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(n^ V / c'' The Press and Banner. BY HUGH WILSON. aiuictimj:, n. TILLMAN ON THE STUMP. HE WAS NOT HOWLED DOWN AT READING, PENN. He Was Giveu an KnthiiMiafttlc Reception. A Series or uuPHtioiiH rropoiuun u iu Hlui?Comlug Home on the 'i.^tli Instant. Senator Tillman, who has been conducting a vigorous Bryan campaign in Pennsylvania, will return to South (,'arolina on the 2"?th inst-, to rest awhile. On the 18th ins?t. he spoke at Readiug, Pa., and the papers opposing him have made much of an alleged howling down to which he was treated there. Concerning his treatment in Iteading, the Heading Eagle says: A number of citizens said to the Eagle: "It is a mistake to say that the people on the fair grounds hollered and hooted at Senator Till man because of his political ideas. They went there bo* dip rflftps Tt was a mistake for Mr. Tillman to havebeen directed to the grand stand at that lime. The people there wanted the races to go on. When the crowd rushed on to the track the race had to stop, and that is why the crowd yelled. It was through J no discourtesy to Senator Tillman. The people of Reading and Berks! County are just as polite and courteous to strangers as any other people. Had the Senator begun speaking elsewhere on the fair grcunds nothing would have been said. The small temporary stand erected near the grand stand was too shaky. Had a special hour been set apart for the Senator to speak, which would not have interfered with the races, no doubt the visiting Senator from S >uth Carolina would have had as respectful a hearing here as anywhere else in the world." The Kagle makes the following report of Senator Tillman's visit to leading: Senator Tillman's silver speech on the fair grounds Friday afternoon was listened to by 2,000 people. tVio nnrlf in comnanv 1IU ??I 11 V VU t*v W*w ... r ? with Jesse G. Hawley and John W. Rauch, at 2:45, and, after several introductions, was conducted to the judge's stand on the raeo track. On the stand, besides the above mentioned were President McGowan. of the Agricultural Society; Dr. E. M. Herbst and others. The race course was crowded and the grand stand packed. Five thousand were in the assemblage. The Senator was presented by Dr. Herbst. Before the multitude was one of the inosi talked of men in the in this country and he was given a cordial greeting. Mr. Tillman rolled his one eye around for a moment and then began to speak. His voice was strong, natural and distinct. He spoke a few words and then puckered up his mouth, which has been described as a scowl but more an indication of determination and faith in what lie expounds^ The JSenator pucneu rigiu juiw ma subject. before he had spoken ten words there were mauy cheers and some jeers, for his audience was composed of gold and silver disciples. lie said that McKinley said, Open the mills an not the mints. The democratic party say, Open the mints to silver and factories will open. The \ audience rather liked the expression. The Senator sarcastically referred to the invective which he said the newsi papers piled on him and which having induced people before S2eing him to I believe that he was a wild man from Borneo. He was glad that "he bad no horns." This was a signal J or i laughter. Many in the crowd were by this time trying to rattle the Senator by asking him questions and be coming personal, but he replied readily to all. He said: "Look at the fertile farm i ere in Berks and Lancaster County. What has caused the products to drop to one-half in price?'' Some one in the crowd shouted: ' 'The Democratic ad 1 '-i-U M TT- ItTf 4 It n ministration." xjlo rcpucu. n mc Democratic administration caused it, why were the Republicans turned down in 1892 by fourteen hundred thousand votes?" The spectators cheered this remark. "If the so called Democratic party produced the devastation and fall in prices in this country," he said, "it will briug pros perity back with silver." (Loud cheerine and here and there hisses." Senator Tillmau then arraigned President Cleveland in scorching terms. He said that the President was as good a goldbug as McKinley dared to be and that Sherman was his most trusted adviser. He declared that the Democratic party in power no more repre ' ??.i seuieu loe priuuipica ui ucuciwu auu Jackson than he possessed those of McKinley. "The very name of Cleveland is despised by all true Democrats. He stands today before the American people as the only Democratic President who was ever repudiated by his own party. He will go down into history as the monumental failure of this century." These sentiments were applauded and jeered. At this point the Senator poured some hot shot on the Republican party and a man in the audience shouted: "How about Abe Lincoln?" He replied: "Lincoln 4?/wl o trian frvr* van tn to i>o j weUS IUU ? "iwu ?W* j %vr vv% Lis name in vain." The questioner grew excited and wanted to mresh the Senator, but the latter was uushaken. Then several in the crowd saw the horses and yel.ed. "We've got enough speech. We want races." This cry was taken up by others. The Senator started to speak. IT is voice was drowned by yells, lie ealmlv gazed on the audience for a minute, then said: "I don't know what all this noise is about." He was again choked off. lie waited another minute, then commenced: '*1 came here" but he was interrupted. He turned around and said to those in the judge's stand, "It's nobody but boys," He made another attempt, aud again was stopped by cat calls. "If vou fair people want me to get || out," he said to "the /air ollicials in the gj stand, "I will; if not, I will stay here ra until sundown to be heard." Dr. Herbst advanced and said: g "Senator Tillman requests me to ask ? ^ -you who want to hear him speak to |T " raise your hands-" Fully 500 shot up their nands. "And jou wno do not ? want to listen to him." Fifty hands kwere raised. Dr. llerbst continued: "He will speak briefly,and I hope you will respect the man, even if he does talk contrary to your opinions." "Now, fellow citizens," began the South Carolinian, but it was no use. The same interruption ensued. The Senator was undaunted, but realized that some in the audience would not cease the din. A consultation was held and it was announced that speechmaking would be resumed within the enclosure of the race track. A procession of 2,000 followed the visitor to a clump of trees about a square from the judge's stand. Here everything went on smoothly and enthusiastically. Mr. Tillman mounted a deserted refrpchmprit. stand, where he snoke and answered questions for one and a half hours. His audience included men of both parties. After climbing on his perch he provoked great cheerincr by saying: "This is as solid as the Bryan Democratic party." His reception here was pleasing to him and he said: "I appreciate this mark of courtesy." He spoke of his treatment on the race track as follows: "I have spoken to many large audiences in Pennsylvania. I have addressed in this State crowds that have packed halls to suiFoeation and open air meetings numbering 10,000 and was the subject of no discourtesy until I reached Reading. But I will not judge the fairness of the city and county toward strangers oy mis uncivil treatment. It was only a few boys. 1 am accustomed to howling. Why this was a mere zeuhyr compared with the riols in South Carolina that the newspapers lay at my door. But the newspapers have maligned me. I like quietness and am a peaceable citizen. But when I speak I talk straight out and I may sometimes tread on somebody's toes. I like to get up discussions when I speak, in order to get at the bottom of the iinancial issue." The Senator next described the struggle for party supremacy since 1881 and referred tj the dis gust of the people for Cleveland and his "rotten Democratic Congress." He said there was as great a difference between the Democracy of Cleveland ' 11? 1 ?' am 4 r*rno Ka I anu iuai ui uryau iu iucic ?>cu> uu tween the Republicanism of Lincoln and that of McKinley. He termed the Cleveland Democratic party "a Repub lican annex." Senator Tillman then launched into a long argument on silvr and gold. Ele spoke about money, its qualities and nature, what it is and how it is made. It is tirst a medium of ex change through which commerce and trade are carried on; second, legal tender for debt and taxes; third and most important of all, it measures value and fixes prices. There can be no prices unless measured in money. Money is subject to the law of supply and demand, and when the Government by its action makes money scarce it makes prices low, and when Congress makes money more plentiful if. myites nriees liiffh. The nower of the government to contract the currency and make money scarce is one of the issues of this campaign. Then he told how silver was demonetized. And with it all, he said, the last issue of bonds was made payable in either ! metal, showing the fallacy of the single gold standard. By the destruction of oue-half of the money, the Senator continued, they doubled the value of the other half. lie gave this illustration: "Suppose we here constituted the whole world. We come down to break fa t- Ua the table is a great big biscuit or a large loaf of bread, large enough to give each an equal share. On the table are two big pluL's of butter, one yellow and the other white, and of equal size. But some one says to the waiter, 'You smuggle that white buiter off the table and I will make you a millionaire.' She slides up, sneaks it under her dress and slips oil' and throws it in the slop barrel. The same biscuit and bread are there, but only one plate of butler. What is the result? Either one half must go without butter, or they all get just half the much." Tillman's point was that, by striking out silver it was contracting the currency one-half, that the rich man was the gainer and the poor the loosers. The truth of the matter is, he said, the poor were not getting either cake, bread or butter, and that they were cursing the Wilson tariff bill and Cleveland for it, though the tariff question had no more to do with it than if it wouldn't exist. Mr. Tillman, after denying he was a Populist, followed this up by a little tariff" talk. He declared the recent Democratic Congress pretended they wanted tariff reform, but that they lied when they said it He sud the Republicans wanted high protection and he was willing to give them ail the tariff they want and make it so prohibitory that there would be no revenue and that they would have to resort to ttie income tax for revenue. "The Republicans and certain Demo crats or rather assistant Republicans, for God knows it sticks in my craw to call them Democrats stand in a solid phalanx for gold and gold alone to enrich the millionaires and to give the banks a monopoly of the currency. "IIow much are you worth, Senator?" shouted a man in the crowd. "I'm forty nine years old, and been farming all my life. I nave 2,000 acres of land worth $.'* to an acre, and have $7,000 worth of debts." He paid his respects in denunciatory terms to J. Pierpont Morgan as the government bond manipulator. The Senator declared that all the gold bug propaganda, all the bribery which debauched Congress and the Presidency, all of these interests are concentrated in the East, and where live the millionaires who have stolen their millions. "How soon will another bond issue uo uivicicu i iiucirv/^aicu vuun\>umau W. A. Witinan. "As soon as the election is over and McKinley is elected," was the answer. Tillinan then spoke of the bond transactions of the government, and iuquired, "Whatdo you think of that financiering?'' "That is rotten," replied one man. "Are you going to vote for itr asked the Senator. The man did not riply. Toe speaker caused a laugh by saying: 'I've traveled extensively in my time, but you are the lirst man.I have ever saw who agreed to swallow rottenness." Before the Senator had concluded, Thomas D. Bausher, who was in the audience, reminded the speaker that he had handed him a set of questions earlier in the afternoon, and he would be pleased to have him answer them. "Come along this way and get on the platform," said he to Mr. Bausher. 'i'he latter hesitated when near the stand. "Oouae up here," said the Senator. "1 won't hurt you. I haven't got my pitchfork here." "Those that I eau answer I will," lie went on. "If 1 donotknow anything about it will say so. I am here now in t,hfl nananitv of schoolmaster." The questions which had been submitted by Mr. liausher on a piece of paper were read otl' by Mr. Tillman While he read them Mr. Bausher stood alongside of him on the platform. "Do you believe in sacrilegious talk?" was the first question. "No," was the response. "You are a church member, are you not?" "Yes, sir," said Mr. Bausher. "Well, lam not. Iam a sinner. But there are worse men in the church to day than I am." "2. In your opinion does it not seem as though the spirit and letter of Jef ferson and Jackson's birthright had been sold for a mess of pottage?" "Yes, Grover Cleveland sold it, and McKinley and Hobart stand ready to ratify it." "3d. In your opinion does not the law of quality and i?ot quantity rule the market price in all commodities?" "No." "4th. In your opinion can you say aught against the fundamental principles of the Constitution as signed and framed 109 years ago?" ".ino, noi since me negroes were cramed down our throats and held there at the point of the bayonet." "5th. In your opinion is not repudiation by this government of its honest obligations dishonorable to the whole world?" "Nobody repudiates, except the fellows who are trving to get $2 for $1." "6th. In your opinion, if we have an aoundance of silver dollars stamped for the owner of the bullion, how will the 53 cent silver dollars circulate among the wage earners?" "We now have 400,000,000 coins stamped $s dollars by the t?overnment that bought the bullion" Tillman then exhibited a five franc piece of French money, and a Mexican dollar. He compared them with an American silver dollar. "Taere will be no accent dollar," he said. "When the government passes an Act authorizing the free coinage of silver a silver dollar will represent 100 cents worth, the same as the paper or gold dollar. The Mexican dollar contains more silver than the United States dollar, but it is only worth 43 cents. But why cornpare a weak country like that to this great country with its 70,000,000 of people? We can establish a dollar and back it up. The live-franc pieces of Franca is worth 95 cents because it has a strong government behind it! ' Seventh. In your opinion who will be benefited by the freo coinage of i silver, the wage earner or the owner i of the silver bullion ?" i "The wage earner. The mills will open up as well. "Eight. In your opinion is China, Japan, India, or Mexico preferable to America's present monetary system for the wage earner?" lie did not think it fair to compare this country with such conutries. "Ninth. In your opinion, under , the free coinage, will the silver certificates which are redeemable in silver ' dollars buy as much as they do now?" "Yes." "Tenth. In your opinion is it right * " --Af... I *?_ / unuer tne uonsmuuon aniiusiuuuu- < mental principles |to array the wage i eamers'mind against the honest man's wealth, or class against class ?'' He did not think so. But he referr- I ed to some persons who had not gotten their money honestly, but by rob bing the masses. "It is honest men 1 againt thieves," he said. "They should [rise up, throw their handcuffs oM' and let Europe go to the devil." "Eleventh. In your opinion does not the wage earner need work lirst and foremost at good wages with hon- 1 est money? Will not then the farmer be able to sell his product and live in prosperity with the wage earner? Can it be done with the mills closed ?" "That is putting the cart before the ; horse. The mills must have a market for their goods before they will run. When the farmers prosper it atfects 1 the different lines of trade, irom one to the other until all are benefited. Prosperity will then come to the county "Twelfth. In your opinion, if the yield of silver exceeds that of gold, 1 in the proportion of 31 to 1, is it possi- 1 | ble to raise the value of silver from G7 cents an ounce and maintain the two 1 metals at a parity of 16 to 1? Does not 1 the law of supply and demand rendei it impossible? "Yes, and the two metals can be maintained on a parity." "Thirteenth. In your opinion, can you refute the 5 points of Secretary Carlisle?"j '"Since Carlisle turned traitor I have not much regard for him and do not bother much about what he says. I don't remember his points. However, if you will tell tnem to me, i win try to answer them." Mr. Bausher did not remember t hem. Mr. Tillman denied the statement that he had said he was a secessionist in his speech at the Chicago convention, but said he was from the secession State of South Carolina. "I am a farmer and Ijrepresent the wage earners. I was elected to the Senate, not by bribery and debauchery or the backing of railroads, and while I am there I will do my best to worn in the interest of the masses of the people." "How many of you," he asked, ' nave seen a gold dollar in the past year? Please hold up your hands. (Several hands were raised.) Now those of you who have not seen a uold dollar in the past year please hold up your hands. (With the exception of about a dozen all hands were raised.) lie repeated the questions, but substituted silver and paper in the place of gold. The silver people were in the majority. "Now, then," said he, "which is the money of the people?" There were loud cries for silver. On the money question he said, the fact that the govnment had placed its stamp on the gold, silver or greenback made them worth, one dollar. Take a paper dolla", a silver and a gold one. Put the paper one in the stove and it will go up in smoke, The gold and silver ones will melt. Send the gold one after it has been melted to the mint and you will receive in exchange for it a dollar. Perioral the same act with thesilver dollar and you will only receive 53 cents. Why is this so? liecause the mints at present are only open to the free coinage of gold. Give silver the same chance and the result will be entirely different. After the speech nearly all present shook hands with the Senator. Fri day evening he was tendered an informal reception at the Manson house, which was attended by nea-ly 100 persons. Judge Jiland, ex-Senator J. Dupuy Davis, Frank K. Flood, George Smith, Jr.. and others acted as a reception committee. The visitors iucliidfirl a dplfiCfll.inn nf fr A li. rn?n. ? c ? w V. 1 who, through K. (J. Kbea, their spokesman, made an apology for the reception Senator Tillman had Received at the fair grounds. * One called and insisted that he receive $100 as a private gift, but the free silver advocate declined the proffered money with thanks, stating that he was not taking: a part in this campaign for cash, but for the love he bore his country. YOUNG HARMON ON TRIAL. The Mont Sensational Murder Case in the State's History. Lexington, C. H., Sept. 23.?When court opened this morning there was a large crowd present to hear the Harmon-Caughman murder trial. Judge O. W. Buchanan is presiding ' * Ar\onirt i> nf ?iL mis term, upuu iuo w^mu^ v/i the court the case was immediately entered upon and the following jury, after various challenges, was empanelled: J.C. Glover, J. M. Malpaws, George Lewis, H. H. Chapman, F. W. Shealy, J. P. Kook, Jeff Price, Geo. T. Haiti wanger, J. T. Keiser, W. M. Wilson, Geo. II. Koon, Wm. D. Riser. The killing cf Caughman occurred (imo aart anrl is still fresh in the minds of the public. Young Harmon, who did the shooting has been in jail ever since the killing. He is about 21 years old. The defense is ably represented by Judge Andrew Crawford of Columbia, Col. Geo. Johnstone of Newberry, A. M. Boozer, of Columbia, and C. M. Efird and Frank E. Dreher, of Lexington. Solicitor Nelson is conducting the prosecution and is being assisted by Meetze & Muller and G. T. Graham of Lexington. Much of the morning session was consumed in the empanelling of the jury and the first examined was Miss Flora Harman, sister of the young prisoner. The court adjourned" for dinner at 2 o'clock, but reconvened at 3 Miss Harman took the stand and Solicitor Nelson resumed the examination. Many letters from Miss Harmon to Caughman were in-' troduced. Many of the letters were identified by Miss Harman. The communications all tend to show how the arrangements for the meeting of the couple were made. The following is a specimen of one of the many letters introduced. It is to Caughman from Miss Harman: "City. /\_t_ r? \f.. T M<a:iA 'i*iy wuiy rruuiuus; :njr uitiuug, j. niuc every eve to you. It is so much pleasure to me, i have nothing else to care for and think about but you my darling; but poor me has not seen you in three days until today and it seems like a year to me. Precious darling, my precious, I've been awful sick and you don't know how I did wish myself with you in your arms. Angel, I knew if I was I would be a well girl all the time, but I'm feeling allright now. I don't know how long it will last though, and my precious, on top of being sick, 1 had to go try and turn my arm oil". My darling, I think you are so sweet. And precious, you can't let me come to you on .Saturday eve? Darling, I wish you would let me. I have something I want lo ask you. My "angel one" won't you try now. Darling, I love you to death and you kissed your hand so sweet to me today. Precious, I'll close for this time and please 1?I! l-< I- ....... (J?(,VI'Ml UlvrillJg, IU(* UIC tuuJC IU jruu uiiLut vjujr lieu, goodbye. I am yours always. Y. 0. P. Wife. Many sweet, kisses I send to you and to get many soon, my precious." Miss Harman testified that she wrote the above and I hat the signature ,lY. I). I). Wife" meant "your own darling." The following noie was also identified by Miss Harman to Cal Caughman: "Darling: I will meet you at 4 o'clock (bis evening at our old place if it don't rain. "Your, V. K. W. She testified that "Y. K. W.," meant "you know who." Mibs Harman's testimony given during the morning hour of the court was to the effect that the deceased, Caughman, had accomplished his purpose on her by force and he was in the act of accomplishing his purpose on the day of the killing. ?State. Buggy Whip Used On a Thief. Mayesville, S.C., Sept.22 ?There is an ordinance in this town taxing circuses and shows of any and every description, but a free show was furnished the citizens of lower Main street on Friday last and was sprung r?n tho npnnlft Kr? nninlrlv that nur alert Vl* ""v rvwr*v ? j - mayor and council did not have time to realize what had happened until the performance had ended. There were no show bills or programmes announcing the coming of any monster aggregation or combination of world wonders, but if this free performance had been advertised, no doubt the town would have been crowded and the merchants would have reaped a harvest on the day and date in question. It seems that a very black Johnnie, whose surname is Black, while working in the Dispensary'became very thirsty and decided to appropriate a quart of Old Velvet to his own use. DisDenser Wells caught him iu the act, and started towards him when Johnnie became suspicious and made a break for the street door with the Dispenser in hot pursuit. The negro run down Main street and turned the corner in front of the tobacco warehouse. Just at this juncture Dispenser Wells fired after his fieeing form and gave up the chase, but later in the day the negro came back to town and called to compromise the matter with the Dispenser, who asked him how he proposed to settle. "Any way, boss, but don't lock me up," replied the negro. And the way the Dispenser settled the matter was by leading the negro out to an oak tree on Main street and making him hug a tree while the Dispenser gave him twenty-five lashes with a whalebone buggy whip ?Register. Look Out Delinquents.?Astronomers say that there are at this moment three comets racing towards the earth at the fearful speed of 1,000,000 miles Der hour. The smallest of these comets, or planets, is estimated to be larger than this little globe upou which we exist, and the largest one, which is headed directly for the earth is nearly three times as larye. Should it continue in its present course it wi'l strike us ia about three weeks, and should such a thing occur this world would be torn to small fragments which would fall through space for ages to come. We publish the above ur. jo n.l I ilplinnufint subscribers can pav up and thus be ready for the crash. Too Otilck For tlie High wayiruin. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 23.?While Isaac Green, chief of police of Williamson, S. (J., was returning horseback from the city of Anderson, a man seized his bridle, and presenting a revolver at his head, ordered a halt. Green fired, and the highwayman fell and crawled out of the roatl. Ureen reported the case in Williamson, but his friends guyed him, saying he had too much "dispensary" on board. However, an investigation was made and an unknown negro was found by the roadway with a ball through his head. A GREAT SENSATION. A CHARLESTON ?1TY OFFICIAL ARRESTED FOR INFANTICIDE. Charged With Murdering His Illegitimate Child?A dlokenlng Tale of Depravity and Sin?The Accuned Formerly an Or angtlmrff Man. The News and Courier, of last Wednesday, published the following: "A negro man walking over the tracks of the East Shore Terminal Company, near Bennett's Mill, made a fearful discovery yesterday afternoon. At this point the tracks cross amuddypond of water which rises and falls with the tide. The negro, as he crossed the trestle, looked down into the water beneath and the sight that met his eyes was a horrible one. A little pair of white feet protruded from the slime and mud. No other pa*t of the body was visible. Just the pair of baby feet above the water told the story of what may prove to be a cruel child murder. It was probably the sequel to the crime of some man and woman, which may be brought to light with the discoverv m n 1?U1 _ 1.1 -n 1 .1 oi toe nine Doay. reopie in the neighborhood soon heard of the discovery and before 3 o'clock a motley crowd had gathered around the trestle, gazing into the pond and at the little pair of feet. The police station was notified and in turn the coroner was summoned. Then men were sent into the mud and slime to bring out the body. It was thought at first that the baby had been flung into the water by some wretched, poverty-stricken mother, but when the body was taken up the case looked different. Around the neck of the child was tied a piece of fishing cord, to which was attached a heavy stone. These means of concealment looked like it had been a case of child murder. The infant did not loo* to be more than a few days old. The fish and crabs had eaten away a part of the face and the body had been in the water for two or three days." A special dispatch from Charleston to the ureenvnie iNews, unuer aaig 01 Sept. 23, says as a result of the hading of the body two white women and one white man have been arrested, and are now held on the charge of murder. The man, who is named W. H. Easterlio, is Electrician of the Metropolitan Police Department of Charleston, and went from Orangeburg several years ago. The women are named Steinraeyer, and belong to an old and well-known family of the city.- Easterlin has been connected with the police department for some years. He is married and has two children and his wife is just now very ill. The Steinmeyer women are well connected in the city and State. They are mother and daughter and the latter is ac 1 ? 1 - il A. I f iU L!L1 cuseu or Deingwie moiueroi lukuuuu. The case has created a profound sensation in the city. THK CORONER'S INtjUESt. At the Coroner's inquest Mrs. Steinmeyer, the mother of Easterlies paramour, testified that she lives on East Bay together with her two daughters. About three weeks ago her oldest daughter, Kose, had moved from the bouse, telling her mother that she was going to the Island. She had not believed that her daughter had gone to the Island, but for some time she had not known her whereabouts. When she finally discovered her, she was living in the house on the corner of Vernon and Concord streets, and she then made it a habit to go to her daughter at night to lend her assistance. and tend her in her confine ment. She did not go to the house in the day time. On Monday morniDg about 2 o'clock the child was bora. It was a hearty girl, strong and lusty and cried with such vigor that the neighbors might have heard it. She stayed until morning with her dauhter and then went home to attend to her own duties, first locking the doors of the house where her daughter was and taking the keys with her. She went back once during the day and then on Monday night went to spend the night. On that night, Monday, Easterlin came to the house and carried the child away. She was present when he took the child. It was wrapped in cloths and put into a small basket. The mother of the child gave her consent to the taking away of the child, but only after Easterlin had given her his solemn promise that he would have it properly cared for. Easterlin said he would send it up the road to a colored woman and that he would pay for its support and care. The mother's last words to Easterlin as he carried the child away were "For God's sake don't hurt a hair of its head." That was the last she had seen of the child. Mrs. Steinmeyer stated that she had known Easte^-lin for some time and had always regarded him as a friend of her family. She had never accused him of being responsible lor ner daughter's condition because the matter was too delicate for her to speak of to him, but she knew he was the man. She did not know of her daughter's condition until the eighth or ninth month and she had then told her she must leave the house. By agreement of counsel the defense was allowed to cross exomine the witness. On cross-examination Mrs. Steinmeyer stated that lierdaugh ter and Easterlin and herself were all fearful that the neighbors would hear the child's cries anil they did not warn it known that the child had b:enborn. To quiet the infant the mother bad given it a few drops of paregoric. Easterhn Wanted ten drops given, but she would not permit this. The paregoric she had had for some time along with olber medicines. She stated that she had never before seen the stone there exhibited or the cloth with which it was tied, but that the baby was wrapped properly with cloths when it was taken from the house. She did not know iT the net in her daughter's room \va.s tied with lishing cord. She didn't know where the basket ciino from in which the child was taken away. It had to be cut to accommodate the child as it was too short for the baby to lie in. Her daughter had cut away the sheets where she had lain in the bed and had burned the stull' in the room while she was away from the house. She had gone down to the door with Easter] iu and locked it after he had gone out. No clothas had been prepared for the baby before its birtb. Witness had never seen the trestle where the child was found. On Tuesday night she went to the house where her daughter was to stay with her as usual, but when she arrived she found her already dressed and desirous of going out. She had then taken her daughter back to her own home. She ' ,i" ' ; ' 3S2*; ? - had never denied to the coroner that her daughter had given birth to a child. THE VERDICT. This closed the evidence and after deliberating the jury found the following verdict: "That the said white female infant pomn 4n VIA?* ^oolli Kir ofwonmi loliAM V?TT vuuiv bu uvx uvanu uj aviauguiMbivu wj , the hands of W. H. Easterlin on the night of September 21st, all at Bennett's mill pond, East Shore Terminal track, in the city of Charleston Easterlin was then committed to jail without the privilege of bail to await trial at the November term of court. THE CHILD'S MOTHER. The mother of the dead infant lies at the hospilal and is doing very well. She is a tall and quite fine looking woman with rich brown hair and a white skin. It will probably be but a short time before she is recovered from her illness. A Dangerous DlHeme. Seeing in the papers a statement that North Carolina cattle are shipped into this State, particularly this neighborhood, causes me to ask you to give publicity to the following: TO THE PUBLIC. Since North Carolina cattle, according to the statements of the papers, are shipped into this State and since anthrax (a formidable, highly contagious disease to man or beast) has made its appearance near Charlotte, N. C. I -wish to draw the attention of our people to the visible symptoms and post mortem changes accompanying this disease If anybody knows of a living or dead animal showing the following symptoms or changes on being opened after death, he will please at once communicate with the veterinnnv A irrioiAn nf Pll^mc/vn Q UalJ V4X T IOIUU VI V*WLUOUU C., sending also, if possible, an ear or foot of an animal recently dead, with supposed anthrax. Symptoms?General weakness, the animal is stupid, rises with difficulty' eyes staring, unsteady wabbling gait, trembling of the skin and twitching of the superficial muscles of the shoulders, neck, flank. Animals do not eat nor chew the cud. Cows stop giving milk, breathing hurried and often accompanisd with a groan. Swelling on the skin of the inside of the thigh, belly, forearm, windpipe, lower jaw. These are at Srst rather small; enlarge rapidly, being fairly hard in a few days. Aaimals die either very quickly, at times they appear all right and are dead one half hour later, others live some fifty hours while those cases where the swellings predominate live occasionally for two five or days. i'ost mortem cnanges: uq opening the body, which must be done with utmost care to avoid infection, the following is found: The body is bloated, decay setting in rapidly, blood is seen to ooze from the natural openings of the body. The blood in the veins is liquid and of tarry consistency. The spleen (mils) is four or five times as large as normally,blackish red in color, and if cut into a tar like material flows from the cut part. The mucous membrane of the stomach and small intestines is swollen and dark red. The heart is full of blood of a dark liquid nature. The lungs are filled with blood, wind pipe showing fiothy blood. W. K. A. Wyman, V. S. Two Children Murdered. Lamar, Sept. 22.?Albert Thomas and wife, colored, left their home two miles from Lamar, to attend church near there last Sunday evening. Theix'two little children, both girls, aeed five and four respectively, were sent before the departure for church, to the children's grand parents, a quarter of a mile away. On the parents1 return home late in the evening, the children were not on the premises as expected. Some one was sent over across a narrow strip of woods to the grand parents for them, and they were not there. It was learned that the children had left the latter place for home sometime before sun down. After a search of an hour they were found beaten and bruised and both apparently dead in the woods about one hundred yards from the path. The elder died in six or seven hours, the younger regained consciousness about that time and began exclaiming Ellie did it, Ellie beat us." Ellie Pompy is a young negro of 13 years cousin to the two children, and was living with his and the children's grand parents. He was arrested and confessed the deed. He says in an interview that he met his cousins in the woods, "began to play tag, he got mad, lost thought of himself, and hit them too hard with a stick." He enticed them away into the woods, 100 yards or more from the path where the^murder was committed. He was asked why did he take them there? He was confused here and uttered conflicting statements. Many think rape was at tempted upon the older girl, 'mere were threats of lynching by some whites as well as blacks, and the sheriff fearing violence, did not go back to Darlington, as he came by private conveyance, but returned by rail last night with the prisoner. The younger child is not expected to live?State. Which Story in True? New Orleans, September 24.? Tuesday night last a negro named Hawkins was boiling some pitch in Gretna and was annoyed by a number of children. He told them to go away, and as they did not obey quickly he slapped one of them. This child happened to be a nephew of one of the Gretna police force. This man on being informed of the occurrence raised a great hue and cry and went after Hawkins who made his escape. Two innocent negroes in whose house Hawkins took refuge were shot and badly wounded by the crowd in pursuit of Hawkins,who had left the house some time before. Last night Hawkins was * i ?i 1 :?,i ti?at caugui lO .fYlglurs aim uirncu iu ua, where he was lockerl up in what is called the little jail, a small frame buildiug in a neighborhood where there are but Jew houses. The door was secured by a padlock and no one was on guard. About 1 o'clock this morning a mob broke open the house, took Hawkins out, carried him about a mile away and hanged him. After life was extinct the body was cut down and thrown into the river. Today the authorities of Gretna profess ignorance of the all'air and the chief of police of that villus;** claims that Hawkins broke jail and exhibits the broken padlock as proof. No I'hIho Colo I'm Allowed. JiosroN. Sent. 21.? William Olin, secretary of the State of Massachusetts, has just rendered a decision to the effect that in this State the names of the electors of tho l'almerBuckner ticket cannot go on a title of | "National Democratic." ' WONDERFUL RECEPTION. *W LADORING MEN TURN OUT BY THOU- Jpl SANDS TO GREAT BRYAN. "1? One ot the Most Significant Demonstrations of the Presidential Campaign by Labor Men. New York, Sept. 23.?There has j perhaps never been such a significant i demonstration for Wm. Bryan in the I East as that eiven to-nieht in Brook- ] lyn by the combined labor interests. I It has been a mooted question whether the labor people of the East would re* 1 spond to a call for a mass meeting in 1 favor of Mr. Bryan, but there was no ) mistake about the demonstration at the Clermont Rink. The capacity of the building was estimated at 8,000 and every available :M rrtrnar- Ttroa fill A/1 wit.li ornod-nftfalTed humanity, while thousands besieged - yi the doors and were refused admission. - | It was a typical labor gathering and c| even the women and children present were filled with the enthusiasm of the occasion. It was also a meeting for out of the ordinary in its method of J procedure. Instead of the formalin* traduction nominating a presiding of- %jH ficer, a clean cut man with gray nair >? Q stepped to the front of the platform .^j shortly be/ore 8 o'clock and said: "Will the audience please take from >38 their seats the song that is there an<l join in singing it?" and they responded^^ "^1 so nartily thattne retrain "xou ?mum, not press the crown of thorns upon thew toilers' brow," rang against the uu-H ^mR painted rafters and reechoed again, and when it. was finished a mightyeS cheer went up. And so it was through- jy ^BaE out the meeting and while they were 9 B waiting for the arrival of Mr. Bryan, SkkKh who was speaking at another place, they listened to several speakers. IW| The meeting was presided over entirely by labor organizations and the B ;|?? staee contained a renresentative from each local labor organization. When 9 the meeting was called to order every ja aisle and each corridor was crowded, $ and when letters of regret were read a from Eugene V. Debs and John W. H XjljS Hays, secretary of the Knights of La- 9 :'|ii bor, there were vociferous cheers. Debs said in his telegram r "The millions are with Bryan and will place him in the chair Lincoln occupied in spite of British toryism and corporation cocercion." Resolutions were adopted commending the work of the unicago convention ana proclaiming: "We believe the present contest to be much more than a struggle between the Democratic and the so-called Republican parties, more than silver V -'m against gold, a?id is not a fight of the poor against the rich?Jior of labor against capital, nor otMj^farmers against the artisan or mecnanics,the creditor against the debtor; but when sifted and analyzed and stripped from all sophistry, is a battle of the people against the oligarchy of wealth, founded on special privileges, therefore be it i T?aflnltr/wl That wa rilpfi erf niir sflrvi- ' I ces unreservedly to the earnest and ac? tive support of the able young tribune of the people, Wm, J. Bryan, lor Presi- | dent of these United States, and we ask the support and earnest co-operation of all the toilers. President John McKetchnie an- ;i nounced that it would be 9:30 o'clock before Mr. Bryan would arrive and the audience cheered lustily his declaration that "We will wait until morn- r ing if necessary." The time before the arrival of Mr. Bryan was whiied away ?, by brief speeches. John Phillips, national secretary of the Hatters Union, . beginning the addresses. Others were John Brisben Walker of New York y and Joseph B. Buchanan of New Jer- . $3 sey. It was a few minutes after 10 o'clock when Mr. Bryan appeared and after the police had fought a way through the crowds at the door for him they had to repeat the operation inside, the vast assemblage in the meantime standing upon the seats and yelling themselves hoarse in their adulations of the JLOOUOl, When Mr. Bryan had secured order he made a speech covering the same ground of his previous speech in Brooklyn to-night at the Academy. Preparing Seed Corn. An experienced farmer, writing on this subject, says: "Some ten years ago I planted an ear of corn to test 'the difference between the product of the kernels of both ends and the middle of the same ear and will give you the result The soil was just alike, the cultivation the same, and the crop very different. I planted the first two rows from the tip or small end, and planted all the same morning. The large end produced fair sized ears. The middle kernels produced ears mostly straight and fair. The tips brought forth nubbins only. There was not a fair ear on the two rows of corn. 1 have raised corn more or leas, for 40 years, and now plant only two thirds of the kernels on eacn ear 01 corn, and generally raise good crops." If the crop can be got into the ground early, it is not advisable to soak the seed for the purpose of hastening its growui. it me weauier cumea uiuavorable for planting while the corn is soaking, the sprouts are apt to get so loDg that they will be broken off while carried in the planting bag, and besides sprouted seed cannot be put into the hand planter, the use of which very much facilitates the labor, and if the ground is dry, makes the growth of the seed doubly certain. Two or three weeks ago we commenced planting a Geld of corn with the hoe, the ground was dry, and the labor so great to obtain moist earth to cover the seed, that we gave up the task when the field was about hall planted and took a liand planter to finish the work. The result was that the last half came up perfectly, and thft (irst had to be more than two thirds replanted. The grain covered with the loose dirt from the hoe germinated, but by the atmosphere drying up the loose soil, the sprouts withered and died. More MassHcreo. Constantinople, Sept. 21.?Advices received nere regarding massacres at ___?* Egin, in the Cavillayaet of Kahrput, show that they occurred on the 15th and lGth of the present month. The ^ lvnrds attacked the Armenian quarter. killed large numbers of its inhabitants and pillaged and burned their houses. Many Armenians escaped to the moun* tains. According to the accounts of the Turkish government, GOO Armenians were killed at Egin, and these ad vires also state that the outrage was provoked by the Armenians firing into the Turkish quarter. No authentic details of the massacre have yet been received. I