The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, October 19, 1900, Image 1

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rf ? : / . ( TBC* "Do Thon Liberty (iroat. inspire Our Soul? and Make Our Live? in Thy Po??en?io?r Happy, or Our Deaths Glorious Defence BENNETTSVILLE, S. C,, Elli DAY, OCTOBER 19/1900. BRYAN AT WORK. H j Makes Sixteen Speeches in as Many llinoiso Towns. REPUBLICAN LIES AFLOAT. uno a? to Editorial Bryan Didn't Writf ; Another aa to Pay for Speeches. Both Nailed. Bryan conoludod his lllinoiso oam paign at Joliot on Wednesday cvouing at 8 o'clock. Ho began at Quinoy at 8, o'clock atid mado sixtocn duriog tho day. Tho audionoos woro generally . . latgo, but thoj? ut Peoria, Quincy and Joliot woro espooially no. Tho meot ing at Joliot was hold in tho court houso grounds beforo an iminonBo orowd. Tho Bryau train did not arrivo until 10 o'olook. Af tor tho mooting Mr. Bryan loft for Chicago. SPEAKS AT QUINCY. All tho moniborB of tho Hryan party woro sloeping soundly when at G.HO o'olook tho train pulled into (?uiuoy. Thoy wore not, howovor, porniiuod to continuo their slumbers long, owing to tho oalls of tho orowd for Bryan and tho boating on tho windows. Mr. Bryao hastily donned his clothes, drank a oup of oolloo and was csoortcd to a oarriago for- tho long dr i VG to Washington park, whoro, notwithstanding tho carly hour, thcro was a throng of waiting pooplo, many of whom had bcon standing in tho ohilly air siuco daylight. Mr. Bryan spoko on tho general issuo of tho campaign, saying thut so largo a orowd at so carly au hour of tho day indioatod that tho peopio woro iutoroat od iu themselves rather thau iu him. Mr. Bryan referred to au editorial on tho pension question whioh appoarod in an Omaha nowspapor with whioh ho was formorly connected- Ho sa:d that tho editorial referred to was printed long hoforo he was connected with tho paper. "Yot, 1 doubt Lot," ho said, "that every old soldior will reooivo a lottor in wb'*4V it will bo Htutcd that 1 i s -um the author of tho oditorial." "1 havo already robbive.d ono," shout ed an old soldier in tho crowd..., 'Tam not surprised," said Mr, Bryon. "I know that they havo miproproBontod .overythiog that could bc misrepresent ed. Today thoy havo not tho loaBt hopo of oarrying this cleotion unless they have a bigger oampaign fund thau thoy havo ovor had beloro, and they oau co oroo evory voter that can bo oooroed. Ho paid ospooial attoution to farmors saying that oven though thoro had boon advanoo in tho price of somo farm pro . duets, tho increase in prioo of artiolos ot* consumption . had boon so much groator as to far more than neutralizo tho advance in farm commodities. Takiug up tho t-tatomout thatmonoy from this country VJ hoing loanod in lfiuropo, ho askod: "Why don't thoy buy Amorioau lands instead of Bonding their surpluao money abroad?" And thon ropliod to his own quoution by saying that tho only reply that could bo made was that tho Republicen poli V\ oy waB reducing values. A privato in dividual could not put his money in inanutaoturing enterprises for fear that his ooncorn would bo sold to a trust und that ho would bo squoezod out. Ho declined that it is hrs desire to destroy all privato monoply bcoauso ho does not want to soo tho doors of op portunity dosed against tho boys of tho oountry. "Oivo tho boyr. a ohancc,'' ho said, 4,givo him on opportunity to oxort his own industry and his own ability and ho will mako his own way, tor wo havo thc host boys in tho world." WnVHE SPEAKS. In opoaking at Carthage Mr. Bryan took ocginzanoo of tho onticisms of his personal participation ia tho oampaign saying: "I have been oritioiscd for going boforo the peopio, as a presiden tial candidato, and diuoussing tho ques tions boforo tho people Acoording to my undcrutaoding of politic) tho oit izon is tho sovcrign ano tho oflioo-hold ox is tho servant of tho pooplo and tho oitizens havo a right to know what tho candidates think of public questions. Thoy havo a right to oomo in ooutaot With their pubho officials and if a ?an didato loses votes bcoauso tho peopio got aoquaintoQ with him, ho ought not to oomplain, for it is bettor to find thom out before thc olootion than after wards, if ho is bad. Tho right to par tioipato in tho government is one of inalienable right?, a right that you Bepbblioans recognized when Linooln waB your loader and a right that you , ucYor repudiated until you foll from lincoln d-own lo Uanna. "If you hear that 1 am in favor of t imperialism just becauso it is a good j. issuo to got voi03, I want you to ro mombor that on tho 14th of Juno,*18l)9, / whon your papers said ovory body want od expansion 1 protorrtod against imper ialism. At that timo Boniooratio friendo told mo my oourso would bo unpopular but my answor was that whon tho Declaration of Indopondcnoo was ropoalod 1 would bo out of politics and it did not mako any partioular dif* foronoo about tho timo of my going out." WHY HE LON T HIDE EUEE. Mr. Bryan took oooassion at Peoria ioanawortho ohargo that hois boing s.paid for his speoohes. In parc ho said: "lam not ns rich aman as you would imagino from roading tho Bo publican papors. 1 find it diffoult to reoonoilo thoir statomonts about my financial condition. Ono timo they say I am so ambitious that 1 will not mako a spocoh unless I ara paid for it. I notioo a oriticism in tho papers that tho pooplo of tho towns through whioh our train passes havo contributed to tho exponsos of tho train and it was sug gostcd that was for my bonotlt. I need {:.. not toll you that 1 roooivo nothing for , making speoohes, but, my frionas, I want you to know that whon mon rido on trains thoy muat oithor pay or olso tho railroad companies must furnish them with froo ride?. Wo do not want a railroad to oarry our train through tho t?tato and therefore tho Stato oommlt too paid about a thousand dollars for tho train for yostorday and today. Wo boliovo it is bottor for pooplo to pay thoir way and to bo independent than to havo corporations run thom after olootioT). X would A groat deal rather havo Republicans oritioiso mo because people along tho road pay tho exponaos for tho train than to roooivo froo ridoa from tho railroad companion and havo corporations run mo if olootod, booauso thoy furnished tho trains " HEAD END COLLISION. A Most Realietio and Thrilling ?peo taole ia Midair. Columbia, Ootobor 13.-Bpcoial: Arrangomonta havo boon oomplotod by tho fair association for Pain's grand fireworks display during tho Stato fair. Tho "Storming of tho Taku Forts" and a "Hoad End OOII?BB?OO" botweon two norial railroad onginoa on throo uights, Tuosday, .Wednesday aud Thuroday, Oit. 30th, 31st and Nov. 1st, aro tho attractions oi?orcd this yoar. Thoy will tako placo at tho HSUIO looality aa uacd formerly in tho roar of tho fair grounds and to aooommodato tho crowd tho hour has been ?et at 6:3) p. m, ao tho display will last about ono hour and a half and tho railroads oau cagily arrange to hold their trains until 8:30 p. m., allowing visitors to witnoss this grand production and roturn tho samo day. Pain's peoplo havo a reputation on throo continents to sustain and thoy will not aooopt any contract that limits their idea of tho grand and tho beauti ful. Pain's name is a guarantee that they wilt bc all that can bo obtained out of powder and pyrotoohduios. It has oost big monoy to Bcouro thia attraction and Pain Bays ho will givo tho peoplo a display to rcmombor. In tho storming of tho Taku Forts, soldiers to ropreaont all tho alliod forces, will take part and tho soono pro BOntcd is both pleasing and exulting. Pain will givo for tho first timo in America a railway bead end collision in firowork?. Tim ?B aaid to bo tho most realistic thing of tho kind ever attempt ed. It oounists of^ two immonBO locomo tives, built entirely of firoworks, and thqso ooginoB after oporating ovor a broad gaugo traok of about a milo, j dashing togothor with terrifio foroo and cl?cot- an awful oxplosion, but at tho samo timo a moat beautiful scono. Pain will sond not loss than 50 trained mon to arrango tho produotiou and they uro expeotod to arrivo tho lattor part of this wook. All will bo arranged in ampio time. It is expeotod that quito a largo num ber of tho visiting militia will take part in tho show, and if possible a sham battlo by night will bo added. ArraugomontB have beon .affeotcd to neat lon thousand spootatora and ampio accommodation will bo givonby our now street oar lino ?or quick transportation to and from tho grounds. A Serious Fight The second fatal dash between strikers and nonunion mon occured Wodnoaday at Oneida oolliory, Sohuyl k:\l oounty, Pa., when a ooal and iron policeman was shot and instantly killed amt another poliooman and a striker woro dangerously wounded. In addi tion about a dozen of tho omployca of tho oolliory woro stonod and badly in jured by tho strikora. Tho doad man waa Ralph Mills. Goorgo Kolly ia in tho hospital with a buhot in hoad. Tho striker woundod is Joaoph Lipko. Tho shooting was tho rosult of two Boparato riots. Tho troublo began at 1 o'olook and reached a climax whoo tho march ing minors, mostly Hungarians, attack ed tho men on tho way to work in tho Onoida oolliory. Tho marchers num bered 300 mon, woman and boys. Stouos wcro thrown and tho ooal and iron poliooman, who endeavored to pro toot thoso on tho way to work, wore forood to sock sholtor. No shots woro fired at this timo and tho marchera disappoarod. Tho sooond dash was tho rosult of an attempt on tho part of tho oompany to movo a train of coal oars. Tho ongino was surrounded by mon and womon who atoned tho on gineor. Superintendent Kudliok re monstrated with tho orowd but to no purpose Porsifltont attomps woro made to run tho train and tho mon niado a con certed rush upon tho guards who aro said to havo run. Tho etrikors gavo ohaso and firing followed. It ia not known from whioh sido tho first shot oamo._ Misinformed Drummer A oorrcBpondont, who Bays ho is a machino drummor, and has roocntly traveled through Virginia, tho Car olinas and Georgia, writoa tho Now York Mail and Express to convoy the glad tidings that tho South if for Mo Kinloy. Ho doon not oxproas an opinion as to Virginia or South Car olina, but says: "I boliovo North Carolina will givo MoKinlcy a majority as ovory morchant, mill owner and manufaoturor I havo soon is quiotly ox pcoting to drop in a bollot for MoKin lcy SooroH of now milla aro being built in this auction, and seores moro aro being addod to, and all of tho now work is hoing done by Northorn cap ital. " Noithor in Nort h Carolina nor ?ny other Southorn Stato aro 50 por oout, nor 25 por cont, ot tho now mills hoing built by Northorn oapital. Tho merchants, manufacturers, oto., who will support MoKinlcy aro subjoot to about tho aamo dinoount. It is strik ingly easy to bunoo tho g. o. p. organ with gold brick information. Bith?rWould Do A dispatoh to tho Now York Jour nal from Homo aaya: Tho anarohist Bortilani, arroatod at Milan, as a HUH pcotod accomplice of Broad, has raado a oonfoasion about tho anarohist plots. At tho anarohist mooting in Potorson, N. J., tm von mon wore solootod to kill kings and ohiofs of otates. Ono of thom was allottod to kill McKinley or Bryan during tho presidential campaign. I don't know tho nanto of tho man as signed to this duty. Anarohists havo killed kings and quoons Now thoy should kill a presidont of a ropnblio to show tho world that for anarohy thoro shall bo noithor monarohios nor repub lics. Not DJMoult to Find.. Tho "Christian Lifo," whioh is a re ligious publication at Irynohburg, on nou?oeij in its oditorial oolumns a nood whioh thcro should bo no troublo in filling, judging from tho standpoint of soouUr nowspapor oxporionoo. Says our ostoomod oontomporary; "Wo aro vory desirous of soouring tho sonri?os of a spirit-filled prtntor. If any of our roadors oould put uu into communica tion with BUOV a ono wo would bo greatly obliged," CREATES A SCENE. Youlsey On Xi ?al for Murder of Ooebol. Ht- BECOMES HYSTERICAL. "Gobo! U Not Dead, All the De mons tn Hell Could Not Kill Him." He Cries, A dispatoh from Georgetown, Ky., s?yu ono of tho most romarkablo BOOUOB onaotod in a Kentucky court ooourrod Wcdnoaday in tho trial of Henry M. Youtsoy, charged with hoing a prinoipal in tho Bhootiug of Governor Goobol, tho dofondant himsolf hoing tho chiof participant. Tho oourt room waB orowdod at tho time and tho oxoitomont wa? intonso, i). E, Armstrong, tho j Louisvillo dotootivo, had just told of his talks with Youtsoy boforo and aftor his arrest. Thon Arthur Goobol was put put on tho staud and Judge Bon Wil liams, who for tho first timo appoarcd for tho prosecution, did tho questioning. Arthur Goobol said: "I talked with Youtsoy tho day ho was arrcstod lato io tho aftoruoon ii? tho jail in Frank fort in roforooco to tho murder of my brolhor." Just at this poiat Youtsoy aroso be hind bia attornoys in a loud voioo and said: "leis untruo; it is a Ho; I novcr spoko a word to that man in my lifo nor ho to ino." Colonol Crawford told him to bo quiet and sit down and otbors took hold of him. "I will not sit down. I novcr said a word to that man-it is untruo." Ho was shouting by this timo and ovory ono was booomiug oxoited. Youlaoy's wifo sprong to IUB Bido and whilo on doavoriug to mako him sit down oould bo hoard saying: "Now you havo kill ed my husband I suppos? you aro sat isfied." Then Youtsoy historically shouted again: "I am innooont. Thoro is no blood on my hands; thoso mon aro ?woaring my lifo away." Two or throo doputics wont ovor and grabbod him. Ho strugglod wildly and said: "Lot mo alono-I will not sit down." Arthur Goobol moanwhilo Bat sphinx-liko in tho witnoss ohair and novor turuod bia head. Finally aftor YoutsoY was forood into a seat ho shouted again: "Goobol is not dead-all tho demons in hell oould not kill him." "Mr. Shoriff, if tho dofendaut doos not bohavo himsolf put handouifs on him," paid Judge Cantrill. Meanwhile tho audionoo oould not bo forood to koop their soats until tho judgo threatened to fino thoso who stood up. Youtsoy sottlod baok in his ohair, closed hin oyos and aoomod in a stato of oollapso. Ho wavod his hand, kerchief above his hoad in au aimloss sort of way and groaned and cried hysterically, Finally quiot was restor ed and Judgo William? askod Arthur Goobol another question whon Colonol Crawford askod a postponomont of tim trial until tomorrow on aooount of tho defendant's oondition. Judgo Cantrill said ho oould soo no oauso or reason for the defendant's ou thronte, but in justioo to his attornoys ho would postpond tho case Mr. Franklin said tho common wealth had not thc slightost objootion to adjourning and oourt adjourned. Youtsoy still oooupiod his ohair with his oyoa oloBod, apparently in a half fainting oondition. Aftor tho orowd paflBod out Jailor Roed and depution carried Youtsoy to tho jail as ho was unable to walk. Various reasons aro assigned foi his outbreak, tho Qrat be ing that his long oontlnemont and strain of tho trial oauaed him to bo oomo hystorioal and IOBO control of him solf. Another is .hat ho really do montod as shown by his remark that Goobol was not dead. He is hoing at tended by physioians and relativos at tho jail and his oondition is doomod oritioal. The Fertilizer Tax. Tho Stato says Olomson oollogo's rcvonuo from tho inspootion tax on fertilizer will thia year ho moro than usual. Yoar boforo last it was $59,000. In 1899, $63,000; and up to Oct. 1st of this yoar tho rcooipts nineo Jan. 1st had boon $65,723 40. This rovonuo is do rivod from a tax of 25 conto per ton on all fertilizer),. Aa thoro will bo aomo fertilizer sold boforo tho oloso of tho year for tho truok farms and small grain orops, tho roooipta will run tho total still higher. In tho spring ootton speculators bat o their cstimatos of long and short cotton crops upon tho amount of fortiliaor tax. Thia yoar thoy would havo made a bad guets. Tho sales of fortilizor indioatod inorcasod cotton aorcagc and a big crop. But tho crop was blighted by tho drouth, bad 'COBB to it. Can't Under?taud, Mark Twain's inability to under stand why wo aro killing tho Filipinos affords tho imperialist newspapers an opportunity to explain things to him when ho got s thoro, tho lattor part of tho week. Ho says ho thought our mission was to defend thom, but not to kill thom, Wo ncvor know Mark to bo so slow to tako a joko. ltosovolt will bo oalling him a savago, too, if ho doesn't show moro appreciation of tho nowest dovelopmont of American hu mor.-Hartford Timos. Many Lives Lost. Aooording to roports from St. Pierro, 17 fishing VOBBOIS that woro operating on the Grand Hanks during tho galo of Hop tomb er 12 aro still missing, with orows aggregating ovor 200 mon. A numbor or othor vossol* that havo arriv ed hero within tho Inst few days havo roportod tho loss of ono to sovon mon oooh. Tho fatality list will probably oxoood 300. Serious disaster has visit ed a numbor of Now Feundland fishing harbors, Buron, on tho wost sido of Plaoontia bay, alono, losing 35 mon. A Cor nao Trust. Throo mon aro ia jail at Chioogo in default of $15,000 bail each on tho ohargo of causing tho death of a young woman to soouro $12,000 life insuranoo A NARROW ESCAPE. Fo? Lifted in Time to Prevent an Awful Tragedy. A Bpeoial dispatch from Quoonstown to tho Now York K zoning World says: '.Tho giant Whito Star Liner Oooanio whioh arrived horo today had a uarrow osoapo from shipwrook oil tho coast of Iroland. Whilo approaching tho coast and trying to piok up tho Fastnot light What appeared to bc a fog bank suddon )y iiftodjup and showed lund dead ahead. 'Ibo broakorB oould bo plainly scon crushing on tho rocks, and tho vossol touched bottom, but Capt. Camoron immediately stoppod his ongincB, ro vorsod thom and backed into deep wator without tho ship hoing iojurod. It was only owing to tho oaro of tho captain that a tarriblo disaster was avortod. Tho Ooeanio was going slowly on aooount of tho fog and trying to piok up tho land, lt was 4 o'clock in tho morning whon thu fog lifted and showod tho land right ahead, tho posi tion hoing thon between tho rooke known as tho Bull, Cow and Calf and Crowhoad. Tho land was so oloso that on each bow oould bo soon a reg ular oavo. Tho stopping of tho onginoS shook up and awoko overybody. Half a minuto lator tho cngiuos wcro rcvorsed, but boforo tho Ooeanio waB stopped she struck with a grinding grating noiuo. She then quioklyswung oloar. Tranquil and confident in tho skill of thooaptain tho womon pasion gorsiutho saloon behaved admirably, showing tho greatest ??olnosH in tho prcsenoo of danger. Tho water tight compartments oioaod within two min utes, ou Capt. Camden's ordors ns soon as tho daugor was perceived. I Tho lifeboats woro oloarod away ready \ for lowoiing with tho prcoieion of dook work and tho orow were at quarters at onou. W ANTE O EARS OF SOLDIERS. Wealthy Filipino's Method of Aveng ing His Sou's Death. Sergeants ROBB 1. Barton and Kim* merman, of tho Forty-sovouth Volun teer Infantry, who havo rcoontly re turned from tho Philippines to their homos in Whitootouo, L. I., rb port that whilo in au engagement with tho Filipinos at Albay, t?orgoaut Fowler, also of Whitestone, shot and killed a young Filipino lioutouant named Mar cus and captured hid BWOrd. Lieu tenant Marcus was a son of Maroollus Marcus, a wealthy Filipino, who is kuown all ovor tho island, and who hitherto had boon friondly to tho Auior ioans, though lus BOO was not. Tho death of tho Bon aroused tho old man to a piloh.of the gratoat fury, and ho sworo ho would spoud ovcry dollar ho ownod to avenge his death, despite tho 'act that young Mnrous was killed in a fair tight. Barton aud Zimmer man say that since then Marcus han raised a troop of 3,000 and odored a re ward of $100 for cvory loft oiir of ovcry mtMubor ol' tho Forty-aevonth rogimont. This otfor is said to havo brought fruit, for cvory Amorioan killed was found to havo his left oar missing, aud many Chiuoso and light-colored Fili pinos woro found to have thoirs miss ing also, which shows that tho Filipi nos aro not abovo making money out of tho old man's thirst tor rovongo. lt is statod that Maious is treasuring a btriug of moro thau ono hundred cars, not moro than Uvu of which oould have boon out from moinbcra of tho Forty sovouth rogimont. Sergeant Fowler is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Georgo ?. Fowler, of Sovontoouth stroot. Ho served during tho Spauiah Amorioan, war in Porto Rioo, and on September loth 1899, enlisted in thc Forty-Bovenib Now York Voluntoors, and" was assigned to Company U. Be cause of bis supoiior marksmanship aud experience in tho Wost ludios ho was appointed a aorgoaut of tho com pany. His follow scrgonts say ho will whortly bc promoted to a lioutonantoy. , Turns From MoKuiley. A largo audionoo attendod a mooting Friday night at Columbus, Ohio, ad dressed by Hon. Frank S. Mouuctt, formor attornoy general of Ohio. Mr. Monnott'B spoooh was dovotod wholly to support Mr Bryan. Mr Mounott rovicd tho proBcoutxou against various trusts, oompinations and monopolios whioh ho had undortakou ?vhilo attornoy gonoral ot tho Stato, and thou said: '.Wo uominatod a prosidont from Ohio who promiaod tho pooplo in fair phraaos that ho would onforco tho anti trust laws of tho United StatoB, in cluding tho Shorir.Aii auti-trust act. How uss ho onlorood it? Attorney Gonoral John W. Griggs haa under him 76 distriot attorneys Boattorod throughout tho various States of tho union, tho duty of ouch nod ovcry ono of whioh is to onforco this anti-trust aot, aud aooording to bis ollioial report, May ?9, 1900, tu oougross, out of 13 huits instituted under tnia law, 3 have been bogun unuor MB administration. ' 'Trna IB tho maguifiocut, report of tho prosont national administration. .'Tho trusts uttorly failed in dofoat. ing tho Shorman anti-trusts act; thoy aro oomplotoly routod by tho juoioiary in tho final test in tho supromo oourt and thoy havo now bogun tho dangorouB pohoy ot paralizing tho oxooutivo arm by moans that aro B0 palpablo that bo who runs may road and nono but tho most Bkoptioal oan fail to bo con vinood," In oonolusion Mr. Monnott said: "1 boliovo that Mr. Wm. MoKinloy and John Griggs, his attornoy gnoral and his oxooutivo ofhoors, havo wilfully and purpoBoly and knowingly parali'/od tho oxooutivo arm of thin gov ernment for tho last four yoars lind provontod tho onforoomont of tho common law and tho statue law, both criminally and oivilly, against thoso law violators. And tho hour has now como, tho only timo wo will havo for tho next four yoars as votors to logally and constitutionally smito thom for thoir hypoorisy and lo rosont this viola tion of official duty, .'Wm. J. Bryan may not aooomplish all that wo oxpoot or all that wo hopo for in this bohalf but I boliovo him to bo thoroughly honest, sinooro and a determined man and whilo I do not agrio with him in all ho advooatos, yot I am forood to Uko ono sidjo pi* tho othor on this groat question whioh for tho masses is tho paramount issue and in tho name bf patriotism, ? for tho sako of our ropubilo, proposo to east my voto for that foarloifl. upright ohampion of I tho pooplo, Wiliiom ??onnings Bryan." S ERI?US "CHARGES Made by Senator Tillman Against McKinley and Hanna. 8AY8 THEY ARE CORRUPT. How the Republican Party Raises its immense Campaign Fund .<) to Corrupt the Voters. Sonator Tillman lian bcon spoaking itt Illinois for tho Domooratio ticket. ODO of tho statements with which tho Sonator oponed wido tho oyoa of tho l)<jinoorfttio farmers of Illinois was his noaortion that Mark U?ona had raisod *2,000,000 or $3,000,000 from tho ar mor plato makers and was using it in tho oampaign. "1 was on tho naval oonunittoo with William E. Uhandlor," tho Sonator oaid, "and I know some thing of tho armor plato business. Thoro aro two couoorns in tho oountry ..vhioh mako Ibis armor plato-Carnegie find tho Bothlohoni. Wo had a oon traot on whioh wo had boon holding thom five years. Wo had boon kooping thom down to $300 a ton. Hus yoar, on tho last dav of tho HOSB?OU of Con gross, Mark Uanna took ohargoof it. Ho wont in and ordorod his honohmon to givo authority to thc Soorotary of tho Navy to mako a oontraot for armor plato at what ho saw fit. Twolvo Ko publican Collators who had stood with us boforo foll down and votod to givo Carnegie and Bothlehom this oontraot for $17,000,000. I'll swoar that Mark Hanna, to tho best of my boliof and knowlcdgo, had an agroamout with those two linns to givo him $2,000,000 or ?3,000,000 for tho presidential oam paign. So you seo you Bond mon to ? Congress to voto for oontraots whioh furnish tho monoy to buy votes with." Some of Senator Tillman's decla ration? about bribory and oorruption woro rookloflfl oven boyond his usual froodom of Bpoooh. 4,Thoro aro a great many millions of good llopublieans," said Bonator Tillman. "Tho only trouble with thom is thoy aro wrong up hore." Tho Sonator tappod his foro hoad. "I oi\n say oqually," ho con tinued, "that somo of our Domoorats aro wrong up hero." Tho Sonator tapped his domo again. Tho orowd laughod and waited for tho application. "I wish to Bay of tho 15,000,000 votora who will maroh to tho polio in Novom bor 14,000,000 aro so narrow and par tisan thoy would seo you in hados bo foro thoy would voto for tho party other than tho ono thoy bolong to. Thoy aro Republicans and Domoorats booauso thoy woro born so. Thoro aro 7,000,000 tmch Iiopublioans. Thoro aro 7,000,000 ,of suoh Domoorats. Theroforo, I am making my appeals to tho indopondont votors, to thone with suflioiont intolligonoe to voto for what thoy boliovo to bo tho boat inter?s!s of tho oountry. I want to mako an appeal to tho indopondont votor, booaueo bia volo, ovou if ho votos for a dollar a day, counts for just as much as tho volo of John D. UooKofollor; that ia if John D. llookofcllor'a millions oan't find somo infernal scoundrola among those dollar a-day follows to buy. "No stream oau riso highor than its souroo," tho t?onator wont on oracularly, after his astonishing loft-handod lick at tho dollar-a-day man, and bogan to talk of oorruption in Congress. "I wish you oould soo thoso follows who soil themaolvos in Congross as I havo soon thom. I havo not soon tho monoy aotually passod, hut if I had boen on a jury and had had tho ovidonoo boforo mo as 1 saw it I would havo found thom guilty." Sonator Tillman quotod from Prcsi dont MoKinloy's lottor of aoooptanoo tho passago doolaring tho duty ! im posod by honor toward tho Philippines. "That moans," said tho Sonator, "that President will roly upon Mark Hanna's monoy to buy onough votes to onslavo you and your ohildron forever." ThiB was tho Sonator'a startor on tho sub ject of imperialism, Ho prooooded: "Douglas and Line?la wont up and down thia Stato. Douglas oontondod that whon wo said govcrnmont derived its just powers from tho oonsont of tho governed it was intondod to leavo out tho niggors. Lincoln aaid it was tho other way. Tho North aroso on maeso in I860 and sided with Lincoln's viows. And now you'a u>t 10,000,000 niggors down Houth to projiok on, to oxoroiso your ingenuity on. But you aro turn ing thom ovor to ua to shoot and kill, i How will you old soldiors, who maroh ed through South Carolina, and didn't loavo anything but tho chimneys stand ing, rm nw or tho Oonfodoratosyou killod when you moot thom up yonder, and they ask you, Woll, Johnny, how aro thing?? You'll havo to say tao Itopub lioan party now says Douglas was right end Lincoln was wrong. Youv's got to go to Qod prottysoon and answor for your votos, His Dignity Hurt. Tho Washigton papors aay that "W. K. Willis, a constituent of Sonator MoLauriu of South Carolina" com plains to tho stato depart mon t that ho was subjootod to tho indignity of boing soarohod by a Turkish offioor at Con stantinople, and ho wants satisfaction to his wondod Amorioan dignity. Tho department thinks Mr. Willis has no good ground of complaint as tho Turk ish govornmont waa only oxoroising a right. To Capture New York. Ovor 700 inootinga, with doublo that numborof spooohos, havo boon arranged by tho Kopublioan Stato oommittoo for tho last four wooka of tho oampaign in Now York, in addition to tho two flying tripa through tho Stato by Gov. Itooso voW And Chauncey M. Dopow, during whioh spooohos will bo inado at over 150 plaoos. Figures It Out I If tho tot+X rovonue from tho PJdl ipplnoa aro $?,000,000 a yoar, and tho 1 xponfloa of kooping a few milos around Manila ft subjootion aro $100,000,000 a yoar, what will tho profits bo whon tho whole -, leland is subdued and a standing army of 100,000 will bo a por nmnont noooVaity. A HANDSOME INCREASE Ia tho Taxable- Property in this State in tho last Year Tho Stato of South Carolina is going to ?how unhandsomely this yoor in tho inattor of Its taxablo proporty. Tho in croaso over last yoar is to bo note worthy. Thus far it has hoon impos sible to got at tho flguros for tho per sonal proporty of tho Stato, but thoso f<*r tho roal ostato and tho railroad proporty have boon obtained. These ligaron show a most marked iuoroasu for this yoar as oouaparod to last year. In railroad proporty alono thoro has boon BO inorcaso of noorlv three million dollars~-$2.891,595, and Darlington has more of ic than any othor siDglo oounty. Orangcbury and Riohland ooino next. So far as real ostato is concerned thero has boon an inoroaso of $1,067,636. Tho total inoroaso in thoso two olaaaos of proporty amount? to the handsome figuro of $3,959,231. Tho following is tho statement of tho valuation of railroad proporty by ooun ties for this yoar. last yoar's valuation being $24,880 378: Abbovillo..$ 732 213 Aiken. 1,038,930 Andorson. 549,950 Bamberg. 589,445 Barnwoll. 1,139 235 Buaufort. 450,950 Borkoloy. 944,060 Charleston. 710,685 Chorokoo . 512,320 Chostor. 657,018 Chostor fiold. 977,040 i Clarendon. 356,410 Colloton. 710,060 Darlington. 1,754,860 Dorohostor. 557,005 Edgofiold. 414,550 Pair?oid. 744^605 Floronoo. 976,850 Goorgotown. 47,450 Groonvillo. . ... 572,145 Groonwood. 720,050 Hampton. 725,650 Hon-y. 181,430 Kershaw. 338,920 Lancaster. 238,850 Lauroos. 769,925 Loxington. 955,975 M arion. 668,800 Marlboro. 277,825 Nowborry. 600,600 Coonco. 485,755 Orangoburg. 1,489,415 PioVons. 444,190 Riohland. 1,265,935 Saluda .... 191,480 Spartauburg. 976,515 Sumtor. . . 1,134,475 Union . . .463 905 Williamsburg. 734?885 York. 671,612 Total.$27,771,973 Tho statomont by oountios of tho real ostato is, as givon again $101,070,141 for last yoar: Abbovillo.$ 2,695,585 Aiken. 4,002 500 Andorson.4," Bamborg 4,168,731 1,132,632 Barnwoll. 2,576 375 Boaufort. 1,934.415 Borkeloy. 1,148,375 Charleston. 14,057,145 Chorokoo. 1,705,964 Chostor. 2,203,025 Ohostorfiold. 852,100 Clarondom. 1,442,835 Colloton. . 1,471,145 Darlington. 2,271,525 Dorohostor. 1,151,566 Edgofiold. 2,290,140 Pairfiold. 1,984,081 Ploronoo. 2,244,830 1 Goorgotown. 1,402,865 Qroonvillo. 4,245,615 Groonwood. 2,412,150 Hampton. 1,080.290 Horry. 793,006 Korshaw.. 1 871,205 Lanoifltor. 1,200,053 LauroDS. 2,917,755 Loxington. 1,793,595 Marion. 2,471,083 Marlboro . 1,795,125 Nowborry. 2,880,930 Coonoo. 1,550,430 Oraugobiirg. 3,612,260 PiokenB. 1,137,358 Riohland. 4,982,020 Saluda. 1,434,620 Spartanburg. 5,267,705 Sumtor. 3,526,600 Union. 1,786,100 Williamsburg. 1,282,748 York. 3,296,285 Total. $102,137,777 He Did Not Dio. A dispatoh from Charlotte, N. C. says that tho notod murdoror, who was twico hanged ton days ago at Clinton. N. C., without breaking his nook and who was pronounood doad from stran gulation, was rosufiohatod by his rol atiyos, and is now in a Virginia hospit al, whore it is honed to bring about his rooovcry. A lawyor of Oliuton is quotod as saying that after KinHaul's body was turned ovor to nis rolativos tink taken somo milos into tho oountry for intormont signs of lifo wore notiood mid after wrapping the body in wot blunkett) and applying rostorativos, tho murderer regained oonsoiousnoss and was lasor takon to tho hospital. Wants Proof. Senator J. K. Jo?o?, chairman of tho National Demooratio oommittoo, said Wodnosay: ' I intend to address a lotter to tho Domooratio olubs all ovor tho oountry rcquoBting thom to givo mo tho proof in all instanoos that oooio within thoir knowlodgo of em ployers undertaking to oooroo or intim idato omploycs. I havo now .some mon in Ohio for tho purposo oi ascer taining tho conditions there and I havo instruotod thom to roport carefully what facts thoy havo)disoovored. Gar pooplo aro thoroughly arousod to tho danger in this direction and aro de termined to havo an honest olcotion." Says He WillSnioide. Thc Columbia Rooord says tho polioo took ohorgo of an old whito man Wod nomloy who scomod to bo vory muoh troubled. Tho man was intoxicated, and ho told an offioor that ho would commit suioido. He said ho had noth ing to livofor, and ho boggod for a, pis tol that ho might take his lifo. Tja tor, whon tho man booamo sober ho rope At ed tho statomont that ho would talco his lifo, adding that ho would bo doad within ono woek's time. Tho old gon tloman is ovor sixty yoars of ago, and ho has livod a quiot lifo up to this timo. A STRANGE CASE. Husband Kills Wife and Sues for Life Insurance. A suit to rooovor insurance, on tho lifo of his wi io. whom ho killed on Do comber 31, 1893, has boon oommonood in Philadelphia by Profoasor Swithin 0. Shortlodgo, who io now roaiding at Konnott Squaro in Chostor County. Tho suit, whioh is to rooovor tho sum of $7,022 from tho Providonoo Life and and trust oompauy. is ono of tho most romarkabio in tho uiat?ry of life instit-: anoo. VM Tho tragody whioh ondod tho lifo of M i-f?. Shortlodgo waa onaot'od in Media on a Now Year's ovo and oausod a groat aonsation. Sovoral yoars boforo that dato Profossor Shorllcdgo had oomo to Modia with his wifo and family and established what was known aa the Modia aoadomy for young mon. Vor sovoral yoars tho vonturo was euoooas ful, tho Hohool having a high einen patronage. Then Mrs. Bhortlodgo died. In Novombor, 1896, Profossor Shorto lodgo married Misa Mario Dixon J once. Shortly nf tor his aooond marriago tho profossor bogan to aot atrangols. On tho night of tho killing, six wooka af tor tho marriage, Profossor Shortlodgo in vited his wifo to go out with him for a walk. A short- distance from tho houso ho shot hor through tho hoart and thon attempted suicido, but waa disarmod by a noighbor. In tho trial whioh followod tho pro fessor waa aoquittod on (ho ground of insanity and was oonfinod in an asylum until a year ago.^ Thoro ia no oaso of a parrollol nature in tho insuranoo annals of this state._' ? Tragedy at Wilson.. Tho nowa of a shocking tragedy that ooourod at Wilson, N, (J. yoBtcrday aftornoon waa brought to Ploronoe last night by paBSongora on train 23 ?Asl this train was leaving Wilaon it sur prised a team on tho ttaok, in a doop out nt a oroaaing, hurling tho horao and buggy into tho air and killing thc drivor instantly. Tho horso diod a fow minutos aftor tho oooidont. Tho driv or waa Mr. W. B. Edword8, a farmor Bftid to bo ovor sovonty yoars old. It is , thought that ho did not hoar tho omen ing of tho train until too luto to draw his horso baok and aavo himsolf. Ho had drivon down into tho out and hin toam was on tho traok. Tho largo ongino pulling tho passenger caught tho toam squaroly. Thc train was going ot full spood and man and hort o woro hurled some 'thirty foot into tho air. Tho buggy was brokon into atoms, part of it adhering to tho ongino. Thoro w&to many bru?BOB on Mr. Edward's vsfc&y. but hin J^ath roBulted from fraoturo of tho skull. Engineer John M. Doolan; Oapt. Gr, W. Grubor and Aroman Davis constituting tho train orow brough? tho train on to Pioronoc. Thoy woro order ed to roturn immediately to Wilson for tho inquest and loft last night on train 32.-IfloroooQTimes... . ; Hanna's Way Govornor Altgold, aftor a six wooks stumping tour of tho middle wont' said in Now York: "Wo have disoovorcd. a plot onginoored by Mark Hanna ana other Republican oampaign managora to buy up tho elootion offioors in tho doubtful states-particularly in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Miohigan. Dospitc this oonspiraoy and doapito tho raising of from $26,000,000 to $30,000 OOO to carry it into offoot, I sincerely boliovo that Bryan and 8tevonson will swoop tho oountry, and that McKinley will loso his own states of Ohio, by at loast 50,000 plurality. In the woat tho Mo Kinloy-Hanoa managers aro socking to bribo elootion offioors to falsify tho returns. You will rooall that in 1896 thoro ivoro returnodfrom tho s tato of Ohio ovor 74,000 moro votos than thoro woro maloa of twonty-ono yoars of ago and ovor. That's how Bryan wai robbed of Ohio four yoars ago. But ho will not bo robbod thia yoar. Tho Domo oratio national aud stato oommittoos aro on watoh, and thoy will soo to it that thoro is an honoat ballot and a fair count thoro and olsowhoro, rogardloBs of tho hugo corruption fund collootod by Mark Hanna and his agonts." Found a Pot of Gold. Tho Yorkvillo oorrospondont of Tho Stato says: A nogro man waa in town y cat ord ay showing some old English gold ooins that ho had found on tho promiBCB of Mr. II. L/^Wallaoo in tho King's orook seotion, nino milos wost of this placo. Tho nogro had built a hog pon on his lot, and the hog in "root ing around" unearthed an old iron pot; and nedor it was a lot of gold ooins whioh had boon buried thoro. It waB not known how muoh tho man got, but it is supposed ho made a protty good find. Mr. Wallaoo was boro with him. but had tho man "ooaohed" in rogara to kooping his mouth shat. The ooins woro all gold and of English make. Thoyrangod in ni/.o from a flvo-dollar j piooo to a $20. Unduubtoaly this money was buriod during tho Revolu tionary war, as tho datos on thom were of a number of years provious to that war. It is thought thatporhaps Maj. Vorguson buriod thom on the way to King's mountain, aa this point is about on a lino with his routo to that battlo ground._ It Looks That Way. Tho Philadelphia Timoe, whioh was opponod'to Bryan in 1896, but whi<jh is now doing groat work for tho Domo oratio ticket, doolaros thoro is going to bo a landslide . to Bryan, and predicts his elootion by 307 olootoral votos. Now York, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas. California, Maryland, Dolawaro, and Now Jorsoy, are si 1 given to Bary an by tho Timos, and MoKinloy is allowed only eighty-odd sure votes, This looks ovoronthusiastio to many pooplo, but it is moro apt to happon, in our opinion, than Bryan's olootion by a fow votos. Wo havo novor thought that it woxtld bo a oloso elootion. hut have behoved thoro would bo a slump in ouodirootibn or tho othor, noarly all tho doubtful states going to ono candidate. It looks now like tho tido ia sotting toward Bryan. * A Gent?o Hint? "You will find roligion cvorywhoro in naturo," said tho'ltov. Dr. Spoak moro, "Thoro aro ovon sermons in atones." "Yos, and have you noticed," ropHod tho long-sufforing mombor ol? tho oongrogation, "that tty, most proo ious stonos ave small, ami/that thoy havo to bo out boforo thoy haobrao.irt; oresting?" ?rsa. A TIDAL WAV&x Will Swoop Bryan Into^tVfV White Ho uso. jj,, FEW STATES FOR Mc KINLEY, ; Thia ls tho Claim Mad? by th? National Democratic Ex ecutive Com* m I tioo. For tho firet timo in this oampaign, says a dispatoh to tho Philadelphia TimcB from Ohioago, dated Wodnoaday, tho Domoorots havo brokon tho mle thoy had established end have given out an oBtimato upon . .tho- olootion by Statos. 'Vioo Chairman J. G, Johnson of tho Demo or at io national oxooutivo oommitto roaohod Ohioago this mom? ing and gavo out tho following "-'tabl?,' giving Bryan 326 oleotoral votos, Mo Kinloy only 88 and doubtful 33. Tho tablo, os propared by Vioo Chair man Johnson, ia as follows: Mo- Boubt Statos. B^yan, Kinley, fal, Alabama.Tl - - Arkansas. 8 - - California..... 9 - ~ Colorado. 4 - - Oonnootiout ... G - - Dolaworo3 - - Florida. 4 - . - Georgia . 13 - - Idaho . 3 - - Illinoiso . 24 - Indiana. 35 Iowa. Kansas. 10 13 Kontuoky .... Louisiana . .. Maiuo. Maryland. Massaohusotts Miohigan .. . Minnesota.... 13 8 - 15 14 9 Mississippi .... 9 - Missouri. 15 - 3 - Montana. New Harnpshiro Now Jorsoy ... Now York. Novada ....... Nebraska. North Carolina. North Dakota.. Ohio. Oregon . 4 Pennsylvania .. - Uhodo Island.. - South Caroona;'*' South Dakota. . 4 Tonnossoo .- ... 12 Texas. 15 - 10 36 - 3 . - 8 - . - U - 3 - 23 Utah. Vormont ..... Virginia. JWaahingtim^..-. Wost Virginia.. Wisconsin..... .Wyoming. 3 - 12 m 12 >3 ITotal.326 88 33 ; f "Tho figures whioh I gavo out," OK- <| I olaimod vioo Chairman Johnson, "aro ;v-. baned not only upon tho moat reliable information whioh our oommittoo has from ovory 8tato in tho Union,- but also ? upon this further remarkable,faet; , "Everybody knows that V^>. /*- . gold Domoorotio voto of tM*.'"jxt???j vft whioh olootod MoKinloy fouryoars n&f..^ ,f It is equally woll known now that at*" loast ?O per oont of that veto will go v for Bryan this fall. Tho Gorman voto ; was almost uhanimoualy against Bryan in 1896, whilo this yoar wo bav? trust? 1 worthy information that loads ua to bo liovo that fully 80 por oont.?f tho Gor man voto in tho pivotal Statos will be oast for Bryan. This stotomont is truo not alono of tho Germana but of other distinotivoly foroign olaasot? of. voters. Tho groat body of tho organ izod labor voto whioh waa induoea to support MoKinloy four yoars ago will ho nearly solid for tho Domooratio tiokot next month." f Caaes Dismissed. A Th/$ oasoa of tho United ' Statos againat tho States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana woro dismissed Wodnosday by the Uni? tod Statos Supromo Court in aooordanoo with tho dooision of congress iu tho o o oases during tho last session, Thoy involvo oortain funds.duo tho United., Statoa from tho four States nomad/5 Tho olainis woro adjusted in tho sot^ . mont following tho Stato oxpondUf on nooount of tho Spanish-Auvr war, and tho action of tho oour# was mordy ?formal in oloaring ^ from tho rooord. ^ % Ohio Doubtiul. .;';. That usually lovol-hoodod and con servativo papor, tho PublieLodgor, Philadelphia, in an editorial artiolos on tho presidential outlook from tho Bc* publioan ppint of viow says: "Spoofiir attention should bo givon to Ohio, Indiana, Kansas, Nobraska, West Vir ginia, Maryland and Dolawaro as among tho oontostcd or.doubtful Slates whioh may turn tho feoalo ono way or the o?hor." Indiana baa boon ?lahuod by both partios for smo timo, hut is Ohio doubtful? Republican Threats. Tho great corporations and trusts aro throatoning tho working mon that "thero will bo no work" if Bryan is olootod--whioh moans, if it.mean's Any thing, that thoso concerns own a big portion of tho world and tho govern ment as woll. Four moto yoavq of MoKinloyism will about oomploto their title and possession; and thon thoy can say to tho working man: G^fc ore tho carthj you misorablo trespasser," --Greenville Nows. ??aBadyix. ' Galveston is confrontad by a eorio?s problom. Tho oMy io virtually, bank,, nipt, Thero ia no money on hand to maintain tho municipal, government,' and something must bo ?oho if tho oity is to .bo fiaved, and j?ono quickly. Tho calling of a apodal session of tho log- , l islaturo to appropriate $100,000, to oftrry on tho oity government js.ftdyo oatcd, Mado a ?lip. Toddy Boosovol? slipped hi? troUoy tho other day when no attributiid to D.nuol V/cbstor a remark that Wai? mado hy John'O^Oidhoun. And thora wan only ono man iu his audmuco to )h thc' error.