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THEY ARE WITH US. j GERMANY'S BIMETALLISTS DESIRE BRYAN'S ELECTION. I It la the Flrnt Step to an International Apreemeut- Mr. Mortou Kratten Frlntu an Important Interview With l)r. Arendt. Chicago. Oct.. 18.?While at the recent Buda-l'esth exposition, Mr. Morton Frewen, the distinguished English bimttallist, had a conference with Mr. Otto Arendt, the distinguished German bimetallist, who recently declared, through the New York Journal, that tho independent action of this country in adopting fr;e coinage would have a marked etl'ect in fore ing international action. After leaving Buda Pesth, Mr. Frewen wrote out his interview with I [err Arendi, and mailed it to the latter for revision. Mr. Frewen left London less than a month ago for America and is now in Chicago. He received this morning a communication from llerr Arendt iuclosing the latter s revision of the Buda-1'esth interview which ' is as follows: "IIow do you explain that you wrote in The North American Keview in opposition to free silver and but recently, in the New York Journal, in support of Mr. Bryan?" "I am glad you ask me the question, because numerous letters from the United States prove to me that my attitude was not understood on the other sine, ai leasi a uu/.eu correspondents think that the 'wicked silverites' have committed a forgery and that the letter in The Journal was never written by me at all! This is particularly the case with those who have seen only extracts. My position is this. Last spring I hoped and believed that while both parties would declare against free silver, both would be for energetic action in favor of international bimetallism. I assumed too confidently that the Republican party would particularly favor such action, and that at the St. Louis convention the idea of Senator Cameron and Speaker Reed would be included in the platform; namely that by a combination of the currency and tariff issues there would be offered a a more favorable tariff to such nation as would open their mints to the free coinage of both the metals. But instead of this, at St. Louis, the Be * _ i i..i _i publican party surrenuereu aosoiuieiy to pressure from Wall street. Thus bimetallism received a deadly blow, and the single gold standard was specifically indorsed, with only some meaningless verbiage, as to something to be done when other nations were ready to do it. The St. Louis action, as we over here view it, was a radically fresh departure, and as such it has been hailed with delight by the professional monometallist press of New York?by such papers as The Sun and The Post. It represents the very worst elements of reaction?the old absurd determination to 'do nothing without England.' Thisjis the stock argument of the men in Europe who want gold monopolism?not of the men who desire any form of currency reform. "I affirm," said Dr. Arendt, "that the St Louis platform is radical and reactionary for this reason: Those who constructed it are the men who would decline emphatically to do anything unless England did everything. That was not formerly the attitude of the United States. At the monetary conference of 1881, the American representatives, declared that bimetallism ?-ii- *1 ?~i:? Willi llltJ UU"Upcr?LlUJLL \JL 1'iautg auu Germany, was all that was required. Under all the circumstances, I believe that any active bimetallic policy in the United States with McKinley as President is extremely improbable. The New York money power which supplies his campaign funds will demand in return a gold policy?on the principle 'to the victor belong the u spoils/ Presently your farmers in America, and, after all, they are the backbone of your nation, will have too little left [to] recruit this spoils policy any longer; and then, through a depth of suffering, reform will come." i "So that, Dr. Arendt, it is your I view, that while free silver is less dejk sir&ble than a wide bimetallic union, yet that it is a lesser evil than a permanent gold standard?" "Exactly, I should vote for Mr. Bryan were I in American, because I regard the alliance of Wall street and McKinley omnious of great disaster impending. The issue is not so much lor or against iree silver, as lor or against a fresh exploitation of the people by the larger capitalists class. "And," continued Dr. Arendt, "while I expect nothing in the way of bimetallism from Mclvinley, I think that Bryan's victory must keep international bimetallism to the front. Should silver rise to the parity, and stay there, the problem is solved, should silver continue, as I believe it will, to fluctuate around some point V?. considerably below the paritv, then the economic dilliculty in Europe, the gold premium?that barrier to all that Europe exports to America- will be so formidable that some action will be secured in Europe to solve the question forever." 'And what do you think of the methods of fighting on both side ?" "There, again, I find a strong argument for supporting liryan. The Jtepublican press is shouting for 'sounil money,''honest money,' is denouncing free silver as 'repudiation.' Why. these are the very lying arguments into America from the European gold fanatics. This is the exact style of vituperation with which we in international bimetal lists are assailed every day in Europe. If the 'gold party' win by employing such argument and such methods, then they will afterwards surely endeavor to secure the lasting acceptance of the gold standard." "Do you think, then that the fail ure 01 tne present iree coinage inovei ment will result in throwing the Unit^ ? ed States forever upon the gold staudW ardr" "No! Because looking at the imW mense indebtedness of tho United F States, I do not think the gold stand ard is possible; but instead of the issue of legal tender silver, 1 should dread that under McKinley the country Sjg^^ mav be forced upon a paper basis. SbBMI Either that will happen, or else after am a series of further loans and years of ^^^Htdepression, much of the present load of debt?railway capital and other inH dustrial investments held by Europe|T an investors, will be rubbed oil' by A the insolvency of American corporaII tions. I suppose a good deal of debt has already fallen overboard in this way. Indeed, there can be no ques f t tion but that this is'so; UrtTincompara tive failure of ^credit in.Ainerica shows that." ^ "Do you not suppose that credit within the United States may as we are told, have col lapsed because of the silver agitation ?" "No. I do not think so. You sec, that during the past few years, the countries with depreciating currencies, snnh as Russia. India, and eveuAr gentine, six years ago bankrupt that these countries have improved their credit in the markets of Europe very materially." "Do you think that freo coinage will bring the dollar to 50 cents?" "That is a statement so fantastic, and even wicked, that it must lose Mr. McKinley :nany votes. As a foot rule is 12 inches long so, also, is a dollar 1U0 cents; the terms are identical. What the phrase means is something quiteditl'erent;it mean that Ihe purchasing power of the silver dollar after free coinage will fall by 50 per cent, in other words, that prices of commodities will double. Of course this is not true either. If the rise in silver is to involve any such rise in good prices, then the converse must also be true, namely that the fall in silver has brought about the present great fall in gold prices. In other words, that because of the fall in silver we are now using a 200 cent dollar?a dollar which buys twice as much as 20 years ago. But as far as the workingman is concerned, it is to be rempmlwrftd that his daily exnanses are to a high degree constant. It is only wholesale prices which iluctuate violently. In the wholesale markets prices have fallen increasingly, and in these markets a rise would be the salvation of the producing classes. "You will admit," said Dr. Arendt, "that all history shows that the welfare of the working classcs does not depend upon the price of bread, but upon the demand for their labor. If prices rise, of course the demand for labor increases; falling prices are ever followed by a decline of industrial enterprises. From Russia, for example, the very home of low prices, laborers are now migrating to Germany, where prices are higher. Again, from our eastern provinces m uermauy, wuero the cost of living is extremely low, the human stream Hows westward, even though living in western Germany is dearer. The cost of Jiving in the United States is far higher than in Italy, still the American workingman does not emigrate to Italy. On the contrary, it is the Italian who emigrates to the United States. There is something unreal and shadowy about this working class argument. Labor gets its tolerably regular percentage of all the wealth produced. If more wealth is produced in America, then, with free coinage, the working classes will get more of it. And free coinage, which will of course raise the price of silver, and thus raise the exchange rates witJi all Asia, will lirmly establish many productive industries, the existence of which in America, and their transference to Asia is seriously threatened by the present iow price of silver. The especial money of the working classes is silver money; and to prevaricate, to shullle and to frame thories that this money should be kept 'destandardized,' as today, in order to protect that class which re] ceives its wages in silvor?such theories are a disgrace to those who continue to employ them in the face of all the facts. "And, Dr. Arendt," said his interviewer, "what effect has the nomination of Mr. Bryan on a free coinage platform had in Germany?" "Of course, the moral effect cf such a nomination has been very great; it came at a time when we in Germany had almost ceased to look for it. Were the German agricultural population resident in the United States, our aggragrian class would almost to a man vote for Mr. Bryan. I have seen it stated in an American paper that were America to go to free coinage, Germany would take advantage of this to sell the United States her mass of legal tender silver thalers. Such a statement is ridiculous. The German agragrian party is in a position of great strength, and would not tolerate any such operation for a moment. No ministry adopling any such policy could carry it through; indeed, its only supporters would be the social Democrats and a handful of such politicians as Bamberger and Barth. Our parliament would refuse to vote a bill to make such sales by an overwhelm ing majority. You haye seen what the opinion of the agrarian leaders is here at Buda-Pesth. When the choice left to governments is between bankers, stock exchange brokers and farmers, the farmers, must in the end carry the day. The nation may get on without Wall street, but it cannot sacrifice its farm population. In every country the opposition of the anarchists and the social Democrats will have to be met by the forces of a united agriculture. Mr. Bryan's victory will prove one thing to Europe?that by union the weak become strong, and tnat although it is infinitely difficult to combine Democrats, yet that it is not altogether impossible. Mr. McKinley has elected to stand beside the money of the country and Mr. Bryan by the men. There is an old proverb, "Tell me with whom you associate, and 1 will tell you who you are.1" Killed l>y a lloml>. New York,Oct. Hamlin J. Andrews, President of the Arlington Chemical Company of Yon Iters, was killed today by the explosion of a bomb in his oflice. lie was alone when the tngedy occurrcil. Who placed the boinh in the ollice or whom it was intended to kill is not known. John Andrews, a brother of the victim, was generally the first to enter the ollice and, as the dead man was very well liked, it is conjectured that the brother was the ono whose life was d'-sirrd. UK WAS MUKI >KRKI>. Yonkkks, N. Y., < >ct. 23. -The mystery surrounding the violent death of Uamlin J . Andrews, Secretary of the Arlington Chemical Company of this city, who was blown to pieces while in his ollice at (10 Palisade avenue yes terday morning, seems to be so far solved as to determine that Andrews was the victim of a murderer. At first it was supposed that he either lost his life while experimenting, or was killed by the explosion of a bomb attachment Lo his safe, intended for a burglar trap. Today, however, an electric battery was found in the cellar beneath the scene of the explosion which was connected with wires running up through t..~ Moor under Andrew's desk. The theory now is that some enemy put an infernal machine in the ollice and set it oil- from the outside of the building when Andrews was alono. A STRONG APPEAL. MR. BRYAN'S ELECTION MUST BE PUT ABOVE PARTY. Thin In What Colonel Norton, the Middle of tho Road I*0]iullHt Cmidldnte for President. piiiyn- A Strong Appeal to IIIm Folio werH. Washington, Oct. 21.?-Colonel S. F. Norton, of Illinois, who was the candidate of the Middle-of-the Road Populists at the St. Louis convention, 1 l~ T)..41^_ iL. lias wnueu iu vnairiiiitu A>uuer me following communication: Chicago, Oct. 15, 1896. Hon. Marion Butler, Chairman People's Party Committee: Dear Sir: However much Populists may have differed at St. Louis as to the correct policy to adopt; however much some of us may still believe that mistakes were made, under existing circumstances, there is only one course to pursue, and that is to loyally and earnestly support Mj\ Bryan?not so much for the sake of elevating him to the Presidenc7 as for the purpose of defeating what may be appropriately and most expressively termed Mark ( 3 [anna Republicanism. Although some of us regret certain fusion arrangements which have been made, it is a noticeable fact that no other man in the United States is so much troubled about it as the manager of the Repub- | lican campaign. 1 never realized before how highly Republicans have always respected and honored the Populist party, "till I fused with the Dem- , -i~ " Tf AAMNAlAi?AVt id ocrais. jli <auty wuavjkxiuju. 10 agouuvij however, for this loss of Republican esteem, it may be found in the fact that Messrs. Cleveland, Carlisle and Palmer have become the legatees : thereof. Our political allies in this campaign may not have treated us fairly and justly as they ought, in the matter of 1 representation of Vice Presidential electors; and this seems to be the chief cause of complaint, for I have yet to meet with a Populist who does not admit that Bryan is the ablest and most i fearless champion of reform principles : that reformers themselves have chosen in the last twenty years. It is an ; event in history to find a man backed by more than four million voters, who has the patriotism and courage to stand up front-faced before the combined money powers of the world and hurl in their teeth the bummer words of defiance: "You shall not crucify mankind on the cross of gold." Mistakes may have been made and injustice may have been done, especially ' in the Southern States where the flower of the Populist army is to be found, but this is not the time to settle accounts, adjust wrongs, discuss < dill'erences or to correct mistakes. : We are in the face of the enemy, 1 we are upon the field of battle, the welfare of our country is at stake, a sacred cause is trembling in the balance, our opponents are dangerously well equipped and thoroughly organized, and the contest is fierce and relentless; all personalities should therefore be suppressed, all personal grievances should be forgotten, and all minor dilTerences should be deferred till the battle is won or lost. Every gun should be turned upon the common enemy. Whether Mr. Bryan is a Populist or not, one thing is absolutely certain, every enemy which reformers have encountered during the last twenty years we find today among his bitterest and most relentless opponents. Every monopolistic corporation, every oppressor of labor, every land grab ber, every trust and combine, every robber syndicate, every millionaire, stock jobber, every subsidized news- ( paper, every well paid corporation lawyer, millionaire coal baron, every shylock creditor and every plunderer of the world's wealth-producers?all of these old time enemies whom reformers have met on so many battlefields, are today Mr. Bryan's enemies. , If they are his enemies he must be our friend. His success is their defeat; their defeat is our victory. We, the pioneer workers, have all ( fondly hoped that we might, have the satisfaction and the glory of carrying to victory the time-honored and battle scarred Hag of reform which the old guard has held aloft so bravely and hornipnllir all flipcft Inntr tpvine' Vfiflrs. " J O / J and anxious solicitude as to the outcome may be excusable. But let us not be unnecsssarily alarmed about ; the future of the reform movement. It has passed the danger point. It is capable of taking care of itself under any and all circumstances. Traitors , cannot betray it; time-servers cannot < sell it out; injudicious friends cannot destroy it; defeat cannot demoralize it; its opponents however powerful and crafty, cannot crush it; even the , gates of hell cannot prevail against it. For twenty years, although subjected to all the dangerous pitfalls, perils and quicksand incident to the development of a new party, it has grown to be the greatest factor in the arena of American politics today. And if T KpItpxta fhnt. Mi\ l.rvan will not be slow to recognize this fact, anil that he will soon learn to rely upon the counsels and support of the new party which has revolutionized the politics of the country, forced to the front new and vital issues and made it possible for the peo pie,instead of oilioe-!?eelring politicians to plac3 a champion of progressive ideas at the head of Government. I believe that lie will appreciate the fact that we have placed in the hollow of his hand not only the unselfish hopes and patriotic aspirations of the Populist party, but the most sacred cause that was ever enturstcd to living man, and that he will not betray the trust. ; In conclusion, permit me to say ; that if my twontv years of worlc entitles me to the confidence of my coworkers, let me ask them, to lay aside every other consideration and help elect Mr. Bryan ?not for his sake, but for the sake of the principles which wo all hold dear ami sacred. If success is achieved the Populist paity can never, bo denied the glory of the , victory. If defeat awaits us. and our standard bearer falls, let thero be no Populist arrows found either in his breast or in his back. Let the responsibility rest upon other shoulders than our own. Sincerely yours. s. f. Norton. It Ih Sold That of all the diseases that aU'ect mankind, diseases of the kidneys are the most dangerous and fatal, if this be so, how important it is that the kidneys be kept in a healthy condition ." The use of Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys will do this. It is Uift ''mmnn #-?f nrowpnlinn" in these troubles, I TWO ARE DEAD; OTHERS DYING. Pitched Battle Iietweeu a Florida White Man and Ills Negro Employee. Pknsacola, Fla., Oct. 23.?Singlehanded, J. M. Craigler, manager of the Hogoeman Lumber Company, fought a pitched battle late yesterday afternoon at Hagerman Lumber Company, fought a Chipley, on the Pensacola and Atlantic railroad, with a mob of turpentine negroes, killing two of them, Amos Jshnson and John Alexander, instantly, and wounding a number of other, four of whom, An* drew miner, iiour^ ouiipsuu, (juuii Nobles and Albert Sesson, will die from their wounds. The bloody battle has created the wildest excitement in that section ever known. All the negroes in the vicin ity of Chipley and Hagerman'a station have sought cover, and the surviving members of the party that went up against Craigler and his Winchester, have completely disappeared. The white people of that section have taken down their rifles and are preparing for a race war, which seems imminent in view of their aroused condition. Hundreds of people are flocking to the scene, and with each succeeding hour, the turmoil seems to increase. The encounter was one of the bloodiest in thft histnrv nf tho State, and. accord ing to all reports, entirely unprovoked. Craigler was in charge of the Hagerman Lumber company's saw mill, and reprimanded one of the hands for idleness. The negro snatched up a rifle and fired on him, and the other darkies abandoned their work and secured their weapons with an alacrity that hinted of pre-arrangement, Craigler retreated to the office amid a perfect storm of bullets, but reached it unscathed. He barricaded himself and secured his own Winchester. By this time the negroes had surrounded the building. They were howling like fiends, and shooting so rapidly that Craigler was forced to lie flat on the floor to escape the dozens of rifie balls that pierced the thin weather boarding like pasteboard. After the first volley, he rose up, and flinging open the door, took a snap shot at John Alexander, putting the bullet squarely between the negro's eyes. The mob concentrated their fire on him, but shot wildly, and in another instant he had sent John Alexander into eternity and mortally wounded Ilenry Simpson and Andrew Miller. Craigler dashed to the rear of the building and drove them back, mortally wounding Jack Nobles. The others charged from the front and Craigler ran to the open door and fatally shot the leader, Albert Lessson. At this juncture the Pensacola and Atlanta train came aloncr. and the crew and passengers, their attention attracted bv the yells and shots, saw Uraigler's desperate plight,and rushed to his rescue. The negroes broke and lied, leaving their dead and dying where they had fallen. ' The news of the affair spread like wild-fire, and from their little homes in the hammocks and pine thickets the white natives of the section began to emerge. In an incredibly short space of time a multitude of wildly excited men, armed to the teeth gathered. They were bent on vengeance, but the negroes had made good their escape. Two hundred and twenty-five bullet holes were counted in the house?Atlanta Journal. SPIES OfTTRAITORS. Men In tlie Confidence of Cubans in Florida Betrays Them. xtr't.'qrivvri t it Hoi. 9-1 ?Nn nffimal report has been received by Collector of Customs C. R. Busbee of the firing on and capture of the alleged Cuban filibustering tugs Dauntless and R. L. Mabey off Jupiter inlet yesterday morning by the United States cruiser Raleigh. The revenue cutter Boutwell left Jacksonville for the St. John's bar this morning to take charge of the Dauntless and escort her to the quarantine station at Fernandina where she will be fumigated and afterwards brought to this port and delivered to the United States authorities. The tug R. L. Mabey, which was also captured, did not reach the bar last night, as she is much slower than the Dauntless and the Raleigh. The Mabey arrived, however, early today in charge of a prize crew from the Raleigh and will be brought to Jack; sonville and delivered to the United States authorities. The crusier Raleigh left for the South this morning. It is said she is going to Turtle Harbor to discover, if possible, the island, on which it is said the Cubans have stored quantities of arms and ammunition. The firing on and the seizure of the Dauntless and Mabey has caused indignation here and is regarded as high-handed on the part of Captain Miller of the Kaleigh. Neither the Dauntless nor the Mabey had arms on board. The Dauntless had only her regular crew and the Mabey had on board a cargo of coal. The coal was possibly intended for the Dauntless, but she had a right to take on board fuel. It is not believed that the government can do anything with either vessel and their seizure is regarded as simply another case of catering to Spain on the part of the administration at Washington. The disastrous ending of the proposed expidition to aid the Cuban insurgents before it had really gotten under way was the subject of discus sion today, and threats of vengeance against the traitor who had informed the ollicials of the plans were heard in several instances. The governmentoflicials in this city were fully informed of every detail and even knew where the arms and ammunition were shipped and when the Cuban leaders and the men to w.nl,n i U lo.fi Tl.o 1I1UIVU up mil C-\ JJUUllllJU inn iicir,. auk.Mabey's connection with the expedition was known and it was deemed time to act. Accordingly a dispatch was sent to the commander of the Newark by an ollicial having the authority to direct the movements of the cruiser. According to the information furnished by the spy or traitor, the Dauntless was to have taken on two cargocs of coal and then the arms and ammunition. This was to have been done during Tuesday night, and she should have been away from the New Smyrna bar before daylight Wednesday morning. Why no attempt was made to deliver the first cargo of coal i'i * itf i i i _ unin sunrise weunesuay morning is not known, but the delay proved for the best, as no arms were found on either the Mabey or the Dauntless when the steamers were captured. The name of the traitor is not known, or at ioast has not been made public, but if lie is discovered it will not be healthy for him. Who are Anarchists? Not content with endeavoring to force free American citizens to vote 1 against iheir own personal convictions, 1 the Republicans, if Edward Lauter- j bach, chairman of the Republican 1 County Committee of New York, is to ! be taken seriously, contemplate force \ to prevent the seating of Mr. Bryan i should he be elected. No other mean* ing can be taken from Mr. Lauter- < bach's language during a speech he ] made last Saturday night in New York City. Speaking of the pension 1 question, and alleging that in case of < the triumph of the Democrats pensions ! would b8 cut off, he went on to say: I "You are lighting today for just 1 as important a principle as did those < brave men in '61; but it is a bloodless 1 fight. No blood will be shed?at least < not yet; but if they attempt to subvert 1 your Supreme Court, if they should cnpnaa/1 Wtt q n tt /ihnrt/ia i'm i?*\ i i?j auj viiau^g i u iuioblli)^ up J on you the horrible doctrines -anar- 1 chistic, socialistic and communistic? which fie platform adopted by the Populist convention contains, we will not abide by that decision." On Monday, after having had time to consider his words, Mr. Lauterbach concluded to modify them somewhat. He alleged that he said "We 'may' not abide by that decision," instead of < "We 'will' not." The stenographer i insists, however, that he said "will not." The change is not really mate- . rial, taken in connection with his entire speech. Iiepeatedly Mr. Lauterbach referred to the Southern representatives in Congress as "that Southern gang," and to the Western silver men as "that Populistic brood." He also characterized the framers of the Chicago platform as "devils", and the platform itself as "infamous, dishon orabie ana anarcnistic." It is true that Mr. Lauterbach has not much influence or weight outside of New York City, and probably not a great deal there, but his position as chairman of the Republican Committee adds to the fores of his words. These words constitute a positive threat of revolution; they express a desire not to abide by the will of the ' people; an intention to make this country, if possible, on a par with the pretended republics of Central America. It is clearly deQned "rule or ruin" policy. The pity of it is that Mr. Lauterbach 1 is not without support in his anarchistic ideas. Senator Palmer, the presidential candidate of the gold Democrats, in a speech at Detroit on Monday night said, "For myself, I would prefer to live under a righteous ( monarr.hv rather than submit to such principles as these declared by the Chicago convention." "Who are the anarchists in this ' campaign? Nothing that has been said by Mr. Bryan; nothing that is contained in the Chicago platform; no utterance by Governor Altgeld or Senator Tillman, or by any leader of the free silver party, is in any degree so startling, so revolutionary. Had any free silverite hinted at a determination to resort to bloodshed should j McKinley be elected, -what a howl 1 would have gone up from Wall street and from the whole Republican press. If Mr.Bryan himself or any of his followers had expressed a preference for . a king rather than McKivley as President, what political capital would have been made of it. The real anarchists, it is plain, are not supporting Mr. Bryan.?Pittsburg Post. Tillrtoon Tlm?i a VV i fA. San Francisco, Oct 18.?Mrs. Esther German, a San Francisco woman, who gains a livelihood by trafficking in second-hand clothing and husbands, is probably the holder of the American matrimonial record. She has had thirteen husbands, some of whom she is said to have neglected to bury or divorce before promising to love, honor ' and obey successors, but with all of whom she has gone through the marriage ceremonv. Mrs. Germans maiden name was Esther Wolff. She was born in 1850 in Kempner, Posen, in German Poland. When a girl she was married to a man named Frank lin, but when her parents moved to England, a short time afterwards, she left her husband and accompanied them. In England she married a man of whom her recollection is so dim that she remembers nothing but the occur rence. Her stay in England was evi- < dently too short for her to get well ac- 1 quainted witfi her second husband. J With her family she came to America, i leaving the second husband behind. J In New York Mrs. German lived in i one of the crowded tenements of Es | sex street, and was known as "(.^aeen i Esther." During her stay there she 1 was married to three men, the first of ! whom, and the one she best remembers, being named Baron. After her third metropolitan venture she moved to Chicago and there married a maa named Barnard. From Chicago her westward course was continued, and by the time the shores of the Pacific were reached four more husbands, the names of but two of which?Green and Schmidt?are remembered, had been adued to the growing list. Ia California Messrs. Solomon, Wolff and German were successively married and discarded. The last named, the thirteenth, however, proved refractory, and has caused'"<,jueen Esther" no end of trouble, having: sued her for divorce and for recovery of $Cf>0. Calamity at Clonixon. Charleston, Oct. 22. - A special to i The News and Courier from Clemson j college says: Prof. McGee was fatal- i ly injured about 12:30 today and died at .1 this evening. He was at the barn showing the senior class the working of a new corn shredding machine, when his coat was caught by the saws of the machine and he was instantly cut in the side by the saw teeth. It was soon seen that lie was fatally hurt ( and he began giving directions as to I his burial and the disposition of his property. 1 [is father was telegraphed to. and ho asked that his old friend and preceptor, General Stephen 1). Lee, should be notified also. The latter sent the following reply to 1 'resident (Jraighead: "Tell McQee that I < am shedding tears that one so belov- . ed and promising should meet such a fate." This message fitly expresses the sentiment here, for Professor Mc (Jee enjoyed the respect and friendship of all and his death is greatly de- ] plored. lie was :il years old, ail'able and quick and of commanding presence. lie came to Clemson as assist ant professor of agriculture in March, 1804, and was elected professor in I 181)0. His remains will be sent to his I home at Lexington, Miss., tomorrow, I escorted bv two members of the faeul ty. l'rof. McGeo exhibited remarkable calmness throughout, knowing thai liecouhl not live, and died peacefully. Faslon to be Arranged. Chicago, Oct. 23.?Chairman Wash- . burn of the Populist national committee's Chicago headquarters left Chicago tonight for Nashville, Tenn., 'where be will meet Candidate Watson and National Committeeman Reed of ^ Georgia by appointment His mission is to reijort the result of h? conference with Chairman Jones of the Demo- j iratic committee, at -which certain ' propositions from the Watson side were submitted as a basis of settling the war against Sewall and fusion and ~i : xi i i x _ e ^imaging me lukewarm support 01 Bryan on the part of Watson and his followers who are opposed to fusion. Mr. Washburn would not speak in detail of the report he had to present to Mr. Watson, but stated that his :onference with Senator Jones had t>een satisfactory, and the prospects were encouraging for complete harmony within the silver ranks next week. \ y V The trustworthy cure for the Whiskey, Opium, Morphine and Tobacco Habits. ] [for further Information address The j Keeley Institute, or Drawer 27, Columbia, 3.0. , 1 ENGLEBEKGr J RICE 1 HULLER. 5 rhe only machine that In one operation I Will e 4 CLEAN, HULL AND POLISH 1 rough rice, putting it in merchantable condition, ready for table use. ( SIMPLE AND EASY J to manage. Write for prices and terms. ALSO 1 fV*?r? Afllla Qnm lUTIIla Plonlnrr \fa/>htnAQ LrVF? II iUllliJ, WWTf iuill.l| A'MUIUft M4WWUIUV"} and all kinds of Wood-working Machinery. ralhott and Liddell Engines and Boilers on hand at factory prices. V. 0. Badham, General Agent, COLUMBIA, s. c. SEE HERE. I IS YOUR LIVER ALL RIG IT ? b Ire your Kidneys in a healthy condition ? 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