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% > f ISSUED SSMX-WSEKL^ l. m. GRIST &7ons, pubu8het71 j#?itiig jtcmjagapcr: ^or the promotion of the political, ?otiaI, ^.griruHural, and ^amtncucial gnosis o)f Iht ftogle. j terms.^oo^^ear^in apvanck. established t855. YORKVILLE. 8. O., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER IP, 19QO. NO. 81. BY MAJ. ARTE \ Copyrigut, 1900, by R. F. Fenno & C< CHAPTER IV. a millionaire's friends. Directly I was Inside the boust Savory handed me a letter from Law ford: Dear Captain Wood?When 1 left you In Picct dilly, I ran up against some friends who are muc et upon making your acquaintance. They are th Duke and Duchess of Tierra Sagrada. He is Spanish don. she an American beauty; Susett Bywater they called her in New York, where sh and ber family were well acquainted with you uncle, Mr. McFaught. Won't you come to the opera tonight to be in trodueed to the duchess? They beg me to sa that their box is No. 27A, upon the pit tiei where they will be entirely delighted to receiv you. Send back a line at your early convenienc and oblige, yours very faithfully, Rufus W. Law ford. I bad do engagements that nigbt bu a couple of balls, for neither of whlcb v. after my disappointment in the park. was now very keen. Besides, I bad n< wish to be very late that night. I sav od my table an official "box" straigb from the office and knew that It con talned the great scheme for the attact on New York, which was referred t( me for examination and report. I meant to give it my best attention It the early morning hours next day anc y so promised myself to get to bed be times. A little good music woulc soothe me. 1 thought, so I wrote a few lines accepting the invitation and pro ceeded to dress. It was then, as 1 stood before the glass In the window that gave upoc the street. I caught a glimpse of the Rnmp forlorn creature looking ud a! my bouse. Was It mere accident? Aft * er I had beard that day the smallesl matter all still unexplained assumed a certain Importance. When I left the club after dinner, my "shadow" was still there. He sank slowly and. as I thought, reluctantly out of sight when I entered the 3avory handed me a letter from Lawford. hansom and told the cabby to drive to Covent Garden. Remembering Mr. Bnuyzer's communication but a few hours before, this espionage caused me K some uneasiness. Yet It was done so clumsily that I half believed the fellow wished rather to attract than escape my notice. Of this I had soon a clear proof. When I alighted from the cab just short of the colonnade approach of the opera bouse, I saw bim, beard blm, Just at my elbow, bavlug transferred himself there by the same mysterious process that brings a tout all the way from a railway station to your front door to unload the luggage. "Don't take no more cabs, guv'nor," he whispered hoarsely in my ear, and x next moment he was gone. Who had sent him In such a roundabout way to tell me this? Who, Indeed, bad set him on to watch me? It must have been a friend, of course, and I gave the credit to Mr. Snuyzer. They were evidently smart people, Messrs. Saraband & Sons, when there was a chance ot business coming their way. ^ The night was not over yet?a night of dark doings and unexplained mysteries, all of which seemed to center lu me. I could not quite believe?why should I??that the scraps conversation I was now to overhear referred to me. And yet, had I been gifted with second sight?had I, Indeed, been more alive to the warnings 1 had received? I might have been spared much misery But I am anticipating. When I reached the opera the aci drop was down, and 1 thought to cast a look on the house before I made my way to the box where I was bidden My hosts were strangers, aud 1 rathe! % wished to see Lawford first, that lu might present me to them in due form So I entered by one of the side ways Into the stalls and stood there watch ing the audience for a time. In the midst of this I became sud denly aware that a pair of bright eye: , were tixed upon me from another di rection. and 1 saw tliat 1 was aii oujec of Interest?more of a passing interest perhaps?to a well dressed, cbarniluj woman In a box on the pit tier. Then suddenly Law ford touched nx on the back, sayiug: "Oh. oh! So you are here. Come righ along. Let me present you 10 tk< duchess. She's mightily set upon see Ing you." and he led the way along tlx corridor to the box No. 27A. As we got close to it I saw the dooi was ajar and I was attracted by tlx sound of voices talking Spanish, whicl I knew. Lawford held me back, pos sibly fearing to be indiscreet and t< Intrude upon some family quarrel What was said did not impress him perhaps, for 1 think he did not under stand Spanish. The voices were raisec high enough to be plainly audible t< any one outside?a man's, coarse, harsl and menacing; a woman's in reply pleading softly, yet firmly. ] m . cli Uf CUR GRIFFITHS. I f S1 th >. gr M ("You know the condltfons and yon Pi are bound to assist The man has been D< handed over to us. tie is our game, frj >, our quarry. What he has must be ours ca ?all of It, the whole vast fortune." I 1 "1 would much rather be left out of bo ,. the business. 1 despise myself sol I wl h hate and detest the part you would no e .have me play. 1 will not go against wi " him." an e "Sanetlsslma VIrgen! Defend me ' T from a woman's scruples. I tell you Pr you must?there Is no alternative. Cap- sa y tlvate him. win his devotion. Why yo . not? He Is a comely youth (guapo chl- br 8 co): you have made eyes at worse, ou You must and shall. By heaven. If I mi thought you meant to play me false"? m< t He checked himself abruptly and sh with a sudden peremptory "b?sh." and l I came out to invite us most cordially to on j enter the box. There was nothing to In 7 show that any difference of opinion Be t had but Just agitated Its occupants. m( . Both husband and wife were smiling D< j sweetly: the duke's voice (be was a at , small, spare man. with gleaming eyes [ and glistening teeth In his dark olive ! face) was now so smooth and silky that e<* i I could not Imagine that It was the yQ . same I bad heard in such harsh and I rasping, angry tones. His manner, too. j r was full of that punctilious formality WJ . that goes with the highest breeding in ^a the blue blooded don. fu, > The lady (it was she who had been , staring at me> sat now perfectly quiet mf > and self controlled. There was no qU l trace of emotion about her as she wel- ?] corned me, with marked anxiety to De j , . pleasant and make me feel at home. Tbe entr'acte was not yet ended, and ga, the duchess swept her soft draperies j j aside to give me room by her side In re< 1 the front of her box. where I was In fj.c full view of the whole house. Frlda h0 , Fairbolme included. jn "Why, Captain Wood, this Is really j kind of you." she began, "to take us in this Informal way. Directly I read no of your accession to old Mr. Mo pr Faught's fortune. I was most anxious to to tueet you. We knew your uncle? frc no??well your relative. Mr. Mc- ca] Fa tight was a friend of our family In the old days. I never knew him my- fa( self, but I have often beard my father Bu speak of him and of his great wealth, j t Will you let tue congratulate you?and. i Pepe"-thls was to the duke?"have i | you congratulated Captain Wood? Of to course you have." m( "Es claro?of course?I know that chi Captain Wood is one of the chief of wt fortune's favorites. But believe me, sw senor mio. you have also come Into boi great trouble. Vast wealth is a ter- am rlble burden; to use It aright Is a I | grave responsibility. Especially so mc when?you will pardon me. Captain fln Wood?it has come undeserved." pla ' "But, Pepe. it Is not fair to say that I \ Captain Wood was a relation?he bad a at right to Inherit." Fa | "I only mean that Captain Wood I ? does not know, probably will never nei , know, whether there were not others Fr , with greater claims?moral claims. I eri mean?on Mr. McFaugbt. That thought ? ? nA nlf In ntUk m a \fn wn A n t YVUU1U ttiwu^s luuaic nik.li uic. luja, | I would rather It was you than me!" sej "Do not let blm disturb you. my dear me j Captain Wood. The duke has rather t extreme views In theory, but he knows wo that wealth Is wealth. Although we bu have no vast store, he would be sorry frc to surrender it." bei We got very friendly, quite confiden- Pu I tlal. together, she and 1, as we talked 1 on, tete-a-tete, the duke having gone no , ofT somewhere with Lawford. ev< "Of course you have not yet tasted " , the Joys of possession. It Is all very beg , new to you still." ha' "I hardly realize It, Indeed, or what aw [ I shall do with It." I "Your first business. Captain Wood, am believe me, will be to keep your for- ela tune." She spoke very gravely, look- of lng at me intently over her fan. "Half lat the world will be in league to rob you. " Ah, but yes, I am in earnest! You men los fall naturally Into three classes? pr< i rogues, fools, and policemen." sta i "And to which, pray, do I belong?" ha] > I asked lightly, not taking this bitter " remark at all seriously. sui "Not the first, I am sure; it would be yoi a bad compliment to say the second, opt . but if you were wise, you would cer- tel t tainly become the third. A whole police me force In your pay would not be too fee . many to protect you." " "Are you in earnest?" 1 said, sud- lie' ? denly struck with something in her lui . eyes. tal s "Very much so, Captain Wood. If 1 rot were a friend, an old friend, let us say, " I would counsel you, strongly urge coi you, to be constantly on your guard, I ' * very much on your guard." sig As she spoke a deadly pallor over- wl ' spread her face, which was high color- cai . ed, as is often seen in very fair haired 4 J women, even when still quite young, be Her husband had returned silently. I toj might have said stealthily, and she un first had caught sight of him standing an t there behind me. Why was she thus ho i terrified? Because the duke had heard 4 - her last words? ed * Whether or not the Duke of Tierra dr Sagrada had even heard his wife up r when so earnestly counseling me to be ed upon my guard, I was unable to judge; ' t at least, he made no sign. His manner in - was perfectly quiet and natural, and ha 5 he spoke In an unconcerned tone when ha he pressed me to keep my seat In the in, . front of the box. at At the next Interval he said very ' 1 courteously: "Do you propose to stay wl > for the 'Cavallerla Kusticaua?' Would yo 1 you care to accompany us? Our car- 1 ? rlage is here. Susette will be very nc pleased to present you." fa "You are very good," I said. "I lould like to go very much If I may in away early. I have a couple of ills tonight" * It was a curious and not unimportant rcumstance, when viewed by the jbt of later events, that the three uses I was to visit that night were [thin a stone's throw of each other, rhe first that of the Dos Rlos minter, to which 1 was Introduced by e Duke and Duchess of Tlerra Saada, was in Rutland Gate. The next, rs. Colllngham Smith's, was In Ince's Gardens, and the last. Lady Dane's, In Prince's Gate. My new lends would have sent me on In their rrlage, especially when they learned j had not far to go. This near neigh- ? rhood was remarked on by the duke, ben. observing that the reception did it greatly amuse me, be asked If I is hot dying to get to my dancing, d where, exactly, I was going. You must let us send you on to Ince's Gardens In the carriage," he Id, very civilly. "We have brought SI u out of your way to a not very lght entertainment and now we It gbt to speed your departure. We si ast stay on here for an hour or so 3re, but there is no reason why you v< ould." . [ protested that Prince's Gardens was M ly a few yards off, round the corner, w fact, and I really preferred to walk. sides, I only meant to look In for a iment My real destination was Lady ^ dane's, which was also quite close Cfl band. S1 'To be sure, yes, certainly, I know, ell, well, if you will not be persuad- b' . But the carriage Is entirely at to ur disposition. Is that not so, SuSe?" . t0 t occurred to me that the duchess 111 is not altogether pleased at this off- ar nd disposal of her carriage. So I re- b( 3ed the kind offer and left them with ai i pleasurable sensation of having a" ide a couple of charming new ac- ca alntances. rhere was another acquaintance, If 01 night so call him, whether friend or ar ?, waiting for me outside?the no Bbuffling. slipshod creature whom ea lad seen so often that evening. Dl:tly I went out I saw him emerge re ?m the portico of an unfurnished w use and follow me to the very door Prince's Gardens. le was still on the watch when I left 01 s. Colllngbam Smith's, having found at thing to detain me there?no sign of al Ida Falrholme, whom I had hoped ^ run down. I would now have con>nted this pertinacious "shadow," 10 illng him to account for thus dogging r footsteps, and If he gave no satis- m ;tion, handing him over to the police. p it It would have taken time and I felt 01 lad none to lose. t was already long past midnight ce night miss Frlda, and that was not 'a be borne. Mrs. Falrholme, her co )ther. could give me no news of her irge. "Yes, Frlda Is here, somelere. That Is all 1 know," she anered In a weary, faroff, semi- or nnolent voice, as. no doubt she had w( jwered a dozen similar queries. "But have not seen her for an hour or ^ >re. I do wish, Mr. Wood, you would e<3 d her and bring her to me," she said ilntively. ^ Is I wandered about dejectedly, all once I heard, "Captain Wood, Miss m lrholme wants to speak to you," and ^ jaw a hated rival, with no frlendli- ^ 38 In his face, pointing to where Ida sat behind a great mass of flow- S1 ng azaleas. w ihe was as gracious a sight as ever, ar j of the fairest and brightest of a i created for the delight and tor- ftr nt of mankind. Her dress Is beyond ' powers of description. 1 think It w s a pale blue sntln with pink roses, t that Is all I can say, except that f? ?m the feathery aigret that crowned w r sunny hair to the tip of a tiny shoe t0 shed a little out but working fretly upon the carpet she was the ^ st absolutely charming woman I had ?r seen. ro) I don't think I shall speak to you," fan Miss Frlda, with a sniff. "What re you to say for yourself? Are you !: are that I kept you three dances"? took a seat by her side without ?v 3wering, and then, giving way to an tlon I did not exactly feel, In spite T,e the great change In my fortunes, I ighed In her face. an Really, Captain Wood, I am at a ' s to understand this most idiotic en jceeding," she went on, with great ca tellness; "something must have ppened." 1 It has?something most strange and prising. I have been looking for su II the whole day, In the park, at the ?ra, at Mrs. Colllngham Smith's, to rj1 I you that?that?that? Do you re- * imber once saying that you felt per;tly safe with me?" ro, I withdraw it altogether. I now beve firmly that you are a dangerous , jatlc, and I will ask you, please, to ce me back to mother." She half 80 ie from her seat. 'Stay?you used to say that there , aid be no nonsense between us; that svas only a pauper, a harmless, In- ' fnificant nonentity, and impossible? lereas if I were a duke, or an Amerl- 1 n millionaire, you might?perhaps"? gu 'Do you mean to say that you have en deceiving me all this time? I aljether refuse to be bound by any guarded words I may have uttered, d*if you persist shall also decline the ue nor of your acquaintance." . 'Hear me out, at any rate," I plead, as I seized her hand and gently ' ow hop hnek. for she bad now got i and was leaving me like a frighten- BO bird. Then I blurted out the whole story, that clumsy, blundering way a man ^ s when his heart is full and all bis ]y ppiness depends on what he is say- si3 g. Still never a word from her, until ex last 1 cried despairingly. ar "Frida, darling, my first thought 0u ben I heard of this fortune was of ar u?say you will share It with me." ag "1 think you have been most abomi- lot tbly deceitful and underhand." she T1 ltered. "You should not have kept an # * \ xe was the most , absolutely charming woman I had ever seen. from me. I had a right to know, T lould have been told?1?1"? "1 only beard tlje news myself this ;ry morning." fa "But Just thlnkj-what people would ty. I should beheaded a mercenary retch, accused of selling myself for jut millions." \ "They shall be yours. I will make tern all over to ydu at once. 1 do not ire for them one bit, except that they ve me the right to ask you for this." I took her gloved band and kissed It, it she herself, turning her blushing ;ce up to mine, offered me her lips. When 1 left Prince's Gate I seemed > tread an air. We had been among ie last Fiida and 1 had lingered on nong the azaleas till Mrs. Fair)lme's patience was fairly exhausted id she came herself to end the tetetete. I think she saw enough in our mscious faces to comfort her with e hope that the pains of her cbaperlage were approaching their term, id she heartily indorsed Frlda's invition to come tc lunch, and come irly. Then I saw them* Into their carriage, fusing their prdffered seat, for 1 ished to be alone with my new found ippiness. ' The night was fine, the air soft, ider the pale sky* for dawn was near hand, and I stepped out gayly, with 1 the buoyaucy of one with whom e world went welL I wflo hrnncht nn nhnrtlv and shnrnlv the realities of life by running up ump against my "shadow." The an who bad stuck to my heels so Ttlnaclously all the evening was still l the watch. But he was not Jnrking In the resses of a bouse porch. I met him ce to face upon the pavement, a nd he uld not escape me. "Look here, my fine fellow," T cried, ckling him at once, "this has gone a :tle too far. Take yourself off. now, I shall give you In charge. Come? alk." Then I caught sight of his face under e gas lamp and Instantly recognlzl It "What you, Mr. Snuyzer?" 1 laugbl aloud. "Upon my word. 1 am Inlitely obliged to you. But really you Ight have saved yourself the trouble, nd?pardon my saying so?I don't Ink you do It very well." He would not own up at alL "Easy, iv'nor, easy." he answered, with a ell assumed snuffling voice. "Wot e you a-drlvlng at? I've as good a gbt to be 'ere as you ev. Wot's niss?" "I tell you plainly, Mr. Snuyzer. It on't do," I continued. "I don't want >u, and I won't have you dogging my otsteps wherever I go. It's not the ay to get round me, and you'll have drop It Begin at once. Go your vn road?that way?and I'll take Is." I pointed him down the Exhibition id, and I myself turned Into Knight* Idge, and walking eastward, half dlssed to do the whole distance on foot it a hansom came up out of somelere, a mews, or a side street, or ertook me on the road, and the Iver, after the custom of his class, gan at once to pester me with, "Cab! tb, sir! Cab!" pulling up to my pace, d sticking to me most pertinaciously, it last, out of sheer disgust, and to d his Importunity. I Jumped Into the b and gave my address In Clarges eet. [ had barely lighted a cigar and ined back to ponder over the many rprlslng and mainly pleasurable ents of the day, when I realized that e cab was taking the wrong direc>n. For some strange and lncomprenslble reason, the driver had turued und and was heading westward. 'Here, hi, hi!" I shouted, lifting the p. "Where are you going?" 'Wot's up?" answered the cabby Inlently, as he pulled up short "Think don't know my way about? Stow or"? The alternative I never heard, for at at moment two men Jumped up on e front tread of the cab and openg the doors threw themselves upon 2. Their weight alone would have fflced to overpower me, to silence 2, and crush out all resistance. 1 uld do no more than give voice to ( e frantic yell for help, for now the , rong, pungent smell of chloroform ider my nostrils and the vain strug2 I made with fast Increasing torpor Id plainly that they had called In other dread ally, and that I was ab- < lutelv helrtless In their hands. TO BE CONTINUED. V The Journal of Commerce's monthreview says that during September c cotton mills were completed and pect to operate within 60 days. Five e started in Georgia and North Carna. Eleven new cotton mills were ^ nounced during the month with an gregate of 53,000 spindles, and 500 )ms, and a capitalization of $1,045,000. lis is a less number of spindles than 1 y month since February of last year. 1 pijSttUattHmji Reading. BETHEL PRESBYTERY. \ < Synopsis of the Proceedings of the Fall Meet- j Ing at MoConnellsville. Reported for The Yorkville Enquirer. The presbytery of Bethel met at Mc- l Connellsville, In Olivet church, on the 3d of October at 11 a. m. The opening sermon was preached by Rev. W. G. Neville. In the absence of the moder- * ' -> f ator. There were 54 members enrolled during the meeting. Rev. W. W. Ratchford was elected moderator, and Rev. W. A. Haflfner assistant to stated clerk. Licentiate R. F. Klrkpatrlck was examined with a view to his ordination, and sustained an excellent examination. He was ordained to the full work of the ministry on the 5th of October. Calls were read from Salem, Union and Lebanon churches for the pastoral services of this brother, and were accepted by him, and order was taken for his installation at an early date. Rev. S. C. Caldwell, of Ashevllle presbytery, was received as a member of this presbytery and permission was given Heath Springs and Liberty Hill churches to employ him as stated supply for a year. Permission was given Aimwell and Longtown churches to employ Rev. H. Maxey Smith as supply for a year. Zlon and Uriel churches were permitted to employ Rev. J. E. Green until January next. Rev. J. N. Craig, D. D., secretary of the general assembly's home missions, was present, and addressed the presbytery on the subjects of home missions and invalid fund. The reports of the permanent committees were read as usual, reciting the interests of the cause of religion as viewed from the various standpoints of the committees. Fishing Creek church presented a call for the services of Rev. J. H. Wilson, and on his acceptance, an appointment was matfe for his lnstalla- ? tion. s Hopewell and Oakland churches pre- ; sented calls to presbytery for the pastoral services of Rev. W. C. Underwood, at present a member of West Hanover presbytery In the synod of Virginia, and permission was given these churches to prosecute these calls before his presbytery. > The report of the narrative on the state of religion in the bounds of presbytery excited unusual Interest, and It c was ordered that In lieu of the confer- t ence held at the fall meeting of presby- 1 tery by the elders, on the subject of re- f llglon In their congregations, the el- v ders shall read the narrative of their sessions in open presbytery. i Pastors were Instructed to preach * during the next six months In all the 1 churches supplied by them, on the sub- 9 ject of family religion, special refer- a ence being had to the training of the a young, and family worship. Calls 1 will be made on the ministers at the t next meeting of presbytery to answer t whether they have discharged this \ duty. f Rev. Alexander Sprunt, D. D., was a re-elected stated clerk. d Rev. D. N. McLaughlin and Mr. A. e R. Banks were re-elected trustees of li Davidson college, and Rev. W. F. Hall, P D. D., was elected to fill the unexpired r term of Rev. D. S. McAllister as a trus- r tee of Davidson college. Rev. J. K. Hall, Rev. J B. Swann, Rev. Chalmers Fraser, and Rev. W. A. Haffner, with Messrs. W. D. Knox, A. H. White, and T J. M. Spratt, were elected the committee on home missions. Rev. Alexander Sprunt, D. D., Rev. C. G. Brown and Mr. E. A. Crawford, were elected the committee on foreign j missions. ' The committee on education was re- t elected, with one change, as follows: I Rev. S. H. Hay, Rev. D. N. Mc- f Lauchlin, Rev. J. H. Wilson, Rev. W ^ B. Arrowood and Messrs. James Ham- a llton, C. B. McKeown, M. D., and D. S. r Drennan. Rev. W. W. Ratchford, Rev. C. S. C Caldwell and T. B. Nebbet were elect- v ed the committee on bible cause. C , m , o TALLERT OF LIVING MEN. s I European Scientists Are Interested In a Res- t , ident of Minnesota. r The biggest living man is Lewis Wil- t kins, who is noW arousing great interest in the scientific circles of Europe, t Wilkins was born on a farm near St. p Paul, Minn., In 1874. When he was "V about ten years old he measured six fc feet in height and now has grown to t the tremendous height of 107$ Inches? 1 just three-quarters of an inch less than s nine feet?and weighs 364 pounds. c There have been other tall men and h women.before Wilkins and scientists s have striven in vain to account for t these freaks of nature. Only lately a fl plausible story has been put forth by I a French physician, Dr. Marie, who b says that giantism is nothing more nor a less than a disease. This disease gen- g erally occurs in patients between the F ages of 18 and 35, and is first called acromegaly (from two Greek words y meaning "enlargement of the extremi- c ties.") If the patient is not attacked n until after he is 18 the ends of the c bones and legs are enlarged and pro- e longed slightly: but if this disease has s attacked a child at or soon after birth a giantism is the result. The bones are I prolonged all along their length, grow I unnaiurauy ana me resuu is a giani. u When you see a big man it is, there- y fore, a question whether he is unusu- s ally strong or wnether he is a sufferer H from acromegaly. All giants have not been acromelgalic, according to Dr. n Marie. He mentions two giants in the d French army that did not belong to s this class. One was Chas. Freut, a k cavalry soldier, who was six feet elev- a en inches, and another was Marnat, a a drum major in the Nineteenth regiment t' of infantry, who measured six feet nine I Inches. ^ Perhaps the greatest giant who ever s< lived before Wilkins was Charles Byrne, an Irishman. He measured E nine feet two inches. His skeleton is z< still preserved, proving beyond ques- i' tion his enormous size. He was probably acromegalic. Other giants were Constantlne, born at Zurich, eight feet one Inch; Herold, born at Leipsic, seven feet five Inches, and Lady Emma, eight feet one inch.?Golden Penny. HOW BRYAN WILL WIN. fhe Claims That Are Beinf Made by the Democratic National Committee. For the first time In this campaign, lays a dispatch to the Philadelphia rimes from Chicago, dated Wednesday, :he Democrats have broken the rule hey had established and have given >ut an estimate upon the election by itates. Vice Chairman J. G. Johnson, >f the Democratic National executive :ommittee, reached Chicago this mornng and gave out the following table, riving Bryan 326 electoral votes, Mckinley only 88, and doubtful 33. The table as prepared by Vice Chairnan Johnson, is as follows: Mc- DoubtStates. Bryan. Kinley. ful. Alabama 11 ? ? Arkansas 8 ? ? California .... 9 ? ? Colorado 4 ? ? Connecticut .... 6 ? ? Delaware .. ... 3 ? ? Florida 4 ? ? Seorgia 13 ? ? daho 3 ? ? lllnois 24 ? ? ndiana 15 ? ? owa ? 13 ? ?ansae 10 ? ? Sentucky 13 ? ? Louisiana ,. .. 8 ? ? Maine ? 6 ? Maryland 8 ? ? Massachusetts . ? 15 ? Michigan ? ? 14 Minnesota ? ? 9 Mississippi .... 9 ? ? Missouri 15 ? ? Montana ....;. 3 ? ? ^ew Hampshire ? 4 ? *ew Jersey .. .. ? ? 10 "Jew Tork .. ..36 ? ? Nevada 3 ? ? Nebraska 8 ? ? ^orth Carolina 11 ? ? ?Iorth Dakota.. 3 ? ? Dhlo 23 ? ? Dregon 4 ? ? Pennsylvania .. ? 32 ? ilhode Island .. ? 4 ?. louth Carolina. 9 ? ? South Dakota ..4 ? ? rennessee .... 12 ? ? rexas 15 ? ? Jtah 3 ? ? r cuiiuiii 1 ? Virginia 12 ? ? Vashington .... 4 ? ? Vest Virgina ..6 ? ? Wisconsin .... 12 ? ? Vyoming 3 ? ? Total 326 88 33 "The figures which I give out," ex:laimed Vice Chairman Johnson, "are >a8ed not only on the most reliable nformatlon which our committee has rom every staie In the Union; but also ipon this further remarkable fact: "Everybody knows that It was the rold Democratic vote of this country vhlch elected McKinley four years ago. t Is equally well-known that at least 0 per cent of that vote will go for Brym this fall. The German vote was ilmost unanimously against Bryan In 896, while this year we have trustworhy information that leads us to believe hat fully 80 per cent, of the German rote in the pivotal states will be cast or Bryan. This statement is true not ilone of the Germans, but of other listinctively foreingn classes of votrs. The great body of the organized abor vote which was induced to suptort McKinley four years ago, will be learly solid for the Democratic ticket text month." > TILLMAN'S PITCHFORK. he South Carolina Senator la Using the Implement In Illinois. ?arrollton, 111., Dispatch, October 2. "A pitchfork is a mighty handy thing 0 have around. It Is good to handle lay with; It Is good for straw and ;rain; it is absolutely necessary to tandle (a pause) manure. I don't come tere to abuse Republicans or the Rembllcan party as a body; but, In talkng about some of the actions of their iresident, I shall be compelled to use 1 pitchfork, because I don't like to use ny fingers in it." Thus Benjamin R. Tillman, of South .arolina, made his opening impression ipon the Democratic mass meeting at 'arrollton today. He was cheered vigusly. One of the statements with which the enator opened wide the eyes of the lemocratic farmers of Illinois, was his old assertion that Mark Hanna had aised $2,000,000 or $3,000,000 from the arnor plate makers and was using it in he campaign. "There are two concerns in the counry," he said, "which make this armor ilate?Carnegie and the Bethlehem. Ve had a contract on which we had teen holding them Ave years. We had teen keeping them down to $300 a ton. ?his year, on the last day of the sesion of congress, Mark Hanna took harge of it. He went in and ordered ds henchmen to give authority to the ecretary of the navy to make a conract for armor plate at what he saw It. It was a clear steal of $7,000,0000. '11 swear that Mark Hanna, to the est of my, knowledge and belief, had ,n agreement with those two firms to ;ive him $2,000,000 or $3,000,000 for the residential campaign." He proceeded: "Douglas and Lincoln rent up and down this state. Douglas ontended that, when we said governnent derived its just powers from the onsent of the governed, it was intendd to leave out the niggers. Lincoln aid it was the other way. The Nortn .rose en masse in 1886 and sided with Lincoln's view. And now you've got 0,000,000 niggers down South to project n?to exercise your Ingenuity on. But ou are turning them over to us to hoot and kill, and you go off and get 0,000,000 more to shoot and kill. "How will you old soldiers who larched through South Carolina, and 1 id not leave anything but chimneys tanding, answer the Confederates you illed when you meet them up yonder, nd they ask you, 'Well, Johnny, how re things?' You'll have to say that he Republican party now says tnat >ouglas was right and Lincoln was rrong. You've got to go to God pretty oon and answer for your votes. i "Mr. McKlnley refused to receive the toer envoys except as private citi- < ens, because he was Afraid of offend- ] ig his friend, John Bull," the senator i asserted. "And yet they tell us," he said, "that the Germans and the Dutch are going to vote for this d?d cowardly Republican party." REPUBLICANS AND NEGROES. Mr. Bryan Shows How the Pot Cannot Afford to Call the Kettld Black. While Mr. Bryan was speaking at Marlon, Indiana, last Friday, someone in the audience asked him in regard to the North Carolina law. Mr. Bryan said: "My friend, I am glad you asked me that; I am prepared for you. Now I am going to assume that the Republican who asked me the question Is an honest man. I am going to ask him about the constitution of the Republican state of Oregon. I will read a provision of the constitution. It says: " 'Section 35. No free Negro or mu- . latto not residing In this state at the time of the adoption of this constitution shall come, reside or be within this state, hold any real estate or make any contract or maintain any such therein, and the legislative assembly shall provide by penal laws for the removal by public officers of all such Negroes and mulattos and for the effectual exclusion from the state and for the punishment of persons who shall bring them into the state or employ or harbor them.' "That amendment was adopted before the civil war; It makes it unlawful for a free Negro to go Into the state and It authorizes the officers to put him out But you say it is old. Let me remind you that last June 1, effort was made to repeal that portion of the constitution and the effort to repeal was defeated, although the state went 10,000 Republican. But my friend may not have time to go to Oregon. If not I want to tell him to go the city of Washington. The nearer they go to Washington and find out what that provision was that the Republican administration had made the voters of Porto Rico. "Why don't you correct that? But if you have not got time to go to Washington, let me remind you that your administration has made the Sulu treaty and the Sulu treaty provides r that our flag shall float over the sultan's palace, and that we shall pay the sultan so much to keep It floating there. That flag floats today over Sulu slaves and the treaty recognizes slavery as an existing institution, and Instead of providing that the slaves shall be free, the Sulu treaty provides in article 10, that he shall have the right to purchase his freedom whenever he can make enough working for nothing a day to buy himself at the market price. There never was a more shameful piece of hypocrisy than is that un aer wnicn iue neyuuuuuui uiue wueu they talk about Southern amendments. It was a Republican congress that took the right to vote away from those In the District of Columbia, and for 80 years the Negro has been electing Republican presidents and getting janitorships In return, and you never hear a modern Republican say anything for him except during a campaign when his vote Is needed. 1 KILLING A RHINOCEROS. Huge Pachyderm Shot to Death at Hamburg, ? Germany. . ? It Is not often that men, even In the wilds of Africa or Asia, get the opportunity of seeing the death of a rhinoceros by the bullet. And probably no one ever had such an opportunity in civilized countries until last week, when the great and famous rhinoceros in the Hamburg Zoological Gardens went mad and had to be killed. f The creature was an Indian rhinoceros, and had lived in the zoological garden in Hamburg for more than thirty years. It was a huge animal, weighing almost 5,000 pounds, and for years it had been notorious for its restlessness and fierce temper, which seemed to grow worse with each year of its imprisonment, absolutely contrary to what is known of wild animals generally. This fierceness was manifested particularly by its attacks on the walls of its cage. Dally it it would rush at them and gouge great grooves into them with its horn. All efforts to break it of the habit were futile, and at last the natural result came in the form of a necrosis of the bones of the skull, owing to the continued series of injuries inflicted on the horn. Treatment was out of the MtiAnff/vM fAr ?a man rxra a introniH IjUCOLlVil, 1W1 *?V liiu." ?? WW wy.v. enough to approach the monster. Healing lotions were applied constantly as men got the chance, but no systematic cure could be carried on, and finally the necrosis became so acute that the huge beast went mad. fteluctantly it was decided to kill it. Poison was sugested at first, but discarded because the record of previous attempts to poison pachyderms showed that even huge quantities of the most powerful lethal drugs failed to have the desired effect, and, if they killed at all, did so only after having caused the beast much suffering. Finally the bullet was selected as the most certain and merciful, and a noted shot, Dr. Walter von Ohlendorf was invited to do the killing. Many famous sportsmen and rifle shots were present. Dr. von Ohlendorff used the German army carbine model 88, which fires a huge ba'l almost as large as the bore of a ten gauge shotgun. The projectile was , hollow at the point and did tremendous execution. Dr. von Ohlendorf waited till the mad beast turned its side to him, and then fired at the heart. The ball tore away twenty inches of one rib, passed just over the heart and buried itself In the rib on the other side. It had burst almost at once, and only a small piece of the projectile was found intact. All of the rest had smashed Into tiny fragments, like bird shot. The course of the projectile was almost fifty inches long. Not a single organ in its area had oeen leu uimKauuyeu, uum iui'e? were torn into fragments and heart and. ribs were burst. The rhinoceros leaped into the air almost simultaneously with the discharge, turned itself half way around, shuddered and then rolled over dead with its legs in the air.