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ti Free to Two la Wall Street.
f Odds la the election betting In Wall
Hoot went from S to 1 on Taft yester?
day fa ? to S and I to 1. In the face
of the order prohibttilng any open bet -
made ander ooeei*.
Chaster money, which, aa waa told
a) tan Herald Sunday, haa been flnd
lUg Ma war Into the at root In large
found takers In moderate sums
at even money.
The stamp in the odds on Taff, that
ruled at 5 to l since any election
msaay at all waa brought into night,
emjlaalsd to the part President
Ii playing In the campaign,
It oeaag argued In the financial dis?
trict that he Will Injure the Taft pros?
pects ay the course he la pursuing.
la addition to this, the reports from
Wuirawnstsaa States given out by
ATraalt sf. Hitchcock yesterday were
araot iahen as promising. Considerably
sac a ay Is being posted on the
of the State light than on the
One of the largest tots made since
the opening of the Stats campaign
was reported mot night at the Wal
ILrf-Aetoeia. A. B. Hudson, said to
have aeon anting fog John W. Ostes.
wagJHig^ W.aot with Richard H.
(MOad"> Dogsjett that Chanlsr would
ho eleetsd. Mr. Doggott betting $10.
000 that Hughes would have a second
w H was estimated that In the last
row days. In ths brokerage offices in
and near ths WaUiorf-Astoria, more
than llOO.ooo haw bean wagered \l
odds of six to flvs In favor of Chanler.
e-?et. T. Herald. Sept. St.
AVIATOR GIVE* HIS VIEWS
Chanute Hays Three Men
ukl be tarried In Machine*.
low Tora. Oct. 1.?Octave Cha
the avaitor, has returned to New
from Washington and Is making
?rnsnts for the contests to be
.Morris Park for prises offered
Mr. Chsnuts was a close ob
the flights made at
by Orvllle Wright and
When the deplorable
accident lammed to ths Wright ma
ehcas.
"la the seamgutic world the sc
cldent has alroW been forgotten in
sofar as It exerfLjiy detrimental in
ftasnco upon th mogrena of the sci
enoe." said Mr. 't^ute "Such un
accident would nflOva^ppen |n jUHt
that manner once In %flte tjme. The
principles of aviation are In no wlae
affected and the only sfoxt of It will
hO to make for greater tar?- In the
meOhanlsm and construct^ Qf tnt.
machlns."
Mr. Chanute said that h% believed
iful aeroplane of the future
should be one capable of hot?og at
Wast three paseengsrs. "For anas or
aaval purposes,'' hs said, "It wo%j.i
seem that three men are Indispensable
?one to operate the machine, one to
make observations and one to com
munloate Important Information. Thla
would be done by means of flagging
or wireloes telegraphy. Of course, an
aeroplane could hardly receive wir??
lees messages, but I think message*
might readily be sent from one and
the outfit would not add much to the
weight of the machine."
the
COTTON PIRK AT KKKHII \\V
About IM Bale* of Cotton iuull>
imanagtHl?HulMUw AN? HunVr*.
stershaw. Oct. 4.?At 4 o'clock thla
morning ono of ths cotton warehouses
it this place was discovered to be on
fire and before the fire company could
get control of the flames about 160
bales of cotton was badly damaged,
as was also the building. The bulk of
ths cotton damaged, as well ss the
building, was the property of the Ker
shaw Mercantile A Banking com
pany.
The origin of ths fire Is not known.
hod April, IM*.
?Be Just as
SUMl
TIFT MM ME m
OPPOSES PRE-ELECTION RE?
PORTS ON CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
Upholds HooaevcltH Stand?Relieves
That People Slwr.ilcl be Told ot
Contributions After Election Is
Over.
Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 30.?Accepting
the challenge of William J. Bryan
right In the home city of the Nebras
kan, William H. Taft tonight not only
endorsed President Roosevelt's posi?
tion on the question of the publicity
of campaign contributions, but de?
fended it with arguments to estab?
lish that position as sound from the
standpoint of the public good and to
?how that the position was one sim?
ply for preelection effect.
Mr. Taft made 11 speeches In Ne?
braska today before reaching Lincoln,
and five speeches In Lincoln to?
night. Excursion trains came to Lin?
coln from many places and the city
was alive with bands and marching
clubs.
The main meeting tonight was held
at the Auditorium. It was here that
the candidate paid his respects to Mr.
Bryan regarding campaign contribu?
tions.
When the Taft special reached Lin?
coln at 4 o'clock, the candidate was
switched out to Havelock to the re?
pair shops of the Burlington system,
and there he delivered his address on
labor.
He wss brought back to Lincoln
und escorted to the State university,
a here he gave a short talk.
A concert and general jubilation on
the capltol grounds were the next
features, snd then the candidate was
Aken to the Auditorium, where Mr.
raft made one of his characteristic
Alks to ths women.
Mr. Taft had intended In the big
meeting tonight at the Auditorium to
reply to the challenge from Mr. Bryan
mneernlng campaign contributions.
Se became so engrossed, however, on
>ther topics, that he made only Incl
lental references to this phase of the
campaign and made Answer to the
challenge In a formal statement, which
tie tonight gave to the press.
Mr. Taft's statement on campaign
contributions follows:
"Mr. Bryan challenges me to take
the same position that President
Roosevelt takes with reference to the
time when publicity should be made
f campaign contributions, and I ac?
cept the challenge. I take exactly the
tame position that the president takes.
[ have always been In favor of a law
which will require publicity of both
contributions and expenditures Imme?
diately after election. Mr. Bryan
leems to favor the publication of con?
tributions before election, but post?
pones the publication of expeditures
until after that time. I confess I see
no reason why, If contributions are
to be published before election, ex?
penditures should not also be publish?
ed. I think that the character of ex?
penditures is quit - as Important as
the character and source of the con?
tributions.
"I don't know of any election law,
either In this country or abroad,
nrhlch requires the publication of con?
tributions or expenditures before the
election. The law of Nebraska on
this subject only requires the publi?
cation of contributions and expendi?
tures after the election. This was
the law which the Democratic man?
agers in 1904 in Nebraska so flagrant?
ly violated by falling to return the
receipt of $15.000 from Mr. Thomas
P. Ryan. The nost drastic law in
this country on the subject Is that of
Sew York, which also makes the time
of the publication after the election.
The proper object of a publicity law
hi to prevent the use of money for
bribery and other Improper purposes
?U elections and to enable the law of?
ficers of the government and the pub?
lic to determine whether the contri?
butions made were properly expended
for legitimate purposes. The require?
ment that the names of and amounts
of the persons contributing should
also be shown is for the purpose of
enabling the public und the prosecut?
ing officers of the government to
judge whether subsequent official ac?
tion has been Improperly affected In
favor of the contributors by the suc?
cessful candidate. Thin can nil be ac?
complished by publication after the
election.
"The chief objection to the publi?
cation of contributions before the
election Is that It makes certain that
In the heat of controversy the mo?
tives of those who contribute to pay
the legitimate expenses of the cam?
paign will be misconstrued, perverted
and misrepresented.
"After the election Is over and the
expenditures and contributions are
htiutti
d Fear not~-Lct all the ends Thon Alu
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published, the temptation to misrep?
resent the motives of the donors will
largely be minimized and the public
may then arrive at a Just conclusion
Wtta respect to the matter.
"The known publicity to be given
to contributions after the election will
greatly reduce the probability that a
contribution will be made for the pur?
pose of seeking privileges or favors at
the hands of the candidate, and tends
to secure purity of motives In the
making of such contributions. Mr.
Bryan looks rather to the publi?
cation of such contribution for
platform purposes and ? references
rather than to the main purpose of
a publicity law, which is to secure the
public against bribery in elections
and the Improper Influencing of offi?
cial action."
COTTON CONDITION DECLINES.
Average Is 71.1, Against 78.1 Last
Month and 66.5 Last Year.
New York, Sept. 30.?The Journal
of Commerce will tomorrow publish
its monthly report on the condition of
cotton of the average date of Septem?
ber 24, as determined by 1,576 special
reports from correspondents. It will
give the condition 71.1, against 78.1
a month ago, a deterioration of 7
points. This compares with 66.5
last year, 71.9 in 1906, and 69.4 in
1905. The decline is not an unusual
one for September, the year 1907
showing a drop of 7.4 points, 1906 a
drop of 5.7 points, and 1904 a drop of
7.5, 1903 a drop of 11.8 and 1902 a
drop of 6.3 points.
Since the commencement of theee
reports In the year 1901, condition has
only once exceeded the present figure,
namely, in 1906, when It was 71.9.
The general expectations of a large
crop, however, must be considered
modified, unless exceptionally favor?
able weather should prevail for the
remainder of the season. Drought
and high temperatures have been the
general causes of deterioration, added
to which boll weevils and boll worms
have been active In Texas, Arkansas
and Mississippi. Texas has been more
fortunate than other States, the loss
for the month showing only 3.0
points. Georgia declines 4.6, so that
the two largest producing States suf?
fered the least. Excessive falling off
occurred in the following States:
North Carolina 12.6 points, Missis?
sippi 10.3 points, Louisiana 13 points,
Arkansas 13.6 points, Tennessee 15.5
points and Missouri 17.2 points. In
South Carolina the decline was 7.2,
Florida 0.8, Alabama 7.5 and in Okla?
homa 5 points.
BARN WELL COUNTY MAN SHOT.
Chester Kennedy Seriously Wounded
by Marvin Holland at Dun barton.
Barnwell, Oct. 4.?News reached
here today of a shooting affray at
Dunbarton early this morning. The
principals are Marlon Holland^ and
Chester Kennedy, both young men,
and they belong to prominent families
in that section.
There had been some misunder?
standing between the two men, Hol?
land and Kennedy. This morning
Just before the arrival of the Atlantic
Cojjst Line train Kennedy went over
to the depot. In a few minutes Hol?
land arrived, it is said, with a shot?
gun and pistol. Seeing Kennedy, he
Is alleged to have told him that he
was going to kill him, and opened fire
on him, shooting him five times, at
least four of the ballls tuklng effect.
About this time the train arrived and
Kennedy's friends started to take him
out of the depot and put him on the
train. Holland then threatened the
life of all who tried to put Kennedy
on the train. After about twenty
minutes, however, Kennedy was got?
ten on the train and carried to Au?
gusta. He is In a critical condition,
and is not expected to live.
May Try J. S. Parnell,
Darlington, October 4. ?The Court
of General Seesslon for Darlington
County will open Monday morning,
Judge Earnest Gary, presiding. There
are five homicide cases to be tried
among them the case of the State
against J. S. Parnell, charged with
killing Robert Randolph last March.
Governor Ansel has offered a re?
ward of $100 for the apprehension of
Dr. H. J. Weeks, who Is wanted in
Spartanburg on the charge of bigamy.
It will be recalled that Dr. Weekv,
whose home wus In Granltevllle, Al?
ken County, left there with the avow?
ed purpose of going West, but instead
went to Spartanburg, where he was
married to a young lady, Miss Sarah
Smith, and a warrant was taken out
for him charging bigamy, as he has a
wife and family In Alken County. He
Is described as six feet high, 36 years
old, weighs 140 to 160 pounds.
and i
ist at be thy Country's, Thy God's on
DAY. OCTOBER 7, 1
PRESIDENT TO TAKE STUMP.
THAT IS THE INFORMATION RE?
CEIVED AT THE BRYAN
HOME.
Advice? Receivrd At Lincoln, Nebras?
ka, From Trustworthy Persons in
the East That Mr. Roosevelt is
Plann tng to Make Six Speeches In
Course of Trip Across the Conti?
nent.
Fairview, Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 4.?
That President Roosevelt fully Intends
to take the stump in favor of the can?
didacy of Mr. Taft was the informa?
tion received at Fairview today from
the East. It was said that the ad?
vices came from persons on whom
reliance could he placed, and were to
the effect that Mr. Roosevelt is plan?
ning to make at least six speeches in
jthe course of a trip from the Atlantic
i to the Pacific, the concluding speech
to be delivered at San Francisco with*
numerous short speeches en route.
Mr. Bryan, however, refused to make
any comment on the subject.
In order to devote still further at?
tention to Iowa, the Democratic can?
didate tonight announced a change in
his plans in connection with a trip to
; Chicago, where on the night of Octo?
ber 7, he is to meet Mr. Taft at n
banquet. Instead of leaving here
Tuesday afternoon and going direct
to Chicago as had been arranged, Mr.
Bryan will start to morrow night for
Des Molnes, whence he will on Tues?
day proceed to Perry, Tama and Ce?
dar Rapids, and deliver set speeches,
and from the rear platform of the
train en route he probably will make
several short talks. The trip to Chi?
cago will be made Tuesday night. Al?
though it has not been definitely set?
tled, it is now planned that Mr. Bryan
will speak in St. Louis Friday even?
ing and then re-enter Kansas on Sat?
urday for a full day in that State, re?
turning to Lincoln on Sunday. It also
Is likely that before making his final
trip into the Middle West and the
East he will spend a day or two In
campaigning in Nebraska.
Fairvlew was quiet today. In the
afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Bryan drove
to the homes of several sick friends,
and later the Democratic candidate
called at the Hotel Lincoln and held
a brief conference with Senator Gone,
who was about to to leave for St. Jo?
seph, Mo.
Tomorrow evening Mr. Bryan will
go out to Havelock, where are situ?
ated the shops of the Burlington Rail?
road, and address the employees. Mr.
Taft a few days ago spoke at the
same place.
BABY CRUSHED BY A BEAR.
.Arizona Pleasure Park Scene of a
Terrible Tradgedy.
Tucson, Ariz., October 4.?A terrible
tragedy was enacted at Elysian
Grove, a pleasure park, when an im?
mense black bear escaped from a
cage today and charged a throng of
visitors. The animal, which had been
raised is captivity from a cub, had
been in the habit of drinking soda
pop at the bar and when he escaped
he went there. He was driven away
twice by the attendants, who attempt
Od to drive it into its cage. The beast
became enraged and charged the
crowd. The wife of a Southern Pa?
cific employee, Buss Laird, ran with a
go-cart containing an infant. The
bear pursued and snatched the infant
and crushed it to death before its
mother's eyes. It was attacking the
woman when a shot from a police?
man's revolver stopped it. The by?
standers opened a fusllade and killed
the bear with a score of bullets. The
beast has been closely confined since
a week ago, when it attacked a small
boy.
A petition has been field with the
Governor for the pardon of Daniel
Zimmerman, the aged Confederate
soldier, who was sent to the Peniten?
tiary last year for purloining bonds
from the office of the State Treasurer,
where he was for years employed as
bond clerk. Mr. Zimmerman mad'*
a confession in open Court when ar?
raigned, and it was on his testimony
that his alleged confederate, Mr. T.
J. Gibson, was convicted. The Con?
federate Veterans at their recent re?
union In Greenville, adopted a resolu?
tion asking for his pardon and the pe?
tition has since been put in shape and
Is now before the Governor for ac?
tion.
Henry Matthews, colored, a blind
man of Charleston, assaulted Samuol
Brown, also colored, with an axe be?
cause the latter refused him admis?
sion to his home.
Few of use believe in luck unles?
we happen to be lucky.
d Troth*!.**
THE TRTJI
908. New Ser
BULGARIA DEFIES TURKEY.
PHIXCE FERDINAND DECLARES
HIS INDEPENDENCE.
Balkan State * ft or Years of Waiting
Now Ready to Fight Turkey?Aus?
tria Also Takes a Hand in the Bal?
kan Disturbance??General War Ap?
prehended.
London, Oct. 4.?Events which
threaten to change the political face
of Europe are crystalizing with light?
ning rapidity. Almost over night the
horizon of the Near East, which seem?
ed gradually to be assuming a peace?
ful appearance, has become crowded
with war clouds.
News has reached here from sev?
eral sources that two definite strokes
are impending which cannot fail to
bring matters to a crisis and perhaps
force an immediate war. One is the
proclamation by Prince Ferdinand of
the indenpendence of Bulgaria, which
Will Include Roumelia, taking for him?
self the title of "czar." The other is
an announcement of Austria-Hungary
of the practical annexation of the
provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina
as appanages o fthe Austro-Hungarian
I crown.
I Each action will be equivalent to
the tearing up of the treaty of Ber?
lin, while Prince Ferdinand's course
seems almost certain to precipitate a
war between Bulgaria and Turkey.
Before these possibilities, the quarrel
over the East Roumellan section of I
the Orient railway sinks into insignlfl- I
cance. Both armies are reported to I
be quietly and swiftly mobilizing near I
the borders. Bulgaria is said to be
buying up munitions and horses on an I
extensive scale.
The Bulgarians have faith in their I
army, which has reached a high state I
of efficiency, although it is perhaps I
lacking In officers, and the war, for
which Bulgaria has long been sus-1
pected of preparing, could be fought
with more advantt^ge for her now I
than when the Turkish government
had time to reorganize Its forces,!
which have become enervated by the I
corruption and neglect of the old I
regime.
The emperor of Austria, it is un- I
derstood, has dispatched a letter to I
the president of France setting forth
his intentions reagrdlng Bosnia and I
Herzegovina, although the contents I
of the letter are kept secret, and he I
Is sending similar notes to other pow- I
ers.
It seems incredible that Emperor
Francis Joseph, who always has been I
a scrupulous observer of forms, should I
reveal his plans to the rulers of ether
nations before he has communicated I
them to his own parliament. One I
explanation is that the letter was I
not Intended for delivery until Tues- I
day, when an identical note would be
presented to the other powers.
While Austria's action with regard I
to the two provinces may not tech-1
nically be called annexation, it is said 1
It will amount to that, whatever it I
may be called. Apparently the em- I
peror is determined that the destiny I
of these provinces shall be Austrian, I
not Turkish. For 30 years they have I
been administered by Austria-Hun- I
gary, but they have always remained I
theoretically Turkish territory and I
Austria pledged that her adminlstra- I
tion should not derogate Turkish I
rights.
English public opinion is with Tur- I
key in the Bulgarian dispute, as all I
the powers except Austria seem to I
be, and It remains to be seen what I
the English attitude wll be toward
annexation If that becomes a fact.
Austria is suspected of encouraging 1
the recent Bulgarian-Turkish trouble I
j for her own interests, but the British I
J government has made proposals to I
the two countries looking to the set:-I
tlement of the railway case, under I
which the other powers have agreed I
to give support to the plan which con
templates the temporary restoration!
of the railway to Turkey "to save her 1
face" and then transference of the
company to the Bulgarian govern-1
ment.
The English press expresses sur- j
prise that Austria and Bulgaria should
plot against Turkey and ask If the
great powers will submit to having ob?
stacles placed in the way of the re?
generation of Turkey. J
Governor Ansel will take the stump
for Bryan and Kern In the East the
latter part of this month. The nation?
al committee has requested him to
jcome to New York city by the 15th.
and from there go out on a tour of
speech-making, but Jthe Governor has
written that he will be unable to get
away by that date, and requesting that
he be assigned for work the last week
or ten days of the month.
& SOUTHRON, Established Jane, ISO*
ies?Vol. XXT1II. Soa^<>
BRYAN SPEAKS IN HI
SPOKE FIFTEEN TIMES TO IM?
MENSE CROWDS.'
Says He Doesn't Know Whether He J*
Running Against One Man or
Two and Declares that the Presi?
dent Has Degraded his Office by
Using it as a Party Asset.
Creston, Iowa, September 30.?Tra?
versing the southeastern and southern
portions of Iowa all day in an ordinary
coach, W. J. Bryan tonight concluded*
his. whirlwind speaking tour of more
than three weeks at this place, where
a big open-air meeting has held. No
greater demonstrations have been ac?
corded Mr. Bryan anywhere than in
Iowa. When he took a late train for
Lincoln he had delivered during the
day fifteen speeches to immense
crowds, that manifested the greatest
interest in what he had to say.
In all of these talks he devoted him?
self principally to a discussion of the
platforms of the two parties withi
special reference to publicity of cam?
paign contributions, election of Sen?
ators by direct vote and the tariff.
He was unsparing in his attacks on>
the President and Mr. Taft. He spe?
cifically answered at Oskalooga and?
Knoxville Mr. Taft's recent speeches,
regarding the source of the campaign*
funds of the respective parties, but
more particularly the one in which*
Mr. Taft stated that the Democratic
candidate had "done nothing but talk,"*
while he himself had been puting his>
Idesas into practice in administrative
ways.
Ovation at Muscathse.
Muscatine, Iowa, September J0.?
Traveling toward Lincoln on the last
day of his present tour of more than
three weeks, W. J. Bryan today got av
great ovation here. At the station peo?
ple swarmed around his car and loudly
cheered him. Addressing them brief?
ly, the Democratic candidate scored
the Republicans for admitting the ex?
istence of great abuses and not cor?
recting them. They had ignored the-'
laboring man, he said; they had kept
up a high protective tariff, had failed?
to prosecute to any extent the trusts*
and were afraid to advocate the pub?
licity of the campaign contributions,
before election, in order to shield*'
those who had been buying legislation I
by furnishing money to elect men to'
office. Once again he denounced the
President for participating in the
campaign, and, if anything, in eveo
stronger terms than heretofore.
"There is another issue of this cam?
paign," he said, "and that is whether
I am running against one man or two
I started out to run against Mr. Taft
on the ground that they had picked ax
man big enough and able to defend
himself. Now I find that the Presi?
dent comes in and takes the lead in.
the fight. I don't object to it, but I
do believe It is degradation of the of?
fice of the President to make that of?
fice which belongs to all the people,,
a party asset in the hands of one*
party. I admit that the American'
people have a right to elect their of?
ficials without dication from Washing?
ton, and I ask the President, after h"??
has nominated Mr. Taft, to stand aside
and let us fight it out before the
American people on our platforms!"*
BONDING COMPANY Sl'MMONEDV
Commissioner McMtastcr Seeks to*
Ha\c Action Explained.
Columbia. Oct. 2.?Insurance Com*?
missioner McMaster has summoned
the American Bonding Company, the
exclusive bonding concern for em?
ployes of the Southern railway, |0>
show cause here on October 30 why
its license to do business in this State
should not be revoked for cancelling,
the bond of Charles D. Miller, the
Southern's agent at Fort Mill, for the
seeming purpose of punishing him for
testifying against the company iw ?
recent case at Laurens which arose
when Miller was auditor for the Co?
lumbia, Newberry and Laurens road.
Miller says that the bond compa?
ny's representative threatened to pua
lsh him then and now refuses to give
any reason for cancelling his bond*.
The company also refused to giv* the
commissioner any reasons, but denier
it was the purpose to punish him for'
testifying.
Darlington Plant SohL
Darlington. October 4.?The SoutrV
Atlantic Oil Company, Dr. H. L. Kwtry
president, has sold the oil mill, gin?
nery, etc.. at this place to a local or?
ganisation, headed *>y Senator D. T
McKelthan. Dr. Klrby will remain* av
Darlington and continue to look after
the other plants belonging to the*
South Atlantic OH Company.