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ISM SCKTSB WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TKUZ SOUTHRON. Established jan? 3 ? 66 Cosolidate? AMS. 2,1881, New Series-YoL XXII. So. 12 Published ST9T7 ^sdaesday, -Br BB". G. Osteen SUMTER, S. C. T?SMS : $1 50 per annam-in advance.. IDTlSIiSlMIXi: One Square first insertion $1 00 Svery subsequent insertion-.. 50 Contracts for three mouths, or longer will be made at red Geed rates. All ccmmaoicatisos which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertiemeats. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. CLEVELAND M FUTURE Of P?BTY. Ex-President Believes That the Time is Ripe For a Democratic Victory. . New York, Oct. 14.-To a represent? ative of The Evering Post, who ask v ed bim his views ia regard to the out? look for and the duty of the Demo? cracy in the approaching congressional elections, ex-President Grover Cleve? land said: "It seems to me that if the Demo? cracy- is really in earnest it cannot fail largely to increase io representation in the next congress, but in order to do so I think there must be a constant and stalwart insistance upon the things . which are recognized by all to be true , Democratic doctrines. Of course, by far the most important of these is tariff reform. On this issue, I am satisfied that the Democracy is face to face with a greata opportunity. All of the signs of the times point to a re? cognition, far beyond all party lines, of the benefits which would accrue to the people by a readjustment of the tariff, and it would be worse than folly for the party under the stress of any temptation or yielding to any aiurement to permit ? this to be sub? ordinated to or overshadowed by any other issue, "The present restlessness in Repub? lican circles on this subject, often amounting to protests against Repub? lican protective theories, should warn the Democracy of an impending danger. I mean by this the possibili? ty that our opponents may crowd us from our position on this subject, if we allow them to do so by our luke? warmness and. indifference and to oc? cupy our ground, just as we permitted them to crowd us from the ground that belonged to us on the question cf sound money. "I am very much pleased with the deliverance of -the New York Derne? cracy on the tariff issue, and it was S? and 'proper that the Empire State should sound the right note. It is my clear conviction that the best as? surance of success for the Democracy in the next national campaign will be found in a sincere and unremitting^ in? sistence upon its old time doctrine of a fair * and beneficent tariff j adjust? ment. This insistence should be from now on. It need hardly be said that success will depend upon the presenta? tion of tariff doctrine not only re? cognized as truly Democratic by those who may be termed veterans in the party, but also commending dtself to the hosts of the younger men ?t our land. Thousands of these awaiti the opportunity to espouse a cause which must appeal to disinterested love of country and which is based upon i thoughtful regard of all our people land the safety of the institutions un \der which we live. To these young men no hope is offered for the real? isation of their patriotic aspirations exVept through the conscientious en? deavors of the Democratic party. "ll am at a loss to understand by what process of reasoning the notion has sained ? footing in certain Demo? cratic quarters not only that no im? portance attaches to a Democratic as? cendancy in the next house of repre? sentatives, but even that it might be advantageous to party prospects in 1904 for ix to continue in its present minority \ now. Powerful warfare ought to 00 regarded as continuous, and if the results battled for are worth having at af? they are worthy of our best efforts at all times and under all circumstances. Constant vigilance and unrelenting- attack are essential to victory, armies are captured by first driving in the outposts. "I cannpt believe that the bright prospects of the Democracy in the pre? sent campaign are to be marred by any lack of hard work and strenuous fighting." Caution! This is not a gentle word-but when you think how liable you are not to purchase for 75c the only remedy universally known and a remedy that has had the largest sale of any medicine in the world since 1868 for the cure and treatment of Consumption and Throat and Lung troubles without losing its great popularity all these years, you will be thankful we called your atten? tion to Boschee's German Syrup. There are so many ordinary cough remedies made by druggists and others that are cheap and good for light colds perhaps, but for severe Coughs, Bronchitis, Croup-and especially for Consumption, where there is difficult expectoration and coughing during the nights and mornings, there is nothing like German Syrup. Sold by all druggists in the civilized world. G. G. GBEES, Woodbury, N. J. Mr. W. J. Covington was up Satur? day. He has 18 hogs in the pen now that will average 250 each and 27 more nearly ready for the pen. He says he gets 15 cents a pound for all he can spare of bacon-.Marlboro Democrat. --mup-i The excitement incident to traveling and change of food and water often brings on diarrhoea, and for this reason no one shoal i leave home without a bottle of Chamber? lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Re? medy. For sale by Dr. A. J. China. COAL BARONS PROPOSE SETTLEMENT. J. Pierpont Morgan Submits Operators Plan to* President Rooseveit-A Commission Suggested. Washington, Oct 13.- Mr. J. Pier? pont Morgan and Eobert S. Bacon, one of his partners, arrived here over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to? night about 10 o'clock and were driven to the Arlington hotel. -They refused to see any one and went at once to their rooms. Shortly after going to his room, Mr. Morgan came down stairs and left the hotel for the temporary White House, where he was at once shown ap stairs and into the room where the president was and a conference on the strike be? gan. Secretary-Root joined the party in conference at the White House. The conference broke up at 11.50 o'clock. Secretary Root and Messrs. Morgan and Bacon at its adjournment at once left the White House and went to the Metropolitan club a few blocks away. None of them would say any? thing except to refer all inquirers to Mr. Cortelyou, by whom they said a statement would be given out later. THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT. Secretary Cortelyou, by authority of those present at the White House, made public the following authorized statement- eoncerning the conference. Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan came to Washington with his partner, Mr. Bacon, at the request of the coal companies who desired that as a mat? ter of courtesy their statement should be shown to the president before it was made public. Having been laid before the president by Mr. Morgan, it is now given to the press. To the Public : The managers of the different coal properties comprising the anthracite coal fields, wish their position in the present strike to be understood, and therefore make the following statement of facts : There are in the anthracite regions about 75?operating companies and firms and 147,000 miners and workmen (of which 30,000 are under age) comprising some 20 "nationalities and dialects. Of these workmen possibly one-half belong to the United* Mine Workers' Union, of which Mr. John Mitchell is president. That organization was originally formed in the bituminous coal region, and three-fourths of its members are miners of bituminous coal, and bituminous coal is- sold in active competition with anthracite ,coai. The remaining workmen in the anthracite fields either belong to no union whatever or do not belong to the Mineworkers' Union. The present strike was declared by the Mine Workers' union on the ? loth day of. May* 1902.. Since that time many workmen not belonging to or not'willing to follow that organiza? tion were working in and aboult the mines. *From 17i000 to 20,000 are now at work. Many more have wished to work but have been prevented by a course of violence and intimidation towards those working, and toward their families, accompanied by the destruction of properties and the fear of death or bodily harm to every man who wishes to exercise his right to work. A schedule is annexed hereto showing some of the things done to create this reign of terror, aDd every instance stated can be verified by re? ference to the officers of the law-civil and military-in the anthracite region. This violence has continued and steadi? ly increased notwithstanding repeated disavowals by Mr. Mitchell, and it is clear he either cannot or will not pre? vent it, and that the rights of the other workmen cannot be protected under his supremacy from, mine work? ers' union. WHY ARBITRATION WAS DECLIN ,The coal companies believe that the wages paid in the coal regions are fair and full and all the business in its normal condition has been able to stand if the capital invested is to have any reasonable return. The profits have been small, several of the com? panies have become bankrupt and been reorganized several times. Sev? eral have not paid dividends, and the dividends of the others have been a small return for the capital invested. It is not, however, the purpose of this statement to discuss this question. The undersigned are not, and never have been, unwilling to submit all questions between them and their workmen to any fair tribunal for de? cision. They are not willing to enter into arbitration with the mine work? ers' union, an organization chiefly composed of men in a rival and com? petitive interest, and they are not willing ? to make any arrangement which will not secure to the men now working, and all now or hereafter wishing to work, whether they belong to the mine workers' union or not, the right and opportunity to work in safety and without personal insult or bodily'harm to themselves or their families. For these reasons the arbi? trations heretofore proposed have been declined. It will be remembered that at the conference in Washington Oct. 3, we made the following offer: That we would take up at each colliery any al? leged grievance, and in the event of a failure to make a satisfactory adjust? ment of the questions at issue to be submitted to the final decision of the judges of the court of common pleas of the district in which the colliery is located. This offer was made by us in good faith and w?e desire here to re? affirm it. The coal companies realize that the urgent public need of coal, and the apprehension of an inadequate supply for the approaching winter calls for an earnest effort to reach a practical conclusion which will reuslt in an in? creased supply, and the presidents of the companies desire to make every effort to that end which does not in? volve the abandonment of the interests ED. , committed to their care and of the I men who are working and seeking to I work in their mines. This responsi ; bili ty they must bear and meet as best they can. THE OPERATORS' PROPOSITION. They therefore restate their position : That they are not discriminating against the United Mine Workers, but they insist that the miners' union shall not discriminate against or refuse to work with non-union men ; that there shall be no restriction or deteri? oration in quantity or quality of work, and that owing to the varying physical conditions of the anthracite mines each colliery is a problem by iself. We suggest a commission be appoint? ed by the president of the United States Xii he is willing to perform that public service) to whom shall be re? ferred all questions at issue beween the respective companies and their own .employes, whether they belong to a union or not, and the decision of that commission shall be accepted by us. The commission to be constituted as follows: h An officer in the engineer corps of either, the military or naval service of the United States. 2. An expert mining engineer, ex? perienced in the minirg of coal and other minerals, and not in any way connected with coal mining properties, either anthracite or bituminous. 3. One of the judges of the United States courts of the eastern district of Pennsylvania. . 4. A man of prominence, eminent as a sociologist. 5. A man who, by active participa? tion in mining and selling coal, is familiar with the physical and com? mercial features of the business. ^ WILL BE IMMEDIATELY EFFECT? IVE. It being understood immediately upon the constitution of the commis? sion in order that idleness and non production may cease instantly, the miners will return to work and cease all interference with and persecution of any non-union men who are working or shall hereafter work. The findings of this commission shall fix the date when the same shall be effective, and shall govern the conditions of employ? ment between the respective companies and their own employes for a term of a least three years. George F. Baker, president Phila? delphia and Reading Coal and Iron company, Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal company and Temple Iron com? pany. E. B. Thomas, chairman Pennsylva? nia Coal company, Tillside Coal and Iron company. W. H. Truesdale, president Dela ware and Lackawanna and Western Railroad company. T. P. Fowler, president Scranton Coal company, Elk Hill Coal and Iron company. R. M. Olyphant, president Delaware and Hudson company. * Alfred Walters, president Lehigh Valley Coal company. Capers, Offensive Partisan. (From the New York Age.) The attention of President Roosevelt and Attorney General Knox is respect? fully directed to District Attorney John G. Capers, the Democratic mem? ber of the national Repulican ccm niittee for South Carolina, whose political activity is not only pronounc? ed, but offensive, and contrary to the rule made by the department of justice as to the political conduct of subor? dinates. According to the South Caro? lina newspapers, Capera did all that he could to prevent i;he meeting of the State committee, on the 17th of September, and, failing in that, he did what he could to break up the meeting. But Chairman Deas had the situation well in hand and whip? ped Capers at every point. District At torney Capers, of South Carolina, should be removed from office. He is a Democrat and an offensivhe partisan. A New Orleans telegram of recent date states that a steamer just arrived at that port from Honduras brings news of the death of Joseph P. Ben? jamin on his plantation near Ciengolfo, Honduras. This Joseph was a brother of Judah P. Benjamin, Secretary of State of the Confederacy ; and one of the most famous leaders of the Lost Cause. Joseph served through the war. At its close he and bis brother declared they could not live in a coun? try where the cause they loved so well had been crushed. Judah went to England, and there became known as one of the most brilliant lights of the British bar. Joseph went to Central America and bought land in Honduras. There he acquired large coffee and fruit plantations and be? came wealthy and powerful; and there he lived to the end of his days. The sketches of him now published state that he was a native of South Carolina, but that he was educated at the University of North Carolina. Mr. J. D. Evans, of Spring Hill, Sumter County, has made a net profit of $119 on an acre of tobacco. There are many other farmers in the State w^o have done equally as well. If South Carolina only had a live im? migration agent in the field thousands of desirable settlers could be induced to come to this State. There would *be a rush for our farming lands if home-seekers should find it out in some way that land which has sold re? cently in this State for less than $5 an acre will yield under proper cultiva? tion crops that pay twenty times as much an acre.-News and Courier. His Life iii Peril. UI just seemed to have gone all to pieces," writes Alfred Bee, of Welfare, Tex., "bili? ousness and a lame back had made life a burden. I couldn't eat or sleep and felt almost too worn out to work when I began to use Electric Bitters, but they worked wonders. Now I sleep like a top, can eat anything, have gained in strength and en? joy hard work/' They give vigorous health and new life to weak, sickly, run? down people. Try them. Only f>0c at J. F. W. DeLorme's drug store. WHAT WILL MINERS DO ? Mitchell Non-Committal and Ac? ceptance of Operator's Plan Doubtless. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 14.-From a thorough canvass of the situation as it exists tonight there is every indication for believing that the new arbitration plan proposed by the presidents of the coal companies for ending the miners'^ strike will not be accepted in its present form. There is a division of opinion among the strikers, bnt there is no donb? that a majority feel that the offer t? have the president of the United States select an arbitration commission along the lines suggested by the operators is not fair and that it nndu?y limits the president in making up the board. The miners, it is safe to say, will abide the advice of their national president, in whose judgment they have the ntmost con? fidence. President Mitchell declines to say how he personally looks upon the proposition, bnt tonight he gave to the press the following statement : "I fully appreciate with what anxie? ty the people of our country are await? ing^ the end of the coal strike. The coal operators have not addressed the miners' union or its officers in making their public statement. It is there? fore impossible for me to state the attitude of the miners at this time. I am now, as I have always, been, deeply solicitous of the interests of the public and the welfare of the mine workers who have been on strike for the past five months. A formal state? ment defining our position and inten? tions will be issued just as soon as we are in possession of the full meaning of the proposition of the operators. OPERATORS MAKE A STATE? MENT. New York, Oct. 14.-President George F. Baer of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad arrived here from Philadelphia today. He said he had come, to attend the regular weekly meeting of the Temple Iron company. "Do yon consider that the proposi? tion submitted to the president in the nature of a recession from the stand taken by the operators?" he was ask? ed. "I happen to have drawn the pro? position myself," Mr. Baer said, "or at least I had a considerable part in preparing it, and I may state that it embodies my opinions and views. Further than that I cannot say any? thing." President Oliphant of the Delaware and Hudson was asked if the public would not look upon the proposition of the operators as a concession to the miners. * "It is not a concession to the min? ers," he replied. "It is a concession to humanity. It is a move taken to relive the country." \ Jfc?aident Fowler, on being asked what influences if any induced the operators to submit the differences with their men to arbitration, re? plied : "It was chiefly due to the pressure of public opinion, or, rather, you might say, publie necessity. We re-, cognized that the public would suffer from scarcity of coal if something was not done soon, and we concluded that it would be honorable to overlook in a measure the rights of the interests j that were present in order that a way 1 ont of a serious predictment might be found. Many of the schools were get? ting ready to shut down, and still greater hardships might be suffered." One of the men prominent in coal circles said today : "The arbitration proposition now before President Roosevelt was form? ulated by the men whose names and interests are appended thereto. It is only fair to say that Mr. Morgan took an active part in the proceedings and his suggestions were most valuable. "The operators realized that matters had reached the stage where somebody had to give way. As men of common sense they knew that they could not freeze the American public. Mr. Mor? gan was frank to say that something had to be done at once or the hard coal interests would suffer serious harm. The force of his argument was gener? ally recognized. "We believe we have been more than fair in our position. Until we know how it has been reecived we can say nothing more. " When Charles F. Murphy, the new leader of Tammany Hall, was written up in the newspapers a few weeks ago, the statement was made that he neither drank intoxicating liquors nor used tobacco in any form. Now that "DryDolliar" Sullivan, the Bowery King and the most powerful of the Tammany district leaders, has consent? ed to nominate himself for Congress, he, too, is written np, and again is it stated, on the best of authority (the New York Evening Post) that Sullivan has never in his life spent a cent on tobacco, has never ' ' touched a drop of liquor," and has always ob? served the good, old fashioned rule of "early to bed, early to rise." One of the St. Louis Doodlers has been bought and sold so many times he could not tell the jury who he be? longed to at that time, and so the State of Missouri took possession of him.-Richmond Times. Mons, Belgium, Oct. 13.-The min? ers of three pits in the Grand Hornu colliery went on strike today. The movement threatens to spread through the whole district. An increase of wages is demanded by the miners on the ground that the price of coal has risen as a result of the strikes in the United States and France. Out of Death's Jaws. "When death .-seemed very near from a severe stomach and liver trouble, that I had suffered with for years," writes P. Muse, Durham, N. C., "Dr. King's New Life Pills saved my life and gave perfect health." Best pills on earth and only 25c at J. F. W. DeLorme's drug store. COAL STRIKE ENDED. Both Sides Make Concessions and Commission Appointed TO ADJUST DIFFERENCES. The Miners to Return to Work at Once. Washington, Oct. 16, 2.48 a. m.-The great anthracite coal strike is settled at last. A commission of six persons, with a seventh, Mr. Carroll D. Wright, as recorder, will adjust differ? ences between operators and miners. President Mitchell of the miners will take the necessary measures to call the strike off. The president will urge immediate resumption of mining and operations are expected to begin next week. Announcement that the great strike was off was made hy ISecretary Root with exuberant good humor at the White House shortly after 1 o'clock. Organiz? ed labor has a representative on the commission in the person of E. E. Clark, grand chief of the Order of Railway Conductors, named as a sociologist . The president added Bis? hop Spalding of Illinois to the list of five members suggested by the operat? ors. As named the commission is per f ctly satisfactory to both miners and operators. Assent of the miners was given through President Mitchell and Mr. Sargent, commissioner of im? migration and of the operators through Messrs. Robert Bacon .and George W. Perkins of the banking firm of J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. The final outcome followed a series of con? ferences, beginning with two during the day with Mr. Mitchell and two during the night with Messrs. Bacon and Perkins. Events moved quickly at the last, the president being determin? ed on a speedy settlement. The commission will assemble in a few days and chose a chairman, probably Gen. Wilson. It then will arrange for sessions and testimony. Washington, Oct. 16, 2.40 a. m. The following official announcement of the close of the strike was issued at the White House at 2.20 a. m. : After a conference with Mr. Mitchell and some further conference with re? presentatives of the coal operators, the president has appointed the mem? bers of the commission to inquire into, consider and pass upon all questions at issue between the operators and miners in the anthracite coal fields : Brig. Gen. John M. Wilson, U. S. A. retired (late chief of engineers U. S. A. ), Washington, p. C., as an officer of the engineer corps of either the military or naval service of the United States. Mr. E. W. Parker, Washington, D. C.-as an expert mining engineer. Mr. Parker is chief statistician of thev coal division of the United States geological survey and the editor of the Engineering and Mining Journal of New York. ? Hon. George Gray, Wilmington, Del., as a judge of a United States court. Mr. E. E. Clark, Cedar Rapids, Ia. grand chief of the Order of Railway Conductors-as a sociologist, the presi? dent assuming that for the purposes of such a commission the term sociol? ogist means a man who has thought and studied deeply on social questions and has practially applied his know? ledge Mr. Thomas H. Watkins, Scranton, Pa., as a man practically acquainted with the'mining and selling of coal. Bishop John L. Spalding of Peoria, 111. The- president has added Bishop Spalding's name to the commission. Hon. Carroll D. Wright has been appointed recorder of the commission. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct 16, 2.45, a. m.-When Mr. Mitchell learned the personnel of the committee and was asked for a further statement he re? plied that he would have nothing fur? ther to say until morning. THE SOUTHERN AND CIRCUSES. Th^Soutbern railway has decided not to handle any circus business be? tween towns not touched by other roads. The Charlotte News says : "The cities and towns along the line of the Southern not touched by other railroads will have to make up their minds to do without the circus. The Southern has flatly refused to haul this character of business unless the show people subscribe to the new made rules laid down by the officials at Washington. It is useless to add that circus owners will not, under any condition, agree to risk their belong? ings unless the railroad will give them some kind of protection. This state of affairs is due to the big smashing up of Buffalo Bill's train near Salis? bury, N. C., last fall. Owing to the oversight of an operator in desig? nating the number|of trains en route for the Buffalo Bill movement, one of the specials ran into a freight and was lit? erally torn to pieces. A great number of damage suits resulted, and the cost to the Southern was in the neighbor? hood of $100, 000. "The Southern figures that it is best to steer clear of this class of busi? ness, especially as traffic is heavy both in the freight and passenger de? partments. " Goes Like Hot Cakes. "The fastest selling article I have m my store," writes druggist C. T. Smith, of Davis, Ky., "is Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, be? cause it always cures. In my six years of sales it has never failed. I have known it to save sufferers from Throat and Lung diseases, who could get no help from doc? tors or any other remedy/* Mothers rely on it, best physicians prescribe it, and J. F. W. DeLorme guarantees satisfaction or refunds price. Trial bottles free. Regular sizes, ?Oc and $1. ! ROWDY ENGLISH NOBLEWOMEN. i _ _ Disorderly Scenes and [Striking Vituperation in Meeting of Notable "Ladies" of j the Land. London, Oct. 14.-Internal strife growing ont of the question of allegi? ance to Lord Rosebery or Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman culminated in disorderly scenes and striking vituper? ation at a meeting yesterday of the Scottish Women's Liberal Federation, composed of wives of the members of parliament and other notable persons. The members were specially gathered to receive the resignation of the presi? dent, Lady H9len Munro-Ferguson, the late Lord Dufferin's daughter. She, it appeared, after the federation had passed a motion pledging con? fidence in the Liberal leader in the house of commons, Campbell-Banner? man, had sent out circulars of Lord Rosebery's Liberal league with the view, so it was alleged, of turning the federation into an instrument of the former premier. In spite of resolu? tions to the contrary, Lady Helen per? sisted in staying in the chair while the discussion of her conduct was going on. She hotly declared the fed? eration showed the most indecent haste in desiring to get rid of her, adding : j "I am in the chair and in the chair ! I will remain." I The wife of another member of par? liament declared that the executive committee had deliberately tampered with Lady Helen's circular by issuing it with underlined sentences which were not marked by the president. This statement was greeted by a chorus of hisses from the Scotch women as? sembled. Then the delegates stood up and shouted and wild confusion pre? vailed while the tellers for the vote on the president's resignation were ap I pointed. Lady Helen, referring to ; one of che ladies chosen, said: ''She could surely be trusted, " whereupon all the other tellers believing their honor to be impugned, refused to act. Ulti? mately a ballot vote was taken and after the uproar had died down, it was found that Lady Helen's resigna? tion had been accepted by 133 to 63 votes. The Countess of Aberdeen then v;as elected president. * The President Weil Again. Washington, October 16.-President Roosevelt went out socially tonight'' for the first time since the operation was performd on his leg at Indi a n apolis. It also was the first time he had walked in public. His leg appa? rently he recovered a large measure of its strength and he no longer has to use a crutch. No limp is observable. The President, after his conference with President Mitchell, went out for a drive through the suburbs. It iast ed about two hours. About 8 o'clock^ he left the temporary White House, ; on Jackson Place, and walked ever to Secretary Hay's, where he had accept? ed an invitation to dine informally with a few friends. The two houses are about a block and a half apart. The President re? mained at the Secretary's until nearly 10 o'clock, returning afoot. Appa? rently there was no difficulty in his movements, though his pace was not rapid, as is customary with him. This evening at the residence of her mother, Mrs. Annie Earle, on Aca? demy street, Miss Nan Earle will be married to Mr. James W. Birnie. The marriage will be a very quiet aifair, only the members of the immediate families being present. After the ceremony Mr. Birriie and bis bride will leave fora trip North.-Greenville Mountainer, Oct. 15. President D. B. Johnson, of Win? throp College, says that there were 800 applicants this year, and nearly 300 had to be turned away because of fail? ure to stand the entrance examination or for lack of accommodations. Ashtabula, O., Oct. 14.-The wood? en steamer C. B. Lockwood founder? ed in a storm about 15 miles off this port last night. The captain and crew succeeded in launching two boats just before the steamer went down. Ose of the boass containing the captain was picked up near the harbor this morn? ing. The other boat bas not been heard from. Tugs and life savers are searching for the missing boat, which contained 10 members of the crew. Lexington, Ky., Oct. 15.-Earl Whitney, the younsr man arrested here last Saturday charged with the murder of A. B. Chinn, and with seriously wounding his son, Asa* made a complete confession here to? day, admitting that he and Claud. O'Brien, his pal, did the killing.. Whitney said O'Brien fired the shot, that killed Chinn and admitted that the shot in his knee was inflicted by Asa Chinn in the struggle that follow? ed. He told where the pistol was hid. The officers went to the place and found the weapon. Whitney broke down under the questions of the officers. Col. Roger Williams, on the order of Gov. Beckham, has ordered two companies of the State militia to? report at their armory here to protect the two prisoners. The Kiowas, Comanches, Apache*/ Caddos and Wichitas, red men of Oklahoma, propose to trek to Mexico, and have sent one of their chiefs to Washington to propose a swap of all their lands in that territory, if the Government will buy for them 2,000, 000 acres in Mexico. America's Famcus Beauties. Look with horror on Skin Eruptions. Blotches, Sores, Pimples. They don't have them, nor will any one. who uses Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It glorifies the face. Ecze ma or Salt Rheum vanish before it. Ii cures sore lips, chapped hands, chilblains' Infallible for Piles. 25c at J. F. W. De Lorine's drug store.