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.INii VOL. VII. ~MAINNING, S. C., W EDNESIDAY, NOVEMBEI S Si fIlE KA LAS FLCTIUN. E THIRD PARTY .EETS A WATER LOO ON CHOSE NGROUND. Od Partica ComZatm4e and Clean it o Kanma-.et the Arrogance of the New Party Lead .-- President Folh SAve it Is all Itiaht LEAVENWORTH, "-AN., NOV. 5. he combining of th: republicans with the democrats again-1 the people's parts in many parts or Kansais Tuesday reall began in the Is.st legislature, where the two older par tias, in order to accompls any thing, were forcerd to combine. Be fore the election last fall it was taciti3 agreed between the le-.ders of the demo cratic party and the alliance leaders thal if the democrats should nominate the old war goverur, Charles Robinson, oj Lawrence, for governor, the alliance convention would indorse the nomma tion and in retura the democrats were tc accept the man the alliance selected fo; lieutenant governor on the democratic ticket. The alliance convention and thc demccratic convention were held thf same day in Wichita, but the alliance Instead of nominating and indorsing Rob inson for governor, named J. T. Willets a comparatively unknown man. The alliance leaders may have intended t< keep faith, but an enthusiastic delegat propostd Willet's name and that settle it. L. W. 11umphreys was reelected gov ernor by the republicans, and WilletV came ia *cond in the race. The demo crats were incensed and in the alliance, which had cut their 80,000 majorit3 dowu aeariv half, the republicans saw -lusi fbe." The third party then be came L!e common enemy of republican, and democrats alike, and the battle it the legislature, which was almost over wholminaly alliance, resulted. Follow mit this came Ingalis's defeat by Pfeffer whose election has done more to hurl the third party than anything it has done before or since. .' Beiore the campaign this year sectioni of the repudlican and democratic part3 in this State coquetted with the allianct and talked fusion but the third party proud )t its strength, refused to listen t< these proposals and a general meeting o the democrati:: editors in Topeka in Jun( resented these proposals, as far as thE democracy was concerned, and dec!aret bitterly against the alliance. The defea of the alliance Tuesday last was th result. In an interview today, J. Ralph Bur ton, of Abelene, a noted republican cam paigner, said: -The only elections o national importance were in Ohio an( Kansas and there the republicans carrie< everything. In Kansas it was a perfec avalanche. Tne Issue was whethcr the vagaries of a set of visionaries were to be fastened on the ,state and the vote of the people said they were not. election in Kansas as a total defeat foi the alliance?" "Utter. But it was not defeat, it wai annihilation. They are swept from the lace of the earth. Hardly a vestige re, mains. There is not enough left of the alliance in Kansas to reform a respecta ble greenback party. Last year out a 424 principal county offices in the State the alliance got three hundred and some thing; this year only 125. C. K. Holliday, of the Topeka Demo crat, a successful editor and shrewi politician, said: "From a demoaratic standpoint it's a glorious victory. WE beat the alliance body, soul and breeches and that it enough to make any one feel good in Kansas. "While Kansas has not as many dem ocrats as some States, yet we have had a considerable degree of success in the past, and there is no reasonX why we mai not have in the future. But if Kas democrats accomplish anything in the future they will have to quit dividing ul to tiaht men and all go in toaether wit! a grand pull for the princples of democ racy." 'You are not in full accord with some other Kansas democrats as to the polic' of the party, are you?" "I am not in accord with the memberi of the State central c.,mmittee by'a big majority. They want to fuse with the alliance. Why, in Reno county the straight democrats got together and put out a democratic ticket but the commit tee would't recognize them and insistet on fusion with the allhance. The result is that county went overwhelmingl3 republican. This is teaching the Ijusior democrats a lesson. and they are all get ting mighty sick of fusion."' WINIFEED, Kan., Nov. 5.-In this. Cowley county, the people's party 'a! born. In 1889 the republican defeat wa overwhelming. owing to locai matters Out of this victory a few men con nected with the Far~ners' Alliance con ceived the idea of a peoples' party ii the county and then for the State. B H. Chafer, who was afterwards electe< to congress by she alliance party, was al that time president of the Stateiliance and he succeeded in getting a State or ganization of- a new party. The resul was that the democrats joined the alli ance movement and elected a legislature that downed John J. Ingalls. This done the alliance par.y boldly announced its anta~gonism to reriublican ism and democracy alike, and openly in suited democrats who dared ask for share of the honors won in a fusion cam paign. In the present campaign in this couu ty, as in a majority of counties in -hie ,tate, the alliance boldly asserted its in dependence and the democrats in the sowns, findng that the brethren in the country were liable to join the "calamit3 h'owl," icined the reputblican forces anc adm?inistered a whipping the allance w:ll not soon f orget. Bon. John A. Eaton, who was electet as a democrat fro n this city to the lez islature, and who was the democratic candidate for congress in 1888, soaid to. night: "The suo-treasury, governen1 loaning of money and government own. ership of rairoads was thought by dem ..crats to be dagerou~s. The leaders o: the alliance, whieb adlvocated those measar s, made it aint to go turthe; and misreprenent the een lition of Kan sas, one of th most capable and grand est agricalturai States in the Umion. "'It became necessary, in the minds o: leading demo,. ats, to give this alliance party a setback that would teach it con servatism at iieast. The democrats have taught the alliance party that arroganct anid intolerance should not and must not be taught in refo~rm politics." Captain Gray, late democratic candi date for sheriff, say: "I did niot ex pect a large vote. Crankism and intol erance has gone to such extremes thal good sense is no lenger exhibited by the leaders of the Farmers' Alliance. Thal organization needed a drubbing, and the with republicau farniers,. ,nouider to shoulder, and -settled the hash' ofa par tv not called for by any issue." J'.'hn i. Sumpter. chairman o the republican central committee, says he was sure the democrats would vote the republicau ticket, on accouut of the wild theories advanced by the alliance speak ers, each of which "had a plan," and no two of whichi were alike. Sol Smith, who conducted the cam paign in this county for the people's party. says he was surprised at the re -ult, as he thought a democrat would vote anything rather than a republican ticket, but has formed a new opinion in regard to democratic proclivities. Many other leading politicians express similar views. This country gave from 400 to 800 al liance majorities in 1888, from 80 to 200 in 1890. and thus far gives the republi can ticket pluralities of from 900 to 1,000 and the democrats are rejoicing with the republicans. WICHITA, KAN., Nov. 5.-There was no union of democrats and republi cans in this county or judicial district against the Farmers' Alliance. Each party had a straight ticket in the field, and the republicans won the day. In the adjoining districts where there was such fusion it was entirely due to a belief that in that locality the alliance had a plurality of the votes, and that the success of that party of despair meant new accessioLs to its ranks and a prolongation of the ruinoas policies in augurated by the late alliance legisla ture and which have proved so disas trous to the credit and welfare of Kan sas. The visionary land loan and sub treasury scheme promulgated by alli ance legislators, the class legislation de manded, the monopolistic tendency oi the body, as seen in their twenty mil lion dollar mercantile trust, which pro poses to establish farmers' co-operative stores of all kinds, and the generally wild vagaries and dangerous doctrines of the secret, oath bound alliance have aroused men of all other political beliefs to a sense of the destruction of business and credit bound to follow in the wake of alliance success. It is the general bel:e f that the defeats of last Tuesday will inaugurate a disin tegration of the alliance men in Kansas, which will leave it an unimportant fac tor in politics a year hence when its members will be distributed among the old parties, the greater per cent. going I to the democracy as the exponent of many measures that vitally concern the people. COLONEL POLK ON THE ALLIANCE. Col. L. L. Poik, president of the Na tional Farmers' Alliance, said: "The allian..e has not been weakened. It is as strong as ever. In many places the democras who co-operated with us last year joined with their old enemies, the republicans, in endeavoring to defeat our candidates. In some places like Kan sas this would give the appearance that our strength is less than heretofore. force to wage a fight in Ohio. We were only organized there last spring. The ballots cast yesterday signify absolutely nothing so far as we are concerned. One thing is inevitably certain: the alliance people of this country will stand for their demands, and will keep up an a, gressive fight until these demands are complied with." Republieas are Disappelated. WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-The general feeling hers is that the elections this week and their results have smoothed the way for a Democratic victory in 1892. The president, Mr. Blaine and other members of the administration see this and they do not contemplate the figures of the last election with any. thing like satisfaction. They have seen the free coinage and Farmers' Alli ance scares falling out of sight and tar iff reform standing out boldly as the Is sue with the certainty that a proper man that will be the nominee of the Democratic party on a sound platform. The members of the administration make but a feeble attempt to disguise the fact that the losses their party have sustaised are serious If not fatal. The thing Mr. Harrison was concerned about above all else was the election of Mr. Fasset. His vocabulary does not supply a term strong enough for his dis appointment. Democrats are inconsol able because Mr. Campbell has been compelled to take, but there is acknowl edged much in that result In the way of profit if the Democracy will not close their eyes to it. It holds the Republicans to the rob ber tariff as an issue for which they must coatend, and It promises to elimiu nate the free coinage or silver Idea from the fight In '92. Thus sunlight can be seen throngh the only Democratic re verse. While the administration finds no solace anywhere, the New York Sun in an editorial leader prophesies that Blaine and McKinley will be the Re publican ticket in '92. It is thought here that the large Republican major ity in the Ohio legisiature will invite a bitter fight between Sherman and For aker for the senate. To Steal Seniator B~rice'a seat. LnuA, Ohio. Nov. 0.-The Republi cans having captured the Legislature at yesterdays election will have a great deal to do with Senator Brice taking his seat. There is a great strife be tween the Sherman and Foraker fac tions for the Senatorship, and the Re publicans are contident that they have found a solution to the trouble which will smo:>th over all differences, and, when Congress convenes in December, will carry it out. The plan is for the Republicans to leave Mr. Brice's credentials to be refus ed in the Senate. This will throw the matter back to tne Ohio Legislature, which will be Repnblican, and which, when it convenes the month after Con gress opens, will be in the midst of hot warfare between the Sherman and F or aker contingents. After Brice's cre dentials are refused, it will be the place of the Legislature to elect two Senators instead of one, and both the contestants will be ele-cted. and the Democrats cheat ed out at their representative in the Senate. This disclosure of the scheme here to-day has caused much excite ment, this being Senator llrices' home, but the Republican iight in this State is in such a shape that something mnst be done, and as they are desperate, Brice will be chosen for the victim. Destraca ye Fire in Darlisa. ICOLUMxnrA, S. C., Nov 6.-A fire at Darlngton destroyed the following stores and dwellings: M. Mann. two stores and dwelling; J. G. Bnlicken, furniture; Marsin Hanley, store and stock; J. Goldman, store; Gowertz, store and stock and dwelling. The following were badiy damaged: M. C. Alexan der, store and stock; New York cheap store, stock; West & Hlonours, stock; the Misses Lides, store; M. Marco, three stores; J. Rosenburg, stack; HI. Heinig, store and stock; HI. Welsh store; Black & H yman, stock; A. Wein berg, store and stock; Smith Brothers, saloon; W. F. Dargan, store; K. Hoff man, etarck THE GREAT VICTOUY, 3OVERNOR HILL TELLS THE PEOPLE WHAT IT MEANS. [t Emphsizes tie ReputidiatioU of Ie- U publican Principles and is the Fore- o runner of Triumph for the -Natonal Do- W di mocracy. ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 5.-The Demo- s 3rat of Albany and the Buffalo Club ;erenaded Governor Hill to-night. 3overnor Iill spoke in the open air, ( iddressing the crowd on the m:nsion Ci awn. le said: "The victory over which we are now rejoicing is of pre-eminent importance. P It not only establishes the control of tl Lhe Democratic party in the executive c nd other departments of the State p government for the next two or three A ears, but it emphasizes the repudia- a hion of Republican principles. The t( apaign of our opponents from its t incption to its close was one of bra h nd bluster. It was not characterizedtV by sincerity. There was no real con- t Jdence in the issues which they sought t to make. They announced their desire to discuss State issues exclusively, and i proceeded to conduct their canvass upon that basis, and now they simply t wish they hadn't. They themselves f< virtually repudiated the national pria- o Diples of their party by a cowardly re- t: fusal to discuss them before the people. 'I Our position in regard to State matters v was as impregnable as the rock of t: Gibraltar. For eight years we had an Dually carried the State upon the ques- & tions presented by the administration tZ of our State affairs, and our opponents nly exhibited their rashness and ex- a treme indiscretion when they appar- U ently eagerly sought a conflict upon the r very fields where we had often routed G them and where we had so frequently tl won so many signal triumphs. I "The peopie were satisfied with Dem- a ocratic rule in this state, and did nut a desire a change. Our party had faith- s fully fulfilled its pledges. We had re- e duced the state debt from $7,000,000 to 31,000,000. The credit of the state - never stood higher than now. Econo my and retrenchment had been the watchwords and policy of the party. 3 No scandals had pertained to the oli- a cial conduct of any state officer. The 0 laws rhad been faithfully and impartial- g ly executed. The state taxes were the t lowest that they had been in thirty-six v years. Our state treasury was full and t overflowing. The people had been 1( given good government. The State Is was prosperous and the people were i p contented. Our opponents, therefore, t only exhibited their fool-hardiness when they attacked us upon lines which were the most strongly entrenched. The returns from the rural districts show that the silly cry of the 'Tam- 3 many Tiger' was without effect. The ( lion-hearted Democracy of the interior are not afraid of an alleged tiger or 0 any other animal which is the outcome C of the imagination of our Republican f friends. "This victory means the vindication t of the Democracy [cheers) in State and m nation. It is the victory of the Demo- b cratic party. We had no entangling a f.UneOes. It wO oaess6 r r- C y upon the .issues raised between the f Democratic and Republican parties, n and the people decided in our favor. 0 The Republicans said at the outset that a they wanted a speaking campaign, and t now they say their candidate talked too F much. He said he wanted to 'turn on a the light,' and the light was turned on, f but it exposed the utter insincerity and V worthlessness of Republican pretenses. b Our chances steadily improved under the strong light of intelligence and de- t liberate discussion. Our opponents h ranted; we argued. They indulged in personal abuse and vilification; we c avoided such methods, but presentedF facts and figures. They appealed tog the prejudices of the people; we ap-g pealed to their judgment. They con-s ducted a campaign of enthusiasm; we b calmly relied upon the justice of our cause and upon our perfect organiza- ~ tion. They grew weaker and weaker t as the contest progressed; we grew g stronger every hour. Another cam paign, and we would have had a ma ority north of Harlem river. "This election has rebuked those who had no arguments to present for their r cause, but who foolishly insisted upon g calling reputable men murderers and Y thieves. it has demonstrated that local ( and municipal affairs do not constitute I a sufficient issue for a great State elec- t: tion. It settles the question of the in- h tention of the people of the rural dis- v tricts to allow the citizens of New York p city the privilege of governing them- 1. seves. I believe that we have fairly I carried both branches of the Legisla- a ture. If the final returns corroborate g this view, then indeed may the people of 1] the State rejoice, because it iP9sures a c deliverance from Republican legIslative b misrule hereafter. Our opponents have t only kept possession of the Legislature I:f heretofoze because of their deliberate a refusal to obey the constitution. They C have kept control by un worthy means and violated oaths. Tbey have ref :used an enumeration of the inhabitants anda reapportionment of the State solely be- a cause to do so would deprive themn of 1: power. If our victory shall be complete, C the people will have a fair and just c representation in the senate and assem- S bly. We shall have an impartial con- ii r~essional reapportionment. We shall fl have a mucn needed revision of the ex- v cse laws. WVe needed the revision of e the excise laws. We shall have a new measure of relief for the tax payers and 11 still owe taxes. We shall have wise t: and practical legislati-n in the interest t, of labor. We shall have measures of c home rule for municipalities, and we b] hall in all things legislate for the inter sts of the people.- - "Our triumph in New York will strengthen our cause in the nation. It will give hope to every Democrat for the great contest next year. It is thea foreruner of a great D~emocratic victory y. then. The United Democracy of the Empire State send a warm greeting to the Democracy of the country, and as sure them that in 18932 we will once V more be found in the Democratic col "It is particularly gratifying to me, 1I assure you, that this great victory fitly n suppleents the six successive Demo-t :ratic victories of the last seven years in this State. It will be with pride and pleasure that I shall welcome my suc :essor to the otlice of Governor, Hie is particularly fitted to discharge the du- g ties of that high ollice. IIe possesses ~ al the qualilications needed to make his k administration a grand success. lie will t be faithful to the people, whose coni :lence he possess~es in an unusual degree, a is was manitested by bia large majority ri at Tuesday's election, and he will be s faithful to the party that chose him as ts standard bearer. I trust that Dem >cratic victories may annually mark the popular approval of his successful administration of the State govern ment. In his efforts to give the people ci good government he will be ably as- d sisted by the young and brilliant lieuten- b ant governor and by other State officers 3 who were associates on the Democratic le ticket." h The governor was interrupted fre- tI uently during his speech by enthusias- fi tic applause. Afterwards the governor b rave a reception in the executive par- b CYCLONE IN INDIA. tter Reports Make The Disaster Worse. CALCUTTA, Nov. 10.-As further de .ils reLarding the cyclone which passed rer this part of India Monday of last eek are received it is seen that the image done is very extensive. Besides ie loss of seventy-seven lives by the nking of the Indian government steam "Enterprise" which foundered at the ndaman islands and the killing of sixty mvicts there is no doubt large loss of re at other places along the coast. .dvices from various parts of Orissa, a -oyince of India in Bengal. state that ie cyclone passing over that section of >untry did great damage. The eastern rt of the province referred to lies ong the shores of the Bay of Bengal ad this section was therefore exposed > the full fury of the gale which seemed > gather force as it swept across the ay. Tue cyclone cleared the path iough the forests, uprooting gigantic -es and hurling them aside as though iey were reeds. No house could stand ie terrible energy'of the gale and every elling or other structure in the path of e cyclone was either swept from its >undations or literally picked up, turned ver and deposited at some distance from ie place where it had originally stood. 'he wind also did much damage in the cinity of Calcutta or at least below iat city. As is well known, Calcutta , the seat of an immense trade by sea ad river, being the natural outlet for a -ade of the great valleys of the Ganges ad brannali Pootra. The city is sit ted on :the east bank of the Hoogley ver, the westernmost branch of the anges. The Hoogly river empties into ie bay of Bengal through a number of iouths, the Delta being ten miles ross. A large number of vessels were t anchor off the wouths of the river, me waiting for an opportunity to as md while others were awaiting a fair ind to put to sea. These vsssels were such a position that when the gale ddenly burst it was impossible to save iany of them. Numbers dragged their achors and were carried ashore, while thers, more fortunate in their .holding round, were damaged by the poundmg iey received by the enormous seas hch accompanied the storm. No es mate can as yet be made of the total )s, but from all the details received it known positively that the number of ersons drowned or killed by falling -ees or flying debris is very large. An Insolent Speech. N-CcINNATI, Nov. 5.-The Times tar's Canton, Ohio, special says Major IcKinley said to-day, speaking of the hio elections: "I am convinced that the judgment f our citizens does not approve the )nstant agitation of the tariff issue in ice of the fact that it can accomplish othing. It must surely be apparent > all alike that the conditions, without rhich effective legislation is impossi le, do not exist. The Rept-blican Sen te and Republican President are bul raMe against wnicnLLtI r?A L.n4-.0 >rces dash powerless, and, with no im iediate prospect of a change in these omditions, the only result of continued gitation is to disturb business and re rd the enterprises which the new law designed to encourage. In spite of 1 the bill is working its way, and om being on the defensive a year ago e are now on the aggressive. When usiness is already good our people will ot long tolerate movements which dis zrb it in the face of the condition I ave named, and you will find that Re ublicans and Democrats alike will all a halt on mer: whose stock in trade not fair, square argument, but jug ling misrepresentations. Ohio has one Republican and I accept the re it as indicating that this State stands y the Republican party with full faith i its protective principles as em odied in the tariff law, and more than lis, Ohio stands, as she always has, In vor of a full dollar and a sound cur The South Bound Railroad. The mail service of the South Bound tiroad will be put in operation by the overnment November 15. The mails 'hich heretofore went toSavannahfrom olumbia and vicinity via the Port Loyal and Western division of the Cen a will be turned to the South Bound, ecause an immense saving of time -ill result. It will not be at all im robable if the Auagusta mail is sent by ie South Bound for the same reasen. stead of arriving in Savannah in the ternoon, as is now the case, it would t there at 11 :30 o'clock in the morn ig. The morning trains each way will .irry the mails. The express companies ae already transferred their business >the South Bound. The distance om Savannah to Augusta by the Mag olia route is 123 miles, while by the entral is 1:32. The rate there until ?ov. 20 is $5.10 for the round trip. fter that date the Central's rate of 3.96 will be met by the South Bound ad the Central will meet the South ound's Columbia rate of $4.97. South arolina allows railroads to tcharge 4 mts a mile for passengers, but the outh Bound has adopted 3% cents as s standard. It is now making con ctions at Columbia for the liorthI -ith the Richmond and Danville. Gen :al Freight and Passenger Agent Bab tt says that the South isound's earn igs, both in freight and prssenger -atlic so far have been highly satisfac >ry. and the outlook for a steady in ease in this direction Is very promis g. __ _ _ _ _ Guides Commit suicide. VICTORIA, B. C., Nov. 6.-The steam Sussex, just arrived from Japau, rings word that five English naval of cers on leave. met with Americans i brothers-named Castleton, from hiladephia, and together formed a an to climb to the top of the Fujio, ami, sacred mountain of Japan tak g with them rockets and a few fire orks, which they intended to explode hen they reached it. IHaving secured vo guides they started on their jour y from among a group of astounded atives of the village of Katusbo on e west side of the mountain. The uides at the end of two days signified ieir intention of committing suicide the party did not turn back, and find ig their threats had not the desired ef ct, cooly walked in front of the tour ts and each with the stroke of a sharp nfe disemboweled himself before leir horrified eyes. Both died instant ',and the youngest of the Castleton's, boy of 18, immediately pulled out a wolver and blew out his own brains. ckened by this fearful scene, the rest tthe party turned back and descended ie mountain. Hervy snow in the Northwet. GuND FonKS, N. D., Nov. 6.-It >mmenced snowing abont noon and Is rifting badly. Many of the men ought up here from Winconsin and [Innesota to help thrashing grain have ft because of cold weather, and, as a rge portion of the grain is still un irashed, It is doubtful if farmer can ish thrashing before spring. East )und trains for two or three days have en crowded with farm laborers leav IOWA PRESENT BOES. THE SECOND PLACE ON A TICKET b n WITH CLEVELAND. e I The State's Pride In her (overnor Does not Aspire Beyond the Vice Presidency 11 -Sentiment on the Higher Office. a DES MOINES, IOWA, Nov. 8.-When the people of Iowa voted last Tuesday t and chose a Governor for themselves il they also suggested a candidate for the f Vice Presidency for the DemocL atic v party. It would be difficult to decide d which the Democrats of the State think i of more for Horspe Boies, the Governor- t ship of his State or his nomination on t the ticket of their party next year as a candidate for Vice President. I No doubt dispatches have been sent 1 from entDusiastic Democrats here ex- s pressive of the opinion ot two or three papers that Governor Boies has in him the making of Presidential timber. There e have been some such expressions, but 1 they do not come from the leaders of the t party and are indulged in without, con- s sultation with the Governor himself. r Strong as Is the desire to have a repre- a sentative on the Democratic t.cket, the a feeling in favor of the nernination of r Grover Cleyeland is still stronger. 1 There :s devotion to the Governor, who broke the long record of Republican suc zesses and who has just added to it the distinction of re-election. He is idolized f 7y his party and they want to see his j name gracing a National Democratic a ticket. Mr. Cleveland's distinction is, how- j ever, looked upon as greater still. While x Mr. Boies made a new local record, Mr. i Cieveland's feat was still greater in that 9 he broke the national record. Besides, in the mind of the average Democrat, it was the election and administration of ( Cleveland that made possible the suc- c cess of his party in 1889, and its second success in 1891, with the interveamgig election in which the party elected a ma jority of the delegation in the 52d Con aress. Horace Boiesiwas nominated for I Governor by Mr. Cleveland's closest friends, and was elected because they made special efforts in his behalf. The prohibition issue, to which much of the sredit must be given for this result, had been an active one for many year. It was only when it was supplemented by the tariff reform issue and the magnifi- c cent administration of national affairs a from 1885 to 1889 that such an effective E union of effort was made possible. A As has been said, neither Governor I Boles nor his special friends have ever 2 thought of the Presidency as a reward s for him at the present time. That they t have had an eye to second place during i all the montes of the canvass just closed is no doubt true. They have worked to this end, and sought such outside aid as was necessary with this purpose in view. I They have gone so far, since the Gover- a nor's notable speech in New York last December, as to sound the leading namocrats of neighboring States, and have Obtained a good many assurances of sympathy and support. But. they have not had the Presidency in view. To the man who knows the sentiment of the State on the Presidential ques tion it is futile to talk .f any other name e than that of Cleveland. During all the ( canvass just over his name has been the i one to conjure with everywhere. In 1 spite of the fact that the State Conven- f tion adopted a free silver plank, the is- r sue was never thought of as a live con- C tributing element in it. Iowa was the i first State to recover from the green back craze, and the failure or that move ment has been followed by the develop ment of a large conservative element in t favor of a sound financial policy. As the ~ result of this, Mr. Cleveland not only lost nothing by reason of his Anderson j letter, but his position was strengthened j as soon as this sentiment had a chance a to show itself. With the Vice Presidency in view, the a election of the Democratic candidate for la Governor becomes an important fa stor t in the contest to be made before the t next National Convention. In Samuel L. Bestow, who ran tiwo years ago for this office and was defeated, enly to be chosen this year, the party has a man in whose hands it is willing to trust the a Governorship. He Is a New Yorker by t birth and training, a farmer of large ex- ( Derience, a former Republican who has done good work in his new party rela tion, and a man of good ability. It may, therefore, be put down in the country that the Democrats of Iowa will pre sent the name of Horace Botes to the next Convertion, but it will be as a can didate for second place and net for first. ~ And no amount of local pride can leadt them to make the mistake of asking for much in order that they may the more surely get a little. If the ticket should be Cleveland and Boies it would be an interesting lactt that Erie County, N. X., had furnished both candidates. And they would not be strangers, either, as in 1865 they ~ came near to running against, rather than with, each other, It fell out in this way: Mr. Cleveland had made an excellent record as assistant district at torney, and was nominated in the year just named as a candidate for district attorney. The Republicans recognized, C even then, that he was a strong candi date before the people. They cast about for some time for an available man to pit against him, and finally pitched on Horace Boles, then in the active prac tice of his profession in one of the large c towns outside of Buffalo. lie had never J been very active in Republican politics, I although he had served a single term as 1 Assemblyman at Albany. As the con- I test continued Mr. Cleveland's strength ! bacamne more apparent, and as this fact i dawned upon them more and more they ~ becane more and more impressed with the fact that they must choose one of their best known men as his opponent. c Among the then active politicians of t the county was Lyman K. Bass. He was a man of high standing at the bar, a good canvasser, w'~dely known and, very popular, and withal was a partner i of Mr. Cleveland, the man whom it was 1 desired to defeat. Almost at the last ti moment, just the night before the con vention, the managers induced Mr. Bass 1j to say that he would accept the nomina- a tion. lie did so, and was elected by fi about 500 maiority in a county that then s gave 5,000 or 0,000. d All this explains why Mr. Cleveland h and Mr. Boies, who are hkely to run to- a gether next year, did not oppose each a other in 1865. soon after, the now Gov ernor of [owa came West, bought his large farm near Waterloo, and settled down to the practice of his profession,~ giving almost no attention to politics t and even noting the rise of his old friendh with interest without its rousing ambi-n tion in his own breast. Haxving become b a Democrat and voter for ;Cleveland, b his election to the Governorship in 1889 s is now known as an interesting chapter f~ If Iowa has its way next year q.md the cket is Cleveland and isoies. these two ken will, if elected, go to Washington 2 eating relations ditl'erent from any two ken similarly situated in all the check ced history of our polt.cs.-New York imes. Blown From. a Well. ATLANTA, Nov. 6.-Duncan Eagin. a egro, met a horrible death yesterday fternoon. He was blown from the ottom of a well, twenty feet deep, and )n feet above the op-inng, tearing his ody in half and otherwise mutilating . Eagin was a well-digger and has )r some time been at work in Bell rood. Hard rock was struck a few als ago in a well he was digging and was made necessary to do some heavy i lasting. Yesterday he was preparing ] ) make a blast, and was alone at the ottom of the well.. Everything was i readiness and in place when he found ; necessary to do more drilling. In tead of removing the dynamite he at empted to do the work while it was in lace. The striking of the hard steel gainst the rock soon procured the nec ssary incentive to the powder, and a >ud explosion took place. Instantly he workmen outside were horrified to Be the body of Eagin shoot from the outh of the well and on up into the ir. A mass of dirt, fragments of stone nd smoke accompanied the bo'dy and ained down upon those about. Rush ig to Eagin, they found the body hor ibly mutilated and the man uncou clous. Powder stains and burns cov red the face and hands. The hair and lothes were scorched. Blood pour-d rom his nose, ears and cuts in his flesh. 'he body was torn almaost in two parts nd presented a horrifying appearance. le was picked up and carried to his ome. Medical attendance was sum aoned, but it was impossible to do iore than relieve the man's suffering, nd before morning he was dead. Taken for a Bear. GLENWOOD SPrINGS, Colo., Nov. 6. - W. Price son of Dr. Price of Chi ago, A. C. Fleischner and J. B. Cobu, V. H. Hubbard of Spring V'alley, as nide, outfitted here and started for a wo weeks' hunt on the Big Muddy. hey camped in Jerome park, at the ead of Thompson creek, in Pitkin ounty, in a place called Dun's Dug ut. Some time during the night Mr. rice, who, it is claimed, is a somnam ulist, went outside of the dug-out, 5avlng the others asleep. Upon his eturn, as he crawled into the room on 11 fours. Hubbard awoke and called >ut: "Whose there," and called to the .og-, but as the dog became frightened nc. no answer was given. Hubbard xclaimed: "Boys, I believe it's a bear, iTe me a gun quick," and Cobb hastily anded him a 45-caliber Colt's reyolver, ,nd without further thought tired two hots, one of which passed through the op of Price's head, into his bod3, caus ag his death in about two hour. The arty returned Immediately with the ody to Marion, where an engine was rocured, and all came to Glenwood prings. Coroner G. Clark immediate y summoned a jury and a verdict of ccidental shooting rendered. Impudent Scheme of Some Scamp. JERSEY CITY, N. J., Nov. 10.-Two tters have been sent South from Jer ey City recently purporting to be writ en by Miss Winnie Davis, the daughter f the late Jefferson Davis, begging for 1,000. One was sent to Dr. William forrow, of Nashville, Tenn., and the ther to General Gordon, of Atlanta, ra. There is little doubt that they were rritten by Stoddard, the forger who es in Hudson county jail and who orged his way out of the Tennessee ines by forging a letter to the govern r asking for his pardon, purporting to e signed by the State's attorney, and a etition purporting to be signed by a t of the foremost people of Kentucky. ~he superintendant of police received letter from Doctor Morrow enclosing be note sent to him. Hie turned the ase over to the chief of police who vrote to Dr. Morrow for the original, L day or two later a friend of Miss )avis came from New York bringing note from Mrs. Davis. General Gor on knew the address of Mrs. Davis nd her daughter in New York and new that they would not need to write n him for money, so he sent the letter n them to put them on their guard. There''d be a Fighb Then. SANTIAGO, Chili, Nov. 6.-Nowspa ers here have for several days been ublshing wild stories about a con piracy formed among the refugees at be American legation to kill General 'anto. Notice was . circulated to-day alling for a meeting of the people in be plaza, to denounce the conspiracy. sgan, the Umited States Minister, in ormed the Junta that threats had been made to attack the United States lega on and capture the refugees, and lhe yarned the Junta that it would be held esponsible for such action. Later in he day several thousand men assenm led in the plaza and applau'ed several nendiary speeches in whica the sty osed conspiracy and the United States egaton were denounced. The Junta pon receiving Egan's letter, sent a roop or cavalry to guard the United states legation, and as the meeting in he plaza closed, the Intendente pub ished a notice saying that the stories f conspiracy were devoid of founda on. Serious trouble was doubtless verted by this notice. Lispenard's Cotton Picker. ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 6.-What prom~ ses be to one of the greatest inventions f modern times is Wallis Lispeniard's otton picker that has just been exhi ited here in a cotton field near this ity. For some time there has been a uror dloating around relative to the erfetion of a cotton picker. Yester .ay hundreds ot'cotton growers from ifferent parts of the South were at the ledmont Exposition 'imd witnessed a ublic test of the evhine. Its work ig was, from a mechanical standpoint, erfect, and the picker performed its ork in a satisfactory manner. Great1 aterest is manifested by the people< ere, and cotton growers everywhere re fondly looking~ for the realization3 f their dreams. From the present out ok, it is thought that next year's crop f cotton will be picked to a great ex ,nt by cotton pickers. Jerry simpson In New Orleans. NEW ORLEANs, Nov. 5.-Jerry Simp >n, the "sockless statesman" of Kan s, arrived in the city today and will icture tonight in the interest of the ird party movement in this State. [r. Simpson made a score of speeches a Ohio during the recent camipai gnl, d is surprised that Campbell was de sted. He is disappointed at the all vote cast for the third party can-5 idates for governor. In his own State,r e says, the fusion of the Democrats d the Republicans injured the Alli nce party, while rainy weather kept tany farmers at home. H orrors of Yamine Tn fuseia. ST. .PETERSBUROt, Nov. 10.--Terriblel enes are reported from the famine dis-i icts. At Chelabink a woman killed I er three children and then hanged her-t lf upon being refused a small loan of Loney by a rich neigebor in order tot y food for herself and her famisehing bies. One hundred and twenty per- 1 ns have died of hunger and tyaphoid i ver in the ne parish of W:Urns, Rus.- I CLEVELAN7S AVAsLAE3LITY. IL Very Bright Outlook for the Ex-Pre ident in Ninety-Two. WASmUNGTON, Nov. 7.-Ex-Post. naster-General Don 21. Dickinson is it Washington attending the sessions o he 6upreme Court. Ile discussed thf -esult of the elections at some lengti vith a reporter this morning. "Of course," he said, "every one whc Tas associated with Mr. Cleveland's ad. ninistration must rejoice over thu re. uit in New York, Massachnuetts anc [owa. Mr. Campbell made a gloriou ight in Ohio and deserves great credc or it. I regret that he is not to serv( mother term as Governor. but McKin ey's election is not much of a victorl cr the Republicans. To be decisive, i. should have carried the State as Gor. non carried Maryland. With the na, ional party organization strainmag ever3 erve in his behalt he should have beet ,iected by a very much larger majoritLJ han he got. From a party point of viev, aus election, I think, will prove a benell to the Democrats, inasmuch as it wil compel the Republicans to stand up ti rght in defense of the McKinley law 'hat is. of course, what the Democrat' want. If McKinley had been beaten thI Republicans would probably be now look log around for some lther issue. "I think the Democracy is sure o success in 102 on the tarii s.sue. T"1 tarill will be the issue upon which th< :ampai tn will be f ught. I do not tial tat the siver cuetion wili zizure Ia th ampaigu. I Think there will be legis ation of' a tentative character on th.a ubject by the Fifty-second Congress [ doubt its being pOSsible to get a frte oinage bill throgh the SeCate. Th mar!in is very narrow. and in the I is the force bill ight had a great deal to d wiii the vote on silver. ButIt if a fL omage bill should be passed by botA houses of Congress the probabilities art hat it would be vetood, and ils consid ratl'.n will probarly lead to some ex perimentai. perhaps temporar. mnan eial legislation, which will carry ti whole question oser u ila 1er the na ional election." Mr. Dickinson said he thought th result of Tuesday's vote made thing look particularly bright for Mr. Cleve land. "I do not think," he said, "1.hat then is anything in this talk of great hostilit: toward Mr. Cleveland on the part of Mr Rill and his friends. I think it will bi round that the party in New York i; united on Cleveland." "Do you think the Denocrats can holb Iowa?" "Beyoud question. Iowa may b ounted as a sale Democratic State et the tariff issue. Her electoral vote wil be cast for the Democratic candidate fo: President in '02." "How about Massachusets?" "The vote of Massachusetts will bi ast for Mr. Cleveland if he is the nomi aee. Mr. Cleveland can carry the State He can carry Wisconsin also." "Does the election of a Republican t< fill the vacancy in the House caused b, the death of Mr. Ford signify that thi Democrats are losing their hold on Mich igan?" "Not at all. The Republicans canno arry Michigan on the tariff issue. Thi reason the Republicans elected thei member this time was that the vote which is properly Democratic. was di vided between two candidates. The com bined vote of the straightout Democra and of the industrial candidate was ver: much larger than the vote by which thii Republican was elected. In a nationa campaign the vote will go to the Demo eratic candidate." Procims Himself Dictator. RIO DE JANERIO, Nov. 6.-P'reside~n Deodoro Fonseca has been proclaime< dictator. After the troubles in Ri< Janeiro last Tuesday between riotou: itizens and the soldiery. in which sev eral of the former were killed, the chief. f the army requested Fonseca to as sume the functions of a dictator, sayinf that the emnergency demanded it. Hi' appeared to demur for a time, but a length gave his consent. Hie issued decree, relating the causes of disagree ment between him and the congress am :let ending hUs positioin. Wednesday conference of ministers was held. A its conclusion Fonseca issued anothe: decree, in which he proclaimed himsel: ictator. Hie said that the dictator ship was to last until the political re volutions were at an end and law akers learned to keep in progrzss witi republican ideas. A dictatorship, h< added, was the very best thing for thu Llstracted coutry. JIe disclaimed an: intention of prolonging it after peac< ad been restored. Train Romberv at Omatla. O:-urA, Neb., Nov. 6.-Passengers c1 :he MIissouri P'acific trea which lef JDaha at 10:30 last night wore treatet to an old-fashioned "bold-u~p" at Wes Sde Sub urb a- 11 o'clock. Four maisk ed men took charge of the traini whe t stoppedi at the station, one covering he enginieer and fireman with a riile while the others, with drawn revolvers proceeded to piunder the train. Theci yproached the coaches and crderet :he passengers to throw their hands up t the door they retreated anid attacket the mail car. By threatening to lou pen the door with dynamite the mecs enger was induced to admit the robt ers, and the car was plundered. Taii tlicers refuse to give any informatiot as to the amount of booty obtained. bul t is said that large sums from Kansas ity and St. Louis banks were taken. lhe oflicers went in pursuit of the rob. ors. who are armed, but en foot. Dissathfiied Negroes. IAuEior, Nov. 6.--The negro statt onvention met here. It was callod tc ake action regarding the ollices am! lemand that the negroes get their prc -ata share of these. Some of the ablest 1egroes in North Carolina were present md the white Republicans were round y abused. John HI. Williamson calledC ;he convention to order and told hh meares that the negro could do nothbin f mless lie showed his independence e calle l on those who held oficees un ler the government not to permit that o supp:ess their manhood, amid went n to say that the white Rlepubliensa mad held a convention at Asheville lust uly, from which all negroes were ex ~luded, ostensibly to form a protective ariff league. "They are liars," shouted he speaker, "it was an anti-negro eague they were forming, and that, too, n the face of the fact that the negro epresents T5 per cent. of the Republi an party in North Carolina." BR3cUGAM, Ala., Nov. 5.--Passenc ers reaching here to-day from Vicks ug, Miss., report that last night a and of twenty-five masked men, nown as "R~egulators," boarded thme rain at Lake. Miss., and took Bob Wal ace, a colored sleeping car porter, from he t~rain. They led him to the woods rith a rope arotund his neck. Nothing as since been heard of Wallace, and it believed that lie was lynched. On .is previoas t rip Wallace assaulted TDLI KE : iAM' DMO('s. THE STORY OF CRUELTY TOLD BY THECREWGIFA WHALER. A Story tiat on-.0 rnedie-.n ILar Ucased La Sicas and C:>APeied to Uaul the I1ratca Wh.KJi:cacd and Cuffed Them nbout. SAN FRANCISco. Nov. .-Almost in credible stories .o cruelty and hardship are told by the ere w ut the steam whaler Grampus, lately returned from a proita ble cruise in the Arctic. A sailor known as Charley left the ship at East Cape, Siberia, taken his chances in a traci-:::ss waste of ice and snow ratherr than remain aboard. When the Grampus went tnuto wiater quarters, at Herschel Island, others of the crew ran away, risking death in a perilons attempt to journey from the mouth of the Mackenzie to some trading port on the Yukon RiLver. O of t he me u givez this account of V.wha : -t th e c:rew:v e Xd re1:E: -' ean in winter taarters at Herschel we had to Laul wood and ice, dragging sleds to Lower $andspit and back, a distance of twenty-four miles. Twenty degree; ibelow zero was considered mild anirmn andl zix dogs were hr s to each sled. Cap:ain Norwood, o t'e (ramnpus, and Captain Tilton, of the Mary D. ilurro, usually went in charge, on, ior eachatilt. Theywould ide on th sleds and lash men and dogs toge'her to make them go faster. If the lash of the long whips failed to ma e us move as tast as they wished the captn s would get off and strike the MLe with marlin spikes. "The harnees ior the men consisted of broad bands of canvas, and that can vas was issued to the men from the ship's stores and charged to them. "The men were kept at dog's work an"d fed on dog';,s -od W~e couldn't stand tals treatment andmade up our inds to runaway. W~ehad more than 1,PJ0 :ale: to make to reach white resi dents and fully relized the dangers rir in thu incrning of March 1-o" I Robert Coleman. ireman of the Mary DI)Iue; (. G. McFauw, James Mason and Fred Craig, from the Grampus, s:arted out for Lower !sndpit. "Late in the second night of our peril ous tramp nativez told us that two ship captains and two native3 had come to tuiw us back. Before we could get our boots on we were confronted by Win eherter riles in the hands of the two captains and compelled to surrender. "Mason was told to unhitch the dogs from the captains' sled, and while so doing was knocked down and pounded in the face by Capt. Tilton. orwood grabbed 1c~auw,threw him down and kicked him in the face with frozen boots. They then went into the hut where Craig and Coleman were lying helpless from freezing. Tilton struct Coleman in the face live or six times and Norwond kicked Craig several times in the side. Both captains were drunk. "The next morning, Coleman and Craig. unable to walk, were put on the sled. The dogs were taken out and Mc Fauw and M1ason were ordered to put on the harness and haul the sled back to the ships. The two captains rode on the sled, only getting off when nec essary to exercise to keep from freezing. Their two native guides also rode on the sled. "The men pulling the sled were lashed as if they were dogs during the whole ride. Only two stops of any length for rest were made on the back trip of thlr Sty miles. "1AsQ sn as we arrived at the ship we were put in irons. Cold irons were put around our frozen wrists without anything being done to alleviate the pain. B3efore 8 o'clock at night this caused 31crauw's wrists to swell until the skin burst. Then M1ste Lyons went to the captain and got him to remove the iron irom the injured wrist. "The next morning all were called on deck. Captain Norwood grapped Ma son by the neck and snatching a ham mer from the blacksmith struck Mason in the face with the handle. Then catching 3IcFauw by the throat the captain struck him three times in the face. We were then worked all day and kept in Irons at night. "I was almost impossible to stand the cold in the forecastle. The fire in the stove was ordered put out at 6 o'clock each evening, and the men had to walk about to keep their blood in circulation. Frost in the forecastle was hanging from the under side of the deck an inch and a half thIck, and we could never get heat enough to thaw it out daring the winter. "We were kept mn irons four days. Things got worse right along, and a secondl attempt to run away was made, but the men were caught again and the next morning they were given thirty lashes each on the bare back. Captain Norw wood wielded the whip, which was a mvaarter inch rope with a rawhide tip thfl cu intao the 11esh at each blow. ITaey wre then kept in irons at night fo am aionth and two days." nette Eart qtake In Japan. W:No-C'x, Nov. '.-A telegram fr* the Japanese G overnment received today byv Mr. Tateno, Japanese minis tar give a account of' the earthquake in Japan ot October 28. It seems from thiwauheticated report that the dam ae cansed by the carthquake was con tned almost wholly toteprfcus ofAcuiand Gifax. the tforefewctue is onthe a ajut 1f70 mileswfrom Toko, ncithelaterimmediately to th w 'est of it. Nagoya is the chief city n Atlchi prefecture andt 2as a popula ton or 150.000. There are no very large cties in Ghu prefecture. No mention s 'ade 'f -mnv dam'age in any other pirts of Jaan. According to the tele -ram 6,.ujperonsz were hilled, 9,000 in -ured, .,0 hose tota- ~y destroyed and th'a nt? itea t rate off seventy mie nhor h ee'. of the train tried to ston it but thLrak~es refused to work. The bra e.e and the fireman then jumped and saved their lives. The engineer. however"remaieathispoet. At the foot of the nountain the runa twav train col!lded with another train, ~smashng thae engines and ears in Doth trains and piling up the wreckage to a Iheight of thirty teet. The engineer, who had so ba'vely retained his post, was buried deep in the wrckage, but, strnge to say, he was taken out entire Jy ynhst ung a Doctord. at VEu'ALLW, Ny.. o-1-A n tempt was made to assassinate D.W C. Parker, of this place, at 2 o'clock this morning. His bed fermerly rested against a door which opened out on an alley, and onaly a few days ago he made a change in the arrangement of the room and fort aat-ly, though unwit tingly, saved hIs owu life. A bomb shell waa p-aced against the do'or, the Ibulding was almost destroyed and Dr. P'arker received sl!ght injuries. The other occupants of the building were thrown from their beds. The town is wild with excitement over the attempt