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THE POPULIST ADDRESS. RESULT OF TrIEIR EXECUTIVE COM MITTE MEETING. Watson WL Not be Taken Ott, But Popu lits Urged to Fase With Democrats and Defeat McKinley. CMCAGO, Oct. 13. --An important meeting of the national executive com mittee ot the People's party was held today at the Sherman House. The following members were present: Senator Marion Butler, chairman; J. R. Sovereign, Arkansas; H. W. Reed. Georgia; George F. Washburne, Mas achusetts; John W. Briedenthal, Kan sas; M. C. Ranidn, Indiana; J. A. Edgarton, Nebraska; C. F. Taylor ol Pennsylvania. The only absente( was John S. Dare of California. Th< committee was in almost secret ses sion from morning until midnight The preparation of an address to the voters of the party engaged most o the time. Pusion differences and th< attitude of certain members toward; Watson formed a subject for protract ed and lively debate. Mr. Reed came as -he personal representative of Mr. W"atson, having spent two days witp him just before leaving Atlanta. ,Hi signature to the address which ex plains and justifies joint Watson anc Sewall electoral tickets and appeals tc Populists to support them at the poll is accepted as proof that peace has beer restored over this discussion in th committee. Senator Butler said tha no action had been-taken by ihe com mittee relative to Mr. Watson an( none would be; that he would remait on the ticket. Another meeting wil be held tomorrow. The following i theaddress prepared by the committee To the People's Party Voters o th United State. Your national committee indulget the hope that the patriotic action o: the People's party in national conven tion in subordinating the interests o party to the success of the vital issue involved in this campaign would b met by equally unselfish devotion to : common interest on the part of th< Democratic party and all the friend of silver could present a solid fron against the minions of greed by sup porting one ticket, the truly cooper ative ticket, Bryan and Watson. Bu this hope being disappointed ther were but two courses Ieft, one o which must be adopted. First. To run a straight Bryan an< Watson electoral ticket in every State which, on account of the failure o the Democratic party to support thi ticket would have effected the sami result in this campaign that woul< have followed the nomination of : straight Populist ticket at St. Louis namely, the election of McKinley an the triumph of the gold standard. Th other course left open to your com mittee that was consistent with th action of the convention in nominat ing Mr. Bryan was to: do everytiin in its power to unite the voters of th country against McKinley and t overcome the obstacles and embarrass ments, which if the Democratic part; had put the cause first and party sec end we would not have encountered. This could be accomplished only b; arranging for a diviaion of the electo ral vote in every State possible, se curmg so many electors for Brya2 and Watson, and conceding so man; to Bryan and Sewal]l. At the openini of the campaign this'under the cir cumastances seemed the worst cours ifor your compadttee, and it is cleare today than it ever was that is the on safe and wise course if our votes wer icy, your committee has arrange electoral tickets in threfourths of th States and will do all in its power t ake the same arrangements in all c the States. By perfecting this arrange ment and every sincere oponent c the gold standard giving lylsur ort to these joint ectrltickets he People's party will not only secur in the electoral college for Bryan ani M~atson several times as many vote .2as we could have possibly secured b: maig a straight ticket,. but we wil secure the defeat of McKinley and th gd standard, which should now b tegreatest desire of every citize: Swho believes in the principles of tru ~Democracy. By this arrangement w can unite a large majority, of the voi ers on our joint electoral ticket, there fore the only hope of the money po'w er and trusts it to divide and conquer The Republican managers and thei Democratic allies realize this and arl putting forth every effort to accom~ plish this end. Some of the Democrats of the reve nue stripe who are not yet weane< from the flesh pots of Egypt, but ar sticklers for regularity and are nomi nally supporters of Mr. Bryan, whil secretly and in every underhande< way 'rin to accomplish his defeat are ' tP~1t the joint electora ticket ad ing in this, they advis Democrats to scratch People's part; electors and already a few so-calle< Populist' leaders are advising the ran1 and file of our party to strike back b; refusing to support the Democrati electors on the joint electoral tickets This is a trap set by the gold hugs who are rejoicing that a few hones men have fallen into it. These report tdyare the only ones that buoy u: the hpsof the Republican manager and teDemocrats and Populists whi are enleagued are doing just what th fold men desire. We appeal to ever Populist who may have been miste by such mistaken or false pleas of pre tended loyalty to the People's part; into refusing to support such joir electoral tickets toistop and conside the results of such conduct and ref us to be influenced by either misguide or corrupt men. Thne revolution c the American people against thes boodle men during the last ten day has so united them that victory is nos assured. Marion Butler. Chairman. J. R. Sovereign, H. W. Reed, G. F. Washburn. J. W. Briedenthal, M. C. Rankin, A.EC. F. Taylor, J. AEdgarton, Secretary. Tens a Strange story. HAmIRA, Ga., Oct. 12.-Lucion 31 ley turned up at his father's home, si miles above FJhira, in an awful pre dicament. He was gagged and h: hands were tied behind him. He wa almost daft from excitement and tol a story that rivals a fairy tale in my: tery. He stated that he remen bered nothing that has happer ed since Tuesday night, nor doe he know where he has been . what he has been domng or how h was gagged and tied. He was th agent of the Georgia Southern rsoad a Lake Park, also agent of the expres company at the same place. Last Tuesday night he left on tb night train for Hahira to visit his pa rents. People from this city saw hit aboard the train, but saw nothing c him afterwards. When the trail reached Hahira the conductor state< that he did not get off there, and whe2 his unexplained absence from his du ties became known the railroad an< express officials began an investiga tion, which found his affairs all right He is a married man and the son c James B. Miley, a prominent farme VOT ER'S DiRECTORY. A List of Candilates for all Oitices in the State. For the information of the voters of the State of all creeds and factions, the lists of the several nominees in the C iield for the several offices to bt filled are given as follows: TaE ELECTORAL TICKETS. Regular Democratic (free silver; At Large-M. R. Cooper, T. L.. Gantt. 1 First district, Charles T. Pritchard, of t Bluffton; second, I B. Watson; of a Saluda; third, Cole L. Blease of New- E berry; fourth, J. J. Mcfahan, of Rich- it land; fifth, W. D. Tranthanm, of Ker- c shaw; sixth, James Stackhouse, of o Marion; seventh, T. V. Standland, of a Summerville % Webster Republiean-.t Jarge- e W. D. Crum, of Cnarleston. First e district, ,. Scheper. of Beaufort, sec- a ond, James Powell, of Aiken; third, y J. R Tolbert, of Abville; fourth, E- d W. Se:even. of Richland; fifth. Joseoh f] Clark, of Lancaster; sixth, Dr. John ji Lunney, of Darlington; seventh, J. I M. Tindall. of Sumter. b Palmer-Buckner-At Large-F. W. Mctaster, of Columbia; George W. t Dargan. of Darlington. First district, a Frank O'Neill, of Charleston: second, t] Geor, e B. Lake, of Edgefield; fourth, o Frank Evans, of Spartanburg; fifth, a A. C. Springs, of York; sixth, A. T. Harllee, of Marion; seventh, James D. s Blanding of Sumter. Melton Republicans-At Large-B. r 0. Duncan, S. E. Smith. First dis trict, J. A. Noland; second, D. E. c Yates; third, M. H. Bryce; fourth, t Prof. J. W. Morris; fifth, H. L. Shews bury; sixth, Paul Whipple: seventh, F. M. Prickett. C FrF: gsTT: Ti( i':TS a D;miccratic -3Governor, W. H. El- r lerbe, of Marion; lieutetant governor, M. B. M:Sweeney. of Hampton; secre- t tary of stait, D. H Tompkins, of Ab- c beville; treasarer, W. H. Timmerman, t of Edgefield; comotroller general, r James Norton, of Marion; attorney c general, William A. Barber, of Ches- r ter; superintendent of education, W. a D. Mayfield, of Greenvilie; adjutant b and inspector general, J. G. Watts, of b Laurens. t Melton Repuolicans --- Governor, s Sampson Pope. of Newberry; lieuten- C ant governor, W. W. Russell; secre- t tary of state, B. R. King; comptroll- t er general L. D. Melton; treasurer, ). t J. Knotts; attorney general, A. T. e Jennings; superintendent of educa- e tion, M, A. Dawson. 3 Webster Republicans---Governor, R. r M. Wallace, of Sumter; lieutenant i governor, C. J. Pride, of York; secre tary of state, B. 0. Duncan, of New berry; treasurer, George Cunning- 1 ham, of Charleston; comptroller gen- I eral, E. F Cochran. af Anderson; at- N torney general, L. D. Melton, of Rici- a Sland; adjutant general, E. Brooks C Sligh, of Chester; superintendent of of education, E. B. Burroughs, of i 3 Chesterfield. CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS. First District-William Elliott,de- f ocrat (gold) ; W. Cecil Cohen, whitt, a Webster republican; George Wash- f ington Murray, colored, Melton repub- t lican. Second District-W. Jasper Talbert, democrat; G. T. Chatfield, white, t Webster republican; P. W. Anness, t white, Melton republican. I Third District-A. C. Latimer, dem ocrat; W. H. Merrick, white, Web-e ster republican; (no Melton repubui-e can yet named.) Fourth District-Stanyarne Wilson,i democrat; P. L. Suber, colored, Web- a ster republican; (no Mellon repub-r lican yet named.). SFifth District-T. J. Strait, demo fusion. Sixth District-J. L. McLaurin, democrat; Joshua Wilson. colored,i Webster republican, T. H. McGee, white, Melton republican. SSeventh District-J. WV. Stokes, democrat; T. B. Johnson. white, Web ster republican; D. J. Knotts, inde-t pendent republican, (Mfelton republi can to be name:1 on the 19th inst.)-- I The State.________ SOME TRUTH. AT L AST. The Spanish General Bernal Speaks Out B Concerning Cuban Conditions. t BKEY WEST, Fla., Oct. 14.-Thie re turn of General Bernal to Havana on Thursday on the government trans-1 port "Vigia" from Esperanza, a port on the northern coast of Pinar del Rio, where he was sent by General I Weyler to command the Spanish forces in the recent engagements against Antonio Maceo, together with Sthe strictures he is said to have in dulged in of a lack of military discip line on the part of the royal troops, has caused a pro ound sensation in Havana. Accounts thereof received Sby steamer last night state that Gener -al Bernal has returned on sick leave and has asked to be sent to Spain, be jing thoroughly disheartened over the result of the campaign just inaugurat 1ed against the insurgents in Pinar delt Rio. The force of his alleged utter ances will be appreciated when it is Istated that they were made in the heat Sof passion at being hissed upon land ig at the Havana wharf. The general is reported to have turned fiercely on his scol fers, callingr ,them cowards for remaining at homec tinstead of going to the front to defend sthe national integrity, and saying that Maceo had not been idle during the slast few months, marked by the inac ,tivity of the Spaniards, but had imn eproved his opportunity thoroughly to Sorganize his forces and intrench him Iself in the most commanding posi tions of the mountain fastnesses, any Fattempt to dislodge him from which twith only eight or ten thousand troopst rbeing sure to result in disastrous fail eure and wholesale slaughter of the Spaniards. Maceo wvas really the only fone, General Bernal is alleged to have esaid, who had built a formidable mili stary trocha, his position today being1 ralmost impregnable against any force General Weyler could muster. The folly of attempting to dislodge Maceo had been, fully demonstrated. General Bernal said, in all the recent engaements, when frmcmand ing positions the Spanish oflicers weret picked off by sharpshooters and the troops, lacking leaders, became de moralized and were slaughtered like sheep. General Bernal, so Havana reports state, declares that General Weyler's plans are futile, that Maceo's I true strength is misunderstood and un derestimated, and that he himself has 1 Sbeen vilely d uped. -3 After reaching Spain the generalc said he would prefer being shot fort disobedience of orders rather than re turn to active duty in Cuba under the I existing military rule. Maceo's forces, She addd, were well equipped, appar- f ently having plenty ot arms and am-t mution. The general also declaredt that the most potent factor in the re-c cent engagements was the rebel dyna mite gun. Explosion of bombs diss Scharged therefrom he likened to an eruption of Vesuvius, huge bowldersr being torn thereby from the moun tain sides and scores of mangled bodies filling the air in every direction, caui - ing consternation among the trool s striken. t~::a~tro U o's. tah, Oct. 15,-Several pos ses are stili out in seatce of the rob- I fjbers who held up the Unaion Pacific 1 r1train but so far as heard from they t ENERAL PALMER AND BUZKNER WILL PROBABLY WITHDRAW. mairman Iynum Admits Tiat 1trv:. Election Seem-4 to be Cx tain--Thie -1 Men Getting Desporate. NEw Yoi i Oct. 3: --It is curreut r reported here, anti on hiighi authori r, that the Palmer an( Backner move ent is on its last legs. Chairman ynua, who has been in the city with i a few days con ded to a friend re mntly that in his opinion no power a eartti could no- de'eat Bryan sudden change ia the situation, hich would be little short of a mira te, the Indiana man said, the Demo rats would carry Illinois and Indian. ad a very probably Witconsin and ichigan and Ohio he cnsidered oubtful. Of course, Mr. Bynum said, 1e election would lurn on the vote in iese SLates. and if Bryan carried linois a nd Indiana his election wo ald e assured. A hitch has cecured in the negotia ons between the Indianapolis peoplc nd the McKinley managers, and iere is reason to believe that Mr. By um and his associates on the Nation 1 Committee are engaged in a strug le for supremacy. One faction iE incere; the other factin is after Re ublican spoils. Srnator y say is the iedium of communication with the lanna treasury, and he is said to havo orraled the majority, or spoil:, fac on of the PalmerandBackner move lent. The withdriwal of the "Blue and rav" ticket is confidently looke. for t such time as Q iay may deem this etrograde movement necessary. It is gradually leaking out now thal be Indianapolis Convention was ill onceived by men who hoped to prolli y the third ticket. Os'ensibly, Pal 1er and Buckner were nominated it rder that supersensitive Democrat: light be able to vote without losink ny sleep, but the real reasons for th< olt has since come to light, and is the asis of the deal th it is now in con emplation. The Indianapolis bolter eek the defeat of Mr. Bryan by hool r crook, as a matter of self-preserva ion in politics, and for the spoils of he ollice that would accrue tc em in the event of McKinley', 1cion. Several important confer ces between the Republican man gers and the representatives of Pal aer and Buckner have been held o. te. At these conferences no attemp ras made to disguise the situation. 11 as pointed out and practically ac :aowledged by all hands that Mr tryan was making such rapid head ray East and West that the Palmei ,nd Buckner ticket was not likely t< ut any figure whatsoever. Senator Quay is credited with mak ng the suggestion that during the las reek of the campaign Genera! Palme: .nd General Buckner should withdrav rom the canvass and in open lette: .dvise the'r friend3 to vote directly or McKinley. This is now said to b: he programme. Qaay is a shrewd politician and evi tently is driving a close bargain witl he orphans. Those in the secret sa] hat he told the Palmer and Bucknei eaders that they were in a sorri light, and that they would be politi ally exterminated if Bryan shouli arry the election. They would, he added, have to lool o the Republican party for salvation .nd accept such terms as the parta nanagers could offer. These term: ight not be pleasant nor satisfactor3 s twould be impossible to -ora iber ,-et., et.I taasodtha guay agreed, on behalf of the nation d Committee, to pay all the expense: neurred by the nomination of Palmne: Jnd Buckner and now to "remember he patriots in the event of McKinley' ilection. It is proposed, so it is said, to make he withdrawal of Palmer and Buck ter as dramatic as possible, in thi tope that it may demoralize the Bryai orces. The attempt will be made t< reate the impression that Palmer an< 3uckner withdraw for the reason tha dicKinley's election is assured and tha here no longer exists any necessit: or their remamning in the field. As.a natter of fact, the reverse would bi he truth. The withdrawal of Palme: rd Buckner at any stage of the gain rill be interpreted by fair minde< ieople as an evidence of weakness or he part of the McKinleyites, and as ast desperate attempt to consolidak he anti Bryan forces. it will then be seen how the Demo rats who have been drawn into the ~almer and Buckner movement fron onest motives will accept the situa ion, and whether or not, having beer ed into the Indianapolis camp undel alse pretenses, they will stick. A Rich Mana4 Queer Story. SAN FRANcis(co, Oct. 14.-Such: tory as millionaire James Campbel old and proved against Oliver Win hrop, is now told by Charles Mont :omery, proprietor of the Brooklyn vho is a man of means, position an< igh reputation. This kidnapper towever, planned more wisely thai Vinthrop, executed more skillfully eaed a substantial reward for his rime and has gone scot free. Fo: *aore titan a year Montgomery ha: ield peace and kept his; pledge of se recy, and no one but his wife ant us lawyer has known that he was th< 'ictimn of an astonishing piece of vil iany and that he paid a large sum o noney-said to be $100,000-to hi aptor as the price of liberty and per onal security. The Chronicle pub~ ishes a sensational story to the etlfec hat a year ago last July Montgomnerj tad een lured at midday into a va :ant house in the most populous par >f the city and had been held a pris mner and threatened with torture ant eath, and that he finally agreed L< >ay his jailer the sum he demandet vithin a specified time after he was elased, had sworn not to betray th< -obber and has paid the money as hi >romised. In an inter vie w upon the ubject, Montgomery said that his eason for not having given publicity o the case at an earlier date was tha is jailer had threatened to kill him il te made the matter public. Bandits Hold Up a Traiu. SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 14.-A Unioi acifc train due here at 3:15 a. m vs held up a short distance east o: Jintah, near the mouth of Weber can -on, and about eight miles from Og ten. It is supposed that two men dit he work, but how much booty the: -otis ot known. The engineer, wh< eft the train, ran ahead to Uintah anc eported the holdup. He believe! rom the conversation of the men af hey went through the train, tha hey intended to blow up the express ar with dynamite. A train was mnad4 ip at )2den and dispatched to the cene of robbery and orders wert :iven to organize a posse and run the obbers down. It Was O.ium or D~eatha. OssnUno, Miss., Oct. 14.-1E. A ~trickland is a man of his word. Las1 ~uesday evening he dropped a nott ut of the window of the Jasper coun. y jail, where he was coniined on harge of forgery. sayin g that if opium ras not brought to him forthwith he ould burn the jail. Saturday night *e kept his promise. He was burned > death, and Mollie Daniels, a crazy .nr woman, with him. LEAFLESS COTTON. A Very iFahy Cotton Story that Comes from Atlanta. The Constitution says an Atlanta farmer has created a sensation in agri cultural circles by being waited on by a committee of South Georgians ap pointed by the farmers of that section of the state to buy from him the seed from a crop of cotton. The price to be paid for the seed is IS,000. The man who raised and owns these valuable cotton seed is Mr. Jackson. a well known farmer. The unnatural part of the offer to be made Jackson by the committee from South Georgia is the fact that the men who will buy the seed do not wish to plant them. On the contrary, if they get possession of the seed they will destroy them as quickly as possible, taking care that not a single seed escapes. The com mittee called on Jackson Saturday, but lie was not at home and they have not yet had an o p:rtunity to make their offer. The seed which the citizens of South Georgia pronose to buy are the only ones of the kind in the world. There are only twenty bushels of them and the price to be paid will be about $t,000 per bushel. Such a price as that for cotton seed was never heard of be fore. Jackson has received hundreds of offers for his seed, but even he was surprised when he heard that a com mitt-e would wait on him for the pur pose of offering him as high as $tS,000 for his crop of seed. These seed have a his .ory of a kind that is unusually interesting. Several years ago Mr. Jackson was presented with them by a Jew who had brought them from the interior of Africa, from a part of the dark continent on which the foot of white men seldom treads. The Jew had joined an exploring party which had started to the center of Africa. He was wealthy and went on the trip sirmply for the novelty of the experience. While in the very middle of Africa the party came across some cotton, the stalks of which were over twenty feet in height. The gov ernment botanist took the measure from one of the stalks, and it was from this stalk that the first seed came. The Jew cut off about eighteen inches of the stalk, with a view of bringing it to America. On the stalk were sixty flve bolls, the largest and finest evez seen in this country. The seed were well preserved by their original own er and were brought safely to Ameri ca. While on a trip through the South the man who had brought the seed from Africa told of them and stated that he would give them to some far Iimer who would take care of them. Jackson was mentioned to him and the Jew turned the seed over to him. Jackson planted the seed and watch ed their growth with fond eyes. HE had heard how high the stalk from wbich the seed were taken had beer and he determined to grow stalk, equally as high. His first crop was s success. The stalks of the cotton grey to an enormous height and at the time the matter was mentioned in the Con stitution. This year when the time foi planting cotton came Mr. Jackson de termined to give the seed a severe tes1 and see if they would stand it. H( planted every seed in the poores1 ground on his entire farm and on th( west side of a hill. As is well knowi to farmers, the west side of uph~nd ground always is very poor. Though the land was unusually pool and the year one of the worst cottor years in the history of the South, the cotton flourished and is still bloom ing. Mr. Jackson used nothing to en rich the soil in which the seed were Splanted. The test was a severe one, btit notwithstanding that fact, Sof the stalks ar's~hass nfeet. .The cotton produced by these seed if of the very finest quality and it is ever as fine as long staple cotton. Jacksor has been offered ten cents per pound for what he has raised this year, bul he has refused to accept it and believe he will be able to get :14 cents for it. One of the peculiarities of this cot ton is the fact that it is leafless. Wher the stalk grows up ]eaves begin tc sprout out on it and after they havi Sgrown out for some distance the fruil comes out from the stem of the leaf. SAfter the fruit has partially matured the leaf drops off, leaving the stalli Sperfectly leafless. This is the onl3 cotton of this kind ever heard of in this country and is causing no end o comment among the farmers through out the South. The farmers of souti Georgia have sent their committee tc Atlanta to buy the seed from Mr. Jackson, because they believe that il the cotton is planted throughout th< South they will be ruined beyond re pair. They arc of the opinion that if cot ton will do so good under so savrere test, when planted and cultivated i will produce so much that cotton wil be so cheap thiat there will be no mon ey in it for the farmer. Jackson say that if the cotton is cultivated it wil -produce at least t wo bales to the acre and possibly as much as four. Hi feels sure that he will be able to con vince the committee from south Geor gia of fhe fact that the cotton will b4 the greatest thing the South has eve' seen or heard of. He says that with this cotton in use alt over the south the farmer can re duce his acreage by over one-half and raise more cotton then than he is rais ing now. This land that hie does noi use for cotton can be put to a protita ble use, and the income of the farmei will be doubled as compared with the amount of labeor employed in the rais ing of cotton. Jackson does noi -much like the idea of having tne seed destroyed, but wvill sell it to the south Georgia committee if they will pay him a large enough price for it. If he refuses the offer of $I8.000O he will have the consolation of knowing that he has been offered thet highest price ever before offered for cotton seed. IHundreds of others are anxious tc get the seed, but they do no'. intend tc destroy them. Jackson has received applications for different quantities of the seed from all over the South. Ever since mention was made of the wonderful cotton in The Constitution he has been besieged with letters ask ing what the price of a bushel of seed is. An Atlanta firm of cotton buyers has offered him $60 per bushel for the cotton seed, but this of fer was prompt ly refused. Hundreds of persons, among them farmers from other rarts of the State, have looked at the cottor patch as it stands and examined the cotton, and all who have seen it have been surprised at its large production. A few days ago Jackson received a teleram from the New Orleans ex change, asking what price he would ask for the twenty bushels of seed now in his possession. He was also advised to ship a sample stalk of the cotton for the inspection of the board. The stalk was shipped a few days ago, and the price named by Mr. Jackson was $500. per bushel. He has as yet received no answer from the exchange, but ex pects a reply in a day or two. Wheth er the offer made by him will be ac cepted or not cannot be said until the cotton is examined by the board. If they refuse to pay the price asked them, if the committee from south Georgia does not succeed in buying the seed, Jackson will retain possession of them and make a small fortune by selling them in small lots thrgl out the State. The high mri~e now being offered for thiscotton only adds another chapter to its already interest ing history. Never before were twen ty bushels of cotton seed so sought af ter. Men are willing to offer thous ands of dollars for it for fear it will ruin them, while others are equally anxious t> obtain possession of them in ordsr th.rt they may make a for tune. QU AY VS. JONES. They Both Make Estimites on the CoM ing Election. NEW YoRK, Oct. 12.-The following statement was given out at Republi can headquarters today after a confer ence of the entire executive committee: "The election of McKinley and Ho bart is an accepted and assured fact. They will receive 270 electoral votes. Bryan will receive 110, and there are six States, having 67 electoral votes, which are doubtful, but the probabili ties all point to the fact that these 67 votes will go into the R publican col umn and b3 added to the 270 now as sured for McKinley and Hobart. This is the status today . We have the elec tion and will hold it. Our present effort in the West is to this end only. The opposition have abandoned the Eist. (Signed) M. S. Q lay. THIE OTHER SIDE. Cimic.co, Oct. 13.-Senator Jones of the Democratic national committee characterized the table of the probable electoral vote as given out last night by Senator Quay as a "gigantic bluff." The chairman pointed out that of all the States classed by Senator Quay as doubtful only Tennessee and Virginia have not complete fusion of Demo crats.Populists and silver Republicans. The senator also stated that of the States classed for McKinley there was complete fusion of all the silver forces in the following: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, West Vir gla and Wisconsin. In 32 States alto gether, complete fusion had been ef fected of all the forces opoosed to the gold standard. Chairman Jones gave out the following table, showing the votes of the respective candidates in the electoral college: McKin Doubt Bryan. ley. ful Alabama.......11 Arkansas........8 .. - California......... Colorado.......... 4 -- Connecticut.......... 6 Delaware............ .. 3 Florida............ 4 Georgia........13 Idaho.......... 3 Illinois........24 Indiana.........15 . Iowa............... .. 13 Kansas........10 Kentucky .........12 Louisiana....... - 8 Maine............-.. 6 .. Maryland....... 8 - . Massachusetts ....... 15 Michigan. .. ..14 - Minnesota.........9 Mississippi........ 9 Missouri...........17 - Montana.... ..... 3 ... ... Nebraska......... - - Nevada............ 3 . . New Hampshire...... 4 New Jersey....~...... 10 New York.......... . 36 North Carolina .... 11 North Dakota... 3 . -. Ohio................ .. 23 Oregon........... 4 -- - Pennsylvania.........32 . Rhode Island ........ 4' South Carolina .... 9 .. . -South Dakota...4 -- -- Tennessee.........12 .. . Texas..... .....15 .. . Utah............. 3 .. - Virginia.......12 .. . Washington...4 .. 12 -West Virginia..6 . - -Wisconsin........... - - - Wyoming....... 3 .. - Total.........279 81 87 Senator Jones added that thousands of Democrats in Connecticut and New Jersey had infor med him those States would cast their vote for Bryan, while the Democrats of Iowa looked upon that State as safe for Bryan by a large majority. ________ how tzhe Typos stand. The offlwr:: of the Typographical Union hasve taken a ballot of its mem bers tha' are employed on the five mornirg daily papers of Chicago, to ascertai how they stood in the com ing election. The poll resulted as follows: Tribune.Bryan. McKinley. Tiu.............3 1 Record......... ..82 5 Chrcnicle..........0 10 -Inter Occan.......7 13 Times-Iferald .......55 4 Total...........:17 44 The vote for Governor of Illinois stood as follows: Altgeld. Tanner. Tribune............71 4 Record..............86 1 Chronicle..........67 3 Inter Ocean...........Gt 8 Times Herald........59 - Total ............354 16 The result as above has been cer ti fled to by some of the officials of the union, and is now on file at D~emo -cratic headquarters. Isischargedl for Sup~portinlg Bryan. ST. LouIs, Mo., Oct. 12.-Consider able of a figure has been created in lo cal political circles over the discharge of twelve clerks by Dugold Crawford, proprietor of the large department store of the city, for the reason, it is alleged, that they intend to vote for Win. J. Bryan, Chairman Cook, of the Democratic State Central commit tee, has engaged Ex Gov. Charles, P. Johnson, a noted criminal lawyer, to take the case up nnd cause Mr. Craw ford's conviction under section 3742 of the revised statutes of Missouri, which makes his alleged otfense a misde meanor punishable by imprisonment. INDIGNATION MEETING. STv. Louis, Oct. 13.-An indignation meeting called to express the senti ment of the people of all classes of the act of Dugald Crawford, the merchant who discharged twelve of his employes for supporting free silver, filled the Oriental Theatre tonight to overflow ing. An overflow meeting was also held that filled Seventh street from cur b to curb. Strong resolutions con demning Crawford were adopted. To day a warrant was applied for, charg ing Crawford with breach of a law which provides a punishment of two years in the penitentiary. TRYING TO CRAWFISH. Sr. Locis, Oct. 13.-The clerks who were discharged by Crawford & Co., last Saturday, because they favored free coinage of silver, were askhd to return to their positions in the dry goods establishment of the firm with out prejudice and with full salary. Several of the clerks have accepted the invitation. In a published state ment, Mr. Crawvford regrets his hasty action in dismissing them. Roughly Handled by Toughs. M1IDDLESBIORO, Ky., Oct. 13.-Gen eral James S. Walker, Republican candidate for congress in the Tenth Virginia district was interrupted by toughs while speaking in Lee county. Pistols were placed at his head, and he was made to acknowledge he made free silver speeches two years ago. Theartie may come ftogether. A CHANCE FOR GOLD BUGS. THE COLUMB'A STATE MAKES THEM A GRAND OFFER. Which Will be Readily Sergid. No Donbt, by the Editors of the News au Coturier and the Charlestou Post. Tlere is a wealthy manufacturer of band instruments-brass band instru ments-who has a factory in Indiana and a newspaper in Washington. His name is C. G. Conn. Mr. C. G. Conn is the most enter prising newspaper man of any brass band instrument maker we have ever known. He has just made a stroke of journalistic enterprise which throws into plutonian shadow everything that has gone before-the New York Herald's Livingstone relief expedi tion, the Chicago Record's $10,000 prize story competition. the New York World's $600,000, 000 Silver Con spiracy serial, and even the Charles ton Post's discovery of eight out of a possible nine Palmer, and Buckuer electors in South Carolina. Being as we have said, a manufac turer of brass band instruments, and a wealthy one at that, Mr. Conn is doubly addicted to "sound" money. In this paper, the Washington Times, he has been blowing for "sound money mcst vociferously for months -with trombones and cornets and tu bas, and even with jewsharps. The music he has made has been loud and long; but, loud and long as it has beeni, it has not been sufficient to sat isfy Mr. C. G. Conn. He has invent ed a new and gigantic instrument. something on the order of an inverted megahone, and upon this he blows a column blast in The Times, in an ad vertisement to all creation. In large black letters on his first page Mr. Conn proclaims this uuparal leled offer: $2,500 FOR SILVERITES. $500 Each Offered for Satisfactory An swers to Five Financial Propositions. $500 for proof that bimetalism is noi a myth. $500 for prof that the election of Bry an will not bring on a panic. $500 for proof that government run ning expenses could be met in any other way than by flat money issue, or by bond sales, or- by the enac: ment of a higher tariff law, in event of Bryan's election. $500 forlproof that free coinage wil) give us more money in time to pre vent a money famine. $500 for proof that free coinage will not force us to a silver basis. After a megaphone solo on Mr. Conn's financial views, the advertise ment concludes: The above offers are made in good faith. The several amounts will bx paid either to Mr. Bryan or any othei persons giving the desired information. The answers will be submitted to Mr. Charles A. Dana, editor New Yor Sun; Mr- H. H. Kohlsaat, editor Chi cago Times-Herald; Ir. John S. Holmes, editor Boston Herald; Mr. Alex K. McClure. editor Philadelphia Times, and Mr. Edwin Abell, editor Baltimore Sun. Should a majority of these gentlemen decide that the an swers are practically correct, the amounts offered will be promptly for warded. In order that silverite speak ers may be given an opportunity t< reply to the above qutestions. it is m' desire that they be requestd to an s' em in public. Address al: C. G. Conn, Editor Washington Times. This is enterprise from wayback Think of offering the great sum o0 $2,500, in $500 chunks, for silvel "proofs" so easy of procurement, and, withal, so easy of establishment. espe cially to the satisfaction of the editors of five of the rankest goldbug papers in the country ! It is what the boy; call "a dead cinch" for somebody for a great many somebodies. And think what an effect it will have:! Af ter the committee shall have set their hands and seals to the fact that the proofs are ample, there will be noth ing left for Mr. Dana to do but retract aLl he has said about the "theft," "re pudiation," "villainy" and "idioiy' of the free silver cause, and whisk 0-h Sun into line for Bryan; Mr. Kohlst at, McKinley's bosom frierd ana fimnk cial backer, will have, in reasonab.'e consistency, to repudiate t~ie Majo. and confess that The Times-Herald has been playing a skin game in fi nance; and so with the rest-common decency will require that after render. ing a verdict for silver they shall con vert their papers into silver organs at the very crisis of the battle. With such a conversion as this on record, England herself could not hold long er to the gold standard, but would inconsistently bolt to silver, leaving Editor Godkin of the Evening Post as one crying in the wilderness -ina very "sage brush" wildernessof silve: desolation ! But, grand as is the offer of Mr. C. G. Conn, alluring as it is to the veriest tyro in linance, we are determined that in this species of enterprise The State shall excel him. Utterly regard less of expense, and of the political dangers involved, we make the follow ing olier: $1,000,000 FOR GOLD IBUGS. $200,000 Each Otlfered for Satisfactors Answers to Five Financial Proposi tins. $200,000 for proof that gold monome tallism is not a fraud. $200,000 for proof that the election of McKinley will not continue the fall in prices. $200,000 for proof that in the event of McKinley's election Hanna, the Trusts and the Syndicates would nol hold and control the treasury. $200,000 for proof that gold monome tallism will give us enough money to prevent a mone7 famine. $200,000 for prooC rLhat gold monome tallism will not force us to a barter basis. The above offers are made in as good faith as Mr. C. (. Conn's and to prove that this is so we take pride in pre seting the names of the impartial committee we have selected to pass upon the satisfactory character of the proofs, and whose judgement in this matter we will cheerfully abide: W. M. Stewart, senator from Ne vada, chairman. W. H Harvey, Esq., of Chicago. author of "Coin's Financial School.' Clark Howell, Esq., editor of the Atlanta Constitution. Henry M. Teller, senator from Colo rado. B. R. Tillman, Esgq, author of "Me and My Pitchfork." Now bring on your "proofs!"-Stet. It Is said That of all the diseases that affect mankind, diseases of the kidneys are the most dangerous and fatal. If this be so, how important it is that the kidneys be kept in a healthy condi tion. The use of Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys will do this. It is the "ounce of prevention" in these A Telilug Object L-sson. Sometime ago, a Newark, N. J stove manufacturer, who emplo- ed many laboring men, skilled and u skil-ed, declared that he would raise the wages of his operatives 10 per cent. if Bryan were elected. Now comes James -H. Gambrill, a wealthy grain dealer, of Frederick County, Mary land, who has agreed to buy 5)0,000 bushels of wheat and guaranteed to pay $1.29 per bushel therefor in the event of Bryan's election and the pas sage of a free coinage bill. ie offered as good security as he gives to the banks with which he deals. Mr. Gam bril stated that he had made a deal with one of his Rpu'>licn cus tomers already to buy his last sum mer's crop at $1 29 a bushel. Mr. Gambrill is a brQther of George T. Gambril, the wealthy grain specula-_ tor of Baltimore. "This is an argu ment," says the Augusta Chronicle, from which source we get the above, "the plain people understand, and Maryland farmers are, like millions of their Western brethren, so situated as to profoundly need a rise in the price of grain. Any financial legislation, I such as free coinaee, that raises the price of wheat will correspondingly advance the price of cotton. Perhaps it would not suit some foreign and na tive goldbugs to see wheat at $1 29 a i bushel and cotton at 12 cents a pound, but there would be prosperity of a most decided character, to the great majority of people, if such were the case. The Assiatant Repub'lcan Ticket. At last Messrs. Davie and Ball have gotten out their Palmer-Buckner elec toral ticket, v7hich has made its ap pearance at the head of the editorial columns of the Charleston Post. It is one man short at present, no one hav ing been so far determined upon to represent the third district. The fail ure to get the man desired in this dis trict is what has delayed the announce ment of the ticket. It is said that the vacancy will be filled shortly. The personnel of the ticket is, generally considered, all that could be delired by the Palmer Buckner men. On it are men who stand high in their sev eral communities. Here is the ticket: At large-F. W. McMaster of Co lumbia, George W. Dargan of Dar lington. First District-Frank O'Neill of Charleston. Second District-Geo. B. Lake of Edgetield. Fourth District-Frnk Evans of Spartanburg. Fifth District-A. C. Springs of York. Sixth District-A. T. Harllee of Marion. Seventh District-Jas. D. Blanding of Sumter. Mr. Blanding, who represents the Seventh District on the ticket, is sec ond choice, as the first gentleman to whom the doubtful honor was offered declined with thanks. Two Campaign Lies Nailed. A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., says in a statement given out Monday evening A. R. Talbot, Republiean candidate for the United States Senate and law partner of Bryan, the Demo cratic candidate for President, says: "I see that it is stated in the press reports that i have bolted Mr. Bryan, Imy law partner, now Democratic can ite for President. I have always been, and am now, a Republican, but no man has a greater admiration for Mr. Bryan than I have. His honesty, integrity and patriotism cannot be questioned. I have not -o'ted Mr. Bryan and any statement to that ef fect is untrue. I wish also to add that the statement in the press of the coun try to the effect that Mr. Bryan mis stated his financial relations to the de -funct Germant National 'bank of this city in his New London, Conn., speech is without foundation and untrue. Mr. Bryan, at the time of the failure of that bank, was not indebted to it in any amount whatever, and the bank held no note bearing his signature. The indebtedness referred to in the dispatches was my own personal ob ligation.'" This frank and manly statement of -Mr. Talbot squelches two campaign lies, gotten up f. r the purpose of in juring Mr. Bryan. The Hanna crowd will have to try again. Look Out for the Potatoee. The Southern Cultivator warns far mers an d others not to leave the sweet -and Irish potatoes in the around until the irost nas completely killed the top-. About the last week in O.atober we generally have a killing frost, and not only should the potatoes, but all forage crops and such ground peas as we wish to save be housed before thatf time. Before digging the potatoes thet vines may be grazed off or pulled and fed to stock. The ground pea crops 1 may be cured for forage, or left in the fields. Being of the legume familys they will improve the land. Int either event, the work should not I be delayed until after frost. The nutsr then become loosened from the vine,i and when these are pulled up many( nuts are left in the ground. Select a e dry clear season aftr the pot ttoes i have obtained their growth for dig- r ging and storing them; and do not at- s tempt to put too many in each heap- I 30 cr -10 bushels is sufficient. Allow c the sweet potatoes to dry in the sun, but gather up the Irish p ,ttoes with s as little exposure to the sua as possi- I ble. Both should be put up dry. I Cover them at first with straw about e two er three incht s thick, and don't t put on additional covering un I they ; have gone through the sweating -'age, c which will be two or three weeks. t VictimsI, oftTyphoon and Flood'. [ TACOM. Wash., Oct i-4 -The I Northern Pacific steamer. "Tacoma," brought the following Oriental ad. t vices. The Osaka city council has de- C cided to defray from their city funds C the cost of repairs rendered necessary - by typhoons in July ao d August. But C the cost of repairmne r '-es by the ~ recent floods, estimatiu e.500,000yen, is to be raised by issuing city bonds to E that amount. Other cities wi I lissue r bonds for the same purpose. l'ae em peror and empress of Japaai have ~ made contributions amounug to 1 3,000 yen to aid the sufferers I rom t recent floods in eigh t distriets There .I are 3,396 houses still su bmere ed in To ~ kio in add !ion to the ti >>d u- eof lbu ~ jo, a suburb. Communication with t these places is being cirriud on by boat. 'The neighborhood events thie appearance of an inm r'-e lake, thet height of water being five feet. six More Storm victims. JA(KsomuIL:, Fla., Oat. 16.-The t< death list of the recent storm is being 8 increased. It is reported today that six E corpses hav-e been discovered on the E coast between Tampa and Cedar Keys. n The corpses were those of Mrs. Paul TI Iewitt, her daughter, brother, sister. si nncle and the latter's sou. The party b left Tampa for Cedar Key-s in a boat, ftI but were caught in the hnirric~ane and Ir< lotthi ives jh Absolutely Pure. -A cream of tartar baking powder. Ii-hest of all in leavening strength. -Intest UnItedi States Gorernient xol Report. RoAL BAKING POWDER Co., New York City. Indicted zor Murder. COLMBIA, S. C., Oct.17.-The State lailroad Commission completed its in estigation into the cause of the re ent accident on the Florida Central LOd Peninsula system and announced Is decision as follows: "A f ter a full and thorough investi ation into the cause. of the collision iear Swansea on the Florida Central nd Peninsula, on the morning of the .4th instant, this board is of opinion hat the collision was occasioned by he misreading of the order by Eagin er H. J. Petit, of train No. 35. read 2g Swedew, Swan-ea. which resulted a the death of several people." Chairman Evans, after reading this, nade this further announcement: "Gentlemen:-This board feels that t is its duty to go further and make m affidavit before a trial-justice and ave Mr. Petit arrested and all the ritnesses bound over for their attend nce at the next term of court in Lex ngton county to testify." The warrant was issued before the ioard announced its decision, the harge being murder. Mr. Petit was a the office of the commission and re ained there awaiting- the arrival of he constable to arrest him. During he interim he held a conversation ith B. J. Abney, Eq.. who it is un L:sto >d will represent him. The most important evidence was hat of Engineer Petit on the south ound train that caused all the trouble. 1r. H. J. Petit being sworn said: I vas engineer on train 35 on the morn ag of the 14th. I received order No. at Columbia and read it. I will just ive the body of it: No. 36, engine70. ill wait at Sweden until 3:15 a. m. or No. 35, engine 69, and will not ait variations. I have not ot the order. I lost it in he wreck. I had the same order as lfr. Taylor. I lost nothing else in the mreck except my coat. I went to the ngine and read the same order to my ireman and read itatSweden. Lsav ng Casey I read the same order and ~ead it sweden, told the fireman we rould go to North's for No. 36 and the. irst thing I saw or heard after leaving swansea was No. 36's headlight, about. wo miles south of Swansea. I applied: ny brakes; reversed my engine; gave, er steam and "sand"' and jumped off. blew the station signal and rJung the ell going through the town of Swan applied the brakes and reversed be ~ause I saw No. 36's headig."4 eard no signal at all from the rear ~oaches to stop. I went right back to. he wreck and Condadtor Taylor and Pireman Dent were the first persons I aw. Capt. Taylor said, "My God, why idn't you stop the Swansea?" I said, 'Captain, my order reads Sweden."' e said, "No, it don't," and I pulled ine out and it read Swansea. I then bre w it away, or it got away in some ay. I dropped it or at least I have ever seen it since. I heard some an "holler." A voice from the bag age car. I could not get to it. I ralked up to the wreck. The trains were about one hundred et apart when I jumped. We were unning at aubout fifteen miles an our when we struck. We were run ing at about forty or forty- five miles: n hour when we passed Swansea. - I tayed on the steps until I saw there ras no chance. They were just about. o trike when the train was running t about fifteen iniles, I know I jump d and did not fall. Mr. Thomas: Did you not observe at the rate of speed at which you rere running would not take you to ~weden by 3:15? I was going to North's and not ~weden. I had seventeen minutes to ;et there by my watch. The distance om Swansea to sweden is twenty ree miles. MrEvans: You proposed to vio ate orders and stop at North's? Answer: At 3 -15 1 had to to take a de track, in other words I could go >5:15 when time was np. IffI couid ave made it I would have been ail iht. If the order had read Sveeden would not have been a violation of' rder. If the order had read Sweed , any station I could have gotten to d cleared it would have been all ght. D~d nft notice my train slowin. eed until I anpliid brak<~ myself. did not feel the air'Tbrakes ifr the can ctor put them on. The guage and the train did not ow it at all. It would not have een possible for the c.>nductor to ave put on the brakes without the gineer knowing it. My putting on e brakes and reversing the engine ut me at a fifteen mile speed. The >nductor and I could have put on the rakes similtaneously. Did not see y one ataltr-,ing to get the men. heard "hollering'' out of the wreck. beard one voice calling. I heard >e cutting on the other side of the 'ck from where I was. I did not re gnize the voice. I do not kno wif any e was killed. I1 thinig Mr. Limes, Ir. Thomas and F:r. Ulnmer were kill , as I haven't seen them since the rreck. I discovered the error in rea~ing wansea for Sweden after we hit. [ an my engine all the way frorn Co mbia. It is impossible for me to y how I made the mistake in read ag. It was as plain as da~y, as I af r ards saw. I read my order aloud. e train dispatcher at Columbia, read S veden. No corrections were made the operator after I read it, which e rules required. Heart-rending Tran-dy. ALAmT, Ga., O.ct. 15 -A special to e Constitution from Villa ica, says: bomas Hlensler, the young man who 'as shot by his father Saturday night he climbing through the window his room, died last night at 9 o'clock. >e one had attempted to enter Mr. [ensler's house the night before. Mr. [ensler was aroused late Saturday ight by his son opening the window. inking his son was a bu:-glar, hem mot him. Mr. Hensler is nearly heart' roken and fears are entertained that ie terrible accident nil dethrone his ~ason and he will do hims'lIr bodily