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1 'DO TnOTJ LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND' M A ?iE ?'?jJi^ES IN Til Y POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATI?8 GLORIOUS IN THY VOL.. 2.^*303* BENNETTS VILL.E, S. C., CAUSE.' 'AY, AUGUST 14, 1903. NO? 40. EATS 'EM ALIVE. Senator Barton trom Kansas No Match for Senator Tillman SAYS THE CHICAGO CHRONICLE To the Groat Force or tho South Carolina Senator this Pre judiced Newspaper Paya a Tribute. Senator lien Tillman has impressed them out west as a strong one, sure. They have pitted against him In a Joint debate on the race question Senatbr Rurton, of Kansas, who has held some sway as a scholar and an orator of ability. Read herein below what Senator Tillman has done to Iiis opponent from Kansas, as interpreted by the Chicago Chronicle: Whatever wc may think of the ideas and sentiments entertained by Renjamin R. Tillman, we cannot hut concede the force and virility of his character, lie has been called a bar barian, but if he has the barbarian's savagery he has likewise thc barbar ians strength. Ile is not the .sorter man against whom weaklings may bc sent. Thc people who are managing the hlppodroming debate between Senatur Tillman and Senator I lu rion owe it lo their patrons-the people who pay money at the box oltioe - to maintain-at least a show of a contest. ? They owe it to the country a! '-'rge to pit against the man from South Carolina some one who is capable of confuting him-some one who can expose the fallacies which Mr. Till man deals out with the air of an oracle. These be hard facts, and, bearing as they do upon the friend and ad viser 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 tn declare the Nnrth is no more pro-negro than the South, and adds that Senator Tillman, assuming it ls, sets up a man of straw which -. * Burton accepts and seeks to defend, . and which the South Carolinian demolishes in spite of the Kansas at tempt to protect it. There is nu more social equality between blacks and whites in Chicago than in Char leston. There is no more motion ol' amalgamating the races hy marriage lu New York than there is in New Orleans. The managers of the oratorical sol t glove contest owe it to the north to send a stout and worthy champion against the gentleman from South ? Carolina." Snob a champion will not utter feeble and prefunctory conven tionalisms about educating the negro. He will not use thc language of the tea party or church sociable. He will tell the truth and unmask humbug, and he will not be particular about the exact language he employs in do ing so. He will keep Ben jami ti ll. Tillman to the facts and he will make it perfectly clear that while the north is no more 'negrophile' than the south it is determined that thc south shall not disfranchise thc negro and still continue to count him asa basis of representation. There plenty of such men available. If the rhetori cal circus ls to continue their ranks should bc drawn upon. Mr. Uurton has neither the vocabulary nor thc personal standing for thc 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 thc man by the size and strength of the views he is airing on thc race question. Thc pa per's estimate, from which thc above is taken, deals too harshly with thc Kansan for failing to accomplish what all others from that section and other sections have failed to accomplish namely, to-answer Tillman'? argu ments. We recall an occasion in the United States senate wherein the stern faced old warrior from South Carolina stated his creed on very much the same lines as he has stated them out west. On that occasion he cordially invited any gentleman within Iiis hearing to arise and reply to his statements if they dared. Noue dared--or at least none replietir No newspaper called them weakling then, because such men as G. F. Hoar, Henry C. Lodge, Mar cus A. Hanna, John C. Spooner, Chauncey M. Depcw and Nelson W. Aldrich were there-to say nothing bf Platt and (?nay. The Chronicle goes on-to say that Tillman's "fallacies" ari; his beliefs that the north recognized thc negro as social equals and that the north want ed the fourth tu submit tp negro do mination, it wants some mau strong 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 than there is in Charleston. There is no more notion ol* amalgamating thc races by marriages in New York than there is in New Orleans." He would bc a strong man indeed who could prove this in the face of Hie Hooker Washington dinner given hy a New York President: the ap pointment 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; thc expenditure of Chicago money on educating the negro so that the laws which require an educational qualification of voters shall not dis franchise him in districts when* he outnumbers the whites. If such a man can he found we should he glad to pay tho price de manded at thc 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 had heard him down tills way long ago. He is not in Hie 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 p-swer the Tillman argu ment. It ne. : has been answered. It ls our tlrm conviction that lt will uever be answered hy word ?of mouth. Certain events now transpiring dai ly in the north lead us to believe that it will be 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. WHITE MAN LYNCHED. ?lob Takes Him From Victim's Fattier and HUIIRH Him. Despite the efforts of the victims father, Sheriff Richards of Asotin county Wis., who had sworn in 25 de puties to guard the man, William Hamilton, a well-to do farmer, the self-con fessed murderer of a little Mabel Richards, was forcibly taken rrom tho Asotin county jail shortly after midnight and lynched by a mol) of more than 1,000 men which had been congregating all day from all parts of Asotin county. About 12.15 o'clock a band of men, their faces concealed with handker chiefs, marched to the jail. Thc officers and guards were swept aside and the keys taken from the jailer. The bars ol* thc cell had to bc sawed before the door could be opened. Hamilton was then dragged from the prison and into thc yard. Meanwhile another hand of masked meti had marched to the jail. They kept back the crowd which had wait ed all night tor 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 been guarding the jail formed about captive and captors, and kept the crowd away. Wi ten the lynchers with Hamilton reached First and Killmore streets they halted under a guy wire connection electric light poles. Hamilton was -asked if li? wanted to confess. Ile did so. Finally he asked that his jewelry and trinkets he had he given his father and mother and it was promised that this would be done. Then there was another delay. The manner of Hamilton's death was being discussed. Some wanted to torture him, but it was decided to hang him. A mask was put over thc man's head, a rope aro?:nd his neck, thrown over the guy wire and seized hy many of the lyndheas. When they were certain he was dead the body was left suspended. The crowds then left. BEGGED IN VAIN FOR HIS LIFE. Green Fired in Cold Hlood Upon the l>viiif? ?lew Fetldler. A gentleman from A-ikcn who was in the city Monday states that the killing "of Shrasky, the* Jew peddler, was.a more dastardly piece of business' than it has been reported-and the puhlised 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. lt is claimed that eye-witness can be produced who will corroborate this statement. Thc man, George Toole, who was placed under airest, is in dan ger of serious trouble, hut it is claim ed in his behalf that he had nothing to do with thc assassination, that his only guilt is in not communicating to the officers of the law the news that he had fouud the dead body and lt was fear of G reen which prevented Toole from reporting thc matter. Green 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 McClcan. Governor Hey ward has offered a re ward for Creon's capture. This dastardly murder occurred near the Georgia line, a long ways from tlic Chinquepln section of the county which was the scene of bloodshed hut a few days ago. No Hunk Examiner. Thc Columbia Record says thc gov ernor, secretary of state, attorney general, comptroller general and state treasurer have decided that no state bank examiner could be appointed un der thc present act, owing to its de ficiencies. The hoard '.vas in session for a considerable time on the matter about which several letters have been written lo the governor. As thc law was Interpreted, however, the board decided that there was no lixed method hy which the banks could be assessed equally and no method of collecting the assessment by the re spective colinby auditors. Thc act is very general in its nature, simply pro viding for the appointment of an ex aminer, at a salary of $1,500 per an num, and was passed in 1 HOT. All the oilier administrations let thc matter go hy and the legislature has never taken it up again. The many de ficiencies in the act will be shown hy the attorney general, who ls prepar ing a review of it, and the 'egislature will have its attention called to these to remedy or not as it sees lit. Cash 1er ls (?OUR. On account ol' alleged shortage In the accounts of T. W. Dewey, cashier ol' Hie Farmers' and Merchants1 bank ol' Newborn, N. C., the bank has been compelled lo go into liquidation. The amount of the alleged shortage is large, hut the sum has not been ascer tained. There was no trouble about paying all depositors and creditors in full. Mr. Dewey, the cashier, left Newborn last Saturday night week slating Huit he would return either Monday night or Tuesday morning. He has not returned anti it ls not known where lie is. IC II led Fil'ty Turks. A special messenger rrom Monastia reports that the Mulgar ian insurgen Ls have dynamited the governor's palace in Hie town ol Krushevo, 22 miles north ol' Monastir. Fifty q'urks were killed. Two linds Drowned. The dead bodies ol' Ernest and Ray mond Connor, aged respectively ll and HI years, were found in Hie creek near their home ?it Harlow, N. C., Wednesday. It is believed that they had been playing on a raft and rell into thc stream. HE IS A DEMOCRAT. Bryan Gives a Full History of His Political Career. WHY HE VOTED FOR WEAVER. He Hu? Never Denied IIIB Affiliation With thc Democratic Party or Permitted it tu lie Questioned. The gold democrat?, unable to make a successful attack upon the princi ples for which Mr. Bryan stood tus the nominee ol' tile party, and which he now def ends, are attempting to ques tion his right to membership in tile democratic party. Three points arc urged against him. First, he is quoted as saying at some time (tlie dat? is not iixed) prior to I SOU j that lie was not a democrat, but a bimetallism Second, that lie voted for General Weaver in 181)2; and,- third, that lie advocated principles which are not democratic. Tl io lirst charge is cu ti rely without foundation. Mr. Bryan never at any time or place denied his political af filiation with tlic democratic party or permitted it to be quustiotu.il. His parents were democrats liefere him, and lie counted himself a democrat in his youth because his parents were, and after lie was grown, was a demo crat because of Iiis belief in demo cratic principles and policies, lie made democratic speeches In 1 SSO, be fore he was old enough to vote, and has made democratic speeches in every campaign since. He lias at tended demncratic conventions for about twenty years and has never been a delegate, to a convention of any other party. He has favored fusion with thc populists Iii Nebraska for the reason that upon the questions immediately belore the country the populists and democrats agree, their di Ile re noes be ing as to questions not reached. lu 18110 Mr. Bryan was nominated for congress by a democratic conven tion and was elected, defeating both the republican candidate and thc po^'j list candidate. Ho was renominated for congress in 1S'.'2 and again elected, defeating this time also a populist as well as a republican. In 181)4 lie was the nominee of the democratic state convention for tlic United States sen ate, but was not indorsed by tlie popu list state convention. While he would probably have received tlie votes of populist members of tlic legislature if their .%votes could have elected him, Just as Senator Allen luid received the democratic votes in tlie legislature two years before, thc republicans had a majority in thc legislature elected in 181)4-thc year in whicli Mr. Cleve land's administration was so overwhel mingly condemned. .- Nearly all of the populists vuted for a member ol'.thejr own party. At tlfe close of the G3rd congress, iii March, 18!)f), Mr. Bryan joined with Mr. Blsnd in preparing aud cir culating an appeal to the democratic believers in bimetallism to organize and secure control of the democratic organization. From that date on to the meeting of the Chicago convention he visited all parts of thc country, at tending democratic, meetings and con ventions and giving whatever assis tance he could to the democratic be lievers in bimetallism. There was never any question raised a.s to ids party relations. In 1891 a few democrats left the democratic state convention and nomi nated what they called "a straight democratic ticket." This ticket re ceived about live thousand votes in tlie state. The bolting organization was maintained until after thc election of lSiXi. In 1805 the organization se cured for this ticket an unfair advan tage by collusion witli thc republican judges. Tn 18'Jt' both organizations sent delegates to Chicago, and thc national committee, by a strict gold and silver 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 tlie minority did not present a report. D?ring all tills 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, lias stated that Mr. Bryan In the rall of IS04 Intended to speak in favor of the populist candi date tor governor in Virginia, but was persuaded not to do so by Mr. O'Far rall, then tlie democratic candidate for governor. Mr. O'Farrall may have been so informed, but if so Iiis inform ant was in error, Tor Mr.|Bryan never contemplated any such thing. The criticism, however, comes witli poor grace from Mr. O'Far rall, for while as serting that he prevented Mr. Bryan's speaking against him when lie. was a candidate for governor, lie bolted tlic nat ional ticket when M r. Bryan was a candidate Tor tlie presidency. Cer tainly his tight against a national can didate nominated by tho aid of Vir ginia's votes was a more serious breach than the failure to support a guberna torial candidate, even if Mr. Bryan had opposed Mr. O'Farrall, which he did not do. Tlie charge that Mr. Bryan voted for Mr. Weaver has already been ex plained and the lads have been pre sented so often that one must confess himself misinformed il he circulates the ciiarge as an evidence of Mr. Bry an's abandonment ol' the democratic party. As thc election of 1SU2 approached it beca nie evident that lt was impossi ble for the democrats to carry several of tho western states, hut that it was possible for thc democrats to assist tlie populist* in carrying them. This situation having laen fully discussed, thc democratic national committee, of which Mr. Harrity was chairman and Mr. Whitney the controlling spirit, (if thc word "spirit" can properly be used of the Whitney type), instructed to urge thc 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 thc republican column and throwing tlie election into the house of representatives where the democrats had a majority. Tlic evi dence of Ulis is conclusive, and hus been published timo and again. Tho j follow! ng letter from "J ames 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 Sin, 1 have just returned from the east where I honored by a consultation with ttie national committee and leading men of our party, with regard to the best policy to be pursued in Nebraska this fall in dealing with thc clcctorial ticket; and they agreed with me that Hie wisest course would bc for demo crats to support the Weaver electors; the object being to take Nebraska out of her accustomed place In thc republi can column. Information luis reaclied me that a number of independents who wcro formerly republicans contemplate vot ing for the Harrison electors. With the republican strength tluis'augmcnt ed it would bc impossible for thc democrats to curry their own electors' ticket to victory. His therefore thc part of good judgment, and wise action for democrats to support thc Weaver electors in ns large numbers as possi ble. For democrats to do this is no abandonment of principle; on the con trary, it is a dellnilc step toward vic tory, and the ultimate triumph of Cleveland and Stevenson, ano thu principles they represent. ?I AW i*JB E. HOYO. Mr. Bryan was then a member of congress as well as a candidate for re election, and announced that if thc election was thrown into the house he would vote for Mr. Cleveland, the democratic nominee, as against Mr. Harrison, thc republican nominee. Mr. I (ryan may bc justly criticised for having known so little of Mr. Cleve land as to prefer him to ?Mr. Harrison, hut from thestandpoint 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, lu thu election of |8'.lti Mr. Weaver was one of thc most active supporters of Mr. Bryan, while Mr. Cleveland turned tu republican advantage the in lluence which the democratic parly had given him. When Mr. Hryan hit came personally acquainted with tho two men, he found that General Weaver was infinitely more democratic than Mr. Cleveland in environment, principles, purpose and method. As tu the policies which Mr. Hryan has supported, only a word need be said. On the tarli? question no one will dispute his orthodoxy. Ile helped lo prepare the Wilson bill, which was much more acceptable even to Mr. Cleveland, than the senate hill after Mr. Gorman and Mr. Gorman and Mr. Hill got through with it. The free list of the Wilson bill was practically identical with Hie free, list set forth In Hie platform upon which Mr. .Bryan was elected in 181)0, four years before. Thc democrats of the G2nd and 63rd congress favored thc election of Uni't: ed States senators by direct vote of the people, and this.was made a part Of t?lt7r-ut?iuuurufali>.-^atf?Vm .- of "X?b?s This demand will bo found -Ra thc democratic platform upon which Mr. Hryan ran in 1800. The Wilston bill contained and income tax, and thia was supported by a large majority ol the democrats of the senate and house. Thc income tax was also demanded in Mr. Bryan's first congressional plat form also contained a plank in favor of Hie free coinage of silver, and dur ing that |ycar the democrats of thc house by an overwhelming majority voted to recommit the Sherman law with instructions to the committee tc bring in a free coinage bill (Ki to 1 be ing the only ratio then considered). For twenty years thc democrats of thc senate and house had been voting for bills embodying exactly the coinage provisions that the platform of ISor contended for. There was not a plant iu thc Chicago platform that was in consistent with the record of thc party on questions dealt with, and that platform was prepared by a committee selected from all the states of thc Union and was reported to tl ? con ven tion before Mr. Bryan's nomina tion was considered probable by uoj considerable number of thc conven tion. The money plank of the Chieagt platform, while identical with tin plank adopted by thc democrats of Ne hraska in ISO!, had been indorsed \v the democrats ?it thc primaries in til most all the states and no one can sa; that its adoption was not thc free ant voluntary act of the rank and lile o the patty. At Kansas City the uni. controversy was over the money plank No other plank of the Chicago plat form was questioned or opposed, am the dispute over thc money plank wa as to whether it should be rea ll lr met or reiterated. Mr. Bryan has defended the Chicag platform and thc Kansas City plat form, and if his democracy can b questioned because of his advocacy o those platforms, then thc same objet Hon must bc made to the dctnocrac, of tlie millions who believe In thos platforms ?is (irmly as he and have ad voca ted them as earnestly. Space has been given to the abov riot because Mr. Bryan's conduct o views ought to Influence others, 1m because Hie reorganizers are s?ekihj to make the. tight a personal on against Mr. Bryan, whereas it is a hi ought to be nude upon principles. J principle Is neither good nor had be cause lt is advocated by any mail; it i good or bad in itself, and this discus sion bf Mr. lilyan's personal connel tion with these questions would no appear itere but lor thc fact that th friends of the Kansas City platten: are continually annoyed hy the mb repr?sentations that are made hy th L'old democrats and hy the rep?blica papers which take great delight Iii as Histing the cold democrats. iMHtniel Ive Fire. ' Fire catwed hy lightning Wed nea day evening destroyed the Bon rho stock yards and two buildings ad joh: lng at Louisville, Ky. Four huudre and lifty head of sheep were burned Tim loss is about, $250,000 with it susu ranci one-half. Capt. Eberliai Dillmatr'aiid Fipeman Richard Mool were injured by falling timbers. / Killed by Min Son. A spicial to Hie Augusta Chronicl from Spread, Ga., says while in a ro with lils wile, Daniel Rivers, colore was Klint hy his son, Morgan River who stood up for his mother and fire two shots hilo lils father's heart kll ing bim instantly. i IE NEW POPE. Sartoj^a^enetion Cardinal Elevated .K |Sto'(the,^?opal Throne. Dlff S?'i WAHI THE HIGH OFFICE .W:_ nef^ ^J.S^Iu to bo a Strong Repra ;sehtatlvo of tho Liberal Eic . ].V.\ fiibnt of the Roman Cn th i - - ic Church. ? jhil Jos yarto, patriarch of Ven^jiivas eleoted pope of the Ro man-Oa^?lio Church at tho Vatican at R?ra? on Tuesday morning of last wcok?iiSuccession to Leo XIII. Ile was boru at Heise Juno 112, 18.'15, and created cardinal June 12, i?uil. Thc new pontiff decided upon thc namcor Pius 3Cv ??Whcn the count sltowcd the necessary two-thirds of the total num ber .ofjy?tcs cast had been obtained thc dogrs'of thc sistine chapel were oponed hy the secretary of the coil clave^-Mgr. Merry i>*il Val, and the masters- of ceremonies were admitted from Dov den College. The secretary then 'asked the successful cardinal, "bo ybu accept tho election?'' and re ceived a reply in the affirmative. All throne canopies were then lowered with thc exception of that of the suc cessful candidate. The masters of ceremonies next conducted the new pope to the rob ing closet where he laid aside his car dinal robes, donned the white stock ings, red slippers, long white tunic, white girdle, white cup, and red cape of the papal olllee. Ile returned to the chapel and was seated on the ulm!replaced on the h ?ghost step of thc altar, where the curd mais approached one by one and kissed the toot and then thc hand of the prelate and rc ? pi ved the I euCdjutiou of new pope. The new pope was then (rfveg the llsb erman's ring which he immediately returned for the purpose of having lils name engraved upon it. Tlic crowd around St. Peter's Square at 11:50 Tuesday morning watching .thc stove pipe over the sus tine chapel was the largest gathered there since the conclave began. It is estimated that 15,000 people were around the square. Cardinal Mac chi, secretary of apostolic briefs, ap peared on the Inside balcony of the vatican at 11:40 and niaoe thc an nouncement of the election. Later bc gave lt to thc crowd outside and the people shouted "Who Who?" the name having not been heard hy thc greater part of thc throng. Mac ohi repeated the words in Italian in a . louder voice saying "Cardinal Sarto, who calls himself Pius X." Fol?^wiqg thc announcement the flyjjjffil r?ptdlT?-daarna?gil. tbn peppin, - jamming through'the doorways^ to awaitf?tbe pope's blessing. Five min utes after the announcement the new pontiff appeared on the inside balcony of thc' vatican and blessed the people. Thq "cw pope is one of thc most learner! of the cardinals and is noted for h?s liberal views. His charities have gained him the affection of multitudes in his sec. Thc election tit this moment looks like a compro mise as thc pope, as Cardina Sarto, had taken little part in thc politics of the Vatican. Upon certain occasions, but these were very few, he has opposed the plans of Cardinal Ha m polia Leo's secretary of state. Like Leo the new pope has promise of long life. His aged mother is still alive and lives at Reise, Sarto's birthplace. The de tails of the voting are not yet known. It is learned, however, that Cardinals Herrera, Crctoni Langenichs Couille, Moccnni and Svampa were tuo ill to l?o to thc voting chamber. Struck, by n Storm. One of thc heaviest storms of thc year, and of brief duration, swept over St. Louis Wednesday afternoon. Thc furious, wird tore through the world's fair grounds, killing Theodore Rich ter, a llorist, probably fatally Injur ing A. R. Clark, a carpenter, and seriously injuring seven other work men, beside causing damage to world's fair buildings and other property generally throughout Mic city to thc extent of $10,000. The day had been extremely warm, thc temperature registering 04 degrees. Suddenly the sky began Lo grow dark, and soon af ter the storm broke with tho force of a gale. At tlie world's fair grounds tile agricultural building was struck by the gide and six laborers working an scaffolding were hurled to thc ?round. Theodore Richter, a llorist from Kirkwood suburbs, was on thc ground running to shelter when a Hy ing plank struck him. The world's lair lire department burned out and liastfy dug the injiirged from the tie uris and hurried them to th? hospital. A.. lt. Clark was so badly injured that it is believed he will die. A Colored Captain ni' 111(1 list ry. lt alfords us pleasure to note that| }horo IR one colored man in tile North, in Pennsylvania State, who does not .Ced for Mr. Roosevelt to open doors I if opportunity for him, but opens| Ihein for himself. It. is a short story iud is told hy the Philadelphia Re cord, In a dispatch from Pittsburg, asl follows: "Henry Vaunt, colored, was | jrdered to forfeit $50 Wednesday horning, charged with being a sus? licious person. Ile was arrested Tuesday evening and had a hag and rillhOok in Iiis possession. The police nan said that Vaunt was thc chain lion chicken thief of the world. Ill vas alleged that some time ago lie) vas sent to thc work Ixiuse for eigh teen months, where he admitted that, n Homestead alone, he had stolen "rom ti,OOO to 10,000 chickens." A Moiler lOxplnricfc. The holler of the Tuscaloosa, Light md Power company exploded Weil hes* lay evening, instantly killing Adolph lohnston and N. Johnston, negroes, ?cvcrely bruising Manager McGhec md Engineer Crawford and wrecking Jic plant. The city ls In darkness to llght. Tho boiler was carried two docks ou its way, passing through >rlck walls and landing in a d mart ncnt store, 500 feet away. Several dores were badly damaged. Loss >50,000, Insured partial. SLEEPS IN TWO STATES. And Neither Can Make* a Dual School i . t ". . . . Director RelinqulHh Oilloo. Nebraska school authorities are en deavoring to get rid of a school Pooh Bah out in Siox county, but so far without success. The state superin tendent has tried to demand or com pel him to take one of two oillccs, but the incumbent doesn't really see how he can. District .'19 of Sioux county borders on the state line between Nebraska and South Dakota. The director of No. 39 owns land in each state, and thc state line runs through Iiis house, leaving about half of it in each state. Bis sleeping apartment runs the full width or the house, and bis bed is so situated that no matter which way his head points part of him is asleep In Nebraska and part in Soutli Da kota. lie is a director in both thc South Dakota and the Nebraska districts, and although his Nebraska neighbors have been trying to get him to choose which job he wishes to hold and which state lie desires to claim as his resi dence, he decliner? to do either, Ile soys that inasmuch as he owns pro perty in each state and resides in both bc is eligible to vote In both at each school meeting held, Hcbas a son in-law in South Dakota and two sons lu Nebraska, and the combination is able to win out at both the Nebraska and the South Dakota school elections and to make the olu man u director of each. Superintendent Fowler has notified the district authorities that thc man must choose in which state he desires to make his residence, holding that there can be no construction of thc law Which will permit a man to vote twice at elections. Tlie old farmer has retorted that he doesn't vote twice at the election, but votes at two different ejections, and that so long as South Dakota people do not kick about' him he cannot understand why Ne braska should. He has been suspended by order of the superintendent until he makes his choice, but he insists on taking part in school affairs notwithstanding and Sioux county is -109 miles from the state capital. Thc I'hiitoraml tho Preacher. Au exchange says a preacher came at a newspaper man In this way: "You editors do not tell the truth. If you did you could uot live; your news papers would bc a failure." The edi tor replied: "You are right, and the minister who will at all times and un der ? circumstances tell the whole truth about his members, alive or dead, will not occupy his pulpit more than one Sunday, and t > he will lind it necessary to leave town in a hurry. The press and thc, pulpit g?* hand in. hand, with whitewash brushes iind-pleaoant^vordiii^ai^ifyJhg.Uittle virtue into big ones. Thc pulpit, the pen and the gravestone are the great salnt-maklng triumvirate." And the great minister went away looking very thoughtful, while the editor turned to his work and told of the surpassing beauty of thc bride, while in fact she was ?us homely as a mud fence. A Mean Thief. In a letter written from Montreal to thc pastor of his church In East Heston, Willard S. Allen, treasurer or the Preachers' Aid Society, of the New longland Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, confessed that he was a defaulter to thc amount of more than $80,000 of the society's funds. Mr. Allen has been treasurer of thc society for twelve years and clerk ol' thc East Boston District Court for twenty-nine years, and for sixteen years was a prominent mem ber of the school committee of Huston. He left home about a week ago, with out announcing his destination, and the lirst heard from him was the let ter to the East Boston clergyman. Mr. Allen said that he lost the money In speculation. Ile requests the minis ter to notify the members of the Al len family and the ollicers of the society of his confession. Tho Color Iiine. Thc color line has been drawn on board the United States receiving ship Columbia at thc Brooklyn navy yard. The chief petty officers have refused to mess with a negro who has just been sworn in as chief carpenter's mate. They have asserted their un willingness to associate with him In any way or to receive or carry out a*iy orders that may come to them through him in tlie line of duty. When Mil ler appeared at the chief petty olli cers' mess Wednesday, eight other members of the mess arose and left thc table when ha Kat down. Miller ate his dinner as if nothing out of thc ordinary had happened. Since then he has no company at meals. He has been allowed, when he reached the table first, to cat alone, and when others precede him lie has waited un til they finished eating. Mude u Clean Swoop. Thc .shortage of Thus. W. Dewey, absconding cashier of the Farmers' and Merchants Hank, of Newborn, N. C., proves to be $125,000, said to he the largest embezzlement in the his tory of the State. The reward for Dewey's capture has been Increased to $5,000. Dewey left only $l,:iJ0 in cash in the bank and $1,000 in gold, thimbling in cotton futures is one way in wilie}] the money went. Snlinon mid Milk. A dispatch from Gainesville Ga., to thc Augusta Chronicle says Mrs. A. V an boos ls desperately ill from having eaten canned salmon and drinking sweet milk with it, thereby causing plomaine poison. Her life has been despaired of and her children have been telegraphed to come to her bed side. Mrs. Vanhoos ls thc mother of Prof. A. Wi Vanhoos of Brenan col lege. Seven II um! red Drowned. A dispatch received at London says 70? persons were drowned In the dis-j astrous doods which occurred at Che Foo, China, July 27. The bridgeds within the city and many houses with their occupants were swept away hi thc torrent. Two thousand of the in habitants arc left without means or ubsistence. SOME PLAIN TALK In a Speech Ui-yrm Calls Cleveland a Plain Bunco Steerer. At Urbana, Ohio.,. four leading Democrats opened the Ohio campaign Wednesday, two weeks in advance of the Democratic State convention. William J. Bryan had been engaged to address the Urbana Chautauqua assembly .Wednesday afternoon and the Democrats of Champaign county held their convention od the Chautau qu grounds during the forenoon, at which addresses were made by Mr. Bryan, Jno. T. Zimmer of Springfield, Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland and ex-Congressman John J. Lentz of Columbus. The addresses all attract ed attention because of the direct re ferences to ?ertaiu men as well as to policies on which there are differences withiu thc party. Bryan referred to ex-President Cleveland repeatedly. Mr. Zimmer referred to the fathers of Democracy and thc eternal prin ciples of tho party. Then came Mayor Johnson and ex-Congressman Lent'/, in emphatic declarations that this was no time for "dead issues." The "keynotes" of tlic last two speakers were nob in accord with those of Mr. Zimmer, wt ose managers has secured the Champaign county delegates for thc nomination before ' Mayor Johnson reached the tabernacle. This is Mr. Ziramer's home county and thc convention stood l.'lO to 50 for Zimmer. Mr. Bryan received thc gre.-rtest ovation when he said: "The Demo crats in 1802 played a confidence game tm thc people and put a bunco steerer at thc head of the party. I want to say to you, my friends, that thc dis reputable man who stands on tim street curbing and leads thc unwary traveler into a game where he lusses his money, is respectable compared with tlic man whoaccept.i thc suffrages of live millions of people and then leads them Into Wall street to be betrayed. "Don't be deceived when they tell you it was the silver question that drove people out of the party. "Those who left the Democratic party are divided into two classes those who left because they under stood the Issue in the campaign and those who left because they were deceived in the issue of the cam paign. Those who understood the issue and left because they under- j 'stood lt can never return to the party until they repent and show that their hearts and sympathies are changed. The tight wWl continue in this country unfcil one side or the other is trium phant." He said he had more respect for a Republican than for any one calling himself a Democrat "who would put his principles on the action block or Into a jdnk shop." --^1'He-speech of Mayor 'Johnson was accepted as indicating that he was a prospective candidate for Senator lianna's place . Mayor Johnson intimated that if he ran for governor his platform would be reduced fares on all railways, in ad dition to his well known views on tax ation. * CHANGE IN SERVICES. An Important Invent in Methodist Churches Everywhere. The Methodist throughout the country, north and south, on Sunday began using the new order of service which has been recently decided on by a joint committee representing the northern and southern branches of the M. TR. Church. Tlie Southern Christian. Advocate, thc oflicial organ of the Methodists in tills state, in its last issue publish ed thc following oflicial statement which will be observed in all churches of thc Methodist denomination: Let our services begin exactly at the time appointed and let all our people kneel in silent prayer on entering the sanctuary. I. Voluntary, instruraeutal or vocal. (Optional.) II. Singing from thc common hymnal, the people standing. Ill The Apostle's Creed recited by all, still standing. (Optional) IV. Prayer, concluding with thc Lord's prayer, repeated audibly by all. both minister and people kneeling, I (a.) V. Anthem or voluntary. VI. Lesson from the Old Testa ment, which, if from the Psalms, may be read responsively, (h.) VII. Gloria Patria. (Optional.) VIII. Lesson from thc New Tes tament. IX. Notices, followed by collec tion, during or after which an olle tory may be rendered. X. Singing from the common i hymnal, the people standing. XI. Thc sermon. XII. Prayer, the people kneeling. XIII. Singing from the common hymnal, the people standing. (The order of prayer and singing may be reversed.) XIV. Doxology and thc Apostolic Benediction. (2d Cor., xiii, 14.) Hu Was a Jumper. A dispatch from Columbus, Ga., to Tiie Augusta Chronicle says a man who gave his name as John W. Tucker and from Goodwater, Ala., leaped from thc top of tho new bradford building on Eleventh street herc Thursday, landing first on some scaf folding and from there he fell to thc ground forty feet below. His head struck a sharp plank hut he raised up and after asking for and getting a drink of water, walked away remark ing that he could fall OOO feet without harm to himself. KtranRleil to Death. Edward Ti Williams, thc Chinese secretary of thc United States lega tion, has made an extensive invoti gation into thc execution of Shcn Chleii, the reformist journalist, who was put to death by orders of the Em press dowager July .'ll, and has hand ed Minister Conger a detailed report proving that thc exoeutioners, after beating Chien for three or four hours despaired of being able to fulfill thc empress dowager's orders and ycildlng to Shen's pleadings to end his misery, (strangled him with their hands. OUT OF THE NAVY. Negroes Not Wanted in the Enlisted Naval Service. THEY WON'T BE RECRUITED. Tho macks Mnko Good Enough. Sailors, bat the White Men Object to Their Presence In the Forecastle. Thc negro, as a part of the enlisted force of tho United States navy, is to ' be eliminated. Hereafter it ls to bo the policy of the recrultlug -'agencies of the navy to discourage the enlist- 1 ment of black men for service on American war vessels. A system of elimination is to bc inaugurated, and, whits it is to bc put into opcratiou gradually, it will eventually weed out every negro serving" before thc mast, and the enlisted force of the navy will be com pased exclusively of white men. Olllcers of the navy are not willing now to discuss the subject, for fear of raising protests and criticism, but lb is believed the idea of a white navy is to be realized, notwithstanding any criticism that may be made. At present there are about 29,000 enlisted men In the navy. . lb is esti mated that aboub 500 of these men arc black. It is probable that only a few enlistments of negroes will be made during the next three or four years, and as soon as the terms of those now serving expire they will bo allowed to go. Thus the number leaving thc. sor vice will be greater than bhosc entering ib, and in time all the negroes will disappear. It is alleged that thc white men in the navy are dissatislicd over the pres ent practice of enlisting negroes free ly, and are constantly in a state of discontent hy reason of unavoidable association with thc blacks on ship board, A striking illustration of the feeling of the white sailors against the blacks was furnished a few days ago, when at a Northern port bhe white men of an American naval ves sel committed a series of assaults ou negroes serving on the same craft. Both parties were on shore leave, and the whites, coming in contact with the blacks, beat and hammered them unbll bhe negroes'were obliged to seek refuge on board bbc ship, where they were under bbc protection of the com missioned olllcers. The white enlisted men object especially to being obliged to mess with thc negroes on board ship. They also object to other forms of bhe ser vice which compel them bo regard tho negroes as their equals in every re spect. From bimc bo bime there have bec'irgrumblings and evidences of dis- - content, and ''officers of tho service have come to the conclusion that lb would bein the interest of good or der and disciplines on hoard Bhip and on shore to organize a white navy and allow the Wacks to disappear from, thc service. It is not denied bhab in mauy cases the negroes who enber the navy make good sailors. Their work in ordinary capacities, bo which bhey are assigned, is compared favorably with that of the whlbe men with whom they associate, and from a sbricbly military stand point bhere is very libtle complaint against their conduct. Bub the white men serving wibh bhe negroes asserb bhab they will force bbc blacks oub of the service, and, judging from what is to occur in blie sysbcm of enllsb mcnts, they have already gained bheir poinb. There are about 5,000 enlisbcd ne groes in bhe army, bub coudiblons in bhe army and navy are uob alike. In bhe array bhe negroes do nob serve in the same regiments as bhe whites. They have organizations of bheir own in bhe Infantry and cavalry. Thus, while fighting in battle side by side with the whites, bhey live, while in barracks and in camp, aparb and among bhemselves. There is no op portunity for social equality, and no complaint has been made in bhe army. The quesbion has been occupying bhe attention of naval oilicials for some time. No formal order has gone forth for the elimination of the negro from bhe service, bub thc undersband lng is clear among bhe officials. The departmenb wants a "loy white" navy, and lt is to secure one. A Great Orator. Sam Jones says Bryan may be politically dead, but personally very much alive, and pays him compliment: "Ile is the speaker at a score or more of the chautauquas again this year, and bhe crowds who Hock to hear him arc as greab as of yore. He does now bouch on politic0, in his lecture on "The Value of an Ideal," but gives bbc people a greab lecbureand throws Into the lecbure hischarnfing person ality and his splendid oratory. He ls nob only a drawing card, but he ls one of bbc greatesb living oratbis, If nob the greatesb." lie Stole WntcbcB. The Charleston Post says Chief of Police Hoyle received information Tuesday afternoon from Florence, stating that Marry White, the negro who was arrested recently with seven teen watches in his possession, is wanted in Florence, being charged with stealing the watches from a man named Painter, a resident of that place. Chief Hoyle has communicat ed with the authorities ab Florence, and an other is expected to arrive Tuesday morning to carry White back to answer to thc charge of grand larceny. Au Old Timer. A bronze charlot, discovered a year ago in excavabions near Home, has jusb been purchased in Paris for bbc Metropolitan museum In New York. It is in a good state of preservation and is believed to date from a period about 700 B. C. AN American lady in the Philip pines, ab a reception to signalize bhe opening of a hotel, wore, $80,000 worth of jewelry, and later in the nighb thieves entered the honso and stole many of the g?ms which she had displayed.