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AT THE END OF ITS ROW, THE STATE BOARD OF CONTROL ABANDONS THE JOB. It lias No Fowcr to Go Further With the Dispensary Investigation and Says ho? What Wax Gleaneil It) Cincinnati. Columbia, S. C., Oct. 8. -The State board of control is still peging: awa^' at its reeular monthly routine business. Yesterday morning, however, it found time to receive the report of Messrs. Williams and Weston, who were sent on during the recess to Cincinnati to look into matters bearing on the rebate business. This report was received and received some discussion. The board practically decided at the morning session what it would do so far as any further investigation is concerned, but took no ofli r?ioi option nrpfftrrinc. it is understood. to await the arrival of Mr. Allen. During the morning', however, the board decided to make public the report presented by these gentlemen, and it was turned over to the representatives of the press. In the afternoon the board brought i up the matter of the investigation again and took final action in regard thereto in the {shape of the following resolution, which was adopted aud at once made public: "This board of controJ, on account E; of the many rumors aM'ecting the integrity of the management of the business of the State dispensary before the present board took charge of its affairs, deemed it proper to enter upon an inK vestigation of the truth of such rumors so far as they alfect employes of the institution. This investigation jfe has been made as thorough and as searching as possible in view of the limited extent of the power and authority of this board. "During the investigation the board Jj? has received statements, under oath, of all persons and all officials who appeared before it. A joint committee, composed of one member of the board and one member of the legislative ex5 amining committee, was sent to the city of Atlanta and city of Cincinnati to investigate the business transactions between firms who have sold liquors to the State and the officials or the State dispensary under the former act of the legislature. The report of this joint committee has been made. The bearing before this borad was held with open doors, and the testimony has been published in the daily newspapers for the information of the public. It is the sense of this board that at the proper time the general assembly shall be fully apprised of the disadvantages under which this investigation was mnrlA flmt thflv mav take such steps as may be deemed advisable. "The evidence that has been taken is, in the opinion of this board, insufficient to show that any officer or employe of the State dispensary has received rebates or commissions on sales to the dispensary, or to trace any money so received to the personal possession of any such officer or employe, or to prove that any such officer or employe has participated in such rebates or commissions.1' THE COMMITTEE'S RKPOKT. Here is the report of the official committee sent to Cincinnati: Columbia, S. C-, Oct. 7, 189G: To the State Board of Control: We, your committee appointed at your last meeting to go to Atlanta and Cincinnati to collect evidence against dispensary officials, if any there is, tending to show that rebates were improperly received, report: That we went to Atlanta, Ga, and there found that it was impossible to recover a damaging telegram said to nave oeeu seiu iruui mere tu vuujujiv sioner Mixson by his son in July. 95, as under the rules of the company, which is that all matter over six months old had been destroyed, if ever in existence. That we then proceeded to Cincinnati, and as a result present herewith a statement from the Peebles and Live Oak companies, who have been charged with paying rebates, which deserves but little comment at our hands. The officers and employes of those companies refused to discuss any of these matters with us except through their attorney; refused to allow a stenographic report of our interview with them, and refused to be bound by any verbal statement they might make. Their written statement amounts to little else than an advertisement for themselves, and without charging any body with wrong-doing, we respectfully suggest that the legislature is the only power in this State with sufficient authority to grapple with this matter and expose damaging facts if any exist. While in Cincinnati we approached other parties who had had dealings with the dispensary, but with unsatisfactory results. (Signed) L. J. Williams, Of the Board of Control. (Signed) Francis H. Weston, (5f the Legislative Committee. THE WHISKEY MKN'H LETTER. The following letter is the principal one of those referred to in the report: (Diet.) Cincinnati, Sept. 25th, 189G. Messrs. Williams and Weston, Committee of Investigation, Columbia, S. C.: Gentlemen?As we have made vou assurance that we would investigate all the matters you have made a trip to Cincinnati to look into, we now propose to put in writing the result of our investigations, concerning the affairs of the two undersigned companies - with the State of South Carolina. We are prompted to do this with a full appreciation of the importance of your visit, and with full knowledge that the people of South Carolina, through their properly constituted officials, are now investigating the conduct of some of the State officials, with a view of getting at exact justice, and right and truth. We write this statemant with the hope that you will fully understand the position of our two companies for fair dealing and honesty. The Joseph R, Peebles Sons Co. (undersigned), has been in business for 5G years. It has grown, to be a large private corporation with a capital stock as large as most of the large banks, and its a Hairs are managed by a board of directors. The Live Oak Distillery Co. is a similar private corporation, operated under the management of a board of directors, all of whom are gentlemen of integrity and high business reputa tion in this community, uotn 01 inese concerns have an aggregate capital of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) paid in, and have in their employ over 125 people. Of this number more than one half are sales people. Our business relations with the State dispensary of South Carolina has Eassed through the hands of a muner of these people. Now, gentlemen, we propose to say to you, and through you to the people of South Carolina, that if anything that is even slightly dishonest or tainted with corruption has been indulged in by any connivance of any employee and any ^ollicial of the State of South Carolina, we only wish to know who it is, as we cannot tolerato any such conduct on the part of any one connected with our business, whether in your State or any other Stale. We are aware of the fact that the Southern States have been industri ously drummed by a line of commer I ciai travelers, sumc ui wuum m ^ I sponsible. We are fully convinced of tliis fact; that no responsible estab lishment can do a large business through traveling salesmen without having imitators, and without having their reputation assailed at some lime or other. The undersigned two companies have both been successful and have sold to the State of South Carolina large quantities of high grade goods; uniformly at the lowest prices consistent vrith quality. We claim, without excention, that we have sold the State of South Carolina at the very lowest margin at which we could alFord to sell. If, in connection with this business and the desire to retain it, any one of the salesmen or employes or commission agents or brokers of the undersigned companies have made any mistakes we wish you gentlemen to consider that we have to be a little charitable with our employes, and that we do not charge our employes who are pushing the sale of our goods, with as higha degree of responsibility,provided they act honorably in all their dealings with our customers, and do not misrepresent tne quality 01 our gouus. A committee of our board has now advised that one of the members of the company, who is also a lawyer, give a thorough investigation to a great many of the matters we have from time to time learned from the South Carolina newspapers. We have ascertained the fact that Mr. Yost, who is one of the southern managers of the Live Oak Distillery company, did have personal interviews on one or two occasions with James W. Mixson, at Cincinnati, Ohio. You have asked us personally to procure any letters Mr. Yost is able to furnish. We now furnish, attached hereto, the two letters that Mr. Yost has been able to find, one dated April 29th, 1895, from James W. Mixson to our Mr. Yost, and the other dated M? v "iflth. 1895. to Mr. Yostandsigned by J. W. Mixson. Mr. Yost has also furnished us a letter from W. T. Mixson, dated Dec. 10th, 1895. Both of our two companies wish to have it distinctly understood that these letters were not known of by the -4her agents of the business, and that Mr. Yost distinctly states that it never occurred to him that any friendly relations that might be established with J. W. Mixson and W. T. Mixson might possibly be construed unfavorably by anybody in the State of South Carolina. You two gentlemen, as a committee, have requested us personally to ask Mr Yost about any interviews he ever had with either of the sons of F. M. Mixson. We have the statement from Mr. Yost and now give it to you?that 1? ?* ? ^ /waviOamoTi nil f TTTA Lie saw UUC Ui tucoc g&uuvmvu uu miu or three occasions at Cincinnati, and the other one possibly as many times at Cincinnati, Ohio. That without any thought as to any possible construction that might be placed upon it, and in entire innocence as to any improper suggestions he did consent to give a small brokerage commission to said two gentlemen. That each of said gentlemen approached him. We have the assurance of Mr. Yost that in neither of the interviews with either of the sons of F. M. Mixson did they promise or assure him that they would solicit business from their father. Mr. Yost also states that he was led to believe from conversations with others whose names he cannot recall that the business as conducted in the State of South Carolina enabled the t-rf 1 _*i i u t 4 I*sv uiuereni uispcnscra iu ran iui mo paiticular brands of goods they -wanted or that there was a demand for; that these demands of the various county dispensaries controlled the orders given by the main dispensary. Therefore, as the Live Oak Distillery Co. and the Joseph It. Peebles Sons' Co. had already established the scale of prices at which they were willing to sell the poods, and as the suggestion made by W. T. Mixson and James W. Mixson had nothing to do with a change of these prices Mr. Yost thought that by having brokers in the field to assist in creating a demand for the liquors or popularizing certain brands there would be no injustice to the State of South Carolina, even if said brokers were related to the commissioner. Upon the above theory the undersigned company feel very well assured that we are right in exonerating Mr. Yost, one of our representatives from any wrong intention or disposition to* ? j m r% ii. n. ii ward tne tttate 01 oouui Carolina or from any attempted corruption or bribery. We now state to you gentlemen the fact and assure you of its accuracy that the prices at which our goods were sold to the State of South Carolina were from 5 to 20 per cent, less for the same grades as sold by us to other large buyers throughout the United States. Your committee has asked these companies the questions in categorical form as to whether either of the undersigned companies have directly or indirectly made to any oflicer of the South Carolina dispensary, any rebates premiums, commissions, drawbacks, or other valuable considerations, since these companies have dealt with the Af HoMAlma uv\ fr\ 4lio rwoc. kJUllO KJL UUUL11 vaiuuua up IAS tuv MAW cnt time. Now, with the exception of pocket knives and other little advertising devices, which we send freely to any customer anywhere in the country ? we answer NO. We regret the absence from Cincinnati on account of illness of our Mr. Jos. F. Peebles. We cannot disturb Mr. Peebles during his illness. But :if there are any other points which you desire to have covered in correspondence if you will address the letter to either of the undersigned companies at Cincinnati you will rcceive frank, full and complete answers. Before closing this letter we wish to say to you, and through you to the gentlemen in South Carolina whom you represent, mat we appreciate me force of the request that you made? viz.: that you will be furnished with a stenographer and be allowed to question and take down in shorthand tho conversation, questions and answers made on your present visit and inves tigation at Cincinnati, Ohio. Various members of the undersigned companies, and in fact all the gentlemen you have personally met, were quite willing to do this But we have an attorney who is associated with the business of both companies and it is upon his advice that we prefer to answer these questions in the form we have. As the reputation of botn companies is high and we desire to keep it so, we do not desire to have our two companies made responsible for a ny mistakes in language or accidental blunders of the stenographers on matters that are of the greatest imporance to us. Besides an investigation that would be inquisitorial in its nature and touch* "nlnfonnJinolTT /lifTaront fmm 111^ UfHSU puxuw vuwiwj Uiuvtvuviiviii the matter under discussion would run on to great length and would be tedious and involve the time of some of our most valuable people. In truth we feel a great sympathy for the people of South Carolina if they have really been injured by any dishonest ollicers and we feel willing and free to help ferret it out to the bottom. Now we sincerely hope that justice will oe done to all. We cannot help any irregular investigation or one carried on in Cincinnati, that is really without strict authority of law. We hope that our letter, written jointly by both companies, will be received in the fair spirit in which it is offered. Respectfully submitted, The Live Oak Distillery Co., Thos. L. Lisnoden, Sec. The Jos. R. Peebles Sons' Co., II. L. Peebles, Soc. and Treas. A "llOY'S " LETTER. Another of the letters referred to reads as follows: Columbia, S. C., April 29, '95. Mr. John C. Yost, P. 0. B >x 301, Cincinnati. Ohio. Dear Sir: Your favor of the22 inst has been received. Referring to the injunction of Judge Goff restraining the State board of control and the State commissioner from interfering with liquor in transit, I beg to say that it aoes not affect the law at all. The return will be made on the 31 prox. Should anything "turn up" I will take pleasure in advising you as I shall be there for the next 10 days or thereabouts. I mean of course in the matter of effecting the law, that it does not effect the law itself. He may make the injunction permanent, but that will not effect the operation of the law in the remotest degree. I am indeed verv erlad that you are enioying your visit; to Central City and hope to see you over again when you can can find it convenient to come. I am also glad that your busines relations will be what you desire. I think my father regards your firm as one of the best, and for that reason he will do what he can for you. If at any time I cm be of any service to you address me, care of F. M. Mixson, Columbia. He will forward to me should I not be in the city. Allow me to thank you for the token mentioned in the first paragraph of your letter, I appreciate any favor, but really I never had an idea that you would do anything or tne mna, nor did I expect it. Again lhanking you, I ain, Very truly yours, J. W. Mixson. and another. Another of them reads thus: Columbia, S. C., Mav 10, 1895. Mr. J. W. Yost, 1\ O. Box 304, Cincinnati. Dear Sir: Your favor of the 30th of Aril, also package containing the "small token" has been received. Please accept many thanks for the same. It is bigly appreciated by me. I would have acknowledged receipt earlier but waited until the de cision in the dispensary case was rendered. I knew that you were interested in the matter. The injunction reierrea 10 in my letter to you was made permanent, though as stated in that letter it does not effect the question of the law in the remotest manner. Of course it may in a certain extent effect the sales of t&e dispensers, though I have no idea that it is as bad as some of the citizens of the State are inclined (and who would do anything to injure the law, no matter what) to'believe. It is probable that a case will be made out and taken to the United States supreme court on habeas corpus proceedings, and have that section of the law finally decided and disposed of. Will let you hear from ine in case anything new arises. Againg thanking you and hoping ttiat l may reciprocate your tinuness, I am, Very truly yours, J. W. Mixson. the last ok tiiem. The other letter referred to reads thus: Columbia, S. C., Sept. 10, 1805. Mr. John C. Yost. Louisville, Ky. Dear Sir: My father, Col. F. M. Mixson, received a lot of those "Live Oak" pccket knives and distributed them among the members of the Constitutional Convention, but I not being a member, failed to get one, and write to ask if you will send me about half a dozen. I will keep one myself anil d istribute the balance judiciously. Very truly yours, W. T. Mixson. tiiat telegram. Chairman Jones, acting upon authority of the board, made every efsort to get the telegram referred to in the recent testimony. This telegram from the superintendent to the manager of the Columbia oilice shows with what success his elForts were crowned: Richmond, Va , Sept. 17. Gray, Columbia, S. C.: There is nn rineeiKlo fVinTlf'ft if? CTP.t f.hft mPSSacfi you refer to. All of our business for '95 up to and including first seven months of this year is destroyed in accordance with the telegraph company's rules. J. B. Trek, Superintendent. Jlrokeu Harneun Costs a Life. Bennettsville, October 3.?Mr. Younger Adams, a highly respected citi/.en of this county, met with au accident today which cost him his life. He and his nephew were coming to town in a bug?y; his nephew doing the driving. When they reached the edge of town and were driving down a small hill, the breeching of the harness broke and the buggy ran on the U rtonoirnf if in mi n AT i* ArlnrriQ 11VJ1 V/UU'jiu-, IU k v A MU? aui ? ? n- - , attempted to jump out, and in jumping his foot caught in the wheel, which turned his body and threw him on his head and shoulders, the back of his head striking the hard clay ground. Medical aid was immediately sum moneil but the case was hopeless. The accident occurred about 12 o'clock and an hour afterwards Mr. Adams died. Death was caused by internal fracture of the skull and cerebral hemoragfe. Statr\ 1 BRYAN OUT WEST. GREETED BY THE LARGEST CROWDS EVER SEEN IN THIS COUNTRY. Farmer Republicans .Join tlie ^Thousand* Welcoming tlie Candidate?Ilarrlaon't , and McKinley's Kndornement8 or Sllvei *>uotod l>y Ilryan. Chicago, Oct. 7.?Mr.Bryan crossed the Indiana line into Illinois at 9 o'clock this evening. lie entered the Hoosier State at 7 o'clock yesterday morning. In thirty-eight hours he stood face to face with 375,000 persons, of whom 300,000 were voters. Counted with those whom he addressed in his short tour through the State earlier in thp pflmnai^n. and the large audi' ences which heard him on Saturday when he was on his way to St. Louis, and it is clear that a majority of the voters in Indiana have seen and heard the Democratic candidate. The wondeiful West Virginia campaign is eclipsed. That the visit has had a marked etFect is evident. Throughout the State a net Democratic gain from the Republican farmers in the silver issue can be shown of 150 to a county. These are open and avowed. Thfiv arfi the forerunners of a mighty stream which will widen and deepen until election day. In some counties, especially in the southern sections, the change is as marked and significant as in Southern Illinois, where the Republican party is dismembered and the Hanna-Tanner machine a skeleton without flesh or blood. Indianapolis, the hotbed and birthplace of the socallcd National Democratic party, gave Mr. Bryan the largest attendance of any city in the country save Chicago on Labor D?y. South of the old National road the Democracy is gaining by bounds. If the Republicans are to save the State it will have to be in the gas belt, where the protection sentiment is strong. But striking the gas belt to-day gives the Democrats good reason for believ ing that serious inroads may be made into the Republican strongholds. Leaving Indianapolis at 8 o'clock this mnrninc Mr. Brvan found six thous and persons awaiting him at Noblesville, and every man on the platform was a former Republican. Many had voted for Lincoln. They were headed by former Congressman Evans, who as a Republican had voted for the Bland bill. At Tipton the gathering ran up to 12,000. Kokoma had barely 2,000, and Logansport a goodly 25,000. In each instance the crowds were the largest ever gathered at the places. Farm wacrons by the acre could be seen in the outskirts, and farmers were the most enthusiastic and earnest of the auditors. The largest meeting of all was at Hammond, just across the State line from Chicago. Here the large stock yards and manufacturing plants employ thousands of workingmen. The meeting was delayed until after 7 p. m. to give the workingmen a chance to get to the place. Tremendous delegations came in from Pull man and from the neighboring towns. There wer6 not less than 35,000 persons to greet the candidate. It was difficult to make an accurate estimate on account of the darkness. Some judges placed the figures at 50,000. a striking comparison. Burlington, la., Oct. 8.?Wm. J. ~ * " 1.? k.kp; Jirvan arriveu in rmruugiuu ^ u *uu this morning. A local reception committee of 200 escorted Mr. Bryan to the resilience of John J. Seerley, a colleague of Mr. Bryan in Congress, where he breakfasted. At lO^o'clock the procession started for Crapo Park, where the Coliseum, in which Mr. Bryan sgoke is located. The parade was an imposing one. It was headed by a platoon of mounted police, and then came the Citizens Band, followed by the carriage in which the nominee was seated. Behind, in regular order, followed an escort of women on horse^ back, a ^cavalcade of horsemen and eleven more bands, including the Tauto Sfafft Band, sandwiched between various silver marching clubs. At 11 o'clock the lirst speech of the day was in the Coliseum building, a gigantic affair erected for the semicentennial of Iowa's admission to the Union of States. The crowd was limited to one side of the building and was enthusiastic to a great degree. There were several minutes of cheering and applause on Mr. Bryan's arrival' and when he started to speak another great ovation was given him. In the course of his speech Mr. Bryan was interrupted by a man calling ' ? Ti ^ t lor cneers ior aicnamoy lb >Y CVO iUVI with hisses, and Mr. Bryan said: "My friends, I beg you to restrain from any manifestations of displeasure. I am glad to have that man here who is in favor of my opponent. I only hope that there are many such, because it is to such persons that I desire to express my remarks. (Cheering and applause.) My friend has declar ed his preference for McKinley. I want to ask him which man he is for ?the McKinley of 1890 or the McKinley of 189G? (Long cheering.) "Let me read you what Mr. McKinley said in 1890, when he was advocating the Sherman law, which added to the volume of the nation's money. Ha said in that speech: 'But all agree mat we must nave ? larger yuiuiuo yjL money, and that the added volume shall be silver or its equivalent based on silver.' At that time we were putting iuto circulation about $24,000,000 a year under the Bland Act, and Mr. McKinley advocated the Sherman Act on the ground that it would increase the amount of money to be put in circulation among the people. Let me read you what he said then: 'We propose to give to the country what gentlemen upon the other side of the house could not do, and what they did not dare to do for four years. We propose to give to the country a silver bill that will take all of the silver, practically, of the United States and mob-o if available for the use of the people.' "Again he said: 'So, Mr. Speaker, this bill is just to the silver producers of the United States, for it does what the present law, as demonstated by every administration for ten years, has not done. It takes every dollar of silver bullion that is purchased in otntnr. onii nlofpq if. at lhf> Lilt) UL1XICU UWtCi3 ?uu disposal of the people as money.' "And again he said: 'I will not vote against this bill and thus deprive my people and my country and the laborers and producers and the industries of my country of thirty million annually of additional circulating me dium. "In 1890 Mr. McKinley declared i that in the interests of his country, in the interest of producers, in the interests of the industries of his country, in the interest of labor, he would vote to add to the increase ol $24,000,000, an additional increase of i $30,000,000. That was the McKinley of 1890. Let me read you the McKinley of 189C: 'It is not more money we want. What we want is to put all 1 the monev we have already at work.' i "In 1890, when he advocated more money, we already added $21,000,000 to the circulation each year. This year we have no such provission. We have repealed the Sherman law j and Bland Act, and made no provision to utilize silver, no provision to 1 add to the currency by the increase in our silver money, ana yei me currency 1 is decresasing and we have decreased the money in circu'ation in the last two years by $ 150,000,000; and yet, when money is decreasing instead of increasing the same Mr. McKinley who wanted more money in 1890 tells you now that it is not more money we need, but to put the money we already 1 have at work. Which does my friend favor?the McKinley of 1890, who wanted more money, or the McKinley 1 of 1890? (Great applause and cries of ' "1890.") "More than that; he said in 1891, in ; a speech made at Toledo, O., that Mr. nievfiland had been discriminating against silver, had been trying to de^ . 'grade it, had been trying to contract the currency, and that by lessening the currency he made money dearer by making it scarcer, and money the master and all things else the servants. If it was wrong for Mr. Cleveland to ! make money dear by making it scarce and money the master and all things 1 else the servant, is it right for McKinley to try to make money the master and all things else the servant? (A.p! plause and cries of "No.") My friends, we can support our cause bp appealing to Republican testimony. We can support every contention we make 1 by quoting Republican authorities, and therefore Republicans who come 1 to us in this campaign do not change 1 their convictions; they simply change their party name when their party has 1 abandoned the position they used to occupy and now demands that you shall surrender trie convictions oi a lifetime. 4 'Somebody may feel like cheering for ex-President Harrison. If so 1 will read what he said. Ei-President Harrison sent a message to Congress on the first of December, in 1890. You will remember that in 1890 they passed what was known as the Sherman law, which provided for the purchase of four million ounces of silver each year. After the passage of that bill the price of silver went up, and aa the {trice of silver went up prices generaly began to rise, and on the 1st of December Mr. Harrison, then President, sent to Congress a message from whip.h T rftfld the folio winor extract: , 'The enlargement of our currency by the silver bullion undoubtedly gave 1 an upward tendency to trade and had | a marked effect on prices, but this natural and decided effect of the silver legislation was by many erroneously attributed to the tariff Act." ilMr. Harrison said .that the passage of that silver bill 'undoubtedly gave an upward tendency to trade and had a marked effect on prices.' You tell 1 us that we cannot raise the value of silver by law. I point you to that law 1 which was not as broad as the one 1 which we propose I point you to a limited use of silver, not an unlimited one like we propose, and, accarding to the President, it gave an upward tendency to tne market and had a marked effect on prices. And then he turned - 1 1 1_?J iL mma ?oHmi 1 &UCI F60UKCU IUU2IO Wu\J xiavi aituvubvu this to the tariff Act, and told them it was due, not to tar ill' legislation, but to silver legislation. (Applause.) Here, my friends, isaulhority that silver legislation will do just what we ? claim it will do. More than this: Mr. Harrison says that that was not only the natural effect but the desired effect of such legislation. Now they 1 tell us that they do not want prices to rise, for fear the laboring man's wages would not go so far, and then they said it was a desired effect. "Since when, my friends, has this effect became undesirable? Since the money changers wrote a Republican ' pla*,from that compels every lleDubli can to silenca the voice or ins conscience. (Applause.) The arguments 1 which you hear today are arguments manufactured to support a platform that in your hearts you Republicans of Iowa are ashamed to own." (Applause.) Later on, a voice asked, "How about Grover?" and Mr. Rryan said: "We are not talking about him now. Since our Republican friends came to ' the support of the administration we have not found it necessary to say anything about it." After the Coliseum speech Mr. Bryan spoke twice from the carriage, aski ing the people to study the question of finance and to make their silver speech on election day. There 1 4 Aof were uni ibw jjcujjid au tut <*<, Burlington to see the nominee oil", and those who were there were not demonstrative. Between Burlington and Cedar Rapids three short stops were made, they being at Columbus Junction, Nichols and West Liberty, where the candidate gave short speeches on the the same lines followed by him in 1 his former platform speeches. 1 Cedar Rapids was reached shortly after 4 o'clock, and the local committee escorted Mr. Bryan and his party in | carriages to the baseball park, near the outskirts of the city, where he addressed a large crowd. At Bellefontaine some cheers for McKinley were given by a few of the large crowd ot farmers gathered about the train, when that i station was reached. The enthusiasm however, was 011 his side and the cheers for McKinley served as a stimulus to the admirers of the Democratic nominee for furthereffortin thecheer1 ing line. Marshalltown was reached at 7:20, and Mr. Bryan made two 1 speeches here, the first in a lage tent ' erected in a public square in the center of the city and the sec3nd intheOiean Theatre. Big crowds greeted him ' at both meetings and the enthusiasm was the most marked of the day. Fatal Boiler Explosion. Danville, Pa., Oct. 8.?A boiler exploded this evening in the big roll;-~ ?v,;n<5 liora nnrnpfl Kv fhf> Philadel' lllg UilllO uviw VII uvv* WJ phia and Heading Railroad company and occupied by the Reading Iron comi pany. One man and a baby was killed and thirteen men hurt, six of them . seriously. The furnace was not in use and brick layers were repairing it. i The boiler was lifted by the force of the explosion from its bed through tiio mill wall and llvinc across the street, crashed through the frail walls of an Hungarian boarding house, killing the baby. The cause of the . explosion cannot ho determined tonight. The damage to the mill will reach $5,000. Poisonous Flali. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 6.?Twentj five cases of poisoning from eatin, smoked whitefish have been report? from Merrill, where two deaths hay occurred. In this city four more cas es are reported to-day. Something c a r?anir? has hp.ftn nrnduced bv those rt ports, following so closely upon th wholesale poisoning at Concordia co] lege in this city and of 50 people a Oshkosh. The health cornmissione has caused an analysis to be made o some lish eaten at the college. Oi the east shore of Lake Winneba go 20 additional cases are reported. It In Said That of all the diseases thataffec mankind, diseases of the kidneys an the most dangerous and fatal. If thi; Ua on linnr imnni?fonf if 10 4 h< IAJ Ol/j uvn AIM J/Ul M4IIU 4 1# Ad bUUb bu kidneys be kept in a healthy condi tion. The use of Hilton's Life for th Liver and Kidneys will do this. It i the "ounce of prevention" in thes troubles, The trustworthy cure for tho Whiskey Opium, Morphine and Tobacco Habits For further Information address Th Keeley Institute, or Drawer 27, Columbia i C. A BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY doesn't always mean a chance to get work, it's a business opportunity to have a chance to save money on the necessities of life. 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