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.Teller for Bryan. He Writes and Offers his Ser? vices to Speak. Lincoln, Neb, July 18.-Mr. and Mrs. Bryan have settled down into the quiet of their home life again after the excitement of the past 10 days, and expect to get a week or two of rest before the real business of the camaigu begins. Both slept late to-day, for the long journey cf yesterday and the ordeal of last night had been very sevre. After break? fast they sat down at the big def?k in their little library and began au at? tack on the 5,000 letters and tele? grams that had been received by the Democratic candidate since his nomi? nation. These epistles- were nearly all congratulatory in character. Among them was the following letter from Senator Teller : Denver, Col, July 15. 1896. HOB. W. J. Bryan, Lincoln, Neb : Dear Sir: I congrat?late you oh your nomination at Chicago. 1 think tbe country is to be congratulated also. I need not assure you that your nomination was more than satis? factory to me. I think we shall be able to consolidate all the friends of free coinage in your support, and if we do this, I believe you will be elected although I don't overlook the tremendous power that will be arrayed against us in this campaign. All the power of money and organ? ized wealth, corporations and monopo? lies of all kinds will be against us Justice is on our side and this is the cause of the people. It is a contest for industrial independence and for freedom from the domination of for? eign powers and foreign capital, and it does not seem possible that in such a contest before the American people that justice should faill and wrong prevail. I don't believe we shall fail. I think I can promise you the cordial support of the western mass? es who have heretofore acted with .the Repubicao party, and if you get that, all of the western coast and in? ter-mountain States will be with you. I will not offer any suggestion to you save to advise you that as you were nominated without pledges of f?vor to any one that you maintain that position and make no pledges or promises, so that you may go into the great office of President of the United States without the embar . rassment that follows pledges and promises, even if they are such as may be properly carried -out. It will afford me pleasure to place myself at tlie disposition of the na? tional committee to make such speeches in your behalf as my health will, permit, where and when they may think it will do good. I am, very respectfully H. M Teller. Down town headquarters have been secured for Mr. Bryan at the Lincoln hotel, and here he will re? ceive visiting delegations and con? duct most of the business relating. to the campaign. The rooms are on the se4cond floor of the hoste'ry, and were selected and leased by- Lincoln sup? porters of Mr. Bryan without his knowledge. Much of the work of answering cor respondence will be attended to, however, at his home on D. street, where he will have the assistance of Mrs. BryaE Mr. Bryan had a number of callers t>day, principally old Lincoln friends who had not had the opportunity of seeing him last night His most important, visitors were T M. Patter? son, editor, of the Rocky Mountain News, of Denver, and G M. H itch? cock, editor of the World-Herald, of Omaha, Mr Bryan's own paper. Mr. Patterson will be one of the Bryan workers at the Populist convention in St Louis He is a delegate at large to that convention from Colorado and stopped overin Lincoln en route to St. Louis Mr. P?ttersou assured Mr. j Bryan that h? would get 80 per cent, of all the votes cast in Colorado in the Presidential contest. The Democrats he said, were a unit for Bryan, and he would receive a majority o/ the Popu? list and a goodly number of Re? publican votes. Senator Allen of Nebraska, who will direct the effort to secure the en dorsement of Mr. Bryan's candidacy by the Populists at St. Louis,is expect? ed to call on the nominee to-night or I to morrow. One of the callers to-day i was G F Washburn of Boston, mem? ber of the national committee of the Populist- party from Massachusetts. This afternoon Mr. Bryan received the following telegram from Forsy the, Mont. : "Four States' bimetallist and Pop? ulist delegations on board the train, all favorable to you." (Signed) E. Haffe delegate from Oregon. Gov Evans baa pardoned the follow? ing convicts; Louis Citizens^of Berke? ley county, who was sentenced to a term of eightteen monihr? on tbe county chaiogang D. H.and Everett Floyd, who were each sentenced by Judge Gary in Florry county to one year's imprisonment and to pay a fine of See of ?5 ; Mark Dove and T. Bryant, who were sentenced in Datliugtoa coun? ty to six months* service on the county chaiogang. The rich manufacturers of Philadel? phia and other eastern cities are organ? izion to raise a campaigo fand to elect McKinley. Getting Uneasy. New York Bankers Would Figure as Debtors Before the Country. NEW YORK, Joly 18.-Tbe following resolutions were ? looted to-aay by tbe New York State Banker*' convention : We declare tbat tbe bankers of tbis State bave no selfish or class interest io the establishment of any particular kind of money as currency, nor are we bene? ficed as a class by the maintenance of ooe metal as the standard.to the exclu? sion of others. The chartered banking institutions of the State of New York are indebted to the public at large in the form of deposits, subject to check, ia the sum of $1,853,000,000/ while the public are indebted to us io the form of loans aod discounts in the sum of ?1,261,000,000. Being'debtors io : this large amount, with our payables largely exceeding our receivables, we believe the part of wisdom and the part of honor for the United States is to maintain the present gold standard of value. We believe it would be crimi 1 cally folly to break away from the most j advanced and civilized nations to join China and Mexico upon the silver basis, lu all couucries wherein the gold standard prevails both gold and silver circulate as money, lu all the countries where the silver standard pre? vails there is no gold in circulation as money. The free coinage of silver means che repudiation of 50 per cent, of the indebtedness. This would be true only ot existing debts. Tbe sagacious insunct of trade would correct this wrong a? to future contracts by doubling the pries of commodities. Henee the ?ree coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 lo 1 means a great inflation of prices without any increased values. Just in proportion to this inflation would tbe purchasing power of a dollar be decreased ? lt means a silver basis and silver monometallism, lt means that toe $600,000,000 of go?d now iu circulation would go to a premium, would cease to circulate as money and become a commodity simply whether coiue d or uucoiueu. lt would produce a violent contraction ot the currency to che exteut to which goid now lu circula? tion ceased to circulate as tooee v. lc would not only unsettle, but would thoroughly aemoralize busiuess. All oUs-.es would sutler. Those would su?er tuost who are least able to take carool themselves; that is, tbe labor? ing classes. Tbe crushing effect upon business would be equalleu only by tbe demoralizing effect upou public morals and toe public sense of honor, lowered and humiliated as they would be by such an act of repudiation We be? lieve it to be tbe duty of all good and pa* vtiuiiu citizens to unite their efforts lu preventing such a calamity. We be? lieve it to oe the duty ot ibe govern? ment to m&iutaiu tbe gold standard and preserve the parity ot all torms of cur? rency which it allows to circulate as mouey. . We believe this to be indispensable in order to protect and laster the inter? ests of our citizens and preserve to the United ?States the paramount position which she occupies in the sisterhood o? nations. Turned the Tables. The Venezuelan Fight Has Become Aggressive. WASHINGTON, July 19 -Something of a sensation in the Venezuelan dis pute ?3 expected iu a day or two, possi? bly tomorrow, when a retort to the Pol look argument, which prefaced the Brittish blue book, is delivered to the commission and made public simulta? neously in this country and England. Up to this time, the agents of the Cara? cas government have content themselves with piling up evidence be? fore the Venezuelan commission and pointing out the numerous consistencies aod false deductions io the Brittish case but since the distinguished Boston law? yer, James J. Storrow, has become as? sociated with Consul Scruggs in Vene* zuela's beha'f, this has been whipped ioto legal shape, and a brief has been prepared which is understood to handle Lord Salisbury, Professor Pollock and the other British lawyers and diplomats without gloves, lt is said that Mr. j Storrow has utterly demolished the vi tal points of the British contention and turned Professor Pollock's favorite ar? guments directly against Lord Salis? bury's pretensiooe. In bis few months connection with the case, its entire conduct bas been changed from one of defense to that of the most vigorous aggressiveness. It is said that Mr. Storrow was secured as associate counsel at the suggestion of Secretary Olney, whose classmate he was at Harvard law school. Io addi ! tion to beiog*the chief legal adviser of I the Bell Telephooe company, and other i great corporations, Mr. Storrow has al ; ways been a deep student io ioterna j ti.onal law and foreign affairs His li brary includes one of the. few complete j sets in this country of the Royal Geo 1 ographical society publications and he j was a participant on the winning- side ? of the controversy between Dana and Lawrence 20 years ago, over the charge j of plagrarism io ediiing Wheaton's in? ternational law. "Have tried other?, but like Ayer's best" is tlie statement made over and over again by those abo testify to the benefit derived from the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Disease never had a greater enemy than this powerful blood-purifier, lt mak?s the weak strong. TOMATO CATSUP. From Home and Farm. The receipt hereio given, ai'akes cat? sup that. I have never known to spoil. I put mine in bottles and place a thin piece of cloth over the mouth and put io the cork. I have it now five years old. The receipt is as follows: Gather one waterbucket of ripe to? matoes io thc evening; stem and wash them, mash them fine, add one-half a teacup of salt. Next morning strain them through a sieve and boil thc li quid in a granite or porcelain lined ves? sel as rapidly as possible until it begins to thicken, then cook slow, and stir it often enough to prevent burning. When it is as thick as you want it, remove from the fire and add one teacup of good vinegar, one teacup of sugar, one half teacup of ground spice, one table? spoonful of ground cloves, ooe-harf tea? cup of prepared mustard and one tea? spoonful of cayenne pepper I cook mine down very thick, and thin with apple vinegar as I need it for the table. As teacups vary in size, I will state that my measuring cap holds one-half pint. MRS. T. H. MITCHELL. Spanish Mothers Protest. MADRID, July 18.-The mothers of a number of soldiers who were about starting from Saragossa for Coba, have made a protest to the government against their sons being sent away. The government authorities ascribe the protests to the influence of agents of Cuban filibusters and are determined to prosecute any such persons as they may find. Bryan and Populism. TOPEKA, Kans., July 19.-E. G. Wilson of this city, and a personal friend of Wm. J. Bryan, Democratic candidate for President, has in his pos? session a letter io which Mr. Bryan de? clares that he cannot approve of some things of the People's party principles. The letter was written.io reply to one sent Mr. Bryao by Mr. Wilson, shortly after Mr. Bryan delivered his famous speech io Congress on free silver and is as follows: House of Representatives, WASHINGTON, D C., October 16, 1893. E. G. Wilson, Esq., Topeka, Kans. : i My Dear Wilson I have not left the Democratio party, but am ready to do 80 as soon as I am satisfied that it, as a party, is* wedded to the gold standard. Until that time, it is not necessary to discuss the merits or the demerits of the Populists. There are some things in their platform, however, which I do not, and will not favor, but the Populists at their worst are not as dangerous to the government as the plutocrats '+iog of both of the old parties The Demo? cratio party has always represented those who believe io popular govern? ment and bringing tkat government as near as possible to the prineiple. If the Democratic/party deserts its princi? ples the losses will go to the independ? ent party asd moderate their ideas and make them a power for good. W. J Bryao. --^m>~*-+-1 - New York Bankers Will Pro? tect the Gold Reserve. NEW YORK, July 20.-Steps were taken today to unite the principle na? tional banks of this city io a movement to protect the government gold reserve. Recent large withdrawals of gold from the sub-treasury for shipment to Eu? rope, the disposition manifested in cer? tain financial quarters to hoard the yel? low metal, and the panicky condition of the stock market have caused serious discussions among conservative and public spirited financers within the past few days. Although no formal conferences were held, some of the lead? ing banks' presidents exchanged views and the conclusion was reached that the situation warranted actioo on the part of the banks such as would allay public fears and revive confidence in the stability of values. Therefor? an earnest effort was made to get the New York banks to pat ?15 000,000 or ?20,000,000 of gold into the sub-treasury in exchange for legal tender notes. F. D. Tappao, president of the Gallatin National bank, called at several of the banks down town this morning and proposed that as many of the banks as possible enter into au agreement to supply gold enough to the sub-treasury to carry the reserve above the ?100,000,000 mark: Mr. Tappao's mission was eminently suc? cessful. He found nearly all of his fel? low bank presidents heartily, in accord with the proposition submitted and at noon be was able to say: I am surprised and gratified at the readiness with which the requests for gold contributions have been complied with." For the reason that all of the banks called on have not yet acted, Mr. Tap? pao and the bank presidents who were most active in their co-operation were disinclined tbis evening to say bow much gold "had been pledged to the sub- j treasury-.- ? "You may say,'' said one of the j presidents, "that.there will be no trouble | about raiding $12,000,000 or ?15,000- j 000 and perhaps ?20,000,000 to aid in j maintaining the; treasury gold reserve " j WILL, AID THE TREASURY. >TFW YORK, July, 20.-The banks ; of New York will come to tho aid cf the government and supply geld to the I treasury department from their vaults in exchange for legal tenders. The movement to this end was started by Frederick P. Tappau, president of the j Gallatio National bank, who said: "It is hoped that something definite i will be done to-morrow. I have bceo j surprised at the alacrity with which bank officers have responded to the re- 1 quest to co operate in replenishing the treasury gold reserve." Presideut Frederick D. Tappan, of the Gallatio National bank, late in the I day secured pledges from New York j banks to contribute io the aggregate i ?15.000:000 in gold to the United j States treasury in exchange for legal j tender notes It is possible that, the j amount will be increased to ?2u.000.- j 000 tomorrow. - ? m?\Q- ? ? -rn- ? - Telegraph Briefs. July 20 ST LOUIS, July 18 -A special tn The Star from Malvern, Ark., says: This whole town was wiped out by fire early m this morning. The blaze was started in four different places by color? ed fiends one of whom was afterwards caught aod lynched. The loas is near? ly $400,000 Intense excitement pre? vails. HABANA, July 18-Altogether 35 persons have been arrested on suspicion of being implicated in the concealment of the arms and other war material seized by the police in a house io this city a few days ago The police are still working on the case and it is be? lieved that other arrests will be made. Rebels have entered the town of Cebesjsas, province of Matanzas. They sacked the stores and burned 15 houses. The garrison, who made an "heroic defense," sustained no losses. The rebels lost oue killed and many wound? ed, KANSAS CITY, July 20,-All Kansas j City banks today ceased issuing gold, j either in exchange for bills as payment j of checks or withdrawal of deposits, Cashie ule of the bank of Com? an erce, w > returned from St. Louis this morning, said the banks there will take the same actioo. The reason giv? en by the bankers here for this move is that it was the evident intention of many depositors to withdraw their de positsin gold and hoard the yellow met? al in the belief that it will go to a pre? mium. - ST. LOUIS, July 20.-Ever since the Chicago convention , the friends of R. P. Bland have been persistent io their demands that he become the democratic candidate for governor of Missouri, but be has steadily refused and stated that he wished to return to congress To set the matter at rest, Mr. Bland. Sat? urday sent the following to local Demo? cratic leaders: "No one is authorized to use my name for governor As stated over and over again, I would not accept the nomination I am not io the habit of lying about, an important mat? ter like this. If the convention should nominate me over my protest it would have its work to do over agaio. I would not accept it R. P. Bland. Etta Robbins, a woman twenty four years old, killed a man named Call and four of his children on a shanty boat on the Ohio river. She used an axe. Z G. Simmons, the wealthiest man in Southern Wisconsin, and a 1'felong Republican has come out in support of Bryan and free silver. A train loaded with laborers ran down a mountain oo the island of Ja? maica, killing seventeen and wounding twenty two. ROCK HILL. July 20.-Two negroes, Nathan Steele and Ed Roseborough, en gaged io a bloody fight at a cross road ohurch near here yesterday morning. Steele drew a pistol, Roseboroug rushed in, snatched it away and did the shoot? ing himself. Steele, not cootent with that, drew a knife and slashed Rosebor? ouuh's throat, cutting the jugular vein about half in two By skillful treat? ment he was kept alive and at last ac? counts there was a chance for his recov? ery. The Seaboard Air Line has made an? other cut of 33J per cent, in pass?nger and freight rates. These rates apply as far north as Boston, Providence and New York and as far South as New Orleans. The iatest news from Cuba is that 1,500 men in the Spanish army have yellow fever. Antonio Maceo is not dead, but was slightly wounded in a recent skirmish. Ex. Gov. Bob Taylor, of Tennessee, I Democratic nominee for governor, has commenced his campaign. He will make fit teen speech es. Cornelius Vanderbuilt, who has been il! with paralysis for few days is im- : Droving. A large lot of bara mocks just received by ? H. G. Osteeo & Co. Will be sold cheaper j than ever known. May Sell More Bonds for Gold. But New York Banks May Avert it. WASHINGTON, July 5?.~The gold reserve to-day declioed to $89,761,336 with withdrawals $3,706,300 of which ?3.030,000 wah for ?-sport The large amount, nearly $675. 000 taken nre sumably for "hoarding" purposes was regarded by treasury officials as the uo favorable fea'ure of the days transac? tions. For the past two weeks small amounts of gold for the purpose have been withdrawn, but to-day's with drawels for that are larger than for any ooe day this'year. A reassuring rumor reached here to the effect that the New York national banks have formed a pool and will turn toto the treasury ?20,000,000 io gold for legal tenders was well received by the treasury offi? cials It was pointed out that they were amply able to do so. Mint Di? rector PrestOD on July 1, estimated that there was io the United States $598, OOO.OOOin gold, and by the last report, the national banks of New York alone had of this sum ?46,000,000. This total has been iooreased since then and and is doubtless now neerly ?50,000, 000. The administrations policy, to keep the gold reserve up to a point of confidence bas never wavered. This policy, it is stated will be maintained even if a new bond issue is therefore made necessary. Already four bond issues have been put forth amouoting to ?262,315,000 from which was realized ?293,444,271. These issues have in? creased the anoual interest charge near? ly $9.000,000 a year. On March 4, 1893, there was in the treasury ?103,000.030 in gold. This amount added to the sum realized from the bond sales since, makes ?396,000,000. By subtracting from this amount the gold on band to-day $98.000,000 shows that since March 4. 1893. ?307,000, 000 in gold have been withdrawn. Treasury officials attribute the heavy withdrals to foreign holders of Ameri? can securities throwing them upon the market.. In view of the fact that the treasury has lost since July 1. $13, 00?.000 in gold and preseut indica? tions poiot to further withdrawals this week, treasury officials who have had : confidential relatioos with ail former j bond issues, say that it will be much easier and more advantageous to the governmeot if a bond issue bas to be made to issue it. before the gold reserve reaches the limit of $60,000,000. If the national baoks, however, it is said, come to the relief of the treasury, a bond issue may be averted altogether, certainly for the next few months. Verdict Reversed. The Supreme Court has reversed the ver i diet ?.c the following case: James N. Kirven, respondent, vs. Henry j E. Pinckoey, Jr., and Manly Boykin, ap ! pellants. Opinion by Pope A. J. Letter from Shiloh. SHILOH, S. C., July 20, 1896. We are having too much rain tor cotton and tobacco, but cora is in its glory, appar? ently. The recent heavy rains have seriousiy damaged tooacco, where in a position to be inundated. It has the appearance of a plant after boiling water has been poured on it. In some spots considerable loss wili be sustained from premature ripening of the weed. 1 learned yesterday that Mr. Goodman Gamble, one of our most successful tobacco planters, bad his tobacco barn, with a full charge of his best tobacco, burned recently by accident. I notice that Sumter is making extensive preparations for the tobacco business, and ?he "will get the hulk ot the tobacco crop io this county.and adjoining sections in the opinion of many persons who have the reputation of being pretty correct in their predictions. Their reasons are good. There is a great deal of fever io this section i and seems to tie on the increase. Mr. H. T. j McElveen's little boy, Bayard, aged ?0 years, died on the 10th inst., and a second son/Tur? ner, aged 5 years, died on the 14th inst, of congestive fever. Neither one lived over three days after taking sick. His other two little j boys narrowly escaped death from the same j cause, and Mrs. McElveen, the mother, has ! been quite ill. Mr. W. F. Johnson lost his J little girl, Maggie, on the 15th inst, from the j same fever. She died very suddenly. Mr. Robert McElveen, brother to the late Jobo K. McElveen, we are glad to report bet? ter, after a serious illness. Dr McElveen says these fevers are of the most pernicious, obstinate type koowa to the profession. Our people feel a little buoyant at the pros? pect of having such a man as Bryan, of Ne? braska, for President next term. The silver democrats could not have selected a better man for its standard-bearer. We sorter yoke Cleveland and McKinley together. A game of base ball was played OD our ground on Saturday evening between Shiloh second nine and Tabernacle first nine, aod the best order prevailed. The score stood 25 to 7 in favor of Shiloh. Our boys will play Lynchburg on the 24th (Friday) at 4 p. m. on Shiloh ground. It promises to be a most interesting game, as both clubs are wide? awake boys, and their batteries can't be beat j in Sumter couDty. The re-union of Company G, 20th regiment ! of South Carolina Volunteers, to take'place , on the 25tb, will be postponed. OCCASIONAL, j A Huge Rattlesnake. Our esteemed friend and fellow cit.zen. F W. Winkles, of the Privateer section, was ia ; town last week. He tells us he bas ;i ?ne Held ot corn bordering on a swamp, which is being depredated on oy rt-.coons. A few days since he sit an otter trap io try 'o catch I the coons und was astonished on Sunday momios to find that a huge rattlesnake had I crawled into the trap and got caught. His ! suakeship was dead when found and in his i death -motiles had ?.'.shed nearly everything down within re.-u-h of his tail. He measured six feet seven inchest ?ung ?nd about five in? ches in diameter. Four rattles were found on j his tail and a number picked up near by. So far IS have been found. Nervous Prostration Cured by Dr. Miles' Nervine. Prolonged derangement of the nervous system not only affects thc brain and men? tal powers, but develops disease in some of the vital organs. The most dangerous of these indirect results is when the heart is affected. This was the ca?.c of the Rev. N. F. Surface, Fawn Elver, Mich., who writes under date of Feb. 14,1S35: . "Fourteen years ago I had a slight stroke of p.-ralysis. Overwork brought on nervous prostration. I was exceedingly nervous and the exertion of public speaking caused heart palpitation that threatened my life. I used two botties of Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure for my heart trouble, and two of Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine for my nervous? ness and feel better than I ever expected to feel again. I can speak for hours without tiring or having my heart flutter as it for? merly did, and I have you to thank that; am alive today." On s;:le by all druggists. Dr. Miles' Book on Heart and Nervous Disorders FREE by' mail. Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind Dr. Miles' Remedies Restore Hearth. The Sumter Music House, NEXT DOOR TO POST OFFICE. Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines of the best grads sold cheap for casfiv or on easy terms. Old ones taken in exchange for new ones. . CLEANING AND REPAIRING DONE PROMPTLY. i We also keep NEEDLES, OILS, And parts ot every Sewing Machine. We have some rare bargains jjk Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines. M. B. RANDLE, Jao S. Manager. The Larpst anil Most Collete? Mitt M Geo. S. Hacker & Son. ea -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BUNDS, Moulding & Building Material. Office and Wardrooms, King, opposite Cao?^ non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. ?ZSr*Pure?anse our make, which we guarantee superior to any sold South, and thereby save money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty Octob er 3 5-0 Hardware, Cutlery and Guns, WOODWARK, r TINWARE, POT WARE, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS' For sale at lowest market prices". MARSHALL, WESCOAT CO,' CHARLESTON", S. C. Oct. 16-x. . THE PLACE TO GO. F. H. WARREN, Manufaturer ol' 3?' kinds of Harn?ss and Saddlery and Dealer in HORSE BLANKETS, LAP ROBES. TURF GOODS AND GEN ERAL STA BLE SUPPLIES. First Class Work and Satisfaction (ritart int ced. ? SEND FOR PRICES. 223 Meeting Street, Charleston, S, C? Oct. lc-o