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The "DO THOU LIBERTY CIREAT. INSPIRE ODR SOULS AND MARK OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OP. OUP. DEATH? GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE/ BEN IM ETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1904 NO. 88 PARKER SPEAKS. Challenges Comparison of Cleveli nd's Administration With the EXTRAVAGANT AND CORRUPT Policy of tho Hopublloauu and. Ad Jure* Hi* Auditors that farly Dissensions Over Details Should Ile Avoided. At ills home In Esupus Judge Parker Thursday received pledges of loyal support from editors of more than two hundred Democratic news papers, representing ebie (ly the mid die west and the south. They caine on a special train from New York to Hyde Park, crossing thence in the ex cursion steamer St. Julius, on whioh they afterward had luncheon and re turned to New York. The speeches were delivered at the edge of the Rosemont veranda. After the speech es an Informal reception was held. Upon the arrival of the boat the editors marched up to Rosemount, headed by the Seventh New York regiment band, which played "Hail to tho Chief" aa they reached the house. Josephus Daniels of Haleigh, N. C., introduced Charles W. Knapp of St. Louis as spokesman fur the edi tors. Mr. Daniels said: "There are 6,100 newspapers In the United States supporting Parker and Davis. Commissioned by muny of them by letter or telegram, nearly one tenth of the whole number have come in parson to this Democratic mecca to convey assurances of earnest and enthusiastic support. I have the pleasure and distinguished honor of presenting Charles W. IC napp of the St. Louis Republic, who will vuice the sentiments of the eutire indepen dent and Democratice press uf Amer ica. M r. Iv napp was warmly applauded as he arose and, facing .1 udge Parker, said In part: "We rejoice that the principles and policies of Democracy have lound so worthy an exponent in 1904 because we realize that every great popular movement must present to the people both the Idea and the mau for thc hour. We gave both and we are proud'of the mau who impressively demonstrates that he wuuld rather be right than president. "We meau that he shall be presi dent because he is right. 'How a character, said a distinguished writer, 'and you reap a destiny.' We shall prove the truth of the apothegm. The Democratic party p'anted Alton B. Parker at St. Louis and it will reap the presidency. " It was some time before the ap plause following Mr. Knapp's speech subsided sut.lcientlyjor Jycj?c?i?rker cw tiegtrrnir"rep*ry; which" was as fol lows: WEI.COME TO ROSEMOUNT. "It ls Indeed a great pleasure to welcome to Rosemount this body of representatives of the great Ami rican press, one of the mighty forces In the upbuilding and strengthening of a 'sturdy American citizenship. "The leaders who have made a thoroughfare through history down which In all the centuries their fame will march with giaut strides, have all been men who though unmoved by hasty expression of the hurried judge ment of the people, were yel guided :ln all their public acts by the knowl edge of what the deliberate and ma ture judgment uf the pi opie wuuld be. The sources of great papers are those willoh anticipate the careful judg ment of the majority. Though the in stant decision of the pec p'e may be often at fault, thc ripe and li nal de elston is always fur the right and the part of leadership is to know the right and tu honestly, patriotically, fearlessly and zealously advocate it. JuBt as long as the press can discern :and lead the unhurried and well con sidered judgment of the people, so long will its power grow might ily, and so long will lt hold its place In the front rank of the unfaltering and vig orous march uf national progress. Tu the upbuilding uf the puwer of the .press and tu the best use of that pow >ur you have devoted yourself. "1 Bhall not take up yuur time with :any reference to the great Issues upon which our party through its platform :aud candidates coutidently appeal to the people for endorsement, but crave your indulgence while I brlelly refer o a tir gh f ature of the platform of the Republican party. "That platform opens with a decla ration of that party's many years nf tcjntrol uf government, coupled with the assertion that it "has displayed u high capacity for rule and govern ment, which titus been made even mi re, conspicuous by the incapacity and In lirmlty uf pm pose shown by its oppo nents. ' A ?IIAI.tRNOK A< < KI'TKI). "This challenge to a comparison ol' Democratic and I'epublicin adminis trations since tim Republic in party came Into existence should be wel comed. Fortunately we have e'ght recent years of Democratic adm luis trallon of the executive department of the government which we will glad ly compare with any similar periud .-since 18(i0. "The comparison will show that under Democratic cunttol the admin istratlve purity of the fathers was observed in the conduct of the gov ernment, that no one of its depart ments was permeated as of late with corruption rivaling the days of the star route frauds, that a suc.ee sf ul elfort wys made to check the growth of expenditures, that it. resulted in each instance in cutting down the ex penses within the control of thc de partment of the government below that of the preceding administrations. 'The comparison will show also that each succeeding Republican adminis tration after IMUS increased expenses, and In Borne instances so greatly as to Indicate reckless extravagance and ^waste of the people's money. "The sturdy honesty, marked abili ty and thorough devotion lo principle of all those In high places during those Democratic administrations may without hesitation be j. I iced alsongsldeof the qualifications of simi lar olllclals In any and all other ad ministrations. Who, I pray you, would hesitate to compare the mern bera of the cabinet of these year? with tbe present one, or willi auy one. Is the fame of Bayard, Manning, Fair child. Endicott, Whitney, Vilas, Dickinson, Garland, members of the 1884 cabinet, and Olney, Carlisle, Lamont, Smith, Francis, Herbert. Ulssell, Wilson and Harmon of that of 1892 dwarfed when contrasted with the cabinet olllcers of today? When the comparison ls once completed you wili be eager to ask i he people winch is the better. They will declare the v.ctor in the contest between adminis trations to be the one which, in addi tlou to other excellencies, saved many millions a year to the nation. EXTUAVAUANUE HUNS ItlOT. "Extravagance ls running riot in federal, State and municipal govern ments lu spite ol' the weh directed ef fort of some excellent util dals. The indebtedness of the municipal govern ments is steadily piling up. bond is sues are increasingly frequent and the people have not the satisfaction in many Instauces of a full equivalent lu improvements for tho money ex pended. And the federal govern ment is leading iu the race of great expenditures. Ere long the people will demand a reform iii administra tive expenses. "And they will do it now if they are made to appreciate thc whole truth. "The Democratic parly's nota ma chine, It is a budy of citizens who be lieve that on the whole Its fundamen tal principles are best adapted to the conduct of the government. "Among so many patriotic and in telligent men it is inevitable that divergence of opinion as to minor questions and differences of view as to the correctness of the disposition of dead Issues should be found. The party is coucededly united today as to every vital articles of faith which can reasonably enter Into the pending can vass. "Our adversaries are entrenched In full possession of every department of ! th,-> government and lt i- a mistaken j policy that would drive away voters ; who would help to oust them. The : cause cannot I.e advanced by attacks 1 on others within the party with whom j we have had disagreements, but who I are now working with us for a com mon result. All men who have at tained any degree of prominence have their friends and the exercise of ordi nary prudence forbids the alienati in of allies who are willing and anxious to assist. The coming election is not to be determined by the September vote in hopelessly Republican Slates where local issues and candidates even are grievously handicapped but the re sult in Vermont only admonishes us and there can be no harm in giving voice to the admonition-that a har monious co-operation. of all and the elimination of personal, factional, and unimportant dill' ren?es Involving uo surrender . of. principle,- ar? -on?ential~ to success." Applause greeted Mr. Daniels' in troduction of Mr. Knapp and during the latter's speech thea; were many shouts of "(loud for you!" and similar expressions of appreciation. wren CLOSEST ATTKNTIO.V. j .ludge Parker's speech was listened I to with the closest, attention hythe . editors, many of whom never heard j liim speak. Judge Parker read most, ?of lils speech and made no departure j from the written t* st. Ile re id with great care and deliberation, ming tew i or no gestures. Th'.; editors frequent ! ly applauded and several times broke , into cheers and laughter at the speak er's attacks upon the Republican ad ministration. The highest pitch of enthusiasm was reached toward the close when he deprecated attacks on others within the party. Cries of "<!uol!" "That's right:1' and Hie like broke from various parts of the audleuce and for several m< - ments the speaker had to walt for quiet. Editors from the various sect ?un of the country broug.it to the candidates reports of the political situation in their lerrit >ry. After the speaking was over Judge Parker and the members of the fami ly gieeted all the guests at an infor mal reception held on the veranda. The entire delega!iou and other visi j tors than proceeded to t he boat, where ; luncheon was servt d. Tho Author ol' Dixie. A movement is on foot to erect a i monument to the memory of the 'authur of "Dixie," Daniel Decatur Emmett, in Mt. Vtronon, Ohio, thc i eily of his bl rt li and death. I ' pun the I occasion of the death of Mr. Emmett. J wliich occured recently, the mayor of Mi. Vernon, at the request of the lodge of Elks of that city, who had j charge of the funeral, appointer! a committee ol' i l iniment citizens to act a memorial commission to solicit ?and receive sui scrip", ions lo the fund j for the monument. Those desiring io subscr?belo the fund should send re mittauccs to the secretary of the commission, Mr. J. D. Smoofx, al Mt. I Vernon, < >hio, who will make acknowl edgment of the sam *. I II a Had Ki s. The State of Mississippi basin its! treasury Sl.f?0 and th i ; is no relief ! in sight. Much doubt is expressed in ' financial circles whether a firm of New York and Chicago t rol?os who recently purchased a State bond issue of half a million dollars will pay fi r them and the banks of Hu; Slate seemingly are unwilling to advance money for immediate use. No pay j ments of taxes are due l r ?10 days and a proposed special session of the \ legislature could not bring relief with in thal period. ?Harriet! Again. Ex-Gov. Ilokert L. Taylor ol Ten nessee was married lo Mi..s Mam e St. .lobo of Clnlhow i--, Va., \\ e lui sda; afternoon at I.JU o'clock. Thc wed ding occurred at the bride's I.e and was attended by many uf thc wide circle of relati ms. Gov. Taylor has been married three lim s, having been divorced only a few months ago from bis second wife at Knoxville.! dov. and Mrs. Taylor will reside, at Bristol. _ Killed by A Traill. Oeorge Burton, a negro drayman of Greenwood, while lying on the rail road track drunk on Sunday night, was run over by an engine and killed. As Greenwood is a prohibit lon town Burton evidently got his whiskey from a biind tiger. FEAST AND ROAST. While Democratic Id tors Eat and Drink They Roast Rep?blica ns. FIVE HUNDRED AT A BANQUET. tlotiei>lt I'll Ut 7.01- SIMKIH a I.Ottcr Urn- ] lng J uti jro Parker to lie Moro ' AKKI'CBH?VO III flin < 'no- , (lUlacr. Nearly f>00 Democrats editors from ( all parts of the United States met at thc Waldorf-Astoria In New York , Wednesday night, the occasion behn; j a national conference of the Demo- , eratic editors which was called at, the j instance of the Democratic national . committee. The toast list Included several of . the bed- known Democratic editors of ' the country and all of them respond ed io toasts on political subjects. ( Sylvanus E. Johnson, Washington ( corrcsponuent of the Cincinnati Ku quirer and former president of the , Gridiron club, was the toastmaster. , A large orchestra furnished music ( during the dinner. When "Dixie" ? was played the diners, many of whom were from tho south, jumped to their feet and the "rebel yell" was given t several limes. Enthusiasm was at , the highest pitch when the selection . was encored. Col. Johusou, in a brief speech, Introduced Col. Henry Wat- l lerson, who responded to Hie toast "The Dsuo and the Outlook." f Herman Bidder followed with an | address giviug reasons why Indepen , dents should support Parker, saying J the country needed a safe man in the , presidential chair. A letter from ! ? Joseph Pulitzer, written from Har Harbor, Me., to Chairman Danie's, io which the writer stated that physical ( inliiiiiitles prevented bis being pres ^ cut, was read. Tue letter in part j was as fellows: i MK. I'UMTV.EU'S LI?TTKK. ( "Tile result in Vermont, reported ' today, should lie accepted as i warn- 1 lng, not os a discouragement. Ile- ' member that the largest to*ial vote ' ever cast in Vermont is only 50 uno. lt is absurd to suppose tba! the re sult of a presidential election is decid [ ed, or even foreshadowed, in tb?: fast- j liesses and farms of the little green ( mountain State. The contest is to t be fought out in New York, the | Empire State, whose habit s to \ote t Independently; in the rich tod popu lous industrial cities |of Connect!- s cut and New Jersey ; on the wide t plains and busy marts of Indiana, ( Wisconsin and Illinois, and lu che t doubtful States of the farther west t There are signs of a reacthm against ? protection, p/ivilege and plutocracy; t against p^monal government,.militar"- <? 4^jn,- \;>?T?avngAnce arni tri i polltlcaTK power of the trust. Mr. Roosevelt's j weakness as a candidate in his own c State bas been demonstrated at every ? election. Should he carry the conn- ; try in November, as ?tis possible that \ be may, the adverse voleo! New York r would serve as a salutary check on bis ( usurpation of power and no ell'irt ^ should be spared to secure this result. , The lesson of the Vermont, election is v that the independent and the Demo- | orals must work with Increased vigor | and under a more thorough system. c Truth may he self-evident, but it is not .self-enfoicing. Truth is mighty y ln;l it will not prevail without all the c aids of publicity. Truth must be t proclaimed, illustrated, established, | enforced. Most important of ali % truth must have a leader. A WOK ll TO Till-: JUTHIK. C "The result of the Vermont elec- s lion make it, In my judgment, all the more imperative that Judge Parker ' shall realize and perform his duty to t the millions of honest voters who seek no ofllce, Ii ok for no personal gain in I this election, but who see in bim an r ideal and ;> hope and a pire to prc- ' strvc through him the institution; tliey love. The people need a judicial chief magistrate, but not too judicial a candidate. Thc judge is trained to 1 look at both sides of Hie e ise; Ihe ' candidate si? uld have bis hands full in looking after his own. b'rom a judge -s is expected cautious deliberation; from the candi late inspirai ion, euer- ' vry. promptness and aggresive impulse, j1 I tis the part of a leader to hal in ' the c unbat of Ideas, in the coi ll et of principles, in thc denunciation of public wrongs, in Hie pr?sentation an I enforcement of tint h. "lt i-, li c.ius'j I SO strongly desire I Judge Parker's eleetion that I ..peak so plainly on this subj ci : 1 admire his judicial temperament, 1 appreciate thc great personal sacrifie s bc has made in accepting the nomination. ' Hut having accepted il, I earn? st ly, lag ol you when you sec l im tomor row to urge that be accept also the full responsibilities nf bis position: that he will not. permit the campaign in New York the pivotal State to te mismanaged by the small poli ticians who leset him: that he will in the next, (?0 days ba even more than heretofore the people's leader and teacher, their tribune ?md advocate. 'Signed) "JOBKI'll PULIT/.BU." Ulai U Howell, editor of the Atlanta 0 n .tit inion, spoke to the toas:, ' ' I ie moer at ic Success, thc Guarantee of National Unity." Mr. Howell's reft renee to mob vi?lenos was vigor ously elli ered. Tills part of Mr. Howell's speech was as follows: "I speak fie sentiment of the south of tod ai the new s iutb, if you will win ii 1 tell you thal Hie mistaken al titude of tho Republican president has ihuie mere, to cl.eek the real pro gress of the negro than all else that bas been doce since thc war. His stubborn disregard of Hie advice of even bis osvM party re I erees in the staiesaii.'ci-d, in his mad determina 1 on thai whil e constituencies should bc. served by negro olllcelioldcrs ex clusively in the south for it would be repudiated in the north has re kindled the slumbering embers of racial host ?lily to a ting ree that has not been known since the days of III cons', ruction. 'I'll K UKNTI.K MCKINI.KV. "Was lt necessary? Let them ask Hm memory of their martyred Mc Kinley, who, twice honored with the presidency, died with .south ?uni north kneeling together at his bedside unit ing their prayers that Hod might spare lils life. Typical Republican tbat lie was, just aud fair to white aud black alike, there was something in bis gentle demeanor that said to Hie whole country tbat though placed lu his exalted oillee by partisan instru mentality he was indeed tim presi dent of all the States and all tho sec tions. Alas, thc pity of the unful filled promise that his suecetsor would continue the policy wbicb had so markedly contributed to the spirit of Hie national unity, and as the result of wbicb even tbe Republican party nade enough eonveits iu Hie south to jreak Its solidity and to mike doubt ful several States, which by tho change )f policy are today more certainly Democratic than ever. Even as Democrats we bad boped that the tima lad come, by God's grace, wlieu while men could ditter ou economic ssues without fear of sacrificing their utilization or ol lmmo'atlng lntelli s'ei.cj and good citizenship upon tbe iltur of illiteracy, corruption and racial disturbance. "Cst the Republicans should want furtQer testimony tban that offered jy the kindly attitude of their iwu McKinley, let his successor ask me negro himself-not tbe politic il typo out for the loaves a .d lishes, but jlie conservative representative of his race-if tlie changed policy has beeu productive of g JO.1 or evil to tbe rice n promoting harmony or discord be tween it and thoie who, in the very lat ure of tilings, ought to be, and ne, their best real friends. "1 would not deny them a single righi tn which they arc justly entiil :d II >r would our people. As cou ?cieutious well wishers of a race, that s among us, and which ls here to ?tay, we but ask the privilege of co ipcrating with its better element to ward the upbuilding and the uplift ng of tlie rase to the plane of good ?iti/.ensbip. "More than that, I would bespeak or them at north the same considera tion they receive in the south though requcntly denied them in Republican ir?n.?-that ot having the right to :am their own bread by the sweat of .heir brow, and of protection from Utsault whi n, as happened under more ?bau one Republican governor, they lave asst. rted that simple right. WH AT TUB SOUTH ASKS. "All the s nilli asks is to deal with ibis question as its c inscience and its udgemeut dictates, and we pledge , .hat the solution will be for the best if all concerned best for the negro, jest for tlie whites and best for the :ountry at large. "I am aware of the fact that In rc iponse to th's suggestion the Repuhli ;an reply h to point to au occasional mtbreak against the law as evidence ? ihat we need help from partisan sour ies-but our answer is that for every itatesboro there is a Wilmington, and .hatoccasional esprVsrdoua.yCiwr;b v' imw;- bo ?ve vor-QTijusti liable, ara no nore expressions of public sentiment n Georgia or Texas than when they iccur, with leis cause to provoke them, n Illinois or Indiana. Why, even dr. Rasse veil in lils 'Winning of the iVest bas gone further than the most . abid apologist fer mob violence in leorgia or Illinois would think of toing; for In defense of lynching for lothing worse than horse stealing he : vrote: 'In many ol' the cases of lynch ' aw which have come to my knowledge ! ilie elT-'Cb has been healthy for tlie 1 omrauuity.' "Eliminate the race question, xs a 1 io! i tica 1 Issue, and you have put the ' lapstone on tim pryamld of national ' i n i Ly. Itepublicans no less than 1 lemocrals should welcome tho d ty vhen it is done, for then will, all the ! itat.es divide in healthy contention ' iver economic issues and tbe country viii be the bcttsr for it. i .Ioho ll. Stol), editor of the South tend, Ind., Tunes, responded to the 1 oast, "Triumphant Democracy." Andrew McLean, editor of tlie \ irooklyn Citizen, closed thc speech- 1 raking wt.en he responded to "The lemocracy of the Empire State." 1 Kevin) I'nHHCiifjor'H Killed. I Tlie soul.hh nind Wabash passenger rain which left Des Moines for St. 1 .ouis at ii. I" a. m., was wrecked Tuesday mar Pendleton, Mo., killing ?even pasengersand injuring'toothers. The train, which was compo-ed of an ?iigine, baggage and .smoking cars, lay coach, diner and Pullman sleeper, vas well lided, it being estimated by 1 Wabash otliclals that there were about 1 100 passengers on board. The train j .vas running at Its seht chile speed .vhen thc accident occu red. Tlie fay coach left the track and, break ng lose from the baggage and smok- | ng cars, plunged down an embank neut, dragging the diner willi it. I PbC rollman did not leave the track. | The heavy dining car crashed on top il" thc co ich and Hie maj irlty of those killed au 1 Injured were passengers in ihe latter. Chbwetl Oil' Hin None, in a rough and tumble light at close range in Greenville on Wednesday Lum Ward, a farmer, who lives se ver il miles from that city, used his teeth lo amputate tlie nose of John Collins. The. msc hung by apiece ol skin. Almost the entire outer port ion had Itecii severed from the face, running back as far as the hone. The cartilage hid been completely billen in two. Hi rc was also a wound on the right! hand. Dr. Brandet, after dressing thc ii >se, put it in position, taking several stitches in thc tlesh to keep it In place. He has some hopes that il may unite and heal, but. said Thursday night that the chances of Its doing so were but slim. OpnoHOH tb?- Brien mil. Kev. W. C. Creighton in a sermon at Hie Methodist church at Cukes bury recently took occasion to sty that he was most strenuously opposed lo thu Brice bill. Ile said lt was a blow, devised by politicians, at the dispensary law, and while lie was a prohibitionist from practice and prin ciple, the dispensary was far prefer able to the open bar-room. And if the people had tried as bard to enforce the law as they had to break it up, we would have had prohibition. Made a Haul. Burglars made a raid upon Yadklns ville, N. C., on Tuesday night. They blew open the safe of tlie county treasurer and got betweer. $s,ooo and i 10.000 and then blew open the post oillce safe and got $410 more. V /RAILROAD WRECK. It^ Whioh Four People Are Killel and Many Wounded. - OKT5 TRAIN FALLS ON ANOTHEI .Xml CruHhcB lt to Atoms. It li Claimed that tho Ilailroad ' j TrCUlle Wau Tampered With. 'Shortly after 1 o'clock Friday morn lug train No. 41 on tbe Seaboard Ali Line railroad, c insisting of an ex presa car, a mail car, two day couche: and, a Pullman sleeper, was derallec at a trestle Just south of the Catawbi river in South Carolina, and 22 mlle: southwest of Monroe, N. C., and thi! was followed by the wreck of a llghl eugine and caboose, resulting In tin death of four personsaud the injuring of 3$ others. The following persons were killed: Engineer E. Y. Harksdale, Abbe ville, S. C. Fireman Ed. Roberts, colored, At lanta, Ga. Mis F. T. Ulack, Ilaverhill, Ohio, neck broken. Mia. T. S. McMunus, Wilmington N. C. T1UC WOUNDKD. Th'.*, following'were seriously hurt: Mrs. James Clay. Oakland, Tenn., fractured jaw. T. C. Jerome, Atlanta, Ga., slight ly bruised. v Mrs. T. C. Jerome, Atlanta, shout der aiid head injured. Dr. E:1-?rd Banks, Athens. Ga., back Injured. Mrs.' Sidney Herbert, Maitland, Ela., foot umputated; may die. Mrs. Jerome Sllvey, Atlanta, bruised. G. W. Hinson, Lenox, Ga., jaw in jured. Tom Mitchell, colored, brakeman, Abbeville, S. C., head and shoulders injured. Pink Carpenter, Monroe, N. C., por ter, held and body injured. The follewing were slightly hurt: V. S. Ellerby, Atlanta, colored, Pullman porter. J. G. Turner, Atlanta, Pullniau coud uet-or. (!. II. Meares, Monroe, N. C., engi neer. J. Duncan, Abbeville, S. C., brake man. H. H. Chapman, Abbeville, S. C., conductor. G. 11. .Davis, Atlanta, express mes senger. W. Fflrman, Atlanta, mall clerk. R. .T.V>%it, Monroe, N. C., conduc -,.i - * ,:.Jiuu<iu. < 1;. U. 5S\ .eman, address unknown. T. C. Horton, address unknown. Mr. Black, address unkno *n. Robert Selgler, address unknown. Moble Qritlln, address unknown. A number of colored laborers also were slightly hurt. WHAjr liNOlNKKlt MKAKKS SAYS. The wrecked train was ruuning Lbout tl) miles an hour"when the tres Lie, which ls about .lui) feet long, manning a meadow near the Catawba river, gave way. Tire engine and cars passed over but were drawn backward into t he abyss and upon the other cara the light engine and caboose piled in JU top of the train of wreckage 'je to-re it could be Hagged. < ?aston Meares, the engineer of the pas,enger train, escaped with some bruises and a painful scalp wound. How he escaped death is beyond his jwn or any one else's comprehension. Ile said that he was driving at the rate of -10 miles an hour as he crossed the bridge. Just before the engine liad swept entirely clear of the struc ture, he felt it sinking, but the Impe tus carried the engine and all the cars except the lirst class passeugi rs car mid tile Pullman clear of the yawning gulf which was left when half the bridge collapsed but the engine and oars were swerved from their course to tlie right, tearing the rail loose from Its fastenings and hurling the entire train upside down over an em bankment to the meadow, about feet below. A scene horrible beyond description ensued. The accounts of the surviv ors are terrible. Winn the trail went crashing over the embankment, every light went out, passengers wen thrown heads over heels against tia sides of the coach! s, bleeding ant bruised, A natural panic took them some were iendered unconscious for ;i motin nt. Mrs. Black, sitting neal her husband, gave a short cry ant when he managed to strike a mate) and lind her body he discovered thal she was dead, her neck having heel broken. She was the only passenge killed or evin hurt seriously iu tin lirst accident, Tl IR Ult A K KM ANS IKY. As the scrambling aud shouting went on in tbs dark, above the uoisi a brakeman with bis head half wa: out a window was heard lo shout: "My God, thc freight train is com lng ugon us! ' In less than a minute the freight which had lt ft Monroe 15 minutes be hind the passenger, came whizzing, along the tracks, struck the opel space where the bridge bad fallen ant plunged its way through the passenge cars. Mrs. McManus then met he (hath, tho freight engine bavlnj crashed through the side of that pas sengt r car in which she was, crusbiin her body into a shapeless in tss. Tin engineer of the freight train mus have met his death instantly. Hi body was found in thc cab of tin overturned engine with his heai crushed but wit,li few bri ises on hi body. Wheo his body was dug onto thc debris Friday lils watch wa still running on time. His lire in ai escaped will, a few minor injuries. ^The wr. vt developed at least on< hero. Mr .Mack, whose wife, wa killed beside him, was thc last man ti leave thc caches, and what he dh the very lirst thing was to walk, witl all his hrulsul condition, to Catawb; Junction, tvb miles away, get iutx the telegraph otllcc and send to Mon roe for help. He ls a telegraph opera tor In thc sttvice of the Norfolk ant Western rat Iliad and was going to At lanta with bi wife to testify there ii a railroad sdt, He hardly realize the blow he las sustained, ar.d sat al day OD tue bank nearby with mourn ful eyes and muttering to himself "My God, what an ordeal for a mai I to bear." A HEAL* OK JUNK. The mass of wreckage of the twi trains ls like a heap of junk. Hill I road men said that they had neve seen such a complete demolition of en glnes and coaches. They are'lylni 1 heaped and crushed together. Looklui at the conglomeration, people wonde that any one escaped. Tbe wreckini ciew from the Seaboard shop H at Ab neville, S. G., arrived at about li o'clock Friday morning and began t> . clear away debris, lt will take days t r get the line In passable condition, al . though the trains are scattered to th , side of tbe track and lo tbe ravin j Into which thc bridge fell. t George S. Fit/.water, chief detectlv of tbe Seaboard, arrived un the seen early in the morning and tojk eharg ' of the situation until organized bel , arrived, lie said Friday afternoo \ that bc had found some spllus an ' bolts and two angle bars which ha been removed from the track wit claw bars, and he said he was cont dent tbat ditty wotk bad been dont Mr. Fit/.water sent a telegram t Supt. E. Berkeley at Atlanta tullin him that be had discovered evldcnc of malice in Lbls work .and expresse bis belief tbat some one bad diseur 1 nected tbe joints in the lower half i the bridge. The stretch or track in that viclntt ls a clear, straight and apparently we 1 built one. Tbe timbers of the brldg appear to have been wrenched froi their fastenings and those that ar splintered are of sound wood. Tbei was nothing to suggest] tbat the fout dation of the structure was unie mined by a washout although tb ground was somewhat marshy Frida: The dead bodies were all take from the wreck about half past 1 o'clock. The woman who was so bat ly mutilated wore a simple gold rin with the inscription, "From Tom I Anna. ..Oot. 20* 1885," inside. SI was probably WI years old, mediu sized with dark auburn hair. St had a purse containing $2 45, a retui trip ticket from Wilmington, N. C to Atlanta and a baggage check Ni 003598. G. S. Coleman of Hon Air, Va., sa! lie was the only man in the smokir: car when the train was hurled ov< the embankment and he heard lota i shouting from the other coaches. 1 a very few minutes, he said, tl freiglit train crashed into them ar then silence srttled over the scene ft several minutes when the groans ( the injured as they began to rega: consciousness, pierc d the night air. AN IN DISCKI CAULK MASS. The entire crew being disabled, pa sengers endeavored to liag train J< JJawIW- but were :wifchtmf.diguTsr?< ?"powerless. A few minutes later tl freight engine and car dashed dov upon the wrecked coaches. The passenger train Hes on Its sid an Indescribable mass of spiintei timber and Iron, while upon the 1 dies' coach rests the freight engii and on top of that the caboose c minus Its running gear. Tlie two ladies killed were sittii opposite each other In the lirst cia coach. Mrs. Black was en route f Atlanta with her husband, a telegrai I operator, to attend court. Mr. Ula escaped with a few bruises. Mrs. M , Manus was crushed to pieces. A put containing a small sum and a key ai a baggage check were found ai though to be hers. A wedding ri inscribed, "From Tom to Anna, ()( 2u, '?.">" and a gold wire ring were ta en from her lingers. All of the in j i ed who could travel were sent?n. T bodies of these killed were taken Monroe. Mrs. J. N. Clay of Oakland, Ten : with small baby, was taken from t Pullman, the baby uninjured. M Clay, though hurt ab nit the moe i and bleed streaming from her fa< ? was found sit ting with the baby her breast. Probably more than thousand people visited the wrt during the day. Physicians fri \ Kock Hill and Monroe rendered all I : assistance possible. At the request of Coroner Louth of York, Magistrate Beckham sn i mons thc following jury which v Utken by special train to Monroe i view the bodies there: J. N. I . Kl wee, II. M. Dunlap, M. b\ owe i John lt. Ferguson, J. W. O'Ni , Cecil Reid, II. W. 'Patton, Ito ? I Morrison, Walter Moore, J. > I Witherspoon, .1. A. Shillinglaw i I j W.H. Byars. The jury examinee ; number of witnesses, including ti LI and bridge men. Its verdict did r : lix Hie blame. The horror of 1 wreck ls indescribable. That i escaped is regarded as marvelous. I Thc Wm- NewH liles. 1 Somebody in Berlin ILS taken r trouble to tabulate and analyse ? statistics of the war news since struggle between Japan and Ku opened. The result appears in { norlin Issue of Lloyed's of rei 3 date. The compiler assumes t ^ every telegram told thc truth. II then, is the result, and ligures d He: Russia has lost 2t< battles like the Itetvizan, ;>s of the Pero lovsk type, 145 cruisers, ill tori 1 boat destroyers, 1,487 torpedo ht , with 93,000 soldiers killed, 80 wounded and 18(1,000 prisoners, j pan has lost 49 armored cruiser! r other croisera, 98 destroyers and r torpedo boats, while her losses in , have been tis,OOO killed, 131 wounded and 119,000 prisoners. . Arthur, according to the ? 2 authority, has been twelve time I tacked, has been carried by st slonee and has capitulated no less I B six times. 1 Mobbed I'oBtotllco. s Farly Wednesday several roi f entered the Greenfield, Tenn., ? s oillce and blew open tho safe. ' 1 made two unsuccessful attempts thc third time brought it open. N e glycerine aud other chemicals * used. About $160 lp cash and J5 stamps were taken out of the ' Pistmastor Farmer has been ant 1 zeil by the pos to til ce depart met x oller a reward of 8200 for the cai J of the robbers. (inuit il True 1 Dr. Geo. T. Moore of Phllade - announces positively that he i found a complote remedy for s typhoid germ Ina solution of sui] 1 of copper. POISONED HIM. A Negro's Blt? Catines tho Death of .a White Man. The Atlanta Journal Bays after suf fering weeks of intense agonies, as the result of the bite of a negrj, received during a personal difficulty over three months ago, J. N. Porter, a well known planter of Dougherty county, Ga., died of blued poisoning Tuesday morning ab 4:30 o'clock at the baptist Tabernacle inlirmary, on Luckie street. During a hand to hand encounter with a negro, Mr. Porter waa bitten upou the thumb of the lett hand. Though the sharp teeth of his black assailant sank almost to the bone, the farmer ' paid little attention to the matter ab first, thluking that the wound would heal without giving him any trouble. After several days had elapsed, how ever, the injured linger became in flamed and after seveial weeks lt was almost double Its natural size. Natur ally greatly alarmed Mr. Porter has tened to Albauy, Ga., and placed him self under thc treatment of the phy sicians there. Slowly lils entire arm became inflamed and was swollen to enormous proportions, lt pained him constantly and at times he was com pelled to sutler agonies almost heyoud human endurance. As there was nu change for the bet ter, as a last resort Mr. Porter was ad vised to come to Atlanta for treat ment. Ile arrived about live weeks ago and was placed in the Tabernacle In ti rtcary, where he was attended by Dr. E. C. Davis and other physicians. As the on'y possible means of sav ing the life of the patient the affected arm was amputated three weeks ago. However, lt was too late. The poison had already extended throughout his system-even the lunas being affected - and he sank slowly to his death. Mr. Porter was about 00 years of ago and was unmarried. He had re sided in Dougherty county for some time aud leaves many friends there who will learn of his tragic deatn with deep regret. Unuil instructions are re ceived from relatives, the remains will be held at the undertaking parlors of Barclay Sc Brandon. DISGRACED THEIR UNIFORMS. Vandalism ol' So-Calle<l Soldiers on tho Way to Munassas. Many complaints bav^ been heard of the vandalism of soldiers"en route to the army maneiivjar^vau^ Mjthassas says the Charlotte Chrohicbx ~iund'vy 1 ..morn?ptr ?. . .n thc-.train oaiO'Big ibo Georgia troops stoppea at Belmont, Ed. Stowe, a well known and Indus trious colored miuister of that city, j was bandied roughly and seriously and permanently injured. He was on lils way to visit friends near Belmont and dismounted from the bicycle he was riding to cross the I railroad tracks. When the soldiers 1 spied Stowe, they made for a pile of 1 rocks and began to throw stones at J him. The colored man was struck sev- 1 eral times, one of the stones destroy- 1 ing the sight of his left eye. ( When the .train stopped In Char- 1 lotte a crowd of the soldiers walked 1 up* West Trade street and went Into the fruit and confectionery store of 1 N. Paul, In the Presbyterian Hospi- 1 tal building. When Paul informed 1 them that he could not sell anything on Sunday, the soldiers began helping themselves to fruits and confections and did not stop until the stock was greatly depleted. Karly Wednesday morning a crowd ot' soldiers went into the Gem restau-1 rant, and while several were eating at I the Itu ch counter, others helped them selves to cigars and chewing gum. The marauders then took bjxes of cigars and several boxes of chewing gum-tin in deliberately, with no pre tense ol paying for them. The loss to the restaurant was at least 925. The soldiers who were eating at the lunch counter paid for what they got and took no part In the depredations. A small colored boy was lusting around the Southern passenger sta tion when one of the troop rains stopped here, was given a fright that lie will remember for a lougt time. Afte.- a short chase, be was captured by a burly soldier, who, with the as sistance of several companions, took a blanket, and kept thc boy bouncing in thc air for several minutes. Kvery 1 company was officered, it is true, but ? many of the soldiers were absolutely '? without restraint, and in some In stances it is said t hat the officers join ed in thc devilment. Shoots linn-,i-ir. ? .). Vand Smith, aged about f>5 > years, eotninltted suicide at his home, .?Hi College street, Spartanburg Fri . day morning at 11.30 o'clock by plac j ing the muzzle of a 32-callbre ?'emlng , ton rllle to his left breast and pulling the trigger. The bullet, went through ' his heart and passing through the j body lodged in the wall near by. The . deceased had been in wretched health ) for six months yast and in P. lit of mental and physicial despondency d? ? citied to end his life. Mr. Smith was . native of the Glenn Springs section l and leaves a wife and a number of i children to lament his untimely , death, He had worked in the cotton I mills for a number of years in the ; past. _ 5 Will Oppose Judge Townsend. The next legislature will elect a ' successor to Judge I). A. Townsend as ' presiding judge of the seventh judi cial circuit. Judg L iwnsend will stand for election. Ho is now serving his { third term. Spartanburg has two can . didatcs for the hench- -both members t of the general assembly-Senator 1). \ E. Ilydrick and Hon. C. P. Sanders. . These gentlemen announced their can $ dldacies to a correspondent of The x State Friday in response to the direct query. Mr. Hydrlck and Mr. Sanders . are each prominent members of the ) Spartanburg bar, and their friends 3 will watch with interest the outcome of their race. lierai Viki outed, i Jessie Allen, a negro, was legally s executed at Oxford, N. C., Friday for 3 criminally assaulting a little giri some Q months, ago. The hanging was pri vate. BAD WORK OF A MOB. Bmoked Out a Negro Prisoner and Then Lynched Him. THEY BET THE JAIL ON FIRE. The Sc urn Hung Wa? in Jail for Murdering John Waldrop, a White Man ot the Community. At Huntsville, Ala., after setting lire to the jail and smoking out the prisoner while the Ure department was held at bay with guns and the sheri tr, his deputies and the Boldlerg outwitted, a mob estimated at over 2,000 persons lynched Horace Maples, tue negro accused of murdering John Waldrop, by stringing him to a tree on the court house lawn Wednesday night. This action of the mob was taken notwithstanding stnmg protests made by Solicitor Erle Pettus and H. Wal lace, Jr., in stirring speeohes in which law and order were pleaded for elo quently. The crowd began to gather Wednes day afternoon and Wednesday night as soon as the details of the crime spread throughout the country in which Waldrop had a number of friends and before the militia, which was ordered from Birmingham by Gov. Cunningham arrived, the moo had swelled to enormous proportions. The sheriff and bis deputies pluckily stood their guard but they were powerless before the mob and the Ore. Thc local ml ll lar y company was called out but they were outwitted by the men who conceived thu idea of smok ing out the prisoner. At 10.2;"? o'clock thc jail was 0red lu the back yard and burned fiercely, a dense smoke spreading through the upper stories and cellsof the building. The fife department was not allowed to approach within a block of the scene and was driven away with bul lets. The command on the Outside would allow nobody to enter or come out until the persono! Horace Maples was surrendered to the crowd. The sheriff and his guards would not give in but in some manner the negro got through a window and jumped out of the building into the crowd. He was chased down and a rope thrown around his neck and he was pulled up to the county court house. There was an immense crowd on the lawn. While Maples was confessing his crime and implicating a white man aud\twOt negroes",'.-J olin?' fl. Wallt?ce, Jr., anr? Solicitor ErlePettusdeliver ed imn?Jwioned addresses trying to j;_ua. - - e ainu, "xaey were iw,^.-, down in turn but finally when Sollet-, tor Pettus called on all'who were In favor of the law tailing its course to 'told up their hand, about halt in the big crowd of several thousand did so. There was cheering fora moment but the men with thg?f?pe pulled the ne jro away, threw the end of the rope aver a limb and drew him up. The negro was .dead) in a few moments. A ?rowd will 'make an effort to capture the negro's accomplices but no more disorder ls feared. < During the attack on the jail United Sates District Judge Sbolby issued an arder for toe United States deputy marshal to protect United States pris oners in the burning building and ob tain names of all parties engaged In endangering the prisoners' lives. Struck Among i*I;.;?;. A dispatch from Goodwll to The State says a very heavy rain fell in that section Thursday from 12 noon uutll 2 o'clock, followed by hard showers nearly all the afternoon. The thunder and lightning were terrific for more than an hour; vivid dashes of lightning that seemed to cleave the clouds from the zenith to the horizon, and bursts of thunder that made the earth tremble. One o? the explosions struck among a lot of shoats and half grown hogs near Mr. J. li. Warren's house, kilting Uve and shocking lu so that most of them could hardly walk several hours after. Several were resuscitated by hard work, rolling and rubbing them in cold water. Al though under a slight shed right by a big pine, the pine was not touched by the electric fluid. Oae Bhoat was knocked over the fence l? feet away. A Ciood l i v ampio. The News says being consci ence stricken at the thought of hav iug swindled a cotton mill seven years ago with a water-packed bale, a far mer, living in another county has sent *f> in cash to Greenville, that being the amount to which he was not en titled. The case ls rather remark able. Often it is found that the weight of a bale decreases after lt has been thoroughly dried, but lt more often happens that when complaint ls made to tho original seller, the fault ls laid at the dxir of a ginner. In this instance, however, the ginner was the innocent party. Wo wish every one who has taken what does not beloug to him would follow the ? example of the man mentioned above. To Host With Hiv Fathers. The body of Lieut. J. H. L. Olo ment, U. S. N., arrived ab Charleston Friday and was taken to au under takers' establishment, whence lt will bc seut to John's Island and there Interred. Commandant norry ordered that a detail of marines will escort the body from the undertaker's mor gue to the river hurling and nevera! officers will accompany the body to ita last resting place. Oaly the Episco pal committal service will be read as the funeral services were conducted at Trieste, Austria, where the young natval otllcer died of typhoid fever during the cruise of bis vessel. lt. V. I>. fluetncHg lu Increasing. The Checks sent out from the Col umbia postoffice to the rural free de livery carriers of the state show that the delivery of mall to the country by I this means is steadily growing-tnat the number of carriers and routes has increased ouer 100 per cent in 12 months. There are now more than 400 rural free delivery carriers work ing in the state as against less than 200 thl3 time last yeatC^r 120,000 a month ls paid ouygtf fffrft who receive now^fi Hg against only 3ti0O dn Mme ago. ri ; .