find it necessary to wear warm clothing and who feel the tingle of the frost in their veins during a portion of ths yeir. For a century the United States has held a ^ ~ ~ <-a nofvnna puaitu/Li in iciatiUJLi i\j uiuu \jk the world different from that of any other nation that ever existed. So great has been the moral force of this grand position that no American can travel in any Asiatic country without being constantly reminded of it. No American can travel in those countries without being constantly assured that he is welcome, that his nation is - -3 ? - J ? ?.J TT/\? ?AA1? aumireu, auu nueu jwu oc^r-- mo ica^uu you are told that it is 'ijcause the United States recognizes and respects the rights of other nations and is not engaged in a career or conquest. The people of China and Japan fear England, fear Russia, fear Germany, ? " .1 TT | but they Jove acd. respect tne unuea States. Shall we break down this splendid position? Shall we abandon the policy of a century? Where is our long-time boast that government derives its just powers from she consent of the goverded. Some one says this is an old-fogy no tion. It is not; it is new. That idea is only a hundred years old, and while nations are thousands and thousands o? years old, all of them before we established that principle enunciated the doctrine that might makes right. It is to be abandoned in it3 youth? Is this government to recede from that splendid O ~ position and to take its first step in wrong,, in crime, as a people, by overturning the doctrine that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, and without the consent of those people force them to become part of this union? Around this doctrine is the idea that rtnrwM alrm? with ifc?that wherever our flag is planted there it shall forever remain. That sounds well; it is good fourth of Julystock, that whenever the American soldier has fallen and been buried that region shall becocome part of this country. But this government is maintained for the living, not for the dead. What can we do to contribute to the happiness and ""^sperity and comfort of our people live? is the problem for us to solve. iv ? .c n :e a It is wis cry wi iu.4iiiieoii uest-iujr ! which causes the guns of Great Britain j to echo daily arouad the world and excuses the massacre and assassination of | the weaker people of the earth. During the last seven years she has killed twenty or thirty thousand of the people of Africa, bombarded towns filled with women ?nd -children, and herself has lost in the unequal contest but seven men?all this in the name of "mani? . ? - " r-? , n __A_ x ~ test destiny. out vxieas x>ruaiii i.uday, with all her mighty power and her vast possessions, has rot conferred upon the people of England the comfort and satisfaction and happiness which should come with a. proper and honest national policy. One tenth of her people are paupers. Two out of three of her laborers who reach the age of sixty years either are or have been paupers. Two hundred and twenty-two thousand of her people own the great bulk of the property. More than two thirds of the people of Great Britain have no property at all. Her metropolist, meanwhile, contains the darkest and most criminal caverns in the world. If we pursue this policy, if we anaex the weaker nations of the world and un<3sv? ?.#*IvA terrWill VlA UCltaAg IU gvvgiu wuvauj uuvu f>M* rv the result with us. If we annex nations to which we cannot apply our system of government, if we acquire territory in the tropics, where men cannot live who are capable of self-government, then republican forms cannot exist in those distant possessions. The vigorous blood, the best blood, tne young men of our land, will be drawn away to mix with inferior races and to hold them m subjection. CHOPS HAVE SUFFERED. Some Piaces Drowned Out and Some Burned Up. The national weather burreaus'r weekly summary of crops condition in il-- tl bUB UUUUtrjr at iai?c aaja umug iu extreme conditions of heat and dryness, and excessive rains in certain districts the week as a whole, was nnfavorable to agricultural interests in the districts' east of the Kocky mountains but on the Pacific coast it was very favorable. In portions of Missouri and Kansas corn, more especially the late planted, has been materially injured. In the prin/?Jr\o1 Qtotoo /vf flio /?Am helf.f-.Tifl rennrfs ViUCtl UIMIVJ VA vuv VV*** vv? indicate that the bulk of the crop will be safe from frost by Sept. 10 and that the late crop will be matured one or two weeks later. Heavy rains in th% principal spring wheat States prevented the completion of the spring wheat harvest and caustd injury to the overripe standing grain as well as to that in shock and stack. Over portions of the central belt cotton has improved slightly, although rust and shedding are gennerally reported and the crop needs rain in portirtwc rtf MiooJceinrn xcIiiIa STifffirinff WVMS V4 ??v 0 from excessive moisture and lack of cnltivation in parts of Louisiana. In the Carolinas, Georgia and Arkansas the conditions of cotton has deterioated materially, premature opening being extensively reported from the Caro Unas, iq JMortnern Texas cotion nas made favorable progress, but eise where in that State it needs dry weather and is making too rank growth. Some picking has been done over the southeastern portion of the cotton belt and while ootton is opening in southwestern Texas, picking will not be general in that State for two or three weeks. In the Middle Atlantic States, including North Carolina aad Ohio and portions of Kentucky, tobacco has suffered much from drought and heat, bat in LLLC UIO UUlaiiO uug condition of the crop is promising. Some cutting has been done as far north as Maryland and Ohio. Getting More Active Reports from the Philippine Islands show that there has been increased activity among the insurgents there during the last six weeks. The American losses in the islands of Panay last month were greater than in any month sinca January last. G-eneral Mojica, J _ _ a 1 T 1 _ C3 m j^eyce, ana wenerai .uucaau, in oamar, are harassing the garrisons, shooting into towns daring the night and ambushing small parties, firing and then retreating upon larger bodies. The rebels possess an adequate supply of ammunition and are organized to a considerable degree. The Americans haye garrisoned their towns on Samar Island, two of which sheltered a tenth of the original inhabitants who suffer from the continual sniping of the rebels from the surrounding hills. The third is without any native inhabitants, the rebel troops a mile away preventing their return to their homes. General Luchan punishes the islanders who have any relations with the Americans. Cebu is also disturbed. Barring those who have taken the oath of allegiance to the United States the rebels are imprisoned in Manil*. When amnesty was proclaimed it practically was without effect and the expectation that the proclamation would accomplish much in the unexpired time is daily diminishing. A Millionaire Dead. Collis P. Huntington, railway magnate and multi-millionaire, died , suddenly Tuesday morning at his camp in the Adirondacks, near Racquet lake, New York. He was stricken without warainc;. Before assistance could be summoned he expired, presumably of heart disease. Death occurred at Camp Pine Knot ~TflE AIKEN MEET. Eight Hundred People Heard the o i j.1.. spsdKtsrs \atuiewy. TILLMAN TALKS OF 'NINETY. The Other Speakers Went Over the Usual Ground, Each wanuiuaic nu His Say. The State campaign meeting was held at Aiken on Wednesday. Dr. limmerman and Capt. Jennings] had Aheir friendly bouts and paid each other compliments.Mr. Brookei and Mr. Derham spoke more peaceably. Messrs Ellison Capers, Jr. and McMahan told why they should be eleoted. Gen. Floyd and ,Capt. Ronse with their usual speeches. Messrs. J. H. Wharton, B B. Evans, T. N. Berry, T. E. Pettigrew, W. D. Mayfield and-W. D. Evans made fiae arguments why each one of them should be elected railroad commissioner. TILLMAN NEXT. SonatA* Till rniin ma a f.Tipn trraninnslv presented by State Senator Henderson Senator Tillman first took up the chagse of "bossism" and why he was in this campaign. He had sense enough to know any attempt from him to ''boss" would be resented. Hampton came here years ago in entirely difier X i. J 1 1 J 1. em ciruumaiauuee auu ue uuaigcu ucic that you wanted a repetition of the Mahone campaign and such thiDgs. Common consent then said Hampton was to be returned to the senate and he was no candidate, and Tillman was here as a candidate under the orders of the State committee. There would have been half a dozen candidates had anyone felt there was a show for them. The prohibitionists have started to draw factional lines. He asked wheth er he was expected to accept the bnDe of universal support, to keep his mouth shut and not to do his duty. Why then did they attack him and utter slanders against him, he asked. Then he took up the election of 1892 which was not conclusive for prohibition, he argued, and the dispensary has been endowed five times. Then he gave the history of how the dispensary wa3 agreed upon. He reiterated the "alliance" statement and incidentally said he heard there were no "blind-tigers" here but he did not know whether it was so. Then he took up the preachers aDd said he was not afraid of them. It was the truth that hurt them. As long as he told the truth he was indifferent as to who it hit. There were no ily- specks on Co^. Hoyt, andjie had absolutely no candi date or favonte, but he was defending his administration and the dispensary. He laughed at The State's being the organ of prohibition although it was a license advocate. Then he jumped the Rev. W. R. Richardson and his sermon, and then said why lie needed no mactnne. ^itteen or twenty thousand would scratch him if G-onzales C3nld muster them, but he would rather be scratched than muzzled. He then took up the advantages of the dispensary. A Voice: "Uncle George is against it."Tillman: "He is no oracle." He then took up the merits of the law and said there was no Sciiptural objection to the sale of liquor. He had never joined the church because he did not feel good enough, and then he quoted a passage about drinking and forget your poverty and suggested that some had been so judging from the crops about here. This occasioned much laughter. Common sense was a jewel, even in the pulpit, and it was a pity there was so much dogmatism and fanaticism. He insisted on voters standing for principle and not friendship or admiration. He was thankful that party lines 1 1.1.-A were very ueauy uumciai*;*. Senator Tillman did not speak as long as usual, and held no hand primary. OTHER CANDIDATES. Messrs. Whitman, Gary, Patterson, McSweeney and Hoyt made there usual pleas as to why they should be elected governor. Then followed Messrs. C. L Blease, .T Tj WirilrW .Tnlin T. Slnan. Jas. H. Tillman and Knox Livingston, who tried to impress upon the people the importance of electing one of them lieutenant governor. This ended the meeting. The crowd was quiet and orderly. Poisoned with Perfume A special cable dispatch from Paris says: An artful attempt at poisoning by the usa of perfume, which recalls memories of Lucretia Borgia, is exciting all the gossip of Paris. Thursday the Chinese minister, Yu Kong, received a letter which was signed "Julie Czerwinska," and contained some dried flowers which the writer asked the minister to accept. The secretary to the legation, Armar Di P?rma, opened the letter and was immediately overcome by the deadly odir emanating from the. flowers. He full in a faint. His recovery was accompanied by violent sickness and vomiting. In fact his condition presented many charac teristics of poisoning, and only by nrAmnf fFoofmonf tito a yivuuyb Hi. Wt? VMAV J-t V IIMJ iiV A W*v T VV*< Mile, Czerwinska has been arrested. She appears to be mentally deranged. They Are BustedSix hundred American excursionists, holding second class return tickets to the United States, are stranded in Paris, and are unable to leave because of the crowded condition of home going steamers. All are liviug on hotel coupons, but these will soon expire. A committee of relief is proposed, Ambassador Porter and Commissioner Peck taking the initiative. Killed by Falling SlateThe dead bodies of James Pickett and James Sharp, two Negro miners, were found Wednesday morning in Slope No. 6 at Pratt City, Ala., having been killed by falling slate, which was Diled on them to the deDth of five feat. They were not missed until Wednesday morning, when a search revealed their mangled bodies in the mine. A NEW YORK MOB Makes War on Negroes for the Killing of a White Foliceman A mob of several hundred white persons formed at 11 o'clock Wednesday night in front of the home of Policeman Robert J. Thorpe, in the city of Mew York, to wreak vengeance upon the negroes of that city because one of their race had caused the policeman's death. Thorpe was stabbed and bruised last Sunday night by several negroes when he was attempting to arrest a col/vra/1 rrnnun TVip wan wtn most of the injury is said to be Arthur Harris, a negro who went to that oity several weeks ago from Washington. In a few moments the mob swelled to 1.500 people or more, and as they be oame violent the negroes fled in terror into any hiding place they could find. The police reserves from four stations, numberirg 400 in all, were called out. The mob of white meD, which grew with great rapidity, ranged through the district and negroes, regardless of age or sex, were indiscriminately attacked. Scores were injured. It took the combined efforts cf the reserves with as many more policemen on regular patrol daty in the four precincts to restore order. Clubs were used until the policemen were almost exhausted. Revolvers ?? - ? A AIM AHA were CUi^tlCU XULU tuc au auu 1U vfLiv> or two instances fired at the upper stories of the negro tenements from which the negroes defensively fired bricks, paving stones and other missiles. The policeman's body was brought to his home Wednesday night in Ninth avenue between Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh streets. At oace the house became a sort of shrine, and from all over the vicinitv men and women called to pay their respects. Many carried handsome floral offerings. As the night grew on the feelings against the negroes seemed to grow. The fact that the maDy saloons roundabout were crowded doubtless had its influence on the rising tide of anger. A few minutes before 11 o'clock a woman under the influence of drink came out of the place. She. set up a howl and began to recite the virtues of the dead policeman. She said the negroes ought to be killed. Just then a young negro walked by. The white drill wao I JJU^sU UiAUV H 1UOU &VA U1W mv if mw quickly.surrounded. He was beaten and kick'cd and was rescued with great difficulty. If there .had been a carefully arranged plot and this had been the agreed signal the outbreak could not have been more spontaneous. Men and women poured by the hundreds from the neighboring tenements. Ne groea were set upuu wnerever tuejr could be found and brutally beaten. The blacks at first offered resistance, but they were so soon outnumbered that they lied without delay. * For the'next hour the streets were filled with a rioting, surging mob. It was* a scene on very much the same order as that which was witnessed a few days ago in New Orleans. New York has seldom had its equal. The shouting of men, the shrieking of the women, the lamentations of the chil? ? % . n 1 ii dren, the snooting ot revolvers, me crashing of windows?ali made a per-feet pandemonium. Chief Devery was at his home right in the heart of the battle ground, bnt did not take charge of the place at once. He finally took personal command. ^ The police said the Negroes were rapidly arming with revolvers and knives. They say that nearly all the prisoners had weapons of some sort. The police did a great deal of the clubbing of Negroes, some of whom were roughly handled. Many Negroes were hauled into the west Thirty-seventh streets station for nrotection. None had escspcd -without some kinds of injury, and some of them were bleeding from half a dozen cuts. The crowd that surged into Broadway se<med uglier than that farther west. There were at one time more than 5,000 persons in Broadway up and down, in to and out of the hotels and saloons, tiirough Herald square and side tracks, the mob surged and rushed, looking for Negroes. Any unfortunate black was set upon and beaten. Up to 1 o'clock Thursday moraine not a single white man had been reported under arrest. Chief Devery said he would take every precaution for preventing a repetition of the outbreak. John B. Mallory, a young Negro, a stud# at in a civil engineer class, was going home from the colored engineers' club with Godwin Jones another student about his age. The gang jumped on them at Thirty-seventh street and Ninth avenue. Mallory was knocked down. A policeman heard him yelling and managed to get him on an uptown car. He told tim to go to a hospital. Just then another poiieeman ran up, pulled Mallory from the car and began to club him. The passengers on the car cried ''shame" and the policeman stopped his assault. When the police charged through Thirty-seventh street and were driving j the mob before them the Negroes in the tenements began to fire things at the mob and police. The policemen at once lired into the upper windows and drove the black heads into hiding. Whether anybody was hit by the bullets or not is unknown. Forty-tiro Perish. Daring manouevers of the French fleet of Caps St. Vincent Saturday night a collision occurred between the first-class battleship Brennus, flying the flag of Vive Admiral Fournier, commander of the fleet, and the torpedo ^ncfrnr-fli- Vpimop THA T<VamP<? sank immediately. The accident was due to the fact that the Framee turned to the right when ordered to the left. Only a small portion of the crew, consisting of four officers and 56 men were saved. It is believed that no fewer than 50 were lost. Great anxiety is felt here. The Framee, which was of 313 tons displacement, was a recent addition to the French navy. It is now known that out of the Framee's crew of 56, 14 were saved. The losses include three officers, a captain, the second lieutenant and the chief engineer. Sick Soldiers. General MacArthur has cabled the war department a brief statement concerning the health of the troops in the Philippines. The number of sick in the hospitals is set down at d,SW anci in quarters at 1,261, making a total of 5,129 sick soldiers or 8.47 per cent of the entire army in the archipelago. ----- ------ - - ' > AN OPEN" LETTER From a Negro to the Negroes of North Carolina. a n. a <-1, nf I fcj* U XiCttiLLOj ^4VKAUVM? Vthe Negro industrial school known as the Slater Industrial college, located at Winston, N. C., has published an open letter relative to the future course of his race since the passing of the constitutional amendment in North Carolina disfranchising the illiterate Negroes. President Atkins, among other things, says: "It cannot be questioned that the Negro people are now in a serious state of mind. They undoubtedly feel that they have been torn from their moorings and it is not surprising that they are somewhat at sea as to the " future." President Atkins then enumerates a number of pledges and promises of justice, fair treatment and good will on the part of the leading Democratic papers and business men of the State, and continues: "I do not think there is any room for doubt as to the sincerity of men representing the leading business interests of the State when they avow that the issue is not against the Negro with the purpopse to destroy his rights under the law. 1 x_ - t ..1 3 1. i. lie oreasis ui cuiureu lucu ucavv with pride all through the State whenever they remember the history and traditions.of the old North State. "For these considerations I think there is ground for hope and should like to appeal to my people in the language of Moses, 'Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.' It seems to me, therefore, that it would be unwise | for the colored people to contemplate : leaving the State in large numbers be- ! cause of the results of the election, and that it is now the opportune time for , the Negro to show his faith in God ana . humanity." "It is probably unfortunate that poli- , tics in the past has formed the chief , line of cleavage between the races and , in the future it seems wise for the Ne- l gro to think of the individual for whom he votes as well as the party. ^ "We will do well to turn our atten- . tion now esDeciallv to land setting, to , the work of education and to our im- ] provement generally as individuals. , "Let me suggest to my race some j things which must characterize any \ people that expect to have a perman- ( ent place and hold their own in the com- j petition of life. c ' 1. A scrupulous regard for the rights i J 1? ~C , <*UU vi utucio* "2. A love for and appreciation of j the value of truth. "3. A pride in making ourselves ? useful members of the communities in which we live. - ( 4'4. A genuine love and respect for \ work well performed. \ 14 5. A strofi^sense of responsibility ] as to obligations, uttered or implied, x that is, an unimpeachable integrity. , tlf* T_ il. . jt 3 1 d in ins scnocis tne enaeavor ] must be fco train pupils to form habits j of thrift and economy. x "North Carolina will-, I think, repeat \ her own history in the fair treatment of the Negro as he rises up to this measure of manhood and citizenship, and I appeal to those entitled to speak as to whether I am right or wrong in 1 this oninion." I Red Pepper in Church ] Troubles at St. Hedwig's Polish 5 Cathoiic church, Wilmington, Del., i ended Sunday in an attempt to keep 1 the Rev. John Guicz, the pastor, from preaching. A crowd of women took nrtscosaiAn r\f fVia uoatihnlo V>w the men. Pelice Sergeant J. B. Tucker and a squad rushed the priest into the ; building, whereupon the officers were : attacked by women with red pepper. Tucker's eyes were filled and became badly swollen, and Patrolman John Ford was thrown down and kicked all over the vestibule by the women. Cap, tain Black and a squad appeared in a patrol wagon and rescued the men. Kate and Josephine Knzenski and Elsie Smith was arrested. Father G-uicz preached and then the church was locked up. A Great Historical FindMail advices from Constantinople, dated August 8. announce the arrival there of Prof. H. V. Hilpecht, head of the University of Pennsylvania's :xpeaition to Nippur, after having discovered the library of the gre?/? temple, with over 17,000 tablets dealing with historical and literarv matters, not one of them of later date than 2280 B. C. "The unexplored remains of the library," says the correspondent, "will require five years for excavation. If those parts prove a9 rich in results as the portion already found there will be no example in the world's history, cot even in Egypt, of so complete a recovery of the records of ancient civili- , zation." , A Nice Point of LawThe Columbia Kecord says: "Magis- , trate Smith was called upon to decide \ a point of law this morning. Capt. H. . W. Dixon, of lower township, rented a , piece of land to a negro named Laurence Spigener and fcrbade him cutting ; the trees upon the land. Captain Dixon , caught the negro in the act of cutting the trees and selling the wood and had < him locked up. He was tried this morning, and magistrate Smith decided ( that he was guilty of larceny. The ] magistrate raled that Speigner had no ; right to use the wood even if he did j rent the land. The negro was fined j $15 or thirty days on the gang. Took Poison on Stase- 1 While performing Monday evening J at the Royal opera house, Budapest, ! Austria, the well-known opera singer, * Mme. Xemethy, drank a virulent poi- s son instead of the colored water supposed to be us3d on the stage. Mme. Nemethy fell before the homfiea audience and expired an hour later. How poison came to be substituted for the colored water has not yet been ascertained, but it is believed, the correspondent asserts, that Mme. Nemethy was quite ignorant of the deadly nature of the drink. Bombardment Resumed. A semi official dispatch, from Tien 1 Tsin, says the Kussian Col. Woyczak < lias received advices trom resin an- < nouncing that during the night of July ] 31 the bombardment of the foreign : legations was resumed and that the 1 European church yard was desecrated. < .-i?" -v... A HOT WEEK. . > Practically Entire Absence of Rain Over the State. COTTON BADLY DAMAGED. The Premature Opening of Cotton is General and the Leaves Were Shedding Very Badly. Below is given the weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and crops in this State issued Tuesday, August 14, by Directoi Bauer of the South Carolina section of the climate and crop service of the United States weather bureau; The temperature averaged neariy seven degrees hotter than usual for the week ending 8 a. m. August 13th, and on the 10th the maximum temperatures of 100 to 104 prevailed over the whole State except the extreme northwestern portion. The week was the hottest of the season, and the highest temperatures ever recorded in August occurred at a number of points. With the exception of light, scattered thunderstorms in the central and western counties on the 12th, there was an entire absence of rain, and little or no dew during the latter portion. The sky was zenerallv cloudless. The hich tem perature, the absence of rain, the drying winds and the bright sunshine we e conditions that were extremely damaging to all crops, checking their growth, wilting, burning and withering them Early corn was too nearly matured bo be much hurt, but late corn failed rapidly and is in a critical condition for lack of moisture. Fodder is dryiog on the stalks, many of which have not eured, while many of the ears are in tne miit, ana on sucn- tne grain is shriveling. The heat and dryness caused cotton * :o shed leaves, bolls and forms freely md also caused half-gro<rn bolls to jpen. Premature opening is general. Rust is more prevalent than heretofore rad sea-island continues to blight and s taking on little froit. The first new }ale was marketed on the 6th, which compares with previous years as folows: 1899, August 14th; 1893, August )th; 1897, August 2d; 1896, July 28th; [895, August 20th; 1894, August 15th. Picking has begun at a> number of joints, and will'soon be general. Tobacco ourine is finished.. Peas are shedding leaves in places, bat continue promising generally, although in need if rain. River rice is doing well, but ipland rice failed materially. Pastures and gardens are parched and jnrnt. Cane aii^swect potatoes seed ain badly, and are losing condition apidly for lack of it In places the lay crop will be short. The need of ain is general, and for all crops. Cor- . esDondeots report the general crop out ook to be gloomy. Young Man Wan a TMe? A dispatcli from Florence, S. C., to ;he Columbia State says a warrant has . ^ Deen issued b7 Magistrate Flovd, of that city, for the arrest of D. M. ? Moorer, a young white man from Oringeburg county, charging him with petit ianjeu,y. iu? w&ixaui speuucoo the theft, of a pair of shoes and other articles of clothing from two yonng men, boarders at the Starges house. " The dispatch, which is dated August 14, says: "Moorer came to this city about two weeks ago, engaging board at the Sturges house and claiming to be in the tobacco business. Sunday morning two young men. _ regular boarders, /mioca#}' crtmn t\f ninfliafl MVknr UilOOVU UVUAV VA vuv*4 WAVVMWWI MVW* er's actions were suspicious and he was watched. Sunday his room was searched and the missing clothes were found be* tween the mattresses of his bed. The two pairs of shoes could not be found. A scarf pin belonging to one of the young men was found on tlie floor. The inmates of the house heard the young man moving about in his room Snndav at midniffht.- Mftnd*v mora ing he was gone. He was last seen in Darlington. Sheriff McLen^on is on his track, and it is probable thatlie will be brought back to this city shortly. Moorer is due his landlady two weeks' hnard " in Oransrebnrff count? who know Moorer give him a bad name. Ferrell Collapsed. A dispatch from Columbus, Ohio., says Rosslyn H. Ferrell, the confessed murderer of Express Messenger Lane in Friday night's Pennsylvania railway robbery, Wednesday was removed to Marysville for preliminary hearing. At 2 Wednesday morning the. anguish of Miss Costlow, Ferrell's fiancee, became unbearable, and after a long struggle with her pride, she begged her lather to be taken to FerreU's cell for a last interview. The visit was conducted with the utmost secrecy. When they were about to say good-bye, possibly forever, they kissed and the poung woman was led away. Ferrell collapsed and for a time was in a comatose state. Miss Costlow is prostrated iad under the care of a physician. When arraigned at Marysville the prisjner replied "not guilty" and waived jxaminatioQ. He was held without Dail to await the action of the grand iury and was at once returned to the iail. Ferrell collapsed after he was -aItati ViaMr tn iail and is mrvaninff' md crying for his mother. Dr. Mills yas called to attend him and endeav)red to quiet Mm. A special guard has )een placed over Ferrell to keep him :rom committing suicide, as he has itated he will do. What It Costs. Daring the first nine days of August ,he war department expended $5,415,)00. The total of expenditures for ,hat department since the beginning of ihe new fiscal year, July 1, is $24,260,L24 47. That affords an idea of the sost of militarism. Under an imperi. 1* a* 7* *. *111 1. a.\ a. liiBiic policy lb migui oe eipeeteu. wiiac ;he army expenses would continue to 3e at least that large, and probably arger. It is now regarded as practically certain that there will be a heavy leficiency for the year in the war department. Tne appropriation for the pesr is something over $114,000,000, oat the campaign in Uhina was not ireamed of when it was made. .-./.v.-.' ' >