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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-03

*Utah was not State in 1892.
There will be three more votes in
the Electoral College this year than
in 1892, Utah having been admitted
as State and being now entitled to
three votes. The vote in the Electo-
raj College of 1892 shows some of the
possibilities Of fusion, and it also
shows that with bolt of the free sill
yer men the silver producing
States may be counted upon
to vote this year for the free sill.
silver candidate. Fusion with the
Democrats in 1892 gave the Populists
one vote in Oregon, one in North Da
kota, three in Idaho, ten in Kansas,
three in Nevada and four in Colora-
do. 1t gave Cleveland one vote in
North Dakota.
The Republicans, therefore, lost
twenty-three votes in the Electoral
College through the fusion of Demo
Gratis and Pcpulists. Without fusion
Harrison's vote would have been 1853
and Cleveland's 276. But Cleveland
was unusually fortunate. Mckinley
ism, which today seems to be so pepu-
lar among the Republicans, was un.
popular with the people that year.
Harrison carried Ohio by a bare. 1000
plurality, and even lost one of the
votes in the Electoral College. The
Republicans lost eight of the nine
votes in California, and through a
new provision of the law in Michigan
lost five of the fourteen votes in that
State, although their plurality there
was 10000. Altgeld was not then
then known in Illinois. His silver
views had not been brought to light,
and his peculiar ideas concerning the
suppression of strikes had not been
made public. A. E. Stevenson, of II.
linois, was on the ticket with Cleve,
land, who was then as popular in the
State as he now seems to be unpopu.
lar. McKinleyism was at discount,
with Atlgeld still unknown, with gen
eral disgust at the tariff law, and with
the silver issue in the background,
Illinois was carried for Cleveland,
who, on the same tide was swept
through in Wisconsin, and in the
four doubtful States of New York,
Indiana, New Jersey and Connecticut.
A DIFFERENT SITUATION NOW.
Results in these states will be differ.
ent this year. A bolt and q fusion of
Western Republicans and Southern
Democrats will fasten some of them
securely in the Republican column,
but the result may be such as to throw
the election in the House of Represen.
tatives. All the silver producing States
would undoubtedly vote for the white
metal candidate. These would give
him nineteen votes. California, not.
withstanding the fact that the Repub.
licans adopted sound money plat.
form in the State convention a few
weeks ago, would probably vote with
the fusionists. Many of the Southern
States would vote against the Demo.
cratic ticket and fall into line for the
cheap money candidate.
In such situation the Republicans
would have good advantage. They
would lose the votes of the silver pro
ducing States, but with both partie.
standing firmly for sound money the
Republican States which voted fo1
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William r. Stoney Dead.

CHARLESTON, May 24.-Capt. w. E..
Stoney, ex-comptroller general Of
South Carolina. died from the effects
of stroke of paralysis at his home in
this city at 9 o'clock tonight. Captain
Stoney was gallant Confederate SOL
dier, serving in the field Throughout
the late war. He was elected comp
troller general IN 1882, and served in
that Office for six years. He subse-
quently became auditor of the South
Carolina and Georgia railroad COM
pany. He was in the service of the
road at the time of his death. He was
one of the most highly esteemed citi-
zens of Charleston, and his death will
cause profound regret throughout the
State
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IF THE GOLD MEN BOLTED.

IF THE GOLD MEN BOLTED.
But, suppose the silver element dom
mated the Chicago Convention and
the sound money Democrats bolted
and nominated a ticket on the gold
standard platform, what then2 This
requires an entirely new calculation.
In that event the National Democracy
would have been swallowed by the
free silver party, which, in turn, would
swallow the Populists. and the sound
money Democrats would be in the po-
sition of boilers, and, in many States,
might be almost eliminated from the
contest. In such an event the lines
would undoubtedly be drawn between
the Republicans and the free silver
Democracy. In this event it is likely
that the Republicans would carry the
States of Connecticut, Delaware, Illi.
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts,, Michigan, Minnesota,
Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York,
New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvani, Yer.
mont aud Wisconsin, and have 236
votes in the Electoral College, but they
must carry all the doubtful States on
the list to win.
THE VOTE IN THE HOUSE.
With the possibility that the election
may be thrown into the House of Rep
resentatives the political complexion
of that body becomes a question Of
deep interest. The constitution pro-
vides that in choosing the President
the votes shall be taken by States, the
representation from each State having
one VOTE"
Since they control the votes of 80
States-just two.thirds of the whole
number-the Republicans could, if
the question turns on strict party lines,
elect President, even if the represen-
tatives from all other States failed TO
attend or vote.
WOULD BEAT THE SILVER MEN.
But an interesting situation might
arise should the bolt of the silver men
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MURDERED SIX.
Killed His Wife, Her Father and Mother
and Three Other Persons.

Killed His Wife, Her Father and Mother
and Three Other Persons.
SAN JOSE. Cals, May 27.-Colonel
R. P McG Glincy and wife. their daugh-
Ter, Mrs. James Dunham. James
Wells, a son of Mrs. McGlincy, a
hired woman, Minnie Schiesler, and a
hired man, James Briscoe, were killed
at Campbell by James Durham, SON.
in-law of Colonel McGlincy, who
made his escape.
About midnight a neighbor named
Page heard the report of shots in the
direction of the McGlincy home. Al
most Immediately thereafter there
came the sound of galloping hoofs on
the country road. Hurriedly dress.
ing, Page proceeded to the home of
the McGlincys, and was Mortified to
find the body of McGlincy lying in an
Clubhouse in a pool of blood. Enter
ing the house he found the bodies
of James Wells, who had been shot.
Mrs. McGlincy, and daughter, who
had been stabbed to death by the assas.
sin, and the hired man and girl, who
had been hacked to death with a
hatchet.
The interior of the rooms where the
bodies of the victims lay were bespat-
tered with blood, and there was every
evidence to show that the dead had
made desperate struggle for their
lives. Page finding that all were be-
yond help, notified the authorities in
this city. One of the officers who
returned to the city from the scene
said.
1.-The scene at the McGlincy home is
one fearful almost beyond the power
of description. In the reception room
was found the body of Wells. Evi-
dently a terrible struggle had taken
place between Wells and the assas-
sin. Wells was shot two or three
times.
In the diningroom adjoining, no
bodies were found. but the furniture
was literally smashed into fragments,
showing that fearful fight had taken
place there. Adjoining the dining
room was the apartment occupied by
Mrs. McGlincy. There she was found
literally slashed to pieces with a
hatchet. Blood was everywhere, and
as in the room of Wells, there was
evidence of terrible struggle having
taken place between the poor woman
and her fendish son-in law. The
other victims were found in other
apartments.
The last seen of Dunham he was
riding rapidly toward San Jose on
horseback. Family troubles are said
to have caused the murders. The only
being in the house escaped alive was
a baby, one month old, the child of
Mrs. Durham and the alleged murder
er. Colonel McGlincy was one of
California's commissioners to the
worlds fair at Chicago.
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*Delegation evenly divided and no vote
being cast.
WALL STREET THREATENS PANIC.
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a crew of 6 men, was blown against
the middle pier of the Eads bridge
and broken in two. The steamer Lib
bic Conper Of the Diamond 10 Line,
with Captain Zaman, his wife and the
crew of six men, was sunk.
Apart from the number of lives lost
here and on the East side of the river,
the number drowned in the Mississip.
pi will aggregate hundreds.
A HEART RENDING DEATH LIST.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, May 2S.-The aw.
full sweep of last nights tornado is
marked today by devastated dis.
trict in the Southwestern portion of
the city, half mile wide and four
miles long, with wrecked buildings,
tottering walls, debris, choked streets
and rescuing parties to tell the story
of havoc and death. :.
st. Louis is dazed by the extent OF
the calamity and it will be days be-
fore the total loss of life and the
amount of property destroyed Will De
known. -, ,
The estimates OF the number killed
vary from 200 to 500, with the oeliet
general that the latter figure IS the
nearer correct. ,,.
Coroner Waite says the death list in
St. Louis proper would easily reach
200. and in East st. Louis it would be
perhaps as large. >.
At police headquarters the dead in
St. Louis are estimated at 800 and in
East st. Louis at 200. Extra editions
of the local papers place the total loss
of life at 500 or more.
The storm left its path Uttered with
dead and dying, and patrol wagons,
ambulances and undertakers' cars
were busy all day long carrying the
identified dead to their homes and the
homes of relatives and friends, or
leaving the unidentified with the city
morgue authorities.
The property loss is terrific, esti-:
mates ranging from $40, 900 to
$30,000,000.
The storm which wrought the havoc
was a most peculiar one and scarcely
two people in all the city agree as to
just how the damage was done. The
wind seemed to take the form of a
tornado rather than that Of cyclone,
the wrecked buildings showing none of
the twisted irons and girders which
usually mark the trail OF rotary
wind storm. The general trend was
from Southwest to Northeast, through
the centre of the business district
district of the city to about q mile
North of the city.
The first heavy damage was in the
vicinity of Lower Grove and LaFay-
ette Parks, where handsome residences
were wrecked and many persons in
iured. The tornado swept from the
Northeast as far as the river, when,
with a sudden turn to the North, it
cleared the Mississippi and tore its
way into the heart of East st. Louis.
One of the remarkable features was
the destruction Of a wing of the city
hospital, carrying 200 patients and
nurses down in the wreck, and kill
ing but one person.
It will be several days before def
mite information can be obtained as to
the loss of life and injury. In addi-
ton to the killed and injured in st.
Louis and East st. Louis, the cyclone
moved down many people in other
places. Dispatches received by the AS
sociated Press give accounts of serious
loss of life and maimings in quite a
number of places. Appended is ia.
BILE showing the latest careful estimate
of killed and injured, based on the
dispatches:
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Fifty ChIIdran Killed.

CHICAGO, May 27.-Oficials of the
Chicago and Alton received tele-
gram tonight from Rush Hill, Mo-, a
small place in Audrin County, IL
miles from Mexico, Mo. The wind
struck Rush Hill about o'clock. The
school house, filled with children, was
crushed before the pupils could es-
cape. The fifty children in the school
house are reported killed.
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Cleveland four years ago might rea-
sonably be expected to vote for the
Republican nominee.
THE RESULT OF A BOLT.
This table may be regarded as fair
ly accurate forecast of how the states
will vote if both parties favor sound
money and the Western and Southern
silver men name ticket of their own:
Rens Dems Fus D'fnl
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result in no election by the Electoral
College. The bolt might be extended
to the House of Representatives and
party lines might be broken there,
as well as in the general election.
This is the way the vote would stand
the vote by States being determined
by the financial views of majority
of each delegation.
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Killed. Injured

Killed. injured.
st. Louis. ..2OO 3OO
East st. Louis. ..25O 300
Near Centralia, Ill.... 42 35
Breckinridge, Ill...... 2 :
Near Mt. Vernon, ILL.,. S 20
Near Vendalia, ILL.,. -. 13 IS
Near Mexico, Mo-. Is "a
Totals. .527 724
The number of killed may not be
far from 500 and the injured about
700. The steamer Pittsburg of the Dia
mond Joe Line, City of Vicksburg
and the City of Province of the Co.
lumbar Excursion Company, the city
of Monroe of the Anchor Line and all
sorts of small crafts were pitched and
tossed about until final blast rent
them from their moorings. They were
swept across the river and struck the
Illinois bank, within few blocks of
each other. The loss OF life on these
boats is thought to be slight, as every
body was cautioned not to jump and
they would be brought safely to land.
The city of Vicksburg is almost a total
wreck. The city of Province was
blown upon the Illinois side. Her
rudder is gone and her cabin and
smoke stacks were blown away before
she parted from her wharf.
The st. Louis and st. Paul Packet
Company's steamer St. Paul had
started for Keokuk when the tornado
struck the city. She has not been
heard of. She had full cabin.
The Belle of Calhoun, the Madill
and the Lubecie Conger, which were
moored near Cheteau avenue, were
almost totally broken up. Their cab
ins and smoke stacks were blown
away. The Ellen G. Smith, the har-
Dor boat, was blown down the river
and was wrecked near Arsenal Stand.
1t is thought a number of lives were
lost on this boat.
The steamer Harvester of the Mis-
sissippi Valley Transportation Com
pany was also torn from its dock and
carried down the river.
The loss to river property can only
be estimated. A river man said 81, 500,-
900 would not repair and replace the
boats alone that figured the storm.
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THE BREAD OF THE WORLD.
1t Is Made in Various Ways of Various
Materials.

In England and America wheat bread
is within the reach of all, and scarce
| ~ is thought given to the fact that
only a small portion of the earth's in
habitants enjoy IL II is only during
the last century that wheat bread has
come into common use. A hundred
years ago wealthy families in England
used only peck of wheat a year, and
that at Christmas, eating oatcakes dur
ing the remainder OF the time.
The German ''pumpernickel'' is a rye
bread with curious sour taste. bot
after eating it awhile one acquires a
taste for it. 1t is less nutritious than
that of wheat In the poorer parts OF
Sweden the people bake their rye brad
only twice year and store IL away,
70 that eventually 10 is as hard as
bricks.
Farther north still barley and oats
become the chief bread-corn. But in
the district north is where man is pus
TO thought 20 provide himself with
bread. IN Lapland. If a man trusted 20
grain he would s;arve. so the people exc
inner bark OF the pine. and after grind
ing this mixture IL - made into large,
fat cakes, which, after al, are not hall
bad.
In dreary Ksmschatka the pine Or
birch bark by itself. well ground,
pounded and baked. constitutes tho
whole Of the native bread food. Bread
and butter is represented by a dough
OF pine bark and spread with seal fat
In certain parts Of Siberia the people
not only grind the pine bark. but cut
OF the tender EbOots, which procedure
must give the bread an uapleaaanuy
resiHous favor.
In Iceland the lichen is Scrap~d o.
the rock. made into bread p1ldcinRs
and put into soup. Ia Russia and China
buckwheat f. pressed into service. IL
makes Z yslstable bread. though Of
dark violet tiDge.
IN Italy and Spain chestuuts are
cooked. ground into meal and used foE
bread ed ,oup thlckeninY 3fIiet fur.
nishes = white bread IA Arabs. Egypt
aad India This grain - credited WITH
icing the very arst used Ia bresa.
making.
Rice bread n stiil he staple food OF
the Chinese, Japanese and Indians.
In the Indian Archipelago the starc>.v
,ith OF the SzTo palm f. rnAds into
bread. and IN rarts 81 Africa the IA
ives use certain root Tor tie E4zrs
YuTPoss.--CAiesgo News.
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total saving of Sc cents per bushel,
and this too on basis of present rathes.
when the Kansas lines were let
alone, they made much lower rates TO
New Orleans and Galveston than 2Sc
and will again, if the eastern lines can
be brought to see that they will have
to hands off the north and south lines
and these latter lines feel that they can
get the grain for the longer haul, IN
stead of as now the shorter haul, In
Kansas City.
"a large elevator at Wichita will
give this TO the southwestern roads,
and these lines in return will make a
better than 29c through rate, the same
as before Wheat must go TO pri-
mary market first. Shall 1t pay
long or short local rate 10 reach it?
"wednesday Liverpool wheat for Au-
gust delivery was IS SID per Genital
ex quay or equal TO 76c per bushel elf.
Expenses between track Galveston and
elf. Liverpool approximates a cents
making 76c in Liverpool equal to &c
track Galveston, which less present
rate of Csc per 100 pounds leaves Ale
f o. b. Kansas Points west of Wichita.
with a large elevator and central
market at Wichita as proposed 1 feel
justified in saying on basis Of 76c elf
Liverpool the same territory could re-
alize at least ACC or 20 per cent more.
Increase the value of grain of Kansas
20 per cent and you have prosperity.
To Stop Falling of the Hair in One Week
in ninety days, use DANDERINE. If
you cannot get your hair back, you can
get your money back. All druggists,
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Explosive bullets grsrs Err. usea IN
Inei- for hunting tigers AID sicpaants.
hey we're brought iato ass II Ezr.F,-
~ ths.T introduction IN tbs RUSSIAN
srIsy IN 1859 u Isss az International
convention declared thsiT e1PleyE2eus
IN war 20 b fl4 nan aad uaaso~s-
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general over both territories. but light,
| averaging .25 of an inch. 1t was heavi-
est over the northern portion of Woods
! county, where il amounted to 1.50 inches
| thoroughly soaking the ground, and ex,
! tending south and west over portions
| OF Kinghsher and Woodward counties
.4S or an inch fell at Prudence, so at
| Dover. Kingtisher county, and 81 at
| Arapahoe, @ county. This rain was
hghtest over strip of country running
| through the central portion Of Oklaho-
ma county. The rains Of last week
were also apparently lightest there and
as result crops over this and some 9th
er small areas are not making the rapid
growth generally reported.
Taking the Fort Sill normal as a
oasis, the temperature has been 81 de-
greeS above normal Average tenn
perature for the week, 694; maximum
81 on the 18th; minimum 80. on the 10th.
Inc principal crops in the ground.
wheat, oats. corn and potatoes show
heafthy weeks growth and nearly
everywhere reported in fine condition.
Grass mas made the best growth of any
week this season and pastures are ex-
cellent everywhere, particularly over
the large stock ranges OF Woodward
and Beaver counties. Wheat and oats
nave grown rapidly, corn is nearly all
up. the stand Is excellent, requiring but
mite replanting; earliest planted fields
Lave been or are ready for cultivation
me planting Of Kaffir corn and sor-
Gnums mas begun in northern and wes-
tern sections; cotton planting has been
me chIef work Of the week. Abou,
one hat OF the acreage has been seed
cd. some Few farmers, however, VIII
not plant their cotton until May l.
Apple, plum and cherry trees. every
where, and peach trees on upiznds
show an abundance OF young fruIl:
strawberry and grape vines are loaded
with fruit
Cninch bugs ara reported from only
1hFee counties in the central section.
ana their ravages in these counties
eonnned 70 very limited areas.
Wltnln the week we have examined
over 1000 acres OF wheat and oats Il
the southern portion of Okla bona coun-
" and no insects We're found thai
would injure the plants.
EASTERN SECTION.
Mludrow-Light rains this week which
neiped oats; grass. corn and potatoes
are I'D and look well: cotton planting |
progressing.-O. II. Miller.
Tahlequah-Au early upland crops /
are painted; lowlzads have been too /
Wet. and planting crops OF them Just /
oeSun; early planted corn two inches
Algh The week has been <svors Die 1
iof Iarin work; hne prospects tor ap- 4
Pics and other late fruit-F. r shaver.
"a wkuska-F1ne growing weather
ms week; wheat. oats. corn. potatoes
and grass lock well and growing nice
y me fruit prospects: excellent rains
last sunday. =. Johnson
SOUTHERN SECTION.
oFerorook-Corn all planted. most
q x up with a good stand: sonle work
"a out he frst zine. he xheat looks
Neil cats not doing 50 vel on account
y csF weather: altogether favorable
week ior growing crops-y. Il. Dlling-
Fort Sfil-JZso- .,.,.t.-..- --t-s. ~,
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The Galveston rates are those decid-
ed upon by Faithorn ana How The
New Orleans rates have been made
later by the Missouri Poetic acting in
dependently.
This Is exciting a great deal of com
ment al Galveston and Is one Of the
causes why little or nothing is being
done.
Mr. D. c. Imboden was met at the
once OF The Galveston Export company
by reporter for the Eagle and pava
forth the following information;
The wheat rates west of Wichita -
Galveston average about 35c or y, r,ar
busheL The local rates from same
points 10 Kansas City about l5c or o..
cents per bushei
The lines pSrticipatfn in New ~
leans business out from Kansas civ
on wheat originating in southweste-n
Kansas. viii take Il from Kansas Citv
10 New Orleans at 1eC per loo. as If ~
Kansas line which originates the grain
looses II al Kansas City they viii col
lect and hUff their full local into kan
sas City, i6c, so the out line IN rpas+
the through rate. in order 10 -et ,be
business viii take il at Ice
Thus there is really the rate from,
Kansas City TO New Orleans instead
o. JIC as t2rlu shows.
Wichita is much nearer Galyas-o,
than is Kansas City TO New Orleans
50 II a road voluntarily takes grain
from Kansas City al 19c the Kansas
road can well AFFORD 10 take il from
Wichita 10 Galveston for ice. The
average local rate into Wichita Tron
this Csc rate territory is about 10,
which from the Ice local TO Kansas
City would be a saving of &C or 80 cents
per bushel and the Kansas roads orig
mating the grain would get the IOc To-
cal in and lee out or &c instead Of IS
cents TO Kansas City and there loosing
st.
With regular business assured via
Galveston, this latter port could easily
eford TO pay g per bHsheI more than
otherwise. This would make New
Orleans come I'D 10 meet this making a
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1t klllsfhe Rnns

And stops itching of, the scalp in ono
minute Makes your head feel good
PARASITES dead, Hair grows. nan
pERINE DOES IT. All druggists q On
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COUNT ON FITCH
GOLDBUG DEMOCRATS EXPECT THE
POSTMASTER'S HELP.

Great Effort is Being Made by the Federal
Monometallic Delegation TO Chicago
and They are Willing that Tom Fitch
Should Go as a DeIegate-Dave Over
myer Is Leading the Silver Forces of
the State and Is Making q Gallant Fight
to Win the Day.