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WEEKLY REfiEW OF TRADE. Some Contraction in Trade and Industry-Many Branches of Manufacture are Working Fui! Force. New York, Oct 16.-R. G. Don & CJa's Weekly Review Trade tomor? row will say : While some contraction in trade and industry undoubtedly has taken place, it is not in proportion to the reduction of 20 per cent in pig iron output or the reaction in prices of securities, al? though in normal years these have usually proved fairly reliable barome? ters. Many branches of manufacture,' however, are working full force, with ?arpe orders still unfilled, while the latest returns ol the crops are most en? couraging. Finance and labor are the disturbing elements this year, neutral? ized very Irrgely by favorable com? mercial and agricultural conditions. 'Tho net result is a fairly well main? tained volume of trade, offset by con 3B3T7atism in carrying ont projected new undertakings and proposed exten? sions of facilities . Railway earnings ?hus far available for October are 6.2 per cent larger than last year and 12.7 er (?nt above 1901. Widely conflicting reports are re? ceived as to the condition of the iron and steel industry. There is evidence that the decline in quotations has been checked, although it is occasionally stated that special terms are made on important contracts. A bettor inqui? ry is noted in the West, pig iron being freely taken by open hearth steel fur? naces and makers of railway supplies, -and in some favored lines the new or? ders cover deliveries through all of next year. A significant event was the ?jnouncemeist that control cf the Churton Steel Company had not passed to the leading producer, and those ailis, with their modern equipment, wilJ continue to operate independent? ly. One result of the severe fall in prices and diminished activity will be a general reduction of wages, .some plants having already announced their intention to make & new scale oh Jan? mary 1. Foot-wear factories aro busy on con? tracts that will require some time to "finish, and wholesalers still complain that deliveries of heavy goods are not made promptly, yet there are indica tiona that trade is quietingg down at the East There is no diminution in activity in the West More idle machinery has resumed at cotton mills, but che cost of raw cot? ton is still considerably above a pari? ty with the prices that buyers are -willing to pay for goods.. increased inquiries are noted, al? though the unsatisfactory quotations prevent business being consummated. Woollens are dull in men's wear -fabrics and quiet in dress gooda. Failures this week number 207 in the United States, against 206 last year, and in Canada 28, compared with 24 a yea? ago. Stands by Marine Band. From the Philadelphia Record. Washington, D. C., Oct ia-The Marine Bard is to be allowed by the President and Secretary Moody to play -nt all functions of sufficient national importance to warrant its presence, notwithstanding the protests of the la? bor unions. It is stated on high au? thority that the matter of whether the band shall be allowed to play where it receives extra compensation for ser ^ --vices will not in any manner enter into the decision of the navy department Navy deparmeat officials are not at all concerned at the recent protests -and objections made by the Federa? tion cf Musicians because the Marine Saud played at the Chicago Cent?n jT~3sial celebration and received pay. ^ Although the navy d?pannent was never informed that the members of " the band would receive extra pay for playing in Chicago, the department sever gave the question the slightest consideration when it authorized the i>and to go to Chicago. The only question considered was whether or not the Chicago Centennial was of suffi? cient national significance to warrant the sene ing of (?he band, and it was decided that such was the case. -A Throat Cut at Wagoner's. * Columbia, Oct, 16.-A report reach? ed here tonight from Perry's that another tragedy bas ocurred as a re? sult of the Tillman trial The report is that Mr. Gunter, of Wagener's, this afternoon got into a personal diffi? culty with a Mr. Bushnell or Busby, and as a result Mr. Bushnell or Busby was severely wounded, his throat be? ing cut. The only information received here np to midnight is from Perry's, near Hageners' and from that point the in? formation is that a telephones mes? sage was sent to Perry's for a physi sian, and that Mr. Bushnell was se? verely wounded by Mr. Gunter and not expected to live. - The difficulty arose out of the Till? man trial. We are very slow to criticise the verdict of a sworn jury. In law i^| may have been technically right But from this distance it seems an out? rageous miscamage of justice. It is certainly not the verdict of the people. As for Tillman, he had a fair trial, by a "jury of bis peers," and he was acquitted. His partisans are jubi? lant and they may lionize their man and even try to put him into the Gov? ernor's chair. But outside of his own clique Tillman will forever be held in j?Bontempt by every brave man wbo loves chivalry and fair play.-Richmond ?ixnes-Dispatch.. Jim Tillman has been found guiltless in tbe eyes o? the law of the blood cf 3?. G. Gonzales, yet that blood cries out to high heaven in behalf of an outraged justice ; the echo of GonzaJes* last words to his slayer, "Shoot again, ^you coward" rise from the tomb to condemn the people of South Carolina for the shame put upon her courts and lier laws. We stand convicted before God and man of an inability to do our duty, of cowardice that shrinks from the test of manhood.-Florence Times. A five-year-old negro boy in Laurens county shot himself fatally with a pistol Thursday. Boris Sarakoff, the leader of the Macedonian revolution, was killed OB Oct. 12, in a skirmish witts Turkish troops. HESTER'S COTTON STATEMENTS. The Aggregate for the Forty-six Days of This Season is 589,000 Bales Behind the Same Days of Last Year. New Orleans, Oct. 16.-Secretary Hester's weekly cotton statement issued to-day shows for the sixteen days of October a decrease ender last year of 82,000 bales, and a decrease under the same period year before last of 90,000. For the forty-six*: days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate is be? hind the same days of last year 589,000 bales, and ahead of the same days year before last 47,000. The amount brought into sight during the past week has been 394,942 bales, against 449,486 for the same seven days last year and 473,212 year before last. The movement since September 1 shows receipts at all United States ports to be 1,646,186 bales, against 1,578,881 last year ^overland across the Mississippi, Ohio ?nd Potomac rivers to Northern mills and Canada 14,957, against 81,238 last year; interior stocks in excess of those held at the close-ol the commercial year 142,646, against 285,472 last year; Southern mill takings 239,000, against 289,000 last year. ; These make the total movement for the forty-six days of the season from September 1 to date 1,(>46,186, against 2,235,091 last yaar. Foreign exports for the week have been 271,091 bales, against 218,006 last year, making the total thus far for the season 775,244, against 1.038,939 last year, a decrease of 263,695. Stocks at the seaboard and the twenty-nine leading Southern interior towns, have increased during the week 35,994 bales, against an increase dur? ing the corresponding period last season of 115,350, and are now 296,514 less than at this date in 1902. . Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from from the last crop and the number of bales brought into sight thus far for the new crop, the suppy to date is 1,813,985 bales, against 2,450,165 for the same period last year. WORLDS' VISIBLE SUPPLY. New Orleans, Oct. 16.- Secretary Hester's statement of the world's visi? ble supply of cotton issued to-day, shows the total visible to be 1,827,382 bales, against 1,603,767 last week and 3,304,418 last year. Of this the total American is 1,325,382 against 1,097,477 last week and 1,863,418 last year, and of all other kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, Lidia, etc, 502,000, against 506, 000 last week and 411,000 last year. Of the world's visible supply of cot? ton there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and Continental Europe 950,000 against 1,122.000 last year; Egypt 49,000 against 66,000 last year; in India 222,000 against 200.000 last year, and in the United States 606,000 against 916,000 last year.. RUSSIANS AT PORT ARTHUR. it Appears That Fully 75,000 Men Have Been Gathered at That Stronghold. Chee Foo, Cnina, Oct. 16.-The Russian administrator of New Cbwang, Manchuria, proposes to or? ganize a municipal council, with one American and two British members. Their decisions will be subject to the administrator's approval. A closer investigation cf the number o? troops reviewed by Viceroy Alexieff at Port Arthur seems to indicate that the official total. 76,000, would have been correct if all the corps engaged contained their full complement. It appears, however,. that most of the regiments had only about two-thirds of their nominal strength, so that the numjaer reviewed was about 45,000 men. The total of the Russian army about Port Arthur is 75,000 men. RETURN OF RUSSIAN FLEET. Yokohama, Oct. 16.-Tne Russian squadron has'returned to Port Arthur. Correspondents there report that prep? arations have been made against an apprehended attack on the ninety three war vessels in port. The entrance is protected by a boom of heavy logs. The negotiations at Tokio, though critical, are proceeding peaceful. America and Europe are cautioned by the ofBcials against alarmist reports. ALASKAN BOUNDARY NOT FIXED. The International Commission Has Not Yet Reached a Decision. London, Oct. 16.-The Associated Press has the highest authority for saying that the nonncement made by the Morning Advertiser to-day that the decision of the Alaskan boundry com? mission virtually concedes theAmerican case, is entirely untrue. The commis? sion thus far has reached no decision, and nov?te has been taken even in the private sessions which would indicate Chief Justice Alverstone's position. It is quite true that the general trend of opinion among those connected with the tribunal, aside from the com? missioners, is that the ultimate de? cision will be in favor of America, but there is as yet not the slightest war? rant for saying it has been reached. When we contrast the two men and note the difference in their ideas and ambitions and manner of living, their influence upon the State and their value to the State, and then consider the result of the trial, we cannot es? cape the conviction and we cannot re? sist the desire to declare that there has been a gross miscarriage of jus? tice.-Anderson Mail. Two petitions for the establishment of new counties are before Gov. Hey ward. Calhoun county would have McCormick as the county seat and Hammond county would have North Augusta as the county seat. The Grady Hospital in Atlanta was burned Friday night. The people of Dillon held a mass meeting Friday and adopted strong resolutions condemning the "outrage? ous verdict rendered by the jury in the trial of James H. Tillman for the murder of N. G. Gonzales." Dock Wilson, colored has been con? victed in Marion and will be hanged for criminal assault on a negro girl. The Crime of Lexington. The execution of James H. Tillman for the assassination of N. G. Gonzales would have carried no comfort to the relatives of the martyred editor of The .State; would not have ameliorated their sense of personal loss or cause j one less sorrowing hour. The taking of a hundred such lives would not atone in any degree for the loss of the one ; a hundred years in the peniten? tiary, an eternity in the hell of a lost soul would hot compensate for the ab? sence of him who was so foully done to death just nine months ago. That is their personal viewpoint. But every citizen of South Carolina, worthy of exercising citizenship, had a citizen's interest in the verdict of a jury in a case in which the State of South Carolina was the prosecutor. Every man, woman and child who be? lieves that laws are made to be obeyed and not to be violated was concerned in the result of the trial of J. H. Till? man if they were concerned in the good name and honor of the State in which they live. Every citizen of South Carolina who daily read each word uttered in the court room at .Lex? ington is competent to find a verdict. On one point these readers of evidence have been at disadvantage ; they could not test the witnesses by their appear? ance and demeanor on the stand, but their failure to do so was entirely in favor of the defense, the men and wo? men who testified for the prosecution being admittedly unimpeachable. The citizens of South Carolina who read have heard the evidence and the arguments. They have seen the de? fense abandon the ground of self-de? fense ; they have seen them leave the only position which might shield the manslayer from tho charge of murder, abandoning it because it was untena? ble and then, practically admitting j the malice and the assassination, they have seen them appeal to the lowest passions and political hatreds as the sole ground for saving a life forfeited by the laws of God and man ! There is just one important piece of information possessed by the Lexington jury which has been withheld from the great body of citizens who have heard the testimony. The Lexington jurors knew that before the -trial be? gan the inclinations of almost every. man on the panel had- been secured and that when the case was entered upon a majority of the 12 men who swore they were impartial and had never expressed an opinion were parti? sans for the defense. That the jury would not convict under any circum? stances was a foregone conclusion ; it would not have found the defendant guilty had no testimony been offered or no arguments been made in his be? half. And the county of Lexington must forever bear the shame of a mon? strous crime committed against our system of government. But what is the verdict of the public jury, the free and unpurchasable opinion of the intelligence of South Carolina? In expressing our convic? tions as a citizen, we believe the views of that portion of the public to which reference is made are given voice. This newspaper has repeatedly called attention to the miscarriage of justice in this State ; it has often seen evidence of tampering with the juries and of sharp practice by attorneys, the employment of any and every means to secure the release of the red handed, and it has begged the public to heed its warnings. So this is by no means the first time Justice has been outraged in our courts, but never be? fore so shamelessly, never before so brazenly, in the full light of day, have the men sworn to guard, to shield and to honor that representation of public virtue holding the scales of justice, so defiled, corrupted, debauched her, South Carolina is the victim, ravished of her honor by unnatural offspring. Well may the worthy sons and daugh? ters bow their heads in abjcet shame ! -The State, Oct. 16. ml t - The Shame of Our State. How in God's name any twelve men, pretending to represent the people of South Carolina-claiming to be fair and honest to the living and the dead -can brazenly come forth and declare that James H. Tillman is not guilty of his crime, is more than any good citizen can answer. It is too merciful to use that old hackneyed phrase about a miscarriage of justice, for it is greater than that. The verdict is an outrage and it will forever stand as the scarlet letter of shame on the rec? ord of our State. No more can we preach against crime and anarchy in high places, when we foster and en? courage the lawless element by free? ing a man who took the life of an? other without warning, shooting him down like a dog in the street.# That verdict brings us-face to face with the insinuation and the hint of jugglery and crooked work. Think what we may of the tirades and volleys of abuse heaped upon the slayer, there is not in his testimony one tangible point on which it is possible for any honest man to countennce the manner of his deed. To fill an unsuspecting heart with cold lead under the plea of self defense, and then have a jury com? mend it, shows the utter depravity of our legal system aud the damnable in? justice of the jury box. * * * * It is terrifying to know that human life is so cheap, and when we remember that our juries, swept away with sym? pathy or poisoned by spleen, will not regard the evidence, then we must re? main silent and bow our heads in shame. We looked to the people of Lexington County to uphold the ma? jesty of the law, but they failed us, and they have openly invited assassins to come in and slay, guaranteeing to them every protection from harm. Justice of this sort breeds crime and the spirit of lynch law, and still we sit down and allow it to continue. Greenville News. The Testimony of Perjurers. To those acquainted with the per? sonnel of some of the witnesses on which reliance was placed by counsel to save Tillman's neck from the hal? ter; to those familiar with the life, habits and characteristics of N. G. Gon? zales, Jt is amazing that intelligent attorneys should have put them upon the stand. It is not conceivable that they expected twelve honest men to accept as truth what was so manifestly barefaced perjury. It is impossible to credit the defense with submitting in good faith testiraonj* which it would be au affront to ask men of unbiased judgment and ordinary sound sense to accept. The only explanation which serins reasonable is that, assured of the "fixedness" of several of the jurors, they made the bold and seem? ing desperate play. The class of men on whom the defense mainly depend? ed for justification of Tillman's crime would not dare show their faces as witnesses in a court in any State where human life is held sacred and where criminals fear the presence of a stern judge. What a travestry on justice that representatives of the lowest walks of life should be given credence when they come into the temple, with unclean hands, to testify in behalf of vice! "Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adders' fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizzard's leg and owlet's wing, For charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble." Its stench reeks in the nostrils of decent people. One outrage upon decency is that blacklegs, thieves and thugs have been dragged from their haunts by the defense and induced to cap their own crimes with perjury. These creatures swore with leprous lips that the dead gentleman used to them coarse, blas? ph?mons language that his intimates are as confident never passed his lips as that water will not flow up hill. Nature does not change and a knowl? edge of his nature is all sufficient to damn as liars those witnesses who, common to the core, could not even manufacture in months of effort a con? versation with a man of modesty, deli? cacy and refinement without leaving the brand of fraud stamped on their words. And who were they, these vital witnesses who heard Mr. Gonzales speak violent threats or saw him make a hostile motion against Tillman? Does the public realize who they are? We have not their records in their entirety yet, but we know that one is keeper of a dive, another a gambler who is said to have killed one man andwho in his home county is rated as utterly disre? putable, another has been publicly arraigned for theft, another is held by his respectable neighbors to be of bad morals and unworthy of belief on oath -he suggested to one man to kill an enemy, promising to swear that the victim made the attack. That is the character of the alleged threat-bearers and eye-witnesses. There are some others. We are in possession of conclu? sive proof of the perjury of three wit? nesses rated as important for the de? fense-and we believe that never before in South Carolina was there such flag? rant, wholesale false swearing. It was on this streaked and striped gang that reliance was palced to estab? lish the plea of self-defense-some of these men swore to hearing Mr. Gon? zales make threats ; two of them to see? ing him shove his band down in his pocket. Not one strata of decency was represented in that mud wall of de? fense built to withstand the strength of evidence-irresistible to honest mindi; hurled against it by Senator Talbird, Representative Dowling, Dr. Adams, Mr. Ly les, Representative Ganse, Mrs. Melton, Mr. Lide and, a host in itself, the dying declaration of the man whose life was guided by the star of Truth. The employment of such pariahs in the courts-defiling by contamination the temple of justice-is a fearful blow at the one institution standing between the people and anarchy.-The State, Oct. 16. Where Responsibility Lies. There are several places where a 3hare of the responsibility for the out? rageous verdict rendeed yesterday at Lexington can justly be placed. Of course, in the main, the odium of jus? tifying and excusing the deliberate as? sassination of a peacable and unarmed citizen rests with the twelve individu? als who composed what was known as the jory in this case and it is well to place in the pillory of public contempt their names, as follows : George H. Koon, foreman, former county supervisor and farmer. Jacob E. Saylor, merchant and far? mer. Irvin Risinger, farmer. George E. Leitzey, farmer. Martin L. Lybrand, cotton mill operative, Lexington Mills. Milton Sharpe, farmer. Jonas Corley, cotton mill operative, duck mill. Marshall Shealy, farmer. J. B. Jumper, farmer. Willie L. Hicks, cotton mill ope? rative and police officer. James E. Price, farmer. Homer Woods, boss operative in Red Bank cotton mill. There is a heavy responsibility rest? ing back of this on those who allowed the determination of this grave and important case ever to get into the hands of these men. There is Judge J. C. Klugh of Abbeville, who, at the April term of Richland court, granted a continuance on no showing at all and took the first step in allow? ing an outrage to bo committed on justice. There is Judge D. A. Townsend of our own circuit, whose conscience al? lowed him to transfer this case to a county where he knew the people were prejudiced in favor of the family of Tillman and against the political faction with which the deceased in times past had affiliated. There is a great weight of responsibility for this rape of justice resting upon the shoul? ders of Judge Townsend. It sounds like the methods of an Italian vendetta to suggest it, but there is good reason to suspect that one of the obiquitous witnesses for the defense, who saw everything and heard everything and was at all times conveniently on hand just at the prop? er moment was actually engaged in advance to go to Columbia and be prepared to act as a witness in the tragedy that was already contemplat? ed and designed. There were others on the stand whose testimony was so manifestly perjured as to be clearly apparent to any intelliegnt person. And the lawyers who connived at perjury and stooped to arouse the low? est passions of an ignorant and preju? diced jury, have a share of responsi? bility for the defeat of justice, and will wear henceforth tarnished repu? tations. They may jingle the assas? sin's gold in their pockets, but they can never square their consciences for their participation in this infamous trial nor rehabilitate their characters in public esteem. The dead man rests in his grave in peace, his memory unsoiled, his char? acter untouched, with his record written where all may read and his friends be unashamed. He is better off dead than the assassin and perjnrers and suborners of perjury and prejudic? ed jnrors alive.-Spartanburg Journal. Northern Press Comments on the Lexington Verdict. SHOT DOWN AN UNARMED MAN. From the New York Tribune. Do the people of South Carolina honestly believe that Northern capital in large quantities will be attracted to the State for the development of her resources, and that desirable im? migration in troops will pour into her territory while such reproach upon her good name as the acquittal of Till? man her former Lieutennt Governor, who shot down an unarmed man in cold blood close to the doors of the State House, is fresh in men's minds? THE ACQUITTED M?DERER From the Boston Herald. The acquittal of J. H. Tillman, of criminal intention in shooting and killing Editor Gonzales', is not an un? expected outcome of the recent trial. It marks, it is true a low tide in the civilization of the State of South Caro? lina, when, in a political controversy, one prominent public man can in cold blood shoot and kill a defenseless citi? zen and find in e jury of his peers complete justification for so doing. Though different in detail, this experi? ence, like the murder of ne? groes by irresponsible mobs, is indicative of a relapse towards barbar? ism, which is a cause not so much for censure as for sorrow. The proud old State of South Carolina is in a demoralized condition if one may judge by such experiences as those to which we have rc.red. The reasons for this demoralization are, no doubt, suffi? ciently numerous, and for some of them, we at the North may be as much to blame as the residents of the State itself. In most of the Southern States, and we think in nearly all of the Northern States, a crime such as this, committed by a man holding one of the most exalted offices in the Com? monwealth, would have inevitably brought about the punishment of the offender as tfcie outcome of criminal proceedings inythe courts. In South Carolina the. pr?c?dent has been estab? lished that a defenseless man can be shot and killed by a fellow citizen who has been provoked by the criticisms of the former, and the courts of the State will hold that it was a brave and salu? tary proceeding to in this way wash out in blood any aspersion cast upon one holding a prominent political office. A "MOST SHAMEFUL OCCUR? RENCE. " From the Boston Post. . The acquittal of James H. Tillman of all crime in the murder of N. G. Gonzales, editor of the Columbia State, ranges South Carolina along side of Russia and Turkey as regards the freedom of the press. . . . This miscarriage of justice will have no effect outside of South Carolina. But in that state it is a warning that the freedom of the press can be enjoyed only at the pleasure of the bully and the bravo. The accquittal of Tillman is the most shameful occurrence in the recent history of the South. WILL NOT ENCOURAGE CAPITAL OR SETLERS. From the Hartford Post. If the people of South Carolina think that the "acquittal of Tillman helps to invite outside capital or settlers to come to their State, they are mistaken. Of course the more intelligent and re? putable people the State do not excuse a murderer. But the people that choose the Tillmans to office evidently do. The jury which acquitted the m?derer of Gonazles was composed of seven farmers, four cotton mill operatives and a carpenter. DAJKK FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. From the Meriden, Conn. Republican. The public expected a verdict of ac? quittal and yet there was a forlorn hope that manhood might develope so that this new shamer need not be added to the burden which the State has been compelled to bear for just such deviltry as that for which Till? man has been tried. South Carolina had the opportunity to establish a pre? cedent which would make for law and order. She disregarded it and her reputation has been made darker. SOUTH CAROLINA AND ASSASSI? NATION. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Inquirer has been careful not to join in with those newspapers that are condemning South Carolina as a State because of the miserable failure of justice in the Tillman case. There must be some honest men in South Carolina to speak up in defense of the commonwealth. It is not riglft to condemn a whole community un? heard. But if the acquittal of Ex Lieutenant Governor Tillman does not arouse public indignation to a high pitch, then the barbaric sentiment which seems to have pervaded the jurymen must be taken as representa? tive of the sentiment of the State at large, and South Caroilna will richly deserve the contempt that all honest men are heaping upon tt e heads cf the ignoble twelve, lt is possible that South Carolina's notion of chivalry embraces cold-blooded assassination? There was a time when South Caro? lina believed in fair fighting. Is it possible that a man can be permitted to walk the streets with a revolver in bis pocket ready for instant uss when he sees a poiltical enecay, can shoot that unarmed enemy down and be re? ceived by society as a hero? We shall see. "THE ASPECT OF COLD-BLOOD ED ASSASSINATION". From the Nashville News. The acquittal of James H. Tillman in the Gonzales murder trial closes a case which has been the centre of the fiercest political and personal feeling in South Carolina, and has attracted national attention and criticism. When Lieutenant Governor Tillman sought a renomination from his party nearly two years ago, he was violently reposed by the Anti-Tillman element, of which N. G. Gonzales, editor of the Columbia State, made himself the em? phatic spokesman. Editor Gonzales dipped his pen in vitriol and assailed Tillman with accusations and personal vileness and political corruption. Pro? bably never in Southern journalism was a map of social prominence so abused and villified. When an editor uses such language in this section of the country he j takes his life in his hands, and if I James H. Tillman bad shot Gonzales down in the first heat of ??his resent? ment and rage, he would have had in a large measure, the sympathy of his countrymen. But he waited five months after these editorials appeared, was defeated for the nomination he sought, and just before he went out of office sore, dissapointed and smarting under his loss of political favor, he met Gonzales on the street and shot him down. Tillman's long delay and many circumstances tended to give his deed . the aspect of cold-blooded assassination which is always resented by popular sentiment. But the re? action came, and the trial just closed at Lexington fairly reflects the prevail? ing opinion of this section regard? ing the tragedy. The defense could have rested its case with the reading of the Gonzales editorials for they acquitted Tillman. The jurors who "listened to the un? measured abuse contained in this voice of hate lifted, as it were, from the grave, felt that Tillamn's shot was no more marderous than Gonzales' words. Here is the whole signfiicance of the acquittal and of the manner in which it will be viewed in the south. There is still among the Southern people that feeling at which the Northern press finds it so easy to sneer, that man's honor, reputation, character-call it what you will-is a-dearer thing than life, and that tc destroy it calls for death. This is what the acquittal of James H. Tillman means. Whether this is the significance of the Tillman mur dre is another question. The self-de? fense theory was very week and the circumstances in the view of most un? prejudiced persons point more to cold? blooded revenge than to honorable re? sentment at white heat. "A BARBAROUS COMMON? WEALTH. ' From the New York World. m It was'john Seiden, the great Eng? lish law writer, who said that "equity is according to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower so is equity."' The final standard by which, every community must be measured is the attitude of its juries toward the laws and toward hu? man life. Judged by that simple rule, the acquittal of Tillman is the convic? tion of South Carolina as a barbarous commonwealth, a disgrace to Ameri? can civilization. "A FAKCIAL VERDICT". From the Philadelphia Press. Trial by jury has proved a wretched farce in South Carolina. J. H. Till? man on a public street, in the city of Columbia, in broad daylight, in the presence of many witnesses, shot and killed N. G. Gonzales, who was un? armed and able to make no resistance. Tillman was prepared and his oppon? ent was unprepared for hostilities. No words were exchanged. The men were bitter political opponents, and Tilman selected his time and killed his oppon? ent when he could do so with no per? sonal risk to himself. 2 In the face of these facts a sympa? thetic jury sets Tillman free by pro? nouncing the verdict of "not guilty." The jurymen had no doubtful evidence before them. They simply did not propose to punish Tillman for killing a political opponent, and so they argeed to a verdict which, though di? rectly opposed to the facts, would re? lease the Ex-Lieutenant Governor of the State from the penalty which the law prescribes for the crime of mur? der. WHAT BROWN SAYS. Cotton King Says That Price of Cotton Wi!! Stay Up. New Orleans, Oct. 18.-W. P. Brown, the cotton king, returned home today from New York. He an? nounced the complete success of the bull campaign which actually handled 300,000 bales of cotton. He admitted that French capital was largely inter? ested in the corner and claimed that the campaign would permanently raise the price of cotton, the fact that a corner could successfully be accom? plished preventing low prices in the future. TBE BALKAN SITUATION. it Seems to be Quieting Down Turkey Will Restore Towns. Constantinople, Oct. 18.-The coun? cil of ministers has decided to grant 50,000 pounds (Turkish) to rebuild vil? lages and alleviate the distress in Macedonia. In an audience held with the Ger? man ambssador to Turkey, Baron Von Bieberstein, last Friday, the sultan said that the present rebellion was -almost entirely suppressed and that Turkish troops were today meeting with opposition only in the Djumbala district. MILLIONAIRE'S SON ?iSSINS. A Reward of $25,000 Provided ? he Sha!! be Found Alive. Bristol, Tenn., Oct. IS.-Five days have elapsed since E. L. Wentz, the son of a Philadelphia millionaire, mysteriously disappeared jin the mountains of Wise County, Virginia, and, notwithstanding that a party of. a thousand men has been scouring the mountains for four days, no clew has been gained as to what iias become of him. Daniei L. Wentz, a brother of the missing man, has increased the reward for finding the young man from $5,000 to $25,000, provided he shall be returned alive. Should he be found dead, the reward will be $5,000.^ The father has been summoned from Philadelphia. g The theory is held that he has been murdered as a matter of spite by marauders on the property of the coal company, whicli he represented, but it is not impossible that he is being held by kidiappers for a reward. The new railroad from Cheraw to Bennettsville was inspected and ac? cepted by the Railroad Commission Friday. The messengers of the Pacific Ex? press Co., have gone on a strike and other express companies may be if volved.