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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-10
Travelling Men Warned.

A second time the management OF
the Charleston hotel injures that city.
During the N. E A meeting in tha,
city kilograms were sent out advising
commercial men 10 stsy away from
the city. That caused . feeling OF
resentment against tho lofty BY the
sea- on the part of travelling men
Yesterday the following was posted
in the hotels here, this being COPY
OF that posted ct the jerome:
Jerome Hotel, Columbia, 8 G
Please sdvise commercial men to
avoid Charleston week of October
8th. Convention International Fire
Chiefs.
One prominent travelling man
whose visits are worth somethiug 90
coy town looked st the above and
remarked: "Irs not necessary to
tell 40 again 10 avoid Charleston ;
We do avoid that city always and
never 60 there save wheo We have TO
do so."-Ssate OCT 9
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-10
A CONVENTION
OF THE MINERS.
WILL DECIDE IN A FEW
DAYS TO END THE
STRIKE OR NOT.

Philadelphia. Oct S.-Presideut Nit :
chsll issued bis call today for the much
talked of Miners con ventiou to oonsid-
er the operesors' offer of 10 per cent.
increase 10 wages. The convention
will be held 10 Scranton aud will open
90 Friday next Representation 10 the
convention will be on the basis of one
delegate with one vote for each 100
persons on strike.
1t is the general expectation that
the decision Of the convention will
be to accept the increase and return to
work.
Quietpess prevailed throughout the
anthracite regions today, the call for
the convention being generally accept
ed as signal for cessation of bostilities
ell srousd There we're many express.
sions Of satisfaction BY miners and
operators and by merchants aod others
in the mining section today over the
prospects Of 80 early settlement of tho
troubles.
Today completed the third week
since the strike officially vent into
effect.
The miners will have psrsdes aud
mass meetings ct Shsmokin tomorrow
and ct Scranton on Wednesday.
President Mitchell will be 10 atteod-
snce and is expected to speak at both
plans.
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EXPEDITION TO PAO TING fU

EXPEDITION TO PAO TING fU
Pekio. Thursday, CO. 4. via Tieu
Tsiu. Sunday. Oct 7. and Shang bal
Oct s,-The American troops vill not
participate 10 tho expedition to Pao
Tiog Flu. Geo Cbafee has the assur
aooe Of Ii Hung Chang that if the
allies desire Pso Ting Flu the Chinese
will readily surrender that city. Ii
Hung Chang has given the same assur.
ance to the other generals. The Amer.
loans believe shat revenge and military
display are the only objects OF the
expedition and they hold that it will
retsrd the restoration Of peace.
The Russians ere understood to have
practically abandoned the railroad and
to have stopped it's reconstruction. Gen
Chatfee favors the return Of the railroad
to its owoers aud it's ostructiou aud
operation 90 joiot international basis
The fret reenforcements of German
troops have arrived here. Geo Va
msguchl will retain 10000 japan csc
troops, 1000 of them at Pskin and the
others ss Taku and along the lice OF
communications. Eight thousand Ger
msos will pass the winter 10 Pekin aud
1900 Russisns. The uumber of British
troops who will be retained has not
been decided Sir Alfred Gaseles will
probably keep a brigade.
The allies are storing supplies for six
months.
Couot voo Waldersee's headquarters
will be the buildings 10 the im perial
plessare grounds outside the purple
city.
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Wheat on Old Lands.

Whsshes or DOT wheat will brioe al
or 1.50 bushol before the close OF
the year . Maryland farmer has demon
ssratsd that wheat ean bs grown. With
prodt in the older section Of sbs couo
Try against the competition Of the West.
Maryland 10 one Of the Ioogest settled
portions Of The Uoissd States, sud i.s
Chsrles county hes been onder sultiva.
tioo logger than msoy eoousiss 10 tho
STATE. Ithss. moreover. been cultivated
With erops-sobaeco sod corp -whieh
osdsr Old conditions. tended TO deple,e
The soil. From sixty four acres Of this
former tobaeso and ooro land the Mary.
lsod farmer ,hreshed 10 June Of this
year 1900 bushels. One Geld Of
twenty seven acres averaged thirty
bushels to the acre. His whess wss
sold as early July prices for . little
more than 5000 Il cost him $3.50 for
fsrtilissrs. ete to mako the crop, not
counting bic owo lsbor. which included
sbssshiag With bis own mschios. No.
without ccosidersble work b.s be
brought the land to such q
condition. For several years be bss
erased cattle aod sheep on the
farm. which themselves bring hiu few
dollsrs oow aod tbeo, aod he hss slss
given ths soil sowpss vioe treat.
mess. The experience 10 worth
regarding ~ eoosuragiog to
other fsrmers, snd % iudicst.
log that the so.eallsd vornout soils OF
tho Atlsotie sssboard are not beyond
seds~p'ioo. oo.-Soushsro Farm MsRa.
alma
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-10

Two proposed amendments 70 the
State constitution are to be voted
upon st the approaching general
election. One Of them rslates to the
drainage sod reolsiming Of swamp
isods in the State end the other is
designed to enable certain muuici
pslities TO iooresss their bonded in.
debtedness.
A concise asd complete picture of the
manifold expressions Of the trus, system
is given by B'ysn 10 his letter of
acceptance: The consumer suffers ex
tortiou, the producer Of raw material
has but aud purchaser sod must sell at
The arbitrary price fixed the laborer
has bur Ooe employer and is powe,loss
to protest against injustice either iu
wages or 10 conditions Of labor the
small stocth holder ia at tho meroy o,
the specuIator. while the travelling
salesman contributes his salary to the
overRrowo profits Of the trust"
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A Story About Andree's Par
ty From Hudson Bay
County.

Minneapolis. MINI. OCT S.-Harry
s. kosppen. newspaper man, returu-
ed today from . perilous trip to the
Hudson Bay country 10 which, With
niue white men aod eight Indians. he
sailed 600 miles up tho east shore OF
that great ioland sea. Mr. Kuaopen
was assured by those whom he q. hat
"skyboat' had come in'' the region
on the extreme northeast shore of the
by two years before. that it came to
ground and that the savagcs who 10
habit that country had killed the white
men 10 it This he believes was
Andree's Polar expedition.
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prefer to furnish large portion of
the lumber. The other building
material and household goods must
come from those States which pro
duce such articles.
American National Red Cross.
Clara Barton, President.
Stephen Z Barton, Vice President
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The Chinese Court
Afraid Of Allies.
That ls One Reason Given for
Moving to Shansi.

Washington, Oct. 8-The effort to
induce the Chinese imperial court TO
return to Pekin has failed after 0
weeks persistent effort on the part
of the powers. News to that effect
was brought to the state department
today by the Chinese minister, who
received it via St Petersburg from
Viceroys Lin Kun Yih and Cbanr
Chih Tung. under date of Oct 4
Minister WI received the message
last night 1t was az follows:
'The departure of their imperial
msjesties for Shensi (proviuce) was
due to distressing conditions Of Tai
Yuen Flu There is . scarcity of food
supplies in the province of Shansi on
account of long continued drought
and the provincial capital (Tai Yuen)
is almost deserted. the trades people
having left on account of the dis,ur
Dances caused and continued for
months by the Boxer rebels. who had
invaded that province with the
encouragement of Gov. Yu. Their
msjesties, therefore, were Obliged
to proceed TO Shensi. where tele:
graphic communication With Sbsnp.
hai and other parts of the empire is
opened. aud rapid communication
with their majesties may, therefore,
be carried on; thus court aud Official
business may be transacted more ex-
peditiously by their presence 10
Shensi rather than in Tai Yuen Fu.
The reasons for the temporary post.
ponment of their msjesties' return to
Pekiu are the presence of the allied
forces there, on account of which
solititous fear is doubtless entertain
ed, besides . dread of the outbreak
of epidemic diseases. which usually
follow after great disturbances, J,
destruction of property and military
operations. 1t lie hoped the powers
will be conaiderate in their judgment
in this matter
The important feature of the mes
sage is the confession that the court
is restrained by tear of the allied
forces from returning to Pekin The
movement takes tho emperor and
empress dowager about 800 miles
farther away from Pekin. though,
according to the statements contain
ed in the message. by reason of
direct telegrsphic communication
with Shanghai, the court practically
will be nearer for purposes of nego-
tistion with the outside world than
II was at Tai Yuen Minister WI
has been Informed also that Vioeroy
Yu of the province just vacated by
the court, has been impesohed. be
cause of hfs anti foreign tendencies,
which ia the fret step toward his
degradation 1t is said there are no
Boxers in the newly chosen locality,
90 that the court will have thrown
of the hostile influence recently
surrounding it The only dsquleting
feature of the move cd0es from
Japanese advices stating that the
new point Of location is strongly
fortified. which is some indication
that the imperial family is still in
flight, and is seeking stronger
defenses but the friendly viceroys
and Minister WI do not share in
this view.
The minister considers the question
Of punishmeDts practically disposed
Of by the edct of the emperor and
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-10

10 al article appearing ir The State
OF Saturday 1t vas declared that Fur
man led all the literary colleges in the
State 10 point OF attendance The
Dumber Of her enrolImeot was printed
at 212 Wexford college is ahead OF
this. as there are 229 students on her
historic old campus.
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DECREE CONSIDERED GENUINE

DECREE CONSIDERED GENUINE
Copies Of tho decree have been re.
ceivsd here and are accepted IS geo.
uioe.
II 10 reported that Tuug Flu has fed
to the province Of Shan 81. fesriog z
puoishmsns. The impression is grow,
ing that tho imperial governme ia
making 40 effort to disperse aud
punish the Boxers. The i'm.
perial troops Who we're seen Mon.
day near Pei Ts Ohau are
believed to have been concerned 10 this
movement. The acting vieeroy at Tieu
Tsin vas uotiied that orders had bseo
issued to disperse the Boxers but said
be feared to send out troops because oi
tho presence of the allied forces.
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RUSSIANS TOOK MUKDEN

st Petersburg Oct 8.-The Russian
general staff has received Cfficial
dispatches confirming the reported occu.
patton Of Mukden.
Lieut. Gen Subbovitch entered the
city Oct let. He advanced from Old
Niu Chwang 90 Sept "a With III ba.tsl
ions of Infantry. two sotoias of Cossack
cavalry snd 40 guos aud after fighting
two engagements routed the Chinese
army oo Sept q
Before witbdrs wicg the Chinese loot
cd and fred she city. The Russians
captured numerous modero guus. aod
immense stores of war materials.
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LORD ROBERTS RETURN

London, OCT S-Lord Roberts, The
Daily News announces, will leave
South Africa during the last week of
October. The authorities have decided
to limit the Dumbsr Of colonial troops
who arc to be the queens guests 10
London to 500.
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THE SUMTER COTTON MARKET.

The tone Of the market continues strong,
and prices remain the same as quoted yester.
day in our local market:
Middliug, s0@lo.
Receipts for the week ending Saturday.
Oct. 6, 1854
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The foregoing oorroborated The off
cial sdvices received lat week from
Director General Shong by Minister
Wa, and by tho later cen IN % ,ca,ed to
the department. Of State.
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Vinegar.

| have on hand a lot of
Homemade Vinegar of very
fine quality. The flavor is del
icate, while the strength is
equal to any TO be had.
Will be sold at my residence
or 40 cents per gallon.
n. q. OSEEEH;N,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-16
BUTTONS CANVASS IN THE WEST.
Heis M king Strong campaign and Wiz
ming Votes

Especial to the News and Observer
sDobson, N. c., October 15.-Hon. J. c..
Buxton, Democratic candidate for Con-
gress, addressed a large audience in the
court house here Thursday, and ably, ear
nestly and fearlessly discussed the issues
that the people are now called to pass
upon. He is no stranger to our people
and they gladly heard him, Republicans
and Democrats alike, for they know him
to be a brave, honest, truthful man, who
would scorn the idea of deceiving any
one for the purpose Of getting his vote.
He said in part as follows:
1.-The negro issue is now forever set
tied in North Carolina, so far as the State
government is concerned, if the Republi-
cans will only let it alone, but the
Republicans had no right to expect that
it would not be alluded to in this cam
paign when they were threatening to
carry the matter into the courts, and
when they nominated men for Congress
who had taken the lead in putting the
towns in Eastern North Carolina under
negro rule and were then advising
the people to vote for man for Presi-
dent who had filled the East with negro
postmasters and would do so again if
elected.
We feel confident that the old Eighth
will triumphantly elect Buxton, who will
reflect honor and credit upon the State
and district.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-16

ARTHUR GoEBEL's TESTIMONY.
he Repeats the Confession Made by Youtsey to
Him and Col. Campbell;
(By the ASSOCIATED Press. !

Georgetown, KY, Oct. 15.-The trial of
Henry E. Youtsey charged with being
a principal in the killing of Governor
Goebel was resumed today, although
Youtsey was reported in the same condi
ton as last week. His room door was
opened and his bed pulled up. in plain
view and hearing Of the jury and while
the witnesses were being examined Yout-
sey could be heard calling his wifes name
in a hollow moaning voice and could be
seen to be sitting on his bed.
The feature of the day was the testi-
mony of Arthur Goebel, brother of the
dead Governor. He told of going to the
Jail the day Youtsey was arrested, and OF
Youtsey's confession that what he had
told Col. Campbell was true.
Youtsey said:
Il had a talk with Dick Combs on Mon
day morning and he told me that he was
ready to do the shooting and l went to
Caleb Powers for the key to his office
and he told me to go to John Powers. 1
went to John Powers ard John Powers
gave me the key. l went to Governor
Taylor and told him that Dick Combs was
EaSdy to do the shooting. Governor Tay-
lor said: You ought not to come to see
this to be done for some time, but l OBJ
ject to having negro do it. 1t is too
important a piece of work Combs may
be spy and he may betray US l left
Governor Taylor and on Tuesday morn
ing 1 went back to him and said: .The
man to do the shooting, Jim Howard, is
now here. Governor Taylor walked up
and down the floor and said: 'Youtsey,
what do you think? If Goebel is killed,
do you think l could hold my Officer
said to him thought if
Goebel was put out of the way that
the contest would be settled and that he
could hold his office. Finally l said to
him, as Governor Taylor hesitated still:
1T is up to you to decide now finally
whether it is to be done or not Taylor
said finally: If it is necessary, l can
send the man to the mountains with a
squad of soldiers. / can pardon him and
he will be safe enough
81 then went back and told Berry How
ard and Dick Combs and Jim Howard
to be in tho hall of the executive build
ing. went and got the cartridges. When
/ went back, Berry Howard and Dick
Combs and Jim Howard were in the hall,
and / unlocked the door nd let them in
and gave jim Howard tn cartridges
Youtsey said that he did not know who
fired the fatal shot.
After protracted argument Judge
Cantrill today overruled motion for a
further continuance in Youtsey's case.
Judge Cantrill said that all the rights OF
the defendant will be preserved under the
law.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-16

Standard Oil shares advanced to $50
yesterday, the highest point they have
ever reached.
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MoNNETT AND MAYOR JONES.
Accessions to the Bryan Party at Akron.
Bryan Speaks at Canton

Canton, Ohio, Oct. 15-There were i'm
portant accessions to the Bryan train be-
fore it left Akron this morning. These
consisted of Mayor Jones, of Toledo, and
former Attorney General Monnett. Both
joined the party upon the invitation of
Mr. Bryan, and it is understood that Mayor
Jones will continue with the Presidential
candidate on his New York tour.
The first stopping point was CantN1,
the home of the Nebraskan's rival for the
Presidency. Mr.. Bryan had just sat
down to breakfast when the point was
reached AS the train came into Canton
there were cheers and a small crowd to
meet Mr.. Bryan. He made short speech.
He said:
sYou are so accustomed here to seeing
Presidential candidates that another can
didate is no curiosity. / suppose some of
you in 1896 voted for your home candidate
as a matter of local pride. but now you
can say that Canton is the home of
President and if the election goes our way
it will always be the home of an ex-
president, because that title 'ex' is one OF
those permanent titles that a man never
loses. If any one insists that the Presi-
dent deserves a second term you can re-
ply that one term is enough where a
president does we'll and too much where
he does not do we'll You have here in
youl city cannon, / believe, that was
presented to you as a trophy of the war.
1t was the custom in earlier days for can
mons to bear notices and your cannon
has inscribed upon it: Mars ultima ratio
regum,' which means that war is the
last reason of kings. Charles Sum-
ner in his grafton on the true character of
nations, delivered at Boston, July 4th,
1874, referred to this motto and said:
Let it be no reason for this Republic.
81 hope that you will not merely from
the possession of that cannon believe that
war is thing to be desired 1t ought to
be further away from republic even than
from monarchy, because in monarchy
the government rests upon force and has
frequent occasions to resort to force. A
king is not alwavs restrained by those
considerations which would restrain the
people of republic. In a country like
this, where the government rests upon
the consent of the governed and where
Justice is the rule between this govern
ment and other governments as well az
between the people, there ought to be less
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IN THE HEART OF
HANNA'S STATE
Continued from first page.)

glimpse of the lion of the occasion.
There was no effort to create trouble,
but the natural hum of thousands of
voices and the struggle for place was
such as to almost destroy the effect
of the speech.
TRUSTS AND THE PATENT LAW.
In his New Philadelphia speech Mr..
Bryan declared that the Republican party
was trying to hide behind the patent
laS-a and said that he was asked if the
Democratic party was going to destroy
the patent law. Continuing he said:
mo honest man would make such a
defense as that because no man will be-
lieve that when we denounce private mo-
nopolies like the Sugar Trust and the Oil
Trust we mean to destroy the patent
law. What is the difference between a
patent monopoly and the monopolies that
we are after?
"A man who gets a patent gets it be-
cause he gives to the world a new idea
and the Government protects him in
the enjoyment of the profits of that idea
for a fixed time.
but the trust magnate gives to the
world no new idea, he simply enjoys
an old idea, and you will find it in the
Bible, that the love of money is the
root Of all evil. He applies that to the
trust question, that is no new idea. The
man who gives you new idea and gets
patent upon it gives something that
is a blessing for the race
Referring to personal reference to
himself, Mr.. Bryan said he was not as
rich as he had been represented to be
and he explained how he had accumulated
the property he has, since 1895 by saying:
81 made part of it out of book which
nobody bought unless he wanted the
book part of it l made by writing arti-
cles which nobody read unless they
wanted to, and part of it by speaking
at chautauquas and other places where
nobody came unless he wanted to. What
l have made has been made by people
who bought because they thought that
they got what they were paying for, but
If had been the attorney of the Standard
Oil Trust, like the Republican Senator
from Nebraska, no Republican paper
would have condemned me for making
money"
After the outdoor meeting at Youngs-
town closed, Mr.. Bryan was escorted to
the opera house, where he spoke to as
many people, most of them ladies, as
could find accommodation inside of that
building Both speeches were general re-
views of the political situation. In the
opera house speech, he addressed himself
especially to women on the trust ques-
ton.
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IT WILL BE MEMORABLE.
The Reception to be rendered to Bryan by
New York Today
(By the Associated Press, }


New York, Oct. 15.-Tomorrow will oc-
cur the demonstration in this city in honor
of William Jennings Bryan. Preparations
of most elaborate character have been
made with the idea of making the recep-
tion to be rendered the Democratic Presi-
Dental nominee. the most spectacular
and most memorable welcome ever ex-
tended to candidate for political honors
in the history of America.
Mr.. Croker received telegram from Mr.
Bryan today announcing positively the
time of his arrival. Mr.. Bryan will hold
an informal reception shortly after his
arrival. He will have rest of an hour
before he becomes Mr.. Cookers guest at
dinner At o'clock.
There will be meetings at Madison
Square Garden, Cooper Union and Tam
many Hall and number Of open air
gatherings.
The Bryan ratification committee held
a meeting tonight to perfect details Mr.
Croker in an interview said
'The Republicans have been trying to
throw cold water on this meeting. Well
show them what the people think of Bry-
an. 1t will be the biggest thing that has
happened in this city for years. There'll
be lot of lies told about the matter but
the people will see for themselves"