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'L 1 " ....err Voc)L. X IV MANNING, S.C (21 UE)EIA oTBE1, 17, 1900. BRON AT WORK. He Makes Sixteen Speeches in as Many Iincise Towns. REPUBLICAN LIES AFLOAT. One as to Editorial Bryan Didn't Write; Another as to Pay for Speeches. Both Nai!ed. Bryan concluded his Illinoise cam paign at Joliet on Wednesday evening at S o'clock. He began at Quincy at S o'clock and made sixteen during the day. The audiences were generally large, but those at Peoria, Qtainey and Joliet were especially so. The meet ing at Joliet was held in the court house grounds before an immense crowd. The Bryan train did not arrive until 10 o'cioek. After the meeting Mr. Bryan left for Chicago. SPEAKS AT QUN(Y. All the members of the Bryan party were sleeping soundly when at 6.30 o'clock the train pulled into Quincy. They were not, however, permuted to continue their slumbers long, owing to the calls of the crowd for Bryan and the beating on the windows. Mr. Bryan hastily donned his clothes, drank a cup of coffee and was escorted to a carriage for the long drive to Washington park, where, notwithstanding the early hour, there was a throng of waiting people, many of whom had been standing in the chilly air since daylight. Mr. Bryan spoke on the general issue of the campaign, saying that so large a crowd at so early an hour of the day indicated that the p_ ople were interest ed in themselves rather than in him. Mr. Bryan referred to an editorial on the pension question which appeared in an Omaha newspaper with which he was formerly connected- He said that the editorial referred to was printed long before he was connected with the paper. "Yet, 1 doubt tot," he said, "that every old soldier will receive a letter in which it will be stated that I am the author of the editorial." "I have already received one," shout ed an old soldier in the crowd. "I am not surprised," said Mr. Bryan. "I know that they have misrepresented everything that could be misrepresent ed. Today they have not the least hope of carrying this election unless they have a bigger campaign fund than they have ever had bet ore, and they can co erce every voter that can be coerced. He paid especial attention to farmers saying that even though there had been advance in the price of some farm pro ducts, the increase in price of articles of consumption had been so much greater as to far more than neutralize the advance in farm commodities. Taking up the statement that money from this country is being loaned in Europe, he askee: "Why don't they buy American lands instead of sending their surpluse noney abroad?" And then replied to his own question by saying that the only reply that could be made was that the Republicen poli cy was reducing values. A private in aividual could not put his money in manuacturing entei prises for fear that nis concern would be sold to a trust and that he would be squeezed out. He declared that it is his desire to aestroy all private monoply because he does not want to see the doors of op poraunity closed against the boys of the country. "Give the boss a char ce," he said, "give him an opportunity to exert his own industry ana his own ability and he will make his own way, iur we have the best boys in the world." WilY H E SPEAKS. In speaking at Carthage 1r. Bryan took coginzance of the criticisms of his personal participation in the campaign aying: --I have been criticisea for going oefore the people, as a presiden tial candidate, and aiacussing the ques tions before the people. According to my understanding of politics the cit zen is the soverign ana the office-hold er is the servant of the people and the citizens have a right to know what the canidates think of public questions. They have a right to come in contact with their publhe officials and if a can didate loses votes because the people get acquainted with him, he ought not to complain, for it is better to find them out before the election than after wards, if he is bad. The right to par ticipate in the government is one of inalienable rights, a right that you Rtepbblicans recognized when Lincoln was your leader and a right that you never repudiated until you feil from Lincoln down to Banna. "If you hear that I am in favor of imperialism just because it is a good issue to get votes, I want you to re member that on the 14th of June, 1899, when your papers said every body want ed expansion 1 protested against imper ialism. At that time D~emocratic friends told me my course would be unpopular but my answer was that when the Declaration of Independence was repealed I would be cut of politics and it did not make any partieuiar dif ference about the time of my going out." WMY 11E LCON T Rii)E FREE. Mr. Bryan took occassion at Peoria to anawer the charge that he is being paid for his speeches. In part he said: "I am not as rich a man as you would imagine from reading the Re publican papers. I find it diffcult to reconcile their statements about my financial condition. One time they say I am so am.bitous that I will not make a speech unless I am paid for it. I notice a criticism in the papers that the people oi the towns through which our train passes have contributed to the expenses cif the train and it was sug gested that was for my benefit- I neec not tell you that I receive nothing foi making speeches, but, my friends,,I want you to know that when men ride on trains they must either pay or else the railroad companies must furnisi them with free rides. We do not want railroad to carry our train through the State and therefore the State commit tee paid about a thousand dollars foi the train for yesterday and today. W'v believe it is better for people to pa; their way and to be independent thar election. I would a great deal rather i ave I puuiicuw crtticie me because pcople along the road pay the expenses for the train than to receive free rides from the railroad companies and have corpo-ations run me if elected, because they furnished the trains HLA Ea1 a iLLi10uoN. A Most Realistic and Thrilling Spec tacle in Midair. 0Columbia, October 1I -Special: Arrangements have been completed by the fair association for Pain's grand ti eworks display during the State fair. h'le "Storming of the Taku Forts" and a "Head End Collission" between two aerial railroad engines on three nights., Tucsday, Wednebday and Thurcday, O.t. 80:h. 31st and Nov. 1st, are the attractions offered this year. They will take place at the same locality as used formerly in the rear of the fair grounds and to accommoda:e the crowd the hour has been set at 6::3) p. m , as the display will last about one hour and a half and the railroads can easily arrangc to hold their trains until S:30 p. m., allowing visitors to witness this grand production and return the same day. Pain's people have a reputation on three continents to sustain and they will not accept any contract that limits their idea of the grand and the beauti fnl. Pain's name is a guarantee that they wih be all that can be obtainti out of p5wder and pyrotechdnics. It has cast big ioney to secure this attraction and Pain says he will give the people a display to remember. In the storming of the Taku Forts, soldiers to represent all the allied forces, will take part and the scene pre sented is both pleasing and exciting. Pain will give for the first time in America a railway head end collision in fireworks. This is said to be the most realistic thing of the kind ever attempt ed. It consists of two immense locomo tives, built entirely of firewe:-k. and these engines after operating over a broad gauge track of about a mile, clashing together with terrific force and effect-an awful explosion, but at the same time a most beautiful scene. Pain will send not less than 50 trained men to arrange the production and they are expected to arrive the latter part of this week. All will be arranged in ample time. It is expected that quite a large num ber of the visiting militia will take part in the show, and if possible a sham battle by night will be added. Arrangements have been affected to seat ten thousand spectators and ample accommodation will be given by our new street car line for quick tran <portation to and from the grounds. A Serious Fight The second fatal clash between strikers and nonunion men occured Wednesday at Oneida colliery, Schuyl kill county, Pa., when a coal and iron policeman was shot and instantly killed and another policeman and a striker were dangerously wounded. In addi tion about a dozen of the employes of the colliery were stoned and badly in jured by the strikers. The dead man was Ralph Mills. George Kelly is in the hospital with a bullet in head. The striker wounded is Joseph L-pke. The shooting was the result of two separate riots. The trouble began at 1 o'clook and reached a climax when the march ing miners, mostly Hungarians, attack ed the men on the way to work in the Oneida colliery. The n-a-chers num bered 300 men, woman and boys. Stones were thrown and the coal and iron policeman, who endeavored to pro tect those on the way to work, were forced to seek shelter. No shots were fired at this time and the marchers disappeared. The second clash was the result of an attempt on the part of the company to move a train of coal cars. The engine was surrouded by men and women who atoned the en gineer. Superintendent Kudlick re monstrated with the crowd but to no purpose. Persistent attemps were made to run the train and the men made a con certed rush upon the guards who are said to have run. The strikers gave chase and firing followed. It is no t known from which side the first shot came. __________ MIisinformed Drummer A correspondent, who says he is a machine drummer, and has recently traveled through Virginia, the Car olinas and Georgia, writes the New York Mail and Express to convey the glad tidings that the South if for Mc Kinley. He does not express an opinion as to Virginia or South Car olina, but says: "I believe North Carolina will give McKinley a majority as every merchant, mill owner and manufacturer I have seen is quietly ex pecting to drop in a bollot for McKin ley Scores of new mills are being built in this section, and scores more are being added to, and all of the new work is being done by Northern cap ital." Neither in North Carolina nor any other Southern State are 50 per cent, nor 25 per cent, of the new mills being built by Northern capital. The Imerchants, manufacturers, etc., who Iwill support McKinley are subject to about the same discount. It is strik ingly easy to bunco the g. o. p. organ with gold brick information. Either Would Do. A dispatch to the New York Jour nal from Rome says: The anarehist Bertilani, arrested at Milan, as a sus pected accomplice of Bresci, has made a confession about the anarchist plots. At the anarchist meeting in Peterson, N. J., seven -nen were selected to kill kings and chiefs of states. One of them was allotted to kill McKinley or Bryan during the presidential campaign.I don't know tae name of the man as signed to this duty. Anarchists have killed kings and queens Now they should kill a president of a republic to show the world that for anarchy there shall be neither monarchies nor repub lies. Not Dilcult to Find. The "Chitian Life,"' which is a re ligious publication at Lynchbourg, an noun ces in its editorial columns a neced which there should be no trouble it ~tling, judging from the standpoint o: secular newspaper experience. Say: our esteemed contemporary: "We are very desirous of securing the service: of a spirit-5lled printor. If any of om readers could put us into communica tion with such a one we would be gretly obliged." CREATES A SCENE. Youisey On Trial for Murder of Goebel. HE BECOMES HYSTERICAL. "Gobel Is Not Dead, All the De mons in HeIl Could Not Kill Him." He Cries. A dispatch from Gcorgetown, Ky., stys one of the most remarkable scenes enacted in a Kentucky court occurred Wednesday in the trial of Henry E Youtsey, charged with being a principal in the shooting of Governor Goebel, the defendant himself being the chief participant. The court room was crowded at the time and the excitement was intense. D. E. Armstrong, the Louisville detective, had j ust told of his talks with Youtsey before and after his arrest. Then Arthur Goebel was put put on the stand and Judge Ben Wil liams, who for the first time appeared for the prosecution, did the questioning. Arthur Goebel said: "I talked with Youtsey the day he was arrested late in the afternoon in the jail in Frank fort in reference to the murder of my brother." Just at this point Youtsey arose be hind his attorneys in a loud voice and said: "It is untrue; it is a lie; I never spoke a word to that man in my life nor he to me." Colonel Crawford told him to be quiet and sit down and others took hold of him. "I will not sit down. I never said a word to that man-it is untrue." He was shouting by this time and every one was becoming excited. Youtsey's wife sprang to his side and while en deavoring to make him sit down could be heard saying: "Now you have kill ed my husband I suppose you are sat isfied." Then Youtsey histerically shouted again: "I am innocent. There is no blood on my hands: these men are swearing my life away." Tevo or three deputies went over and grabbed him. He struggled wildly and said: "Let me alone- I will not sit down." Arthur Goebel meanwhile sat sphinx-like in the witness chair and never turned his head. Finally after Youtsev was forced into a seat he shouted again: -Goebel is not dead-all the demons in hell could not kill him." "Mr. Sheriff, if the defendant does not behave himself put handcuffs on him," said Judge Cantrill. Meanwhile the audience could not be forced to keep their seats until the judge threatened to fine those who stood up. Youtsey settled back in his chair, closed his eyes and seemed in a state of collapse. le waved his hand. kerchief above his head in an aimless sort of way and groaned and cried hysterically. Finally guiet was restor ed and Judge Williams asked Arthur Goebel another question when Colonel Crawford asked a rostponement of the trial until tomorrow on account of the defendant's condition. Judge Cantrill said he could see no cause or reason for the defendant's outbreak, but in justice to his attorneys he would postpond the case. Mr. Franklin said the common wealth had not the slightest objection to adjourning and court adjourned. Youtsey still occupied his chair with his eyes closed, apparently in a half fainting condition. After the crowd passed cut Jailer Reed and deputies carried Youtsey to the jail as he was unable to walk. Various reasons are assigned for his outbreak, the first be ing that his long continement and strain of the trial caused him to be come hysterical and lose control of him self. Another is that he really de mented as shown by his remark that Goebel was not dead. He is being at tended by physicians and relatives at the jail and his condition is deemed critical. The Fertilizer Tax. The state says Clemson eollegc's revenue from the inspection tax on fertilizer will this year be more than usual. Year before last it was $59,000. In 1899, $63,000; and up to Oct. 1st of this year the receipts since Jan. 1st had been $65,723 40. This revenue is de rived from a tax of 25 cents per ton on all fertilizers. As there will be some fertilizer sold before the close of the year for the truck farms and small grain crops, the receipts will run the total still higher. In the spring cotton spectlators base their estimates of long and short cotton crops upon the amount of fertilhzer tax. This year they would have made a bad guess. The sales of fertilizsr indicated increased cotton acreage and a big crop. But the crop was blighted by the drouth, bad 'cess to it. Can't Understand. Mark Twain's inability to under st and why we are killing the Filipinos affords the imperialist newspapers an opportunity to explain things to him when he gets there, the latter part of the week. He says he thought our mission was to defend them. but not to kill them, We never knew M1ark to be so slow to take a joke. Rosevelt will be calliog him a savage, too, if he doesn't show more appreciation of the newest development of American hu mor.-Hartford Times. Many Lives Lost. According to reports from St. Pierre. 17 fishing vessels that were operating on the Grand Banks during the gale of September 12 are still missing, with crews aggregating over 200 men. A number of other vessels that have arriv ed here within the last few days have reported the loss of one to seven meon each. The fatality list will probably exceed 30t3. Serious disaster has visit ed a number of New Foundland fishing haroors, Buron, on the west side of Placentia bay, alone, losing :5 men. A Corpse Trust. Three men are in jail at Chicogo in default of $15,000 bail each on the charge of causing the death of a young woma toecre $12,000 life insurance .A NARROW ESCAPE. Fog Lifted in T me to Prevent an Awful Tragedy. A special dispatch from iueenstown to the New York E-ening \4 orld says: "The giant White Star Liner Oceanic which arrived here today had a narrow escape from shipwreck off the coast of Ireland. While approaching the coast and trying to pick up the Fastnet light what appeared to be a fog bank sudden Sliftedjup and showed land deid ahead. '1u breakers could be plainly seen crashing on the rocks, and the vessel touched bottom, but Capt. Cameron immediately stopped his engines, re versed them and backed into deep water without the ship being injured. It was only owing to the care of the captain that a terriblc disaster was averted. The Oceanic was goiug slowly on account of the fob ard try ing to pick up the land. It was 4 o'clock in the morning when the fog lilted and showed the land right ahead, the posi tion being then between the rocks known as the Bull, Cow and Calf and Crowhead. The land was so close that on each bow could be seen a reg ular cave. The stopping of the engines shook up and awoke everybody. Half a minute later the engines were reversed, but before the Oceanic was stopped she struck with a grinding grating noise. She then quickly swang clear. Tranouil and confident in the skill of the captain the women passen gers in the saloon behaved admirably, showing the greatest coolness in the presence of danger. Tne water tight compartments closed within two min utes, on Capt. Cameron's orders as soon as the danger was perceived. The lifeboats were cleared away ready for lowering with the precision of clock work and the crew were at quarters at once. WANTED EARS OF SOLDIERS. Wealthy Filipino's Method of Aveng ing His Son's Death. Sergeants R ss I. Barton and Zim merman, of the Forty-seventh Voiut teer Infantry, who have recently re turned from the Philippines to their homes in Whitestone, L. I., report that while in an engagement with the Filipinos at Aibay, bergeant Fowltr, also of Whitestone, shot and killed a young Filipino lieutenant named idar cus and captured his sword. Lieu tenant Marcus was a son of Marcellus Marcus, a wealthy Filipino. who is known all over the island, and who itherto had been friendly to the Amer icans, though his son was not. rhe death of the son aroused the old man to a pitch of the gratest fury, and he swore he would spend every collar he owned to avenge his death, despite the fact that young Marcus was killed in a fair fight. Barton and Z:mmer man say that since then Marcus has raised a troop of 3,000 and offered a re ward of ;10u for every left ear of every member of the Forty-seventh regiment. Tuis offer is said to have brought fruit, for every American killed was found to have his left car missing, and many Chinese and light-colored Ftli pinos were found to have theirs miss ing also, whicn shows that the Filipi nos are not aDove making money out of the old man's thirst for revenge. It is stated that Marcus is treasuring a tring of more than one hundred ears, not more than five of which couid have been cut from members of the Forty seventh regiment. Sergeant Fowler is a son of Mr. and Mrs. G.~eorge 0. Fowler, of Seventeenth street. lie served durnng the Spanish American, war in Porto Rlico, and on September 15th 1899, enlhsted in the Forty-seventh New York \olunteers, and.. wasassigned to Cotupany G. Be cause of his supeiir mazksmanship ana experience in the West Indies he was appointed a sergeant of the com pany. His fellow sergents say he will shortly be promoted to a lieutenantey. ATurns From Mc~tniey. Alarge audience attended a meeting Friday night at Columbus, Ohio, ad dressed by Eon. Frank 6. Monnett, former attorney general of Ohio. Mr. Monnett's speech was devoted wholly to support Mr Bryan. Mr Mon nett revied the prosecution against various trusts, comDinations and monopolies which he had undertaken ,vbile attorney general of the State, and then said: "We nominated a president from Ohio who promised the people in fair phrases that he would enforce the anti trust laws of the United States, in cluding the Sherman anti-trust act. How nas he enforced it? Attorney G~eneral John W. Griggs has under him 7N district attorneys scattered throughout the various stat3s of the union, the duty of each and every one of which is to enforce this anti-trust act, and according to his oilcial report, May 29, 1900J, to congress, out of 13 euts instituted under tis law, 3 have been begun unc er his administration. "Tais is the magmtlicent report of the present nationai aaministration. fThe trusts utterly failed in defeat ng the Sherman auti-trusts act; they ..re completely routed by the juaiciary in the haal test in the supreme court and they have now begun the dangerous policy of paralizing the executive arm by means that are so palpable that he who runsmay read and none but the most akeptical can fail to b'e con vinced." In conclusion Mr. Monnett sa1id: "I believe that Mr. Win. McKinley and John G9riggs, his at torney gneral and his executive ofieers, have wilfully and purposely nnd knowingly paralized the executive arm of this gov ernment for the last fcar years ano prevented the enforcemer.t of the common law and the statue law, both criminally and civilly. agairnst these law violndors. And the hour has now cote. the only time we will have for the next four years as voters to legally and constitutionally smite them for their hypocrisy ani to resent this viola tion of odbial anty. "Win. .J. Bryan may not accomplish all that we ex pecr or all that we hope for in this beh..lf but I believe him to be thoroughly honest, sincere and a determined man and while i do not agree with him in all he advocates, yet am forced to take one side or the other on this great question which for the masses is the paramount issue and in the nameC of patriotism, for the sake of our repubiic, propose to cast my voic for that fearless, upright champion of th peopni, William Jennings Bryan.' ISERIOUS CHARGES Made by Senator Tillman Against McK'niey and Hanna. SAYS THEY ARE CORRUPT. How the Republican Party Raises Its Immense Campaign Fund to Corrupt the Voters. Senator Tillman has been speaking in Illinois for the Democratic ticket. One of the statements with which the Senator opened wide the eyes of the Democratic farmers of Illinois was his assertion that Mark Hanna had raised $2.000,000 or 3,000,00 from the ar mor plate makers and was using it in the campaign. "I was on the naval committee with William E. Chandler," the Senator said, "and I know eome thing of the armor plate business. There are two concerns in the country which make this armor plate-Carnegie and the Bethlehem. We had a con tract on which we had been holding them five years. We had been keeping theta down to $300 a ton. 'his year, on the last day of the session of Con gress, Mark Hanna took charge of it. He went in and ordered his henchmen to give authority to the Secretary of the Navy to make a contract for armor plate at what he saw fit. Twelve Re publican Senators who had stood with us before fell down and voted to give Carrieie and Bethlehem this contract for $17,000,000. Ill swear that Mark Hanna, to the best of my belief and knowledge, had an agreement with those two firms to give him $2 000.000 or ;3,000,000 for the presidential cam paign. So you see you send men to Congress to vote for contracts which furnish the money to buy votes with." Same of Senator Tillman's decla rations about bribery and corruption were reckless even beyond his usual freedom of speech. "There are a great many millions of good Republicans," said Senator Tillman. "The only trouble with them is they are wrong up here." The Senator tapped his fore head. "I can say equally," he con tinued, "that some of our Democrats are wrong up here." The Senator tapped his dome again. The crowd laughed and waited for the application. "1 wish to say of the 15,000,000 voters who will march to the polls in Novem ber 14:000,000 are so narrow and par tisan they would see you in hades be fore they would vote for the party other than the one they belong to. They are Republicans and Democrats because they were born so. There are 7,000,000 such Republicans. There are 7,000,000 of such Democrats. Therefore, I am making my appeals to the independent voters, to those with sufficient intelligence to vote for what they believe to be the best interests of the country. I want to make an appeal to the independent voter, because his vote, even if he votes for a dollar a day, counts for just as much as the vote of John D. iRoeitefeller; that is if John D. Rockefeller's millions can't find some infernal scoundrels among these dolara-day fellows to buy. "No stream can rise higher than its source," the Senator went on oracularly, after his astonishing left-handed lick at the dollar-a-day man, and began to talk of corruption in Congress. "I wish you could see those fellows who sell themselves in Congress as I have seen them. I have not seen the money actually passed, but if I had been on a jury and had had the evidence before me as I saw it 1 would have found them guilty." Senator Tillman quoted from Presi dent Mc~iinley's letter of acceptance the passage declaring the duty im posed by honor toward the Philippines. "That means," said the Senator, "that President will rely upon Mark Hanna's money to buy enough votes to enslave you and your children forever." This was the Senator's starter on the sub jet of imperialism, lie proceeded: "Douglas and Lincoln went up and down this State. Douglas contended that when we said government derived its just powers from the consent of the governed it was intended to leave out the niggers. Lincoln said it was the other way. Tne North arose en masse in 1860 and sided with Lincoln's views. And now you's got 10,000,000 niggers down South to projick on, to exercise your ingenuity on. But you are turn ing them over to us to shoot and kill. How will you old soldiers, who march ed through South Carolina, and didn't leas anything but the chimneys stand ing, answer the Confederates you killed when you meet them up yonder, and they ask you, Well, Johnny, how are things? You 11 have to say the Reopub lican party now says Douglas was right and Lincoln was wrong. Youv's got to go to God pretty soon and answer for your votes. His Dignity Hurt. The Washigton papers say that "W. E. Willis, a constituent of Senator MLaurin of South Carolina" com plains to the state department that he was subjected to the indignity of being searched by a Turkish offier at Con stantinople, and he wants satibfaction to his wonded American dignity. The department thinks Mr. Willis has no good ground of complaint as the Turk ish government was only exercising a right. To Capture New York. Over 700 meetings, with double that number c-f speeches, have been arranged by the Republican State committee for the last four weeks of the campaign in Nw York. in addition to the two fiying trips thro,.gh the State by Gov. Roose velt and Chauncey M. Depew, during which speeches will be made at over 150 placca. Figures It Out. If the tota;l rceenue from the Phil ippines are "400,000) a year, and the expenses of keeping a few miles around Manila in subjection are $100,000,000 a year, what will the profits be when the whole island is subdued and a standing army of 100,000 will be a per mannt necessity.. A HANDSOME INCREASE In the Taxable Property in this State in the Last Year The State of South Carolina is going to show up handsomely this year in the matter of its taxable property. The in crease over last year is to be note worthy. Thus far it has been impos sible to get at the figures for the per sonal property of the State, but those f'r the real estate and the railroad property have been obtained. These figures show a most marked increase for this year as compared to last year. In railroad property alone there has been an increase of nearly three million dollars-$2.891,595, and Darlington has more of it than any other single county. Urangebury and Richland come next. So far as real estate is concerned there has been an increase of $1,067,636. The total increase in these two classes of property amounts to the handsome figure of $3,959,231. The following is the statement of the valuation of railroad property by coun ties f.,i this year. last year's valuation being $24.880 378: Abbevilie ...... ....... $ 732 213 Aiken................... 1,038 930 Anderson................ 549,950 Bamberg ................ 589,445 Barnwell.............. 1.139 235 Beaufort. .......... ... 450.950 Berkeley.............. . 914,060 Charleston............... 710,685 Cherokee ..... ......... 512,320 Chester... ............. 657,018 Chesterfield.............. 977,040 Clarendon ............... 356.410 Colleton................. 710,060 Darlington............. . 1,754,860 Dorchester..... ......... 557,(i05 Edgefield................ 414 550 Fairfield.... ............ 744 605 Florence.. .............. 976 850 Georgetown ........ ..... 47,450 Greenville......... . ... 572.145 Greenwood............... 720,050 Hampton ............. .. 725,650 H oary................... 181.430 Kershaw............... 33S,920 Lancaster............... 238 850 Laurens..... .... ....769,925 Lexington ............... 955 975 M arion.................. 668,800 Marlboro .............. .. 277,825 Newberry................ 600,600 Oconee.................. 485.755 Orangeburg...... ...... 1,489415 Pickens.................. 444.190 Richland ..... .........1,265,935 Saluda .................191,480 Spartanburg..... ........976,515 Sumter.... ........ ... 1,134,475 Union ................ 463,905 Williamsburg ............ 734,885 York....... .. .. .. 671,612 Total ........ . ......$27,771,973 The statement by counties of the real estate is, as given again $101,070,141 for last year: Abbeville ..............$ 2 695,585 Aiken.................. 4,062 500 Anderson .... .......... 4,16S,731 Bamberg .... ......... 1.132,632 Barnwell ............... 2,576 375 Beaufort .......... ....1,934 415 Berkeley................ 1,148.375 Charleston.............. 14,057,145 Cherokee ............. 1,705,964 Chester ................2,208 025 Chesterfield............. 852,100 Clarendon.............. 1,442,835 Colleton... .... .. .....1,471,145 Darlington ............. 2,271,525 Dorchester............. 1,151,566 Edgefield .............. 2,290,140 Fairfield ..............1,984,081 Florence .............. 2,244 830 Georgetown.... ........ 1,402.865 Greenville .. .. .. ..... ..4,245,615 Greenwood.............2412,150 Hampton .. ............ 1,080.290 ~Horry...... .......... .793,006 Kershaw...............1 1871,205 Lancaster..............1,200,053 Laurens............... 2,917,755 Lexington ...... ....... 1,79:3,595 Marion .... ........... 2,471,083 Marlboro .............. 1,795,125 Newberry.............. 2,880,930) Oconee.... .... ....... 12250, Urangeburg. .. .. .. .... 61,0 Pickens .............. .. 1,137,358 Rlichland.. ... ......... 4,982,020 Saluda............. ... 1,434,620 Spartan burg..... ...... 5,267,703 Sumter................3,526.600 Union................. 1,786,100 Williamsburg .. .... .. .. .1,282,748 York ................. 3296, 285 Total..............$102,137,777 He Did Not Die. A dispatch from Charlotte, N. C. says that the noted murderer, who was twice hanged ten days ago at Clinton, N. C., without breaking his neck and who was pronounced dead from stran gulation, was resuscitated by his rel atiVes, and is now in a Virginia hospit al, where it is hoped to bring about his recovery. A lawyer of Clinton is quoted as saying that after Kinsaul's body was turned over to his relatives ank taken some miles into the country for interment signs of life were noticed and after wrapping the bcdy in wet blankets and applying restoratives, the murderer regained consciousness and was laser taken to the hospital. Wants Proof. Senator J. K. Jones, chairman of the National Decma )rat ic committee, said Wednesay: 'I intend to address a letter to the D.:mocratic clubs all over the country rtjuesting them to give me the proof in all instances that come within their knowledge of em ployers undertaking to coerce or intim idate employes. I have now some men in Ohio for the purpose oi ascer taining the conditions there and I have instrueted them to report carefully wnlat facts they have'discovered. Our people are thoroughly aroused to the danger in this direction and are de termined to have an honest election."' Says He Will Suicide. The Columbia Record says the police took charge of an old white man Wed nesday who seemed to be very much troubled. The man was intoxicated, and he told an officer that he would commit suicide. He said he had noth ing to live for, and he begged for a pis tol that he might take his life. Later, when the man became sober he repeat ed the statement that he would take his life, adding that he would be dead within one week's time. The old gen tleman is over sixty years of age, and he has lived a quiet life up to this A STRANGE CASE. Husband Kills Wife and Sues for Life Insurance. A suit to recover insurance on the life of his wife. whom he killed on De cember 31. 1893, has been commenced in Philadelphia by Professcr Swithin C. Shortledge, who is now residing at Kennett Square in Chester county The suit, which is to recover the sum of $7,022 from the Providence Life and and trust company, is one of the most remarkable in the history of life insur ance. The tragedy which ended the life of Mrs. Shortledge was enacted in Media on a New Year's eve and caused a great sensation. Several years before that date Professor Shortledge had come to Media with his wife and family and established what was known as the Media academy for young men. For several years the venture was success ful, the school having a high class patronage. Then Mfirs. Shortledge died. In November, 1896, Professor Short ledge married Miss Marie Dixon Jones. Shortly after his second marriage the professor began to act strangels. Oa the night of the killing, six weeks after the marriage, Professor Shortledge in vited his wife to go out with him for a walk. A short distance from the house he shot her through the heart and then attempted suicide, but was disarmed by a neighbor. In the trial which followed the pro fessor was acquitted on the ground of insanity and was confined in an asylum antil a year ago. There is no case of a parrellel nature in the insurance annals of this state. Tragedy at Wilson. The news of a shocking tragedy that occured at Wilson, N. C. yesterday afternoon was brought to Florence last night by passengers on train 23 As this train was leaving Wilsen it sur prised a team on the track, in a deep cut at a crossing, hurling the horse and buggy into the air and killing the driver instantly. The horse died a few minutes after the accident. The driv er was Mr. W. B. Edwards, a farmer said to be over seventy years old. It is thought that he did not hear the crush ing of the train until too late to draw his horse back and save himself. He had driven down into the cut and his team was on the track. The large engine pulling the passenger caught the team squarely. The train was going at full speed and man and horse were hurled some -thirty feet into the air. The buggy was broken into atoms, part of it adhering to the engine. There were many bruises on Mr. Edward's body, but his death resulted from fracture of the skull. Engineer John M. Donlan, Capt. G. W. Gruber and fireman D.ivis constituting the train crew brought the train on to Florence. They were order ed to return immediately to Wilson for the inquest and left last night on train 32.-Florence Times. Hanna's Way. Governor Altgeld, after a six weeks stumping tour of the middle west' said in New York: "We have discovered, a plot engineered by Mark Hanna and other Republican campaign managers to buy up the election officers in the doubtful states-particularly in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. Despite this conspiracy and despite the raising of from $25,000,000 to $30,000,000 to carry it into effect, I sincerely believe that Bryan and Stevenson will sweep the country, and that McKinley will lose his own states of Ohio, by at least 30,000 plurality. In the west the Mc Kinley-Hanna managers are seeking to bribe election offncers to falsify the returns. You will recall that in 1896 there were returned from the state of Ohio over 74,000 more votes than there were males of twenty-one years of age and over. T bat's how Bryan was robbed of Ohio four years ago. B3ut he will not be robbed th:s year. The Demo cratic national and state committees are on watch, and they will see to it that there is an honest ballot and a fair count there and elsewhere, regariless of the huge corruption fund collected by Mark Hanna and his agents." Found a Pot of Gold. The Yorkville correspondent of The State says: A negro man was in town yesterday showing some old English gold coins that he had found on the premises of Mr. R. L. Wallace in the King's creek section, nine miles west of this place. The negro had built a hog pen on his lot, and the hog in "root ing aronnd" unearthed an old iron pot, and under it was a lot of gold coins which had been buried there. It was not known how much the man got, but it is supposed he made a pretty good find. Mr. Wallace was here with him, but had the man "coached" in regard to keeping his mouth shut. The coins were all gold and of English make. They ranged in size from a five-dollar piece to a $20. Unduubtedly this money was buried during the Revolu tionary war, as the dates on them were of a number of years previous to that war. It is thought that perhaps Maj Ferguson buried them on the way to King's mountain, as this point is about on a line with his route to that battle ground. It Looks That Way. The Philadelphia Times, which was opposed-to Bryan in 18 but which is now doing great work for the Demo ratic ticket, declares there is going to be a landslide to Bryan, and predicts his election by 3i)y electoral v-otes. New York, Indiana, Illinois, Kasas, California, Maryland, Delaware, and Necw Jersey, arc sli give-n to Baryan by the Tim's, and McKinley is allowed only eighty-odd sure votes. This looks overenthusiastic to many people, but it is more apt to happen, in our opinion. than Bryan's election by a few votes We have never thought that it would ba close election, but have bdicved there would be a slump in one direction er the other, nearly all the doubtful states going to one candidate. It looks now like the tide is setting toward Bryan. A Gentle Hint "You will find religion everywhere in nature," said the Rev. Dr. Speak more. "There are even sermons in stones."'' Yes, and have you noticed," replied the long-suffering member of the congregation, "that the most prec ious stones are small, and that they have to be cut before they bacomne in eresting A'IAL WYAVIB Will Sweep Bryan into the White House. FEW STATES FOR McKiNLEY. This is the Claim Made by the National Democratic Ex ecutive Com mittee. For the first time in this campaign, says a dispatch to the Philadelphia Times from Chicago, dated Wednesday, the Democrats have broken the rule they had established and have given out an imle 'on _ States. Vice Chairman J. G. Johnson of the Democratic national executivo committe reached Chicago this morn ing and gave out the following table, giving Bryan 326 electoral votes, Mc Kinley only 88 add doubtful 33. The table, as prepared by Vice Chair man Johnson, is as follows: Mc- Doubt States. Bryan, Kinley, ful, Alabama ...... 11 - - Arkansas...... 8 - - California..... 9 - - Colorado ...... 4 - - Connecticut ... 6 - - Delaware...... 3 - - Florida .... .. 4 - - Georgia ..... 13 - - Idaho ........ 3 - - Illinoise 24 - - Indiana....... 15 - - Iowa ......... - 13 - Kansas ....... 10 - - Kentucky..... 13 - - Louisiana .... 8 - - Maine ........ - 6 - Maryland...... 8 - - Massachusetts - 15 - Michigan ... - - 14 Minnesota..... - - 9 Mississippi.... 9 - - Missouri ...... 15 - - Montana...... 3 - - New Hampshire - 4 - New Jersey ... - -- 10 New York..... 36 - - Nevada ....... 3 - - Nebraska...... 8 - - North Carolina. 11 - - North Dakota.. 3 - - Ohio.. ....... 23 - - Oregon 4 - - Pennsylvania.. - 32 - Rhode Island.. - 4 - South Carolina. 9 - - South Dakota.. 4 - - Tennessee ..... 12 - - Texas......... 15 - - Utah.. ....... 3 - - Vermont - 4 - Virginia....... 12 - - Washington ... 4 - - West Virginia.. 6 - - Wisconsin..... 12 - - Wyoming...... 3 - - Total. .......326 88 33 "The figures which I gave out," ex claimed Vice Chairman Johnson, "are based not only upon the most reliable informatien which our committee has from every State in the Union, but also upon this further remarkable fact: "Everybody knows that it was the gold Democretic vote of this country which elected McKinley four years ago. It is equally well known now that at least 90 per cent of that vote will go for'Bryan this fall. The German vote was almost unanimously against Bryan in 1896, while this year we have trust worthy information that leads us to be lieve that fully SO per cent of the Ger man vote in the pivotal States will be cast for Bryan. This statement is true not alone of the Germans but of other distinctively foreign. classes of voters. The great body of the organ ized labor vote which was induced to support McKinley four years ago will be nearly solid for the Democratic ticket next month." Cases Dismissed. The cases of the United States against the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana were dismissed Wednesday by the Uni ted States Supreme Court in accordance with the decision of congress in these cases during the last session. They involve certain fundsdue the United States from the four States named. The claims were adjusted in the settle ment following the State expenditures on account of the Spanish-American war, and the action of the court today was merely formal in clearing the cases from the record. Ohio Doubtiul. That usually level-headed and con servative paper, the Public Ledger, Philadelphia, in an editorial articles on the presidential outlook from the Re publican ppint of view says: "Special attention should be given to Ohio, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, West Vir ginia, Maryland and Delaware as among the contested or doubtful States which may turn the scale one way or the oher." Indiana has been claimed. by both parties for sine time, but is Ohio doubtful? Republican Threats. The great crporations and trusts are threatening the working men that "there will be no work" if Bryan is elected-which means, if it means any thiog, that these concerns own a big portion of the world and the govern ment as well. Four more years of Me nleyism will about complete their title and possession: and then they can say to the working man: Get off the earth, you miserable trespasser. -Greenville News. In a Bad Fix. G alveston is confronted by a serious problem. The city is virtually bank rupt. There is no money on hand to maintain the municipal government, and something must be done if the city is to be saved, and done quickly. The calling of a special session of the leg islature to appropriate $100,000 to carry on the city government is advo cated. Made a Slip. Teddy Roosevelt slipped his trolley the other day when ne attributed to Daniel Webster a remark that was made by John C. Calhoun. And there was only one man in his audience to