The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, November 16, 1904, Image 1

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VOL. X1V. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 1904. NO.8. RO0Iz',EVELT WINS. Cn'y the folid South Stsnds by th remocratic Ticket. PARKER RUNS BRMD BRYAN New York, West Virginia a4 Mary land Go Republican. Victory So Great Republicans Were Surprised. The R-publican nation1l ticket has been elected by a vote in the Eec toral College that will exceed that 0 292, given Mr. McKinley in 1900. The result of Tuesday's balloting was astounding even to the most sanguine of the Republican managers. Confi dent as they were of success, they were not prepared for the astonishing igures which followed the closing of the polis, bringing into the Republi can column not only all of those States they had claimed as safe for t heir candidates, but with the possi ble exception of Maryland, every State classed as doub'ful. Democratic successes are confined to the solid South, in which Kentucky is included, and Mr. Parker has not carritd a single State which did not give its vote to Mr. Bryan four years a go. Official returns indicate that he lost some of those which the Nebraska c :ndidate held for his party. Official figures from the Northwest cities may s~ightly change the totals, but base on the returns availale at a late hour Tuesday night the electoral vote stands as follows: For Roosevelt: Californ'a 10, Con necticut 7, Delaware 3, Illinois 27, Indiana 15, Iowa 13, Kansas 10, Maine 6. Massachusetts 16, Michigan 14, Mirnesota 11, Nebraska 8, New Hampshire 4, New Yvrk 39, New ,hrsey 12, North Dakota 4, Oiio 23, Oregon 4, Pennsylvania 34, Rhode Island 4, South Dakota 4, VermoLt 4. WashiLgtion 5, Wisconsin 13, Wyom irg 3, Total 293. For Parker: Alabam. 11, Arkansas 9. Florida 5, Georgia 13, Kentucky 13, L~uisiana 9, Mississippi 10, Missouri 18. North Carolina 12, South Carolina 9. Tennessee 12, Texas 1S, Virginia 12. Total151. Doubtful or not beard from: Colo rado 5, Idaho 3. Maryland 8, Montana 6, Nevada 3, Utah 3, West Virginia 7. Tothl 32. As a dramatic climax to the sensa ti nal majorities given him, came President Roosevelt's formal an nouncement that he would not be a ca.ndidate fcr re-e'ection, lending the only excitirg aspect to an election night otherwise so cne-sided that it was impossible for even the victors to attain that degree of enthusiasm that usually marks the occasion. Late in the night came an announcement from Melvin G. Palliser, managtr o: the campaign for Thomas E. Watson, the candidate of the People's pa-ty, that as a result of the overwhelming Democratic defeat steps would be taken to form a new party. To this *end, according'to the announcement given out, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Watson at d Win. Rindolph Hearst would hold a conference in New York in about a week's time. The period of suspense that fo'low ed the closing of the polls was not pro longed. In no election in recent years has the result been definitely known so soon. Hardly had the sun gone down when the results in New York began to appear. By 7 o'clock it was evident that the great lEmpire State had given the R'publican candid.ates a majority beyond the predictions of the party managers. So -conymnoig was the story of the bulletins that at 7.30 August Belmont at Democratic headquarters conceded Rosevelt's election by an over-whelmfinlg majori ty, an half hour later the Democratic leaders who had managed the cam paign freely admitted that the Repub ikans had carried every doubtful State. a here was no dispositioni to hope against hope. As State after State s nt In its Republican majority and the wires told the tale of the hal lots, bringing even from the common wEalths upon 'which they bad b.ased their figures of DemocratiC success re ports, of unprecedente d republican ma orities,they frankly conceded their de feat and offered no explanation. Soon after Mr. Belmont'sadmissionl undge Parker acknowlet ged the situation by telegraphing President Boosavelt his cor gratulations. Tne nerfect weather conditions 'which prevailed over practically the entire country, brought out a vote which experienced politicians pre-lict will be a record breaker and in this Increase of ballots the Republicans gained more than their share. THE LATEsT FIGU~RES The following table shows the ap proximate pluralities In the various states. States- Parker .Roose velt. Alabama-...-.-- ,000-.--. Arkansas-...-.-.....330,000.----..--. California.-.-.---------- .------- 100 00 Colorado ---.--- .----.--...15.000 Connecticut.....--- . -- 00 Delaware--...--.--------.4.0 Florida......-..... 20,000 -..... Georgia..---.....-. 0,00--.---. idaho-..-..--..--.-.--..--........ 25,000 Illinois-----------.. ... .......2225 00 Indiana-..-------------.---., Kiansas---...----------.-.-1 Kentucky...----.---.. 14,000 .. --. Louisiana....3------,- 00..- . Maine....-----------.---.- - Maryland. -.---. Massachusetts.---.--.. --.. --15. 0 Michigan..-.--.-.-..----- - 004 Minntsota.-- .....------ ------- ( Mississippi-----..-...50 ,000 -- Missouri.--.--------.. Montana.....----------- ----- 3ebraska.--------------.-.- - 0 Nevada.--.------------. ---.-.0 New Hampshire.........----- 0 c New Jersey.-----------.----. 14. New York----.------------1- - - North Carolina...5 ,000...-. North Dakota.-.-..----..-.-20 Oregon----------------- .- ---. 48 0.0 Pennysivania -.-------.-----416 00 Rhode island -..-.------..-.-.- --- Southi Carolina........,0000... -. South Dakota----------- .---- -,0 0 Tennessee------------000-.-. Texas..---. --------..... 100,000 .... Vermont-.---------.. Virginia.--.-------....0000 .-.. Whi ngton.-.........---3 -0 W est Vir ginia............ ..----- 2 0 W isconsin................. ........ 60,000 W yoming . .. ........ ........ 5,000 Total......................534,000 2,42S,000 The following table shows the elec toral vote: ROOSEVELT AND FAIRBANKS. State Electoral Vote. Cotora--'o......................... Calirornia.................. 10 Connecticut................................. 7 Delaware ...................3 'Idaho........................... 3 llinois........................... 2 Indiana...................... ... ............ 15 Iowa ........................................ 13 Kansas........................................ 10 M aine.......................................... 16 Maryland..... ..............8 Massachusetts.......................... 16 M ichigan................................... 14 M innesota ...................................... 11 Missouri.................... M ontana...................................... 3 New Jersey.................................. 12 N ebraska....................................... 8 New Hampshire...... ........ 4 Nevada...... ..............3 New York................................... 39 North Dakota................. 4 Ohio......................... 23 Oregon .....................4 Pennsylvania...................... 34 Rhode~ Island............................ .. 4 South Dakota.......... . .............. 4 Utah........ ........ ..... 3 "Vermont....... .......................... 4 W est Virginia.............................. W ashington .... .......................... Wisconsin ......... .........13 Wyoming....... ......................... 3 Total...................... .343 FARKER AND DAVIS. Alabama...................... 11 Arkansas ..................................... 9 1 lorida ..................................... 5 Georgia ............... ................... 13 K entucky....................... . ............. 13 Louisiana.................... ................ 9 M ississippi................................... 10 North Carolina................. 12 South Carolina . ........................ 9 Tennessee . ................................ 12 T exas.. ....................................... 18 Virginia......................... T otal...........................................133 A FAMTLY XUYMRRD. The Awfal Crime of U, known Assas sin in California Town. A dispatch from Auburn, Cal., says It Is now known that Julius Weber, his wife, their 19-year-old daughter Bertha, ard their sn Paul, aged 14 years, were murdered Friday night by an unknown assassin, who se-t ii:e to the home in an effort to cover his crime. Before the fire had made any great headway, the bodies of the mur dered woman and her two children were rescued from the burning house. An examination of the bodies show ed that Mrs. Weber and the caildren had been murdered before the fire had been started. Mrs. Weber and her daughter had been killed by pistol wounds. On the boy's head were sev ral deep cuts. He had also been shot. All efforts to reach Julius Weber, the rather who was not tbought to be in the burning house, were abandoned until when a scarch was made in he burning timbers and his bjdy was ound in the bathrosm or the dwell ing. He, too, had been shot down be ore beir g left to be consumed by the1 flames. This makes the dea?th list as folow. Julius Weber, aged 48. Mrs. Julius Weber, aged 41. Bertha Weber, aged 19; their daughter. Paul Weber, aged 14, thieir son. The body of Mr. Weber was to bad ly burned that it has been impassible to a c~rtain how often lhe was shot. It has sbeen ascertained bey ond a doubt that tbe women were killed in one room and their clothirg set on fire, and that they were then dragged into the apartment where their bodies were discovered. One very peculiar circumstarce of the tragedy is tbat while the bodies of the mother and her daughter were burned to some extend, the apartment in which they were lying was not on tre when tne tiremen broke in, which stowed that tney had been killed in some other portion of the bouse part ally burned and then dragged into the ro .m where they were iound. The robbery theory is about ex ploded. Adolph Weber, the son, aged 20, who is the only member of the family alive, talks but little, but to the coroner and sheriff he says he did not think the motive was either robbery or revenge. When asked if he had a theory he said he had, but w~uld not give it. Hie did say, ret lucantly, that bis father Lad a vio ent temper. The boy sitid he had lft home abcut 6 30, came dowo town and bought a pair of trousers. When he weut ti the iire he dropped us old trousers which were in a burn irg buildinug. Young Web; r i-as a good reputation. T wo 22 ca:ibre re volvers were found but ene bullets ex tracteu ir,..m the boelies were 32 cali bre. Julius Weber was a re:ired brewer and was a maoi cornsid,:raole w e Lith. The family linvd in a hanoso:ie nec me bere and Mtr. We.er posressed valua~le roperty in Oikland Gat. They Both IDrown. At Lee; Me.. Thursday morning Mrs. Clarence C. Bur ke, aged about forty-five years, and her daughter June, aged 18, lost their lives by drowning. Bath were pal ed f rum the water before life was ext ne, but vig orous work on the part of rescuers failed to resuscitate them. It is sap posed that the daughter last her liie in trying to prevent her mother from arrying cut her plan to cmwit sul cide. It is believed that Mrs. Burke, 1brooding over d..mestic troubies, be came derang d an'i arose early in the mrning wiimout, arousmng her family. She wt ut to tue miii pond niot~ tar from her home and threw he'self into t~e water- The daugher naust have discvered her mother's absence soon after she bad lcf t the house and been .ble to follow her thne tracks of the ) fotsteps in the ligha snow. It is supposed that either in attempting to ) prevent her mother fr m comoittiog suicide or endeavoring to puli her boO) from the water she l'a lost her ife. Buirned to Uj1cf. Two negro cilidren were burned toi deata Thursday afternocn in a fire which destroyed a house and cattor on near Tarboro. N. C. KILLED EACH OTHER, Two Dispersary Conitables Rave a Fatal Fight at Eastover. FOUGHT ABOUT AN OVERCOAT. Both Men Said to Have Been Drink ing. Before the Shooting They Were on the Best of Terms. The State says one of the most shockinj tragedies that has ever been known in Richland occurred late Wednesday afternoon ir peaceful Eastover, when two dispensary con stables shot and killed each other. As is usual in the reign of crime and car nival of carnage that now hold's swab over South Carolina, the affair was precipitated by a quarrel over a triviai thing-an overcoat. Whiskey also eviaently played its part. The dead men are J. L. Irby and S. A Phillips. Tne two men had been sent to East over and had left this city about 2 o'clock in the afterncon in a buggy drawn by two horses. They reached the pretty village late in the after no-.n and evidently spent some little time there. It was soon after dark when they stopped at Karsee's store, and Irby got out of the buggy and went into the store to starch it. He left his overcoat in the buggy with Phillips, who drove off down the street. As he was driving the coat dropped out of the buggy to the ground. Irby soon came out of the store, having found no whiskey and was standing in the door when Paillips drove back on the other side of the street. Irby called to him to come over, and when he did Irby told him that there was nothing (no whiskey) there. "Let's go back to Columbia," said Irby. Irby got into the buggy, and the two drove e ff in the direction of Co umbia. In the meantime a negro ame back to Karsee's store with an vercoat which he had picked up in the road. Mr. Karsee said that he knew whose the coat was and took it into the store. After about 15 min wes the buggy, with the two con tables, drove back through the street and to Karsee's store. Mr. Karsee sked the men if a coat had been lost ind Irby answered, "Yes, that's my vercoat." Phillips jumped from the buggy ahd aid to I by, "Now you've got your 0oat. That will prove I did not steal our coat. You have got to give me satisfaction for saying that I did steal Four overc:-at." "I did not say you stole my coat. I eft it in your keeping. You ought to ave known something about it. ome on, let's go back to Columbia. rherds nothing h ire." "No I'm not going before I get sat sfaction. You stid I stole your over *at and I'm not going until I get atisfaction," retorted Paillips. THE SCENE CHANGED. Mr. Karsee, seeing that there was o be trouble, took hold of Phillips Lnd told him toget in the buggy. He lid so, and Irby started to drive off. lut his companion snatched the reins nd said "Let me drive." Phillipo rove the buggy over to McKenzie's ~tore. From here the account cf the ;ragedy is given by another witness. Pnillips came into the store of Mr. Dd McKenzie, and taking him back .nto the rear of the establishment iaid: "Mr. Irby has insulted me and 'm not going back in the buggy with im." Phillips then went out to the uggy with Mr. McKenzie and told Erby he would not go with him. Irby nsisted on his going but he still re ~used. Irby pulled cff his over cat and laid it in the buggy, akrg from it his revolver, which he 'uck in his hip pocket. He caught ?hillips by the collar and told him he iad to go, at the same time slapping iis face. McKenzie got between the men md tried to part them, proposinog that irby should go in the buggy and ?hillips on the train, or vice versa. rby caught Phillips by the collar gan, saying he must go in the bug gy. Then It was that Phillips drew is pistol and shot Irby, at the same time running away. lIby drew his wn revolver and began to shoot at Phillips, firing several shots, so it is nderstood. McKeuzi~e, to get cut of the gunfire, ran into his store. Phillips fell dead, shot through the back just where the suspenders cross rby walked about a few moments aud then went into the store and was told to sit down. He lived possibly 15 or 30 m nutes but died in the chair where he was sitting. Dr. L N. ook, the nearest physician, was sent'I for but as he was some distance in the! ountry at the time of the homicde he did not reach Irby until he was almot dead. Dr. Hook said that tne wounded manbreathed twice af ter his arrival and then expired. As far as a~ certained Wednesday night he made no statement after the shooting, ex cept that ~1e said "He's got me" just after Phillips fired at him. He was shot about mid way between the breast and abdomen and practically In the median line. Hie probably had an in ternal bemorrhage. BOTH WERE DRINKING. It is said that P'hilips had bEen drinking heavily and was in fact i toxicated, while irby, who had also been drinking, was still able to know what he was doing. The news of toe deplorable affair soon reached Columbia and Chief Can stable U. 1B. Hammnet Immediately communicated with Eastover by tele phone and obtaIned t~he particulars. He notitied Coroner Green, who told hi2 to communicate with Magistrate John S Scott at Eastover. Mr. Ham met did so and asked that the inquest Ihe held as soon Thursday morning as possible so that the bodies might be brought to Columbia on the morning train. He also communicated with friends in Eastover and asked that caskets be provided and that the bodies of the unfortunate men be cared for. - R. Lisle Irby was from Laurens county and was a nephew of the late Senator JTohn L. M. Irby. He was one of the best known constables or thea frc am aor one of r the oldlest iL service, having been appo'nted seven years ago and having been stationed in Colurbia several ytars. He was regarded as brave and fearless and when instructed to do a thing he al ways obeyed orders. He leaves a wife In Columbia, living at 1228 Lady street. His brothcr, James H. Irby, corporal of the guard at the peniten tiary, left Wednesday night driving through the country. He will return with the body Thursday morning, taking it to Laurens. Irby was in sured for $500 in the Knights of Pythias being a member of Capital lodge. Sam'l A. Phillips was appointed from Eastover 18 months ago, by Gov. Heyward, on the recommendation of several prominent citizens of Rich land. He bad always given splendid satisfaction in his position. He leaves a wife and several children, who re side at 1104 Pine street. C111EF HAMXET'S STATEMENT. Chief Constable Bammet when asked for a statement Wednesday night said that while be deplored the shccking occurrence it seemed to have been purely a personal matter between the two men. If, as reported, they had been drinking it was in violation of one of the strictest rules governing constabulary. R. L. Irby. said Mr. Hammet, was the best man in this division and bad no superior in the State as a cznstable. He was fearless and reliable. GOT HIS COTTON PICKED. An Oklahoma Farmer IntroCuce3 a Novel Method to Gather it. At Mangum I. T., while the cotton crop of his neighbors was unpicked and uncared for, the fleecy staple on the farm of E C. Stockton was being piled high in his warehouse and held by him fur a 12 cent market. Stockton owns a plantation in Greer county. There is always a scarcity of labor at cotton picking time, because the residents will not permit a negro to remain over night within the coun ty borders. Until 1895 this county was a part of Texas, but in that year the United States supreme court held that t Greer county was a part of the former Comanche-Kiowa Indian reservation. as outiined in their treaty with the Zovernment, and therefore a part of 1 klahoma. Stockton was in Erick looking for lands while a dozen other planters were there on a simular mission. t tockton is a deacon in the Baptist c hurch and happened to meet the su. erintendent of the Sunday school. [he latter remarked that he was try- 9 ng to raise money for a church i- t irary. B fore Stockton and the super 3 ntendent had parted company ar angements had been made for the en ire Sunday school to give a benefit otton picaing on the Stockton farm he next two days. Before he had left :own Stockton bad given a two days' enefit picking to the Methodists, who ,anted money for new carpets; two lays to the Presbyterians, who need- C d new church furniture for the par ;onage; two days to the Catholics to -eplenish a mission fund, and closed a deal with the Woman's Christian C emperance Union and Loyal Tem >erance legion for three days' picking ~ io aid the temperonce campaign held n that county. The next morning fifty-six members f the Bi.ptist Sunday school, big and ittle, old and young, donned pink ~ ~acks and sailed forth to the Stock on farm, Th~ey were paid the pre- ~ railir g price (75 cents for a hundred ounds), and by night had picked 3, 44 pounds. The prceeds of the day' a work went a long way toward buying ~he needed library. Several other nembers of the school joined the army f pickers the next day and 6,000 ounds were picked. All denominations kept their dates ' with Stockton, who provided liberal neals and sleeping accommojations for the party. He states that the pick ig, taking into consideration the feed ng and housing of the church delega-a ins, cost him less than experienced egro pickers. He was able to get a few Mexicans to work in a seperate art of the tield from the church pick ra, and by the time the contracts with the church and temperance peo le expired he had his entire crop 3used. SENTENCEXD '10 HANG. A. Young White Man in Oconee County to be Executed. At Walballa on Thursday Judge cCullough sentenced Earl Rochester to be hanged January 6th next. A motion for a new trial was over ruled.C Tne scene in the curt room was a1 most solemn one, when a young mani of fine family rccaived his death sen tenced for murdering his neighbor, whose family is eqially as prominent. Before sentet~ce was pronouncedi Roch ster made a long statement. narrating the circumstances that led1 up to the killing of Mills. He said he was goarded into the killing by threats! and insults. Evidence showed that Mills was not armed when he was killed, only a a small knife, a pipe and a piece or tobacco being found on his person. Beneath his right arm he held a bunch of cabbage plants wrapped in a piece of paper. The killing took pade near the bomne of Rochester as Mills passed going along the road from a neighbor's. Both men have wives and small children. On May 12 last R achester shot and killed Walter Mills. They came of prommnent families and were both very popular. Mills was una::med when he was shot. He was killed on his way ome as he was passing by Rochester'e house. The trial created lutr nse interest and it was an awe-stricken audience that filled t be court room when Judge McCullough told Rochester to stand up and uttered the solemn words con demning him to death. Five Burn~ed to Death. Ii a fire at 40 East 97th street, Ne~v York, Friday morning, which it is said was incendiary, three people were burned to deatn. and many others narrowly escaped. The dead are Fred Wober, 69; Blanche and Lillie Euplena, 15 and 18; The bodies will ha talren to the police station. AR. BRYAN'S ViEWS. Thinks Parkers Defeat Is Due to Con ditions and Mistaken Policy. RADICAL REXIDIES DEXANDED. Democrats West and South Must Make the Party a Positive. Aggresive and Beform Organization. Wm. J. Bryan Wednesday night gave out an extended statement con cening the election, which Is intend ed to serve as his comment cn the re sult, and as an answer to reports cn necting nim with a movement look ing to the formation of a new party. i Mr. Bryan said he would not attempt to deny all reports circulated as to is future political action, but would let his statement serve to explain his po sition. He says: "The defeat of Judge Parker should mot be considered a personal one. He did as well as he could under the c!r umstances; he was the victim of un favorable conditions and of a mistak n party policy. He grew in popu larity as the campaign progressed and xpressed himself more and mur.! trongly upon the trust question, but ould not overcome the heavy odds gainst him. The so called cnserva ive Democrats charged the defeat of 896 and 1900 to the party's position f n the noney question and insisted E hat a victory could be won by drop >ing the coinage question entirely. "The reorganizers are in complete 9 :ontrol of the party, they planned the 1 ampaign and carried it on according c o their own views, and the verdict t gainst their plan is a unanimous one. lurely silver cannot be blamed for his defeat, for the campa.ign was run n' gold basis. Neither can the de- r eat be charged to emphatic condem ation of the trusts, for the trusts 9 ere not assailed as vigorously this P rear as they were four years ago. It s evident that the campiign did not urn upon the question of imperial- n sim, and it is not fair to consider the sult as a personal victory for th'e t resident, although his administra ion was the subject of criticism. RADICAL CHANGE NECESSARY. The result was due to the fact that t he Democratic party attempted to be t nservative in the presence of condi ons which demand radicl remedies. t sounded a partial retreat when it ould have ordered a charge all along he line. The democratic party has othing to gain by catering to organ ed and predatory wealth. It must ot only do without such support, but ' can strengthen itself by inviting dA le open and emphatic opposition of tl ese elements. The campaign just ct losed shows that it is as inexpedient om the standpoint of policy as it is rong from the standpoint of prin 01 ple to attempt any conciliation of P e industrial and financial despots m rho are gradually getting control of w 11 the avenues of wealth. The Demo ratic patty, if it hopes to win suc- tt Bss, must take the side of the plain e >mmon people." Mr. Bryan says for tno years he nu W inted out the futility of any at- w mpt to compromise with wrong I r to patch up a peace with the great ti rporations which are now exploiting h. e public, but the Southern Demo- 01 ats were so alarmed by the race 01 ~sue that they listened, rather reiuc- ki atly, be it said to their credit, to b! e promises of success held out by T bhse who had contributed to the de- st at of the party in the two preced- tl rig camnp~gns He continues: "The experiment has bt~en a costly' / ie and it is not likely to be repeated ,C urig the present generation. The I ~astern Democrats were also deceived. |t ~hey were led to believe that the t~ agnates and monopolists who co .1 red the voters in 1896 and supplied si n enormious campaign fund in both d 896 and 1900 would help the Demno- b ratic party If our party nol.td only si e less radical. Tne election has s< pened the eyes of the hundred of ii nousand of honest and well mean- s1 ig Democrats, who a few months d *go favored the reorganization of the f arty. These men now see that they ust either go Into the Republican f arty or join with the Democrats of f he West and South in smaking the 1 )eocratic party a positive, aggres- 4 ye and progressive reform organiza- 1 Ion. There is no middle ground." f READY TO ASSIsT. Mr. Bryan says now that the cam lag Is over he will assist those who lesire to put the Dcmocratic army ne more upon a fighting basis; he will assist in organizing for the cam lgn of 1908. He continues. t "The party must continue to pro- d est against a large army, against the a arge navy and to stand for the inde endence of the Filipinos, for impe ilalism adds the mcnace of militarism ( o the corrupting influence of con nercialism, and yet experience has d ~hown; that, however righteous the i arty's position on this subject, the is ue does not arouse the people, as they( an be warned only by a question e uich touches them immediately andt ndivIdually. The party must also aintain its position on the tariff ueston. The party must renew Its emand for an income tax, to be se mred through a constitutional amend mert In orcer that wealth may be nade to pay its share of the expensis~ r the government. "The party must maintain Its posi tion in favor of birnetalism. It can ot surrender its demand for use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the country, but the ques tion must remain in abeyance until conditions so change as to bring the ublic again face to face with tallinig prices andi a rising dollar. This, there fore, can not be made the controlling issue of the question upon which we are entering, "The trust question presents the most acute phase of the contest be tween Democracy arid plutocracy, so far as economic issues are conicerned. The Presi-lent virtually admits that. the trusts contributed to his cam paign fund, but he denies that they received any promises of aid or im munity. No we 1 inf..rmed person doubts that the large corporatas have funinkhed the Republican can paign fund during the campaigns 1896 and 1900 and 1904, and no o can answer the logic of Judge Jarke: arraignment of the trusts contrib tion. The trusts are run on a busine principle. They do not subscribe m lions of dollars to a campaign unle they are paying for favors alrea granted or purchasing favors for f ture delivery. The weakness of Judi Parker's position was that the charl was made at the close of the car paign, when it was neutralized by :ounter charge. The trusts cann< be fought successfully by any parl that depends upon trust funds to wj he election. NO TEUST XONEY. "The Democratic party must mal ts attack upon the trusts so vehemer ibat no one will suspect iG of gettin .ectet aid from them. It w:ll be I ts advantage if it will b-gin tie neJ ampaign witi' an announcement thE 10 trust contribution will be accep d, and then prove its sinc- rity b riving the public access to its contr >ution lst. "President Rcosevelt has four yeai n which to make good his d.claratio hat no obl'gations were it c rred b he acceptance of trust funds. lie wi lisappoint either the c'ntributors c he voters. If he disappoints the cor ributcrs, the trust question may b ut in the process of settlemnt. I ie disappoints the people they, wi. ave a chance to settle with his parLn our years hence. "The party must continue its de ence of the interests of the wag arners; it must prote.t them froiz he encroact ments of capital; it mus asist upon remedial leg'slation in rf ard to hours and aroitratiou ani ust so IVmit the authority of th i urts in cantc mpt cases as to t v -i brow what is known as gov.:rnm n y ix jucilon. "Tae party muit continu - its oppe ition to national tanks of i6 ue an iust insist upon divorcir g the treas ry department frrm Wall street. Th arty mu t cntir ue its fig it for th opular election of senaturs at d fo irci legislation wherever the pr'n 'ple can be applied. It must not on; ntintain its position on old isu s ut it must advarce to the c osidera on of new questions as they arise. Among thee Mr. Bryan mention: 1e postal telf graph system, stato wnership of railways, federal ju g ected for fixed terms and the t1. c on of postmisters by the people o: ieir respr etive c mmu lties. BCROONER RUN DOWN. apt. Rtibt. Walton, His Wife asut Two Seamen Drowned. Capt. Robert Walton, his wife and vo seamen lost their lives Wednes. ,y night off Barnegat lght, wher e United States supply ship Calgoa it down the Norfolk lumber schoone rilson and Huating. Four memben the crew, the mate, whose name is terson, the steward and two sea eu, were rescued by the Cuigoa and are brought there Friday. The accident occurred according to ke survivors about 7 o'clock in the rening. Tue schooner was 10 mile est of Bannegat tacking off snore en she was struck by the (Julgoa, bich was making for New York. he steel bow of the supply ship struci ie schooner nearly amidships and cuti lf way, throwing the smaller vessel 1 her beamsend. The Culgoa kept 1 at full speed with the intention o: eping the schooner fastened to its >w until the crew could be rescued. he gaping hole in the side of the iling vessel was so large, however, at it slid off to one side. A boal om the Culgos rescued four men. o others were seen, and it is thought apt. Walton went below after is ife when the collision occurred anc at they were both drowned, witt so seamen, who were in their bunks, 'he ulgoa stayed ny the capsized :ooner all night and daylight Thurs ay morning lowered t wo more boats utt the sailors were unatle to discove3 gns of life on the wreck. Thi :aooer is now believed to be drift ig about near Barnegat. The suppl; lip anchored off Tompkinsville Fri ay nigut and landed the servivors [er bows are badly damaged. The Wilson and Hunting left Nor lk, Nov. 3d, for New York writh al cargo of piling. She was built ii 893 in Alexandria, Va. She is o 18 gross and 344 net tons registe! 52 feet long, 35 feet beam and 11.1 !et draught. Her regular crew is si: ten. Election Murders. The Republicans were desperate i: olorado on the day of election. A ripple Creek two Democratic elec ion judges were killed, a Peabod; eputy sherff was mortally wounde nd a number of Democratic judge ere beaten and thrown into jul~i. Ik delblot and- COris MIller, judges a ~oldfield, were shot down by one c heriff Bell's deputies. They had oi ered the deputy away from the poll og p'ace. James Wofford, the deput iho killed Lhe two election otlicars it -oldield, was a secret service ma uring the military rule in the dF rit. Miller and Idlebolt were unia en. At Midway, Ed Doyle, a deput heiff, assaulted Mrs. Kennedy, ,Democratic judge, and in a struggi hat ensued tore her dress and slappe er. El O'Leary, a Democrat: atcher, interfered and shot Doyli atally wounding him. Japan Wants reace. A dispatch from London says Japa moffically has made representatior to Russia looking to peace. Th oction resulted in failure, and suc :epresentationls. even privately, a: aot likely to be repeated--by Japan [t is not known what actuated Japa in this step and Russia's refusal1 ;onsider tbe proposition Is taken as1 indicate that the czar is confident the ultimate outcome of the war. Ah though the suggestion of a pacific se tlement was made unomlially it a tually had behind It all the weig of an offer by the Japanese gover ment. It was made direct to Russ and no power acted as an interH diary. Tue failure of these dire negotiations, however, resulted bringing intervention within a met nrable distance. of CRME FOLLOWS CRIME. ne f's The Sheriff and One Citizen Klled and Town Terrorized. Ss [1- A dispatch from Huntington, W. ss Va., savs Fayette County is excited ly as never before over a d uble murder P- which occurred Thursday, following ge the murder of Cor.stable W. A. ,e Jackson, by Policeman Will Elliott, 2- of Montgomery, Wednesday night. a Wednesday night in a quarrel between >t the two officers, Jackson was shot and ;y killed. Harvey Jackson, a brother of n W. A. Jackson, and two other broth ers, armed themselves and started oti to "clean up the entire police force of e the town," which Is a small hamlet near Fayette. t A telephone message was sent to s! Theriff Daniels, of Fayette County, to o come to Montgomery at once as blood .ted was ccrtain. Daniels reached a ontg(mery at 10 o'clock Thursday - morning. Just as he stepped from y the tralia he saw Harvey Jackson and, jp acirg his hand on Jackson's shoul- I der, told him to leave the town under I .enalty of being arrested. Jackson. I vitbout a word, fired twice. point t y olank at the sheriff, each bullet tak [ log effect. The sheriff dropped to r the ground, dying instantly. John Ro!f, a prominent citiz m of the town, was sanding nearby and had witne-s i ed the talk between Daniels and Jack e j s n. Throwing up his hands he ad ;anced toward Jackson to remonstr.te with him and to help Daniels. Jack on turned and shot Rolf dead. Then reloading his revolver and pulling an other from his hip pocket he brand i ,hed them in the air and di fled any . :ne in the town to take him. j The other Jackson boys came intc e the town and met their brother Im . cediately after the shooting. Fir -alf an hour the three men p3.raded the streets firing revolvers and defying t he town, The people were in a paic 3 tud crawled into celiars. The street -qere deserted and not sa official dared to make his appearance. In the meantime Detect.ive Harrison Ash, r wao lives near Montgomery and is re outed to be the gamest man in West Virginia, was telephoned for. When ae was seen coming down the road- 1 .ay from Montgomery by the Jackson .joys they started on a run for the mountain base nearby and escaped in ethe wods. After Ash had driven the murderers to the mountains the jirizens plucked up courage and g r swarmed into the streets heavil, A armed. A po;se of 200 men were -a quickly organized and under the. i ,eadershi of Ash and other police Lhey started beating the woods for t the Jacksons. p SWZEP9 BY FIR& S Che Town orJobnston Has a Destrnc- p tive Conifagration. A dispatch to the Augusta Chroni- o ele says but for a fortunate change In si the wind at a critical time Tnursday g9 the business section of Johnston would Ir have been a smouldering heap of w ashes. As it was a disastrous fire CE s vept a portion of the business dis- ai trict and threatened several ver) ol nandsome residences that are in the m neighborhood. Toe fire originated in the old How- ei ard building, which was tenanted b3 et T. J. Duncan and family, and swept that portion of Main street betweer: a] Mimis avenue and Jackson street. The el tire started from a defective stove fC flue, and was burning its way into a b; nest of splendid buildings when the ci wind shifted and turned the huge se tongue of fluime diagonally acrus MIain street, which is very wide, so ti wide in fact, that they could not d: reach across the street and Ignite the 9p buildings on the other -side, and at ti the same time saved the buildings k that were in the track of the fire. Li The losses with the insurance as d near as they could be gotten are as c foll'>ws: .E Old Howard building, owned by J. g .W. Mobley, $1,000.a ,Household furniture of T. J. Dun- ~ can, 8500. i J. M. Still, merchant, suffered slight a -damage. rC. A. Austin, on building, 3600. b .J. T. Durst, on stock, 8500. 1 .V. E Eiwards, on sti ek, 8500, in- o surance 81,000. The building wabs .owned by the National Bank of Au t: i gusta, and the Insurance could not be 3 learned. Its value was about $1,000. v f W. W. Woodward, a butcher, losL ,about 840, and the building in which 3 he operated was owned by D. T. o c Outz, which was damaged to the ex tent of about $300. W. L. Coleman suffered a loss o1 0 about $1,000 on building with 8200 L 1 insutance. . t Another small butcher shop was de t . stroyed. In some of the buildings destroyed the stocks of goods were saved. Weeval Movmng siomh. sIn an exhaustive report on the toll eweevil made by Assistant State Ento Smologist R. 1. Smith to Commissioner of Agriculture 0. B. Stevens, an am -p-rtant and dangeruus feature re garding this pest, according to Mr. Smith, Is the rapidity with which the weevil Is moving eastward. Mr. 0Smith asserts in his report that, if measures to fight the weevil are long delayed In the eastern portion of the cotton belt, It will mean inestimableC loss to the cottonl planters. Mr. Smith has been in Texas in an ofiicial e capacity for some time, making a through study of the Mexican boll weevil._________ Alleged Criminal Assalt. nLate Friday afternoon John Jack son, an old colored man from near sLangley, came to Aiken and charged John Watson, another negro, with h having committe-d a criminal assault e upon his daughter, Laura Jackson, on last Satudrday. John Jackson further states that Watson has never left the neghborhood of his alleged crime and that the officers of the law have made no attempt to arrest Watson. Jack -s'on has succeeded in raising $25, which 1he has deposited with Clerk ofCourt -John W. Dcnbar and will offer It assa t reward for the arrest of his daughteres assailant. Ia A R~AILROAD mranager says the huge - death list in rail way circles is due to t the "craze for rapid transit.'' He in would have been much nearer to the s- truth had he admitted that it is due to1 the "craze of huge dividends." MR. PARKER SPEAKS To the Democracy of the Nation About the 'leCtion. HE DOES XOT LaPMET DEFEAT. Lhanks the Managers and Rat;k and.' File for Brilliant Party sr vice. His Future Plans Not Yet Decided. Judge Parker Wednesday night rave the press an open letter address ,d "To the Democracy of the Nation," n which he thanked those in charge >f his campaign work and declared hat the people will soon realize that. 'the tariff fed trusts are absorbing - he wealth of the nation." He said bat when that time comes the ieople will turn to the DemocratIc iarty forrelief. In this letter Judge arker sajs he stall never seek a omination far public office. The atter follows: 7o the D._mocracy of the Nation: Our thanis are due to the members f the national committee and to the xecutive ccm-nittee In charge of dfie ampalan for most unselfish, capable nd brilliant party service. All that I was possible for men toqdo they did; ut our d;fficulty was beyond the reach f party managers. I am most grateful to them and rish in this general way to extend my hAnks to the workers, as well as the ank and file, all over the country. 'L no how bard they struggled against verwhelming odds, and i only wish I ould take each one by thernand and bank him. Deeply as I regretted leaving the ench at the time of it, in the pres oee of overwhelming defeat, I do. iment it. I thought it was my duty; n the lightof my -present infrma [on I amsnow even more confideni tat I did right. I shall never seek A omination for public office, buft tall to the best of my .ability serve. 3e party that has honored me, and 2rough the party serve my country. THE PAnTY'S MIssION. The party has in the near future a reat mission. Before long the people ill realize that the tariff -fed trusts ad illegal combinations are absorb ig the wealth of the nation. Then they will wish to throwoff ese leeches, but the repu licau arty will not aid them -to do ftor a leaders appreciate 'too well the see to which- the moneys of the. rusts can be put in political cam When that time comes, and ccmeit ill, the people will turn to the.Dem :ratic party for relief, and the party ould be ready-ready with an or mnization of patriotic citizens cover g every election district, who are Wing to work for the love of the ,use-au organization supported br many town, city, county and State faers as we are able to elect in'the eantime. We entered this canvass th every northern, western and stern State, save one, in Republican atrol Tnis gave to that party a large my of offceholders, reaching into ~ery hamlet, many of whom gladly ilowed the examples set for them rthe members of the president's abnet in devoting their time and rvices to the party. To accomplish much in this direc on, however, we must forget the ifculties of the-past. If any one sus icts his neighbor of treachery, let .m not hint of his suspicion. If he. tows he has desertedI us, let him not ilI it. Our forces are weakened by tvisions. We have quarreled at tines rer non-~essentials. If we would help 1e people, if we would furnish an or anization through which they may a relieved of a party that has grown >corrupt that it will gladly enter to partnership with trusts to secure oneys for election purposes, we must >get the differences of tue p:st and egin this day to build up wherever imay be needed a broad and effbetive rganlz ton. And we must by con ant teaching, through the press and rom the platform, apprise the people fthe way the vicious tarif 'circlie DIsHONEsT MONEY. We must bring home to them at ther than election times, the fact hat moneys contributed to the Re ublcan party by the trusts is not nly dishonest money but it is given bat tbe trust .may, wi hout hin erar ces, take a mucht larger~sum from be people. "In the presence of a defeat that rould taae away all personal ambhi ion, were is true that otberwise It ossessed me, I do not hesitate to say bat in my opinion the greatest moral uestion which iow confronts us is: nall the trusts and c-rporations be revented from contributing money to ontrol or to aid in controlling elec ions? Such service as I can render in that r any other direction will be gladly ndered. And I beg the cooperation as a fel-> >w worker of every Democrat in the ountry. (Signed) Alton B. Parker. The telegraph otce at R asemount dge was dismantled Wednesday ight after business. Judge Parker said ednesdty night his plans for te uture were not deinitely made but hat soon he would be in barness ain. It is generally believed bere hat he will engage in the practice of aw in New York, forming a partner hip with some well established firm. Who Knows this Man? The Columbia Rzcord says a tele ,hone mess~age from Savarnah Fraday iternoon stated that the body of a nan had been found in the Ogecchee -iver, and in one of the pcckets was a :ard bearing tt en une "L.OC. Lev'gne, 06 Washington street, Colambia, S. ." S.tcha a name .does not appear in the direct..ry, and su far as could be a certxined with a briei investigation, no on2 knew of such a men. The dead man was about 30J years cid, five feet high, wore button~ suces, and it is said that his clothing indicated that he was a railroad man. U e had some tickets In his pockets showing tuat hae nad played tne races.