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Col. Hoyt Interviewed. J What he Has to Say of the First Primary and of His Chacees io the Second. Colombia, Sept. I.-Col. James A. Hoyt, tbe prohibition candidate for governor, has been in the city for a day or so, and before leaving for his home in Greenville today he was asked ?? be bad anything to say for publica? tion in view of the second race for governor. He made this statement in reply : "Yes, I desire to express my cordial and hearty appreciation of the flattering support received in tbo first primary, which has raes my expectations so tar as my own vote is ooncerned, and is folly aa large a percentage as could have been reasonably counted upon. The odds agatost me in tbe campaign were difficult to overcome, and tbe onset made io the last few weeks was almost oopreeedeoted io tbe primaries of this State? for no stone was left un? turned that would operate to my dis? advantage I was compelled to meet .the ooslaoghts of the other candidates for governor, and io addition to parry tho thrusts of Senator Tillman. The outcome of tbe concentrated attack opon my position io the contest may be loft to coo] ec tu re, but it is assuredly gratifying that so large a proportion of my fellow-citizens of their own free will and accord oast their ballots and threw the weight of their influence against political bossism io South Caro? lina. It ought to be well understood that my election stands for thorough independence of action io the executive ofioe without the diotatioo and maoip ulation of aoy mao, aod without tbe cootrolliog bias of factional interests. .'The time has come for the asser? tion of manhood aod of personal oboioe io the election of a ebie: magistrate, aod while my vote largely represents a positive oooviotion as to tbe manage? ment of the liqoor question in South Carolina, the prohibition D?mocrate are also ic sympathy witb that sentiment which resents tbe domioation of politi? cal leaders, who would suppress io dividuality and make the bulk of the voters subservient to tbe will of a few men. Only in certain localities in this State can maobicc politics prevail and we have a striking instance now that extremes can be made to meet The dispensary law has beeo fought with rancor aod persistence io the city of Charleston until quite reoeotiy. So loog aa there was aoy real attempt at the enforcement of the law, the opposi? tion io Charleston was positive and undeniable, backed by tbe power of the political machine which held sway for so maoy years. Governor Mc 3weeoey's administration has changed this aspect of affairs, not as a measure of "peace and unity,77 but as a realiza? tion that both elements can find more satisfaction in pursuing a different line of policy. The blind tigers are practi ealiy unmolested, while dispensaries flourish from the unoeasing patronage of the tigers. The increased consomp? tion of liquor thus sold by tbe dispen? saries enhaooes tbe reveooe of tbe city aod ooooty, whioh receives 90 per oeot of the dispeosary profits. Io return for this happpy state of affairs more thao 70 per oeot of Charleston's vote hat goos for Governor MoSweeoey, who is the beneficiary io this instance, aod will remain io politiea! favor so loog as be creates oo distorbaoee of the prefect situation. "Sooth Carolina furnishes the humiliating speotaole of a chief magis? trate reoeiviog sopport by reason of the non-enforcemeot of one of its most important laws His connivance at open aod geoeral violation of this law has beeo coostantly rebuked on the hastings by Messrs Gary and Patter toa, aod be bas beeo challenged time aod again duriog the oampaigo to issue instructions to the constables to make raid? opon the places where liquor is opeoly and illegally sold, authorizing them to seize fixtures and confiscate supplies. Gov MeSweeoey's response ba? beeo to read iostructioos issued to constables io Juoe, 1899, which a-jottruotioos have been notoriously dis regarded, and to make the plea that tbe constables most furnish bond? in seiz log fixtures, which be seemed to regard as a hardship. The State has reaobed a low ebb wheo its officials cannot be provided with tbe necessary baokiog to carry oat a very ordioary provision of the law. It is a pitiable confession oo the part of the governor, but not more so than bis freqaent admissions in the campaign that the dispensary law eannot be enforced io Charleston, while io almost the same breath be asserted -roundly the law was better enforced under hie administration than at any time since it bas been on the statute books. Tbe people can take their choice of these declarations while they are considering the election returns in Charleston. "A great deal bas been said in the campaign about the support which would be given me by tbe i qaor interest, and tbs public will recall a famous declaration at Beoeettsville that **tbe preachers and the whiskey men were in an unholy alliance, led by Col Hoyt." Wbat are the facts? The dispensaries constitute tbe chief liquor -interest in South Carolina, aod their support oertaioly did oot come to me No one oao produce a dispeosary coo o^able who voted or worked for me The whiskey distillers io the mountain counties were oertaioly agaiost me, aod it ie freely asserted that tbeir liquor j The biiod tigers io Columbia and j Charleston are 6aid to base been unani . mous for tbe governor, aod so far as [ know nos a man who is dealing io liquor, either legally or otherwise, cast j his baliot io my favor. What became I of the "unholy alliance V The fusion I of liquor interests has been obvious to any man who has watched the progress of events, and the "round-up" of Sena? tor Tillman has been so tar satisfactory to tbe contracting parties, whatever may be the fioal verdict upon this new alignment. "Io ac address jost issued the governor has much to say about the business features of bis administration. AU of us are quite familiar with this claim on his part, but it does not seem to dawn upon him that other men have business qualifications as wei las himself and his appeal for support on this ground is hardly applicable just now. "This era of good feeling io the State is not attributed to the present administration. It was some years ago, ac? io a large measure the people were acqoiesoiog io tbe submerging of factional differences, ba: the recent campaign bas witnessed adroit and freqoeot allusions to the past, which were intended to revive contentions and bickeriog8 so as to divide the forces into hostile camps. Gov MoSweeney has beeo the legatee of snob work, whether or oot be approves of it, and 00 doubt be will enjoy toe resolta of saoh appeals to faotiooal spirit io the second primary, if they cao be made effective." Thirteen Killed and Tmrty Others iDjured Philadelphia, Sept. 2 - Thirteen persons killed aod over SO others in? jured is the appalling record of a rear end collison betweeo an excursion traio aod a milk train oo the Bethlehem branch of the Philadelphia aod Read iog railway this morniog at Hatfield, Pa , 27 miles north of this city. The wrecked traio consisted of 10 day coaches, aod was the first section of a large excursion made op of people from Bethlehem, Allentown and sur? rounding towos to Atiaotie City. It left the union depot io Bethlehem at 6:05 a. m , exactly 35 minutes behind the milk traio. The latter traio con? sisted of two milk cars and two pas secger coaches and had stopped at every station on the road from Bethle? hem eo route to Philadelphia. At 6:54 the milk traio drew op at the milk platform at Hatfield and io less than two minutes the special ezoorsioo traio, running at the rate of 35 miles an hour, crashed into the rear of the milk traio. The locomotive ploughed through the two passenger coaches aod crushed them as if they were eggshells. The milk car immediately io front was also badly wrecked Four persons, on the passenger ear of the milk traio, were almost instantly killed. Fortu? nately there were very few persoos oo this traio. The excursion traio was a picture of indescribable horror The locomotive was a mars of bent aod broken iroo aod firmly held the bodies of its engineer and firemen beneath its great weight Behiod tbe engine six of the ten cars were also a mass of wreckage The first oar was broken io twain aod the other five oar*? were tbrowo oo their sides completely demolished. Nioe persons were killed io the first two oars aod the others io these coaches were badly maimed. The seooad section of the ezoorsioo made op of persons from towns other than Bethlehem aod Aile oto wo, left soon after the first section, bot was flagged dowo before it reached Hat? field As it could not get tbroogb oo account of the blocked tracks, it was returned to Bethlehem and there waa great rejoicing at the narrow esoape of its occupants from the catastrophe. There are conflicting stories as to responsibility tor the accident. One version is that the eogireer of the ezoorsioo traio bad beeo warned at Sou? dertoo, the station above Hatfield, that a milk traio was a few minotes ahead of bim. Aoother story is that the traio dispatcher's office io Philadelphia was at fault The trainmen refused to talk of the accident. Fifteen hundred tiokets bad been so!d for the ezoorsioo to the seashore, aod it wa? to have beeo the last of the sea? son An Ocean Greyhound New York, Sep 1.-The Deutsch land arrived this morniog breaking the transatlantic record. lt made the trip from Cherbourgh in 5 days 12 hours and 29 minutes, this being a reduction of three hours in the record made by the Kaiser Wilhelm de Grosse The average ron was 28 02 knots per hour The best day's run was 584 knots. The highest ever made. -i^m i $ " LADYBRAND INVESTED. Mazeru, Basutoland. ?Sept 3 -Com? mandoes under Fouril, Grobelaar, Bem mer and Hassebroch, together with 200 of Theron's scouts, are investing the British garrison at Ladybrand. It is reported that tho troops have already burned their stores and it is feared that they will be compelled to surrender. Geo Hooter is basteoiog te their re? lief. Ladies' Home Journal, Metropolitan aad Prank Leslie, for September, at H. G. Osteeo 4 Co._ Orgie of Looting Rapine and Death. THE FATE OP PIE HO VALLEY. ! Taku, Aug 30. via Shanghai, Sept I 3.-The Chinese in the Pei Ho valley ? are paying dearly for the folly of j their government The retribution they are suffering exceeds the ordi I nary penalties of war. Along the ? river and the roads traveled by the foreign troops betweeu Tien Tsin and Pekin an orgie of looting and de struction continues,with much useless slaughter of unoffending inhabitants While the international forces were advancing the commanders, notably the Japanese, American and British, enforced a certain degree of protec tion for property not needed for mii itary purposes. At that time most of the popula? tion, except the fighting men bad fled But now the people are returning to their homes only to find no rice, NO SHELTER. NO OCCUPATION In the overcrowded, famine threat? ened districts away from the river their lives And small possessions are at the mercy of bands of soldiers traveling about without officers The conditions prevailing! eave lit ground for the favorable comparison of civilized warfare with Chinese methods. Robbery, ravishing and murder are so common that eveyr responsible person one meets contri butes stories from personal observa? tion The walled city of Tung Chow was the only town m the pathway of the international forces whose people remained and attempted to continue business During its occupation the Japanese patrolled the place efficient? ly, protected the people and prevent ed looting beyond the amount inevi table with any army Gen Chaffee stationed a gnard around the historic temple outside the wail, forbidding his troops to enter The com mandera encouraged the inhabitants to resume business, promising pro tection to ail peaceful persons. When the armies advanced, how over, the guards were removed, only a small British and American gar? rison being left outside the wall. A correspondent of The Associated Press, returning from Pekin, found Tung Chow stripped like a cornfield after a plague of grasshoppers Everything portable, of the small est value, bad been taken, goods from shops, clothing, food and furniture Parties of soldiers of every national? ity were roaming about unrestricted and, presumably, were doing much wanton destruction, in the spirit of deviltry, smashing furniture and glassware, and trampling books and pictures under foot Most of the Chinese were submitting to all this in abject fear. The few who dared to protect were kicked about. Bodies lay in the streets, apparent? ly those cf non-combatants. The inhabitants without food or clothing, were huddling in back yards in a pitiable condition. The villages to the southward are even worse despoiled. One week after Pekin was taken the traveler to Tien Tsin was seldom out of sight of burning houses. Fires are started daily, although the shelter will be much needed if the troops are to hold the country during the winter. The soldiers aie having "fine sport7' in using natives who creep back to their bornes or attempt to work in the fields as targets The sight of a farmer lying where he was shot with a basket of grain or armful of other produce nearby is quite common. The Russians are the chief actors in this style of conquest ; but the French are remarkably conspicu ou?, considering their small numbers The Indian troops and the Japanese are participants only when beyond the ken of their offices From the beginning the conduct of the Russians has been a blot on tbe campaign The recital of notorious facts speaks more forcibly than could any adjectives. When entering Pekin correspondents of the Associated Press saw Cossacks smash down Chinese women with the butts of their guns and pound their heads until they were dead The Cossacks would pick up children barely old enough to walk, bold them by the ankles and beat out their brains on the pavement. Russian officers look ed on without protest Whiie Gen Chaffee was watering bis horse at a stream under the wall of Tung Chow, the Russians found a feeble old man hidden in the mud, except his nose, and dragged him out by the queue, shouting gleefully They impaled him on their bayonets Gen Chaffee remarked : "'That is not war It is brutal murder " American officers at Taku, days | after the fighting was finished, saw Russians bayonet children and throw old men into the river, clubbing them to death when they tried to swim j The Russians killed women who knelt before them and begged for mercy Everybody was disposed to be friendly toward the Russians in the early days of the fighting at Tien Tsiu because of ?their bravery ; bot such incidents as the foregoing have been so prominent a feature of the campaign tbat no one who is sup posed to report important facts can ignore them f bey are so numerous aa to compel tho conclusion that they ! are not isolated episodes, but th ordinary practices of Russian meth ods of vv ai fare. Thc Russians ou the walis o? Pekin ; would apparently shoot every China ! man within range outside A corres ; pondent of the Associated Press I found many newly ki?ed in the fields outside of the Russian section of the ; wail Some of the bodies were those of women, and none seemed to be the bodies of combatants. Coolies were killed while trotting along the roads with their loads, and farmers when trying to gather m their grain HOPJB ENTERTAINED IN WASHINGTON. Washington, Sept 3 -A dispatch from Minister Conger was received by the state department today It was chiefly interesting from being the first word from him since his dis patch of about the 27th ult referring to the proposed parade of troops through the imperial palace in Pekin. Like that dispatch, this is dateless as to Pekin. The contents were not made public, but it was stated that it contained nothing materialy chang? ing the situation The other dispatches received to day from China referred to the state of health of the troops, which gener ally is satisfactory lt canot be learn* ed that there has been any -marked advancement of the negotiations be* tween the powers touching the with? drawal of the international forces from Pekin The plain indication is that the powers are acting upon the hint conveyed in the last note of the state department and are bringing all their influences to bear upon Russia to induce her to change ber mind as to withdrawing her troops For some reason the authorities here appear to feel a growing confidence that this effect will be successful lt is noted as a fact of great significance that the proposition is being ad vanced to have Prince Ching return to Pekin as the acting head of the Chinese government. Dr Hill, the first assistant secretary of state, returned to Washington to? day and assumed the duties of acting head of the state department, reliev? ing Mr Adee, who performed these duties during the perplexing diploma? tic exchanges of recent date Soon after arriving he went to the White House and spent a half hour with the president, going over the present status of the Chinese nego dations CHUNG LI ARRESTED. Pekin, Sept 2 -Chong Li. a mern ber of the tsong ii yameo &nd prefecto of the police, visited the Austrian representative yesterday, who arrested bim because of the Coioete official's complicity in the attacks on the lega lions. Sir Robert Hart, the director of tbe Chinese imperial maritime custom?, hat? resumed charge of the customs and has reopened the imperial posts. Chung. Li, who was arrested by the Austrians at Pekin was miPtary gov? ernor of Pekin. The Austro-Huogariao contingent is quartered io Cbuog Li's paiaoe. After bis arrest he was turned over to the Japanese. SEEKING TO NEGOTIATE Tieo Tsio, Tuesday, Aog 28 - Three members of the tsong li yameo. Na Tang, Chiog Hsto aod Chane Li it is aoooanoed here, are seeking to negotiate with the allies through Sir Robert Hart, the director of the Chinese imperial maritime customs. There are four trains daily from Tong Ko to Yang Tsaa. ---?.???->??? mm There Were no Important News or Developments Washington, Sept 2 -So far ss can be ascertained there were no im portant developments in the Chinese situation here today. The officials maintain unusual reticence They say they have no information to make public regarding the replies to the American Russian propositions re garding the withdrawal of the mili tary forces of the powers from Pekin Mr Adee, the acting secretary of state has decided for the present not to make any statement as to the names of the powers which have answered or to indicate whether the replies are of an affirmative or negative character on the ground that publica tion of the attitude of the powers might embarrass the negotiations a: this time. It is, therefore, imposai ble to learn definitely to what extent answers have been received The opinion prevails, however, that none of a conclusive character have as yet come to hand such communications as have been receiv ed being merely of a preliminary character In diplomatic circles the opinion prevails that none of the great powers have as yet reached a final determination as to the course they will pursue. An interesting bit of information regarding the Empress Dowager came to Washington in a roundabout way today It was to the effect that the empress was going from Tyan Fu in the province of ShaoBi lo which place she had 13-d after her escape from Pekin, Hainau Fu, indicating that she is moving still further away from the Chinese capital The re port saje nothing of the emperor's movements "Capid's Victuij, . o 6 kVord by W. Lionel HAise ; music bj May qaire WUhami-for sale bj H. G. Oateen k Go. ! POLITICAL GOSSIP ! IN WASHINGTON. j War News and Domestic Poetics. Washington. Sept 3 -Mr Mc Kinley's attempt to play politics with tue Chinese embroilment by making it appear that this government was acting in concert with Russia, gave him a good6Care. His idea was that as Russia was regarded by tbe Amer ican public as England's traditional enemy, it would serve to lessen the public belief in the existence of a secret understanding between this government and England, if this government appeared to be acting in partnership with Russia, in China The reception of the reply of this government to Russia's proposal for the withdrawal of troops from China, by the press of this country and of Europe, frightened bim so badly that be hastened to have it given out offi cially in Washington, that this gov? ernment bad not agreed to act with Russia, but had informed Russia that the U. S troops would be withdrawn from Pekin, if the Russsian troops were The public was also further informed that our troops should be withdrawn at the same time those of Russia were, it would not be because we would act with Russia, but be? cause we would act independently, all of which is ss clear as mud Secretary Ray's continued absence from Washington in the face of bis having telegraphed to a friend within 48 hours that he was enjoying bis usual good health, caused the circu? lation of a story that he and Mr McKinley were not of the same mind on the Chinese policy of this govern ment, and that he would probably leave the cabinet. Assistant Secre? tary Adee, who has been signing the official communications sent out by this government, as acting secretary of state-since Mr Hay went away Secretary Root has been the real secretary of state-hastened to in? form the public, through a newspaper interview, that be could vouch for Mr Hay and Mr McKinley being in perfect accord in everything that had been done relating to China. Now, if Mr McKinley woald vouch for Mr Adee that story might be more generally accepted A New York member of the house who was at democratic congressional headquarters, said of the campaign in his State : "Mr Croker bas effect? ually answered all the stories alleg? ing that be was not loyally for the election of Bryan and Stevenson, by wagering $20,000 that Col Bryan would be elected president. Even if I had entertained doubts of Crokers loyalty, which I did not, that wager would have removed them all. He got odds, and if Col Bryan is elected he will win $50,000 The man who will not do his utmost when that much money is personally at stake is hard to find. You may be sure that Croker will do his utmost to give the electoral votes of New York to the democrats 99 Gen Otis, who was in Washington Saturday, and who will succeed Gen Joe Wheeler, who will be retired next Monday under :he age limit law, as commander of the military department of the lakes, seems to have a very short memory He de dared before leaving Manila, and again after his arrival in the United States, io the most positive terms that the war io the Philippines was over ; now he says it will be over by the close of the present rainy sea? son Perhaps that is why Mr Mc? Kinley bas failed to keep his promise to send the volunteers home. There bas been a wholesale lot of official lying about the war in the Philip pines and it is stilt being indulged in. It was Boss Hanna who saved Mr McKinley from making a spectacle of himself by going on the stump io West Virginia. Mr McKinley prom ised ^teve Elkins that be would do so without consulting Hanna, but as soon as Hanna beard aboot it, be denied that ?ny such promise had been made and succeeded in com pelling Mr McKinley to allow that denial to stick, eveu if it did put Elkins in the attitude of having made an announcement that was not true. Hanna bad sense enough to see that it would cost McKinley thousands of votes if he so far forgot the dignity belonging to the president of the United States as to go on the stump. When it comes to banner raising, the Washington democrats are a long ways ahead of the republicans Four large and handsome Bryan and Stev? enson banners swing over Washing ton streets, but no McKinley and Roosevelt banner bas yet made its appearance The star route speculators must have been refusing to contribute to Hanna's campaign fund, as it is rn nuanced that at the coming letting of contracts for more thau six thou saud star routes, no bid will be accepted by the postoffice depart? ment unless the bidder lives near enough to the route to personally superintend the work The specula tors have heretofore almost monopo? lized these contracts, subletting them to local men who did the work It remains to be ascertained whether the proposed change is ioteoded for a bluff or for a real reform. ? ! Joke Causes a Young Moth? er's Death. j Mrs-?Lillias Eby, No S02 Sixty j ninth street died, toe victim of a ! practical joke ? The death was erroneously repor: ? ed among those due to beat. It de I velops, however, that a large doU recumbent- with its mechanical eyee closed, and its waxen cheeks, the counterfeit of death was handed to Mrs Eby in place of her own baby. When she caught sight of its closed eyes she fell in a swoom, a?d the next day died ae a direct result cf fright. ? In this way three families have been thrown into mourning as the outcome of what had been intended for a little fun at the young wife's expense. Mrs Eby waa but twenty-two year& old, and it was ber first chiid She and her husband John ? Eby have been living for three years in Engle? wood. Three months ago a daugbte: was born to them, Mr Eby's sister Mrs Ralph Perry, lives at Thirty-ninth street and Indi? an avenue, and Mrs Eby took the baby there one afternoon early last week for a visit. She was accompanied by ber moth? er-in-law and her sister, Mrs Martie Eby. Mrs Perry lives on the second floor below. The women were together, hover? ing over the baby in the parlor. Suddenly, in a spirit of fun and being anxious to show the baby to her relative below, Mrs Perry took the child from toe lap of its mother and went down stairs. There she found a little girl playing with a large doll. "I guess we'll trade your doll for * real little baby," said the childs moth? er, a caller. Then it wa3 suggested, "just to see what Mrs Eby would say," that they take the doll back to her in place of the baby. A handkerchief was thrown over its face and Mrs Perry carried it up stairs. Mrs Eby bad grown impatient at being eeparetec from ber baby so long and ran across the room to take it in her arms The first view she caught as she drew back the cloth was the dolls closed es vShee sank to the floor with a moan. "My, how you frightened me she said, realyzing it was a joke. But she was seized with convnlsiocs which lasted half an hour. Dr Thomas J Jackson was callee and Mrs Ebby was sent to ber home in an ambulance. During the night Mrs Eby had fre? quent convulsions and her husband and mother sat up with her constantly.. They called in another physician, Dr Norton, but he was not alarmed about the case The next day at noon Mr? Eby was seized with a more violent convulsion and died. In the vari?os attacks she had complained that she was being pursued through the var? ious places with which she wa& familar by a doll with closed eyes. Mrs Perry was distracted when she found the result of the joke had beeu so serious She bas continued to upbraid herself until at one time it was feared she might lose her rea? son. The case has attracted atten? tion from the physicians, who say it is an extremely singular one. Dr Norton pronounced death due tc neuralgia of the heart Mrs Eby had bad fainting spells at times be? fore this, and it is believed the rewa? some trouble with ber heart. Hearst's Chicago American Dr- Cady'* Condition Powder? re jost what a horse needs when in bad eoe dition. Tonic, blood purifier and verm?fuga They are not food bat "medicine, and tbe bea-: to use to put a horse in prime condition. Prie* 25 cents per package. For sale by Dr A. J China. D?c 36-o H. G- Osteen ? Co. have received the fash? ion books for September. -HONEY NEW COMB HONEY io ponnd sections 15c per section ; 7 sections $1. EXTRACTED HONEY (cr strained as some prefer to call ;t) of this season's make BOW raady. Vessels sent to my residence wilt be Oiled at 2** ner quart. May 8 N. G. OSTEEN. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad CONDENSED SCHEDULE. Io effect May 27tb, 1900. SOUTH. NORT& No .35 No T51 8 02 8 45 9 25 Lv Darlington Ar Lv Elliott Ar Ar Sumter Lv Lv Sumter Ar Ar Creston Lv Lv Creston Ar Ar Pregnalla Lv Orangebarg Denmark Augusta 05 54 45 15 5 5 7 a m 17 55 55 No f56 8 05 7 20 6 40 Nc .31 a ci Ar Lv Ar Lv Ar 3 50 Lv 10 00 p m 10 23 5 OC 4 24 2 3C P BC .Daily, f Dai ly except Sunday. Trains 32 and 35 carry through Pullman Palace Buffet Sleeping Cars between New York and Macen via Augusta. T;M EMERSON, H M EMERSON, Traffic Manager. Gen'l Pass. Ag? J R KEN LY, Gea'l Manager