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,.DO THOU LIBERTY CfREAT. INSPIRE OUR S?ULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOIi.^IX. BENNETTSYILLE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18,1904. NO. 47. ROOSEVELT WINS. Only the Folid South Stands by the Etmocrrvtio Tickot. PAEKER BUNS BEHIND BRYAN. New Yc>rk" West Virginia ami Mary land Go Ropublioan. Vlotorj t?o Great Republicans Were Surprised. Thc Republican national ticket has been o'eeted by a vole In th? Elec toral College that will exceed that of 292, given Mr. McKinley in 1900. Thc result of Tuesday's balloting was astounding evin to the most sanguine or the Republican managers. Confi dent as they were of success, they wi-re" not prepared for the astonishing figures which followed the closing of the polis, bringing into the Republi can to'umn not only all of those States they bad claimed as safe for their candidates, but with the possi ble exe ptionof Maryland, every State cl s-^cd as doubtful. Democratic successes are confined to the solid South, in which Kentucky is inc'uded, and Mr. Parker bas not carrild u single State which did not give ils vole to Mr. Bryan four years ago. Olliclal returns indicate that he lo.t some of those which the Nebraska candidate held for his party. Official figures fioui the Northwest cities may slightly change the totals, but base on the returns av?llale at a late hour Tuesday night the electoral vote st nds as follows: For Roosevelt: Califurn'a 10, Con necticut 7, Dilaware 3, Illinois 27, Tin-liana 15, Iowa 13, Kansas 10, Maine .6, Massachusetts io, Michigan 14. Minnesota ll, Nebraska 8, New Jersey 12, North Dakota 4, Ohio 23, Oregi u 4, Pennsylvania 34, Rhode ls and 4. South Dakota 4, Vermont 4, Washington 5, Wisconsin 13, Wyom ing 3, Total 293. For Parker: Alabama ll, Arkansas 9, Fiorida 5, Georgia 13, Kentucky 13, Louisiana 0, Mississippi 10, Missouri 18. North Carolina 12, South Carolina 9, Tennessee 12, Ttxas 18, Vlrgluia 12. Total 151. Doubtful or not heard from: Colo rado 5, Idaho 3. Maryland 8, Montana 0, Nevada 3, Utah 3, West Virginia 7. Total 32. As a dramatic climax to the sensa tional majorities given bim, came President Roosevelt's . formal an nouncement that be would not- be a candidate for re-election, lending the only exciting aspect to an election night otherwise so one-sided that- it Was impossible for even the victors to attaha that degree of enthusiasm that "??'.?Hi- ?MU? *m? .occasion. Late in the night came an announcement from Melvin G. Palllscr, manager ot the campaign fur Thomas E. Watson, the candidate of the People's pa-ty, that as a result of the overwhelming DemCoi-atlc de?tcit steps would ' be taken to form a new party. To this end, according to the announcement given out. Mr. Bryan, Mr. Watson and Wm. Randolph Hearst would hold a conference in New York In about a week's time. The period of suspense that follow ed the closing of the polls was not pro longed. In no election in recent ye ars has the re^ ult be( n definitely known so soon. Hardly had the sun gone dowu when the results In New York began to appear. By 7 o'clock it was evident that the great Empire State hud given the ll ?publican candidates a majority beyond the predictions of the party managers. So convincing was the story of the bulletins that at 7.30 August Belmont at Democratic headquarters conceded Roosevelt's election by an over-whelming maj ?ri ty; an half hour later the Democratic leadeis wi o had managed the cam paign freely admitted that thc Rep ib lkans bad carried every doubiful State There was no distortion to hope against hope. As State after State s ul In its Republican majo*'-, and tiie wins told the tale of tho '?al lots, bringing even from the common wealths upon which they had based their tigures of Democratic success re ports, of unprecedenti d republican ma orltlcs.tl.ey frankly conceded their de feat and offered no explanation. Soon afler Mr. Belmont's admission Jirlge Parker acknowler ged the situation by telegraphing President Roi.S-velt his coi gratulations. Toe perfect weather conditions which prevailed ever practically the entire eountry, brought out a vote which experienced polltlc;ans pro Met will bo a ri cord bri aker and in this increase of ballots the lt- publicans gained moro than their share. Tin: LATEST PIOUIIKS. Tiie following table illowa the ap proximate pluralities in the various bl a?eft. States- Parker. Roose velt. Alabama. 7f>,000 . Arkansas. ;10,000 . California. lOO.i.oo Colorado . 15,000 ( ?onneel Icu!. 38,000 Delaware. 4,ooo Florida. 20,000 . Georgia.00,000 . Idaho. 25,000 illinois. 225 000 Indiana. 7;">,Ooo Iowa. 130,000 Kansas. loo.ooo Kentucky. 14,000 . Louisiana. 35,000 . Maine. 35,000 Maryland. Massachusetts . 86,000 Michigan. 150,000 Minnesota. 1^0,000 Mississippi. ?O.OOO . M issourl. lo 000 Montana. 10,000 Nebraska. 75.000 Nevada. 2,Ci 0 New Hampshire. 20,0(0 New Jersey. 70,060 New York. 174,0i 0 North Carolina.00,000 . North Dakota. 20,000 Ohio. 200,000 Oregon. 40,000 Pennyslvania. 4H"> OOO Rhode Island. lo.ouo South Carolina.00,000 . South Dakota. lu.oon Tennessee.20,000 . Texas.loo.ooo . Utah. 12,000 Vermont. 30,000 'VI gi ola . 25,000 . Washington. 30,000 West Virginia...... 20.000 Wisconsin.*. M.UOO Wyoming.f.. ?- 5>?"0 Total-.G34.000 2,428,000 The following table sbows tho elec toral vote: ROOSEVELT AND FAIRBANKS. State Electoral Vote. Colorado... 6 Callroinia. lg Connecticut.:. ; Delaware... 3 Idalfo. 3 Illinois.:. 27 Indiana. I? Io*a. 13 Kansas. 10 Maine. 1? Maryland. 8 Massachusetts. 10 Michigan.:. 14 Minnesota. ll Missouri. 18 Montana. 3 New Jersey. 12 Nebraska.'. 8 New Hampshire. 4 Nevada. ?1 New York. 30 North Dakota. 4 Ohio. 23 Oregon. 4 Pennsylvania. 34 Rhode Island. 4 South Dakota. 4 Utah. 3 Vermont. 4 West Virginia. 1 Washington. ii Wisconsin.'.. 13 Wyoming. .1 Total.!.343 L'A UK EU ANO DAVIS. Alabama. ll Arkansas. 9 J' lerida. -r> (? corgi a. 13 Kentucky. 13 Louisiana. 9 Mississippi. 10 North Carolina. 12 .South Carolina. 9 Tennessee. 12 Texas. 1? Virginia. 12 A FAMILY MURDERED. Tho Awful Crime ol Unknown Ansas ?In in California Town. A dispatch from Auburn, Cal., says1 lt is now known that Julius Weber, bis wife, their 19 year-old daughter Bertha, aud their son Paul, aged 14 years, were murdered Friday n'ghtby an unknown assassin, who set lire to j the home in an effort to cover his crime. Before the lire had made any great headway, the bodies of the mur dered woman and her two children were rescued from the burning house. An examination ot the bodies show ed that Mrs. Weber and the children had been murdered before the fire had ] beza ?tarxed, Mrs. Weber and her ?i?i.?,titn~? ' tro? Uv-t-Li h.?lieu -x?y prsiUi wounds. On the boy's bead were sev eral deep cuts, lie had alsii been shot. All efforts to reach Julius Weber, thc father wbo,was not thought to be in Llic-burling Iiouso, were abaucbr.c until when a search was made in I the burning timbers ?md his bjdy was found in the bathroom of the dwell ing. He, too, had been shot down be fore heit g left to I e consume;! by the Hames. This makes the neath list as follow : Julius Weber, aged 48. Mrs Julius Weber, aired 41. Bertha Weber, aged 19; their daughter. Paul Weber, aged 14, their sen. The hedy of Mr. Web ir was so bad ly burned that it has bten i m pi issi i le to a certain how often he was shot. It I lias .been ascertained beyond a doubt that the women were killed in one' ruoru and their clothing set, on lire, and that they were thru dragged Into the apartment where their bodies were discovered. One very peculiar circumstance of the tragedy'is that while- the bodies of the motlier and her daughter were burned tose me extend, the apartment in which*they were lying was not on tire when the diemen broke In, which ..l o.ved that tney had bien killed in MI.mo other portion of thc house part lally burned and then dtagged into ihe io m where they were fo.md. The robbery theory is about ex ploded. Adolph Weber, the son, aged 20, who is the only member' of the family alive, talks but little, but] to the coi oner and sherill he says he did not think the motive was either robbery or revenge. When asked if he had a theory he t-aU he had, hull w uki not give lt. Ile did say, re; I luctautly, I hat his father had a vio lent temper. The boy Bald lie had left, h me abtut (> .io, carno dowu town and bought a u.tir o? trousers. When he went t i the lire be dropped nts old tro use i s which were ina barn ing building. Young Web r lias a good leputatlon. Two 22 calibre re volvers were found but tue bullets ex tracted frum thc bodies wire :>2 cali bre. Julius Weber was a re'ired brewer and was a mau of considerable wealth, rile family lived m a li indsome lu me here and Mr. Wei.or pus. esscd valuable l?iupIvIn if"\i L'I'jnH f'-i '? IW?ICrirJ ... w IKlAUu V-.IH. They !h>< h Drown. At Lee, Me., Thursday morling Mrs. Clarence U. Burke, aged about forty-live years, and her daughter) June, aged 18, lost their lives by drowning. Both were p il e 1 from the water before life was ext net, but vig orous work on the part of rescuers failed to resuscitate them, lt is sup posed that the daughter bst her life In trying to prevent lier mother from carrying out her pian to cunmit sui cide. It Is believed th<it Mrs. Burke, brooding over domestic troubles, be came derang d and aioso early in the morning wi: bout arousing bor fam?y. Stu-w. nt to tho mill p aul not lar from her home and th-ew herself Into tl.e waler' The daughter must have disci vend her mother's absence soon [after abe had left tho house and l eon able to follow her the tracks of the footsteps in the light snow, lt ls .supposed that either in attempting to prevent her motlier from committing suicide or end avering to pull her body from thc water she had IOHI. her life. ItiiMii-ii to Duatti. Two negro children were burned to loath Thursday aitencon lu a lire which destroyed a houso and cjttou j gin near Tarboro, N. G. KILLED EACH OTHES. Two Dispensary Constables Have a Fatal Fight at Baa to vor. FOUGHT ABOUT AN OVBRCOAT. Both Men Said to Have Been Drink ing. Bcfiiro tho Shoot I ii? They Were on the Best of Terms. The State cay one of the most shocking tragedies that bas ever been known In Richland occurred late Wednesday afternoon In peaceful Eistover, when two dispensary con stables shot and killed eaoh other. As ls usual In the feign of crime and car nival of carnage that now hole's sway over South Carolina, the affair was precipitated by a quarrel overa trivial thing-an overcoat. Whiskey also evlaently played its part. The def<d men are J. L. Irby and S. A. Phillips. The two men had beeu sent to East over air) had left this city about 2 o'clock In the afternoon in a buggy drawn by two horses. They reached the pretty village late in the after noon and evidently spent some little time there. It was soon after dark when they stopped at Karsee's store, and Irby got out of the buggy and went into the store to starch it. Ile left his overcoat in the buggy with Phillips, who drove off down thc st reet. As be was driving the coat dropprd out of the buggy to the ground. Irby soon came out of the store, having found no whiskey and was standing in the door when Puilllps drove back on the other side of the btreet. Irby called to him to come over, and when he did Irby told him that there was nothing (no whiskey) there. "Let's go back to Columbia," said Irby. Irby got Into the buggy, and the two drove (IT in the direction of Co lumbla. In the meantime a negio came back to Karsee's store with an overcoat which he had picked up in tile road. Mr. Karsee said that be knew whose the coat was and took it Into the store. After about 15 min uer, the buggy, with the two con stables, drove back through the street ! and lo Karsee's store. Mr. Karse^ asked the men if a coat had been lost and Irby answered, "Yes, that's my overcoat." Phillips jumped from the buggy ahd said to I by, "Now you've- got your ccat. That will prove 1 did not steal your coat. You have got to give me satisfaction for saying that 1 did steal your overccat." "I did not say you stole my coat. I left it in your keening. You ought to have known something about it. Como on, let's go luck to Columbia. rivc-ri'- --.>>.! .-.a H*T." .... - - - ? "No I'm not going before Iget sat isfaction. You siid I stole your over coat and I'm not going until I get satisfaction," retorted PbUllps. _ THK SCE?K U?AN?'?P. . ... Mr. Karsee, seeing that there was tobe trouble, took hold o? Phillips and told him to get In the buggy. I J. did so, and Irby started to drive off, but his companion snatched the reins and said "Let me drive." Phillips drove the buggy over tu McKenzie's siore. From here the account cf the tragedy is given by another witness. Plilllips came into the store of Mr. Ed McKenzie, and taking him back into the rear of the establishment said: "Mr. Irby has Insulted me and I'm not going hack in the buggy with him." Phillips then went out to the buggy with Mr. McKenzie and told Irby he would not go willi him. Irby Insisted on bis going but be still re fused. Irby pulled eff his over coat and laid lt in the buggy, taklrg from It his rr volver, which he st?ck in hiship pocket. He caught Phillips by tho collar and t lld him he had to go, at the same time slapping his fa co. McKenzie got between the men and tried ti part them, proposii that Iihy should go in Hie buggy and Phillips on the train, or vice versa. Irby caught Phillips by the collar again, saying he must go In the bug gy. Then lt was that Phillips drew lils pLtol and shot Irby, at the same time running away, liby drew his own revolver and began to shoot at Plilllips, tiring several shots, so it is understood. McKenzie, to get out of the gunfire, ran into bis store. Phillips fell dead, shot through the back j ist where the suspenders cross li by waiked about a few moments and theo went Into tho store and was bold to sit down. Ile lived possibly 15 or yo m mites but died in Hie chair where bo was sitting. Dr. L N. Iljok, the nearest physician, was sent for butas be was some distance lu the country at the li ne of the homicide lie did not. reach irby until he was almost dead. Dr. Hook said that the wounded man breathed twice after bis arrival and then expired. As far as as OJ rt abie I Wednesday night he made no statement after Hie shooting, ex wnt ?hat "ie said "He's got me" Just after Phillips tired at him. Ho was shot about midway t etween the breast and abdomen and practically In the median line. He probably had an In ternal hemorrhage. noni WERE imiNKiNo. It is said that Phillips had been drinking heavily and was In fact In toxicated, while Irby, who had also bien drinking, was still ablo to know what lie was doing. The news of tue deplorable affair soon reaobed Columbia and Chief Con stable U. ll. [lammet immediately communicated with Eastover by tele phone and obtained the particulars. He not!lied Coroner Gri en, who, to d him to communicate with Magistrate JohuS. Scott at Kastover. Mr. Ham met did s i and asked that Hie Inquest bc bold as Bl on Thursday morning as possiblo so that Hie bodies might be brought to Columbia on the morning train. Ile also communicated willi friends in Eastover and asked that caskets be provided and that the bodies of the uufortunato men be cared tor. R. Lisle Irby was from Laurens county and was a nephew of the late. Sauat/ir John L. M, Irby. Ha was ono of the best known constables on J tue force and was one ti tho oldtst lu . ) servier, having been apperrited seven yearB ago and having been stationed in Columbia several years. He was regarded as brave and fearhss and when instructed to do a thing he al ways obeyed orders. He leaves a wife In Colombia, living at 1228 Lady street. His brother, James H. Irby, corporal of the guard at the peniten tiary, left Wednesday night driving through obe country. Ile will return with the body Thursday morning, taking "It to Laurens. Irby was In sured for $500 In the Knights or Pythias bel?g a member of Capital lodge. Sara'l A. Phillips was appointed from Eastovcr 18 months ago, by Gov. Heyward, on the recommendation of several prominent citizens of Rich land. He had always given splendid satisfaction in his position. He leaves a wife and several children, who re side at 1104 Pine street. OUIEF nAMMET'S STATEMENT. Chief Constable Hammet when asked for a statement Wednesday night said that while be deplored the shocking occurrence it seemed to have been purely a personal matter between the two men. I ', as reported, they bad been drinkiug lt was In violation of one of the strictest rules governing constabulary. EL L. Irby, said Mr. Hammet, was thc best man in this division and bad no superior In the State as a constable. He was fearless and reliable. GOT HIS COTTON PICKED. Au UklAlioma Farmer Introducen a Novel Mri Omi to Gather it. At Maugum I. T., while the cotton crop of his neighbors was unpicked and uncarei for, the tleecy staple on thc farm of E C. Stockton was being piled high In his warehouse and held by bim for a 12 cent market. Stockton owus a plantation in Greer couuty. There ls always n. scarcity of labor at cotton picking time, because the resident* will not permit a negro to remain over night within the coun ty borders. Until 1895 this county was a part of Texas, but in that'year the United States supreme court hold that Greer county was a part of the former Comanche Kiowa Indian re ervation. as outlined in their treaty with the government, and therefore a part of Oklahoma. Stockton was In Erick looking for bands while a dozen other planters were there on a simular mission. Stockton is a deacon In the Baptist' church and happened to meet the su: perintendent of the Sunday school. The latter remarked that be was try- ? lng to raiso money for a church li brary. B ?fore Stockton and the super intendent had parted company' ar rangements had been made for the en-, tire Sunday school to give a benefit! cotton picking on the Stockton farm l ? he. no^t two dt?j6. Before he had loft town Stockton bad given a two days' benefit picking to the'Methodists, who wanted money for new carpets; two days to the Presbytfer-r?u-VVoi? need ed new church furniture for the' pr-. 8803$?V uwo**??yfl to the Catholics to replenish a mission fund, and closed a deal with the Worran's Christian Temperance Union and Loyal Tem perance legh n for three days' picking to aid tile temperonce campaign held in that county. The next morning fifty-six members of the Biptist .Sunday school, big and little, old and young, donned pink sack3 and sailed forth to the Stock ton farm, ' They were paid the pre valid g price (To cents for a hundred pounds), and by night bad picked 3, (144 pounds. The proceeds of the day's work went, a lung way toward buying the needed library. Several other members of the school joined the army of pickers the next day and 6,000 pounds were pickett. All denominations kept their dates with Stockton, who provided liberal meals and sleeping accommodations for the party. He states that the pick ing, taking Into consideration the feed ing and bousing o.f the church delega tions, cost bim less than experienced negro pickers. He was able to get a few Mexicans to work in a seperate part of the tiehl from the church pick i rs, and by the time the contracts with the church arid temperance peo ple expired he bad his entire crop housed. SENTENCED IO HANG. A Young Whit? Man in Oooneo c.junty to bo Executed. At, Walhalla on Thursday Judge McCullough sentenced Earl Rochester lo be hanged January 0th next. A motion for a new trial was over ruled. Tuc scene lu tho c mri room was a most, solemn one, when a young man of line family received bis death sen tenced for murdering bis neighbor, whoso family ls equally as prominent. Utfort; sente;.co was pronounced Rochester made a long statement.' narrating the circumstances that led UP to the killing of Mills. He said he was goarded hilo the killing by threats and insults. Evidence showed that Mills was not armed when bc was killed, only a a small knife, a pipe and a piece o' tobacco being found on bis person. Beneath ills light arm he held a bunch of cabbage plants wrapped in a p|cco of paper. The killing took piado near the home of Rochester as Mills passul going along tho road from a neighbor's, llutb men have wives and small children. (in May 12 last Ll .chester shot and killed Waller Mills. They came of prominent families and were both very popular. Mills was unarmed when be was shot. He was killed on his way home as be was passing ny Rochester's house. The trial created Intensa Interest and it was an awe-stricken audience that tilled thc courtroom when Judge McCullough told Rochester to stand up and ntiered the solemn wolds con demning him to death. Five Uurned to Death. In a fire at 40 E.ist 07th street, New York, Friday morning, which iL ls said was Incendiary, Hirco peoplo were burned to death, and many others narrowly escaped. Tho dead are End WObi r, 09; Planche and Lillie Euplena, 15 and 18; The bodies will bo takeu to tho police station. M?. BRYAN'S VIEWS. Thinks Parker's Defeat Is Sue to Con ditions and Mistaken Policy. RADICAL REMEDIES DEMANDED. I) Miioorntn West ami South Must fl Make tho Party a Positive, Aftgrsslvo anti Bo lor in Organization. Wm. J. Bryan Wedneslay night) gave out an extended statement con cerning tho eleotion, which ls intend ed to serve os his comment on the re sult, and as an answer to reports con necting him with a movement look ing .to the formation of a new party. Mr. Bryan said he would not attempt to deny all reports ch culatee! as to his future political action, but would iet liri* statement, serve to explain his po sition. He says:. "Tho defeat of Judge Parker should noe be considered a personal one. Ile did as well as he could under the cir cumstances; he was the victim of un favorable conditions and of a mistak en: party policy. Ile grew in popu larity as the campaign progressed and expressed himself more and muru strongly upon thc trust question, but could ^not overcome the heavy odds against him. Tlie so called conserva tive Democrats charged the defeat of | 18?0 and 1900 to tbe party's position ou the money question aud insisted that a victory could be won by dmp ping the coinage question entirely. "The reorganizers are in complete control of/the party, they planned the campaign and carried lt on according to ?their own views, and the verdict against their plan is a unanimous one. Surely silver cannot be blamed for this defeat, for the campaign was run ?u a. gold basia. Neither can the de feat be charged tu emphatic condem nation ot the trusts, for the trusts were not assailed as vigorously this year as they were four years ago. It is ?vident that the campaign did not turn upon the question of imperial ism, and it ls not fair to consider the rena?t as a personal victory for the president, although his administra tioh was the subject of criticism. .RADICAL CUANOK NECESSARY. Thc result was due to the fact that th? Democratic party attempted to be conservative in the presence of condi tions which demand radical remedies, lt sounded a partial retreat when lt she lld have ordered a charge all along the)Hue. The democratic party has notliing to gain by catering to organ is?e! and predatory wealth, lt must not only do without such support, but it 'ari strengthen itself by inviting y- '..ocn and emphatic opposition pf , these* elements. The campaign Just clo-ed shows that it is as inexpedient from the standpoint of policy as it,is wrong from tbe standpoint of prin clple to attempt any conciliation gjl iii ti'.. Industrial and Unaury^'d'?spots | whi'..are ??S?i$\'j 'getting control of j all the avenues of wealth. The Demo cratic patty, If it hopes tu win sue cess, must take the side of tbe plain common people." Mr. Bryan says for two years he bas | pointed out the futility of any at tempt to compromise with wrong or to patch up a peace with the great | corpoialions which are now exploiting the public, but the Southern Demo crats were so alarmed by the race issue that they listened, rather reluc tantly, be lt said to their credit, to | the promises of stucess held out by these who had contributed to the de feat of the party in the two preced ing camptig is IlecontiDU's: "The experiment has bi en a costly une and lt is not likely to be repeated during .the present generation. The Eastern Democrats were also deceived. They were led to believe that the magnates and monopolists who co. eioed tbe voters in 1S'J(> aud supplied an enormous campaign fund in both ISM and 1!)00 would help the Demo cratic party If our party would oniy be less radical. Tuc election has opened ?'.,e eyes of the hundred of tnouHbiud of honest and well mean ing Democrats, who a few.months I ago favored the reorganization of the ! party. These men now so J that they must either go into the Republican party or join with the Democrats of the West and South in fmaking the] Democratic patty a positive, aggres sive and progressive reform organiza tion. There is no middle gruuud. READY TO ASSIST. Mr. Bryan sajs no* that tho cam paign ls over he will assist those who] dea;re to put tho Democratic army once more upon a lighting basis; he will assist In organizing for the cam paign of 11IU8. Ile continues. "The party must continue to pro test against a large army, against the large navy and to stand for tho Inde pendence of tho Filipinos, for Impe rialism adds the menace of militarism to the corrupting Intlu? ncc of com mercialism, and yet experience has | showu? that, however righteous tin party's position on this subject, the Is sue does not arouse the people, as they can be warned only by a question which touches them immediately and individually. Tue party must also ? maintain its position on the tariff i question. Tho party must renew Its | demand for an income tax, to be se cured through a c institutional amend ment In omer that wealth may be made to pay Its share of tho expenses! of thc government. "The party must maintain it.s posi tion in favor of bimetallsin. lt can not surrender its demand for uso of! both gold and silver as the standard' money of the country, but the ques tion must romain in abeyance until conditions so ohauge as to bring the | oublie again face to face with tailing prices and a rising dollar. This, there fore, can not be made the controlling Ibsue of thc question upon which we are entering, "Tho trust question presents thc most acute phase of tho contest be tween Democracy and plutocracy, so far as economic Issues are concerned. Tho President virtually admits that the trusts contributed tu his cam paign fund, but. he denies that they received any promises or aid or im munity. No wo 1 Infi ruted person oouuta that the large corporations I have furnished thc Republican cam { palgn fund durlug the campaigns of 1806 and 1900 and 1004, and no one can answer the logic of Judge J ar ker'? arraignment of thc trusts contribu tion. The trusts are run on a business principle. They do not subscribe mil lions of dollars to a campaign unless they are paying ' for favors already grouted or purchasing favors for fu ture delivery. The weakuess of Judge Parker's position was that 'che charge wits made at the close of the cam paign, when it was neutralized by a counter charge. The trusts cannot he fought successfully by any party that depends upon trust funds to win the election. NO ?KUST MONEY. "The Democratic party must make its attack upon the trusts so vehement that no one will suspeot lt of petting sec te t aid from them. It will ba to ' its advantage If lt will b<~gln the next I campaign with an announcement that no trust contribution will be ace pt ed, and then prove its shier ky by giving the publio access to its contri butiun list. "President Roosevelt has four years in which to make good h's declaration that no obligations were ire rred by thc acceptance of trust funds. Ile wil disappoint either the contributors or the voters. If he disappoints the con tribiitcrs,' the trust question may be put in the process of settlement. If he disappoints the people they will have a chauce to settle with bis party four years hence. "The party must continue Its de fence of the Interests of the wage earners; it must protect them from the encroachments of capital; it must Insist upon remedial leg slation lu rr gard to hours and arbitration and must so l ink the authority of the ci uris in contempt cases as to t v r throw what is known us gov^rnm ni by ir ju :ction. "Tue party must continu' its oppo sition to national hanks cf 1? ue and must iuhiat upuu ?ivorcii g the treas ury depart mont frc m Wah btreet. The party mu-t ontir.ua its tig it for the popular election of senators ai d for dire CD legislation wherever tho pnn c:ple can be applied. It must hot only m <intain its position on old lieu s; but it must advance to the oosidera tion of new qu:stions os they arise." Among thwe Mr. Bryan mentions the postal telegraph system, state ovneishlpof railways, federal Ju g s elected for fixed terms and the el- c tlon of post m isters by tho people of their respictive c mmmltics. SCHOONJi? BUN UOWN. Capt. It Uu. Walton, Hin Wi?o anti Two Seamen Drowned. Capt. Robert Walton, his wife and two seamen lost their lives Wednes day night off Barnegat light, when the United States supply shIp""Onlgoa jut down the Norfolk lumber schooner , Wilson and Hunting. Four members 3f RVS ?reW) tim mate, whose name is Peterson, the steward and two sea meu, were rescued by the Culgoa and were brought there Friday. The accident occurred according to the survivors about 7 o'clock in the livening. Tue schooner was 10 miles west of Barnegat tacking off shore when she was struck by the Culgoa, which was making for New York, fhesteel how ot the supply ship struck the schooner nearly amidships and cut half way, throwing the smaller vessel on her beamsend. The Culgoa kept on at full speed with the .Intention of keeping the schooner fastened to its how until the crew could be rescued. Tlie gaping hole lu thc aide of tho sailing vessel was so large, however, that lt slid off to one side. A boat ?from the Culgoa rescued four mon. No others were seen, and lt ls thought Capt. Walton went bsloW after his wife when the collision occurred and that they were both drowned, with two seamen, who were in their bunks. The Culgoa stayed ny the oap ?zed scooner all night and daylight Thurs day morning lowered two more boats, but, the sailors were unable to disc iver signs of life on the wreck. Toe schooner is now believed to be drift ing about near Barnegat. The supply ship anchored otf Tompkinsvtlle Fri day night and landed the survivors. Her bows are badly damaged. The Wilson and Hunting left Nor folk, Nov. 3d, for New York with a fud cargo of piling. She was built in 1803 in Alexandria, Va. She is of 418 gross and 344 net tons register. 152 feet long, 35 feet beam and 11.6 feet draught. Her regular crew is six men. l?leoiton Murdum. The Republicans were desperate In Colorado on the day of election. At Cripple Creek two Democratic elec tion Judges were killed, a Peabody deputy sher.tl was mortally woundod and a number of Democratic judges were beaten aud thrown Into Jail. Ike Idelblob and Chris Miller, judges at Gold held, were shot down hy ono of Sherill Hell's eleputles. They had or dered the deputy away from the poll ing p'ace. Jumes Woi?ord, the deputy who killed the two election ollie ?rs in Goldfield, was a secret service man during the military ruin In the dis trict. Miller and Idlebolt were union men. At Midway, Ed Doyle, a di puty sherill, assaulted Mrs. Kennedy, a a Democratic Judge, and in astiuggle that ensued toro lier dress and slapped her. Ed O'Leary, a Democratic watcher, Interfered and shot Do., le, fatally wounding him. Japan WniitH I'caoo. A dispatch from London says Japan unotlleiilly has made representations to Russia looking to peace. This action resulted in failure, and such representations, even privately, are not likely to bo repeated-by Japan lt is uot known what actuated Japan hi this step and Russia's refusal to consider tho proposition is taken as to I indicate tiiat tho czar is coi;ii ?nit of the ultimate outcome of tho war. Al though the suggestion of a pad Ile set tlement was made unofflcialiy it ac tually had behind lt all toe weight of au offer hy the Japanese govern ment, lt was made direct to Russia and no power aoted as au interme diary. Too failure of these direct negotiations, however, resulted In t ringing intervention within a meas urable distance. CHIME FOLLOWS CBlME. Tho sheri rx nd One Citizen'Killed nnil Town Terrorized. A dispatch from Huntington, W. Va., says Faye to County is excited as never before over a d mole murder which occurred Thursday, following the murder of Corstable W. A. .hickson, by Policeman Will Elliott, of Montgomery, Wednesday night. Wednesday night in a quarrel between the two officers, Jackson was shot and killed. Harvey Jacks m, a brother of W. A. Jackson, and two other broth ers, armed themselves and started out 'o olean up the entire police force of the town," which ls a_ small hamlet near Fayette. A telephone message was sent to ShciiU Daniels, of Fayette County, to come to Montgomery at once as blood shed was certain. Daniels reached Montgomery at 1U o'clock Thursday m truing. Just as he stepped from ti ie train he saw Harvey. Jackson and, p'aoicg his hand on Jackson's shoul der, told him to leave the town under penalty of being arrested. Jackson, - without a word, fired twice point blank at the sheriff, each bullet tak ing effect. The sheriff dropped to the ground, dying instantly. John lto'.f, a prominent oitlzin of tbe town, was standing nearby and had witness ed the talk between Danielsand Jack sn. Thro .ving up his hands he ad vanced toward Jackson to remonstrate with him aud to help Daniels. Jack son turned and shot Rolf dead. Then" rel?i.Jina bis revolver and pulling an other from his hip pocket he bland ished them in the air and defied any one in the town to take him. The otter Jackson boys came into the town and met their brother im mediately after the shooting. For half au hour the three men paraded the streets firing revolvers and defying the town, The people were in a panic and crawled into cellars. The streets were deserted and not *>n official dared to make his appearance. lu the meantime Detective Harrison Ash, wno lives near Montgomery and is re puted to be the gamest man in West Virginia, was telephoned for. When ue was s:en coming down the road way from Montgomery by the Jackson ' boys they started on a run for thc mountain base nearby and escaped in the woods. After Ash had driven .he murderers to the mountains tbe citizens plucked up courage and i swarmed into the streets heavily armed. A posse of 200 men were . quickly organized and under .the I leadership of Ash and other police they started beating the woods for the Jacksons. SWEPT BY FIRE. The Town of Johnston Has a Destruc- | tive Con ll aeration. A dispatch to the Augusta Ohroni- i cle says but for a fortunate change in > the wind at a critical time Tnursday I L I H. business section of J uhnston would i nave ~ beela . a smouldering heap of ashes. As iv v?? ^disastrous fire < s vept a portion of the "W&?S5^?*?'^ trlct and threatened several very ' handsome residences that are in the neighborhood. The Ure originated In the old How- ' ard building, which was tenanted by < P. J. Duncan and family, and swept that portion of Malu street between ; Mlms avenue and Jackson street. The i tire started from a defective stove (lae, and was bunning its way into a nest of splendid buildings when the 1 winn shifted and turned the huge i tongue of linne diagonally acrus-> Main street, which ls very wide, so wide in fact, that they could not reach across the street and ignite the buildings on the other side, and at the same time saved the buildings that were in the track of the tire. Tho losses with the insurance as near as they could be gotten are as fol 1' J ws : Old Howard building, owned by J. W. Moblty, 81,000. Household furniture pf T. J. Dun can, $500. J. M. Still, merchant, suffered slight damage. C. A. Austin, on building, 8000. J. T. Durst, on stock, 8500. V. E Eiwards, on stt ck, 8500, in surance 81,000. The building was owned by the National Bank of Au gusta, and the Insurance could not be learned. Itsvaluowas about 81,000. W. W. Woodward, a butcher, lost about 840, and the building in which he operated was OAued by D. T. Outz, which was damaged to the ex tent of about 8300. W. L. Coleman suffered a loss of abou J 81,000 on building with 8200 insutance. Another small bu'.cher shop was de stroyed. lu some of the buildings destroyed the sticks of goods were saved. Weevil MovniK sSouth. In an exhaustive report on the boll weevil made by Assistant State Ento mologist R. 1. Smith to Commissioner of Agriculture O. B. Stevens, au un p irtant and dangerous feature re ???iiding this pest, according to Mr. Smith, ls thc rapidity with winch the weevil ls moving eastward. Mr. Smith asserts in lils report that, if measures to light the weevil are long delayed In the eastern portion of the cotton belt, lt will mean inestimable loss to the cotton punters. Mr. Smith has been in Texas in an official I ?capacity for some time, making a j through study of the Mcxicuu boll weevil. Alleged < Irl ru i nal At.unit. Late Friday afternoon John Jack son, an old colored man from near Langley, came to Aiken and charged John Watson, another negro, with having cornmitled a criminal assault upon bis daughter, Laura Jackson, ou last Satudrday. John Jackson further states that Watson has never left the neghbornond of his alleged crime and that thc officers of the law have made no attempt to arrest Watson. Jack son has succeeded in raising $25, which he has dopodted with Clerk of Court John W. Dunbar and will offer lt as a roward for the arrest of his daughters assailant. ? RAILROAD manager sa\s the hugo death list in railway circles is due to the "craze for rapid transit." He would have been much nearer to the truth had he admitted that lt is due j to the "craze of huge dividends." MR/PARKER SPEAKS To the Democracy of the Nation About the 1.1 c>ton. HE DOES NOT' LIM?NT D7EEAT Thanks the Manadera and Hank and , Pile for Brilliant Party ' BM vice. EIB Fntnro Plans Not Yet Decided. Judge Parker Wednesday night gave tho press an open lotter address ed * 'To the Democracy of the Nation," In which he thanked those In charge of his campaign work and declared that the people will soon realize that "the tariff fed trusts are absorbing the wealth of the nation." He said that when that timo comes the people will turn to tho Democratic party for relief. In this letter Judge Parker says he Bhali never seek a nomination f jr public office. The letter fo lows: To the Democracy of thc Nation: - Our thanks are due to the members of the national committee and to the executive committee in charge of the campaiun for most unsoltisb, capable and brilliant party service. AP. t>?ftt>>^ it was possible for.men todo they dldf hut our difficulty was beyond the renell of party managers. j 1 am most grateful to them/end wish in this general way to extend my iii.mica to the workers, as well -as the rack and file, all over the coutftry. I kcoK how hard they struggled against overwhelming odds, and ? only wish I could take each one by the nand and thank him. Deeply as I regretted leaving the bench at the time of lt, in thu pteo eo?j of overwhelming defeat, I do not lament ic. I thought lt was my duty. In the light of my present informa tion I am now even more confident that I did right. I shall never seek a nomination for public office, but I shall to the best of my ability serve the party that, bas honored me, and through the party serve my country. THE PARTY'S MISSION. The party has in the Dear future a *reat mission. Before long the people will realize -that the tarilT fed trusts uni Illegal combinations are absorb ing the wealth of thc nation. Then they will wish to throw off these leeches, but the republican party will not aid them to do lt, for . Its leaders appreciate too; well the uses to which the moneys of the trusts can be put in political cam paigns. - When that time cornea, and come it will, th?-pAC?pl^. will tate to_tI*e lv acratlo party for relief, aud. the party mould bo ready-ready with an or ganization of patriotic citizens cover- ~ mg every election -district, who are willing to work for the love of .the jause-an organization supported by . is many town, city, county and Slate ?ffleers as we ere .able to elect in the mel?9, We entered^ this can vass / ? with every""'northern, western and eastern State, save one, in Republican jontrol. TUIB gave to that party a large irmy of officeholders, reaching into avery hamlet, many of whom gladly followed the examples sat for them by the members of the president's cabinet in devoting their time and services to the party. To accomplish much In this direc tion, however, wo must forget the difficulties of the past. If any oue sus pects bl3 neighbor of treachery, let bim not hint of his suspicion. If .be knows he his deserted us, let him not tell lt. Our forces are weakened by divisions. We have quarreled at ti nes over non-essentials. If we would help Ihe people, If we wou.d furnish an or ganization through whlcl they may oe relieved of a party that has grown so corrupt that it will gladly enter Into partnership with trusts to secure moneys for election purposes, we must roget the differences pf tue p<!St and begin this day to build up wherever it may be needed a broad and e lie.ti ve orgamzition. And we must by con stant teaching, through the pres3 and from the platform, apprise th?j people of the way the vicious tanti circle works. DISHONEST MONEY. We must bring home to them at other than elect lou times, the fact that moneys contributed to the Re publican party by t'.ie trusts is not only dishonest money bm. it ls given that the trust may, wi bout bin dera! ces, take a much Luger .sum from the people. In the presenca of a defeat that would take away all personal ambi tion, were is true that otherwise it possts^ed me, I Co no: h?sltat? to say that in my opinion the greatest morai question which now confronte us is: Shall the trusts and c irporations be prevented from contributing money to control or to aid in controlling elec tions? Such service as i can render in mat) or any other direction will be gladly rendered. And 1 beg the cooperation as a fel low worker of every Democrat In the country. (Signed) Alton H. Parker. .The telegraph office at li isemount lodge was dismantled Wedntsday night after busiucss. Juci(,'e Parkersaid Wednesday night bis plans for the future were not detiuitely made but that soon he would be In harness again., lt is generally believed hore that he will engage In the practico of law in New York, forming a partner ship with some well established firm. Who Known this Mun?, The Columbia Ricord says a tele phone mes-age from Savannah Friday afternoon stated that the body of a man had been found in the Ogeechee river, and in one of the p<:cke"is was a card bearing the name''L. C. Lev gne, 100 Wash ngton street, Columbia, S. * 10." S jon a name iilo"?s not appear in the directory, and so far as could be a certalncd willi a brief Investigation, no one knew of such a man. The dead man was about 30 years old, five feet high, wore button sin es, and it ls said that bis clothing Indicated that ho wai a railroad man. Ba hart some Itlcietfl In bis pockets showing that I he had played tho races.