The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, October 28, 1904, Image 1

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DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVBS IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL.^IX, BENNETTSVILI/E, S. C., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1904. NO. 44. AN AI33UJRD CLAIM. Cortelyou Says He will Bag Two Hun dred and Ninety Votes BRYAH'B BT IRRING CAMPAIGN In Indiana is Said to Have Captur ed Fifteen Thousand Voces fur Parker and Davis. A dispatch from New York sn vs managers of the Republican campaign profess lo be BO continent of Roose velt's election that they have practi cally fcuspenc-od work at national headquarter In that city and Chair man Cortelyou has gone west to t>pend mest of the time remaining before the election at Chicago headquarters. Mr. Cortelyou has h fe for the west, coin cldentally claiming 21)0 electoral votes for Roosevelt. This statement, it is said, was based upon a eu.vass of the entire country. It concedes Parker 151 votis and classes 85 votes as doubtful. The total clectorial vote is 476, BO that only 239 are needed for a majority. In tho Republican claim of 290 elec toral votes for Roosevelt New York, New Jersey, Connecticut aud Indiana are clasr.ed as surely Republican. The doubtful states, from a republican standpoint, have now been reduced to eight, namely, Colorado, Delaware, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming. The Republicans say that West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland and Utah are by no means sure for the Democrats, and that with the work now being done there is a good chance of their going for Roosevelt. RIDICULES CLAIMS OF KKrunLICANS. Tammany Leader Murphy made light of the Republican claim that they would cany New York. He said the result of the two dayt?' regis tration negatived that claim. "There was a gain in the Democra tic districts and a falling oil in the Republican districts," hesaid. ''What more do we want? The failing efl* In some of tho downtown districts ls ac counted for by the fact that the peo ple are moving uptown. The increas ed registration In the twenty-third ls distinctly favorable to us ou this ac count. The reported failure of the independent vote to register I have not heard much about, but if lt is true we don't lose anything by it. That vote has always Leen with the Repub licans. Chairman Taggart said that he never had given out any figures and probably would not this year, but he reiterated his claim that all doubtful states are sure for Parker. OB-YAM'S WniULWIND CAMPAIGN. liewa comes frc m Indiana that the "whirlwind" Brvau tour has had the .^ioo or u.?t rtp..ufuithy-ir? /.Loth parties. The Demccrats, flushed with hope and newborn confidence of vic tory, are working as they never work ed before, and the Republicans have been startled into a realization that there ls danger, and they are ou the alert to sive every vote possible and conserve the state's Euppurt to their party. John P. Kern, thc Democratic nom inee for governor of Indiana, sajs: "Bryan isputtingtireand force into this, campaign that we know not of. He Is more earnest as an advocate for another's candidacy than he was for his own. Bryan's audiences in 189(1 and 1900-I was with him on botti tours-were large and enthusiastic, but in ne'thor of those campaign was he greeted by such enormous crowds as he had last week. "I caa say without hesita-ion and Btake all my reputation as a political observer o i the statement that Bry an's tour his determined tile votes of at least ten thousand men who were wavering, and 1 believe be bas woo thousands who had decided to vote for Rosse veli. " MU rUBCIIASAULB VOTE. Alla ..^ olservcs3 ol political drift, say theie' aie 20,000 purchaseable voters in that s,tate who are now ready to talk business. Roth Chah man Cor telyou and Chairman Taggart will soon be In Indianapolis and it is the steadfast opinion of those who believe in conducting campaigns on "business principles" that tie mun who takes the biggest barrel to Indiana will land these lljaters. George Foster Peabody, secretary of the democratic national committee, asserts that the party will Cheerfully go down to defeat before they will buy a single vote, and, mi reever, he says the coin mlttc lias not finies for such pur poses. There are increasing signs of democratic activity. Not only will Chah m m Taggart glye bis personal attention to tho campaign In Indiana, but more speaker.-? have heen assigned to speak in all doubtful states while of still greater importance is the fact that Judge Barker will speak twice before delegations at Esopus Friday and Sat urday. mtlSK ELECTION BETTING. Election betting has been slow, taking the whole country over. In Wall street there is always some wagering, but there ls little or none In Chicago. In Indianapolis it is diffeieiit. Nearly every "Poor Man's Olub" lu the city has a big blackboard covered with crayon announcements of amounts und odds that may be hao upon application to the man behind the bar. One of these places ( tiers over fifteen thousand di liars In va rious t ets, and has already placed a like amount. The bots are all small, most of them under oi.e hundred dol ?ars, nine over live bundercd dollars Parker money is ottered at thirl y to one hundred dollars, and few takers. Roosevelt at lifty to twenty-five dol lars is a popular wager and linds many willing betters. Even money is placed and taken on the Ilernck Higgins race in New York. One bet of two b?ndred dollars even that Par ker will carry New York bas been made. But the mast s ignificant feature of it all is that no money ls ofTerod on the re; ult in Indiana. Ono of tho men w io ls offering several thousand dollars in various bets was asked the reason for this st range omission. "Too blamed badly mixed for mine. No coin from these (holding up four lingen) goes on any race where there ain't no sort o' dope at all to smoke on." LED THEM IN A TRAP. A Japanese* Night Attack IlcBultotl Disastrous!/ to Xluin. ?The Japanese are fond of night at tackH, which they organize cleverly. They light a series of enormous camp Ares at falso bivouac ?and then stealth ily they creep up on the Russian senti nels who, peering in'.o the darkness and bllndol by thc glare, cannot see the Japanese approaching. Or they take advantage cf a rain storm aud ? ry to surprise the Russlaos. On Tuesday night they adopted both rusos, near Mukden but ran into a hornet's nest. Tho night was inky black, rain was falling and a cold wind was blowing. ''A linc night for the Japanese" every one said, and tho Russians hud dled in the trenches had stiict orders given to them that li the expce'cd, but uninvited guists appeared not to tire but to meet them wi.li the bayo net. It was so daik that a pei son could not seo his banu before lils face except vaguely. Tnrough tho iain, in thc dlreotltn of the false camp fires, all eyes were strained auel ears listening intently. Tho wind which was as cold as ice and cut to the bones was suddenly freighted with ominous s .uuds, an unmistakable quash in the mire and squirting of water under the tramp of hurrying feet accompanied by the metallic rattle of arms The Russians stooped lower. The ollicors passed along another caution-under no circumstances to fire, but to meet the Japanese with bayonet.-*. On they came. Tho Ruffians could already sec thc silhouettes cf tho Japaue.-e and watched the approach of their victims with grim satisfaction, their anxiety being lest some nervous sol dier might tire and thus spoil the game. The Japanese carno on strain ing their eyes in the darkness, evi dently believing that the Russians were not so close. When they wore right une'er their feet, the Russians i03e up as If out of the ground, and, with a hurrah, widly fell upon them with the bayonet. The front ranks of the Japanese broke, turned and smashed into the second line, throw ing tho whole force Into disorder. Like a rabble they tried to escape, but tho Russians gave them 00 mercy bayoneting them as they pursued. For a mlle the work of slaughter pro eec dod and few of the Japanese lived to carry back the tale. In the morn ing the ground was strewn with corpses._ Will Preach. A dispatch Trom Rjanoke, Va., says James II. Tillman, the fermer lieutenant governor of South Carolina, who.^whlle in otlice, killed Editor N. Cr. Gonzales, in Columbia, has decided to enter the Methodist ministry, and has written a prominent divide there telling bim that he has applied to the Methodist Conference for admission. Til--..furuwr_liiMjJt-.?;ini. ir<-v.-!--.o>- i nephew of S?natoiLB. R. Tillman and the killing of Eli tor Gonzales and the subsequent trial cf Colonel Tillmau created considerable interest, not only in South Carolina, but throughout the South. Rev C. P. Currie, a native of South Caro:Ina, now a resident of Missouri, where he Is a local M ifcho dist preacher and who is lu that city assisting Rev. J. C. Brown, a western evangelist, In a revival at Green Mem orial Methodist Episcopal Chinch, ha received a letter fr-.111 Colonel Till man telling him of his Intention to preach. Mr. Currie is a relative of Colonel Tillman. Implicated Wime Mun. Flete.ier Wotsou, a neg? 0 tn tined in the county Jail at Gainesville, Fla., charged with the murder of Garrett V. Chamberlain, white, has on fessed the cri me and implicated A. G. Lamb, a prominent merchant of Mlcaiiopy. Watson said Fiat he killed Chamber lain because the latter discharged him, owing him tlnee dollars. De said that Lamb give him a rilla and told him to shoot Chamberlain or Chamberlain would shoot him; that after the shooting he ran into the store and told Lamb, who said: "Good thing. If you bad not klllea him lie would have killed you. The law will protect you." Deputy Sher iff Livingston arrested Lind) ?a Mi canopy Thursday and brought him here Friday. Watson's confession wassecuroti by John Williams, a pris oner in the county j ii!, who gained Watson's' confidence. Lt is new in writing and in the hands of the elli ce rs. Koomi In Augusta, E. B. Mullins of Summit, Ga., was found on the streets of Augusta Fri day in an unsound menial condition ard placed under arrest. Helias beeu mi.-smg two mouths and c'stectiws have bern trying to solve the mystery of his disappearance for the life in ur ance companies with win m he had policies aggregating 928,000. Ii was believed that he had been murdered and a number of negroes have been arrested fri m time to time suspected of having had a band in the kiding. When recognized Mullins did not deny bis Identity but m ide a ramhliue statement that gave no clue as to where he had spent the put fow wet ks. Ho is being held until t:.t ari i val of Iiis relativ is. 1 'or a Stolen KIUH. Whether a stolen kiss ls woibh 815, ooo ls thc question which will have to he decided by a jury in Federal c urt, which sits in Covirgton, Ky. Mrs. Grant Mitts of Mason Ky., thinks the is entitled to that amount for a kiss which she declares was .stolen last Juno, by J. li. Alexander, a friend of her husband, who made a friendly call while the husband was not at home, and she has brought suit. As a result of the alleged larceny she declares she ls a nervous wreck, and has been sub jected bo much humiliation and no toriety. _ PlUllgt tl into Uiver. In an automobile accident near Sr ri og field, Ohio. Vernon Middleton, brother or George E. C. Middleton, was killed outright, Mrs. Wilkins' arm was broken and M s? Virginia Hundley was Internally injured so ladly she may die. The entire party is from Urbana, Ohio, and had been out for an all night ride. Their machine at a high rate of sp.ed, swerve land plunged overa bridge?t Mad river, seven miles from tlieie, lauding on a pile of rocks below. BRIGHT HOPES. Democrats Not tho Least Daunted by Boasts of Republicans. FINE PROSPECT IN HEW YOEE. Parker's Popularity and Roosevelt's Laos: of lt Make the State Almost Certain for tho Demoorats. A dispatch from New York says Democrats in thc South who are look ing to New York for political Inspira tion should bo sa ti stied with the developments of tho campaign from day to day. Privately tho Republi can managers admit the probable deieat of their State ticket, but they profess to believe that Roosevelt is popular enough to save himself by the ?'skin of his teeth." On tho other baud, Ute Demo .ratio leaders at bo: h State and national headquarters, be lieve that Parker, as well as Herrick, will carry the State. R.osavelt and Higgins; they say, are beaten today, and if the Democrats pan hold their own from this time on they will stay beaten. The Republicans base their hopes of capturing the electoral vote of New York upon Roosevelt's "alleged extra ordinary popularity, upon their line organization, and upen their great corruption lund. Carrying so big a stick, lt ls true they may go far. But the New York Democracy is not frightened, lt has faced adverse conditions in the past and won great victories. It believes the conditions favorable now, hence, with y bod rea son, expects to win another. To begin with, Roosevelt's "extraordinary popularity" in New York has yet to be demonstrated. He has been before the people but tiwee, once when be ran for the assembly .'a a strong Re publican district and gota fair ma jority, again when he ran for Gover nor and was elected by 17,000 ma jnrir.y. "Nnithor of these achieve ments stamped him as a very popular man. Judge Parker on the other hand, has run for ellice a number of limes and has yet to be defeated. Ile ran lu every ir.stauce but one in a Republican community. Under normal conditions New York is a Democratic State, and this year the pulltical conditions are about nor mal. If there are any abnormal con ditions they favor the Demoorats, rot the Republicans. For iDStauce, the independent vole is believed to be with the D.mocrats to the extent of 75 per cent, or more. Four years ago at least dd per cent, of this vote was Republican, and eight years ago prac tically all of it went tho same way. I he Watson vote will not amount to muco in New York. Tue discovery that Odell is tunning tito Populibt side'3--- . ' ^ opened .thc ?--t nt de luded Pemocrats'm ene north*-""Vare of the State and the bottom has fallen out of the movement there. In some counties it has been shown that three fourths of the siguers of the Watson nomination papers are Odell bench men, and in one county the names of seventeen of O Jell's otllceholders were on the papers. It seems to be thc general opinion that New York is the pivotal State now, as fo:merly, and the belief is growing that as New York goos, BO the country will go. The labor vote is evidently going to be divided, but the trend of organized labor is toward the Democracy, lt is easy to ligure out a Republican victory in the coun try at large without New York, but signs multiply that the pirty which gets the electoral votes of the Empire ."Stale will have a majority in the elec toral college. Tnis canies with il Lhe implication that the majority in New York will be large ei.ough to set the puce for Connecticut and New Jersey, West Virginia aud Indiana arebelievtd by the best-posted men at Democratic headquarters to be in sympathy with New York. Mary land is safe beyond peradventure. There is a chance tor the Democrats ?n II md?. Island, Nevada, Colorado and Montana continue to send cheer ing news. All three o? these moun tain Slates, it is believed, will cut lu se f.on Republicanism. Wiscon sin ls the greatest puzzle in the wtole lot of States. One thing only seems certain, and that ls that the Demo crats will gain three or four Congres sional district, Including liabeeek's. if the Democrats are true to Peck he will b<! tho next Coven.or of the .Slate. Tho State is claimed for Lt (?st velt by a large maj >rlty, but the Republican factional tight has b come so biiur that noone can fore roll to what length one faction or the other ut:ty go in an effort to carry ils point. That there is not much en thusiasm for Roosevelt was shown the other day when ' Uncle Joe" Cannon, Senator Fairbanks, Congressman Uab ook, and oilier Republican orators addressed an audience of twenty-two persons at Piattsmouth, in the heart of the zinc region, in a Congressional dist rici that has given as high as 10, 000 Republican majority. In conclusion lt may be well to say 1 word about the betting In New York, which the nawspapers over thc country have advertised extensively. There has been very little genuine betting on the general result of the . lection. Tire New York World, af ter making an Investigation, expresses Its belief that not more than $25,000 hos bron wagerod In this city since the Presidential nominations were made. The Evening Post places the amount at not to exceed $20,000. The Republican national com initteit, in conjunction with cer tain Wall Street sharks ls be lieved to have conceived the scheme of fake betting, at big odds on R osovclt, hoping to create an lni p rei sion which would bc of great help to to tho committee in its attempt to carry the country. Tnore is nothing in the political situation to warrant large odds on either candidato. The professional bookmakers who wager hundreds of thousands of dollars for themselves a td others on Presidential election0! have not begun business yet, i or will they for ten days or two wtel s. Th i big sports who havo their own ways of "getting a lino on" a po litical situation, will bo heard from after icgistratlon In this city has ht on oompletod and analyzed, and what they consider reliable pointers hav bet u neel ved from up the State and from Indiana, Conueoticit, New Jer sey anet other cl tho s'. called doubtful States. At this stage of the campaign of 1892 the odds en Harrison were three to one, yet Ilarrlsou was snowed un der. THE VOTE FO?K YEARS AGO. Tabulated Hut urns from Every Stato j iii tbo Union. There aro these davs numerous in quiries by mall, by wire and by 'phone which lt ls fuuud most convenient to answer by presenting the following table. Cut It out and piste lt up for reference. It will save time for you and others. It is a list i f the popular votes f ?ur years ago as received by the democ-atlc and republican candidate* for president: States Dem. Rep. Plurality. Alabama.. 97,131 55,612 41,019 1) Arkansas.. 81, 42 41.800 -:i(i,:i42 D Cal.124.985 104,705 39.770 R Col.122.7:;:$ 1)3,072 29,601 D Conn. 7;$.!i!i7 102,507 28,570 R Del. 18,858 22,529 3,071 H Pla. 28,007 7.3.4 20,003 1) Ca. 81,700 35,035 4G,0U5 D Idaho. 29,414 20,997 2.2 Ki D 111.503,001 597,980 04,734 R Ind.309,684 330,'03 20,470 R Iowa.209,179 3 17,785 98,006 R Kansas.1(52,(501 185,955 23 354 R I KcntUCky...235,103 227.128 7,975 I) La. f>:5.t)7l 14,233 39,438 D Maine. 30,822 05,435 28,013 ll Maryland ...122,271 130.212 13,941 R Mass.150.997 238,800 Sl,S(i!) R Midi.211,(586 310,259 104,584 R Minn.112,991 190,4(51 77,6(10 lt Miss. 51.700 6,703 45,953 D Mo.351,922 314,092 37,830 D Montana.... 37,14(5 25,373 11.773 D Neb.114,013 121,835 7,822 R Nev. 0,347 3,849 2.4;i8 D N. II. 35,489 54,893 19,314 R N. ,1.If 1,808 221,707 50,899 R N. Y.078,380 821,992 143,000 R N'.C.157,752 133,081 22,071 D N. Dakota.. 20,61!? 35,891 15,30*2 R OIlio.474.W .'13,918 09,030 lt Ore. 33,385 40,520 13,141 lt Penn.424.232 712,titi6 288,443 li lt. L. 19,812 33,784 13,917 lt is. C. 47,23(5 3,67? 43,0oi D' S. Dakota... 39,544 64,530 14,080 R Tenn.144,701 121,194 23,557 Dj Tex.2(57,337 1 21,173 1 4(5,14(5 l)j Utah. 45,000 17.13'.? 2,133 R Vermont.... 12,849 42,508 29,719 Lt Va.. .140,080 115,805 3',2I5 D Wash. 44,833 57,450 12,(523 R W. Va. 98,807 119,829 21,022 R Wis.159,285 205,860 lt (5,671 lt Wyoming.. 10,1(54 14,481 4,31c ll Totals.. ,6?358,133 7,207,! 123 Toe vote for other candidates amounted to 31)3,900 voles, dlstrlhu ted as fellows: Wooley, prohibition 1st, 20S:914; Deb-', socialist, 87:814; Maloney, socialist labor. 39,739; Bar ker, middlc-rf the-road populist, 50, 373; two other candidates received about 7,000. Of the popul?r vote Mc Kinley received 840,700 m ire thou his deme eratic opponent and 456.259 over jail; ..'i'?? 'E?b2D'??pular S?lo of ah candidates was 13,059.(553. It is es timated that the vote this year will be about is. 000,000. There were 47(5 votes In the Elec toral Colhg?, and 231) are necessary to a choice for president and vice president. These 47i> votes are dis tributed among the states as follows: Ala.lt Nev. 3 Ark. ? N. II. 41 Cal.lt) N..I.12 Col. ? N. Y.39 I Conn. 7 S. C.12 | Del. 3 N. Dakota. I Fla. 5 Ohio.23] (ia.13 Oregon. 4 Idaho. 3 Penn.34 lil.27 lt. 1. 4 Ind.15 S. i :. Iowa.13 S. Dakota. 4 Kansas.lo Tenn.li Ky.13 Texas.18 i La. <? Dial) . 3 Maine. (5 Vermont. 4 Maryland. 8 Virginia.12 M ?eli.11 Washington... Mass.Kl W. Va... Minn.ll Wis.12 Miss.lo Wyoming.13 Mo.18 Mon. 3 Total.47(5 Neb. 8 A MY8TJSRY b?LVjciD Hy the Dentil ol' a Woman Who Wa? Murdered. A dispatch frc m Peoria, 111., says Mrs. Neille Thomason, wife of a form er prominent real estate dealer in that city, is dead us the result of injuries received in n sensational cncountei with Richard and .lennie ll'ggins, son and daughter of .lohn G. ll ggins, a prominent member of the board of supervisors of Peoria county and prom inent In Ltepublican politics, on Saturday Inst. Young ll kuri ns is 24 \ ears old and his sister is 2). They intercept cl a li t . r w ri " le n lo Higgins, Sr., by Mrs. Thomason, In which she asked thc older Higgins to meet IKT in thc depot of i ie Lieck Island rail road in that city. Hi, gins was at St. Lmis and his son opened the letter. Toe missive asked Higgins to be In the waiting roora. Winn Mr.-;. Thom aso.i arrived she was confronted bj young Higgins and his slitter. Mrs Thomason is said to have attacked Higgins with a hat pin, whereupon Higgins stiuck her In the fa c. Later the woman askeJ Hie ticket agent lo assist her to the train. Ho did so and when she was gone discovered the lloor of the waiting room covered with blood. The woman lingered in great, agony at her home in L uon until Bbc dieri. Higgins is under arrest on a state warrant charging him with murder. The case has created a sen sation. That Detective William E. Murphy, who was murdered u ider Mich sensa Donal circumstances In that city last June, wasconnected with thc Higgins Thomason e ise wns a startling devel opment of the afternoon, lt appers that on the night. Murphy was killed he was shadowing John H. Higgins at the Instance of thc members of Hig gins' family. Young Diggings says that either on t hat night, or on the following night, Mrs. Thomason called up tho II (ignis residence by telephone and said: "Murphy was a good friend of yours. Weill He got los lon'ght. Kiorans (a f How detective of M urpby) is your friend, too. Ho will got bis n st.." Wollard Higgin says that the family had made frequent elTorts to break up the attachment between the elder Higgins and Mrs. Thoma-on and had In vain offered her Urge sum? of money. Chargea With the Killing of the Rfcgro Prisoner Bookhardt AT EU^TAWVrXLE LA8T SUMMER. Town M urn Ii ni of thc Town and Con stable ol tbO Mnnlntr:ilo Are Among ThoBO ArrenCcd for thc Crlmo. The Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier rays it took real bull do? tenacity to do anything in the Eutawville lynching. Just as soon as Governor Eley ward went over tho case with Solicitor Hildebrand be realised that lt would take hard and delicate work to t-ecure the evidence. Governor ileyward went into the case with the full aud Axed determina tion to tee that the law was vindicat ed and that such a brutal murder as that of Kltt Bookhard should not go without brining the culprits to trial. Solicitor Hildebrand pledged and give his loyal support. From thc very lirst lt was suspected who were the men implicated in the killing and the sub sequent throwing of the body into the river. Solicitor Hildebrand know, but he plainly told Governor H ey ward that there was no use to go Into the case without evidence. Governor Ileyward promptly got J ito touch with tho Pin kerton detective agency and has had that agency persistently at work since he went to work on the case. THE riNKKUTON MAN. Mr. F. P. Demiio, Jr., who is assistant superintendent o? the Pinkerton National Dotective Agency of Philadelphia, was placed in charge of the case. Ile is lb charge of this | district and has a force working under him. The first difficulty was that Edwards, the hired man of the Martins, who had the tn.utile with Bookhard, left EufcawYille Immediatc tely after the killing. Whotcr he lett of his own accord or was made to leave by thess Interested dees not appear, but that was tile ti i s o serious blieb and it took patient work to lu cite Edwards, who had evidently been spirited away and was agreeable to being kept in the backgre und. At hist it was thought he was in Savannah, but he was not to be found there and the hunt continued for moutlis. In the meanwhile every day of the week and every week of the m >nth there was a detective in or around Eutaw ville gathering evidence. Tneyiwere not welcome and m-tde short stavR and then were supplanted ny otl'.er detectives. Whin it ls known that J. II. Pal mer, tho town marshal, and S. A. EadoiJ;, the constable of thc local ."Pftfl ..*atc *i ..tu?-Penitentiary walis,' charged with tho crime, then the diillleulties of the detectives will ba better uuderstcol. The men who were wanted In con nection with the killing of Bookhard wore H. C. Edwards, the young man with whom Rookhard had the quarrel, Penny Martin and Benj. Martin, on wbese place Edwards \sorkid; Ad^er Butler, who was ou the wagon on ttie famous li-liing expedition; Eadon, thc magistrate's constable, aud Palmer, the town marshal. ON TUE WA o ON. The two Martins and Butler were on the wagon when Edwards and Bookhard bad their quarrel and ex changed drunken compliments about spunking each otlu r. Dd wards was taken In custody several days ago and has been ut the Penitential y since Sunday, where he is being held as a material witness for the State, an ; be km.ws the details of the tragedy in which a town marshal and a magis trate's constable are said to have tig uied so prominently. Governor Ileyward ha? toiled and worked patiently on the eas;', never once despairing that poislstency would win. Wednesday night on his return frc ni the Lexington Fair ho bad the p!> a^ure of receiving a telegram from ..wileriIT Morrison that be was on ins way to Columbia willi five prisoners in the Eutawvllle eas; and another mi Stage irom Mr. F. P. Demain, Jr., assistant superintendent of Pinker ton's National Detective Agency of Philadelphia, that Penny Martin, Benj. Martin, Adger Butler, S. A. Eldon and .1. H. Palmer wotdd reach Columbia Wednesday night under ar rest. Ev_n after ttie wat rants had been sworn out constable! from an other county had to t:o called in to serve the arrest warrants. Tue pris oners wore primarily brought to Co lumbia for safe keeping a. d also to have a safer place tuan L!:e Berkeley Jail ls reputed to bo. IT WAS NOT KOHGOTTEN. Many have thought and said that the shameful Eutawvllle lynching would sink Into an unpli asant mem ory, as so many other similar cases before lt have done. Governor iley ward, however, felt there was a chance in this eise to arrest those Implicated and to get the evidence and he grappled with the task with determination. There was no money with which to employ detectives and he full well knew that nothing could be done without competent detectives in such ciicumstinces, und so he obli gated himself heoausu he felt the shame of the killing of the helpless negro and tue necessity for calling a halt. Tho men will bo given a fair and prompt trial. Tue. arrest of tho al leged Eutawvllle lynchers mean-? very muon at this lime. The news that arrests wore ex pected has been known for several days, but in response Lothe request ol che authorities no use was made of the Information until tho arrests were actually made. A STORY OF TU Ii CHIME, Several days after thc cline was] committed tho correspondent had cc j easton to visit Eutawvllle and at that time this story was given concetnir g thc erhno: "The evidence shows that on tho day before the Monday on which the kill ng occurred Kltt Bjokhard, a ne gro boy, about 21, went on a fi hing r p with two or Limo Martin broth ers. Ileura C. Edwards and Butler. Bookhard worked on the farm with tho Martins aud Lld? ards and know them all well. On tho return trip] the crowd get boisterous and o Lien hive, and there was talk of "licking," and Bookard told Edwards tbat if be did not leave him alone he would spank bim. Tbere was no fight or other Incident at tbe time. O J Mon day Edwards, who was employed by the Martins, swore out a warrent be fore Magistrate Wiggins, and the ne gro was arrested and tined ?5. MagiH trate Wiggins thinking this) the bent course to stop the trouble. Bookbard was sent to tho town Jill, a two-story frame building In the heart of tbe town, and that very night was taker) out, mutilated and killed. ? 55 pound iron rod was tied to his body, which was carted to the Santee River, three miles away, and thrown In. TUB BODY FOUND. The negroes suspected foul play and found the body floating six miles from where lt had been thrown Into tbe river, with the 65-pcjund weight, brought up by the iloatlong body, ti whic-1 it was tied, Instead of keeping it hidden under the water as was ex pected. Several negroes swore that they identified Bnokhard and part of bis clothing was brought into the Inquest and there recjgniz.-d. There has been some suggest 1 m that other bolle* have been fouud In the same viclnlt\ and are caught by a boom in tho river built to catch logs, and that th's might be one of such bodies. The re ports are that the identifications were far 10 ) complete to admit of such a story and that the weight, the track and all indicate that the body ls that of Bookbard. There has not been a day since Gov error Hey ward returned from St. L irs that he bas not himself known every move that has been taken In this case, and there has not been a day during which something ba* not been done. It has been a slow proc?s-, but the po-icy has been to mo ie slow ly rather than to make a stage play There will be- abiulutely no- let-up" in the case and the laws of the State will be enforced. A. K. ARRIVED IN COLUMBIA. Ten passengers cime Into Columbia ' Wednesday night from Eutawvllle. There wera live prisoners, Sherill Morrison, Superintendent Demalo and ihree deputies. They got into three backs and went to the Penitentiary, where the five prisoners were lodged. This closes the first chapter in the Eutawvllle aff ilr, the arrests cf the suspects. The Martins, Palmer and Eldon all say they know nothing about the kill ing of B ?okhard and insist upon their innocence. Sherill Morrison this morn lng made all of the arrests with the assistance of one deputy. The arrests wi re mad j before the deputies from other places arrived. He states tbat the pritoners all surrendered without protest. TB.is J??C?WLS?iuN. Barbera arni NeRroeu of Pittsneid, Mase., in a Row. There ls a reign of terror among the barbers of Pittsfield, Mass. The artists of the lather brush are In a state of mind, a mixture of anger and dread, because of the persistent pres ence of a champion of thc negro race, who, they say, is a "sure thing hocico," a regular "Jonah man." The negro, who ls Frederick 0. Gould, of Boston, recently made com plaint against William H. Frank, a West street barber, alleging that the barber refused to shave liini. The bart er was ordered to pay $25 damages and $5 for the co^rt costs. The bar ber appealed, and ihe case is now awaiting tao next sitting of thc c.iurt Monday. Gould, with confidence made s'.rontf because rf the decision in his favo; by tiie district c urt Judge, tried tbe tonsorial artists again, this time ask ing for the best and latest thing in the haircutting line. With a white companion for a wit neis, he entered the shop of Jobi. Gilbert, but finding all the barbers near sighted and somewhat deaf, he put Mr. Gilbert's name down In bl* notebook and the left shop wlthoutbb hair eut. Next he tried the Gregory barber sh ip and was told that all hands wen busy just then, but that if he would come around later, say about ll or 12 o'clock at night, they would see what ! c uki be done lor him. When last teen Gould's hair was still unttimmed and his fighting spirit was'rising, and ho declared he would camp on the trail of thc Pittsfield barbers until the call "Nextl" is dl i rioted his way. The barbers are afraid of losing their white customers if they accept tlie pat ronage of negroes. The local barbers' union is expected to take a hand in the race war, while Gould bas the backing of all the other ne I gross of tae city. Meanwhile Pittsfield barbers look and tremble before they speak ano call out "Next!" lu a subdued tone cl rising Inflection._ DiHiiiiKHod from Sorvloo. Capt. R. M. Hitch, who was in charge of the the troops at States boro, Ga., on the occasion of tho re cent lynching and burning of the ne g ri es Reed and Cato has been dismiss ed from further service In the martial was approved hy Gov. Torrell. In ad dition to dismissing Capt. Hitch, the verdict contains the following recom inondations: Lieut L. A. Mell, who was lu charge of the camp willie Capt. Hitch was at the court houso, is sus pended for one year and is to be pub licly reprimanded. Lieut. Grlner, who was in charge of the reserves and who left lils command without authority, is to be publicly reprimanded. Lieuts. Come and Morrison wero acquitted. The finding of tho court ma-.tial ls the result of a trial which was held in Savannah, Col. Clifford L. Anderson of Atlanta ticing president of the co;:rt. The most careful Inquiry into I the facts surrounding the lynching ol the two negroes was made, the hear ing lasting nearly two wekft. Throe ir*iuiiiuu ut hui. In a rear-end collision on the Cleve land Pittsburg Rill road near Alliance Wednesday morning a fireman, messenger and a breakman were kill ed. Several eira w^re wrecked and ono other brakeman was Injured. HOW IT STANDS. What tho Republicana and Demo? crntH Claim in Electoral Voto. The Re publican" National Commit tee officially announced last week its li?uie9. It gives Eocsevelt 290 votes In the Eiecbcral College, concedes only 151 to Parker and classes 35 as doubt fal. Two hundred and thirty-nine I will elect the next President. Hcie are the figures: California. 10 Connecticut. 7 Idaho. 3 Illinois. 27 Indiana. 15 | Iowa. . 13 Kans is. ll?! Maine. 0 Massa ch lisetta. 10 Michigan. .14 Minnesota. ll Nebraska. . 8 New Hampshire. 4 New Jersey. IS New York. 30 North Dakota. 4 Ohio. 23 Oregon. 4 Pennsylvania. 34 It iode Island. 4 Sou Ul Dakota. 4 Vermont..-. 4 Washington. 5 Wisconsin. 13 Total.290 The States olassed as close or doubt ful are: Colorado. 5 Delaware. 3 Maryland. 8 Montana. 3 Nevada. 3 Utah. 3 West Virginia. 7 Wyoming. 3 Total. 35 Toe Prooklyn Eigle riiieulis ttie :bove cs imate and claims that Parker will hive 25(5 elec'.ora', votes in the electoral ool?eg?, which it says is tue figures of tho Democratic managers. Tbe Eagle claims that lt has been placed iu pohossion of the inner facts upon which th-? demoorat'C belief is 250 votes for Parker In the electora' college is ba.ed, and here sets tbem forth. As a mat.'er of ? cb, says the Eagle, more than 25G v ites are hoped for. Whcousin, it is held, is quite likely ti cast its eactoral vote for Parker, and there are even hopea ef the slate of Witsch gton. Here ls bhe lisb Counted on by the democratic managers: New Jersey, 12; New York. 39; Connecticut, 7; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 8; West Virginia, 7; In diana, 15; Montana, 3; Colorado, 5; Idaho, 3; Wyoming, 3; total 105. "One hundred and fifty one v.te. . f the southern states are conceded by the republicans to Parker. Add these to 105 and the result is 250, a maj ri&y of. 17 ror Parker in the o A egc." The dcmccratic claim, the E igle says, is that Now Jersey will go domccratie by 17,000. The indepen dent vote of the state they claim, is known to be 90 per c int f jr Parker. As to New York state, the claim is that Parker will carry it by 30,000 plurality aud 00.000 for Herrick, al though there are eathuslasts who cla'.m the state f jr Horrie* by 100,000 THE"DEMOCRATIC VIEW. They Aro Certain of Ono Hundred and Sixty-Nino VoteB. The democratic national leaders | consider 1G9 electoral vobes of the 239 necessary to e'.ect Judge Parker practicilly won. Elghhty-four votes ih y consider are in the balaric-.: Chairman Taggart, James M. Gally, of Pennsylvania; ex-Senator Janies Smith, of New Jersey, and others, discussed the situation at length at] Mr. Gully's room* In the Holland House Thurday. Mr. Guffey, who has large oil interests in West Virginia, IH sponsor, in exjunction with llenr> G. Da\ is, for that state. Mr. Gulley told bis conferees that if the election wore held now, West Virginia would g j d. mocratic. Mr. Bryan is making speeches there no.v, and by constant . Hort for a fort-n'ght it ls hoped the s ate can be held lu the democratic cidamn. Word of a siml ar nature was received from Senator Gorman regarding Maryland. There, is not believed to be as much chance for the republicans carryiug thab state as West Virginia, whatever course ls pursued from now cn. The other state of which the democrats feel as sured is Nevada, with its three elec toral v ites. The solid South, Mary land, West Virginia and Nevada make lii9 electoral votes, just 70 le;s than is necessary to elect. Tr.ereare Bight states, New York, New Jersey, Ci mm c.lcut, Delaware, Colorado, Mo:.tana, Indiana and Wisconsin, tiavlug a total of 97 electoral voten from which they hope to obtain the rtquisite 70. Of these, New York, Coloraeo. Montana and New Jersey look promising, if suilloient money ls available for whirlwind effort. In lndiaua, Delaware and Connecticut the situation ls ulm si as biighb. Wisconsin is deemed a long chanco. The inslped republican es timates give Wyoming and Utah as doubtful, but Chairman Taggart be ?ieves the rc-bublloans conceded Utah as doubtful because they didn't want to be placed in the position of claim ing the Mormon vote. From perons j wno ha\o conversed privately with Judge Parker, it is learned that the candidato feels sanguine of election. He thinks the trend ls in his favor and Kullloiently strong to reverse con di ti ons by November 8. Wants HeywarU io KeHign. The Greenville news received Fri day night a copy of a letter to Gover nor Hey ward, signed by 112 citizens of Oconuc cou uty, asking for his resig nation in view of his course in the Hoyt Hayes murder csa. In declin ing to publish the petition the Green ville News, which has held that Governor Heyward blundered, urges the citizens not to pursue such a course for thc reason that tl e gover nor was undoubtedly conscientious In what he did. Tue feeling in O ioneo, while sharply divided, is bitter, many people believing strongly in bbc guilt of Hayes. In a persona1, noto to the editor the signers ot tho letter say that lt has already been mailed to the governor. White Soldier Who Hariied Negress Dismissed From Army. APPEALS TO THE PRESIDENT. Gun. Fred. Grant Rccomu ml od tho Man's Dise?arse for tbs Good of the Military Serviao. A dispatch from Washington to Thc state says President Roosevelt ia faoa tu face with the negro problem in on? of its ugliest phasep. Private John Smith of the United States army hospital corps, stationed at. For* Mu tte, N. J., bas married a negress. Elis CLmmandlng officer, Surgeon Shallenherger, bas recommended his dismissal. The commanding officer ut the post refused to endorse thia recommendation. It was approved, however, by tho surgeon general. Smith's plea is that if the constitu tional commander in oblef thinks a negro good enough to eat with he should not obiectato a private in the army mari y lng a negress. Smith is a white. The war department ls en deavoring to sidetrack the case till after elections. A dispatch from Washington says the surge m general of the army has coucurred in the recommendation of (Jen. Grant that John T. Smith, a member of the United Stabes army hospital corps, stationed ' at Foit Molt, N. J., who is said to have mar ried a negress, be discharged- from the army, "for the good of .the ser vice." This recommendation has been for warded to the Secretary of War for hil action. Smith wrote to the War De partment inquiring if there was any reason why he should not bo permitted to marry a negro woman, Betting forth that her charaoter was good, ind that bc 1 could es'abllsh a good character for himself by his record. A special to.iThe Baltimore Sun from Salem, N.J., tells of the case as follows: Soldiers at Fort Mottj are awaiting v '?vh interest to see what ac tion President Rojsevelb will take in cunnectlon with the marriage of John T. Smith, a member of the hospital <:rors, attached to the Forty-second Company, coast artillery, and Sarah Wolfert, a Southern Maryland ne gress. Smith's discharge was called for by Hospital Surgeon Sparrenbsrgar, as soon as he learned that the wedding uad taken place, but Smith refused to sever his connection with bis com pany. At the time that he was rep rimanded by his superior Smith ls said to have declared that according to the M th amendment to tbe Con stitution all persons are free and equal, "if President Roosevelt sat au a table with a negro," Smith 1B reported to have said, "it is my right to wed thc girl of my choice, regardless of creed or color." Smith's refusal to resign and his de claration that he would not do so un bll his case had hesn passed upon by the highest authorities was the cause of several conferences among the offi cers of Fort M itt. BMng unable to decide the cas? for themselves, it waa decided that the matter should ba submibted to President Roosevelt. As soon as Post Surgeou Sparren bcrg was satisfied that Smith waB married to the negress he communi cated with Gen. Fred. D. Grant, com mander of the department of the east, lu this letter the post surgeon object ed to having attached to bis corps a man with a negro wife. He said them was much indignation among the ar I tlllerymen over the affair, and wound I up by requesting that Smith be dis I charged. to the meantime Smith write to Secretary Moody for his decision. A beut the same tim?, so the report ia here, Gen. Grant referred the post surgeon's communication to the Sec retary of War. Now the whole mat ter has been referred to the President for adjudication. The President's Anding Is feverish ly awaited at Fort Mott. Back of the wedding is a story dat ing from ihe. Spanish-American war. Smith then was a member of the Six teenth Indiana, stationed in Cuba and was stricken with yellow fever. He was ordered to Camp Wyckoff, New York. For two months he hovered between life and death and the ne gress, a member of the Volunteer Rod Ctois Society, nursed him faithfully. A sturt courtship followed and Smith was ordered to Fort Mott, about eight miles from the city. Letters followed and Smith's form er nurse came to Salem on Septomb3r 20, where tuey were married. O.ily a fe.v of Smith's soldier friends attend ed the wedding, and the matter was k^pt very quiet. Merchants With l?arkor. Democrats are surprised at the Par ker and Davis sentiment manifested among the business men of New York in the past few days. There has been nothing like it in the history of the party, uuless it was In thc campaign of 1802, when Cleveland and Steven son received the bulk of t^e support of the busln ss men. Some of the business men's Parker organizations, which have been effected in the past three days, are the Coffee exohange and the Downtown Merchants' Par ker ar.d Davis Club aud the Printers' Parker and Davis Club, which em bract s nearly every prominent printer, publisher and book manufacturer in New York; thc Jewelers' Parker and Davis Chin, the Washington Market Parker and Davis Club, the Wholesale Wine and Liquor Trade Parker and Davis Club. Threw banip ut Woman, At New York Mrs. Nellie Mc Carthy was burned to death at 247 East Sixty-second street and Mrs. Annie Martin ls under arrest, charged with homicide. The tragedy is said to have resulted from a quartel be twecu tho two wi men over the respec tive merits of their husbands. Annie Martin, who ts only 22 years old, ad mitted that she had flung the lamp in the other woman's face. Tho lamp struck tho unfortunate woman square ly, breaking into fragments, and de 1 luging her clothes with burping oil. ?-he died soon after.