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& ~ Ir~ A~~v VOL. XV. - ___ WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1899. NO. ii MANNING. S. C.. _____ FLO0DS IN TEXAS. The Suffering Ared as Large as South Carolina. OVER A HUNDRED LIVES LOST Property Loss Estimated Any Ewhere Between Seven and Nineteen Millicn Dollars. Wilderness of Water. A dispatch from Houston, Tex.. says a correspondent has just returned from a voyage through the flood districts of that StaLe. The half has not been told of the havoc wrought. The disaster is so appalling that description is not pos sible. After this flood will come siekness undoubtedly, and what a week ago was the fairest part of Texas, is now almost a God-forsaken wilderness. The waters of the Brazos have for days covered its valley a depth of from (; to 3U feet; where a wetek ago there were on every hand fields of cotton and corn and thou sands of acres of watermelons and can teloupes, today there is slimy mud all over the vegetation and the carcasses of cows, mules, pigs, dogs and cats, may hap human, for many are missing. Our party left Bryan at sunrise Wed nesday morning, going to the Novelsote bottoms and to a point about three miles from Millican. Here we encoun tered everywhere -n overflow from the Navassoto river, w ich spread out fully two miles on either side of the Houston and Texas Central track. Everything is under water, from two to 17 feet. It looked on all sides like a great lake, and the water was so high that for a vast area it completely bubmerged the telegraph and telephone poles along the line. In truth, portions of the Nava soto bottoms are even now a perfect sea, extending four or five miles wide at cer tain points. I saw hundreds of houses there total ly submerged and as many more were swept from their foundation and de stroyed. The planters of the l.ottoms are still moving their help and what ever is left of their stock, to places where they can be cared for. They are all nobly helping each other and taking refuge wherever they can, some of them seeking safety on house tops. All the planters stated that the outside world has no conception of the floods or losses incurred by the destruction of crop, stock and buildings. Nearly - every planter has built boats and sent them through the flooded diotricts to render assistance to the people, and, if posti ble, save some of their drowning stock. The flood district has a length of over 500 miles, a breadth of probably 50 miles, and in all this vast space damage incalulable has been done. The loss of life will never be fully known perhaps; the bottoms were thick ly settled, mostly with negro tenant farmers; among these has been the greatest loss of life. To show the dam age done the following estimates have been made by men who are in a posi tion to know: Lives lost from 100 to 300. Loss to farmers. including crops as well as live stock, from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000. Damage to railroads and country bridges, $2.000,000 to S4,000,000. These estimates are taken in tbe whole area. It is known that more than 60 peoplh have met their death; that many bodies have been recovered: it is not believed that all of them will ever be recovered. BESCUING DROWNING PEOPLE. Two Thousand Negroes on? House Tops Floating Away. James Collison superintendent of machinery for the Santa Fe railroad. arrived in Galveston on the last through train the road has been able to run. The Brazos river at Rosenberg is run -ning wild, Mr. Collison says. At Sun nyside, 12 miles from Brookshire, the Brazos river is ordinarily 200 yards wide. About parallel with this and two and a half miles away. is Elm ereek, which is seldom over 30 feet wide, and in midsummer often dry. The two streams are separated by low bottom lands and are now united, mak ing a river between five and six miles wide and from 60 to 70 feet deep. Along the currents 19 people were res ued Thursday in a skiff sent from Houston. The people were demolish ing their sheds and out houses and mak ing boxes that they used for boats. Cattle were found resting their heads in the boughs of trees, making a pitia hle struggle for existence. At one point two houses were seen commng down the stream. In one of them a man and two women, and on the other a Woman and ave children were cling ing for lif e and calling for help., One of these was a fine two-story affair and the other was a smaller dwelling. They passed on with the foaming current and may have struck an obstruction and been smashed to pieces or found their way into the gulf. Twenty-five row boats, fully manned and provisioned, left Galveston Thursday for the section overflowed, to assist in saving life and property. Every year the Brazos and Colorado valleys suffer from inundations. Up to the present flood the greatest de struction from the annual inundations was in 1885. This year the high water mark of 1885 has been surpassed in Washington, Austin. Fort Bend. \Va ler and Brazos county in southern Texas. The Brazos is falling rapidly in the central part of the State. the scene of last week's flood. The flood reached the southern part of the State Sunday night and Monday. The plant ers had received ample warmung, but many Negroes remained in the Brazos valley, believing the water would not each higher than in 1885. From 1, 500 to 2,000 colored people were caught in the valley, in Austin, Waller and Fort Bend counties and were forced to take to the trees and house tops. Gov. Sayers, at the suggestion of Congressman Hawley, appealed t-, the war department to send government lfe saving boats from Galveston. Per mission was granted, and a special train left Thursday afternoon for the Hooded district carrying sev era1 govern ment and a number of private b->ats. It is beeve ta nely all the people lod ged in trees and on house tops have bet u d. but the boats sent from G1alves-.i on will pairul the tlooded dis tricts and make a thorough search for Stra -Lers. The war departiment has authorized Gov. Sayers to distribute I 10.o00 ratious amoug the flood suffer ers. Deputy Sheriff Swearings at Sealey, telephoned at noon: "There is no im prove-ment in this section of the flood district. If anything. the situation is orowing worse. No relief boats have yet reached here from Houston or Gal veston. Sealey and neighboring towns have about exhausted their resources. Another Negro family was drowned near Sealey Thursday. Several other lives have been lost since Wednesday night, especially among the refugees on the mound near old St. Phillipe. A number of Negroes have fallen ex hausted from tree tops. after hanging there three days and nights, and were drowned. "A rumor is current here of great loss of life near Richmond. Fort Bend county. As we are cut off from all that section, definite inforina tion is unobtainable, but the situation naturally must be as bad as here. IN SERIOUS JEOPARDY. Eight Hundred People Without Food or Shelter. A special dispatch from Dallas. Tex . say-- At 1:45 p. m. today Deputy Sh :if Sw aringen of Austin county, u~a -e the iollowing statement over the l istanee telephone at Sealy: ief Las not reached the flood victims in this tection. Thirteen dead bodies have been recovered near the toxn of Brookshire. 13 miles from here. Forty five persons above Sealy are reported missing and given up for dead. Seven were drowned today in a boat seven miles below Sealy. "About 400 persons are isolated on a small piece of land in the Brazos bot toms, thiee miles from Brookshire. Several hundred more are surrounded at San Phillipe. three miles from Sealy. Unless relief can soon reach these two places the SOO lives will probably be lost. Many will die as it is, from hun ger. exposure and exhaustion. -The water today is running through the town of Brookshire, something never known before. The 65 lives re ported lost were in a radius of 20 miles north and south of Sealy. We are com pletely isolated at Sealy, but this town is not in danger. We cannot estimate the situation beyond the limits men tioned. The whole face of the eoun try here is a sea. The channel of the Brazos river here has shifted about three miles and the water is 15 miles wide. Logs, houses, lumber and railroad material, merchandise, live stock and other floating objects make it worth the life of rescuers to go to the relief of the endangered people, most of whom are negroes. The railroads are destioyed for miles. An immense washout oc curred on the Santa Fe south of Al Zealy this morning. This cuts off our last strand of railroad communication. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific are all completel3 stopped. The weather is cloudy this afternoon and more rain is feared." TERRIBLE STOiEIES. One Thousand Persons on a Mound With Snakes. A speelal to The Post-Dispatch from Austin, Tex., says: Gov. Sayers Fri day received a message from Sealey over the long distance telephone saying that 1,000 persons who had taken refuge on a mound three miles below there are slowly (rshing for the want of food. To add to the horror, the unfortunates are surrounded by poisonous reptiles Huddied together with the human be ings are several hundred of live stock. A number of those on the mound have received bites from the reptiles and are in a dying condition A dispatch fro:n Duke, Tex., says: The flood situation is more grave Friday. The river rose t wo feet during the night and is still rising. The life savers from Galveston started out soon after day light and are doing splendid work. The Galveston crews brought in 6S refugees Thursday night from the high embank ment at the Santa Fe brid.:e ever the Brazos where the people had taken re fge. Refugees are flocking in from all sides of the river. Four deaths by drowning are reported near Sealey in the last 24 hours. A dispatch from Richmond says: Never in the history of Richmond were such scenes witnessed as arc depicted Friday. Business is practically sus pended. M1any Dlantations arc under water. All trains, save those on the Southern Pacific west, have been aban doned. Provisions are running low, and unless something is done quickly there will be great suffering in Rieh. mond within a few days. It is believed there will be at the very least from 3.00 to 5.000 persons to feed from this nlace within a week. Stories of drown ing and disasters arc coming in constant ly, but they cannot be verified, although a. is probable that many of them are correct. The water has reachcd the river bridge and is dashing between the iron guy rods under it, and for the first time the railroad company h-s stopped all traffic over it. Eight bodies fi atcd down the rivrr and loded on the beach and wore buried Four of theni were white, a woman and three children, and four were Negroes. More Soldiers Wanted. The order for the enlistment of vol unteers for service in the Philippines was published Thursday and seven more colonels to command the regiments were arpy-iuted. There are yet two colonels to be designated. Eight ma jors also were named. Recruiting sta tions will b3 opened this week in every State and territory, and as fast as the men are enlisted they will he sent to the regiments to be assigned to com panies. State lines are obliterated, and the men first enlisting will be first. to be mustered in. The assirnmxent to companies will be by the offieer comn mading and hewill he at liberty to or anize a company composed of men from one State if he finds it convenient nd praticable. ALLIANCE REVIV AL Big Meeting and Barbecue on Tuesday at Seneca. SENATOR TILLMAN SPEAKS. An Alliance of Farmers Merchants and Others Contemplated Talb-ert, Latimer and Wilburn Speak. A dispatch from Seneca to The State says fully two thousand people from Ocorce, Pickens and Anderson coun ties assembled there on July 4 to at tend an alliance barbecue. The lon. J. S. Smith, chairman of the meeting, called on the Rev. J. M. 3MeLure to invoke divine blessing upon the meeting. Mr. Smith announced that the lion. W. Jasper Talbert, the congressman of the Second district. would take the place of the Hon. Thos. E. Watson who was absent. The Hon. J. R. Blake of Abbeville, was introduced as the first speaker. After congratulating the people of Oconee for the zeal that they had shown in the alliance he enumerated many of the beuefits that the alliance had done. The mighty will between the north and south had been broken own and brother from the north rasped the hand of the brother from the south. What is the condition of )ur country toda) ? While the manu acturing interest is most flourishing he agricultural interest is launuishing tnd the cry of hard times is heard on very side. Neither over production nor diver sity of crops are the causes of this de pression for many thousands are in aced today. What hope is held out to he cotton grower of the south when Lhe trusts and Lombard and Wall streets are exercising their greed for ain? There are sugar, dairy, soap and .obacc trusts. Even there is a corset :rust. Not satisfied with squeezing the men they are squeezing where it is a lisgrace to civilization. The alliance :alls upon every man to whatever trade >r profession he belongs to help to stay hese mighty evils. in conclusion Mr. Blake exhorted all to stand together d prosperity would surely bless us. The next speaker was J. C. Wilborn, president of the National Alliance and he State Alliance; subject: "The Ac omplishments of the Alliance." He said we were called today to fight the attles for humanity as citizens just as >ur volunteers were in the recent war with Spain and in the Philippine vol Inteers for the happiness and safety of :he home. The first principal is to ]a )or for the education of the farmers dong the economical lines. We sent armers to congress whose vcices have )een heard and heeded-in things es sential, unity, and in all things chari The alliance joined and linked the larming interest of the s >uth and west. 'he farmer is too impatient. He can aot wait. Farmers can now use parli aentary rules as well as the United tates senate. Let us stand by the al liance. The newspapers and merchants deefully cry: 'It's dead! It's dead!" then they find that a man has not paid his dues. I beg~ p u to attend your sub-alliances. The jute can and may come back and demand that you ive them 50 centa more per bale than you paid last year. I do not want you o get back in your sub-alliances for politics, not to help Tom Berry or Jno. Smith, but for the good of your own oy and girl. 'Tis the farmer and the armer's sons that have always defend d and will always defend the liberties four country'. We do not want to ght the merchants and lawyers. Mr. Wilborn read the Ocala demands nd made pertinent remarks upon them ~Iany have been placed in the Demo ~ratic platform and some of them in :he Republican. The State alliance ill meet in July at Columbia, and the ~onstitution has been so ordered that ~very sub alliance can send a delegate. ~very sub-allhance should be represent . It is time to awake and go to the attle with renewed interest. Perhaps ne have 'drawn the walls too close )thers, perhaps, should be admitted to >ur order. The chairman introduced Congress man A. C. Latimer as "one of our own joys." who spoke upon "What has the lliance accomplished in the way of legislation." He said: I ask you to look t South Carolina since 1890 to see what Lhe alliance has done. Do the com non men and women need aid? If not, lisband. You cannot point out a single nuan who was elected to office that in jured the alliance. Politicians did not ride the alliance to death. The credit system is responsible for the allianc:e's eath. Every merchant, lawyer and armer is in the same boat; the great orporations are fleeing all of the mu. He gave somne things that he had belpd do while in congress. "WVe passed the income tax, one of the Ocala iemands, and was put in the Democra.t ic platform of 189G; the election of United States senator by popular vote and the anti-option bill. Should the llialce be organized?" He quoted Mr. Morton, ex-secretary of agricul ture who said that there was ro in for but one great trunk line-all other lines should be feeders. Colleges are turn ing out teachers wl-o favor the gold standard, anid the metropolitan press is floodingr the country with monopoli+ tie literature. The great toiling mass es could not be benefitted, because they did not have the ready ecash. lie ad vised his people to sow and plant grass es all over the waste places, raise cat e and sheep. Sow Bermuda and other grasses. It will bring temporary relief. If we will not stay organize:d, if we will not be a man, let us try to live, anyway, at home. Hon. WV. .Jasper Talbert was intro duced as a visiting allianceman. The Chicago platform contains the alliance demads in toto. Hie told several good jokes quite well. The war with Spain has brought new fields and battles on the Chicago platform with all fours. Opposed to the policy of the Philip pines, but honor the bravery of Ameri can soldiers, lie would stand by the faith of our forefathers. His address was applauded several times. Senator B. Ri. Tillman was introducei .s e a-nd mogul of the ocasion. He was the last speaker. While those who preceeded him had had good attention. and all of them some applause, when the senator began to speak the crowd showed the keenest interest, and time and again he was cheered. The sena tor took for his subject '1he conditions of the country and the tendency there of. Among his first sentences was this: "I swear that weare no longe: free." A Voice-"Who put us that way?" He answered: "Fools who vote to put scoundrels in office." He said that the masses were mislead by news papers controlled by capitalists, and so far as he could see the courtry was go ing to the devil as fast as it could. He said that the great trouble at the north was that the people vote their party ticket regardless of the character of their man. A representative repre sented bosses instead of the masses. We voted for Cleveland holding our noses and telling them that there was something dead up the creek. Further, they found somethimg rotten in the White House. It is claimed that God, duty and des tiny demand that we clean up the Filipinos, who are fighting, as our fore fathers did, for liberty. Capitalists of the north were responsible for this in famous, outrageous, damnable war, The tyrant's plea has always been ne cessity. The royalists tried that plea with Washington. He is out and out against the Philip pine war, and Mark Hanna and his crowd would buy up all the franchises and reap the benefit of all the acquired territory. He characterized the north as a mongrel set who had lost the seed curn of liberty-a set who had long for gotton that there was a Declaration of tadependence. Citizen Josh Ashley, M. L. Donald son and other prominent men were present. At the banquet after the speaking, W. D. Evans, R. R. Cain, M. L. Donald son, Senator B. R. Tillman, Col. J. H. Hoyt and others spoke. The crowd was large, strictly sober, and, of course, quiet and orderly. THE GALLANT SPANISH Who Defended Baler Come in Our Lines Under Filipino Escort. The Spanish commissioners who went to Tarlac for a conference with Again aldo regarding the surrender of the Spanish prisoners in the hands of the Filipinos returned to Manila Thursday night. Chairman Del Rio, of the com mission, said the release of all the pris oners had been practically arranged for, but it would be necessary to consult the Spanish government before the agreement could be ratified. He de clined to give the terms of the arrange ment, or to say whether these comtem plated a ransom. He asserted, howev er, that Aguinaldo had already issued a decree for the release of the civilian officials and the sick soldiers. The commissioners, with the remnant of the Spanish garrison of Baler, on the east coast of Luzon, and a number ot civilian prisoners, were escorted by Filipino soldiers from Tarlac, to the American outposts at San Fernando, and came to Manila by the night train. The heroes of the long defense of Ba ler, where the Spaniards resisted an in surgent siege for more than a year, formed a picturesque band. Lieut. Martin, the only surviving officer, marched them through the streets. There are only twenty--two and most of them are mere boys, in faded blue cot ton uniforms and red shirts. They are barefooted. A crowd of Spanish men and women embraced them, weeping and shouting their praises. They tell a remarkable story. It apears that the captain sev eral times proposed to surrender but the soldiers refused. Finally some months ago he tried to raise a white flag. Thereupon Lient. Martin killed him with his own sword. Their food supply gave out entirely a week ago, and they surrendered to the Filipinos with all the honors of war. They were allowed to keep their arms, and they say they marched from Baler, with a Filipino escort, and carrying guns, through several insurgent camps, every where being cheered and feted. Death of Gov. Richardson. Shortly before midnight Wednesday night a typical South Carolina gentle man of the old school, a man of noble blood and loftiest sentiment, a man who had served his beloved State with rare devotion, a man who had been honored time and again by his fellow ci.izens, a member of a family of governors-John Peter Richardson, ex-governor of the State of South Carolina, breathed his last, death coming quietly and almost without warning. Without uttering a word, Governor Richardson passed away peacefully and to all appearances painlessly. He died at his suite of rooms at the Hotel Jerome where for several years he and his devoted wife have been spending most of their time, so as to receive medical attention. Columbia State. Tillman and McLaurin. In a conversation at Anderson Wed nesday Senator Tillman said it is now the duty of the people to send delegates to conventi'ns --county, State or na tional-who are pure and simple repre sentatives of those that sent them. To explain, the senator said to the re porter that this was the best thing for the people to do in order to keep out "evangel of hope" delegates-as they, in his opinion. did represent the people on the expansion issue. On the way to the train a remark was made as to the McLaurin vote for the annexation of the Philippines. The senior South Carolina senator thereupon made a com parison of a certain some one-not named-to a woman who-at the mar riage alter-suddenly decides not to marry. A Marrying Man. Tuan Syed Mahomed bin Abdulla al Hadad, of Singapore, has arrived in East India on a visit to his co-religion ists. The man has seen some seventy eight summers, and is accompanied by his harem, which consists of four wives and two slaves. We are told that he never allows the number of wives to fall short of the figure given above, and that he has altogether contracted no less than 117 marriagea. TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. The Program of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting. The State Teachers' Association of South Carolina will meet this year at Harris Springs on next Friday. The following is the program: FRIDAY, JULY 14. 9.00 p. m.-President's address. Or ganization. SATURDAY, JULY 15. 9.30 a. m.-"Place of Classical Stu dies in Secondary Schools." Prof Charles W. Bain, South Carolina Col lege. Discussion.-Prof. H. N. Snyder, Wofford College. 10 30 a. m.-"The Aims and Results of the Schools of To-day compared with the Aims and Results of the Schools prior to 1860." Dr. W. M. Grier, President Erskine College. 12.30 p. m.-"The Country School Problem." Hon. John J. McMahan, State Superintendent Education. 9.30 p. m.-Address. Hon. John P. Thomas, Jr., Columbia. SUNDAY, JULY 16. 11.00 a. m.-Sermon. Rev. C. S. Gardner, Greenville. 9.00 p. m.-Sermon. Rev. John Kershaw, Charleston. MONDAY, JULY 17. 9.30 a. m.-"Importance of the Pre servation of Forests." Dr. A. P. An derson, Clemson College. 10.30 a. m.-"rroneous Notions Concerning School Discipline." Supt. E. L. Hughes, Greenville. Discussion.-Supt. E. S. Dreher, Columbia. 12.00 m.-"What is Pegagogy now Doing to Help the Teacher?" Mr. W. K. Tate, Memminger High School, Charleston. Discussion.-Mr. C. E. Johnson, High School, Columbia. 9.00 p. m.-Address. "The Effects of School Life on the Eyesight of School Children." Dr. Edward F. Parker, Charleston. TUESDAY, JULY 17. 9.30 a. m.-"The Best Age for Ad mission into the Public Schools of the State." Supt. J. L. Mann, Florence. Discussion.-Miss Mary F. Wick life, WiLthrop College. 10.30 a. m.-"The Best Age for Ad mission to College (Male)." Rev. R. P. Pell, Presbyterian College for Women. "The Best Age for Admission to College (Female)." (To be supplied.) 12.00 m.-"What shall the County Institute Be?" County Supt. W. H. Barton, Greenville. Discussion.-Former County Supt. T. W. Keitt, Newberry. 9.00 p. m.-Address. President Geo. B. Cromer, Newberry College. DEPARTMENT MEETINGS. The afternoons are reserved for the meetings of the different departments of the Association. REMARKS. All white Teachers, County Superin tendents, Trustees, and friends of edu tion are cordially invited to attend the sessions. and to become members of the Association. The membership fees are one dollar for men and fifty cents for women, payable to the Treasurer at the annual meeting. Representatives of the press will be heartily welcomed, and furnished with very facility for reporting the proceed ings. Mr. Harris, the proprietor of the Springs, has offered board to the mem bers of the Association for $1.00 per ay, and those who care to remain at his health resort after the Association djourns can stay at the same rate. ransportation from depot to Springs ad return 25 ets. This offer is made nly to members and guests of the As ociation and the husband and wives of he members; so, all attending this eeting should enroll promptly nd obtain certificates of member hip from the Secretary, else they will e expected to pay regular rates of oard. Those who expect to attend should otify Mr. R. L. Fox, Harris Springs, S. C., several days in advance, so that dl arrangements for transportation, t., can b-i made before hand. RAILROAD RATES. The following special rates for the ound trip have been granted by the ailroads: To To Waterloo. Cross Hill. Abbeville ... ......$1 05 $ 95 Anderson ..... ...1 195 Augusta, Ga......2 90 25 Blacksburg .......2 75 arlisle.. . . . .1 40 harleston.......6 85 6 95 heraw .... ...... 6 15 5 80 hester...... 1 95 linton .... .......80 45 olumbia..-.-..-.-..3 05 2 70 Darlington. .. .. .. 5 0 5 45 Denmark .......... 4 25 4 35 Fairfax..... . ...4 95 4 90 -reenville........ 175 reenwood-........-55 45 aurens.......... 45 80 Newberry......... 155 120 rangeburg....... 4 470 4 35 Prosperity......... 180 1 45 Spartanburg....... 180 Sumter........... 445 410 It would be well for those who con template buying these special tickets to see that the local agent has his instruc tions and tickets in time, as mistakes have frequently occurred in the past, wing to failure of station agents to get requisite order., concerning sale of these tickets. Officers in the Army. Senator MeLaurin, of South Caroli aa, was at the White House Wednes day in the interest of some applicants for commissions in the new military or ganizations. He was given to under stand that the president would appor tion the officers among the several States in the proportion of a captain and a first lieutenant for each State ir respective of politics. The higher offi ers, as has already been intimated, are to be taken largely from the regular es tablishment. It is understood that a strong effort will be made to reserve the second lieutenant for the non-com missioned officers who have made good records in active service, both with the regulars and volunteers. Disaster Near Odessa A dispatch from Odessa announces that a dynamite cartridge exploded near there Wednesday while the excavation of a coal mine was in progress and that 49opersns wer killed and 20 wounded. BRYAN SPEAKS. He is Greeted by Thousands at Barnesville, Ga. DISCUSSES PARTY ISSUES, He Declares in Favor of an In come Tax, and Refers to the Money and Trust Questions. A dispatch from Barnesville. Ga., to the Atlanta Journal, says three thous and people greeted William J. Bryan when he spoke in that city on July 4 The scene was a beautiful and patri otic one, the handsome chautauqua au ditorium in which Bryan spoke, being appropriately decorated in the national colors, and the ladies bedeckod in their brightest costumes, all enthusiastic and happy. The handsome and popular Nebraskan was given a reception, the cordiality of which was unmistakable and hearty. He was loudly cheered. and the auditorium rang with the patriotic shouts of the men while the ladies waved their hand kerchiefs and fans and smiled as they watched the famous Bryan, the band, the ever popular Fifth regiment band of Atlanta, playing a lively and patriot ic Fourth of July tune. .THE CENTER OF ATTRACTION. Colonel Bryan was escorted to the platform by President Smith, of the chautauqua association, and he was the center of attraction from the time he appeared before the magnificent audi ence until the close of exercises. Barnes ville turned out with full force to com pliment Mr. Bryan, and great crowds from Atlanta, Griffin and Macon, and other towns, helped to swell the enthu siasm of the hime people. It was a patriotic scene on a patriotic day and the Fourth was marked as the Barnes ville chautauqua's greatest. Mr. Clark Howell introduced M r Bryan in a short speech, ,n which he said that the great Democratic leader needed no introduction in Georgia. He referred to the part the Georgia delega tion-took in securing Bryan's nomina tion at Chicago three years ago. This was greeted with applause. Mr. Howell declared the rank and file of the Demo cratic party had already nominated Mr. Bryan for president next year and that the Chicago platform would be reaffirm ed, with the trust and expansion and other new questions vigorously handl ed. MR. BRYAN SPEAKS. Mr. Bryan began by thanking Mr. Howell for the kindly manner in which he had been presented. His voice was good and he spoke slowly and deliber ately, and had no sooner began than he had the undivided attention of every person in the hall. He said he desired to know what is best for this country, and he claimed only one virtue, and that is a purpose to find out what is best for America and then to do that thing. He said when the war broke out the sons of those who wore the gray and the sons of those who wore the blue marched together to the front in a common cause, proving that the country is united. "We have met to celebrate the Fourth of July. You know how great our nation is; you know the valor of its sons and the socrifices of its daugh ters. He referred to Lincoln's speech at ettysburg and said, "We can do noth ing better than preserve the declaration of independence and the priucipies of the government as declared by the fore fathers." QUESTIONS OF PUBLIC INTEREST. He said in discussing public questions it was impossible to do so as a non partisan. He wanted the people to onsider and weigh the issues of the ay. " 'All men are created equal,' says the declaration of independence. That is the fundamental principle of our government. The declaration of inde pendence is the alpha and omega of Democracy. I am willing to place every uestion before the country to those p~rinci ples set down by Jefferson in the :eclaration. We had a campaign in 1896. We were disappointed, but I have a profound belief that right will yet triumph. I was not sorely distress ed over my defeat. I hadl rather my pponent bring good to this country han to bring evil myself, as they charg ed my election would do. If we prove to have been right in 1896, the victory will be more pleasant when it comes. "These great questions will be set ted, and they will be settled right." He then took up the question of tax ation, which he said, like Tennyson's book, goes on forever, discussing it at length. "We admire the courage of the man who goes ud a hill in the face of bul lets, but in our country of peace there are other opportunities of men showing their courage. Unjust taxation is only lareny by law. Money is stolen by some and given to others by law. He said he dare not say as harsh things as some men because he is conservative but he could always find things said by the Republican leaders to illustrate his meaning. He declared the day will come when an income tax law will be constitu tional. He said the party was warned by the rich New York Democrats that they would leave the party if the income tax law was passed, but he doubten it. The income tax decision had paralyzed the arm of the government. War came on and the government had to tax tele grams and little things, whereas if the income tax han been effective this would not have been necessary. The war taxes hear heavest upon the poor peo THlE MONEY QUESTION. He said he supposed he ought to apologize for referring to the money question, as it had been deciared dead so often. It is a question of right and wrong. "It taxes my patience to talk to a goldbug. It requires all my Christian fortitude and patience to do it. I do not mean to say a harsh thing when I speak of.a man-as a goldbog, no harsher than they mean when they call me an idiot, lunatic or anarchist. A goldbug jus lnoors down upon me with con tempt. That is his argument, the only one he has. Men held up their hands in horror at the Chicago platform. There was nothing new in that declara tion. We had had coinage at 16 to 1 and there was a time when this nation did not ask the consent of any other nation about it. We had free coinage and the double standard eighty-one years. The gold standard was adopted without being asked for by any party. We gotit without the American peo ple knowing it. It v-is done in the night. REPUBLICANS ENCOURAGE 3IONOPOLY. "The Republican party encourages every form of monopoly. I have been called a demagogue, a crank and other names, but no name is hard enough to prevent me from doing what I can to wrest the control of American affairs from the hands of the London banters. "They said in 1896 that confidence would be restored if I was defeated. More banks and business houses failed in six months after the election +han in the six months previous to the election. By the Republican logic I was elected president. Confidence was restored but there have been hard times. "The trust question is growing in importance. This is due to the great increase in the number of trusts. The trusts of this country have a capitaliza tin equal to .11 the gold and silver money in the world. "The principle of monopoly is vici ous and dangerous without the princi ple of extortion. Some things have been increased in price 100 per cent by the trusts. Monopoly is intolerable in this country. The trusts strike down every form of competition. The great bulk of our people become clerks in stead of proprietors under the trust re gime. The trust must go. We must have independence in the industrial world. We must have poitical inde pendence. We should think of these questions that have grown up since the war. "Imperialism is the policy of estab ishing an empire. Expansion is to ac quire territory to be occupied by our own people. The question is, do we went a people not homeogenous? What shall we do with the Philippine? Mr. McKinley said forcible annexation would be criminal aggression. The holding of the Filipinos against their will involves a new departure in our government. I do not want as a part of our nation a people who cannot read the declaration of independence. The doctrine of force lies behind us, not in front of us. The expansion argument is the argument of George the Third. QUESTION OF IMPERIALISM. "On this anniversary of the ringing of old Liberty bell I ask you did it ring in vain. That bell is a sacred relic of reyolutionary days. Shall we say we have lived more than one hundred years under the wrong principle. No, we shall not depart from a republican form of government. We are not ready to accept the doctrine of conquest and force. Some say carry the Bible in one hand and the gun in the other and con quer the Filipinos. Fire the Bible out of the gun and the man hit doesn't need the gospel. "The one who escapes is too busy burying the dead to hear your doctrine. I than!-, God that my religion is of a different sort from that. It is not the Republicans' desires to do good but the desire to get money that lies behind the colonial policy." B-yan continued along this line, speaking two hours. At the conclu sion he was warmly congratulated, and the applause wasioud and long. He was then escorted to the Matthews ho tel and dined by the Chautauqua asso ciation. BRYAN IN ATLANTA. Entertained at Banquet by Young Men's Democratic League. The Young Men's Democratic league of Atlanta had for its guest at the Kim ball house on July 4, the Hon. W. J. Bryan. About 100 people partook of the banquet. Among the speakers of the evening were Clark Hoaell, who responded to the sentiment "The National Demo crat," and congressman L. F. Livings ton, who responided to "The Fifth Dis trict.'' The speaking did not begin until 10 o'clock, and Mr. Bryan's address was the last of the evening. He spoke principally on patriotic sentiments of the day. As he neared the end of his speech, Mr. Bryan emphasized the fact that the money question would not be lost sight of in the coming campaign. He said further that anti imperialism and anti trust would be subjects allotted promi nent places in the struggle, and that the importance of these topics was gain ing ground daily. -'Whether I am nominated or not in 1900 is immaterial to me," said Mr. Brian. "Whether I shall ever again be a candidate for any office depends on circumstances. I dont want to be a candidate for president unless those who think as I do believe, that I can do more for the principles of the party already adopted than any one else. I would rather help somebody else win than be the cause of the party's de feat. "If the Democratic party wants somebody to lead a retreat they must find some one accustomed to walking backwards. The Democratic party will not weaken on the money question and the question of imperialism will bring more votes out of the Republican party in the coming campaign than in any of the campaigns since the last canvass of Abraham Lincoln." At the close of the banquet Mr. Bry an stated to the representative of the Associated Press that he had no prefer ence for the place of holding the next convention. He will be entirely satis fied with whatever action the Democra tic executive committee may take in the matter. Ranged in Tennessee. Pleas Wynn and Catlett Tipton, the white-cappers, were hanged at Sevier ville. Tenn.. Wednesday, for the mur der of old man Whaley and his wife over a year ago. They both confessed and stated they were hired to do the deed by Bob Catlett. Mrs. Tipton, wife of the murderer, and his five chil EVEN IN NEW YORK. The Leaders of Tammany Greatly Surprised. EX-GOV. HOGG, OF TEXAS, Paralyzes Van Wyck's Plans for a Boom by Springing Bryan and Free Silver to Cheer ing Crowds. On Tuesday of last week Tammany hall celebrated Independence Day as customary at the Fourteenth street wigwam. The gathering was remark able for its unexpected features. There was a dearth of prominentment, men, ex-President Cleveland, ex Senator David B. Hill, W. J. Bryai and ex Senator Murphy failing to makt acknowledgment of the invitation t. attend. Ex-Gev. Hogg of Texas created a sensation by the manner in which he introduced the name of W. J. Bryan and the Chicago platform to the meet ing. The mention of Mr. Bryan's name and reference to the Chicago platform being received with tremendous ap plause, which was long continued. The boom that was launched for Au gustus Van Wyck had a very indiffer ent reception. It had been arranged that ex Con gressman James B. Richardson, of Tennessee, should speak, but he was unable to attend and Gov. Hogg was asked to speak in his place. When Gov. Hogg arose he received a hearty welcome and he indulged in a few remarks that seemed to please the Tammany men immensely. After' a few minutes, which he used in out lining the well established principles of Democracy, Gov. Hogg began a speech phillic which set the house in an up roar. The applause began when he as serted that next year the Democratic party would declare for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of sixteen to one. Men who had appeared 'to be half asleep, jumped up with a start and joined in the applause. When the speaker promised a plank in the platform of next year in which imperialism would be denounced the applause broke forth anew. It was very evident that these utter ances were not only astounding to the Tammany leaders, but displeasing and the displeasure became more apparent when the speaker in his speech ex claimed: "In this great contest we want the aid of united Tammany-the greatest pnlitical organization on earth. We want you to close up ranks, to set tle your local differences, if they exist, and to go arm in arm with the stalwart bread-winners of the south and west to victory next year, under the leadership of the chivalrous, the dauntless, the matchless great American, Win. J. Bryan." As the last words fell from the lips of the speaker, the audience was car ried away in an outburst of enthusi astic applause. Cheer after cheer arose, and what had started out as a Tammany love feast, became a howling silver demon stration. The other speeches of the day were in the keeping.with Tammany princi ples, Joseph J. Willet, of Alabama, and State Senator Thomas F. Graay, Tammany's star orator, made two of the best speeches, the latter making an attaek upon the civil service system which aroused his hearers to great en thusiasm. The following cable dispatch from Richard Croker who is in London was read: "Congratulations on the glorious Fourth, the day we celebrate. My heart is with you always. Let us re .joice over the coming triumph of Demo cracy and the people's rights. (Signed) Richard Croker." Mr. Joseph J. Willett, president of the Alabama Bar association, delivered one of the principal speeches. Mr. Willett's reference to Judge Au gustus Van Wyck and his remarks about trusts were the occasion of out bursts of cheering by his audience. Mention of the name of W. J. Bryan also brought out a burst'of applause. Just before the close of his speech Mr. Willett diverged and said: "I see that man Alger is running for sena tor from Michigan on an anti-trust plank. Isn't that rich? Alger, the friend of Mark Hanna, of Armour, of Eagan, runn'ng on an anti-trust plat form!" Willett then told of a story of a southern Negro who was fooled into selling his master's farm for $4.60, and added: "Won't the people of Michigan be lifted out of everything they own if they let Alger play the game on them." He was followed by ex-Congressman Asher G. Caruth, of Kentucky, who spoke at length. Society and Divorce Reform. It is reported that Newport society, representing the highest metropolitan tircles, is beginning to consider the ad visabiity of taking up the cudgels for livorce- reform, in behalf of a higher standard of private morals. This is a gratifying suggestion. Ministers may preach and reformers agitate to their hearts' content, but without actual leg islation they will not accomplish as much for good in years as will an arous d "smart set"~ in a single season to ward the discouragement of this form af immorality. Going to Kansas. T wo hundred negroes left Birmingr ham, Ala., Thursday evening for Wie L'ity, Kans. They go to take the place af strikers in the coal mines at that place. A regular movement of these negroes has been going on for some time -and five hundred of them have already been sent thither. The negroes arc got from the mines snd quarries in and about Birmingham. Killed by a Train. A shifting engine of Pittsburg Junc tion railroad, ran down a pleasure party of Negro people in Shenly park about midnight Thursday. One man was killed and two women probably fatally