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# * . ? ? ? - ? _ VOL LIV= WINNSBORO. S, C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 17, 1900. NO. 17. M ^m^hm^r^s*>3 BRYAN AT WORK." i - He Makes Sixteen Speeches inas Many llinoi3e Towns. REPUBLICAN LIES AFLOAT. One as to Editorial Bryan Didn't Write; Another as to Pay for Speeches. Both Nailed. Bryan concluded his Illinoise campaign at Joliet on Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. He began at Quincy at 8 o'clock and . made sixteen during the day. The audiences were generally large, but those at Peoria, Qaincy ard Joliet were especially so. The meeting at Joliet was held in the court house grounds before an immense crowd. The Bryan train did not arrive until 10 o'clock. After the meeting Mr. i5ryan lett tor unicago. SPEAKS AT QUIXCr. All the members of the Bryan party were sleeping soundly when at 6.30 o'clock the train pulled into Qaincy. They were not, however, permuted to continue their slumbers iong, owing to the calis of the crowd for Bryan and the beating on the windows. Mr. Bryao hastily donned his clothes, drank a cup of coffee ana was escorted to a carriage for the long drive tc Washington park, where, notwithstanding the early hour, there was a throng of waiting people, many of whom had been. standing i:a the chilly air since daylight. Mr. Bryan spoke on the genera: issue cf j the campaign, saying that so large a crowd a; so early an hour of the day indicated that the people were interestf ed in themselves rather than in him. Mr. Bryan referred to an eiutorial on the pension question which appeared in air -Omaha newspaper with which he was formerly connected- He sa;d that the editorial referred to was printed long'before he was connected with the paper. "Yet, 1 doubt tot," he said, "that every old soldier will receive a ?a44a?i if trill Ka ofo tdA fliof. T ACWICJL XIX TT iiAWU AW HAii l/V OtOVWU WUHH J? am the author of the editorial." ''I have already received one," shouted an old soldier in the crowd. 4'I am not surprised," said Mr. Bryan. 4tI know that they have misrepresented everything that could be misrepresented. Today they have not the least hope of carrying this election unless they have a bigger campaign fund than they have ever had before, and they can coerce every voter that can be coerced. He paid especial attention to farmers eayiDg that even though there had been advance in the price of some farm products,-the increase in price of articles of consumption had been so much greater as to far more than neutralize the advance in farm commodities. Taking up the statement that money ^ - kai n/? 1 Ann ir> iroili tills L'UUUUJf uciug ivau? J.U I . jhiferope, he askec: "Why don't they j i?Pa9fiy American lands instead of sending their &urplu3e n.or:ey abroad?" And then replied to his own question by ! *v- saying tnat the only reply that could be made was that the Kepublicen polioy was reducing values. A private individual could not put his money in manufacturing enterprises for fear that his concern would be sold to a trust and that he would be squeezed out. He declared that it is his desire to destroy all private moncply because he does not want to see the doors of opportunity closed against the boys of the country. "Give the bojs a chance,'' he said, "give him an opportunity to exert his own industry and his own ability and mata Viis rvwn wav. for we have the best boys in the world." WHYHE SPEAKS. In speaking at Carthage Mr. Bryan took coginzance of the criticisms of his personal participation in the campaign saying: "I have been criticised for going Defore the people, as a presidential candidate, and discussing the questions before the people. According to my understanding of politics the citizen is the sovengn ana the office-holder is the servant of the people and the citizens have a right to know what the candidates thick of public questions. They have a right to come in contact " with their public officials and if a candidate ioses votes because the people get acquaintea with him, he ought not 10 complain, for it is better to find them out before the election than afterwards, if he is bad. The right to participate in the government is one of i-i- -i -1 . *1^* lnaiienauie nguts, a rigut i.>uu Kepbblicans recogaizsd when Lincoln was your leader and a right that you never repudiated until you fell from Lincoln down to Hacna. '"lfyou hear tiiat I am in favor of imperialism just because it is a good issue to get votes, I want you to remember that on the 14th of Jane, 1899, when your papers said every body wanted expansion i protested against imper" lalism. At that time Democratic friends told me my course would be unpopular but my answer was that when the Declaration of Independence was repealed 1 would be cut of politics snd it did not make any particular difference about the time of my going out." WHY KE ION X iUDJS *&??. Mr. Bryan took occassion at Peoria to anawer the charge that he is being " paid for his speeches. In part he said: ''I am not as rick a man as you would imagine from reading the Republican papers. I find it diffcult to reconcile their statements about my financial condition. One time they say I am so ambitious that I will not make a speech unless I am paid for it. I notice a criticism in the papers that the people of the towns through which nnr train nasses have contributed to the expenses cf the train and it was suggested that was for my benefit. I need not tell you that I receive nothing for miking speeches, bat, my friends, I want you to know that when men ride on trains they must either pay or else the railroad companies must furnish them with free rides. We do not want a railroad to carry our train through the State and therefore the State conr.nit ** tee paid about a thousand dollars for the train for yesterday and today. We believe it is better for people to pay their way and to be independent than to have corporations run them after ifeife SrS . election. I would a great deal rather have Republicans criticise me because people along the road pay the expenses for the train than to receive free rides from the railroad companies and have corporations run me if elected, because they furnished the trains " HEAD ESD COLLISION. A Most and Thrilling Spectacle in Midair. i r\ 10 O :.l. i;oiUmoi?, uciODer 10.?opeuiai: Arrangements have been completed by the fair association for Pain's grand fireworks display during the State fair. The ''Storming of the Taku Forts" and a ''Head End Collissioa" between two aerial railroad engines on three nights, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, O^t. 30th, 31st and Nov. 1st, are the attractions offered this year. They will take place at tbe same locality as used formerly in tbe rear of the fair grounds and to acoommodate the cowd the hour na3 been set at 6:3) p. m , as the display will last about one hour and a half and the railroads can easily arrange to hold their trains until 8:30 p. m., allowing visitors to witness this grand production and return the same day. Pain's people have a reputation or ! inree continents to susiaja aou. mey will not accept any contrac: that limits their idea of the grand and the beautifnl. Pain's name is a guarantee that they wili be ail that can be obtained out of powder and pyrotechdnics. It has cost big m^ney to secure this attraction and Pain says he will give the people a display to remember. In the stormiDg of the Taku Forts, soldiers to represent all the allied forces, will take part and the scene presented is both pleasing and exciting. Pain will give for the first time in America a railway headend collision m fireworks. Thi3 is said to be the most realist-.c thicg of the kind ever attempted. it consists or two immense locomotives, built entirely of fireworks, and these eDgines after operating over a broad gauge track of about a mile, clashing together with terrific force and eSect?an awful explosion, but at the same time a most beautiful scene. Pain will send not less than 50 trained men to arrange the production and they are expected to arrive the latter part of this week. All will be arranged in ample time. It is expected that quite a large number of the visiting zoilitia will take part in the show, and if. possible a ?ham battle bv sight will be added. Arrangements have been aSected to seat ten thousand spectators and ample accommodation will b? given by our new vai uug ivi 4UIU&. uda^uuau^u , to and from tbe grounds. A Serious FightThe, second fatal clash between strikers and nonunion men occured Wednesday at Oneida colliery, Sohuylkill county, Pa., when a coal and ,ipjL polioeman was otioc and instantly killed and another polioeman and a striker were dangerously wounded. In addition about a dozen of the employes of the coliiery were stoned and badly injured by the strikers. The dead man was .Ralph Mills. George Kelly is in the hospital with a bullet in head. Tbe striker wounded is Joseph I/pke. The shooting was the result of two separate riots. The trouble began at 1 o'clook and reached a climax when the marching mir^s, mostly Hungarians, attacked the met on the way to work in the Oneida coiiiery. The re archers numbered 300 men, woman and boys. Stones were thrown and the coal and iron policeman, who endeavored to protect those on the way to work, were forced to seek shelter. No shots were fired at this time and the marchers disappeared. The second clash was the result of an attempt on the part of the company to move a train of coal cars. The engine was surrounded by men and women who stoned the engineer. Superintendent Kudlick remonstrated with the crowd but to no purpose. Persistent attemps were made to run the train and the men made a concerted rush upon the guards r/ho are said to have run. The strikers gave chase and firing followed. It is no t known from which side the first shot came. Misinformed Drummer A correspondent, who says he is a machina drummer, and has reoantlv traveled through Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia, writes the New York Mail and Express to convey the glad tidings that the South if for MoKinley. He does not express an opinion *3 to Virginia or South Carolina, hue says: "I believe North Carolina will give McKinley a majority as every merchant, mill owner and manufacturer I have seen is quietly expecting to drop in a bollot for McKinley Scores of new mills are being built in thi3 section, and scores more are being added to, and all of the new woik is Deing Gone oy i>ortnern capital." Neither in North Carolina nor Any other Southern State are 50 per cent, nor 25 per cent, ol the new mills being built by Northern capital. The merchants, manufacturers, etc., who will support McKidey are subject to about the same discount. It is strikingly easy to bunco the g. o. p. organ with gold briok information. Either Would DoA dispatch to the New York Journal from Rome says: The anarehist Bertilani, arrested at Milan, as a suspected accomplice of Bresoi, has made a confession about the anarchist plots. At the anarchist meeting in Peterson, N. J., seven men were selected to kill kings and chiefs of states. One of them was allotted to kill McKinley or Bryan during the presidential campaign. I don't know the name of the man assigned to this duty. Anarchists have killed kings and queens Now they should kill a president of a republic to show the world that for anarchy there sha?l be neither monarchies nor republics. Not DiScult to FindThe "Christian Life." which is a religious publication at Lynchburg, annouccss in it3 editorial columns a need which there should be no trouble in filling, judging from the standpoint of secular newspaper experience. Says our esteemed contemporary: "We are very desirous of securing the services of a spirit-filled printor. If any of our readers could put us into communication with such a one we would be greatly obliged." 1 CREATES A SCENE. Youtsey On Trial for Murder of Goeb9l. ! HE BECOMES HYSTERICAL "Gobel Is Not Dead, All the Demons in Hell Could Not Kill Him." Ha Cries. A dispatch from Georgetown, Ky., s?ys one of the most remarkable scenes enacted in a Kentucky court oocurred Wednesday in the trial of Henry E. Youtsey, oharged with being a principal in the shooting of Governor Goebel, the defendant himself being the chief participant. The court room vras crowded at the time and the exoitement was intense. D. E. Armstrong, tho Louisville detective, had just told of his talks with Youtsey befo-e and after his arrest. Then Arthur Goebel was put put on the stand and Judge Ben Williams, who for the first time appeared for the prosecution, did the questioning. Arthur G-oebel said: "I talked with Youtsey the day he was arrested late ia the afternoon i^ the jail in Frankfort in refereace to the murder of my brother." Just at this point Youtsey arose "behind his attorneys in a loud voice and said: "It is untrue; it is a lie; I never spoke a word to that man in my life nor he to me." Colonel Crawford told him to be quiet and sit down and others took hold of him. "I will not sit down. I never said a word to that man?it is untrue." He was shouting by this time and every one was becoming excited. Youtsey's wife sprang to his side and while endeavoring to make him sit down could be heard saying: "Now you have killed my husband I suppose you are satisfied." Then Youtsey histerically shouted again: ''I am innocent. There is no blood on my hands: these men are swearing my life away." Two or three deputies went over and grabbed him. He struggled wildly and said: "Lot me alone?I will not sit down." Arthur Goebel meanwhile sat sphinx-like in the witness ohair and never turned his head. Finally after Youtsev was forced into a seat he shouted again: '"Goebel is not dead?all the demons in hell oould not kill him." "Mr. Sheriff, if the defendant does not behave himself put handcuffs on . -kirn.,'' o??<i - Ju<3gu Oautiill. Meanwhile ths audience could not be forced to keep their seats until the judge threatened to fine those who stood up. Youtsey settled baok in his chair, olo3ed his eyes and seemed in a state of collapse. He waved his hand, kerchief above his head in an aimless sorb of way and groaned and cried hysterically. Finally quiet was restored and Judge Williams asked Arthur Goebel another question when Colonel rVo ocIta/3 o r aof nftnamonf r\$ f Ka ViOTTiviu a ^VJV^vuviuvuv v*. vuu trial until tomorrow on account of the defendant's condition. Judge Cantrili said he could see no cause or reason for the defendant's outbreak, but injustice to his attorneys he would posfcpond the ease. Mr. Franklin said the commonwealth had not the slightest objection to adjourning and court adjourned. Youtsey still occupied his chair with his eyes closed, apparently in a half fainting condition. After the crowd passed out Jailer Reed and deputies carded Youtsey to the jail as he was unable to walk. Various reasons are assigned for his outbreak, the first bein** unnfinomenk arnl * "& W-ft VVMUUVmUM. v.? strain of the trial caused him to become hysterical and lose control of himself. Another is that he really demented as shown by hi3 remark that Groebel was not dead. He is being attended by physicians and relatives at the jail and his condition is deemed critical. The Fertilizer Tax. The State says Olemson college's revenue from the inspection tax on fertilizer will this year be more than usual. Year before last it was $59,000. In 1899, $63,000; and up to Oct. 1st of this year the reoeipts since Jan. 1st had been $65,723 40. This revenue is derived from a tax of 25 cents per ton on all fertilizers. As there will be some fertilizer sold before the close of the year for the truck farms and small grain crops, the receipts will rua the total still higher. Iq the spring ootton speculators base their estimates of long and short cotton crops upon the amount of fertilizer tax. This year they would have made a bad gue?s. The sales of fertilizer indicated increased cotton acreage and a big crop. But the crop was blighted by the drouth, bad 'cess to it. Can't Understand. Mark Twain's inability to understand why we are killiag the Filipinos affords the imperialist newspapers an opportunity to explain things to him wh(>n li? cAts there. the latter Dart of the week. He say3 he thought our mission was to defend them, but not to kill them, We never knew Mark to be so slow to take a joke. Rosevelt will be calling him a savage, too, if he i doesn't show more appreciation of the newest development of American humor.?Hartford Times. Many Lives Lost. According to reports from St. Pierre, 17 fishing vessels that were operating on the Grand Banks during the gale of September 12 are still missing, with orews aggregating over 200 men. A nnmVior nf nthsr vrrsrIr that h&ve arriv ed here within the last few days have reported the loss o? one to seven men each. The fatality list will probably exceed 300. Serious disaster has visited a number of New Foundlana fishing haroors, Baron, on the west side of Placentia bay, alone, losing 35 men. A Corpse Trust. Three ^en are in jail at Chicogoin default of $15,000 bail each on the charge of causing the death of a young woman to secure $12,000 life insurance A NARKOW ESCAPE. Fog Lifted in Time to Prevent an Awful Tragedy. I A speoial dispatch from Qaeenstown to the New York Evening World says: "The giant White Star Liner Oceanic which arrived here today had a narrow , escape from shipwreck off the coast of Ireland. While approaching the coast and trying to pick uo the Fastnet light , 1 wnat appeaieu lu uc a uaua. on I j liftedjup ana showed iacd dead ahead. ILc breakers could be plainly seen crashing on the rocks, ana the vessel touched bottom, but Capt. Cameron immediately stopped his engines, reversed them and backed into deep water without the ship being injured. It was only owing to the care of the j captain that a terrible disaster was ( averted. The Oceanic was going ( slowly on account of the fog and trjicg ; to pick up the land. It ^as 4 o'clock in the morning when the fog lifted and , showed the land right ahead, the posi- < tion being then between the rocks known as the Bull, Cow and Calf and ] Crowhead. The land was so close ' that on eaun bow could be seen a reg- < ular cave. The stopping of the engines , shook up and awoke everybody. Half a minute later the engines were ( reversed, but before the Oceanic was stopped she struck with a grinding grating noise. She then quickly swung i dear. Tranquil and confident in the ! skill of the captain the women passen- i gersinthe saloon behaved admirably, i showing the greatest coolness in the i presence of danger. Tne water tight j compartments ciosed within two minutes, on Uapi. Cameron's orders as i soon as the danger was perceived, i The lifeboats were cleared away ready j for lowering with the precis; tn of clock work and the crew were at quarters at i once. ' WANTS0 EARS OF SOLDIERS. 1 J Wealthy Filipino's Method of Aveng- 1 ingHis Son's Death. Sergeants Koss I. Barton and '/Am- 1 merman, of the Forty-seventh Voiuzi- 1 teer Infantry, who have recently returned from the Philippines to their J homes in Whitestone, L. I., report ' that while in an engagement with the i Filipinos at Albay, Sergeant Fowler, i also of Whitestone, shot and killed a ! young Filipino lieutenant named Mar- 1 cus and captured his sword. Lieu- ] tenant Marcus was a son of Marcellus 1 Marcus, a wealthy Filipino, who is < known all over the island, and who '< hitherto had been friendly to the Amer- < icans, though his son was not. The death of the son aroused the old man to a pitoh of the graiest fury, and 1 he swore he would spend every dollar ' he owned to avenge his death, despite 1 the faot that young Marcus was killed i in a fair fight. Barton and Zimmer- < uiuu any tliftt?riiTtfb Ti.cn 53faTvuo H<?a raised a troop of 3,000 and offered a re- j ward of $100 for every left ear of every mamber of the Forty-seventh regiment. < This offer is said to have brought fruit, for every American killed was ' found to have his left ear missing, and i many Chinese and light-colored Fili- 1 pinos were found to have theirs miss- 1 ing also, which shows that the Filipinos are not above making money out of the old man's thirst for revenge. It 1 is stated that Marcus is treasuring a 1 string of more than one hundred ears, not more than five of which could have i been out from members of the Forty- 1 l seventh regiment. sergeant bowler is a son of iur. and ; Mrs. G-eorge 0. Fowler, of Seventeenth ; street. He served during the Spanish- ; American, war in Porto flico, and -on September 15th 1899, enlisted in the Forty-seventh. New York Volunteers, * and-was .assigned to Company (*. Beoause of his superior marksmanship : and experience in the West indies he : was appointed a sergeant of the company. His fellow sergents say he wiil shortly be promoted to a lieutenantoy. Turns From McKmiey. A large audience attended a meetiDg Friday night at Columbus, Ohio, addressed by Hon. Frank S. Monnett, former attorney general of Ohio. Mr. Monnett's speech was devoted wholly to support Mr Bryan. Mr Monnett revied the prosecution against various trusts, comoinations and monopolies which he had undertaken while attorney general of the State, and then said: '"We nominated a president from Ohio who promised the people in fair CfcJtJO VAJLCtU JLLO TT UUiU LJULC AUU trust laws of the United States, including the Sherman anti-trust act. How nas he enforced it? Attorney General John W. Griggs has under him 7(5 district attorneys scattered througnout the various States of the union, tne duty of each and every one of which is to enforce this anti-trust act, and according to his official report, May 29, 1900, to congress, out of 13 suits instituted, under tnis law, 3 have been begun uncer his administration. "Xnis is the magmficenf report of the present national administration. "The trusts utterly failed in defeating the Sherman anti-trusts act; they are completely routed by the judiciary in tne nasi test in tne supreme court and they have now begun the dangerous policy of paralizing the executive arm by means that are so palpable that tie who runs may read and none but the most skeptical can fail to be convinced." In conclusion Mr. Monnett said: "I believe that Mr. Wm. McKinley and John Griggs, his attorney gneral and his executive officers, have wilfully and purposely and knowingly paralized the executive arm of this government for the last four years and prevented the enforcement of the common law and the statue law, both criminally and civilly, against these law violators. And the hour has now come, the only time we will have for the next four years as voters to legally ana constitutionally smite mem lor their hypocrisy and to resent this violation of official duty. "Wm. J. Bryan may not accomplish all that we expect or all that we hope for in this behalf but I believe him to be thoroughly honest, sincere and a determined man and while I do Dot sgne with him in all he advocates, yet I am forced to take one side or the other on this great question which for the masses is the paramount is3ue and in the name of patriotism, for the sake of our republic, propose to cast my vote for that fearless, upright champion of I the peopie, William Jennings .Bryan. J "serious charges" Made by Senator Tillman Against WcKinley and Hanna. BAYS THEY ARE CORRUPT. How the Republican Party Raises Its Immense Campaign Fund to Corrupt the Voters. Senator Tillman has been speaking in Illinois for the Democratic ticket. One of the statements with which the Senator opened wide the eyes of the Democratic farmers of Illinois was his isserticn that Mark Hanna had raised 52,000,000 or $3,000,000 from the armor plate makers and was using it in the campaign. $'I was on the naval jommittee with William E. Chandler," the Senator said, "and I know some thing of the armor plate business. There are two concerns in the country which make this armor plate?Carnegie and the Bethlehem. We had a contract on which we had been holding them five years. We had been keeping theia down to $300 a ton. Ihia year, Dn the last day of the session of Congress, Mark Hann3 took charge of it. Fie went in and ordered his henchmen to give authority to the Secretary of the Navy to make a contract for armor plate at what he saw fit. Twelve Republican Senators who had stood with lis before fell down and voted to give Carnegie and Bethlehem this contract for $17,000,000. I'll swear that Mark Hanna, to the best of my belief and knowledge, had an agreement with those two firms to give him $2,000 000 or 53,000,000 for the presidential campaign. So you see you send men to Congress to vote for contracts which furnish the money to buy votes with." Some of Senator Tillman's declarations about bribery and corruption spcre reckiesa even beyond his usual Freedom of speech. "There are a great many millions of good Republicans," said Senator Tillman. "The only trouble with them is they are wrong up here." The Senator tapped his forebead. "I can say equally," he continued, "that some of our Democrats ire wrong up here. lite Senator tapped his dome again. The crowd laughed and waited for the application. "I wish to say of the 15,000,000 voters who will march to the polls in November 14,000,000 are so narrow and partisan they would see you in hades before they would vote for the party Dther than the one they belong to. rhey 's'.'s Republicans and .Democrats because they were born so. There are 7,000,000 such Republicans. There ire 7,000,000 of such Democrats. Therefore, I am making my appeals to the independent voters, to those with sufficient intelligence to vote for what they believe to be the best interests of the country. I want to make an appeal to the independent voter, because his vote, even if he votes for a dollar a day, counts for just ins much as the vote of John D. Rockefeller; that is if John D. Rockefeller's millions can't find some infernal scoundrels among these dollar-a-day fellows to buy. "No stream can rise highsr than its source," the Senator went on oracularly, after -his astonishing left-handed lick at the dollar-a-day man, and began to talk of corruption in Congress. "I wish you could see those fellows who sell themselves in Congress as I have seen them. I have not seen the money actually passed, but if I had been on a jury and had had the evidence before me as I saw it I would have found them guilty." Senator Tillman quoted from President McKinley's letter of acceptance the passage declaring tho duty imposed by honor toward the Philippines. "That means," said the Senator, "that President will rely upon Mark Hanna's money to buy enough votes to enslave you and your children forever." This was the Senator's starter on the subT?>r?t of irnnerialism. He proceeded: "Douglas and Lincoln went np and down this State. Douglas contended that when wi said government derived its just powers from the consent of the governed it was intended to leave out the niggers. . Lincoln said it was the other way. The North arose en mat so in 1S60 and sided with Lincoln's views. And now you's got 10,000,000 niggers down South to projick on, to exercise yot:r ingenuity on. But you are turning them over to us to shoot and kill. How will you old soldiers, who marched through South Carolina, and didn't leave anything but the chimneys standing, answer the Confederates you killed when you meet them up yonder, and they ask you, Well, Johnny, how .are things? You'll have to say the Republican party now says Douglas was right and Lincoln was wrong. Youv's got to go to God pretty soon and answer for your votes. His Dignity Hurt. The Washigton papers say that "W. E. Willis, a constituent of Senator McLaurin of South Carolina" complaias to the state department that he was subjected to the indignity of being searched by a Turkish officer at Constantinople, and he wants satisfaction to his wonded American dignity. The department thinks Mr. Willis has no good ground of complaint as the Turkish government was only exercising a right. To Capture New York. Over 700 meetings, with double that number of speeches, have been arranged by the Republican State committee for the last four weeks of the campaign in New York, in addition to the two flying trip3 through the State by Gov. Roosevelt and Chauncey M. Dapew, during which speeches will be made at over 150 place3. Figures It OutIf the total revenue from the PhilinmnoQ ar<* AOO 000 a vear_ and the ~ *7 ? expenses of keeping a few miles around Manila in subjection are $100,000,000 a year, what will the profits be when the whole island is subdued and a standing army of 100,000 will be a permanent necessity. A HANDSOME INCREASE i In the Taxable Property in this State in the Last Year The State of South Carolina is going to shew up handsomely this year in the matter of its taxable property. The increase over last year is to be noteworthy. Thus far it has been impossible to get at the figures for the personal property of the State, but thofe f<~r the real estate and the railroad nrr&nertv hava hpen nhtfiJrxx} Thooo figures snow a most marked increase for this year as oompared to last year. In railroad property alone there has been aD increase of nearly three million dollars?$2,891,595, and Dirlington has more of it than any other single county, j Orangebury and Richland oome next. | So far as real estate is concerned there j has been an increase of $1,067,636. j The total increase in these two classes ; of property amounts to the handsome figure of $3,959,231. The following is the statement of the valuation of railroad property by counlies for this year, last year's valuation being $24 880 378: Abbeville ... $ 732 213 Aiken 1,038.930 Anderson 549,950 Bamberg 589,445 Barnwell 1.139 235 Beaufort 450,950 Berkeley 9i4 060 Charleston 710.685 Cherokee 512,320 Chester. 657,018 Chesterfield 977,040 Clarendon 356,410 Colleton 710,060 Darlington 1,754,860 Dorchester 557,005 Edgefield 414 550 Fairfield 744,605 Florence 976:850 Georgetown 47,450 Greenville 572,145 Greenwood 720,050 Hampton 725.650 Hoiry 181,430 Kershaw 338,920 Lancaster 238 850 Laurens 769,925 Lexington 955,975 Marion 668,800 Marlboro 277,825 Newberry 600,600 Oconee 485,755 Orangeburg 1,489,415 Pickens 444,190 Richland 1,265,935 Saluda 191,480 Spartanburg 976,515 Sumter 1,334,475 Union 463,905 Williamsburg 734,885 York 671,612 Total $27,771,973. The statement by counties of the real estate is, as given again $101,070,141 for last year: Abbeville $ 2.695,585 Aiken *v 4,062 500 Anderson 4,168,731 Bamberg 1,132,632 Barnwell 2,576 375 Beaufort 1,934 415 Berkeley 1,148.375 Charleston 14,057,145 Cherokee 1,705,964 Chester 2,208 025 Chesterfield 852,100 Clarendon' 1,442,835 Colleton 1,471,145 Darlington 2,27 L, 525 Dorohester 1,151,566 Edgefield 2,290,140 Fairfield 1,984,081 Florence 2,244,830 Georgetown 1,402,865 Greenville 4,245,615 Greenwood 2,412,150 Hampton 1,080.290 Horry 793,006 Kershaw 1 871.205 Lancaster 1.200,053 Laurens 2,917,755 Lexington 1,793,595 Marion 2,471,083 Marlboro 1,795,125 NawhffTTv. 2 880.930 Ooonee 1,550,430 Orangeburg 3,612,260 Pickens 1,137,358 Richland 4,982,020 Saluda 1,434,620 Spartanburg 5267,705 Sumter 3,526,600 Union 1,786,100 Williamsburg 1,282,748 York 3,296,285 Total $102,137,777 He Did Not DieA dispatch from Charlotte, N. C. says that the noted murderer, who was twice hanged ten days ago at Clinton, N. C., without breaking his neck and who was pronounced dead from strangulation, was resuscitated by his relatives, and is now in a Virginia hospital _i :i. t j i ? i__: i ai, wiiere it is nupeu iu uriug auuui uio recovery. A lawyer of Clinton is quoted as saying that after Kinsaul's body was turned over to his relatives ank taken some miles into the country for interment signs of life were noticed and after wrapping the body in wet blankets and applying restoratives, the murderer regained consciousness and was laser taken to the hospital. Wants Proof. Senator J. K. Jones, chairman of the National Dc-nncratic committee, said Wednesay: ' I intend to address a letter to the Democratic clubs all over the country requesting them to give me the proof in all instances that come within their knowledge of employers undertaking to coerce or intimidate employes. I have now some men in Ohio for the purpose ol ascertaining the conditions there and I have instructed them to report carefully what facts they have'discovered. Oar people are thoroughly aroused to the danger in this directien and are determined to have an honest election." Says He Will Suicide. The Columbia Record says the police took charge of an old white man Wednesday who seemed to be very much troubled. The man was intoxicated, and he told an officer that he would commit suicide. He said he had nothing to live for, and he begged for a pistol that he might take his life. Later, *1IA woko/ioma CA^ot lio WUCU tuc lUBU ugvBiuw ov */v* ed the statement that he would take his life, adding that he would be dead within one week's time. The old gentleman is over sixty years of age, and he has lived a quiet life up to this time. A STRANGE CASE. Husband Kills Wife and Sues for Life Insurance. A suit to recover insurance on the life of his wife, whom he killed on De cember 31, 1893, has been commenced in Philadelphia by Professor Swithin C. Shortledge, who is now residing at Kennett Square in Chester county. The suit, which is to recover the sum of $7 022 from the Providence Life and and trust company, is one of the most remarkable in the history of life insurance. The tragedy which ended the life of Mr&. Shortledge was enacted in Media on a New Year's eve and caused a great sensation. Several years before that date Professor Shortledge had come to Media with his wife and family and established what was known as the Media academy for young men. For several years the venture was successful, the school having a high class patronage. Then Mrs. Shortledge died. In November, 1896, Professor Shortledge married Miss Marie Dixon Jones. Shoitlv after his second marriaze the professor began to act etraogels. Oa the night of the killing, six weeks after the marriage, Professor Shortledge invited his wifo to go out with him for a walk. A short distance from the house he shot her through the heart and then attempted suicide, but was disarmed by a neighbor. In the trial which followed the professor was acquitted on the ground of insanity and was confined in an asylum until a year ago. There is no case of a parrellel nature in the insurance annals of this state. Tragedy at Wilson. The news of a shocking tragedy that occured at Wilson, N. C* yesterday afternoon was brought ?.o Florence lssfc night by passengers on train 23 As this train was leaving Wilson it surprised a team on the track, in a deep cut at a crossing, hurliDg the horse and i ii. - ji urn: .t. _ uuggy xmu Lue an atiu &ii.uug wu driver instantly. The horse died a few minutes after the accident. The driver was Mr. W. B. Edwards, a farmer said to be over seventy years old. It is thought that he did not hear the crushing of the train until too late to draw his horse back and save himself. He had driven down into the cut and his team was on the traok. The large engine pulling the passenger caught the team squarely. The train was going at full speed and man and horse were hurled some 'thirty feet into the air. The buggy was broken into atoms, part ct' it adhering to the engine. There were many bruises on Mr. Edward's body, but his death resulted from fracture of the skull. Engineer John M. Donlsn, Capt. G-. W. Gruber and fireman Davis constituting the train crew brought the train on to Florence. They were orderfn-r I UU VV IGVUIU J WW v* * V* the inquest and left last night on train 32. ?Florence Times. Hanna's WayGovernor Alfcgeld, after a six weeks stumping tour of the middle west' said in New York: "We have discovered, a plot engineered by Mark Hanna and other Republican campaign managers to buy up the eleotion officers in the doubtful states?particularly in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. Despite this conspiracy and despite the raising of from $25,000,000 to $30,000,000 to carry it into effect, I sincerely believe that Bryan and Stevenson will sweep the country, and that McKinley will lose his own states of Ohio, by at least 50,000 plurality. In the west the McKinley-Hanna managers are seeking to bribe eleotion offioers to falsify the returns. You will recall that in 1896 there were returned from the state of Ohio over 74,00C more votes than there were males of twenty-one years of age and over. That's how Bryan was robbed of Ohio four years ago. Bat he will not be robbed this year. The Demo cratic national and state committees are on watch, and they will see to it that there is an honest ballot and a fair count there and elsewhere, regardless of the huge corruption fund collected by Mark Kanna and his agents." Found a Pot cf Gold. The Yorkville correspondent of The State says: A negro man was in town yesterday showing some old English gold coins that he had found on the premises of Mr. R. L. "Wallace in the* King's creek section, nine miles west of this place. The negro had built a hog pen on hi3 lot, and the hog in "root ing aronnd" unearthed an old iron pot, and under it was a lot of gold coins which had been buried there. It was not known how much the man got, but it is supposed he made a pretty good find. Mr. Wallace was here with him, but had the man "coached" in regard to keeping his mouth shut. The coins were all sold and of Enclish make. They ranged in size from a five-dollar piece to a $20. Undaubtedly this money was buried during the Revolutionary war, as the dates on them were of a number of years previous to that war. It is thought that perhaps Maj Ferguson buried them on the way to King's mountain, as this point is about on a line with his route to that battle ground. It Looks That Way. The Philadelphia Times, which was opposed-to Bryan in 1S96, but which is now doing great work for the Democratic ticket, declares there is going to be a landslide to Bryan, and predicts his election by 307 electoral votes. New York, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, California, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey, are sll given to Baryan by the Times, and McKinley is allowed only eigbty-oddsare votes. This looks overenthusiastio to many people, but it is more apt to happen, in our opinion, than Bryan's election by a few votes. We have never thought that it would be a close election, but have believed there would be a slump in one direction or the other, nearly ail tiie dou&tlui states goiDg to one candidate. It looks now like the tide is setting toward Bryan. A Gentle Hint"You will find religion everywhere in nature," said the Rev. Dr. Speakmore. "There are even sermons in stonet." "Yes, and have you noticed," replied the long-suffering member of the congregation, "that the most precious stones are small, and that they have to be cut before they bacome ineresting?" A TIDAL WAVE * Will Sweep Bryan Into ihe White ,, ^ House. FEW STATES FOR McKINLEY. -' ,41 _ - ' *S This is the Claim Made by the National Democratic Executive Com* - mlttee. 1" or tne nrst ume in lima o&iupaigii, says a dispatch to the Philadelphia Times from Chicago, dated Wednesday, the Democrats have broken the rule they had established and have given out an estimate upon the eleotion by < States. Vice Chairman J. Q-. Johnson of the Democratic national executivo committe reached Chicago this morning and gave out the following table, givicg Bryan 326 electoral votes, McKinley only 88 and doubtful 33. / Th#> tahlfi. as urenared by Vice Chair re an Johnson, is as follows: Mc- DoubtStates. Bryan, Kinley, ful, Alabama 11 ? ? Arkansas 8 ? ? California 9 . ? ? Colorado 4 ? ? Connecticut... 6' ? ? Delaware 3 ? ? Florida 4 ? ? Georgia 13 ? ? Idaho 3 ? ? Illinoise 24 ? ? Indiana ; 15 ? ? Iowa ? 13 ? Kansas 10 ? ? Kentucky 13 ? ? Louisiana 8 ? ? Maine ? 6 ? Maryland 8 ? ? Massachusetts . ? 15 ? Michigan .... ? ? 14 Minnesota ? ? 9 Mississippi ? 9 ? ? Missouri 15 ? ? Montana 3 ? ? New Hampshire ? 4 ? New Jersey ... ? ? 10 New York 36 ? ? Nevada 3 ? ? Nebraska 8 ? ? North Carolina. 11 ? ? North Dakota 3 ? ? Ohio 23 ? ? Orezon 4 .? ? Pennsylvania .. ? 32 - ? Rhode Island.. ? 4 ? South Carolina .9 ? ? South Dakota.. 4 ? ? Tennessee 12 ? ? Texas 15 ? ? Utah. 3 ? ? Vermont__,..... ? 4 ? . Virginia 12 ? ? ^1 Washington ... 4 ? ? West Virginia.. 6 ? ? Wisconsin 12 ? ? Wvomine 3 ? ? Total 326 88 33 "The figures which I gave out," exclaimed Vice Chairman Johnson, "are based not only npon the most reliable icformatien which our committee has from every State in the Union, but also upon this further remarkable fact: "Everybody knows that it was the gold Democretic vote of this country which elected McKiniey four years ago. It is equally well known now that at least 90 per cent of that vote will go for Bryan this fall. The G-ermnn vote was almost unanimously against Bryan in 1896, while this year we have trustworthy information that leads us to believe that fully 80 per cent of the German vote in the pivotal States will be oast for Bryan. This statement is true not alone of the G-ermans but of other distinctively foreign classes of voters. The great body of the organized labor vote which was induced to support McKinley four years ago will be nearly solid for the Democratic ticket next month." Cases Dismissed. The cases of the United States against the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana were dismissed Wednesday by the United States Supreme Court in accordance with the decision of congress in these cases during the last session. They involve certain funds.due the United Sfatea frnm fnnr 3f*fpa rmmfid. ? The claims were adjasted in the settlement following the State expenditures on account of the Spanish-American war, and the action of the court today was merely^formal in clearing the cases from the record. Ohio Doubtful. That usnally level-headed and conservative paper, the Public Ledger, Philadelphia, in an editorial articles on the presidential outlook from the Republican ppint of view says: "Special attention should be given to Ohio, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware as among the contested or doubtful States which may turn the scale one way^ or the ojher." Indiana has been claimed by both parties for sme time, but is Ohio doubtful? Bepvblican Threats. The great corporations and trusts are f AT? 1 r> c* man +li f VUV TJ U1 Alil^ 1UVU wuau "there will be no work" if Bryan is elected?which means, if it means anything, that' these concerns own a big portion of the world and the government as well- Four more years of McKinleyism will about complete their title and possession ] and then Chey can say to the working man: Get off the earth, you miserable trespasser. ?Greenville News. In a Bad Fix. Galveston is confronted by a serious problem. The city is virtually bank i. mi x. j ru.pu -Lucre io uu luuucjr uu uuuu L\J maintain the municipal government, and something must be done if the city is to be saved, and done quickly. The calling of a special session of the legislature to appropriate $100,000 to carry on the city government is advocated. Made a Slip. Teddy Jtlooseveit slipped ms trolley the other day when ne attributed to Daniel Webster a remark that wu made by John C. Calhoun. And there was only one man in his audience to catch the error. * 'v* ... :s