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m mmanm watchmah. imm 0?H?IMate<i Am. 8t 1881 WTIli PUBLISHING COMPANY SOMTBR, S. a fl.M per aaaum?In advance. AdhmstssnSsMSSBB} fHeawe ftavt insertion.$1.00 eubeequeat insertion.10 tor three moathe, or -,?-? made at reduced rates. All oammeeeis tlana which tub etteate mtsrcets wlU to oheraed ) aa edfoitteomsnta, tort trtbutee of to c? ramble. Oat. It.?Oov. Aae?t is pocstres la aJa statement that to the who Interviewed him In Week oa Saturday afternoon he > no prediction that the legiala thle winter would paea a pro Mil. eUd. to aaya. tell them that flf 8outh Carolina countle? had fttty tone 'dry*' and that In his opinion the whole South would be prohibition territory within a few but to aaya he was scrupulous refraining from forecasts ae to tto taamedtate future In South Caro two NAVAL CADETBHIPS. Bhmmln Oolnmbla, Oct. It.?Notice la given Sjr Senator Till man that a competitive sSamiasilim will be helft la the office of Hat). J. S. Swcmrlnfea. State su _fmim tee Seal of education, at Cotam VW on November 1. 11 a. ex.. te ae apt principals and six a Warnaisa ta twa vacancies la the United States Academy at Anaspolls, examination will to by anm< it examination conducted, by etffl service com mission at Co Charleston and Oreen'llle trat third Tuesday of April next. Pftaelpale frequently fall and the un LrWnagneaa of alternates to bear the MMfjponec often causea delay- or failure la ailing the place. Only bona fide r seiden is of the State during the last two years, be? tween the ages of It and 20 years, am eligible for examination. It is t useless for a boy to compete who Is Pphyelcally defective. Candidates must not be dees than five feet two Inches In height between tto ages of It and It years, and net leas than five four Inches between tto agee of It and te. Any slfgeu defect of hearing, seeing, lees of many jtoeeth. d Issue sa of tto heart or luag? or ether vital organs win cause re? jection and failure. In fact mere stress id laid on the physical examination than oa the mental preparation. Tto mental examination will be In aemetnation, spelling, arithmetic, gee yswaphy. English gram mar, United w9etee history, world* history atge bra through quadratic equations, and geometry. ta no requirement to make epfjtfteation to any one. Candidates WlQ present thesaaelvss at the time AfAd place men I teat ed with the ^eery writing materials. Their atme? will then be enrolled and pledgee signed, numbers distributed by lot and questions handed out. The ex am slat ion papers are to be returned with the number In a sealed envelope Bfco the ?xamlnlng board, "who will r make the awarda and annnounce the names of the nuccesaful contestants. After which those who have passed tto mental examination successfully will to given a rigid physical examln atloa by a board of physicians. In ^HAe any of the** are rejected the next men below will take the vacant place* MOTIVE FOR WIEK MURDER. Hew Facta Coming to Light in Big ham Case. ? The case of Dr. Blgham for the murder of hie wife at Sunny Side re? cently, la assuming very gr^ve propor Ilona. It Is now authoritatively ?tat ed that Mra.s Ringham was the only eyo-wttneea to a killing of a negro by the doctor several months previous t? Bkl* visit down this way. if Huch be Ih*- case, here ,1s the motive for Mrs. Blngham's death. It Is understood that the HolicRor holds very damag? ing evidence In the cases against both Blngham and Avant?Georgetown Item. ( * ?Be Just n L_ SUM libel sen jggsa. JUDGE ANDERSON OF INDIAN? APOLIS DISCHARGES PRIS? ONERS. Itooscvelt's Effort to Punish Editor? Who Told Troth A boat Panama Scandal Blocked by Independent Judge?-DcLnvan Smith Much be Tried In Indianapolis or Not at Ail. Indlnnapolle, Ind., Oet IS.?Judge A. B. Anderson ef the United States Coast, of chls district today diem Used ths proceedings egntnet Delevan Smith and Charles R. Williams, pro? prietors of the Indianapolis News, who were resitting removal to the District of Columbia for trial under ' w s grand jury indictment charging them with having committed criminal libel against ex-President Roosevelt, President Taft, Charles P. Taft, Wil? liam Nelson Cromwell, J. Pierpont hi organ and others In publishing ar? ticles alleging that there was a cor? rupt profit of $28,000.000 In the sale ef ths Panama canal to the United States. "That man has read the history of our Institutions to little purpose," said Judge Anderson in concluding his de? cision, "who does not visw with ap? prehension the success of such a pro? ceeding as thla to the end that citl nms could be dragged from their homes to the District of Columbia, the seat of government, for trial un? der the circumstances of this case. The defendants are discharged.'4 At the close today of arguments in the hearing. Judge Anderson said that he Wae too busty to write a long opin? ion In the case but he would sum up at once his view of the evidence and the argument. "Now there are many peculiar cir? cumstances about the whole Panama canal business. I do not wish to be understood as reflecting upon any? body la or out of office, except auch porsoa er persons ae I may name. **The revolution In Panama, tfceetr onmntenyee concerning It, were on* ianst^je^ etf theJ <4mat It was a matter of grout pub? lic concern; a large port km of the INwple favored the Nicaragua? route; another portion, those who were in? te rested In it. officially and personal? ly?just interested?pxwfwraed the Panama route. A committee was ap? pointed to investigate the relative merits of the two routes. They in? vestigated and reported in favor of the Ntcaraguan. Shortly afterwards they changed to Panasaa. "Now there waa a number of peo? ple who thought there wars something wrong?something not Just exactly right?about that transaction, and 1 say for myself that now I feel a nat? ural curiosity to know what the real truth was. "Thereupon ths cosnaaettee of the United States senate was appointed to investigate these matters?about the only way it conle he Investigated. The co men Kttee met, as stated In the articles, these rasa "who knew all about it/ I thlak that Is the proper way to speak of WAItam Nelson crom well. Well, these aaesixwtre called before the committee wnd so far as the record has been .rend, Mr. Crom? well etood upea his I prrvllege when? ever questions were astoed, the an? swer to which would or naight reflect upon him or his aaaoelatasr, but when? ever a Question was asked Him which ears him an opportunity as nay some? thing in their behalf, he ostentatious? ly thanked the examiner asm proceed? ed to answer. To my mind that was Just ground for suspicion. I am sus? picious about that now. "So we have this situation. Here Is a . matter of great public concern. I was interested, you were Interested, we were all Interested. Here was a newspaper printing the news?or try? ing to. Here was this matter up for discussion, and I am not willing to say that inferences were too strongly drawn. I ^m not approving them?I am simply saying that I am not able to say they were too strongly drawn." The Judge continued that the court must determine If defendants when they prepare and publish 50 copies of a newspaper in the city of Indian? apolis and deposit them In the United States mall (n this building to be transmitted by mall to 50 subscribers In Washington, do they publish those 50 copies In Washington. "To my mind." he added, "there Is but one conclusion to be drawn. Ev? erything that the evidence shows that defendants do or did. they do and did In th* State of Indiana, city of In? dianapolis. I am not here to say that If these defendants had an agent In Washington to whom they sent for circulation copies of this paper that they might not be amenable to prose? cution In Washington, if they could rljtnan ad Fen* not?-~Let ?II the ende Thon Ale TER. 8. C SATTJRD ! Blfi STICK AGAIN. ROOSEVELT PLANNING FOR THE RENOMINATION. Knew Taft Would be a Failure?Took i Hlmscir Off That Hie Putty Man Might Work Out His Own Destruc? tion?A Senaatlonal Interview Giv? en Out by Ex-Governor of Kansas. Spokane; Wash., Oct. 11.?John P. St. John, formerly governor of Kari? tas, who has come to Spokane to be? gin the fight for prohibition in the State of Washington, made two pre? dictions In the courae of an interview: "Nothing except hie death will pre? vent the nomination "of Theodore Roosevelt to succeed President TafL and if he is not elected no other He-?, publican can be. ?Ten years hence there won't be n legalised saloon within the boundaries of this commonwealth. Spokane *wlll be 'dry* in five years from this time," Mr. St. John said among other things In speaking of Roosevelt and Taft: "Theodore Roosevelt Is the sharp? est politician In the United States. But for him Mr. Taft never would have been thought of for the presidency. Roosevelt knew Taft, believed him to be an honest man and so do I, but he knew that Taft Ik a putty man, soft putty at that Roosevelt helped to elect Taft. He knew that his admin? istration would be a fal'ure. "Roosevelt went , off to Africa. He Is not mixed up in any of the ques? tions before the people today. In the course of 18 months he will return, covered with rhino hides, elephant tusks and glory- The 'howl and yell' element in politics will raise the cry for Roosevelt. The country will go 'wild' over him. Nothing except his death will prevent hie nomination to succeed Taft, and If he is not elected It will be because tno Republican could win." PIRATES BEAT TIGHRS. Fifth Game ta World's Series Wem wy JPneahnrg. > Pittsburg, Oct. 13.?Pittsburg took the lead today In the great battle now being waged for the world's base ball championship by defeating Detroit, s to 4. in the fifth game of the big series at Forbes Field. This gives the National League champions three vic? tories to two for the winners of the .American League pennant. The scene will shift to Detroit again tomorrow, where the sixth, and pos? sibly the last game of the series will; be ployed. By winning tomorrow; Pittsburg will clinch the world's! championship, but if Detroit wins, the, scores will be tied again and a seven? th game will be neces^wy. The com- i mission decided today to -play the crucial game. If it is needed, in De-, briet. j It wi s also decided to postpone thej seventh game until Saturday in arder' to give the Detroit Crab time In which j to sell tickets. Gerry Hermann flip-1 ped a coin, and President B. B. John-j son, of the American League ,won and .and chose Detroit. The game was pJayed with the thermometer hovering between 3T5 and 40 degrees above zero. Despite the untoward conditRnw, 21,70% per? sons saw the game aad the receipts wave $32,173. A home run by Manager Fred ClaTk, which scored Bryan and Leach in front of him, turned the tide of victory to Pittsburg in the seeenth Inning, after Detroit had tied the score at 3 to 3 by scoring two is the sixth, Detroit had two home runs to its credit, but neither came with any one on bases. D. Jones, the first man up, in the first inning, hit the ball Into the enclosure, which had been hallt around the outfield for the overflow. There was no overflow from the per? manent stands, and it appeared easy to hit the ball over the low f<uice, Sam Crawford made the other Detroit home run in the eighth. Meredith Gossett. of Greenville county, while sawing logs on a hill? side, was Instantly killed by a log falling on him. be arrested in Washington. "To my mind that man has read the history of our institutions to very little purpose who does not put very little valuation on the possible success of evidence such as this. If the his? tory of liberty means anything, If the constitution means anything, then the prosecuting attorney should not have the power to select the tribunal if there be more than one to select from, at the capital of the nation, nor should the government have the pow? er to drag citizens from distant States for trial." and l Baft At be thy Country'a, Thy God's an AY. OCTOBER 16. 11 MINISTER DESIGNATED TO CHINA DEPOSED BT STATE DE? PARTMENT. Forced Opt on Pretext of Alleged In diecretfem, He Thrown Embarrass lag Barden on Taft and Hostile Secretary Knox. Washington, Oet IS.?Charles R. Crane, of Chicago, minister designat? ed to China, today was practically de? posed ay a demaad from Secretary Knox fW his restgnetion. This a new chapter fn American dlpioaiacy wax written. A eltteen chosen with special regard for hi* qualifications /or the post was recall? ed beforn he had embarked from San Francisco and discharged from hie high oface becanse cf alleged indis? creet disclosures through the press. Moreover, this minister, breaking through {all the old traditions, insist? ed on defending himself from the as? sertions cast upon him by the secre? tary of state by the issuance of a statement which most people here comment upon as certain to be very embarrassing to the administration. The history of this extraordinary affair, which began about a week ago with the announcement that Minister Crane had been stopped at San Fran? cisco at the moment of embarkation for his post by a demand from Secre? tary Knox for his return to Washing? ton, reached at leant its first crisis soon after noon today, when the sec? retary in a formal statement announ? ced that Mr. Crane's resignation had been Invited, and the minister desig? nated replied in an equally formal statement that while his resignation already had been tendered to the president he fell himself very unjust? ly treated. Moreover, Mr. Crane in his state? ment reflected very severely upon the officials of the state department, charging that not only had they re? frained from giving him the instruc? tions 11sanely issued to a minister or ambaasautor about to leave Par his post* but that he had been deevied ac? cess to tfhem even after he had made repealed appointments with them. He -enters a sweeping denial of the charge that he "gave but"" a news? paper story which Is said to be the cause of his deposition and places squarely upon the shoulders of Presi? dent Taft the responsibility for the various utterances he has made re? garding conditions in the Far East, which have aroused the ire of Secre? tary Knox, and for final action upon hl? resignation. BANDIT KILLS HIMSELF. Bank Robber Cheat* the Law By Sui? cide. Chicago, RL. Oct. 13.?A fashion? ably dressed bandit, who early this afternoon rooted the savings bank of! D. M. Ersklnc .& Co. In I High land Park, 111., an aristocratic suburb on the lake shore, 25 miles north of Chi? cago, comraiteed suicide by shooqng himself in the mouth when driven to! bay by the Highland Park marshal and a posse of oiUaens. I A companion of the robber, who had driven him *? the bank in an au? tomobile, wae captured Immediately following the robbery, forcing the I principal perpetrator of the daring' de 'ght crime to See on foot. KILLS HIS "SON-IN-LAW Family Quarrel Leads to Homicide to Darting, ton. Darlington, Oct. 13.?Van Clanton shot and killed his son-in-law, John Wilson, near Clyde, in this' county, early this morning. The origin of the trouble appears to be a family quar? rel in which Clanton charged Wilson with arraigning his family against him. Clanton sat up in his garden prac? tically all night last night and short? ly after coming to his house this morning, Wilson appeared with his shotgun, and without any words Clan? ton fired, the load entering the left temple of Wilson, killing him instant ly. Clanton went to Bethune and sur? rendered to the authorities at that place, taking with him his gun and the gun of Wilson. Roqulfdtlon for Weixltopf Honored. Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 13.?Gover? nor Harmon has honored a requisi? tion for the return to South Carolina of Dennis Wiskopf, of Cincinnati, un der indictment for prejury. The charge grows out of testimony in hearing of members of the State dis? pensary of South Carolina and two Cincinnati liquor men charged with making illegal profits. ?09._x ^ Mew 8er STORM'S DEATH ROLL. Loss of Life on Florida. East Coast Extension?Great Damage to Prop? erty. Miami, Fla., Oct. 13.?News roach ed here late this afternoon of the sinking of the tugs Sybil, Sadie and Bahia Honda during Monday's hurri? cane and the loss of the 11 members of the crew of the Sybil, including Capt. Parker. The crews of the Sadie and Bahia Hoada escaped. This news was brought here by the relief expedition sent out by The Met? ropolis, the local afternoon newspa? per. The loss of Ufa on the Sybil In? cludes, besides Capt. Parker, Engin? eer Fox, Pilot Wh-itmere, Engineer Peterson and seven deck hands. The following statement was given out today by Engineer Ernest Cotton of the Florida East Coast railway: "Lose of life on the Florida East Coast extension Is limited to the crew of the tug Sybil and Timekeeper Brown at Marathon, a total of 12 per? sons. The floating equipment of the road and uncompleted work were badly damaged. There was, however, no damage to the concrete work at any point. All of our camps were more or less wrecked, but the large forces of workmen are being cared for and have sufficient supplies of food. The men behaved well and already every gang has gone to work clearing away the wreckage and preparing for re? opening the extension to traffic." COTTON PRICES ADVANCED. Made New Record for the Season Wednesday. New York, Oct. 13.?An active and excited advance carried the cotton market to new high records for the season during today's trading as a re? sult of frost news, and the clos-5 was firm at practically the best point; an advance of 14 to 32 points on the gen? eral list as compared with the closing prices of Monday. The frost news reached Liverpool before the local opening leading to much betTer cables than expected, and while at first there was a disposition here to belittle the imp^ Ance of the low temperatures, opening ..rices were firm and 4 to 14 points higher. Real? izing caused a reaction of 4 to 5 points early, but as the official weath? er details came in confirming the early private reports of light to kill? ing frosts quite generally over the northern half of the belt on Tuesday night, the market developed increas? ing activity with the trading through commission houses indicating that 1 the cold weather was causing a fur? ther reduction in popular views of the crop. As the market entered new high ground, many of *he big buy? ers of the morning turned for profits, but offerings were extremely well ab? sorbed by a broadening outside spec? ulation and gains were fully sustain? ed with December selling at 13.63 and March at 13.71, compared with 12.97 and 1302, the low level of last week, and with 13.57 and 13.62. the pre? vious high point of the season. The tropical storm which was threatening the eastern belt on Monday moved out over the Atlantic on Tuesday without entering the cotttn country, but outside t markets were firm over the local holiday, and today's advance i had the encouragement of bullish trade and spot advances. As official? ly reported early, spot markets were unchanged to l-4c higher. The fore? cast was for frost again tonight in the eastern belt, followed by higher tem 1 peratures. Southern bulls were big buyers here during the day. Receipts at the ports today 62.139 bales against 70.460 last week and 65,566 last year. For the week 375. 000 bales against 41.7,883 last week and 372,811 last year. Today s re? ceipts at New Orleans 12,361 bales against 12,057 last year, and at Hous? ton 9,298 bales against 2.406 last year. Spot cotton closed quiet, 20 points higher; middling uplands 13.85; do gulf 14.10; sales 1.100 bales. Futures opened steady and clost-d firm. THEODORE PRICE IN MARLBORO Noted Cotton Operator and Two As? sociates to Test Cotton IMcker. Bennettsville. Oct. 13.?Messrs Theodore Price, of New York; Angus Campbell, of Pittsburg. Pa., and Wil? liam Pilo Wood, of New York, who are interested in the demonstr?tion of a cotton harvester, have arrived in Bennettsville and are registered at Hotel McColl. These gentlemen will be here for a day or two, until the machines in which they are interested have been given thorough tests. The cotton pickers will be operated on the plan? tation of Senator MeLaurin and an exhibition will be given tomorrow. B SOUTUROlf, EfeuMMMd Jfuat, MM fee-Vol. XXX. 3e. 15. WILL BEHEB PRICES. PROMINENT MIIjL MAN CITES REASONS FOR OPINION. Prices of Raw Material and Goods Win be More Equitable Wae* De? mand Exceeds Supply?Mannfac turers Are Glad Farmers ??et Good k amsab Charlotte, Oct Is.?Local cotton manufacturers, Including otftcera of the Ame/teaa Cotton Manufacturers' Association, are confident ft em pres? ent Indications that the curtailment decided upon at the meetin* here last Friday afternoea of the beard of go? ernors of the association, wftH be agreed upea by areas than the speci? fied ?0 per cent of members, and that the des.red results wttt be brought about in a shorter thae then has been antic paled. Mr. C. B. Bryant, secretary and treasurer of the association, is receiv? ing by every meal responses to the proposition to curtail. He behevee that fully 78 per cent ef the members of the association will sign the agree? ment, which would mean that ap? proximately lt.eeo ef the ae.ooo spindles, with accompanying looms* would curtail. A well known Southern mill maa, an officer In the association, expresses the opinion that, with the Lancashire spinners in England curtailing two days in each week and the members of the Arkwright Club in New Bag land, with its 14,000 spindles, working short time, the mills will net have N? run on short time as long as H had* | been thought would be necsssasy. "With this general movement for curtailment," he declared* "ealy a short time will be required te rid the market of the present surplus of goods. No more goods can be bought at present prices and dry goods men, realizing already whet they ate up against, will advance prices as vapid? ly as is possible. The market wtat sot be stagnant long, and it wiU be ealy a few weeks before the mills wftft he accepting ordersnjgg**.:??**losa*n*' they can run and pay IS sad 14 cento a pound for cotton." Contrary to an impression that has gone abroad, the manufacturers are pleased at the high price of cotton, realizing what it means to the gen? eral prosperity of the section. The whole endeavor of the industry is h> eliminate the present disparity be tween the prices of cotton and goods by increasing the prices of goods. MISS KIRK TO LEAVE ADLKN. Alleged leper Expresses Desire to go To India. Alken, Oct. 13.?A committee of three from the Aiken city council has been appointed to confer with Mise Mary V. Kirk, the alleged leper, or her agents, in regard to the sals of her property in the city ef Aiken to' the city authorities. It is stated Ihuf Miss Kirk desires to sell her property here and move away. Miss Kirk Is now quarantined with? in a half tlock from the business part of the city, on Main street, the prem? ises being under guard te prevent in? gress and egress of persons to the house in which the aged lady is in? carcerated. It will te recalled that some months ago, when the board of health was preparing to remove her to the Hospital for Contagious Dis? eases, on the edge of the city, an in? junction was secured to prevent its doing so. Later the case was appeal? ed to the Supreme Court, and the board of health was restrained from moving her to the present pest house or city hospital. But the right of the board to keep the premises quaran? tined was reserved to them by the court's decision, and accordingly the quarantine has never been lifted. Now the lady expresses her desire to leave the city, and it is statd that I she wants to go to India. Miss Kirk is a lady of refinement and culture, and was at one time possessor of a considerable fortune, most of which she spent in missionary work in South America, where she is said to have contracted the dreaded leprosy, which* the board of health of the city of Aiken still maintains she is suffering from. If a reasonable price can be agreed upon it is probable that the city will purchase her property. The committee will report back to coun? cil before action is taken. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt, daughter of W. J. Bryan, has announced her? self a candidate for Congress from the First Colorado district. In Colo? rado, you know, they have woman suffrage and the women of that State are pretty well determined that they will, at the next national election, send one of their number to repre? sent the public interests at Washing? ton.