Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The ^ VOL. 3. NO. 10. SEMI-WEEI Later Election Ret urns--Republicans Get New Jersey Trenton, N. Y., Nov. 6.?Frank S. Katzenbach, Jr., Democratic ? r \f candidate tor vtovernor ?i Jersey, tonight conceded the oleclion of John Franklin Fort, his Republican opponent. MARYLAND DEMOCRATIC. Baltimore, Nov. 6.?Incomplete but reliable indicative returns show the Democrats have elected Judge Austin L. Crothers Governor and the entire State ticket by an estimated plurality of about 7,000. The Legislature appears to be safely Democratic. REPUBLICAN MAYOK IN UTICA. New York. Nov. 6.?For the first time in fourteen years the Republicans elected a mayor in Utica, and for the first time in 17 years the Democrats carried Newburgh. The Republicans ^ were victorious in Ulster county and elected their candidate for mayor in Kingston. In Rochester the Republicans elected a , but ihe Democrats carried the common council. Despite the protests of the united clergy the Democrats of Auburn elected ? brewer for mayor. REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR Louisville, Ky., Nov. 6.?Re turns from 110 out of 119 counties indicate that the majority of Augustus E. Wilson, Republican, for Governor, over S. W. Hager is 14,000. The Lsgisla iMI J Li L..i iL. lure is sun 111 nuu?i, uui mo Democrats will probably have a small majority on joint ballot. James F. Grinstead, Republican, was elected mayor of Louisville over Owen Tyler by 4,683. Usual Riot in Kentucky on Election Day. Lexington, Ky., Nov. 5.?Following an election day riot here this afternoon, Clyde Campbell was killed, patrolman Michael probably fatally wounded and Patrolman Marion Smith and W. R. Campbell, Clyde's father, severely wounded. The elder Campbell,who was a Republican candidate for councilman, was i arrested after he had protested against what he termed election frauds, Hi* pon camo to his as Isistance and was shot by Murphy. W. B. Campbell then phot Murphy who returned the fire, severely wounding his man, although himself probably fatally hurt. There is much excitement. * Gov. Glenn at Waxhaw. Monroe Journal : Last Sunday was a real big day in Waxhaw. Governor Glenn pieached in the Methodist church twice, made a frevent prayer, and took up a collection that swept away the church debt of four hundred dollars. Saturday night to Monday morning, he held gracious | intercourse with friends and adn mirera of the community at his temporary home at Mr. J. E. Heath's. : Lan LEDGER 1852 ay. i an( Big Frauds in Revenue Ser-1C vice. Richmond, Nov- 6.?Some ol the most gigantic frauds in the " history of the internal revenue c service have been unearthed in 1 Virginia, North Carolina and other Southern states and sensa- r tional disclosures, involving pro- 1 minent people and well kuowu 1 distilleries, are anticipated. The ' federal authorities engaged in x the task protecting the govern- c ment's interests estimates the r loss in revenue in Virginia alone ' to be from $750,000 to $1,000- * 000 a year, and they say the * circumvention of the laws has * been going onfor eighteen months * or more. The loss in collections in other states is said to approxi mate the amount ot taxes evaded r in the Old Dominion. It is understood that Commissioner John G. Capers is person- t ally directing the investigation. < __ j Wagon Demolished by Train t Fort Mill special in Charlotte Observer: Wiiiie passing a cross- 1 ing two miles below town yester- * day a wagon loaded with lumber ( tiruu ol rnnlr hrr a foul- Goi m * .. no t>.*u<olv wjr ? ??OU '""(jllll mailt and demolished. Mr. N. L. Pet- 1 tus, the driver, and his mules ' barely escaped injury. The negro Perry, who was ( shot by two policemen while resisting arrest about ten days ago, is in a critical condition. His arm was taken off yesterday. He is under care of the town, his people having refused to have anything to with him, and he has proven a very stubborn patient, a fact which has verymuch aggravated his condition. Bourke Cockran Arrested. New York, Nov. 5.?Congressman W. Bourke Cockran was ar rested on a charge 01 illegal vol- < ing this afternoon at a polling 1 place in 3rd avenue. The po- ! liceman who made the arrest said 1 he could not verify the address giveiVby Mr. Cockran at 310 East <17th street, from which address Mr. Cockran had registered. The Congressman was taken to the , police station and thence to a , Police Court. When Mr. Cock- , ran was arraigned in Court one of State Attorney General Jackson's assistants denounced the , arrest a an outrage and Mr. Cockran was promptly discharg ea. . . - . . t Southern Employees May j Strike. i < Asheville, Nov. 6.?Engineers nd conductors .of the Southern railway are threatening a strike if they are not granted an increase in wages. Meetings have I been held, and it is proposed that I a compromise may be reached and a strike) averted. There has J been a general complaint on ac- t count of long hours and extra i work. CAST REVIEW J87S EN' ;asteh. s. c., November 9. 1 Colored Woman Kills Her-! self with Policeman's Pistol. Columbia special i" h > News net Courier: ;Dai^v Ueneron, olored, an inmate 01 a house in he Red Light district, commit* ed suicide this afternoon in her ootn by shooting. The pistol was he property of Policeman Duuan,of the Columbia force. The louse was kept by Mamie Smith, vho with the dead woman and >ther inmate;, came here three nonths ago from Jacksonville, t was testified at tlie inquest that ,he deceased had frequently hreatenod to take her life and hat she had attempted to do so >nce with carbolic acid in Jack onville. L'lllman on Uurrency Reform. Kansas City, Mo.?In an inerview here tonight United States Sena'or Benjamin K. Ti 11nan,of South Carolina, said: ' The effort to c ?ll atl extraorlinnry session of Congress lor :urrency reform is being made to live the country a curreticv re orm such as .the banking interests wish. What we need i-i not rurrency relorm as tlie banks vant it, but. enforcement of the aws we now have against wild ;at banking and the punishment >f those who have broken them." Killed in Saw Mill. Columbia special in Charlotte Observer: Mr. D. W. iJair, a prominent young Barnwell busi less man, was install ly killed in i most horrible manner at his law mill there yesterday after10011. In walking by the driving wheel of his engine his foot slip ped and he fell, striking the back if his head on one of the spokes if the rapidly revolving wheels, he force of the blow carrying iff the top of his head. Mr. Hair was only 30 years old. He was a prominent Baptist, Knight of n ?i . i- t - L y i in (is anti a vaiuauie cmzen. ren Carloads of Hogs Burn. Louisville, Ky., November 6.? fhe plant of the Bourbon Stock irards, located at Johnson ami Minn streets, burned this eveling. From the stock yard; the lames spread to the plant ot the Vissman Packing Company. The oss on the stock of the plant ia .. t j- oka on A ;Ol i 111 (4ICU fil ir^uVjVVV# JL Ull l/?l loads of hogs were burned, but the employees managed to save most of the cattle, several men receiving minor injuries while 80 sngaged. Explosion Kills Five. Steubenville, O., Nov. 7.?By the explosion of a dinkey engine boiler tonight at the Labelle Iron Works here, five men were killed, three perhaps fatally in jured and a portion of the open earth plant directly opposite the explosion was wrecked. t J er N: rERPRISE 1891 907 PRICE Deaths in Chester. 11 Chester Lantern: Mr. Joseph rn r ? - - i. i..ove, who lived near Mount, Pleasant, churoli, died yesterday. He was at tlie state fair I last week and yesterday morn- f ing he rode out, to where the chaingang was at, work on Parks e bridge. Jnst after he returned 1 he complained of a severe pain j in his stomach, and died before t he could be put to bed. 1 Mr. Love must have been 65 t years old, and was a Confeder- ] ate veteran, lie leaves his wife, 1 two sons and a daughter. * Mr. John J. Wylie, formerly 1 of Wellridge, died at his home i on Columbia street Friday night, t lie was a member of llope- \ well A. H. P. church from boy f hood and his lite was consistent t with his profession. He was 1 titty years old the 29th of last March. 1 Failure of Arnold Print t W orks. s ? 1 JSoston Nov. 7.?Henry II. ? Warner, ol this city, was appoint 1 ed receiver for the Arnold Print 1 Works. At. Nnrf.li Adnnm. in tli? k United States Circuit Court to- ( day. It is understood that the * cause of the embarrassment was 1 the inability of the company to * renew maturing loans held by savings banks. i _ t Millions of Gold being % Brought to this Country. ? New York, Nov. 6.?Baron Primmzessin Cecilie, of the North German Lloyd i.ine, arrived here today with the first consign ment of gold engaged abroad to relieve the money stringency. The sum is seven million one hundred thousand. Friday Lusi- j tania is due and will bring an I j additional ten million. The total amount engaged is thirty four million. \ t Advertised Letters. i Mallissa Batham, Maria Bailey ' Elor Brown, F. M. Belk, R. M. Ervin.Amos N. Funderburk, S. J, H Funderburk, Lizzie Galhaer, Clasia Jones, John 11. Summers, Mary E. Hunter, Maggie ( Belk, Andrew Myers, Etter McMurray, Uenretta Williams, W. * T. Wat kins, B. A. Sullivan, Mary Frasier, J. W. Thompson, c John Tailor, Tom Kelly, John L, * Hunter. Eller Jackson, J. J. Gea- ' ry, Jefferson Geer, W. R. Dut ' ton, (two) Maudie Doese, Mrs. E. J. Denny, Annie Clark, O. ' CrocKett, Carrie Tarlton, J. D. ' McGuett, Lewis Massey, O. Dossia McKinney, O. M. Stenmark, Lula E. Jackson, Maggie Harris, .1 P Nolonii Annio I. VVntla Emer Heath, George Clinton, John Galimore. J as. F. Hunter. P. M. ?There will be preaching 3rd Sunday at Bethlehem, by Uev.J R. T. Blackmon. FIVE CENTS PER COPY. Prohibition's Advance?Results of Delaware and Illinois Elections. Wilmington, Del., November >?The victory in the license md the non license fights decided in this State today w is about iqu.illy divided between the iquor forces and the ant i-license ? jarty. The "dry" won two Connies, Kent and Surra*, nnft iim iquqr party won Wilmington ind Rural, Newcastle County. ?ent County went "dry" by L,500 majority and Sussex went 'dry" by a majority of 2,000. Wilmington, which comprised in tself one of the tour districts ino which the State hud been divided, gave a majority of 4,2St3 or ihe liquor lorcts. The elecion was the most exciting ever ?eld in Delaware. Chicago,November 5 ?At the irst test of the new local option nado in Illinois counties, not inder township organizations, lixteen counties voted for prohibition in various forms nml fio *rees. The cb;im was made at nidnighf at the headquarters of he Anti-Saloon League at Springfield, tint in the sixteen counties voting today 250 saloons lad been forced out of business md that 90 per cent of the terriory affectad had been "dry." At Jacksonville 32 saloons vere voted out and Duquoin the emperance forces won by 26 rotes. In the Southern Illinois ountiee the mining towns with?ut exception went "dry." After Train Robber. Bristol, Tenu., Nov. 6.?A lumber of detectives, assisted by i posse of nearly 100 men, are icouring the country in the neighborhood of Abingdon, in teaich of a fugitive believed to >e Harvey Logan, the notorious rain robber, who was captured it Knoxville a few years ago, vith $100,000 in unsigned naiional bank notes in his possesson rerrible Death of Rock Hill Boy. Chester special in yesterday's charlotte Observer: While ittempting to beat, his way to 'harlot to on a freight train his morning, Robert Whit?-, >f Rock Hill, 8. 0., fell rom the rods of the freight /vhere he had perched and was iterally ground to pieces. White ivus accompanied by two other hovs. Sam Ilammonrl anrl TT.rlu/arrl Sphinx, the former from Rock IIill and the latter residing at this place. Mean Negroes at Prosperity. Prosperity, Nov. 7.?John Brickley, who runs a country store 12 miles from Prosperity, was shot from behind by negroes. He then ran to liis home, where he found a negro choking Mrs. Brickley.