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VOL. XV.
, . CONVICTS ESCAPE. :
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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
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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.
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CONWAY,
A GREAT SREECIE
3ryan Delivers a B~>dy Blow
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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,
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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we can aavo you money in the j>i
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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.
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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.
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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
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