The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, October 24, 1900, Image 1

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Y ~ Y VtL. XV MANNING S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1900. BRYANS O E. Tremrd:'ut Qvati n Giv:r e Peep14s Champ:e~n. ENTHUSIASM UN3OUNDED Countless Thcusands C '-r H.. and He Sp -aks to Mu ituas of Peepta at D/f ont Plac-s. Wiliam Jennings Br- an arrived in New York at three oclook on Tuesday of Isat week. His reception was an emphatic ovtinr.. As the train steam ed into a x of the Grand Certral depot that part of the imtense builc ing was packe-d with a waiting multi tude. Bryan was drive'i to the He man heutein no open carriage in shieb he sat next to Rii ard Croker, and with uncovered head bored and smiled to the thonisands wh o cheered him. Forty second street pcson:er, an ani mated scene. From Lexir'gtin avenue on one side to Sixth avm'ue on the oth er, the sidewalks were 1intd with the populace. As the time aprsesh.:d *for the ar rival of the tain t-e rtce;eion com mittee started if, to It :ve further and further Along sid' ; he track. : this point the pliecc lires Are' n de ? n-C fectual by a rtgular fcoall re:,b. While the recepnen commii~ce were waitirg Every possible inch of sp-ace on stairs, at windows, platfIrms, and on the big bridges cr<.'ring the de;uc-t was occupied. The narrow pas aec way along the tracks was a mass o[ peo;-le when the ergiae of the Br;an train blew its warrang whistle. Thea came the miad scramble to reach tie rear car of the train in whi Col. Bryan was supposed to be. Mr. Croker, Mr. aearst and the other members of the reception comnittee tried to walk in a dignified manner towards the train to greet the presidential candidate, but the crowd was too great. They were pushed and shoved and hustled along until they had almost to break into a run before they could swing themselves en the rear platform and give Col. Bryan greeting. Meanwhile the crowd had worked it selt up to what it considered a proper degree of enthusiasm. It cheered and halloesd as Bryan stepped on the plat form. Then escorted by Richard Croker and the committee he began the journey toward the street. A number of people grasped Bryan's hands, the candidate smiled good naturedly through it all, in spite of the tact that both he and Mr. Croker were being rather roughly jostled about. As he entered the open carriage and took his seat Bryan took off his hat and smiled and bowed on every side. Richard Croker sat next to him, while Mr. Hearst and Mr. Shevlin occupied the other two seats in the carriage. It took some time to clear a passage way to Forty-second street, but it was final ly managed and then the carriages in which were the receptio1n committee reembers started for the HIoffman house. Bryan reached the Hoff nan house at 3:20 p. m. All the way down Fifth avenue lhe was cheered by the crowds that lined the thoroughfare. The demonstration as Bryan left his car riage and entered the Twenty-sixth btreet entrances of the hotel was a repetition of that along the line Bryan at once went to his rooms. A few minutes later he received a delegation from St. Matthew's L-itheran et-urch, North Fifth street, Brooklyn. Bev Augtstus Summers, the pastor, pre sented him with a goldheaded cane which had been won by Bryan in re ceiving the largest number of votes at a fair held by the church. He made a speech of thanks and then retired to rest before the banquet. Four hours befere the time set for the opening o& the, doers, 5:30 o'clock, Madison Square garden, where Bryan and the head of the State Democratic ticket, John B. Stanvchfield, epoke, was besieged by crowds. Throngs gathered and massed before the two main entrances to the building on Fourth an-d Madison aye nues as early as 2 o'clock hoping to get in when the doors were first opened. At 5:30 o'clock to the minute the sound df exploding bonmbs outside the garden announced the opening of the doors. Instantly there was a great rush by the people from Madison ave nue biallway and from the Twenty Sixth street entrance, which, acoord ing to police arrangements, was to be kept clear for ticket holders. In the first rush were a few w.omen who got seats near the spe aker's stand. In less than 10 minutes every seat on the floor was taken, and the crowd which had begun to pour in from all side, at tacked the gallaries. F~ve zir-:utes later sa v the balcony and a part 1f the galleries biack with people. The rush was then over, but there eame a steal stream through the principal doors and all empty seats were soon filled. The crowd did not arppar at first to be demonstrative. When the lights were all turned on there came a brief cheer. The big remi circular electrical diisplay over the i-peakcr's stand bere the por traits of the tno D~emocratie eindidates the Democratic emblem and the Drmo cratic watchword, credited to Mr. Creker, '"We wish to remain free reo i-Ie," in F-eat letters of light. Then tts band struck up a national air, and as the people recognized -Y an kee Doodle" they got up in their seats, with uncovered heads, and as they waved thousands of small American flags, shouted out the words of the song. The Garden was decorated in the na Stional colors only. Streamecra radiated trom the centre of the root. unrurearn fhe skylight, to the heads of the iron pillars over the galleries, and festoons of flags, with the colors of fibe dilfercist States, lineda the gallieries.- The spe ak er's stand was draced simply Wi:L American fi gs and red, wte and blue buntingr. At 6:3'0 o cock tae only seats remaining vaeant mn the en tire Garden was an ocassonaDl b'ox, the tickets for which remained good until 7o'clock. The crowd was orderly and frequent perf:amnees by the band brought forth enthusiasm. The ar rival of prominent Tamnsoy men be fore the meeting brought forth the first applause of the evening. As 7 o'cloc approached, the hour w hen Col. 'p to arrivr, the eexed b"e :o vai up. The Garden w' 'L!".d. T police kept the :let tra we. l clx earel anrd back oc are:s ttre was not an itch o' aia l :-pac:. 5ry; s cnte-e. the Garden at 7:15 '. As the face of Mr. Crokr, bi whch appeared Bryan was seen, her ,wd burst forth in one great pro L :"ged yell. Er~cryo"ne stood tip t,:e Li seat end the G.irden was a sea e wavog g.As Col. B, .an, es corted by Mr. Crober. Uotunted the sp eaker's s . . cite eb'crng was ec tuo..o7 The two eliabd thne air a.d r.ade t her way to i h; frut (f tIc r"ception c.m.mittce. Bryan aod 'r. Cr'ker frequ:rtY res'ended to the ccrf ug bt :.g to tihe vast au-lieuce and the faces boh men were wreath e" in smies. .Just -'hind :he two as they Ioute th pia.orm, was Mar an W.k,. esc e by Edward M. Sherh'ard. -, h c ced as ':nhsrmat of the meeting. Te cheering oontinucd; now iving eWn, now beirg renewed with increaseA vigor. 1- continued for five minute:. not abting when Bryan rose to his feet and raised his hand. Mr. Croker puiled him back into his sor. The cheering went tn. Then 3Mr. Croker rose, "esitsted a moment, then raid his hand for silence. Instead of ceasieg the crowd broke forth louder than ever. Do what he ceuld. Mr. Croker cuuld not silence the crowd. After nearly 15 minutes of clcris the pia ., began to dereae. :'ii glkd tith cheers and hies: .he lattuer for silence, pasted a minute longer. "Three cheers for the nxt pres ides:," brought out a Enal eceer but an effort to repeat it was drowned in cries of "Put the:m out."' The en thusiasm nearly carried the crowd away. The throng at Madison avenue end of the garden jammed down at the aisles and the sixty odd policemen at that point had to do sincere battle with the crowd to keep it under control. When quiet was restored, Mr. Croker rose, took Mr. Shephard by the hand ana introduced him to the audience as chairman of the meeting. Before Mr. Shephard could get into the subject "imperialism," to which his address was devoted, the crowd got so impatient to hear Bryan that Mr. Shephard could not ;,proceed. He suddenly stopped and introduced President Gruggenheim of the council, who offered the formal resolution of the evening. They wel comed Bryan and Stevenson to New York, approved the Kansas City plat form; opposed imperialism; protested against an enormous standing army as a menance to the republic; praised the volunteer army as being snficient in emergency; opposed entangling for eign alliances; sympathized with the Boers; denounced trusts; pledged the party to bring back to th e people cou stitutionai government and charged the Republicans with having raised a gi gantic corruption fund to debauch the suffrage. The resolutions were cheer ed though they could not be heard for the shouts for Bryan, and Mr. Shep hard at once introduced the latter. Bryan stepped to the railing about the stand, as the throng broke afresh into cheers. He raised his hand for silence, tut the cheers did not eubside. Bryan was dressed simply in a black suit, with a short sack coat. "Three cheers for nur next pres ident," came up from the audiere, Bryan raising his band in depreciation. The crowd was about to becom~e quiet when with a boom and a flash of fire a flashlight bomb went coff in the centre of the room. Women shrieked and the nmen yelled, not knowing what it was. There was great disorder for a minute and calls for police. A dozen policemen rushed to the spot where the man sat who had fired the bomb, grab bed him and hustled him and his cam era out into the aisle and out of the garden. Bryan had stopped quietly at the rail on the platform. There was another attempt to renew the cheering hisses greeted it and Col. Bryan cum meneen speaking. He began quietly, his voice being scarcely audibie a hundred feet away fromn the stand, but. he gradually spoke louder and in a moment his voice could be heard by the galleries. Col. Bryan began by referring to the vast audience before him and said that it indicated an interesting campaign which must be gratifying to all who realized the importance of the questions involved. He declared that he was not vain enough to accept the enthus iasm manifested as a personal tribute to himseif, because he said, "the individ ual counts for nothing 'except that he may be the instrument used by the people to carry out their will." He immediately entered upon the defense of the Democratie causes. To Check Coercion.. Chairman Jones of the D)2mocratie national comnmittee and Win. R Hearst, presiden~t of the national association of the Democratie issued the tollowing circular: To the Democratic Clubs: In the free exercise of the right of suffrage lies the safety of the republic Every patriotic, every honest man. is interested in the preserving of this right at all hazands. Will you, there fore, every man of you, please report promptly to one of us, every instatce coning to yeur knowiedge of any at tempt to coerce or intimidate any voter by any employer, whether a single per son, a conitaoy or corporation, and whether atterupted b'y threat. by pre tense of orders received conditioned on the election of McKtnley, or otherwise? Every such offander deserves, like Cain, to be "a fugitive and a vaga bond" on the face of the earth, and the public ought to know who they are. James K. Jones. William R. H carst. A Great Meeting. A dispateh from New Y rk says leaving tize Hoffman house 7, ednesday morning Mr. Bryan turned to State Cc'mmitteeman Campbell and asked: "DKb you think the Republicans rightly gauge the signiticance of last nighnt's demoostration? i Several persons present answered i the negative. "The meeting earried with it," added Mr. Bryan, "its own story. It was the largest demonstration I have ever wit nessed anywhere on any occasion. The enthusiasm appeared to be sincere, and at all the meetings of last night my auditors appeared to be en rapport. }IiE A!) CONFESSED. Testimany cf Arthur Goebel, Brother of Mur dered Governor. STAR TLNG CONVERSATION H3 lad With Youtssy Just Af ter His Arrest Given in D-Tai'. Who K Id Gob !, T he trial of Henry E. Youtsey, charged with being a principal in the ki? line o overncr G oecbei. was resumed Vdnesday at Frankfort, Ky., al though: Y )utsey was reportei in the same e.. :iun as last week. His ro:m door' wa; opened and his bed puled up in plain view and hearing of the jury a;:d while the witnesses were b:in xa-ri ed Youte. culd be heard calling his wife's none in a hollow moaning voice an, could be seen to be sitting on his bed. The feature o6 the day was the tes timony of Arthur Goebel, brother of the d.' overnor. lie told of going to the j .il the 'day Yout-ey was ar rested a! d then said: 'I put my left hand on Mr. Yout sey's right shouilier and said: 'Mr. Youtsey, Colonel Campbell has just re turned and told me what you have said to him and I have co:e over to have you tell mc what you lava told him, to tell me whether it is true, and to ask you a few other questions'. Mr. Yout sey said: 'Yes, Mr. Goebel, what I have told Colonel Campbell is true.' "I then said to Youtsey: "Now I would like to have you tell me about getting the key on Monday morning from Powers and about Dick Combs and about going to see Taylor and also about going to see Taylor on Tuesday morning atid where you got the car tridges.' Youtsey said: 'Ju-t as I told Colonel Campbeil, I had a talk with Dick Combs on Monday morning and he told me that he v s ready to do the shooting and I went to Caleb Pow ers for the key to his offi:e and he told me to go to John Poewers. I went to John Powers and John Powers gave me the key. I went to Governor Tay lor and told him that Dick Combs was ready to do the shooting. Governor Tayior said: "You ought not to come to me about this. I have b:en expect ing this to be done for somsc time, but I object to have a Negro do it. It is too unportant a pniece of work. Combs may be a spy aid he may betray us." Youtsey hesitated and I. said: 'Very well, what did you do next?' 'Youtsey said: '1 test Governor Taylor and on Titesday morning I went back to him and said: 'h'be man to do the shooting is now here.' I interrupt ed Youtsey there and said: 'You have told Colonel Campbell the naze of tbat man and that is one reason why I came over here to see you. Now if you know that much you can aso give me the name of the man, and Mr. Youtsey said: 'Well, 1 told him Jim Howard was here; that 1 thought ne gct here Monday night.' "I asked: 'What else did Taylor say?' Youtsey said: 'Governor Tay lor walked up and down the floor and said: 'Youtsey, what de you think. If Goebel is killed, do you think I could hold my effice?' He dis ussed that matter talking to me back and forth and I said to him I thought if Goebel was put out of the way that the contest would be settled and that he could hold his office. Finally I said to him as Governor Taylor hesitated still: 'It is up to you to decide now fnally whether it is to be done or not,' and after some hesitation Youtsey stated that Tylor said finally: "'Well, tell them to go ahead. It is necessary, I can send the man to the mountains with a squad of soldiers.' I said: 'Did he say anything about pardorning him?' anid Youtsey said: 'yes, that is so.' Hie said: 'If it is necessary I can pardon hitm and ne wilt be safe enough.' Youtsey then stop pd and I asked 'What did you do then? You told Coloniel Camp bell, as he told me, that you left certain people into Pwers' ofie "Youtsey said: '1 went back and re ported. I told Berry Howard and Dick Combs and Jim Howard to go and be in the hall of the executive building and I then left.' 1 said, 'What dia you do?' 'Youtsey said: 'I went and got the cartridges. When 1 went back Berry Howard, Dick Combs and Jim Howar'd, were in the ball and I unlocked the door and let them in and gavethem the cartridges.' 1 again interrupted and asked Youtsey as to whom he had given the cartridg~es and he said: 'l. gave them to Jim Howard3. He was the last man who wa: i: th~e door.' "I said: 'How r any did you give him?' ana he said: 'l gave him the whole box.' I said: 'Mr. Youtsey whio ired the shot?' and he said: -[ cannot tell you, 1 didn't see him.' I said: 'What did you~ do when Sou let him in? He said: 'I stor~d near the door.' 1 said: -You gaive the eartnvhgs to Jiii Howard?' 'Yes, sir.' "Where did you get the eartridge=?' "He said: 'I got them from Powell & Clements on Main street in Cincin nati. On the 22nd of January 1 wrote them and told them to send a box of S 55 smokeless steel cartridges, Win cheters.' "I said: 'Was he shot with a Win ehst~er rifle?' He said: "The cart ridges fit either a Winchester or a Mar lin.' "I sid: 'How much did you sdnd "lHe said: 'l sent them a postoffie order for a dollar.' "Mr. Youtsey then stopped and I said to him: 'Mr. Youtsey, :you have jast told Colonel Ca'npbell and told me that Mouday morning you went to Gov eror Taylor and told him that Dick Combs was ready to do the shooting if Taylor objecoted and now you tell me on Tuesday morning you let Dick Combs into the office. How is that?' Youtsey hesitated and finally said: Wel, those were the three men I let in.' ilooked at him and said: 'They left hard lobby of the legislature and you say you let him in that room.' Youtsey finally said: 'Those are the three men I let in the room." REPUBLICAN LIES. Set Afloat in Many Quarters to Frighten the People. Senator J. K. Jones, chairman of the Democratie national committe made Thur-day the following statement: "It has been the fashion for the Re publicans for some years to denounce Democrats as anarchiste, revolutionists and the like, and the Repubiiean party seems to have a monopoly of revolu tionary suggestions just now. " We see a secretare of the trea:ury in an effort to disturb the business of the country for poliical effect, sugze-t jag that Mr. Bryan, in case of his ehetion, would deliberately evade the law, with a purpose as unstatesmanlike and unpatriotic as his own in making this suggestion. Fortunatly Mr. Bry an teas been before the public long enough for every one to know that tricks and false pretenses are not among his weapons, and suggestions of this kind excite contem;'t. "But worse than this is the fact that other men who should despise such pretenses, affect to believe that in case Mr. Bryan shall be elcted, he will pack the Supreme cou:t for pur poses of his own. Can it be possible men themselves actually contemplate such revolutionary methods in case Mc Kinley shall be elected? t.rtain!y no such revolutionary 'schemes have been advocated or even suggested ty any Democrat of whom I have ever heard. There is nothing in any Democratic platform or in the utterances of any assemblage of Democrats or of any single leading Democrat to ugrest such an idea. The suggestions origin ate orly with Republicans and seem to show when once the party has aba-i doned the principlesof the constitution. to which extraordinary lengths its ex treme members are likely to go. This manifestation is of itself a strong ar gument for a return to a strict obser vance of the principles of the constitu ion and of Democratic doctrine and conservatism. "I repeat that there is nothing in any Democratic utterance on which fear of 'attack upon the supreme court can be founded. The construction put upon expressions in the Democratic platform of 1896, which were pervert ed and misconstrued as a basis for euch charges, was unwarranted and un true. No such purpose has ever en tcred the mind of any Democrat, but the leading idea with Denocrits every where is to return to the principles of the constitution and to faithfully ad minister the laws as written." HANNA MEETS A WATERLOO. Defeated In-Verbal Battle With Chi cago Stock Yard Men. A dispatch from Chicago to the Philadelphia Times says: Seantor Mark Hanna had an experience recent ly which he will never forget. The County Rspublican committee induced him to a:.tempt a specn in the Twenty ninth wan-the stock yards .Democra tic stronghold. The sceae was a tent and taere were 6,000 men in it. When Senator lianna was introduced pandemonium reigned. He stood his ground, but for half an hour could not say a word. There was a continuous storm of jeers and hisses. The name Bryan was shouted and Bryan banners ana lithographs waved in the air. When a semblance of quiet came Han na's voice was heard declaring that Bryan had trampled on the fbag in the Pilippines. Hen was allowed to go no furthr. A man juamped on a chair and cried out: "Howv did you get your money?" "I earned every doliar of it by honest labor," said the senator, "and I am paing my employes the highest wages in their line paid in the United States.' "No, sir," said the mani, "you did not earn it. You made it off labor and through trusts you formed." -"How about the coal miners?" yelled another. "T'he miners' strike will be settled to-morrow," shouted ilanna, "n when President Mitchell comnes back ask him who secured the 10 per cent. advance for the miners," To this a tundired voices answered that he Lad the operators grant the 10 per cent raise for the purpose of coercing the miners to vote for McKin ley and that they would ail be hred as soon as the election was over. Once again the senator tried to speak. "Every dollar I ever had I-' "stoie,' shouted 1,000. men in the crowd. "How about the seamen you threw out ol jobs? ' was shoutedi. "I defy anyone to prove that I pay my seamnen any but the kLignast wages; tay are all working, too. "You cuL down te pay ei your long shoremen in Ceveiana.7 "TIhat is a daian lie, 'crled Haniia. "You arc a reao," sliouted the dis turber. "Why did congress turn down the 'A)its was the only govar ament in the world to w~tet:d sympathy to the Bors. Con-gress went to the limiit of its powers. a Hanna's answer. -"How aboux Webstemi Dvia? ~asked sombody. "He got $100,000X for what he did." "Mark Hae~na, that is a lie; I know Davis and he -wouldf not do that." "It will be proved soon. Hie went to the Boers and represented himself as secretary of state. Davis proved himself to be a traitor to his country as well as to his party." Each of ~Han na's statements was broecn by shiouis i "how about the trusts?" "Who mad-e ia eceary for the Pennsyvania esa mise~rs to srk? "How about tha: full dinuer pail?" Senat:>r H-anns.'s weeki phiysical con dition finally a(gaai to sho.v the~ effects of the terrific 'ir-ieal. He grew very weak and wa hdped fromi tte stage. Headts on the Wall. The Pekin colum~n of the Pao Ting 1i exedition arriveid a'. a poinlt six miles south of (Cei Chow ThursdAy without eneon~rteriCe oppoitionl They found tho headis of 14 BoxerM on thei walls at Choir Choon and they killed CROP PROSPECTS. Cotton Picking Nearing Comple tion in Texas. RICE ABOUT GATHERED. Some Localities in South Car olina Reo: rt Cotton Bloom ing and Fruiting Freely at th's Late Date. Mr. J. W. Bauer, section director of the weather bureau service, has given The State the following weekly sum m~aiv of weather and crop conditions issued fromn the New Orleans station: Marked changts are reported in the mean temperature from that of the week ending Oat. 8th. Deficiencies are noted at all regular weather bureau stations in the cotton belt, except Wil mington, N. C., and in Louisiana, Mis sissippi, and Texas the temperatures ranaged from 4 to 7 degrees below nor mal. Practically no precipitation was re corded during the week in Texas, Louisiar.a, south Mississippi and the scuth portion of Alabama, and only light showers fell at scattered places in Arkansas and Oklahoma; in all other sections of the otton belt rainfall was !-,rloful and in some States so fre m 'rt and colo us as to interfere with tid work. The telegraphic report of the Atlanta district was not received in time for use in the preparation of t e chars, bat the total rainfall is given (in inches) as follows: Atlanta, 70; Chattanorga, 3 20; Coiumbia, 10; Gairesville. 70; Greenville. T; Griffin, 50; Macon, 30; Nosrn, 70; Rome, 1,00; Spartanburg, 9O; Toecoa, 50; West Point, 4>. The fol!owing are telegraphic sum merics f:om climate and crop sections of the weather bureau in the cotton belt and Cuba: Louisiana-Cotton picking is rapidly approaching comple.ion in many local ities and about three-fourths of the crop in this State, as a whole, has been gathered. All correspondents report cotton being ginned and marketed as fast as picked. But little rice remains in the field uncut, threshing is is full progress throughout the rice district and nearly all rice mills are running to their full est capacity. The showers during the latter part of last week were followed by a decided drop in temperature and, with the ex ception of light, local showers, fair weather with light temperatures below normal has prevailed since. For sugar cane, these conditions at this season are almost ideal, and while the cane now being cut and ground, on account of being too green, is not yielding the quantity of sugar expected, it is ripen ing and increasing in sugar content very rapidly. A large additional num ber of mills will begin operations dur ing the coming week. Fall planting and wind-rowing sugar cane for seed is progressing. Texas-Dry, cool week, very favora ble for out door work; catton picking progressing rapidly, nearing completion in some localities, while not over half cmpeted'in other ections, complaints that pickers are scarce come from a few places; corn gathering progressing nicely; sugar cane doing well and ma turing; rice harvesting continues, crop good; rain needed foi truck gardening and plowing; wheat seeding is well un der way and with favorable weather a good crop will be sown. Oklahoma Territory-Weather clear and cool and favorable for cotton pick ing, which progressed rapidly, scarcity of pickers continues; light frost occur red on the 8th and 9th, but the dam age reported is very slight; cotton has improved in appearance and is matur ing very fast. Arkansas-Weather cool, light rain general, but did not interfere seriously with cotton pioking. Rhich progressed rapidly, pic3king about half completed in most sections, while in others it is neaing completion, moet of the cotton is open. except in a few localities where it continues to bloom and form squares; light frost in some localities, no damage reported. Mississippi-Cool and rainy weather, quite unfavorabi for gathering cotton, opening checked, nearly through pick ing in places, rain and wind reduced rade; barley, rye and oats being sown; turnips and late gardens im proved; light frost in northern section caused no damage. Alabama-Cool and unfavorable, with much wet weather, which dam aged cton, retarded picking and c::usd somie core and cotton to sprout, but favorable far fall plowing; cotton and core nearly all gathered, with light vield; turnips ioferior, but other minor crops s-atisfactory; some oats being Georgia -Rains during the early por tion of the week delayed picking and did some damage to cotton, causing it to drop, and sprout in the boll, very littie cotton unpicked in the southern half of the State: some wheat and ce.ts sown; turaips, gardens and pastu-es mu-h improved. Fiorida--Week favorable for seei1 ng and transplantinrg vegetables; cotton picking progressed where not delayed by rains, bulk of the crop has been houed; orange shipments have begun, citrus trees and pineapples doing well. South Carolina-Cooler, with much cloudiness and frequent rains interfer ed with picking the little cotton remain ing in the fields, some localities report cotton blooming and fruiting freely, some may mature if kiiling frost holds off, sea island also fruiting freely; r)und in condition for plowing; .June rice- harvest progressir.g. but wo wet to thresh: minor crops improved. North 'Carolina-Cool cloudy weath er. with rains, delayed cotten picking but improved conditi )n of soil; new groth started in cotton, plants and oec blooms~ reported. but too late to ature; ver! little cotton lef t in the fids, and the grade of that is poor; sowing winte'r wheat advancing rap idy and the seeds are sprouting well. Tennessee--Week cool and wet, with rai: on three days; cotton picking con si-jerabiy delayed, but as a rule the ,uk of the crop has been gathered, the average crop will be short; peanuts and sweet potatoes are being dug, and th sowing of w-heat gneallybeun. CAROLINA'S CARNIVAL Every Thing Ready for Our Great State Fair. Columbia, Oat. 20.-Special: Mat ters are now in great shape for the State fair. The touching up of the grounds and buildings has been com pleted. The space for the different ex hibits has been assigned, and applica tions from other exhibitors are being promptly answered by Secretary Hollo way and his assistants. All the indi cations point to a fair that shall be among the greatest in all the history of the Agricultural Society. Not only will there be plenty to see, but there will be p'enty of peo ple to see them. Unless all signs fail there will be a great crowd here all the week. It is expected that every department of the fair will be better filled with varied exhibits than ever before-.bus affording to visitors a view of objects that will not only interest but advantage also. The number of fine horns on exhibition promises to be unusully large. Other features will attract viai tore and entertain them also. THE MILITARY FEATURE. The encampmentof the State militia will be a grand affair. Adjutant Gen eral Floyd estimates that there will surely be not less than one thoneaod soldiers present. The following com mands will surely be in camp, and will take part in the parade and the competi tive drills: First Rsgiment. Col. J. C. Boyd, commanding. Jasper Light Infantry, Yorkville, Capt. W. B. Moore. Hazelwood Rifles of Cornwall, Ches ter county. Capt. J. S. McKeown. Morgan R fius of Clifton, Capt. John L. Langston. McGowan Volunteers of Spartanburg, Capt. Wm. McGowan. Gsenwood Light Infantry of Green wood, Capt. H. M. Gaines. Fort Mill Light Infantry of Fort Mill, Capt. W. R. Bradford. Lee Light Infantry of Chester, Capt. J. C. McLure. Second Regiment. Col. Wilic Jones, commanding: Tillman Volunteers of Orangeburg, Capt. J . H. Claffy. Richland Volunteers of Columbia, Cart. Walter N. Kirkland. Sumter Light Infantry, Sumter, Capt. H. Frank Wilson. Timmonsville Guards of Timmons ville, Capt. W. H. Keith. Bamberg Guards of Bamberg, Capt. W. R. Wright. The Kershaw Guards of Camden, Capt. S. C. Zemp. Governor's Guards, Columbia, Capt. John Black, Charleston First battalion. Major Henry Schachte commanding, 200 men. Naval militia reserves-Lafayette Artillery, Charleston, Capt. C. L. Da Bas; Chicora R-ffes, Mt. Pleasant, Lieut. J. A. Patjens; Beaufort Volun teer Artillery, Beaufort, Lieut. Geo. P. Eiliott. So far the following members of the governor's staff outside of Columbia have indicat-ed their intention of at tending: Cols. C. J. Redding, Charles ton; A. H. Moss, Orangeburg; D. A Spivey, Horry; T. 3. Hamer, Bennetts ville; T. F. Brantley, Orangeburg; Geo D. Tillmnan, Jr., Clark's Hill; Jno. F. Folk, Bamberg; W. C. Hough, Lancas ter, and H. A. Tripp, Blacksburg. .Excellent arrangements for the quar tering and feeding of the troops have been perfected, and nothing will be left undone that will contribute to their comfort. The place for the encamp ment is convenient to the fair grounds, and otherwise well adapted to the p-ar pose. There will be abundance of good water. SCHOOLS AND COL LEGES It is now settled that the students of Clemson College and Winthrop College, and the cadets of the Citadel Academy will attend the fair for one day at leact. Clemson and Winthrop will have an exhibit illustrating the work done by its students. The cadets of both OCmson and the Citadel will appear in the parade of the troops when they are reviewed by the governor. Some of the finest drilling ever witnessed in South Corolina may be expected of both corps. ON THE STREETS. People as a rule prefer to spend part of each day of fair week "down street." They want to see Columbia. And Co lumbia wants to see them. So the cit? foks have arranged, for every after noon, a street exhibition consisting of acrobatic performances, tight-rop3 walking, and other feats by first-class amtsts. PAINs FIREWoRKS. Preparations are rapidly making for the pyrotchnio displays on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of fair week. This will be one of the greatest attrac tions of the week. It will take place in rear of the fair grounds-where there is a natural amphitheatre striknigly adapt ed for such an exhibition. Comfortable seats will be provided for the immense crowd that will surely attend. ACCOMMODATIONS. Columbia's hotels and boardins; houses could not be expected to accomi modate the throng of visito-s is, fAr week. The management of the ctry Fair Associat'on have tlerefore arrang ed to have quarte-rs iin numerous private houses in different parts of the city, on most reasonable terms. TH E JAY BAND. Here is a leuter whieh tells of one big attraction: Bull Swamp P. 0., Lexington Co., S.C. \r. Elitor The State. Dear Sar I have jezt seed in you last Tu~y paper where a Jay band was a comin to the Fair. Well Sar the Bull Swamp cornet band hes been hired to play music and I reckon you call us a Jay band because we are a playing cheap, but we only want to let the people hear us once, and we will git the Job every Fair, weeek. When my boys strikes up the B. R. Tillman march written for the Bull Swamp cornet band by Mike whit business will suspen chilern will leave scool and, the Columbia musicians will go mad with envy. We are a coming up Mondy eying, but we wont be in town till Tusdy mornin asw are a eni to stop in Brookland with Adam Shull Monday night. He dont no we are comin but it will be all right Yors Truly Bill Simpkins Leder of the Ball Swarnp band Mystery of a Murder. That great "trunk tragedy" as it was known through all New E gland way back in 1872 when the mutilated body of Jennie Clark was found wedged into a trunk which had been picked up in the Angus river, was in some respects no more myter.ous than the murder which was revealed Wednesiay by the finding of a man's body, decapitated and denuded of the limbs, in a gunny sack in Gienmore pond, near Lynn, Mass., The police are inclined to the belief that George E. Baily has been murdered and have taken under arrest John C. Best, 25 years of age farm hand, employed on the estate of which the supposed victim of the murderer was earetaktr. The police in search ing the farm house where the men lice, found in the barn cellar an axe which bore blood stains but it is not certain they are of human blood, some stains on a window sill, and on a piece of card board in a room of the house. Bai:ey disappeared on Oct S No one knew the reason but there w, ere persons who supposed that be had followed his wife to Wiscastle, Maine, she having left the house, it is asserted, because of a disagreement. I: is now claimed that the woman, kn.>wn as Mrs. Bailey, was not his wife. that although Bailey was married, his wife's whereabouts are unknown. The woman is said to be Miss Susie Youeg and she was the housekeeper. With these clues the police are trying to solve the mystery of the murder. Tar and Feathers. The Dewieites are determined to tbwarth the efforts to keep them out of Mansfield, Ohio, and the results may be serious. Three have been de parted since Sunday. Three are known to be hiding and have been holding secret services. Elder William of Benton Harbor, Michigan, who was sent out of town on Monday rode in on a bicycle and gave the police a lively chase before they captured him. They sent him away on a train, but he said he would return every day, as he had been ordered to do so. Deacon Homer Kessler of Chicago, Dowie's advertising manager, came into town and went to the court house to find his lawyers. The police took him to the railroad depot and there he was rescued by three deputy sheriffs with a writ of habeas corpus. The deputies started for jail with the elder and a crowd followed, throwing stones and clubs. Deputy Sher:ffs Bell and Kessler were struck by stones and severely injured. They reached the jail and Kessler was locked up and several deputies placed on guard. A crowd is collecting around the jail and other crowds are scouring the etty for the hidden elders, equipped with tar and feathers. Died on the Train. The Augusta Tribune of Tuesday has the following cecount of the sudden death of Mr. Frank P. Beard: "Mr. Frank P. Beard, well known in Augusta, was found dead this morning on the outgoing Southere passenger train. Mr. Beard was in the city on business connected with the paper he is now running at Graniteville, S. C., and was returning to the latter place. Seemingly he was alU right when he boarded the train. After the train had crossed the river, the conductor, in collecting fares, reached Mr. Beard and requested his ticket. He received no answer. Looking closer, something peculiar attracted his attention, and an examination revealed the fact that he was dead. The cause of death could not be learned, asit is a South Carolina case, comning under the jurisdiction of the Aiken, S. C., coroner, who will hold an inquest this afernoon. Mr. Beard was a well known printer and news paper man." Pile of Charred Bones. The charred bones of a man and a boy, supposed to be the remains of Colonel.A. J. Fountain and his son, Henry, have been found in the Sac remento mountains, New Mexico. Colonel Fountain and his son left Lin coln for Las Cruees the latter part of January, 1896 A fter leaving LaLuz they disappeared. About a week later their buckboard was found near the Chalk bluffs. Near by was a pool of dri:d blood and a few blood-stained coins, indicating the scene of a trag edy. Fountain was a lawyer and in the valise he carried were indictments for the arrest of a number of persons charged with cattle stealing. Several men suspected of the murder were ar rested after a fight with the offiers, in which a deputy sheriff was killed, but all were acquitted for lack of evidence. Fight With a Devil Eish. Capt. F. l)ominick, of a fishing smack, had a fierce fight with an Amer ian whip sting ray, or devil fish, near Charleston ligh.house recently. C-sp tain Dominick was fishing in quiet waters and his lines were hanging loosely f'romx his boat. S-.ddenly there w-s a vicious pull of the line and a whip sorng ray, weighing 125 pounds, came to the surface. The fish fought to get awayv and some of his fiint teeth were broken in the scramble. The tail began whipping the air as soon as it came from the wnter, ani Captain 1ominick threw his hands to his face for protection. Sciziae a big knife ly inz in the boat, he severed the tail. Tis somewhat suiblud the fish and in a short time Caiptain Dominick had killed the monster. Dead But Pardoned. Wiley Miles, colored, a 15 months' on viet on the county chaingang, died at Elgefield last Friday and was buried by the county on Saturday. Wiley was onvicted last spring of larceny from the field. He was not in good health and was ruptured. He was put at light ork, but even that proved too much for him, and he was put in jail here so that he could seure attention. He was not kept confined in a cell, or eyen in the jail building, but was allowed the freedom of the jail yard. Hise condition was such that it was not a hard matter o get persons interestd in his case. The governor was appealed to for a pardon and he signed it on the 10th instant. It reached here on the 12th, the o which Milea died. THE MINERS WIN. Operators Climb Down and Ac cept All Conditions. GREAT VICTORY FOR LABOR Just Demands, Splendid Organ ization, Law Abiding Conduct and- Republican Fight Re sponsible for the Result. The great strike of the anthracite mine workers of Pennsylvania, which began Sept. 17, practically ended Wed nesday when. the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company, and the Lehigh Valley Coal company agreed to abolish the eliding scale in their respective regions and to grant an advance in wages of 10 per cent. net, the advance to remain in operation until April 1, 1901, or thereafter. This action meets the demands of the Scran ton miners' convention. The decision was arrived at after a conference be tween representatives of the individual coal operators and the large coal carry ing companies. The conference began Tuesday. Wednesday's action was the culmina tion of the recent meeting of the indi vidual operators at Scranton, following the mine workers' convention in the same city. Nearly all of the collieries in the coal region had, previous to the mine workers' convention, pasted no tices granting an advance of 10 per cent. The mine workers in consider ing this demanded tha the sliding scale in the Lehigh and Schuylkill dis tricts be abolished, the increase to be guaranteed until April 1, 1901, and all other differences be submitted to ar bitration. The individual operators agreed to everything and the appoint ment of a committee to induce the Reading and the Lehigh companies to abolish the sliding scale and make the wage increase permanent followed. It is conceded that the result of Wednes day conference is a complete victory for the men. All the demands of their convention are acceded to and as one of the individual operators put it after the conference the operators go a lit tle further in agreeing to maintain the wage advance after April 1. This same operator, who required that his name be not used, said in speaking of the conference: "It's all up to the miners now. We have agreed to everything and fioth ing remains now but for them to re turn to work as soon as the notices are posted by the colliery managers. These notices will be practically simi lar to the Reading company's notice, the phraseology only being changed. I look for a resumption of operations by Monday at the latest. 'he coaference was entirely harmonious and every phrase of the strike situation was gone over." The Reading company's notice reads: "It hereby withdraws the notice posted Oct. 3, 1900. and, to bring about practical uniformity in the advance of wages in the several coal regions, gives notice that it will suspend the opera tion of the sliding scale, will pay 10 per cent. advance on September wages till April 1, 1901, and thereafter until further notice; and will take up with its mine employes any grievances which they may have." Eight Lives Lost. Eight people were either burned to death or suffocated in a fire which partially destroyed the three-story frame double tenement house, 4 and 45 12 Hester street, New York, Wed nesday. The dead are: Sarah Sass, 36 years old. Samuel Sass, 13; Lena Sass, 9; Morris Sass, 2; Mrs. Horowitz, 46; Rosa Lewis, 52; Mendal Strauss, 60; Samuel Strauss, 20. Mary Murray, 40, was severely burned about the back and was taken to a hospital. The fire was discovered after 1:30 o'clock by the janitor of the buildings. He ran out into the hail to find it ablaz3. Hid shouts aroused the others in the house, but the flames had already gained fierce head way and few of those in the build ings had time to save themselves by the stairs. The loss is $6,000. A Marine Catastrophy. News of a marine estastroghe as a result of which 33 persons, 19 of them foreigners, five hailing from the United States, were drowned, was brought Wednesday by the Empress of Japan. The Norweigan steamer Colland, new steamer of 3.899 tons, was making her third voyage from Port Arthur with a general cargo for Japanese ports and when off Iowassima she was run down by the steamer Ize Marn. She had 40 passengers and a crew of 20, with five foreign officers. The Ize Maru picked up the survivors and brought them to Nagasaki. Two foreigners, 12 Japanese and some Chinese escaped in a boat and 22 of the crew including the cap tain and second offier, were rescued by' the Izt Maru. A Mixup In China. Reliable unoffiial 'reports say the advance guard of the allied forces entered Pao Ting Fa October 17. The city, it is added, was practically deserted and offered no resistance. The British column captured 17 imperial soldiers at We Nan Sien October 10, who were part of the force of 2,000 men sent to disperse the Boxers in that region. Tne captives assert that they killed-200 Boxers and were returning to Pa Chow when they were fired upon and dispersed by the French. The British con fiscated their arms and horses and released the imperial soldiers. Runners report that many Chinese are return. ng to the villages in the path of the erman- French column. A Queer Notion. Although it is estimated that the cal deposits in the province of Shansi, hina, are suffeient to supply the world with feul for 4,000 years, the hinese have never used any of it for fuel because they were afraid they would offend some of their old earth gds by digging it.