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?_? VOL LIV, WINjSTSBORO. S, C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 24, 1900. NO. 18. jjj BRYAN'S WILCOME. ] i i Tremendous Ovation Given to the , < People's Charrp'on. ( ENTHUSIASM UNBOUNDED- ! ] < Countless Thousands Cheer Him. < < and He Speaks to Multitudes : i of People at D-ffer- i i ert Places. i William Jennings Brjan arrived in , New York a" three o'clock on Tuesday < of Isat week. His reception was an ' emphatic ovation. As the train steam- ( ed into annex o? the Grand Central <3er>ot that Dart of the immense build , log was packed with a waiting multi- i tude. Bryan was driven to the Roff- ; man hcir-eic an open carriage in which i he eat next to Richard Croker, snd ' with uncovered head bo*ed and smiled to the thousands who cheered him. I Forty second street presented an ani- i mated scene. From Lesingtin avenue < on one side to Sixth avenue on the oth- I er, the sidewalks were lined with the < populace. As the time-approachcd for the ar- i rival of the train the reception com- 3 mittee started in to n-ove further and i further along side the track. At this point the police lines were n ade inc-f- ; fectual by a regular football rash. < "While the reception committee were 1 wa^tinc everv possible inch of scace on ) stairs, as windows, platforms, and on - the big bridges crossing the depot was I occupied. The narrow passage way ; alosg the tracks was a mass of people ] > when the engine of the Br\an train ( / -r* ble.w. its warning whistle. Then caine ( '( .the macl scramble to reach the rear car i V'~ of the train in which Col. Bryan was i supposed to be. Mr. Croker, Mr. Hearst i and the other members of the reception ! ' "committee tried to walk in a dignified manner towards the train to greet the * . presidential candidate, but the crowd i , ? ' was too 'great. They were pushed and : 4 . shoved and hustled along until they i , had 'almost to break into a ran before i ^ -tirey -could swing themselves on the i .rear-tplatform a&d give Col. Bryan i ** /' greeting. v Meanwhile the crowd had worked it- j 1 sell.unto what it considered a proper ; . degree of enthusiasm. It cheered and i : /NaaHossd as Bryan stepped on the plat _ "'fdrsnk - r Then, escorted by Richard < - " JCiokex an'd the committee he began the i journey toward the street. A number -r of people grasped Bryan's hands, the > > candidate smiled good Daturedly i through it all,. in spit) of the fact that . - 4 both he and Mr. Croker were being j rather roughly jostled about. As he i entered the open carriage and took his j SeSt-Brr^^ bowed on every side. lucnarcL ] Croker sat next to him, while Mr. Hearst and Mr.- Shevlin occupied the i r.^ other two seats in the carriage. It : .^^took some time to clear a passage way i _'i|P"Tk jrorty-second street, out it was nnaily managed and then the carriages in ; r- which were the reception committee members started for the Hoffman house. Bryan reached the Hoffman house at < 3:20 p. m. All the way down Fifth avenue he wa3 cheered by the crowds that lined the thoroughfare. The demonstration 3s Bryan left his carriage and entered the Twenty-sixth street entrances of the hotel was a repetition of that along the line. Bryan at once went to his rooms. A few i minutes liter he received a delegation ' from St. Matthew's Litheran church, North Fifth street, Brooklyn. Eev. Augustus Summers, the pastor, presented him with a goldheaded cane whifth had been won bv Bryan in re ceiving the largest number of votes at a fair held by the church. He made a speech of thanks and then retired to rest before the banquet. Four hours before the time set for the opening of thfc doors, 5:30 o'clock, Madison Square garden, where Bryan and the head of the State Democratic ticket, John B. Stanchfield, spoke, was besieged by crowds. Throngs gathered and massed before the two main entrances to the building on Fourth and Madison avenues as early as 2 o'clock hoping to get in when the deors were first opened. At 5:30 o'clock to the minute the sound of exploding bombs outside the garden announced the opening of the doors. Instantly there was a great rush by the people from Madison ave Due hallway and from the TwentySixth street entrance, which, according to police arrangements, was to be kept clear for ticket holders. In the first rash were a few women who got seats near the speaker's stand. In less than 10 minutes every seat on the floor was taken, and the crowd which had begun to pour in from all sides, attacked the gallaries. Five minutes later saw the balcony and a part of the galleries black with people. The rush was then over, but there came a steal atream through the principal doors and all empty seat3 were soon filled. The j crowu UiU iiUb ajjpiai uian iu uc demonstrative. When the lights were all turned on there came a brief chesr. The big semi-circular electrical display over the speaker's stand bere the portraits of the two Democratic candidates the Democratic emblem and the Democratic watchword, credited to Mr. Creker, "We wish to remain free people," in great letters of light. Then the band struck up a national air, and as the people recognized "Yankee Doouie" they got up in their seats, with uncovered heacs, and as they waved thousands of small American flags, shouted out the words of the song. The Garden was decorated in the national colors only. Screamers radiated trom the centre of the roof, underneath fhe skylight, to the heads of the iron pillars over the galleries, and festoons of fugs, with the colors of the different States, lined the gallieries. The speaker's stand was draped simply with f American flags and red, white and blue bunting. At 6:30 o'clock the only seat3 remaining vacant ic the entire Garden was an occassional bos, the tickets for which remained good until 7 o'clock. The crowd was orderly and frequent performances by the band brought forth enthusiasm. The arrival of prominent Tammany men before the meeting brought forth the first applause of the evening. As 7 o'clock approached, the hour when Col. ?r --T-" ... .1 r ???^^???cwbjlji > j Hi**?^ Br>an was expected to arrive, the irowa began to warm up. The Garden vas jammed. The police kept the i isles prett? well cleared and %back of j eailery seats there - was not anMnch of ivailaDle epace. Bryan entered the Garden at 7:15 >'clock. As the face of Mr. Croker, 3thind which appeared Bryan was seen, :he crowd burst forth in one great proonged yeli. Everyone stood tip toe jn his seat and the Garden was a sea Df waving ftigs. As Col. Bryan, esjorted by Mr. Croker, mounted the speaker's stand, the cheering was continuous. The two climbed the stairs md made iheir way to the front of the reception committee. Bryan and Mr. Croker frequently responded to the :heericg by bowing to the vast audience jnd the faces of both men were wreathsd in sxiies. Just behind the two as Lhey mounted the platform, was Mayor Van Wjck, escorted by Edward M. Shephard. who acted as chairman of the meeting. The cheering continued; now dying down, now being renewed with increased vigor. It continued for five minutes, not abating when Bryan rose to his feet and raised his hand. Mr. Croker pulled him back into his seat. The cheering went on. Then Mr. Oroker rose, hesitated a moment, then raised his hand for silence. Instead }f ceasiDg the eroded broke forth louder ihan ever. Do what he could, Mr. broker could not silencc the crowd. Alter nearly 15 minutes of cheering the applause began to decrease. Miauled with cheers and hisses; the latter tor silence, iasted a minute longer. "Three cheers for the next president," brought out a final cheer but in effort to repeat it was drowned in jries of "Put them out." The cn thusiasm nearly carried the crowd away The throng at Madison avenue end of the garden jammed down at the aisles icd the sixty odd policemen at that point had to do sincere battle with the ;rowd to keep it under control. When luiet was restored, Mr. Oroker rose, took Mr. Shephard by the hand ana introduced him to the audience as chairman of the meeting. Before Mr. Shephard could get into the pubject "imperialism," to which his address was devoted, the crowd got so impatient bo hear Bryan that Mr. Shephard could not ^proceed. He suddenly stopped and introduced President Gruggenheim of the council, who offered the formal resolution of the evening. They welcomed Bryan and Stevenson to New Fork, approved the Kansas City platform; opposed imperialism; protested against an enormous standing army as a menance to the republic; praised the volunteer army as being sufficient in emergency; opposed entangling foreign alliances; sympathized with the Boers; denounced trusts; pledged the party to bring back to the people constitutional government and charged the Republicans with having raised a gigantic corruption fund to debauch the lufirage. The resolutions were cheerior joryan, ana Mr. bhephard at once introduced the latter. Bryan stepped to the railing about the stand, as the throng broke afresh into cheers. He raised his hand for silence, but the cheers did not subside. Bryan was dressed simply in a black with a short sack coat. "Three cheers for our next president," came up from the audience, Bryan raising his hand in depreciation. The crowd was about to become quiet when with a boom and a flash of fire a flashlight bomb went o5 in the centre of the room. Women shrieked and the men yelled, not knowing what it was. There was great disorder for a minute and calls xor police. A dozen policemen mshed to the spot where the man sat who had fired the bomb, grabbed him and hustled him and his camera out into the aisle and out of the garden. Bryan had stopped quietly at the rail on the platform. There was another attempt to renew the cheering hisses greeted it and Col. Bryan commenced speaking. Ha began quietly, his voice being scarcely audibie a hundred feet away from the stand, but' he gradually spoke louder and in a moment his voice could be heard by the galleries. Ooi. Bryan began by referring to the vast audience before him ana said that it indicated an interesting campaign which mu3t be gratifying to all who realized the importance of the questions involved. He declared that he was not vain enough to accept the enthusiasm manifested as a personal tribute to himself, because he said, "the individual counts for nothing except that he may be the instrument used by the people to carry out their will." He immediately entered upon the defense of the Democratic causes. To Check Coercion. Chairman Jones of the Democratic national committee and Wm. R. Hearst, president of the national association of the Democratic issued the following circular: To the Democratic Clubs: In the free exercise of the right of suSrage lies the safety of the republic. Every patriotic, every honest man. is interested in the preserving of this right at all hazaids. Will you, therefore, every man of you, please report promptly to one of us, every instance coming to your knowledge of any attempt to coerce or intimidate any voter by any employer, whether a single perc ? rr,ror>TT ,v* Li) a vi v.vi^uiauvuj o?u\x whether atterapted by threat, by pretense of orders received conditioned on the election of McKinley, or otherwise? Every such offender deserves, like Cain, to be ''a fugitive and a vagabond" on the face of the earth, and the public ought to know who they are. James K. Jones. William R. Hearst. A Great Meeting. A dispatch from New York says leaving the Hof man house Wednesday mr>rnir. <r TVTr "R fnrnpr? Rtafp i Committeeman Campbell and asked: "Do yon think the Republicans rightly gauge the significance of last night's demonstration V Several persons present answered in the negative. "The meeting carried with it,'" added Mr. Bryan, "its own story. It was the largest demonstration I have ever wit ne3sed anywhere on any occasion. The enthusiasm appeared to be sincere, and at all the meetings of last night my auditors appeared to be en rapport. I am perfectly satisfied." HE HAD CONFESSED. Testimony rf Arthur Goebel, Brother of Murdered Governor. STARTLING CONVERSATION - ? ? -x AX Me Maa wnn rouisev just ?iter His Arrest Given in Dstai'. Who Killed Goebel. The trial of Henry E. Youtsey, charged with being a principal in the kiliiDg of Governor Goebel, was resumed Wednesday at Frankfort, Ky., although Youtsey wao reported in the same condition as last week. His room door was opened and his bed pulled up in plain view aod hearing of the jury and while the witnesses were k^in.?ovi!T>ir>r?r? Ynnts^v nnn'd hp heaid calling bis wife's nam? in a hollow moaning voice and could bo seen to be sitting on his bed. The feature of the day was the testimony of Arthur Goebel, brother of the dead governor. He told of going to thejiil the cay Youtsey was arrested and then said: "I put my left hand on Mr. Youtsey's right shoulder and said: 'Mr. Youtsey, Colonel Campbell has just returned and told me what ycu have said to him and I have come over to have you tell me what you hava told him, to tell me whether it is true, and to ask you a few other questions'. Mr. Youtsey said: 'Yes, Mr. Goebel, what I have told Colonel Campbell is true.' "I then said to Youtsey: "Now I would like to have you tell me about getting the key on Monday morning O r\ ? J _ r\: M irom rowers aua soouo i/ics. ^umus and about going to ec-e Taylor ana also about goiDg to see Taylor on Tuesday morning and where you got the cartridges.' Youtsey said: 'Ju-tasltold Colonel Campbell, I had a taik with D:ck Combs on Monday morning and he told me that he was ready to do the shooting and I went to Caleb Powers for the key to his office and he told me to go to John Powers. I went to John Powers and John Powers gave me the key. I went to Governor Taylor and told him that Dick Combs was ready to do the shooticg. Governor To^Iat caif3* "Yah michr nfit tftfiftme ~ ?f -v- ?o? ? to ine about this. I have been expecting this to be done for some time, but I object to have a Negro do it. It is too important a piice of work. Combs may be a spy and he may betray us." Yojitsey hesitated and i said: 'Very *"~7V^* **^ Taylor and on Tuesday morning I went back to him and said: The man to do the shooting is now here.' I interrupted Youtsey there and said: 'You have told Colonel Campbell the Dame of that man and that is one reason why I came over here to see you. Now if you know that much you can also give me the nirrifl nf the man. and Mr. Youtsev said: '7?7ell, I told him Jim Howard was here; that I thought he got here Monday night.' "I asked: 'What else did Taylor say?' Youtsey said: 'Governor Taylor walked up and down the floor and said: 'Youtsey, what da you think. If Goebel is killed, do you think I could hold my office?' He discussed that matter talking to me back and forth and I said to him I thought if Goebel was put out of the way that the contest would be settled and that he could hold his offise. Finally I said to him as Governor Taylor hesitated still: 'It is up to you to decide now finally whether it is to be done or not,' and after some hesitation Youtsey stated that Tylor said finally: '"Well, tell them to go ahead. It is necessary, I can send the man to ,1 M ~j > me mountains wxtu & ui oviuicio. I said: 'Did he say anything about pardoniDg him?' and Youtsey said: 'ics, that is so.' He said: 'If it is necessary I can pardon him and he will be safe enough.' Youtaey then stopped and I asked 'What did you do then? You told Colonel Campbell, as he told me, that you left certain people into Powers' office.' "Youtsey eaid: 'I went back and reported. I told Berry Howard and Dick Combs and Jim Howard to go and be in the hall of the executive building and 1 then left.' I said, 'What did you do?' *'Youtsey said: 'I went and got the cartridges. When I went back Berry Howard, Dick Combs and Jim Howard, were in the hali and I unlocked the door and let them in and gave them the cartridges.' I again interrupted and asked Youtsev as to whom he had given the cartridges and he said: 'I gave them to Jim Howard. He was the last man who went in the door.' "I said: 'HowGmany did you give him?' and he said: lI gave him the whole box.' I said: 'Mr. Youtsey who fired the shot?' and he said: "I cannot tell you, 1 didn't sec him.' I said: 'What did you do when you let him in? He said: 'I stood near the door.' I said: 'You gave the cartridges to Jim Howard?' " 'Yes, sir.' " Where did you get the cartridges?'. "He said: 'I got them from Powell p. ni VT.:_ Cu uiemeuts uu iuiiiu aiieet m vmiyiunati. Oq the 22nd of January I wrote them and told them to send a box of 33 55 smokeless steel cartridges, Winchesters.' "I said: 'Was he shot with a Winchester rifle?' He said: "The cartridges fit either a Winchester or a Marlin.' '"I said: 'How much did you send them?' "He said: 'I sent them a postoffice viU'vi Wi CI uvua:, "Mr. Youtsey then stopped and I said to him: 'Mr. Youtsey, you have jast told Colonel Campbell and told me that Monday morning you went to Governor Taylor and toid him that Dick Combs was ready to do the shooting if Taylor objected and now you tell me on Tuesday morning you let Dick Combs into the office. How is that?' Youtsey hesitated and finally said: 'Well, those were the thiee men I let in.' J looked at him and said: 'They also say that Berry Ecward was in the left hand lobby of the legislature and you say tou let him in that room.' Youtsey finally said: 'Those are the three men I let in the room." EEPUBLICAN LIES. Set Afloat in Many" Quarters to Frigkten the People. Senator J. K. Jones, chairman of | the Democratic national commute made Thursday the following statement: <4It has been the fashion for the Republicans for some years to denounce Democrats as anarchists, revolutionists and the like, and the Republican party seems to have a monopoly of revolutionary suggestions just now. 'We see a secretary of the treasury in an eifort to disturb the bus'acss of the country for political effcct, suggesting that Mr. Bryan, in case of his election, would deliberately evade the law, with a purpose as unstatesmanlike and unpatriotic as his own in making this sucgestion. Fortunately Mr. Bry? - i IV 1 an has been oeiore :ne puonc joug enough *for every one to know that tricks and false pretenses are not. among hi3 weapons, and suggestions of this kind excite contempt. '"But worse than this is the fact that other men who should despise such pretenses, affect to believe that in case Mr. Bryan shall be elected, he will pack the iupreme court for purposes of h's own. Can it be possible men themselves actually contemplate such revolutionary methods in case Mc Kiclcy shall be elected? Certainly no such revolutionary ^schemes have been acvocated or even suggested by any Democrat of whom I h ?ve ever heard. There is nothing in an., JJer^ocradc - ? ^e platform or in tne utterances 01 auy assemblage of Democrats or of any single leading Democrat to suggest such an idea. The suggestions originate only with Republicans and seem to show when once the party has abandoned the principles of the constitution, to which extraordinary lengths its extreme members are likely to go. This manifestation is of itself a strong argument for a return to a strict observance of the principles of the constitution and of Democratic doctrine and j conservatism. "I repeat that there is nothing in. any Democratic utterance on which fear of 'attack upon the supreme court' can be founded. The construction put upon expressions in the Democratic platform of 1896, which were perverted and misconstrued as a basis for . i J such charges, was unwarranted ana uatrue. No such purpose has ever entered the mind of any Democrat, but the leading idea with Democrats everywhere is to return to the principles of the constitution and to faithfully ad minister the laws as written." HANNA MEETS A WATERLOO. Defeated In Verbal Battle With Chicago Stock Yard Men. A dispatoh from Chicago to the Philadelphia Times says: Seantor Mark Hanna had an experience recently which he will never forget. The County Republican committee induced him to attempt a speech in the Twentyninth ward?the stock yards Democratic stronghold. The sceae was a tent and there were 6,000 men in it. When Senator Hanna was introduced pandemonium reigned. He stood his ground, but for half an hour could not say a word. There was a continuous storm of jeers and hisses. The name Bryan was shouted and Bryan banners ^ fVi a oir a LIU llLHUgldpuo ttargu iu me an, When a sembl; ice of quiet came Hanna's voice was heard declaring that Bryan had trampled on the ?Ug in the Philippines. He was allowed to go no farther. A man jumped on a chair and cried out: "How did you get your money?" "I earned every dollar of it by honest labor," said the senator, "and I am paying my employes the highest wages in their line paid in the United States." "No, sir," said the man, "you did not earn it. You made it off labor and through trusts you formed." "How about the coal miners?" yelled another. 'The miners' strike will be settled to-morrow," shouted Hanna, "and when President Mitchell comes back ask him who secured the 10 per cent, advance for the miners," To this a hundred voices answered that he had the operators grant the 10 per cent raise for the purpose of coercing the miners to vote for McKinley and that they wouid all be lired as soon as the election was over. Once again the senator tried to speak. "Every dollar I ever had I?" "Stole," sho.uted 1,GOO men in the crowd. "How about the seamen you threw out of jobs?" was shouted. "I defy anyone to prove that I pay my seamen any but the highest wages; they are all working, too.'1 "You cat down the pay of your longshoremen in Cieveland." "That is a damn lie," cried Hanna. "louaro a scaD, snouted. tne aisturber. 'Why did congress turn down the Boers?" "Oars was the only goveromenf in the world to exteBd sympathy to the Boers. Congress went to the limit of its powers," was Hanna's answer. "How about Webster David?" asked somebody. "He got $100,000 for what he did." "Mark Hanna, that is a lie; I know Davis and he would not do that." "It will be proved soon. Ee went to the Boers and represented himself as secretary of state. Davis proved himseif to be a traitor to his country as well as to his party." Each of Hanna's statements was broken by shouts of "how about the trusts?'' "Who made it necessary for tbe Pennsylvania coal miners to strike?" "How about that full dinner pail?" Senator Hanna's weak physical condition finally began to ebow the effects of the terrific ordeal. He grew very weak and was helped from tbe stage. Heads on the "Wall. The Pekin column of the Pao Ting Fu expedition arrived at a poin: six miles south of Chi Chow Thursday without eneouuteriagopposition. They found the heads of 14 Boxers on the walls at Chou Choon and they killed seven of the imperial troops. CROP PROSPECTS. Cotton Picking Nearing Completion in Texas. RiCE ABOUT GATHERED. Seme Localities in South Carolina Rupert Cotton Blooming and Fruiting Freely at this Late Date. Mr. J. YV. Biuer, section director of the weather bureau service, has given Tbe Scate the following weekly sumrcaiy of weather and crop conditions issued i'roaa the New Orleans station: Marked changes are reported in the mean temperature from that of the weekending Oct. 8th. Deficiencies are noted at all regular weather bureau stations in the cotton belt, except Wilmington, N. C-, and in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas the temperatures ranaged from 4 to 7 degrees below normal. Practically no precipitation was recorded during the week in Texas, Louisiana, south Mississippi and the south portion of Alabama, and only light showers fell at scattered places in Arkansas and Oklahoma; in all other sections of the cotton belt rainfall was plentiful and -in some States so fre <iuent and copious as to interfere witn field work. The telegraphic report of the Atlanta district was not received in time for u?e in the preparation of the charts, but the total rainfall is given (in inche?) as follows: Atlanta, 70; Chattanooga, 3 20; Columbia, 10; Gainesville, 70; Greenville. T; Griffin, 50; Macon, 30; Newoan, 70; Home, 1,00; Spartanburg, 90; Toccoa, 50; West Point, 40. The fol!o*iog ate telegraphic summaries from climate and crop sections of the weather bureau in the cotton belt and Cuba:. Louisiana?Cotton picking is rapidly approaching comple;ion in many localities and about three-fourths of the crop in this State, as a whole, has been gathered. All correspondents report cotton being ginned and marketed as fast as picked. But little rice remains in the field uncut, threshing is io full progress throughout the rice district and nearly all rice mills are running to their fullest capacity. mi_ -' il.. 1-4.L Jine eaowers uuriug me lauiei of last week were followed by a decided drop in temperature and, with the exception of light, local showers, fair' weather with light temperatures below normal has prevailed since. Fox^gttgar cane, these conditions at this .'season are ilrcost ideal, and wnilo-tW, o?no QOTg hrinjr nnf nn?j grrtnn^j on aCCOUnt of being too green, is not yielding the quantity of sugar expected, it is ripening and increasing in sugar content very rapidly. A large additional number of mills will begin operations during the coming week. Fall planting and wind rowing sugar cane for seed is progressing. Texas?Dry, cool week, very favorable for out door work; catton picking progressing rapidly, nearing completion in some localities, while not over half completed in other sections, complaints that pickers are scarce come from a few places; corn gathering progressing nicely; sugarcane doing well and maturing; rice harvesting continues, crop good; rain needed for truck gardening and plowing; wheat seeding is well under way and with favorable weather a good crop will be sown. Oklahoma Territory?Weather clear and cool and favorable for cotton picking, which progressed rapidly, scarcity of pickers continues; light frost occurred on the 8th and 9th, but the damage reported is very slight; cotton has improved in appearance and is maturing very fast. Arkansas?Weather cool, light rain general, but did not interfere seriously with cotton pioking. which progressed n rr qKatj f Vi rtamnlnfu^ yi.UAJ.Ug U U V U v VUiUpiVVVU in most seotions, while in others it is nearing completion, most of the cotton is open, except in a few localities where it continues to bloom and form squares; light frost in some localities, no damage reported. Mississippi?Cool and rainy weather, quite unfavorable for gathering cotton, opening checked, nearly through picking in places, rain and wind reduced grade; barley, rye and oats being sown; turnips and late gardens im proved; light frost in northern section caused no damage. Alabama?Cool and unfavorable, with much wet weather, which damaged cotton, retarded pioking and caused some corn and cotton to sprout, but favorable for fall plowing; cotton and corn nearly all gathered, with light vield; turnips inferior, but other minor crops satisfactory; some oats being S0P21.>.- . ? : - _ : _ - i vreorgia?juaiiis uunog uie eaj:iy purtion of the week delayed picking and did some damage to ootton, causing it to drop, and sprout in the boll, very little cotton unpicked in the southern half of the State; some wheat and oats sown; turnips, gardens and pastures mu^h improved. Floiida?Week favorable for seeding and transplanting vegetables; cotton picking progressed where not delayed by rains, bulk of the crop Las been housed; orange shipments have begun, citrus trees and pineapples doiDg well. South Carolina?Cooler, with much cloudiness and frequent rains interferpd withnickincr the little cotton remain ing in the fields, some localities report cotton bloomiDg and fruitiDg freely, some may mature if killing frost holds off, sea island also fruitiDg freely: ground in condition for plowing; June rice harvest progressing, but too wet to thresh; minor crops improved. North Carolina?Cool cloudy weather, with rains, delayed cotton picking but improved condition of soil; new growth started in cotton, plants and some blooms reported, but too late to mature; very little cotton leit in the fields, and the grade of that is poor; sowing winter wheat advancing rapidly and the seeds are sprouting well. U/ftnlr aaa! nraf rxrifT"i lCUUvSSCC TT tta vv^v^k uuu nvW) ttava* rain on three days; cotton picking consic erabiy delayed, but as a rule the bulk of the crop has been gathered, the average crop will be short; peanuts and sweet potatoes are being dug, and the sowing of wheat generally begun. CAROLINA'S CARNIVAL Every Thing Ready for Our Great State Fair. Columbia, Oct. 20.?Special: Matters are now in great shape for the State fair. The touching up of the grounds and buildings has been completed. The space for the different exhibits has been assigned, and applica4ie?na (mm rtt-linr cvl-iHifrira are Koine UVUO UVbU \J VJUVJk VAUAVAWAM ? 0 promptly answered by Seoretary Holloway and his assistants. All the indications point to a fair that shall be among the greatest in all the history of the Agricultural Society. Not only will there be plenty io see, but there will be p'enty of people to see them. Ualess all signs fail there will be a great crowd here all the week. It is cxpected that every department of the fair will be better filled with varied exhibits than ever before?thu3 affording to visitors a view of objects that will not only interest but advantage also. The number of fine hor3(Son exhibition promises to be unusually i ^ v . x :ii ^i.4. a4 large, utner ieaiures win a^iaoi visitors and entertain them also. THE MILITARY FEATURE. The encampment of the State militia will be a grand affair. Adjutant General Floyd estimates that there will surely be not less than one thousand soldiers present. The following commands will surely be in camp, and will take part in the parade and the competitive drills: First Regiment. Col. J. C. Boyd, commanding. Jasper Light Infantry, Yorkville, Capt. W. B. Moore. Hazelwood Rifles of Cornwall, Chester county. Capt. J. S. McKeown. Morgan Rifles of Clifton, Capt. John L. Langston. McGowan Volunteers of Spartanburg, Capt. Wm. McGowan. Gsenwood Light Infantry of Greenwood, Capt. E. M. Gaines. Fort Mill Light Infantry of Fort Mil^ Capt. W. R. Bradford. Lee Light Infantry of Chester, Capt. J. C. McLure. Second Regiment. Col. Wilie Jones, commanding: Tillman Volunteers of Orangeburg, Capt. J. H. Claffy. Richland Volunteers of Columbia, Cart. Walter N. Kirkland. Sumter Light Iofantry, Sumter, Capt. H. Frank Wilson. Timmocsville Guards of Timmonsville, Capt. W. H. Keith. 3amberg Guards of Bainberg, Capt. W. R. Wright. ' The Kershaw 6-uards of Camden, Capt. S. C. Zemp. - -Governor's Guards, Columbia, Capt. John Black, Charleston T?'irst battalion 7 Major Henry Schachte commanding, 200 men. Naval militia reserves?Lafayette Artillery, Charleston, Capt. C. L. DuBos; Chicora Riffes, Mt. Pleasant, Lieut. J. A.-Patjens; Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, Beaufort, Lieut. Geo. P. Elliott. So far the following members of the governor's staff outside of Columbia have indicated their intention of attending: Cols. C. J. Redding, Charleston; A. H. Moss, Orangeburg; D. A. Spivey, Horry; T. 0. flamer, Bennetts ville;T. F. Brantley, Orangeburg; Geo P. Tillman, Jr., Clark's idLiii; J no. Jb. Folk, Bamberg; W. C. Hough, Lancaster, and H. A. Tripp, Blacksburg. Excellent arrangements for the quartering and feeding of the troops have been perfected, and nothing will be left undone that will contribute to their comfort. The place for the encampment is convenient to the fair grounds, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose. There will be abundance of good water. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES It is now settled that the students of Clemson College and Winthrop College, and the cadets of the Citadel Academy will attend the fair for one day at least. Clemson and Winthrop will have an exhibit illustrating the work done by its students. The cadets of both Clemson and the Citadel will appear in the parade of the troops when they are reviewed by the governor. Seme of the * i 3 a aT nnest arming ever wunessea in ouu&u Corolina may be expected of both corps. ON THE STREETS. People as a rule prefer to spend part of each day of fair week "down street." They want to see Columbia. And Columbia wants to see them. So the city folks have arranged, for every afternoon, a street exhibition consisting of acrobatic performances, tight-rope walking, and other feats by first-class artists. PAINS FIREWORKS. Preparations are rapidly making for the pyrotchnic displays on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of fair week. This will be one of the greatest attractions of the week. It will take place in rear of the fair grounds?where there is a natnr*1 arrmhit.he&tre striknielv adaDt ed for such an exhibition. Comfortable seats will be provided for the immense crowd that will surely attend. ACCOMMODATION'S. Columbia's hotels and boardinghouses could not be expected to accommodate the throng of visitors ia f*ir week. The management of the city Fair Associate have therefore arranged to have quarters in numerous private houses in different parts of the city, on most reasonable terms. THE JAY BA.ND. Here is a letter which tells of one big attraction: Bull Swamp P. 0., Lexington Co., S. C. Mr. Editor The State. Dear Sar I have j ust seed in you last Tusy paper where a Jay band was a oomin to the Fair. Well Sar the Ball Swamp cornet band hes been hired to play music and I reckon you call us a Jay band because we are a playing cheap, but we only want to let the people hear us once, and we will git the Job every Fair, weeek. When mv boys strikes up the B. R. Tillman march written for the Ball Swamp cornet band by Mike whit business will suspen chilern will leave scool and, the Columbia musicians will go mad with envy. We are a coming up Mondy eving, but we wont be in town till Tusdy mornin as we are a goin to stop in BrooklaaH with Adam Shull Monday night. He dont no we are comin but it will be all right Yors Truly Bill Simpkins ( Leder of the Bull Swamp band Mystery of a MnrderThat great "trunk tragedy" as it was < known through all New Eogland way back in 1872 when the mutilated body of Jennie Clark was found wedged into a trunk which had been picked up in 4 frtio Arums ri^Ar was in some rfisnects no more mysterious than the murder whioh was revealed Wednesday by the finding of a man's body, decapitated and denuded of the limbs, inva gunny sack in Glenmore pond, near Lynn, Mass., The police are inclined to the belief that George E. Baily has been j murdered aod have taken under arrest j John C. Best, 25 years of age farm hand, employed on the estate of which 1 the supposed victim of the murderer J was caretaker. The police in search- i iug the farm house where the men live, } found in the barn cellar an axe which bore blood stains but it is not certain thev are of human blood, some stains 1 on a window sili, and on a pieca of card- ] board in a room of the house. Baiiey } disappeared on Oct 8. No one knew the reason but there were persons who supposed that he had followed his wife ' to Wiscastle, Maine, she having left < the house, it is asserted, because of a 1 disagreement. Ic is now claimed that ( the woman, known as Mrs. Bailey, . was not his wife, that although Bailay ^ was married, his wife's whereabouts are unknown. The woman is said to be Miss Susie Young and she was the j housekeeper. With these clues the , police are trying to solve the mystery ^ of the murder. Tar and Feathers. i The Dowieite3 are determined to ] thwarth the efforts to keep them out , of Mansfield, Ohio, and the results may be serious. Three have been departed since Sunday. Three are known to be hiding and have been holding secret services. Eider William of Benton Harbor, Michigan, who was sent out of town on Monday rode in on a bicycle and gave the police a lively chase before they captured him. They sent him away on a train, but he said he would return every day, as he had been ordered to do so. Deacon Homer Kesslerof Chicago, Dowie's advertising manager, came into town and' went to the court house to find his lawyers. The police took him to the railroad depot and there he was rescued by three deputy sheriffs with a writ of habeas corpus. The deputies started for jail with the eider and a crowd lolJowed, t throwing stones and clubs. Deputy | Sheriffs Bell and Kessler were struck c by stones and nrTnrrlj ininrnil TW" reached the Jail and Kessler was locked j up and several deputies placed on guard, j A crowd is collecting around the j ail and ^ ?t&er-orowds are scuoiiug Llie Uiiy~~for ? the hidden elders, equipped with tar ? and feathers. j Died on the Train. - i The Augusta Tribune of Tuesday has j the following account of the sudden i death of Mr. Frank P. Beard: "Mr. ] Frank P. Besrd,well known in Augusta, < was found dead this morning on the outgoing Southern passenger train. Mr. Beard was in the city on business j connected with the paper he is now running at Graniteville, J5. C., and < was returning to the latter place, j Seemingly he wa? all right when he i boarded the train. After the train ] had crossed the river, the conductor, i in collecting fare?, reached Mr. Beard i and requested his ticket. He received j no answer. Looking closer, something i peculiar attracted his attention, and an examination revealed the fact that . he was dead. The cause of death could not be learned, as it is a South Carolina ca?e, coming under the jurisdiction of < the Aiken, S. C., coroner, who will hold an inquest this afernoon. Mr. Beard was a well known printer and news paper man." Pile of Charred Bones. The charred bones of a man and a boy, supposed to be the remains of Colonel A. J. Fountain and his son, Henry, hare been found in the Sacrpimprun mnnn tains. New Mexico. Colonel Fountain and his son left Lincoln for Las Cruces the latter part of January, 1896. After leaving La Luz thfey disappeared. About & week later their buckboard was found near the Chalk bluffs. Near by was a pool of dried blood and a few blood-stained coins, indicating the scene of a tragedy. Fountain was a lawyer and in the valise he carried ware indictments for the arrest of a number of persons charged with cattle stealing. Several men suspected of the murder were arrested after a fight with the officers, in whioh a deputy sheriff was killed, but all were acquitted for lack of evidence, Fisht With a Devil Kish. Capt. F. Dominiok, of a fishing smack, had a fierce fight with an Amer ican whip sting ray, or devil fish, near liffyir^Anao rprtonhlv Han. VUCIilVSltVU ?/JUV* AVU>JU AVVVU?V* v-f tain Dominick was fiahing in quiet waters and his lines were hanging loosely from his boat. Suddenly there .yas a viciou3 pull of the line and a whip string ray, weighing 125 pounds, came to the surface. The fish fought to get away and some of his flint teeth were broken in the scramble. The tail began whipping the air as soon as it came from the water, and Captain Dominick threw his hands "to his face for protection. Seizins: a I!5 knife ly- ' ihg in the boat, he severed the tail. 1 This somewhat subdued the fish and 1 in a short time Captain Dominick had < killed the monster. Dead But Pardoned. J Wiley Miles, colored, a 15 months' convict on the county chaingang, died at Edgefield last Friday and was buried 1 by the county on Saturday. Wiley was 1 convicted last spring of larceny from 1 the field. He was not in good health J and was ruptured. He was put at light ] work, but even that proved too much i for him, and he was put in jail here so < that he ceuld se ir9 attention. He was not kept confined in a cell, or eyen in the jail building, but was allowed/the freedom of the j ail yard. His condition ( was such that it was not a hard matter ( to get persons interestd in his case. ? mi 1 _ J A _ ? ' ine governor was appeaieu m tor a ( pardon and he signed it on the 10th ^ instant. It reached here on the 12th, y the day on which Miles died. ^ THE MINERS WIN. I ?ai Dperators ClimjxOown and Accept All Conditions. - ^31 3REAT VICTORY FOR LABOR lust Demands, Splendid Organizatlon, Law Abiding Conduct and Republican Fight Responsible for the Result. ^ The great strike of the anthracite nine workers of Pennsylvania, which jegan Sept. 17, practically ended \jTedlesday when4t.the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company, and ;he Lehigh Valley Coal company igreed to abolish the sliding: scale in - % liflti1 Monantiua Mnnna f/t emnt. i\.yyvvv*?\> AV^wmw *W in advance in wages of 10 per cent set, the advance to remain in operation \ until April 1, 1901, or thereafter. This action meets the demands of the Scranton miners' convention. The decision eras arrived at after a conference be- X *V v tween representatives of the individual V; joal operators .and the large ooil carrying companies. The conference began Tuesday. Wednesday's action was the culmination of the recent meeting of the indiridual operators at Scranton, following '' ^ ,1 the mine workers' convention in the same city. Nearly all of the collieries in the coal region had, previous to the * mine workers' convention, posted notices granting an advance of 10 per sent The mine workersin consider.nz this demanded that the sliding scale in the'Lehigh and Schuylkill dis :ncts be abolished, the increase to be guaranteed until April 1,1901, and *11 )ther differences be aabmitted to arjitrafcion. The individual . operators igreed to everything and the *ppoxrtnent of a committee -to indnoe ie Reading and the Lehigh companies to ibolish the sliding scale and mike the rage increase permanent followed, it a conoeded that the jesult of Wedneslay conference is a complete victor/ 'or the men. k All the demand* of their invention are needed to and as one >f the individual operators put it after lie conference the operators go a Utile farther in agreeing to maintain the vage.advance after April 1. This same >perator, who required that his name >e not used, said in speaking of the ' "ail up to the miners lave agreed to everything^ ^ rig remains now bnt fori B9 urn to work as soon as^^' ire' posted by the Colliery rhese notices will be practically eimiar to the Reading company's notice, she phraseology only being changed. io6k for a resumption of operations by" y t Monday at' the latest. Ihe coaferenoe Eras entirely harmonious and every phrase of the strike situation was gone aver." The Beading company's notice reads: "It hereby withdraws the notice posted Oct. 3,1900. and, to bring about practical uniformity in the advance of wages in the several coal regions, gives. notice that it will suspend the operation of the sliding scale, will pay 10 per cent advance on September wages till April 1, 1901, and thereafter until further notice; and will take up with LUO luiuo Cfl mixj nmvu they may have." Eight Lives Lost. Eight people were either' burn ed to death or suffocated in a fire which partially destroyed the three-story frame donble tenement house, 4 and 45 1 2 Hester street, New York, Wednesday. The dead are: Sarah Sass, 36 years old. Samuel Sass, 13; Lena Sass, 9; Morris Sas3. 2; Mrs. Horowitz, 46; Rosa Lewis, 52; Mendal Strauss,' 60; Samuel Strauss, 20. Mary Murray, 40, was severely burned about the back and wu tnken tst % Vtrsmifal. Thn fire was discovered after 1:30 o'clock by the janitor of the buildings. He ran oat into the hall to find it ablaze. His shouts aroused the others in the house, but the flames had already gained fierce headway and few of those in the buildings had time to save themselves by the stairs. The loss is $6,000. A Marine Cataa trophy. News of a marine catastrophe as a result of whioh 33 persons, 19 of them foreigners, five hailing from the United States, were drowned, was brought' Wednesday by the Empress of Japan. -: . r The Norweigan steamer Colland, new -. steamer of 3.899 tons, was making her -;; third voyage from Port Arthur with a . general cargo for Japanese ports and when off Iowassima she was run . down " ^ Viw t.h<? at^amflr Tze Marti. Shfl h*/? 40 J passengers and a crew of 20, with five ; foreign officers. The Izs Mara picked up the survivors and brought them to Nagasaki Two foreigners, 12 Japanese and. some Chinese escaped in a boat and 22 of the crew including the captain and second officer, were rescued by the Izt Maru. A Mix up In China. Reliable unoffioial reports say the advance guard of the allied forces entered Pao Tine Fa October 17. The city, it is added, was practically deserted t and offered no resistance. The British solumn captured 17 imperial soldiers at We Nan Sien# October 10, who were. part of the force of 2,000 men sent to disperse the Boxers in that region. rue captives assert that they killed 200 Boxers and were returning to Pa Chow when they were fired upon and dispersed Dy the French. The British conisccated thair arms and horses and i * -r* released tne imperial soiQiers. Jtiunners report that many Chinese are return, ng to the villages in the path of the jerman-French column. A Queer Notion. Although it is estimated that tie ;oal deposits in the province of Shansi, ' Jhiaa, are sufficient to supply the voild with feul for 4,000 years, the 3h:.nese have never used any of ifc for * 'u ?1 because they were afraid they vould offend some of their old earth. ;ois by diggingifc. _ ,