?FTEH ELECTION IN WASHINGTON. Some of ih8 Things That the Poli? ticians Find to Talk About-Re? publican and Democratic Ex? planation of the Landslide. Washington, Nov. 14.-There is no denying the faot that we Democrats were on Tuesday night confounded. That Partcer might be. defeated-that, ctf course, was among our con nts and diacouonts. .But other annoonce onents excited?more than transient in? credulity. Iiwas~in the-, parlors ci the Hational Confessional Committee of . the Democratic party in'.?he. Riggs House when tl?, w i res fi ret began to buzz. Congressman Cowherd, chair? man of the committee, held the "floor r In bi3 nana! buoyant temper, and .walked n^tand down reading aioxidtbe 'dispatches : banded to bim. He had . just retnirn^d ?r#b, the West where he nad found his own Kansas City ? dis? trict "al! right and secure" and had -discovered that Missouri * 'ought to ?ive 40?00O for Parker. " Even before the returns began to come in he was Seeling very sore because tbe party had not backed up his. Committee and, when a dispatch said that Pennsylva? nia would send to Congress ene Demo? crat and thirty-one Republicans be came as near profanity aa he ever does, and told the hundreds of friends Assembled round him that bis com? mittee bad not received a single dollar from the rational committee during the Bp campaign and that tbe members bad ta? ter: $500 ont of their own pockets to pay for the only printing* they had .been able to get*! The declaration caus? ed grave faces, sharp comment, and many expressions of sympathy, es? pecially when it was announced that .Cowherd had been overthrown in bis own district because he had been com? pelled to be present in Washington, fie is very popular in the House, ?ne of the shrewdest, readiest, mest K| active and enterprising members, chosen ont of the entire body because .?cf bis political sagacity. The causes of the landslide toRorse veli?-for there are many. Y?m can judge as well as your corespondent san. There seem to be in the United states about eighty million opinions on this subject. I asked a prominent Eepublican yesterday for his diagnos? is. "Well," he said, "by his saga-! cious action, Roosevelt made himself solid with the Catholics, ?he Hebrews, the negroes, and the union labor vote. He rushed the Panama business through, and, whether right or wrong, the people like ? man who does things. The normal Republican vote on Tues? day was reinforced by a million men who want the President always to carry a chip on his shoulder and who wingback him up to any extent. "And all the people cried * * Come, . "brother ! Your one good term deserves another!" : Senator Jenes seen at his residence sere says it was the alleged prosperity that carried the day,-the people that nave money and the people who hope to get money. To this was added the bellig?rant feeling which has prevail? ed in the United'States for the last six years, filling the streets with boys is uniform and sending to the poles aa army of perverted Democrats will ing to follow to . any conquest Theo? dore the king of the Northern Goths. A Eepublican friend of mine insists that every lynching anywhere m the United States cost the Democrats at the polls on Tuesday ten thousand totes. Bot I think be is.'dreaming. The President's formal declaration that under.no circumstances would he be a candidate for reelection is receiv? ed here at par as a sincere avowal. It seems a little hasty and premature, ont it is just like the impulsive Roose ||||: -reit. The fact, however remains that President of the United States ?R no longer the arbiter of his owu destiny, ano be is liable io be seized by eulo? gists ano flunkeys and dragged into the White House .again even against T*i8 own piotesr. Wbat he will do dor? ins these next four years % nobody can tell. Ho can sf coj?nef himself as to promote universal -barraooy, amity and pt ace: or be can adopt a policy which will make hid name a synon? ym of aggression and conquest, and bring the republic to tbe verge of rniu. He should be kept ^tTaight by tbe co8sci3usBe>s that tot ey? s of the world are upon him, "**Fbe numerous bronze gentleman on horseback that t resine over the equates and c-roles in this c. ty are tr receive an illustrious rt-infonement in the person uf a solitary pedestrian ra military Uniterm of foreign and .antiquated aspect, whose metallic counterpart wilt be unveiled iu tbe jr rounds of tb? nrw War College next Saturday. Toese ar- better know as tbe Arsnael Grounds, but dunne the last two or three year? a long row of limestone villas has been erected here fer tbe use of officers and fronting them on the other side of the park are being built very comprehei?sive and substantial oarrack?, adequate to all emergencies. The personage to mount tbe pedestal is Frederick the great, ona hand rests cn his sword.hilt, and the other carries a cane- perhaps the very cane that bis father belabored bim with when the youth was caught in bis boyish pranks; perhaps the very sword that he flung away at the battle of Moliwitz when he found re? fuge in a barn ten miles from the battlefield; perhaps the very cocked bat which he wore when he sold fleslians to George III to conquer the American colonies withal. Our fore? fathers tore down the statute of George III to conquer th? American colonies withal. Our forefathers tore down the statue of George III in New York City and moulded it into bullets na that occasion ; but this statute of Frederick, presented by the Emperor William, i s to occupy one cornere of a quad rangle in the War College > grounds BB an example to American youth. The ; other corners are, it is ??mored, to be occupied by Alexander the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Theodore Roosevelt, and another quadrangle at the bead of the "army niese" probably will* be decorated with the atantes of Cornwallis, Cor? nea, Captain Kidd, and Jack the Giant-Killer. The ceremonies on the 19th will consist of the formal presen? tation by the German ambassador and m grateful eulogy of Frederick by Pre? sident Roosevelt. The illustrious British statesman John Morley ^is in the city today, a guest of the President, tte seems .-slightly incongruos, and embarrassing, fer this is tbe Libara ? :UKI copra^ons^ the insolent aggressons of his own country and ours aganst the republics of Sooth Africa and the Orient. As a Little Englander pro-Boer and a pro? fessor of the ait of "scuttling" one naturally wonders what he talks about with the President. RUSSIAN JEWS WANT TO COME HERE The Bureau of immigration is In? formed That a Colony of Farm? ers With Money is Look? ing Fora Home. Philip Sacbmontz, a Russian Jew of Summerville, na9 written to Mr. E. J. Watson relative to the establish? ment in this State of a colony of Rus? sian Jews. Mr. Watson is informed in the letter that these people who want to come here are of the agricul? tural class and have money with which to buy their own bornes. Mr, Watson stated vesterday that he is afraid that the bureau of com? merce and immigration will be unable to give official assistance in this mat? ter as the act creating the office Fays : "Immigrants shall be confined to white citizens of the United States, citizens of Ireland, Scotland, Switzer? land and France and all other foreign? ers of Saso origin." However, these oppressed people seek to leave Russia, and their atten? tion bas been attracted to South Caro? lina. It is probable that they will make arrangements through the agen? cy of pominant Jews in Chaleston. The State. *-??-.-rr . West Virginia Desparadoes Sur render. Charleston, W., Va, Nov. 13.-Ed. Jackson, the two brothers, of Mont? gomery, for whom rewards have been offered by both city and county authorities, surrendered today, and are now in the county jail at Charles? ton. The men had been secreted in an abandoned coal mine just outside Montgomery and were driven to sur? render by hunger and cold. Word was sent to Montgomery by a moun? taineer, and on the arrival of Squire Davis and a constable the men gave themselves up without a struggle. Since the shooting of Sheriff Daniel on Thursday and their subsequent disappearnce the men spent the time in the coal mine and blood hounds were put on their track. The officials took the men around the town of Montgomery and by a ronnd abcut way brought the prisoners to Charles? ton to avoid a riot or lynching, which would have occurred had the citizens of Montgomery discovered that the Jacksons had been captured. There are now sis prisoners implicated in the Montogmey shooting in the Char? leston jail. It is not considered safe to hold the hearing of any of them at the present time. Charleston, W., Va,, Nov. 14.-En Jackson, the slayer of Sheriff Daniels, who surrendered yesterday is still in jail here. He says he did not run nway, but kept out of sight, fearing that Daniel's friends would try to lynch him. He will plead self-defense at his trial. He bad been hiding in abandoned coal mine, and only sur? rendered when all food was gone. All danger of lynching is over. THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE STORM OF V??B3. Telegraph and Telephone Lines Down and Shipping Severely Damaged. Cleveland, Nov. 14.-The wide spread storm which sweet over the en? tire east last night caused enormous damage. It cut off New York, Phila? delphia, Washington and Baltimore from the rest of the country and all telegraph aud telephone wires were carried down.and mcuh damage is be lieved to have been done to property and shipping. Along the lower lakes many vessels bad narrow escapes. Th? Buffalo and Cleveland steamer, "City of Buffalo" reached port se v real hon rs late with bulwarks stove in. The tug John Gregory foundeied off Cleveland har? bor. Capt Kinney, of Buffalo, was drowned The storm started off the Florida coast last night and gained strength as it swept northward. A hurricane of wind bipw, accompanied by rain which turned of snow north of Cane Hatteras. The damage to telegraph and telephone lines is the greatest since the blizzard of 1888. It is fear? ed that gre*t damage has been doue to shipping, but it is impossible to learn antybing until the wires are repaired. 6E0RGE MURRY BRANCHING OUT. He ls One of the Corporators of the Sumter Commercial and Real Estate Agency. Columbia, Nov. 14.-George W. Murray, then negro es-Congressman, who is in trouble for forgery, is one of the corporators of the Sumter Commercial and Real Estate Company which was commissioned this morn? ing, by the Secretary of State, with a capital stock of $10,000. The other corporators are Z. E. Walker, of Sum? ter, and Alston Vestberry, of Hagood. Murray's name is substituted for That of C. W. Birnie, whose name is tricken from the application. H. M. Auburn, Cal., Nov. 14.-Eighteen year old Adolph Weber is nuder arrest charged with the murder of his fath? er, sister and brother and burning the bouse to hide his cime. Springfield, lils., Nov. 14.-Capt. A. Leonard Hay, a brother of Secre? tary of State John Hay, died in War? saw, Ills., this morning. San Franci>co, Nov. 14. The an? nual convention of the American Federation of Labor opened here this morning. Only preliminary business was transacted today, Chicago, Nov. 14 -Prince Sadahar * Fasbimi Godson of the Mikado is the > guest of tn" city today and be is ht MACON CONTRACTORS FIGHT OUEL WITH KNiVES. One Dead and Another Seriously Cut-Mob Tries to Take Wounded Man From Hos? pital. t _ Macon, Ga., Nov. 12.- Fred Tharpe, a contractor, is dead, i?nd Frank Christian, contractor and painter, is dying in a hospital as the result of a fierce driel with knives this atfernoon in a Mulberry street saloon. Tharpe's daughter married Rafe Plunkett, who was a step-son of Christian and also his partner' in business. Some time ago Rafe Plunkett accidentally shot and killed himself. Since this death there has been some discussion be? tween Tharpe and Christian as to the manner in which he was shot and also on account "of some family troubles. The dispute this afternoon was be? cause of these matters. Tharpe drew a knife and cut Christian across the stomach, whereupon the latter brought his own knife into play, caught his as? sailant by the hair and cut his throat. Tharpe died almost instantly and Christian cannot live. AD I o'clock this morning a mob composed ot several of the dead man's tr?enos formed and marched to the hospital where Christian lies wound? ed, demanded to see him. Dr. Elder, the surgeon in charee, asked if they were friends of Christian, and upon receiving a hot reply in the negative, drew his revolver and informed the mob that he would kill the first man who at empted to enter the hospital. A second attempt has not yet been made. Fifteen officers are closely guarding the premises at this hour. At 3.30 o'clock r.his morning no sec? ond attempt has been made on the hospital. A large force of officers is still on guard. Mr. James ?. Holman, who has for a number of years been connected with the Powell Hardware Co. has resigned his position with that firm and has associated himself with Mr. ii. M. Fuller, the popular traveling salesman of the Belkap Hardware & Mfg. Co., and have bought from Mrs. J. B. Stokes, of Batesbnrg, the stock of Hardware of the late Mr. Stokes. These two enterprising young men ex? pect to open there in the near future an up-to-date hardware store, to be known as the Batesburg Hardware Co. Mr. Holman has many friends here who regret that he is going to leave the city, and they wish him well in his new business. Eunaway horses are unknown in Russia. No one drives there without having a thin cord with a running noose around the neck of the animal. When an animal starts the cord is pulled and the horse stops as soon is it feels the pressure on the windpipe. j Motives in Church-Going. The people who frequent our choch? es, whether lay or clerical, may be divided into two classes-the givers and the getters. Those who are really called to the service of the Chuch usually ask first of all: What can I do? How much can I give? How can I help others along so that the cause for which our church stands will have honorable furtherance, and result in blessing - to the world? The getters, whether lay or clerical, always ask themselves-and sometimes they are indiscreet enough to ask others-if I go into this thing what shall I get out of it? How is it going to make me more happy, or prosperous, or suc? cessful, or popular? A man of affairs took a pew in a Unitarian Church, but at the end of a year gave it op, with a con te m puons remark that he had attended that church a year and had't got a cent out cf it in the way of business. This was only an ex? treme case of a disposition too com? monly manifested in other ways for the good of the church. The person wbo stands o:T and whines, "Nobody cares for my soul' commonly care nothing for the souls of others, if he sought the Church for the opportunity of doing good his complaints would cease. Seek to intercept Baltic Fleet. London, Nov. 15.-Tiie Renter Telegraph Company has just received a dispatch from Tokio stating that the Mikado yesterday presided at a confer? ence of his military naval advisers, at which plans were considered for inter? cepting the Baltic fleet in far eastern wa ers. Cbefoo, Nov. H -The Japanese blockade of Port Arthur now extends fifty miles seaward and it is absolutely impossiie for junks to longer run the blockade witli wood, consequently it is belived the garrison is starving. Mr. Hugh R. Garden of New York bas been chosen as the orator for the occasion at the annual meetiug and banquet of the South Carolina Bar association, which is to be held in Columbia January 19 and 20. Mr. Garden is a former South Carolinian and a gnduale of the South Carolina college. He has been practicing law successfully in New York for a num? ber of years. New York, Nov. 15. Thc fire in the United States stocfe yards, Jersey Cit}-, this morning burned to death twenty fi ve hundred hogs, roasted thirty two hudred carcasses and caus? ed a stampede of live callie. Destroyed buildings, and valuable propertv to a value of 1150,000. Portsma mtb, Enre badly frost bitten and i bad to be amputated. Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 13.- - A spe- ' cial to The Commercial-Appeal from Decatur, Ala., says that 12 .icgroes are dead at Cedar Lake, a nergo set? tlement in the sruburbs of Decatu, from thc effects of poisoned ice cream FARMERS ADVISED TO HOLD COTTON _ I President Jordan Says the Grow i er's Duty is Plain. Asks Holders of Cotton to Fix Price at Twelve Cents and Await Results. Macon, Ga., Nov. 13.-Hon. Harvit Jordan of Monticello, Ga., presidenl of the Southern Cotton Growerj protective association, has issued ar address to the cotton producers of tnt south in which he says, among othei things: "The producers are to he congratu lated for the firm stand they have already taken to market the crop slow? ly, and that fact alone has prevented the price from fallirjg to eight centf during the month of October. Tb( crop is about gathered, debts general? ly are paid and it is no longer abso? lutely necessary to sell tue ba la nc? of the crop. The ginners' report re? cently issued from the United State? census bureau indicated that up tc Oct. 18th only 6,400,000 bales of cot? ton had been ginned. Ibis report clearly indicates that this crop will not exceed 11,000,000 bales, if it rt act that figure. The spinner? can well afford to pay the producers 2 cents per pound for every bale of Americar short staple cotton made this season and to a profitable business for th( stockholders. The price of yarns has advanced three cent per pound witt in the past 60 days and an unpreced? ented demand for cotton goods exists, while stocks generally are lower than they have been for the past 20 years. The duty of the producers is plain and simple. They have crowded thc markets for the past two months, con? gesting every facility for handling cotton and playing into the hands of the bear speculators and spinners. The thing to do now is to give the markets and shippers a rest during the next 60 days aud alluw present stocks of spot cotton to be gotten out of the vAay. Let the spinners who are living lrom hand to mouth run short of cotton and force them into the markets as active bnyers. Let the bear speculators begin to feel the lash of the bull operators when the latter call ,for the deliveries cf spot cotton which the former will be unable to deliver. "Let every holder of cotton absolu? tely stop selling and sit down at home and quietly contemplate results. Let each holder determine to put no more cotton on the market until prices ad? vance and never sell a bale on a re? pressed market. "Let county meetings be held all over, the belt and strong and active steps be taken to defend this most val uaule agricultural product from the rapacious greed of the selfish specula? tor. Let every man who still holds a bale of cutton in his possession join in these county or local meetings and agitate the importance of this step among his neighbors to the end that success in the near future will bo as? sured. We have held*our own well so far, but we can do much better and easily advance the price from two to tiree cents by persistently refusing to sell and lightening up present re? ceipts. We iixed our minimum at 10 cants for this season and maintained the price'within half a cent of that figure through October, the heaviest mouth. Kow let the price te fixed at 12 cents for the remainder of the crop and the world will accept it at that price, which will mean an additional gain of nearly $50,000,000. "A determined stand will bring victory. " DEATH OF CARDINAL SHOCKS THE POPE. Has An Attack of Heart Failure But Revives Promptly. Koji9, Nov. 14.-Cardinal Moceen ni, who has been suffering from a long attack of creeping paralysis died this morning. He was eighty one years old and was created a Car? dinal in 189:3. Rome, Nov. 14. While holding a consistery council tbe Pope was in? formed of the death of Cardiual Moc cenui. The news caused a seizare heart of failure. Dr. Laponi was called immediately and he ordered the Pope's removal to his apartments, where he received an application of a cordial, and revived immediately. A great irrigation dam is soon to be built across the Tungabhadr'a river in the western part of the Madras pre? sidency, India, according to Tho Builder, of London, which states that the dam is to be built near Hospett and will he about 150 feet high and nearly a mile lone. The reservoir will have an are:i of about 150 square milts and will contain approximately 200,000,000,000 cubic feet, or between five and six times thu capacity of the AsFuian reservoir in Egypt. Tho assize court of Paris has just acquitted a mah named Digot, who had shot bis brother for ingratitude. The brother was a ne'er-do-well, whom M. Digot took into bis house to keep. Finding, however, thar the scapegrace was inc* ssently importun? ing bis wife and mother for money, be gave way to exasperation and shot his brother dead with a revolver, and the jury held that the provocation excused the deed. The Wisconsin Stat?- Fair was a ; m >ney maker this jear, as is shown i by comparisons with the reciepts of j former years. The receipts at tin- ! yate and grand stand were 330,458 25, ! to which may bo added $18,000 due i trom the railroad companies for tick- j ets sold with excursion tickets, ?15,- | 000 from racing entries, besides ad- 1 dit ional receipts from suspension of I horses. The total receipts wen? there? fore between $63,000 and $65,000. Rio de .Taneirao, Nov. Iii.-The op? position io the compulsory vaccina- j tion law led to fierce rioting today. The troops repeatedly charged the mob, barricades were erected, water and gas mains wert.* cut, plunging the city into darkness and street cars ; were burned. The demonstration had < every character of a revolution. 'He j president's palace was strongly guaro i ed till midnight, lt was repented that .< a dozen peoplde were killed and tnHr I ^^^^r^^^n^je^^^^^^y^e^m^^^j MB. HAY WILL REMAIN. Mr. Roosevelt Announces That the Secretary cf State Will Continue in Office During Second Term. Washington, Nov. ll.--President Roosevelt reade the announcement today that Mr. John Hay would con? tinue as Secretary of State during the four year?, beginning March 4, next. "You may state positively," were his words, "that Mr. Hay "will con? tinu?" as Secretary of State up to the 4th of March, 19G9.:' The President was asked regarding other possible Cabinet changea but indicated that there was nothing to be said art present. Mr. Hay's succession to the State department portfolio fixes the most important place in the new Cabinet and is the first and only step so far taken in that direc? tion. THE SEABOARD AIR LINE CONNECTION The Secretary of State Issues Commission to Sumter and Northern Railroad. Columbia, No. 12.-The Secretary of State this morning issued a com? mission to the Sumter and Northern Railroad Company, whose purpose is to build a Seaboard connection for Sumter through Sumter, Lee, Dar lintgon and Chesterfield counties to Macbee, on the Seaboard Air Line in Chesterfield county. The road is to pass through Bishopville. The capital stock is $20,COO with tbe privi? lege of increasing to $600,000. The corporators are R. E. Carnes, W. R. Scarborough and J. E. Stuckey, of Bishopville. The new road is to run through these townships: Sumter, Providence, Mechanicsville Bishop? ville Bull Stokes Bridge, Hartsville and Alligator. A commission was also issued to S. Vernon Muckenfuss to Spartanburg and G. Edgar Rogers fo Charleston as corporators of the Jordan Mfg.. Co. of Spartanburg, a 825,OOO cotton and wool? en enterprise. GREGG'S HISTORY. Book Now in Press, illustrations Are Wanted at Once From Each County. Conl. J. J. Dargan, the secretary of the Pee Dee Historical society, pass? ed through the city this morning go? ing to Marion in the interest of the work that he has in hand. He has been very much gratified by the inter? est shown in.the work by the people of the communities that the has visit? ed. Marlboro was particularly re? sponsive to the work and has organ? ized an anxiliary society to help carry it on. Williamsburg, and Georgetown are the only counthies that have not fallen in line as yet. Marion has done something and will do more in the next two day, while Col. Dargan is there to help push the work, and Mr. Hazzard has written from George? town that as soou as he goes down there Georgetown will fall in line. No representative from that commun? ity b3s ever ..been present at the meet? ings of the committee and do not know exactly how to start the work. The republication of Gregg's historj of the Old Cheraws will be on the press in a little while. It is especial? ly urged that the committeemen from the different counties get the illustra? tions that they want to go in the book. Every effort is being made to get the bcok out by Christmas and the pictures to be used must come up at once. Four are allowed from each county of some person or place that is mentioned in the book or associat? ed with the history of the early set? tler? of this section, of the country. The executive committee beg that all publicity possible be giveu to this matter at once.-Florence Times. Glasgow, Nov. 12.-George Lenox Watson, the world famous yacht de? signer is dead. Ho was born October 30th, 1851. The greater part of his life was spent in naval architecture. His most famous yachts were ihe Thistle, Valkyrie I and HI, Shamrock III and the cotter Britania. The latter was probably the most success? ful yacht ever built. Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 12.-Fire here this morning destroyed the wholesale hardware house of W. W. Woodruff Company. The loss is esti? mated at 8200,000. A dynamite ex? plosion seriously injured half a dozen tit oman and several spectators. Dillon, Nov. H.- Calvin McNeill and NeiT Barnes, colored workmen engaged in feeding the big cotton press at the oil mill ginnery, were instantly killed this afternoon by the explosion of a steam cylinder. The negro operating the lever to open the valve threw it wide and the rush of steam burst the cylinder. Columbia, Nov. IL-City Engineer D. B. Miller, who had been in the employ of the city since 1889 was found dead in bis room at 7 o'clock this morning. He had just 'phoned to fhe water plant on business and j had brought his newspaper back up to I his room ro read before breakfast. ? He died aione, of heart disease. Mr. ? Miller was prominently connected j throughout the State. "Judge Purdy holds that a prsom r cannot be granted bail after being convicted of manslaughter, pending ; an appeal to tbe supreme court. We ought to ba\e more ju dires like him.'* I -Bamberg Herald. Upon this tue i Edgetit ld Advertiser says: "Yes, the ?Teat need of South Carolina is not so much law and order leagues as it is competent, conscientious, incorrupti? bly jurie.- and able, fearless, unbiased, non-partisan judges. This common? wealth, bas some who \\d i J. V. Whelchel, " '.As County Supervisor ' "On receipt of above communicant' . Mr. Littlejohn ordered the two lt ca dispenser? close their places of in-s' ru ss, ano wired the same order to ti dispenser at Blacksburg. Cleveland, Ohio, Nov 14 -Up t noon New York was still cut off frcr. the rest of the country. It is report**