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fe, THE 9 rj-' . ? - - - ... ..... . " NO. 35. VOLUME XI. " CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY. SKl'TEMBKIt 7. l\m. gjj?* RESULT OF THE PRIMARY. McSweeney Leads in the Race For Governor In L'irst Primary. Ill TAKES (II Ml HK IHI. ill* I he Vote As Tabulated From the Latest Returns. '1 ho figures that rain? in the fourth day aft< v the* primary show somo chang es. Mr. Winkler pulls up In the race lor lieutenant governor and pac^es Col. Hloan. HIh margin is small anil it is by no means ecrtain that tho present positions will he maintained when the returns from the t\w> or three counths that have oulv made partial reports come in. Then there are erros in trans mission l).v telegraph that only the oflb ial count of the origin ils can correct Mr. Jennings increases his load over Dr. Tiimnerman to about three thou>~ and, and Gov. McSweeney also pulls s-lowly ahead, while 'he gains of Messr*. Gary and Patterson aie very Kin ill. The closeiKRrt of the race for n-vond pluce tor lieutenant govtitnor will mata the official count of more than ordinary interest. In the other conti.sls no changes aro likely to occtr that will alter the present Atatus. FOR GOVEHNOIL 11. U Till- McSwee- ratter- Whit 1>? man. ney. iloyt Gary. ron. man. fhbevllle (official) 1.709 tii'7 r>00 955 3ft 11 ^ik'fl (official) 2.704 1.438 951 :?.T0 372 8 AnderHl^Oflieial) 3.217 1.511 2.201 383 0:? 13 Bamberg (Tiflttclal) I.I1,1 ?"'?9 2S1 If.I 25S 5 Barnwell (officiaD T. .*; 1.843 541 187 >1 1.023 Beaufort ( 3 box I LIS 127 11?, 27 1 0 Brrkele.v (official) 1.032 530 220 2i:o 101 1 Charleston 12 inlrsj 3.814 2.8S9 500 ltli 399 Cherokee < official > 1,302 ">70 732 313 112 23 Chester (ofllcial) 1.338 590 579 57a 11* L? Chesterfield (offlch)D 1.70!) 918 103 845 72 17 Clarendon (ofllcial) 1,301 755 121 228 13S 3 Colleton (official) 1.984 ft"9 SJ?S 205 354 12 Darlington (ft box.) 507 321 50ft 29 130 33 Dorchester (official) 1.080 497 150 122 ?< 57 ^,4 ICdgcfleld (official) 1,178 l.r>.! 721 231 130"~"~ 11 Fairfield (official) I.1H8 354 591 3s8^ 100 Florence (official) 1.172 009 727 487 40 13 Georgetown (ofllcial 512 208 273 74 o 2 Greenwood (official) 1,375 -100 828 318 19'< 7 Greenville imm.) .. .. .. ,\ 3.2S7 1 2.528 so 13 13 Hampton (official) . ? 1.332 910 441 39 63 ^ llprry (ofllcial) .. 2.07<1 1,048 5'>8 M)8 80 p.) Kerahaw (official) 1.197 067 630 508 165 9 I^mcav.tcr (official) 1.842 052 1,012 .>>.> 141 3 I/ini'pns (ofllcial) 2,202 1.241 1.14?? 300 1 <" .57 Lexington (official) 2,338 1.251 772 2- Sli 58 ? Marion (official) 2.188 1.339 1.099 F36 34 1?> ?'Marlboro (offic ial > 1.2l5 025 <>51 3(0 30 Newberry (official) 1.089 893 733 129 04 Oconee (3 miss.) 1.879 9:>9 1,079 L>2 122 143 Orangeburg (ofllcial) 2.712 1.758 1 271 89 82ft Pickens (official) 1.923 1.304 1.1S1 59 12 1! Rich!.!nd (official) 1.03ft 1.17ft 1,092 351 92 S:iluda (Official l 1 .*21 117 h>X 7. 5 233 1< Sumter (official) 1.584 573 1.051 330 3->9 ;? Spartanburg '7 miss. I 1.107 2. >.3 2.?93 2!M 151 14 t'nion (otllcl il) 1 ???82 700 aS7 ->S7 :>2 Williamsburg <official > 1.790 K5I 72S .>41 York com.) 2.421 1 20i 1.159 11<? lis 1 7S,f,97 39,(57 33.83 5 12. 0,052 191 FOR LlKl'THN ANT GOVKRNOR. Living- Till Sloan. i41?>a}Je Winklor.st.:m.mua Abbeville (official) 3"?0 375 211 338 977 Aiken (official) !-?' -1'" Am'eron (oflieial) ? 9:>3 211 111 137 ...4>7 Hamberg (official) 188 201 '301 09 .I P.arnwfll (oflloi-il) 243 132 408 1H 1.2 7 Meanfort <3 boxes) ' 1 10 -? Herkoley (official) il'1 Charleston (2 missing) 1.033 - 291 1.398 ;>13 Cherokee (ofll.-ial) ? ]?' 1,(^S Cheater .(ofllclalj. (hesttrfleld (official) 10ft <9 8i.> <>S0 3M> (Varemton (official) 1>i'? 5,1 5-.;> t'.M /4c Cnlletoti (official) ?'??2 ?rt-' ?'? 1-1 ,,3<> Darlington (ft boxes) . 1 'oreheste r (com pi c t e) r,l 77 109 2X1 209 10S T?2 79 243 Kdgclleld (oflbl.l) !!; Flormice (official) I2'. i4-' T('; Georgetown (official) 23-' 11 11 lo> j'j C.reenville (coVnplrte) 8o1 11? 1^- -H 1-^ Oreenwooei (offiVlil) ;04 02, llrmpton (effieial) ^ ?J'.' Horry (official) ^ Kershaw (official) ' ' ."0 f ... Ijaucsster (official) ^ >?! ^ ?,f, 'ji* haurenp (official) v/_? . ' J ' ~~ Lexington (official) .. .. ^ -j!(| Marion (official) L ?- ' ;; - j0? Marlboro (complete) ? ?? ? l>1. '.\4 Nowberry (?flclal) J- Is? ^ Oconee (3 mia-ing) f;' ^ 1 0 Orangeburg (official) < ' ' f,o> &? lM.-kens (comple'e) ? " ~ jjjk Richland <0^< |al) ' n<? 592 loo 128 91ft ?Saluda (official) r-) . fi4l. Sparanburg (7 mis ing) --J-1 - ' t . Rum ter (officii ? ? ,;tI; lTnion (official) .. . .0 Williamsburg (ofllcial) York (official) _4'^ ^,0 ? Z~~. . - |5 1{$5 1,705 15.802 11,603 29.23ft Total *i ? ? ?]> Congresstcnal ConteM*. Fourth Wll- John District. v son. son. Fairfield (ofll-ial) .. Greenville ^official) . l^uirrne Rkhlnnd (official) 1.338 \l'ih\ SpnflHnburff toffl^tn)) .. . .2.777 , 3.4l'J T!nion (official) 1,1 W 725 Total .. .. 8/37 11.4S5 KOIl. SO<1. . .. 726 . 70S ..1.875 3.41G .. 923 1.6 j3 Fifth District. Finley. Strait. C?K*tec TOfllClaljL /.. t*7t 81 ? ? Che-lerflHd *n?rial) .. /.. 1,030 SI I Sijgrshaw (official) .. .1.093 882 rtJnTT^Rtrr I fTOm.t~73> V.V~ <520 York .<T.-.. . .2.499 681 Cb?rokcc (official) 1,549 3)*; Total ?? * * *, ?? ?? 7,760?&.103 Blxth Sfar- Kl Dtatriet. Norton. bonMigh.lerb*. Clarendon (>>m.) .. 4S1 501 3W ^DarttTiBtoji (com.) r. 716 l.-W? OT Florence (official) ..l.llt 52fl . 327 m ftgfc m tvlBCiftl) ?SfNv IW Marlboro 331 KiW 2!:o W'msburg (roin.i .. 412 353 238 Total 5.249 5,093 2,42.1 The Congresflonfll <an<lidatea in the districts not given h re hod no opposi tion, the present liuumbants being re "'elrcicd. The vote for State Tre k irer i-: Tltn merman, 42,638; .lenningn. H.415v ? Far Railroad Commissioner,- w. ffr.\ JCVftnj*. 21,108; Wharton, lfi.224; B. B. KvanK, 14..16.1; Mayfield. 15,069; Prttl Ki*c^'. 4,795; Berry, n,031: Ktheredge, R.8S6. Winnaboro's New Rood. Winnsboro, Hpacial. ? Capt. ('. S. Uwlght, chUf engineer of the NVlnas boro and Camden ra'llroad, with his ?h alstanta. eommenred the preliminary survey of this line on tho 24th instant at Wlanaboro. Several roulea will b? surveyed for a nelection of the most practicable, it Is said the required amount of stock'has been taken, and that the road will be built through to Camden/ a distance of about tnlrty miles. In the near future, connecting ?hers with.the Seaboard Air Use. tum*4 by Wi WEATHtl AND CHOPS. (lathering Now in Progress--Short Crops the U?ilc. The week ending 8 a m., September 3rd, was much cooler than (ho >two preceding weeks but continued Hotter than usual. There wits a maxltmfii of 101, on two dates, and a minimum of 5t? deKTvos on September 1st. The rainfall was general over the State, but was light over tho extreme northwestern portion. Many points had from one to nearly four inches of rain, thoroughly relieving the drought, while generally tho rainfall amounted to gomewhut less than an inch, which although beneficial wan insufficient. The general condition of crops is greatly improved, although the rainy caine too late to help corn which has uot improved at all. and stubble corn will be a failure. Kodder pulling, and cutting corn arc finished over the east ern, and nearing completion over the western counties. V',Vx>x>.\Vv VNS >.> w and will do no more than mature the crop of bolls it now bears, but late cot ton in again growing, blooming, and fruiting. Shedding has ceased, and there is less premature opening, i&t Island cotton has attained but half its usual size, and is blooming to tho top, ricking cotton is general and is being pushed since tho cooler weather set in; some fields have been picked over once. There is complaint of a scar city of pickers The rice harvest |s general, and with few exceptions, the yields are very satisfactory. I'pland rice will be a failure. Peas, sweet potatoes, sugar cane, pastures, and fall gardens show tho good effect of the recent rains, and turnip sowing has betome general. The ground is in condition for fall plowing and prepays?ions have been begun at places to send a larj;e acreage of grain this autumn. It is the opinion of correspondents that crops of all kinds will b* very short this year. I.abor Day in Columbia. Labor 1)\ wav fit duply observed in the city of Columbia last Monday. Tlx* day openrd up with the par.-id.n. Til : profession formed shortly b f oe r> ~ o'clock in the morning on Capitol i Square, nil the details being in charge of Ctd. John 1>. Fro-t. who was the marshal of the day. At ti'c'or'n j promptly 'the processio.i moved M e j various lah.tr organizition* and other j participants in the par,.d.> mar. hing in \ accordance with the order of march : .published. Arriving at the fair ground.* the programme of the day was entered upon. The first thing was the addrc s ) | by Gov, McSweeney and others. Thou | the athletic sports and conte-ts begun j and things run on until the dinner ! hour. An excellent barbeovt d dinno was served. It was prepared by M Chris Jacob.?, who is an artist in th t lino, and he provided one of his beat dinners. The various conf sts c n-un> <*d most of the afternoon. The parade w?s one of tho largest ever seen on La bor Day. It was headed by the Hegi mental bund from Sumter. Completing State ltou.se. At the meeting of the State House commission the commission approved the contract with tho MellvaJn-Unkc fer Company, of Pittsburg, and after a careful examination, likewise approved the bond for $50,000 given by ihe City Trust and Deposit Company, ol Philadelphia. Pa. The commission also determined to arrange with th# contractor for some modiilications ol the plans adopted. The changes pro posed provide for a granite fa^ed in stead of a steel dome, and the placing of closets and lavatories under tht kXront and rear po-rticos. The. arehitcct wks Instructed to prepare and submit plans for (those mod ill ations at the next meeting:. The completion of tli 3 ate Houre is now "up to" the e >u tractors and work is to he.zin at oiicp. New Pension Board. (Jen. C. T. Walker, commanding the United Confedoiate Veteran?, h:is noti fied <;he Governor of the election of Messrs. W. H. Hardin, of Chester. W D. Starling, of Columbia, and W. fl. .Tames, ?f Palmetto, as members of th State Hoard of Pensions under tho new act of t)ic General Aweftibly relating to ppngioti?. The Governor wi I r.t i nee lfisue commissions !o' th.se members of tlie Hoard. Palmetto Points. Gov. MtSwccucy hu? offase<] a re* ward of flOO for the capture and con viction of the party or parties who r? cently aet fire to and burned th? barnn stables and horses of the People's Sup plytCompany ftt Ks-tilJ. The bulldinqn wene wthln 20 feofof the store. The night following an attempt w?s n a !?? to burn other proper.y. Governor M?Sweency has appointed W. S. Turner migiittate at Ktdge rille, vice I/. C. Rtggi, resigned. J. A. county, vice J. P. Roton. The appoint menfs were made at the ln$tiiu.e of Creed magistrate at WjcIum, Aiken ifcecounty delegatee. At the meeting of the ewentire oom mittee or the Wtmbrop trustees 11!** Sllter* c|_fce University of We*; Vlr gh#e, was chosen violin teacher at Wlntbrop. The election ol tits pro!ev eor of mathematics wfa postponed. t*.e committee taking the view thfcaa Iftle mnaiall ppofetworship It should tn "?^1tke foil b^nrd. A meet tH tont knjroMKMiittf Vf? fr* held at Votk Hill, la th# GOV. M'SWEENEY AND COL. IIOYT Both Express Gratification at the Result of .?3 the lirst 1'rimarv. COL. MOM'S PRIPNDS SANGl'INI: OP Till- PINAl. W25U1.T. Col. IloyI\ friends haw already ho K<in an a five and vlgil.iut campaign for the second primary and seoni i>ei fectly confident of landing their man Headquarters havy'boen opened In C d umhla, with Mr. C. (V Keatherstone In charge, and the principal work an-i 11 be done at this place. Mr. Featherst'UU' was in the city jc#l after the primary and gave the following interview to the press. WAen a-ked ab.iut the ro?ult < f tlio election, he said: "Col. Iloyt h;i? gotten a f< rr more vol(h in the first primary than 1 ex iuu'1 e.l him lii ci>.L VViuni_Ln 4!hiu'tfv^toii the latter part of July 1 predicted t<> the News and Courier man that ho w >nId net 30,000. When the entire \ot<> jis in it will bo seen that my prediction j has b en more than verified. "To have gotten such a vote with I such odd.s against him is a great vlc [ tory for Col. Uoyt and the cause which be has so ably represented. It shows I that the people believe In the right, and that they reeogniz? the ability a'id ; purity of Col. Iloyt." "What about Col. lloyt's chances to win in the second primary?" "I am satisfied that his ehances aro good Governor McSweeney'a lead of a few thousand votes amounts to little. Nine times out of ten th? man behind wins in the second heat. Talto for ex ample my race with Governor KUerbe two years npro. He lead me by 13,000 votes and yet in the second election ho only beat ine by about. 4;000. And if my friends had realized my strength I would pave beaten him badly. "If Cpl lloyt's friends know his strength and will go to work he will 1k> our next Governor. "Garland Patterson took away a good^fifiany votes from Gov? rnor Me Hweeney o naeeouut. of th<? charges made against Governor Mc&weeney by them, viz: that the Governor^ wjs no' enforcing the dispensary law. "It will be remembered that Gary and Patterson, both of whom are men of unquestioned ability, courage and honesty, both charged upon the stump that the Governor's enforcement of the dispensary law was a fraud and a h sni bng. '/Soiiator Tillman made a 1 rro t the sarjie charges. '{Now, there Is no doubt <:f the fact ' that a great many mm who favor the J dispensary believed those charge* and thought the present enfor -enient of J the law could l>o Improved on. Mo-t j of them. too. are men who honestly ! and sincerely believe that the dispell- j sary Is the i>c*t solution of the liquor j question, and who are especially inter- \ este<l in tho enforcement. of tlie pro hibitive features of the law. In other' words, they have a sine re de-Tre to j make it lead tip to out and out prohlhi- j (Jon. That there aro thousands of su h ' people In the State cannot be doubt?d. I and they have tho respect and confl- ' dence of thor:e who do not agreo wit'i I them. A largo proportion of thc^mon who voted for Gary and Patteivon came ! from their ranks.- Now, that their can- ! didatcs t e or,t of the race, for whom 1 are they going to vote? They cannot I consistently vote for Governor Mr- ) Sweeney, and, in my judgment, thej-w will voto for Col. Hoyt. And they will do so for the*rea?on that they know'i that lie will en force the law kjgldly i and make It as near prohlbitloavjja Jtj can he made. "Hut in addition to this, a part of . the Gary and Pattern >n vote came from J their pcrejnal fi iends, not because [ thev believed 1n the dispenanry law. j hut because they recognized tho hon- ' esty and ability of Gary and Patterson. ! Mr. Gary has been in the General As temMy for 10 or 12 years, and for a j part of that time presided over the : House with conspicuous fairness and ' ability. He comm from a large and j influential family. Ills brothers, who j are Apon the bench, are men ?.f ability j and influence, and there Is not a ptrti- * cle of doubt buL that a part of his vote wa j a purely personal one. "And tho name can be said of Mr. Patterson, whose ability and good pub lic record cannot be. questioned. A part of this vote 1 know will ro to Col. i Hoyt, and 1 believe that by far the greater pait of it will do so. "And then we must take into consul- ; oration tliN.fact that there i* a good. | largo vdto which did not com* out last ; Tuesday because it wa* uncertain as t ? ! what chance Col. Hoyt. ftcol. And ! there areSit least 1.000 voters""who wote. I out of the State?in the mountains and ! elsewhere. Hut nearly all of these j votes will eomc out in the second pri ma ry. "A systematic, and organized effort ! wifl now 1h? made 4>y Col. KovCa I friend.i from this on and there is every j rea?on to believe tlyit Col. Hoyt will be ' our aext Governor. "I want my friend* In the State to : know that the flghr, Is not lost by a i ^proit deal,*and that by a strong pull j *and a pull all together we can win. "We have fought upon principle ?n?l for the right and have nothing to re- j tract. We will fight to (he lact dilrh - and expert to win: "We will conduct the work largely t from Columbia, where our friends can reach ua." J <iovi?rnor rtsw'ri-Ni-v AN Al>l>Rl;S.*.* Following (ho receipt of tho returns from tli?? lir.-t primary v'eMion. <iov\ Mi'Swionev Usiii (I th following ad tl r**H-: To th^ IVople i f South Carolina: Fully appreciating the largo vote which 1 received In the primary on Tuesday as a sttong endorsement of iny administration. I desire to express to my friends my sincere acknowl ????-? ment for the support given. The batllo is i<> he fought over asaiu between Col. 1 loyt. I he prohlhltion (andld. te, and mysfilf on Tuonlay. September II. Tlu> va.e on Tuejulav showed 111#' the sentiment of the Stale is agalm*. pro hlhltion h.v statutory enactment, and in favoi of the dispensary as the best solt :lon of the liquor question. While fully persuaded thai -his >h true, yet 1 do not rest my claim:* en tirely on the liquor question, beoau o there are other Issues of as far reach ing Importance. 1 have f?'lt it my privilege. : s well .is my duty, to a?k my fellow citizens to endorse my administration, l>y B mo a full term, and I have redel my claims on the record of my administra tion. It has 'been niv earnest endeavor to discharge the duties of the otlloo faith fully and Impartially and to follow no lead but that of duty. My efforts have 1 een to give the peo ple a business administration. iVee front politics, bocacu? this is pocull.nly a business age. In how far *s hn-s crowned my efforts the quebtion is submitted to the billness men of the & ate. There has boon good feeling among all the. people of the State and I have contributed what I could >is chief ? x erutlve to that. Mid. Tliuro Is no reason for our people to I c divided Into luntlio camps, for such a course would retard the material dcvelopim nt and pro grcs ; of I ho State. The charge* that the di.-pMisary I ?\v l,a-i not been enforced has been mot tied answeri d fully by nia on every stump in South Carolina. It is better en forced than since it has been on th<? statute books, and it hits '.m-oii enfoiotd wiUi fewVr constables, with 1"*^ ex panse and without, frlo'.ion or blood shed.* It should be rememb red that the charge of non-enforcement comes largely from those who oppose the law iiTul want to ijeo it ovt rthrown. and who aru no more in favor o" prohibition than tho dispensary, but are endeavor ing to use prohilvitlon wit'o wiiiea to kiil Use dispensary. I am dvoply grateful for th^ hearty support Riven me "by the people ol the en-tire State; and. as -lo Charleston, my d'gjre'is that the p? ople of Ihr.t ci'y shall feel that they are an linp.n'art part if the commonwealth, and Charleston being the inetrjpol s of the State, her 4*1^ iters should be in b s'ihs* and romnn rciiil^J^LJ^h with every re. tlon o/South Carolina. I feel that tho Fuppoet given me in Charleston and Ovfumbla '-s 'he support of business men and tho e who endorse a lntr.iftfcss administration an'l are tireil of denial bickering-; and snarling* nnd captions fauH-flndJiiys. Thc educational it-sue has boon over shadowed by that of liquor, and It is well to say thai my record fur th' common schools and the State colleges has alwivs been i?osltive and ?o; their hearty support. I may say. Incidental ly and mo:les(fy, that 1 am no recent convert to the support of the higher educational Interestn of the State, but stool there when they needed friends in the iicnate and llousc of Ileprca.'n tat I ve.s. I have made no deals, but have held myself free to follow the puth of duty, and rather than have my hand* tied by denls and combination.", 1 should prefer defrst. " In making appopijlTncnta It has ben my endeavor to select men of charac er and efficiency. Believing In local pelf government In nil local matters, thn counsel and advice of the. Senators and lUpre^uitatl)** from each county huv? been sought. > - ~ m I t>elleve tin* p**H>1e, r*eognisinR th? Justice and falrnesi of giving my ad ministration the endorsement I reik, will give me a handsome majority on the 11th of September. My friends should not becomo over confident,vjiowever, becaoee there ?* al ways danger fn over confidence. If ?hey turn out an^VoCe, suocr*? Is asanrol, and aside from, my personal Interests, it is of the uf:mo?t Importance tha', there he a fre^.-and full ballot in tho ?eeond flriiwyi;i:r ~ *4 B. McifWEENBYV^ ? Swifoyjwl lyTirwfe. "" i Bt. Pant, Mis#., 8p*cUI.-A WfaiM- j pe*, Mm., mjt: "Ai portion of to-vn of LWsVTr^lwWTimwi _ vm f^?twrji||fiil of JVewi Notes. Application hu Ima made tcr a chutu tor the Hurrty TrangporlnHnn, ud Comrataaton Company, of Tata pa, wM?k will ran a .llaa of itiuwn South ?. American I MM TlMljiT ttIH fcnnlli frafU ? _ bo f era ml *W. in mil MSSS TIIROUl.ltOn Tin COUNTRY The South. Tho <ily council of Atlutitft lia? ba fun Impcarhimnt proceedings against Mayor Woodward, Jerome II. Kerby. declined tho Popu list nomination for Gov rnor of Tex as, anil 10. \V. Nugent. for tho nominee for I.lentfiutat Governor, w II bo siib bt Ituted Southern Pines will at once put in a water works oystein It will Includ ? a cypress tank tlint will Mold 00,000 gal Ions. The pump and engine will bo Inge enough to supplv 0.000 gallons par hour John \V. Vrrkr.H, Republic.ui nomi nee for Governor, opened his campaign In KontucUv Hi Howling Urren, Tins (lay. i^d Govcrnoi Heckliain at tip same Wine opened his campaign at Henderson. I*'alr ?* reports I hat he has been a - live in the l.lllian Clayton Jewelt anil lynching in ?venirnt having gone to liis home, I ll. Thomas, colored.' H afraid to reiurn from Host U), Mns^., to Galveston. Tcx.i ^ A\SvI S\N^ AV\SS ^V~SS . SSVsVN A, . \\C\C ton, formerly a writer on tho Atlanta, (Ga ) (' nstitntIe" ??'???emitted suicide at Dallas. Texan. The North. An effort is being made to have the. headquarters of the Urotherhoud of the I/O?'omotIve Firemen ren?ov?d ftom III i111>i,s to Rochester. N. Y. Gov. MoosevolU has extended t"> days t?* time in which Mayor Van Wyck. of New York City, may answer charges of Ills improper connection with the Atneric in Ice Company. Capiain Glliey, a noted Alaskan ex plorer, was drowned in the Klondike. Ilrv. Clifford \V. Mario m. professor of social >c:ono at Chicago I'nivrrsity, was rlertrd president of Illinois Col lege. Governor NVilialnn A. S'one, of Pennsylvania, with a party of peisonal and political friends, ai rived at Colo rado Spring. Ctil. 4 Farmer Aligns McDonald. Ilia wife and two children wore killed in a tor nado which lifted their home ah Wa p'lla. Manitoba, high in (he air. A trolley car at Silver l?ako. ()., caught tire from a ft.s ? burning out, and in the panic one passenger was killed and three were badly crushed. Twenty-eight men, women and chil dren were poisoned and m ide s rioudy 11 bj entinjtfi silld at the reunion of the Miggev.Maff family at Prosp.ct. O. Judge Dneombe. of the Cnitrd States Circuit Court, in New York, denied the application of Contractor Michael J. Daily for an injunction restraining Governor. General Wood, of Cuba, from promulgating a new carter for Havana which will nullify Dady'? franchises, Sampvrui Wellman, a veteran of Mast. Sc. l,c.ni>. HI., was inn over by a oil) at Chicago. Til., and killed. Charges growing out of the reemt investigation < f immigration affairs at New York have been preferred against r.io employe^ of the Harge office. The Grind Army of the Republic, in n sfIoii at Chicago, clectel Major hot) Rns-dcur. of St. l,oirs comman der in-chief. f-'orelgn. Russln has proponed to the powers that the troops be withdrawn from l'cki'i. -- Jii; nil's action In seizing Afoy. Chi n i. is naid to have boon unnecessary and in tended for territorial aggruu di/etrent only. The 15r,e*s who have been opposing the HrltJsh at. Machadodorp. tn the4 Transvaal, have re-rested iafelj. Gaetano Hrfscl, the atsiK'in of Klnu: Hiinihert. wr.s smtenccd at Milan to life imprisonment. The r*?t f;*??T!tyir In Germany I? caus ing great distress. ?'"N. Turkey has a?ain niftfle a \>rf*ooii t?o:i to M<!it le the ni<K?1onary againM her hy iiwIudiHK the flOQ.CT).) in. a e>ntiart of a cruiser. l>nt the "? Presi dent will likely decline to accept )t.~ The United S attR, Client Hrltain, Huh da, Prance and Japan have ex pr< ?sed a willtiiBm-RH to wUhdrawtbelr ffroopa from Pekln. What appear* to ho the bubonic plogco has two deaths in (t!hv Kuw, Scotland, and i) otn*r aiiBpect* d cases arc reported, ? . , (Jpii. Maximo (lomcj has been nomi nated i s a ddogate of the National party to iho Cuktan Constitutional C,>n \f ntion. A Ponce, P. It, newspaper iit an ex tended article, declares ihe native* aiv more opprrssed hy the American than they were hy the Hpanlah rule. President Kruger haa moved hl.< I headquarters'to Ne's.orult, on the D:I affoa Buy Rrillroid. It Is believed that, Rus*ia will take a hand in the Halkaii orWs.. and avert. war - The Swedish government. It Is aild, la seeking to borrow ftO.OOu.OOO In this country. ? A reduction of 1J 1*9 per cent, in w??c? la proposed by Fall River, (Mars ) (o:ton manufacturers.' v^Mbc?ilanemis. The Taft commission on September 1 assumed all functions belong nr to the ieglilaUon bntach Of the' ioVcVw* ment in the Philippine. - ?T?va CfltBB^tmtwi w' ria-ntir^ left the United States, after a long vis it, have returned to Havana. rioca work or the ?ncaaspinent and rtr cfirerf n number of report* ? ~ - V The Ji at <ea?fc>? of the itt of (M j win held In WAITING ON RUSSIA Her Motives a Fruitful Source of Speculation. BI OWIT/ S IDFA PURELY FANCIFUL The Power* Slow to Respond to Rus sia Their Attitude Is Negative To %? wards Rusj'a's Plan. Washington, I) C., Special.----A very Interesting dispatch was received at. tho War I >epart meat. from General Chaffee. It described the military sit nation na eminently Hatinfaeiory. ?*nd wOuld have heen of great value, hut for the omission peculiar to all of tho other official dispatches from Jhina, namely, the <lat,e line. However, tak ing into consideration the fact that a cablegram was re eel veil Jiv the, ^tate Department dated live days ago, from \ Mr. Conger, the conclusion was reach ed that General Chaffee's dispatch also was .ient from I'ekin about August 20 or ;I0. General Chaffee a.sks a very important ipK-stiop as to the with drawal of the American troops. Th? answer to that question, it ig said, might have been found in the State department's answer to the Russian evacuation proposition. But that an swer. or rather a synopsis of it, was not cahlcri to tienernl Chaffee until the IHth ultimo, and it is assumed, allow ing for the same timelii transmittal as was consumed by General Chaffee's dispatch, the synopsis has just, reached It'll. When tho American answer to no Kussinn proposal was made publtr, ? it was stated here that General Chaf fer had been instructed some time he fore by telegraph Just what course to, pursue in the matter of retiring from*--" l'ekiu in the event of the omorgency * that afterwards arose. This being so the application for just ructions wight, he regarded as an indication tluft ho had not received Hie original Instruc tions when lie sent his mcHSSge. ft is stated that no order ha? heen sent to General Chaffee to leave Pekln as the result of any recent develop- ? inent. in fact It would seem that me War I>ej.M?rtment js not able to In struct him more speeiflcauy on this' point until the decision of (he powers relative to general evacuation, iis known. It was stated at the War De partment. that our position is un changed: if Russia withdraws her troops then (leneral Chaffee will do the same. Hut we will not act nftlese. there is a general agreement, Or Rus- ** si.i actually docs withdraw her troops. Meanwhile it. is gathered that con ditions in China are disordered and foreign life and property are sail un safe. The <llfpatc.li received from Ministel* Conger was gratiryfng to officials, Ta that it contained' the date of Pekin, August .'<0, an an Integral part, of the" messages, this part In cipher. The text of the Conger dispatch was not^ made public, but If wns ^'.thoritativo ly stated I hat It did not change the situation, and was devoted somewhat to expressions of opinion. It was au thoritatively stated in this connection that Minister Conger will remain at his post until further orders. Up t<f* this time he has expressed no wish t?'~ l>e relieved.. In diplomatic quarters, Huston's mo tives continue to he a fruitful theme. The theory advanced by M. de Blowitz. in the Ixmdon Times," that It was* an offset to Franco for HuBsta'# supposed nomination of Count Waldersee, Is re garded ? a a purely 'fanciful. A much simpler and mor<> reasonable explana. tion I* affvan?:?<^4?jc^uufi_dipl?>iiJatic of ficial who hasytaken an Active part' In the negotiations. He says that Rus sta recognizee the obvious fact that it is to her advantage to have a weak neighbor instead of having a partition of China, which X?UM-ran&e a number of the powers alongside of Rnssia. For* thia reason, It Is said, Russia's chief aim- is-to maintain the torlal conditions. - To 6top Buying A mfrlcan CflttoiL... Manchester, By Cable.?The Fcdsra >tlon of Cotton pinners, at a meeting decided to invite all the Lancashire spin nor* to attend a conference Friday, at which It will be proposed to die continue buying American sj&bt cot^o:*.. This will have the effect of . almost stopping the pillls unttfrthe new cotton in marketed, as the mill stocks are low. More Census Figure*. Washington,~D?C.. BpociaL^Ilt?*__ population Cf Richmond, A'a-, Is 8 5.<*50, ti gain T>f tytt, ui <.6 per witjiB population of the cltjr, of Charleston. V 8. C.. as officially iannounced to-di 55.807. In ISM th?^i<ipoiattott 54.955. These fonts shosr. ..for city, as a who!4 aa increase of i.U per popolatkm. fa 1W,i.. an Increase Qf 4.97l. or from 1W0 to xm. rsna aanooaowtk* ford, Ooas.; aa nm n