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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-18
A DAY OF LIQUIDATION
1T FOLLOWS A WEEK OF THE MOST
MARKED sTAGNATIoN.
Price Movements Of the Week with
"a out Signfhcancc-The Money Mar
kets-LoeeI Trade Conditions.

Al New York Saturday money on call
was easy at per cent.
Prime mercantile paper. 3izG4 per cent.
Sterling exchange was steady. with actual
business in bankers bills at $4s71sG4.s7A
for demand and 81 sls.a4sf7s for sixty days:
posted rates. sis51z and $iSslz: commercial
bills. s4-s4a4s4s4
Silver certificates were 6O0sic; bar silver.
eoAc; Mexican dollars. 4774c. At London
silver bars sold at q 11-16d an ounce.
Exports of precious metals for the week
from the port of New York were sS.57O.5S5
In gold, and sSi9,Ol5 In silver bars and coin.
Specie imports at New York for the week
ended Saturday were S2S,592 in gold and
$S7f.5Is in silver
Imports OF dry goods and merchandise
for the week at the port of New York were
valued at SS,2435S
The weekly statement OF the associated
New York banks. issued Saturday. shows
the following changes:
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-09-22
Fake Sufferer in OranSeburg.
Had his Arm in a Pluster Paris
Case Drunken Negro Ex>
cursionist Killed.
Special to News and Courier


Orangeburg, Sep 5.-Last week
Chief OF Police Fisher exposed a
rascal. lie was solicitiag assist
ance under pretence of having q
broken limb and Chief Fisher sus
pected that he was an impestor
The man had his arm done up in a
plaster of Paris case and was
carrying it IN a sling. Accord>
ingly the chief had the man ar
rested as a vagrant and carried
HIM to physicians for examina-
tion. They examined the man
and pronounced An opinion that
the plaster of Paris had evidently
been put on by some one other
than an expert and expressed
doubts of the mans arm BEING
broken. Then it was decided to
take off the case. The man OBJ,
jected, but the chief ordered the
case removed and it developed that
the mans arm was in good condi-
tion and that the whole business
was only q scheme 20 attract the
sympathy of people.
a negro eXcursionist was killed
last week at Cameron. At this
season of the year the negroes
have a great mania for excursions.
This man, on the return trip, had
been drinking and conducting
himself IN a roudv manner on the
train. When his station, Gamer
on, was reached his friends, en-
deavored to get him off the train,
but he was too drunk to heed
them. 1t is not known how he
did get off, as the next heard of
the man was that his body was
found the next morning near the
Cameron depot. Coroner Dukes
went out and held an Inquest on
Saturday.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-09-22
5000 Chinese Drowned by
Russians.
Population of @ Town Marched
Into River. Not One Escaped,
All Turning Back Being Shot.

London, Sept 21-"Authenric
accounts have been received here,'
says the Moscow correspondent of
The Standards, "of q horrible
massacre at Blagovestchensk,
which was undoubtedly carried
out under direct orders from the
Russian author tiles and which then
let loose the tide of slaughter
through Amur.
The entire Chinese population
of 5000 souls was escorted vut of
town to a spot five miles up the
Amsr and then, being led in
patches of few hundred to the
banks of the river bank, was
ordered to cross the river to the
Chinese side. No boats were
provided and the river is q mile
wide. The Chinese were flung
alive into the stream and were
stabbed or shot at the least re-
sistance, while Russian volunteers
who lined the bank dubbed or
shot any who attempted to land.
Not one escaped alive. The river
bank for miles was strewn with
cOrpses.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-09-22
Seventy Thousand Men Out.

Scranton, Pa, Sept 17-Penn-
sylvania's $ great strike of anthracite
miners is now officially under
way. This morning found the
many thousand of mine workers
in the Lackawanna and Wyoming
valleys ready for the strike, and
when the scores of breaker whis
ties sounded for the day not
enough men and boys rallied at
any one place to warrant the be-
ginning of work. In all not less
than 10000 mine employees of all
grades are idle in District No. 1
this morning.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-09-22
Weather and Crops.
Weekly Report of the Agricultural
Department in Washington.

Washington, Sept 1S-Follow-
ing is the weekly summary of
crop conditions issued today by
the weather bureau:
Tho droughty conditions in the
Atlantic coast districts have been
relieved by rains, which, came
too late to he of material benefit
to many crops. Drought con.
tinues in the Ohio and Central
Mississippi valleys and portions
of the lower lake region.
Heavy rains have caused dam
age to cotton in South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
No Improvement in the condition
Of cotton is reported from the
central portion of the cotton belt,
except in Southern Louisiana,
where, as whole, the prospects
are somewhat better, while in
Texas the tropical storm of the
Sth and 9th completely DESTROYED
the crop In the southern portion
If its path and damaged it in the
central and northern portions.
Outside of the storm section cot
ton made favorable progress in
Texas, although insects caused
damage in some localities. The
reports generally indicate that
cotton is opening rapidly and that
picking Ii well advanced and will
be completed at much earlier
date than usual.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-09-22
Murdered His Wife.
a Vicious Negro Fills His Better
Half With Buckshot.

st. George, S c, Sept II
Rufus Neal, who lives several
miles from here, on Friday night
last shot and instantly killed his
wife. The woman was standing
in her door and without moment &
warning a load of buckshot was
poured into her body. AS she
fell Neal approached her and said,
as he struck her with the butt of
his gun: II guess Pm rid of the
d bitch now
Meals father-in law, who was
In the house, was hit by few
shot, but only slightly hurt.
No reason can be assigned for
Meals action. He is simply a bad
negro, and about two years ago
fired his pistol at young lady of
this town whom he happened to
meet a few miles in the country.
r NJ, Jr.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-09-22
Mormon Elders Warned.
They had Besn Preaching their
Pernicious Doctri es at Hig-
gins Ferry.
Special to News and Courier.

Special to News and Courier.
Saluda, Sept 2O-For the past
two years some Mormon elders
have been operating in the Hig-
gins Ferry section of this county
and have succeeded in obtaining
few converts to their pernicious
doctrines. The great majority of
the good people of that communi.
ty have been protesting against
the propagation of Mormonism
among them and have on several
occasions been on the eve of taking
measures to put = stop to the
visits and preaching of the elders.
While all agreed that something
should be done to put an end to
the frequent visits of these Latter
Day Saints, yet, for fear too rough
measures might be resorted to,
the community has tolerated their
presence and their teaching.
When it was announced, how
ever, a few days ago that land had
been given and funds were being
raised with which to build Nor
mon church the patience of the
Higgins Ferry people could no
longer be restrained and a mass
meeting was held to decide what
stepts should he taken to put an
end to the whole thing.
The matter was fully discussed
and committee consisting of the
very best and coolest headed clti-
zens was appointed to wait upon
the elders. They we're given t0
understand that their teachings
, would no longer be tolerated and
that, furthermore, their presence
in that community, after Satur-
day last, Would not be healthy"
for themselves.
Ons of the four elders told the
members of the committee that a
few hours would suffice for him.
AS nothing could be learned
yesterday in regard to the matter
the supposition is that all of them
left before the time limit ex-
pired.
ltwou!d be exceedingly un wise
for any of the Latter Day Saints
to be caught in that portion of
this county again, or any other
portion of it for that matter.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-09-22
Higher Prices For Cotton.
Views of a Prominent Cotton DeaI>
er-Planters Should Not Rush
Their Crops to Market.

A prominent and reputable
citizen, who is a familiar figure
In cotton circles, in speaking to a
Reporter fer The News and Cour-
rier yesterday concerning the
staple, said:
"With a cotton famine at pres.
ent and small American crop lry
goods merchants are loath to buv
their supplies, Europe is trying
her best to depress prices. Manu-
facturers of cotton goods are hold,
ing conferences and declining to
buy, but they have been careful
to purchase their immediate wants
In future markets. IL it not sim
gular that the Southern planter is
forcing his cotton to mark t. whsn
he should know that oy selling
gradually he can command such a
price as to curtsil consumption
and compel those that have sold
cotton which they have not on
hand to deliver to pay so high a
price for the staple that it will he
lesson to them for all time?"
"lt Is evident that the consump-
tlon of cotton will he greater as
soon as South Africa and the
East get into = settled condition,
and this will be at an oarIy day.
The looms are far ahead of ths
fields. News and Courier.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-09-22
Manchester People Without Cot
ton. Will All Shut Down!

Manchester, Sept 17.-Several
more mills closed today. The
operators agree that they cannot
work proftably with cotton at the
present prices.
Great interest is felt in the re-
suit OF the vote now being taken
by the employers federation with
referedce to closing the mills for
IL days in October. The out.
como will be announced at FRI
days meeting. An effort is being
made to stop ali mills, including
those stocked with cotton.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-09-22
Disposition Of The State Farms.

1t is practically certain that one
of the questions that will arise for
discussion in the next general as
sembIy will be the disposition of
the State farms. In several of
the counties the issue was made
and the people elected men to tre
legislature who believe that these
farms ought to be sold: that it is
not a proper function Of the gov
ernment to make corn, cotton and
wheat and oats for market by con-
vict labor. The friends OF the
penitentiary authorities insist on
retaining the farms. Their only
argument is that the farms make
money for the State.
We believe that the time will
come when the people of South
Carolina will recognize the fact
that they have coquetted with
socialism to such an extent that it
will take drastic measures to bring
the State back in line of Demo,
racy. 1t is not right for the State
to engage in agricultural, com
merce or manufacturing, and no
consideration of profit can make
that right which is inherently
wrong. -Spartanburg Herald.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-09-22
A POWDER MILL EX-
PLOSION

Removes everything in sight;
so do drastic mineral pills, but
both are mighty dangerous. Don't
dynamite the delicate machinery
of your body with calomel, cro-
ton oil or aloes pills, when DR.
Kings New Life Pills, which are
gentle as a summer breeze, do the
work perfectly. Cures Head
ache, Constipation. Only Csc at
Crawford Bros drug store.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-09-22
RELIEF ~ SIX HOUR.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder
Disease relieved in six hours by NEW
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY
CURE" 1t IL great surprise on ac-
count OF its exceeding promptness in
relieving pal u i'm bladder, kidneys and
back. In male or female. Relieves re
tention OF water almost immediately.
lf you want quick relief and cure this
Is the remedy. Sold by J + Mackey
d Co.. Druggist, Lancaster. 8 G.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-09-22

Two million dollars are to be
spent in the Philippines on good
roads. In South Carolina it is
spent on vhiskey.-Aiken Journ-
al and Review.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-09-22

Itch on human cured in 30 minutes
by Wooiford's Sanitary Lotion. This
never fails. Sold by J f Mackey &
Co, Druggist, Lancatsr. sc.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-09-22
100
Dr. T.. DetchOn's ant, Diurric

IT. TT DcICWUN fNTt UlUffttc
May be worth to you more than SlOG
If you have a chitd who soas bedding
from incOUtenence of water during
sleep. Cures old and young alike. l.
rrests the trouble at once. 81. Sod
by j f MacHey 81 Co, Druggist, La n
Ster, = &.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-09-22
Cure Cold In head.

kermott's Chocolates Laxative Ounine easy
10 take ana quick to cure cold in head and sore
throat.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-09
Telegraphic Briefs.

The D. Appleton Company, of New
York city, with a capital of So, 900 600 was
incorporated with the Secretary of State
at Albany, N. Y, yesterday
G. R. Blanchard, former Commissioner
of the Joint Traffic Association. died at
his home in New York yesterday
The Beers now accupy Wepener as we'll
as Rouxville and Ficksburg, in Orange
River Colony, and the British are attempt
ing to surround them.
Ambassador White delivered an address
to the students of Cornell University yes
terday, declaring that the present policies
of this Government could not possibly
lead to Imperialism.
Five persons were killed and seventy
FIVE injured in a railway collision at
Karlsthor, Germany, Sunday. The acci-
dent was due to an error in signalling
One official has been arrested.
Henry M. Flagler, the New York mil
lionaire hotel and railroad magnate. ar
rived in Florida from the East yesterday
and formally announced his citizenship in
Florida by registering to vote in the
coming election.
Hon. Adlai e. Stevenson, Democratic
candidate for Vice President, was unable
to leave Wooster, Ohio, yesterday to meet
his engagement at Orrville, Ohio, owing to
severe cold. He will endeavor to re-
sumo his campaign tour tomorrow.
Roosevelt completed his campaign tour
of Illinois with a speech at East st. Louis
last night. Near there his train passed
Bryans' and although it was too dark
for the men to see each other both men
leaned forward to wave salutation.
At Annapolis, Md, general court mar
tial will convene today at the Naval
Academy to try six naval cadets now
underN arrest and such others as may be
further implicated for hazing cadets The
penalty, under an act of Congress. if con-
victed, is dismissal from the service.
The Democratic State Committee of
New York, will give out Mr.. Bryan's itin-
erary in that State in detail today 1t
will give all the places at which he will
speak and the time he will remain in
each place He will speak in fifty-one
places and will occupy five days exclusive
of New York city and Buffalo.
Bourke Cochran, now at Kansas City,
is suffering with sub-acute laryngitis in
this city. His physician has ordered him
to cancel his speech-malling engagements
for Omaha tonight as we'll as other inn
mediate dates. Mr. Cochran strained his
throat at Chicago a week ago. He de-
speech making within few days.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-09

whose interests are neglected because of
the demands made by combined capital.
We are not enemies of honestly ac-
quired wealth. No one who wants to eat
the bread that he earns and to earn
the bread that he eats need be afraid OF
the success of our ticket The only man
who needs to fear is the man who wants
to eat the bread that somebody else earns
and wants to eat it without paying for it,"
body else earns and wants to eat it with
out paying for it,
East st. Louis afforded a unique spec-
tacle when the Bryan train arrived
There was no general information in that
city concerning the time that Mr.. Bryan
was to reach there but the announcement
had been made that Colonel Roosevelt
would speak there at o'clock.
When Mr.. Bryan arrived at a quarter
past eight the Colonel had not reached
the city and as a consequence many who
came to hear him remained to greet Mr..
Bryan. The people rushed after the Bry-
an car as it was being switched about,
yelling madly for him and demanding
a speech. When the car came to a stand
still there was a general rush for the
platform where Bryan stood, with re-
neWed demands for a speech. This de-
mand Mr.. Bryan declined to respond to
beyond explaining why he could not
speak. He said
THE Republican candidate for the Vice
Presidency is announced to speak here
tonight. 1t is his night and do not wish
to interfere in any way with his meet
ing. l want you to listen to the other
side and when you have heard from that
side, as you have from ours, want you
to decide between us as to what your
duty is.
The crowd cheered the brief speech
Justify and then Mr.. Bryan grasped as
many outstretched hands as he could
reach.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-09
ON REPUBLICAN PROSPERITY.
The Government Robs the Many to Enrich
the Few

ST. Louis, Mo-. Oct. S.-That particular
portion Of Illinois known as Egypt was
pretty thoroughly canvassed by Hon. Will
liam Jennings Bryan today. The princi-
pal cities of eleven of the southern coun-
ties of the State. and three of the Con-
large audiences addressed at the various
gressional districts were visited and
stopping places. Fourteen addresses
were made from II o'clock in the morn
ing when the first speech at Salem was
delivered until the train bearing the
nominee and his party pulled out of
Alton at nearly midnight. At every meet
ing the candidate was greeted with
hearty demonstrations.
The whole south of Egypt was we'll rep
resented in Cairo, when the Bryan train
arrived there today. Mr.. Bryan's speech
was devoted mainly to the trusts. Among
other things he said:
''The Republican party has not fulfilled
it's promises. 1t will not do anything of
permanent and lasting advantage to the
great majority of the people and the
reason is that it is today controlled
guided and directed by organized wealth,
and combined wealth demands not equal
rights, but special privileges and every
privilege granted by law to these great
combinations is taken from the people
Whenever you find that a few people. by
operation of law, are gaining an advant-
age, you may rest assured that that adj
vantage is coming from somebody. The
trouble is that the Government gathers
little from each person and dumps the
whole amount into the laps of few. and
the few recaiVp If in large amounts and
you see the evidence of their prosperity,
while the little is collected from each one,
and the Republican party is forgetting the
man from whom it collects while it takes
care of the man who receives. All over
this land are the homes of forgotten men,
men whoee rights are disregarded, men
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-09
DEAD AGAINST HIM
Trial of Youtsey. Todd and
Matthews Make His
Case Look Black.
(By the Associated Press. }


Georgetown, KY, Oct. S.-The Youtsey
trial began in reality today and remark
able progress was made once the exami-
nation of witnesses began. The jury will
be taken to Frankfort tomorrow morn
ing to view the scene of the tragedy and
will not return before three o'clock. The
testimony of the most important wit
nesses today and tonight was circum-
stantially strong against Youtsey, but his
attorneys are confident of disproving any
presumption of his participation in tbs
murder. Culton and Golden have yet 10
testify as to Youtseys talk about the
steel bullets and his receiving the key
from John Powers.
The most important evidence was given
by Mckenzie Todd, who was private sec
retary to w. S. Taylor in January, who
said:
ION Saturday, January 9th, my atten-
tion was called to Youtsey by Treasurer
Fay in the reception room of the Secre-
tary of State. He was sitting by the
middle window with gun in his hand.
had just entered the room. l had seen
some armed men in the hall and they
said there was trouble in the Legisla-
ture. Later in the day l saw Youtsey in
Caleb Powers private office with a gun
sitting by the window. The window was
raised a little and the curtain pulled
down. / asked him what he was doing
with that gun. He said, There is trouble
up there pointing to the legislative
building. L don't intend to start any
trouble, but if it starts 1 will be prepared
for it, He pulled back long board
standing against the wall disclosing some
guns and said to me: They say Powers
is a brave man, but when there are
signs Of trouble he hides his guns Just
after that Powers himself came in and
Youtsey again said he would not start
anything but was prepared for trouble
| told him he ought not to think of shoot
ing out that window and Youtsey said
That's right, it would never do | left
Powers and Youtsey in there when came
out. Saw Youtsey again Monday morning
before Goebel was shot. He was out in
the main hall near the west door of the
executive building. Caleb Powers was
present and Youtsey asked me if he had
any chance to win the contest. When
l told him the attorneys were hopeful
he seemed satisfied and walked towards
his office. l was in my office next to the
Governors office when the shot was fired.
Someone said man was shot. l looked
out my window and saw a man lying
on the pavement with Colonel Jack Chinn
near him."
j. B. Matthews, Assistant Secretary of
State under Powers, said Youtsey came
into his office about a minute after the
shooting with a pistol in his hand. Some
ten minutes after the shooting Matthews
broke open the transom and climbed into
Powers office, saw a rifle lying on the
floor near the west front window, an
other leaning against the wall and a
carbine in the southwest corner next to
the book case. He said after Youtsey
was arrested he told him that he knew
the front window in the Powers office
was rot raised, but bolted down on Jan
uary 30th
Court adjourned until tomorrow.