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THE SUMTES T7ATCBMAN, Established April. 1S50. "3e Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's.Iand:Truth*s." THE TK?E SOUTHRON. Established Jcae lBid Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 31. 1900, ; ' New Series-Yol. XX. No. 14 Published Every Wednesday, -3? INT. CS?. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : $1.50 per annum-io advance. ?DYEBTISEMSKT: Ono Square first insertion.$1 00 Kvery sabseqnent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wil be made at reduced rates. AU communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as ad versements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. BRYAN SPEAKS IN WASHINGTON. Takes Occasion to Say Some* thing About Civil Service. Washington, Oct 23 -William J. Bryan speot to hoar and a quarter at the national capital today. His traio arrived over the Chesapeake and Ohio from West Virginia at 7.45 o'clock this morning, an hoar late. About 1,000 people were waiting for him at the depot. Hr Bryan was taken to the residence of Jndge Springer, opposite (he capi? tol, where he breakfasted. A few min?tes before 9 o'clook Mr Bryan was driven to the Baltimore and Ohio de? pot, where he made a brief speech from his automobile. He spoke on imperial? ism and civil service. About, 5,000 people were massed around the depot. Mr Bryan said : "Occasionally I hear it suggested that persons engaged in the civil ser? vice who are opposed to imperialism will vote the Republican ticket for fear of loosing their positions with the gov? ernment. Certainly there are not many who would prefer government employment ander an empire to what? ever risk might attend their employ? ment under a repabiic. I am not mach of an admirer of that civil service which is suspended when a president is inaugurated until he can fill the of?oe* with his friends and is extended by the president when he is about to retire, in order that he may protect his friends in office I believe that a system of oivil service might be devised wherein appointments would be made upon merit and wherein ree appointee? would hold for a fixed term and not be dependent upon the will of au appointing officer The industrial despotism now inaugurated by the Republican party is closing the door of opportunity against you o g meo and driviog many to seek government employment who under better cocdi ti ODS would be employed in producing industries." Mr Bryan closed with the statement that it was not his highest ambition to be president, "but to make rbis govern* ment so good that to bea private citizen in this republic will be a greater honor than to be a king in any other nation: ' Before reaching Washington the traio nn whieh Mr Bryan came in made a brief stop at Alexandria, Va. The statement had been made in advance that Mr Bryan would make a brief speech in that town and a 'arge number of people congregated at the railroad yards to greet him. They received him with vociferous cheers, but no time was given for a speech. Mr Bryan only bad time to say that he felt compliment ed to have so many people come out to greet bim so early ?B the morning. He felt, he eaid, sure of Virginia's support, and frocL -/oat be bad seen of other 8tates reoently he felt justified io assert ing th?.t Virginia would have plenty cf cooopauy on election day. The only other stop in Virginia after daylight was at Manas.?as. That point was reached at a very early hour. The stop was only for a moment and Mr Bryan did not appear. Nevertheless there was a erowd at the station. Pension Hunters. Washington. Oct. 23 -Many in qoiries have been made recently at the pension office as to the status of claims filed for pensions by soldiers of the 3panisb-American war. Com missioner Evans said today that the burean scarcely had time to respond to all the inquiries, but that the claims were being adjudicated as rapidly as possible. He added that some of the claims had been delayed by the diffi culty in obtaining the necessary offi cial records at the war department "There have been flied 34,000 claims on account of the Spanish American war up to Monday morn inp:, Oct. 22," paid the commissioner. "Calis have neon triade for evidenct in 33,424 o? these claims Medio:?; examinations have been ordered by this bureau ii? 23,321 claim? Th'* difference between the number of claims filed and the number of medi CPI examinations ordered, practically represents the numbei of widows' and dependents' claims. Fo jr thousand two hundred and thirty seven of these claims have bees adjudicated already " ----? 111 - -----ora-mt i Important Declarations ! by Mr Wm J. Bn j He Delivered Nineteen dresses Yesterday. Wilmington, Del. Oct 24 Bryan made two speeches of fi iengtb in this city tonight after ing made 17 other addresses da the day. Beginning at St Mich; on the eastern shore of Maryland 8poke in succession at Easton, F ton, Harlock, Vienna, Salish Berlin, all of which are in Maryli and at Frankford, Georgetown, ford, Harrington, Dover, Clay Middletown, Kirkwood and 1 Ca3tle, in Delaware. The audier of the day wer as a role fair si and a majority of them were tl ougbly appreciative At a few the stopping places in Dela? there was apparent lack of enth asm The first of Mr Bryan's ni meetings in this city was held i big tent, and while the meeting gan mach earlier, Mr Bryan did appear until 9 o'clock He ha long and busy day and fount necessary to take an unusually f longed rest after his arrival in t city. The tent was crowded to ? focation After expressing his gr fication at being present, Bryan ti cognizance of a series of questl propounded to him by John JP. Nie of this city The questions were as follows : 1. Will he, if eiected president, commander in-chief, imm?diat withdraw the army from tbe Phil pines ? 2. How does he contemplate t a stable form of government can given to the Philippines ? 3 How soon after a stable form government is established does propose that congress shall decl the independence of these islands 4 How soon after a stable form government is established and int pendence is declared does he p pose that the American protector: over the Philippine islands sha!! ct tinue ? 5 Will he pay the obligations this government in silver or gold, elected ? Mr Bryan took ap the questic and replied to them as follows : As a reply to the first question quoted from his speech of accej ance, saying : "I stated that if ele I ed president I would immediate convene congress in extraordina session and would ask congress declare the nation's policy in t Philippine islands, as we are DC ! establishing a stable form of gover j ment in Cuba ; to declare our purpo j to give independence to the Filipin j as we have promised to give ind I Deodece to the Cubans ; to deda oar purpose to give protection to tl Filipinos as we have promised give protection to the Cubans ai have for 75 years given protection the republics of Central and Son America.'' On the second question, he said ' No one has attempted to fix tl number of hours or days or weeks < j months necessary, but I will es j this, that I believe that we coul j establish a stable government in tl j Philippines in less time than tl j Republican party bas established OE j in Cuba, and I think I can promit j you that our officials would n< ! embezzle as Republican officia ! embezzled Cuban money " j To the third question, he auswere j that in his speech of ? "?eptance \ was proposed to give them indepenc ence as 6oon as their stable goverc j ment is established. The pbas "and as soon" means "immediately j in our language ; I don't know whs I it means in Republican," and answei I ing the fourth question he said: j "If the questioner had read ar j speech he would have seen that ther j was no limit on the protectorate, am ! we believe that this nation can asser the doctrine that when this natioi j holds a republic to etand upon itt ! feet the grouud whereon it 6taods i; \ holy ground, and that no king shal : ever set his foot on it " On the fifth question, relative tc paying the obligations of this govern : ment in gold or silver if elected presi dent, be said : "I waut the Republicans whe want that question answered to first find out what the law requires, and then ? want them to know that il elected president I will onforce that law just as I wiil enforce the law against trusts, and put striped clothes on bi?: thieves as well as little thieves Kut if you ;j?k mo to con Ptrue a Republican law 1 wit! reply that \ shall not construe a law until it bf1 com es my duty to er, ft, rc?- it Having replied to the questions. .Mr Bryan then propounded Forne of his own. ile said : HIS INTERROGATIONS, j 4 Now I want to ask five questions, and as I ask these question* I want j seme responsible mao to answer tbem. i It ts hardly fair for a man who bas ( respoLsibi?ry to placo bis respoosibil? ; ty against that cf ooo who has no j responsibility reposed upon bira by a ! party, sod ? want your party leaders j to answer the questions that I am gc ! icg to ask.'* Mr Bryan then quoted from the pres ?dent's message of December 5, 1898, recommending the increase of tho army to 100,000 men, and asked if the Republican party, through aoyooe authorized to speak, wiil deolare that Republican success this fall means a standing army of 100,000 men in this country. His second question was : "If the Declaration of Independence is true that governments derive their just power from the consent of the govern? ed, I wamt to ask how you can buy the right to govern people or seoure title to them by force ?" The third question was : "Is the Filipino going to be a citizen or subject ?" And the fourth : "Can you purchase trade with human blood V The fifth question related to the establishment of a protectorate in the Philippine islands, concerning which Mr Bryan said : "Republicans say that we cannot proteot the Filipinos without a great deal of trouble. We have protected the rep?blica of Central and South Amerioa for 75 years, and we have had no authority io those South Amer? ican countries. We have never gov? erned them but we have protected them from outside interference. It has never cost anything, but it has been valuable to ibe m "The Republican doctrine is the doo trice behind which the monarchies of the old world have hidden when they have wanted to plaoder from the peo? ple instead of protecting them. Oars is a different protectorate." Concluded his presentation of these inquiries, Mr Rryan said : "When the Republicans get through answering those five questions I will have some more for them. The trouble is that the Republican party is not attempting to meet the issue of this oompaign. He then took up various other questions involved in the campaign and presented bis usual arguments on fcDose subjects. &fter cancluding bis meeting ac the tent, Mr Bryan was driven to the Grand opera bouse, where he made his last speech of the night to a congregation composed largely of ladies, some of whom bad held their seats there for three or four hours. TELLER STEALS SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND. New York, Oct 23 -C. L. Alvord. note teller of the First National bank, is a defaulter to the amount of $700, 00Q, Alvord has not yet been appre headed He had been an employe of the bank for over twenty years. The First National io one of the largest banking institutions in the city and its president is George F. Baker, who is also president of the Astor Na? tional bank and a financial adviser of the Astor family. The bank is located at No 2 Wall street and has a oapital of $500,000 and a surplus of $5,000, ooo Population of Cities. Washington, Oct 25.-The census bureau in a bulletin issued today summarizes the returns of population of cities having 25,000 inhabitants or more io 1900, the individual census of each of these cities having been officially announced heretofore. There are 159 of these and the bulletin shows that the percentage of increase in their population from 1890 to 1900 was 32 5, against 49 5 for the same cities in the previous decade. The absolute increase in the ponulation of these cities from 1890 to 1900, was 4,839.136 or 82,426 less than the absolute increase from 1880 to 1890, when it was 4,921,562. The 159 cities combined have a popula? tion in 1900 of 19,694.625, against 14,855,489 in 1890, and 9,933,927 in 1880. Of these 159 cities divided into four classes, 19 had" 200,000 and over 19, had 100.000 and under 200, 000, 40 had 50,000 and under 100, 000. and 81 had 25,000 and under 50,000. In 1880 there were but 20 cities which contained more than 100, 000 inhabitants, but in 1890 this number had increased to 28, and in 1900 to 38.. In 1900 there are 78 I cities of 50.000 inhabitants or more I as compared with 58 in 1890 and 35 j in 1880. - - --- ? - A Gold Nugget Worth S154, OOO. New York. ?3i 26 -Thc biggest nugget of gold ever received a- ths assay ? fii *e of Wail street, according to Superintendent Mason, arrived today from a mining company in British Columbia It wa* consigned to the N?'W York agents of tho Bank of Mon ere*1 Tbe nugget contained a frac I?' vr 753 pounds of thc solid y ow metal and is valued at $154 OoO. It canse in a solid cone and stood two feet high. I AI md, the Great Embezzler i A Friend Thinks he is Dead Bat Nothing is Known of Him. New York, Oct 24.-Cornelias L. Alvord, the defaulting note teller of the First Natiooal Baak, bas not been arrested, and it is said no news bas been received of bim. Mrs Ai?ord left her home io Mount Veroon and came to this city this moro in g. It is said -she does not inteod to return to Mount I Veroon. Many personal frienes of Alvord in Mount Vernoo believe he has committed suicide. J. H Murphy, one of the banker's most intimate friends, said today he firmly believed that Alford had taken bis own life. "He is just the sort of a man who would do euch a thing," said Mr Murphy. "While he is perhaps pleg matio and apparently takes matters as they come, he is in reality a sensitive man. "I wish, as bis personal friend, to deny the story current that there was another woman in whom he was inter? ested. He was deeply attached to bis wife and family and did not associate with a fast set.'7 The following supplementary state? ment was given out by the First j Natiooal Bank this afternoon. "Alvord's false entries appear to have commenced about five years ago. One of his duties was to collect drafts and notes not payable through the clear* ing house, a considerable part of these usually being paid in cash. He appro? priated a portion of this cash from time to time, as opportunity offered, before any of it was turned over to the money clerk "The discrepancy was coocealed by adding to the item of 'exchanges for clearing houses7 on the note teller's balance book an amouot equal to the sum of abstractions. Until his recent disappearance, Alvord had not been absent from the bank during one busi? ness day tbis year. He did not take j his usual vacation last summer, request- j ing that instead he might take a month next winter for a trip to California." The interesting feature of the supple? mentary statement is the positive assertion that Alvord bad not been absent from toe bank one business day this year. Mr Hine repeated this statement after an examination of the time books, io which every day's leave of absence by aDy employe of the bank is entered. This contradicts the numerous reports that Alvord wa9 a regular attendant and heavy better at the Saratoga races this last season. The paragraph in the same state? ment explaining bow Alvord operated, was shown to several experienced bank officials. The only poiot made clear to them was that Alvord's opportunity in his handling of the bank's cash as col? lector were unusual, and also that it has been admitted tbat be always carried cash balances. An important official of one of the leading banks said : "Io most banks the note teller is obliged tc adjust his balances after the dose of every day's business, and his accounts should be checked off by bis clerks and "proved" by the other tellers. Had this system obtained at the First National I do not see bow Alvord could have worked, his game looger than for a few months at the utmost." In spite of Vice President Hines' denial, it is regarded as extremely probable that Alvord took a large sum of money shortly before he left NEW STEAMSHIP LINE New York, Oot 25 -The steamer Wacoamaw, the first of a fleet of six steamers, tu be put in operation by the Atlantic Coast Steamship Company for the lumber trade on the Atlantic coast, between Gaorgetowo, S C , and North? ern ports as far as Boston, has arrived here from Toledo, Ohio. The Atlantic Coast Steamship Com paoy is a new organization, with a capital of $1,000,000, which wiil en? gage in carrying lumber from George? town to Northern seaboard markets Macon, Ga., Oct 24.-It was learned here today that two negroes, James Grier and James Galloway, were lynched by white farmers near Liberty Hill, in Lake county. While out huntiog they shot recklessly into a farmer's house, frightening a young white woman Macon, Ga , Oct. 24 -A story reaches here of an extraordinary lynching near Welleton, in Houston county Last week a negro was lynched nt that place for assault on a white woman. Sunday another negro assaulted a girl of h's own race. The man was captured and negroes of the vicinity asked the white citizens to iet them have him i This was complied with and the ! negro was lynched in the woods. Charlotte, NT C , Oct. 24 -A negro woman named Carry Caldwell, who lived in the northern part of Mecklen? burg, county, N C , this morning killed her three children and com? mitted suicide. United States Powder Magazine Exploded. No Lives Were Lost at Indian Head. Washington, Cht 25.-At 8 o'clock this morning Admiral O'Neill, chief of the ordnance burean navy department, received a telephonic message from the proving grounds at Indian Head report ing that about 10 o'clock last night a fire and several explosions occurred in one of the filling houses and magazines. No other damage was done and DO one injured. Lieut Strauss, commandant at Indian Head, came up on a naval tug and at once went to the navy depart? ment, where he made a lengthy verbal report to Admiral O'Neill. The latter then gave out the following details pre* sen ted by Lieut Strauss : The explosion occurred in a small magazine of the proving groand. and this io turn se: fire to an adjacent building, where ammunition was stored, both the magazine and other building being destroyed. The magazine was opened at 10 o'clock yesterday morn ing to take out a quantity of powder. At thal: time its temperature was taken at 64 degrees, which is quite low, the temperature ia ship magazines being as high as 90 degrees. It was then closed for the day. At 4 30 p. m. a watch? man made his usual rounds of inspection and found everything about the maga? zine in proper order. At 8 30 p. m. the t wachmao again made his round and turned in a report showing every? thing in proper order. At 10 15 p. m. the explosion occurred, without warning and without the slightest clew as to what ocoassiooed it. There was in the magazine at the time of the explosion 8,000 pounds of black powder, 30,000 pounds of smokeless powder and a lot of brown powder, probably about 7,000 pounds. After the first explosion the fire found its way to the ammunition, and this caused successive explosions, lasting until, after midnight. Most of the powder was destroyed, but some of the smokeless powder lies scattered about in heaps, not having been ignited. Macy of the shells and smaller pjojeotiles also are lyiog about unexploded, although show? ing the effects of heat. Death of the Oldest of Flor? ence's Citizens John H. Husbands, the oldest oitizsD of Fioreoce, and one of tbs best known, died this morning at 3 o'clock at his residence on Evans street. He was io the seventy-sixth year of bis age and up to a few months ago bad been an active man, busy with bis work from sun to sun and from week to week He came to Florence in 1858, whee the Northeastern road was first finished, and opened a wheel wright and under? taking shop and a store in a building now destroyed, which stood on the corner of Evans street and the railroad. -Florence Times, Oct 25. His Right Arm Badly Broken. Florence, October 25.-Clifton Whitton, a popular young dry goods clerk, while out riding this afternoon was thrown from the buggy and his right arm broken in two places, the bones protruding through tba flesh. He W88 picked up by Mr. R. J. Mul drow and brought to town. Boer Successes. Cape Town. Oct 26.-The Boers have captured Jaoobsdal, southwest of Kimberley, after a stubborn resistance upon tbe part of the garrison, wbioh consisted of a detachment of Cape Town Highlanders. The latter suffered severe? ly, losiog 34 out of 52 men. Hans Botha ha? out off a traio with a reconnoitering party of the Highland brigade, between Heidelberg and Grey lingstadt, in the Transvaal colony, tearing up the rails in front and behind the traio. Io the fight which followed two captaios and eight men were wounded and all were captured. .- ma -* ?? ? ? ? m - "Stung by the social ostracism from which they have suffered ever since Thomas Nelson Page, at Old Home D?y, in Concord, N H. ,. lashed the eociety of Newport and New York with terrible vituperation, the Pages, it is alerted, have deoided to close their house and flee to Europe as a refuge," says the washington correspondent of the New York J-;urn3l. Ali of Mr Page's friends io Washington indignantly deny th.it thc closing of the house and departure of thc family have anything to do with h ii? recent attack on society, as ii is known ic Newport.." This H said to be whaf mado "society" mad ? "? make so bold a* to assert that not onlv aro thors not fifry million scope in this country who sit with envious, if not adoring ?CZ2, 'astcoed upon that spectacle of divorced and doubly- j divorced moo and women and their sycophants and parasites, but that, out? side of their own oirole, there are not fifty thousand people in all America who do not reprobate aod deride their ! COTTON SEED MILL ! INDUSTRY S GROWTH ?_ So Rapid That the Mills Have to Get Together. Oo Monday night there was a con? ference of representatives from about 80 per cent of the cotton oil mills ia Sooth Carolina. It was held in this city, and the rapid development of the industry io this State made it neces? sary. The first mill io this State was start? ed in this city by Geo E. P. Alexander soon after the war. It was erode and experimental. The first real cotton seed oil mill was established in 1881 and was located io Charleston. Today there are 67 mills io Sooth Carolin?, aod they are using 220,0.00 tons of cot? too seed an Dually. Cotton seed oil mills have to have oottoo seed. They have to boy the seed where they cao get it at every sta? tion io the State. All along each mill has had to look oat after its owo boy ing, and all over the State the compa? nies have established warehouses aod scales. At some stations, as the num? ber of mills increased, these plants had to increase, and many of the mills are unable to get room to pot io such plants, thus forciog Colombia for in? stance to boy from Fort Mill, near Charlotte, where she has a plaot, aod Charlotte to boy from stations near Colombia where she bas plaots. This has gooe to snob an extent that the mills decided to confer and combine their interests oo a business basis, all getting the use of established scales and ware booses and baying their cot? ton seed on a ooiform basis, Colombia getting the seed nearest ber and Char? lotte getting that oearest her. Such an agreement was reached and the oom plications have tons been done away with.-The State. SAYS HIS WIFE IS CRAZY. Wasbingtoo, Oot 23.-Looaoy pro ceediogs were instituted by the district commissiooers today against Katharine S Maokey, wife of former Judge Thomas J. Mackey of South Carolina, who was discharged from the govern? ment hospital for the insane about 10 days ogo on habeas corpus petitioned for by her husband. The petition filed in the supreme court of the district today is signed aod sworn to by Mr Mackey, and tho object of the proceedings ?6 to have Mrs Mackey recommitted to the asylum. Jodge Mackey alleges io his petition tbat bis wife is a lunitio of homicidal and otherwise dangerous tendencies ; that she has been such a lunatic since the 10;h of October, 1900 ; that the cause of ber lunacy is unknown to bim, bot if the representations made to bim are true, she is unfit to be at Urge. A hearing of the petition will be held nest Friday. Washingtoo, Oat 26-Thomas J* Mackey, ex circoit court jodge of Sooth Carolioa, wt o several days ago made applicatioo to have his wife recom? mitted to the government hospital for the insane, today withdrew the peti? tion He aonounoed that he wouid never bring the case before the court again. Mrs Mackey recently was re? leased from the asylum cn a writ of habeas corpus instituted by her hus? band. mWMM ? ? - i Father of Centennials. The centennial of the birth of George Bancroft the great historian, W3S ap? propriately celebrated at Worcester. Mass, this month The origoator of this centennial celebration was Mo Dooald Furman. who was also the father of the Colombia oeoteooial lo an editorial the Worcester Gazette says : "The first suggestion that the cen? tenary of George Bancroft be fittingly observed was made by McDonald For? man of Privateer, Sumter County. South Carolina. Mr Furman wrote to the Gazette calling attention to the fact that the centenary was approaching aod suggesting tbat it be observed The Daughters of the American Revolution took up the idea, and that in turo stimulated the antiquarian societies to action. It wa3 to Mr Forman that, the movement owes its beginning."-The State. Belton, Oot 23 -Yesterday whiie on his way home Mr Arthur McGee, a farmer living a few miles below this place, disappeared and has not been seen or heard from siooe. It is believ? ed that he was waylaid and murdered, robbery being thc prime motive, a9 he had ?250 with liim when he left town. Wilmington, Del, Oct 23-The first colored man ever naturalized io this State is Wm AoeVnson, a^ed 32 years', a nat?a-? of Liberia, who has been granted his final papers by Judge Bradford in the Federal court here. Anderson's grandfather was a former president of Liberia, ba; the new citi? zen has resided io Wilmington siooe he was five years of age.