Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^npnpf^f, VOL. XXVI. BARNWELL, S. €., THURSDAY^ AUGUST 13, 1D03. r EATS ‘EM ALIVE. Senator Burton iron Xanaai No Katek for Senator Tillman SAYS THE CHICAGO CHBONICLE / rws To the Greet Force of the South f C*reHn» Senator this Pre- judicetl Newspaper Pays a Tribute. Senator Ben Tillman has impressed them out west as a strong- one, sure. They have pitted against him in * L *■ Joint debate on the race question Senator Burton, of Kansas, who has held some sway as a scholar and an . orator of ability. Hoad herein below what Senator Tillman has done to his opponent from Kansas, as interpreted by the Chicago ^ronide: Whatever we-diSy think of the ideas and sentiments entertained hy Benjamin R. Tillman, we cannot but concede the force and virility of his character. J le has beea called, a bar barian, but if he has thp barbarian's savagery be has likewise the barbar ian’s strength. He is not the sort of man against whom weaklings may be sent. The people who are managing he hlppodroming debate between Senator Tillman and Senator Burton owe it to their patrons—the people who pay money at the box ofllce to r 7 maintain at least a show of a content. They owe it to the country at large to pit against the man from South ► Carolina some one vrhn ti oporto “f 1 “hlpfa, * confuting him—some one who can expose the fallacies which Mr. Tttt- man deals out with the air of an oracle. These lie hard facts, and, bearing as they do upon the friend and ad- i viaer of the president, they are worthy to challenge the attention of Mr. , Roosevelt as well as the country at large. Having said so much of Till- _ man, the Chicago Chronicle takes occasion to declare the North Is no mdrp, prp-Megro tlum J,he South, and adds that Senator Tillman, assuming >’ it is, sflts up a man-of straw which Burton accepts aud seeks to defend, and . which the South Carolinian demolishes in spite erf the Kansas at tempt to proteet-rt. There is no more social equality between blacks ..and whites in Chicago than in Ch&r- • ieston. There is no more motion of amalgamating the races hy marriage in New York than there is irt New v rf)rleans. ^ .- ^r The manhgerf of the oratorical soft- glove contest _owe Lt to Ihe north to send a stout and worthy champion - against the gentleman from South Carolina. Such a champion will nbtf utter feeble and pyefunctory conven tionalisms about educating the negro. He will not use the language of the tea party or church sociable.- He will —_ tell the truth andjmm&iik humbug, . and be wilt not be~ particular about the exact language he employs In do ing so. He will keep Benjamin R. Tillman to the facts snd he will make it perfectly clear that while the north is no more ‘negropbile’ than the souXBTt is dHermined that the N^south shall not disfranchise the negr6 ^^and still continue to count him as a basis of representation. There plenty -— of such men available. TVtbe rhetori- __ dll circus is to continue their ranks should be drawn, upon. Mr. Burton has neither the vocabulary nor the personal standing for the task that he has assumed. ’’ In commenting on the above the Atlanta Journal says: Senator Burton is no weakling. The Chronicle has merely made the - mistake of judging the man by the size and strength of the views lie is airing on the race, question. The pa per’s estimate, from whidh the above is taken, deals--toQ-harsbly with the Kansan for failing to accomplish wh&t ~an utlieis from that section aad other sections have failed to accomplish— namely,- to answer Tillman’s argu ments. We recall an occasion In the United States senate wherein the stern faced old warrior from South Carolina stated his creed cm very much the same lines as he has stated them out westN-On that occasion lie cordially invited any gentleman within bis hearing to arise and reply to his statements if they dared. -None dared —or at least none replied. No newspaper called them weakling then, because such men as Q. F. Hoar, Henry C. Lodge, Mar cus A. Hanna, John C. Spooner, Chauncey M. Depew an^ Nelson W. Aldrich, were there—to say nothing of Platt and Quay. , . i The Chronicle goes on to say that Tillman’s “fallacies” are hts beliefs that the north recognized the negro as social equals and that the north want ed the fourth to submit to negro do mination. It wants some man atrong enough to show these beliefs up as fallacies, a man who can prove, to quote its own-words, that “there is no more social equality between blacks and whites in Chicago £]tam»&bere is in Charleston. There is no more — liULiUU Ul < (■■marriages New Or i U A OVSkl* Orleans.” r He would be a strong man indeed who ohuld prove this in the face of w«*htny^m dinner given by a New York PresidentTWe "1^ pointmeot of negroes over white peo ple by a New York president; the in vitation given negroes to attend a white house sociable by a New York president; the expenditure of Chicago ' on educating the negro so that i which require an educational voters shall not dis franchise him in districts where he outnumbers the whites. If such a man can be found we should be glad to pay the price de manded at the gate to hear him. He is not In the United States senate, for Tillman gave everyone there an opportunity to prove these “fallacies” and none grasped it. He is not on the lecture platform, else we bad heard him down this way long ago. He is not in the house of national represen tatives, for several of Tillman’s way of thinking have offered similar op portunities for replies there. In point of fact, we do not believe he ex ists who can answer theTillman argu ment. It never has been answered. It is our firm conviction that fl will never be answered by word *of mouth. Certain events now transpiring dat^ ly in the north lead us to believe that it jvlll he answered in another way— affirmatively answered, as it- were,- They are beginning to show, in other words, a decided disposition to agree with Senator Tillman and the rest of us. - . HE IS A DEMOCRAT. Bryan Gives a Full History of 'His Political Career.. * : — v ■ •» T 7 WHY HE VOTED FOB WEAVER. WHITE MAN LYNCHED, Mob, “Victim's Questioned. - The gold democrats, unable to make a successful attack upon the princi ples for which Mr. Bryan stood as the nominee of the partyr and which he now defends, are attempting to ques- iion his right to membership in the democratic party. Three points are urged against him. First, he is quoted as saying at some time (the date is nut fixed) prior to 1890, that he was not a democrat; but a bimetallist. Second, that he voted for General Weaver in ^^92; and, third, that he advocated- principles which are not democratic. - The flrst charge is entirely without foundation. Mr/ Bryan never at any time or place denied his political af filiation with the democratic party or pefiHttted-it to be questioned. His parents were democrats before him, and he counted himself a democrat in his youth because his parents were, and after he was grown, was a demo crat because of his belief cratic principles and made democratic speeches in 1880, be-' fore he was old enough hi vote, and has made democratic speeches in every campaign since. He has at tended democratic conventions for marched to the jail. The about twenty years aud has never been (ifficeis and giuids were swept -aside- a delegate to a convention of any other Him Takes , * 1 • •, Father and Him. Despite the efforts of the victims father, Sheriff Richards of- Asotin county Wis., who had sworn In 2. r ) de puties to guard the man, William JMamilton, a well-to do farmer, the seR-confessed murderer -of 1 itfcle Mabel Richards, w;is forcibly taken from the Asotin county jail shortly after midnight and lynched by a jqob of more than 1,000 men which had Iteen congregating all day from all parts of Asotin county. About 12.15 o’clock a hand of men,, their faces concealed with handker- and the keys taken from the jailer. The bars of the cell had to be sawed before the door could l»e opened. Hamilton was then dragged from the prison and into the yard. Meanwhile another band of masked men had marched to the jail. They kept back the crowd Which had walk ed all night for the lynching. Guard* ed by several masked men—the mob came from the jail with Hamilton followed by other members. Then the man who had t>een guarding the jail formed about captive and captors, and kept tlie crowd away. When the lynchers with Hamilton reached First and Fillmore streets they halted under a guy wire connection electric light poles. Hamilton ww ask^d If he wanted to confess. He did so. Finally he asked that bis jewelry and trinkets lie had he given his father and mother antt it was promised that this Wotild be done. ( Then there was another - delay. Ttmnanner of Hamilton's death was l>eing discussed., Some wanted to torture him, but it was decided tpt nJ ! n ^ , y condemned. h&ng r htm. A mnsk was put infer the man's head, a rope around his neck, thrown over the guy wire and seized by many of the lyncheas. When they were certain he was dead the body was left Suspended; The crowds then lef t. ' ' • BEGGED IN VAIN FOR HIS LIFE. % Green . • r Fired in Cold Blood Upon (he Bring Jew Peddler. A gentleman from Aiken who was in the city Monday states that the killing of Surasky, the Jew peddler, was a more dastardly” piece of business than It has been reported - and the publised statements were shocking enough in themselves. It is told in Aiken that the peddler was shot down, but not killed immediately, and that he begged piteously for his life. His answer was another load of shot, bringing death to end his agony. It is claimed that eye-witness'can be produced who wfU corrubomte this statement; The Man, George Toole, who was placed under arrest, is in dan ger of serious trouble, but it is^ claim ed in h|s behalf that he had nothing to do with the assassination, that his only guilt is in not communicating to the officers of the law the news that lie had found the de&d body and it was fear of Green which prevented Toole from reportlog the matter. Greea—is—a desperate man. His brother is said to have been a had man, and was tried for killing his own brother in-law, a man named McClean. governor Heyward- lias offered a re- wAikL fur Green’s‘capture. Thtkd^stardly murder occurred near the Georgia line, a long ways from the (JhlnquephKsectlon of the county which was the scebe^of bloodshed but a few days ago.- “ Seven Hundred Drowned. A dispatch received at London 700 persons were drowned in the dis astrous floods which occurred at Che Fpo^ China, July 27.. The brldgeds within the city and many houses with their occupants were swept away in the torrent. Two thousand of the in-J candidate for gove habitants are left without means subsistence. „ Destructive Fire. 1 Fire caused by lightning Wednes day evening destroyed* the Bourbon — - — — stock yafds and two buildings adjoin- notlon of amalgamating the races hy ing at Louisville, Kjr. Four hundred In New York than there is and fifty head of sheep were burned. The loss is about 9250,000 will) in- susurance one-half. Capt. Eberhart Dillman and Pipeman Richard Ifoore were injured by falling limbecs. — - f iJt 8 ” - ~ Two Lads Drowned; t - The dead bodies of Ernest and Ray mond** Connor, aged respectively 11 and IS years, were found in the creek near their home at Harlow, N. O., Wednesday. It is believed that they had been playing ^n a raft and fell into the stream. * He Hats Never Denied His Affiliation With the Democratic Party - or Permitted It to he party-' IJc has favored fusion witiUihe populists in Nebraska for the reason that upon the questions immediately before thfe country the populists and democrats agree, their differences be ing as to questions not reached. ln~4SUh Mr. Bryan was nominated for congress by a democratic conven- 1 Lion and was elected, defeating both the republican candidate and the popu list candidate. He was renominated for congress in 1892 and again elected, defeating this time also a populist as well as a republican. In 1894 lie was the nomin'ee of the democratic state convention for.the United States sen ate, but w^s not indorsed by the popu list state convention: While he would probably have received the votes of populist members, tit .the legislature If their votes could have elected him, just as Senator Allen had received the democratic votes jn the legislature two years before, the republicans had a majority in the legislature elected In i894— the year in which Mr. Cleve land’s administration was so overwhel- Neayly all of the popDlists voted for a member iff their own party. t At the close of the 53rd congress, in® March, 1895, Mr. Bryan joined with Mr. Blsfid in preparing and cir-. dilating an appeal UT. the democratiq. believers in bimetallism to organize and secure control. of the democratic organization. Froth, that date on to the meeting of the Chicago convention he Waited all parts of the country, at tending democratic meetings gnd con- ventions and giving whatever assis tance he could to the democratic be lievers in bimetallism. There was never any ques^m raised as to his party relations. ~ In 1894 & few democrats left the democratic state convention and nomi nated what they called “a straight democratic ticket.” This ticket re ceived about five thousand votes In the state. The bolting organization was maintained until after the election of 1898. In 1895 the organization se cured for this ticket an unfair advan tage by collusion with the republican judges. In 1896 both organizations sent delegates to Chicago, and the national committee, by a strict gold rod sliver vote, gave temporary cre dentials committee of the convention, however, after a full hearing, decided in favor of the regular delegation. headed by Mr. Bryan, and the testi mony before this committee was so clear and convincing that the minority did not present a report. 'During all this period It will be seen that Mr. Bryan was active in party work and gave no excuse for any one to doubt his party connections. Congressman O'Farrall, afterward governor of Virginia, has stated that Mr. Bryan In the fall of 1894 Intended to speak in favor of the populist candi- possible fbr the democrats to assist the populists In carrying them. This situation having been fully dlscUCBed, the democratic national committed, at which Mr. Harrlty was chairman and Mr. Whitney the controlling spirit, (If the word “spirit” can properly be used of the Whitney type), Instructed to urge the democrats of Kansas, Colorado and a number of other west ern states, to support the Weaver electors for the purpose of tak'ng those states out of the republican column and throwing the election into the house of representatives where the democrats had a irtajority. The evi dence of this is conclusive, and has been published time and again. The following letter from James E. Boyd, then the governor of Nebraska and the Nebraska member of the national 'committee, ought to set this fact at rest: , ^ Lincoln,’ Neb., Oct. 17.—(Personal and confidential.)—Dear Sir: 1 have just reti; rned from the east where I honored by a consultation with- the national committee and leading men of our party, with regard to tlie best policy to ini pursued in Nebraska this fall in dealing with the electorial ticket; and they agreed with me that tlie wisest course would be for demo crats to support the Weaver electors: the object being to t ake Nebraska out of her accustomed place in the republi can column. Informatlonbas reached me that a number of independents who were formerly republicans contemplate vot ing for the Harrison electors. With the republican strength tlms.aiigmest- ed it would be impossible for the a i democrats to carry their own electors’ in flemo- v j ct/0r y n j g therefore the policies. He part^qf good judgment and wise action for democrats to support the Weaver electors in as large numbers as possi ble. For demderats to do this is no abandonment of ptlnciple: on the con trary, it is a definite step toward vic tory, and tlie ultimate triumph of Cleveland and Stevenson, and tlie principles they represent DIDH0T WANT THE HIGH QFFICE THE NEW TOPE. •i Sarto, a Venotion Cardinal Elevated to the Fopal Throne. Ho la Said to be a Strong Iteprc- '•entatlve of the Liberal Kle- ? " ' • of the Roman Calh- ment olic Church. SLEEPS IN TftO STATES. Mr. Bryan was then a member of congress as well as a candidate for re- election, and announced that If the eleetion was thrown into the house he would vote for Mr. Cleveland, the democratic nominee, as against Mr. Harrison, the republieao nominee. M r. Bryan may be justly Criticised for having known so little of Mr. Cleve land a# to prefer him to Mr. Harrison, but from the standpoint of democratic regularity lie cannot be criticised for obeying the democratic national com mittee, and voting for General Weav er in order to help elect Mr. Cleveland. In the eleetion.of 1896 Mr. Weaver was. one of the most active supporters of Mr. Bryan, while Mr. Cleveland the in- PMty had given him. When Mr. Bryan be came personally acquainted with the two men, he found that General Weaver was infinitely more democratic than Mr. Cleveland in environment, principles, purpose and method. As to the policies whiph Mr. Bryjua has supported, only a word need be said. On the tariff question no one will dispute his orthodoxy. He helped to prepare the Wilson bill, which was much more acceptable even to Mr. Cleveland, than the senate bill after Mr. Gorman and Mr. Gorman aud Mr. TTill got through with it. - The free list of the Wilson bill was practically identical with the free list set forth in ‘‘‘ l .... the platform upon which Mr. Bryan+ lDulUtude ' s his see. The persuaded not to do so by Mr. O’Far- rail, then the democratic candidate for governor. Mr. O’Farrall may have been so Informed, but if so his inform ant was in,error, for Mr. (Bryan never mtemplated any such thing. The criticism, however, comes with poor grace from Mr. O'Farrall, for while as serting that he prevented Mr. Bryan’s speaking against him when he was a he bolted the national ticket when'Mt^Bryan was a candidate for the presidency. Cer- Wifely his fight against a.oational can didate nominated by the aid of glnla’s votes was a more serious breacl than the failure to support a guberna torial candidate, eyen if Mr. Bryan bad opposed Mr. O’Farrall, which he did riot do. ■* 7 —? ..... , .,**»***». —****#«> The charge that Mr. Bryan voted for Mr. Weaver has already been ex plained and the fkets have beetr pre sented so often that one must confess geirffllilufurmed it he circulates the charge as an evidence of Mr. Bry an’s abandon ment of the democratic party. As the election qf 1892 approached ble for the democrats to carry of the western states, but that it several was luriKiU Lu republican advantage I riuence which the democratic Cardinal Jos .Sarto, patriarch of Venice, was elected pope of tlie Ro man Catholic Church at the Vatican at Rome on Tuesday morning of last week in succession to Leo XIII. He was born at Uclse June 12, 1835, and created cardinal June 12, 1893. The new pontiff decided upon the aamoof Plus X. When the count showed the necessary two-thirds of the total num ber of votes cast had been obtained the doors of the sistinc chapel were opened hy the secretary; of the eon- clave, Mgr. Merry Del.Val, and the masters of ceremonies were admitted from Dovden College. The secretary "then asked the successful cardinal. “Do you acsept the election'/” and re ceived a reply in the affirmative. All throne canopies were then lowered with the exception ol that of the suc cessful candidate. The masters of ceremonies next conducted tlie new pope to tlie rob ing closet where, he laid aside his car dinal robes, donned the white stock ings, red slippers, long white tunic, white girdle, white cap, and red cape of the papal office. He returned to tlie chapel and was seated on' tlie on the highest step ot ; th©. altar, whereTTie cardlilills uppiunuhod- oue hy one and kissed the foot and then th* hand of the prelate, and re- (eived the tAiedietlon of new pope. The h4w pope was then given the fish erman's ring which he immediately returned for the purpose of having his Fame engraved upou IL— The crt(wd around St. Petfcr’s Square at' 11:50 Tuesday morning watching tlie stove pipe over the sus- tine chapel was the largest gathered there since the conclave began, It is estimated that 15,000 people were ajound the square. Cardinal Mat ch i,' secretary of apestolic briefs, ap peared on tlie inside baloojiy of the Vatican at 11:40 add mane the an- nou neemerit’ of the. election. Later be gave it to the crowd outside and the people shouted “Who Who?” the name having not been heard by the greater part of the throbg. Mac- chi repeated the words in Italian in a louder voice saying “Cardinal Sarto, who calls himself Plus X.” --Following the announcement the throng rapidly increased, the people jamming through the doorways to await the pope’s blessing. Five ipin- And Neither Can Make a Dual School Director Relinquleh Office. Nebraska school authorities are en deavoring to get rid of a school Pooh- Bah out in Siox county, but lo far without success. The state superin tendent has tried to demand or com pel him to take one of two offices, but the incumbent doesn’t really see how he can. District 39 of Sioux county borders on the state line between Nebraska and South Dakota. The director of No. 39 owns land in each state, and the state line runs through his house, leaving about half of it in each state. Hissleeping apartment runs the full width of the house, and his tied Is so situated that no matter which way ils head points part of him is akleep n Nebraska and part in South Da kota. He is a director in both the South Dakota and the Nebraska districts, and although his Nebraska neighbor*' have been trying to get him to choose which job he wishes to hold and which state he desires to claim as his resi dence, he declines tojlu either. He says that inasmuch as he owns pro^. Officers of the nkvy arc not willing petty in each state and resides Iriboth he is eligible to vote in both at each school meeting held. He has a son- n-law In South Dakota ar d two sons Nebraska, and the combination is able to win out at brith the Nebraska and the South Dakota school elections and to make the old man a director of each. Superintendent Fowler has notified the district authorities that the man must choose in which state he desires to make his residence, holding that there can be no construction of the aw which will permit a man to vote iWiee at eiecUoos. The oid farmer ban retiutM » >>’** Hupan't vote twice at the election, but yoi was elected in 1890, four years before. The democrats of the 52nd and 53rd congress favored the election of Unit ed States senators by direct vote of the people, and this was made a part of the democratic platform of 1900. This demand will be found 'in the democratic platform upon which Mr. Bryan ran in 1890. The Wilson bill contained and income tax, and this was supported by a large majority of the dcm(j£E&t8 of the senate and house. The income tax was also demanded in Mr. Bryari’s first oongressionsl plat form also contained a plank in favor of the free coinage of silver, and dur ing that {year the democrats of the house hy an overwhelming majority voted to recommit the Shetman law with instructions to the committee to bring in a fqre.coinage bill (16 to ing the only ratio then considered) For twenty years the democrats of the senate and house bad been voting for bills embodying exactly the coinage provisions that the platform of 1896 contended for. There was not a plank in^hc Chicago platform that was In consistent with the record of the party Otr questions dealt with, aftd that platform was prepared by a committee selected-rfrom alj the states of the Union and, was Ireported ,t0 the con vention before Mr. Bryari’s nomina- date for governor in Virginia, buttwa»> ■JfelL'piS considered probable by any - - number of the ooaven- conslderable tion. The money plank of .the Chicago platform, while identical wttb^ the plank adopted by the democrats of Ne braska in 1894, bad been indorsed by the democrats at the primaries In al most all the states and no one can say that Its adoption was not the free and voluntary act of the rank and file of the party. At Kansas City the only controversy was over the money plank. No other plank of the Chicago plat form was questioned or opposed, and the dispute over the money plank was as to whether It should be reaffirmed or reiterated. * -- - - * MrMfryan has defended the Chicago platform aqd the Kansas City plat- totp, and if bis democracju^n be questioned becauseofhls advocacy of those platforms, then4.be same objec tion must be made to the democracy of the millions who believe In t platforms as firmly as he and have ad utes after the announcement the new pontiff appeared on the inside balcony of the Vatican and blessed the people. The new pope is one of the most learned of the cardinals and is noted for his liberal views. His charities have gained him the affection—ef election at this moment looks like a compro mise as the pope, as Cardina Sarto, had taken little part in the politics of the Vatican. Upon certain occasions, but these were very few, he has opposed the plans of Cardinal Rampolla Leo’s secretary of state. Like Leo the new pope has promise ot4orig life. His Sged mother is still alive and lives at Relse, Sarto’s birthplace. The de tails of the voting are not yet known. It is learned iJh&weier, that Cardinals Herrera, Cretoni Langenieux Couille, Mocenni and Svampa were too ill to go to the voting chambef. A Colored Captain of Industry. It affords us pleasure to note that there is one"colored man in the North, in. Pennsylvania State, who does not meed for Mr. Roosevelt to open doors opportunity for him, but opens theinfor himself." It is a short story vocated them as earnestly. Space has been given to the above' not because Mr. Bryan’s conduct or views ought to influence others, but it became evident that tt was ImpeaU rbeews* the reorganizers are seeking to pialfe*tllfc fight fa pefcenal one against Mr. Bryan, whereas It is add follows: “Henry Vaunt, colored, was ordered to forfeit *50 Wednesday morning, charged wtth, being a sus picious person. He was It r res ted Tuesday evening and had a bag and billhook in his possession. The police man said that Vaunt was the cham pion chicken thief of the world. It was alleged that some time ago he was sent to the work house for eigh teen months, where he admitted that, in Homestead alone, he had stolen from 6,000 to 10,000 chickens.” A Boiler Hxplodea. The boiler of the Tuscaloosa, Light and Power company exploded Wednes day evening, instantly killing A lolph Johnston and N. Johnston, negroes severely bruising! Manager McGhee and Engineer Cranford and wrecking the plant. 'The city is in darkness to night. 'The boiler was carried,, tyo blocks on its way, passing through brick walls and landipg in a depart ment store, 500 feet away. Several stores were badly damaged. Loss 950,000, insured partial. ought to brf made lipon principles. A principle is neither good nor .bad. M-4^ s ' cause it is advocated by any maD;ltisi good or bad In itself, and this disCus- .bonejaion of Mr. Bryan’s personal cumseS- tioo with these questions would not r here but for thtj fsct thaV fche ds of the Kansas City platform tlnually annoyed by the mls- that are made by the gold democrats and by the republican papers which take great delight In as sisting the gold democrats. NO. 49. OUT OF THE NAVY, ■«groM l«t VuM i* Um tnlbted ■/ :; ;V". ‘ .Naval Sesvioe. THEY WON’T EE RECRUITED. The Black* Make Good Knough ,V ; J r Sailors, bat the White Men - Object to Their Fieaence In Ihe Forecastle. The negro, as a part of the enlisted force of the United States navy, is to be eliminated. Hereafter it is to be the -policy of the recruiting agencies of the navy to discourage the enlist ment of black men .for service on, American war vessels! A system of elimination^ to be inaugurated,.and, wtfHe- It I* bo be put into operation gradually, It will eventually weed out every negro serving before the mast, and the enlisted force of the navy w r Ul be.composed exclusivelyuf white men. different elections, aud that So long as South Dakota people do not kick about rim be cannot understand why Ne braska slioild. He has been suspended by ordeg of the superintendent until he makes his choice, but he insists on taking part in sch'iol affairs notwithstanding— aud Sioux county is 400 miles from the state capital. — . n. .I ..■-■i..—.. Htritek by a MUirtu. One of the heaviest storms of the year, and et brief duration, swept over St. Louis Wednesday afternoon. The furious, wind tore through the world’s fair grounds, killing Theodore-Rich ter^ florist, probably fatally injur ing A. R. Clark, a carpenter, and seriously Injuring sriven other work men, beside causing damage to world’s fair buildings and other property generally throughout the ci(,y to the extent of 910,000. The day had been extremely warm, the temperature registering 94 degrees. Suddenly the sky began to grew "dark, and soon af ter the storm broke with the force of gale. At the world’s fair grounds the agricultural building was struck by the gale and six laborers working on scaffolding were burled to the ground. Theodore Richter, a florist from Kirkwood suburbs, was on the ground running to shelter when a fly ing plank struck him. The worlds fair tire department turned out and hastilyrlug the injurged from the de bris and hurried them to the hospital. A. R. Clark was so bs^ly injured that it is believed he will die. aud is told by the Philadelphia Re- „ | cord, inwmspateh fremPRtehurg, aftlF^MOtrasalaiytif-^ffi^SggTqpgg^giE: No Bank Examiner The Columbia Record says the gov ernor, secretary of state, attorney general, comptroller general and state treasurer have decided that no state bank examiner could be appointed uu dcr the present act, owing to Its de ficiencies. The board was In session for a considerable time on the matter about which several letters have been written to the governor. As the law was interpreted, however, the board yj**" decided that there was no fixed Tline 8 * ine method by which the banks could be assessed equally arid no method of collecting the assessment by the re spective county auditors. The act is very general in ite nature, simply pro viding for the appointment of an ex now to discuss UurRubJect, for fear qf raising protests and criticism, but it Is believed the idea of a white navy is to he realized, notwithstanding any criticism that may be made. ' At present there are about 29,000 enlisted men in the navy. It is esti mated that about 500 of these men are black. It is probable that only a few enlistments of negroes will te made during the next three or four years, and as soon as the terms of those now serving expire they willhe allowed, to go. Thus the number leaving tlie service will be greater than those entering It,-and 4a time- all the negroes will disappear. that the white men in the navy are dissatisfied over the pres ent practice of enlisting negroes free ly, and are constantly in a state of discontent by reason of unavoidable association with the blacks an ship- board.. A striking illustraticnof the feeling of the white sailors against the blacks was furnished a few days ago, when at a Northern port tbe white men of an American naval ves sel committed a series of assaults on i negroes serving on the same craft. _ Both parties were on |bore leave, and the whites, coming m oontact with the blacks, beat and hammered them until the negroes were obliged to seek refuge on board the ship, where they were under tbe protection of tbe com missioned officers. The white enlisted men object especially to being obliged to mess with the negroes on board ship. They also object to other forms of tbe ser vice which compel them to regard tbe negroes as their equals in every re spect. From time te time there have been grumblings and evidences of dis content, and efficen of the service have come to tbe conclusion that it would be in the, interest of good or der and disciplines oo board ship and on shore to organize a white navy and allow the blacks to disappear from the service. - - It is not denied that in many cases tbe negroes who enter the navy main good saiiora Their work in ordinary capacities, to which they are sMigntd, is compared favorably with that of the white men with whom they associate, and from a strictly military stand point there Is very little complaint against their conduct. But tbe white men serving with the negroes assert that they will force tbe blacks out of the service, and, Judging from what is to occur in tbe syatem of enliste.^. meats, they have already gained their If There are about 5,000 enlisted ne groes in the army, but conditions in / the army and navy are not alike. In the army the negroes do net served* regiments as the wtdMfe They have organizations of their own in the infantry and cavalry. Thus, while fighting in battle side by side with tbe whites, they live, while In barracks and in. camp, apart and among themselves. -5 portunity for social equality, num, aud was passed In 1897 other administrations let the matter go by and the legislature has never taken it up again. The many de ficiencies In the act will be shown by the attorney general, who is prepar ing a review of |t, and tbe legislature will have Its attention called to these to remedy or not as it sees fit. All the "coffiptetat’ has been made in the army. Tbe question has been occupying tbe attention of naval officials for some time. No formal order has gone forth for tbe elimination of the negro from tbe service, but the understand- ng is dear among the officials. The department wants a “lily white’' navy, and it is to secure one. Cashier Is Gone. - On account of alleged shortage !h the accounts of T. W. Dewey, cashier of the Farmers’ and Merchants’ bank of Newbern, N. C., the bank has been compelled to go into liquidation. Tbe amount of the alleged shortage Is tained. There was no trouble about paying all depositors and creditors in full. Mr. Dewey, the cashier, left Newbern last Saturday flight week stating that he would return-either Monday night or Tuesday morning. He has not returned and.- it is not known where he is. " [ Killed by His Son, i v ... A special to the Augusta Chronicle from Spread, Ga., says while in a row with bis wife, Daniel Rivers, colored mas shot by bis son, Morgan Rivets, who stood up fbr his mother snd fired Jwo shots into his father’s heart kill ing him instantly. —^ Killed Fifty Turk.. j***#-to».WV**V»wK****-*- A special messenger from Moaastia reports that tbe Bulgarian insurgents have dynamited tbe governor’s palace Ip the town of Krushevo, 22 miles north of Monaatlr. Fifty Turks were killed. - A Great Orator. Sam Jones says Bryan may be politically dead, but penooally very much alive, and pays him compliment; “He is the speaker at a score or more of the chantauquss again this year, and the crowds who flock to Bear He does large, but the sum has not been ascer- tL * m **•** •• ^ * ... now toncbonpolitics in his lecture oo “Tbe Value of au Ideal,” but gives the people a great .lecture and throws into the lecture his .charming, person ality and bis splendid oratory. He Is not only a drawing card, but he is one of the greatest living orators, tbe greatest. ” He Stole W ate be*. The Charleston Post says Chief of Police Boyl&. received information Tuesday afternoon from Florence, stating that Harry White, the negro who was arrested recently with seven teen watches in his poaseMton, is wanted in Florence, being charged with stealing tbe watches from a 1 aafltltt'Talnter, a msHsb* of place. Chief Boyle has ed with the authorities at and an bffler is expected in A# ■ dtefc i K Tuesday morning to cany White 1 to answer to the larceny. - ' ^ ft