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CABINENT CONCLUSIONS. WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT THE GREAT REPUBLICAN GAINS. Demroratlc Leader* Blamed?Betrayed Their Party ud Brought About Defeat ?Paued a far>fl Bill Too L?te?An En- | ooaractnc Feature Found. Washington, Nov. 10.?While It Is impossible to get an expression of opinion in regard to the election, and its resalts, from any Dumber of the cabinet, enough has been learned in regara 10 their conc-usbns, after mature deliberation, to give a pretty correct summary of this body's position in regard to the matter: Neither Mr. Cleveland nor any of his assistant?, after cor.eu'atiou over the returns, have been able to persuade themselves that the action of the people is a rebuke to the president, or to the head of any of the administrative departments tor anything they have done or aid since they were in power. They are equally certain that the Republican victories are not an expression of popu ^ar 111 will against the Democratic party as a party, nor as an indication ?f a change cf sentiment regarding tarff reform. Tbey do not believe that tariff reform entered into the contest, except that the people were disgusted with the Democratic majority in congress for not csrtfiag out the program for which it was elected In 1892. The people wanted tariff reform but did not get it. These conclusions were arrived at by the cabinet after the receipt of a nnm ber of telegrams from successful Democratic congressmen, in whose districts the conduct of the administration was made an issue, or the traifif formed an Important suojectof discussion during the canvass. A message from Representative Cobb, of St. Louis, is a very good sample of the dispatches on which the conclusions of the president and his cabinet are based. Mr. Cobb wired that he bad made his fight purely on the president's record, and bad won. The cabinet officials declare that the Democratic leaders. in the house and senate, by thei r refusal to follow the president, betrayed their party and brought about the disastrous defeat. They fought Mr. Cleveland, not only at Chicago, but in Washington atter the j inauguration, and the people rose in . ' their might to rebuke the recreant leaden, and to condemn men who had been fblsa to their trust. The defeat was not a triumph over the Democracy, but a punishment of traitors. The passage of the tariff bill in August instead of in April helped very much to do it. The full revival of trade this fall was then an Impossibility. When the senate met in extra session it should have adopted ruies to do busi* neis. ana should have done business. Its failure in a great measure brought about the result. Instead of carrying out the Chicago platform and following the president the Democratic majority in congress lepudlated the party policy, refused to perform duties which they were elecled to do, and seemed to care more about the appointment of scrub women thss they did abont upholding the president's bands and the cause of a mighty reform to accomplish wbich they were choses by the people. They were charged with a patriotic mission, and proved to be cowards. These, in the view of the cabinet, are the reasons for the Democratic over* throw in New York and in other states that were wrested from the Republic cans on the issue of tariff reform and on the declaration that a public official is a public trait. Having made up their minus as to why the Democracy was defeated, and who is respensible, the president and his advisers have considered the future of the party. They reason that, as an issue, tariff reform will not in the imme> AA?n?%?? AM (mnAM^Anf nlnnA UlJIbC lUbUlO UWU^J Oil uu^iuiub The Republicans would hardly dare at* tempt to pass another McKinley act, bat would practically let the tariff alone. People have bad enough tariff agitation and neither party could hope for popular success In the immediate advance* meat of protectionist or low tarifl ideas. The Republicans would probably pass separate bills in the interest of favored industries, but no general tariff lesiBlation would be attempted. It is necessary to have an issue and unquestionably the most available one is that of free silver versus sound money. It became very evident to the cabinet after looking over the returns, tbat the eastern and middle states, Including New York, had probably gone into the Republican column for many years to come. Several of the secretaries saw great danger in this to the party. In the natural effort which would follow to build up strength in the south and west to elect a president. The chances of making these sections solid and independent of the east might be regarded aa the only hope. It was argued that a strong effort would be made to turn the party in the south and west into a free Uver party, and tears ot tne outcome - were expressed. There was one encouraging feature gleamed from the returns by three of the secretaries, who discussed the dan ger of an attempt by free silver men to capture the Dsmorcracy. They fouad Id several Instances in the south that Democrats who ran on the free ailvar issue have been beaten and sound money Democrats elected. This was true of Watson and Turner in Georgia, and Patterson in Tennesseee. II was also discovered that a greater proportion of Democrats who are elected to the next house are opposed to the free silver policy. Stagnated Women. Chicago, Nov. 10.?Of the 35,000 Chicago womri who registered, cot over 8,000 vote'. Of these 8,000. cot less than 5,000 were disgusted with the experience, and they will never vnle again. What might be termed the "silk stocking" element registered with - ?M !^U l U.i?- Si a tummy uuurisu ui hulu^dld, juv u quailed when the hoar for voting arrived. The poll* were uninviting, and the lodges and clerks were Inclined to . grow hilarious at the appearance of the women. Then the ballots pozzled them wofully. They voted every way lut the right way, and so many were the blunders that a big percentage cf lbs vote was thrown oat. A Great Cotton Flro. New Orleans, La., Nov. 12.?The Texas and Pacific railroad's big cottcn wharf on the other side of the river caught fire In some mysterious manner , at 6 o'clock this evenlog. The entire wharf, 800 feet long, was destroyed and with It between 25,000 and 26,000 bales of cotton. Forty or fifty cars loaded with cotton were also consumed, making about 28,000 bales lost in all. The grain elevator had a narrow escape, out was only slightly damaged. The lo?s will exceed half a million dollars. i HARD TO DOWN. , Dr. 5mi)pA l'ope Iscnes Another Address to the People. Columbia, S. C., Nov. 12.?The fallowing address to the people has been issued bv Dr. Samps Pope: To the people ol South Carolina: "The little man" who hopes to be benefited by the ballot box robberies in this Stat*, may g'vd out to his newspaper pals that I am crazy?his iriends, the Ringsters, may burn and hang rce in effigv?but all of this adding insult to Is-. ?:n ?i i-i? it. ,..<v injury wiij not i>hkb uio yuun. uiiuu wu the fact that in the late election !n (hi? State the Ring perpetrated the most unblushing and gigantic frauds that hav been perpetrated in South Carolina, not excepting the eletcioDB from 1868 to 1876. Not patietied with driving rff hundreds, with having their eupervpfr* to put falfe numbers and misplaced names on the registration ticket*, there by depriving thousands of voters of their vote; with purposely consuming timn in order to leave thousands at the pel's ai their c'ose who could not vote? fivn hundred of these at Darlington C. H? with having in some cases military crm panics with their arm3 near the polls [ and ammunition in their pockets; no' satisfied with all this, the ballot b~x*o in many instances were robbed ?nd stuffed. If the robbers can gloat over this it only Bho*s how low in the pca'e of humanity they have sunk. I am at work. I have ferreted ou* o great deal and will continue to work. The evidence against the leaders I am saving for the United States Senate investigating committee, which will osrr "? l'm j _:n 11,. 1. j aner awuuo uuu win u^su tuu o't>< u mouths of a eood many persons. "V^ILH a fair flection and count I was elected; even as it is, I Rtn allowed over twenty thousand votes, unless the boards cn Tuesday ?ext take these from mr>. I started with over Beveu hundred in on* of the counties on Wednesday last. Bp Thursday I had been robbed ot Qve hundred of these. How many I have now, I cannot tell. Are the people of South Carolina going to submit quietly to these tbinge? I am satis ied that they will not; it will take work, however, in each county to unearth the irauds. In a county in the upper ppri of the State, I got sixteen votes at one of the polle; the managers did not count a sincle one for me; one of them carried the box home with him Toesday night unsealed, and sealed it on Wednesday morning. At a poll on the coast twenty-one white men voted for me; I was allowed fifteen votes by the managers. A.t neany every pou in me State robbeneB of this kind have been perpetrated; in some instances more than a hundred votes were taken from a box from me and given to "the little man." Friends cf good government, of honest government based upon a fair el?c tion, I call upon you to give me all of the aid in this matter that you car; it is your fight as well as mine. Remember that a Constitutional convention has heen called tbroujh f*aud of the blackest character^ let U3 join bands and expose this as well as my election and brine the parpetrators to justice. Turn your backs upon every man who has assisted in this develish work; force him out of society; let him have for his associates those who have assisted in perpetrating these frauds; make him to feel that the hand of every honest man is against him?when you do this ycu can have some hope for the future. As for myself, I can stand all of the indignities that an infuriated and con* .Uinban T?inc* r?an hcan nnin Ol/l^UVD putvnvu VMM uvw^ me. I am battling for my rights and the rights of every honest man in South Carolina. I am after the Ring and intend to keep after them whilst there iB law and justice in the land, and sooner or later I will convict them, if not elsewhere, in the minds of an lndigmaat people. I may not get the office to which I was honestly elected, but I will win the fight against the Ring. Sampson Pope. Cleveland Confident: Washington, Nov. 10.?.President Cleveland Is more silent, If possible, since the election than be was before, and declines to talk an freely as formerly on politics with his cabinet advisers. He is working hard on bfs annual message, and remains at Woodley, wherei his privacy Is not disturbed. "Some of tbe cabinet officials want, to <10 some taifcing, ana are sept irom aoini? go wy the president, who has evidently intimated pretty strongly to the secretaries that he does not care to have anything said by any one connectea with the administration regarding the result of the recent election. This is more than irksome to Secrets! ies Smlt.b, Herbert and Carlisle, whose hot southern bloed boils at the criticisms passed upon the president and the charge from one prominent Democratic leader after another throughout the country that the president is n sponsible for the general and overwhelming defeat of the Democracy. To those with whom they feel they can talk they are eloquent ia the defense of the president, maintaining that the responsibility for the partj's disaster is due to the bad lealership and bad faith of the Democrats in congresp, particularly In the senate. A gentleman connected with the administration and very close to Mr. Cleveland, said that "Mr. Cleveland cared nothing for what the politicians chose to say, because he knew that, the people did not blame him for the failure to carry out their verdict at the polls in 1892, and that their rebake this year was not intended for him, but for the men who l^ad refused to follow his leadership, and whom he himself was forced to rebuke for their failure to obey the mandate of the electors. Mr. Cleveland, he said, felt more than ever that he was the president ol tne people, ana idhi, ne owta ncicu g to the politicians, and that if rhey nave been shipwrecked after refusing to follow the course he was ordered to s^i! by the people, it did not reflect udoq him, and could in no manner injure biro in the tsteem of the great mass of Amerlcau voters. OCL For Llborlft. Washington, N.;v. 10.?sptca! dispatch irom B roiinphiro, Ali., save: The advance f.u>rd of recro emigrants left Birmingham vffit'rdav *n ronto to MonSeville, Liberia, via Now York sud Lverpio!. Tiny sop,* a commilte to make orraii?,ement.s for the emigration of eeveral thousand of their countrymen who have paid tbe u*ce38ary money to the international mi^rat'oa s > ciety, and only await perfected plaoa to leave. The pns:dent rf L:b?.ria has sent encruragio'j letters and promises 25 acres ol land and temporary abode to each enrgraut. As goon hi ihe 8dvat.es guard has gotten thicgb mapped nut in Africa, the rest of their coantryracn wiU follow by steamsr. Reliable rciiroa l agents sa? that they hive more inquiries from negroes fnxious to go to I/beria than they can answer, > : ^ I COTTON PLANTERS' ASSOCIATIONAn Organization National in ItH Scope. Formed by Southern Growers. Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 14.?The cotton growers' convention reassembled today and organized an association to be national in its scope for the better protection of the planters' interests. The committee on statistics was instructed to obtain and arrange for '1 r Jl _ xi -.112 1110 use 01 IUC coiivuuuuii uiuciai si?tistics of cotton, tlie prices for the past ten years, etc. The president of the convention. Commissioner Lane of Alabama, read a statement showing by the census returns that resoluions oji the part of the planters to restrict acreage have been followed by a decreased output of cotton. The resolutions of the committee continued, with special resolutions subsequently ottered and adopted by the convention to cover the following subjects: 1. Reduction of cotton acreage and increased attention to the production of cereals. 2. Greater attention to stock and cattle raising. Encouragement of manufacturing in the South by exempting manufactories from taxation for a period of ten years. 4. Encouragement of immigration. The resolution advises that large plantations be divided into small farms and the latter be sold to bona fide home seekers. 5. Recommending that cotton be withheld from sale, by farmers wno arc not in debt to their factors and that it be held for arise?"which may reasonably he expected if present heavy receipts arc appreciably reduced."' (!. The organization of the Cotton Planters' Association of the United States of America to meet at least twice a year and to consist of four delegates from each Congressional' District in the cotton growing States and three delegates at large from each Slate appointed by the Governors of such States, irrespective of party preference, said association is to hold its first meeting in Jackson, Miss., the second Wednesday in January, 1895. 7. Cotton seed trusts are condemned. 8. Congress is petitioned to pass the anti-option bill. 9. Congress is requested to refund the cotton tax collected in 1866-67. The convention then organized the new association by electing officers to serve until the January meeting as follows: Governor James Stone of Mississippi, president; Hon. J. 0. Waddel of Georgia and Commissioner of Agriculture, vice president; Robert E. Eckberger of Alabama, secretary, and Prof. James Smith of Georgia, treasurer. The chairman of the convention was requested to issue an addross In nil business interests asking co-opcration in obtaining the objects of the association. The following resolution was also adopted: Resolved, That the honest conviction of this convention as practical cotton growers is that the estimates that are bein<j sent by the cotton exchanges in reference to the crop are excessive and it is the belief of this conviction, based upon practical observation and the best statistical information, that the present crop will not exceed 8,500,000 bales. The convention then adjourned sine die. Tb? Yiuld'Per Acre, Washington, Nov. 10.?The November returDs to the Department c-f Agxicullure of the yield Der a;re make the average of oorn 19 7, which ia about bush?ls above the yield indicated uy the roDdiiion figures in October. Tbis i? (he lowest rate ot yield that has occumd aloce 1881, whtn It stood at, 186 bushels ner acre. Last yenr, the ytr-ld was 225 bushelp, upod a much larger harvested Herbage. The ra'rs for the years 1880, 1887 and 1890, which vere years of comparatively low %lc'ds, were respectively 22, 201 or>rt 9f17 hnthplq Thfi viflld for the present year, which must be reaarded as a preiirak-ary and not a final estimate, is less than the average for the ten ve-ir?, 1870 to 1879, by 7 4; lees than the n\( T<iah lor the succeeding decadp, 1880 to 1889, hy 4 4 bii.ihels, and If 88 than the sverRCfl for the four years, 1890 to 1893 by 3.7 bushels. Quail y 79 4. The result is iu harmony with reported indlcntlors duting the growing season. Tbe rates of jield of the principal corn States sro as follows: New York, 282; Pt-nrpylvanla. 32; Ohio, 203; Michigan, 232; Indiana, 28 9; Illinois, 28 8: Iowa, 15; Mtsfourt, 22; Kansas, 1122; Nebraska. 6. The average yield of 'obacco Is 733 pounde por ?cro. In 1893 it. was 095 3 ard In 1892 (>82 pounds. Tli- av* rajre quality i* 87 9. The returns r?>laMv* to the teertintf of wheat to t-tock *re not sufficient to justify a report at this date. Th^ departtni nl hopes to be able to muk'i a eprfial report oil this subject ioihynea uture. Will Vote With Republican*. New York, Nov. 14.?A special to the Evening Post from Raleigh, N. C., says: Marion Butler, the President of the National Farmers' Alliance, who is slated to succeed Senator Ransom in the United States Senate after March 4, is reported as having stated that lie would vote with the Republicans in the organization of the next Senate. If this is so, the Republicans can count 011 both of North Carolina's votes in organization of the Senate as the other Senator to be elected in January by the legislature to succeed Jarvis will be a Republican. Mr. J. J. Mott, ex-chairman of the Republican State Committee, seems to be in the lead for that position. Shcrift' Cook Lost. Washington Courthouse, 0., Nov. 13.?Tho ollieial plurality by which Sheriff Cook, Republican, upon whose request the militia where called out to protect a negro assailant from a mob, resulting in the shooting down of several persons, was defeated last Tuesday is 1,727. This isa Republican county, and gave large pluralities to the other Republican candidates at the election. FrlgliteiKMl.tu Dentil. Mkmphis, Nov. 14.?Willie Smith, a negro bov, fancied lie saw a ghost in the road. and. running home, he informed his mother. The lad became terribly excited, and a physician was summoned, but, despite every effort, the boy died in convulsions. The Old Story. Atlanta, (hi.. Nov. 15.?Three negro children were burned to death near (Jhiplev, Gn., yesterday. They had been locked in the house by their parents and the house caught on lire. Seven Persons Humeri. Bkrlin-, Nov. 14.?A boardingliouse in Elborfeld Rheinish, Prussia, was destroyed by fire during the night and seven occupants were burned to death. Several others arc missing. THE OFFICIAL COUNT. The Convention Goch Through by About Three Thousand Votes. Columbia, S. C., Nov. 14.?The County Boards of Canvassers met throughout the State yesterday to count the votes. Whether Dr. rope intends to carry his alleged contest to the State Board or not remains to be seen but certain it is that nothing was done by him or his friends before the County Boards yesterday. Johnson and Moorman, Kepublican Congressional candidates, made some little kicks and they were all. The returns show that John Gary Evans is elected Governor by a majority of 23,662 and that the constitutional cotivention has been called by about 3,000 votes or 2,75S to oe more exact. The following is the vote by counties for Governor: Evans. Pope. Abbeville 1,491 329 Aiken 1,800 300 Anderson 1,402 342 Berkeley 895 221 Charleston 576 1,350 Chester 952 493 Chesterfield 1,053 301 Clarendon 1,103 200 Edgefield 1,902 417 Fairfield 778 403 Florence 1,050 573 Georgetown 276 782 Greenville 1,671 1,208 Hampton 672 212 Kershaw 846 308 Lancaster 1,275 419! Lexington 1,230 576 Laurens 1,319 160 Marion 1,148 331 Marlboro 788 * 166 Oconee 1,356 450 Orangeburg 2,383 491 Richland 582 1,091 Spartanburg. 2,482 1,113 a A.? oan oumujr ? ? ? ouw i v Union 1,418 517 York 1,273 356 " Total 32,581 13,609 The official returns from the counties below were not received but careful estimates have been made of the majorities in each and when the figures are finally tabulated the result will not be materially different. The majorities are: Evans. Pope. Barnwell 1,100 Beaufort 500 Colleton 1,000 Darlington 500 Newberry 200 Horry 450 Pickens 400 Williamsburg 500 Total 4,200 450 These with the official figures gives Evans a majority of 23,662. THE CONVENTION. The following is the vote: Yes. No. Abbeville 1,199- 713 Anderson 1274, 546 Aiken..?.... 1,769 397 Berkeley. 537 433 Charleston 469 1,707 Chester 787 664 Chesterfield... 813 805 Clarendon 1,039 241 Edgefield; 1,662 648 Fairfield 721 441 Florence......... 984 729 Georgetown 35 1,164 Greenville 1,180 1,678 Hampton 650 351 Kershaw 442 956 Lancaster 1,061 771 Lexington 1,012 775 Laurens 1,143 408 Marion 991 723 Marlboro 673 635 Oconee 552 645 Orangeburg 2,063 804 Richland... 459 1,174 Spartanburg ..1,144 2,482 Sumter 604 1,202 TT?T79. 1 078 union ? York 776 1,136 Total 25,111 22,306 Following are estimated majorities: Kes. No. Barnwell 900 ? Beaufort ? 1,000 Colleton 200 ? Darlington 100 ? Newberry., 50 ? Horry ? 500 Pickens 100 ? Williamsburg 300 ? Total 1,650 1,500 This gives the convention a majority of 2,755. Deaths From Snakes In India. A picturesque but decidely uncomfortable aspect of India is presented by the annual return of the number of deaths for which wild beasts and snakes are responsible, says the Man Chester Guardian. In the otnciai year 1893, 2,804 persons were killed by savage animals, as against 2,963 in the preceding twelve months. These figures have very formidable appearance, but when the vast population of the Indian Empire is remembered it will be seen that the proportion is not more than one per 78,000. The deaths from snake bite numbered 21,213, a considerable increase on the fatalities from this cause in the preceding year, when 19,025 deaths were registered. So also with regard to the killing of cattle there is an increase, the figures being 90,253 in 1893 and 81,608 in 1892. The tigers are responsible for the destruction of 12,840 cattle in Assam and of 8,716 in Bengal, while leopards killed 10,359 cattle in Bengal and 7,765 in Madras. There were, of course, reprisals, for 15,309 wild beasts were slain, and the slayers received lis. 104,840 in reward for their exertions. The ligure includes 1,267 tigers and 4,088 leopards whose enterprising careers were thus ended. The war against snakes has resulted in the extermination of 117,120 of these foes of man. The number killed in the prev ious year was 84,789. The number killed in the previous year was 84,789. The snake-killers received lis. 12,607 from a grateful government. The mere statement of these figures may help us to realize some disagreeable conditions of daily existence in Hin-; doostan, all the more disagreeable if,! as has beenoften hinted, ''deaths from snake bite" sometimes covers poison by a man's nearest relations. Wrcckcd. Grand Haven, Mich., Nov. 15.?In a terrible storm this morning the little schooner Antelope of Chicago capsized near the mouth of Grand Ilarbor and three men who composed the crewwere drowned. Ten minutes later the schooner Alert failed to make harbor and landed high and dry on the beach. So quickly did the Antelope disappear it was impossible for the life savers to render any assistance. The Alert is safe in her present position, put will be a total loss if the wind changes. IN THE PHOSPHATE FIELDSStatements of the Kock Mined During the Piint Year. Columbia, S. C., Nov. 14.?The following statement of the operations in the State phosphate territory during the past year will be of great interest to everybody in the State, in view of the desolation wrought in the territory by the hurricane in August, 1893. It is the general summary, winch will conclude the annual report of State Phosphate Inspector A. W. Jones to the Legislature, now in coursc of preparation: Tlie total number of tons of rock shipped for the year, commencing September 1st, 1893, and ending August 31st, 1894, was 114,281 77-100 tons. Of the rock sent to market there have been shipped: To foreign ports, tons 84.497.00 Coastwise ports, tons 10,173.00 Taken to Charleston, tons.. .12.730.77 Taken to Beaufort, tons 7,884.00 Total 114,281.77 The amount of royalties to the State at 50 cents per ton for actual shipments, 4 ~ *1, ..C 4l... PLANS OF THE POPULISTSStewart, of Nevada, Will Lead an Independent Minority. Washington, Nov. 13.?Senator Stewart, of Nevada, the Populist upon whose aid the Republicans count to control the organization of the next senate, reiterates emphatically that he will aid neither of the old parties unless they pledge themselves to free silver. "I don't care,'' he said, "which of the old parties control the machinery of the senate. There is no advantage to us to be gained by a combination with either the Republicans or the Cleveland Democrats. We do not care for the few paltry offices to be bestowed, and could not afford to sacrifice our independence as a party for them. So far as I am personally concerned, I do not care whether they put me on any committee or what they do with me, as long as I am entitled to my seat in the senate and can get,"into the chamber. In fact," he added, growing emphatic, "I can raise more h?1 when entirely free from such obligations than when bound by them." The senator says he thinks the Populists will be able to exercise a more potent influence by keeping entirely a loof from the old parties; that it is his opinion that this is the policy which will be pursued by the People's party in the senate, and that he will advise that this policy be pursued. He thinks there is no doubt that when the test comes Senator Jones will act in full harmony with the Populist senaa?w1 -If Tillmijn lUlOj ailU tliUU 11 \>?VT should be chosen to succeed Senator Butler he also would be found in the Populist column, with the two senators to be chosen from North Carolina. This would give the Populists eight senators as against 42 Republicans and 38 Democrats after March 4. "The only ground," he said, in conclusion, "on which I should be willing to unite with the Republicans would be on a platform pledging that party to a free silver policy. I do not want any half way measure, such as the coinage of American product, as I should know that whatever was promised would be nothing but a trap. I do not propose to be caught with anything less than a compliance with our complete demands." Senator Petfer, another of the Populists to whom the Republicans look for aid, and of whom it has been rumored that he would rejoin the Republican party, has just arrived from Kansas. He declined to discuss the organization of the Senate, but said if the time should come when the Populists should hold the balance of power ? lio/l Ill 1/IItJ OCUaiU t*vr v*v/ v* ktw would exercise that power conscientiously and wisely." When asked if he believed Governor Tillman would co-operate with the Populists if he should be elected to the Senate, Mr. Peffer replied that he could not say, as Governor Tillman had never outlined his intentions in that rcspect. He called attention to the fact that Mr. Irby, who was supposed to share the political views of Governor Tillman, had remained in the Democratic ranks. "Still," he added, "the time must soon come when all Democrats believing as Tillman and Irby do, must ally themselves openly with the Populist party. The Eastern Democrats are to all intents and purposes Republicans and Democrats of the Tillman-Irby stripe cannot long remain in the same party organization with them." Mr. better saia mat me jropunsus had polled 125,000 votes in Kansas, against 105,000 in 1890, and that they failed because they were not fused with the Democrats. He believes that about 2,000,000 Populist votes were polled in the country, and that his party's future is hopeful." How Cotton Seed May be Utilized. I wish to make a practical suggestion that if promptly acted upon by those having- hogs to fatten, will save thousandsof dollars to the State within the next sixty days. Contrary to prevailing opinion,^cotton seed, if properly mixed with other food, so as to make a properly balanced ration, is the cheapest hog food we possess and perfectly safe. They are to be found on every farm and are now being sold at one-half their value considered as a stock food, as compared with the market value of corn. There isan abundant crop of sweet potatoes, which can neither be marketed nor preserved to advantage. Cotton seed and sweet potatoes mixed in proportion of one of the former to three of the latter, and boiled together will give a hog food superior in every respect to corn and absolutely safe. To those not having potatoes and useing corn as a sole fattening ration, I would suggest to mix cotton seed and corn bushel for bushel and grind together or cook. Fed according to either menthood every bushel of cotton seed is worth to the farmer as much as a half bushel of corn,or at the present priee of corn 35 cents per bushel, while their present market price is less than half. Criticisms of above suggestions will be cheerfully and scientifically discussed. "Helper." The u1h>vc suggestion comes from the Columbia State and we give it to our readers for what it is worth. It would be advisable to try it carefully at first, until assured of its value. If true it is of great ad vatage to the farmel's. A Word for Applet*. Dr. G. R. Searles, of Brooklyn, N. Y., thus discourses 011 the apple as medicine: "The apple is such common fruit that very few persons are familiar with its remarkably eflicacious medicinal properties. Everybody ought to know that the very best tiling they can do is to eat apples just before retiring for the night. Persons uninitiated in the mysteries of the fruit are liable to throw up their hands in horror at the visions of dyspepsia ? 1. mov uumtitntl WHICH SUUU it UIUJ I uj). but no harm can come to even a I delicate system by the eating of ripe* and juicy apples just before going to ] bed. The apple is an excellent brain food, because it has more phosphoric acid in easily disgestible shape than any other vegetable known. It excites the action of tho liver, promotes sound and healthy sleep, aim thoroughly disinfects the mouth, This is not all. The apple agglutinates the surplus acids of the stomach, helps the kidney secretions and prevents calculus growths, it obviates indigestion and is one of the best preventives known of diseases of the throat. Even*body should be familiar with such knowledge, and I hope you will help disseminate it. In addition, next to the orange and the lemon, it is the best anditotc for the thirst and craving of the. person addicated to the alcohol or the opium habit.'' wiLiiwub icjjaiuiw iiic pi iuu ill Lilt; rutn per ton, is as follows: Companies. Tons Shipped. Royalties. Coosaw Co 52,027.00 $28,313.77 Farmers' Mining Co 37,334.00 18,867.00 Beaufort Phosphate Co 1C,011.00 8,305.50 Carolina Mining Co 5,005.00 2,502.50 Ashley .Phosphate Co 214.2-1 107.12 James Reid 1,980.00 903.00 John C. Nelson.. 504.00 252.00 114,281.78 $57,140.89 Additional royalties due the State for excess of value "free on hoard," over $4 per ton: Tons Royalties Adjusted. l)uc. Coosaw Co 47,758.53 $ 503.8(5 Farmers' Mining I Co 20,007.00 1,556.74 Beaufort Phosphate Co 10,011.00 255.73 Carolina Mining Co 5,205.00 Ashley Phosphate Co 214.24 John C Nelson.... 504.00 James Reid 1,980.00 98,085.77 $2,376.33 Royalties to the State on tons snipped $57,140.89 Additional royalties on ex? ?1~- o or/; in cess 01 vaiue Total $59,517.29 Amount of tons adjusted for errors of value OS,085.77 Number tons to be adjusted: Coosaw Co 4,S09 Farmers' Mining Co. 10,727 15,596.00 Total 11-1,281.77 The reason the excess value on the 15,590 tons is not given, is because the amount of sales has not been received. The total number of tons of rock mined during the year is estimated at 89,290 tons. The number of tons on hand September 1, 1894, is estimated at 14,044 tons as follows: Coosaw Co 5,197 Farmers' Mining Uo z.oan Beaufort Phosphate Co 5,544 John C. Nelson 382 James O'Hear G25 Total 14.044 MUSCOGEE WANTS TROOPS. The Cook Guiir Terrorizing the Indian Territory. Washington, Nov. 14.?The Commissioner of Indian Affairs today received the following telegram from Agent Wisdom: Muskogee, I. T.. Nov. 14.?As I predicted would be the case, the Cook gan?, estimated at fifteen strong, held up the north bound train at 10 o'clock last night at Blackstone Switch, live miles north of this place. They robbed all the passengers, getting considerable monev and other property. Nobody killecl. The courts are utlerly powerless to protect us in either life or property and I see no end to the trouble except the military intervene. I must recommend that troops be sent Plrnse refer this matter to the Hon. Secretary of the Interior and. if need be, to the President. The utmost consternation prevails and people lawfully residing in the territory arc at the mercy of the bandits. In the last few days this gang has committed rape, murder and every sort of robbery and the State of affairs is a shame and reproach to civilization. The Secretary of War upon the advice of the attorney general recently held that he was not to authorize troops to the territory, and it is said by Interior department officials that Secretary Smith is powerless in the matter. The telegram, however, will be referred to Secretary Lain on t that he mav understand the situation." i\)ur United States marshals were guarding the. express ear of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas train, which was held up by the Cook gang yesterday, hut they were as useless as lambs until the bandits had disappeared. There were six marshals in tlm coaches, but they contributed their guns, money and jewelry without a murmur. Indian Agent Wisdom has wired Secretary Smith for troops forthwith. L. C. Ferryman, chief of the Creek Nation, wired the United States Attorney at Fort Smith to place his marshals in the Cherokee Nation, and that he would place seventy-five Indian sheriffs in the Creek Nation at the nation's expense and drive the Cook gang out of the Creek Nation or kill them. Agent Wisdom has wired all his Indian police to report at the agency at once. J. C. McAllister, United Suites marshal for the Indian Territory, has just arrived, and is cooperating with Chief Ferryman.Agent Wisdom and the United States Attorney for the Territory. Marshal McAllister lias 200 deputies that he can draw from. Agent Wisdom has twenty-eight Indian police .-hki me Fort Smith court lias seventy-live marshals. In all there are :>."?() men subject to call to hunt the robbers. CiunmiiiK I" ttu-ir Souses. C-IXCIXXati, (>., Nov. 1.'{.-Ciuciiinati anil the rest of Hamilton t'ous'y today elected Aaron McNeill. l>emoJciiit. judye of the insolvency court over John R. Von Severn, Repuhlican, by .*>, lf>N majority. Von Severn was opposed hy the har association. The Tribune fouirht Von Seyjjferan bitterly, while the other Republican papers supported him. so the Tribune claims the result as a victory for it. One week a<?o the Republicans carried the county by 2J.0UU. Slain on the Bowl. Lake City, 3. C.t Nov. 10.?Mr. Madison L. Connell, a well known and respected farmer of the Ariel neighborhood, about seven miles from Like City, was, aboat 6 o'clock Friday evening, waylaid and killed on the public hlsrhway, within half a mile of bis home. When found at midnight he was quite dead and partially barned, bis clothing having b?en fired by tbe cberge that took his life. He had been at work at a neighbor's house daring the day, and was returning home. Tbe assassin, who was probably secreted in tbe bushes bordering the roadsida where Mr. Connell body was found, shot him twice. Tbe body was not removed until after tbe inquest, which was held Saturday. There Is no clua to the perpetrator of the dreadful deed. If suspicion rests upon any one it Is withhfH. 0?er the deed so fearful, and th* manner of its accomplishment so horrible, there if considerable excitement in tbe neighborhood. Mr. tjonneil Jeft a widov and several children.?Statr. FIBSsn PITS THE FRM Wif 5-JJ FJAIM him t* hti tef Cttafn tzs Sm Wtat Y? Ca Sai f.a:ui~ v/yj tb jit; pS ICE teow $1S t2Sfias<? 3?^3i am Iffl oihv;- Eertroom V^-?Hjft11 f-u'.tB, all prt^^a. j?_ $69 ~Sf?$37 ^E2?rtui3v3 Jufltu. mtrodac# them, ftr .-TJ Ko ftrelsfiit n&Jd on fctaU Or* ^ t 'A jkq. Guaranteed to b? ; ; ' .K.\goM^own M motktij r* tel-lUMi. Ki&Kant Plnah PARLOR SUITS, wnutotta* f?: ikjfa, Ann Cha'T, Roeklnj Chair. Di*ta^ and 'J aide Camira ?worth $46. Win 4*BTM it ta your depot far $38. * A 0OO fflWIBS BAflBSI ,>w urtlh all attachment*, for d?llvwrea to y at depot. f\ VTh? rejpalar prtoe of this RUGO Y ta 6? to 75 dollar*. '^T rh? inannfacturer pays all ial\ JW IneoxpeuMffandla?JHhea ^ QB to rea for ^48.78- IrjB u< rnmst?* ewr on a xwwHa awr^a. Ko fruljcht paid WbImWhW a iMc Sact7 11 1 *SSf& .JNhI rFSsafci fet vacr itojt ? Id&^SiZxflv v<4 frrgft ^gF-"^ ^ud for ost*loe!>e5 of FnrnltnM, OmMH SfctT?, aat>y Ormtm, Tf pw. Tco JMe, Bluer e*U, Ls?y?, M., *44 wi.va sionsy. I 3*. F.PADQBTT "Ljaijsr rzsumai ?/?s ***7 1 nW to ton* J Hm do Kqaal zN/VN "j'^ruX^LM/V/yry/X/ww^^^^T^TOoOF PIANOS, ij; ?RGHNS. jjj MID-SUMMER BARGAINS. || V Special 8ale Summer ISM. Th< 1 time to buy Cheap and III/, flta i Special Summir Offer* that tl?> thl' i h record. [ I' <[i $50 tared every Piano parch?T? 1,1 $10 to $20 on every Organ. ' 11 |1! 8tx Special Offers on our Popalar KM* <1 )\ Summer Plan. Bay In Augnat, SapteaiMr < 1 I C and October, and pay whan Ootton uomm, II Spot Cash Price*. Ne Iotanat Only I 0 Brnail Cub Payment required, (KM lO \ Phrm 410 nn Or iran. balance next No TUB* Q frjrTs'thT LoDter'tlme If wanted. 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