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ESTABLISHED IN 1? ASK CONTRIBUTIONS j BRYAN AND KERN ISSUE APPEAL TO FARMERS. Iowa Farmer, Formerly a Repodi can, * Gives $100 for Campaign Fund, Which Is First Contribution. The first appeal for campaign con tributions by the Democratic candi dates for the presidency and the vice-presidency was issued Friday, directed to the farmers of the coun try. It is as follows: "To the Farmers of the United State: " "The first contribution made to the Democratic campaign fund this year, so far as we know, was made by an Iowa farmer. Just before the Denver convention ruet .this man, who modestly prefers not to have his name mentioned, journeyed more than 100 miles to Lincoln with his -contribution of $100, which he left with Mr. ?ryan to be given to the committee when organized for the campaign. "This farmer was born in Sweden and for some time after he was nat uralized was a member of the Re publican party. But he was a stu dent of public questions and in the course of time became a Democrat. To manifest his deep interest in the success of the party and the triumph of Democratic principles he made this free will offering o the campaign fund. "It Is very appropriate that this first contribution should come from that great body of our population known as agriculturists. The farm er has nothing to gain by privilege and favoritism; hishope is In the application of the doctrine of 'equal rights to all and special privileges to none.' He has been the ictlm of all special legislation and has suffer ed from control of politics by the great predatory corporations. Now that the Democratic party has an nounced its determination not to ac cept contributions from corporations and not to accept excessive contri butions even from individuals and to publish all contributions when over a reasonable minimum, it ought to tie able to secure a sufficient sum from the citizens who ask from the government nothing but protection of their rights and consideration for the general .welfare. There are hundred of thousands of farmers who are abundantly able to contribu te the campaingn fund. There are thousands who could give $.100 apiece without feeling it; there are tens of thousands who could give $50 apiece without sacrifice and still more who could give $25 or $10 or $5. "As the national committee has not yet been organized we will ask The Commoner to call for subscrip tions to this farmers' fund. Those giving may indicate whether they are willing to have their names mentioned and if the contrbution is not more than $100 their wishes will be complied with. All contributions above $100 must be made known no matter from whom they come. "The farmers fund will be turned over to the national committee as soon as its permanent officers have been selected. Who will be the first to respond? The Denver convention was a people's convention; it adop ted a strong, clear, honest platform and its nominations were made with practical unaminity. Our fight is a fight for the whole people. Our aim is equal and exact justice to all; our purpose, is to restore the govern ment to the hands of freely chosen representatives of the voters. How many farmers will join in furnish ing the fu^d necessary to present the issues? (Signed) "William J. Bryan.'' "John W. Kern." * GIVES JOY TO BRYAN. Defeat of Taft Man in Western Town Causes Satisfaction. The defeat Monday of a Taft man for Mayor of Walla Walla, Wash., a Republican stronghold, was the cause of much jubilation at Fairview, Neb. With unfeigned delight. Bry an announced the receipt of this telegram from W. H. Murphy, De mocratic leader of that city. "The Democrats of Walla Walla, Wash., send greetings. As the first favor able augury of victory at Monday's election, the home of United States Senator Ankeny, heretofore a Re publican stronghold, elected Eugene Taustic, Democrat, Mayor over W. P. McKean, Republican, by a ma jority of nine hundred and forty two. Mr. McKean is president of tie local Taft Club." Bryan declared that the election was significant, in that it showed to the country that the Democrats have L>?en justified in their forecasts of the trend of political sentiment throughout the country. Swallowed a Ten-Inch Knife. Charles Henry underwent an opera tion in the hospital at Hazelton, Pa., on Friday, in which a ten-inch knife was removed from his stomach. He was entertaining a number of friends at a knife eating, when one of the knives slipped and went down his throat. i' .Religious War. Within a week Uo miners have fceen kil'ad from ambush at Ring ham. Utah as the result of a religious ;war. 69. SEVEN MINERS KILLED. Terrific Explosion of Gas in Penn? sylvania Coal Mine. At Pottsville, Pa., on Thursday seven mine workers were killed and ten others injured by a terrific ex plosion of gas in thw Williamstown colliery of the Summit-Branch Min ing Company, in the lower part of the anthracite coal fields. The mine was wrecked and set on fire. The dead are: John Riley, Ar thur Hawk, Charles Ricourt, John Whttle, Anthony Frelas, James Bowman, Michael Stakura. * The explosion occurred in No. 1 shaft of the colliery and is believed to have been caused by one of the men lifting the gaze of his safety lamp just after an explosion of a shot which brought down a large body of coal. The explosion shook the entire colliery. The work of rescue was immediately begun and when volun teers were called for almost every man at the workings offered his ser vices, wrhich meant a hazardous trip into the burning mine. Near the foot of the shaft the in jured were found, they having rush ed toward the entrance only to fall over unconscious. All of the dead were found a short distance from the shaft battered and burned into an almost unrecognizable mass. Physicians from Williamstown and nearby villages treated the injured, while a number of women volunteer ed their services as nurses. Several of the injured were removed to their homes, after receiving temporary treatment, but others were in too serious a condition to be moved un til night, and cots were provided for them. The doctors say three of the injured may die. . One of the injured was taken to the morgue, and it was pot until an identification of the bodies was made that it was found that he was living. \ He was badly burned and batter ed, but probably will recover. The fire in the mine probably will be extinguished before more damage is done. The Williamstown colliery is operated by the companies controlled by the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany. ; * GONZALES VISITS BRYAN. \ Columbia Editor Says the Commoner Will Make a Few Speeches. W. E. Gonzales, editor of the State.of Columbia. S.' C. and one of Mr. Bryan's lieutenants, after a visit with Mr. Bryan and Mr. Kern at Fairview, Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday said: "The statement that Mr. Bryan will not make a canvass is incorrect. It is his present purpose, however, to deliver no platform speeches, but to make ten or a dozen political ad dresses, dealing with the more vital issues, as presented in the platform. Mr. Kern will make a more coninu ous campaign, and I was assured in Denver that Mr. Towne will be no less active than if he had been the Vice Presidential nontlnee." Mr. Gonzales said that campaign contributions will he invited by newspapers in his State, and he be lieved every Democratic paper in the South would do likewise. * POWEDER MAGAZINE EXPLODES. Nine Lives Snuffed Out Suddenly in a Washington Town. At Cleelum. Wash., an explosion Thursday in the powder magazine of the Northwestern Improvement Co., killed nine persons and seriously iu jured a number of others. The dead: George Mead, manage of Northwestern Improvement Co's. store; Gilford McDonnells, clerk; Andy Grill, clerk Mrs. Perry Mof fatt, wife of brickmaker: infant child of Mrs. Moffatt. Joe Rossie. miners Joseph Pogriaphi. miner; two min ers. Shortly before 5 o clock Manager Mead and the two clerks from the store went to the powder house to assist in unloading a carload of pow der. How the accident "happened is not known. * "Red" Meeting Only Literary Debate. Summond to the Chicago commons bridge, Mass.. caused a lot of ex police charged a howling, fighting, sweating mob of foreigners in a little hall last Sunday afternoon and, after a wild fight in which they used their clubs freely, took possession of the place. But instead of a revolu tionary or anarchistic gathering, the bluecoats discovered it was mereiy a meeting of the Armenian Literary society attempting to straighten out the books of the club in order to find out their financial standing. * Carrie Nation Scares Women. Revelers in the Pompeian room of the Auditorium annex in Chicago, III., were given something stronger than highballs, last week, when Car rie Nation entered upon the scene. ""Stop drinking right now,*' she yel led as she raised her hatchet. "The men who brought you women here ought to be in jail. Now clear right out." * She Wanted Her Hubby Back. Mrs. Thomas Gurnham, of Cam by a hurried riotcall. a squad of citement when her nusband failed to return home before midnight. She declared he had been murdered and had the police in Boston looking for his assailant. The husband returned, at 1 a. m.. and explained his en forced absence. oraJngebu NEGRO HANGED. JOHN WESLEY SHEDD PAYS PEN ALTY FOR DOUBLE MURDER. His Crime Was du* Killing of George Lau hone and Alice White in May Last. The first capital execution since 1893 in Winnsboro was held in the county jail Friday. The victim of the execution was a negro, John Wes- | ley Shedd, who at the June term of! court was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced by i -Judge Gage to be hanged on Friday. July 17. Shedd was convicted of the murder, near Ridgeway, of two oth er negroes. George Lawkone and Alice White on May 15, this year. Shedd has never throughout the entire time, since he was imprisoned, betrayed any visble signs of trepida tion and up t o the time the trap door was sprung hemaiutained that" same composure. He addressed the immense crowd which surrounded the jail in a few words Friday morn ing, telling them to never touch whiskey, to which he attributed the source of his crime, and to live as' good men should. He confessed to the murder some weeks ago and again Friday morning he stated to his audience that he felt he was pre pared to meet his God and that he believed God would have mercy on his soul. He was then led back into the jail, where the cap was put over his head and face, his hands and feet were tied and the rope fastened around his neck. He stepped upon the trap door and Sheriff Hood shook his hand and told him good-bye. At exactly 11.04 o'clock Sheriff Hood, with a clean cut of a hatchet, severed the rope which supported the trap door Shedd's body dropped six feet into space. The fall, however, was not sufficient to break his neck .and he struggled vigorously for several minutes before his muscles relaxed. The examining physicians pronounc ed him dead in 13 minutes after the trap was sprung. His body was taken down and turned over to re latives who carried it to' Ridgeway, Where it was buried . It has been 1"> years since" Winns boro has been the scene of a hanging In 1S93 two white men, Jasper and John Atkinson, uncle and nephew, were hanged by the late Sheriff Ellison in the jail yard. Another prisoner. Starks Means, is now in jail awaiting the Septem ber term of court when he will be resentenced, as the supreme court a few days ago affirmed the verdict of the lower court, which was murder in the first degree. Means will doubt- J less be hanged in October. The hanging Friday seemed to < have a depressing effect upon the ? immense crowd of negroes who had ! assembled from all parts of the' country. They were very quiet throughout the entire affair and no disturbance was brought about at Crime to "Rush the Can." The new state saloon law in Wis consin forbids the hiring of boys to carry pails of beer on notched sticks for ' workmen. The old German custom has ruled since Milwaukee was founded but now it must stop. * Etna Again in Active Eruption. Mount Etna is in active eruption and lava is flowing down its sides. Earthquake shocks are frequent in the vicinity of Milo and Santeramo. Italy. '_ * Pork Breaks Rero-xi for Price. Hogs touched high mark at Chica go last week, when they sold at $7.05 per 100 pounds. * KG, S. C TUESDAY, JU OH. SUCH "HARMONY!" AH LINE FOR BRYAN NEGRO AMERICAN POLITICAL LEAGUE QUITS REPUBLICANS [The Organization Has Membership f of 700,000?Democrats Will Get Three-Fourths of Negro Vote. A special correspondent to the Snartanburg Herald from Washing ton says closely following the state ment of President Gompers that the American Federation of Labor would support Bryan for the presidency, the Negro American Political League,, with headquarters in Washington, has stated positively that it will sup port the Democratic nominee. The decision, according to the statement of'Rev. J. Milton W?ldron, president of the league, is not so much be cause of a desire to see the Demo crats successful, as it is because of a desire to see William Howard Taft, the creature of Theodore Roose velt, defeated. The league president' sent the folowing telegram to Mr.1 Bryan: "Hon. William J. Bryan, Fairview, Lincoln, Neb. "We congratulate you upon .your nomination to the presidency by :he representatives of the American peo ple?not by the hirelings o?, a boss ?and we predict your election next November by a handsome majority. Judging from assurances given us by our people throughout the North and West, you will receive seventy five per cent of the colored vote. (Signed) "J. Milton Waldrou, D. D. "President of the National Negro American Political League." The organization of which Dr.. Waldron is president is said to have an affiliation of 700,000 members, inoltiding the membership proper and those of other organizations af filiated with it. The affiliation of the other organizations was affect ed after the nomination of Taft by the Republicans at Chicago on June 19th. At a conference of those who were in Chicago for participation in the councils of the Republican party, a commitee, consisting of J. Milton Waldron, D. D.. of Ohio. George W. Gaines, D. D. of Illinois. Wm. Muu Iro Trotter. D. D., of Massachusetts, and Bishop Wallers, of New York, was appointed and authorized to de cide upon the best method to defeat Taft. The conference had previous ly voted unanimously not to sup port Taft. The league has opened headquarters in Chicago, and will start a newspaper next week to work against. Taft. In a statement the reasons for the action of the league in fighting Taft, tne president says: "We went, to Chicago with the avowed purpose of heartily support ing the Republican party should it return to the principals upon which j it was founded. But when on reach-1 ing Chicago, we found that morel than two-thirds of the delegates to] the convention were office holders appointed by President. Roosevelt and pledged to carry on his policy of destroying all those who oppose him whether they were good men or bad. in the right or in the wrong ?and when we learned from state ments repeatedly made by Mr. Roose velfs representatives at the conven tion that he had decided to recognize the "Lily White" faction of the party with the avowed purpose of eventual* ly eliminating the negro from poll tics in the South, in the hope of building up there a strong Republi can organization, and when no efforts on our part or on the part of the old: line white Republicans could Induce iur. Roosevelt's delegates to pledge the party to reinstate the discharged negro soldiers who are inuocent of participation of the shooting up of Brownsville, we dee'ded, after re peated and lengthy conferences with more than two hundred vepresenta* LY 21, 1908. ?Berryman in Washington Star. - KILLED BY TRAIN. SIX AUTOMOBILISTS STRUCK BY MANHATTAN LIMITED. Was Standing; on Track Waiting For Freight to Pass When* Passenger Came Along Going GO Miles Hour. Charles King, his wife, two daugh ters, a girl friend of the daughters and the chauffeur, all of Fort Wayne, Ind., were instantly killed at a Pennsylvania crossing near Colum bia City Saturday afternoon when an automobile, in which they were riding, was struck by the east-bound Manhattan Limited, running 60 miles an hour. The dead: Charles Sherman King. Mrs. King. Josephine King, 12 years old. - Catherine King, aged 14. Falne Bradshaw, aged 14. Carl Timmons, chauffeur. The party was in Mr. King's tour ing car, bound for the King cottage at Lake Wawasee, to spend Sunday. The machine Was standing on east bound track of the crossing, waiting for the passing of a west-bound freight train. The east-bound limit ed crashing around a sharp curve near the crossing, was unseen and unheard/ by the automobile party until almost on the crossing. Tim mons made a frantic effort to back the car off the track when he realiz ed the danger, but he was too late and an instant later the locomotive crashed into the machine, smashing it to splinters and hurling the occu pants in all directions. None of the victims lived more than two minu tes after "the crash. Mr. King was financial agent for the Prudential Life Insurance com pany in northern Indiana and had headquarters at Fort Wayne. He represented Wabash county in the state legislature in the session of 1898. and was active in Republican state pol tics. He was a leader in the legislature, although not often in debate on tne tloor. Miss Brad shaw was a friend of the King girls and was their guest on the trip. She was a daughter of R. W. Bradshaw, of Fort Wayne. STRUCK BY LICHTN1XG. Three Young White Men and a Negro Severely Shocked Near Hartsville. At Hartsvlle, on Friday, between 1 and 2 o'clock, lightning struck three of Mr. Jim Kelley's sons at Kellytowii, a few miles southwest of Hartsville. Two of the boys are thought to be seriously injured, while the other one is only slightly hurt. A negro also received painful injuri es, while two horses were killed outright. The men and stock were standing around a well, preparing to go lo work when the accident hap pened. "Dead" Man Became Hungry. Pronounced dead after all efforts toward resuscitation had failed Pet er Frey, of near Vienna. Mo., arose from the broad death slab and asked why he was not to have any dinner. Frey became tangled in the ropes in a seine and was drowned. His recovery, four hours after the dis coloration of his flesh to the purple common after death In water, is a marvel. tives assembled in Chicago from all par's of America, to oppose with all our might and main the election of William II. Taft to the presidency of the United States." As the Chicago convention threw considerable sop to the American Federation of Labor and to the ne groes it is significant that both ot these elements have come out square ly for the Democatic ticket. ? KAILS CAUSE WRECK. One Woman Killed and Several Other Passengers Hurt. One woman was killed, two were perhaps mortally, injured and nearly a dozen persons were seriously hurt when the White Mountain express, of the New York, New Haven and Hartford was wrecked 100 feet west of Greenwich, Conn., Thursday. Spreading rails caused the ten-car train to leave the tracks while it was crossing a bridge over a steamboat road, .and five .of the passengers cars, including four Pullmans, were hurled into a ditch, where they col lapsed like paper bboxes. That less than fifteen of 180 passengers were killed or injured seems little short of miraculous, as the train was goiug fifty miles an hour. The most tragic incident of,the wreck was the death of Miss Mar garet Armstrong, of Wayne, Pa., who was seated beside her mother in one of the Pullman coaches when the tram left the tracks. Miss Armstrong sprang from her seat and leaped out of a window just as the car toppled over and she was ground to death as her mother looked on. Mrs. Arm strong fainted from the shock, and when she recovered consciousness in the hospital she was out of her mind. The doctors administered opiates to quiet her. They say her condition is serious, and that she may die, aunough she was not in jured in the wreck. The other woman who may die is Mrs. A.W. Drake of 17 East 8th street, New York city, who was crushed in one of the cars. An im mediate investigation as to the cause of the wreck is to be made. The coroner ha^ had the engineer and both conductors of the train pla'ced under arrest, and he is having the work of moving the wreckage watch ed. This action was taken because of a report that reached the corner that a rotten tie on the bridge caus ed the accident. There is evidence alleged that the tie was in such a worm-eaten condition that the spikes holding the rails were pulled out. * NO CLEWS IN DREW CASE. Nothing New Developes Concerning the Girl's Death. A. dispatch from Troy, N. Y., says: Teal pond, where Hazel Drew's body was found with its tell-tale evidence of foul murder, was visited Sunday by several thousand people. The pond is about 12 miles from Troy. No new facts in the investigation of the crime were developed, though there is a possibility that there may he new clues developed shortly. , District Attorney O'Brien and County Detective Kaye are bending every effort to ascertain the where abouts of Hazel Drew on Monday night, July G. It is the firm belief of the district attorney that if som?3 one can be found who will tell voluntarily or who may be made ic tell where the girl spent the night a long step will have been taken in locating rhe author of the crime. The officers here are keeping a close watch on several who have figured prominently in the investigation thus far. No date for the inquest has been set. It is hoped by the officers of the county that the reward of $1,000 offered by the sheriff for the capture and conviction of the murderer will bring forth some persons who will be able to furnish information which may lead to an arrest. * PRESIDENT PLANS. Roosevelt Getting Ready for His Hunting Trip Next Year. There is very little Government business being transacted these warm days at Oyster Bay. On the broad veranda of his home at Sagamore Hill. President Roosevellt sits with books to the right of him and books to the left of him, books in front of him and a book in his hand. He is not studying campagn literature nor economic methods of government either, but examining charts of the wilds of Africa and reading treatises on how to shooting big game. In deed, these seem to be the President's happiest days, sitting in a big chair, examining a big album containing photographs of scenes in British Africa or the Congo, and forming plans for his great hunting trip to the dark continent next year. During the week the President has had a number of callers who, from experience, were able to give him in teresting details of the manner of hunting in Arica. Among these visitors were Mr. and Mrs. A. Saund e'-son, who recently returned from hunting in Af ica. Among these two lion cubs which they gave to the New York Zoological siciety. ? Gives New Horses for Old Ones. Mrs. Lillie Walker Baker, wife of Dr. George F. Baker, of Rosemont. Pa., is spending her summer in the Adrondacks and is actively engaged in the prevention of cruelly to ani mals. Through her efforts a number of horses have been killed. In cases which warrant she is replacing the new ones. Girl's Life is Cost of One Light. A match, used in lighting a cigar and then thrown carelessly from a window, lighted the flimsy dress worn by five-year-old Christina Stironi, of New York, and caused her death. She was frightfully burned.* Commits Murder and Suicide. After shooting his wife to death at St. Louis. Mo., Martz Martini o'i Friday killed himseJl. 4 ?1.50 PEB ANNUM. SAYS IT'S BRYAN THE "SOLID WEST" IS AFIRE WITH ENTHUSIASM. It Is in the,South Alone That the Democrats Do Not Seem Thorough ly Aroused. Capt. W. T. Thrower of! Cheraw. who attended the national Democrat ic convention as a delegate from the Fifth congressional district, filling Capt. John G. Richards' place passed through Columbia Friday, en route to his home. He was enthusiastc in praise of the Democratic nominees and says he firmly believes that they will win a great victory at the poll in November. ? "The West is enthusiastic for Bryan and a landslide for the Demo cratic ticket would not surprise me in the least," said Capt. Thrower. "I never talked wth a single man in the Western country who was* not outspoken for Bryan, and I talked with many who have heretofore voted the Republican ticket. All of those bolted the Democratic ticket In 1896 and 1900 will be back in line, and I am not expecting Taft to get many e'.yctoral votes west of, Pennsyl vania. 1 have doubts of his carrying his own State of Ohio. I talked with scores of people from Ohio, some Democrats and some Republi cans, and they told me that Taft might lose his own State, some of them openly asserting that the State would be for Bryan and Kern. "To give you an idea of how the Bryan sentiment is sweeping the West, I had quite a long talk with Mr. E. F. Reinoehl, president and manager of the Geauga Printing Company of Chardon, O., and he frankly said that never in the poli tical history of his section of Ohio have so many pronounced Republi cans announced their intention of bolting the party and supporting Bryan. Mr. Reinoehl is publisher of The Geauga Republican, The Geauga County Record and The Mlddleford Times, influential papers in that county, especially among the Ger mans. He frankly told me that he did not consider Ohio safely in the Taft column and said he looked for the biggest loss in Republican votes In that State ever recorded. "I stopped off at Danville, Ky., and talked with a great many people there, including men who have been voting ' the Republican ticket for years. Not a man did I find who is going to support Taft this year. They are 'sose' ou the administra tion and waut a change. Bryan and Kern will carry Kentucky by the largest plurality rolled up for tne Democratic ticket there in many, years. They are enthusiastic for Bryan,, and, there, as elsewhere, I find that those who bolted the ticket in 189G and 1900 have come back into the Democratic fold?and they are filled with enthusiasm. "On the train, coming through Ten nessee, I struck up with a life-long Republican who told me that he is for Bryan, and that other former Republicans in Tennessee would leave the old party this year and give the Democratic ticket their sup port. "It is everywhere thus. Of coar se, the Democratic ticket will carry the 'solid South,' but as a matter of fact our people are less enthusiastc than any people I have seen yet. They simply do not appreciate the condition that confronts the coun try; they have not been keeping up with the trend of things politically in the West. I tell you the folks out there are already 'warmed up' and they are filled with hope. Watch my predicton, the South and the West will join hands in this election and Bryan and Kern will win a great and glorious victory in Novem ber." Capt. Thrower was pleased with the convention; with the supreme harmony which prevailed and with the hearty and sincere praise he heard on every hand about W. J. Bryan. Even those who went there prepared to vote for Gov. Johnson, Judge Gray or others for presiden tial nominee had nothing but words of praise for Bryan and the conven tion wound up in a grand love feast. Personally Capt. Thrower favored John Mitchell, the great labor lead er, for vice presidential nominee but he is satisfied that Kern will help the ticket and may beb the means of placing Indiana in the Democratic column. "Mitchell is a great man, a leader." said Capt. Thrower, "and would have added to tV strength of the ticket. Well, he did not get the nomination, but he Is with us. heart and soul, and the work which he and Gompers will do in the in terest of the ticket will count." Asked for as expression regarding Wm. R. Hearst's latest utterance, in which he criticised the Democratic ticket and platrorm, Capt. Thrower merely said, "Well, Hearst Is a dead one. politically, and no longer has the influence which he one time ex erted." * Bartender Charged With Murder. Charles King, who served as bar tender In the East, Varick hotel, in Seneca Falls, N. Y., is under arrest on charge of murdering his employ er, John Steinbacher, who was in jured in a barroom brawl. Other arrests will be made. | * Non-Union Miners Resrwue. All coal miner in the Alabama field not recognizing the union have start ed up without any apparent short age of employes. ?