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1\v n, ; '/' i :. r-. ar "'i :{ r" w 1 !PS" rr'7 1 \ J E ZI 33 190 i , X Of Beirg Eiected P :s n- t See'ms to. Be C' .. A WiP.N*Ni COMSA T O Teh E c. r1 Votes That. W u d Carry rn to Vet rY. S:iSs Hte is Lk-y to Carry. A Wa-sinston dipatch say- o te a vast dcal of atuntiOn bas eCutered on New Yck:. ane in spte of orwhelm ing cdds favcring McKin:ey, the possi bility of the Empire State giving thir ty-six elecoral vo"tes to .li. B ryau are discusse.1 by ( '.i l.ser ius m n;ore tha any other political topbe of th day. There are certain forees in New York. Rooseve t ma:jority t ovterne-r was so small, and the tendency of a arge independent vote is so dificult to fathom, that ene is justified perlaps in placing that State at present in the dcubtful column. where four weeks ago it seemed but fair to reckon it as surely for McKinley by a big a ajority. The saying is a common one that if iryan carries New York and Indi .ca f is eike tion is assured. Yet it isitresting to note that he might have the electoral vote of both those great States and barely defeat the Republican eardi date, or be defcated himself. Accord ing to the best advices the outlook is very bright-for the Democras in In diana. By carrying the following States the Democrats wtuid eket Mr. Bryan: A labam a.................. . -1i Arkansas.................. S Colorado ........................ 4 Florida..................... 4 Georgia...... .............13 Idaho . ............. .. -.. ---. 3 -Indiana...................15 Kentucky..... ....13 Louisiana .................. M aryland............-...... ... Mississippi..... ....... .... Missouri.............--.-- .-----.--1 M ontana...-..... -.-.-....... ... 3 Nebraska ............... ...... 8 Nevada ........... ............ 3 New York................ ... North Carolina.............. ....11 South Carolina. Tennessee........ ....... Texas........ -------. T exa ... ... ..... ..............1) Utah..................... 3 Virginia-------.... ... ..1. Total...... ............ 225 This list of twenty-two States, how ever, if all went for Bryan, would give him a bare majority in the electoral college, as 224 votes are necessary for an election. It will be noticed that West Virginia, with six votes, is omit ted. The Republicans confidently be lieve that West Virginia <ill give her vote to McKinley,although it is admitted that the Democratic chances are better on the State ticket and the Lcgislature. it is, nevertheless, anybodys fight, for the decisive influences may change a half dczen times between now and eec tion day. Delaware is also omitted, not withstanding the cotfident claims of Democrats that they will have a ma jority there. The two Republican fac tions have shown a disposition to unite, all of which substantiates the Republi can faith that the smallest State in the Union will vote for McKinley, as four years ago. The best judges regard Maryland as Democratic. Kentucky is judged Republican on the State ticket and Democratic on the national ticket. OTHER POSSIBILTIES. With such a list, there are still other Democratic posibilities-not probabili ties-to be kept in mind. While Dela ware and West Virginia may troop into the Democratic column, something will probably be heard in the next few weeks of D~emocratic chances in Con necticut. The nominations have only just been made in the Nutmeg State, and the lateness of th, campaign there is the reason that little has been said of its voting proclivitic s. in years gone by Connecticut has been very much a Democratic State in Presidential years. and when the tendency elsewhere in the country hae been against the Re publicans, Connecticut has always been in the mood. if the gold Democrats go back to their former affiliations Con necticut might become debatable ground. Tne electoral vote there num bers six. Then illinois has an enormous shift ing vote, and the labor troubies are likely to affect the situation. Cook county, which includes Chicsgo. will probably decide the political complex ion of that State's t wenty four electo ral votes. Focur years ago Chicago con tributed avery large portion of the 146, 000 Republican majority in illinois, but this year the Democrats say the ma jority outside Cook county will be small, and that it will be overcome by the big Democratic majority in Cook county. - But it L.- easy to see what tne reahiza tion of some of the Ret ublican possi bilities in the list of twenty-two States, which have been set down by way of fair conjecture for Mr. Bryan, would bring abouc. It must be conceded that Indiana is a Repubhcean possibility, and New York a strong Republican probi bility. The loss of either of those States would relegate Bryan s column of electoral votes to second place. cTAu, mDano AND) MtNTANA Utah is undoubtedly drifting back to Republican moorings, but it is very questionable whether it will get clear back this year. Nevertheless, the three votes of Utah er laaho, even if New York and Indiana go Demoeratic might prove indispensable for Mr.-Bryan. In spite of the decadence of the silver sen timent in those States, it is well to bear in mind the personal following of Mr. Bryan, and the pride that is share~d quite generally by far Western people that a candidate for the Presidency should have been selected from their immediate vieiuity. Utah and Idaho are now more doubtful than Montans, although a few seeks ago it seemed the other way. But the two factions in Montana that threatened D)emocranec supremacy are united in favor of Mr. Bryan, and Republicans are disposed to concede the State to him. '1 arand and t'uey will be decis ive r oe part'y Cr the other, but, not w I._. -at iig tihe hope that Republi casr ir.'e oft hoe States. the drift to date has been against them. The :ow D Peuwerts in Kentucky, who :; ." a oed degree Coid DLemocrats, ui their organization, do ..ir 3rian. tout against t'e C candidate Ir Uovertor. a ny event, speculation on the out the election is baxuud to rvert . .ew York. It is a very commLon ii g nowaays to refer to the war be tw en Croktr and litii is eodangcernn . ) iD mcra:it prozpcct, but it is quite .ati tL s ie cam pain au \. this w.: wii .iamulate the two d o r tout in 'h lr a d st wek i3r if. Bryao. fastrL~ay ila!l! ma~y be ac e a i3, id 1 ir l - J J t, Uzat "'e _: he nt iorget that _e rule; in R~e Lubxa coM:.uiitie. up the State is owOJ ty New York voters to be dis u utrty e rrurt, though less widely adver ised. Tne indiference of lepub i:-r v.terr aiz the S:ate is very mi:d, and no nan can teil Low pow cr uiy they winl Liuster at the Polls. Mr. t'roktr mtay not be pleaed that the 1ter l)of aoeratie po ~r is just now iu the t:r \sL, but at at the same .the iatt w :erke r: ;are kniwn to be Ru ot-e rm, art a veainet :at put ii tiut (4 utU-mesa wouid not be uxvwei mie. TLIe fact that a; iCiois poin: to a ut:ue lighter iiep.ublican vote i November than four years ago brings New York. as well as other State, rearer to the dancer line. Deputy Sheriff Killed. A special fro:a Lake Charles, Ls., says: Paul Sloan, a deputy sheriff, was shot and kiiled while defending a ncgro from the vengeance of a mob. All aay there were rumors of the probable lynching of Pierce Scott, a negro in jmi here charged with assaulting Miss Oswald, aged 73. About 9 o'clock an unmasked crowd gatherea a, the court house. Judge Miller addressed the crowd and toid them the punishment of criminals must be left to the court. He urged the crowd to disperse and prom ised to take up the care against the negro in court tomorrow. On this promise the crowd broke up and it was thought there would be no further attempt by the mob. Four hours later, however, a fresh outbreak was made by the mob, who advanced toward the jail with an iron battering ram. S. A. Harmon and Paul Sloan, deputy sherith, warned them to come no further and then shot over the heads of the crowd, when some one in the mob fired at the deputies. Paul Sloan was shot and fatally wounded. He died early this morning. The sheriff and deputies then dispersed the oro d at the point of their tistols. Fight With Pistols. After a quarrel which has extended over two weeks. two young men of prominent families of .East Point, a suburb of Atlanta, met Friday evening and fougb: with pistols. One of the men, Sheffield Harrington, was so: in four places, and the other, Walter Hudson, was wounded once. Both are believed to be fatally wounded. It is asserted that both Walter Hudson and another man fired at Harrington. Asa result of the meeting dieorge Hudson is in jail. The specifie charge against him, however, is not made public. Four bullets struck Harrington, one en tering the thigh. Harrinigton tried time after time to fire a second shot, but ch time the hammer of his re volver failed tc explode the cartridge. Hudson, it is alleged, was in love with Harrigton's sister, and there were re ports tihat they were to be married, These reports were accepted as true for a tone, but finally Hudson denied the truth of the rmer. A few dass ago the young lady left for Waynesboro. Harrington, it is said, stated at that time it Hudson didl not go there and marry his sister he wonid kill him. M1atters stood in this position as far as reliable information is obtained until the shooting occurred. Over at Last. "The South African war is com pletely ended, ~said the L:>renzo Mar qe z correspondent to The London Daily Tegraph. Many guns have been nes troyed and hundreds of wagons and thousands of tons of stores of every decription hnave been burned. Burn ing wreckage lies in every direction in the Hectorspruit district. Any good poice force of 20,000O men can effect the complete pacification of the coun try. It wili be impossible for the Boers in the future to mass a force exceeding 1,500. They are sick of the war and the irishAmerican and other mercernaries are clamoring for pay ment and they threaten the Beer cdi cials." Napoleon as a Counterfeiter. In 1S12 N. Parquier, Parisian pre feet of' police, as he relates in his me moirs, ciiscovered a secret printing oflice where skilled workmen were engaged at night. The house was barricaded, but the police broke in, arrested the men and seized a lot of counterfeit Austrain and Russian bank notes. Soon after Savary, the minister of police, descended upon his subordinate with a sharp reprimand. He explained that the notes were being prmnted by the order of Napoleon himself, who desgned them for use in the Russian capagn. Napoleon had no intention of wasting good mnoney in buying suP plies inuan enemy's country. A Destructive Charge S eptember 27 was the annivcrsary of one of the most terrible connicts of the cvlwar. It occurred near Centralia, Mo. Nearly 200) Federal soldiers riding out after guerillas met here a body of abut 250. Searcely a dozen of the 1Federal soldiers escaped with their lives, while of the guerillas two only Iwere killed and one mor Ily wounded. There is nowhere in the istory of the world a record of a charge more de Istructive. Only a few of the older citizens remember the fight. Pirates on the West River. Advices from the West river in China report that piracy and brigand age ae increasing, and it is considered probable that the river will relapse into its old state of insecurity during h wanter unless active measures are Itaken. Several minor piratical acts are reported and it is also stated that villages near Kum Chuk have been brnd by brigands. Heavy Rectits Dep ss-s Price c'i the Etap SOME FACTS FOR FARMERS. They Sculd Marktt Th ir Crap Slow:y and Thu Ke*p U;) the Price cof F;. Staple. A tu'jatch from;' NEw York sp "Asisnuaa Lh benuin lfte cctter. -'ason t e at-' ion of ott iradh r; c ntcr- upon th o veimeet of the new erp and the probbe e:-ein uance cf t}e first ruh vf e rc ceig. ilaas here r iving ur gent r, - !'froi; thi',r corre-pond I cots all . ti e cotton belt fhr cur rency oi s :cn1j ;eit-atios, saltable fo.r croi' n-.oio p es. tnd it 'r be stated as a fact t : iza:ks are not gin g th e c regucs: the attenticn that they merit. Th r-or is are al m ost cnt:reiy for =: bi-s, cf which there is a ;articur scar iry. Fra k V'aoderlip, asin eeryothe treasury, r.ad b-,n heore thi.s t ec , talka' the maatter or u. h b;k o - thers and striving to i'uce t -- to part with a e:-r amount their treaur; n otes wliich are, it will be reembetre-1. cschr-," able under the new culrcncy law iv silver cer titieates. Mr. V nderlip, 1i fact, p'aced a preamium on these treasury notes by offering facilities in the form of transportation of currency to the ag ricultural sections in favo:r of the bank making t',e exchange of treasury rotes. It is quite probable, therefore, that with this premium, the New York banks will pass over a considcrable amount of these treasury notes, and the transfer of money to the Siuth to move the crcp will be promptly inercased. It will be recalled that under the new currency law silver certificates may be issued against the retirement of treas ury notes. not only at the rate of dol lar for dollar, but that the practical re sult of the law is that silver certificates may be issued at the rate of about one and one-third for every treasury note cancelled. This is accomplished as a result of the silver certificates being issued not only against the silver dollar as actually coined, but against the profit to the government of coining at one dollar a coin containing less than one dollar's worth of silver. It will therefore be observed that every dollar in treasury notes that th- New York banks part with means 1.33 increase in the currency suitable for the agricultu ral sections. This is a factor which will undoubtedly exercise an appreci able influence on the cotton crop move ment of the near future. The heavy movement of cotton to market has had the effect of checking, perhaps temporarily, the operations of some of the bull leaders. In other words, the big receipts are just now saring bulls. This is only natural, and the trade has been prepared both for the big receipts and the scare arising from them. Without big receipts some time there would be no probability of a crop of even 8,000,000 bales, to say nothing of 10;000,000 or more, as now looked for by many. As is also usual at this season, the exporting element see in the rush of cotton now progress ing a crop of no less than 12,000,000 bales, just as they last season pretended to believe as late as March. The esri mate of a crop of around 9,000,000 bales divided equally between the sec tions east and west of the Mississippi, as promulgated by one Southern firm, may prove near the mark in the event of early irost or a collapse in receipts around November 10th. "Inasmuch as there has been great complaint of scarcity of pickers in many sections it would be well to bear in mind that in such districts receipts certainly would have been heavier than reported. had the cotton bcen gathered with usual promptness. This is a ponint on which big crop people here are lay ing much stress. indeed there seems considerable logical foundation for this because the movement from many small plantations has been at a com plete standstill on account of the labor question; and the retardation of re ceipts from this cause over a wide area must, in the aggregatc, be considerable. We hear of some instances where the ield will be so small anid planters are so comfortably situated that the high price will be a great inducement to hold for still higher prices, regardless of what may be done by the fortunate planters who have raised a good crop and are anxious to sell now. "A prominent exporter-a man whoae opinion is well respected here in discussing the crop situation said to your correspondent: 'Every-thing de pends upon Texas. The abnormal sit uation there arising fromn the recent hurricane has left some of our expert statisticians completely at sea in regrard to the probable 3ield. Before a great while Galveston will receive her usual quota of cotton daily, the heavy ar rivals at New Orleans of late being ia a large measure credited to diversions from th ore port. With few ex ceptons acutfrmTexas arei predicting a remarkably free movement during Umtober, arnd are almost unani mous in the statement that present prices are proving a strong temptation Ito free selling by farmers. A fewv sec tions are claiming a better crop than last year, but from what we can gath:er from people who are frequently on the right side Texas does not promise to make a crop of suficient size to throw the bear clique into ecstae~e.4,whl here and there some planters are such firm believers in a small crop for the state that they express an intention of holding their cotton for v-ery faney prices, a decision the wisdom of whbich is very questionable before the settle ment of the question of early frost.' "Commission firms who have been interviewed on the cotton outlook ap pear to quite generally agree that at present price farmers will market freely- Many have advices to the ef fet that around ten cents farmers arc willing to let their cotton go. Just now, with every probability of a very larg movement, they are likely to show in7eh gn r:.e S'T .. S, ur:m t temIfpted bhan} to ' r':, t 10' r p ans mos urnavorain ; : a, I'. telts. - are cclie i rI ' -urI } LouiG11i-:na Just conna, tt o 1h-'- rr teen claimed by vru a .:. . to the crop or:o: k. i. :ri te these the promise :.urpim- iupi 1e known in nrvious s of cotton in these fever..d: cctin T ve been unusually heavy. ' uitch s'o :-: i dive rite to the belief 1 hat ar.::dabl heavy yied will re:uit In u.ih a these retw ris are cnur !td w a h .t: ments t) de o vt.ct t hat n:o-t fav'r.s conruitions have C viL' . rv r'+!'.1 : cat:e ine and1 :i:,t plars are . Killed One ta ad o; t trv.:d 9u other and Wife A huts': h erini a br.: .:t 1 "'" liatm 13zanFcol.e" .ct le a b le Sy i fle it. n ble at w&""?1o;r:V :. I A t n ra 13 1 i. i - irps imileae au reekr .: AoI wih I l c.1 e. . . Nat 1C ' ha ila,'1n l u l t" : arm. >2IN,: t- o ot. rhe other a.nd ife r 0hi ,a~ frK Elb p yiai ia ra c. io l e _ ist int i!e e t i - lead entrirt the r..b. him almost Bisani. i away, and 1as wie rt; . . : McLEahan bu. mn:iUa :.c :. Pursuit was oain d ta clt- I.-. u-: I - the sheriff and p sse we' . Th!:- i m uknown party went to : of aeorge H. MeL3nahan, =it ..v sa. ut three miles below Elbbcrtou and :sot him and his wife as they were retiring Mrs. MeLanahan is not b-_dly hurt, it is thought that . Mobaa an is fa tally shot. Mr. McLu taan i one of Eiberton most respected and wc t do farmers and the attempte d a:sa iation has caused the intense indignation of the entire community. M<d.cal atten tion has gone to the wounded people and lare parties have gone in search of the perpetrator of the crime. It was found out later that Branch was the assassin. He was captured Friday and lodged in j i, from where he will be legally excauted after his trial, hhiuh wi take place at once, uLess h is hung by a mob. as threats .' lynching and burning at the stake are freely made by an excited M. copLa is be leved the sheriff will try to ouw tho crowd by taking the Negro to Alanta. Paste This in Your gat. The time is drawing near now when interest wil be warm in the presiden tial contest, and when a ma wants the data of the electoral vote at L~s lingers' ess. Notevr an iapturedriday a woge ino jil find ithee h wl ce wut tae follacen it one unles hwits heir vote ainb thlctral ollegeching keep itufrin rady referserefel maeban.xete ecople.....s.be crwdby aking..the NegrotA..lana.. Cohertdome.is..drawin nearnow.whe Dnelret..ill.b warma inrolinpresiden Ftia.ontst,.an whenh at a.1.s h degat.f.te.lecorl vhote.ath.s...gers elns..Not.every maen....esed.wth readyand.retentie memory;ana.os woare..not.w.ll find el;-fulto..u outthe...fol.owi Slit ofsates, it ti es.in.the electra olegand. Alab~i~am...........1 lebraska........... Arana...........s t evada........... Cafrnian......... te amp. hir..... Connechiut....... i.. ewror.........4 Delhawae.........i- Nort2nCaroia.... Fltoa...........l Northt 1>arota... Georgsia......... hcio.........23 Ilinoi..........24 regon............ 8 :In iana........1 P ns la i .....-4T Kandsa..............e houh arhn!......r. L tou t th........ vo tenuN e .............y ofitsh ig b.......n Strnate ........... a1: alinn as tat.... ro oeut Vi poi.... W1titsissipp ........ . Mieon:i..........is demsto r tin......1 byh y a oin. -....... i G shrew tana........... an h--n. s un on'sth tiH ave he -a Wove rThi he oshiten r Pstn aw Thei tienctt ons iths hour are int 31r Brxi toratiallae of e Mr.a without grief.t fNw oko n of tsneigheohing States..I a set a; almabaniuation from ur) viwpoin. Wat it ilfro 31rs. MK ali ei threhdliien, eandohr anr :a no ahn turnged four eand maei oth ex two monthsc hihha i.so exilen to' th vilaoos sii".,' .bra next aroo gaswr to be en'epae rtite. Ae receof i i o puati ornh fre~om thpicdemm t takeda hand in eX orktem Arhite-tsnt, e for yei ad bome iu nt well'~ la:e . No tra h tiinsto lhi has sinc ben bai "Aed. A rewmar f Si': : r; e pactda forth relur of th~e My. i harlesS. like of aihei f irn Thchitcsepofatew bek v' a fun washe i rnt difern 4 ir . e-ith membiersn ohe wS t'uhe it ad. tAo cidein wer onr a r root that nbokehino va'.ue was ad inr ih pockets chldena o n w ,r Togh wetanate, by' he arei a-~ and-tg childein seri a hu Ltng Sunday evening all four were re. u.Cite. THE STATE FAIR. Grat P:eparaticris for the Ap proaching Festivities THE GROUNDS IMPROVED The Premium Lst Shcws Laage Incr.s' in Pr zes Offered. Evciythnirg Prom ises Well c uibia, Se_. 2h--Special: Our State Fair arni:Jiy brir.gs together at the Fair al e ; t'e state not fewer than 'irty thus d p ople, from every see ti.u i r e t ate, representirg tvery l. f ie followed by ouir peo rle-t } rsirc-s man, the professional n:an. the farmer and the laborer-who annuaily :.eet together to see and p-cfit by the improvements which are being made la art, handiwork, agriculture, nimechnc, t nufacturing, dairyirg, stock raising, etc., etc. Labor-saving iahnery is put on exhibition; the best vare ii s of fowls are exhibited; :oue rid and high-bred cattle, or _"and Mules, hogs, sheep and :s are breu1t here ani offered for . r best products of the ; in reat varieties are lI *rder to crc3ur.e home produc tiou of .very kind. the State Fair an rually ge.d all of its earnings, as well as the -tote's appropriation, in Irizes for excelleece in every depart me ult. The improvements on the grounds will add miatericily to the comfort and coteniernCe of exhibitors in all depart men-s. The southwest corner of the -rounds have been graded, and will prove a great benefit to the Midway show people. An additional entrance to the grounds will be near the line of the Seaboard Air Line railroad, where visitors can reach the grounds without extra expense, and at the lowest pos sible rates of passage by all railroads. Exhibits by rail will be unloaded on the grounds. These advantages will be appreciated by visitors and ex hibitors. The payment by the Society of rail road freight of exhibits raised or pro duced in the state will induce the largest and the best display ever seen in all departments on the grounds. The art gallery will be enlarged and proper light furnished for the exhibition of art, of which an unusual display is promised. The poultry house will also be en iarged to accommodate the rapid in crease of fine poultry. With the light now before the man agement, the 32d Annual Fair will eclipse any previous exhibition, and will show that the material interests of the state are in the line of progress. Recognizing the needs of liberality in offering good premiums, the society has offerered these to the amount of $7,U00. There will be $2,500 in race purses. The attraction offered to the people will not be confined to the fair itself. Prominent among the "outside"' fea tures will be the encampment, parade and competitive drill of the State M1litia arranged by Adjutat General Floyd. It is already certain that a large number of companies from dif ferent parts of the State will participate. The citizens of Columbia will do their full part in making fair week a season of genuine enjoyment for all visitors. The street amusements will be up to the highest stanaards. There will be music of most excellent charac ter and plenty of it. Looking over the whole field it may be safely said that the fair of 1900 will be one of the very best in all the his tory of the State Agricultural and Miechacical Society. President W. D). Evans and Secretary Holloway have been most energetic in making plans for a splendid exhibition-and a good time for everybody. VWill Carry New York. Democrats coming to Washington fromu New York State appear quite contident of carrying that State for Bryau and Stevensou, despite the big maj~irity against them four years ago. It is panted o-ut that big majorities in New York States are not always iudicative of the result in elections even one Sear afterwards. When Cleveland was first elected Governor of New York State his majority was upwards of 300,000, and when he rae :or hP:aaent a littie while later, his maonity was reduced by Blaine to less than 1,000i. In 16 tbe liepublbeans carrie~l New York for Harrison, and at te same ele;ion elected H ili Governor. in 15t Mc~inley s maj rity w'es more than A)00.000, while ia~st secar lioose velts maj irity for Governor was only about '1000' or less. It will, therefore, be seu'tnat unjorities in New York Ste are not to cc relied upon as any index to future eleb ices in the State. ~Fur .seats ago 31eKaley carried the city of New York. but this year no one pretends thait Bryan will get less than 'j,:; naji ii4rity in the city proper. I bo. .i n, it is said, at the lowest e-tont ca e relied upon to give a D. mueratie majority of 10.000O this year. This, ait the lowedt estimate. would dv Brs tn the two big counties 70,000 or 7~5,ijiiii unj rity, -and would mak de State extremely doubtful. A Curious Case. A. Curious case of less of memory is r orted from Worms. A smiall land o..ner was sertek by lightnmng while p wn.the iieh pasing through his t.lav-ing a hole as large 'as a fist, theu doi. fis neck and through- the - lo w handle into the ground- The vie uim, whmo was ill for several days, fi aly recovered, but he has entirely lest his memory. A Good Field. There is a big neld for missionary work in Wyoming. Oat of a population ofJ about 75.000J in a large district it is estimated that less than 3000 are evageclical Christians, and they are widely scattered over the 97, 000 miles Iof country in which the centers of population are from 50 to 75 miles HOWARD TO BE HANGED. He is the Man who Killed Governor Geobel, of Kentucky. A dispatch from Frankfort, Ky., says James B. Howard, who has been on trial for the past ten days charged with being a principal in the assassination of William Goebel, was found guilty Wednesday, the jury fixing his punish ment at death. The faet that the jury had deliberated all of yesterday afternoon without rea ching a verdict led to the belief that it was hopelessly divided and this fact made the verdict a shock to Howard and those who hoped fur his ultimate acquitttai. Cloward did not lose his composure when the verdict calling for the ex treme penalty of the law read in the crowded Court room. He glacced at his attorneys, who sat beside him, and smiled and slid noshing. After the jury had been discharged Howard was taken back to the jail and here for the first time he be trayed emotion, He called for a pen and paper ncd wrote a long letter to his wife, during which tears coursed down his cheeks. He was joined later by his attorneys, who spent a goed part of the day in conference with him in regard to the motion for a new trial, whi:h will be filed to-morrow, and other matters in connection with the case. Howard and his friends are very bitter in their denunciation of wit nesses who, it is charged, were in the conspiracy to murder Goebel, and who have since been manufacturing testi mny against others in order to obtain imnmunity for themselves. "Jim" Howard, as he is comumonly known in the mountains, is a strik ingly handsome man, 44 years of age, and would be one of the last to be p inted out by a stranger as the man on trial. He had the record, however, of being the leader of the Howard White faction in the Baker-Howard feud in Clay County, in which numer ous lives were taken. He had killed George Baker and was suspected of the assassinatian of Tom Baker, who was killed after the same fashion as Goebel was, and Howard's friends believe that these facts had very much to do with the making of the verdict sentencing him to the gallows. The trial of Henry E. Youtsey, of Newport, will be called at Geergetown next Friday. A SPLENDID SHOW Will ba Made by the Militia at the State Fair. The State says it looks now very much as if the military feature of the coming State fair is going to be a splendid success. Gen. Floyd feels very much gratified at the large num ber of letters he has received from com panies in all parts of the State. He stated Thursday that he had every rea son to believe that the following com mands would be present, giving two full regiments and a battalion of in fantry, besides the naval militia force and there is a possibility of two more companies of infantry, those from Spartanburg and Clifton, and some cavalry coming: FIRST REGIMENT. Fort Mill Light Infantry, Co. M. Greenville Light Infantry, Co. A. Smythe Rifles, Peizer, Co. C. Honea Path Guards, Co. H. Abbeville Volunteers, Co. D. Greenwood Guards, Co. - Liberty Hill Rifles, Co. B. Jasper Light Infantry, Yorkville, Co. L. Lee Light Infantry, Chester, Co. I. Hazelwood Rifles, Cornwell, Chester county, Co. G-, SECOND EEGIMENT. Kershawv Guards, Camden, Co. A. Bamberg Guards, Bamberg, Co. B. Tillman Volunteers, Orangeburg, Co. C. Elisto Rfies, Urangeburg, Co. F. Richlanid Volunteers, Columbia, Co. D. Timmonsville Guards, Timmonsville, Co. E. Fort Motte Guard, Fort Matte, Co. G. Sumter Light Infantry, Sumter, Co. H. Georgetown Rifles, Georgetown, Co. Governor's Guards, Columbia, Co. L. FIR*T BATTALION. Sumter Guards, Charleston. Washington Light Infantry. German Fusiliers. Irish Volunteers. Psametto Guards. NAVAL MILITIA. Lafayette Artillery, Second division, Charleston BeCaufort Volunteer Artillery, Third division, Beaufort. It is thus seen that practically the entire military force of the State, with the exception of the calvalry regiment, expects to be here fair week. There is but one battery of artillery, the Ger man Artillery of Charleston, and every effort will be made to have this orgau ization attend and take part in the parade. There are 11 troops of cavalry in the State. There is no reason why many of them could not ride through the country to attend the encampment. Many of them will no doubt make the attempt. One, it is said, is almost cer tain to do so. All things considered it looks as if the military features of the State fair is going to be one of the best. if it proves to be so Gen. Floyd will have reason to be proud of his work. Porto Ricans Can Vote. The Board o-f Supervisors of Election of Baltimore, acting upon the advice of counsel, has decided that natives of Porto Ri co who have resided in the State for ayear and in the county for six months, when otherwise qualhfied, may vote in the elections: that they are citizens of the United States, and as such are required to conform to the local laws only. Gainesvill'. Ga., Dee. 8, 1899 Pitts' Antiseptic Invigorator hs been used in my family and I am per fectly satisfied that it is all, and will do all, you claim for it. Yours truly, A. B. C. Dorsey. P. S.-I am using it now myself. I-s doing me good.-Sold by The Mur ray Drug Co., Columbia, S. 0., and all FACTS ABOUT TRUSTS. The New York World Gives Hanna an Object Lesson Under The heading of "Facts About Trusts" the N.-w York World continues to consider the dligram of Hanna, "There is not a trust in the entire United States." First, The World gave a brief but comprehensive history of the wire trust and its workings, and the second trust thus considered is the salt trust, of which The World says: The salt trust, known as the National Salt company of New Jersey, was in corporated March 20, 1899. Its capi tal is $12.000.000. This company has a natural monopoly in interior states, while a tariff duty averaging about 50 per cent. gives to it an artiicial mo nopoly on the coast. It is also said to have an understanding with the salt un ion of Great Britaii. Under existing conditions this trust is likely to add the full tariff duty to the price of its pro duct, which will amount to between $4.000,000 and $5,000,000 a year. The general belief is that this trust is controlled by the Standard Oil peo ple. Its New York offices are in the bui!ding of the Standard Oil company, and the Standard Oil attorneys in Ohio have appeared for it in the suit brought against it in that state for the purpose of testing its powers. The trust has closed one plant which it owes and several other plants which it has leased. Since the trust has been established dairy farmers in Michigan, at the works, have been obliged to pay 55 cents a barrel, instead of 35 cents, the price in 1596. In New York city dairy salt costs $1 40 instead of $1, the cost in 1896, and $1 10, the cost in IS:;L In other interior states which do not themselves produce salt the price has been about doubled. Prices began to increase the moment the salt-makers got their duty and per fected their combination. Salt had not only been comparatively cheap under the Wilson tariff, when it was on the free list, but domestic production had increased more than importations. The addition of the tariff tax to the price of the domestic product would alone make a profit of almost 64 per cent. on the trust's common stock. Evidently, The World intends to keep up these lessons on trusts. They constitute the best answer that could be'given to Hanna's foolish statement, and the national committee of the De mocratic primary party would do well to circulate them as campaign liter ature. A point to which attention should be directed is that the tariff makes pos sible the salt trust, just as it promotes the wire trust and all other trusts. In proposing to remove the tariff from classes of goods made or controlled by the trusts and thus allowing competi tion from abroad, the Democrats offer an effective and a practical remedy, for an examination of the matter, such as The World has made, shows that in nearly every case the power of the trust is fostered by the tariff which shuts out foreign goods and allows a domestic monopoly which can fix prices and regu late the market to suit its own pur poses.- -The State. COGHLAN'S nEMAINiS LOST. The Casket Was Swept Away in the Galveston Storm The storm which so recently swept Galveston played havoc with the ceme teries. Mountains of debris are piled up in them, mounds were leveled, bodies disinterred and vaults crumbled. In the recent vault at Lake Vie cemetery were the remains of Charles Coghlan, the actor. The vault in which the body reposed was a heavy granite structure of beautiful architectural de sign. This vault was not spared. The combined force of wind and waves up rooted the foundation and tossed aside the heavy granite blocks like so much paper. The Ooghlan casket was caught in the swift current and has never since been seen; It may have 80oated out to sea or up the upper bay. To those in whose care the remains of the dead actor had been intrusted this freak of the storm has caused con siderable worry. A force of men sur veyed the cemetery and surrounding country today, hoping to find some trace of the missing casket, but their searching was unrewarded. Coghlan died at the Tremont Hotel, Gaveston, November 27, 1898. af ter an illness of about four weeks. He came here with his company, starring in the "Royal Box." Upon his arrival he became suddenly sick, but his illness did not assume a serious form until about two days before his death. At the time of his death it was the inten Ition of his wife to have the remains re shipped to St. Louis for cremation. Cughlan's dying request being that his body be disposed of in this way. For some reason his wife did not have the remains shipped, but placed them te~n porarily in a receiving vault, expecting to have them sent Eaist this winter and the wish of the dead acter and play writer carried out. All of the city sex tons in Galveston were drowned vwith their families. Boers Destroy Things. A dispatch from Lorenzo Marquez, South Africa, says: den. Ian Hlamtil ton's division and that of Geon. Pole Carew have entered K->maff poort. Not a shot was fired nor a Boor seen dur ing the march. Evidences of the en emy's destructiveness were everywhere to be seen. The brdzes have been dy namited, the stores, buildings and homesteads looted and burned, as had also the railway property, all the chief stations being mere masses of smoking ruins, among them Kaap Muiidein Hectorspruit and Komatipoort. At the last place there is an enormous area over which the Boors have wrought de struction. Struck by a Tornado. Two persons were killed and tihirteen injured in the tornado and eloudteurst which struck Ferguson, 10 wa, W ednes day. The dead are: George, aged ->, and Elmno, aged 1. ehildren of John Lovelady. Three persons were fatally injured and the other ten sustained only minor bruises and, will recover. Half a dozen houses, including the Hlutson hotel and the St. Paul Railroad eo, were demolished, FUNDS NEEDED. Senat'r T:lrnan Wants Some Fr.m Scu-h Carolina. MARION COUN TY LEADS OFF. Chairman Jones Urges Others to Follow This Example. Money Nzeded far Speakers in Doub'ful States. The Columbia Record says Senator Tillman, the member from South Caro lina of the national Democratic com. mittec, has again telegraphed to Colonel WilieJones, chairman of the South Carolina Democracy, urging him to raise a fund for the employment <f Bryan speakers. In response to this appeal. C-lonel Jones has issued the following letter to ne chairmen of the county Demioeratic executive commit tees: Dear Sir: I have just received a telegram from Senator Tillman, our national committeeman, who is with the national committee in Chicago, earnestly requesting me to call on the people in the state for contributions in aid of the national Democratic party. - The money is to be used to defray the expenses of speakers in the doubtful states. While we all realize that South Carolina will go for Bryan, it is cer tainly our duty to do what we can to help our -Democratic friends in the doubtful states. I will thank you to take up this very important matter at once and call upon all club presidents in your county, and the people general ly, to take up a collection among the faithful, and please remit sums so col lected to Col. U. X. Gunter, Jr., sec retary, or to me as chairman, and the same will be remitted to the chairman of the national Democratic committee. Yours truly, Wilie Jones, Chairman. Colonel Jones earnestly hopes the county chairman will make vigorous efforts to raise money for this purpose. Senator Tillman expects South Caro lina to contribute $4,000, or an average of $100 to the county. It takes work to raise such a sum. The first contribution came in this morning and was from Marion county. P. B. Hamer remitted a check for $60 for the Democrats of that county. Weekly Cotton Statement. Sec. Hester's weekly New Orleans cotton exchange statement issued today shows the amount of cotton brought into sight for the week ending this afternoon to be 339,222 bales, against 339,729 for the corresponding time last year and 368,593 year before last. This brings. the total of the crop . moved into sight for the 28 days of the new season to 812,222, against 995,859 last year, and 83u,270 year before. Receipts at all United States ports since Sept. 1 were 561,843 bales, against 691,259 last year; overland, across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers~to northern mills and Canada 17,892, against 50, 17.31lastyear; interior stocks in excess of Sept. 1st, 123,115, -against 132,801; southhn mill takings 109,372, against 121,626. Foreign exports since Sept. 1 have been 230 ,424, against 394,9711ast year. The total takings of American mills north and south and Canada thus far for the season have been 161,144 agairnst 215,600 last year. Since the close of the commercial year stocks at America ports and the 29 . leading southern interior centres have been increased 440,654 bales, against an increasc for the same period last season of 380,269. Including amcants left over from the last crop the supply to date is 934,756, against 1,tiM,757 for the same period last year. A Fool College President. A dispatch from Jonesville to the Greenville News says Misses Etta H Bames and Lizzie Littlejohn vent to Hickory, N. C,, to enter Claremont Fernale college. After the two young ladies spent one night and looked around they were dissatisfied. They would nct be matriculated and pro posed to return home. The president demurred and refused to let them go. They wired home the situation and their parents wired them to return, but the president still refused to let them go. Miss Littlejohn got away and came home. T. L. Blames wena over to Hickory after his daughter'and President Eatton refused to give up her trunk or the trunk of Miss Little john. M~r. Blamiss offered to pay the expense of the girls while they were there, but his offer was refused and he employed an attorney, who took out proceedings of claim and delivery and the trunks were released and Mr. Hlames returned wit~h h' daughter and the baggage. A damas suit may be the resuit. Killed by His Prisoner. Mr. George Bell, a young white man, was shot and killed about two miles be low Eiberton, Gsa., Taursday morning by Will Brausei. a negro. Brausch, who had been enarged with stealhng cotton. and had wounded a young man named Miles, who attempted to arrest him, was arrene~d by Bell and another man. Wiie urrder arrest Brauseh snatchecd a shotgun from Bell's hands, blew off& top 4~ his head with it and escaped. I'jes arc out searching for Brausch. and if' he be captured by others than the sheriff he is likely to be severely .ealt vwith Dy a mob. Shot by Burglars. Hon. Charles A. Collier, on of the most prominent citizens in Atlania and known generally throughout the South was found early Wednesday morning lying at the foot. of the stairs in a yard back of his residence, with a bullet hole in his left side in the region of his heart. Before lasping into unecscious ness C.Ahier uttered out one word 'Bur glars." Collier did not reovered con sciousness and died I':iday morning. .tnpistol was found back of him under the stairs. His head and hand were baly bruised.