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The evening times., 1900-10-12
The Scranton Convention.

Repres sentatiyes of all the miners in
the anthracite coal district of Pennsylva-
MIA are assembled in convention today at
Scranton. While nothing positive can be
predicted as to it's outcome. 1t is evident
that little hope is anywhere entertained
that it's deliberations viii lead to an i'm
mediate or early settlement of the great
strike There are Indications. on the
other hand that the miners and the Coal
Trust are getting hourly farther apart.
Very few of the delegations TO the
Scranton convention are uninstTucted.
Instructions vary to some extent, but all
are understood to include the demand
that the Coal Trust shall agree to main
tain the proposed ten per cent advance
for a full year. 1t is considered probable
that other concessions will be insisted
upon, but, from what we are able to learn
from both sides, even this is almost sure
to be fatal TO any prospect of peace.
What is considered to be reliable in
forma ton is to the effect that the COal
Trust and its allied outside operators
have decided TO reject any proposal for
a tIme agreement. They have gTudging
ly consented TO offer the ten per cent ad-
vance with view to settlem@ MT of he
strike before election BIZ: for the po-
litical pressure put upon them it is MT
thought that they would have conesGe1
even that much. But it is reported, and
generally believed, to be their I'm t, The
CoaI Trust apparently has no idea OF
maintaining the advance longer than nay
be necessary 20 accumulate a large sur
plus stock Of coal After that his bsen
secured, it is assumed TO be the pa p Sc
of Morgan and his associated magnates
to reduce wages TO the old scale. trusting
that, when the time comes, the miners
viii be broken in spirit and their un oa
impoverished, so that they will be in 10
condition to go on another strike.
All these things are thoroughly well
known TO President Mitchell and leaders
and intelligent miners generally. They do
not regard the offers so far made by the
Coal Trust as in any way acceptable, and
if an advance which may be Withdrawn
any day is the last word of the oppressor,
the strike doubtless will go On.
Should that BE the result of the conven-
tinn, it is expected that serious trouble
will ensue. FAe trust is reported as pre-
pared. in that event, to try conclusions of
force with the miners. It is said that an
attempt will be made to open the collieries
with imported labor. as fast as it can be
obtained. under Pinkerton and military
protection; in which case we are afraid
that the scenes of Homestead and Latti-
mer may be repeated, perhaps on a larger
and bloodier scale.
The whole matter rests with the Coal
Trust. II it shall choose to continue its
service as an object lesson and a horrible
example OF trust despotism. greed, and
heartless selfshness, there must be wide
spread distress in the anthracite region
next winter, and, before then, there may
be consequences which the trusts at large,
and their political creatures. viii bitterly
deDlore
The evening times., 1900-10-12
EVIL OF IMPERIALISM.
Meeting of the Southeast Washing
ton Democratic Club

Meeting of the Southeast Washing.
ton Democratic Club.
Enthusiasm made up for what was lack
ing in the attendance at the meeting of
the Southeast Washington Democratic
2o9 Pennsylvania Avenue southeast O. B.
Hallam presided during the evening and
introduced the speakers. The financial
question formed the substance of the ad-
dress made by ]. J. Blick, of Virginia the
first speaker. He predicted that Vir-
g1nia's next delegation to Congress would
be Democratic without an exception.
The principal address of the evening was
delivered by Charles A. Douglass. of South
Carolina, whose theme was Imperialism.
which he discussed at length Mr.. Doug
lass referred to two suits now pending in
the Supreme Court one involving the
question whether a native of Porto Rico
was now de facto a citizen of the United
States, and the second. whether the tariff
laws of this country apply to the Philip
pines. The speaker said Let that great
est tribunal in the world decide the uues-
tfon as il will, an unfortunate condition
OF affairs confronts the country
The last speaker was Fred Schade who
declared that it was not the purpose of
the Democratic party to haul down the
nag, but that the flag would still float over
the Philippines. Porto Rico, and Cuba,
while the troops would be withdrawn and
q pTotectoTate substituted that would de-
fend them against foreign dominion.
The president. Cotter T. Bride announn-
ed that in addition to the sum of sI6a 81
ready collected and forwarded as the con-
tribution of the club to the Democratic
campaign fund. S100 had been collected and
would be forwarded today.
The evening times., 1900-10-12
Bryan and Roosevelt

The only possible point Of resemb ance
between William J. Bryan and Theodore
Roosevelt is presented in the fact that
both are candidates for political office,
and both are making campaign tours OF
the Western States. There the likeness
ends
Otherwise they are as different as a Su-
preme Court judge is from a wild-eyed
gorilla. This interesting prcpc siticn in
natural history is finely illustrated in
two episodes of recent occurrence In
Chicago, the other day on emerging from
a house of worship, Roosevelt was af-
fronted by several small newsboys, who
called him Teddy" just as Hanna does.
and asked MIN why he shot fesing
Spaniard in the back. These Arabian
amenities churned the cowboy candidate
into lather OF fury, and he caused no
tice to be sent out to the press that he
had been mObbed, He Will howl and roar
over this incident until election day. and
tell how an angry horde of Democrats
would have torn him ear from ear, if he
had not cowed them with glittering eye
and teeth. As a matter of cold fact, the
mob consisted OF three citizens. who NAV
or may not have been Democrats, but
certainly We're not voters, as the h-ary
headedest of them was not more than
twelve years of age. But mobs do not
diminish in size when brought upon the
stump for DShtical purposes.
In Ann Arbor. Mich, yesterday. where
Mr.. Bryan addressed a large and enthusi-
astic audience. hundred or more hood
lums from the college in that place sur
rounded the platform and attempted to
break UP the meeting. The police were
compelled to interfere, and quelIed the
row only after liberal use of clubs and
the arrest of the ringleaders Mr.. Bryan
took the affair in perfect good nature. and
after the meeting. interceded with the au
thorities and secured the release of the
young rowdies who had annoyed and insult
ed him; saying that he thought their Of
fence was due rather to boyish thought
lessness than malice.
The reason why Mr.. Bryan and Mr..
Roosevelt treat the same class of
campaign experiences so different
iy is that the former is not thinking OF
himself at all. He is thinking of his coun
try and the dangers that menace its in
The evening times., 1900-10-12
Sending Lemons to China.
(Frou, The Los AnoeIee TmasN

know raneher who is engaged all these days
IN shipping lemons to China. The market Is st
Canton, and the fruit is sent out from San Fran
cisco by the regular steamers. 1t was a new
experience to me to talk with man who is sell
ing his fruit regularly and prohtably after its
having half girdied the globe on its way to the
consumer. The grower told me he received an
average OF So box since the initial shipment
was made on March l last Advices IRON the
receiver of these lemons at Canton state that
they are smoother, jucier, and thinner skinned
than the Italian fruit received at Canton They
further state that there was only one com
petitor in the m2rket-an Italian dealer This
indicates the undeveloped condition OF the Orr
entail trade and the ignorance OF the market de-
mands OF the Chinese ports
The evening times., 1900-10-12
His Duty.

(From the New York Evening Post)
The spectacle of the Executive of this great
State neglecting his duties month after month,
IN order TO take part in political campaign.
and, worst OF all, TO electioneer for himself is
a scandal and q shame There could not be A
greater trlYesty on Roosevet's professions of
stern devotion to duty than this spectacle of his
speeding over State after State making speeches
every few minutes, hardly getting time to eat
or steep, and once in a while. at Deadwood
5 D., yesterday, getting word that matters OF
the first importance, like the answer of Mayor
Van Wyck to the charges against him, have been
received at the capital, where he himself ought
to be, ready 70 attend 10 them
The evening times., 1900-10-12

stitutions and people. The latter is inca
pable of the ught which is not of Teddy
the Terrible" his hat, his glasses, his
teeth, his khaki his dead Dago, his ket-
tie Hill, his conquest of Spain, and his
chances of becoming President should
Gulielmus Imperator keee on smoking
strong cigars. AS the good book tells US:
Things which are not alike, are differ
emf
The evening times., 1900-10-12
ResOrting to Desperate Methods.

The most preposterous and absurd attempt TO
utilize the coal strike for partisan purposes is
that which has been made quite recently and
which strives with much sound ana fury to
maintain that this labor uprising was deliberately
planned and is being deliberately fostered, with
malice afoTethought, by leaders in the Demo
cratic party Nothing indicates more clearly the
harassing anxiety which these Mckinley Hanna
leaders really feel to the result OF the na-
tional election,
The evening times., 1900-10-12

President Eliot of Harvard University
has enrolled himself as 4 member of the
Bryan Club of Boston. and has thus en-
phasized his opposition TO the reelection of
Mr. Mckinley. because of that gentlemans s
willingness to depart from our plain
duty and to ignore the Constitution at
the dictatien of the trusts. 1t is under
stood that a majority OF the Harvard fac
ulty heartily endorse the course of their
president.
The evening times., 1900-10-12
Posers for ImperiaIists.

(From the Grand Rapids Democrat)
When an imperiaIist denies that there was an
alliance between the Americans and Fiiipinos he
should be asked who was in command of the land
forces that surrounded Manila before General
Merritt's arrival and asked to explain why I5-
900 Spanish prisoners were delivered to Agui-
naldo
The evening times., 1900-10-12
Vast Quaker City Frauds.
(From the Philadelphia Record.)

The undeniahle facts that every year the as
SCISSORS lists in Philadelphia are so padded as to
pave the way for the counting of more than $1,000
fraudulent votes, that poll taxes are paid for in
order TO facilitate voting upon fraudulent names
and that election boards are manned with scoun-
dres hired to participate in and perpetrate fraud
should not be overlooked.
The evening times., 1900-10-12
Elephants Becoming Scarce.
From The London cloba

U
I. is no secret to those concerned in Oriental
trade that elephants are becoming scarce; but
not many people in England know what has been
the increase in price. According to our Consul
at Chiengmai. the price in Northern Siam has
gone up threefold. In that country the elephant
while the cost of animal power has increased
TO such an extent. manual labor has also become
more expensive, and, like elephantine labor i
The evening times., 1900-10-12
OHIO CLAIMED FOR BRYAN.
Democratic Managers Confident That
He VIII Garry the State.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Oct. 1.-THE man
ayers at Democratic State headquarters in
this city speak confidently of carrying the
State for Bryan. They assert that unless
the Republicans buy the State its cleo
toral vote Will surely be cast for the Ne
braskan.
The Democratic managers say they ex-
pect to hold so per cent of the 100 600 votes
cast for Jones for Bryan.
The evening times., 1900-10-12
PROPOSALS.

DEPOT QUARTERMAsTER'S OFFICE, Washing
ton, D. c., Oct. 9, I9O0-Sealed proposals. in
tripIicate viii be received here until O'CLOCK
p NJ, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1900, for
furnishing and delivering at Washington D. c.
fifty cavalry horses. Information furnished on
application. Envelopes containing proposals to
be marked Proposals for Cavalry Horses" and
addressed to MAJOR T. Z. TRUE Depot Quar-
termaster. oc1I, u, ,13, 49, 20
The evening times., 1900-10-12
Once a Calamity, Now a Blessing

lffom the Peoria Her2id-TranSerlpt.)
II during the Democratic Administration a mill
was closed 1t pointed to by the Republicans
as sign of the panic and depression which
Democratic laws had brought upon the nation
Now when the trusts buy up mills and close them
down for the purpose of controlling the output
and raising prices it is pointed out as one of the
signs of prosperity
The evening times., 1900-10-12
No Bar to Royalty.

(from the Springfield, Mass, Republican,
David B. Bill delivered a speech in Richmond
Va, the other evening, devoting much attention
to the constitutional phases of the paramount
issue II the Administrations position is correct
tablishnent of royalty in ali the newly-acquired
territories" And there isn't, so far as law is
concerned.
The evening times., 1900-10-12

The Administration has answered the
French note; but, as Great Britain has
accepted the second German note without
qualification, the latter becomes the basis
for international discussion rather than
the other. 1t looks now as if the powers
might get together TO some purpose, We're
it not for the prospect of renewed hostili-
ties in China
The evening times., 1900-10-12
Circulation Statement.

Readers of THE TINES who may at any time
be unable TO procure copies OF it at any news
stand or railroad station. on railroad trains'
will confer favor upon the management BY send
ing to this Office information of the fact
The evening times., 1900-10-12

THE TINES, in all its editions. Morning, Even
ing, and Sunday will be sent TO one address
for FIFTY CENTS per month. Addresses changed
as often as desired.
The evening times., 1900-10-12
Don't Try 1t in conrt.

(From the Indianapolis Journal.)
One easy way TO get your own way about every
thing Is to start up and act as il you had al
ways had it.
The evening times., 1900-10-12

Ex-President Harrisons remarks On
the unconstitutional course of the Admin
istration. in imposing political vassaiage
upon the American territory of Porto
Rico, has fallen like an iceberg on the
Republican campaign managers in Indi-
ana. It was to remove the impression his
original statement-that the Payne-For-
aker bill was departure from right prin-
ciples-had made. that all the recent po-
litical and social pressure was brought to
bear upon Mr. Harrison to induce him to
come out and make speeches for the Nc
Kinley ticket. His refusal to do so.
coupled with his biting criticism of the
syndicate in charge of the Government.
has spread panic in the Hoosier Hanna
camp. The ex-President is believed in
his own party, to have made many votes
for Mr.. Bryan. rather than any for Mr..
Mckinley.
The evening times., 1900-10-12
British Outrage Upon Americans.

President Mckinley will now have an
opportunity to earn little reputation for
patriotism ana to show how far the strings
of the Hay-Pauncefote-Alask alliance
with Great BT;tain tie his hands in the
face of a British outrage upon Americans
1t appears that eight citizens of this
country, residents in the South African
Republic, and neutrals. without warrant
or charge made against them, were kid
naped by the British authorities in Jo-
hannesburg, spirited away from their de-
pendent families. and after two weeks
confinement In British prison pens were
deported to Holland whence they have
arrived in New York in destitute Condi-
ton, and some of them without knowledge
of whether their wives and children are
alive or have been allowed to starVe. They
ask the United States Government to
make a claim iGr them against Great
Britain, Cor indemnity.
This &c Sc, We say, offers an eligible op-
portunity to Alr. Mckinley TO show of
what stuff he is rsade. 1t is pregnant of
political capital, if he knows how to use
it. Properly approached. no doubt Lord
Salisbury would be willing to stand con-
siderable abuse to help his friend. Per-
haps he could be brought to an apology
and promise of exemplary damages at
once. Another fat slice of Alaska would
be good and sufficient consideration.
The evening times., 1900-10-12

SHORTHAND AND TypEWRITISG; private les
sons at class rates; personal attention paid
each pupil MISS GRANVILLE I62S 18th ST
se2l-lmo EN-
The evening times., 1900-10-12

During the first six months OF this year the ex-
ports OF German brushes and sieves reached
81, ,59l. $40, an increase gof 80 per cent as com
pared with the exports for the same period OF
the year previous Great Britain took 453 Der
cent of the exports; the United States g.
per cent; Holland. "a per cent; Argentina l. 7
per cent; Switzerland, 43 per cent; Australia So
per cent; Austria-Hungary, 20 per cent.
A member of the board Of general directors OF
the Royal Saxon railways has invented new de-
ice for the consumption of smoke given off by
locomotives He claims that it is almost per
feet, whether the locomotive is moving or stand
ing still A locomotive using this new invention
and being worked to its utmost capacity saves
IN one month $500 pounds of coal. To eaIip
a locomotive with the device costs about S25
A new method has been discovered whereby
balIoonists may communicate while at an altitude
OF over 6.00o feet with those on the ground The
method consists of huge drum placed some
fifty feet below the car which is beaten nv eIec-
tricity The dots ard dashes Of the Morse ton
graphic code have been adopted with eoa4plt =
success This Will prove a great advantage IL,
warfare. Hitherto balloons have been limited TO
ascension OF GEO to 1880 feet on account OF
their telagraphe wires. and have thus been ,,u.
able to escape the range OF FIRE.
OF the few Cinnamon, compared with the poy,ii-
lation in the Celestial Empire. who reside in
this country not many take their departure to
the region of everlasting existence BY the Ameri-
can route If Chinaman gets the notion some
where in the neighborhood OF his cue that ne *
Listed for world beyond the present one hx.
makes haste to get home and find resting place
the 0sienta side OF the Pacific Ocean, Some
times they cannot hep dying in land of sfar-
eign devils. but that is not his fault and some
day he expects to have a resting place in his ma
tive land 70 matter how long the time NAV be
before that blessing reaches him.
The evening times., 1900-10-12

A. B. DUvALL. c. A BRANDENBURG, Attorneys.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA, Holding District Court-In re
The Extension of Howard Avenue No. 547
District Court Docket.
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Over Three i thousand Sold.

At a business meeting of the di-
rec,ors of the Iimrod Memorial
Association, held at Charleston,
January q, 1900, the following
resolution offered by Mr. j. 7. X
BRYAN. was unanimously adopted:
"On hearing the report OF the
Hon. William 4. Courtenav, pres
ident, showing amOng other things
that out Of orr memorial clifton
Of 4.OO0 copies c! Umrod's poems
500 now remain uaso'd, AMI hat
1920 copies hrve been sold since
last spring: Now be tt
,Resolvel, That the board Of d =
rector sconcr&trlate the president
upon his successful management
OF the alI3irs o.. The association
since its inception AID the nn?re-
celeMted sale Of the memorial
edition orTimrod's poems shown
to have accomplished b. ilm lii
The brief space ot eight months.
Th,t ih,> remarkable record eV!l =
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H!o Riekt 10 UgiinCss.

The wuyaan who is lovely il f%ce,
rarm and temper will always have
friends, bEt one who would be attr&c-
tive rIuSI keep her health. If she Is
Weak. s:cI,Iy V and al! run down, she WIZ
be nervous and irritable, If size has
constipation or kidney tr2Ub!e, her
IMPURE blood will cause pilAple>, hiotc"-
6. skin erupticns ami a wrctched COM
pIcx;en. Electric BitterS is the best
medicine in the world to regu!at" the
stomach. liver and k:dncys and TO pu-
rifv the bleed. 1t gives strong nerves,
brgEE eyes. smooth. velvety SKIN. rlrii
complexion. II will make good
locking, charming woman OF run
down invalid. Only 50 cents at Wal
lace s Johnson's Drug Store.
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His Life was Saved.

lIr. j. Z. Lily, a prominent citizen
Cf Hannibal. Mo. lately had a Won
Ge.fui Geliverancc from frightfu!
death. In telling Of IL he says: II
was taken with typhoid fever, that ran
inio pneumonia. NJ lungs became
hardened. ] was 50 weak con!dn,t
even sit up in bed. Nothing helred
me. RESPECTED to soon die of Cor
sumDtiOp. when heard OF Br. Kings
New Discovery. One bottle g:E" great
relief. I continued to Use it. and ROW
am well and strong. can't say too
rluch in its praise " This mary elors
medicine is the surcSt I2d quickcSt
cure in the world Tor all Threat and
Lurg Trouble Regular sizes 80 cents
and 81 90. Trial bottles free at Wal
lace s; JohnSon'S Drag Store: every
bottle guaranteed.
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The Gafl'ney Manufacturing.
Company has employed DR.. Ma
son W. Smith as mill physician.
who will practice on the mill op-
eralives free of charge. The COM
pany viii pay the bills.
Mrs. Montague, the mother OF
the president OF Furman Univer-
'si,y, was burned to death at the
home CT her son in Greenville, her
clothes catching fire as she sat be-
fore the fire.
Ureenville has the heaviest
criminal docket i'll her history.
There are twelve indictments for
murder.
JOAN North has been jailed fer
a<saiiin. respectable coioTeI
wonran in S2ag'anbnr@.
The Spa5oaii Investment Com
pauy has been organized IN Char
,c>ron hy Richmond, Angas;" AID
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Captain.
Death OF Mrs. Smith.

DE-. 4. il. Williams returned to
Lake City Monday from Cottage
vile, where he was called on Friday
by news Of the extreme illness Of bis
sister, Mrs. Smith. He arrived only
III time to lie present at her death
bed. Ne extend sincere synlathy to
the offiic;ed family in tkis bcgcaye-
ment.
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An Explanation Wanted.

hngstree' ; T., feoy. oIn' 'lSoo'
.NeSsrs. b. b. Chandler W. W. he".
nedy, W. Il. Campbell Do"'o ol
Supervisors "iili"n>o"'s '0UA''
Gentlemen: AZ advertisement IN
Ike COUNTY RECORD appearing over
he signature OF 3. &. ChaGaier call
'ag fer bids to do Jail, Chmns&D5
Tnu Ianper pr%e'.ce' %"" 'V'''7 =
sacticinG physician OF the county
.,ccCrding to the l2w Of SoutH C&To-
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A Powder Mill Explosion

Removes everything in sight; so do
f~aStic mineral pills, but both are
an .ghty dangerous. Don't dynamite
,.tr delicate. machinery Of your BODY
with calomel, croton oil or aloeS pills,
WREN DR.. Kings New Life Pills. which
are Gentle as Il summer bre-Zc. do the
work perfectly. Cures Headache, Cen
situation. Only - cents at Wallace &
JoGnsom's Drug Store.
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Died.

On Friday, February 3, 199e, Mr. S
Drucilla NJ. Thomas, wife Of T..
II. Thomas, the funeral services be-
ING held on Saturday, February I,
at the McClam burying ground, Rev.
J. E. Rushton officiating.
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\ company Of norihcrners have
resumed work in TIE Magnolia
mine. in Broad River township.
They have d option for The pun
chase otthe property for $4,000,
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Local capitalist from Clinton
nronose to organize Il million dol
lar cotton mill.
The Atlantic Cotton Gil compa-
ny. OF Car den, will begin III April
TO buill an oil mill.
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wGliENS LIST.

Mrs. T. L. Brockinton, BIS. Nan
rie Cappear Mrs. Holda Jane
EppS, Mrs. L. E. Proctor, Mrs.
Martha Smith, Mrs. J. Kinder, Mrs.
:. j. TisdaIe, Misses Loni@e faI-
ION. Jaue Gardner, O'y Grant,
lizzie Howard, ,.Ienuie &cCutcAen'
Eliza Burrows.