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.ti\1N(I. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1900
Welccred by G a. Cr. we
Ev-y P;=c,.
A NEWSPAPER -ONORED.
Fearless cyan T;-ran z N- w
Jirs.y "i:h a Fv Sq
ed Ou: cf the Wate -
N ! ~K~
Din th e ra-tt e y B- as
has been sMr .kyin e inr WXes 1-n
New Jerses and N- !- " 'E^.r's
erowds. H 'din
Tt.ur-diy morninig. lie was C'C'o
the Du-wocrx eity comtut::':
Philhdeiuhis. \' hen be arrivea a .
Broad rtrt'ct s' a:tion f the iN r.
vania railroad be sa- &rreted ty A
~ . r . n'.ple thy j in m-d the b i
train floor so completely that there was
scarcei) room f.r his party to Make 's
way to the s:rect. The streets sur
reunCdin th- sation W :e 't erowde.
with thou-ar d o.f 1 euri~us to se
the Democraie d
At 11 o'c:k ))ltli: n way uri v . to,
the ciee of the sai :- Ti s
He was met by Col. A K 31-: lue,
the veteran editr of that paper, anid
<seorted to a baieeny on the tecond
floor of the, building. Thousands of
people crowded ih:: streets and cheesed
him. Mr. Bryan was introduced by Col
McClure, and spoke in part as follo ws:
"I am glad to be able to stop a mo
ment in this city, and I am more de
lighted to speak to you from the buiid
ing where this paper is so intel:igently
edited for American as against Euro
pean ideae. I telieve the only reason
cur principles are not as strong in the
east as in the west is because tue east
has not the same opportunity as the
west. Our party is not the party of the
few, but the party of the masses It
seeks no special privileges for s-me,
but equal rights for all The Demo
cratic party is making a canvass on a
platform that takes its position on
every question. but the Repuhlican
party is conducting a campaign on a
platform that corecals every issue. It
d'.s not reveal its position because it
knows thas if it makes its principles
plain the opponents wiil repudiate
them. Just remember. when that pirty
met here in the early days of our fore
fathers the Declaration (f Indepen
dence was its platfo m. But when it
met here this year the Declaration of
Independence was ignored altogether
The Republican party stands for d:s
postism in the Phiiiippinea. The Repub
lican party has no remedy for any
evils that confronts the farmers I-i
stead, it congratulates the farmer on
good rains, the lab-ring man on his
juil dinner pail, as if he were all
stomach. I wart you to know that the
full dinner pail argument does not moet
a response from those who carry the
dinner pail. They want something
more; they want relief from taxes and
from government by injunction; they
want reprcsentation in the president s
cabinet; they want settlement of dis
putes by arbitrati in; they want la ;s
that make it an offens-e to organize the
trusts. 1Ireommended that ycu read
the articles by that dia:inguished P'enrn
sylvania Democrat, <x Gov Pattison,
who has just returned from Puerto Re-o
and you will find that the Puerto
Ricans can write a complaint that will
rival the complaint our people h'd
against hingland before the Revolu
tion."
SPEAKs AT TRENrON.
Mr. Bryan made two speeches at Tren
ton, N. J., Tnursday, the hrst in Tay
lor opera house and the second a: an
open air meeting He was s.plendidly
received at both places. Re-ponding
to the opera house meeting, where the
Democratio clubs of the State were
holding their annual convention, M1r.
Bryan said:
"The Republiec~n party cays every
thing is all right; that ths farmer is
happy; that the laboring man has a
full dinner pail, ar3 that nobody ought
to complain of present conditions Our
reply is all right. Let every man who
is satisfied widh his conditions, who be
lieves he is enjoing his fair share of
earth's blessings and the government's
protection. who thinks that things are
all right Tote the Republican ticket.
1 am perfectly ::onrent to draw the
line and le'. all those who think that
there is no necessity for better things
vote the Re publican ticket if I can have
the votes of all those who believe
things can be male better by better
laws."
Mr. Bryan denounced private mo
nopoly as both dangerous ar's contrary
to the moral laws. He adced:
"The trust magnate who usese a mro
nopoly as a means for extortion is upon
the same moral plane as a highway
man who goes out at night with his
club and brains men anu takes their
money away from them; when dhe
Republican party permits the monopoly
o exist it amends the comimandmerit
and makes it read: 'Thou shalt not
steal-on a smial aie.' The trust is
wrong from an economic standpoint,
for ii you will examine you will find
that the first thing that the trust
does when it gets control of an in
dustry is to rairse tee prices. Then the
conumers suiff.r. Tne next thing is r
shut down the factories to reduce pro
duction, because a high price lessen
the demand, arnd then the trust throw
on to the labcring man who is idle.
waiting for a job, the expenses of keep
ing up the high p-rices.
"It is wrong economicaHb for anothe]
reason.- It discourages itnvet.tiv
genius, for if all men who have skii
in one occupation are nucr one man.
then they hang up-on him. It is th<
hope of indePendencee it is the hopu
that you can some day be your owi
master that stimulates people to high
est endeavor; and when you take thiu
hope out of the h uman breast and plan
despair in its place you start downwar<:
toward the level of the dark ages. An<
it is bad for the laboring man, for if
laboring en ae genius and skill, and
his employer does not recognize hit
skill and genius, another employer will.
But when there is buit one employer,
then genius is at a discount, and a son
in-law will do as well as a genius."
Referring to his remedies for tht
itt. Mr. Bryvan said:
l ea y be.: pt mte - r)o
icri f 1&. i \: eii
n z . d in t i s ^tteb .p r
r irt. imrstate *o*
f . t ! aV di U j liave a
L av a ' ~ f .- :
t :t u la *r-c i new L vr
. a~ r4' su s:: y ivery pr va'e m o
; i "rtae e'tw - ree
I i wt--: 'r. fhut th(ee ctrir
ations ede o the '' Sate. for if th'
e '-Lions" -r- ulo' the Peoie of
h ee -a-c upo"'*n them alO!me. Ian
w ilir to leare :he peocple to tight i
out -.h thaeir Io.-ca eerortino and let
t liv a. fo as te y.- have r thine
for tbe .c.OrportionD to est B it wh n a
oop.ratin leaves a .e and tene
yin- r r t , :s 1 -. c n o
4 r 4t S.: a t t er ef tr
Cloinig his peech Mir. Bh an. made
an earnest appeal for camp ain work
until the elose of the earpaign, and
tked his suporters not to bet on re
suiW, saying in part:
Iforu have any money to spre put
it in the emnpaign fur dic tead of bet
tieg with it. Do ot 'ry to biat tie
Rtpubicans at their game. Wnen you
bet you bet Stour money; when a tru-t
mante bets he b. ts other people's
ioner. A newspaper friend of mine
rave sonme good advice thc other day.
ie trld th7 Democrats that if they
would put their money in the campaign
fund they would get satisfaction
enoiueh out of su.c~ss to make them
willig to spend thm noney that way;
and if w lost it wa no gratoeation to
give the Re;ubicans D ecratie
money a; well an a victory in this cm
paign We cannot go to the great cor
parations and ak them to contribute
becsuse we do not intend that they
should make it back out of the people.
We have got to make a people's fight,
and you who are interested in this fight
ouiht to nupport the fight, not only
with your votes, but with your work
and with the money that you can
spsre.
Mr Bryan's cu'deor meeting in
Trenton was a tremendous success,
both in point of attendance and en
thubiasm on the part tf the crowd. He
spoke standing in his carriage and
said:
am willing to risk the issues of
this campaign in the hands of the
Axmerican people. If tomorrow morn
ing the voters were permitted to go to
the polls and write on their ballots
their opinions on the questien bifore
the country. with ao one to intimidate,
1 have no doubt that we would carry
this coiun try by a popular maj ,rity
sue as no ticket has ever received in
the Uanind Sates. The only question
to nay mind is. what effect will be pro
dued by the coercion that is now beig
attempted by those who stand at the
head of. great corporations. went to
Auburn, N. Y, the other da.- and I
learned that the head of a large manu
facturing establishment has threatened
to close his works in case I was elected
I do not know how many threats like
that will be made. I do not know what
cifect such threats will have, but I am
gog to give to you laborne men an
answer to such a threat. Whenever
your employer tells you th at you will
lose your job if y ou vote for me, you
tell him that if the country is half as
prosperous as he says, it is expected
you ought to be able to find another
job very sovn; but if there is no place
for a man to, work if he losses the job
he now has, there is-no prosperity in
this ceuntry to boast about.
"I ask you when will you be stronger
to fight this battle than you are now?
If after all this period of boasted pros
perity you have not laid up enough
money to stand an idleness of a week.
don't you think you had better vote
for some party that will give you a bet
ter chance than that to lay up some
thing for a rainy day?"
A& TRIUMPHANT MARCH.
A dispatch from Jersey City says:
"The first day of Mr. Bryan's tour of
New Jersey which closed here w'' six
meetings Friday night. may be dn
scribed as a mad rush. From the time
he entered Washington Park, opposite
Philadelphia, until he closed his ]ast
meeting here he had made 15 speeches.
the average of their duration was grea
ter than usual. He spoke in suces
sion at Washington Park, Riverside,
Burlington, Trenton (twice,) Prineeton
Junction, New Brunswick, Elizibeth,
Marion and Jersey City (six times.)
His journey through the State was a
surprise to those accompanying Mr.
Bryan, if not to him, for in few States,
if any, has he had larger or more de
monstartive audiences His meeting
at Washinoton Park was almost a re
cord breaker in both of these respects.
a.,d his nmeeti~gs in Trenton and his
receptioa in this city were only second
to the Washington Park meeting in
r.umbers sad in feelirng display ed.
.Prob.ably no candidate for the iresi
dency was ever so much jostled about
and at~shed around in ons day's time
as Mr. Bryan wvas today. At most
stopping places the police found it im
possible to protect him from the hun
dreds, not to say thousands, of persons
who tbronged his path~vay and tol
lowed him wherever he went."
"I have addressed a great many
meetings of college boys, but I never
bad a nicer meeting than this in mly
life " This is what Mr. Bryan said to a
number of the Pineeton college boys
who had followed him to his train from
his mee.ting place at Princeton Ju~nction
this afternoon. The meetinz was one
of the most orderly that Mr. Bryan
has had in his whole emnipaign tour.
There was rnot an interruption from be
ginning to endi. When M1r. Bryan ar
rived he was greeted with the college
yell, ~n-d there was a similar demon
stration mad e upon his departure. lii:
address there was entirely to the stu
cents
A liui)hILB Chu lE.
Mys t y t A Ycurg Ladle's Death
Solved.
FOUR FIENDISH BRUTES.
Ex-rordmnary Record of Revolt
ing B- utaiity. This Girl But
One of Many
Victirns.
Late Wednesday right Gcorge Kerr,
Wat r Me Allister, William Death and
Andre.v Cambeil were arrested by the
police, cf Patterson, N. J , se.aused of
havirg caused the death of Jennie
B sweieter, the ycu-g woman whose
body was found last Fiiday on the out
.kirts of Paterson. Developments
.hoa. that the circun:stance surround
ire the young woman' death from one
of ibe most remaritanic and revolting
cri.-s ich has evLr ,, en brought to
l - - this e.u.try the police havt
thse live per-"r. m; er les, concerned
is th.e .:tie-, is eu_ v . FKom sta'.
I -.t a:1 k: eS :d: tL?. y have
been a-e t' a tate theC --'S- Cf te
cir: 1' a3.Ouea ~n uutl
she tuet h r deaih at.d t;e tiaceis o.f
rer hoy afterwari are abo fa:riy wvt1l
known.
Snortly after S oc'b:ck M-iss B as
chieter pa-d Krt's drug store at
P.terors. and n:ar it wet Anirew
Cambell. There w:i short eo:v
sation and then the pair waiked cown
3ain street. So:uewnere en route they
were j -ined by G' erre Vs alter Mac
Alister and Win. Death. The four
citered Christopher Saai's saloon. Here
driaiss were served. Finaily one of the
men telephoned- to the Erie depot for
a cab, aac August Sehultors responded.
T*his cabman hat been the main source
of the police's information and has
given a detailed story of what oceurred.
IL was in the neighborhood of 10
o'clock when the four men lifted the
partly unconscious girl into Schulter's
rig. It is alleged that after the hack
man had been ealled, one of the men
asked for another r'unds of drinks, and
into that served to the girl was poured
the contents of a vial, containing a
species of "knock cut" drops. The
men directed the driver to take them
to a road house, but they found the
place had closed and repeated rappings
produced no results. The party then
btarted back to the city.
In a lonely spot the hack was stopped
and the girl lifted out of it t.nd laid
upon a blanket by the roadside. In
what folhoved, the hackmian and one
of the four, it is said, had no part. The
story is too revolting to describe. The
hackman claims that },e did not leave
his seat on the cab. He :s una::le to
say whether the girl was alive or dead
when she was iltted back into the cab.
He remembers that he was told to drive
down beside the liver bank. Here the
girl, apparently lifeless, was lifted out
of the cab and her head and face
bathed vi h river water, After a long
time spent in trying to revive her the
men held a cjnsultation. Thcir victim
was again lifted into the cab and the
hacknman was ordered to drive like mad
to Dr. Wiley's house.
Dr. Wiley was not at home and the
party hurried to the residence of Dr.
Townsend, on Paterson street. The
physician was aroused and told to come
down stairs at once and give immediate
attention to a woman who had been
injured. He was told not to wait to
dress. He slipped on a bath robe and
went out to the carriage door. He felt
of the girl's pulse and then stopped
back, s.aying his services were not need
ed as the girl was dead. One of the
men cursea the doctor for a fool and
comaded him to revive her. Tne
dctor turned and started back into
the house. The doctor wa~s offered any
amount of money if he would try, but
he persiste-d it was-useless for him to
try as death had come long before.
The ca~riage then drove a~vay. There
was a eon sulat ion among the men. One
wanted to take the body to the girl s
home and leave it there. The other
three refused to consider thins and in
sisted upon dropping the body upon
the roadway. it was finally resolved
to drive out into Bergen county, by
way of the Thirty-third street bridge.
When the bridge was reached the driver
was again ordered to stop. Tne pur
pose soon developed. When the triple
attack upon the unconscious and per
haps dead girl was made, a portion of
her clothing had been torn off.
When the party left the scene of the
crime one man had a portion of thre
clothing in a pocket of his coat and
another had the remaincaer of thle gar
m~ent. When the stop was made at
the river bank to bathe the giri S face
and head, her cjOms and ber pins ha~d
been removed. These were in McA.is
ter's packet. The two portions or the
garment and the combs and hair pins
were dropped from the bridge into the
Passac rnyer. The carriage was then
driven a short distance along the road
into Bergen county. The spot was de
cided upon as a go-ed place to drop the
corpe. The body was dragged out of
the carriage, bat just then a wagon
was heardi approachi-.g and one of the
mn huried the body back into the cab,
acliaiming: "For God's sake drive on;
here comues a carnae.
Te cab went on until the dark s;ot
near Alyear mili was reached. McAlis
te caught the girl by the feet and
dragged them outward. Another of the
mee iifted the shoulders and as the
hips reached the sill MoAlister dropped
he feet and the two men held the body
upright for a moment and then let go.
The girl's body fcll backward, the head
striking the rock which crushed the
skull This circuntane which threw
1the Bergin county authorities off the
sent, wa-s not fo-reseen by the men
disposing of the body. The hackman
Ireceived~ ten doliars icor his nigiht's
work. This was paid by McAlister.
Walter C.McAlister is a member of
the firm of James iMcAlister & Co.,
throwsters. George Kerr is a member
of the J. P. Donleavy Paint company.
Andrea' Campbell is a bookkeeper, em
ployed at the Hand Srect Silk mill.
Wn. A. Death is a young marn who
was mairled five weeks ago.
The men ireplicated in the crime
wre held without bail aster a hearing
beor Bncoder Senior today. Judge
Kerr, brother of one of the prisoners,
is married to a sister of Masor Flinch
eliffe, the millionaire brewer of Pater
son. He is also a relative of John
Johnson, Democratic nominee for Con
gress in the Paterson district. The fu
neral of the girl was held this afternoon.
To avoid a crowd it was announced that
the services had been postponed by the
coroner. It is claimed at Paterson to
night that the affair is only one of a se
ries of crimes in which mill girls of that
city have been victims, but this is the
fir:t rase known in which any of the
girls have lost their lives
BRYAN'SHaRD JOB
Whet He Will Have to Overcome to
Win.
To more clearly i"u: rat. the task
before Mr. Bryan who- h he n.ust au
complish to be elected, we give t;e1ow
the popular vote of the important so
called doubtful states showing McKin
ley a ajorities of 1896, many of which
Mr. Bryan must overcome this year to
be elected president:
Califo-ia -
MeK' oley ................146 688
Br, an...... .............144 766
McKinley nojority..........1,922
Dehnre
3rar: .. . .... .. 16 615
McKinley maj ri;y..........3,837
l1l1rroi~
M. Kinley .......... . 67.1
Bryan .......... .. . 464 523
McKinley majority ... ....142,607
Indiana
McKinley ................ 323 753
Bry. n............... ... 305 573
M Kinley majority ......18,181
Kentucky
McKinlev.. .............218.171
Bryan....................217 890
McKinley maj ,rity ............281
Maryland -
MlcKinley ................ 136 978
Bryan .... .... ..........104 746
McKinley majority..........32,232
Michian
McKinley .................293.582
Bryan ...... ..........237.2t8
McKinley majority ........ 5G,314
New Jersey
McKinley ........ .....221.367
Bryan ....... ..... ..133,675
McKinley majority . ...... 87,692
New York
McKinley............. 819,838
Bryan ..:.............551,369
McKinley majority.........268,469
Ohio
McKinley ................525.991
Bryan........ ........477.497
McKinley majority.. .. ... 48,494
West Virginia
McKinley............... 104,414
Bryan ....................92,927
McKinley majority....... ..11,437
Wisconsin
MceKinley . ... ..... .....268 135
Bryan................. 165,523
MCKinley majority... .. ..102,612
Possession of the Presidency.
The length of possession ef the
presidency since the organization of
American political parties has been as
follow::
Federalist-From 1789 to 1801,
twelve years under Washington and
John Adams.
Democratic-From 1801l to 1825,
twentyfour years under Jefferson,
Mladison and M1onroe.
C'aliiion-From 1825 to 1S29, four
yerars, urader John Qaiincy Adams.
Demoratic-From 1829 to 1841,
twelve years under Jackson and Van
Buren.
Whig-From 1811 to 1845, four
years under William Henry Harrison.
Democratic-From 1845 to 1849, four
years under Polk.
Whig -From 1819 to 1853. four
years under Taylor.
D.amoeratie-From 1853 to 1861,
eight years, under Pierce and Builh
anan.
Republican-From 18631 to 1855,
tweoty-f our years. under Lincoln,
Grant, H ayes and Garfield .
Demoeratic-From 1885 to 1889,
four years under Cleveland.
Republican-From 1889 to 1893,
four years, under Harrison.
Democratie-From 1893 to 1897,
four years under Cleveland.
Republican-From 1897 to 1901,
four years under M1eKinley.
It will be seen that the country has
alternated in party control every four
years since 1855 Under that rule
Bryan should be elected this year.
All Settled.
Every editor has receired them, says
the Newspaper M1aker. The postmas
ter sends them to the editor. The post
master is not the blame. For instance,
there was a man by the name of, well
sxv, Timt Short, who sent us three no
ties to stop his paper; he didn't want
it any longer. We wondered what
was the matter. Upon investigating
the subscription book we found out
That 'rim was stiort $10 He had never
paid a cent and stopped the paper as a
matter of economy-to us. He didn't
want us to lose any more by him. A
few days afterwards Short vs at church
and his melodious tenor rang out loud
and strong in that stiting old song,
"Jesus Paid it all." He might have
been mistaken, but his earnestness im
pressed us. So the next day we sent
him a receipt in full and begged his
pardon for not knowir'g he had made
an assignment of liabilities to the
Lord.' _______
Good Advice.
The Baltimore Sun has this to say
to young men, about to cast their first
vote: "if they went the golden gate
of opportunity kept open for them
selves they must vote for William J.
Bryan and a Democratic congress. The
trusts, whose sole aim is to own and con
trol all the business of the country,
will vote solidly for M1r. M1cKinley.
Young men eager for a fair chance in
life ought to need no further enlighten
ment as to where thieir own interests
CLOSING CROP YEAR.
Interesting Facts About a Re
markeble Season.
DIRECTOR BAUER SUMMARY.
The Facts and Figures for The
Month of September Was
Also Rematkable.
Direetrr Bauer A the South Carolina
section of the Liitedi States weather
l:'1roau ciwate and crop service, has
is u- tde -l iiw'ng interesting review
of the crop )ear mr this State, and
u. 1., uic:win for September:
A Siiur livIEw.
The year of 1900 has been a note
worthy one in South Carolina, in the
matters of rainfall and temperature,
and their influence on crop prcduction.
The temperature during February
was unusually cld, but after that
month and up to August it differed but
slightly from the normal for the same
period. During August and the great
er part of September it was continously
high, at times higher than ever before
known, and too high for the normal
develoi menr.t of field crops. In those
months. the heat and dryness of the
air, giving it an unnsually large ab
sorptive capacity. together with the
scant rainfall, al-o increased the se
verity of the drouth.
Te average rainfil during April
(5.41) was with one exception the heav
iest on record for that month; during
May it was slightly defieient, but ow
irg to the amount of mo'gture in the
ground, crops did not suffer from the
deficiency; during June the rainfall
was again very heavy (6 94), and aver
age greater tban ever before recorded
for the month. Coming at the time
when field crops are usually cultivated
to promote their growth and to clear
them of weeds, which work was greatly
impeded, its effects on crops was un
favorable, but as the following July
had only moderate rains, crops were
again I ut into good, clean condition.
August had the least rainfall on record
for that month -(2 13), and during the
second week of August crops fai ed
rapidly under the combined influence
of the abnormally high temperature
and lack of moisture, with subsequent
weather conditions adverse to their
recovery until most of the crops had
reached maturity.
The weather conditions were so ab
normal during portions of the year that
it is highly improbable that there will
soon be a repetition as disastrous to
agricultural interests. Those crops
that reached maturity before August,
such as the various cereals, most of the
fruits, and tobacco, were fully up to,
or above, their normal yields, while
those that came to maturity subse
quently, such as corn, cotton, peas,
cane, and s weet potatoes (excepting
river rice which was a large crop),
were very poor.
CLIMATDLOGY FOR SEP.LEMBER.
Temperature, in Degrees Farenheit
-The mean temperature for Septem
ber, 1900, was 77 1 degrees, which is
5.9 above the normal. The highest
local mean was 79.9 at Beaufort, and
the lowest local mean was 73 0 at Hol
land. The highest temperature for
he month was 10C degrees at Cheraw
(1), Columbia and Santuc on the 13:h,
at Temperance on the 14th, and at
Yorkville on the 12th; the lowest tem
perature for the month was 45 at Hol
land and Walhalla on the 17th, mak.
ing the State range 55 degrees. The
greatest local monthly range was 53 at
Santuc, and the least local monthly
range was 29 at Charleston. The mean
of the daily maximum temperatures
was 88.0. and of the daily minimum
temtneraturcs was 66 2.
Yrecipitation, in Inches-The State
aver age precipitation for September.
1900,. was 2 83 inches, which is 1 30
below normat The greatest local
amount was 6 15 inches at Trial, and
the least lheal amount was 1.08 inches
at Temperance. The greatest 24-hour
ly fall was 3.60 inches at Liberty on
on the 14th. The average number of
days with rain, fo.r 50 stations, was 5.
ranging from 1 at Effingham and
Winnsboro to 11 at Betufort.
Excessive Rtains-Allendale. 1st,
3 40 in 4 hours 30) minutes; Batesburg,
16 h, 2.03 in 8 hours; Beaufort. 15th,
2 50 in 24 hours; Fiorenee, 14 15th.
1.83 in 2 hours 5 minutes; Liberty, 14,
3.60 in 24 hours; Little Mountain, 14
15th, 3.43 in 24 hours; Summerville,
1:h 3 04 in 24 hours; Trial, 15:.h, 3 -
31 in 15 hours and 30 minutes; Wal
halla, 13-14th, 3 00 in 24 hours.
Weather-The average numnber of
clear days was 19 of partly cloudy days
8, and of cloudy days 3
Winds-The prevailing direction of
the wind was from the northeast at 19
satons; from the east at 9 station.;
from the southeast, south and west at
4 stations each, from the southwest at
2 stations, and from the northwest at
1 station,
Higrh Winds-Beaufort and Charles
tion 6:h, Shaw's Fort. 13th.
Kills Her Children.
A negro woman named Carry Cald
wil, whio iivu in the nor hern part of
Meklenburg. coanty, N. C. Wed.
nsday moriing killed her three chil
dren and committed suicide. The wo
man cut cach of the children's throat
with a razor and then drew the same
instiument across hcr own throat, from
effects of which she died some hours
later. At the time of the crime her
huband was away from home. The
woman's brother was at the house and
she sent him on an errand to the barn
aud when he returned he fou~nd the
three children dead and the woman
gasping from a gash which she had in
flicted in her own throat. A physician
was Eummoned at once, but too late to
save her life. The children were aged
6, 4 and 2 years, and their mother about
35. The cause of the woman's act is
supposed to have been insanity. The
coroner held an inqueat over the four
bodies. ______
This Settles It.
The women can vote in Colorado,
and they say Wolcott shall not go back
to the United States Senate. Wolcott
may as well bow gracefully to the inev it
ale, which is not the unexpected.
A RECORD BREAKER.
Steals Seven Hundred Thousand from
Few York Bank.
C. L. Alvord, note teller of the First
National bank, of New York is a de
faulter to the amount of $700,000.
Alvord has not yet been apprehended.
He had been an employe of the bank
for over twenty years. The First Na
tional is oce of the largest banking in
stitutions in the city and its president
is George F. Baker, who is also presi
dent of the Asto National bank and a
financial adviser of the Astor family.
The bank is located at No. 2 Wall street
and has a capital of $500,000 and a sur
plus of $5,000,00. The bank rave
out the following statement late Wed
nesday:
"The note teller, who has been in
the employ of the First National bank
for many years is a defaulter to a large
amount. His operations have con
tinued for a considerable period, and
have been skilfully concealed through
a manipulation of his balance book
The discovery was made by one of the
bank's employes a few days after the
completion of an examination of the
bink by the United States examiner.
During the continuance of his pecula
tions periodical examinations have been
made by several distinct corps of er
aminers representing the comptrollers
department, all expert accounts; and
the bank has also had frequent exami
nations; neither of which;has developed
any irregularity. The aggregate of the
false entries amounting to $700,000
has been charged off on the books of
the bank out of the reserve fund, with
out diminishing the surplus and profi s
of the bank as reported in its last pub
lished statement. It is expected that
she shortage will be materially reduced
by a substantial sum, of which there is
fair prospect of recovery."
Alvord was capable and experienced,
and the discovery of his defalcations
made after he was gone, was a com
plete surprise to everybody. - The loss
of money is hardly disturbing the
bank, which is one of the strongest in
the city. Alvord is about 50 years old
and has a wife and three children. His
home was at Mount Vernon and he
was respected there as well as in the
street. His habits were good. It is
believed that he lost money in stock
speculations, and that some of the
money can be recovered. He disap
peared about a week or ten days ago.
The crime has been known long
enough to the officers now to enable
them to say with some assurance that
Alvord did his work alone. No one
else is under suspicion. A statement
made by the bank of Sept. 5th showed:
Capital $500,000; surplus $5,000,000;
undivided yrofits $4,114,250; deposits
$39 997 895; demand loans and cash on
hand $23,379,276;time loans$5,654,610;
and stocks and bonds $20,110,409. In
the statement the bank's total resources
were placed at $52,663,294
Beyond the facts contained in the of
ficial statement the bank's vice presi
dent, Frank L. Hine, absolutely re
fused to say a word. President Geo.
F. Baker when asked regarding the
matter said that the statement given
out by the vice president contained all
ho had to say in regard to the defalca
tion. When asked if Alvord had been
apprehended, the vice president said:
"I don't think he has." At the local
ffice of the detective agency which
sually has charge of bank eases. it
was said that officials of that company
had heard nothing of the defalcation
as yet and $hat they had not at the
time been assigned to the case.
It has not yet developed how the
note teller was able to put his hands on
so much money, but one of the direc
tors is reported to have said that Al
vord was enabled to take such a large
sum because as note teller he was in
harge of the mail. This he opened
every morning and he had ample op
portunity to abstract notcs, drafts and
hecks as well as money. Of course,
he had to be especially skilful to make
is accounts balance. This director
admitted that he was at a loss to ac
ount for the failure of the bank ex
aminers to discover Alvord's irnegulari
ties at their last examination.
AN APPEAL TO VOTERS.
["airman .Tones Issues an Address
Asking All to Vote.
Along the line of the letter recently
received from National Democratic
Chairman Jones, the South Carolina
Democratic Chairman has issued the
following to the voters of the State:
To the Democratic Voters of South
Carolina:
in view of the present ap-.thy which
seems to exist among the DJemocrats of
this State as to voting at the general
election, I feel it to be my daty as your
chairman to address you in this public
manner and urge that you all come out
on November Gth and cast your votes
for the Democratic ticket from presi
dent to coroner. Our people have got
ten into the way of thinking that when
they have east their votes in the pri
mary there is no furthe- use to vote.
But this is a very dangerous policy t,
pursue and may result in great harm
to ou: State. Our State and county
ticket are safe, as the Republeanis
have put up no oppositio2 at all.
The Republicans have an electoral
ticket in the field composed mostly of
negroes, and have a candidate in every
congressional district in this State hop
ing to have their candidates seated by
a Republicans house Let every Demo
cratic voter come out and vote for the
Democratic nominees in his district
and eet them by such an overwhclm
ing majority that no& even a Republi
can house would dare unseat them or
even consider a contest.
The D.2mocrats of the nation have
given you one of the grandest, purest
and most brilliant men this county has
ever produced, and the Democrats of
this State have given you seven of your
best men as candidates for congress,
and I cannot believe that you will not
come out and vote for them. We have
heard of late varions threats on all
sides that our represenit!ionl in con
gress would be reduced by a Rerubli
can congress on account of our small
vote in the general election.
Now, fellow Democrats, do not allow
this serious charge to be made against
you. Wilie Jones,
Rtate Chairman Ex. Coin.
TILLMAN STINGS.
He is Making Sharp and Imprudent
Speeches in Illinois
Senator Tillman, has been making
some hot speeches in Illinois. At Joliet
the other day he said:
"I am not here to make any appolo
gies for South Carolina. We are giv
ing to the negro just snch a share in
the Government of our State as he is
capable of exercising-and that is d
little. We were forced to do some
wrong-, perhaps, in dealing with this
uuestion, and I admit it. There were
more colored people in South Carolina
than there were whites and we were
forced to get down the shotgun when
they attempted to have these blacks
dictate to us w'hat form of government
we should have. You men of the North
would not have stood it one year.
"How many men are there in this
audience who believe that there is a
black man living good enough to make
laws for a white man? If you people
want to see biack heels on white necks
then you try it on yourselves first he
fo-re you attempt to force it on us
There is not a colored man living that
shruid dictate to the white citizens of
this country.
s we occasionally lynch a nigger
down our way. The only difference
between our way and yours up here is
that when one of those niggers ravishes
a wife or daughter we hunt him down
until we are sure of the right man and
then we shoot him down as you would
a rattlesnake or a wolf. That's our
way. Up here you people get excited,
as you did at Akron, Ohio, and kill a
couple of intocent spectators and burn
up a couple of millions of dollars' prop
erty. Some of you make a lot of noise
about our not giving the black man a
fair trial' down our way. Why don't
we let the Courts try the case? Be
cause we men of the South are not
white-livered enough to permit our
wives and daughters to go before the
Court and publicly rehearse the details
of the crime; that's why. And we are
going to keep right on doing just as we
have done as long as we have any shot
guns iefr. What do we want of 'any
more black men in this country when
we cannot treat decently those we
already have here?
"The Republican party now wants to
have free citizens here and subjects on
the other side of the sea. We will not
have it, and unless you people vote it
down next month we will be forced
some day to shoot it down with our
rifles. Let's kill the snake in the egg
before it is hatched out."
Tillman said he did not want it un
derstood that he hated the negro. As
a matter of fact, he said, he had colored
servants in his family, and he trustcd
them with his keys and his r:ivate
business. They were gentlemen, he
declared, and worthy of resp-set. But
he did not think the illiterats and the
ignorant negro should have any voice
in the Government.
At their Old Game.
A dispatch from Chicago to the
Atlanta Journal says "as the end of the
campaign comes nearer the Republicans
appear to grow more desperate about the
condition of affairs in Indiana. They
have exerted every influence possible,
save one, to check the Democratic move
ment in that state and have failed.
They now realize that there is only one
means by which they can turn the state
into the McKinley column. That is by
the "judicious" use of money just be
foie and on election day. Being de
termnined to cheat the Democrats out of
a victory in the Hoosier State a great
slice of the Republican campaign fund
has been sent to Senator Charles Fair
banks, at Indianapolis, and is on deposit
in a natinal bank at that place to be
spent after November 1. It is asserted
this found amounts to $200,000). The
old Dutley scheme of voting blocks of
five will be p-zt in force and it is ex
pected by Hanna and Payne that In
diana will be "saved" in spite of the
will of the honest vo era of the state.,,
Where is Your Food Raised?
The Savannah News says that a resi
dent of that city went out to buy some
groceries the other day and on his list
were butter eggs, flour, Irish potatoes,
onions, canned goods etc. The grocer
was asked where the articles in question
were produced. The butter, he said,
came from New York, the eggs from
Tennessee, the cheese from New York,
the flour from Minnesota. the rotatoes
from Canada, the onions from New Jer
sey and the canned peas from Maryland.
In the list named there is not an article
that could not be raised in any county
in Geo-gia and in quantities to supply
the demands. We depend tco touch
upon cotton and what it will buy and
not upon the great resources left us.
Too Much For Hanna.
The Democrats are laughing about
the perplxity of Mark Hanna when ques
tioned by a Bryan follower at Hans.
Omaha meeting Saturday night. Ques
tion were fired at Mark incessantly and
he managed to reply to all of them in
his fashion until this one came from the
mouth of an enthusiast in the crowd.
"Why did McKinley give rogland a
slice of Alaska?" Hianna reflected an
instant and finding no excuse to offer
said: "That's tco much for me." It
set the cro wd wild and seeing that they,
had Mark cornered the questione rs al
owed him to proceed
A Good Showing.
Darlington county is furnishing an
example of profitabie farming on no
small scale. It is reported the coun
tys farmers will sell nearly 3,000,000
pounds of tobacco this season at good
prices. One farmer has- realized $300
from one acre, while another got $1,500
from a ten acre field. When the far
mers learn that 'this can be done in
many sections of the south the English
man may have to pay 12 or even 15
ents for American cotton.
The Purely Business View.
We have spent upwards of $200,000
000 in the Philippines, eacrificed the
lives of 3,000 American boys and ruin
ed the health of 18,000) others, and all
for what? For the privilege of selling
to the Philippines the beggarly amount
of $1,080,149 worth of American goods.
The value of the goods we have sold
them since the battle of Manila would
not pay for the powder we have burn
ed over there. 1s the game worth the
cndle?
TEDDY WAS MAD.
He Said Shouters for Bryan Were
Disraputable.
QUESTIONS FIRED AT HIM
That He Feared More Than Mau
ser Bullets for He Dodged
'Em Every One. They
Were Stumpers.
Gov. Riosevelt's third day of cam
paigning New York State embraced
several features not heretofdre marked
in his reception at other places. At
Rome a huge crowd gathered in the
public square, and the governor ad
dressed them from the balcony to which
he was driven from the train. Two
crowds of small boys followed his car
riage, those on one side shouting,
"Hurrah for Bryan," while those on
the other side tried to drown their
cheers with counter cheers for McKin
ley. While the governor was speaking
a crowd of juveniles who had gathered
immediately beneath the governor kept
trying to annoy him by their boister
ous conduct. The governor finally re
ferred to them, saying:
"It is perfectly characteristic that
those who are afraid to hear the truth
should try to drown it by noise, and
that those who are afraid to talk them
selves should send children of imma
ture age to veil for them."
The boys continued their cries of
"Hurrah for Bryan," "What the mat
ter with Bryan?" "He's all right," and
again the governor said:
"One thing, if Mr. Bryan should
cone here again I ask that every Re
publican give him a respectful hearing,"
which remark was loudly applauded.
Continuing, when the applause ceased,
he said: "Because the man or boy
who takes the opposite course shows
himself either to be or about to be a
thoroughly disreputable citizen."
The governor said it was eminently
proper that the advocates of Mr. Bry
an should .seek by disorder to prevent
free speech and called attention to the
disorder as being an object lesson of
greater value than he could teach.
Some men in the crowd tried to ask
the governor a list of prepared ques
tions in printed form. He never heard
them because the noise was too great
in the men's vicinity, but several of
the circulars were flung into the carri
age which the governor occupied on his
return from the platform. He said to
the Associated Press reporter that he
would not discuss them and that the
majority of them were for the attorney
general to make answer to if he desired.
Here are the questions:
1. Why did you not prosecute the
canal thieves as you promised when
you were a candidate for governor?
2. Why did you not commence action
before the claims were barred?
3. Why dont you have summons is
sued against the ice trust? The only
way to commence an action is by sum
mons. None has ever been served.
4. Why don't you remove the mayor
of New York for his connection with
the ice trust?
5. You have been only 36 hours at
the capitol attending to business as
governor since June 1. Do you think
it honest to take full pay during that
time?
6. Don't you think a candidate for
vice president should find courteous
language to express his thoughts and
not call his questioners "hoodlums,"
"hoboes," and "drunks," and without
any knowledge on the subject accuse
them of "working their mouths,"
"standing against the flag," and lack
ing in patriotism"?
7. Why not give out for publication
Mayor Van Wyck's answer in which it
is claimed members of your State ad
ministation and Senator Platt are
charged with being particeps criminis
in the ice trust scandal?
Died in Harness.
While addressing the Virginia Pres
byterian synord at New Port News
Wednesday Rev. Dr. Craig of Atlanta,
Ga., suddenly fell to the floor and in sa
few moments expired. Heart disease
was the cause of death. Dr. 3raig was
well known in the Prebyterian church
throughout the south and held the
office of secretary of the board of home
missions of the southern general assem
bly. His wife and daughter were at
tending the synod with him.
Two Lynched.
A dispatch from Macon, Ga., says a
story reaches there of an extraordinary
lynching near Wellston, Houston
county. Last week a negro was lynched
at that place for assault on white
woman. Sunday another negro as
sanited a girl of his own race. The
man was captured and negroes of the
vicinity asked the white citizens to let
them have him. This was complied
with and the negro was lynched in the
woods.
Lee's Name.
The New Port Herald says: "It was
to be expected that fanatics would
howl at the announcement that R bert
E Lee's name would find a place in
the Hall of Fame. Let them howL
L e's name was known to undying famne
long before this particular hall was
thought of, and its inscription upon a
tablet in that hall will not add to its
fame, as nothing the fanatics can say
will detract from it." The Herald is
right. ________
A Hopeful Sign.
Senotar Jones is hig ily elated over
the enormous increase in registration
in Greater New York. He says it in
dicates that the city will roll up a
tremendous mnajorty for Bryan and
Stevenson and that the Republican
vote of the state will not equal that of
the city. The increase of nearly 70,000
in the Greater City is regarded as omi
nous by the Republican leaders.
Would Elect Him.
The New York Journal makes an
analysis of the vote in Greater New
York. According to the analysis Bry
an wculd have 30,000 majority in
Brooklyn and 75,000 majori:y in New
York. This would give Bryan New
vor a elect him President.