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ft VOL. XV. , . CONVICTS ESCAPE. : i l D C Murphy, Murderer of C< p^s, On? c t Thorn. W. H, COLLINS THfc OTHfc R Sawed Steol Prison Door From Its Hinges and Scaled tha State Prison Walls. Their Ingenuity The Columbia State, of Friday, says: At least one of the most noted convicts in tho State prison hero has succeeded in making his escape, and going out ho was accompanied by auother of some noto. Tho men wore 1). (J. Murphy, tho white man who was opu'vlotcd of the assassinatiou of County Trcas urcr Copes of Orangeburg Home years ago, and W. Jli Jl-MIlins, a whito burglar of bad-deputation, who 1ms been kept-.-ihft'ho ocll with Murphy. Theso t^o men arc supposed to have cleared y the prison building and the wall of the prison grounds about 11 o'clock , Wednesday night. 'J'horc was no ink i ling of tho accurrrnoo until yesterday morning and therefore, tho men had a good start on their pursuers. The escape was as ingenious as it was daring. It is but soldom that prisoners attempt to saw out of tho massive rock and steel cages in which thoy are kept at tho Slate prison, but onoc and awhile they do it in consummation of plans conceived for months. Kyt ry superintendent has had to enduro the turprisc of prisoners sawing their way < ut of prison, and tho instar.co yesu r 1 <lay was merely Supt. Griffith's dose of the sumo medicine that other superintend* nts havohad to tako from time to tiue. Thcro was brain bohind the wohcine and that it was carried out successfully shows that the prisoners wero no odinary men. The last instance of "sawing out" was that of "Rod," the famous mulatto 1 burglar, some years ago. Iltsdeod still stands at tho head of tho list for brilliancy of conception and exi cution. Ho ' accomplished over an over again in tho 1 oourso of hisct-capo what niuo men out of ten would have uuhesitatingly declared absolutely impossible. When ho 1 heard -of tho latest case yesterday he smiled and said ho had no desiro to ro peat his attempt to escape, for ho had , only two ytais more to seive, and had been treated so good that he believed ( ho would oonio back again. lie is now foreman of the carpenter thops. T1 o latest cfcape is not unliko that of "Red" in soiuo particulars. Tho convicts wcro ahoat three weeks ago transferred from tho new to tho old main building, tho former being now in oourso, of reconstruction. All tho colls of this building open on steel pi azzas running around the entire building. The cells aro merely holes in tho thiok granito walla, tho occupants bo1 dv kept sccuro by massive iron barred doorp openiug on tho piazzas. Those doors aro hung on heavy iron drop hinges, aro looked with individual lockn from tho outside, and besides have on tho top an inverted V shaped piece of iron fastened so as to project outward and fall under a steel wlido that of itself locks every coll when dropped. Murphy and Collins in some way, either from the carpenter shop or tho mill, obtained a jack saw. With this powerful little instrument they completely severed the massive iron pin of t he top bingo of tho door at its baso. They evidently prized the door up enough to give tho jack Haw entrance. This dono they could pull tho door inward hullijicntly to twist it around and make an aperture largo enough to erawl through. Thoy had evidently planned the wholo thing out. They had othei materials for tho rest of tho csfcapc work, as will le seen. That thoy were perfectly confident of getting away may bo seen from tho inscriptions left on the walls of tho cell, written on tho whitewash in largo letters with a piece of oharcoal. On the right of tho door was this: "God will deliver; peace and good will to all men." On tho opposito facing was thin: 'Out for South Amer?o??W. H. Collinn, 1). C. Murphy, Goodby, for wo aro gone." On the wall insido the coll was this: .* "In God wo trust;God ho with you till wo meet again." Their ooll was tho third from thoend of tho thiid tier at tho eouthoastoorncr of the building, .Just totho north of tha cell not 60 feet away is a guard post, and clcctrio lights burnod all along tho Bido of tho building. Tho guard stays at this post savo at intervals when ho marohos around tho building. Getting their ooll dooropon Murphy aod Collins Sno doubt waitod until tho guard had passed around tho oornor of tho build; ing. Convicts in adjoining colls say they hoard some ono on the gangway but thought it was tho gnat I. The a /; men had no trouble in reaching tho ground. Then by reason of tho ma tcrial in tho yard they oould dodge across safoly to the west wall near tho engine rooui and mill. Between theso two is ono of tho wall "posts." Loading up to it is a vertical ladder frotn whioh they oould swing themselves to the wall. Finger prints showed that they did this Then they went, along the outside of the "post" and walked the wall to the engine room roof Here again they displayed their foro While hugging tho "posC'on tho out side they came near being caught. Mill Watohman Ilix was coming aoross tho yard. Ho heard somo tin "flaps," and thinking it strangnhe mounted tho ladder to tho 4,poBi." Tho escaping n||y . . - ? ?? i - ,,|| ' - % CI It iicu must liavc been ODly a few foot kway. Hearing uoihing more and seeng nothing he wont on to tho null and [mnohed his timo elook. Reaching tho ahadow of tho roof of f he engine room tho two mon procoeded :o u?ako a rope. Thoy had taken a jumbrrot a took intra from tho mill aud j >ui of iItefto they ommruotod tho ropo, j :> iiirf trio stockings together in safe Knots. In the foot of tho last stock ing they droi ped a six inch holt to kocp [he knot around the guy wire, to whioh th?y tied it, from slipping. Then thoy went down the rope which was only half way to the eanal hank, dropping thebalanoo of the distnuco ^To blue sould he obtained beyond thi* point. It was impossible oven to find an>thing indicating in which direction the uieu went on leaving ? So far no. amount of searching has result}d in tho finding of the jack tawusod by tho men They mav have tukrn it with thorn for tho purpose of entering sotuo houso last Wednesday night and scouting citizens' olothiog Mounted guards were sent out in all Jircotious Thutsday in tho hopo of gotling track of tho men, hut no trail (jeuld ho found. Superintendent Griffith promptly sent telegrams to almost every railroad station in tho Stato instructing the authorities to look out for the u en. He also promptly offered rewards for tho capture of tho fellows and placards are already being distributok in every direction Murphy has once beforo tried to escape. It was whilo he was under sentence of death and his effort failod. Since then though he has boon oaroful v watched and has behaved so well that ho has for somo time been an iu- } speotor in tho mill. j Collins also worked in tho mill. Tho ] prison officials say ho is a smart and \ had man; that though young ho in a t burglar who is known all over tho t country. Thoy g;vo him tho principal t orodit for dovising aud executing tho i plan of cbcapo worked bo suoccMfully. Me is said to have oomo originally from Flore doc county. Murphy's guilt has I long been doubted. Tho oonviotion was i upon circumstantial evidence. Tho olo- t niont of doubt was so strong that Gov. \ Ellerbo unhesitatingly commuted tho < sentence of death to lifo iuiprisonmont, ( If ho n ally did kill Treasurer ('opes I he will undoubtedly, if not caught at ] once, got funds with which to tako him i so)f aud Collins out of tho country, traveling by night, for none of tho I money stolon by Treasurer Copes' as- 1 sasbin has ever bocn accounted for. KEWAItDS AND DESCKIPTIONH. < In offering a roward of $200 for tho ' oapturo and delivery at the prison of Murphy and $100 for tho capture and ' delivery of Collins, tho prison author- ! itios in a circular give those dosorip- 1 lions of tho men: . No 14314 ?D. C. Murphy (whiio,) was tried and convio ed of murder in Orangeburg county, and sonionoed to hang. Sentence commuted to lifo im- 1 prisonnicnt in tho pouitcntiary March 20, 1807 Ho is .'05 years old ; 5 foot 8 1 inches high; dark brown hair; har.ol oyes and fair complexion; small scar left side of upper lip, long, sharp noso; two upper and two lower teeth out. No. 13848 ?W. H. Collins (whito,) was tried and oonviotod of burglary and compound laroony at tho July torm of couri in lMckons county, 1805, and sontonood to lifo imprisonment iu tho penitentiary. Ho is 24 years old; 5 fcot 8 or 0 inches high; bruwn hair; bulc oyes; complexion fair; two scars loft indox finger; eaglo anchor and crown on loft aim bolow olbow; United Statos flag and two hands olaspod and cross on loft forearm in India ink. utrcuiars giving those descriptions anil offering these rewards havo boen i sent broadcast by tho prison officials. Supt. Griffith is spooially anxious to rooapturo tho tnon and the Towards will 1 bo promptly paid. ( The omorgonoy bags sont by a ehuroh sooioty to KansaH soldiers in tho Philip- 1 pines eontainod among tho ncoossitiesa box of DeWitt's Witoli Hazel Salvo, tho well known cure for pilos, injuries nod skin diseases. Tho ladits took oaro to obtain tho original DoWitt's Witoh Hazel Salve knowing that all tho counterfeits aro worthloss. Dr. K. Norton. Another Syndicate. Anothor syndioato boen ohartorcd to cxrp'.oit tho Philippino islands. Tho ohartor issues from West Virginia, tho homo cf Elkins and bears tho Elkins earmarks. It is oallod tho Philippino Land 1 ui[ rovtmont company and is expected to grab ovorything above or below high water mark. Tho mills of tho trast gods aro grinding. Tho most dainty and offeotlvo pills mado aro DoWitt's Little Early Risers They aro uncqualed for all liver and bomel troublos. Novor gripe Dr. E. Norton. Want the Boxers Aca >rding to Assistant Seorotary of tho Troasnry Taylor, tho Republican oongroes will repeal iho Chincso exlurtion aot and permit tho Bo*ers to flood tho country which ohoap labor. This while 150,000 miners aro starving in tho Unite I States. Workinpmcn of American, what do jou think of tho proposition? Is it not timo to stop and think 7 DoVVitt's Little Eirly Risers aro prompt, palatable, pleas ant, powerful, purifying littlb pills. Dr. B Norton, This In Ohio. At Mansfiold, O , Wednesday Bassinger, an elder of tho Dowio ohuroh with two of his followers, was escorted to a train by a mob and hustled out of tho city. To provont consumption q tiokly oure throat and lung troubles with O re Minuto Cough Cure Dr. E. Norton. ?' i - - " ' If p< CONWAY, A GREAT SREECIE 3ryan Delivers a B~>dy Blow , f To Trusts. THE REIGN OF MONOPOLY. rhe Next President Spoke to an Enthusiastic Audience of Democrats at St. Louis. Itryan'H speooh at St. ]?mis Saturday light wan ono of tho features of tho jauipaigu. It was anti-trust through>ut. Among souio of llio things ho laid arc: Tho lament of David over Absalom is mo of tho most pathetic passages of ,hc Old TcHtauiont. The faot that tho ion was in rebellion against oivil as voll as parental authority did not ihako the father's affection, and tho uixious query, ' Is the young man, \bsalom, safeV" lingers in the memory if all who study tho life ol tho great llobrcw king And, yet tho ituoroat whioh David felt in liis son. Absalom, ias its parallel in tho more than 1<> 000,J00 families which make up the A nerijao people. No language can describe a mother's ove, or over-tato tho abiding interest which the father feels in tho wolfaro of his ohi!d. From the time when tho mother's life hangs in the baUuoo at iho boy's birth until tho death of tho parents there is scarcely a waking hour when tho sou is not present in their .houghtsaod plans It is to this parcn :ai devotion, ho universally rco tgntzod, .hat I desire to appeal on this oceation. APPEAL TO PARENTAL DEVOTION. 1 would call tlio attention of ovory father and mother to prosent political ind industrial conditions. I would ask iheiu to analyze thoso conditions, in/ostigato thoir causes and their tendencies. 1 would press upon them this luestion: "Is tho young mau, Absaom, safe?" Are you sitisfiod with tho possibilities and tho probabilities which iow opon boforo your son? Is he safe when foreign or doutestio Inancicrs aro allowed to dotoriuiuo tho uonotary system undor whioh ho livos? Is ho safo when national banks control tho volumo of money w hioh he does ousinoss? Is ho safo whon tho bond holding ilass dotormincs tho sizo of the national lebt upon whioh he must help to pay interest? Is ho safo whon by means of taxes aid almost entirely upon consumption >10 is ooinpollcd to oontributo according to his wants rat her than according to his possessions? Is ho safe when corporate interests influence as they do today thosoleoiion if thoso who are to represent him in tho scnato of the United Statos? If ho is a wage-earner, and you do not know how soon ho may bo, ovon if he is lot now, is he safo whon ho is liahlo to b' doprived of trial by juty, through lh/ jystcm known as government by injiii.otion? Is lie Hafc, if a laboring man, whon hois denied tho protcotion of arbitration and compelled to submit to such hours and terms as a corporate employer mau rtrnnnwn? JMVI'VHV. THE REIGN OF MONOPOLY . Hut I desire to cull spooial attontion to the growth of tho trusts, and to ask you whothor your son is safo uudor tho roign of privato monopoly? If you cannot leave him a fortuno, you can leave him something more valuable than monoy, viz , tho freedom to oinploy his own brain and his own hands for tho advancement of his own wolfaro. Whon thore is industrial independence, each oitizon is stimulated to earnest endeavor by the hopo of being ablo to profit by his own genius, his own energy his own industry and his own virtue. Hut when privato monopoly roachos its full dovolopmcnt caoh branch of industry will bo oontrollcd by ono, or a few men, and the fruits of monopoly, liko tho divino right of rule, will bo kept within tho possession of a fow from generation, to generation, while tho real producers of woalth will bo condemned to pcrpotual olorkship or servitude. Whou private monopoly rcaohes its full dovolopinont, _ . 11 l it n ? i i i your son win uuy me naisnca proauot at tho prioo which monopoly fixes; ho will Hell raw material at tho price which monopoly fixes; and, if ho works for wages, he will work far suoh oomponsa lion and upon Ruoh conditions as monopoly may determine. Charles It. Flint, of tho llubbor Qoods Manufacturing company, in a speooh delivered in Hoston on tho 2f>th of May, 1899, outlined tho trust program with great franknoss. In spoak ing of tno advantages to bo dorived from tho trust system ho said: OUTLINE Or TRUST PROGRAM. ''Raw material bought in largo quantities is Rooured at lower prices." When, for instance, one man buys all tho wool, the prioo of wool will bo loworcd and all who produoo wool will sell at tho prico fixed by tho trust. A largo proportion of our pooplo aro engaged in the production of various kinds of raw matorial, and they aro thus placed at tho mercy of the combinations. The second advantago is that those plants which aro best equipped and most advantageously situated are run continuously and in profcrcnoo of thoso less favored." This ruoans that factories o?n be closed in the smaller towns and business oonoentratod in the large oenters. It means atso that whencvor there is a surplus on hand, part of the faotories can be closed, and the burden of main taining prioes thrown upon tho wage workers. Thero aro already soattored throughout the land idle plants, whloh ... . . . , , ,?.> ?.. / 9 ' < . V / V Ji - ^ S. Co TirURSDA V SKP stand as silent monuments to tho ev'ls of tho tmat system. Tho next advautago mentioned is that "in oaso of local strikes and tires, tho work goes ou olsowhoro, thus pro venting serious loss." This moans thai a monopoly oan ah solutoly oontrol its workinguaon, for if a striko ooours in a faetoiy m ono state, tho factory oan bo close down indefinitely wliilo tho ouiploycs aro starved into submission, and, au tho trust can do tho work iu soiuo other iaotory without serious loss, it is quite indopen dent oi tno employed, and can absolu tely prcscribo the terms and conditions upon which they shall live. 'I ho uioro complete the monopoly the more op posed tho managers will he to arbitra lion, because, in case of any contest between tho trust and its employes, tho trust will have every advantage and tho omploycs will ho perfectly i powerless. Another advantago oitod by Mr Flint I is that "thcro is no multiplication of tho means of distribution and a better force of salcsmou will take tho place of a largo number." TRUSTS FORMED UNDRR M K1NI.KY. The American Agricultural Chemical Company incorporated undor tho laws of Connootiout, in May, 1800, has an authotized oapital of $40,00(1,0 )0, half common stock, and half prefcrtod. It acquired twenty two of tho largest fertilizing concerns iu the country. The American Uioyolo Company, incorporated in May, 1800, in Now Jersey, with $20,000 000 of common ptock and $10,000,000 preferred, consolidated forty four of the largest bioylo ooticorns in the I nitod States. Tho American llido and Leather Company, incorporated in New Jersey in iMsy, 1800, with an authorized capital of $35,000,000, half common stoi k and half preferred, controls about scveuty-five por cent of the upper loath or output ( f the country. Tuo American Linsocd Oil Company, incorporated in New Jersey in Dcootuber, 1808, with a capital stock of $33,r i.. * i w m ? i i t i ? www www, nan common biook ami nail profcrrcd, consolidated eleven largo linBecd oil companies, uud controls over eighty live por cent, of tho linseed old properties in tho 11 uitod States. Tho American Steel Hoop Company, incorporated in Now .Jorsoy in April, 1899, consolidated nino largo steel and iron ooinpauies in Ohio and Ponnsylvania, oapital stock $19,000,000 coin inou, and $14,000,000 j referred. Tho American Ship Iiuildiog Com pany, incorporated in New .Jersey in March, 1899, with an authorized oapital ol $30,000,000, half common stock, and half prcfcrrod, consolidated "all ship building, and kindred interests on tho great lakes." American Stocl and Wire Company, incorporated in New Jersey in January, 1899, with $50,000,000 common stock, aud $10,000,000 preforred, controls about oighly per ocnt of tho nail and wiro product of tho United State s. The American Thread-Company, incorporated in Now .Jersey in Maroh, 1898, with a capital stock of $12,000,000, half common aud half preferred, consolidated fourtoon largo thro ad companies in Now York and New JOngland. Auiotioan Tin Plato Company, incorporated in New Jersey in December, 1898, with $30,000,000 common stock, and $20,000,000 preforred, consolidated about ninety-tivo per oont of tho tin plato mills in tho United Statos. Tho American Window Class Company, incorporated in Pennsylvania, September. 1899, with $13,000,000 common stock and $1,0(0 000 preferred, consolidated window glass plants in New York, Pennsylvania, Now Jorsoy and Indianna, controlling about eightyfive per ocnt of tho output of the United Statos. American Woolon Company, incorporated in New Jersoy in Maroh, 1899, with noarly $39,900,000 coinm* n stock and $20 000,0U0 preferred, consolidate I a number of iuiUh in IUiodc Island, Massachusetts nnd othor plaoot. Tho American Writing Fapcr Company, incorporate* in New Jersey June, 1899, wiili $25,000,000 capital, half common Block and half preferred, consolidated numerous mills, producing over sovcnly-stx per cent of tho output of tho Unitod States. The Continental Tobaco) Company, inoor- orated in New Jorsoy in Novcmhor, 1898, with a capital of $100,000,000, half common nook and half preferred. ' Acquired all tho leading plug tobacco companies in tho United States, and also purchased ihc plug tobaooo business of the Aincrioan Tobacco Company in whoso interest it was formed." OI ANT f F.DKHAI. HTEEFi TKU8TS. Tho Federal Steel Company, incorporated in New Jersey in Soptomber, 1808, with an authorized capital of $200,000 000, half common stook and half preferred, consolidated tho Illinois Steel Company, tho Minnesota Iron Companv, tho Uuluth & Iron Rango Ry., tho Klgin, Jalict & Fastorn Ry., and several other oompanies. It owns fivo dooks on the groatlaicos and a majority of the steamers and barges used for transpoaiiog ores. Tho International I'apcr Company, incorporated in January, 1808, (stato not given) with an authorized capital of fzu UMJ.UUU cmioiou an<i fZ?> 000,000 preferred stock, consolidated twentylive pulp and paper mills, manufacturing about oighty per c nt. of tlio nowa papor. The National Hisouit Company, incorporated in Now Jer-ey in Kobruary, 181)8 with $30 000 000 common Ntock and $25 000,000 preferred, consolidatr d the loading cracker oompanie* and ooltrola in all ooo hundred and sixteen plants. The National Salt Company, incorporated in N. w Jersey in >1 iroh, 1899, with $7,000,000 of common stock authorized, and $5,000,000 proferred, produces about ninety five per cent, of the total output of' the oouutry. Tho National Tube Company, incorporated in Now Jor?oy, in Juno. 1899, has a capital stook of $80,000,000 half oomrnon and half preferred, and oon ^ " 'f'ft Mil 12II '27, WOO. trols about ninety per cent, of the output of tho I nitcd Statos. Tho Kubbor goods Manufacturing Company, inoorporated hi New Jersey in January, 1801), owns practically all the capital stock of tho Mechanical Kubbcr Company, the Peerless Kubbor Company aud tho India Kubbcr Company, as well as sovonty five per cent of tho stock of Morgan *1' Wright. It also acquired tho tire making plants of tho concern known as tho American Kioyolo Company. Authorised capital stock $50,000,000, half common and half preferred. Tho Standard Hope A: Twine Com piny, incorporated in Now Jorsey November 8, 18:)6, with a capital stock id mtn \n vi-vuunuiiumuu iwcuvytwo largo cordage mills. The Union Big and Paper Company, incorporated in New Jersey in February, 1899, with $16,000,000 common Block and $11,090,000 preferred, con solidatcd various plants, doing ninety per cent, of the paper bag business of the United States. United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company, iucorporatod in Now Jersey in March, 1890, with an authorized capital of $30,000,000 half common stock and half preferred, consolidated the principal east iron pipo companies of the United States. United States Move-lope Company, incorporated in Mai no in 1898, with an authorized capital of $1,000,000 and $4,000,000 preferred coosoliaatcd ten companies, at d cent tola ninety per cent, of the output of commercial envelopes in the United States. The book mentioned also gives statistics in regard <o several trusts organ iz >d prior to 1890 among which are the American Cotton Oil Co., the Aunori can Sugar llofming Company, the American Tobacco Company, (bo Din tnond Match Company, the National Lead Company, and the Standard Oil Company. A BLOODY FIGHT Six'v Seven Americana Killed and WoundedA dispatch from Manila says thoro 1)as boon a distinct inorcasoof insurgont aggression, particularly near Manila, along the railroad and in the provinoos of Laguna, Mo.ong, Hulucan and Pampanga, culminating Monday in an engagement near Siniloan, at the cant end of Laguna do li*y, in whiob dotaohmont of tho Kiftoonth and ThirtyHcventh United States infantiy regiments, id) men all told, mot a thousand insurgents armed with rilies and cntronohod. Tho American loss was 12 killed, in eluding ('apt. David I). Mitoholl and Second Lieut. (Jeorgo A. Ooopor, both of tho Kiftoonth infantry, 20 wounded and f) missing, who are probably doad The enemy had been pursued forscvoral days. There aro rumors of attacks on the railroad ami of troublo in Manila. Hefugoos aro arriving from Laguna, Morcng and Pamanga provinces. The natives of Manila arc restless, and many aro leaving tho city. Tho hostile demonstrations are particularly markod along the railroad and along tho shores of Laguna do Day. Tho insurgent! havo attacked garrisons and outposts In some oases they havo chargod towns fleeing when pursued. Tho Manila mail escort of 30 men wai attacked at Uabugao Lako, a twe hours' fight ensuing. Uabugao was alsc attacked, tho telegraph ofhoo thoro bo iug dostroyed. Tho insurgents have burned the village oF Kosario. Thoj have beeu outting tho telegraph wiroi and milroad at certain pointB. Armed insurgents liavo developed ir iho districts of San Jobo, San Metc( and Mariquina. In the provinoo o Nucva Foija ration wagons with an cb eort of 12 tnen wore attacked and the wagons burned. Fivo inombers of the escort aro still mi?hing. A dispatch from (Jehu describes several attach upon American garrison near tho capi tol. It will surprise you tocxporienoo the benefit obtaiucd by using the daintj and famous liit'o pills known aB Do Witt's Littlo Karly Hieers. Dr. K. Norton. AbusingOlncy. Naturally enough, Mr Olney's announced determination to support tho Djiq critic ticket has rnvlo him a target for tho abuso of Kcpublicar shoots which thrco weeks ago wcro bo slavoring him with adulation. The oircumstanoo mcroly shows that tho Democrat who would retain tho appro bation of liopublioan nowspapers must keep his Democracy to himsolf. The moment he linos up with his party he bcoomo utterly lost and damned bo yond redemption. You can Hpoll it oough, ootf, oaugh, kauf, katf, kough, or kaugh, but the only harmless remedy tlut quickly cures it is Ono Minute Cough Cure. Dr. ft. Norton. Four Men Hung. A dispatch from Now Orloans sayf "iu " Bloody" Tangipoah Friday night, four uegroos woro hanged, after tho jail in the villago of Dontohstoula had been broken open and tho prisoners accused of robbing tho family of Henry IIol feltor, had been taken from their oells. Mrs. Holfeltcr, who resisted tho colore I men was chocked and beaten so unmercifully that she lost her mind. Whoisalo lynehings are feared." Forty Were Drowned A dispatoh from Athonsto Lloyds, giving further details of tho disaster U tho ftjyptian mail steamer Charkich, now ashoro on tho island of Andros. ono of tho Syolados, says that forty ol the passongors and orow wore drowned, - . . ~ ->yA / WITH FIRE AND SWORD Chinese Drowned or Hunted and Shot Liko Rabbits Concerning tho maanaTC of 000 Chinoso at ltlngoveHtoUen.sk by Runniann, Tho Fvoning Cost contains an ac| ooutu I'rotn (1 Frederick Wright, uno of the faculty of Oberlin, <) , oollego, who was erroneously ropertcd killed at Pekio. Tho letter is writton from Streten.sk, Siberia, under date of Aug. 6. As soon as the Russian troops wont down the river on transports, July 1 I, tho fort at Aygun begun without wain ing to lire upon rassing steamboats, and on the I full tiro was opened upon BlagovtHtehonsk and sotno Russian villagers wt-ro burned opposite tho fort. The actual injury iuHioted by tho Chinese was slight, but the terror caused by n was indescribable, and it drove tho cossacks into a frenzy of rage. Tho poaooabln Chinese to tho nuiubor of J 000 or 4 000 in tho city were expelled in great haste,, and ho ing forced upon rafts entirely inadequate, wcro most of thorn drowned in attempting to cross the rivor. The stream was fairly black with their bodies. Three days after hundreds of tho oorpsoa were counted in tho water. Mr. Wright says: "In our ride through tho country to reach the eity on Thursday, tho lOih, we saw as many as JO villages and hamlets of tho Chinese in ilnuen One of them was a city of 8,000 ' r 10,000 inhabitants Wo estimated that wo saw tho dwellings of 20 000 peaocahlo t'hinoso in fl nucs thst awful day, while parties of Cassacks were scouring tho Holds to lind Chinese and shooting thein down at sight. What boonmo of tho women and children no one knew; there was op .1 * * I pirouiiy no way lot tn< in to escape to a placo of fafoty. On our way up tlio rivor for 500 miles abovo tbo city every Chinese barnlot was a chirred mass of ruttiH. Tho largo village of Motoha was at til smoking an'I wo worn told that I 000 Chinese had boon killed. Tho wholoi alo dostruolion, both of property and of life, was thought to bo a military necessity. I'oaco between tho Russians and Chincso has couto to an end. Years oannot wipo out tho on mity engendered." Our Dead Soldiers Col. Wm. 8. Patton of tho quartermaster's department, has completed arrangements for tho free transportation to tho Uuitod States of tho rottnins of soldiers and civilians who lost their lives and wore lurried in tho island pos Fossions of tho I nitcd States and China Aooording to tho present plans of tht department a burial oorps will lakt passage on tbo transport llanoook, scheduled to loavo Sau Kranoisoo, October 1 for tho Philippines. Col, Patten says that tbo trovailiug eon ditions in China will soarooly render praoticablo any disinterments in thai j oountry earlier than next spring. A1 tho remains recovered nro to bo giver , honorable burial in thcloitcd States, at plaoos selected by the next of kin. Ir all oases whoro not othcrwiso ordorod tho interment will bo mado in tlx national ocurotories with profcronoct j for tho oomotcryat tho Presidio at Sar, Kranoisoo and tlio Arlington oomotory 1 near Washington. Tho approximate , number of rt mains to bo cxhuruod if I 1,331, distributed in tbo following places: Honolulu?3d enlisted men of tho ar my; 1 marino. j Guam ?Eight men of tiro navy. t China?Two officers of tho army, 58 enlisted men of tho army and 37 ol , tho navy. \ Philippines?Soventoon officers o! . tho artnv: 1.150 nnlistrtd mon <.f fh< army and 28 mon of tho navy. 1 The Differencei Tho llopublioans virtuously aoous) Mr. Bryan of being an imperialist. Thoy oharg that ho dominates his pirty. 5 This is a crimo which at least cannot ! bo laid at tho door of McKinloy, He l( ivoH but to obey?tho trusts. Tho progressive nations of tho worlt are tho great food consuming nations Good food well digostod gives strongth i If you oannot digest all you eat, yoi. r nocd Kodol Dyspepsia Curo. It di gests what you cat. Vou uood notdiol yourself. It contains all of tho di gostants combined with tho best kuowt tonios and rcconstruotivos. It will ovor. digost all classes of foods in a bottle No othor preparation will do this. Ii instantly relieves and quioky cures all stooiaoh troubles. Dr. K. Nortoa. i - - - - -. 5 1/ ^ -a ^ * L Write for our elegant il T cati we can aavo you money in the j>i & and the easy "Term/pr paymoi l p factory or through l?hr r ^nlar a (r tvuiity you cannot afford to pass. Y T ItH munufncturer.", T1 >refore, a"7 L1 " '" construe Ion in unnecessary. If ; <v? c*:n offer most lifrernl terms. mm SLWki^G WACMNf: COM! 1 For sale by Hpivoy M? roantilo (V, ( trp? m dr. jioi ^ 1 EEI J X. (TcettJg Costs only 2p cei Or mail 25 coat A to C, It ( . j w "S r I NO. 9. COTTON GROWERS' Convention to Meat In Colum* bia October 31 PRESIDENT WILBORN 3 CALL. Outline ot the Plan Sat Forth in the Call to the Farm* ers ot South Carolina. Below will bo found tho call for tho Cotton ( Jruwi r.-i' convention, which will ' ho hold in Columbia during fair wock: Tho Cotton <Jrowers' association is hereby called to moot in Columbia ou October 91st at 8 90 p. in. A Stato oonvontion of cotton growers | uict at Grconwood, Sept. 1'Jth, 1900. It wm then decided after due deliberation i to perfect u Stale organization and ofi floors wore duly eleotod for one yoar ; until Sopt. lHch, 1901. It was decided to compactly organizo | each county in this State with a view of getting the more aceurato report of tho ginning and marketing of tho ootton and to interchange viows and inf inuation from all the cotton States, for tho purpose of obtaining fair and i just prices for our cotton and cotton need products. Upon my suggestion an adjournment of tho Cotton Growers' convention at Greenwood was had to l meet in Columbia during fair wock at j my call; therefore, I namo October 91 at, at 8.90 p. iu , as tho time for tho convention to meet inoity tho of Columbi i at the county court house. Lot each oounty bo fully represented by delegations. Tho number of delegates is not tube restricted. All aoun| ties are urged to organize at oneo by j electing a president, ono vioo president, secretary and treasurer and advising board or executive couimittoo. I uu... - A: ? 1 i-- i ?.? i i iiu uvumiiuiiuii anu uyiavvs 01 IO0 State of Uoorgia havo been adopted an far an they apply to South Carolina. Pl.ANB. liondod warehouses to bo ontablinhed at all local markets whorovor required by tne banks and mouibors of tho asHooialiou. Warehouse receipts to bo issuod and negotiated at ncarost bank?as oollat, oral security for money borrowers. Kaoh produeor shall control tho individual salo; if he doHircs to disposo j of bin ootton boforc minimum price tixod by tho asHooiation is oflorod by the buyer ho shall beat porfoot liborty 1 to do HO. A fair and just prico for ootton and ootton Hoed can bo fixed and main. taincd in opon markets in tho south by united oonoort of action, by holding j baok tho surplus crop, if any thoro bo, ( and markoting tho crop during tho twolvo months of tho year to moot tho ' domaudn of tho mills in all partH of tho , world. (iinnors throughout tho ootton bolts will bo Huppliod with postal o?rds addroHHcd to headquarters of tho Stato bureau, with request that oaeh Saturday night tho numbor of balos ginned that woek will bo forwardod. t Tho Hoerotarics of tho county organizations will bo in close touch with tho producorH and careful estimates made on existing crop conditions will bosont weekly to tho board. I Tlio cotton grower hart tho crop botj.; tor in hand to>lay than ho hart had for I 30 yearn, and ho in warned that ho has ^ no reason to booomo unduly alarmod over tho report that tho mills aro dosing down to doprorts a fair prioo of oottou. You aro romindod that whon cotton sold as high as 30 oonts a pound it was manufaoturod. * Lot us org&nizo, lot us work, watch and continue to labor. All parties intcrcHtod in growing, ? marketing, ginning and handling of tho ! orop aro invitod to send dologatos. Tho [ bankers, merchants and warehousemen aro invited to participate in tho oon ventioo. .1, (J. Wilborn. Large sun spots, astronomers say, t caused tho extreme heat this summor, and doctors dcolaro nearly all tho proa? trarfonrt woro induced by disorders ot i tho stomaoh. Good health follows . good dtgoetion. Kodol DyspopsiaCure t digests what yeu cat If you havo inI digcHtion or dyspopsia it will quickly rcliovo and permanently ouro you. I>r. E. Norton. I- > ' ^ ... IS- - :< . . . .y + W UKMgTl. &* .Y. 0 ical Change in Marketing Methods 5 ! Applied to Sowing Machines. # [ln?l plan under which you can obtain S ti ana better value in the purchase of P tunous liile" Sewing Machine tUau ^ > offered. J Rlogue and detailed particulars. How ? irehase of n high-gnulc sewing machine a fit wo can offer, either direct from nthorized agents. This is an oppor- J ou know the "White," you know P leaded description ot the machine and J y ou have ?n old machine to exchange x Write to-day. Address in full. J--1""" mny, (dep't a.) Cleveland, ou*- t % tbyonway, S. C. X' FFETT'S m Allays Irritation, Aids Digestion, tt 1N /I SK5SIL,3& II I II /-% Makes Teething Easy. Powders) -A m TF.F.THINA Relieves the Bowel . ? , , Troubles of Children oI its at Druggists, any age. , J. MOFFETT, Nl. D-, ST. LOU 18. Wit* * ~?s ? ^ / ? . a ^ m