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ol.xvii. IN' (aN S. C., W.EDINESI)AY. OCTOBE1 2 92 O 2 THE COAL STRIKE Is Settled by Both Sides Making Slight Concessions. THE STATEMENT GIVEN OUT. Coinmission to Enquire 2 nto amd 'ass Upon All Questions at Issue " Between the O; erators and Miners. A dispatch from Washington says the great anthracite coal strike is settled at last. A commission of six persons, with a seventh. Mr. Carroll D. Wright. as recorder. will adjust differences between operators and miners. President Mitchell of the miners will take the necessary meas-. ures to call the strike off. The presi dent will urge immediate resumption of mining and operations are expected to begin thie week. Organized labor has a representative on the commis sion in the person of E. E. Clark. grand chief of the Order of Railway Conductors, named as a sociologist. The president added Bishop Spalding of Illinois to the list of five members suggested by the operators. As nam ed the commission is perfectly satis factory to both miners and operators. Assent of the miners was given through President Mitchell and Mr. Sargent, commissioner of immigra tion and of the operators through Messrs. Robert Bacon and George W. Perkins of the banking firm of J. Pier pont Morgan & Co. The final out come followed a series of conferences, beginning with two during the day with Mr. Mitchell and two during the night with Messrs. Bacon and Perkins. Evens moved quickly at the last, the president being determined on a speedy settlement. The com mission will assemble in a few days I and choose a chairman, probably Gen. Wilson. It then will arrange for sessions and testimony. The follow ing official announcement of the close of the strike was issued at the White House: After a conference with Mr. Mitchell and some further conference with representatives of the coal opera tors, the president has appointed the members of the commission to inquire into, consider and pass upon all ques tions at issue between the operators and miners in the anthracite coal fields: Brig. Gen. John M. Wilson, U. S. A., retired (late chief of engineers U. S. A.). Washington, D. C., as an of ficer of the engineer corps of either the military or naval service of the United States. M. E. W. Parker, Washington D. C.-as an expert mining engineer. Mr. Parker is chief statistician of the coal division of the United States geologi cal survey and the editor of the En gineeying and Mining Journal of New York. Hon. George Gray. Wilmington; Del., as a judge of a United States court. Mr. E. E. Clark, Cedar Rapids, Ia., grand chief of the Order of Railway Conductors-as a sociologist. the pres ident assuming that for the purposes of such a commission the therm sociologist means a man who has thought and studied deeply on social *uestions and has practically applied his knowledge. Mr. Thomas H. Watkins, Scranton, Pa., as a man practically acquaintea .,ith the mining and selling of coal. Bishop John L. Spalding of Peoria, Ill. The president has added Bishop Spalding's name to the commission. Hon. Carroll D). Wright has been ap pointed recorder of the commission. Forty Horses Burned. Forty horses were burned to death, :and three men had narrow escapes from a like fate in a fire that started early. 'Uhursday in the five-story structre at 339 West 16th street New York occupied by the Ganzvoort --Livery and Boarding stables. The -building was -practically destroyed. together with a shed used for st<>rmng vechicles. Nearby tenements were ,emptied by a squad of police.. The lire started in a truck load of furni ture in the first floor. John Ilyland and James Kelly. stablemen. were in the basement where they had rooms. Over the window of the room in which they were was a stout wire netting. The policemen pulled this away and drew the men out. Hleyland was un conscious and burned slightly. Kelly had struggled in such a strenuous manner with the grating trying to force it up so that he and his comrade could get out that his hands were torn and bleeding, his arms and wrists lacerated and in many places there -were gaping wounds on his hands and forearms. After the tire was out one of the workmen found John spencer, a laborer, in a small shed in the rear frightfully burned. Murder Will Out. Frank J. Field, a contractor, was arrested Thursday at New Castle. Pa.. charged with the murder of City Treasurer .John Blevins who was found dead in his othee one night in Jlanu ary 1899. The murder wvas a mystery and remained unsolved up to this time. After Blevin's death a short age of about S65,000O was found in his accounts. The warrant upon which Field was arrested enarges that Field and his brother, J1udson, conspired with several persons to rob and mur der Blevins. Judson Field died four teen months ago in Kansas and on his death bed, it is alleged. madle a confes sion implicating his brother. "Make No Outcry."~ Gaining admission, as a caller, to the apartments of 31rs. A my G. Wat kins. New York Wednesday. a man who gave nis name as Henry l~awson. handed her a statement which began with these words: "Make no outcry. I have a bag of dynamite which I wiil drop if you don't give me your dia monds." MIrs. Watkins did make an outcry and Dawson rushed from the house. takingr his bac and drawing a revolver as he went. ie was met at the door by a polleman who arrested him and founid that tihe bax was WHY THEY CAME TO TERMS. Coal Operators Forced to ALbatdior l'osition Tak en )v Baer. While in New York MIonday G. F. YBaer. chief of the coal operators war interviewed. "Do you consider that the proppsi tion submitted to the president it the nature of a recession from th< stand taken by the operatursf lie wa asked. "I happen to have drawn the prop osition mhyself." 3lr. Ikter said. "0i at least 1 had a considerable part ir preparing it. and I may state that it embodies my opinions and my views. Further than that I cannot say any thing." President Oliphant of the )el;ware and Hudson was asked if the publi( would not look upon the prop' sitior of the operators as a concession to the millers. It is not a concession to the mi ners," he replied. "It is a concession to humanity. It is a move taken t< relieve the distress prevalent through out the country." President Fowler, -n heing asked what influences if any induced the operators to submit the difterences with their men to arbitration. replied: "It was chiefly due to the pressure off public opinion, or. rather. you might say, public necessity. We recognized that the public would suf fer from scarcity of coal if something was not done soon. and we concluded that it would be honorable to over look in a measure the rights of the interests that we represent in order that a way out of a serious predica ment might be found. Many of the schools were getting ready to shut down. and still greater hardships might be suffered." One of the men prominent in coal circles said : "The arbitration proposition now before President Roosevelt was formu lated by the men whose names and in terests are appended thereto. It is only fair to say that Mr. Morgan took an active part in the proceedings and his suggestions were most valuable. "The operators realized that mat ters had to give way. As men of common sense they knew that they could not freeze the American public. Mr. Morgan was frank to say that something had to be done at once or the hard coal interests would suffer serious harm. The force of his argu ment was generally recognized. "We believe we have been more than fair in our position. Until we know how it has been received we can say nothing more." A Four Days Battle. The battle near La Victoria. Vene zuela, between the army commanded by President Castro and the revolu tionary forces, which began Monday morning and re:ulted in the retire men of President Castro to La Vie toria Tuesday afternoon, was resumed again-fiercely at 5 o'clock Wednesday morning. At that time the president had received reenforcements and had over 6,000 men engaged against 7.000 revolutionists. The artillery played a part never before seen in Venezuela. Shortly before 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon the revolutionists appeared to have gained a slight advantage. The president's artillery, which num bered 15 guns, had been reduced to four guns. La Victoria was crowded with wounded, and there were no pro visons in the town. The British cru iser Indefatigable has left La Guayra for Tu~cacas, with provisions for the foreign residents here, some of whom are said to be dying of hunger as a result of the concentration measures adopted by the Venezuelan authori* ties. The Indefatigable, to accom pish her mission. will have to run the blockade of Tucacas. Election Day Duty. Some people have an idea that af ter they have put themselves to thE trouble of travelling, perhaps, several miles to deposit their votes at a prim. ary election, that their duty to their party is finished, but such is not the case by any means. Each party mar owes it to himself to be at the polls or November 4. when the general elec tion is held, and work as diligently for the nominees of the party as they did when tile primary election was the absorbing topic. Those who were defeated in the party primary should be all the more pressing when the 4th comes, because they pledged them selves to support tihe nominees of th( party, and we take it that "support' does not merely mean "vote" but it means "work.'' With us, the party is irst. It may make mistakes, and doubtless does, but that is neithe1 here or there. An unbroken. resolute, determined front. and continuous work, is whlat is needed to bring vie tory and triumph to the party of the common people Two Negroes Arrested. Trhursday morning Sheriff Seranton of IHenderson county. N. C., armued with requisition papers, carried tt I enderson ville from Spartanbu rg. Dock Jones and Charles Foster, b~otl ceored. These negroes, while work iig in a hotel, stole a ladies valuablt gold watch and chain. They rgturned to this city after the resort closed for the season. Spartanburg being their home. D~eputy Sheriff White wvorked up the ease on the pair, and securer several diamonds arid an emerakl, whichl adorned one of the cases of the stlen watch. Fixing the Blame. The tinding in the inquest rollowing the accident in which Pi esideni Roosevelts body guard. Wo. Craiig was killed at Pittsburg Mlass.. last September. tiled says that "the unm lawful acts oif J1amues T.. IKelly. con. ductor and Euclid M1adden. motor man."~ of tile electric car which rar into the president's carriage. "coni tributed"~ to the death of M~r. Craig. The finding was by special d1 atie< Chas. L Ilibibard. The Coal Strike. Strike del1ared.. .. .. . .. 31a 12. 190 Duirtin of strike . . 1: day: 31en'. thron out of work. 192.00o L os in . blers' waacs..81 I.::o.00( lIs of 0 opcrai ors... . . . 5.5o. l.os. to ail w: vs . .. . 25.000.0o( L o to merchants.... . . . :.000.00( Other public losss 24. 900.00O The Officers of the Climax Bottling Company Murdered BY ITS FORMER PRESIDENT. The Murderer Then Kill. !Iin'ie Caieri i'repared to luy l'p a Shorta;e. 1'ut Used Pistol. An awful trageciy was enacted in th'e heart of the city of New York on last Friday. Using a new autonitie imtagazine pistol. Wi. C. Turner. for mer president and treasurer of theC Climax I 1ttlung company. shot aind killed W. .!. Mallard. secretary and T treasurer of the company and Ibert IIainiiton. its president. and then killed hi melf with the same weapon. A second revolver. loaded in evey i chamber, was found in Turner's p:cket. awd it is be!iecved he plane i to take morte liVes than he lid. Tne shooting was cautsel by a quarrel be- r tween the tbhree men over an alleged s shortage in Turner's :uc'n1ity. ir r which he was threatened with crim-v nal prosecutiIi. The tragedy oecurred r in the oli::es of the law tirm of Cantor. r Adams & Melntyre in the heart of the r Wall street district (lurirg the busy noon hour. Turner. who was 45 years 1: of age and lived at Mount Vernon. N. ' Y., was a cousin of Gov. Odell of New f York. All of the principals in the tragedy 1 were married. Mallard was 3 years !s old. a native of Atlanta. Ga.. where he was well b nown in business and a social circles. lie was president of 1 the Young Men's Democratic League i there. He Lad been in New York about four years and lived with bis 'I wife and two children in an up-town d 1lat. Mr. Hamilton lived in Pitts- s burg. where he was president of the a J. T. & A. Hamilton glass factories. t He was about t60 years old. Ile arriv- v ed in New York Thurday in response b to a telegram from Turner received at r, Pittsburg. which said: I "Meet me in New York Friday and a I will settle with you." t The three men met in the law of- v fices by appointment to allow Turner v to make a partial settlement and he f was asked for a certified check. "I hate it," he said, and then he closed t the door of the room. An instant I later he drew a revolver and began b firing. Mallard fell shot through the t heart and Ilamlilton lived only a few u moments. A number of other persons a who were in the room. clerks and ' members of the firm, ied in a panic. s After killing Hamilton and Mallard. t Turner shot himself in the head. Some d moments later. hearing no more shots, s the persons who tied ventured back t into tie ro'om and found the three 1% bodies. a Turner retired as president of the Climax IHottling company last April when he was bought out by Hamilton. After thc sale it was discovered, in 1 examining the books of the concern that there was a shortage of 85.100 in Turner's accounts. The Climax c:om pany engaged John F. Mcintyre, form er assistant district attorney, and M. Goodman. both of the firm in whose offices the shooting occurred, to effect a settlement with Turner and he en gaged Edgar Leventritt to represent! his interests. Some difficulty had l been met with in negotiations which e followed between the lawyers. but it It was finally agreed to accept $2,700' and give Turner a release in full. j Thursday night it was agreed that I the settlement would take place in e the ottices of Cantor. Adams & Mc- 1 Intyre Friday at 11 o'clock. .Before he left the conference Thurs day night Turner anxiously asked that Mr. McIntyre be present at Friday's y meeting, and Mr. Mcintyre has said j since the shootig he did not like Tur- L ner's mannr Thursday. as the latter C seemed, in his opinion, to bear him self recklessly and with the demeanor a of a man who might do almost any t desperate act. At the appointed hour a Friday Trurner. with his lawyer, enter ed the law onice. Mr. Goodman usher-s ed Turner and his lawyer into the 3 private ottice of Mr. Adams. Leven- r tritt, it is said, told Turner to remain outside. Turner refused, saying thait he wanted to close the matter at once. Turner immediately after enteringr asked for Mr. McIntyre and show~ed anger when told he would not be at the conference. Negotiations for a settlement begar C at once, Messrs. Ihamilton, Mallard I and Goodman and Adams being pres ent beside Turner and his attorney. The conference at first was in the irm's general oflice, b)ut later Mallara asked to see Mr. Adams and 31r. Hamilton in Adam's private OIICeC Turner having refused certain propo sitions. While the conference in the private onfice was going on Turneri walked in. His lawyer asked him for his check to be u~sed in tile settlement I ad Turner said: ''Yes. I'll let you have it.' . Then Turner closed the door of the otice. lie was facing Mr. Mallard. who had asked him for the certitied check. In an inlstant alter Ih had shut the dloon he drew a :,evolver ad ooilntn it at Mallard said: 'Till kll ou, youI (-." Then he tired two shots at \Iallardi. Instantly therewa a w~ild sc ramble 01n the part of thle others In the roomi. All except H1am ltonl dashed for thle door, but Liamil ton w~heln Turner tired. sprang at himc o grap~ple. Turner was t''o quick fori him, however. and dropping his wea-t poll to a level with his victim's breast tired. There is 1no witnlesses to whIt 2 oowd. Mr. Leventritt. at the first I appearceI I of the rev lver, rushed out L of the room. leavinlg i s hat b elinHd. G oodmain followed'( Leveit ritt and1 \dams jumped to his beet as soon1 s 3 llrd'. was shot. brulshed past Tur ier'tand got out of tihe olliee. As theyL I eft the rio mo)lre s1hots were heard o ol(i \wed by to eaIvy falls. There ws con2sternaOt ion in t lhe office. cerks. boy and severa \liwoen empoyeVs were or a few mniin utes too fri gh tened to do0 anytin1g. W'hen persons connctedl withi tile .I aw (laces venltured back into thle . room thley foundl the three b lies ly ng c!Ose t ~ct.her. On T urner s hod sas found an unsigned telegram read ng: "Teiephone messaae received. Will accpt -. 700 either from Ilamil on or Mallard." On Turner's corpse ho coroner also found a certitied ;heck for *:. 700. The latter is re tarded as throwing a peculiar light >n the case. for it is thought to indi .ate that Turner went to the otlice vita the probable intention of paying he sum of money which was to have ;ettled the dtiiculty. If he did in end to pa: it is argued, he ehanged is in nd suddenly and decided to kill. NEGRO WHIP WILDCAT. L Faithf'al Dog iIelps His Master to Win the Fight. In Dead river swamp. Ga.. Wednes la afte noon George Tarpley. a ne ro man of gigantic stature and trength. encountered a tremendous vild cat ferocious from hunger. The wo engaged in a battle which lasted or a quarter of an hour. The man early lost his life before he came ut of the tight victorioun, and had ot his faithful dog joined him early n the encounter the result might aVe been different. Tarpley had been hunting. He cardi a great comnotioa deep in the wa mp and an investigation of the iise brouglit hiin upon the wild cat. ;hich was chasing turkeys. The tan'.; interference enraged the ani sal. a ni it sprang upon him before he calizre lis danger. Tarpley tore the clawing beast from is shoulder and threw it from him. 'his partly stunned the cat and be ,re it could recover Tarpley shot it z the breast. lie thought he had illed it and turned away, but no oner was his back turned than he Alt it alight again on his shoulder nd its sharp claws ripped his neck ke blades of steel. He fell to the round. 'T'hen his dog broke in on the battle. 'he dog got the cat by the throat and ragged it from the negro. Tarpley taggered to his feet and tried to get not her shot. but, fearing lest he hit be dog. could only stand by and atcli the two game animals as they attled for life. Over and over they iled. howling, bitting and clawing. 'irst the dog, then the cat had the dvantage. Blood spattered against he tree trunks as they fought. It ras a desperate struggle between the id denizen of the swamp and the tithful dog protecting his master. Finally Tarpley managed to club he cat with the butt end of his gun. e thought to break its back, but the low failed of this end and the cat rned again on the man. As it came p in its spring he caught it by a leg nd tiung it against a tree. The dog *as upon it, as it fell to the ground :unned and the tight soon ended. In e throat the savage teeth of the og gripped the cat and its pugnacious irit was literally ground out of the >rn and bleeding body. The cat was -eighed in town and tipped the scales t sixteen pounds. Wants to Come Here. The Secretary of State has received letter from Henry Spang, of St. ,ouis, Mo., who is connected with a rge wholesale dry goods house, look g to the establishment of a hosiery 1i1 in South Carolina. For the infor ation of the different towns of the tate, who would like to have such a sill,. th etter is herewith, publish d. t reads follow~s: DearSir: The writer is seeking a >cation for a hosiery mill, which will mploy about one hundred hands at e start, and possibly employ 200 to 00 in the course of a few years. The tbor wanted must be white and cheap order to compete successfully with astern manufacturers. A town of .500 to 2,000 inhabitants, with a ood coal supply and good shipping cilities to St. Louis, is desired. he writer has been informed that a ood many Southern towns are offer g certa'n concessions to induce man facturers to locate in their city, and course any such concessions would e quite an inducement to me. Would lso prefer to get as close to the cot on yarn spinning district as possible, id would prefer to locate in a town there there is no hosiery mill at pre nt. Any information with which ou can supply the writer will be very uch appreciated, and would mention hat I can furnish the very highest lass of references. I desire to take his matter up shortly, and would hank you to give same your earliest ttention." Dead Bodies in Street. A special from Indianapolis, Ind.. n Monday says that four dead bodies rere found tied in sacks in Georgia treet and in the rear of the Central :ollege of Physicians and Surgeons hat morning. The bodies were iden itied as those of Mrs. .Johanna Stilz, aid to have been stolen from the Eb nezer cemetery: Miss Glendore Gates. legcd to have been stolen from An erson cemetery; Wallace Johnson. aken from Ebenezer cemetery, and Irs. Catherine Doehrinig, from the ;erman Catholic cemetery. It is sup used at least one hundred graves ae been despoiled within the last hree mnonths. .Judge Alford, in his astructions to members or the grand ury. told them to go to the bottom of he outrage and punish every man for iis part in it. regardless of his promi .eice. Ship Wrecked. The wooden steamer C. 1i. Lock vood foundered in a storm about 15 Pies otT Ashtabula, 0.. Wednesday ight. The captain and crew sue ecded in launching two boats just be ore the steamer went down. One of he boats containing the captain was icked up near the harbor this morn ng. The other boat has not been lear~d from. Tugs and life savers are arching for the missing boat. which ontaied 10 members of the crew. Beauvoir Sold. The formal sale and transfer of ~eauvoi r. t he home of J1eItfrson D avis, v Mrs. D avis to the Sons of Conifed rate Veterans was consummated bhursday at the opening session of the u~in of the Mississippi Division. us of Confederate Veterans at JIack un. The home will be used as a home or indigent Confederate veterans. Irs. Davi rece i s$1a.un for the THE EARTH QUAKED For Six Hours Soufriere Belched Flames, Stones and Ashes. THE VOLCANO IN ERUPTION. Heavy Reports Was Accompanied With Activity of the Moun tains. Extent of l)amage Not Known. The volcanos in the little islands south of the United States are active again. A dispatch from Kingston. St. Vincent Island. says a terrific cruption of the Soufriere volcano com menced Wednesday night. During the preceding day (Tuesday) earth tremors apparently too slight to be considered important were experienc ed in the central and northern parts of the island. At S o'clock Wednesday night there were indubitable indications of an eruption. Rumbling noises were heard. they increased until 9 o'clock, when the roaring volcanic giant bel ched out its deadly contents. This eruption was followed by a brief lull. Then, from 10 o'clock until 4 o'clock Thursday morning the upheaval con tinued. The outbreak was accompani ed by an incessant and confused can onading. There were incandescent clouds and sparkling matter was eject ed. After 4 o'clock the disturbance gradually decreased but the noise of the boiling caldron is still audible in the district near the volcano. Both craters of the Soufriere were apparently active and have been steaming all day long. Sand fell heav ily everywhere from half past one un til half past three this morning. At southern points the sand is half an inch deep, the depth gradually in creased towards the volcanic cone, where there were showers of large stones. pebbles and cinder. Kingston and other southern points of the island have not been damaged. Reports from the Windward district are awaited. The sand ejected during this eruption has a stronger sulphur ous odor than any previously thrown out, and one square foot of It weighs exactly one ponnd. A dispatch from Budgetown, Island of Barbadas, says volcanic dust from the Soufriere volcano on the island of St. Vincent is falling here and has caused a stoppage of business. The shopkeepers are closing their stores and are returning to their homes. It was so dark at 10 o'clock this morn ing that it was necessary td light the lamps. A dispatch from Basse Tene, Island of Guadeloupe, says between midnight and 3 o'clock Wednesday morning loud detonations were heard and glim mering lights were seen in the direc tion of the Island of Martinique. There were two earthquakes Tuesday at Les-Saintes islands, off the south ern end of Gaudeloupe and at Marie alante island, south southeast of audeloupe. A TERRIBLE TYPHOON. A terrible typhoon has spread disas ter all over the northern part of Ja pan. It was accompanied by seismic idal waves at Odawara, which del ged the coast villages, the loss of life and property being immense. Sub scription lists have been opened in towns by the leading Japanese people and newspapers. A local journal said: "From telegrams and personal nar rations it seems that the typhoon which visited this section of Japan on Saturday night and Sunday contral ized its fury in the region of Odawara. Tidal waves visited the shores at Oda wara. Kodzu, Kamekura Oizo and loss of life and immense damage to property ensued. The telegraph re ports that at Odawara alone 50 houses were washed away and eight persons killed on Sunday morning. aThe Yu moto-Kodzu-Odawara line was com pletely paralyzed. Whole sections were lifted bodily-sleepers and rails and transported hundreds of yards in land. At the power house the dynamo was reported still there. but the house was supposed to be up the nounntain somewhere. ..The loss will eat up a considerable amount of the years protit of the line." Plenty of Cash. A dozen big rolls of greenbacks were found, according to District Attorney Jerome, in the safes of two of the live New York gambling houses which were the scene of raids Wednesday night by order of the district attorney. "I understand that there is a great deal of money deposited each night-by bookmakers in these places," said Mr. Jerome. " But I do not know who owns the rolls. It will not be sutli dient identification for a man to say "that S10.000 roll is mine.' " It has bee~n ascertained that the total amount of money in the rolls found in the safe is about $250,000. Slapped His Face. IR. 0. Colt. a member of the famous Colt family of gunmakers, who makes his home in Charlotte. was slapped in the face on the street by a pretty ac tress, Miss Grace Hobart Hanson, a member of "The Tyranny of Tears" company. Mr. Colt was walking be side the lady on the street. When she reached the main entrance of the Central hotel the young woman burst into tears and as suddenly drew back her hand and slapped Colt full in the face. She then quickly entered the hotel. while the crowd of traveling men and guests around the hotel en trance applauded her. Eventful Voyage. The American four-masted ship Shenandoah arrived at New York on Thursday from San Francisco, after an eventful passage of 123 days. One man was killed on the voyage and two others injured, and the ship had sev eral combats with the elements. which damaged her sails and deck houses. The Shenandoah had line weather un til .July 27th. On September 27th the rudder head twisted oiT and the crew thereafter were obliged to steer by tackles on a monkey roller. Under tis pury rig the ship came into port. TARIFF REFORM. With That as a Pattle Cry Cleveland Says Time is Ripe FOR A DEMOCRATIC VICTORY. He Says Republicans Should Not be Permitted to Occupy Our Tar ifr Reform Ground This Year. To a representative of The New York Evening Post, who asked him his views in regard to the outlook for and the duty of the Democracy in the approaching congressional elec tions. ex-President Grover Cleveland said: "It seems to me that if the Democ racy is really in earnest it cannot fail largely to increase its representation in the next congress, but in order to do so I think there must be a constant and stalwart insistance upon the thing which are recognized by all to be true Democratic doctrines. Of course, by far the most important of these is tariff reform. On this issue, I am satisfied that the Democracy is face to face with a great opportunity. All of the signs 3f the times point to a recognition, far beyond all party lines, of the benefits which would ac crue to the people by a readjustment of the tariff, and it would be worse than lolly for the party under the stress of any temptation or yielding to any allurement to permit this to be subordinated to or overshadowed by any other issue. "The present restlessness in Repub lican circles on this subject, often amounting to protests against Repub lican protective theories, should warn the Democracy of an impending dan ger. I mean by this the possibility that our opponents may crowd us from our position on this subject, if we al low them to do so by our lukewarm ness and indifference and to occupy our ground, just as we permitted them to crowd us from the ground that belonged to us on the question of sound money. "I am very much pleased with the deliverance of the New York Demo cracy on the tariff issue, and it was fit and- proper that the Empire State should sound the right note. It is my clear conviction that the best assur ance of success for the Democracy in the next national campaign will be found in a sincere and unremitting in sistence upon its old time doctrine of a fair and beneficent tariff adjust ment. This insistence should be from now on It need hardly be said that success will depend upon the presenta tion of tariff doctrine not only re cognized as truly Democratic by those who may be termed veterans in the party, but also commending itself to the hosts of the younger men of our land. Thousands of these await the opportunity to-espouse a cause which must appeal to disinterested love of country and which is based upon the thoughtful regard of all our people and the safety of the institutions un der which we live. To these young men no hope is offered for the reliza tion of their patriotic asprations ex cept through the conscientious en deavors of the Democratic party. "1 am at a loss to understand by what process of reasoning the notion has gained a footing in certain Demo cratic quarters not only that no im portance attaches to a-Democratic as cendancy in the next house - of repre sentatives, but even that it might be advantageous to party prospects in 1904 for it to continue in its present minority now. Powerful warfare ought to be reagarded as continuous, and if the results battled for are worth hav ing at all, they are worthy of our best efforts at all times and under all cir cumstance. Constant vigilance and unrelenting attack are essential to vic tory, armies are captured by first driv ing in the outposts. "I cannot believe that the bright prospects of the Democracy in the present campaign are to be married by any lack of hard work and strenuous ighting." Sale of Ticket Extended. The Columbia State says on Friday morning an announcement was made that will be pleasing to hundreds of people all over South Carolina .who contemplate going to the fair. Here tofore the railroads have only had tickets on sale at stations on certain days of fair week and not running through Friday. In view of the fact that it is the purpose to make Friday one of the biggest days this year. and Friday night the most eventful night by far, a joint committee from the Elks and the City Fair association recently took this matter of the offer ing for sale of tickets up with the railroad people. Friday morning the committee was notified that the roads had determined this year to offer the cheap tickets for sale at all stations on the Saturday before the fair and will continue them on sale through Friday of fair week. This will enable many to come here to spend the Sun day before the fair, and others who can only come for one day will be in a position not to miss the great carnival parade, coming in if they desire on Friday evening in time for the night's festivities and returning Saturday. Killed Himself. E. A. Schroeder, of New York, a tobacco salesman, and son of Ex-Mayor Schroeder, of Brooklyn, committed. suicide Wednesday morning on the train from Jacksonville to Savannah by shooting himself through the head. He had taken the drawing room on the sleeper and it was in this that his body was discovered when the con ductor went through to take up the tickets. On the body was fcund a letter, addressed to~ the public, in which was written: "I have com mitted a great crime: the law cannot punish me hence I punish myself." Another letter requested that his father and his wife be notified. It is believed the young man was mentally uualanced. The body is being held at Waycross for instructions from New York. Schroeder was married six weeks ago to the divorced wife of Ex-Alderman Howard P. Okie, form erly Miss Cheseborough, a sister of s. Uoranrd R. Molineux. HE WAS SCARED. Gee. W. Murray, the Black Ex-Con gressman, Afraid of Lynchers. A dispatch from Sumter to The State says there was a scared ex-con gressman in that sectiorn one night last week. Geo. W. Murray, the black ex-congressman,thought that his time was quickly drawing to an end. It ap pears that he had a fuss with a white man at Providence. No blows passed and things were settled in a quiet manner. Four or five young men at Gaillards X-roads bearing some rumor of the fuss rode to Providence to hear about it. One of Murray's brothers was there and when he saw the crowd gather and start talking about the I row he immediately took up the idea that it was a lynching affair. He ran four miles to warn his brother. telling him that a gang of white men were coming to murder him. Murray im mediately sent to Sumter to the sher iff for protection and proceeded to get a body guard. County Supervisor Seale went up there, arriving at Murray's house about 11 p. in. Everywhere you looked there were armed negroes. The shadow of every tree was the hiding place for them. It is thought that there were 150 women and men stand ing guard. It took Mr. Seale some time to persuade Murray that there was nothing doing in the way of a lynching affair and that the white man with whom he had fussed was then in the city of Sumter. A very serious matter might have been pre cipitated by so many armed negroes being called together, and then there t might have been ample justification for Murrays fears, for he certainly would have been handled had his armed mob fired on a white person. Murray may not have known it, but t he was playing with fire when he call ed the armed negroes to his house to protect him. He Was Despondent. I The body of Henry Cordes, who t committed suicide Tuesday at Jack- f soville, where he went in search of work,was brought to Charleston Wed nesday and interred in Bethany ceme tery. Cordes was formerly in business i in Charleston, having conducted a grocery and liquor establishment. He I failed and then went to Jacksonville, a where he secured employment as a s bartender. He lost his place and be- ' came despondent, finally committing suicide, to end his troubles. The sui cide was deliberately planned. He told his friends goodby, destroyed a c number of old letters, and packed his a effects that they might easily be sent back to Charleston. After drinking a . vial of carbolic acid he repaired among a circle of friends at his boarding r house and cooly announced the fact that he had drunk the acid. He sat I down on a chair and awaited the end, C which came about 15 mtnules after he had announced the drinking of the acid. The efforts of his friends and t later of a physician to save his life proved o no avail. He was 27 years old He leaves a sister here, the two E having come oyer to this country from t Germany a few years ago. C c The Handy Pitl Mr. Perry Mitchem, a well-to-do farmer living in the upper part of Morgan county, Ga., shot and almost instantly killed Walter Booth, of Mad ison, Ga., and Mr. Hamby, of Fair-. place, at Madison Wednesday after- 1 noon. Walter L. Main's circus was in I Madison and a very large crowd gath- ~ ered there to witness the performance. ~ It is said that many people were ~ drunk and whiskey flowed freely The I fightjin which Mitchem killed Booth ~ and Hamby, occured over a dispute about a bottle of whisky. It appears that the dispute was between Mitch em and Hamby, and that Booth was ~ a disinterested party attempting to t act as peace maker between the two ~ men. Mitchem fired five shots from his revolver, two of which killed the two men and two of the remaining three taking effect in bystanders. One white man and one negro were in jured by stray bullets. The shooting occurred in an alley in the rear of the ~ store of Vason Brothers. Mr. Booth leaves a wife and four children. Mr. 1 Hamby was a single man. Mitchem was drunk at the time the shooting occurred. Late last night he stated 1 that he was very sorry he killed Mr. Booth who had nothing to do with the trouble. Mitchem is in jail. Be Sure and Vete. The day for the general election will be Tuesday, November 4th. Let every white voter remember the day, so that he can look up the registra tion certificate, in order that he may go to the polls and cast his ballot as he should. Many of our people look upon this matter as of secondary con sideration. It is not only incumbent by reason of the pledge at the Demo cratic primaries to support the nomi nees, but it enables our representa tives in Congress to present a strong case when a contest exists, as is gen erally the case. This one thing, if for 1 no oth er consideration, should make1 us go to the polls on the fourth of November and cast a budi1ot for the i Democratic standard bearers. It is 1 thle intention of the Republicans to noinate a congressional candidate ini each district in South Carolina for the sole purpose of getting up contests1 should the next congress be Republi can. Every Democrat should vote and give our congressional candidates a< rousing majority- 1 Prophesies Success.1 " It seems to me that a Democratic victory is in the air." said Hon. Stephen Brundidge. member of con gress from Arkansas, Wednesday. My opinion Is that it will materialize in the near future in the congressional elections, but if not then, 1904 will be memorable as the year the Democrats swept the country. The great victory of 1892 will surely be duplicated two years hence,if not in the present cam-4 paign. It does not require a high or der of intelligence for any one to see4 that the country is getting restless over the inequalities and exactions of1 our tariff system. Strong Republican1 districts are showing as great discon tent at exceSnive taxation as if found in Democratic strongholds. The mid de West protests against it and so1 does New England. The leaven of tariff reform is working all over thei country." BLOODY SEQUEL To a Divorce Suit in Which the De fendant Kills Three People. SLAYS HIS WIFE'S PARETS Then Rides Six Miles and Shoots Eis Eighteen-Months-Old Daugh-' - ter. Says fie Is Not Sorry. As the bloody sequel of a divorce ;uit, Archie Woodin, 23 years old, is ender arrest at Mount Pleasant,Mich gan, charged with a triple murder Lnd that community was shocked rhursday by a bloody tragedy in which Mrs. Woodin's parents and the )risoner's 18-months-old daughter, ere shot and killed. Woodin was >ver-powered just as he turned the eapon upon himself and had inflict Kd a wound that is not expected to - )rove; fatal. He visited the court iouse Thursday morning about 9 'clock and looked over the papers in suit for divorce which his wife in tituted Oct. 10. From there he went lirectly to Isbel's hardware store vhere he purchased a revolver. There vas no interruption in his career of rime from the moment his hands let o of the legal papers in the court louse until his victims lay dead in w& farm houses six miles apart. laving secured the weapon he first ode his wheel to the Gulick fr. and Mrs. Joseph Gulick being the= rst victims. Mr. Gulick was shot wice, once above the heart and once a the right side, and was instantly illed. Woodin then turned upon his pother-in-law, who was sitting In a ocking chair, and shot her in the hroat. She ran into the kitchen and ell upon her back. Woodin followed nd emptied three chambers of his re olver into her breast, killing her. A 4-year-old daughter of Gulick came a at the sound of the first shots and eeing the blood on her mother's neck an to the neighbors and gave the larm. While running down the road he heard the last three shots. The iurderer then dashed to his mother's ome six miles away. He rode his rreel for one mile, then tearing off is coat and throwing it with his bi ycle into a fence corner, ran a mile nd a half through the fields. / He iade the last four miles on a borrow d horse. Passinng the time of day rith a group of apple pickers on his ther's farm, he entered the house s though nothing unusual had hap ened, and picking up his little girl, arried her into an empty room. In a aoment a shot rang out. Woodin's rife was Miss Anna M. Gulick and hey were married March 25, 1900. Voodin was a soldier in the Cuban rar. At the jail he refuses to talk xcept to express regret that he failed o kill himself. He was laboring un er the impression that his wife's pa ents had caused the divorce proceed ogs, though his wife's bill of com ilaint charged personal violence. Irime of Circamstantial Evidence. History is full of instances where nocent men have been hung for irder and other crimes on circum tantial evidence, the facts of the ase frequently not being known until aany years after the tragic mistake ~as been 'made, but probably no cir umstance of this kind has ever car ied with it a more shocking realiz ion of the enormity of a man's life eing taken by the law because cicum tances are apparently against him han a case the details of which have ecently been published.. In Bich aond, Va., on October the third, John esley Hicks, convicted of the mur Ler of Milton Bourne, his son-In-law, ras hanged at Louisa Court House. ust twenty years ago, a man was anged in Virginia because circum tantial evivence pointed to the con lusion that he had murdered for heir money an old man and his wife ~amed Massey. So strong was the vidence that everyone believed that he prisoner committed the crime; ut the sequal proves that lawyers, udge, jury and public were wrong. [he sequel is this: Just before Hicks aid the death penalty last week he iublicly confessed that he had comn itted the crime for which another Lad paid his life, detailing the circum tances in such a manner as left no oubt in his hearers' minds as to his wn guilt and martyrdom of the man rho died asseting his innocence. Woman Drawing Plows. An Iowa traveler back from the iew Northwest frontier, says Pear on's Weekly, relates some of the ardships of life there. He says: "I aw a colony of Galiclans in Saskatch wan, and they gave me the most ex raordinary exhibition of human pa ience and fortitude I ever beheld. I aw from a dozen to fifteen women iltched two and two on an 18-nich reaking plow, and they marched traight ahead through the tough ~round with that plow, tearing up five ~cres a day on an average. There vas a man holding the plow. The ork these people did was as effedtive s could have been done by horse or ~xen. The women seemed to take to eir hard labor as a matter of course. 'hev are very cheerful over it. I am ld that scores of these women who Iraw plows all day have vitality ~nough left to dance through the treater part of the night." Death of a Convict. Lonnie Huntley, white, a convict the Anderson county chain gang~ lied Wednesday afternoon from a troke of appoplexy at the convict amp near the city limits. He had pparently been in the best of health ver since he had been on the chain ang, and on Sunday was as well r.s isual. During the afternoon one of he guards told him to attend to some luty about thle camp. He started to bey and went walking off, when he uddenly fell backward. By the time hose who saw him could reach his ide lie was dying. He expired in a 'ew minutes. and did not speak after