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■~a&sL rt' yol. xxvm. v "* BARNWELL, S. O., THURSDAY OCTOBER 13y 1004; X GETTING ALARMED. Xtpnblioan Htadquarttn in th« W«at Olooaj and Diaeonraftd s - OYU OUTLOOK IV TO 1AIT. f Tbcj Oonoeed Low ol Now York, ood Fear Connect lout nnd New Jerwjr Will Oo Demo* emtio Too. A dlipatcb from Chicago says gloom, mingled with oomteraation, has com' onr the western Republican head quarters at the news which ocmes from tha East that New York stite Is praotloally lost for Roosevelt. All report* agree that the president is not going to carry bis own state. Political writers, who have been studying the eastern conditions, Re publican orators and even the coofi dentlal represt ntstives of the party managers, are all agreed that New York is almost certain to go for Judge Parker by a plurality which may reach 75,000. Tne Republicans, who ad nit that the state is lost, put the margin at from 16,000 to 25,000. For the president to lose his own state is unquestionably & severe blow to the Republican cause. The cam paign managers at Chicago headquar ters are beginning to ask, What next? ly will be made a hotbed of activity. Additional speaking meetings will be arranged for Ob lot go, and all mea to rally Republican feeling will be pot into motion at once. BLOODY UOOftD OF MORRISOK. If New York can be lined up in slew him. This victim wSa found some the Democratic column so early in the campaign, the managers are wonder ing how about New Jersey, Delaware, Bhrde Island and Connecticut. It is nut to be forgotten that McKinley oarrled New York by 143.606 four yean ago. If that plurality can be wiped out and replaced by a plurality estimated all the way from 15,000 to 75,000, what la to happen in a state like Delaware, which went Repobii can by the narrow margin i f 3,671? 80M£ OThER STATES. Here also hre the pluralities of aomefllher eastern states which are quite certain to participate In any Mich wave of Democratic sentiment aaappean to b) sweeping over the Atlantic coast states: Connecticut, 28 570; New Jersey, 66,80S; Rhode Island, 13,972; West Virginia, 21,068; Maryland, 13,041; In diana, 26,478. It has been a precedent unviolated that the lead of New York ia followed by the states in the Immediate vicin ity which are subject to similar influ- eieas. As New York goes, New Jer sey and the rest of them have a nay of going. Tha Republican managers ceased arms time ago to make serious claim to Maryland, and even Wist Virginia has bedh placed by them in tbe doubt ful class, which is coming now to be tbe Democratic clam. Tbe wave of Democratic sentiment, which has been predicted by the Par ker managers, baa put in its appear ance, and tbe wee tern people have began to wonder how lung It will be before Indians leaves tbe doubtful olam for the Democratic column, and Illinois ia taken out of the RepublT- can column and classed as doubtful. H ia a simple nut hr metical calcula tion which has been msde by tbe Re publican managers bere, showing that the campaign is now far from being a one-sided affair. HOW THE SAME LOOKS. The game now looks about Tike this: Number of rotes Id the electo ral college required tc elect, 239; oou- etded to Alton B. Parker,—^ The solid South-including West Virginia and Maryland,) 166; New York, 39; likely to go wfthNew York, New Jeney 12, Cumrctlcut 7, Dela ware 3, Rhode Island 4, total 65. Total in the East for Parker, 231. The fifteen electoral votes In In- diani would mora than decide tbe elactk n In favor of Parker. In addition to the chance for win ning Indiana the Democratic mana gers have the chance of carrying two or three of tbe far western states which went Democratic In the last preiidentlal election—Colorado, Mon tana, Nevada and Idaho. Senator Wm. O. Clark, of Montana ia patting time and money Into carry ing Montana for Parker, and believes it is an even bet proposition, being willing to back bis beli f with b<i money. Montana and Idaho each have three electoral votes and Colo rado baa five. —| : BRYAN A FORCE. The Parker campaign will undoubt edly make its advance on tbe West in the rear future. .Xlie teqdlng of W. J. Bryan into Indiana is regarded rs one cf the important moves in tb a direction. The Republicans are wait ing the attack in the West with sol e degree of apprehension, due to Uk rather unexpeokd devtlopmenis in the East. The Republicans in charge of the western headquarters are not over looking the gravity of tbe situation, and will at once undertake tbe moat energstic measures to check the wan of Democratic sentiment which 8~eou to be aweeplng In from the East. The oimpaign will be pushed both in tbe East and tbe West. Tha managers here feel confident that they will ha able to check the Parker movement and turn It b ok before it engu fs the Stataa which have been regarded as Roofc.velt’s stronghold. But no effort will be spared and no labor neglected fiom this time on. The speakers’ bureau will put Desperado Whom the Coarts Had at Least Twlee Acqaltted. A special dispatch to Tbs Stats from Oaigdvn says lf John Mc rriaon, the desperado who was put to death by a mob In Lancaster county last Saturday night, had lived in the days of the James boys and po aesaed the daring and courage wbica made those men conspicuous, he would have been eligible to a non-commlaaiontd officer in that famous bind. There s>ems to be no doubt but that he possessed the other qualities to a marked de gree. Little la known of his life before he turned his back on the mountain fastnesses of bis native State, North Carolina, 15 years ago, but his career during this period suggests little of peace and good cttlz nship on bis native heath. He came across the border bearing the brand of Cain, and tha number of his victims here verl- flee the stigma. ’1 he facta surrounding tbe murder which he is'Sdid to have done in North Carolina are not available, but tbat there was such a crime was a persis tent rumor long before this lest (Led brought bis tame Into prominence. .Twelve yean ago be met a solitary buntelr in a York county forest and days after with a bullet hole through his bead, and suspicion rested on John Morrison. He was tried and acquitted on the pit a of aelf defense. Uufortu- nately a gun was found beside the dead man, and this and the fact that tbe victim was a colored man were enough for the Jury. A short while after this he moved to Kershaw and within Its environs he gratified bis thirst for blood. A kindly providence saved another colored man, a neighbor from his bullet. Fancying that be had a grievance against him, Morriaon proceeded to shoot at him as bis figure was silhouetted against the sky on a nearby hilL This colored man had tbe courage to proaecute Morrison, but again it was a case of white man and negro, and be went unpunished. Some time last year a party of ne groes were walking up the track of the railroad on which he lived, and he killed one. He was tried at Camden for tbe murder and acquitted. He o'aimed that they were engaged in singing vulgar songs and ware other- wit e riotous. It ia slated that with bis Winchester he chased the terror ized colored men over the surround ing country until be bad exhausted his ammunition. These negroes were so intimidated that they were afraid to testify against him on tbe trial. A short while ago, while he was en gaged lu running the pumping engine L>r the tank below Kershaw, be was reported by an engineer for not having water in tbe tank. After he learned of the report he carried his rifle to meet all trains and said openly that he would use it on any who reported him. His malignity was so patent that, when be refused to leave when told to do so by the rallrc al officials, engineers were afraid to stop at that tank for water and were in constant dread of the trestle nearby being burned under them. When be was notified to leave by the Vilroad officials be refused to do so tor .me tim', and finally when be did go “•'Monished th m *.o send a cof fin withy is successor. It ia said that he had planned to kULhls successor last Monday but was thwarted. Tbe circumstances sur rounding the kill'ng of bis last victim are ao fresh in the minds of the peo* pis ttat they need no rrcountlog here. Deatb of an Knfflneer. Mr. }. H. Grlgg, a young man who recently went to Blacksburg from Camden and an employs of the South ern road, was run over in the yards at Blacksburg by an engine Tuesday flight about ' 10 30 o’clock. 6ne lag was entirely cut off and the other badly mutilated. He died from the effects of tbe injury at 5.40 o’clock Wedneaday morning. He was acting as '‘hostler" in the yard and in crow ing in front of the engine hit foot caught on a cross tie and before the engine could atop the pondrous ma -chine did its deadly work. Drs. Rim- sen and Caldwell gave tha young mao every needful attention but to no avail. His remains were sent to Camden for burial No oie was to blaihe for the sad event but thfl un fortunate young man himself. Tbe railroad officials gave him every at tentlou. ' . # While Hah Named. — John A. Noland, of Charleston s dry goods clerk, was nominated Fr!( day afternoon for congrees by the R - publicans of tbe first district to op pose Hon. Geori e S. Lejare. The con yenti m was made op of i5 dolegstrs from Charleston, five from Clarendon, Berkley and CHleton and two from Dvione-.ter The nomination of No land ia a departure nova tbe usual rule of nominating negroes for tbe of- flev Noland was the only white man in.the convention. Potaeaed by lea Cream. At 0 'lambia fourteen boarders and t vo servants were poteooed et Mrs Mattie J. Wilson’s boarding houw at 1523 Washington street, reoentiy, by eating tot cream made from oantx ' pineapple to which too much add had atrangeat force into tbe fiild at Uteratore will be sent out by tha too Speakers who have been held in re- because it was thought they ha sent into particular- lta[teen used In the tanning process. None will die, but five are atlll pain folly UK Some half du n. who ate tbe cream weia’ool affected. Still otlmn who wen IndtipQMd that day ped fay raaaoo of «attiw4lgbtlj of IN HAITIAN PRISON. Three Xea Are the Victims «f Plot Against White lace. TOY XAY 11 PUT TO DBATH Unl tbe Vetted States Govern ment Interfere* end Saves Them. Prisoners Were Formerly Backer*.' Merchants of New York having dealing! with the Haytlan govern ment bffve received a written appeal tor help from three white men who have been confined for nearly a year In a dungeon In Port au Prince, in r 'oich they charge tbat they are vie- f irs of political schemes and probably will be put to death soon unless, through publicity, tbe United States Is moved to take action in their be half. They are J. de la My re Mory, Jean Baptiste de Puybaudet and G. Oblrlcb R. Tlppenhauer, the first two Freeh- men and the third's German. Under the preceding administration of tbe Island they had been directors of the National Bank of H&ytl, and aa such had been authorized by the then min ister of finance, P. Felne, to bond a government debt, for which they were to have received a “gratifies t!0n” or commission. -Before the Vranvactton bad been completed, tbe present government, bead id by President Alexus Noid, came into power, and it la declared that he bad tbe three bankers arrest ed last November on a charge of hav ing Issued 1200,000 more of tbe bonds than was stipulated lu tbe budget lu order to Increase the amount of their '‘gratification.’’ According to tbe writer of the ap peal, all their actions bad been sanc tioned by the Haytlan senate under tbe former administration, but this bad no weight with President Nord, ^wbbf -tt it alleged, instructed th* judges of tbe emit of appeals to dis regard tbe document and act solely upon patriotic motives, which means, tbe letter says, tbe extinction of tbe wbltes on tbe Island. Both tbe French and German minis ters to Hayti made an amicable de mand In January last upon that gov ernment tbat tbe bank officials be re leased provisionally if for no other reason than tbe unsanitary condition of their prison, but tbe government refused to take action on tbe ground that the laws of Hayti prevented any Interference In the case. We are the victims of Haytian politics,” continues the writer; “In fact, the hatred is so great against tbe white people and against all who isve had anything to do with tbe former government that life baa be come almost impossible for tne tor elgner In Hayti. Tbe few gcod Haytian elements have bean suppressed by the reign of terror of the old president, Nord Enemies of his government are con demned to deatb wholesale. Tbe newspapers do not dare say a word lest they be Immediately condemned to trial by military court martial. In the streets the people are in terror, remembering tbe massacre of the whites in 1804, and his pablio au dlenoea the president speaks openly agaltst tbe foreigners, who he de clares are responsible for all tha mis fortunes of Hayti. “Onr prison, like all those for the whites, has no water for bathing pur poses; tbe roof lets in the rain; there Is no hospital; the prisoner must pro vide his own bedding, furniture and meals, and must clean his dungeon. Even foreigners who are detained pending trial are treated in this man ner. Please sot quickly beoause in a month the criminal court will be ready to bear our case, and the Hay- ilaaa are In a hurry to condemn us b.tore Intervention Is possible. American interests are imperilled because American merchants and the railroad intenstaare in danger. Com merce is at the lowest ebb and air foreign Interests are trampled upon.” * Fatal Accident. A special to The State from Spar tanburg says H. Clyda Bi iggs, a ma chinist employed by tbe Paoolet Manufacturing company, met with a tragic death Wednesday afternoon. He was pulling the rope on the big driving wbeel, which operates tbe machinery, of mill No. 3, when he became caught in the rope and was knocked violently against the wheel. His bead and abouloen were mashed up considerably and he was killed outright. Several workmen were in the machinery room hear the drlvlrg wheel at tbe time. They were of courts powerless to help tbe unf_r„u- nate man. A wife survives^ Mr, Briggs. The deceased has been eon ptoy«d for :even years aa machinist by the Paoolet mills. Big M.Joritjr JCkpoctcd.' « Norman E. Mack, member of the Democratic national' committee of New York, speaklog of the election outlook aaid: “The state of New York will return a majority of from 75,000 to 100,000 to both the Demo- hratio national and state tickets. Tbe reports received by tbe national com mittee from various sections of the country have been most satisfactory, especially from the so-called doubtful states. Tha nominations of Judge Herrick were most fortunate, and tha two OAodlfrtea are working together in perfect harmony. During the next five weeks the Democrats will conduct, in the state of New York, tbe moat harmonious, progressive, aggressive and suoor siful campaign ever known In this state." ' cWV TILLMAV DIBCUMBS POLITICS. He Think* the Democrat* Here a Good Chaoee to Wla. Eon. Benjamin Ryan Tillman, senior United States senator of South Oarolloa, spent a half hour in Char lotte Wednseday morning, en route to Chicago, wera rn Thursday he will make ao address before a big Dein craite meeting. From Chicago be will maks a week’s tour of Illinois, speaking one and two times each day. Tbe Charlotte Chronicle says tbe senator will return home at the ex- plratioo Of the week’s tour, and then, if bis throat, which bat given him trouble for a year, permit*, be will re turn to the West for a longer period of speech making. “1 have not spoken during the campaign yet, but bave been working out of doors r ibd gettirg all the air and sunshine I can, with a view to building up my health," sild the senator to a re porter. A ruddy glow Is In bis cheeks, and a casual observer would put him down as an entirely healthy man. / When asked as to the prospects of a Democratic victory be turned to a newsboy and asked for a paper. When the question was repeated, be stated tbat the chances for a Demo cratic victory were much brighter since the publication of Parker’s let ter of acceptance. “We will surely carry New York, and possibly Connecticut, be added. “Senator, do you think Parker has a fighting chance?’’ - Tib’s Is a —— of a poor TjxTT’h'e hasn’t,” replied tbe senator, earnestly. Continuing, be said: “1 think ibat Parker is an admirable man and tbat be is exceedingly popular among tbe Democrats, while there are plenty of, unbiased R’publicans who will vote for him. Parker is not a genius. He is a good, safe, conservative man, clean-hearted and liberal. Sbou’d he be elected, be will govern the country safely and will not try to make a spectacle of himself, like tbe present gentleman of the wblte hoise.’’ Changing suddenly, Senator Till man asked •what the -Papalwts would do itt North Carolina. “I notice in The Observer that Watson spoke In tbe state yesterday,” he sail. The reporter thought that tbe Populist vote to the state would have no appreciable effect on North Caro lina politics. Mr. Tillman asked pointedly if tbe Populists In the state would vote for Watson or Parker. The senator is sn agreeable gentle man when in tbe proper mood, and tbij morning, while be waited out side for bis train, be chatted pleas antly. A by-stander, who lives in South Carolina, told the senator that he was more popular than ever before In h's state. This interested him and he said: “1 am a~ terrible fellow. I've got the best of friends and tbe worst of enemies—and my enemies certainly do‘cu*’me. But,” said tbe senator, I believe I have got five friends for every one enemy.” KAK OFF 1MBAKKMB1T. VERY CONFIDENT. -Democratic Managers Have Pall Tx pectation of Garry isg Zlsetion. CAMPAIGN GAIN8HEADWAY. Two People Were Killed and Eight Others Were lejared- At New York while spedlng along in the Bronx early Friday mornirg an automobile containing nine persons went off an embankment at One.Hun dred and Sixty-first street and'Jerome avenue and two persons are known to bave been killed. Tbe macblne fell onto tbe New York Central rallroal tracks and toe wreckage was struck by a southbound train. In the automobile when tbe ted- dent recurred were five women amd four m?n. Ttye automobile Wks In cha ge of Albert Noyes. At Jerome avenue and Die Hun dred and S xty-fir>t street tbe road way is between 20 and 30 feet above (bf railroad tracks. When tbe big maebine plunged downward it struck •••: v j ’e-SrijuM ■KBI near tbe southbound tracks and the nine persons and the automobile were caught by an inoemtog train known as the Crotan local. BAides the woman killed all tie eight In the automobile were iniur d/ Tney were taken to Fordbam hospa al, where it was reported at 1:30 o’clock Thursday morning that it 1 a*t one of those hurt was in a seri- v u condition. Tne name of the woman who was killed could not be learned. At the junction of Jerome and Sedgewick avenue at One Hundred and S x y-fln>t street is an embank ment between 20 and 30 feet high. At the foot of this embankment lie tbe t acts of tbe New York Central rail, r >ad. The automobile went &v»r tbe embankment onto th* nllroad tracks. The injury and wreckage of the ma* cbtoe were then struck, it is said, by X southbound train on tbe New York Central railroad. The Injured #ere taken to tbe Fordham hospital. Where Jerome avenue ends tbe road way takes a sharp turn and toe autoinoblle did not slacken for this curve and struck the fence with a ter rific crash. Engineer Livingston thttw on brakes aa soon as possible but not before the wreckage of the car had been carried some distance. Albert Noyes, tbe chauffeur, is missing. Not th* W e*vU. Tt e bug* which made their appear anoe in the cotton fields of Newton county, Ga., are not the Mexican boll weevil, says Bute Entomologist Wll Ham Newell. Some specimens of them were submitted to him.' He states they belong to toe same genus as toe boll weevil but are distinct from toe boll weevil in a number characteristics. There is no beaaya, of their being lojjifoae to • ,ir'i iifViii’l-ijr'ft i Jadge Parker Think* tbe Telling Work Will Be Put In During the Laat Few Dny* of tbe Canvas*. A dispatch from New York to tbe Charleston Poet says that tbe Demo cratic managers bave a well grounded confidence In victory at the election to b; held next month is clearly shown in^the tone of tbe expressions about tbe campaign headquarter*. The belief that Parker and Davis will be elected is based upon tbe most trustworthy information that can be obtained at this time aa to tbe temper and inten tion of the voters in the ten or twelve States outside of the “solid South,’ iu which both parties are fighting bard for supremacy. Taat Democratic prospects have bren greatly improved within tbe put ten days is evident to any one with an eye to see and an ear to bear. This improvement is euily account ed for, firat, by tbe splendid condl lion of the united Democracy In the State if New York; second, by the line impressions made opon toe country by Judge Parker through hlsietter or acoeptancrYnd third by tbe general era of good feel ing in tbe party, which Judge Parker bu created by his successful personal efforts to conciliate all factions and enlist tbe hearty support of certain Democratic leaders, who, for one cause or another, had Inclined to bold aloof and let the campaign take care of Itself. The foremost indepentent newspa ira r qf the country, while perhaps not yet convinced that defeat is in store for the Republicans, neverthe less agree that the political tide is turning and that from now on it will set. in strongly towards Parker and Davis. Except in a few bdUted localities all reports point id a collapse of tbe Populist campaign, which is generally believed to hive been kept alive thus far by the free use of Republican mon ey. Even in Nebraska, which is appar ently the stronghold of the third party, indications multiply tbat Judg- Parker will receive far more than the normal Democratic vote. In Indiana, where a great effort bu been made to nduce warm admirers of ML Bryan to vote for Watson, the Populate, frith the active aid of Republican or ganization, are making no bead way, qnd it ia believed tbat Mr. Bryan will make such a strong plea to all bis friends to give loyal support to Judge Parker that Indiana’s vote for the Populist ticket will cut very little figure lu tbe general result. Aa elec tion day draws near, it is becoming more and more evident that there i* to be a square, stand-up fight between the two great parties. L— Once and for all may it be said that there ia no friction whatever at the headquarters of the uatiooal demo craoy. Chairman Taggart hu made one trip to Indiana and will make sev eral more between now ami election. Judge Parker himself is lu dose touch with the work of. the party managers and hla tact and experience in cam paign werk are proving of great value to the committee. It ia Judge Parker’s opinion that the real work of the cam Igfl his but just begun and tost durlig the next five weeks a record breaking campaign should be waged in every State c’assed as “doubtful.” He believes in short, sharp and united work all along the line, “with malice toward none, and charity for all.” In this way, he says, and only in tK way, can the Democratic party win tbe great victory which it deserves to win and which he is confident it will win. The exectitlve committee ot toa na- tlonaT D«-maeratle committee held meeting Tuesday. The committee took -op routine business of toe campaign besides a general discussion of condi tions that tiave been reported since toe lut meeting. Chairman MoConville of tbe speakers bureau, bas arranged for twoxpteobes in West Virginia by Wll Ham J. Bryan on October 21 and 22. Mr. Bryan will speak In Indiana from October 12 to October 2Q and after the two speeches in West Virginia be will speak o i October 24 and 25 la In dfaua. Dill OP HAUBS. Hade Up Hi* Mind Dor Bite Wonld Kill Him and It DM. A dispatch from Macon, Ga., to the Atlanta Journal says the physicians at tbe city hospital are convinced now tbat the ease of Mr. WilUam Tabor, of House ton county, was by drophobia. Mr. Tabor died at tbehor- pltal Saturday night, after being in a state of convulsion from 6 o’clock. His brother, who wm with h’m, says, however, that be thinks nervousness end mental Impression had u much to do with tbe death as anything else. - He Mys his brother William made up hii mind some time ago that tbe di g bite would kill him, and be com- meuoed at occi to arrange for his deatb. He wanted to go somewhere else to live, so be would not Injure bis wife and little ones when be became violent. No amount of punuMloo could make him believe that be would not become violent sooner or later. Tbere was nothing unusual ab« ut the dog or the bite. It wm the same kind of an accident that bM befallen hun dreds of men in tbe past, without any serious cons quences, but Mr. Tabor wm sure tbat the bite would cause hlt> deatb, and be investigated all of his life insurance, and arranged all of his affairs for bis death. His family tried to get hla mind off the satject, but nothing could change bim. They would not consent to let Jtim leave borne, but Saturday morn ng he had bia buggy made ready for trip to Macou, and he went Into the louse and kissed hfs family goodby, raying tbat he wm coming to Macon to die. He came to tbe city and drove to the office of Dr. Moore. The physician bad heard nothing, about tbe case, and could see nothing unusual with tbe patient. He inquired about the symptoms, and wm told that Mr. Tabor could not endure toe sight of water. He offered a glam of water, and Mr. Tabir drank it. In stantly there wm a rumbling nilse in the stomach, and great nausea fol- owed. Another glass was offered, and at the sight of it Mr. Tabor went into convulsions. He wm sent to to* city hospital, where be remained until Meat. the J 8TOE8SEL REPO Ike Brave lessiaa General fully Betels Felt Arthur. TV THOUSAND JAM KILLED. nightfall before any decided symptoms of hydrophobia were developed. He then went into a state of oonvnlslon which lasted until deatb raUeved him. The father, two brothers and wife of the deceased were with him In bis last hours. Tbe remains were Thursday sent jo Byron for Interment In the family burying ground. Tabor wm only about 26 years o d. He wm quite active In business, and bad been very suooeM- ful. He was engaged in mw milling, merchandise and farming. Prior to the bite of tbe little dog he weighed nearly 200 pounds, but he lost flesh steadily from the moment of the aod dent. Tbe physicians say that one drop of his blood after the development of the rabies or after bia death would be suf ficient to kill fifty men, if It came in cjotactwlth their blood. It was one of toe first oases of rabies ever devel- ... ,. . oped at the city hospital, and toe by Lieut Poggorsky, fled in body wm handled with such extreme PM 3 , now working ™7 Senator Tillman Will Hpeak. Senator Tillman of S .utb Oarolloa, is to raise tbe cry “Rooseveltand the negro” among the voters i f tbe stock yards district In Chicago. Senator Tillman will vii.it Chicago between October 6 and OcL ber 11, and the Democratic State committee already hM arranged for a number of speeches to tbe Packingtown workers. Ever since the packing-house strike tbe Democrats bave bad their eyea on the st( ckyards. The Importation of more than 2,000 negroes to take the plaoes of the white strikers around toe fire of the whites and by assigning Senator Tillman to tbe stockyards, where there are nearly 30,000 union men, the Demoorats hope to arouse a strong sentiment against President Roosevelt. - # Mtoppcd Him. Angry because his attempt to fores his undssired attentions jipqa bar aod determined to repulse him at any ooit, Mrs. Rosa Barbsdi, 22 years old, shot and filled Michael Rtgq, in Em! Bide, New Yorx City. Mrs. Barbadl wm taken to the police station Wrylng ber two-year-old baby, which sba had held in her arms ftred tot fatal shot Blew Them Up WMh PjroxUa Bomb*. X dispatch Dob St. Petsnbttif says Emperor Nicholas hss at last ia* oeivsd Gen. Stoesel’s official repost of the desperate tour days* asaaaH of tha besiegers upon Port Arthor, from Sep tember 1» to Sept 23, from which it appears that tha unofficial report from Cbefoo wm by no mtint exagge rated. Tha Japanese displayed fi*n-> tied bravery, but they loet 10,000 men aod tbair only suooew wm the capture of two redoubts guarding to* waterworks. They prepared for the ult by a general bombardmaat and then launched tbeir attacks si multaneously from toe north and west Night and day they fought under the cover of a continual boss- i ardment from tbeir seige guns and finally reached the redoubt oo toe north s’de, but only after tbe defeoeM tbere were completely demolished by shell fire from tbe wmL The Japanee efforts ware directed obit fly against tbe commanding posi tion on High, mountain, which faces Mgeon bay, slightly snath of Fort Etse. Tbe mountain is 500 feat high and if it bad fallen its possession would have given the Japanese a tre mendous lever against the chain of nner defenses. The carnage there wm terrible and culminated Septem ber 23, when the Japanese succeeded n reaching end occupying toe Rnsstan armored shelter trenches, whence they expected about tb* next day to storm toe summit. During toe night lent. Poggorsky of the nsvy, at tha bead of a detachment of voinntoan, descended upon the trenches and bjhW them op with pyroxylin bomfcii pro ducing a panic among tha ' who fled, leaving the strewn with dead. The Ji then abandoned further attempts but after a day or two to reeuperale, ac cording to Gen. StoesseTi second dip latch, dated Sept. 30, they rammed tbe bombardment of tha city aod outer works, and began to construct tig z g approaches, evidently lotting nearer from which to launch their ult. Tha lost of tha waterworks Is not considered vital as there Ma fnah wa ter lake and numerous wails M watt care tbat no human band wm allowed to come In contact with it. ' * "■ l Lay Aero** th* Track. Tbe Charleston Post says word reached the city Tuesiay afternoon of tbe aooidential killing Monday night of Flagman C. M. Reeves, on tha line of tbe Southern railway near Lwgley. It seems that Reeves wm sent bank from bis train to flag a freight train following behind. When a signal for tlie recall of Reeves brought no re- spouse s brakeman wm sent back to to see what was tbe matter and after going some distance mw Reeves lying tenrs tbe track. The expected freight train wm also in sight and the brake- man made evefy effort to reach Reev- and get him off the track but be fore be could get to him the unforun- ate man wm under tbe wbeels and killed. It is unknown whether Reeves wm asleep on the track or had been overcome by some sudden iUneaa. Young Reeves wm a son of Mr. W. B. D. Reeves, of Branchvllle, and bag many friends who will regret to hear of his tragic deatb. - Will Uuppurt Parker. Tbe New York labor convention bM endorsed Parker and Davis. A delegation from tbe Hungarian Demo cratic league of Greater New York called on Judge Parker Friday. Morris Cukor, tbe spokesman for the delega tion, told Judge Parker tbe members of tbe league desired to assure him tbat tbe Hungarians In the United S a tee are not going to vote tbe Re publican ticket this year. He ask) r There are 50,000 Hungarians in New York and 70 per cent, of them wlH vote for Parker and Davis. We may be warlike by nature, but we are ou for constitutional government am would rather hare you for president with your hand on the constitution than Roosevelt with his hand on the sword.” They Were Surprised. The minister oi marine announced in the chamber at Lisboa on Wednes day tbat a detachment of Portuguese troops, belonging to a column operat log in Portugueee West Africa against tbe Cnanhamss, wm surprised by tbs tribesmen while creasing the Cunene river. Tbe detachment, which num bered 499 office.* and man, lost 254 killed; including T5' r dffleers and 60 wounded. It is officially announced __ 1 put 8,IN troops in tbs field against the ros. in German SouthwsM Africa, who are neighbors of the CuanhaaMa. Both tribes are established in the Cm district. fCh* Ounane river fonog toa boundary between PartnfueM Southwest Afrit*, Geo. Stoessel’s dispatch, which was dated Sapt. 30, saysi- “After bloody assaults from too 9th to tbe 23rd of September there bM bean comparative tranquility around the fortress. On tbs night of Sept 24, th* * - actively and are approaching unnel and aatrenohmsnta. bombardment wm miiateinod both upon the forte and the build inua within to* fortress. W* make sorties frequently, driv ing back tbe enemy. Tne repulse of tbe laat attack was especially dtoto' Lieut Poggorsky, Gen. Koodratsbktt, Ool. Irman and Oapt Syobaff. Th* spirit of tb* troops is N*to4c. wounded men are every day retnra- r ‘Wepray to God for victory i for the health of your majesty." William Randolph Hearst,; of tbe National of critic Clubs, hM leaned an addres to tbe araooiation urging its members to “sptclal activity and attiring energy closing orifib from now until tb* „ polls. ” The addrasssays that itlsthe - duty of Democrats to “restore tha government to the bands of people tor whom and by whom tbe goven wm created." Reviewing the presented In the Democratic plattorm Mr. Hearst oonelndes: “Them, with a heartily pledge support of the Mc^ doct’.ine, demand that tha tbe old soldiers be fairly and ous’y recognized, and a vlgorow test against the attempt of Prasi Roosevelt to stir up nee hatred as an engine of political sdvsncement oofe- stltute the main features cf the lata* Democratic platform, worded to the especial conditions and erne cies of tbe day.” Strange Please*, ,* - V Mrs. Erma Ewing Paldlr, ih* la of tha two “c day at Sherburne, N..Y., aged 60. Ow ing to a disease ot a rheumatic nature which ires baffled tha skill if pmmi. nent physicians ttuongbout tha try. MfgrPalmer had lala: upon hair back, totally blind and •very muscle rigid for the Met 27 yean. Th* disease manifested* is- self within a few days after heramr^ ri’ge at the age of 23. Her atoter. MMs Stella Ewing, who died hare tern years ago, was afflicted ia tha samn way. ’ A Whit* BrnreT^a^P At Mi. Tabor, N. weak a white man Oharite Johaaoni on a nine-yearmid tag ran higtE M - . ■