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4 l y^ "t I- I E'Jer ' r Fy: iy ti. 1 r Fi , Iy I :s q '!" I ,:w . . 1G w . r + 1 J "" ' r y'.a .' IY I'"= r .K'"', td 1 1'. -- -- -- 1 . NI TT G. S C.. DNFSD:.Y, SEPTEMBER Senator Wi'rg on Cem s Out Sq ry l t:-r ?ry-n AND TiLLS WHY HE D;D. The Mary'arc Repu ic t. S>fln at r R reurc's McKr t - ism, ar: . - :rn Sp"k f:: m Sarme feature ,f - :me in w.: thc e c: of Sera 1 o - ui7g.; des":rtion of th e iR ; ulJi n': ra;; asd his support of Bryan a d Ste-en"'j Mr. Welclinetcn was hist by sa:.e : the Rpu1liesas p:, t. t the hipe, were drowndu by n e: a:-i in the coI there .s a go dem btrati.)u fo Bet. d .n The princip u . d a t Academy u! Mie, b ,i'u:.: o'clock. Nr Ury1 ; w: ; ree v-:1t1 a volume u.: a - se usa fry shook the u T crowded to its don'Ed t - ting was a very enth:usi-isti " tc' _ 1 i:" :c Senator WfI:irst' undu the irst speech of the m-i" 'Z l. Wa fro quently appiac d. .:oo at tit there were very pr c' ed - ".2 The Maryla'd s.:a - .r. d e rin. tit opposition to tie prgent .aini,tra tion and his det:' teoC port Mr. Bry an. sa it a~ be.'aus e-t his views upon the p ar ad cause of IiS oppo'-'os to i:pjerit He said i- par:: "As th: policy of rpi dent .McKinley was develop'i 1 Was compelled to differ from _it at save 4 points and yave evidenet of 2y a saaree ment in the speene aelivere' ry me Turing the past three ycar, upon the floor of the senate, toucnt t.:e Span ish-American wr, tic I: i:pine is lands, Perto Rico and the South Afri can aifsirs. Uooc the p"rineip-le^ there in advancea I stand today. I gave friendly warning to the Rpubbc.u party that if they became reponsibie for certain policies I would not folow. Tneref ore, the party hav:rmg becowne so responsible. I am conmpelled to reuse submission to its tehcsts and to rauge myself against if for conscience. "I caunot see my way ctear to 1 veigh against imperialisL, agin the unconstitutionality of atte:ptur to enslave the inhabitants of the Philip pine islands and the dishonor of break ing our pledge to Cuba, ani then, be cause of the mandate of a siinister i1 fluence which dominates th-e president, ferawear my convictions, "et a nsught my declarations and do as S,:nator hoar and others, appeal to the past and fu ture. The past is dead. I cannot change it. No appeal will reach its deaf ear. Tne future is not in my keeping and it is not in my power to fashion it. Therefore, I am here to. night to reiterate the, convictions I voiced in the senate ana recora my op position to the principles of President McKinley as evidenced in his foreign policy, and with all the vehemence of a positive nature, protest against the violation of the principles upon which our government is founded; against the desecration of the constitution and the reversal of the policy which has given us a century and a quarter of national life, buch as the histo-ry of toau bath not reccrded in any age ce cine. "I am here tonight to declare my un alterable antagoni.-tu to the policy of imperialism and my opposmton to the represenltative of that vicicus proecipie. It is anoeca-io;n of more than o.rdinary importance for any man to antagonmzi the political party which he has sernd for a quarter of a century. to which he has given the best y ear- of Lis life and for which he has achieved som-e sue cess. It brings much bitterness and vituperatlion. The vals of wrath have already been opened upon me and there will be much that is unpleaat in the work I have to do. I have, however, determined to d.> that w hmi 1 believe to be for the best intrests ot my coun try, and 1 do so in the samie spirit which was nmanifested by Lineoin when he stood upon the stePs oi the 1.atiernal capitol, and in his irauural address. Eaidt ---,sithi umahes touard none, wi h charity for all, with tiraness to do the right as Go~d vs ime Power to see the right,' 1 will co n-y whole duty, at~a in the perf'ormance or that duty I fndu it necessary not oitiy to i ps tte re election of Presidet-t McKinley, but to emphasizC !That positioUn y su; pctnrm his antagonist who in this ei:t-eton stands for frue Ocv-rnmenit ac~cieg to the constituie. Continuii1:. Ie ~A thie ation was at the parti'y o h -'a' " must co cide for n-i :ime* fcor wes r for w e and hbive a-~ the b- -rc-F --n-e ..f the Repu;.i.' -oney tAs' Iu t Senator M eiV u -:1o aev there wa acy c:::ger t nevr in case of V MrByn a eei '-In ti'e 'a-t cgrs. hc sai he money mea-ure' be xe a l "These quiasm~t-. orc present at iecst ~Te 1.0 nomm-'c'ate danger of an atack up-;n the tarid, -ot wishtandi&a the ftaet that tr e Rpub protectior.. And ther is rot at iska: upon the mc-ny jw'i- s fortz i*er isC1 no possib'il'-Y ti:st t Cere s'eula re, both houses :orf m In speaking of .-.li change Mr. Bryan -ad ought to p:.s a prlLfouna imteti~oD upon the Amed'can ople. Ater loi1 have listned to tha peet:I Sne necessay that 1 -hotu d adress y-ou long; but, m riends,1 I want to emnpha ize the importance of independence of of opinioni and actieui in a eeuntry like ours. I believe with Senator n eling ton. (Applauise ) I believe with hime that a inan shouP: make his party af filains suit his convictions, not make s e*vLei suit his party creed. in l g.!d Demnorats left us and lie? ians came to us. I hear i hiting here tonight be S .t:r WVeilhogton left his party amoTunU t issue of this hour. a. those then who hissed if -' .. d wheu Democratic senators Demomatie party on the money in 18ii. if a D mocratic sena a right to leave the Democratic ; . mo save the gold standard, cannot can senator leave the Re:pub Patty I' inave the declaration of in ndence? Whbich is the more irport ttait you snl haven financial sys tem which you like or that you shail Inva a -o er~nuent deriving its ja-3t powers irom the consent of the gonern ed. Senatr Wellin.gton and I difer upon tie tarif !u:-ti. U) ud nt .lohr. G. (a:lisle. the at , !.ir E' reforte, sappart M:. t1:i:ley.:1:e ap~ostie of p~rote ctico. ~-'~' ~~t nncywas the - The tariff qu5tion not E pIbrate those who Delieved thA the nn:-y oiestion was more irm p: r:.: th. the to.:tion. We do no: agr e ,p:n the money question, and t~h uus.:.y qui n Ui will not separate t ; ao i ve it is more imfp:rtr t t ..e a-:.c a repub:ie than that we anty k oi of a ianoial system We loaned y ou soma go!d Demuycrats in 1S46. They have come back, and it is o ly fair that you R publicans should p. u- iate:eSt (Continued applause asni e:rig ) And if I may be per mi:ted to su:att f'.r the Democratic par ty, let me way that I. am willing to ac eept Senator We"!ington as interest and give 'ou a receipt in full. (Xpplause and cheers for Wellington Courage has always been aitnired. but sometimes people have admired payeal courage more than they have a..:ir.:d mrai ttour-ige. To my mind, it :' e.uage i as much above phyi o_, evurage a- :nan is abr-ve the brute. P1iy: ical cou:age is a trait that 11 shares with ail animal creation. Moral cau-age is that characteristic wrich distintuihtes anina from man, madie in the imnage of his Cceator It reqiires physical courage to stand be fore the ballets of an encmy, yet when ite and drum inspire, few have been known to rcreat before the foe; but morai Curage is often wanting where physieal courage is present, and what this na:iou needs more than the physi cal cou:age of its people is the moral courage of the citizens who wou'd rath er die right than to live wrong. (Great sapplaue.) It requires moral courage for a man to separate from his party. "Senator Weliington has di-played much courage in leaving the Rhpubli ca" par:y, and may we not hope that the same co::rage will be displayed by tens of thousaids, hundreds of thous a. ds and millions o^his fellow Republi cans of the rank and file who are not heid to the party by ties so strong and so binding. and yet, is there not enough to inspire even a tiepublicaa senator to leave 'is party? I ass not what Sena tor Weliington did in 1896. I ask not what he wi:1 do in 1904. The same in telligence and the same courage within his keeping today wi'l be his four years from now to guide and direst him then; but today in meeting the crisis that is upon us, has he not enough to inspire him to break party ties and en dure the hisses of those who lack the eourage to do what he has done?(Great applause.) "What is his inspiration? Des he come to us for money ? No man would come to the Democratic Darty for money. (Laughter and applause.) Does he come for honor? His own party has satisfied his ambition for honor. What brings him to the Democrrtic par ty at this time? What makes him act with those who support the Democratic ticket? It is his belief that his coun try is in peril; it is his belief that the course which the Republican party is pursuing tends directly toward the re pudiation of those principles of govern teent which every party advocated un til within three years. If there be one of his Repubican associates who thinks that his judgment is erroneous, let that Rerublican associate read his specch and then prepare one in answer to it (Renewed applause atd cheering.) MIL:TARISM AND IMPERIAL.ISM. 'Senator Wellington believes that an administration that asks for an army four times as large as the army was when it went into power tends toward imr-erialism. Let any of you deny it Why, it was the boast of Republicans in years rast that we did not need a large standing army in this country. If you can, in one administration, multi piy y our standing army by fouv, and make it 100,000 instead of 27>,000l., will it not be easier for the next administra tin to multiply by four and make it 400,060' iistead of 1U00,0i0? Is there not'soniething there to alarm the man who loves his country, believes in i's institutions and wants a government so good tha: it does not need a large stand ngamy to keep it in existence, a gov. ernuiant so goed that every citizen will die, if ne'ed be. to preserve that govern met (A pplause ) Senator Welling ton belie~ves that the Rtepublican party is' entiuou acareer of imiperialism h ie imperiali m under the euphonious~ iamet of esp-ansio. He knobs the his ory of hisu cuntry ar d he knows that tvs -aon has expand:ed before it has extene its limits of a republic anid that the constitution followe~i the fiag He' kn-v~ this is not an attempt to ex tet-d the limits of a repubiie here, but to hiae a despoism in the Philippine islar~s. (Great a1plause) "He knows how this Philippine war broke out. Until the Republican par ty turned towvard a career of empire, this nation has always sy spathized with those who were struggling for li berty. He kn.jws that the party to which he beloungs put into its platform in 1896 a decaanon expresing the sympathy ofI Republicans with the struggling pa triots of Cuba, and he knows that thus r, but for the career of empire for w-hich th-e Republican party now stands. heRepu'blican party would sympathize wit the Boers who are ightiog for the right to go)vernthemselves. (Renewed atplause ) He knows that a party that eai stand silent and see two republics wiped off the face of the earth, can see this republie converted into an empire. (A pplause ) There is enough in the fate of this nation to inspire him; there is eough in his love for the principle of self government to enable him to get out and leave his party, even though he ges alone "Ad ;f p ie r r: able to answ-er a l).-'ruie sp,-h. na: widl they do wi.n ' -he' ra S. n r Wel lington's speb' ( reat appiause and 1o:d el cerin ) SPANKING A GENERAL One of Mosby's Daring Exploits Du ring the War. I see that the Mosby g:uerrillas have had another reunion-ttis time at Lairfax, Va., where Mst.y captured Brindier G'eneral Edwin H. Stoughton and started on thc read to f:uuc.-He was ena;led to ct et tbs amazing coup de geirre by Sergear t James F. Ames, of the Fifth Ncv Y nk cavalry, who deserted fr;u that commed because. he said, "th' ra h become a wir for the negro in't-ead :f a war for the U'nin." Amu 10l the way =o Fair fax, where Stughto' 1,ad been euter taisieg royally rhat night and was now in bed sleepie deep ly. 31oEy walked up to the bed and pulled of the elver. S-ou.hton siep! ou. The r thgenr then pailad r'p his shirt and gave him a hard spank, which sat ihe brigadier up in bad, ru"birg hi, eyes. "General, did you eur icear of .: by ?' whisper ed the u r:lila "Yles .w sa the quis"k rP?; rseyo cetured im? -\: I am .Iesby, a id I havi: captured you 'Surrt':. cavury holds the town ant Jackson is at Center.iile." This was a lie to deprive t'ughton of hope. "Is Fitz Ley ther?'.' atd, in an excess of ago.i-'-e ".ike me to him; we were at We- 'oinr togeth er. Stoughton's reputat i.,n w s; blasted. He was soon aimiusei, but never re entered the army. 11 practiced law in New York for a1:hi:, then went to Boston to die. t1,,b i+; .:. said: that this adventure was ever eupieattd. The northern army got too smart for him. It was one of thole acts a man can be capable of only once in a life time because the opportunity never of fers a second-time. Colonel John:tone. of the Fifth Nw York cavsiry. was surprised the night Stoughton was caught, but escapc' from his house in his shirt-tail, ::ding in an outhouse till da5break. 'Vhen he crawled out of his ho t :ore the shirt off and went to the house stark nakcd. Here this wife refused to embrace hi.n until he had been scrubbed and washed down with a hose. He could not survive the idicule of appearing at headquarters in a state of nature. the guerillas having tken his wardrobe, and soon resigned his coamission.-New York Press. What Tillman Says. The Columbia State reports Senator Tiilman as foliows on the primary; He said: "I have alcays bAieved that the dirpensary had the support of two thirds of the people of the State and this election slows that is about the proportion. The vote for Col. Host is several thousand more than the anti dispensary vote. In other words his personal popularity and his bzing an ld Confederate saidiers added wateri lly to the support he received. "Another evidence of the strength of the dispensary is in the com;plexion of the next leguolature; of co.urse, the fig ures are not complete, but I have watched the county papers pretty close ly and the members of the house of rep resentatives who will support the dir pensary will be more than two thirds" As to his owa vote and the scratch ng of his name he said: "I was very mach gratified to find that the strenui os efforts to array the religious people f the State against me had signally ailed. 1 havo made a careful study of he returns from several counties and1 [ do not believe that 2,000 of those who1 cratched me were influenced by religi us sentiment. The reople could not e made to believe that 1 had wantonly nsulted the ministry or that I was acing in respect for religion. The cratching came from my old political ataonists of 90) and '92 and any one ho will take the troubie to examine the returns from any county can camiy erify this. It is very gratifying to me o know that only about half of those who voted against we in '92 could be nduded to scretch me this year. It hows that the effort which was made o revive factionalism signally failed and many of my friends who voted for rohibition will, however, result the catching in the next primary. As to whether there will be as large vote in the second primary as in the first primary Sonator filoan said: "I ardly think so, bat it will depend on levlopments in the next week. The friends of the dis:'ensary will not be aught napping lam certain, and if the prohbitionuits display any a.3tiv'ity the vote may hbecqoalied or even surpssed. There is one thing in which I am sure adn trust eve ry one will join mec in oping-that the result will be d&eis ive and that the State will have relief from any further fighting on the whis key q-uestion.' A Rieh Mian. X .tiiter in the Vatlook desetibes a ride he once took with rn o'ld farmer in a New England village. during which some~ of the Lien of the neiihborhood ae under c:-itii-m " Speaking of a trominetnt ian its tbe vili aige. 1 said: -eis a nyu ot rneant' 'Well, sir,' the fanui-ier re'plied, 'he hu't~ a.' tuue mor-'1ey, but he 's-migty r-b. 'i hea reat d('i of lard, thJ Is ak ed-.~ ~?, ir he- haSn't "Ag ot a aI ittir, bun: hei ;iht rieh.' The old hrmer, wi f a plfe' -ei nile, 0) ervtd mu' pu'zzled loo for~ a m'oent, and1 then x xlined:c 'You see, he basa t got tuuohni mOue aud he -hasn't -ot much land, b-ut still ne is rich, be caue he never went to bed owing any man a cen in all his iifee lie s as well as he warts to live, and he pays as he goe; he dosent OWe aything and he isn' afraid of anybody; he tells eveyv man the truth, and does his duty by-- himself, his family ande hi neigh bo-s: his w- rd is as good a s :3ond, an ever~y m.an, womuan and child in thte village !.ooks up to him and respects i. No, sir, he hasn't got much land,1 but he's a mighty ri'h main, because he's gct allhe n Pity This is 'rue. The Atlanta Jouna sass "if the Boxrs will keep their e3 es opent they will he able to learn rm some~ ofl~t the "Christin" soldiers who. have under taken to civilize anda elevate China, somec valual')lessons in the science of looting prisa property, mnardering helpless ctienea, omtraging women, braining ha bies. The average Bocxer appears to he a respectable and rarmless fellow beside A lOftLI) CONVET . Bish:,p Tu"ner Has Quit the Re pubhcan Par y REASONS POR THE CHANGE. He Wi I Tak3 the Stump for the Democratic Ticket if the Party Needs His srvices. The Chicago Daiiy News says Bi:-hop Henry M. Turner. of Atlanta, head cf the African M. E church, and idolizrd leader of tle colored race since the death of Frederick lDouglas, has deecI.d to cme out for Bryan. The formal an nouncement of his reasons are to be given in an a-dress Saturday night. Bishocp Turner aill be attended in his cnnverzion to Democracy, it is further announced, by Bishs Derrick and Grant, of the sarme churh. Thin statemntut was made Wedeesday by the Rev. J. A Williams, a colored minister of Atlanta, and the personal representative of Bishop Turner. Just before the departure of ex Governor Stone, of ,Misssuri, to the east, the bis hp sent the viee chaiian of the D aocratic National Committee a tele gram saying that the Atlanta aminister had fuli auiority t. seA ftr i;u. CARRY TENT FUR S1U PING Not content with deciding to vote for Bryan, Bishop Turn. ha: also ex pressed a desire to take the sturmp fo-r the Dwocratic nomiaee. and he has al ready made arrangements with the De noeratiC Nationai Comnittee to speak in Kau-a4 Minresot., Michigan, In liitna, Qaio, West Virginia and Illi nois. In the 133 four bstes the Afri :an Methodist Episcopa church has -eutered a large part of its total mem rership of over 9t00,uU com-iuoleints. Bishop Turner will take with him on is j urney through those states, if he oilows his present plan, a huge can -as tent, so that he may always have , hall big enough to accommodate the :rowds of his colored brethren who, it ,s thought, will dock to hear him. Anti imperialism is said to be the ainspring that has governed Bishop Lurner's action in leaving the Republi an party in which he has grown old. 3ishops Grant and Derrick are infnu nce more by their resentment of the ray in which they assert the adminis ration has treated the colored troops. ['hey also blame McKinley for what hey call his "apathy" concerning yuchings in the south and his alleged ailure to keep a promise they say he wade them to appoint a colored man on he labor commission. The decision of Bishops Turner, rrant and Derrick partakes of the start ing, coming as it does immediately Lfter the failure of the Africo American uncil in the national convention at ndianapolis this week to take sides ith either party. It is also significant .n view of the statement of Vice-Chair an Henry B Payne, of the Republi an National Committee, in The Daily ews Tuesday, that the dividing of he c-lored vote bet ween the Democrats nd the Republicans this year will mean he breaking up of the solid south thich has only been held together for he past dosen years by its antipathy the colored voters and the addition I fact that practically all colored men the country have been Rrpublicans. MAY NIANAGE COLORED VOTE. Chairman Jones, of the Democratic itional Committee, is known to be a ~reat admirer of Bishop turner, and o have wide respect for his opinions, nd Bishop Turner's friends are already serting that the work of corraling he colored Vote for the Democratic icket will be entrusted to the hands of he Georgia bishop. Thus f.ar in the ~ompaign the colored Democrats have een in charge of J. Milton Turner, of 3t. Louis. There are now three distinct factions colored Democrats. Oae is headed by ishop Turner. The second is led by . Milton Turner, who has gathered bout him F'rederick L. McGee, of inneapolis; Williamn A. Crosthwaite, f Nashville: J. A. Sseceney, A. E danniug andW Wiliam Miller, of Inlian poiis and Hflrvey A. Thotupson and nd A. T. Watkins, of Chicago. The ~hirl is under the leadership of George . Taylor of 0.,kalcosa, Iow'a, who is resident of the Negro National Demo r-atie League. The support of the atonal Democratic comittee, it is tought, will install Bishop Turner as the chief of all the factions, whil the Leaders of the otbers are expected to fall into line as his asji,!auts. Thinks Bryan Will Win Dr. H. L. Hall, chairman of the Demortie Stato dommit.tee of Nebras ka, recently atteuded a mieetirg of the ~hai;maa o-f the naddle west States at hicago. [he conxditions as he hear~i then: reported there are tiled with hope nd he risks his reputrti'u as a proph-.t > tiee forecast that Bryan will ear rv a majority of the statee unrepresent d that iandevr. lie had a private cOn versation with each of the chairmni~ resent with the eception of Ohio's eresentative. He said thi~s morning: loa, K insaS, Mionesota and Nebras a v-erc represented There is no doubt that we have gained imm~easure ly in all these States since ISti. I am ot a prophiet nor the syn of a prophet, but if we don't carry most of the States cannot readI present indicaticrns. Dssperate Robbers. Hi U. Mowry, night operator of the hicaco and Alton railrohed. at Marsh l, .Mo., was held up. by three masked robbers. While the men were rineing e station mone-y driwer, -night Watchman Aulgur ap;peared and point ing his pistol through the pautly open door, commanded the men to surrender. ie was immediately shot in the eye by c-ne of the robbers and died soon after. The robbjers escaped. Killed by Exploding Cannon Dring the Austrian military man uvers Friday on the borders of Gali cia and Bohemia, a big gun exploded killing four men outright and fatally onding 1S others. THE FARMERS ON TOP Tha Cotton Crop Not Sufficient to Sup ply the Demand. A disp.atch from New York last Wed nesday says that on the New York cot ton exchange was characterized by ter rific bull speculation, a wild stampede of shorts and violent fluctuations. Not since the great effort made last spring to corner the summer months, which it will be remembered proved a disastrous failure, has the market been so active or have prices advanced with equal rapidity. The start was to 13 points above the price at the closing the day before was entirely in response to sharp bulge in the Liverpool market. It gradually developed that European spinners were in desperate straits for rav cotton and that shorts abroad were in a precarious condition, rendered the more serious by inability to secure cot ton through scarcity of freight room at southern ports As English market ad vanced the local contingent hammered away at the under pinning of the shorts who were eventually compelled to aban don their position and retreat without the least semblance of reserve. The south, Wall street and Liverpool del ured the market with buying orders and on this support the prices advanced by grcat strides, with the near months leaning in the rise. The report that fully 500,000 pieces of print cloths had bcen sld in Fall River and a story to the cike, that southern spot cotton holders were refusing to do business ex cept at pronounced advances stimulated buying for both accounts in the after noon. At the close the bulls were in full control with the market raling firm at a net ndvatce of 31 to '36 points. COTTON VERY SCARCE. A dispatch from Lancaster, England, says cotton has not been so scarce be fore :iuce the days of the American civil war. The purchasers are chiefly employers having large contracts on hand. It is hoped that the situation may be sav-d by the arrival of the new crop from America toward the end of the month. The same dispatch says the greatest interest is felt in a called meeting of the L ancashire spinners, convened by the Federation of Cotton Spinners, at which a proposal will be brought forward to discontinue buying American spot cotton. Since the in nouncement was made that such a con ference would be held there has been such a rush upon the smaller stocks of cotton in the hands of Liver pool brokers that today's sales advanced from 3,000 to 15,000 bales, with the re sult that not more than 100,000 bales are left. A SHARP DECLINE. Friday marked the turning point in the gr.'at bull movement in cotton in New York, New 0:leans and Liverpool cotton exchanges. With a crash amid tremendous excitement prices fell 25 to 32 points on the opening while the ciosing was weak at a net loss of 19 at 25 points. Between the opening and final phases, the market scored some violent pendulations, at one time ad vancing within a point or so of Thurs day's closing. The loss on the first call wiped out fully onethird of the rise ac cumulated during the fore part of the week and resulted from a bull panic in Liverpool. The public was not a loser on the collapse of the English and Am erican markets, having sold out pretty thoroughly during the great rise of Wednesday. Manchester spinners vot ed at a meeting Friday to close down their mills, being unable to profitably manufacture goods at she present ad normal prices demanded for American cotton. Moreover, there was not suffi cient staple in all England to keep them going for 10 days consecutively. Some traders are talking 10 cents for January delivery, but conservative par ties believe the turning point has been reached. Friday's business on the New York cotton exchange was esti mated at 1,000.000 bales. ENGLIsil MILL TC CLOSE. The English spinners are trying to brea~k the price of cotton. At a Imeeting of cotton spinners at Man chester, Eng., Friday it was de cided not to purchase American spot cotnduring the month o etme Four fifths of the employers in the trade were represented. It is antioi pated that the decision will lead to the closure of scores of mills for several weeks. Most of the Eeglish mills that use Ame~rian cot ton will close down. TUE CRISIS SERIOUS. I' he L mndon mrning papers commuent upon the se.~ousnes3 of the crisis w bich has arisen at Manchester, where suffer ing is likely to be caused by the en forced idleness of operatives, especially if, as is not in ossible, the stoppage continules into 0:tt'ber. The prospects of a satisfactory American crop arc re gar~ie as siender Hester's Cotton Statement. &ieretary' hi:ztrs New Orleans cot ton extohaige statement issued Friay shows the amount brougt into sight for the w'eek eudsag Friday afternoon to be 90.770) ba::s, agacst 155.04 last year and ill 2!U year before lst. Thle stat~ument showvs receip;ts all Uni:ed States p'-:rts .sicseept. 1,5 o -07 epiu~t 953748 last year; ove'r-and aj r.,s te .i:,i tpti. O .io and P2 cere t-. no-rth-era milia and atda2 ;K2 bales, aans't 10) 93 last y..ar; inzterior stock in excess of those held at he close ef the commer cial year t 391, against 19,41;5; Fouth een mull takings 3') 500, against 29,534 last year and 25,344 year be-fore last. Foreign e-xpo-rts for the seven days have b-en 13,'S:9 against 20,819 The total takings c-f American mills, north, south and Cauada thus far for the see sor. have been 38906t bales, against 52, 04)i last y car. Since the close of the commercial year. stocks at A memican ports and the 29 leading southern interior centres have been iacreased :4.5 bales aeaiost an iner -as-e for the same period last season of 77,170. Icluding ameounts left over in stocks at ports and interior towns from the lest erop and the number of bales biouglbt into eight thus far for the rnew crop the supply to date is 213,304, against ''3. 952 for the same period la it year. Charleston's Popularity. The census bureau announces the population of Charleston as 55.807 as against 54,955 in 1890, being an in case of only 852 in ten yer. SUPPORTS BRYAN. David B. Hill Causes a Deci led Sensation. HE GOES FOR McKINLEY. He Says the Fiag Shall Not B Furled in Dishonor, N )r Shall it b3 Unfurled in Dishonor. Es Senator Hill's appearance at Her kimer, N. Y., Friday evening eca sioned something o- a sensation in political circles. He came ostensibly to visit his old triend ex-.Jadg Earl of that place. In the evening the Fort Dayton band serenaded Mr. Hill and a large crowd of citizens assembl d. He was introduced by Judge sari and made a speech. the chief feature of which was his reiterated declarations in support of Bryan. There was some talk that Judge Eirl was to b1 advaucedi as compromie candidate for governor. but Judge Earl emphatically denies that his name was to be considered. Senator Hill, among other things, said: It is needless to say that I am hearti ly in favor of the election of Br an and Stevenson. They are the candidates of the Democratic party duly and regu larly nominated at a national con vention, of which I was a member and which treated me, from beginning to end, with marked and unusual courtesy, and I am honorably bound to actively support a ticket of my party nominated under such circumstances. "Our candidates represent the inter ests of the average man-the plain peo ple of the country-the farmer, the ne chanic, the laborer. The issues this year are very plain and cannot be mis understood. "One party favors large standing armies, immense public expenditures, a government of grandeur and magnifi cence, high protective tariffs, a British colonial policy, great combinations of corporate wealth and a centralized government. "The other party favors a contin uance of the p'ain and simple govern ment of our fathers, public expendi tures limited to the actual necessities of the government, tariff taxation for public purposes only, an army for de fense and not for conquest, competition in business free from monopolistic combinations. "An appeal is made by our opponents to our love of country. Countr.! We heard the same specious appeal in 1896, and we always hear it when our op ponents seek Democratic votes to aid their cause. It is a partisan and not a sincere or patriotic appeal. It is based upon false pretenses. The country is not in danger except from those who are now administering its government. We will protect the flag wherever it goes, but we will see that the flag goes enly where it belongs. It shall not be hauled down in disgrace, neither shall t it be raised anywhere in dishonor. "The people are opposed to this gov- I eirnent acquiring territory which is not o be governed by our constituti->n. t has no more constitutional right to set us a colonial system than it has o create a king. The foreign policy of he present national admimistration as been weak, shifty, inconsistent and1 npatriotic, and the best thought of1 the country, the best students of his-1 tory, the most intelligent of Americans are against it. No right minded man an depend a president who said in his annual message that it was our 'plain :uty' to give free trade to Puerto Rico with the United States and then within a few months thereafter signed a meas re which imposed a tariff duty of 15 per ccnt. "If wise counsels shall prevail at the Saratoga convention next week and we proceed on right lines to phn for vie tory instead of inviting defeat, and shall so shape our course and policies as to deserve the support of the great in dependent and conservative forces of this State, we can not only rescue the Empire State from further Republican ontrol, but can give our electoral vote for our gallant national standard-bear er-Win. J. Bryan. "While disagreeing with Mr Bryan in some matters, I need not reiterate that I earnestly desire his election. "Our opponents are entrenched in pa tronage and power, and the struggle to oust them must necessarily be terrific. "The tide however, is with us. The skies are becoming brighter every day. Let us then all work together enthusi astically for the cause and victory is within our reach." Why They Hate Christians. The Atalanta Journal says none of the allied troops in China have been blameless. It turns out that many of the American and Japanese soldiers who have deported themselves decentlyi have engaged in robbing and beating helpless Chinese. But the Cossacks lead all the rest in the crimes which are being perpetrated at Tien Tsin and other places. They are the liveliest devils in the entire orgy. They knock down women and pound out their brains with rite butts. They pick up babhies by the feet arnd dash their brains out against stones. They imipale children and elpl~ess old men upon their iba, onets and throw others into the river and c'ub the-n to death when they try t s wim ashore. These things are done before the~ eyes of officers without re buke, at d are done so openly and fre :uently as to convince the correspon ent that they are "the ordinary prac tits of Russian warfare." Drowned at New York. The body of a well dressed woman of middle age was found fb~ating off the battery at New York Friday morning. Clutched in the right hand were a pair of gold spectacles. Two letters were found in her pocket, addressed to Mrs. Amanda Bunte, Medford, Wis. It is believed the woman was a visitor to this city. A Mystery. At Fort Dodge, la., four men who rank from a keg of beer are dead, and when the keg was opened it was found o contain the skeleton of a rattlesnake. How the reptile got into the becr is a SHREDDED CON. Some Interesting Facts as to its Great Value. Mr. F. N. Wiedig, of Forsyth, Ga.' wri:es as follows in the Southern Culti vator: The Georgia Experiment Station places the value of crn stalks in Georgia at about (81 5)0,000) dollars per year. At least 75 per cent. of this is wasted by being left in the field to rot, without materially benetitting the sei as a fertilizer, yet very inuh in the way while cultivating the crop the following year While this waste is going on the poor man's stock is left almost to perish upon dead gras during the winter months and the wdalthy man's ettle feed upon cottonseed hulls and meal. sometimes to eat timothy hay, raised, cuied, baled and shipped from :ome other State, the same casting from $15 to $20 per ton. Last September I bought an interest in a McCormic Shredder, cut, shocked and shredded eighteen acres of corn, h ir.g suffiaient to winter sixteen co Rs and two mules, using no other forage, besides having to feed cows through an unusually long winter. I wintered four other cows (not my owa) upn cot ton seed hulls and meal ata cost of from $ to S2 50 per month Comparing cost on the above; a half d-.zan hands can cut and shock eighteen acres of corn in a day. Six hands could with difficulty pull fodder from about cne third as much ground, and fodder curing is generally accompanied with a great deal of risk. The corn, if well shocked, will not iojare if rained upon for two weeks, fcr it should be shocked as fast as cut. From The cultivator I see that "oes are used to cut the corn. My plan 's to break the hook from an old scythe blade, batter down the hook end and bind with padding for handle. This wili be found to have the right length and weight and serves the purpose much better than a hoc, as the corn may in this manner be laid in straight piles, and gathered easily for shocking. A careful hand should start the shock by placing two arna-fulls of the cut corn together with the butts placed firmlyj on the ground and the tops placed well together. The shock thus started resemble the letter A. Afterward the 3ther hands may gather up the corn lying near and place equally on all sides. In bottom or very big corn, a ladder >f three or four risers may be used in >rder to reach the top to tie steurely. [n four to six weeks shocks with two to hree hundred stalks in them will be .eady for the shredding. In case he shredding cannot be done at he expiration of the curing period bree or four shocks at a small cost may >e combined, and then the shredding nay be postponed indefinitely. The :orn will not injure if the tops are well >ressed together and the shock shaped :o shed the rain. Be sure the corn is well cured be 'ore shredding, use a good shredder. I use the McCormick and find that it loes more than is claimed for it.) With i McCormick Machine, run by a six orse power engine, I shredded from wo to three tons per hour at the small roast of 75 cents per ton, including iauling. fry shredded corn one year and you ill continue shredding. I doubted the :xpediency (others will) at first but was :onvinced that shredding is more prof table. The same amount <.f corn is ieavier than corn harvested in the tsual way from which the fodder has >een pulled. Cattle will fare better ipon it and fatten faster when fed upon ne als and hulls. Am glad The Culti tat':r is doing so much good in this line. A CI-CSE CALL. I Lady Attacked by a Panther While Berry Picking. A corresponde-t of the Chicago l'ribun - writing from Rome, Mhine, lays: Mrs. Anna Perkins was one of a nrry of blu'berry pickers which wen-. o the D~ead River section a week age. ['he fourth day of the stay Mrs. Per ~ins separated from the rest and went ff toward the north, where she said he believed the bcrries would be more >lentiful. Edward Laphan, another member of ~he party, went to look for her just be ore lunch hour. e soon saw her ~mong the bushes at work. Almost at he same instaat he saw a panther ~eering over the tops of the bushes at he woman. The animal was betwveen hem. Lapham yede d to Mrs. Perkins, eling her that there was a beast of ome kind after her, and to run the >ther way. The woman became excit d and ran toward the man, and con equently toward the beast. Suddenly :here was a snarl and a leap, but the panther misjudged the distance, and ropped at the woman's feet. Then here was a scream that the other mem sers of the party heard. The woman~ ell prostrated ic a dead faint, and the panther at once attacked her. Laphama had secured a deal lind, ~nd was approaching as rapidly as the :hick brushes would peralit. Th~e ani nal te -e thc woman's dress into shreds sd badly lacerated her legs atnd body. A~s Lapham approached the beast arouched as thoug~h to spring upon him, yut Lapham landed squarely with the ead limb on the skuli of the panther. E1le followed up the attack with swift >lows, breaking the old limb several imes The pantrher rose up on his 21. ie and grunk at its agilant. A 'aw canught in Lapham's sleeve and ore it frome the body of the grement. ~nother viC'ous sweep drawv blood on Lspham' right leg. He continued, iwever, to beat the animal with the tub, and fiaally it bounded off towards ne woods as the rest of the party came p Mrs. Perkins, it was dircovered, was everely cia ved by the panther, but ili recoter. Will Support Bryan. The latest political sensation is the eport thr.t ex-Secretary Olney has come ~ut squarely for Bryan, and has writ.:en letter urgin~ all Dem.:cer:es to suippOrt he nominee of the party. Hem etofore ~Ir. Olney had becn piaeed in "the ex >ansion" as well as in the "rola~ col iman of Demoera-y. M;-. U!ayr' con tersion is second only i1.importance o the sensation which wotld be caused hould Grover Cleveland~ anno'unce his' ileiance to Bryan. Mr. Qiney has >en considered by many as the strong st man in Cleveland's cabinet. WI NI) AND WATER. Wreck a Sad Ruin in Poor Galves ton Texas. THOUSANOS OF LIVES LOST. Many Great Buildirngs Dragged Down and Heavy Trains Blown Abut as Eggshells. A dispatch from Houston says the West Indian storm which reached the Gulf coast Saturday morning wrought awful havoc in Texas. Reports are conflicting, but it is known that an ap palling disaster has befallen the city of Galveston, where, it is reported, a thousand or more lives have been blotted out and tremendous property damage incurred. Meagre reports from Sabine P-ss and Port Arthur also in dicate a heavy loss of life, but these reports cannot be confirmed at this hour. The first news to reach Houston from the strickea city of Galveston was re ceived Sunday night. James C. Tim mons, who resides in Houston, and who is the general superintendent of the National Compress company, arrived in the city at 8 o'clock from Galveston. He was one of the first to reach there with tidings of the great disaster which has befallen that city and the magni tude of that disaster remains to be-told because of his endeavors to reach home. After remaining through the hurricane of Saturday, he departed from Galves ton on a schooner and came across the bay to Morgan's Point, where he caught a train for Houston. The hurricane, Mr. Timmons said, was the worst ever known. The estimates made by citizens of Galveston was that 4.000 houses, most of them residences, have been de stroyed and that at least 3,000 people have been drowned, killed or are miss ing. Some business houses were also destroyed, but most of them stood, though badly damaged. The city, Mr. Timmons avers, is a complete wreck, so far as he could see from the water front and from the Tremont hotel. Water was blown over the island by the hurricane, the wind blowing at the rate of 80 miles an hour, straight from the Gulf, and forcing the sea water be fore it in big waves. The gale was a steady one, the heart of it striking the city about 5 o'clock Sunday evening and continuing without intermission until midnight Sunday night, when it abated somewhat, although itoontinued all night. Heavy railroad trains were blown about like eggshells and great houses were blown down. MILITIA DISBANDED. Gov. McSweeney thus Disposes of a Colored Company. On labor day in Columbia the local colored militia company and another colored company from Savannah pa roled the streets. The soldiers acted very boisterously and came near pre ipitating a race riot. Several mem ers of Lhe two companies broke ranks and pursued two young white men in a uggy who had driven through the :arching line. The affair occured ear the State house, right under the ye of the Governor, who ordered the matter investigated. At the investi gation it developed that the horse driv en by the young men had become un manageable and they were not to blame for his plunging through the crowd. The cases were thereupon dismissed. The eight negroes who broke ranks and made all the attacks on citizens ofi ervais street were fined heavily, and ne fellow who failed to respond to the ummons to court was given thirty days for this offense and another thirty days n the gang for his part in the affair. Assistant Adjutant General Frost was present and took all the testimony. As a result, an order is now being prepar d by the commander in chief, Gover nor McS wceney, disbanding the com pany under the section of the military laws giving this officer the right to dis band any military organization when the good of the service demands it. overnor McSw'eeney's order will how ever, give credit to the men who did not break ranks and to the officers who arried out his commands after the trouble comimen ced. The Governor's action gives universal satisfaction in D:>lumbia. Through Differant Glasses. Gov. Stanley, of Kansas, while prac tiing la-v, defe aded a negro charged with murder. His client was convicted and Mr. Stanley wrote a strong in iorsement of the convict's application for pardon. Ncw he has been called pon to pass another appiiestion on behalf of the same man, but, like his predecessor, refuses to grant it, even though backed by his own letter, say iag tr~at as Governor he views the mat ter "in an entirely different light." No Fear of Conviction. A dispatch frm Akron, Ohio, says :ill the men arrested there for the at tempt to lynch the ncgro wretch who tried to outrage a ,white girl, "are working men, living in that city." Yes, their han~ds and their faces may be grimed with the dirt and sweat of labor, but their herrts are bright crim son with the red blood of the white race, and, theugh the law should al ways be observed, no jury cemposed of of the same sort of msn wiji decide against them. Heavy Republican Loses. The election last week in Vermont was not at all satisfactory to the Re publicans. They carried the State by a large mnajorit ;, but there was a great shrinksge in the maj rity from other years. The vote was as follows: Stick ey, RimUbican, 48 102; Santer, Dam >rat, 15.919: All others, 1 275. Stick ey's pluraliny 32,183 and a majority ver all of 30,.9US. The Republican plurality four years ago was 3S,264 and mjority over all 36 628 Sewall is Dead. Hon. Arthur Sewall, who ran with Bryan in 1896 died at Bath, Mie-, on Wednesday. He was sixty-seven years f age, and was a very successful busi