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VoLlur.lV LAWYKU'H HV.PVTA
TION ATTAC'kH?.
Member of tl?e .Member* of the
4 oln in Ma liar Tell Supreme Court
thejr Would not iwllco? Dun
Under Onih.
Columbia. July It.?The Duncan
bearing progressed all morning.
Whea the dinner hour arrived the
%u)>rema court announced that It
would not conclude the case until
Solicitor George Bell Tim merman
could be heard, and that he wan of
ejoaree not expected here today, In
View of the death und funeral of his
father. The court expected Mr. Tim
merman to arrive here tonight, and
the evidence. It was stated. would,
ho doubt, be taken tomorrow. All
the ether evidence has been taken.
There were several negro men who
that Jeff Taylor had told
isa that he did the shooting for
Mr Huntei was con
and tor whom Duncan
had bee trying to get the new
tried Blther these negroes ere
Celling a series of colossal lies
t>r there has been a miscarriage of
In the conviction of Hunter,
says that there has been a
?l?ge of Justice end that In his
>rt to vindicate Hunter there has
hjaea a "conspiracy" formed against
?Jan.
The sequel to this effort to freo Hun
he was the affidavits on which the new
trial was sought, and which It Is
now claimed were. In the main, fraud
Wfeat The chief affidavit on which
the new trial was sought was that of
Taylor. In which Taylor was al?
to have confessed that he did
the ahuotlng for which Hunter was
nrjbted. Taylor swears that he
no such affidavit, and there is
the ruh. Mr. Washington Clark, be
whom the original affidavit ap
to have been signed, swears
that the Jeff Taylor who appears In
Vj0u*4 1* not the colored man who ap?
peared before him, and that he never
aaw him In hi* life before.
Today another remarkable Issue
was raised. Mr. Duncar had a ste?
nographer. Mise Bessie Peagle. She
la aew married and la Mrs. Stewart.
Mho was unwell and has Just had a
uurious operation. Today she appear?
ed la the supreme court room vlth
hair h< ?band, and It was decided to
have her examined In private, with
?I present. Some time ago an
ivW was submitted signed by
Stewart describing Taylor, aVid
auurtlealaety Hunter, and then went
usx bs ear that ehe (Mrs. Stewart)
umw Mr. Washington Clark probate.
<er sign, the Jew* Taylor affidavit, and
that It was signed before her or In
SjsjT presence
?red days ago Mrs. Stewart
to modify her affidavit, and
ewore that the affidavit she had pre
Wtooaly signed for Mr. Duncan had
read In part only to her. and
she did not know that Mr.
fa aasae In It end that no mem*
wae made to her of Mr. Clark
the eSsdavIt was reed to her.
ajhe aay? that the affidavit was read
te her by Mr. Duncan, and she did
pay much attention to It at the
ae her husband was quite sick.
Sir. Stewart was a witness at the
to the affidavit, and he does not
to hare paid much attention
t? It, but today Mrs. 8tewart said
Cdtat she would not have signed the
asadevit at the time had she known
fully what wss In It
The attorney genera'. Mr. Lyon,
usjsamoned about SO members of the
Osiambla bar. Including many of
the oldest sad most distinguished
unembers of the profession here.
With one accord they swore that Mr.
usMBcan's -eputatlon In the community
truth and veracity was bad. and
it they , would not believe him on
Some of the number modified
statements by saying that they
urenid not believe him on oath, where
hjn ?*aa personally Interested, and oth?
ers auodtned this expression In va
Ctons way*, but It wus really pathetic
?jb hear th|s testimony and to see how
tllU? apparent effect It had on th?.?
nwauly Interested?John T. Dun
He eat at the side of his coun
?ad occasionally would make a
leetien to his coun-?e\ Col. Schum
but generally he said nothing.
Mm li of his time was spent In ar?
ranging and rearranging the mass
US? papers he has accumulated In ?M
Thm disposition seemed to be
aajr nothing and to make no crons
aaninatton or reply. when the
irr members of the bar. one af.er
ther. felt It their duty to add fur
ajker testimony against their brother
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IM'It F. ASK IX FREIGHT RATES.
Southern .Vnsoclatloii Decides on Hor?
izontal Advance?Hates Probably In
Effect September I.
Louisville, Ky.. July 17.?That
freight rates should he advanced In
the territory of the Southeastern
Freight association and the South?
eastern Mississippi Val'ey associa?
tion, which take In all the territory
south of the Ohio river and east of the
Mississippi river, was decided on at
the meeting of the executive officers
of all the railroad systems interested,
which closed today. The advance, It
is said, will be from 4 to 10 cents per
100 pounds, horizontally, to corres?
pond with the advance decided on by
the Southeastern Freight association
recently. The advance was decided on
after considerable opposition on the
part of certain railroad executives
who maintained that an advance of
rates at the present time was Impo?
litic, but the opposition was finally
won over by the argument that In or?
der to meet the various Increased ex?
penses an Increase In rates was ab?
solutely necessary. The clerical forces
of the railroads Interested are quar?
tered In Louisville temporarily work?
ing out the tariffs. It Is considered
probable that the tariffs will not be In
shape for filing before August 1, and
In accordance with the requirements
of the Interstate commerce commis?
sion compelling rates to be filed 30
days prior to becoming effective the
new rates will not be in force until
Sept. 1.
To Fight Increases.
Indianapolis, Ind., July 17.?It was
stated here today by prominent ship?
pers that the Indiana Manufacturers'
and Shippers' association will resist
with persistency any attempt by the
railroads to Increase freight rates In
Central Freight association territory.
The fact that a tariff schedule rep?
resenting Increased rates In the South?
west Freight association territory has
been filed with reliable Information to
the effect that the officers of the Cen
tial association are now In session In
Chicago considering rates, will hasten
to fruition plans which have been put
on foot for a conference of represen?
tatives of the Shippers' association of
practically all States of the Union.
This conference, which probably will
be held In Indianapolis, will take up
the question of the proposed Increase
In rates all over the United States and
will adopt plans for fighting the
movement of the railroads.
The statement of C. W. Averlll. of
Los Angeles, that he will devote the
Income of the $10,000,000 which he
Inherited to helping other people and
that his gifts will not be to the "wor?
thy poor" only, naturally caused com?
ment, but this leaning toward those
poor people who "can resist anything
but temptation" Is not unique.
AXOTHER HEARST FAKE.
Gompees Denies Cabling Hearst-?Did
Not Ask the Editor to Support Mr.
Brynn.
Erie. Pa.. July 17.?President Sam?
uel Oompers of the American Fed?
eration of Labor said to a representa?
tive of the Associated Press tonight
that here Is absolutely no truth In
the published reports that he had ca?
bled William R. Hearst, a leader In
the Independence league, urging the
editor to use his Influence to prevent
the league from nominating Its own
candidate for president and to urge
the league to give Its support to Wil?
liam J. Bryan because the Democrat?
ic convention incorporated In its
platform planks urged by organized
labor.
"I read in the newspapers." Mr.
Oompers said, "that I am credited
with asking Mr. Hearst to support
Mr. Bryan and that Mr. Hearst has
made reply to me through the press.
Now I did nothing of the kind. I
don't know where the message Mr.
Hearst claims to have received came
from. I did not send It or any other
message to Mr. Hearst.'
Charleston Liquor Dealer In Trouble
With Supreme Court.
The supreme court has ordered the
arrest of J. P. Carroll of Charleston,
who is charged with violating an In?
junction order Issued by the supreme
court some time ago. forbidding the
?Matt sale of alcoholic liquors at the
place of defendant on Market street.
The Injunction was issued because of
in affidavit presented to the court
through Attorney General Lyon,
charging violation of the Carcy-Coth
run law.
It Is understood that Carroll left
Charleston, announcing to his friends
that he would go to Columbia for the
hearing Tuesday. but he was not
present at this hearing and notice was
<ent to Sheriff Martin of Charleston
for his arrest. The notice Issued Thurs?
day means that Carroll must be
produced before the November term
?f the supreme court.
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Candidates wait money.
BRYAN AM) KERN 1SSCE APPEAL
TO FARMERS.
The First Subscription J?ms Made b.
tin Iowa Furnier, Formerly u Re?
publican. Wiio Gives $100 tor ( am
pulgn Fund?Bryan on Brouiisvllle
Affair.
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Falrvlew, Lincoln, Nob., July 17.?
Fo*lowing bis declaration of yesterday
to the Balt'more Sun that he had not
discussed the Brownsville affair or
the question of the appointment of
negroes to office, YV. J. Bryan today
announced that he did not Wish to be
misunderstood. He said he did not
mean to convey the impression that
he had never talked about the Browns?
ville case in any manner, but that he
had not discussed it as an issue in the
present campaign. While he had not
read the evidence bearing on that
subject, he recalled an editorial writ?
ten by him two years ago, in which
he made the frank assertion, if the
facts were as stated, President Roose?
velt was fullly Justified in his course.
Visitors to the Bryan home wore
less numerous today than on yester?
day. The principal caller was John
E. Lamb, of Indiana, but he dec'ined
to make any statement as to the sub?
ject of his conversation.
Tonight Mr. Bryan went in to Lin
co'u to attend a masonic meeting and
two hours afterwards received at his
home a large delegation from the lo?
cal Central Labor union.
The first appeal for campaign con?
tributions by the Democratic candi?
dates for the presidency and the
vice presidency was issued today, di?
rected to the farmers of the country.
It is as follows:
"To the Farmers of the United States:
"The first contribution made to the
Democratic campaign fund this year,
so far as we know, was made by an
Iowa farmer. Just before the Denver
convention met this man, who modest?
ly prefers not to have his name men?
tioned. Journeyed more than 100 miles
to Lincoln with his contribution of
$100, which he left with Mr. Bryan to
be given to the committee when or?
ganized for the campaign.
"This farmer was born in Sweden
and for some time after he was nat?
uralized was a member of the Repub?
lican party.* But he was a student of
public questions and in the courses of
time became a Democrat. To mani?
fest his deep interest in the succeess
of the party and the triumph of Dem?
ocratic principles he made this free
wi'l offering to the campaign fund.
"It Is very appropriate that this first
contribution should come from that
great body of our population known
as agriculturists. The farmer has
nothing to gain by privilege and
favoritism; his hope is in the appli?
cation of the doctrine of equal rights
to all and special privileges to none.
He has been the victim of all special
legislation and has suffered from con?
trol of politics by the great predatory
corporations. Now that the Demo?
cratic party has announced its deter?
mination not to accept contributions
from corporations and not to accept
excessive contributions even from In?
dividuals and to publish all contribut?
ions when over a reasonable minimum.
It ought to be able to secure a suf?
ficient sum from the citizens who ask
from the government nothing but
protection of their rights and con?
sideration for the general welfare.
There are hundreds of thousands of
farmers who are abundantly able to
contribute to the campaign fund
There are thousands who could give
$100 apiece without feeling it; there
are ten of thousands who could give
$50 apiece without sacrifice and still
more could give $25 or $10 or $5.
"As the national committee has not
yet been organized we will ask The
Commoner to call for subscriptions
to this farmers' fund. Those giving
may indicate whether they are wil ing
to have their names mentioned and i
the contribution is not more than $100
their wishes will be complied with. All
contributions above $100 must b
made known, no matter from whom
j they come.
"The farmers' fund will be turned
over to the national committee a
soon as its permanent officers hav
been Sleeted. Who will be the ftrs
to respond? The Denver COnvcntlO
was a people's convention; It adopted
a strong, clear honest platform and
Its nominations were made with prac?
tically unamtnlnlty. our fight is a fight
for the whole people, Our aim Is
equal and exact Justice to all; our pur?
pose Is to restore the government to
the hands of the freely chosen repre?
sentatives of the voters. How many
farmers will Join In furnishing the
fund neceesary to present the issue?
(Signed )
I "William J. Bryan."
"John W. Kern."
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GIVES CLEVELAND CREDIT.
President Refer* to His Foresight In
Forest Preservation.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 14.?Fol?
lowing his action in changing the
name Of the San Jacinto National
Forest, California, to Cleveland Na?
tional Forest. In honor of the late
President Cleveland, President Roose?
velt has sent this letter to Mrs. Cleve?
land, who has returned to her home
in Princeton, N. J.:
"My Dear Mrs. Cleveland: It has
recent'y been my privilege to sign a
proclamation changing the name of
the San Jacinto National Forest to
to the Cleveland National Forest.
May I expres to you the very great
pleasure it gave me to take that ac?
tion?a pleasure mingled with a keen
sense of the loss to our country and
to our citizens in the death of Presi?
dent Cleveland. On Feb. 22, 1897,
President Cleveland signed the proc?
lamation creating the San Jacinto
Forest Reserve in Southern Califor?
nia. The date, Feb. 22, was no mere
accident, since the signing of the
proclamation was timed to coincide
with the birthday of our first presi?
dent.
"President Cleveland was one of
the first to recognize the need of for?
est preservation and the creation of
the San Jacinto and other forest re?
serves, with a total area of 25,686,
320 acres, was one of the
results of his foresight in this
direction. Throughout his life
he took great interest in con?
serving the natural resources of the
nation, and I particularly regretted
his inability to attend the meeting of
the governors in May, becase that
meeting was in part the fruit of seed
he had sown years before.
"The name of Grover Cleveland
will always be prominently identified
with the movement to protect the
forests of the United States, and it
seemed to me eminently fitting that
one of the forests which he created
should bear his name throughout all
time. Sincerely yours,
"Theodore Roosevelt."
JUDGE TAFT HEDGES.
Not Willing to Announce Contribu?
tions Before Election.
Hot Springs, Va., Ju y 14.?Judge
Taft still sticks to the announcement
made when George R. Sheldon was
elected treasurer of the national com?
mittee that campaign contributions
will be made public, but under the
New York law, which requires pub?
lication after election. Mr. Taft was
informed of Mr. Bryan's action today
at Llnco'n In pledging the Democratic
national committee to an ante-election
announcement, and the action of the
national committee pledging an an?
nouncement on Oct. 15 of contribu?
tions received up to that time. He
was then asked:
"Will publication of campaign con?
tributions received be made prior to
the election?"
"Does the New York State law re
qire that they shall be?" came back
Mr. Taft In return. "If it does they
will be published before the election.
If not, well?weil comply with the
New York law, whatever that is."
Asked if he would leave this ques?
tion of the publication of contribu?
tions to his manager, Mr. Taft declin?
ed to state definitely what his course
would be In this regard.
MR. GEO. A. WAGEXER DEAD.
Well Known Charleston Business Man
Passes Away After a Lingering Ill?
ness.
Charleston, July 16.?Mr. George
A. Wagener died this afternoon at
about 1 o'clock, at his residence, 179
Rutledge avenue, after an illness of
several months. His death is heard
of with deep regret by Charleston's
citizens.
Mr. Wagener was one of Charles?
ton's foremost business men, and in?
terested in many of Charleston's en?
terprises. His health for some time
had been wretched, and the end came
not unexpectedly today.
He was a partner in the firm of F.
W. Wagener & Co., taking a very ac?
tive part in the large wholesale busi?
ness of this firm. As g member of the
drainage commission he devoted a
good deal of his time to the good of
the county. Perhaps his largest inter?
est was In the Royal Bag and Yarn
Manufacturing Co., of which he was
president. It was due to his energy
and business ability that this very
successful manufacturing concern has
been so nourishing. Mr. Wagener was
also a director of the Bank of Char?
leston, and vice president of the
Wlnnsboro Granite Co.
Hit.II SCHOOL FOR WEDGEPIELD
Unanimous Vote In Fu\or of Higher
Educational Facilities.
Wedgefield. July i?. The election
for the establishment of a high school
here yesterday passed off very quiet?
ly, all the votes being recorded In the
affirmative.
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BRYAN ON BROWNSVILLE.
Presidential Candidate Denies Alleged
interview on the Subject.
Fairview. Lincoln, Neb., July 16.?
William Jennings Bryan does not in?
tend to be drawn into the Brownsville
case if he can help it. In all his
conversations with visiting delegates
and others he has carefully refrained
from ta'king on that subject and to?
day he put the brand of untruthful
ness on an alleged statement made
by Bishop Walters of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church to the ef?
fect that he had assured a negro
delegation th.it he regarded Presi?
dent Rooseve.t's action in that case
as unjust.
At the same time Mr. Bryan de?
nied another alleged Interview of the
bishop that he had discussed the ap?
pointment of negroes to office. These
declarations were called forth by a
telegram from the Baltimore Sun.
inquiring as to the truthfulness of
the statements said to have emanated
from Bishop Walters. To the news?
paper men at Fairview Mr. Bryan
said that he had not and would not
take up any issue not contained in
the platform.
Mr. Bryan was fair y busy today.
Delegates returning from the Denver
convention made pilgrimages to Fair
view, where they conferred with their
leader about the coming campaign.
Mr. Bryan impressed them all with
the necessity of organizing political
clubs and exerting every effort to poll
the full Democratic vote in Novem?
ber. He believe- that clubs of that
character frill contribute largely to
Democratic success. The visitors all
left with p'edges of hearty support
and promises to get the Democratic
voters to the polls.
THE PROHIBITION CANDIDATE.
Cliafln of Illinois Nominated for Pres?
ident by the National Convention.
Columbus. O., July 16.?For presi?
dent. Eugen?? \Y. Chafin, of Illinois.
For vice president. Aaron B. Wat
kins of Ada, Ohio.
This ticket was nominated today
by the Prohibitionist national con?
vention and both nominations were
made unanimous. The full endorse?
ment of the convention was not, how?
ever, given to Mr. Chafin until after
three ballots had been taken.
On the first two ba'lots Mr. Chafin
did not show a great amount of
strength, receiving 195 out of 1,093
votes on the first and 3 76 out of 1.087
on the second ballot. His nomination
was assured, however, when the roll
call began for the third ballot. His
own State, which had voted largely
for Daniel R. Sheen, of Peorla. and
the New York delegation, followed by
those of Indiana and Wisconsin, come
over to Mr. Chafin and on the third
ballot he received a total of 639
votes.
The colored Methodist church in
Laurens was struck by lightning
and destroyed.
HEARST'S HOT SHOT.
SAYS DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS
DECADENT.
He Mistrusts the Leaders and Has
Lost Confidence in "Empty Profes?
sions of an Unresrenerate Democ?
racy"?Independent Ticket.
New York, July 16.?A cablegram
has been received from William Ran?
dolph Hearst, in reply to a message
transmitted to Mr. Hearst from Sam?
uel Gompers stating that in view of
the Democrats' stand for labor it
would be "an act of greatest patriot?
ism for the independence party to en?
dorse the Democratic platform" and
urging him not to run a third ticket,
as it would elect Mr. Taft.
Mr. Hearst's cablegram fol'ows:
Paris, July 13.
"Tell Mr. Gompers that I am not
authorized to speak for the member?
ship of the Independence league, but
according to my personal standards,
a purer patriotism consists in labor?
ing to established a new party which
will be consistently devoted to the in?
terest of the citizenship and particu?
larly to the advantage and advance?
ment of the producing classes. I do
not think the path of patriotism lies
in supporting a discredited and deca?
dent old party, which has neither
conscientious conviction nor honest
intention, or In endorsing chameleon
candidates, who change the color of
their po'itical opinion with every va?
rying hue of opportunism. I do not
think the best benefit of laboring men
lies in supporting that old party be?
cause of a sop of false promise, when
the performance of that party while
in power did more to injure labor
than all the injunctions ever issued
before or since. I have lost faith In
the empty professions of an unregen
erate Democracy. I have lost confi?
dence in the ability in the sincerity
and even in the integrity of its lead?
ers. I dq not consider it patriotism
to pretend to support that which, as
a citizen. I distrust and detest and I
earnestly hope the Independence
party will give men an opportunity to
vote for candidates that are both
able and honest and for a declaration
of principles that is both sound and
sincere.
(Signed) "William Randolph Hearst."
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