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VOL.XXI PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, M1,110BldiiR2,82 FRUIT OF T11E GALLOWS. TWO ON ONE TREE IN SPARTANBURG, A MAN AND A GIRL. A Mother 1 angs its Newberry for Murder ;ng Her New-horn 11abe--Wileon Wan Complete1v Prontrati d--A Culu Mur derer Haiigd in Ickens. SPA RTA NI Uito, October 7.-Specia!: John Williams, a colored rwan who killed J. A. lenneman, mayor of this ity, on Sunday, 27th of September, 1891, and Mildrev Brown the fiften-years old colored gir; who killed the one-year old infant ot W. C. Carpenter, of Gailney City, in tble county, in Juno lest. were 14 anged ou che sp:ne saflold here at 11 o 'clock thi morniug. The liangiu took place with i t e enclosure 01 the jail yard in the pressnco of the officers, clergymen, whysiclans and attorneys. The arrai'gemnents were perfect. The prie,,tiers had to fall about six feet and both their nceks were brokei, ainklng d,,-_-t1h itistanutneous. Not a Muscle Im (it,her of t!-emn moved antie!r the drop felE The attendin.,g physician vere Ars Dean, Th110ioms.on, E ans and lleinitsh. Lite was pronourced extinct In fifteen niuiites, when the bodies .cre cut down. The le. C. C. Scott, p-stor of the colored Mlchodli. Ctitrch here, wits the spiritul a,viser of b)oth the prisoners. ijoth Ipe tife -s( d con version screr I days ago. Tht, 1ev. Mr. Scott was preseit to.da-. an held reliuious services in t licl Ci,f i ihe prisoners just before haugmI.i!. After the hanging the corpses were placeI in collins, which had been previously prepared, and short funeral seivices were held by the Rev. Mr. Scott. assik ted by the Rev Mr. Asbury. T-le prisners were at first sentenced to be hanid on the 9th da" of Septem her last, but on yetitiona of the citizens they were respited by Governor Tillman till to-day in order that lie might' ivesti gate the matter. After painstaking in quiry be decidt,1 that r osufficient show iug had L,een made be.ore him to war rant hii ariesling the due course of law by' pardon or communtation of sentence. Public sentiment approves the hang ing of Williams, but many people are of tke opinion that the case of Mildrey Brown wa one that called for Executive clemency. JOHN WILLIAMS, who killed Mayor lenneman, Septem ber 30. 1891, was generaily known aboutr town. le drove a dray here or a short time and then got a job on a train be tween here and Asheville. About 6 P. M. of I t fatal day Mr. Henneman walked alne from the central : rt of town out westward as he thoerh he was going over to the Spartan M'ls settle ment. When lie cro sed as.r-ill branch he soon di-covered thet. a fight of some sort was voirg on iu a little house near the roadside. lie stopied to investi gate and ascertained that a nin was beating a %%oman. The mayor ordered him to dei4t, when tl e man, who was John W illiams, in ormed him Ihat he would do as he pleascd, Mr. Ilenne man then drew his pistol and w,-it into the house lo arrest W illianis. Soon af' ter aoing i' t.le house, a scaille cnsued a pistol was fired and bol'i men rolled or tumbled out of the door toge"ier. In the scnflie Williams InAd caiptt-ed the mayor's pistol. When they st:uck the ground, which wi:-s considerably in clined, It secemed that Mr. Ileuneman was endeavorintz to escape, ant wh'Ie in that act WI lliams Bhed and hllCd him. Ite was ahi defendVd, but the jury ren aiered a verdet of ' ity in a very short time. An appeal was made to the Su pr( ne Com'n or a new hrinl. T1he m >. Ation was refused, and W"'ams wars: petenced la be0 hanged oL' September 91. An api-eal was mande for conmmut..J tionl, and G'overnour Tillman respitecd him until Octobs r 7 in order that lie might have f'ull ti uiu to inivestigate the case. Alter mucxh delihcration anid hearing, hothl :'des f'ully rep:resenteel, hec con eluded not eo inIAertere. Mi fLDI-X i1ROW.M, the four'teen-vear-oki girl, who killed the infant of Mr. andl Mis W. C. Carpeni ter, of Ghdi 'ey, last sp)ring with catrbol ic acid, w as convicted wiitou U'iv doubt, on the parI't ot the juriy. Theli girl was rai.sed by Mrsi'. Brown, theo mother ef' Mirs. Carpenter'. She was not the nurse of the child. T1he only cause assigned for the miuier was that thbe girl disliked Mrs Car,enter and sought to take her spite out on~ the child. A pe it.ion sign ed by man.1 persons was sent to Gover nor Tillman to commute the sentenier-. A large counter petit,ion was sent to him A and both sides were well represented. HANGED FOR INFANTICiD.. NE WHBERRiY, October' 7.--Anna Trrih ble, an unmiarried colored wom<mx, wat hanged hiere today for the nmurdler ot tier infant on the 23d of February last.. She was convicted of having secreted the child ini a hield on the (lay of its birth and hiavinig deserted it, ther'eby caus i its deat'h. The condemedl woman raved contunuously last n'ight and1 this morning had to be forced on the scal'oh'.. The haniging took p)lack in the jail buil. ing. The trap was sprung at 1 50 P. M. and deatth w is al nost instanntaneous. The woman protest,ed her innocence to the last and was evidently unprepared to die. THE MIURDiERER 01" A MRtASirAL. PICK ENS, October 7.-Special: Tom prock, colored, was hanged here to-day tor the murder of Jerry Hughes. The drop fell at two minutes alter 11 o'clock, and in ten minutes Brock was dlead from Stranguiation. lHe wvalked bodl y to the gallows, anid showed no agitation while the sheriff was making the final prepara - tions. lie didl not, litter a wordl oin the scsff'old. Many negroes and curlostry seekers came to to qn to see tho execu tion, but only a few saw it. Al' passed of! oultlvy. The body of Brock was to"n I..J 'C to 1amves. The crlmo for whIch Breek pid the pnal y to-nay was the murder o1 Jerry Inghes, thei town marshal of Easley, on the night ol June 21, 1892. He and one Andy Carson, colored, had a dificult,y at a negro cabin, and Brock wenit r,if and borrow id a gun to sho>t Carson. When lie ri turned Carson had gone for the marsha . who was sitting in the dtoor of the houw:. ]Brock fIred, thinking it, was Carson, and killed Hughes He was convicted at the July term of t Court, and paid the penalty, to day I his awilil crime. WILSON, THE WIFE KILLER. ANDERSON, October 7.-Speci William Wilson, a white man, was ban ed in the jail yard today ior the mi der of Laura Wilson, his wife, on t 10th of Juno, 1892. William Wilsi w as born in this county on Novemb 30, 1858, and was married August 1885. IIe left three children, two tli and a boy. Dr. Frierson and the Re Chias B. Shuth prayed with him on tl ,allows. le never denied the killin lie said: "Ir my wile is in hell, and helped put her there I am -sorry for i I would gladly go aud take her out; bi hell never opeus her mouth to let out at She receiVes." His tali was very brol en and disconrictel. Ie had a vei faint hope, if nY at, all. le was pra, iu when the drop fcIl at 11.11. ii neck was broken. le died iii twent, dt,rLe Minuts and was cut down at I end of thirty miinut,is. i1s body wl d(livir( to his people, who took it it burial. is mother, si-iter and brothu calied on hin this morilng and toli lih good-dyv. Ail quiet. : Wilson said he contem plated killing h wfe for two or three weeds. Finall they ag reed to separate. When I day decided on for tile separation can his wi!e Po'd that the last time she pa ted with h(r hiuband and returned el vowed shc would not leave him a ,aii an( she lproposed keeping this vof Wilson made preparations to shave an sent, all the inmates of the house excel his wife on errands. Then lie cut h ' iroat and attemped to cut his owi Ile made a terrible cash, but medici attendance saved his life. The wouu appeared healed,but when the rope tigl tened the gash opened again from ei to ear, and the rope and his cloth4 were bathed with blood. It was a fea ful and sickening sight. Wilson is tt second white man hanged In Andersc County in twenty year. Hard-Headed Weaver. MEMPHIS. Oct. 6. --The Appeal Avianche's special from Nashvill, Tenn., says: The news from Pulasi tast night was of an alarming naturi General Weaver sa3 s he will certalnl go to Pulaski and speak there Saturda] and that lie had no intention of cancel ing his appointments. Lettera from the mosu conservath people in Pulaski and Giles Countig urge strongly that Weaver be dissuadc I:'om coming, as there are grave ea of a serious battle if lie uppears ther Every utterance will be criticised at one imprudent word may lead to h dcath. General Weaver's course du mg- the war niaie him extremely ol noxious to the people and his bitt4 langue re about his accusers has creatc intense excitemeut. Ile asserts that lie will hurl dellance: the Nce of his enenuies. Threats ha% been openly made that he will be killh it he uses inrulL,og language, but thii pPI-y men from all over the countri including many Coufederate soldieri are a.miig aad preparing to go I Pulaski, swearing that they will prote( him in speaking and defend him againt assault. Both sides are determined an neither will yield to the other if conec to blows. A bloody fight wi cetamIy Illow the firing of a singl gun. There are thoie who believe ths even il General Weaver. may use sue temperato langua-,e as to forestall an troublo, the enion and strong feeliti woul in all1 probability lead to troubli Eve-ry cliort is manbe by' the Stat Demnoc ratic Coinmmittee to secure quiet hearintg for Weaver and1( to pri vent, an outb)reak, but, t.he advics law ni"hi say that, no areumenit will avai that ii Weave, uttter s one impruder word he will be Lilled, and that all 10: conservaave people in l'ul.iski ennua prevent it.. They urge that the onl safet.y lies iin ue-.essfully urging We[ ver lnot Li) ll hris appointment. Tu; Stat.e D)emocratic Commoitt ee is muc dlisturibed over the situation. Death From a Knock-Out. Mtiinis, Oct. 'J.-Dick Nolan, light-weight, prize fighter from Btrm:nm ham, Ala., died tonight from the resu ot a knockout im a light, wit.h Jack Davii before the Youmg Men's Athletic clui in t,his city Saturday night. Death we caused by concuistion of the brain, an co'me twenty iour houirs ater Davy gave him the blow that sent, him to Li' t1ou,r like a 10g. Nolan fought at 12 prounds, and was a much stronger ma than his opponent, who is r'ow behin the barb charged with murder. The ri suit of the mill has created a great sei sati.mn in Memphis, for the Athletic clui is a huge organization, ownuing a seve story club house, and the fight wa. tL r'rst professional one it had given. No publicity was giveni to the figh and hundreds of prominent men and ~of1 cials saw it. Mr. W. Williams, a bl cot,ton buyer, was referee at the miu Mike Conley, the Ithaca giant, and Be L4ee, a prominen t dahomtt, wvere Davis secondls. Lee was arrested tonlg it, hi released on $2,500 hond. Other of th interestedi parties are gettIng unde cover, and there is a nervous felmgi the club cIrcle, for fear Judge Dubosi who Is severe on sp irts, may make som examphles. Dr. P'orter, the milhonair banker, is piresident of t,be club, al though lie dii not, attend the tight. T.arrtto corni eico. Ci'i'Y OiF MEXICO, Oct. 9.-Ti severest storms ever known In Mextt have prevailed abonir the eastern coat of' the Republic dutring the past severn dlays, causing much damage to vessel and coast towns all the way frot Tiamnpico to Vera Cruz. In the Stat oh Vere Cruz~ there has been great det truction to piroperty. The Vera Cru Railroa4d was complelled to suspend 01 erattons templorarihy on account < landslides, which carried r way the trac in sevcral lacnes. Th'le town of Suit Baririnca saa struck by a terrible c3 c,lone and fort,y houses were razedt the ground. A large numbr.r of ot.hei were so hadly danmaged that they car not be occupied. There was o'.e pel son killed outright and several injure at that place. No further reports loss of life have b .z recved e P '-RO IC WORDS. WHY WAYNE MACVEAGH WILL VOI i1: FOR CLEVELAND. g ir- The Policy of the Republican Party Rea ie loss and lte Oiutiobnary...The McKin er Tarifr and the Force Bill Both Unwil 2,iMeasures., v. ILADELPI1A, Oct. 9.-The f< ie lowing letter frond the H1on. Wayi . MacVeagh, Attcrfney General of tl I United States In the Cabinet of Pres t. dontGartleld In 1881, announcing thi it he will vote for Grover Cleveland, we .y gived out for publication recently: c. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4.-John M y Carter, Secretary of the Massachuset - Reform Club: Your cordial Invitatio is to address the citizens of Boston on ti r- issues of the canyass happens to reac e me just when prolessional engagemen ia prevent my naming a time when I ca >r do so, but you are quite right in conclu ir ing that I intend to vote for Mr. Clevi n land. Entertaining the convictions I do u is other co irso is open to me, and I chee y fully accord to the supporteri of Pres o dent Harrison the same sense of publi e duty by which I claim to be actuated. A - both parties have presented fnexce] e tionable c indidates there is no reaso , why the differences which exist upo question of public policy should be di d cussed otherwise than in good hum< it and with entire respect for other's opiu ,r ions. k. In the present campaign what ma d fairly be called the false alarms of ti d canvass will prove of little value bec.tus i- of the general confidence In the safe an tr conservative character df both cand s dates. The average voter knows the - free trade is impossible in this countr3 Ie for the conclusive reason that vast ri n venues now requried to meet the ei penses of the Government will neceE sarily afford a far higher degree of prtec tion to onr established and prosperor manufactures than either Alexandt , Hamilton or Henry Clay thought di i sirable in the infancy of our weak an struggling industries. The average v< ter also knows that the irredeemab] y paper currency in use before the wa Jan never reappear. On the other han( - he knows as well that no system of di ties on imports, however inequitabl( can prevent our continued growth i e wealth, mn manufactures and in populi d tion-a growth due to the incomparabl .d gifca of Providence, the intelligence an 7 energy of the people and the blessing of f-ee inst'tutions. d While I am more than ever resolve to hold duty to country far above an ties of party, I find myself 'it present I general accord with the Do nocratic pa ,r ty and willing to trust its course In ti .d future. The insight, the courage at the patriotism the masses of the part exhibited in compelling the nominatic of Mr. Cleveland when he was withot a single officeholder to support his car didacy seem to me to demi-nd that should meet them in the same spirit an act with them as long as they maintai 0 that high st-ndaid ot policy ad of ad t ministration. It is the more easy to d -o because the Republican party, secu ing its retura to power four years ag by promising to preseve matters as the were, at once' ubarked upon what I r gard as a rec'.less and revolutionar e policy, even overturning all the safI guards of legislation In the House of Re pre8ensatives in their haste to pass th y force bill and the McKinley hill, boti L o my mi id, unnecessary and unwi 'measures. SThe opposition to t,be force bill, I aL not only sure to create far grreater evil than it could cure, but as also subvei Ssive of the rights of the States, has be come so earnest and widespread the it is said to have been abandoned, but Smust not be ortenthat onytw years ago such a measure was warmi Y advocated by PresIdent Harrison, earn estly supported by the Rfepublicain paLr h ty and vcry narrowly escap)ed becomin a law. There is no p)retence, however, thi the McKinley bill is abandoned. 0 a the contrary, our express approval of: .is demanded. No dcubt that bill, whic rt I cannot think was an uncalled for dui ,turbance of the then existing tarifi b greatly benefit.ed a few interests, bie .s certainly it greatly oppressed man d others. Of the protected industrie a themselves many were then, as noni e in far more urgent need of fre 1 raw material than of higher protet a tion, bt?t with raw m%teriis e dI the free list the bill could not has . pass?d, of those having such mater ~. als for sate controlled enough vote o to defeat it, and they were very likel n to do so if their bounties were discoin e tinued. The manufaturers needing fre raw materials were, therefore, oblige, ,to join in the objectionable process< ~. imcreasimg pric- by restricting produ< t ion, thus adding to the number of trusti 1by which the price of the necessaries< b life is placed at the mercy of unlawft a combinations of capital. It is not suar t prisng t'Lo labor, baheving itself to b e oppr i ed, seon rose in revolt, and civ r war has e :tually rcAed this suimmer i n four dilferent sections of the countr3 ,And, of course,the farmers, paying moz e for what they buy and gettir-g less 10 e what they sell, grow poorer daiy by da: . and ex.: etnt farms In some cf the mot fertile sections ot t,his most nighly prc tected State will hardly bring the cost < the buildings upon the .i. e But the econonwc evils, lioweve o great, of the McKinley bill and the un t reasonable systemi of protection it rej il resents are of' far less importance to m .5 mind t'ian the moral evils which follo' a In their wake, in d - iding for whi 0 pur )oses ie masses of the people ma -properly b3 taxed 't must not be forg~ot z ten that t?les have a wonderful canacit -for tUlterina throug~h all mnter,,enin >t obstacles till t,bey rea'h the bowe k back of toil and resting there, and there a lore the giving of bounties, under an -from of taxation, is mainly the givin o away of t. e wages of labor. The sa a truth that the curse of the poor is thei -poverty is illustrated in nothing mor -clearly -than ii the undue share the d suffer of the burdens of taxation. >f' But apart from this consideratiot ought not taxaes only to be Imposed . required for public purposes, or may they also be imposed for the pecuniary .E advantage of such persons or classes as are able to control Congressional action in their favor? It seems to me like a travesty on taxation to require, as the McKiley bill does, the farmer who oy grows co.n In Indiana to pay a bounty Be to the farmer who produces cane sugar in Louis*-a, or to require the farmer who grows wheat in Pennsylvania, to o pay a boany to the farmer who pro ie duces maple sugar in Vermont, but it is e neater tragedy than traveaty to tax the Am aSs 1 Ofth people to increa-.e the i weal -, of the very wealthy owners of' most of our protected industries. But even such inequality and injus tice are ,he least of all evils, foi wl'l( such a system endures palitical corrup Lion 18 absolutely sure to incream-, a such a system notoly itivites, but it h requires, the coupt use of noney, bot.h at the pulls and in Con-(ress. It, is of its very essence that "lat" %hall be n "fried" out of beneficiaries. Who shall happen to do the "fryiug" or who shali happen to distribute the"fat" upon any parlicular occasion is mere iatter of detail, but while that, system lusts bot,h wi!l coutinue to b- done by somec body. a And the evils of a system of I 1gislative . bounties, so I ir from stopping, only n begins with those bounties secured t) n the industries protec'.ed by the tarifl. . The disastrous course of the lepublican r party on the silver question is a,, apt illustration of this truth. It ought to be an honest money party. and it would be if it could, but while it de e manded increased bounties for favorite e manufacturers, it could not refuse in d creased bounties to the silver produceri, as the votes they control were probably t necessary tothe passage of Ohe McKinley bil. S. situated the Republic.au party . had no alternative but to pass the s.1 . ver law of 1890, doublint the purchases of silver and requiring the building of' more ware houses in which to store the a useless metal. The total purchases r made by the Government amount to hundreds of millions of' dollars, and d would not realize, if resold, one-half . their cost, while the poison of a debased e currency, whose work, however slow, ia r sure, is making itself' daily more and , more fell, in every channel of businesS and finance, and is inevitably driving , gold out of the country, and leading us a to all the evils of a fluctuating, and therefore dishonest, currency based uo on sver alone. The Republicin party d cannot take any effectiye steps toward a re)caling the bill, for the silver men are very likely, if their b>unt,y is stopped, d to so vote that the bounties of the v McKinley bill will stop also. The abuses of the pension system . furnish another apt illustration of the e evil sure to follow such a syst,em of' d legislation. It Congress was to levy ,y taxes upon the people to confer bouti a ties upon certain -V-labses of mainulactu it rers, it was very natural that the pet . sion agents should also join hands to I increase their fees by an inuiscriminaic d granting of pensions. The result is t that nearly a generation after the close - of the war there is a steady increase of a the vast sumi passing through tho pen sion agents hands until now the total D amount staggers belief, and has be come of itself a very serious burden up . on the treasury. From the day of !Lee's surrender until now no single voice has ever bee' raised against the - most generous provision for every per son who had ,any just claim upon t,bw gratitude of the country;but,suie1 y OTe a is neituer reason nor justice in legs d a tioni which dertross all distineyousn bet,ween the discharge of duty andl the~ a shirking~ of' it,, between loyal ser'vue and - desertion of the coloc's, between woun-'l. .. received l&mbate and disea'ses ct"rL'et t ted1 in the pursuits of peace. t !There is still another great, and in, .creasing evil chiefly turceable, iu my y opinion, to t,be maimtemt c of' an e'x cessive tariff' since the war nud1( thc e'on - stant meddhng with it to make Iuhh g Cr, and that, is the brmieing to ourl) sh',r es of t,ho .s vast swarms of und'esirabLe)i t immigrant,s who (degrade Americamn ha s bor by their competitions and 'breatee t t,he stability of' institutians base-l upon01 a an intelligeut, love of countty. ,hI5t. as -the dut,ies upon import.ed merchanidise ', have been increased so has the grade of t, Impor ted labor been lo wered, until no w, y under the McKinley bil), there are comn s ing here every month many thousands ,of more ignorant, andl, theref'ore, lessi e desirable, labarers than ever before. iIt, is not easy to exaggerate the moral a evils they are likely to intlict upon oiir e socIal order and our national life. I- As the Republican party is now deli s nitely committed to t,he pohicy of' taximg i the people for the puapose of' givini - bounties t'o such persons or interest,s as s can secure the necessaav vot,es ini I Congress, so the D)emo>cratlec party is f now as dofinitely committed to the 1)o1 icy of restrict,ing taxation to thes nieeds , of the Government for public purposes f alone. The gulf fixed bet ween these 1 two polisies of taxation is as wide anid - as dcep as can well exist bet,ween poht, S Ical parties, and I am also convinced .1 that the other causes in which I am 1 interested cannot hope :'or success until .the avowed poliey of t.he Republican 0 party on this subject, is over'thrown. r Until then the righ., of each S'ate t,o ~, control elections wit,hin its borders will t not be secure; unt,il then there is no -prospect of our enjoying t,he single and 1 stable standard of' value which othier civlizqd and commnerca, uanoas Pos r seas; ttntil t,ben t iere is no hope of placing either our pension system or the regulation of immigrations upon01 a y just and proper basis; until t,iena V the purificstion of our p)olities will con ,t tinue "the iridescent, dream" which y high R$epubliaan authorit,y has dleclared -It must always remain; until then any V pretended reform of the civil service i must prove, as It has proved these last, 3 four years, a delusion and a snare. And until then even ballot, reforni, y the best help yet discovered to honest g elections, and already th)reatened wi',h d overthrow by the ltepubhican managers r in Maine, Vermont and Indiana. must a share the same fate of j>etrayal in the y house of Its pretended f-ends. All these good causes are in the very nature ,of thiags the relentless foes of a systeou a of government by hoonties to f'avored int,crests, and such a system is thi relentless foe. As I believe, for the reasons I ha given, that the true welfare of t country would be promoted by I Cleveland's election, it is my duty vote for him; and as I recall the cqpa4 ty, the fidelity and the courage wi which he has heretofore dlischarg( every public trust committed to hin the duty becomes a pleasure. Sincerely yours, Wayne MacVeagh. A CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS. To Spread Hroadcant the Doctrine Democracy. NEw% Yonic, Oct. 6.-The Dem :rat,ie Netio)al Committ.ee this evenit AuWd an address to ihe .pt.ople of tlI t nited MLales calling for contributioi or oaipaigi purposes. The addies a(er a9kin t,he suffrage of the massi FOr the ("IldidaWe Of the De-nocrat pn.rty, f3ay": With abuntdint means, with sub. dized in-enuity, with a body of hir proliessionalti, drilled and expe(riene( in political imiiaidation and p ulitical tt bauchery, our opponents are preparit a final assaul upon the freedom at honesty of t, ballot. Those most exposed to temptatioi hom noverty or debt, from avarice, pe ty ambition, or personal animosies, ai belu- stealthily songht out under a regi larly organized system, and the meat madie ready which are most likely I serve the purpose when the time sha come to tempt them to be false to the country at the polls. Wherever men are employed they ai listed, I heir characters and histories s( down, and the mst poweriul inluenc likely to entrol each one is note, When main are found who connot b any scheme be brought to vote directl as desired, the system includes the a terative of' kceping them from the poll by ostensible and highly paid emploj ment, by intimidal ion, or by other meti: odi within the ingenuity and resource of skilled manipulators employed fc such purposes. This committee has not troops of ol ficeholders at its command. It will nc agree to sell the future legislation c Con.gre3s for money paid now in o it party treasury. it will not agree t give high places in the people's servic for money. It will not contract to ut hold any bargain heretofore made by th Republican party under covel of law for any conteibution however ore %i.. It appeals to the people against on and all of tliese opponents, thus coi ruptly banded against the friendi good gov' :nmnt. We have no resources except wh the people furnish. We call for meal not only to spread the truth amongti people and to aid in getting to t,be pol thu lull and honest vote of the masse but also to detect, to prosecute at punish crimes against the purity of th ballot, wheresoever in the United Stat( they are perpetrated and by whomst ever committed ot directed. Every indication points to the defen of the Mianeapolis candidates and to th triumphant election of' Cleveland ani Stevenson. Tie popular wIll clearly favors th Democratic cause. All anxiety abou tie State ot New York is allayed, an she vill give her electoral vot,- to ot, den11t and1( conser~vative sources in ot,h( paris of ',he O ountry are e3xceptijonall prim i Wi hl vigilance awl tinmel i:ctioni everywihere, which with your ai we phi:dge, ho nest balloi,s will be pollet4 colia n ead de(clared thiroughiout, t,1 co unim~ and if tis i (d.one, 'Ieleat is m .The committee caills' up)Jn all goo) cii izens ifor the aid whieb it regnires ft those objecCts. 1I, iniia andi will we cameC conibuitio ns Irton every lhonel miai. No conti ibuitioc.s will be at counttedl too small. Wherever a ban ceck or )ostal miinely ordecr can b (ound, the means exists for placing a d.sposa of : this coimmi tte lunuds in ii of thIe cat cause which we uphold. WM. F. H AnrrIy, Ch iirmn De)mo.cratic National C )o mittee. D)oN M. )ICKIcNSON, Chairman Democat,ic Campaign C ofl m ittee. Killed in a Wreck. COUNCIL. GROVE, Kan,, Oct. 7.-( Pecler, ek'est son of United States Ser ator P'effer, was killed in a f reigt wreck this morning on the Missout Pacific near (Gypsum City, fifty milt west of this place. The train, heavil loaded with freight, ran throngh bridge which had been~ burned. Th locomotive crashed through the operl lng and eleven fruit cars were pIlled o top of it. Peffer was the engIneer. 111 fireman also perished in the wrecl which took fire. IPeffer was 33 year old. is home was at this p lace. II leaves a wife und three children. Ser: ator Peffer, who was in Kansas Citj wa.s notifIed of his son's death and ai rived here this afternoon. Cheers for Cieveiand. Nx:w Yong, Oct. 12.-Grove Cleveland was given several rounds c cheers this afternoon as enthiusiastizc an voluminous as he had ever heard in hi life. A bout, 2o'clock he left the revijewin stand at Madison Square, where lie ha b)een observing the military parade, an madIe his way through the dense crow to the Fath Avenue Hotel, where h was t.o attend a meeting of the boar of' trust.ees of the Pesbody edlucationat fund, of which lie is a member. A the ex-P'residenit approached the hoti lie wvas recognized. "Three cheers for Cleveland, shouted a dlozent voices, and the cheei were given by men and women wh were dhensely massed on the streel as well as by those in windows and o the roof of the hotel. The cheers wei c mntinuedl untIl Cleveland eutered tli hotel. The corridors of the hotel wem crowdled and as soon as Cleveland wi seen there was another demonstratio Chief Justice Fuller and ex-Senatt William M. Evarts were among ti throng in the hotel who greeted Cley, land. f r Jumping on Juntil Ia. At a meeting of the Democratic re ecutive Committee of Charle, 10 County, held Wednesday night, f chairman, the H1on. Geo. D. Br. made the following statement: h Gentlemen of the Committee. SI d our last meeting my attention has I k, cAlled to a communication sig "Justitia," who is represented a prominent citizen of Charleston, p hshed in the Columbia Register September 21st, containing the m sweeping charges of irregularites, v or I might say, of fraud, in our rec primaries. .he long delay in ma k these charges and they being n D. undur th( irresponsible cover ol nom d plume, no special attentioni paid to thenj at the time, especially io they were not believed, at. least is those who were familiar with the gr aere w%hich this commrittes took in : 'viding for a fair and impartial prit 38 ry and which, I believe. was held ic this county. lit as tai3 letter been republished in neighboring co ties and has bcen taken to be true the ground that it ins not been deni Cl I deeim it my duty to call your att tion to it and recommend that an v.stigation wi to the truth or falsity the charges be made by you. If tr Ig steps should be taken to bring the y d ties involved to justice and provisl be made against a repetition of offence. If untrue the mlerited c , tempt should be visited upon the thor who secretly attempts to foul own nest. The charges are: e 1st. That "the machine majority' i- the committee "did decide that an c is cial residing in Berkeley County v o entitled to vote in Charleston Cot I1 ty." ir 2nd. That a large number of all( p,.rticipated In the primary. 3d. That sailors were driven "blocks of four" from Poll I to Poll in charge of machine agents and vot eat each poll. * 4th. That a majority of this comm Y tee reduced the number of polli y places from twenty-four to twelve , violation of the Act of the Legis a ture. 5th. That the managers of the boi were not sworn as provided by law. s 6th. That the vote was manipulat r in the county. 7th. "As soon as the fraudulent cou was finished the ballots were destr< ted." The charges 1, 4 and 5 can fortuna ly be refuted by the record. It is i true that the committee decided tt an oflicial residing in Berkeley Cour 1 was entitled to vote in Ciarlest County. No such question ever cai e before our committee. Falsehood I 1 refuted. It is not true that a majority of t o committee reduced the number of pl Ing places from twenty-four to twe >t in violation of the Act of the Legi: ture. In the first place the Act of I Legislature governing primaries d not fix the number of polling plai and in the second place the num 0 of polling places was fixed by the D( Is ocratic Convention of May 12, 1892, s, the rules offered by the Reform wi d of the party and unanimously adopt e The first rule reads: "There shall s one polling place in each ward, to . located by the Executive Committi As there are only twelve wards in I t city, under this rule there can be oi twelve polling places. Falsehood I 2 refuted. It is not true that the managers w, not sworn. The oaths were returi B by the managers to thiE committ t and have been and are now on ile d the oflice of the Clerk of the Court r Common Pleas for t,is county. Fal hood No. 3 refuted. r We umight he content to endt y maotter~ by app)lying J1ustitia's r. y Nda.se in oneo thing, false in all) to hi ii sell, as~ n e have shaowni that ho 1: b)een [falso ini not one but in thi things, but we owe it to the party t iil oty and( in our sister count with whom we are associated int dCongressional and judlicial districts giv'e the matter a thorough investih r ion, andl to this end I mnvite yc heart.y co-operation. t IUponi motion oh Mr. Biolger the: cornmendation of the chairman ni k adopted, and lie was requested to a a point a commuittee to make the inv4 I, gation. The following were appoint :1 as the cornmit tee: 11. L. P. iloiger, It. McGahan, F. HI. Colcock, Rt. 1i.8'1 imons, J1. M. Eason, ,J. M. Kinloch. - Murdered and cremated. MonIrE, Oct. 12.-The murder Rtichard L. ,Johnson and his daught -took place Friday night at D)avis's fer in Monroe county, near the Wilc< county line. ,Johnson was a northe: man who settled there in 1867, and liv alone with his beautiful anid accoi 'plished daughter. The murderers a ,supposed to have had designs upon ti Sgirl. They called Johnson to the ga and killed him with an axe. Signs of ~bloody struggle at the gate showed th e W hat happened af terward is not knov Sexcept that the daughter was also ki ed. The bodlies were placed in ti ihouse and set on fire. Next mornir Sfound the cremated bodies. Search was instituted anwl at t Shouse of Burrill Joiies, colored, 'thr hundred yards distant from Johnson an axe with blood on it was found. Tl *shirts of a brother of Jones, nam Moses, and of a son of Jone~s, WE found spotted with blood. Tne ci zens have all three men as prisoiiers al r whenm last heard from were trying get the boys to coiifess. Five oth negroes have been arrested charg with aiding in the commission ot t crime. The negroes are helping t whites in their efforts to prove t guilt of those accused. Johnson cai d from Massachusetts and a daughi 'named Grace is married to a Mr. Chai e of New York city. ISWIFT VENGEANCE. .1 MONTGOMERY, Ala,, Oct-. 13.--I forngoboys, from 18 to 20 years c arrested for the murder of Rticha JTohnson and his grown daughter a the burning of thea r house, near Be a Landing, Monday night le'st, contest o their guilt. They said that their p ~, pose was the rape of the younghi e were placed in jail at Monroeville,1 ea number of respectable citizens ti e them from the jail and started, to ascene of the murder, where a Ia ,crowd of white and blacks were w r' ing, it is said, with the inteotion Sburning the prisoners. The four bi Swere taken by citizens to a point -" miles E.ast of the Alabama Iver I shot to death, Ex- THREE MEN KILLED. ton the ' AND THREE OTHENS RECEIVE SE ran, VERE INJURIES. een I IF the Derallnent or Two gp.y lox r ed * 8 & N. Railroad, on the a Outskirts of lionnettevme. ub- .ENNETTSNILLE, S. C., Oct. 10. on This aftcrnoon abot 2 o'olo(,k, extra ost No. 4 engine of the Charlest )n, Sum-. ,nd, ter and Northern raolroatd lcf t-e yard ent tt thlis place, in char.' of- e1. rd ing A. Streud, for J3rednI'W3 Sig Ade iulles north of town. 'ri n" was a n two bo.x cir which w was Lakentot dii I be oaded wh just as the enaine had pa:ed out o *ro. he corporate lim-I(i 'o town. and %v,I. na. 'lowly rounding a sha:c eurve, the m !out car truck juml thle track, -nd -as n an insta'nt the two i.r were a c jm. u- .,Aete wreck, piled ote on the other, and on 3e dead and three wmunlded mnen lay ed, niong the debris. en- The dcal arc: 11).d Farly, 'Tiri in- Mitchell and Charlie -ven, ll colere of < emp loyces ot t.he rtil-oad, the for ar, rer a swiittchimat at the Cape Fear :nd ar- Yain Vatiley depot and the latter two :.be tie Charleson, Suniter and North m- n. The woutided are: Mr W. D. Mu iolk, yard master at the Charleston, his utnter and Northern 'haPot and Au .aw Whitted and E.1. Powell. Norie of oft hese are scricuslv it jured. Ill- 'hle coronor was notiled. le em ras Ianuelled a jury, viewed tile bodies, im- and adjourned ti inquest until tomor. row morning at 9 o'clock. ns The railroad company transferred the in dead bodIes to the depot and had them 12 , laced in coflins by the undertaker. ed Mr Stroud is one of the most careful eneineers on the line and was runnini it- only about 12 miles per hour when the ng accident occurred. in Mr. Ro rt Unailln, the Charl-stoa la- Sumter and Northern agent at this place, was on the engine, but was not :es hurt. It Wo % one of those unaccountia be e accidents that sometimes happen an d ed there ca-a Ie no possibly blame attach nt ed to the engineer or the railroad com Y. i any.-State, Fusion Will lie Effective. te- ToPEKIA, Kap., Oct. 7.-The aut' at fision straightout or baltin Democrats Lty of Katssi met, here to-day in State coi. on vention. The convention had ben J iticipated with joy by the Rpublicans jo. id correspondidg miagivings by tie opulists and fusion Democrats for bis jon its action it was generally c,)rce. 1 ed the iWte of the fusion tiuket de lve pends. ila- Oil September 15 last the bolters at ;he temped to hold a convention, but the at oes i ndance was very siall, aud to-day's bcnvention was then calied. The bol m- era have been read out of' the party in Sei,r own countieB. Thle call for to ny's -onvention protests against the ed. sarrender of the Denoeratic organiza be on to the Peoples party. The re-ular b Democratic State Committee mat -here e. yest rday and threw a bomibliell iato Jie I e bo ters' can- by 1 >ducing corres 1y . 'n0ence showing that. the RepublicauE o. -re aiding and abettih the straieit re -, and that the 1' 'Pu di,an commit re e had sent to the v.-rious Dvmocrate e, tiroughout the State free pase from in 1eir homes to Topeka and retun, so of i iat they mnight conveniently attend tle con Jentlion. The Democratic commlittee clahusi la his one fact wvill rub Lie chnmIioW:k ile i'CLion of i.ifluenice, but the b'>l ters 'aro m-r u ahea d and claiim ihr p dliti'ea' as t "urse is the propm- r.)e ec (.K. Hldy do fteTpk in i ,cmoernt ,lhoa fe4d a-IO re)plk he -C uson mae moto ta a to -aigh)emnocratic ticket, be put in the a-A( esidta,we he took down rei. arts would give the D)2iorads a as elanlce to vote for Democmnrats at, least ,yb r State of ficers. as- ,ie for one, arid there were thouisae Is eri of D)emocra.s wio5lired hiis sentome.ts T. would never vote for a Republicain 11* Governor. The mloth'n wais promptly ,feated- A central committee was elected and then, after several adldress of es,the convention adjoulned. A col er lection was taken tip f.)r a fund t.o be ysunt to the national Democratic head yx quarters. It anmounted to *500, and rn w ill a sent to-morrow. DelMamater ConIvict,(d, re PITrTsniUno, October 6.-The Chront ie cle-Telegraph's Meadvflle, P'a., special te says: The jury in the embezzlement a case against Delamater returned a vr is. dlict this morning of guilty as to thr m Hion. Gieo. WVallatce Delamiater, and not li- guilty as to the o.,her defendanits. The 1e Jury stood ten for conviction an'd two gfoacu.alupon the first ballot on igTuesda,v night. Delamater received ie the verdict without flinching. TIhe de se fence will apply for a new bli', and will s, also question the legality of the Act of e 1889. The defendant was State Sena ad tor for many years and Republican can re idte for Governor in 1899, when he ti- was defeated by Robert IE.'attison, id the present Governor. The embezzle to~ ment charges were the outgrowth of er the failure of the D)elamater Banking ed Company in December, 1890. he be .Adiam Agrees, he NEW YoRKc, Oct. 9.-7The following ne let,ter has been rec ived at the Demo gr cratic Na .ional he adquarters. l$ LooMINGTON,Il1., Oct. 3, 1892 Hion. Wim.F. Hiar ity. Chairmani Demo ca' c NatIonal Committee. he My Dear Sir: I have returned home, id, after a very satisfactory visit to the ra South. I have read wit,h grea', pleasure ad Mr. Cleveland's letter of acceptance. Il's I am in full accord wIth him upon the questions discussed. ur- Ably and tersely he reflects the view dy of the Democratic party upon the cur ~e ,ency questi>n. I need hardly say t-> von that I2 tully and earnestly endorse the thas part of his letter, lie Ia the able rget oxponenat of the Deamocrhtic doctriines. i.Should I be elected, I will, to the best or .f my ability, co-operate with him in oy giving practical eff'ect, to the views con aix tained in is letter. md Yours very truly, A. R. STEVENSON4.