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m a n itt THE SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established April, i S50. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TKUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 126fc Consolidated Aus. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1895? New Series-YoL XV. Xo 16 Published Every "ffe?nes?ay, - -BY Ptf. Gr. Osteen, SUMTER,- S. C. TERMS : Two Dollars per annum-in advance. ADVERTISEMENT: One Square first insertion.SI 00 Every subsequent insertion-. 50^ Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All.communications which subserve private interests will becbarged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. Republican Victory. A WATERLOO FOR THE DEMOCRATS. M AB YL AND, KEW JERSEY, KENTUCKY AND NEW YORK IN THE REPUBLICAN COLUMN. Elections were held yesterday for State officers in Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi New Jersey, New York. Ohio and Utah. There were elections ^Pennsyl? vania for a state treasurer and seven judges; in Virginia for half the sen? ators and all the representatives ; in Kansas for chief justice of supreme court, and in Illinois for ? congress? man to succeed Frederick Remann; deceased. The governor for New York is not chosen this year NEW YOBS. NEW YOEE, NOV. 5.-Republicans earned New York State by 80.000 plurality ; New Jersey by over 15,000 ; Maryland by 10,000, and claim to have captured Kentucky. Besides swinging these States over into the Republican column, they increased their usual- ma? jorities in Massachusetts, Ohio, Iowa and ail other States where, elections were held. It was a Democratic waterloo. Tammany elected ber local ticket by about 30,000 and New York city went Democratic for secretary of state by 41,000. but the Republicans came down to^tbe Bronx with over 100.000 votes to spare. In the Tenth congressional dis? trict. Amos Cummiogs, Democrat, was elected, bat his success was plainly dne to hisjpersoDal^pop.ularity. Of the. 50 sen atoes in this 8tate tue Democrats elected*on!y;l6 ancTof the l50 assembly? men only 46. The senate elected to-day will have part in the selection of a successor to Senator David B. Hill and it is plain that bc will not be a Democrat. Re? publican gains were general all over the State. In this city and Brooklyn. Republican secat?n? and assemblymen were elected'tfher?. Democrats have been returned :year after year. In Brooklyu a Democratic mayor pulled through by a narrow plurality. In Al? bany, Buffalo and other cities big Re? publican gains were made. OHIO. Columbus, O , Nov. 5.-As later and more reliable returns come in from Ohio, the plurality given the State Republican ticket seems to in? crease. At this hour, 10 p. m , Gov? ernor McKinley says the plurality for General Bushnell, Republican candidate for governor, will reach 100,000. He has sent a telegram to General Bushnell congratulating him upon his magnificent election as gov? ernor of Ohio. General Anderson, chairman of the Democratic executive committee, at this hour admits that the face of returns so far received indicate a plurality of at least 40,000 for Bushnell. He hopes, however, that later returns will be more favor able and does not yet concede the mt Stat*. It is almost certain that the Republicans will have a large major? ity on joint ballot: in the general as? sembly. MARYLAND. Baltimore, Nov. 5.-The heaviest vote ever cast in Baltimore was polled to-day. It was the most exciting day Baltimore bas known since tho war. Violence and disorder were the features throughout. The disturbances, how? ever, called forth a protest against the slipshod methods of the police depart meot. Hon. George L. Wellington, chairman of the Republican State Ceu tral Committee, calling the attention of j Marshal Frey to the police dereliction. Mr. Wellington, in a letter to Marshal j Frey, said : 4,If you do not perform! your duty, I will make it known to the people of this city and State, and put i you in the pillory of public opinion for having assisted the criminal element in preventing a fair election.;' Notwith- j standing the stringent orders of Mar- j shal Frey, most of the saloons of the oity were wide open, and a great deal of drunkenness characterized the day. Several arrests were made, an occa? sional shot was fired, ballot boxes were smashed and registration books torn to bits. The day closed, however, with? out a political death record. Senator Gorman has met his Watei loo. At - midnight the indle^tior point to a complete Republican .victor in Maryland Lloyd Lowndes is ur doubtedly elected Governor, arxd rFi balance of the State ticket has ao af parent majority of over 10.000. Tb Legislature will be Republican on joir ballot, thereby insuring a Rep?blica successor to United States Senate Gibson. In Baltimore city the returr. indicate a complete overthrow for th Gcrtnan-Rasiu ring. Hooper (Rep, 'for Mayor of Baltimore, bas an appai ent majority of more than 3,000. Th Republicans have also a majority of th City Council and clerks of the court. NEW JERSEY. New York, Nov. 5 -The returns i election in New Jersey indicate i-weeoing victory for the Repub?icanr. i nearly every district, ? even in portico which have been for years stronghold of Democracy. John W. Griggs, th Republican candidate for Governor, ha been elected by a surprisingly larg plurality, probably by about 15,000 Five of the seveo new State senatot are Republicans and in the assembly Democrats have lost much grounc While New Jersey has had a Republ can senate and assembly more than one of late. Griggs is the first successfc Republican gubernatorial candidate i many years and bis election is regarde as an important index of the natioua ballot next year ? Jersey City, N J , Nov 5-Alie tt.MoDefmo the Democratic State lead er, concedes the State to the Republi oana by 20.000. Our members of th Demo;ratic committee figure the Repub Hean pl?ra?ty at 16,000. PENNSYLVANIA. Philadelphia, Nov. 5.-Pennsylva nia bas elected Haywood, Republi can, for State treasurer by a majorit; approximating 175,000 against 135, 146 majority in 1893 for Jackson Republican, State treasurer. Th six Republican^ candidates for supe rior judges are elected by majoritie slightly below that for Haywood The choice of the minority part; representation on the superior cour bench is, from indication at this writ ing, either Herman Kerkes, of Buck County, or Peter P. Smith, of Lacka wanna County UTAH. Salt.. Lake, Utah, Nov. 5.-Th election passed off very quiet!; to-day. The votes cast,, on accoun of bad weather, will not exceed 8( per cent, of the total vote. Suffi cient returns have not yet been. re ceived tp show with any degree o certainty what the result will be, bu present indications are that the voti will remain substantially as it wai last year except that the Populis vote for Lawrence for governor wil cut down Wells, Republican, major ity. The Republicans will, apparent ly, coutrol both branches of the leg islature.'? ' % \ : The Constitution is adopted by at overwhelming majority. Forty pre cincts heard from show' Democrats gains over last year of 150. Thii ratio, if maintained, would fall fai short of overcoming the Republicar majority of 1890. Caine (Dem.) maj pull through for governor, owing tc Laurence (Pop ) drawing heavily from Wells, the Republican candi date, but it will be very close Aller. (Rep.) will probably defeat Roberts for congress. MISSISSIPPI Jackson, Miss., Nov. 5.-The elec? tion in Mississppi has been a tame and one-sided affair. As far as heard from, everything is Democratic by large ma? jorities. A telegram from Yazoo, one of the banner counties of the State, says the Populists were not iu ir.. Other couuties make similiar repcrt3, thoqSn interior precincts have not been heard from. In this, Hinds county, where the Populists made a grand stand play, the Democracy bas swept everything. In the city of Jackson, Democracy is vic? torious by a 10 to 1 vote. Chairman Williamson of the State executive com? mittee thinks the Democratic majority will be something like 60,000. Noth? ing more definite can be learned to? night IOWA. Des Moines, Ia., Nov. 5-Returns i are coming in slowly, as the polls gen \ erally remain open tili 8 o'clock. Re? ports from the State indicate a generally light vote Scattering reports, how? ever, show that through the State the Republicans have gained and the Demo j crats lost, despite the falling off in the I total vote The Populists will from io I dications now at band, double their I vote of 35,000 a year ago. Last year I the head of the Republican ticket car? ried the State by 79.000. These fig? ures will be about equalled by Drake, Republican, for governor. The Re? publican State committee claims 75,000 as the lowest plurialty for Drake. The legislature will be overwhelmingly Re? publican; accurate estimates are impos? sible now. KANSAS. Topeka, Kan., Nov. 5.-There was a very light vote polled in Kc usas to? day, probably not to exceed 240,000, or 60,000 less than last year. Little interest was taken in the contest for j chief justice. David Martin, Repubii- j can-, waf generally considered a nure j winner, but the returns from the few j precincts heard from indicate that the i vote for Chas K. Hoiliday, Todepepd eut, ?ree silver candidate, will be much | Urger then was anticipated. Populists generally voting for him. Martin's majority may be reduced to 10,000 MASSACHUSETTS. Boston, Nov. 5-Two hundred aod fifty of the 350 cities and towns in Mas? sachusetts give for governor: {Pop.) 4,127 ; Williams (Dem.), 75,733 The same towns vote as follows on the woman suffrage question : Yes, 43, 278; No, 71,752. Majority against 28,474. VIRGINIA. Kichmood, Nov. 5-At 12 o'clock unofficial returns show that the Demo? crats have elected 10 of the 20 senators 55 of the 100 members of the house of delegates. Richmond, Ya , Nov. 5-At 2 o'clock the returns show the election by the Democrats of ll of the 20 senators and "57 of the 100 delegates. Several coun? ties still to be heard from will almost certainly return Democrats. ? Both houses of the general assembly will be? yond question be in full control of the Democrats. KENT?CKX. Louisville, Nov. 5.-The exciting campaign in Kentucky was followed to-day by a quiet eiectioo. Tba polls closed at 4 o'deck, but the blanket Australian ballot without scratching makes the couotiog slow and at 10 o'clock there are not enough returns from the State or from Louisville to base au estimate upon. The Dem?crata claim the election of P. H. Hardin as governor by 20,000 or 25.000 plurality. The Republicans claim the election of Bradley by a simi? lar plurality but give no estimates. The returns so far as received from the State >.how that Hardin has run with the ticket and in a few counties ahead of it, and if this ratio continues bis election is assured. LOUISVILLE, Nov. 5 -At midnight Chaim* au Norman of the Democratic State committee lowers bis estimate of .Hardin's plurality but still claims his election by a safe plurality. Returns from about hali the precincts in Louis? ville indicate that the city will give a Republican - plurality of- about 4,000 on the municipal ticket and probably a larger plurality for Bradley. - ra-.?-? -- -, Appaling Catastrophe in a De? troit Newspaper Building. DETROIT, MICH., NOV. 6.-At 9 o'clock this morning one of the steam boilers connected with The Journal plaut exploded with terrific force and terrible results. The boiler was located in the southeastern corner-of the build? ing, 49 West Lamed street. The first floor was occupied'by,?'Ae Journal mail? ing department, in which a force of 15 "men and boys are usually employed* The second floor was occupied by the Rogers Typograph Supply company, employing 7 or 8 men ; the third floor by Hiller's book bindery, which em? ployed fully 25 girls and men ; the the fourth was occupied by W. Kohl brand, an eogineer, and on the fifth floor was the stereotype department of The Journal. Only three men were at work in this department when the ex? plosion occurred. The building, No. 45, occupied by John Davis & Co., grocers' supplies, w. also completely wreoked. Only five or six persons were at work there, however, when the disaster occurred, and the loss of life in that building will be small. In an instant the buildings were a mass of ruins under whian were buried many human beings The explosion shock the surrounding buildings and glass in the radius of a block was shattered iu all directions, many employees of adjoining establish? ments being severely cut by the flying glass. Half an hour after the explosion oc urred fire broke out in t! ; debris and the firemen had to suspend the work of rescus and devote their attention to putting out the flames. Ju?t before the flames started, one poor fellow was found with the lower part of his body pinioned tightly. He was conscious and begged the rescuers to get him out. They worked like fiends to release the unfortunate victim, but all to no avail. The flames sudenly shot up around bim and he had to be left to his fate. Up to noon eight bodies bad been ta? ken from the mies and two more were in sight. Most of the bodies had been burned beyond recognition. The deaths will probably reach 30. The Rogers Typograph Supply plant, which had just been leased by the Mer gentbaler company to Wm. Dunlap and which was located on the second floor of the wrecked building was entirely destroyed and the loss cannot be esti? mated. The destruction of the plant | cuts off all supplies to papers using the Rogers typograph machines. The list of casualties contiuues to grow, and it is now supposed that at leas;'. 40 persons were killed and 20 wounded. The money loss will reach $60,000 _ I am An Innocent Man." The Declaration of the Con demned Edward Green. Special tt> The State. SP?RTANB??G, NOV. 6.-"I am an innocent man and John Page and Fan? nie Carson are the murderers of J. 0. Carson," said Edward Green to his at? torney. Colonel Mooney, last night. Greeo told the following tale and if true he is the most unfortunate man under the heavens : "I am not Mrs. Carson's paramour, as has been publish? ed. John Page is her paramour. I caught them in a compromising posi? tion some time before the killing. If you remember, Mrs. Carson said in her testimony that abe saw Page and my? self in the orchard and that we ran away because we thought Careen was walkiug up. That is not true. It happened this way : I came up alone aod saw Page and Mrs. Carson. They were very loving and were cooing like turtle doves and to 6ay that their posi? tion was compromising would be put? ting it mild. On the night of the killing, Page did stay at my bouse, but left before 10 o'clock, taking my razor with him. I never saw him any more that night. On the day of the killing Mrs. Carson told me that she and Page bad killed her husband and if I said anything about Page having been at my house that night she and Page would swear that I helped in the kill? ing. "On one occasion, I weut to Carson's house, found Carson, Mr9. Carson and Page sitting on the front piazza. Car? son orderoi me to go away. Page bad a shotgun across his lap and when Car? son ordered me off, he drew his gun on Carson. Mrs. Carson afterwards re? marked that she was sorry Page did nor kill Carson." This story was told last night in the dimly lighted cell with DO one present t>ut a weeping father and brother. THE MILITIA WILL GO. Gen. Watts Expects to Make a Pine Show with Them in Atlanta. .Great enthusiasm is being displayed in the proper observance of. South Carolioa Day at the Atlanta Exposi? tion, tbe 28th inst'. Gen Watts'has disbursed the anoual militia .'fund amoog the severa! companies, and they are to be permitted to go to Atlaota if they so desire. The Clemson Cadets are going, and will camp , indoors. Some sixteen companies : of. regulars have signified their intention of going. The idea is to have *o .much, ot the militia of the State there as possible, and have the Governor and all the Generals and all other State officials on hand-all going in a big parade. Gen. Watts, while in Charleston to-day. will endeavor to arrange (or- the entire Citadel Corps to attend also." .? In addition to this, arrangements are now being perfected for the Winthrop girls to go nearly 300 strong. And, it is uuderstood, the young ladies of the Columbia Female College and the Col? lege fur Women are also to visit the Exposition at that time. - The State. th- i- - Demands on the Porte. Coa3taotinopl e,'Nov: 6.-The ambas? sadors of the great powers io their rep? resentations to the porte yesterday urging the adoption of adequate meas? ures to bring about the restoration of order io various parts of Turkey, where there are constantly recurring disturbances to the detriment of Chris? tians of all nations, failing which, the powers would decide io concert what steps should be taken, made reference to the circumstance of the intervention of tbe powers in Syria at the time of the massacres there in 1860. The consular reports received at Con? stantinople in connection with the Di arbekir disturbances describe the Kurds as having been commanded by the Sheikh ofZeilan, who was implicated in massacres at Sassoon) The Kurds, under command of the Shiekb, it is alleged, entered the town and immedi? ately began an indiscriminate massacre of the Christian inhabitants, pillaging and burning tbe Christian quarters. The Catholic and Armenian bishops at Diarbekir made hasty escape, the re? ports say, and the French consul was iu imminent danger UNSATISFACTORY REl'LY. LONDON, NOV. 6.-The Standard to? morrow will print the following dis dateh from Vienna. "The porte in replying to the demand of the foreign ambasadors for the resto? ration of order throughout the Turkish empire, announced that the reserves in the Trehzond district had already joined the colors and that others were joining elsewhere. Moreover, the members of the Redif (or Landwehr) of the first class, has been summoned and were marching to join their regi? ments. The ambassadors consider these measures inadequate and are using the greatest pressure to induce the sultan and tbe porte to employ the whole mil? itary strength of the empire to restore and preserve order in Anatolia. Marlborouffh-Yanderb?t. D A Good Slice of United States Wealth For a Brit? ish Title. New York, November 6.-Tbe much talked of wedding of Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt and the Duke of Marl? borough took place to-day in St. Thom? as's Church. The hour set for begin? ning tbe cremony waa 12 o'clock. At that hour the cburoh was thronged with representatives of New York's smartest society gathered to witness the ceremony. The church was gorgeously decorated for the occasion, the floral display being without doubt the most lavish that New York has ever known. At 12 o'clock the officiating clergy attired in their olerical robe? entered from the vestry room. Bishop Littlejohn, who offi? ciated, was followed by Bishop Potter and the Rev. John VVerley Brown, rector of the church. They took their stations io the chancel and waited the arival of the bride and bridegroom. A few minutes before 12 o'clock the carriages containing the bride, ber mother and bridesmaids were driven up to the church. William K. Van? derbilt reached the church at one min? ute of 12 o'clock. He escorted his daughter ro the altar. When all was ready for the ceremony the church was closed, and no one was allowed to enter whether they were provided with cards or not. Mrs. Vanderbilt was escorted up the centre aisle to the front pew on the north side, which she occupied with her other children. Then came Miss Van? derbilt on the arm 'of her father, and carrying io her left hand a bridal bou? quet. The bridesmaids took positions at either side of the chancel. The bridegroom stepped forward and tcok the right band of Miss Vanderbilt and led her to the chancel steps. The mar? riage rife of the Episcopal Church tuen followed, Bishop Littlejohn officiating. Immediately after he had given his daughter away Mr. Vanderbilt quietly left the church. When the marriage ceremony was over the Duke and his bride went to the vestry room and signed the marriage register. As the Duke and his bride re-entered the church the orchestra played the wedding marched fr -u Taunbauser, the bridesmaids returned to the chancel and the bridal party marched down the aisle, the ushers leading, tbs bridesmaids followed the ushers, and then came the Duke and his bride. One feature of'the wedding which has excited much comment was the fact that, few of Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt's family were invited either to the church or to the breakfast. Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt'!; house i.? closed. He and his family are in Newport and will cot return to town for a few days. Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard, Mr. Vanderbilt's sister, and her daughter sailed for Europe to-day. Mr. George Vander? bilt, Mr. F. W Vanderbilt and Mrs. William II Vanderbilt were not at the church The reason for this absence of the Vanderbilt family is said to have its foundation in tbe coolness between Mrs. W. H. Vanderbilt and the Van? derbilt family as the result of her re? cent divorce from ber husband. The fact that Mrs Vanderbilt did not invite her husband's brothers and sisters to the marriage of her daughter caused much talk. McKinley for President. Columbus, 0., Nov. 6 -Election re? turns today do not materially change the result in Ohio. With two senatorial districts and one county in doubt, the Rspublicans have 83 representativesand 29 senators out of 112 representatives and 37 senators. The plurality for Bushnell (Rep ) for governor, will fall between 90,000 and 100,000. lt is gen? erally conceded that the result has placed Gov. McKinley on solid ground in Ohio for support for the Presidency next year. The result i?hows that be and his friends loyally supported be Foraker faction and the governor has earned and will receive the earnest support of the Foraker faction next year. The State of Ohio will now have two I Republican senators at the same time, \ which has not happened before since I the war, except for a brief space from | 1865 to 1869, when Ben Wade and j John Sherman held seats together in j that branch of congress This afternoon j Chairman Kurtz of the State Republi? can committee claims 114,000 plurality for Bushnell and a majority on joint ballot in the legislature of 87. The house, he says, will contain 88 Republi? cans and 22 Democrats. Two members are yet in doubt The senate will con? tain 30 Republicans and 6 Democrats. One member is still in doubt. Highest of all in Leavening Po** Tbe South has no warmer friend than Thc Illustrated American. Renee it is hardly necessary to say that the recent South Carolina attempt to limit negro suffrage dees not meet with favor io onreyes. about we acknowledge the gravity of the problem and the difficulty in dealing with the specially congested situaiion in that State. But at the same time we fail to see any appropri? ateness in England's excitement over South Garolioa and the Colored Brother. The London Daily Neus, one of the livest publications in that peculiarly philanthropic islet, bas "lately been indulging in shrieks over the moc strous injustice which our Government is permitting to happen in South Caro lioa, and right after this explosiou of righteous indignation, the Neics ex? presses a gentle condemnation of the barbarities of the Zanzibar and Pemba slave system. The plain truth is that slavery in these places is not merely connived at, but ?B openly recognized by the British Government, which, with s. hideously sordid respect for what is legally termed "vested inter? ests," bas merely made the mild stipu? lation that this slavery shall net spread nor be spread. Yet, faster than tbe old slaves die. new ones are smuggled in by the Arab traders, who know bow j to line a British palm with gold. As , for Pemba, from which island most of j the slaves come, there is nearly 100, j OOO slaves there, and to keep up thc supply in this island and Zanzibar nearly a million Jives are sacriSed annually. Let the Shopkeeper of the World put an end to this infamy. as ber Government could do by one stroke of the pen, 2nd then let her have as many mass-meetigs as possible in Lon? don to denounce the State of South Carolina-The Illustrated American. Wonderful, if True. CHICAGO, NOV. 8 -An afternoon paper publishes a lengthy article purporting to give the facts regard? ing a new deal, the consummation of which will mean the complete con? struction of the Nicaraguan ship canal with American and British millions, purely as a private enter I prise, aided materially by Chicago j capital, as represented in newly in? vented canal machinery in successful operation on the Chicago drainage canal. It is stated that all attempts to obtain financial assistance from the United States Government through Congress will be abandoned, and if it should develop that the charter granted ;iie Nicaraguan Mari time Canal Company by Congress is likely to prove embarrassing it will be surrendered without hesitation, j With revised est?malas of the cost of I constructing the car;al, based MI the j great saving through use of improved i excavating machinery owned by j Chicago contractors and inventors, it ? is said the canal promoters went tc London and laid their tempting plans before the money king? ot the world's metropolis For months the financiers have been investigat? ing the proposition, and the great deal is on the verge of consumma? tion. The new figures call for the expenditure of between $70,000,000 and ?85,000,000. A Negro Democratic Judge. i NEW YORK, NOV. 3.-James C. j Matthews, colored, formerly recorder i o? deeds at Washington under Presi I dent Cleveland's first administration, I has been elected judge of the i recorder's court of this city, which j office carries with it the power of a i supreme court jtidgp. His majority I is over 20,000 Ile was nominated ? and elected cn the regular Demo? cratic ticket. It is the highest ju I dicial office ever held by a man of his race in this country. How To Prevent Croup. Some reading that wiij prove interesting to young mothers. How to guard against the disease. Croup is a terror to young mother; and to post them concerning the cuas**, first symp? toms and treatment is the object of this item. The origin of croup is common cold. Children who are subject to it take cold very easily and croup is almost ?ure to follow. The first symptom is hoarsened; T ri io- is soon followed by a j/eculUr rough cough, which is easily recognized and will never fee forgotten by erne who hus beard if. The lime to ac. ;s when the child first become? hoarse. lt' Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is freely given all tendency 10 croup will soon drsippcar. Even after thecroupv couL'h bas developed iJ will prevent the attack. There is .:'> danger in giving this reicedy for it contains nothing injurious For sale by Dr. A. J. China. School teachers at.d school trustees can ;;c accommodated and ?aved mu.-h "rouble Oy sending a Its: o: books needed to H. G. Oste ti & Co. .er.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report i ?MX PURE