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So Says Irby-Auother Threat at Tillman. What Ha Said About His De? feat to a Constitution Reporter. The following from the Atlanta Constitution will be of some interest here. Col. Irby said pretty mach the same thing just after the election, - but did not go quite so far : Fresh from defeat, but smiling and happy, ex-Senator Irby of South Car? lina came into Atlanta yesterday at noon. The late candidate released his vials of vindictive spleen against Tillman, threatened him with the pitchfork of political extermination, predicted radical changes in State politics and then rolled over o.n the conch in his room at the Kimball to loss in pain. Jost before reaching Atlanta the ex senator was seized with a violent attack, and was rather apprehensive as to his condition at first, bot upon arrival a physician was summoned and he was assured that the attack was insignificant and only temporary. .Mrs Irby was also here. She is a middle-aged woman, with a sympa-' thetic face and a sharp tongue for her husband when he tel ks politics, for sfie claims that he made the rece rt race over her protest, "I did not want him to go into it," said Mrs Irby, with a smile. "The campaigns in oar State are fearfully png." REBUKE TO TILLMAN. Senator Irby was rather weak to I tails, bot the mention of Tillman nerved him op for the while and he grew violently vindictive. "He is a dead cluck, " said the big politician, lifting himself on one arm anti glaring with emphasis. "I made that man. I have been behind him in many undertakings, but he has now received fair warning and if we meet again there shall be trouble. It was be who said that he would be hands off in the race. He* gave promise that he would not interfere with the race, but be has been knif ing me from the very jump, and his hand was ic several hidden plays which operated against me. In his telegram to me he lied like a dog. and I gave him due notice what he is to expect from me." This stinging? arraignment of Sen? ator Tillman was delivered with all the strength the defeated candidate could control. HOW D?PEAT GAME As to bow he was defeated, Sena tor Irby told of that in a few words "When I went into the race," he said, "I had the great majority of votes with me I was the second choce of the friends of both candi? dates and stood between them, but the Strong desire of the people tb kill these Beform men caused ali to go to McLaurin. I am satisfied in acense, for ? believe I came out of the race with more substantial strength than any candidate io spite of tbe fact that I received the lowest vote "As to McLaurin I iiave nothing to say. The Reform party is as dead as a door nail, and Tillman might as well prepare his obituary. Next ^ear there will come elections from governor to coioner, and you can look out for radical changes " Senator Irby left in the afternoon for Nashville, where he will spend some time taking in the exposition, ?le was much better before leaving, and stated that he would be all right within a few hours ?RYAN TALKS OP PROS? PERITA Why Wheat Has Risen and When it Will Pall. St. Louisf Sept 4.-The St. Louis Post Dispatch to morrow will pr in 6 a letter from W. J. Bryan, the first utterance after three moo tbs of travel and observation daring tb? retaro of prosperity Among other things, he says : Wheat bas riseo because the foreign erop bas been exceedingly short. The fact that stiver and wheat have parted company will cause no dismay to those who auferstand that the law of sup? ply and demand regulates che price of both. Nothing can better disclose the weak* ness of the Republican position than the joy mrrjifested-by the Republicans over ev?nts for which their administra? tion and their politics are in no wise re? sponsible. If the Republicans desire to claim credit for the high price of wheat they must assume the responsibility for the famine io India. A great rise in price should be followed in a rise of wages. Mr. Bryan says that the joy over the iocrease of money from wheat is evidence that we have too little money ; that if the farmers are benefitted by the rise in one of their produc?s, how much better would it be if the rise was universal ; that the price of wheat will j fait when the foreign demand be? comes normal and that the pireseot spasmodic rise will aid rather than in? jure the cause of bimetallism. mm i ? i i mm* New York, Sept. 5.-George Mol lioari, a labor, of this city, draak two flasks of whiskey coe after the other to-day, and then fell to the floor a corpse. ARREST OP A WEALTHY MERCHANT. Fight With the Insurgents-Terrille Mortality From Epidemic D's eases- Weyler in a Rage. Havana, via Key West^ Pia, Sep teraber 5.-A wealthy merchant named Blas Casares has been arrested in Puerto Principe, charged with political offences. A party of insurgents recently made | an attack upon Fort Santo Cristo D3I valle, near S?balo, in tbe Province of Pinar del Rio. The garrisou made a stout resistance, bet the insurgents set fire to a bouse near the walls of the fort, which took fire, compelling the garrison to retire, with the loss of si: men killed. Two brothers named Portillo made a stand behind a tree, and were reinforced by a number of their comrades. After ?sharp fighting the insurgents' were driven off, with the loss of four killed and sis wounded. It is reported that a group of insurgents attacked and entered the town of Jana guayabo, near Remedios, where they sacked several stores and barned a num? ber of houses. It is also reported that the insurgents have fired upon Guira Melesa, io Havana Pro vi ace. Daring the month of August five handred persons died io Gaines from epidemic diseases. All of the victims, with one exception were Cabaos. The rate of mortality among the refugees is very great, and tbe same is true re? garding the troops. The mortality'doe to yellow fever, malana and dysentery is excessive, [t is estimated that 37 oat of every tkoasand sick soldiers in the hospitals throughout; the islaod die. It is stated that from 20 to 26 deaths occur 00 each trip of the steamers which carry sick and disabled troops from Cuba to Spain. The bodies of those who die eo route are thrown overboard. Three deaths occurred 00 one of these steamers recently before she left port. Captain General Weyler returned to Havana greatly disgusted because of the erroneous interpretation of his edict referring to the gathering of cattle, large numbers of oxen and cows hav? ing been slaughtered in cons?quence of his orders. Duri og his recent toar Gen Weyler deposed the mayors of several towns and seot various military com? manders to Cabanas Castle. At Gaines and other towms be oaased the release from custody of nam ber of merchants and reconcentrados, who bad been falsely abased. Captain General Weyler has issued an order prohibiting the plantiog of to? bacco within the boundaries of the mili? tary cultivated zone. He declares that if the reconcentrados die from hunger the majors of the towos will be to blame for their deaths because of their negligence ?B carrying oat his instrao tions. Seven hundred members of the municipal fire brigade have returned to this city from tbe Msjana- trocha Many of them are ill and all are dis? gusted. An attack was made recently upon Port Santa Ursula, Province of Santiago de Cuba, with no other result than to cause great alarm among the residents. The last Spanish mai! steamer brought final instructions to the autho? rities regardiog the establishment of the new tariff Great anxiety is felt among all classes as to whether the al-, terations in the tariff will end the ruinons losses to the revenues of the protection granted Ur merchandise im? ported from Spaio. The customs re* ceipts 00 rice aod coro for the four months from March to June, inclusive, were ?400,000 less than those for tbe corresponding period last year. The insurgent general. Castillo, with bis command, bas crossed the line into the Province of Pinar del Rio. The last advices received refer to eogage mente between bis forces aod the Gov erment troops, and indicate that he was defeated. Nestor Arangueren accompanied Gen Castillo, and Raoul Araogo remains alone in charge of the insurgent forces in Havana provinces. The weather for the last few days has been bot and extremely dry GEN. LONGSTREET TO MARRY. He is Eighty Years Old, His Bride Twenty-two. Chicago, Sept. 4.-A special to The Times-Herald from Atlanta, Ga., says : The positive announcement was made to-day by the friends of both parties concerned that the marriage of Miss Ellen Dortch to Gen. James G. Long? street would be celebrated at noon next Wednesday at the executive mansion in this city. Arrangements for the oeremoney have been perfected by Mrs. Atkinson wife of Governor Atkin ? son, aod the best man will be former Senator H. W. J. Ham. Gen. Longstreet is 80 years old and very deaf. Miss Dortch is 22 years old and very pretty. The general is expecting by every mail bis appointment from President McKinley ai railroad commissioner, to j succeed Wade Hampton, and Miss ! Dcrtch is a candidate for State libra? rian. Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC. Wine-Making IQ South' Carolina-Vaoder cock, The We" i Known California* Wine Man Here. Talks Interestingly About Grape Culture and Says It Should Pay in South Carolina. Mr. W A. Vandercock, the big San Francisco wine grower and deal? er, whose fight against the State dis pensary has made him quite well known here, arrived in the city yes? terday. "Yes, I am here to see for myself what the real situation is,"" said Mr. Vandercock, pleasantly, when ap? proached by a reporter, "and to establish agencies all over the State. You see, no amount of correspodence can explain South Carolina's liquor problem After coming on here I understand the situation and intend to establish agencies in every place of any size in the State. For con? venience in distributing our goods j have started a branch agency in Atlanta. From there no difficulty will be experienced in filling the or? ders from this State/" Mr. Vandercock said he had made Mr. W B Meetze his agent in this city. The demands for bis wines were increasing and his shipments amounted to from two to four carloads a month. In response to the question of what he thought of the dispensary law, Mr Vandercock answered that high license, in his opinion, would be bet ter "What you people ought to do," said he, "is to encourage the drinking of light wines and beers This would not only be beneficial as ? temperance measure, but it would serve to build up a paying industr? in this State-that of wine, growing By'placing a high license on the sale of all liquors containing, say 18 or 20 per cent, of alcohol, and exempt? ing those which did not contain that percentage, the State would be en? couraging its citizens to raise wine Since coming here I am told thafj from the 8Cuppernong grape a yield of 1,000 gallons an acre can be ob? tained. Tife wine from this grape is excellent, in fact it makes a very fine dry wine and would even produce champagne "But leave the quality of the wine out. In California new wine sells for 21 cents a gallon, and a yield of a thousand gallons an acre would bring $210. What crop have you that would bring that much ? And with your cheap labor here grapes could be raised for much less than in California, where we pay a Chiana man $1 a day, which is twice as much as you pay your negro laborer. Twenty five dollars at the most would make your crop and there you have a profit left of ?185 an acre. Other grapes would do as well here as the scuppernong. "Since traveling over this State I am ready to say that the soi! is par? ticularly well adapted to grape grow? ing. In producing the finer and drier wines you don't need loo rich a soil. Fertilizers would be unneces? sary, in fact injurious. ** Why, in France where the finest champagne is made, the grapes are grown on rocky hillsides. After coming here and seeing what you people could do, I am surprised that you don't start at once to raising wine Foster the industry as I have said by placing a high liceuse on liquors containing over 20 per cent, of alcohol and exempting wines, and you will have some of the finest vine? yards in the country."* Mr. Vandercock has been over the greater part of the State. He has established 15 or 20 agencies and will have others. He is very much pleased with his trip to the Palmetto State. He will rernaiu in the city until to morrow.-The State. NORTH CAROLINA'S GOOD RECORD. Two legal executions for a crinje bog regarded io the south as punish? able only by lynching have occurred ia North Carolina ?G the past few days. At Henderson vii !e, Wednesday, Brodie a negro who assaulted a little white girl at Kittrell exactly one month before, was hanged, and at Snow Hill, yester? day, Dock Kelley, also colored suffered the same punishment for a similar crime Both men had fair trials and their guilt was fully proven. How much better this is for the state's reputation for law and order than for the men to have been murdered by mobs.-Atlanta Journal. Money Shipped South. New York, Aug SI.-A canvass of! the ieading banks in this city, shows : that large sums of mosey are hoing ; shipped south daily to help move the ! crops One of the most prominent ! financial institutions here ban sent about ?700,000 since the middle cf j last weeli aud orders are htiii coming ? in. The sub-treasury at t h rs city has 1 not had as many currency orders as usuai but this is attributed to the late? ness of the crops in the southwest, j Altogether it <s estimated that fully j $5,000,000 of the crop money bas been shipped from this city the past fort- j night. The southern creditors are in ; better shape just now than they have been in several years and the outlook | io that section and the southwest ?is I viewed from here is equally bright. A Curiosity of Literature. An interesting phase of French liter? ary enterprise is related by the Gau? lois, as follows : Some months ego a Parish newspaper ordered a story of adventure from a well kGowo uovelist The price agreed upon wa9 one franc per line. The novelist straightway hunted up an old man of letters-the unknown collaborator of macy more famous authors-who agreed to write the story for 25 centimes a line When the work bad reached its second part in the course of publication tho novelist learned that his old client was serious ly ill. Hastening to his bedside bc found him dyiog. Io agony for the fate of his story the novelist rushed te the office of the newspaper, got hold of some back cumbers io order tc pick up the threads of the romance and brought it to a speedy end in a- few brief chap? ters. Theo he went to the office with the manuscript. "What's that?1' asked the editor. "Why, the continuation and end of my story." "Oh, then you want to change it, I suppose ; because, you know, you sent in the last chapters three dav9 ago." Admirable s^lf possession on the part of the novelist prevented disaster, and he finally envolved this explanation : The old mao, whose price was 25 cen? times a Hoe, had himself sublet bis task to a third writer at 10 centimes, and thus the work had been finished io safety ! Trials of Gold Seekers. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 4 -All ef? forts to break the blockade at Sha guay have failed utterly. Advices received by the steamer Rosalie, which left Skaguay Monday last, ar? rived here to day, state that when the trail was opened Monday morn? ing 2,000 men and horses were striv? ing to get over. Soon the path was in as bad condition as it was before being repaired. When the road bad been corduro}*ed over the miry places, the logs slipped out and the horses went floundering in the mire, many of them never to emerge. Hundreds of those at Skaguay have given up all hope of getting through this winter and will stay till Febru? ary at the foot of the pass. Hun? dreds are coming back from the trails, stopping at Skaguay cr Juneau for the winter. A few more adven? turers will try to go over when the irst freeze covers the bogs with ice. _ _ Why take Johnson's Chill & Fever Tonic? Because it cures the most stubborn case of Fever in ONE DA K Gen. Fitzhugh Lee is Coming Home. Habana. Sept. 4 -General Fitzhugh Lee, the Uuited States consul general, accompanied by his son and private secretary, will embark this afternoon on board the Ward Line steamer Segar ance, bound for New York. When questioned as to his apparently sudden departure from Cuba, General Lee said his leaving ll?bana had no signifiance as be was simply availing himself of a leave of absence granted him by rbe state department. Previous to leaving this etty General Lae called upon and bid farewell to Captain General Wey? ler and the Marquis Ahumada, the governor of Habana and acting captain general when General Wevler is absent from Habana, A Raleigh, N, C , special says : Some northern capitalists are now in this section prospecting for a site for silk manufactory. A New Jersey firm of silk manufacturers, only a month or two ago located a anil at Greensboro. N. C., which will employ several hundred hands. Thus a new field of labor is being opened up for socthenn white labor, the lower rates at which it can be obtained and more paeific character of that class of beip. being ene cf the incentives to silk mill building tn this section The silk mill at Peters? burg, Va , ha9 just put in an electric plaet, and recently was increased, but the rush cf orders of ?ate ba? boco so great that it is found necessary to run on double time. JOHNSON AND NORTON IN THE SECOND RACE. The following is the official figures in the race for congress iu the sixth district, Johnson and Norton being in the second primary : John? son Ellerbe. 2T9 681 612 254? 355 491 43S 557 126 Clarendon, Darlington, Horry, Florence, Marion, Marlboro, Williamsburg, 72 244 576 299 128 Totals, Clarendon, Darlington, Horry, Florence, Marion, Marlboro, Williamsburg, Mc Laurin. 1 i 9 12 112 110 Bry ant. 7 110 5 78 ll 2.S56 2,258 2. Totals, 243 218 243 W. J. BRI AN SPEAKS To an Immense Gathering of Laboring Men. Pillars of Prosperity Are Those With Brawn and Brain, Who Produce Something Out of Nothing. St. L)uis, Sept. 6.-The feature of Labor Diy ceiebratioo io this city was an address by Hoo. W. J. Bryan at Concordia park. The biggest crowd ever seen in the park greeted the speaker ris speech throughout was enthusiastically applauded Previous to thc meeting Mr. Bryan reviewed a parade of 15,000 laboring men. Mr. Bayao spoke io part as follows : While I find pleasure io participa? ting in the exercises of this day, I am also actuated by a sense of duty be? cause the observance of Labor Day affords me ao opportunity for the dis \ cussion of those questions which espe I cially coocern the producers of wealth j Io a pamphlet written by a distingoish I ed New York banker, { find the as? sertion that prosperity of farmers and laborers depends upon the prosperity of the businesss men So loog as one en? tertains such an idea he is certain to I entertain erroneous views upon social and political questions. Ail of the literary, professional and commercial classes will find upon investigation that they rest upon those whose brain and muscle convert the natural resources of the country into material wealth. Not only must any real prosperity begin with those who toil, but the nation's progress toward higher civilization must be measured by the progress made by j the producing classes. Under every t form of government it has beeo possi? ble to point out to a few persons pos? sessed of means and refinement, but it is the average of progress, not the progress of the few, that must be coo sidered. The improvement to bs boped ; for a?ijs* come from efforts outside of j politic? Mental discipline, moral training, habits of iodustry and ecocomy, all have their part in improving the gene ral condition of oar people, and yet the influence of legislation must not be overlooked. A form of government like ours makes it poesible for the peo? ple to have such legislation as they de? sire, but even theo it is possible for a few persons to overreach the people a9 a whole. The welfare of the people must be sought, not io the securing of special privilege to themselves, but in the denying of special privileges to any one. The labor organizations have been one of the most potent influences in improving the condition of the wage earners. Labor organizations are al? most entirely responsible for the fact that skilled labor wages have not fallen as much as prices, although they have not always succeeded in keeping em? ployment up to full time. While giv? ing to these organization credit for what they have done, it is only fair to suggest that neither labor organiza? tions, nor any other form of protection aan secure to labor permanent iinmu oity if the general levei of prices con? tinues to fali. The idie man is the me? nace to the mac who has employment and the number of idle men must neces? sarily increase, if we have a money system which constantly raises the vaiue of the dollar and constantiy low? ers the market value of the products of labor. Arbitration of differences between large corporatian*, employers and their employe's, is one of the political re? forms most needed by wage earners Until arbitration is secured the strike is the only weapon within reach of labor. Society at Urge is interested in the application of the principle of arbi? tration to the differences which arise from time to time between corporations and the employes Laboring people have a special interest just now in 8ecuriug relief from what is appropri? ately described ss government by in? junction. Why, the extent to which the writ of injunction bas been abased I within recent years has aroused a hos j tility which is almost universal. It is only a question of time wheo govern? ment by isjuocuon wiil be cured by legislation The main purpose of the writ of injunction is to avoid trial by jury. Trial by jury is more important to the American people to-dav than it ever was before in our nation's history, it was originally intended as a protection against royalty, and it is to-day the maia protection thc people have against plutocracy, which is to this country what royalty is ubder a monarcbial form of government. To-night the champion of the silver cause was given a receptioo at the Jef? ferson club. At least 5,000 people at? tended, and many of these were given ? an opportunity of meeting Mr. Bryan, j New Orleans, Sept. 5.-The Alaba- ! ma, Mississippi aud Louisiana boards of j health have been at Ocean Springs j since yesterday afternoon. An exami- j nation of the prevailing disease was J j made a week ago. There bad been j ? several hundred cases then, but a very j few deaths, and the board of exper:."> J I declared the disease Den^us fever i Since then mortalities became more fre ! quent a?d the symptoms looked like ! yellow fever and the authorities again j gathered. This time they were accom j panied by Prof. A. L Me'z, chemist of j the Louisiana board who analyzed the i evidence io several cases. The verdict ! to-oight was yellow fever and various j poiuts on both sides of the town are {rapidly declaring quarantine. From the Wires. September 2 A crazy servant girl threw a pack? age of rough on rats in a well near Metropolis, Iii Thirteen people were poisoned and at least eight will die. An attempt was made yesterday to wreck the S. Ca & G , train near Ashley Junction Two heavy pieces of rock were placed on the track, but were discovered and removed. The machine shops of W. J. Early of Darlington were burned yester? day, loss $1,G00 Gov. Atkinson, of Georgia, has issued orders that will put a stop to leasing convicts to private parties President Andrews or" Brown Uni versity has been requested by the corporation to withdraw hie resigna tion. Finding that President An? drews could not be coerced into re? canting his views on the free coinage of silver they have backed down and want bim to remain at the head of the institution. The annexation of Hawaii is to be rushed through and as soon as the treaty is ratified by the Hawaiian Senate, President McKinley will call Congress together in extra session to confirm the annexation. President Seth Law, of Columbia College, has been nominated for Mayor of Greater New York by the citizens union. September 3. The demand from Europe for fire per ceot silver bonds of the Mexican government continues unabated, and the bonds have been steadily rising in price. The democrats, silver republicans and populists of Nebraska have entered into a fusion agreement. Tiie First N?tioual Bank of Greens? boro Ind., failed yesterday. Capt. Joseph F. Kempton, of Atlan? ta, was arrested yesterday on the charge of embezzling $5,000 of the funds cf the Union B. & L Association of which he was secretary. A commission has been issued for the incorporation of the Johnston Crews Co . of Charleston, capital $60,000. Four tourists who were climbing Mount Pleureur io the Alp9 on Monday were swept down the mountains into a crevasse a thousand feet deep. September 4. Twelve miners were killed in a Col? orado coal mine yesterday by an ex? plosion of coal dust. ? Seth Low has accpted the {nomina? tion for Mayor of New York and will make the race. Dr. Lawrence, who built the Charles ton electric railway will bcild a system in Greenvillee if he can buy the Greenville electric light plant. H. Russelle Ward, an Englis man who created a sensation in Cali? fornia a few months ago by eloping with a Mrs Bradbury, the wife of a millionaire, committed suicide yester? day by jumping from a train in Iowa. New York. September 3 -The suit brought against Trinity Church cor? poration by Isaac, Edwards Joel B. Edwards and several others, biers of Robert Edwards, to establish their title tosixty two acres of land in the re8?dendtial and business districts of New Y'ork city, was dismssed to-day by Justice Beach., in the Supreme Court. New, York Sept. 5.-Twelve hun? dred and eighty-niee bales of compress? ed cotton, which arrived from the south by the Morgan Hoe and were to have been shipped east by the City of Fall River, were burned to-day on the light? er Mystic, alongside tbs Fall River Line pier on the North River front. Liss ?25,000. Charleston, Sept. 6 -The schooner Wads Hampton, Capt. Reiyea, was lost on the north jetty at the entrance of the harbor at an early hour this morning. The schooner* was char? tered to load core hubks at Wilmington for this port She took on 500 bags and cet sail oo Friday morning at 6 o'clock. Laurens, Sept. 6.-Last night near Gray Court, Tine Gray killed Bill Jef? ferson with a shotgun. Both colored.. They lived ia the same house. Gray is in jail and alleges self-defeace. The biocea-ie of Cre?e by the fleet of the allied powers will be raised on Friday. Columbus, Miss , Sept. 6.-A negro? wowan camed Anna Hugh, suspected of having contracted smallpox, escaped from custody and attended a church ind created a panic amoog the congre? gation. She was run out of the church and nothiog more was heard of her un til she was found dead with ber skull crushed in a field. EsSenator Patrick Walsh has accept? ed the Eccuinstioo for Mayer of Angus? ta. Thc charm which Phillips Brooks exerted over children was well brought our by rhe saying of a little girll of 5, wc;) was always delighted wheo she happened to meet thc young-hearted btrltop our f?r a walk. He hsd a word an? a smil:j for her, and became her comrade without seeming to stoop. Thc day the bi.*>hop died, her mother cerne into thc room where the child was playing,.and, holding the bright little face between ber hands, said tearfully, "Bishop Brooks has gone to beaven I'7' 4<0 mamma," was tbe reply, "bow happy,the angels will be!"