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BRYAN DECLARES That the People Must Now Combine to Crush Militarism. HE WABNS THE DEMOCRATS That the Speech et Ex-Gov. Black Nominating Roosevelt Was a Menace to Christian Cvilization. The following speech was made on the floor of the Democratic Conven tion by the Hon. W. J. Bryan at four o'clock Saturday morning, July 9, af ter an all night session. Mr. Bryan spoke as follows: Gentlemen of the Convention: T wo nights without sleep, and a cold, makes it difficult for me to make my self heard. I trust that it will be easier in a moment, but as I desire to speak to the delegates rather than to the visitors, I hope that they at least can hear. Eight years ago a Democratic con vention placed in my hands the stand ard of the party and gave me the com mission as its candidate. Four years later that commission was renewed. I come tonight to this Democratic con vention to return the commission and to say that you may dispute whether I fought a good fight, you may dispute whether I finished my course, but you cannot deny that I have kept the faith. As your candidate I did all I could to bring success to the party. As a private citizen today I am more inter ested in Democratic success than I ever was when I was a candidate. The reasons that made the election of a Democrat desirable were stronger in 1900 than in 1896; and the reasons that make the election of the Demo cratic candidate desirable are stronger In 1904 than they were in 1900. BLACKS SPEECH ON ROOSEVELT. The gentleman who presented New York's candidate at the Chicago con vention dwelt upon the danger of militarism, and did not overstate the dangers. Let me quote the most re markable passage that ever occurred or that was ever found in the speech of nomination of any candidate for president. Ex-Gov. Black of 'New York, in presenting the name of 'Theodore Roosevelt to the Republican convention, used these words: "The fate of nations is still decided by their wars. You may talk of or derly tribunals and learned referees. You may sing in your schools the gen tle praises of the quiet life. You may strike from your books the last note of every martial anthem, and yet out in the smoke and thunder will always be the tramp of horses and the silent, rigid, upturned faces. Men may pro phesy and women pray, but peace will come here to abide forever in this earth only when the dreams of child hood are the accepted charts to guide thedestinies of men. Events are num berless and mighty, and no man can tell which wire runs around the world. The nation basking today in the quiet of contentment and repose may still be on a deadly circuit and tomorrow 'wrthing in the toils of war. This is the time when great figures must be *kept in front. If the pressurels great' the material to resist it must be gran *ite and Iron." MILITARISM A M.ENACE. This isan eulogy of war. This is a declaration that the time hoped for, prayed for, of perpetual peace will never, come, thus eulogizing the doc- < trine of brute force and giving denial 1 to the hopes of the race. And this president, a candidate for reelection, is presented as the embodiment of that1 * ideal, the granite and the iron, to rep resent the new idea of militarism. Do you say you want to defeat the military idea? Friends of the south are you trying to defeat the military Idea? Let me tell you that not one1 of you, north, east or south, more fears the triumph of that idea thanlI do. If this is the doctrine that ourC nation is to stand for, it is retrogres- 1 sion, not progression, it is the lbwer- 1 lng of the ideals of the nation, it is the turning backward to the age of 1 force. More than that, it is a chal-C lenge to the Christian civilization of the world and nothing less.3 CHRIsTIAN DOCTEINE OF PEACE. I Twenty-seven hundred years ago a prophet foretold the coming of one who was to be called the Prince of Peace. Two thousand years ago He came upon the earth and the song that was sung at His birth, was: "Peace on earth, good will toward men." For 2,000 years this doctrine of peace has been growing. It has been taking hold upon the hearts of men. For this doctrine of peace millions have given their lives. For. this doctrine of peace thousands have crossed oceans and given their lives among the savage tribes and among foreign nations. This doctrine of 2 peace, the foundation of Christian civilization, has been the growing hope 'of the world. And now the ex governor of the greatest State of theC nation presents for the office of presi- I dent of the greatest republic of all history a man who is "grantie and iron."t But, my friends, if 1 failed with six million and a half to defeat the Re publican party can those who defeat- t ed me succeed in defeating the Re publican party? If under the leader ship of those who were loyal in 1896 we failed, shall we succeed under the leadership of those who were nott loyal in 1896? ] GOD OF WAR OR AGOD OF GOLD). If we are going to have some other god beside this war god that is pre sented to us by Gov. Black, what kind of agod is itto be? Must we choose between a god of war and a god of gold? Is there no choice betweent them? If there is anything that com p ares in hatefulness with millitarism is it plutccracy, and I insist that the Democracy, and I insist that the Demecratic party ought not to be compelled to choose between mil tarism on one side and plutocracy on the other. STANDS ON THE PLATFORM. 1 We came here and agreed upon a t platform. We were in session 16 1 hours last night, if you can put 16 hours into a night. We entered the committee room at 8 last evening anda left it at 12 today. But, my friends,C I never spent 16 hours to better pur- 1 pose in my life. Because I helped to I bring the party together so we could have a unanimous platform to go be- 1 fore the country on in this campaign. How did we get it? It was not all that I would have desired. It was i not all that your eastern Democratsr desired. We had to surrender some s things that we wanted in the plat form. They had to surrender some I things they wanted in the platform. t But by mutal concession and mutual surrender we agreed upon a platform I and we stand on that platform. H ru, my friends, we need morel han t i platform. We have to nominate a ticket, and that is the work of thii convention. Had you come to this convention instructed for any man t the extent of a majority, I not only would not have asked you to disragard your instructions. I would not if I could have prevented it permitted you to disregard your instructions. .1 believe in the right of the people to rule. I believe in the right of the people to instruct their delegates, when a delegate is instructed It is binding upon him. But, my friends, not a majority came instructed foi any candidate. ,That means that you were left upon your responsibility to se'ect a candidate, and a grave resonsibility it is. Grave is the re sponsibility resting upon these dele gates in this convention. DID NOT ATTEMPT TO DICTATE. I have not come to ask anything 01 this convention. Nebraska asks noth ing but to be permitted to tight the battles of Democracy. Some of you have called me a dictator. It is false. You know it w:s 'alse. How have I tried to dictatc? I have suggested that I thought certain things ought to be done. Have not you exercised the same privilege? Why have I not a right to suggest" (A voice: "You have.") Because I was your candi date am I now stopped from ever making suggestions? (Cries of "No! No:") Why, sir, if that condition went with a nomination for the presidency, no man worthy to be president would ever accept a nomination, for the right of a man to have an opinion and to express it is more important and sa -red than the holding of any office, owever high. I have my opinion ibout the platform. I make my sug ;estions. Not all of them were re received. I would like to have seen bhe Kansas City platform reaffirmed. [ am not ashamed of that platform. [ believe in it now, as I believed in it when I was running upon it. Tnen I was your candidate, but the people in he Democratic party did not agree with me, and their will was supreme. When they veto my suggestions I aave to accept. There is no other xurt which I can appeal to. I have aot attempted to dictate about candi lates. PLEADS FOR A GOOD TICKET. I have not asked the Democrats of this nation to nominate any particular man. I have said that there were many in every State willing to be president, and I have said that out of 3,500,000 who voted for me in both yampaigns we ought to be able to find Lt least one good man for president. [ have made these suggestions only in L general way. I am here tonight as delegate from Nebraska. I have not ;onfidence enough in my own opinion ao tell you that I can pick out the man Lnd say that this man must be nomi iated or we shall lose. I have, I hink, a reasonable faith in my own )pinion; at least I have this faith: bat I would rather accept my own nd stand by them, if I believed them ight, than to accept anybody else's if [ believed them wrong. Nebraska Is it here asking for the nomination of ny man. We now have a platform m which we all can stand. Now give 2s a ticket behind which all of us can tand. (Prolonged cheers.) DOESNT BELIEVE IN STATE PRIDE. You can go into any State you please nd get him. I have not as much aith as some have in the value of a ocality. I have never been a great ~tickler for the nomination of candi lates from a doubtful State on the beory that personal popularity would ~lect them. I have had so much faith n the virtue of Democratic principles ~hat I thought a Democrat ought to rote for a gcod man from any other tate before he would vote for a bad nan from his own State. I do not believe much in this doc ~rine of State pride, and I found that vhen people come with a candidate id tell us first that we must carry a ertain State, and that that man is the nly one who could carry the State, hey do not put up a bond to deliver he goods if they are accepted. And, yhow, a State that is so uncertain hat only one Democrat can carry it :annot be relied upon in a great crisis. Now, we have our platform. Select ror candidate. If it Is the wish of his convention that the standard hould be placed in the hands of the rentlemen presented by California Hearst), the man who, though he has noney, pleads the cause of the people, ihe man who Is the beloved, I think I :an safely say, among laboring me~n >f all the candidates proposed, the one, who more than any other, represents >pposition to the trust question, well Lnd good. WOULD TAKE A GOLD MAN. If you eastern Democrats who have nsisted that your objection to me was ny belief in free silver, if you l1emo rats are willing to take a gold man I am willing to let you have your way > that question in this man, for I will trust his honesty in all questions. ut, my friends, I do not, Nebraska loes not, demand that. I only men ion this candidate as an illustration. SECONDS COCKRELL. I come here to second the nomina ,ion of a man and' I come to second us nomination not because I can as ert to you that he is more available han any other person who might be tamed but because I love the man and ecause on the platform we have ,dopted I don't think there is any rood reason why every Democrat in he east might not vote for this man. come to second the nominati:on of ~enator Cockrell of Missouri. He is the nestor of the senate. He is xperienced in public affairs. Hie is nown; he has a record. He can be neasured by it, and, my friends, I ould be willing to write my endorse ent on his back and send him out to' he world willing to guarantee every hing he did. They say that he comes rom the south. What if he does? I 1 not share that feeling that some ieople have, that the Democratic party annot take a candidate from the outh. They say he was in the Confederate .rmy. What if he was? 1 don't share he belief of those who say we cannot tominate an ex-Confederate. My rieds, that war-that cruel war -was 0 years ago. Its issues ar settled; its rounds are healed. The participants re friends. We have got another war in, and those who know what the war ietween plutocracy and Demccracy eans will not asa where a man stood .0 years ago; they will ask where does e stand today in this war?' PLUTOCRACY THE ISsUE. My friends, I believe that the great ssue in this country today is plutoc acy versus Democracy. You have aid that I have only one idea, the sil er idea. Well, a while back they said had only one, but then it was the arif idea. There is an Issue grea han the silver issue. It is the issue etween plutocracy and Democracy, hether this is to be a government of he people by the peopleand fo the people, administered in behalf of tl people. It is either this or it Is to be rule of the moneyed element of tl country for their own interest alon The issue has been growing. WBAT ROOSEVELT STANDS FOR. I want you Democrats here assen bled to -help us meet this questiol You tell me the Republican candidal stands for militarism. Yes. but he al stands for plutocracy. You tell me I delights in war. But there is anotho objection to him, and that is that I does not enforce the law against a bi criminal as he does against a litt criminal. The laws are being violate today, and those laws must be enfor ed. The people must understand thc we are to have equal rights to all ar special privileges to none. NO NEED TO BUY VOTES. We have had the debauchment i elections. It was stated the other da tbat in the little State of Delawai $256,000 was sent into the State in oi day just before the election of 1891 Some say that we must have a gre campaign fund and go out and bi against the Republicans. My friend I want to warn you that if the Demi cratic party is to save this nation : must not save it by purchase, but t principle. Every time we resort to pu chase we cultivate the spirit of barte: and the price will constantly increa! and elections will go to the highe bidder. MUST APPEAL TO CONSCIENCE. If the Democratic party is to sa' this country it must appeal to the coi science of the country. It must poir out the dangers of the republic, and the party will nominate a man-I cai not from what part he come-who not the condidate of a faction, who not the candidate of an element, bt the candidate of a party, the par; will stand by him and will drive tI Republican party from power and sai this country. My friends, I believe that you coul take a man from any southern Stal who would go out and make a figi that would appeal to Democrats, a the Democrats who love Democrat principles and Republicans who begi to fear for their nation's welfare-tal such a man and I believe that he woul poll a million more votes than the car didate of any other faction whose s4 lection would be regarded as a triump of a part of the party over the rest the party. I am here to discharge a duty tha I owed to the party; I knew before came to this convention that a m2 jority of the delegates would not agre with me in my financial views. I kne that there would be among the 'del( gates many who did not vote for m when I sorely needed their help. I we not obje cting to the majority agains me, not to the presence of those wh went away and came back. But, by friends, I came, not becaus I thought I would be delighted to b in the minority in op'nion, but becaus I owed a duty to the 6,000,000 bravf loyal men who sacrificed for me. came to get them as good a platfori as I could. I have helped them to ge a good platform. I came to help thei to get as good a candidate as I car and I hope that he will be one who ca draw the factions together, who cai give to us who believe in aggressive positive, Democratic reform, some thing to hope for, and to those wh have differed from us on the mai question, that he can give them some thing to hope for, too. I close with an appeal that I mak from my heart to the hearts of thos who hear me. Give us a pilot who Wi guide the Democratic ship from mil tarism, the Scylla of militarism, with out wrecking her upon the Charybdj of commercialism. XARRIED AT THIRTEEN And Now Enters Suit Against He Husband. We clip the following fr om tt Charleston Post of Thursday whic! says: A motion for alimony in th case of Annie Henderson Legget v: Walter W. Legget, her husband, wa made before Judge Klugh this morr ing by W. Turner L-'gan, attorney fc the plaintiff. The motion was resist ed by Ficken, Hughes and Ficken. The petition of the plaintiff statel that she was married to the defendan on December 25, 1902, when she wa only thirteen years of age and tha the defendant is nearly fifty years c age. They lived together as husbani and wife for some time, when she wa forced to leave him, she alleges, ol account of cruel treatment and abuse The petition sets forth that th plaintiff's only means of supporti through the assistance she renders i keeping a boarding house, and ask the court to award her alimony, he husband being able to provide a living for her. After hearing the argument on both sides of the case, Judge Klugl issued an order referring the case t< Master G. H. Sass to take testimon; and make a report of his finding to the common pleas court. ANOTHER CASE. Judge Dantzler has filed an order it th common please court in the nos famous Levin case, awarding alimon: to Mrs. Levin, of Nsew York, thb amount being $1,100 a year for thi support of Mrs. Levin and her child The order also states that Hyman Le yin shall pay 84,837.50 accrued ali mony and legal expenses. The Levin case has been in th< courts of Charleston for several years The order will be appealed from o: the ground that the amount is exces sive as compared with the wealth o the defendant. Mrs. Levin was Miss Dora Fried man, of New York, and she and Mr Hyman Levin of Charleston weri married in New York on October 15 1899, and a separation followed sooa after their marriage. Mr. Levin re turned to Charlestou, but his wife re fused to accompany him. She filet proceedings for separation and ali mony on the grounds of cruel treat ment. Tbe plaintiff is represented by Bry an & Bryan, and the defendant bj Mr. T. Moultrie Mordecal. A Georgia Killing. A special to The Chronicl fron Washington, Ga., says: Mr. Blake3 Suttn, one of the largest farmers o: Wilkes county, Wednesday afternoor hot and killed Dr. Robert L Waltoi near Danburg. Dr. Walton is bother of Dr. J. H. Walton cf At lanta. Sutton came immediately t< town after the shooting and gave him self up to the sheriff. He refuses t< talk of the affair more than to sa) that Dr. Walton drew a pistol on hirr at his front gate, when Suttoi emptied the contents of his pistol int( him, killing Walton instantly. Drowned By Girl's Hug. IAt Williamsport, Pa., on Monda: rendered helpless by the convulsive hug of the drowning girl, Peter Cars well, 50 years old, was drowned in the river with his 14-year-old niece Mfarion Cochran. ie GOT FORTY-NINE YEARS. a e The X, w Jersey Fiends Get a Long Term in Prison. Aaron Timbers, Jonas Sims and William Austin, the three negroes who confessed to assaulting Mrs. Esle e Biddle of Burlington, N. J., were Friday sentenced to 49 years each in the State prison at Trenton, after a record breaking trial. The three men g arrived in Mount Holly at 1.15 p. m. Less than an hour later they had d pleaded guilty, been given the ex treme penalty for their crimes by tt Judge Gaskill and were on their way to Trenton to begin their long sen tences. When the men, bandcuffed to three ) detectives, stepped from the train, there were about 1,000 persons about , the railroad station. Company A. i New Jersey National Guard, quickly 3 opened the passage way, and within Lt five minutes the criminals were in the d court house. Judge Gaskill had ordered that the curious be excluded from the court room, and in conse t quence only the newspaper men ar 1 th-e guardsmen were admitted. When the negroes were brought be r- fore the court, Judge Gaskill appoint - ed counsl to defend the men. A bi lef 't consultation was held between coun sel and the three men, and it was an nounced that they would plead guilty. re Judge Gaski'l accepted the plea and in pronouncing sentence said: t "The jadgment of the law and sen if tence of the court ii that for the .e charge to which you have just plead is ed guilty each of you be contined in is the State prison at bard labor for the it term of 15 years upon the charge of y robbery, 15 years up-n the charge of e robbing the house of William Streak re er, seven years upon the charge of assault, with intent to kill an oficer d 12 years, making a total of 49 years." As soon as sentence had been pro it nounced the men were removed from the court house. As they appeared at the entrance the soldiers formed I two columns of fours and, with the men in the centre, they marched , down a side street to the special train which had brought them from Camden. The first demonstration of any character took place as the negroes neared ,the train. Here a crowd of several hundred men and t boys had gathered. They hooted and jeered the negroes and the cry of "shoot 'em" was heard distinctly sav ;e eral times. Trenton was reachEd at 2.30 and the men had begun their sentences at 2.45. S Gen. Miles Writes Parker. t Judge Parker received a letter Fri o day from Gen. Nelson A. Miles. The letter says: "A time when a mater e ial crisis is pending, when Democratic e institutions are in peril, when great e evils should be eradicated, when im portant political questions must be de I cided,it is fortune that the Demccratic a party have given to the country a can a didate for president in whom that n great council of representative men " have confidence and we have the best of reasons for believing that that con fidence will be confirmed by the intel ~ligent, patriotic people of the country. -We all do know that the insincts and training of the judge are to hold in sacred regard the constitution and the faithful interpretation and execution under your administration, its laws e will be administered with fidelity and integrity, I believe you will be e'ected 1 and thereby have an opportunity of rendering our country a service of im measurable value, that will redound to the honor of the Democratic party and the glory of the republic." A Serious Charge. A dispatch from Charleston says: r S. P. Harvey, cashier of the freignt department of -the Atlantic Coast Line, was arrested on a warrant sworn e out by Chief Auditor Haralsen Friday and gave bond in the sum of $5,000 to e appear at the next term of the circuit . court. The warrant alleges that s Harvey, who has been cashier for -several years, has, between July 1st, r 1902, and July 1st, 1904, appropriated - to his own use funds of the company to the amount of $5.000 and upwards 3 with fraudulent intent. The affair t has created a stir as Harvey is a mem s er of a well known family of tbis t city and was held in high esteem in f the cotumunity. Boll Weevil Ants. O . F. Cook, the discoverer of the Guatemalan boll weevil ants, has wired the department of agriculture from Texas that the new ants are destroying cotton boll worms and are attacking the similar injurious insects r with even greater avidity than they Sdo the boll weevils. Another import ant fact is that the ants do not injure - at all the lady-bird larvae, which are beneficial insects. Mr. Cook reports that the agricultural value of the D ants now depends chiefly upon ac limitazation and rapidity of propaga tion. T'hese matters are being in vestigated. V He Disappeared. SOn Monday week ago a colored man was arrested in Eutawville, a few miles above Holly Hill, for cursing a white man on the streets. He was fined $5 and being unable to pay the fine he was locked up in the guard house. Tuesday morning the place was found empty, the Icck being bro Sken, and two buggy tracks leading to the river were found. Search for the missing man, who Is a resident of Eutawville, has continued but with out result. The trail disappeared at the river and many have been fishing ;for him there since Tuesday A Rosv View. The New York Herald is noted for many excellencies but it is most fa mous for its accurate election predic tins. The Herald says that Parker's -telegram has caused consternation in the Republican ranks and asserts that -the electoral votes of the surely Rc 1publican States to-lay amo'.nrt to only 186 when they were put down at 304 on Saturday. Acording to The Her ald, New York, New Jersey, Con nceticut, Illinois and Indiar-a are now very doubtful States. That looks like there is going to be no walkover rfor the Rough Rider. Pickens' New Graded School. The board of trustees for Pickens district No. 31 Wednesday let the con tract for building a modern graded school building. The town will in vest about $10,000 in the new build ing. A feature of the building will be 1a large auditorium with elevated seats, arranged in amphitheatre style. Convicts Escape. Wash Smith, John Hogan, George Gillepsy, Ed Dickson, all life time ne gro convicts, escaped from the mines at Pratt City Fla., by digging through an unused portion to liberty. They are still at large. There Is a reward of $50 o the capnture of each of them. SILI.D SELF AND FAMILY. The Desperate Act or a Buffalo, New York. Merchanr. A dispatch from Buffalo. N. Y., says one of the most shocking trag edies that ever pecurred in this city came to light Friday when the dead bodies of Edgar T. Washburn, a mem ber of the grain firm of Heathfield & Washburn, on the hoard of trade, Washburn's wife and his young daugh ter, Gladys, 15 years old, were found in a bed room of their home at 83 Putman street, this city. Mr. Washburn had shot and killed his wife and daughter and then turn ed the weapon upon his head and killed himself. It is believed the deed was com mitted while Mr. Washburn was suf fering from a temporary fit of insan ity. He had written a letter recent ly, saying that he was having troubles in busines-. As far as is known the members of the family had not had any trouble among themselves. Thursday evening was spent by the Washburn family at the house of a neighbor. There was music and games and all the members of the Washburn family appeared in a jovial mood. The tragedy was dis2overei by a relative, who called at the Washburn hou;e shortly after noon Fri ay. When the police arrived they found Mrs. Washburn and her daughter lyirg dead, side by side, in bed, aud Wasn burn was dead on the floor at the fo't of the b d. Evidently Washburn shot the girl first as she lay in bed. WLen M s. Washburn, aroused by the shot, partly raised herself in the bed Wash burn fired the second shop, the bullet entering the woman's left temple and causing instant death. Washburn then picked up a mirror and taking aim, shot himself in the right temple. A letter from Washburn to his part ner, W. G. Heathfield, was most piti ful. It said in part: "My Dear Brother Billie: I am about to take a step which will be a s.vere blow to you and to al! who have ever held me in regard and es teem. I have striven hard to make a success of life here, but there seems to be something that forever upsets my plans. I have hoped that I might succeed in busincss, not so much that I craved the money for selfish pur poses, as that I might do a good work for. the world. * * * Do nut think that I feel that I am getting oir easy. My b :lief in a future life teaches me that I must suffer unto:d agony, but I am a blight up n th >se whom I love and upon those who love me, and it seems best that I should drop out of the lives of all earth's children and perhaps some time, somewhere in the future, I may be permi,tted to work myself into a niche in life where I may be able to atone for my errors." The Nimble Pistol. A dispatch from Newberry to The State says: "Mr. P. C. Smith was shot through the right breast Fridaiy morning by Mr. T. J. Davenport at about 9 o'clock. Both men are promi nent and respected citizens of this county. The affa'r occurred near In dependence and was the outcome of a dispute over a road which had been closed by Mr. Davenport against the wishes of Mr. Smith. Messrs. Smith and Davenport-were on horseback, ac companied by Mrs R. T. Workman, when the shooting occurred. It is stated that Mr. Davenport fired point blank at Mr. Smith with a 38-calibre revolver, the ball taking effect in the right breast above the nipple. Seve ral physicians are in attendance uron Mr. Smith and it is not .i et po.'sible to state whether or not the wound will prove fatal. Mr. Smith is a mem ber of Gov. Heyward's staff'. Mr. D.venport came to Newb rry imme diately after the shooting and gave h'mself up to the authorities. When seen in the offlce of his attorney he said that he hid nJ statement to make as yet except ttaat thve sto->ting occurred on his own land and that he deeply regretted the affair." In "Holiness" Slee p. A special dispatch from Greenville to The State says that on Tuesday of last week that city had a variety of excitement. In a store window on Main street lay a man in hypnotic sleep. At the end of the street on the ba.nks of Reedy river on a pulpit platform in a Holiness tent lay a wo man, Mrs. Casey. in a trance, having entered this remarkable state Mon day night dui ing holiness services. Tue woman lay in a rigid state on the board platform flo.>r and for 22 hours id not more a muscle. Sue was ex mined by physicians who pronounced er in a comatose condition. It is aid she went into this state Monday ignt while engaged in the "Holy Dance," which figures prominently in the holiness services being held here. -A Big Fire. At Duluth -four hundred thousand ollars' worth of property was destroy d Friday afternoon at the docks and warehouses of the Chicago, St. Paul, ~inneapolis and Omaha Railroad ompany, and one man, a cook, named eorge Smith, on the tug Abbott, was drowned in an attempt to make is escape from the craf t as the flames wept over it from the docks. The re started in the northeast corner of he building and swept through the ong shed like a tornado, taking every hing that stood in its path. In three ninutes after the flames were discover d almost the entire length of the heds was a fiery furnace. It was the nost disastrous fire witnessed in uluth in years and the most specta-1 ~ular. _________ Claims Junk Dealers Estate. Mrs. Geo. F. Abbott, widow of the ged junk dealer whose body was found y firemen called to put out a fire in hapel alley, Brooklyn, Tuesday, left tseville Thursday to lay claim to a ortune of $100,000, alleged to have een left by the aged junk dealer. In hat city Mrs. Abbott was known as 'Madame Monk, clairvoyant," and she 'as supported last winter by charity. IThe body of the dead man's son George s buried here there He came to Aste ~ille with his mother some years ago1 ad died there two months ago. Mrs. tbbott always claimed to be utterly enniless, but it is generally believed hat she possesses much money. Ne~w Steamner Burned. The new steamship San Jancinto, ~hich was recently built for the Ocean teamship Company, destined for ser ice between New York and Galves on, was almost destroyed by fire hortly after 2 o'clock Tuesday morn g while in the dry dock in Roache's hp Yard. Mystery Solved. The police report the finding Wed-c iesday in the Harlem river N. J., of E body believed to be that of Henry ( ater Kingsley, the wealthy young Termont man who has been missing I ~ince last November from the home of is cousin, Hugh H. Baxter, in Fifth I Lenne. that cityc THE COlVDITION OF CROPS. Weekly Bulletin Issued by Section Director Bauer. The following is the weekly weather and crop bulletin Issued by Section D:rector Bauer for the week ending 8 a. m., July I ith, which had a mean temperature of 81 degrees, which is about one above n~rmal, due to very even night temperatures and moder ately hot daya. The extremes were a minimum of 61 at Greenville on the 5th and a maximum of 99 at Black ville and Yemass.-e on the 7th. There were several local high winds accom panying thunderstorms, most damig ing in a part of Sumter county. The relative humidity was above normal along the coatt and normal or below in the interior. Tne sunshine was generally deficiant. There were frequent t'aunderstorms in the central and northea.tern coun ties throughout the week and over the extreme northwEstern ones duing the closing days with practically no rain or widely scaLterLd light showers in the Savannah valley from Anderson county southward to Hampton. The weekly amounts ranged from "trace" to over three inches. Over the great er portion of the State the rainfall was ample for all crops, and in parts of Chesterfield, Darlington and Mail boro counties it was excessive to an injurious extent. The moisture deti ciency appears to be mest injurious in Greenwcod, Saluda, Barnwell and Hampton counties,with otherlocalities tha, are suff ring. Additional reports iodicate that the hailstorm of the 2nd in Marion and York counties v as mOre destructive than at first indicated. ThEre were numerous hailst -rms on the 7th, but they were dei ructive over very small, widely separated areas only. The week was generally favorab'e for farmwork and for laying by crops, except in the counties named as hav ing had excessive rains. As a rule crops continue clean and well culti vated though scme places rep.rt gras sy and weedy fields. In many parts of the State corn is "firing" owing to insunficient mois ture, but where rains occurred the corn crop continues very projmising, especially young corn on bottom lands The majority of the reports on cot ton indica'e further improvement but some deterioratioa is noted due to both lack of moisture and excessive moisture, causing the plants to yellow, shed their foliage and squares. In sects that puncture squares and young bolls have been noted in Gi cenville and Pickens counties, by some thought to be boll worms, by others to be boll weevils. The plants are blooming free ly in places and bolls have been noted in a few localities. Sandy land cotton is btter than that on c ay soils, the latter being unseasona->ly small. Sei island cotton has good color and growth and is blooming freely. Tobazco is very promising, with se lecting and cuing making fair prog gress. Tae rains were very beneficial to rice. Melons are ripening general ly and shipments are heavy. Stock water sti I scare in places. Fruit is scarce in the eastern counties and plentiful in the western ones. Good Detective Work. A special to the Columbia State from Flo:ence says: Comnptroller Gen eral Jones has just comnpleted copies of the testimony taken in the case of S. J. East, the policeman in Florence who was arrested on the charge of burning down the Pee Dee tobacc> warehouse. The testimony gives an account of an interesting detective case which was worked by a citizen of Florence, Mr. C. H. Barringer, and how East was tangled in a lot of cir custantial evidence. Eist was graned bail Wednesday in Suoter, but it is understood that he will be watch ed and not allowed to leave the state. The testimony showed how Mr. Bar ringer had his suepicions aroused on the night of the iire by the actions of Policeman East, and he deter~mined to play the role of detective. Mr. Bar ringer had a friend in Waycross, Ga., whom he took into his confidence, and then under the assumed name of Johr. Howell he wrote letters to East which were supposed to come from surround ing towns demanding money or threat ening exp~sure. Howell was supposed to be a traveling man and several let ters were written demandiag $10. At first East did not answer these, but finally one was written in which "Howell" stated that he saw the deed and inclosed a letter from a supposed female in Floren'ce, which stated the same thing. Eist then wrote back that he did not have any money on account of sickness, but some was bor rowed and sent. In none of the let ters written by East was reference made to the burning of the warehouse, but the fact that he finally sent the money demanded was strong evidence against him, although the possible motive of the deed is worrying the otlicials some. They Mean Business. A special from Memphis says ring :ng resolutions were unanimously dopted by a great mass meeting of he citizens Thursday night which in ubstances, demand that lawlessness ud crime must be rooted out of Mem Shis. Thbe resolutions severely criticise Iayor Williams, Chief of Police Mason Ld the police department for not en ~orcing the laws, and a committee was lamei to visit these otlicials with a equest that they make a public state nent as to what may be expected of ,hem in the future. If the repliesI hal not be satisfactory the ccomit ee is empowered to asremble the neeting again for further action. Two leputy sheriffs were shot to deat last tondy night while raiding a low rambling resort. This tragedy created tremendous local sensation and the neeting of citizens was called. United tates Senator E. W. Carmack was a peaker at Thursday night's meeting. le counselled respect for law and noral support to the criminal court ifcials. He also offered to assist the ttorney general in the prcsacution of he men arrested for M~'onday's crime. At an ove: tlw meeting held in the ublic square tc accommodate those vho could not find seats in th~e opera ouse, a resolution was adopted de nanding the redgnation of the mayor nd vice ma';cr and the immediate re noval of Chief of Police John J. Ma on. This resolution was then present d to the main meeting in the theatre, but before a motion for its adoption ras put, the chairman declared the eeting adjourned. Rocked the Train. At Sumnter, thirteen crowded oaches of colored excur.si mnists arriv-- I d. in the city Tuesday morning from f: olumbia. As the first section of the xcursion train was leaving the tank t eyond the southern depot at 9.15 d Euesday night seven or eight negro e loys rocked the train and broke a eveal1 windows. * "THE REAL TILLMAN. A Hign Estimate of Him as a Force full Public Man. The newspaper reporters and inter viewers make Senator Tillman appear to be a bizarre character, who enter tains only outlandish opinions and gives vent to them entirely without re gard to the proprieties. He is a man of positive and often dogmatic views, the expression of which he sometimes em phasizes with a little picturesque pro fanity, but he is far from being th( erratic, extreme and really absurd per son which so many people have bear brnught to believe that he is, notwith starding he holds by the force of hi! ability a pos!tion in the United SLtte: Senate, to which be has been re- elect ed and which he secured by triumph ing over so:ne of South Carolina' ablest and best men. In the Democratic National Coaven, tion of 1896 and 1900 he was one O the most conspicuous figures and it the one just ended he was more promi nent than ever. With Bryan, Wil liams, Daniel and Hill be was (ne 0 the chief counsellors o. the ra ty a-a his advice was soag t by all the lead ers. He had a large share in shapinj the form of the pa-ty and in securing the narnination I Pa ker. He a% ertec by hii quick wit, arnd imp:rtabilt3 a s.heme, and pos.i .ly a row, whet Senator Datniel I st his temper and w,s making stricturts upon Mr. Bryan c3ling .. nlel Cown and to order in a g o--hun.ore-, but elY eive, manner Vi itors to the Sen t- chamber bav noted, some with asto.i bment, S.na tor. Tillman's popularity with his fel low Senators on both sides of thl chamber. He is on e pechily intimat terms with Senator FO aker, of Oio of "Fi:e Alarm" a'nd-' inuudy Shirt' fame, and mingled in the mf st cordia manner with the Platts and the laI Senator Hanna. The warmest friend ship exi .ts between him and his rer ,oaal and piltical antithesis, S.natoi Ioar, wh) has expressed himself a believing~ him to Le one of the ab'esi membe s of his party on the Senati [loo-. His popularity with his col leagues on the D..micratic side goe without saying. He seems to be ac cepted as a p ince of gocd fellows or all sides. Notwitbstand ng this hE has mercilessly pitchforked the Re. public.ns, but there must be a Pick wickian element in him which rz.b even his severest thrusts of a lastini sting. The News does n -t wholly approvi of Senator Tillman-probably no on does and probably be doesn't expec any one to-'>ut we believe he is muzh misun 3erstood man. He is no the churl, the beor or the ignoramu that so many people think him to be nor is he given to talking- only in 4 flippant, frivolous and cocksure way Under his uncutb mask he is realll a serious and thoughtful man. BoZJ friend and foe of his must admit tha long ago he denmonstrated himself t be a masterful man in his own State which n~as given birth to some of tb greatest statesmen of the Republic but he has t'esides become one of th foremost figures of his party in tb nation, a man whom Bill and Bryal and the ablest leaders of the part are glad to call into consultation upoi the gravest matters of State an< whose opin'on when deliberately giver carries weight with the strongtst 0 them. Tillman, whether you lik h'm or not, is a big, f arceful man ii his party, and that realiziati n is fas1 growing on the puble.-Charlestor News. Violating the Law. Attorney Gereral Gunter has re ceived from a magistrate in the lower pt of the State a request for t'e inter pretation of the law in regard tC the so'icitation of labor in order that several cases against the railroads mght be pushed. Toe le'ter sett forth a vigorous complaint about thi way the farmers and others are he'ng molested by the railroais who are violating the law in taking them tC Georgia and Florida without permit or license. The letter states that thE magistrate bas evidence in the shapE of passes issued by the Coast Lini road to se veral negroes and as a result the cases will be pushed by the officeri of the law. Section 608 of the crim'n Ll law pro. vides a penalty of not less than $50( or mrore than $5,000 or imprisonment from four months to two years for any person or company that carries or this business. The roads are using the negroes for railroad building. The license provide-d by the State is $500 per annum, and only the other day the State treasurer issued a per. mit of this kind. It is doubtful ii under the law the United States government or the construction work. ing for the government could come to this State and export negroes for work on the Panama canal. It is now pro posed to use this class of labor, but to secure it in this State a license will be necessary. The M1anassas Battle. Adi. Gen. Frost Saturday complet d the list or the companies that will zo to Manassas for thae manoeuvers in eptember. It is planned to take bout 800 men and officers and if pos tible one full regiment and a battalion. Phe otticers who will te in command f the troops have not been selected nd it will be several days before these tre announced. Al-of the regimental >iicers will probably attend. By regi nents the f ilowing companies have >een selected: First regiment-Rock Hill 40 men: Jornwall, 43; Jonesville, 50; Pelzer, 10; Yorkville, 51; Anderson, 33; Green rille, 53; Fort Mill, 43; Liberty Hill, Second regiment - Bamberg, 43: )ageburg, two companies, 47 and 32 nen, respctively; Camden, 43; Dar ingtol 15. In addition to these there sill probably 'oe two full companies rom Columbia and Brookland of ab'.us men each. Tnird regiment-Elloree, 60 men, ,d Bishcpville, 50. The manoeuvres begin on Septem cr 5, and army men from all over tbe cuntry will be present to witness the ifair. Many of the soldiers of the civ I war on both sides who went through he Mana sas campaigns will also go *nd witness the movement. The coun ry has changed very little, it is said, ince 1860. Thief Confessed. Rcbert B. Taylor, of New York, rho confessed to stealing unsigned tank notes to the amount of $6,720 rom the Citizens' National Bank, of few York, Wednesday made restitu ion. This, however, will make no fl'erence in the prosection of the ase as the Unit d States district: ttorey says Taylor will be tried in :omer. The Land of Prett y soon. I know of a land where tt- streets are' payed With things which we imeant to achieve. It is walled with the money we meant to have saved And the pleasures for which we grieve. The kind words unspoken, the prom ises broken And many a coveted boon Are stored away in that land some where The land of "Pretty Soon." There are uncut jewels of possible fame Lying there about in the dust And many a noble and lofty aim Covered with mold and rust. And, oh! this place, while it seems so so near, Is farther away than the moon; Though our purpose is fair we never get there The land of "Pretty Soon.' The road that leads to this mystic land Is strewn with pitiful wrecks, And the ships that have sailed from its shining strand Bear skeletons on their d-cks. It is father away at noon than at dawn, And farther away at night than at noon. Oh, let us beware of that land down tbere, The land of "Pretty Soon." LYNCHING AT EUa UWVILLE. 1 Negro Taken from the Guardhouse and Strung Up. The State of Monday morning says Gov. Heyward has a new lynching to investigate, and acord-ng to the iflfial which came to him Sunday about the atfair, it is the mcst inex cusable that has occurred since be vas inaugurated. Becau3e he threat ened to paddle a young white man, a mob took Kitt B okard, a negro, from the Eutiwvil'e calatoe, in Berkeley eceuty, where he was serving a sen t nce of 15 days for the offease, an I after killing him and multil ing his body tureN cirnpe int3 the Sa-ite iver with a 50-pound iron weight tied toit. Although the crime occurred Mon day night, July 11, the official report of the affair did nut reach the gover nor until Sunday.. Magistrate Wig gins' letter being written on Saturday. Gov. Heyward Sanday wired Solicitor Hilderbrand at Orangeburg to attend the inquest today and be says he will do all in his pow er to assist the ma'gistrate and soliiter to find and prosezute the members of the m)b. Gov. Heyward has made an appoint ment with Slicitor Wilson to meet lim f;.r the purpose of outlin'ng a plan of action with reference to the Scranton lynching. It is likely that If- the go-ernor's plans are carried out with reference to these lynchings that interestiag, results will folloW within the next month or so. The only statement th-t has been publish:d about the Eutazwville lynch ing was that contained in a special to ]The State of Saturday to the effect that the negro was missing from the Stown guardhouse and that It was sup posed that he had been lynched, the Sbady not having .beea recdvered at - Sthat time. Magistrate Wiggins' let 2ter to the governor foflows: Eutawville, S. C., July 16, 1904. SHon. D 0. Heyward, Governor, Colum oia, S. 0. A~ - My D.aar Sir: O2 M'onday night, the 11th of July, a prisoner under sentence for assault and riotous con. duct by my court was take2 from the town guardhouse of this town by un known persons, and his body was found floating in Santee river near Ferguson yesterday, with his hands tied with a xo~e and an iron weight weighing 50 pounds or 'more tied to - him, his body being evidently mutil ated before depo~iting it in the-water. I had a coroner's jury empaneled; viewed the body, and the same was identified as tha~t of Kitt Bookard, the prs'ner. -Tue action of the mob is entirely unwarranted, as the negro only had a little quarrel with a young white man, cursed him and threatened to paddle him, to which charge he pleaded guil ty. I imposed a fine of $5 or 15 days on the county chaingang. He didn't have the money to pay the fine and I turned him over to my constable with a commitment with instructions to collect the fine or commit him. On Tuesday morning about daylight my constable reported to me that he found the guardhouse broken open and the prisoner gone. The hearing of inquest is set foir Wednesday, the 20th. I have-done my duty so far to the best of my ability by aiding the searching party, by appointing special Iconstables to direct and control the search until the body was found, and I 'intend to fully investigate the crime without fear or favor and hopi to avoid trouble. If anything happens I will wire you. I am Your obedient servant, Jeff D. Wiggins, Magistrate. Melon Train Wrecked.. The third section of the Southern's through fruit train from Florida to New York jumped the track Sunday morning at 7.30 o'clock near Edmunds on the Columbia-Savannah line, tele scoping ten cars cntaining water melons, cantaloupes, peaches and pears and kiLling Flagman J. A. McLean. The flagman was instantly killed but the rest of the crew were uninjured except Henry Pu:call, extra fireman, who sustained bru ses on the leg. .The mountain grade in Lexington county, one mile from .Eimunds, and 12 miles from Columbia. The Sandy mountain grade is six miles long and the grade is said to average about a foot to every 100 feet. Three sections of the fruit train are scheduled to run from Sav annah north every night and the third section was running several hours late and making between 45 and 60 miles an hcur. At Edmunds, the top of tbo mountain, Flagman McLean, who wa. running breakman on this trip, '-ame to the tender box and was helping th: fireman shovel coal to the front of the box. Se had just finished work ar d was at the front of the tender when5 the accident happened. The tender frst lumped the tra~k at the openin of a 100 yard cut and at the lower er~o of the cut the rear end broke from tI e coupling and nearly stool on een*t while the first car struck the tender and plunged into the right side of the~ cut, the front end of tne second car leaving the track to the lert, forii.g a wedge for the thicd. The four h car shattered against the embank ment and six cars then telescoped ea< h other, crushing the wedged-in car. and massing the telescoped cars into a solid heap of rubbish. Three mo ars were derailed behind these, lea ing five cars and the cab on the trac k. The engiute did'nch leave the track. No New Cases. The superior board of health t-f Mexico City, reports no new cases' I ellow fever in the hot country and