The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, November 10, 1897, Image 1

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v 13IBE 10, 18 NO 16 VOL. XII.MANN SC.WEEDYNEME101S7NO16 THE FALL ELECTIONS. RESULT CF THE VAROUS ELECTIONS HELD LAST WEEK. Greater New York Goes Democratic by a Large M: jozity-Rerublicatn Mjarities of Last Year Wiped Oat or Gre atly Re duced in teverai States. The Democratic victory in the first munic'ipal eh etion held in Greater New York was a s veenicg one. The entire Democ-aic ticket headed Rob ert A. Van Wyck for Mayor was elec ted by a large major ity over the Inde pendent and Repubican tickets. The following is the vote received b) the three leading candidates for Miayor: Van Wyck, Democrat, 235,181: Low, Independent. 148,513; Tracy, Repub lican, 101,823. This gives Van Wyck a plurality of 86,668 cver L w and 133,35S over Tracy. The excitement in the city was very great. At night the whole city was alive to the occasion. Bulletin boards, searchlights, newspaper extras, read ers on the stages of scores of theatres, told the story of the election. The jubilant had recourse to the discordant tish horn for expression of their joy, while the salcons closed during the hours while the voting wes in pro gress, did business on a scale teat pro mised to compensate for the pr-riod of enforced thirst. noisy and brilliantly illuminated. The enthuia-n in the vicinity of Tammany Hall was partic ularly great. The attraction of the newspaper bul letin boards for the crowds was not a whit less than it was last year, a pres idential election. The spaces in front of the bulletins were filled with peo ple,leaving only narrow lanes through which men, women and children pushed one another until they got out at the ends. Then they breathed freer and adjusted their clothing. With very few exceptions, every morning and evening paper in the city had bulletin boards in front of its main office, while some had them at their branches. Some had two and three big white sheets stretched in front of their buildings, displaying, with their election figures, photos and colored views and the pictures of the candi dates. City hall square was a living mass. From the scuth side of Nassau street to the park in front of the city hall there were but two lanes in the enor mous mass of people, and these lanes were just wide enough for one man to get through. When the people tried to pass one another there was pushing and shoving, and much grunting and some bad words, but in general the crowd was a good-natured and good tempered. NEBRASKA STANDS BY BRYAN. From the fusion headquarters in Omaha the following was given out at midnight: "We have carried Nebraska for the fusion ticket by a plurality of from te enty to twenty-five thousand. To gether witb the magnificent victory for the state ticket, we have carried a majority of the county tickets. The causes leading to the result is a deter mination on the part of the people of Nebraska to demand better money through the unlimired coinage of gold and silver. (Signed) "J. H. Edmiston, "Chairman " The Republicans concede the State to the fusionists. IOWA STICKS TO HANNA. The returns from Iowa indicate that the State has gone Republican by about 25,000 plurality, which is a con siderable of the majority the state gave McKinley last year. The Repub licans will have a good working ma jority in the Legislature. The senate na 50 members, 38 are Republicans and 12 Populists and Democrats; the house 100 members-Republicans 61; Populists and Democrats 39. The Re publicans lost four members in the senate and 17 in the house. The Re publican plurality last year was 65, 522. Two years ago it was 59,000 for Drake for governor. A CIEN SWEEP IN KENTUCKY. Ther e is little interest in the size of the silver Demccratic majority in Kentuchy,as it is conceded to be some where in the neighborhood of 15.000. The Democrats have won or increased their vote everywhere. The efforts as fusion between the Republicans and Gold Democrats in local contests fail ed signally, chiefly because the mass es would not support the fusion tick ets. The Democrats secured a good majority in the Legislature. Most of the goldbug Democrats voted the Re publican ticket with the hope of de feating the regular Democrats. NEW YORK STATE DE2IOCRATIC. Returns from all the counties in New York indicate a plurality of more than 58,000 for Alton B. Parker, De mocratic candidate for chief jaidge of the court of appeals. The State Legis lature remains Republican. The sena tors hold over, and the new house of assembly stands 85 Republicans to 6S Democrats. In the present senate the Republican majority is 30; in the house 78. The special election in the Third congressional distric',Brooklyn, resulted in a victory for Edmund H. Driggs, Democrat,over Win. A. Pren dergast. MA sACHUSETTS STILL IN TH E MIRE. The Republicans carried Massachu setts by a reduced majority over last year's votes. The tremendous ms jor ity which last year elected Governor Wolcott fell off considerably, while George Fred Williams, the Democrat ic leader, also snifered, but not nearly as much. Last year the Republicans, after a vigorous campaign on nation al issues, rolled up a vote of 258,000, but such was the lack of interest this year that the vote fell to 164,000, a plurality of 85.000 over Williams. KANSAS GOES WRONG. The Kansas returns show that in 49 cc unties the Republicans have elected all or nearly all of their candidates for county offices. In 14 counties the fusionists have elected all or nearly all of their can didates.- In 25 counties offices are about equally divided be tween the t usionists and the Reuubli cans. In one county a straight Demo cratic ticket was elected. The Repub lians carried the state on account of a division bet ween the Populists and the Democrats ' OLD) VIRGISY NEVER TIRE." There was a iight vote all over Vir ginia, and less interest manifested by the Republicans than by Democrats. Majority of Democratic State ticket very large. The Democrats will have a large majority in the Legislature 94 and pernaps 95 members of the house. The Rep' ohcans get four and perhaps five members of the house, and the Independents one member. THE PARADiSE OF THE GiOLDBUGS. . ennsylvania hads the gold-bug column. The returns indicate an ap parent plurality for Beacon. the head of the Republican ticket, of 145,000 as against Baywood's plurality of 174, 264 in 1895. Th- indications are that McCauley, the Republican candidate {or auditor geneial received about 170,(00 plurality. NEW JERSEY STILL REPUBLICAN. The vote in New Jersey was light The Democrats made gains in almcst every county, but the Republicans re tain control of Ihe State house of as sembiv by a narrow margin. LuAt year there were but four Democrats in the lower boise. This vear tiere will be 2. The Republicans have 34 2nem bers. A TRAIN WRECKED. Terrible Accident on a Riliroad in Vir ginia. An express train on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad from Cincinnati to Washington, was wrecked near Char lottsviile, Va., Thursday afternoon, and four persons killed and seventeen were wounded. The cause of the ac ciaent has not been dednitely ascer tained, but it is believed to have been due to spreading rails. The engine left the track on a eharp curve and was hurled against a rocky hill. All of the cars except the dining car and the Richmond sleeper were derailed. Two cars were plunged end foremost down the steep embankment and one of them went into the Rivanna river, which at this place skirts the tracks. The day passenger coach and the ex press car were badly wrecked. As the locomotive plunged from the rails and overturned, Engineer Duke was hurl ed from the cab and crushed under the engine, besides being terribly scalded by escaping steam. He was rescued by his fireman and the conductor. Soon after the wreck as possible, the uninjured passengers and trainmen began the work of rescue and aiding the injared. Word was sent to Char lotteville and the wrecking train with physicians was immediately dispatch ed to the scene of the wreck. The body of Henry Burnett, the colored porter, was the last recovered. He was terribly. mangled, having been in the baggage car. A foot supposed to have been his was firet recovered, and later a portion of the head. The body was literally dismembered. Phe lex Mareno had both leas cut off and died at the hospital at Charlottesville. Among the uninjured passengers on the train were senator Orville H. Platt, of Connecticut, Commissianer of Pensions H. Clav Evans and R- p sentative Walter E. Evans of L->uis ville. The local railway officials, af ter investigating the cause of the acci dent, declared that it was not due to spreading rails, though they are una ble to even give a theory. They state that the tracks at the spot are true and examination revealed that they are tied securely. It is now developed that the accident was caused by the break ieg of an axle of the first truck of the locomotive. The train was making up time, and the engine left the rails on a sharp curve, and, rushing into a rocky hill side with terrific force, was completely dismantled. Two cars went down into the river. The sleeper "Salota" went over on its side but the dining car and the Richmond sleeper remained on the track. TO REDUCE THE COTTON ACREAGE. If This Uaion spreads it Will Wiel'1 Al mnost Despotic Pow cr. A special dispatch to the Atl;-nta Evening Journal from Jackson, Ga , says: The farmers of this sec'ion have been preparing to organize a union, or alli ance, for the purpose of reducing the acreage of cotton. It is more aggressive than the Cot ton Pianters' Protective association. and has some strong and very binding provisions in it. The following are some of the pro visions of the plan: 1. E very land owner or farm labor en s esigible. 2. No member will be allowed to plant more than one acre to every three in cultivation. 3. The whole union will be com osed of the cotton-growing states. Each state will have a union, and each emmtty and each district a union. 4. It will be an oath- bound organi zition, be t not necessarily a secret so ciety. Tne penalties for violating any of the rules are very severe and will cause the average to be redaced in fact. For instance, each district will have a surveyor who will measure all the crops after planting is done, and a man who has planted more than al lowed by the society will forfeit two bales to the acre for every excessive acre he has planted, to go into the treasury of the association. No mnem be.r will employ a laborer, except f or wages, who is not a member, and no member will work a man's land whose owner is not a member. They will not patroniz e a merchant or a railroad that deals with men who are not mem bers. They mean to redu~ce the cot ton crop or die in the attempt. Tne president of the county union will be authorized to employ the county sur veyor to investigate eve-ry suspicious case. After he has compared tne di gest stock returns with the average of the returns of the union's surveyor, the union's surveyor would f orfeit all his compensation for any mistake he had made. Tne increased acreage in grain crops would prevent millions of dollars from leaving the cotton states. The system would improve the lands 100 per cent in ten years. The improve ment in cattle and stock would be immense. The increase of Lone made manure would save more than the farmers clear on their crops now. There are hundreds of otuer advantages too numerous to mention. There should be a convention called at once and the plan of organ:zLation discussed. The Vab~ru Giri in Luck. Mrs. Celia Wallsce, who resides at Chicago, and is a childless widow, hai taken a fancy to Evengelna Caiou Cisneros, the Cuban refagee, andc uY fered to adopt tne Cuban maid aui make her an neir to a fortune estimat-d by friends of Mrs. Wallace at $500,UCU Fvangelina looks with favor upon tne propostion and took it under aavise ment. When it was explained to her that the written consent of her father would be necessary oe fore toe adap tion could be made legally, she said Ishe thought he would be wIlling to Itake the step.A detiuite answer will be Igiven to Mrs. Waiiace withiin a rea Isonable length of time frona Washing Iton, whither the Gauan girl retarned jtoday. Mrs. Wallace. came to Chicago o.iSrtgN . eea er A CLOSE SHu AVE. HANNA SAVED, !F AT ALL, BY THE SKIN CF H;S TEETH. AccortunLg to th-- Uncticial Count Seventy On5 Votes Was All the Demccras Need ed to Anuro Victory. and the Offlcal Count May Suppy 3hese. Chairman cCne of the ,Esio Derr craticStete Commritee, cone: des the defeat of his &:ts tckc''t ;;s, that ther ha1: 3t-' d the R bi Call pIuraity oif 5,' . of :arewb over mne-h.a:f. He does not concede the Leisl1ature to ::heRpb'as Mr. M onvli!e sai : t. he 1Zpublican s claimed the legislature by: 5 to 7. H_ struck the representatives from Wood and Nole cunties from heir lis',al o the se'nator from the Marien Logan disritt, and said these three ch:E} would mal-e the legislature stand 73 Demnccrats to 72 Republicans, and he would never 'l "e ei' _'r of these three doubtful members up till the o!Bilai le-,unt was completed. He aio con tests the election ot wo of ine 12 mrm bers from Cuyahoa couny, which would make th s l ature stad 75 Democrats and 70 Republicaus. Chair man McConville says he helieves ,he Demccratic represen.atives were elez ted in three other coanties, whic he dues not wait Lo na :, pending in vestiatioun of all-ed frauds. He Echarges frauds in NJle srd Wood counties and in tne Ma.ion-L tgan dis trict. At the Rhuicai ;te hzacu jart ers the list of the di.stricts are given in which it is claimed that the Repub licans have 17 and the Democrats 19. Toe only district disputed by the De mocrts is that which iocludes Marion and L 'an counues and w aich would make :he senate stand 16 R-pablicans and 20 Democrats. The Re pub!icans concede that the Democrats will have two mj )rity in the senate and claims that the two representatives from Summit county are the only ones in >ubt tonight and that the returns -now the house to stand 5S Republi cans, 49 Democrats and 2 doubtful and th t in their claims of 75 to 70 with a majority of five on joint bal lot. As the canvass of the vote in the SS counties proceeded today the Republi can plurality on the Shate ticket in creased, and on the legislative tickets the rnargiL.s became narrower. While the Republican plurality on the State ticket exoeeds 28,000, the vote in the legislative ticket is almost as close as it could be. For this rea son there is still unusual anxiety at the respective State headquarters of both parties. The Republicans sti1 claim that the legislature stands 75 Repuoli cans to 70 D inocrats on joint ballot for senator and that their candidates for representatives in three of the close counties have been elected by the following plurality: Delaware coun ty, 29; Wood county, 23; Noble coun ty; S5. A total of 142 in: the plurality of these three counties. A change of 72 votes properly distributed in these three counties, would therefore have turned the result in the legislature by giving these three representatives to the Democrats. Then the legislature would have stood 72 Republicans and 73 Democrats on joint ballot for sena tor. When it is remem'oered that a total vote of OGiu last year was over 1,000,000 and is almast 1,000,000 this year, it is readily sea taat 71 is such a small percentagte that it cannot be expressed in figures or fractions or language and this is wniat maktes the Democratic State committee continue to claim the legislature and the Re publicani State commnittee to be so closely on guard in watching the counting in the close counties. Tne official count of Delaware county is in, tu; with protests and notice of contest from the Democrats, and the same is true of Noule coeunty. In Wood countLy the Democrats pro tested against counting tate vote of a precinct where the place of voting was cutside of the precinct, but within the ward. Hiad this precinct been thrown out, it would have elected the Demo cratic candidaie for representative by a plurality of live instead of the Re pubican candidate by 28. Tne vote of the precinct was counted and tne Democratic protest filed. Other tech nicalities are expected in the progress of the vote in that county tomorro w. In Noble c )unty there was a long con test over 27 scratched tickets that were fnaly tnrown out because they were not properly marked. These were a Repablican loss. Ever7 point isbe ing contested in the olliuial coant of the close counti s. Republican Chairman Nas~h says that the Republicans nave a ssfe ma jrity of inye on jpint ballot in thne iegisature. Hie aum:ts that rhe p1 a ralities are small in some counties, but claims they are safe. Hie has nou doubt of tne result in any o; tne coun ties which lie claims except pos:uiy Wood county, and in th'e event of the loss of-that representative, he says the legislature would still staud 74 Rie publicans to 71 Democrats, and have a majrity of three on ist ballot for senator. Chairman Nash said the re turns from the 13th district showed nat the Republhcans had a plurali~y of 432, so that. there is n-u longer any of the State senators in doubt, and the senate will stand 19 Democrats to 17 R cpu zdicans. At Republican S:ate headquartes, Sumnit couuty is not cantaered so doubtful as heretofore, and hs t~vo rerp resentatives are being canceded to ine Democrats. Tais woculd mil-e ouse 58 Rtepuo:c-iaas and 51 Dem-o crats. Democratic Chrtiriian Mc~onvile Idocs not admit that the Repubilens ave carried c 13th district for i-e~r canddate for S:.ce se nator. au stil claiais the reeen~.ivsirn and other counties claimed b the Rt a p'elicans. Hie also expects the otli:a couit to give the De-mocrats tvu of tne 12 menbers of the legilatare fro:n Cuyanoga coanty. In ase-e cou ties and in otin:-, h ys theewl be contests for tiue as in thie event o certicares of election b-ei'g given to the R-epushcans. Demoecratic Chairman Ma onvi le cuarges fraud in the cloe c au'aes a in some Repablican cua ti. He says neariy all the cicse ernti hav gone Republican nlereto'ore and h Rpbcans still have tae mi.inery in taese counties. Hu ays Lee retarns nave been neid back~ an:t los Suis piius. Other counties ha-re ,catu plete. their countong, wnnate tae euaot ful counties are s'.il a: it. Hie says te result was .izowa detinitely l Ccana:. Wednesday mornmng and Ihe canuot gem definite results even j Thursda night rim Cleveland. where he extects the vote to be very close on two or three members of the legislature. Chairman McConville will remain on duty untill the official ennt of all the counties is accomplish ed. LATEST FRiO 01110. The Ohio Lgislature stands 74 Re publicans, 70 Democrats and one doubtful on the o ficial returns re ceived up to Friday night. With a d.- n or more of the SS countics very close th-re have been no material charges except in Wood county, which will be claimed by both parties till the courts pass on tae action of the surervisors There have been no unusual proceedings oerore the re turni: t boards of any c the counties exc'o that oi Wood, although both par is have had their ;epresentatives and attorneys in the county seats, Wherever the raLte was close. Chair man McC.nvili of the Democratic Stte cornnitte has not chcnsgd his claims of a De icratic maj )rity on joirt *allot and will not do so till the cll : "al returns of all cjunties are in ai d show .the final results to differ from those he has at hand. R cublicn Chairman Nash insists that the iKisiature stands 75 Repabli car to 7u D mccrats and that the m.j-rity on joint bilct for Senator win not a less than live. He says he is .atistl d with the situation in Wcod conor . What he feared was that the ncieial count might wipe out the small ieoubicau plurality in that county. Since the fsce of the offcial ta;lv sheet show a plurality of 31 for the R tpub licsn reportsntative. Judge N\sh is ready and willing to have a :y courts pass on the c tse. LI Wood county Friday Norris, the R -ublicau candidate for representa tive. filed a protest against the board counting the vote of Freedom town ship because the ballot should be tal lied in blocks & nye. This preceinct gave Norris 151 and Mears, the Demo erstic candidate for representative. 263. If the vote of the township had been thrown out it wo-uld have in creased the plurality of Norris by 112. but it was counted. The Republicans insist that N rris will be declared elect ed in Wood county and that the legis ature stands 75 to 70. Counsel for both the Democratic and the Republican committees at Bowl ing Green have agreed to submit the Wood county case at once to the cir cuit court and the lawyers on both sides went to Toledo for that purpose. Tne court will be asked to decine whether the election board can go be hind the returns. Of course it will be left for proceedings in contest in the house to decide whether the vote of Center township shall be counted. Information has been received at Republican headq uarters of protests to the Soldiers' Home vote at Dayton on the ground that the voting precincts were not in the proper place. If that vote should be thrown out the Demo crats would gain two representatives from Montgomery county and one senator, enough (on the claims of the Republfc ins) to make the legislature stard 73 Democrats to 72 Republicans on j int ballot. Uiairman Nash says there arc about 40 precincts in the State where these technical points on the location of the polls can be raised, and if it is made an issue of contest it will work both ways with no one knowing the final result. suicide or Accident. The Charleston correspondent of the Columbia Register says the body of the drowned man who was found floating in the surf off Sullivan's Is land is that of H. Johnson of New York. Whether or not this is his true name cannot be stated, but it is the name under which he was traveling and the one he wrote when he regis tered at the Charleston hotel from New York. Tuesday morning after the arrival of the Iroquois from Jack sonville, the steamer on which the de ceased made the trio from Ne w York to Charleston, Mr. Ri bert E. Morton, the purser to thi ship, went to the un dertaking establishment of Boiger Bros., and vi'e ved the body. At the irst glance Mr. Morton reoognized it as that of H. Johnson of Ne w York. Mr. Morton had not the slightest ditli culty in recognising him. Mr. Mor ton then made an allidavit that he was H. Johnson, who purchased a ticket in New York at Pier 29. That he was aboard tne ship daring its trip to this city, leaving it Friday afternoon. Tnee case is indeed a remarkable one one tuat is shrouded in deepest mys tery which may never be cleared. H3ow Johnson met his death is not known nor wil it ever be known, bor no one sa a him. If it was suicide the cause of his rash act will probably be buried witn him. His eifects at the Onarleston hotel ine roomn 22l, were enined this morning 'iy Manager Green, D-LpuLy Cjroner Vsaghian and Mr. J. WV. Hirsch. T'ney cosisted of an overcoat, a smali im~ed grp a1nd a waiksog cane, alli o: whiic: were ew. I'ne grip contained noturug out a suiled uaudkereietf and a boree of neuralgia medicine. In one of the overcoat pockets was found a pir of kid gloves and a bunch of g aill tooth picks. The Green Eyad Monster. At 7 o'clock Thursday night a terri ble and bloody tragedy occurred in a cottage house at the corner of Ge! eria uia and Gaston avenue, Dallas, Tes, where Mrs. Emma smnita kept -. s znali boarding K ouse. There boardedJ with her tr>c men, James Boswell an.d Jimes Bacton. Boswell walked into Mis. Saittes roomn and shot her in the tinroat. The man turned on Barton, hotineg him twice in the body, ano then blew his own braics cut, falling dead. In astaenment, the eight year od daughter of Mrs. Smeith, :said: "Unle Jiu1 Bosweli came into the roo1s and said to me, -Maa.nma loves Jj B~Aon more than she does me.' e ten shtot mamma, and also shot Mr. B)Arto, and tea ran into the yad and snot hirns--if." Mrs. Scnita and Baron will die tonight. They we-e sen- to the city hospital. The tripe illing caused a great sensation inte neigh b.~orod. committed suicide. Asr~ec i fro n Grenwood~ to the Sa'- says Mrs. E->.betu Hughey, wide. of William' -Hny, conmit tc. s-ild Taar~day m~orning by sen eriug *e iarv wettn a .9:!ire. irs Hagey osned~ considerablie reai esat atAobeville aaa elsewher-e. heea syears old, and lived with >er epn4, -. R-. Buenann, at wn~s h ouse she comamitted1 the rash se.No cause can be assigned except t-morary aberration of mind, ca-usedi by illnelta, from whica sa fre quently suerfered of late years. At tnes~ e ues she often threatened to ail ihersel. ~ae had on chilren. HOW THEY TAKE IT. THE GOLD PRESS ON THE RESULTS OF THE LATE ELECTION. Most of Them Take a Blue View and Says Shver Is Still the issue and Something Must be Done to Check its Speed. They take it ill-the various minor it:es in New York, except the George ites. Reproaches and anathemas fly briskly between the Lowites and the Plattites and the organs of bolting Democrats and bolting Republicans. it is as lively a post election scrim mage as we ever saw. satan aid his agent Platt did it, says the Evening Post. The renegade L-w did it, says the Sun, and thanks God that Seth at least was not elected. The Tribune and the Sun exchange tody blows near the solar plexus. The World prints columns of its old edi torials to show how wise it was and how wicked Platt. Low intimates that he has only begun his con secration to the cause of downing both the regular parties ani thus be coming a "unifying force," and the Plattites breathe vengeance against the holier-than-thous of the Ci'izms Union. Altogether, it is a dazziing showup of shining raz rs, and if the "sound monev" brethren shall com pose their differences in time to work in harmony for the congressional elections next year they will have achieved a victory greater than Tam manys. The Herald took a latter-day "holt" for Low, in his usual fashion, but it accepts the result with philosophy, also after irc habit, and cal's for fair play for Van Wyck. The Herald is very much impressed by the Demo cratic sweep all over the country. Lire The State it thinks the results in Ohio and Maryland Republican disas ters, even if Hanna has won and Gor man has lost. It goes on to say. The tremendous upheaval is almost stun ning in ite magnitude. The ouiy thing it can be compared with is the great landslide of 183. The year before that Cleveland swept the country. The year following New York, New Jersey, and, in fact, most of the doubtful states that Cleveland carried,swung back into the Republican column. The effect of the landside on national politics is likely to be very great. Above the wreck the face of Wm. J. Bryan appears. One can readily see opening up almost immediately the De mocratic campaign for the election of a gov ernor in New York State next year. Unless the pendulum swings back, it will not re quire a very lively imagination to figure out a close contest for the control of the next house of representatives. When the senate already in doubt and really anti-Republican on many questions, there is trouble ahead for President McKinley. The administration has the floor. Just so. And next year the condi tions will not be as favorable for Re publican success as they have been in this campaign. The Democrats will carry the house and Wilham Jennings Brran will loom up bigger than ever. The Evening Post is constrained to suspid its requiem over the remains of free silver and to remark: No one can doubt that these elections have given a fresh impetus to Bryanism. They make it certain that the elections, con gressional and presidential, will be fought on that issue. What can be done to check the onset of "16 to 1?" The only thing possible is to take some irrevocable step in the way of currency reform and the establishment of the gold standard-some step which shall remove that issue from polities or great ly diminish its force. One such step would be the refunding of the national debt in a gold bond at a lower rate of interest, as Secretary Gage desires; but with the present composition of the senate it is hardly possi ble to effect that. Another would be such amendment of the national banking act as would make both possible and save the isisue of bank notes against the general assets of the banks, instead of requiring bond security. The foremost authority in this country is undoubtedly Prof. Dunbar of Iharvard, who in the last number of the Quarterly -Journal of Economics, gives his adhesion to this step in banking reform. His article is the weightie'- t havw seen on the subject, be cause it emnbodies all the informatnon ih' has been collected in the past three or four years, together with much that nobody else has thought of. One thing is certain, if this currency question is allowed to drift three years longer, the Rlepublican party will go out of power. Not even business pros perity, if it should be here in 1900., would prevent that result,. So the goldite wake has been over a corpse that will have to be killed again -this time "irrevocably." The trou ble is to do it. As The Evening Pcst admits, the outlook is not promising. Neither of the schemes it suggests has a chance of passing the senate. The first would be rejected for the obvious reason that the senate for free silver and against more bonds, especially gold ones. The second would be re j ected because it contemplates extend ing the power of the national banks and of making the new currency s strictly national currency, wmtch would cause the advocates or State banks of issue to oppose it. A bill for the unconditional repeal of the State bank~ tax might to be put through the senate, but the Republican majority wo~iu. hardly allow it to pass the nou~se. - We l"ave observed that when ever Wa tterson's money devil is sis i. calls for --currency re formn," bt that its "currency re fo-m" ai~vays turns out to be some. :.aing to boluter up thie gold standard. If ine moniey devil is really repentaa: nust wuolly relax its grasp upon th~e paper currency of the country and intaeits chauces of forgiveness Bai :tcau's hold on to the goid stand a d andi currency mo:iopoly together. The Woll. said on the morning of I.e resul ila Nebraska. Ohio, Kentucky, .\lae 4u0es aud P'enn,yivaniat where Ury an and his plt-orm were endorsed and he wai prcialaned as the leader in 1300, will be ae eeted as aa indication of his strength in the party and with the people. Weil, Ne braska last November gavt 1,000 majority for free silver, antd ntow gives about 2000 for it. Ohic gave ~47,U00 plurality for McKinley and now a change ot 72 votes would ~ecure Hanna's defeat. Kentucky a've -'SI Re-publican plurality, and no * giveu2,u00 Democratic plurality. Massac husetts gave 173,000 against sil v 'er an now nives not more than half hat much. IPennsylvania gave 295, 000 R-publican majority and nows ilves less than a tiu as much. ThE Wcrld is answeredi out of its ourl - ays t Philalelphia, Record. gold: New York and New .Jersey tighting thert wa t.e awing the sisterhood of Demnocrata .ale- Uhij staggering atnd uncertain whicb :Mto follow: .\assactmsetts faltering in its e lbicn allegiance: Democratie gains it. al the .Vkinley strongholds-these are not the sequnences that were to follow fast upon .teh-sa or renewed protection and return ing prosperity. The people of the United States appear to be sadly dubious in the face of triumphant Dinglecyism. And triumphant Hannaism, and trustism, and monoinetallism. Don't forget the last, please. The fight was waged on silver, not the tariff.--Cclum bia State. BORN IN TiHiS STATE. The Mayor of Greater New York oin in Penditon. The Columha St'te says the people of this state have been wa Cbing the municipal couteit in New York with more than ordinary :ntere t owin, to the fact that the mar who has now been elected mayor was born in this State. When it was known that Mr. Van Wyck had been elected the peo ple of Columbia talked of his past history and an interesting story as to the man who was a carriage driver in the Van Wyck family at that time was recalled. During the day reliable information was obtained about Mr. Van W. ck's South Carolina his' ory from a lady who formerly lived near the family. Here is what she said: "Robert Van Wyck, the newlyI elected maynr of Greater New York. was born in Old Pendleton, S. C., and spent the early part of his life there. He has one brother, Augustus, who is living in New York. Sam, another brother, was killed early during the war in the northern part of Alabama. He was a Corfederate soldier. His children live in Anderson, S. C. The remaiirg brother, William, died in New York. His sister is the wife of General Hoke of North Carolina. The father of his family was from New York. The mother was a daughter of Mr. Sam Maverick, who lived and died in Pendleton. Mr. Maverick was the owner of more real estate than any other one man in the State. His possessions lay in South Carolina, New York and Texas. "One of Mr. Waverick's sons, Au gustus, went early to Texas and was engaged in the war betseen the Texas republic and Mexico, and was at one time made prisoner by the Mexicans. His home was at San Antonio, where his decendants still live. He was as sociated with Crockett and barely es caped the massacre at the Almo. At his death he owned more land in Tax as than there is in the State of South Carolina and his cattle were so num erous that it was impracticable to brand them. The 'no brand' was the mark of his ownership, so that to this day unbranded cattle in Texas are called Mavericks "Atone time the Van Wyck Family brought to Pendleton Walter Gibson, as a carriage driver, Gibson married a Miss Lewis and gave up driving. Then he wandered aiway to one of the Sandwich islands, and eventually be came 'practically the owner and king of the island. He was prime minister, and, though under the monarchy, he was practically dictator of tie govern ment. Civil Servic3 Examination. The United States civil service com mission has ordered that an examina tion be held by its local board in Co lumbia on Saturday, December 4 next, commencing at 9 o'clock a. m., for the grades of clerk and carrier in the post otfice service. Only citizens of the Unitd States can be examined. The, age limitations for this examina tion are as follows: Carriers, 21 and 40 years; clerks, 17 years. No appli cation will be accepted for this examni nation unless filed with the under signed, on the proper blank, before the hour of closing business on Nov. 13 next. Applications should be filed promptly in order that time may re main for correction it necessary. -T ne~ commission takes this opportuairty of statinig that the examinations ara- open to all reputable cit:z ens of the Umited Stat'es who may ctesire to enter the service, without retard to race or to their politicat or relhgious atlitiations. All such citizas are mavitedi to apply. They shall be examined, graded, and certified with entire impartiality, and wholly without regard to any consid eration save taeir eilleiency, as sho a-n by the grades they obtain in the ex amination. .For application blanks, full instructions and inf ormation reia tive to the duties and salaries of the different positions, apply to Hunter A. Gibbes, secretary ooard of examin ers, postotfice service, Colunzia. Tragic Death at Spartatnburg. A special dispatch fran Scartanburst to thie Columbia Register says: "Mr. N. P. Sorrenson, one of the proprie tors of the Piedmont steam oe.tling works of this city, died Wednesday afternoon from inj aries received in an accident at 12 o clok Wednesday. ?he denah was a most tragic one. Mr. Sorren.a'n had a number of important letters to mail on the Columibia iraini, which goes down about noon every day. His place cf basiatss i r near the East Main street crossing, and as the train always stops there, hie decided to just step out and hand th~em to the mail clerk as the trn on the S. A. & C., road pase In goin out to mail the letters, in hi gr ness, he went too near tne~ track and the car steps on the maili czr struck him on the right thiga, crushirg i and throwing him on tue trac.Fr tunately he nad presence of mind to throw his body to one side, and the car wheels only passed over the shoe of his left foot. The train was stop ped instantly. Mr. Sor-rensna was carried to his homne andanu ero the best physicians in the ciye rae him. Dr. Nott, Jr., -mpuntae the right limb. Mr. Sorresn graduall weakened and about 6 o'cioc i dd He leaves a wife and cue cid He was a fine business ma n ad accumu lated property, and was wei insrd A Merchant Assassina-ed. A special disputen va the Columbi State from Welod S C. says Mr. A. R. B3.lenger, a merchnt and citizen of that vicini:y, wa~s robbed and probably murd-re inhisor Wednesday night aboui' 7 o'clo~. Someone came to the~ door ot his aonse and wished to goinh s-or. Mr. Ballenger went *i~h hifn and was not seen any more unL2. til hison, becomi'ng uneasy about his father'sdlaer turn, went to the store. Th dor wasilocked, bu wa rk* onb some of his neignoos an Mr. Eam zer was found s re cae u cnciu before the open door of th sae wt a wound in sits head, rom whic- i' rains wereocz . No one saw v man except Mr Blenger, thu his wife heard hi.a call a'- hu - to go to the sto e. Terae his exit through a ba'k dors havtmg taken tue precauint the front door. Ther-e is~ ecsir - excitement in the commuuO5?Ly as Mr. Ballenger is a cL7iLa universall pop ular. A s u FALL'NG OFF In she Receips of the State Di p:usary for Octob -r. The Coiumba b id says the original package com pe: itlon through out the state is s:ly eating a Very large hole in th- sale of the dispensaries. Month by month the ffect b:comes more marked, until nnw the volume of dispensary sales has been reduced by at least a third, as compared witi last year's recod, when there was no com peit-.on and wrhe tht dispensary peo pie ibd absoluie s.v and could fix whatever priers thy chose. Commis sioner Vance's r tort to .he state board of control at ': last meetiog show ed a failing oif in sales for September of :37 335 9., as compsred with the same m . of the previous yPar. At the h-r's meeting next week Com micZi -rr Vence will report that the slum;. 1,r October, 1897, as compares with Ucber, 1896, is $43,l6.15. In sp.-e r all tais, however, Cm missioa'.r Vasca is making a busiass success of the ins.itwnloa, as the re cords will show, and ho now stands ready to pay the first money to the state treasurer for the public school fund that has been paid for this pur oose since the dispensary has been in operation. He has $20,000 on hand, ready to be turned into tis fund, and will so report to the board, which fully verifies his prediction publicly made a month ago. He further stated to a Rezister re porter yesterday that in December he would have ;25,000 f .r the same fund, and the first of Jar :ary he would "ccme again wit[ .n equal amount, o. p.'s or no o.p's. ' As to Mr. Vance's success with the business. itis due him to state that the records show that jast previous to the time he assum ed charge of the : stitution the board re ouired eighteen months within which to turn in $100,000 of proiits,wbile during the time he has been at the helm, since last May, the profits have amounted to SL12,000, inclusive of the $20,000 he wili turn in next week. In his report next week Commissioner Vance will submit the following sig nificant statement: Cash received Oct., 1S95..$135,065 SS Cash received Oct., 1897.. 91,899 15 Dif'erence..............$ 43,166 15 I attribute this large d-nference scmewhat to the competition of the or:ginal package shops, and blind ti gers, but orincipally to the low price of cotton, and the general depressed financial condition of the country. It afords me pleasure to inform you that notwithstandiug this large difference in cash received, that we have met promptly every ooligation of the state dispensary when presented, and that I now have $20,000 ready to pay to the free senool fund. Horrible Triple Ma rder. Mrs. Mary Green, a widow, living with two unmarried daughters and a son ab.ut 1S years of age on a farm on Grass Lck, eight miles from Ripley, W . V.. sold a horse Tuesday for $58. Early in the night the family were awakened by a cap at the door, the person desiring admission announcing himself as Jonn Morgan, an adopted son. As Mrs. Green opened the door the young man struck her with a club and beat her brains out. He then killed the eldest daughter with one blow, and, as he thought, killed the youngest one in the same way. As the son witnessed the murders he rushed througa the rear door and hid in a corn ciro, where he was soon found and beaten to death ny the as sssin.- While Morgan was searching for the boy, Mrs. Green's youngest daughter revived and escaped mtc the wods, where she was followed by the murderer, whom she managed to elude. Morgan ransacked the nsouse, took what mo~ney he could find and fed. The young girl, the only, sur vivor told the story to a neignbor. Morgau was found, ny oliciais, _in stead of citizens, within a few mniles of the place of nis crime. He con fessed his crime. Iuied in a Political Rtow. Four men were killed in a p~a row at Frankfort, Ky., on Tuesday. Several Democrats having been out side the town for the purpose, it is charged by the Republicans of cor raling negroes in a bull pen to pre vent their voting Tuesday were stop ped on their route back to town by a party headed by Frank Egbert and others. In the battle that followed cine i E zbert's men, Howard Glore, was kilkd, and Wiltiam Smith, driver for the Demonratic party, had his leg shot otff by Eg ber:. A negro was kill ed by a stray bullet at t ae same time and was founci near Glore on the roadside this morning. The battle was renewed down town when Deputy Seriff Teakins attempted to arrest Eber:. Teakins was milled and Eg ert also feil, dying instantly from a bullet from Teakins& pistol as he fell, or from that of one of the bystanders, one of whomn wal Egberi's brotner-in law. No Epictemic of Fever. The Columbia State says Prof. Barnes, of Clemnson College, states that, in company wilh President Hart' ng, made a ecarefual inspection of the nosotal of the institution. It was found that there were calvr two cases of fever in the hoseital. One of these was an ordi::ar en c of alaria fever The other- ,ss a cas o typhoId fever. A"nx nvst-aio n e tat thle latter patint dvelopd a case o'f ty'pol~d fe ver tw'~o days aifter reachng the col lee.Pof. Brnes says ther-e is abso laelro oasiona for any a pprener sonO ab.>u the reappearance of Lever taton now as bettersanitar-y arrange mets than Clemson. This will be reassring news to the parents of the boss at the college, in view of the re cent reuoort of t.he -enppearance of tf phoid at the ecllege. The ChiC~e. Chairman Clement Maily. of the North Caro' na D iccrtee-ems "Tne eie C n ac ro . ba a fuler udersu: rin iaach the meerma el 12vid aireger and f iamtocratic fan:a and itheir cons~m ~ayiiin cha:npion. IF he liins-ed is in health hie will bo nominated by the Democratic party for Pidai.e-t in MR BRYAN PLEASED. WHAT HE SEES IN THE RESULT OF THE LATE ELECTIONS. Free Saver Alive, and We Are Nearer to It Than a Year Ago-The Fight Will be Con-inned-What Othors Say. On last Wednesday Mr. Bryan gave out the fo.lowing: To the Associated Press: i i: impossible to discuss yesterday's election in detail. The Republicans :erywhere endorsed the Republican administration and inviewof losses sus taiied by them in almost every State, it would seem that Republican politics are not being endorsed at the polls. The sentiment in favor of the Chicago plat.orm shows a healthy growth throughout the country, perhaps our appoaents will now admit that silver is not dead. The attempt to secure international bime.-llism has proved a failure, and it is row more apparent i'rau ever that the people of the Unit ea :S ates must legis te for themselves on the financial question. Fr:e and unlimited coinage at 16 to 1 is nearer now than it was a year . High tariff unon a gold basis .s disappointed those Republicans who looked to it for relief. Taken as a whole the returns are very encour im'ing. I think I voice the sentiments of )emocrats, Populists and Silver Rs pblaicans when I say the fight will be czantinued with even more earnestness until the gold monopoly is broken and the money trust is overthrown. The Susion forces increase their percentage in Nebraska and probably their actual majority. W. J. Bryan. WHAT GEC. FRED. WILLA IS SAYS. George Fred. Williams, democratic candidate for governor of Masmachu setts, who was defeated in Tuesday's election, has given out a statement on the election, in which he says, in part: "My views upon yesterday's elec tion in Massachusetts are that radi c.alism under the democratic name has been strengthened somewhat in its position and emboldened in its course, and will continue in the field, a grow ing quantity to be reckoned with in the near future. The lines are obvi ously hardening as between republi can conservatism and democratic poli cies of change and upheaval, and be tween the two no room will evidently be found for building up a leading op position to republicanism. "What is here said of Massachusetts implies with even greater force to the rest of the country. The results in Massachusetts ought to be decisive of the insignificance of what is called the gold democratic vote. "The farce has ended in Kentucky, and it ought to be clear to the little handful in Massachusetts that there is no future possibility either for the maintenance of an organization at the hands of the democratic pasty for these gentlemen. "To cut down Governor Wolcott's plurality nearly one-half in Massachu setts is very satisfactory to me, though I am sorry that our voters did not come more generously to the polls. "It must be remembered that the Chicago platform has never been test ed at the polls with an organization be hind it. This year the state committee was not in accord with ihe platform, while next year we shall perfect an organization, I trust, superior to any which the democracy has had for many years. We shall then, for the first time, test the real strength of our cause. "With respect to the city of Boston. I do not care to say anything at pres ent, as I have not the full returns of the votes for local candidates. '"The indications from all over the country are that the nex: congress will be democratic and that there will be no change in the issues between now an d 1930: For this Ilam very grate ful, and the battle will be kept up in Massachu setts more vigorously than CUIARAAN .1 NES GRATIFIED. Chairman, Jones of the Democratic national comnmittee, says: "I regard the results of the election as particularly favorable to the Damo cr-jic party ~and very gratifying to IDemocr-ats every where. It is all they could ask and more than many of us expected." Marsland s011 in The Wallow. An oili~ial count of the ballots cast in the late election in Maryland leaves no further room for doubt that the republic is have control of both branches off the legislature and that a renublican will succeed Arthur P. Gorman in the United States senate. Five members of the assembly and one senator were taken from the dem ocratic list of probabilities and added to that of the repubicans. Three of the members and the senator are from Talbot county and one member each is from ]Prince George's and Carroll. IThis gives the republicans 49 mem 1bers in the house and leaves the dem ccra:s but 42. It also gives the repub licans 1S senators to S for the demo crats and a majosrity on j int ballot of 17. The result in Talbot county arose from the fact that iS votes in Tilgh ma~u Precinct were found to have becai coumnted twice for the democratic ticket. T is being corrected, gave the repbican~ legislative candidates ma jarities ranging from 16 to 19 votes. in . rice Geoirge's a similar correc tioa eleced Uanderwood, republican, by 1our votes, wileb in Carroll the re count showed Tbat Smarsbury, republi cau, dcfea .d Croase, democrat, by 23 vo es. Tne dcabta! votes in Mont g~oPery adX Wasointon counties also ven. int th republican column by 1mail mjr:ales The democratic state cada er were closed up today an a'i thmmbrs of the state com m itthve gonze to their respective Fot k of an Insane Maa. Elar Hamilton, of Worcester, IMass, for 25.years an employe of the Worce-'ster county Institution for Say in, Taesday morning~ shot and killed hi> .ie and one child and fatally woundd another child, finishing by sh ootin imsedfwith probably fatal re I uls. H-amilton had been in ill health fr a few nmonths and had suffered from neura~gia. He had practically led on opiates for several weeks and is suoppsed to have suddenly becow' Ei.,lly Fleased. P ilet McKinley says: "I am ..e..i.,.asit indicates that fealty to the Reubican party and to the pri ips it represents are as strong as ever." tI Ie ahora is true we have a