The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 07, 1900, Image 1
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VOLUME XI. " CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY. SKl'TEMBKIt 7. l\m.
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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