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r~ V PMO 1, I 5. \ ' :p . "' ' ~mot . \ ," " ,. ~ ~dl '6 it e!Vi VOL. l I AN;N IN . S. C., NV I-I. i ESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 W hAT BRYAN SAS. He Says the.Result of the Elec tion Su'prised Him THE FIGHT MUST CO ON. He is Sure that Republican Poli tics Will be Repuciated by the People Sooner or Later. Wi:liam J Bryan Thursday gave the following statnient concerning the election: "T ne resu't was a surprise to me and the magnituce cf the Riepublican vie tory was a surprise to our opponents as well as to those wid voted our ticket. It is impossible to anal z the returns until they are more eoaplete, but speaking generally we seem to have gained in the large cities and to have lost in the smaler cities aLd in the country. "The Republicans were able to secure tickets or passts fUr alA their voters who were away irom home, and this gave them considerable advantage. We have no way of knowing at this time how much money was spent in the purchase of votes and in colonization. But while this would account for some of the Republican gains, it could not ac count tor the widespread incI(asc in the Republican vote. The pro=.prity argu ment was probably the inest potent ued by the Reptulicans. They com pared the present cot dtions with the panic ues of 1893 to 1806, and this argument seemea to have weight with those who did not stop to c.on:ader the reasons for the change. The appeal 'stand by the President while the war is on' had a great deal of influence among those wno did not realize that a war against a doctrine of self-govern ment in the Philippines must react upon us in this country. We mace an honest fight upon an honest piatiorm and, hav ing done our duty as we saw it, we have nothing to regret. "We are deicated,-but not discourag ed. The fight roust go on. 1 am cure that Reput-ican piiies will be re pudiated by the people when the ten iency of these pleicies are fully under atood. The contes. between plutocracy and democracy cannot end until the one or the other is cumpath4y triumphant." Concerning hiiseil M:r. Bry an said: "I have come out of the campaign with perfect health and a clear con science. I did my utmost to bring suc coss to the principles ior which I stood. Mr. Stevenson aid ail that he could; Senator Jones and the members of the .vemocratic Populist, Silver Republi can and anti-imperalistic comn ittees did all they could. Mr. Hear--t and his associates in the club organ zadion put forth their best efforts. Oar news papers, our campaign speakers and our cal organizations cid their part also. I have rofanit tofind and noreproaches. I shall continue to take ac:ivc interest in politics as long as 1 live. 1 believe at to be the duty df citizens to do so and in addition to my interest as a ciiz.:n 1 feel that it will require a Xftituze of work to repay the pohi:'ai f riends a ho have done so imuch fior me. 1 'ali not be a Senatorial candidatc beiore the Liegis iature which Las neen elected. Sena ter Allen deserves the Seniatorshiip, which goes to the Populists. Mr. Hitchcock and sir. W. II. Thomson are avowed candidates for the Senatorship. T.hey both deserve welliof the party and 1 am too grateful to them f or pass sup port to stand in the way even if I desired a seat in the Senate." Mr Blry an said Le Las no other plans' at present than to remain at home un til he had recovered from the fatigue of campaigning. lie denied the report that he would remove trom NKbraska and make '1iexas his home. Such is Pate. A dispatch from Deiaver, Col., says: A travesty of fate is the discevery of gold under the Tanor Opera House, built by the late Senator Taber, who spent $1,000,000 In its erection, and lost it in tfne cra-h which swept awa3 his fortune Uf $t)0.00,000. Aan artes ian weil being Orineaq~ alongside the Opers House btruck ore at a depth of 380 feet today. Rlek began to drop out of the cril tube which John B. Mitchell, who was standing by, recog nized as gold ore. hieces of the rack were taken to an assa ar. If the ore proves in quality ana quantity worth a mining a snalt may oc sunk in the heart of Denver. T'he property on which the opera house is located is vai und at $500,000 and the block at twice as on more, so-that it is the most valua&ble undeveloped claim in the worid. It would be strag:, ui it snould be found that Set.ator Tabor, who died pennijess, should have overlooked under his very feet a fortune beneath the building whichl bears tis name. Big Profits in Teoacco. Mrs. J. K. Brockingtoa Oi King stree, S. (., piasted tena acres in to bacco this year and when she had the first barn graced she wrote t-, R. C. Commander of the F~orence warehouse to come and loet at the crop sed asked him to take the crop for $1M10. He advised her to grace, and sibip to him and he would send her over $1,100 Ior it. Up to aate. Commander & Jack son have sent her a check for $i425 and she still has about 3U00 pounds on hand. She sold 1,752 pounes T hurs day for $339, about 19 cents averages. -'lorence Trimts. New .Enlands liypocicy The Gieensile News truly says: "If it were somec other L ation than our own sut jngating tt e Elipinos, a great howi of protest noulli go. up to r~gn heaven from every seetton of the eCtr., fr New England (spccially. But1 reith ness and greed, euphonuiouaiy ye the "commercial sp-izt a rown all thoughts of synipathy with a people struggling for their freedemi." Should be F~cused. The Greenvie Daily News says: Rev. RowLr.nd 1lill, D. D., L L 1)., A&. M., B, .A.,. a $:auiL~ crnuia, t been convicte~d of tigamy cu. 1:1 uraska. Tlhe judge eg-t to ec ight as possie on hits.; Le i?arri-. hia Eaglsh wue bef ore Le saw an A .ser ecan woman. O:course he ought not to have married -again;I Lut just con WHAT STONE SAYS The Vice-Chairman Speaks of the Party's Def..at. Ex-Gv. Szone of )Iissouri had his statement made out early Wednesday, in which he reviewed the election of Tuesday. It is as follows: The battle is over. The Democratic party of the country accepts the result without complaining as in duty bound. It signifies but little now to analy ze the irfiaences as to the cause that brought about the r.-ult. There wiil be a wide divergence of opinion as to that. This I , iii say, however, that the D.:mo cranic party mtust stand and will stand, unditmayed in defense of the consti:u tion and for the preseivation uiim paired of ot~r censtitu:ion. A co!onial policy would be detiuctive of the re public and we should resist every tf fit to establish it. I have always favored tne annexaticai, in a proper way, of the islands adjacent to our coast, but have opposed the annexation of a large demain in the eastern hemis phere for reasons fully stated during the campaign. "Tne Democratic p rfy must stand firm in the defense of the, eonstitution while at the sane tiume it should take an advanced and progres:ive position looking to the development and protec tion of our waritiae and commercial interests. The Missouri Democratic platform of 189S expressed my views on the political q2estions of the day. Those questions are for future discus sion, howtver; all I say now is what I have said many times before that the Democratic party must be affirmative and progresive as wea as aggressive. 'Mr. Iryan made a great tight. He is one of the most remarkable men of history. He may never be president, but dwhter in politics or private life no man will held a more commanding place, and none will be capable of ex ertiLg a greater infienc for public good. May God b~es hii." Hanna for Next President. Speaker ilei.derson, o; the National House tf heresentauves, was enter tainLd at iiner at the ULaumn Club by about tetnty prominc.t Repubiicans ot Clevea;d on the evening of October 31, when Le ueliv red a campaign ptech l this city. He greatly sur pri~e1 some oi his Lot, daing the ta ble talk by telling them that Senator Hanna's campaign tour of the North west had sa surred up that section of country that the benator was being taxied about there as a Presidential possibility tour 3 ears henca. senator UlaLna wa&aned Wednesday whether Le had heard of any buch sentiment in the Northwest. -'Yes," he anwered, "1 have heard rumors to tnat t ect. At some of the meetioge 1 adcrecd in the Nur.hwest cries ware raised ab.ut the next Presi dency Which I toald not help hearing. There has teen some taxk cf tee charac ter you mention. 'But I don t want to be the next Preeident biter Mr. MYcehinley. 1 won't have any thing to do with it. I have had enough of po.itics and purlic life to suit any one." What Croker Says. Richarl Croker said at the New York D~emocratic club Wednesday: "Iwas very inuch surprised and dis appointed at the way the election turn ti oat. I dai expect Mr. Bryan to be elected president of ahe United States." Askeai for the cause of defeat, Mr. Croker replied: "I. believe that 16 to 1 had a good eal to do with the Tote against Bryan n this state. What the cauises were in the soutnern and western states I do nOt know. "We all know what the cause was in New York state; the money centre ot rhe eas:. However, Nev w York eity did very well indeed. If the rest of the ountry had done as welt as New York Bmyan would have been elected. Kings uunty did very~ well too. ''' do not regar? the decision of the country as adverse to Mr. Bryan as a mtan. It was against the p:inciples. He is a magnidecent representative Amteri can. Wanted to Fight A dispatch. from Pailadelphia says shortly before noon on eeeatou day a email riot broke out in the 14 hi divi ion of the &eutta Ward, where Con gressman Meleer resides. A numnber ot.egroes entered tne polling place anQ atteuLptea to vote. Tr~eir votes being reluned eney drew revolvers and a num ber ot hts were tired. "Paddy" Me Bda pagilust of some note, jalige of the civision, said to be an adtierent of Congressmian Mc-Aleer, was badly ia jared anu the nead lay being struck waLs a res o.ver, and liigh Mdc~ioaky, authier McAteer follower, was arrested. Turce oX the negroes were also locked tip. Galiant 0fieer. Lord Roberts, in a aispatch cated Jonaninesoturg, Nov. 5, reports to the war oiic as follows: "bmith Dorrien taaes that Maj. Sounders arnd Caspt Guamers (>f the Canacian Mounted 1rnnlee) benaved witta great gallantry is tue acaion of Nov. 1. San.ders ride out under a heavy aire to bring in a horsreiess noncommisioned qefiaer. S..unders was wounded and his horst u wa i~led, and CGualmers went to his asistance. Saundiers iinployed him to Ieave, bt was refased, and the gahiant haiiers was, 1 grieve to say, killed.' Dosen't This Jar You? Among the messages of congratula ionss received by the president was thre 'Cleveland, 0., Nov. 1 1900. The continue2d confidence of the American peopie as aprie~ned at the pos is a tr:aute to :.our ptrionality and your reatchlss admiiisiration. God blecs ann keep ycu for the patriotic purposes to whien y ou have d&dicated your life's work. M. A\. Hianna. Simmons Had a Clinch. The Northi Carolina Senatorship was se.tued at the i rianry ini that Stare ast ge ki favojr of F -M. Soamons, 0ow e a iun j 'ily or iorty-fire thoussed h r a : a the prim.ry v~ ~ibera~ d b) the sentral a:semibly inJury whien dian~uins will be eleced 'o suaeced .harion Batier. (Popiit.) Tue leginiature, elected in Augut,1.isoverwhelmingly Demo TIlE EXPOSITION Will ba the Most Perfect of its Kind. NOT THE LARGEST BUT BEST Features in which the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian wil Differ from Others. Just as the old colonial City of Charleston differs in certain marked features from every other city of the Ucited States, so will the South Caro lina Inter-State and West Indian Ex position possess characteristics unlike those of any other Exposition that has ever been held in this country. It is not purposed that this Exposition shall be tho largest. physically, that has ever been seen, nor that it shall contain the biggest and noisiest Mid way, the most immense buildings, not able rather for their size than for any cth r qality. that it shall swarm with a greater number of sight-seers than can be comfortably accommodated; in fact, it is no way the ambition of its promoters to out do all other E posi -ions in point of bigness, Whatii pro posed and ictended is that The South Carolina Inter State and Webt Indian Exposition shall be the most perfect of its kind, on entirely ori.tinal lines. THE STAGE-SErTING. In the first pia~e, the site is ideal. Where else in the world has Nature provided a more ample and rich stage setting than th.t chose for the scenes which are to be acted upon the banks of the Ashley next yeat ? The nearly level, yet slightly ioliag country af fords a ready-made back ground, al ready enriched by country old oaks. clad in their living green, with shad wy pendants . of soft grey Spanish moss Instead of the shadeless blinding, dusty roads along which weary pedestrians and hardly less weary travellers on wheels have labored at other Exposi tions, the visi-or to the E.psition: Charleston will pass at ease along t' chanting ways, treehordered and shai y, with the scents ai.d sounds of the fer eat not so far away that one may n't occasionally hear the twitter of a bird note or catch a glimpse of a darting squirrel or a white-tailed rabbit seui ding to its home. Rus:ling palmettoes wilt grow along these walks, and one may rest from the labors of sight see ing in arbors such as might hare bhel tered Phyllis and Strrphon ii dais of sore. Here will gro-v C:ncrokse r-es and honey suAkle, and the incompar able yellow jensaminc wi I lefumC the air. At any moment it will be possi ble to withdraw from the roar of ma chinery, the clamor of the miititude. the wonders and the curi bitis and the fati ups which alike a(ccompany the greatest of man's wo-ks, to a reti~e ment which saal bring to the senses the rcfresht-ent Nati.re Lff rs in suny and peactfui sk:e, soit -cooiana aceu and the fr:.,tance of gio~ving fl-vrs Oa the wact will flow t~ee tmoad and sparkliig Ashley Rtiver, say wish boats of ev-r..kia, atd stie'!ng in its depths the mjagica! hues (f tue painted sunset skies, and the nightly sp~endors f electricity. THE BUILDINGS. The plans of the buildings which will be erected upon this perfect site, have al emanated fiotn the brain of one man, so that a greater harmony of con cypion will pervade them thian could possibly be achieved threugh the con ficting ideals of many architects, how ever admiranle the individual designs night be. The whole bceno is planned to express most perfectly the spirit of the Sou h, not only in its flwer wreatoed arbors and treebordered alks, bat in every line and tint of each harmoni'us building. These, while pcssessed of an intuite variety are a!l ad~.p:ed to the environment, be ing pureiy Southern, and cvea what might be cali Spanish American in chbaracter. Loug, irregular facades, with colonades and arc acs, courts and plazas, terraces, fountains and flowery par teres will suggest at every turn that one is in the land of sunhine and re uance. In the depths of the lake wilt be reflected Ejectrical Island, with its radiant Temple of Electricity and its dzzing fountain of light; wrlile across thle waters will sound the chiming bells from a hgh Tower on the shore, ring ing out the old, familiar m~lodies, wiich find their way to every heart. There will be one bullaing on the Ex position Grounds which wiil differ from any builttng that has evcr been sceti on te grounds of any oiLer Exposition, and tnat is the old colomjal home which stands there, an~d whi ii ll be used as the Woman's Building. CHARAcrERISTIc DIFFERENCES. There are other points of cifference which will su~gosL thetn-lve', readily to any citizen of agreat metropolis who happens to have vioucd the picturesque ol1a eity of Charleston ducing the sunny days ot its short bright wict';r, or who has lingsred late upon its wave washed "B3:itcry" under the light of the sum mer moon, If it is po able to preserve and accent these chasraecristic "differ enees" of which the native born Charlestonian is very proud, and yet to bring t ogether all the 1stest marvdls of mdern civilizition and modern ia genuiy-not to speak of icience and art-for the contemplaiica of the thoughtful and ec-bghtened, it wid certainiy ie done at thie S suth Care li-a Inter state and West Indian Ex psitionl te te held at Chiarler~ton next year. Sightseers are weary of imme~n .tes, ot exasrirted valu's which co t andi notoriety which, repea--ed over ana ever at every Exposition that Las ever been given. have nuially lust their poer to i-spress the imagination. Wat appenals to the cultivated mind of Ito-day is the periect concepuion, per feetly expressed, the birea1 design which Set slights no smauest detaii, th .upreme arto othe old Greeh andth modern Jaa.ese whi, wiah ad theic d~iren'ces, are ahke base upon the thought that "the gods see s'er.>ahere." Died in the Act. In New York one voter died in the e letion booth and anotheriLnmediately .ae caming his ballot. MR OYSTEI'S AUmrO[ araHY He Points Out to His Friends His Good Points Oar cool weather frienn, the oyster, has been careful not to enter upon the present season with any ri k of being misunderstood or unappreciated. He has written his own autobiography, which is being distributed among his friends by a Fulton street oyster house of New York. ! "I am born without jaws or teeth, but I've got fine musaies, liver and heart. In each year if my life I pro duce 1 200 000. Etch of my children isone-hundred-and-twentieth of an inch in length, so 2,000000 little ones eau be craded into a space of cue cubic inch. lam ready for the table in fr'jm one to five years after birth. YL.u will ncver find me in cold parts of the world. I dislike cold. in Ceylon I sometimes to grow a foot in length. One of me there makes a stew, wher I am half a foot broad. I am not of much account in England unless I am imported froruAmnerica. It makes me very sad tothink of fetching up on the %-avd-I, who was discussed by Tibeilus and Julius. I have been the cause of much bloodshed. Men fight fierce battles for me all along the American coast, the Italian and the coast of Kent and Eastz. "If you eat me raw you are not at all likely t-> regret it, for I am in a raw state very nutritious and easily digest ed. As a fry, I am inclined to be un interetiig and heavy, so few know how to fry me. I am about the only an imate tiing that can be eaten with im punity in-a raw state. Parasites can not exist in m^ as they can in chops and steaks and fruits. I am a pretty god thing to man, and as to woman, look at the pearls I have given her. Thal kery has compared me in a raw state to- a new baby, yet I never kept hin awake at ni.hts. "I'm not half bad in a stew, but as a roas- in the shell all the poetry in me comes out. Then I sizzle with emotion in butter, red pepper and a little sauce. 'he clam is like the driver of a hansom esb then-not in it with me. The lam! Th. t commonplace fellow! I avoid him as nuci as possible, I am not a snob nor yet a cad, but I reiy must not be expected to fraternize with ttu clan, a.,;r can I diseass him. 1h. line uust be drawn. He's not in the four hundred. Well, I am-Blue Point." HOW THE STATES WENT. Democrats Loss Same Votes They Car ried Four Years Ago. According to the returns from last Tuesday's election, corrected'up to the pre sent time, the electoral college will stand as follows: M5 KINLEY. Calif.'rn a...... .......... ...... 9 Conncticut................. 6 Dlawar........ .. ..... ... 3 lilinois .... ..... .... ......... 2 t iow a .... ............ ........... 13 Idi. ................ 15 '1?nc," ..e........ ..........15 \ iuan....... .... ............18 Minnesoa........ ......... ....19 New Hampshir..............1d Nn esey...................9 Newbampsr......... ........48 Nw Jerse..................10 Nrakta.................. 8 Neio........... . ..... ......23 :egoh ...ota.................34 Pennyi.i.................... 33 RhoeIn.......... ......... 4 Pe.hakotvina.................34 URhde ..an..... .............43 Vermot..................4d Washington................. 4 West Virginis.... ........ .... 6 Wisorin.................... 12 Wyoming........... ......... 3 Total............... ......292 BRYAN. Alabama....... ............. 11 Arkansas... ...... .......... 8 00iorado...................... 4 Florida....... ............... 4 Georgia............ ........ 13 Idaho.............. ......... 3 Kentucky . . . . . . . . . .1 Louiiana.......... .......... 8 Mi:sisippi.................. Missouri..... ..............17 ontana..................... 3 Nvada.................... 3 North Carolina................ 11 Suh Caroiina...............9 Tennessee................ . 12 Texas.................... .. 15 Virginia......... ...... ...... 12 ' otal................ .....1355 There is still some doubt about Ken tucky and Nebraska, and it may be that Idaho will have to be transferred to McKinley; but all probabilities fa vor the correctnes3 of the foregoing as it stands. Broke Up the Poll. A riot occured in the third district of Wilmington, Del., which resulted in tho destruction of the polling place. Tho district has a large negro vote and as the offiers were nearly half an hour late in opening the polls, about a hun dred negroes asnembled in line waiting to vote. As the doors orened they saw a white man. Ja-nes McHugh, who had gotten in ahead of them, attempt ing to yote. Thsifrated them, and rushing in they assaulted Mc Hugh and the inspector, James Dugan, cutting both seriously. Policeman Sherry was also cut in attempting to restore order. The negroes destroyed the polling both and the registration books disap peared in the melce. Five Men Killed. Qiarrels over polities and gambling resuied in five men being shot to death W~edesday night in Kentucky. One man was fataliy wounded. Tne dead: Alfred Stanhope, at Versilles, shot by George Wodruff, town marshal of Midway, Ky. Henry Usborn, of Har lan counu; shot by John Day. Grant Raines (colored), Middlesboro, shot by JGriffibh white. Elgar Brown, of B ackey,e shot by Luther Ray. R~bert Mn sey, of Bianside; shot from ambush. Faaly wounded: Thomas lEthering ton, of Versailles, bystander, shot in Woodauff.Stanhope figh. WtAT GORILAN SAYS. The Ex Senator Gives Ai vice to Democrats. THINKS BRYAN WILL RETIRE. No Use MourningOver Spilt Milk, but Time Enough Yet to Think About New Plans. "It is too early to talk or even think abont reorganizing the Democratic par ty,"' remarkei er-atur Gorman, of Maryland. whiio in Washington Thurs day, while diseussiog the defeat of Mr. Bryan. "The defeat was so overwhelming and the knock"ut so complete," added Mr. Gorian, "that we must have time to recover our breath befire making any predictions or calmilating as to the future policy of the Democratic party. It is not the time toindul&e in crimina tions, but we muar aceep; the result as the calm and deliberate judz inert of the voters of the country, after deep consideration of thcir own individual interests. We must accept the verdict as an evidence that the buineas inter ests of the country are unwilling to take chances ut doing anything which might interf-;e with the present pros peruus condition existing througbout the land. A4 I look at it the result was brought abcur by the combined ef forts, not only of the owners of the great commercial enterprieos and the empioytrs of large forces of working people, but by he votes of a majority of the operatives of the great estan;tish ments %ted the working clapses generally, who joiw-d with tue plain, practical bu-iness people in deciding that it would be unwise to disturb the pros perity of the present by experimenting with a new Administration, which was pledged to reverse and set aside all of the practical business advantages now enjoypd by she great mass of the right minded and industious peple who. under existing conditions, would not aliow thei elves to be wholly inflene ed by party ties. Mr. Bra an iwade a remarkable campaign, and attracted large and enthuiastec audiences by his briiliaut oratory and atractive manner of aprealing to those who gathered around him. It i., vident, however, that a great many men ncglected to vote as they shouted, as the big Mc Kinley vote rolleu up from places where the greateat Bryan demonstrations were held. Now that tne smoke of battle has cleared away it will be in order for the critics to rush foward and endeavor to point out the mistakes made by the Democratic managers. Criticism at this late day is futile and at the same time it must not be forgotten that our opponents also made some serious blun ders during the canvass not necessary to mention now. As I have before re marked. we were beaten badly by a combination of circumstances and con ditions which evidently appealed to voters mnre strongly than any of the arguments rresented on the stump. The defeat is too overwhelming and far-reaching to jastify the cry of fraud ad corruption, and happily the contest ended without any serious disturbance or resort to force, which many persons feared might result from the high state of excitement and enthusiasm prevail ing at certain periods of the campaign. What Mr. Bryan's future intentions may be I have no means of knowing, and, as his state has gone Republican and his prospectsa of coming to the Sen ate are somewhat diminished, he may conclude to retire from the center of the political stage for the present and and rest content with two gallant, but unsucessful, efforts to rescue the Pres idency from the grasp of the Republi can party." Many influential members of the Dmocratic party in Washington con cr in the opinion that the result of Tuesday's election must necessarily de prive Mr. Bryan of any further Pres idential claims upon the Democratic party. -He has had two successive op porunites to win the coveted prize and the party has given him hearty support. There were, however, condi ions which seemed to effsat a certain class of voters commonly termed the silent vote, which was beyond the con trol of party organization or ties. Self interest and a desire to let well enough alone seems to have actuated a sufficient number of voters to turn the balance of power in favor of McKinley as against Bryan. The personahties of the two candidates were not alone con sidered by the voter3, for had such been the case the result might have been different, for it is conceded that Mr. Bryan possesses a stronger and perhaps more capivating person ality tihan his successful rival. After two trials it is apparent that the pgli cies and the principles which are be hid Mc~Itnlev are more potent with the voters of this country than those which Mr. Bryan represented. Now that the campaign is over and the couniry is assured of four more years of AcKinleyison, ancedo tes of the rece~at pomiical strugie witl be in order. Tte result of the balloting shows that political prognostications are of but little value in a mnajority of instancs, and as a general rule the op inions ef the active party manaigers arc of less actual value than the views of entirely disinterested parties. it is not always safe in political gath rigs to base your ea culations for vie tori on the size of your crowd or the en usiasm dispiag d by the specta Death in a Skunk' B Bite. Silas Carson of Wilcox, Arizona, did in this city of hydrophobia pro duced by the bite of a mad skunk. Carson was a cowboy and one night about three months ago while out on the range near Wilcox he awakened to find that a rabid skunk had taken re huge in his blanket- Carson struck the skunk with his har.d and the beast bur id its teeth in one of his fingers. .A few days ago he began to show unmis takable signs of hydrophobia. It is no uncommon thing for cowboys on the range in the remote regions of Arisona and New Mexico to be attacted during the dog days by skunks afflicted with the rabbies, but this is the first case on record in this city where hydropho i has resulted. : ISS OF VESTA MILLS. The First Year's Operation of the Plant Has Been Satisfactory. The Vesta cotton mills, the only cot ton mill that is operated by negro labor in this State, and one of the few mills in the country that is run with colored help, is now running on full time and in a manner that is most satisfactory to the management of the company, There is only one other mill in the United States that is operated entirely by negrues. This mill is located at Concord, N. C , and it is a success. At first it met with many dificulties, but all obstacles have been overcome and a superior grade of cloth is bang manu factured. The Vesta mills, under its new man agement has ben in operation nearly a year and when the stoekbolders meet November 2. Mr. L. ti. Potter, the menager and treasurer of the company, will doubtless be in a position to make a most favorable report and the direc tors in all probability will declare a dividend. The mill is now in better condition than it has ever been and everything is working along most harmoniously, More than six hundred hands are on the pay roll and they seem to be per fectly contented. There hrs never been any labor trouble between the operatives and the manager of the mill. The mili is being operated more sue cesafully now than any time in its his tory, and from what can be learned Capt. J. H. Montgemnery, the presideat of the will is perfectly satisfied with the first year's work and hopes to bring the miil to a higher state of perfection during next twelve months. President Montgomery, while not a resident of Charleston, gives a great deal of his timie and attention to the mill. He comes down from Spartan burg, his home, very often thereby keeping in close touch with the affairs of the mill. He knows exactly what is required to keep the mill in bucecssf ul operation. Mr. L. G. Potter, the manager and treasurer of the mill resides in Charles ton and gives all of his attention to the business. He is a successful mill man, having had many years experience in the Spartan mill, one of the largest mills in the South, which is managed by Capt. Montgomery.-Charleston Post. Will Bennefit the South. To an Atlanta man belongs the dis tinction of having discovered a process by which the common cotton seed hulls can be made into paper at about one half the cost of the manufacture from wood pulp. The inventor is Robert Thomas, formerly superintendent of the Glen dale paper mills, and Col. W. A. Hemp hill. Mr. Thomas is at present a resi dent of New York city, and has already interested several well known capital ists in the enterprise with the result that $5,000,000 company is to be or ganized at Tenton, N. Y., for the pur pose of erecting large plants in various parts of the cotton belt. It is expected that Mr. Thomas' discovery will cut the present price of paper in half. Ac cording to the inventor himself this latest e~nsumimation of the cotton seed hull anout exhausts the use of the cot ton plant. Mr. Thomas was for many years in the paper making business in the south and a fe w months ago, while operating in a small mill in Florida, he learned the chemical action which will reduce the cotton seed hulls to pulp. Realizing at once that he had made an important discovery, he dis posed of his plant and devoted the en tire proceeds of the sale in purchasing machinery with which to prosecute his experiments. The cost of producing the new pulp will be about one-half the cost of manufacturing the wood pulp. It tensile strength is said to be very much greater than wood fiber, which will make it invaluable for bags and wrapping paper. Turniug the.Screw. A fiat increase of 1 cent a pound was put on beef, pork and mutton Friday by Chicago packers. In one year ihe ad ditional cent will yield to the Chicago packers, bating the estimate upon last years business, the following sums: Dressed beef, 15,000,000; dressed pork and pork products, $20,000,000; mut ton, $4,000.000. Total additional to incomes, $39,000,000. Retailers of meats were thrown into a panic by the unexpected rise in prices. In the ad jistment of priets to the consumers choice cuts of beef have gone up as much as 5Scents, pork tenderion j-ump ed to the same ex:ent, and nautton chops went up three cents. The ad vance by tne packers is more than 10 per cent. on the price of meat the day before election. The advane by the retailer to the consumer will average 23 per cent. The Beggars Paradise. Beggiog pays very well in China, and, consequently the large towns are overrun with mendicants. This is not due to the fact that the Celestsal nature is particularly generous or charitably disposed toward the needy, but that the begging fraternity is a very powerful, uniting themiselves into guilds for the purpose of helping one another in their profession. The result is if any one is foolish enough to refuse alms to a supplicant, it is more than likely that he will be immediately set upon by the whole community in his torn, who harass and worry him to such an extent that his life is a burden to him. A shopkeeper for instance, will rarely refuse a beggar, for the attentions of his brethren would be a great hindrance to his trade. A Bloody Fight-. In a rio: at Cascyvillo Ind., on elcetion day one man was kiikd. Eight men were severely wounded. Politics led to the fight. About 50 men be ame involved in a political discussion in a saloon during the night. The Democrats and Reipublicans finally separated, only to come together later outside the saloon. Scome one shot Graves with a shot run. In an instant many weapons were broug ht into action. Over 200 shots were fired. Baltimore Went Wrong New York, the greatest of our money centres, went for Bryan. Boston, sec ond only to New York financially, went for Bryan. Baltimore went for Moe Kiney Comment unnecessary. NO COMPLIMENT TO McKINLEY Some Very; Truthful Words from the Atlanta Journal. Although triumphant, President Mc Kinley must come out of the late con test with a sadly battered self-respect. A more insulting support never helped to put a man into cfice. Men who voted for McKinley because they distrusted Bryan's money policy made it as hu miliating for him as they could. They came out in statements in the news papers apologising profusely for voting for him at all and excusing it only on the ground that he represented what they regarded as desirable policy. The intellect and character of the Republican party looked upon the president with contempt and they were not polite enough to conceal it. The disgust with his shilly-shallying policy was freely expressed 12 the newspapers and in the utterances of some of the most distinguished men of his party. With what withering contempt must such great Republicansas Ben Harrison, Tom Recd, and Senator Hoar regard the president! The unbending Reed would not comprrmise his reputation by endorsing a policy he despised. N-t one word did he utter in favor of Mc Kinley during the whole campaign. It does not even appar that he voted. Mr Harrison gave a reluctant and belated support to McKinley atd Senator Hoar supported him on the open understand ing: "You are wrong but I am with you because you are a Republican." S.,me Democrats who disagreed with Mr. Bryan went over to McKinley, in every case perfacing their declarations by especially disclaiming personal approval of McKinley and expressing supreme distaste for their enforced vote. No candidate for president was ever so humiliated. Under the load of scor. the good man kept silent. He was thankful for anything he could geteven if it was proffered with insult and derision. He was Pecksniff to the end. He lauded the patriotism cf his insult ing supporters in pious periods and spoke a few reverent words about duty and destiny. Mr. McKinley must be a man of strange constitution if he can construe the result of Tuesday's elec tion into a personal compliment to himself. Tens of thousands voted the ticket that bore his name who would have tal -n pleasure, yea delight, in casting a ballot for some other man in his place. Atlanta Journal. A Demoralizing War. The New York Times of the 28th of October printed an interview with a disabled voluntcer just returned from the Philippines which is of a character to shock the humane American, by reason of the barbarity and demoraliza tion that it reveals. Our soldiers were doubtless like other people when they went to "assimilate" the Filipino, but the long-continued work of butchery, the Filipinos' obstinate fight for inde pendence and the daily sight of blood has hardened them to an incredible de gree, if the disabled volunteer's story is to be believed. The risks our men in cur have caused them, it is stated, to adopt the view that "the best Filipino is a dead one" and that Filipinos are to be shot at sight. They are"sometimes shot on suspicion," and "I was never so happy," the volunteer adds, "as when I potted a Filipino. It is impossible to estimate the number of natives killed, but I tell you it is thousands upon thousands." It is no longer the prac tice, it is stated to bury the dead na tives, but "we let the natives lie where they ate killed, as the carron birds will pick them clean in a couple of days, and we killed so many that it would take all cur time to play under taker." Evidently our civilization is being improved. An Awful Death. Ellwood MoIore, aged 44 years, of Anb~er, Pa., fell into a vat of hot magnesia at the Keasbey & Mattison Chemical Works Thursday afternoon and before aid could reach him was boiled to death. Moore came to the chemical works from Dr. Mattison's Lindenwold farms but a few weeks ago, and, although he was employed there only temporarily, asked to be retained, as he preferred the work to that which he had performed at the farm. Thurs day he was doing some tinsmithing over the magnesia room, when he lost his footing and plunged headforemost in the pasty mass of hot magnesia below. His horrificd companions rushed fran tically to his rescue, but found they could do nothing until the vat was emptied. This was quickly accomplis hed, but too late to save Moore's life, for when he was taken out life was ex tinet, and he had probably died almost instantly after entering the seething mass. The skin pulledJ off at the slightest touch and the ficsh was almost par boiled, as the material in whieh the man was immnersed was heated to a high tem perature. The body was conveyed to the vietim's late home on Greenwood avenue, where he leaves a w'dow. Husband's Horrible Deed Joseph E. Freitag, 40 years old, Wedneeday went to the home of his wife, E izabeth, at 460J Humboldt street, New York and after killing her with a revolver shot himself t wice in th1 head. O2 account of her husband's dissipated habits Mrs. Freitag separated iram him about two years ago, and, with her 19-year-old son EI'.ard and her then unmarried daughter, now Mrs. Louisa Bartsch, went to live in the H~umboldr-treet house. The Georgia Soions. The Georgia lawmakers are acquiring an unenviable reputation for informa tion and moderation. First one fails to turn cff the gas and narrowly escapes asphy;'ation, and then two others fill themselves up with "bocas" and in dulge in a entting frolic. Presently the people will begin to ask themselves are we sending the right kind of nmen to the Legislature to make laws for us? Would Be Popular A genius has come foward with a sol ution of the trust problem, his sugges tion being the ernactment of laws pro viding that the purchaser of goods from trusts shall not be onliged to pay for them unless he chooses to do so. This might exterminate the trusts, but it would convert the great majority of the people into enthusiastic advocates of TIlE TRUSTS WIN. McKinley Re-elected by -a Good Mrjority. HANNA iN THE SADDLE. The Republican Mjarity Greatly Reduced in Many States. Bryan's Pcpular Vote increased. It became evident at a veryearly bout Tuesday evening that the election of Me Kinley and Roosevelt was assurtd. At half past 8 o'clock returns from nearly two-thirds of the election districts of Greater New York hid been received, indicating beyond question that Bryan and Stevenson could not expect more than 25 or 30,000 plurality in this Democratic stronghold, and unless there was a landslide in evidence be yond all reasonable expectation the State of New York bad declared in un mistakable terms, although by a great ly reduced majority, for the Republi can candidates. As the night pro gressed it only served to confirm this ju3Bement. The returns from Illinos betrayed a like condition. The Republican plur ality of 1896 was grestly reduced, but it was still too large to be overcome. On the other hand, the returns from Indiana, Michigan, the two Dakotas, Utah and Wyoming, as well as Nebras ka, seemed to indicate strong Repub lican gains over 1896. Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia had given decisive Repubitcan pluralities. The count in several of the far west ern States was naturally so delayed as to give little indication of the outcome there, but they had ceased to have a determining effect, and before 10 o'clock the Democrats had given up the contest, and it was announced that Mr. Bryan had gone to bed and was sound asleep. The whole story was easily and briefly told. The -Republican ticket would have a larger electoral vote than four years ago, but in the larger States of the middle west the pluralities had been greatly reduced. Massachusetts had fallen from 174.000 to 50,000; New York from 268 000 to 150,000 and Illi nois from 142,000 to 100,000. The roll call of States at 12 o'clock Tuesday night is apparently as follows: McKinley-California, 9; Conneticut 6; Delaware, 3; Illinois, 24; Indiana, 15; Iowa, 13; Maine, 6; Maryland, 8; Massachusetts, 15; Michigan, 14; Mis neosta, 9; New Hampshire, 4; New Jeraey, 10; New York, 36; North Da kota, 3; Ohio, 23; Pennsylvania, 32; Rhode Island, 4; Vermont, 4; West Virginia, 6; Wisconsin, 12; Wyoming, 3.-Total, 259. Bryan-Alabama, 11; Arkansas, 8; Colorado, 4;, Florida, 4; Georgia, 13; Liuisiana, 8; Mississippi, 9; Missouri, 17! Montana, ,3; North Carolina, 11; South Carolina, 9; Tennessee, 12; Tex as, 15; Utah, 3; Virginia, 12. Total, 139. Unreported: Idaho; 3 Kansas 10; Kentucky 13; Nebraska 8;i Nevada 3; Oregon 4; South Dakota 4; Washing ton 4. Total 49. If all the unreport ed states should turn out as Democrat ic, a highly improbable contingency1 it would not change the results. T latest returns from Nebraska indicate a Republican plurality. The fifty-seventh congress seems to be Republican by a substantial work ing majority. What the epublicans Claim. As a result of messages received at Res publican national headquarters Thur. day by National Committeemen J. H. Manley and N. B. Scott from doubtul points, Mr. Manley gave out the follow ing statement: "Full returns Thursday leave the situation as it was Wednesday. We have won by 308 electoral votes. We have carried every Northern State but Colorado, Nevada and Montana, with ten votes. We have carried Kentucky, Maryland, Deilaware and West Virginia, As we predicted during the entire cam paign they are attempting to rob us of the electoral votes in Kentucky under the power of the Goebel law. If they succeed we shall have 295 electoral votes. Our candidate for Governor wires that we have carried Kentucky for the electoral ticket and elected him by over 7,000 majority. The time has eomne wnen the American people ought to insist, at whatever cost, that the votes shall be counted as they were honestly cast." An Election Fight. A serious election day row took place at Keystone Park, Fla. George Mbey and Thomas Moody, prominent citizens of that section, became in volnd in a quarrel at the primary poll ing place, and the altercation finally resuted in a fight, in which one of the participants was badly stabbed. They were then separated, but a few minutes subsequently it is alleged that Mobley shoct Moedy while standing in the doorway of the building in which the election was being held. It is re orted that Moody will not live. On account of the prominence of both par ties the affair has eaased considerable excitement. No Injunction Against Capid. A distressed father has appealed to the courts in the city of Brooklyn to release his son from the thralidom of a pair of bright eyes. He complained that a certain pretty girl has hypno tized his son to such purpose that the young man neglects his work and spends all the time possible in her society. Hypnotism is a new name for it. To the everlasting credit of the Judge be it said that he did a smile behind his hand and refused to enjoin the mother of the girl from granting the young man admissionl to her house. Will Not Be Senator. The New York E~vening Journal prints the following telegram from Mr. Bryan: "Lincoln, Neb, November 8.-To the Editor of the Evening Jour nal: You may say officially that under no circumstances would I accept the office of United States Senator, even were it tendered me. I made my fight for the Presidency and lost. I am not going to take other men's positions from them. William J. Bryan."