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THE PEOPLE'S RECORDER. A Journul of Nows and Opinion. _?_ Published Every Saturday, at Colombia, S. O. BUBSCItlPTION BATES: I? Armsen-ODO Year, fd.50; Six Mouth?, 75- couts; Throe Months, 50 cent?. A. ?ash dtscouut of 26 conts will bo allowed on all Yearly Bubscrlptlona when paid strictly IN AOTANCR. City Subscription 15 couts por Mouth, iiaynme ?t ?nd ut Month; 12 ceuta per Mouth when pHid tx *DVIXCK. COMMUNICATIONS: THR REOOUOER will publfeh brlof and. ra tional cornmuulcadous ou Mihjeots of (ttm?r alluioro*t when they an? arco m pim i nd by theuamfs aail nddrvss?? of tho nuthors.atut ur? not of a defamatory natur?, und WIH-U sufflctmit cash ls ??ut to pay for 'vet-up" no chart:? for spa??. Atrnntyni >m com munitions will not bo notlon<l. Wo do not rot um rtieeted raanusorlot, unless stain | * aro neut for samv. Notiewof murriaa??s. birth?. d?*a'lt?, lost, found, otc, 25 COU IS trarh Insertion of nix lim*? or le-s. Mak? uli po-itul und oxpross u'.ou?y arden paval>l? to C. P. HO LISES, Editor and Publisher, < 'oltimbia. s. < 5. According to the BttfTalo Nows there are 257 forms In New York state that make tho culture of trees their prin cipal business. The ?valuation is C07.107. Vermont has four similar farms valued at $128.000. Tlic old saying that "His note ls as good as gold," has been modified in Kansas to "His noto ls better than gold." A Reno county farmer has just brought suit to compel a mort gage company to accept money for a note which lt holds against him. New Orleans, a city of nearly 300,000 population, consumes less than 15,000. 000 gallons of water dally. The total cost of tho New1 Orleans water works wau $1,000.000. St. Louis has spent $20,000.000 for the same purpose and lias a dally consumption o' 00,000,000 gallons. The agricultural bullding?Mho T.nu u^cy^uuV a^fl And will cove over two lacreS* more'-of ground than <lld die big"^manufacture and liberal Arts building at the Columbian expo sition In Chicago. In this thought tho SL Ixuilsans take great delight. Joseph IJ. Thompson of Franklin, N. H., who is nov/ in the 85lit year of his ago, has taught school in that town and vicinity for U3 yenra. Ho says, as one thing learned in hi* leng practico of his calling, that one-third of a teacher's timo is taken up In maintain ing order. On the wall of his "study" nanga a card with the word "Why" ir. large letters. This, ho says, has boon his motto all through lils lifo and studies. A great many California oranges are shipped east in what are known as tramp cars. There is no fruit the prie' >t which fluctuates as' much as does that of oranges, and thousands ot carloads of oranges are, therefore, started east with some uncertain des tination. Tho car may be consigned to Knnsas City, but in the meantime there are agents watching In the east for the best markets and on telegraph-. Ic information tho car may he ordered on to Chicago or New York City. Rrportcrs are often more active and more gifted with an instinct for de tail than the officers, says Charles Ii Grinned in the Atlantic. Together they mako a formidable combination. But they are often divided in opinion, and yet oftener in their sympathies. Reporters, like the average citizen, are more apt to pity the prisoner, If for nothing olso for the very reason that tho police aro down upon him. It ls an ambition of reporters to unearth moro facts than the police. Newspa pers print news from a prisoner's friends as readily as news from his persecutors. Nevertheless, they spread abroad tho charge against a suspected person moro than he or his friends wish. Since- tho newspapers begin long before a trial to work up a popu lar Interest in all tho persons con cerned, tho results, cannot bo other than an exnggorr.'.Jon of tho impor tance to tho public cf what stimulates and grui liles curiosity, vhcther or not lt affects the question of thc priBonor's guilt Tillman and Mclaurin Air Their Views in the Senate. A VERY DRAMATIC SCONE ENSUES 1 "he Sgflior -S?uth Carolina Senator Asks thc Junior Senator That They . Tender Their Joint Resignations. Washington, D, C., Special.-TIM Sonate chamber waa thc scone of a highly dramatic episode; Monday, when Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, challenged hi3 colleague. Senator Mc Laurlu, to resign with him on thc spot, In order, to use his language, that they might h? able "to wash their dirty linen, at home." M^. Mclaurin did . uot take un thc gauge, Tho*exciting j clash between thc two Senators wai I thc dirent se?uel of the very bitter controversy which nrob>c between th ?ni In South Carolin*) lust spring. Mclaurin arose tu a queriion o?" personal privi lege Monday ami proseuded ta explain what, he charged was a conspiracy to discredit him in his own State for act] and views which did not meei thc ap proval cf cciiain Democratic, leaders. lie declared that, he was being humilia ted, and, according to publie prints, was to bc excluded front thc Democratic caucus, becauso lie had acted upon cer tain public issues in a way which he considered was for the best interest of t!i? country and thc people of his State. Ho announced himself a be liever In thc cid Democracy and after denouncing thc new Democratic bid ers who. he. said, had brought destruc tion upon the party, declared thai he could not be driven from his old alle giance into a party with which he did not care to affiliate. Mr. McLatiriu's statements drew thc lire of Senator Jones, chairman of thc Democratic national committee, who denied that he had any ""ulterior motive?" in not inviting Mr. McLaurin to enter . the caucus. From Mr. Tillman it brought forth a review of the whole controver sy, in the course of which Mr. Hoar took occasion to express thc opinion that it was very doubtful whether bath the South Carolina scats were not in reality vacant. He contended that when the resignations wore offered last spring to the Governor, they could j not thereafter be withdrawn and that they became immediately operative, ll* cited a precedent, and suggested that the committee on privileges and cita tions should look into tho matter. 'I'nLmm climax came when Senator Till man challenged Uir. McLaurin to join with him in preparing a joint resig nations and bandi ? g. them iq thg~Jto '^Wrge^rowover, Mr. McLaurin did not accept and the cpi sude waa brought to an abrupt clo3n by a motion of Sana tor Dodge that thc Sonate go into t:xt.c uiivo session. At tba conclusion of1 the morning business there wns something of a ti ir in the chamber when Mr. McLaurin, of South Carolina, nros3 to a question of personal privilege. He bad before hin: a huge pile of manuscript. "1 aris; to a question of personal privilege in connection with the published state ment that I have been excluded from participation In Democratic caucus." ho announced. With evidence of con siderable emotion, he proceeded to ex plain that if such was the case and If lie was to be without assignment upon committees, thc right of his Stare, which he in part represented lu thc Senate, would suffer. The personal effect of an exclusion from representa* tion on committees waa, he said, not of so much importance as Its effect upon the State of South Carolina.. By this time the entire Senate was Interested. Several Republicans cross ed the. political aisle to the Democratic side the better to listen to what Mr. McLaurin had to say. Continuing, Mr. McLaurin said he would be silent did he not tear thai the movement against him was one to keep alive sectionalism. For many years tho people of the South bau realized that they had nut obtained their fair share of the national bene fits.- Mr. McLaurin recalled the lact that although Samuel.J. Randall had Ldvocated a protective tariff, he had been votjed for in a Democratic national convention for President. Hancock, al though he declared that the tariff was a local Issue, liad been nominated for President, and David D. Hill, although he opposed the Income tax, had not been, read out of the Democratic pirty. fdr. Tillman, of South Carolina, was on his feet when Mr. Jones concluded In his characteristic way he announced that while bis name bad not been mei:Honed, he realized that he was thc cause o:' it all. He said he would tut at Uti -. time, make an extended reply, briefly, then, he reviewed tho contro versy between himself and Senator McLaurin, which, led to the joint, tender of their resignations to the Governor" o;" Eouth Cardinia last spring, and told or tho Governor's suggestion that thu resignations bc withdrawn. Mr. Tilbr.au said he contended that the Governor was simply "a box into which wo bad put letters for the Legislature," and they could not undo their act. but that Mr. McLaurin lins hastened to withdraw bis letter. Mr. Tillman paid bc had examined the record of abr.lt 200 tases in thc history of tho govern ment where Senators had resigned, and Mr. McLaurin enjoyed the enviable ol'Dud ion of being the only ono w ho hud withdrawn his resignation after rffering it. As to Mr. McLaurin's charge of con spiracy to humiliate him by barring h?m fi om the. Democratic cati.ms, Mr. Ti Hmm called attention to thc fact that he had not been in Washlngn.i during the extra session of the Senate las? Spring. "This conspiracy," ha said, "is a dream conjured up by bim. If is 11>P creation of his own brain." In conclusion Mr. Tillman, with a sweep of his ann, adjured his Demo eiaiic colleagues not to "fret" abo-.it the nhargo that they were conspiring to di c edit Mr. MeLaurin at home be ?au.se "his crowd was deuioralh'.Rd, cowed and whipped." Mr. Mclaurin, .guide no reply to Mr. Tillman, but he arose for a moment to reply to Senator Jones, to say that he did not d?sir!? that there should bc f.ny thlng persoxjal in his .charge that, there had been ait"ult?rlor purpose" 111 any thing he had done. "I thought I was justified in sayiufww'nai ? did," said he *"1 accept ?tis dlHCl?hner." "I disclaim nothing," retorted Mr Jones, without rrsjng from his seat. "I simply contradicted." "I thank the Senator for his cour fcMiy.*' observed-Mr.-McLaurin, bowing with mock deference) as he took his seat." Air H?;ai. of Massachusetts, ad dressed himself b> the legality of the resignations, which the South ('andi na Senators bud sunt to tho (Suv?.nun* of their State. He- declared ilmt the resignation cl a legislative -.nib -er vac-ins Oie office, nt once, and lint in? doubled, whether such resignations could be withdrawn. Ho said thai Speaker Blaine had so. held upon one occasion in . tho House contrary ta Hie English noii-.:. tl.nl a k\,?sial o office cannot ;><-.. loslgued. Hu said thu! a man could not. bc kept >n ? >'!'.<.< agaius; will am. raided a laugh hy observing "lal hi his opinion uctUiei of the South Carolina Senators lia?! a right to address tho Senate, if thu statement K mad.w?y Mr. Tillman weie correct In rolm to the sally Mr. Tilintan raid hedRnl himself bee i ii tho same oplni^m, although he 'v(l not a lawyer v.?Mm withdrawing h."s resignation franj?le (iovernor of the I State he had anded that be withdrew 'it "if lt was lawful to do so." He BUKKCStcd that the judiciary commit tee should look into the matter a* he should enjoy nothing so much a-j washing the dirty-linen afhouio. Jumping to his .'feet. Mr. Mci JI?irin declared, in ringlet: tones, thal be was really to, meet his colleagu i at -my plaire or:at lay limo, f-ir ne? dis cussion of the Issues between thou. Thereupon, iii Uu^B?ost.drama?r fash ion. Mr. Tillman 'challenged his col league to rcsigu on the spot. "Let ne draw up the papers now." said ho. "and tender them to this man." pointing with-outstretched arni ?.v.erl the presiding officer, "a::0. that will scttlefit" ,. All eyes werie turned upon Mr 2>lr Laurin. ns MrV TTUmna, paused u-i if " litin;; for li is colleague to accept the challenge, "ivuifcy Mr. ' McLaurln, a! though lookll?jp Whl " Steadily in tho 'j\>\ did not riscffroni his seat ur n>a\e reply. Mr. Hoar again Jpok the floor and resignation immediately varn^K Eioat in tli" ft ouse. A resolutioii^^H the expulsion of a member from SoutTM Carolina was about to be voted upon, and the member, knowing that the re solution would be adopted, sent liir. resignation to the chair with the in tention of addressing the House and then offering it hefore tho vote on the resolution was takn. As so m as Speaker Blaine saw the nature of the ; om munirai ion sent to him he imme diately declared the seat vacant, thus putting an end to all flintier proceedings. Mr. Hoar continued that if the facts bearing upon ibo case of the South Carolina Senators had been correctly stated, it was doubtful whether they were entitled to scats ti pon the floor of the Renate at this time. He thought, thc commit tee on privileges and elections should inquire into the matter. Mr. Tillman said he waa glad that his own legal instinct had been back ed up hy such an eminent authority .as the chairman of the judiciary com mittee. If his colleague^would pre pare any document that would vacate his seat as well as his (Tillman's) he would be glad to sign it. As 'ong as ho represented the people on the floor, he said, in conclusion, he pro posed to represent them honestly and not in the fashion which was a dis grace to his "State. Mr. Lodge at this point arose and announced with a smile on his face that while tho resig nations were preparing, he would move that the Senate go Into execu tive session. The motion was carried. After half an hour behind closed doers tho Senate adjourned. Boston Goes Democratic. Boslon. Special.- The Democrats completely overwhelmed the Republi cans in the city election Tuesday, Gen eral Patrick A. Collins being e?ec'.ed over Mayor Thomas N. Hart by thc largest plurality in a quarter of a cen tury. Tho Democrats likewise obtain ed control of both branches of the city government, elected their strceet com missioner. Salem D. Charles, and prac tically all their candidates for the schcol commission. As'usual the city veted strongly in favor of llcens?. Fighting In PhiPpplnes. Manila, By Cable.-Thousands of people aro leaving Bataugas province for places of safety. General James M. Boll reports an important engagement between a. force of insurgents nt La bo, province of Camarines, and a detachment of the Twentieth Infantry. Thrco Americans wore l ilied. Tile loss of tho enemy Ja not know?, but is believed to have been heavy. Wi un oral Bell anticipated a speedy extermina tion of the Irreconcilables. Infectious diseases are said to bc un> known in Greenland; but it may bc re garded ns doubtful if .this iiu^muuty will attNict nuuy ininoigrants, ?r-^-'.?.'y'"...' r* . . GOLD AND SILVER Statistics of the County's Product ot Precious Metals. WORK OF THE AUNT FOR THE YEAR A Suggestion to Raise thc Country's Stock of Subsidiary Coin to Alcet Our Needs. Washington. D. C. Special-Tho re port or Mr. George B. Roberts, direc tor of the mint, upon the operations of the mint service during the fiscal year ended June 30. 1901, has been com pleted. The coinage of the mints dur ing the. Ilseal year amounted to 170. 999.1.12 pieces, or the value of $13G,.!40, 781. Of this $99,005,715 was in gold; $24,293.850 was in dilver dollars, S10. 900,G4S was In fractional silver and 009,503 was in minor coin. The coinage cf silver dollars during the year was wholly from the stock of bullion accumulated under the act of July 14, 1SJI0. The amount bf this bul lion on hand at the beginning of tiie fiscal year was S.2.2GS.054 standard ounces, and at the end of the year 52. 502,927 standard ounces. The coinage of this bullion has been accelerated JO enable the treasury to retire the treas ury notes issued on Its purchase and at the same time? eupply' the pressing de mand which has existed throughout the year for the small denominations of money required in retail trade. The original deposits of gold' nt the mints and assay offices amount to $153,101.580, an increase of$l9,lS1,501 over the preceding year. Of this $27. 900,489 was in foreign coin; $17,000.4!?:] that of Great Britain, nearly all toing from Australia and $50,425,500 that, of Japan. The estimated production of gold lu the United States during the calendar year 1900 was $79,171,000, and notwith standing the fact that this country led the world In production, its Imports exceeded its exports by $12,806,010. The production of North America, practi cally all of which comes to the United Statte, was $110.151,500. The world's coinage of gold in the calendar year of 1900 was $354,936.197, and of silver $117.011.902. The industrial consumption of gold In the United-States during the calen dar year 19?0 is estimated at $16,007, 5C0 ,and of j the world, approximately poiv'o?-BUbad^ary coin 'in the s limited by law to $100,000, _ . jn Novsstber I?t! 1901. the t-.x HR: stock ( waa 100,613^12. The re p^ff says that It'isnot improbable that before another Congress shall have op portunity to act, th i growing needs of th'? country will have absorbed the en tire amount authorized. It is s?ggested that the limit of the country's stock of subsidiary coin be raised to at least $120,000,000. No good reason is aparcnt.says the report.why the coinage of dollar pieces should not be allowed to cease and all of the ...1 ver on hand be used in subsidiary coinage. The Bonine Trial. Washington. Special.-Counsel for the defense In the trial of Mrs. Lola Ida Bonine for tho murder of James Seymour Avres, Jr., Saturday, precip itated a lengthy argument over the right to ask an exjtert witness cer tain hypothetical questions bearing on thc hip wound of Ayres. The court directed the jury to retire dur ing the discussion. The defense stated that lt would endeavor to show by tho witness. Dr. W. P. Carr, that the government's contention that Ayres received this wound at long rnnge. was wholly untenable from the very nature of the wound.? The court will render its decision Monday. Roosevelt's First Bill. Washington. Special. - President Roosevelt Saturday signed the first bill sent to him by Congress, thus creating the first law, to be enacted under hi; administration. It was thc act to ad mit free of duty and to permit the transfer of foreign exhibits from thc Pan-American Exposition of the South Carolina Intor-State and West Indian Exposition at Charleston. S. C. Married By Telegraph. Bowling Green, Ky.. Special.-Misa Maude Wilcutt stood in tho telegraph office here and became the brido af Dr. J. W. Simmons, of Feaster, Tex. They were married by wire. The questions were asked from the Texas end hy a justice of the peace and were answered by Miss Wilcutt. Miss Wilcutt at present is teaching school In Buthr counts'. She and Dr. Simmons recently met while travelling. The operator and newspaper acquaintances wer? the Bowling Green witnesses to the mar riages Mrs. Simmons will leave next week for Texas to join her husband. A Negro Lynched. Lako Charles, La.. Special.-Raul Poydras, a negro, who cut Chief Dep uty Richard and who seriously Thurs day night, was lynched here Saturday morning. Poydras was arrested a? Welsh and the officers were abou*. lo lodge him in the parish prison, when a mob overpowered the guards, took charge of Poydras, and hanged him to an electric Hsht pole. 1,000 Soldiers Said to Have Died ?On Account of Neglect. CHARGES AGUNST ARMY OFFSCOL A Cincinnati Physician Claims That Many Lives Have Been Sacr!Si?? Needlessly. Marion. O.. Special.-Dr. Charles A. L. Reed, of Cincinnati, tho rotiri?f: president of the American Medical Au 3oelutlon. was given a banquet hens Tuesday niyht hy the. medical profus sion of northern Oh-'o. In Che ttMmm ?r his remarks on pending eongrcssioaa? topics, viewed from a medical stand point, he said: "lt seenss, from ?vidence thai, hat*, recently ernie from within tho army itself, that tho medical department fia? not only heen degraded, hut that it VJ practically without authority. Thl3 w?* strikingly, indeed tragically, Illustrated during the recant war. A commandant was in charge; of a quarter of tito en tire army. Mis command wa? neadrr np of tin; flower of A UP;ri can man hood, and was encamped at a houllh resort, lie. however, in violation or tho precedent of the usually ctiiUvalr.tf and com j)..-tent gentlemen of tho lim?, but acting under the permission ol* ex isting anny regulations, not only se* aside recommendations of lils aanitarj officers, hut by personal examplo in cited his men to'violate the most fun damental-sanitary laws. Tile rosulL wa? what might have been expected. OF the moro than C?.000 men In his .:om mand 12,000 were Invalids, nearly ..OOO died from preventable causes. IE in an active campaign the commandant b.jul Ignored the advice of his scout .inti had led his command into ambush with similarly disastrous result, 12.00?" wounded and 1.0*00 killed, ho woutrt have been court-martialed, and, doubt less, dismissed from tho service. "The resolution, however, I am In formed, fix no responsibility for this parallel calamity, the enormity of which is only beginning to bo under stood. It,ls not surprising that efforts have been made to suppress knowledge of lt. I am advised -that the tunny in vestigation committee, in tiio interosl o? publie decency, omittc'J ;from Its public report much tcstlmonyTon thin phase of the conduct of tho war. Anu j tates this unsavory subject ia banished! j to the Philippines. No wrmd?r?'? tb? , Surgeon General cannot fill tho 61) and I more vacancies now existing in his J corps; self-respecting medical men ore. not offering themselves for a. norvic** that ls dominated by gag law and tyranny. Bul su::h methods must fail. The agitation ?ann?t stop until tho re sponsibility is fixed for the enfor?viicnt of a regulation lintier the present, tern-ut of which the bumptiousness of an ac cidental and incapable commandant:? with impunity to himself, may deprivo an cnllr? army of the benefactions of science." Large Canal Appropriation. Washington, Special.-Senator Morgan introduced a bill providing for tho con struction of the Nicaragua Canal. The? bill provides an aggregate of $18l).0iH>. OOO. of which ?5,000,000 is made Imme diately available, and of which aggre gate sum such amounts as aro neces sary are to be appropriated by Con gress from time to time. Tho control of the canal and the. canal bolt is vent ed In a hoard of eight citizens of the United States in addition to the Secre tary of War, who Ls to bo preslrletiL. The members of the hoard aro to ht? paid a salary of JS.OOO a your each, and they are to b:? chosen regardICMS J! po lit irai affiliation. There is a provision authorizing the establishment of a reg iment from the regular army on the canal belt to properly guard it. and courts also are authorized conformable; to the powers granted by the. govern ments of Nicaragua and Costa ltira. There also is a provision making tn rn* divisions of th? canal during the con struction aud there ls to be a chiot" en gineer and two assistants on each nl vision, the chief to receive a salary of $0,000 andjhe assistants $.1,0t>0. To Be Deported. Manila, By Cable.-The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed tho writ of habeas corpus In the case of Patterson, tho Englishman, privato secretary tn Sixto l?pez, whoso deportation is sought by tho authorities, os ho refus ed to take the oath of alleglanco to the United States when ho landed at Manila. Justice Cooper dissented. Pat terson will be deported on tho flrat steamer bound for Hong Kong. Will Protect Germans. Berlin, By Cable.-The Polish griev ance growing out of the punishment of parents nt Wro3i5ien, who refused ti> oblige their children to learn their catechism and prayers in the Cern?an language, was the subject o? an inter pellation hy Prince Rodslwlfi, In tb?* Reichstag. The Imperial clio neel bur. Count Von l?uclow, replied that titer quotion pertaindd to tho Pnissiatt. Diet and that therefore ho must re fuse to disouss ?. in tho Reichstag. Ile ocild tay, however, the prestige of tho Km pi rc had not in any way suff irral through tho altitude of tho Wrfcfcdie.n ?? ?Vhor?tlr.'3. and that the relations witto Austria and Russia wero entirely titt affected. . \ _