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MURDERED IN A GAMBLING HELL TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN COLUMBIA ON SUNDAY, HOWARD ALLEN SHOT BY* ED SMIT?. Colombia, Sept 23 -Howard Al leo, a well koowa youDg mao who has for some time beeo engaged io "sporting life." was tonight shot aod killed bj Ed Smith, a visiting and onknown "sport,T Allen was a popular young nao. aod lived here all his life. He wa3 about 26 years of age, married, and leaves a wife and three small children His father was a well koowo eDgioeer oo the Columbia, Cheraw aod Aoderson road. Wheo a lad Allen played base ball for the Mechanics and other teses here : generally he pitched Later on he was time keeper at the Southern Railway, and two or three years ago be went ioto the "sporting'' business, aod was a manager or assistant in one of the gambling places here He was a clever, open handed and we!l maooered yooog mao. He oever drank or showed any bad habits, except that he made his living out of the card room, bot he had the repu? taron of being a straight player, and ( would allow no underhand business about bis place, and it was because of his ordering Smith to keep away from bis place that he was killed. Smith bas bean in Columbia for some little time. He is of a rather fi or id complexion and wears eye glasses The story of thc kilting is that Allen met Smith st the door aod told him that he was not wanted in the place at d to get away They had some words, wheo Smith started down the i stsps he called back at Allen and j Ailee ss id something to him, where upon Smith fired at Allen. The bal? let straoi Allen io the stomach with deadly effect. Smith, in turning around oo the steps lo>t hi? bilanoo aod fell. Hejamped ap and rao down the street without bia bat and, goiog down Plain street turned into Assembly and soon caught a haok. He made the baokman take him, at the poiot of a pistol, and was going down Assembly ssreet, wheo intercepted by Policeman Bowie. The Police Station bad been advised of shooting, and telephone messages had been sent out to all the men to keep on the lookout for Smith, and when Policeman Dowie saw the feaok co mi og at full tilt, be ordered it 6*opped at the point of his pistol, aod Smith surrendered aod was taken to jail. He made no statement tonight. Allen lived for a while. Dr Ken? dall and Dr Gibbes were oaMed io and did what little could be done, and Mrs Allen was sent for and reached the scene just as the yoaog man was dying In his statement Allen said that be had been shot by Smith. When the doo tors eamc to him he was told that be could not iive, and wheo toid that he could not live he said it was awful and spoke to his friend Mr Brocks Harley, aad begged bim to take care of his wife aod family. Alleo was coasoious to the very last, and spoke to his friend. Mr. Harley, and when his wife came, spoke to her and told her that his end was near and embraced ber . Mr Harley in talking about the affair aaid that Le had received a letter seve? ral days ago warning bim against Smith, Sims and McElroy. It ie stated that the three men were crooks, and were coming here to go into the policy boniness ar.d to beware of them Tbe three went to the place together, feat Smith was ahead of the others, and che encounter was between him and Allen, Sims aod MoElroy being further down the stairs, and ali of them were denied admission to the rooms. The mother of Allen was sent for, bot arrived at the rooms after the death of ber eon. The police tonight arrested a man named Langford, who is held to await developments and will be asked to quit the city. - i i i -? New York, Sept 22 -A Habaua dispatch to the Evening Post today says : "The lawyers who are de? fending Estes (x. Rathbone, the former director general of posts now oo bail, have asked the authorities here for the indictment and extradi? tion of Fourth Assistant Poetmaster Generai Joseph L Bristow. He is charged with being technically more culpable than Rathbone because he permitted the payment of salaries of Mr Rathbone's coachman, footman aod gardner out of the Cuban treas ory until tho end of May, after asking that Rathbone be prosecuted for this offense This is taken here as a sign that Rathbone wii! fight the administration to the bitter end v New Orleans, Sept 23.-Edward Guerly, an iasane negro giant was killed this morning in Algiers after j a thrilling hour. He woke up bis ! blaok room mate, forced him to .strip and cu: bis throat, saying he wag g:>;sg to die and wanted to take Montgomery along. The oegro was pursued by Corporal Coman and the polioe, but wheo an attempt to capture him wat made be took the officers' clubs awsj from them and made a forions on siaoght, nearly killing the corporal. The polioe used pistols but the halie's milled. With tbe aid of oit zea?, bow ever, they beat him with dubs and other weaDons until he was pounded to death. His negro victim aod Corporal Coman will recover. At Work in Galveston. IT WILL TAKE 30 DAYS TO REMOVE DEBRIS. j Galveston, Sept 23 - Set J times j e?Bce the storm rain has cotr. \ but fortunately for the thousands of peo? ple living in wholly or partly un roofed houses the showers have been light aud of brief duration. At a meeting of the general committee j held today a resolution was passed I that some member of the committee j should take charge of the removal of j the debris without compensation and Jens Molter, a prominent ship broker, was appointed to that duty. A committee from the city council appeared before the central com mittee today to confer with refer euee to obtaining funds to maintain the police, fire, water and other necessary departments of the city government. The central committee appointed a sub committee to request Gov Sayers to come to Galveston to confer in regard to this and other pressing matters Gov Sayers bas telegraphed that he will ieave Austin for Galveston tomorrow Dight j The transportation committee has j been advised that the railroad lines j leading out of Houston will honor no I more requests for free transportation Distribution of pay checks com? menced today and about ?3,600 was paid out. This covers about 70 per cent, of the pay rolls at $1 50 per day for the forces employed clearing the streets of debris and dead bodies ! lu all about 40 bodies were taken from the ruins today. Tomorrow it is estimated that 2,500 men will be at work on the streets clearing the wreckage Thirty days will be re quired to do the work The plan to erect homes for those who lost everything by the storm, so earnestly advocated by Miss Barton of the Red Cross society, is meeting with every eacouragement. A large fund ia to be raised for this purpose to be disbursed by direction of Miss Barton. Two of the city banks were opeoed today cashiog scrip for city laborers employed in cleaning street wreck? age. ACTIVE FIGHTING IN THE PHILIPPINES. No Compromise For Aguinal? do-He Treats American Prisoners Very Kindly. ManiU, Sept 23 -The insurgent demonstrations last week prova to have been more extended ?han at ?rst report? ed Frota Oagayaa and Isabela prov? inces and tiie northwestern district* of Lazos, come accounts of insurgent operations and American precautionary measures. Merchants io the proviace i of Albay are getting their bemp to Maoila as rapidly as possible, fearing that otherwise it will be burn-d by the insurgents. At Iloilo there was considerable anxiety lost aa uprising should occur ; bat the iosurgeots there are* increasing their activity and returning in white clothing to rhe garrison towns of the district. A3 a resumption of insurgent operations is coosidered quite probable the Americans there are taking the necessary steps. The American casual? ties in killed, wounded or missing during the last 10 days approach 100, including ihoee at Siniloan at tba east end of Ligua de Bay, where the insurgent after the engagement, deliv? ered 10 bodies of our dead. Documents captured in Manila, show that the insurgent aocivicy io this vicinity were ordered by rebels here following instructions from the Hong Kong junta. Senor Buenoamino has received from Aguinaldo an answer regarding bis peace proposals Agni naloo deolioes to consider them aod declares that he is unwilling to 3gree to compromise. The amnesty expired Sept 21 and the conditions that existed previously have been resumed. Frightened to Death Columbia, Sept 23 -Mrs Thomas Senn, who lived at Gaston, about ten ailee from here, was found dead in her cow lot There were slight bruises on ber face and head, but it is not koown whether she was killed by thc young ball io the lot or wis bruised after falling dead. The chances are she was hurt by the bull and died of fright. An inquest will be held to? morrow A perplexing question asked on the G^lvestion Citron Excbauge i?, "Who will be held linnie for the inability or ?he cotton brokers to deliver spot cjtton contracts on th'* contr?ct dt'cigoated \ date? io Jvirt.pe V} N > satisfactory anster is forthcoming aud coruplica-rions <>f a grave character ere expec-ed. C L Bye, in nbarge of the temporary < ffiee of the Lloyds, said : "The best legal advice w??! have to bc sought in regard to this metier " -? ---- CASTOR IA j For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Text of the Answers Given to the Powers. Notes Were Brief Bat Clear aod to the Point. Washington, Sep; 22 -The state dc* partmcot toDight oade publie the text i of thc ootes addressed by it to the gov? ernments of Germany, Russia aod China io answer to inquiries from them as to the attitude of the United States towards various phases of the Chioese problem The forecasts of tbeee notes made io the press appear to hare been accurate, for although nowhere ic the test is reference made to tbe with dr3wal of tbe Uoited States troops from China, the official statement issud by tbe navy department io ad vanoe of tbe publication of the notes oears out the prediction that the gov? ernment finally has decided upon such a material red notion of tts military force as will amount to a withdrawal of the army as ao offensive instrument This fetatement from tbe navy de partment-, moreover, is full of sign? Soance of a purpose on the part of the government to see to it that it there ooy subsequent attempt at territorial aggression on the part of any of the powers woo already have declared themselves 3s wilTiog to abide by tbe expressed determination of the Uoited States to refrain from eieziog upon Chinese territory, then the Uoited States is to lose no ngbt or privilege which it now eojoys by such action. The notes themselves are brief, con fideriog tbe importance of the tropic? treated. The Russian and Chinese an ewers being io the form of diplomatic memoranda, are short to a degree rare ly seen in diplomatic exchange. But in both oases being complete re? sponses and favorable to the inquirer, they will escape criticism on that score. The aoswer to the German note is carefully phrased as to soften the unqualified refusal of the United States government to make the punishment of the Cbioese ringleaders a condition precedent to negotiations. Al60 it i; noted that to the expression of a pur? pose to insist upoo tbe ultimate aod proper punishment of these offenders, the state department goes far beyond the German declaration on the ruhject The annouDcement that the depart? ment intends immediately to begin, through Mr Conger, cooferecces with Ching and Li Hung Chang, although distinctly making tbe fact that these are only preliminary to final negotia? tions, will have the effect to force the Other powers to on immediate determin? ation of their policies in this matter The text of the correspondence follows : Chinese correspondence, Sept 18 21, 1900 Proposal of the German govern ment iu regard to the delivery of the responsible authorities' recent crimes committed in Pekin and the reply of the United States thereto : (i ) The imperial German charge d'af faires to the secretary of State (Translation ) Imperial German Embassy, Washington, Sept 19, 1900 Mr Secretary : By direction of the imperial chancellor I have the honor to respectfully communicate to your excellency the following : The government of his majesty, the emperor, considers as a prelimi? nary condition for entering into diplo? matic negotiations with the Chinese government a surrender of such per sons as determined upon as being the first and real perpetrators of the crimes committed in Pekin against international law. The number of perpetrators who served as tools is too great ; a wholesale execution would be averse to the civilized con? science. Furthermore, circumstances would not allow that even the group of leaders could be completely ascer tained But the few among them whose guilt is notorious should be surrendered and punished. The re presentatives of the powers in Pekin will be in a position to make this investigation fully. The number first of those punished Is of less im? portance than their character as principal intigators and leaders The government of bis majesty, the emperor, believes that it can depend in this matter upon the con currence of all the cabinets, for in? difference towards the idea of just expiation would be equivalent to indifference towards a repetition ot the crime. The government of his majesty, tho emperor, therefore proposes to the iu terested cabinets that they request their respective representative in Pekin to designate the principal Chinese personages whose guilt in the instigation or execution of the crimes is beyond a doubt A similar communication is for? warded to the other interested cabi? nets Requesting of your excellency a reply a? soon as is practicable. I embrace this occasion to tender the assurance of my most distinguished consideration Sternberg (2 ) Acting Secretary Hill to the iimpe rial chai ge d'affaires State Department, Washington, Sept 21. Sir : In response to your inquiry of tho 18th inst as to the attitude of the government of the United States in regard to the punishment of the notable leaders in the crime commit ted in Pekin against international iaw, I have the honor to make the following statement : The government of the United j States has from the outset proclaimed its purpose to hold to the uttermost | accountability the responsible authors of any wrongs done in China to I citizens of the United States and their interests as was stated in the ? government's circular communica tion to the powers of Juiy 3 last These wrong? have been committed not alone in r/ekin but in many parts of the empire, and their punishment is believed to be an essential element of any effective settlement which shall prevent a recurrence of such outrages and bring about permanent safety and peace in China it is thought, however, that no punitive measures can be so effective by way of reparation for wrongs suffered and 39 deterrent examples for the future as the degradation and punishment of the resposible authors by the supreme imperrl authority itself, and it seems only just to China to do this and thus rehabilitate herself before the world. I Believing thus and withaut abating iu any wise its deliberate purpose to exact the fallest accountability from the responsible authors of the wrongs we have suffered in Chin?, the gov? ernment of the United States is not disposed, as a preliminary condition to entering into diplomatic negotia tions with the Chinese government, to join in a demand that 6aid gov? ernment surrender to the powers such persons as, according to the determination of the powers them selves, may be held to be the first and real perpetrators of these wroogs. On the other hand this government is disposed to hold that the punishment of the high responsible authors of these wrongs, not only in Pekin but throughout China, is essentially a condition to be embraced and pro vided for in the negotiations for a final settlement it is the purpose of this government at the earliest practicable moment, to name its plenipotentiaries for negotiating a settlement with China, and in the meantime to authorize its minister in Pekin to enter forthwith into confer? ence with the duly authorized repre? sentatives of the Chinese government with view to bringing about a pre? liminary agreement whereby the full exercise of the imperial power for the preservation of order and the protection of foreign life and the property throughout China, pending final negotiations with the powers, shall be assured Accept, sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration David J. Hill, Acting Secretary. Latest Development of the Chinese Entanglement. Washington, Sept 24-The position ot the United States io China, sc made known io the notes made public yester? day, ifi receiving the earnest considera tion of the powers and their repr?sent?tes. It ts looked upon as a sort of turning puint in the negotiations oo which thc alignment of the several countries will be determined and their programmes framed. There hau been no word, however, from any of the governmetts concerning their view of che American position, and ic is expect? ed that some days will elapse befcre any new move is made There is reason to believe that thc American note was considered at Berlin yesterday by those coief in authority, but this baa brought oo positive developments thus far. lo accordance with the statement to Germany to the effsot that the United States government is about to authorize Mr Conger to enter forthwith into conference with the duly authorized representatives of tho Chioese govern? ment with a view to bringiog about a preliminary agreement Acting Secre? tary of State Hill epeot some time yesterday framing the directions of Mr Conger. la viow of the peculiarly delicate nature of the task to be oooficted to Mr Cooger, this is a work requiriog much thought. The language of the note professing to state what Mr Conger is to do, is unusual and seems to indicate that he is really about to undertake to bring t?ie powers aod China together ; in actuality he is to serve as mediator io part at least. He presumably will arrange with the Chioese representa? tives, Li Hung Chang and Prioce Ching, as to the place where they are willing to meet the representatives of the powers to discuss a final settlement tud try to fix up certain broad principies that shall govern the conference. This programme must be submitted to the power9 to ascerrain if they are willing to accept it li so. j thee it may be that something io the nature of a joist international peace commission will deal with the Chinese representatives. lt is now understood that Gen Chaffec's miiirary force will be reduced to about 15,(JUD men This oootineot bettie specially known as a legation ? guard, will nc bc subject to the or j.>rs cf any one save thc Uoited States j minister resident, a* made known ! through thc senior military commander, either Gea Cbafiee or Gen Wilsoo, probably the latter, and not beiog part of the allied military forces, will not be under the command of Ger mao Field Marshal Count v.,n Waldorsee. The orders for the reduction are still io 1 process of perfection. North Texas Flood. ! Rivers Higher Than Ever Be? fore. Immense Damage to Crops and Live Stock. Austin. Tex,, Sept 24.-Gov Sayers j wired tonight to ali points sooth of J here warning notices that the most ter- ? rific fl.)od io the history of the Colora- j do river, which Sows by this city, is j now surging down through the moon j tain gorges to the northwest of here ! and is expected at this place at mid? night. The warnicg was sent out by Gov Sayers in response to thc following i telegraphic warning: I j Goldthwaite, Sept 24. j I To Gov Sayers : j Notify all towns on Colorado river ! and have towns notify country pointe that river is 10 feet higher than ever before known and is still rapidly rising. Very urgent. Phil H. Clemente, ! State Representative. The river has been rising very fast at Austin sinoe 4 o'clock this afternoon and reports from Goldthwaite at 8 o'clocfc tonight say that water is still j rapidly rising there The rise at that i point was reported to be 68 feet at j dark. Aloog the Colorado water sheds very heavy rains have fallen during the past four days and the rise reported coming down now is 20 feet higher than the one that broke the Austin dam and wrecked the city's light and power plant last April. It is expected that the advance of this great rise will sweep by Austin about midnight and all parties in the lowlands to the south of the city and all points reached by either telegraph or telephone were communicated with by the governor with the warning to escape before the flood arrives. Great alarm is felt as to the resnlt of the rise. Gov Sayers left here tonight for Gal? veston to ?Dspect the work beiog done there by the various relief commit? tees Dallas, Tex . Sept 14 -The Trinity river is higher today thao it has been since IS90, when it broke all records The water tonight lacks only six fee* of reaching the 1890 mark and is still rising. Owing to the heavy rains last night and yesterday on the Elm Fork, the West Fork and the Clear Folk all of them emptying ioto Trinity river above Dallas, the prospect is for the stream'goiog past the 1890 mark some time tonight No lives bare been lost in the immediate vicinity of Dallas, but cotton and live stock, notably sheep and hogs, have suffered heavily The oounty cemmissicnars of Dallas county met today. They estimated the loss of conoty bridges at $25.000 independent of the numerous small bridges and the street damages in the county of Dallas, vrhich will be nearly as much. The item of damage to roads and bridges alone in the dozen or more counties af? fected in northern Texas will bs about ?250,000 A bulletin received here bis after noon from Fowler, in Bosque county, says : "Brazos river out of its banks ; higher than in 12 years and going higher. Big rise will reach Waco to? oight " Fowler is 50 miles north of Waco. Houston. Tex, Sept 24 -A special from Goldthwaite says there has been no loss of life but tbat the rise io the Colorado has swept all bridges away and destroyed cattle and crops. Maoy hecises have been destroyed and a hundred families are homeless, though they escaped to the highlands. A special from Llano says the Llano river, a tributary of the Colorado, is 17 feet above normal and has done muoh damage io the valleys No loss of life is reported. Reports from various points io. west and north Texas are t the effect that all the small streams are greatly swollen and are eeodiog a Urge volume of water into the larger streams The town of Brownwood has not been seriously damaged by the over? flow of Pecan bayou nor have any lives been lost. The water flooded the town and some damage resulted from this cause. Trains will be running through tomorrow over both the Santa Fe and the Rio Grande The riee in the Trinity bas not yet reached the lower tiver and tho peopie in the towns have been warned by the newspapers. There are few telegraph stations along tba j course ot the Trinity and it is difficult to get reliable information of the dam? age done. The rise in the Brazos has reached Hearne aud people io the bot? toms have been warned that an over bow is possible but oot probable The greatest damage bas been to cotton open in the fields. Correspondents at all points in nort?i ? Texas report this less as heavy Tn? j reports from west Texas are meagre as j to dam .'.ge done by the Neuces river, j Toe country is sparsely senled and itt will be some days before accurate io- j formation is obtainable lt is reported that 30 or 40 Italions j employed on sheep ranche* were j drowned Th?? emo-rkifi cy bags tent Dy * elvarcu so- 1 Ctety :o KIOSKS soldiers in the Philippines i contained among the necessities a f?ox ot De- j Witf'a Witch ll*Zrl Stive, ?he well known j core for piles, ?t juries nod skin diseases. The ? ladies teok c*re io ohtain tb? origins! 'Je- j Witt's Witch Hazrl Salve knowing that ali I the counterfeits ttr<* worthless. J S Hobson | A Co SO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS, t Cough Syrup. Taste? Good. Cse in time. Sold by druRKists. Ci i Curiosities of Finance. I S ot ?ODg ago we published an ex? tract from the editorial columns of [the New York Financial Chronicle which lamented the collapse of the industrial boom in this country and ; ascribed it to "Bryanism " Tn its correspondence from abroad, which ! is fact and not fiction, we showed ! that European countries, despite their goid standard, were in a very ! critical financial condition and yet no j one outside a lunatic asylum wouM j ascribe these monetary disturbances Ito "Bryanism" The Philadelphia Press, in its editorial trade review, of I last Monday, says : i "While there has been a pause ia j trade here matters are worse abroad. Germany bas had a devastating panic j and is going through that "dry rot'" j fall in quotations which is more try i ing than a crash In Paris the exhi? bition has failed, and the conse? quences may be serious. England races most serious difficulties in as increasing debt, decreasing gold supply, falling railroad dividends and a deficit in government posta: savings banks which reaches $2,510, OOO.'' It is a common cry, in certain quarters, that Bryan's predictions in 18?6 had been falsified One main coDtentioo of his was amply vindi? cated, namely that prosperity could only come by an increase in the quantity of money in circulation. That increase, outside the govern? ment expenditures for war material, came in the shape ol gold products, which neither party, in 1896. could foresee No matter how the in? crease came, it arrived and with it. for some months, the prosperity ic business such as we had. As the product diminished 60 did business slump But what we chiefly started out tc demonstrate was the absurdity of the Financial Chronicle's declaration that the receding tide of business specu? lation and exploitation ia this coun? try came from "Bryanism " Tbe same cause relatively that compelled declining prosperity in the United States also operated disastrously iu" Europe, where "Bryanism" is not, in any sense, a factor. Meanwhile the Baltimore Manufac? turers Record, which bas a pleasant trend toward Mexico just now, pub? lishes a letter from our sister repub? lic reciting its prosperous condition. Here is a significant paragraph : "There has not been an enterprise started here in the past ten years tb?t W88 properly managed but what has paid over 20 per cent on the capital invested. It can't be other? wise, as most of them are exempt from federal, state and municipal taxes. As the duty on the class of goods that they manufacture is high, they sell their goods from one-half tc a cent a pound less than the import? ed goods ; hence their profits are enormous " It appears that while some of ocr geld standard American capitalists in eastern states are denouncing "the d?Bhouest silver dollar" and clamor? ing for "sound currency," they are investing their money in Mexico wbich does not pretend to be a. bimetallic but a silver country. Tired of hunting four per cent safe invest? ments at home, they are chasing after 20 per cent ones in Mexico. With one breath, they sneer at the Mexican system of finance and, with another breath, they congratulate themselves? that a silver country is near at bane for 20 per cent profits If Mexico can so gteatly prosper on a Gingie silver basis, why should not the United States, in every way so supe? rior, in population, energy, wealth and civilization, prosper on the dou? ble standard of both gold and silver with free coinage ? Of course, imperialism is the para? mount issue, in this campaign, but it ie rather odd that Mexico should just now be an El Dorado for American and European investment. As Bryan said about the British and German loans taken in this county, "if we are so mightily prosperous why don't our moneyed men invest at home ie stead of sending their money abroad." And what is a British and German loan at 4 per cent to a Mexi? can investment of 20 per cent ?-Au? gusta Chionicle Si Larpst an? Mest Collete MWm? SQ? Geo. S. Hacker & Son, DOORS, SASH. BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, King, opposite Caa non Street, CHARLESTON, 8. C. Pnrcbi?'' our make, which we guaraatt superior to any sold South, and ? th?-rent t??Te money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16-o