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LUNATICS IN REVOLT. Exciting Ttcoe at a Northern Hoipital for toe Insane Pooghkeepeie, N Y, Oct 21 ? TV?r? tu a revolt tt tbe Mate wan Slate hoapital for the criminal insane at half past eix o'clock tonight when eii or eight keepero were aeeaulted end overpowered by about 20 iosane patients. Some of tbe patients escaped end seven ere still et large. One or two of the keepere ere badly bruised es e result of tbe assault. ' fter the patients bed been given ihv.r usual Sunday uigbt supper they were token book to their apartments in ootnpeny with keepero. Among the number were 15 or 20 who slept ill ooe of tbe Urge corridors, tins being neoeeeary on aeooont of the ?ramped conditions at tbe institution In this hall with tbe patients were etx or elf bt keepere wbo eat oo their ebaira watohiog tbe inmates ae they walked tip and down tbe ball in a rsstliss manner There were oo anepioioos movements on th< pert of tbe patieote to indicate that tbey bad ween planning a revolt of aty kind THey looked ae tbey always did, first at one keeper and theo at smother, bail tbe keepere did not think that ibert wae aay trouble io tbe oiiode of Ibe to prieobers HSnwdttjly tod without warning, Oaon keeper was ettaoked simultane eejely by two or three persons and heavy blowa fell on tbe beede of Ibe narp"; ed etteodents There lid not eeeu lo be any leader of tbe revolt end while the patieote were leeeult tog Ibe keepere tbey would g lore at eaeb other occaeionally as if fretting ?or the word to make tbe broak for hberty Tbe keye tbe keepere had were oooo lekeo from them and a net* wee tbeo made for tbe doer lead? ing from Ibe bell into the dining Ae tbe patient* rushed through the dining room eenh one of them picked worn the table a heavy plate or cup or bowl, to oee ae a weapon i i oaee they were overtakeo by tbe kespers. Tbe ligbte were etill burning in ell tbe departments end the ioauna mob bed clear eailing From tbe dining room tbiy went through the adjoin? ing rooms, tbe doore of which were unlocked, end Ibeo Into tbe long bell landing to tbe reer eotrenoe Tbe patient in advance of the otberu wae nervously figuring over hie but ch of keys as be reo, looking for the keys to inn reer door. Toe keys were well known lo tbem eod tbe rear door wan unlocked witboul much lose of lime. With a yell tbe mob rtiahed oat of the narrow door, fighting with eeoh other ae tbey went, each waul? ing to be io tbe leed. In tbe yard tbey ran liko deer aod nrowded around tbe big gatee io the well, wbiie one of tbe number was turning the key in the lock When the gate was thrown open tbey rush? ed out of the ysrd, fairly tumbling over eech other in their sozicty to be fron egain. In tbe meantime the keepers who bod been overpowered bed given tbe elr-m end efter a ch.tee all but seven nwjte receptured Harmon for Bryan. Ciociouau, O , Oct 20 ?Hod Jodeon Harmon, who supported Palmer aod Buckner four yeere ago, declared himuelf today for Bryan Jodge Harmon wae oo the bench bore for many yeara and succeeded Secretory Olney as attorney general in tbe cabinet of Qrover Cleveland There have been repeeted efforts doriog tbe preeeot campaign to secure Jodge Harmon's servioee oo Ibe stomp, and be has received maoy lottere of ioquiry, bot has not indi? cated hie porpoee or preference until today, wheo he gave out the follow ieg letter (o reply to a letter from Mr lrwio, eo attorney al Colorado Springe, Colo : Cincinnati, Oct. 19, 190C Mr George M lrwio, Colorado Springe, Dolo : Deer dir | I am glad to answer tbe question you ssk by your letter of tbe 17th inst , just received, about my position in tbe present osropsign While 1 disagree with Mr. Bryao as alroogly as ever about many tblago. tbe free coinage of ailver included, I intend to vote for bim benenne, like bim and the Demo oratio convention, ! believe those Ibinge are not eo important nor urgent ae others oo which 1 heertily egree with him Und? r oar oyttem. wheo a prt si deo' seeks reelsctioo, the primnry qneetion aiivaye ie whether we up prove or ooodemn what he has doie. eepecially when be mesns to keep on doing it. In this instsnce I wish to condemn and have no meaoe of doing no eioept by voting io the only way wbiob can poeeibly be effective Tbe stterapt ie made, as it always in, lo prevent condemnation for what the edminietretioo bee done, by fore? telling dreadfol tbiogo tbet the opposition will do But if there be ?nob dangsr wise men elweys prefer a rink lo a certaiu'y, especially when, ?n now, the oerteioty involves so moch more than the risk Very sincerely yours, Jodson Harmon Jett rewired looav MaUja Q.apee, soak* nastrr Hale aod oiler fruit? R R. Mir A Handsome Increase In the Taxable Property ia Tola State id tbe Last Year. Tot State of South Carolina || goiog to show up handsomely this year iu the matter of its taxable property Tbe ioorease over last year ia to bo noteworthy. Thus far it has in> o im po?aible to get at the figure* for tbe per sooal property of the State, bu: tboso for the real ettate aod tbe railroad property have beeo obtaioed Those fijuret show a most marked ioorease 'or this year at compared to last year. In railroad property aiooo there bas beeo an inornate of nearly three million dollars ? $2,891 595, aod Darlington has more of it than aoy other single oouoty. Oraogeborg aod Riohlaod oome oext. 80 far aa real estate is oooeeroed there bat boen ao ioorease of $1,067,636. The total ioorease io tbate two olattet of property amounts to tbe baodtome fig are of $3.959.231 Tbe followiog it tbe ttetemeot of the taloatioo of railroad property by coun? ties for tbit year, last year's valoetioo being $24,880,878 : Abbeville, ? $ 733,218 Aikeo. 1,088.930 Aoderaoo, 549,950 Bamberg, 589,445 Barn well, 1,189,235 Beaufort, 450,950 Berkeley, 944,060 Charleston, 710,685 Cherokee, 512,320 Cheater, 657,018 Chatter field, 977,040 Clarendon, 356,410 Colletoo, 710,060 Darlington, 1,754,860 Dorebetter, 557,005 1 Edgefield, 414,550 Fair field, 744,605 Ploreooe, 976.850 Georgetown, 47.450 Oreenvillt, 572,145 Greenwood, 720,050 Hamptoo, 725.650 Horry, g 181,430 Kertbaw. 338.920 Lanosster, 238,850 Laareoa, 769,925 Leiiogtoo, 955.975 Marion. 668,800 Marlboro, 277,825 Ntwberry, 600,600 Ooooee. 485,755 Oraogebnrg, 1,489.115 Piekent, 444,190 Riebland, 1,265.935 Saluda, 191,480 Sparlanborg, 976,515 Sumter, 1,134,475 Union. 468,905 Williamsborg, 784,885 York, 671,612 Total, $27,771,973 Tbe ftatemcot by counties of the real ettate it, at giveo agaio $101,070,141 for latt year : Abbeville, $ 2.695,585 Atken, 4.062,500 Andere?. 4,168.731 Bamberg, 1.132.632 Barowell, 2,576.375 Beaufort, 1,931,415 Berkeley, 1.148,375 Charleston, 14,057,145 Cherokee, 1.705 964 Cheater. 2,208 025 Cbetter field, 852.100 Clareodoo, 1,442,835 Colletoo, 1.471,145 Darlington, 2,271.525 Dorobetter, 1,151,566 Edgefield, 2,290,140 Fairfield. 1.984,081 Floreooe, ? 2,244.830 Qeorgeiowo, 1,402,865 Greenville, 4.245,615 Greeowood, 2,412,150 Hamptoo, 1,080,290 Horry. 793.006 Kerabaw. 1.871.205 Laooatter, 1,200.053 Lauren s, 2,917.755 Lexingtoo, 1,793.595 Marino, 2,471,083 Marlboro. ? 1,795,125 Newberry, 2.880,980 Oaooee, 1,550,430 Oraageborg, 3 612 260 Ptekeoa, 1.137,358 Kioblaod, 4.982.020 Saluda. 1,434,620 Spart in burg, 5,267.705 Simter, 3,526,600 Union, ? 1,786,100 Williamtbnrg, 1,282,748 York, 3,296.285 Total, $102,135.777 ~????ami? *ww*^sjmav Boas Hanna Brags Cbioago, Got 21 ?Seoatort Haooa and Fyre arrived bare tbit afternoon from Omaha, Neb, where latt oigbf the eooelodiog mtttiogt were baid of their week's touring of Miooesota, S urn hakota aod Nebraska Senator Frye probably will leate here tomorrow for New York, while Senator Hanna will devote moat of the comiug week to epeeobmekiog io Cbioago, witb Joliet, 111, aod Milwaukee, Wit, a'so 00 bit itinerary. Senator Haasa waa almott worn out from bit week's traveling and wat suffering oootiderably from rheumatism. He was driven to hia apartmeota imuie diataly 00 bia arrival "I have takeo S ?uth Dakota out of the doubtful column." said Senator Haooa ; there it 00 doubt in my mind that its eleotoral tote will bo oast for MeKinley. Of eouree surface tndioa tior h are all ooe eao 30 by 00 a trip of tbat kind, bot tho immense o.-owde 1 talked to and the warm gratings I received leave no other opinion popeib'o. Personally. I thoroughly believe Ne? ws a a* " England and Germany Form an Alliance. Agree to Maintain Integrity of Chinese Territory And Keep Others From Seizing Forts and Provinces. London Oct 20 ?Germany and Eng? land have formed an alliance to main? tain the territerial integrity of China aod to keep ports opeo. Tbe terms of this agreement, which was arrived at Ootou t 16 between Lord Salisbury and Coaot Voo Halzfeldt, German ambass to England, are officially given out as follows. The .German Government aod her British majesty's government being de? siroos to maiotaio their interests in China aod their rights up^er ezistiog treaties, have agreed to c-orve tbe fol? lowing priooidlee regarding a mutual polioy io China : "First. It is a matter of joint per? manent international inteteite that the ports oo the rivers sod littoral of China should remain free snd open to trsde aod to every other legitimate form of eoooomio activity fjr the peoples of all countries with distinction. : sod the two gofsromeots agree oo tkstr part to up? hold tbe tamo for all Cbioeee territory as far as tbey can exercise influence. ??Second, Both governments sgrss that tbsy will not oo their part make ose of the present complication to obtain for themselves any territorial advao* tagei in Chinese dominion, and will direst tbsir polioy towards msiotainiog uodiminished the tsrritorisl oonditioo of tbs Chinese empire. Third. Io oase of another power making ose of the complication io China to order to obtain under any form whatever ssjh territorisl ad van tegee, tbe two contracting psrtiss reaervs to themselves the right to oomo to a preliminary understanding regard? ing ibe eveotoal etep to be takeo for tbe proteetioo of their owo interests io China. "Fourth Tbe two governments will Qommuoioate this agreement jo tbe other powers inter rested, and particular? ly Aoetria Huigaria, France, Italy, Japan, Russia sod tbe United States, and invite them to aoocpt the principles recorded io it." GEN WALDEREE'S VIEWS Peiio, Friday, Oet 19, via Shanghai, Oct 20 ?Field Marshal Count Von Waldersee said this morning that be regarded the campaign as over, aod ex pioted to bo recalled, personally, soon The ministers of the powers are not r ady to meet Prince Cbiog aod Li Hung Chang Saturday, so tbe meeting will prnbably ba adjourned. The Fourteenth United States infan? try leaves here Sunday PREPARING TO' DEFEND CAN? TON. Canton, China, Oct. 20 ?The rebellion is gaining strength along tho east river, aod the offioials here are preparing to defcod the city Tbo acting viceroy aod other offi oials subscrioed teveral hundred dol? lars for tbe relief of tbe Cbrisiaio refu? gees. -?mtmmmr- ???? -^r^ CHARLESTON AND PORT ROYAL. Washington, Oct 20 ?Lieut Cham? bers of the navy starts tomorrow for Charleston. S C , to superintend the boringe et the sitee which are being examined fer the proposed navy yards to be located tbere Lieut Park will leave later to superintend tbe borings st Port Royal The inquiry st the lstter point will be with a view to determining the cost involved in securing deep water. The results of the inquiries will be laid before tbe naval board charged with determining the question of a naval station A new telephooe firo alarm system has just been patented, the whole sys? tem being operated by magoeto current and dry batteries. After the system is oooe installed tbe only thiog to get out of order is tbe burning out oooasionslly of a fuse, wbioh may be quickly repair ed A separate wire is used for each firs district sod soy number of tele? phones may be oonneotod with .?ny district wire. By means of this system every house aod factory along the line of the wires oao be oooccoted witb the alarm wire, aod thus protection msy be had at a low oost. Tbe wires oan also be us'd to ooooeot with tbe long dis taooo telephone for other uses Berlin, Oct '22?Reliable advices from Copenhagen assert that the sale of the Danish Antilles to the United States will soou bo effected. Next Thursday tho Danish minister to the United Ststes, Dr Constantine Brun, will start for Washington bearing the formal terms of sale A bill suthor izinp thr) alienation st tbe price fixed by the present cabinet?$7,000,000 will reach the reichstag in a few weeks An Eastern college president said the other day that to tbs single medical faculty at Strasburg tho German Gov? ernment paid a yoarly nubsidy larger in amount than the income from subsidies and endowments of all the medical ?nbwoll in tbe United Statte. 1 No wonder." said bo, 1 (hat a large propor? tion of discoveries in medical and it (Iai STRIKE SITUATION IN PENNSYLVANIA. BUSINESS MEN SUGGEST A SPEEDY SETTLE? MENT. Wilkesbarro, Pa, Oat 21 ?The general belief here is that the coming week will goo the wind up of the strike. The strikers do not admit this openly, but it is the feeling that the lockout cannot be continued much longer. Both sides are expected to make con? cessions The operators say they bavo none to make, but uoder certain press urn they are expected to make tbem, nevertheless. The politicians bavo bad tbeir say io the negotiations looking toward a set? tlement, and now tbe sales ageots for tbe big coal companies aod tbe retail dealers io the big cities are writing and telegraphing every day that unless something is done very soon to bring tbe strike to ao eod the anthraoite trads will be demoralised for years to oome aod some of it will be lost forever. JOHN SHERMAN DYING Washington. Oot 21.?Ex Secretary Sherman was very weak again today aod bas beeo los eg gronod steadily It is believed that he may not survive tbe night, though bis great vitality may proloog life a while looger. Judge J. H. Hudson has beeo ap? pointed to hold a spsoial term of oourt in Cherokee io oompliaoee witb ao ap? plication from the bar of tbat oonnty. Judge Hudson is the popular oboioe whenever soon special terms are asked for. St Paul, Mino, Ost 21 ?As a result of a fire whieb broke out io the slaugh? tering pen of A. W. Hiomao & Co paoking boose at tbe Minnesota trans? fer shortly after midnight last night, five firemen are dead aod a number of others iojured and property to the amount of about $130,000 was con? sumed. HAVE ARRANGED FOR ARMOR Washington, Ost 20.?Tho negotia? tions for the purchase of naval armor plate have progressed to a point little short nf a praotioal agreement aod at tentioo is now being giveo to adjusting the details of a settlement Naval effi eials fool, however, tbat it would be premature to give tbe basis of probable agreement while some of the details are still unsettled There is every indioa tioo that the settlement will give the government armor at a prioe considers Ely below tbat named by tbe bids reoeotly submitted by the armor com? panies, nod it is probable (hat there will be a classification of tbe armor with a view to ceouriog better results to tbe government. KR?GER LEAVES AFRICA Lorenzo. Marques, Oct 19 ? Mr Kruger was secretly taken at 5 o'clock this morning on board the Dutch cruiser Gelderlaod, oo whioh vessel he is to sail for Holland Tbe reason given for Mr Kroger's embarkation is that ha feared the Boers here would attaok bim The feeling of tbe refugees against Mr Kruger for fleeing the country is very strong. He left the governor's house io a closed oarriage accompanied by Dr Haymaoo, the governor following tbe oarriage. The party drove through tbe custom boose aod embarked from the oustoms pier ioetead of from tbe passenger jetty. It is reported that the oruiser will sail tomorrow. JOHN SHERMAN DEAD. Wasbtogtoo, Got 22.?Hon John Sherman, former representative to the boose, for a long term a member of the senate and twice holding oabinet positions, died at his residence io this city at a quarter of 7 o'clock this morn? ing, in the 78th year of bis age. His death had been expeoted for some days and loving friends gave him tbeir on remitting care and attention to the eod. The immediate cause of death was de? scribed as brain exhaustion incident to extreme weakness duo to old age and to several attaoks of sickness from whioh he bad suffered for the past year and a half. Sinoe Saturday afternoon Mr Sheiman had been for tbe most of tbe time unconscious, rallying partially at intervals wheo some slight nourish* mont was given him. Yestorday after? noon evideuoc of the approaobiog end was manifest aod be failed to regain coosoiousoesfl after 3 o'oloek, pissing avray peacefully just after dawn broke. Tbe Catawba Indians. To the Kditor of The State. Your news columns having some days ago suggested that the Catawba Indians on tbe reservation near Rock DIU, S. C , were in very needy circumstances, I write to suggest that it would be a good featuro of our State fair to have a few of them on exhibition hero at that time when they could be allowed to dispose of their wares, etc, and not only in this, way help themselves, but would provo an interesting and instructive object to a great many Columbians as well as to the visitors T. A M. Columbia, Oct 21 ??tM* ?am*1 For finest Malaga Urapee, extra large ripe benaoas, Apples, etc. B R. Murray, Liber it Street. Oct 33?lw ?Vc ?c table Prep aration for As - slm?ating ihcroodandRcgula l'mg tlic Stomachs andBowels of ?NKANXS ^CHILDREN Promotes Drgestion,Cheerful ness and Rest.Contains neither Opiutn/Morphine nor Mineral Not Narcotic. Jdeafie of OU UtSM^lTL ITTCBER Pumpkin Said ' Mx.Jtnnm * AaiuSmtd ? \ ClanAsd Samxr . MMPjprM? rmrw. Apcrfect Remedy for Constipa? tion, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms .Convulsions Teverish oess and LOSS OF SLECR facsimile Signature of NTSW "YORK. AI (> M11) ii 11\ *> < > 1 it J5??> IMS LXACT COPT OF WRAMB. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE OCNTAUR COMPANY, NCW VOHK CITY. AMERICAN FLAG 1 i 11* HAULED DOWN. ;Fire Insurance Agency. _ ESTABLISHED 1866. British Ensign Hoisted in Its Place-Why. Oar esteemed New York Sun has so muoh to say about the perfidy involved in hauling down the American flag, perhaps it will be good enough to es plain the Porcupine district tnoidenr. The American flag has flown over that district for many years. The territory came to us with tbe Alaska purchase and had always been regard ed, even by Engiacd's official cut) j Oysters, grapbers, as part of the Russian pesse? j 8ion8 in North America For 8)me reason England wanted it?we think we kuuw what that reason was, but tbe fact itself is under consideration now j and the details can wait?as we sty, England wanted ;t, and now it appears she has it. On tbe 17th of September last tbe Amerioao flag was lowered at Porcupine City and tbe British ensign hoisted in its place. The district has passed under British control, and along with it Amerioan citizens who bad a right to ezpeot protection from tbeir government. Great Britain now holds this valuable tract?legal property of tbe United States?and assumes author? ity ovsr tbe claims and interests of our citizens. Moreover, Great Britain, by the same token, acquires a tidewater seaport on what was once United States etmtory. The Amerioan flag, there fore, has been hauled down? and on Amerioan soil?and we shooid like to have tbe esteemed New York Sun locate for us the responsibility and appraise tbe wickedness involved in the transaction. We kuow, of course, that tbe admir able Sun blames .Mr Bryan?more properly tbe Democratic party?for the death of every Amerioao soldier in tbe Philippines. It is. perhaps a per* j missible campaign expedient, though it oould not be fathered by an bonorablo newspaper nor respectfully accepted by any rational human being That ! thfl ?un is doing its worst to inflame publio sentiment against the Democracy ! is obvious. That it has in New York be most numerous and besotted rabble D the country upon which to work 1 cannot be seriously denied The old j and juioeless racbauffes of 1896? the forty oent dollar ; (be weeping capitalist who oannot oonduct hie enterprise any longer unless he be assured of Mr MoKicley's rc eleotion ; tbe hapless patriot who bleeds fluently at tbe thought of the working man's empty dinner pail?All tb'so in buckram have been nursed and coddled by tbe Sun and turned loose to populate Gad's Hill. But there is more intelligence in this population than Wall street is oapable of understanding, and to that intelligence tbe Republican organs will be wise to make their argument. Tbe Sun has charged tbe Democracy with treason by intent and has wailed aloud over the prospeot of bauhog down tbe Amerioan flag in tbe far off Philippines. What has tho Sun to say of tbe hauling dawn of the flag of Alaska?here at borne, upoo our own territory, aod to the injury of our own people ? We should like to bear from this oracle of indomitable patriotism? Washington Pod Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL k LONDON k GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH k MERCANTILE HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,000,000 Feb as. CHARLES G. LESLIE, Wholesale aod Retail Commission Dealer io Game and Poultry. Stalls No. 1 aod 2 Fish Market. Office, Nos. 18 and 20 Market Street. CHARLESTON, S. C. Cj08?Boment8 of Couniry Produce. Poultry. Eggs, Ac , are respectfully ooiicited. Prompt,reiuros made Fish packel io barrels and boxea for the country trade a epecalty Dec 6 X ASK YOUR FRIENDS! YOU FIND THAT THERE ARE MORE Used by people who know a good piano tbat any otber make Its because Stieff Pianos are better ar d cost less tbao others. MoviDg, Tuning ?od Repainog ; Accom? modating Terms. Catalogue aod book of suggestions ebeerfully given. CHAS. M. STIEFF, Warerooms, 9 North Liberty Street. Factory?Block of E. Lafayette Are. Aikeo aod Lanvale streets. BALTIMORE, MD. The Thing Yo ? Want $1 Buys a First Class Guaranteed FOUNTAIN PEN. Call and see them H. G. CSTEEN & CO. Strongsstin the World/* J "Given Free" "For the Asking" Hazleton, Pa , Oct. 28 ?President Mitchell in an interview tonight practically admitted that the anthra? cite coal miners' strike would end as soon as all the operators posted a notice guaranteeing the payment of a 10 per cent, advance in wages until April 1st ??Sitlrrted." Is ih? aa|M ct a little hook of to pas** awaai t>y the aTaaltaats Lif* Assurance Society. It la Slled with let* IMS rrom all States and Territories, tell? ing what hcldar? or Policlea In the Equitable think about tha reault* they have received rrom rottete? which h<vf? matured In the pa*t twenty yo*rO. It aUo cotitalna much other i ? ..I in? formation and la given free to any tnt who ?IM call, or moiled to your adjtr** on rocetpt of postal card request. CONSULTATION AND OFFICE TREATMENT FREE. A. W. R^aifUn' Aft CEOSflWKLL, ro. SurotT uxi vicinity