; . . . . . . . j ^ _ The Bamberg Herald. | ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 26.1900. ONE DOLLAR PER TEAR. |||8 * I ? ? v\ /% VT T SENATORCLARK MUST GET OUT' 4 * ' f] Report of Elections Committee Is a Sabmitted to Senate. t 6 1 HIS SEAT IS DECLARED VACANT * ? ; Resolution to Fire Montana Man ? Unanimously Recommended a D 4.1 f* Ui.. S oy inc wummuiee. A A Washington Special says: Senator *, Chandler, from the senate committee ^ on privileges and elections, submitted t< to the senate Monday the report of r that committee in the case of Senator ^ Clark, of Montana. The report says: j "The find;ng of the committee is, c that the election to the senate of Wil-. j, liam A. Clark, of Montana, is null and n void on account of briberies, attempt- p ed briberies and corrupt practices by B his agents, and of violation of the laws of Montana defining and punish- ii ing crimes against the elective fran- ( a v chise." ? d The committee unanimously recom- t . mends the adoption by the senate of the following resolctiou: 8 "Besolvqp, T^hat William A. Clark c was not dply and legally elected to a v seat in the senate of the United States h by the legislature of the state of Mon- t< tana." c The report conclndes: n "The senate shonld, as a dnty to .it- c self and to the country, demonstrate t] by its action in this case that seats in r: the United States senate procured as 1 Senator Clark's has been procured t< * * cannot be retained by the deliberate ^ indcrment nf the senate. The senate a also owes a duty to tbe people of Mod- ? tana, who, conscio is of the bad repute into which the state has fallen by e reason of vast expenditures of money f< in connection with its elections; mani- 0 fested such a public sentiment that p the legislature of 1895 passed a statute which, if obej ed, would have re- ^ deemed the state from its bad name.. s Montana has a right to expect a b prompt and decisive remedy from tbe f action of the senate upon the report of t] A this committee.'* ' .. The findings are based on the fol- 0 \ ' lowing admitted and undisputed facts j< appearing in the testimony: n '*1. -The expenditures in the contest t< of 1895 as testified to by Senator 0 Clark and Governor Hauser. y "2. The law of 1895 relative to a * crimes against the elective franchise, b limiting the purpose and amonnt of ft political expenditures in any election. "3. Senator Clark has been con* f< atantly a candidate for office. The * organization of a committee in his in- 6: teresi in the summer of 1898, to which f( the report says:. 'He gaye unlimited tl authorited to spend money which be agreed to furnish; an estimate, how: ever, being made that at least $35,000 would be necessary to secure tbe state convention and that $75,000 might be J needed to secure the state legislature. "4. In the canvass which ensued the approximate' expenditures admit hvthA vftrinns mflmhers of his committee, and their assistants, were v? as follows: By Charles W. Clark, y $25,000; by McDermott, $22,000; by ^ Davidson, agent, $22,300; by Well- * come, $25,000; by Corbett; $5,000; * I by Whitmore, $1,000; by Cooper, e' $2,900, mainly furnished by Charles T W. Clark, and the amount of these u expenditures Senator Clark himself 0 * * paid to his son. The advances and cl payments made by Senator Clark to his committee and agents, as admit- c ted by him, amounted to about $139,- C 000. sf "5. None of the members of his ci committee or their assistants inrde & the sworn returns required by law, d nor did Senator Clark himself make r< any return." si Sections 6 to 15 deal with the busi- ai ness transactions of Mr. Clark and his representatives with members of the s( legislature. C ? ai Mcaragna Bill Bay. y In the house Monday upon the re* c< quest of Mr. Hepburn, unanimous v< consent was given to set aside May 1 and 2 for the consideration of the o Nicaragua canal bilL * h TO USB BUS TAX. " ^ ' tl Atlantis 6s., Msj Soon Bosst of An Up- p to-Date "Pa?>nr Institute." ( A "Pasteur Institute" seems a ai probability for Atlanta, Ga. The re- 113 port of the Georgia Medical Associa- ?ai tion to investigate with a view to establishing a Pasteur labaratory in j? that city, was adopted by the Georgia ' Medical Association. The committee was instructed to - make further investigation, and given fi power to act, without, however, bind- 1 ing the association in. a financial way. The idea is to saenre, if possible, 50 3 > percent of the dog tax, to be devoted ,! to the opening of a "Pasteur Insti- .! s M 111 i. QI rate" in aubuu FLOOD REPORTS ENCOURAGING. The Weather Clccn Off end the Waters D Begin to Sabeide. A Jackson, Miss., special says: The flood situation is considerably improv- 8 ed and the Illinois Central road is get- t ting its trains through to New Orleans P; over the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley ^ tracks without difSculty. t; All previous estimates of damage to railroad and farming interests have tc been multiplied as the extent of facts of the situation are gathered. pi NEWSPAPER PLANT BURNEl). St. Louis Chronicle Building and Con- H touts Almost m Total Loss. The plant of the St. Louis Chronicle, occupying the three and four-story C( buildings at Nos. 14 to 18 North Sixth h street, was practically destroyed S2t- v urday by a fire that is supposed to have S( originated in the boiler room. The a interior of the building is a complete a L wreck and the typesetting machines, c the stereotyping machines and whole p fonts of type in the advertising depart- t) ment of the paper are destroyed. The tl plant is almost a total lo3s. p if f _ .;vf ; CONSTANT SR1RMISHIN6. 3oers Are Pressing British Garrison at Wepener and Showing Great Activity. Latest dispaches arriving in London rom the seat of war, though meager nd unsatisfactory, clearly indicate enewed activity at all points where be British and Boer forces are in triking distance of each other.- Inerest for the moment centers at Derets dorp aDd Wepener, with fighting vidently in progress. A dispatch from Ailwalnorth of April 1st says there was heavy firing on he previous day between ijewets dorp nd Wepener, and around Wepener on aturday, but no particulars have been eceived. A special dispatch from fasue dated Saturday, April 21st, ays: "The investment of Wepener coniuues. The Boers seem determined o do their utmost to capture the garison before relief arrives. Severe gliting appears imminent." The activity of the Boers at Elandsaagte apparently has failed to draw leneral Buller, if that was its object, ato doing more than repel the attack lade on his advance posts. A disatch from Warrenton, also dated Sat.rday, says: "There has been intermittent and aeffective snipiug by the Boers, who lso fired a few shells,' both during the ay and night at the station, the past wo days." Spenser Wilkinson, ^viewing the itution in South Africa for the Assoiated Press, says: ""The Boers admirably understand ow to suit their tactics and strategy o the country. Their art consists, in ompelling the British to attack and lake exhausting marches across a ountry ill-provided with roads. Thus heir first step is to surround in supeior force aDy isolated party of British, 'his compels the British, if they try o escape, to attack under conditions hich give all the advantages of cover njl defensive use of rifle fire to the oer lorce. lne tfritisn commanaeri-chief is then forced to send & relief spedition from a distance. The Boer 5rce interposes, and the British, in rder to get forward, are again comelled to attack. "This is the history of Wepener, hete Colonel Dalghety has 1,500 men nrrounded by Boers. General Braant, from the sontb, and General lundle, from the west, have to fight beir way to the relief of Dalghety. "General Bundle has pert of his wn and General Chermside's divis3D8, which if fully present would lake 18,000 men. His plan should le > try to surround the Boers in frout f him, but as they ride and his men ralk, he may find this impracticable nd have to push them back slowly y a combination of a flank with a ontal attack. , "The Boers are using their small [>rces with great energy. A 4py ot vo ago they were recounoiteringGenral Roberts' position north of Bloem>ntein. Next they attacked Lord Meauen,who was retiring toward Boshof. COLSON LIBERATED. ury Declared Slayer of Scott and Demaree Not Guilty?Ovation In Court Room. .Ex-Congressman David J. Colson, ho was tried at Frankfort, Ky., for le murder of Lieutenant Ethelbert cott and Luther W. Demaree, was cquitted at 6:35 o'clock Saturday rening. . The trial lasted four days, he jury was out only eighteen min tes. There was silence as the jury led into the court, and the court lerk, Ford, read the verdict. As the last words were read, the rowd arose and sent up a wild cheer, 'olonel Colson, the defendant, was landing near the witness chair. The rowd took no notice of the court offi>rs, whe pounced vigorously for orer, bat piled over the railings surmnding Colson and insisted on laking hands with him. They gave a ovation to the jury and Colonel ames Andrews, Colson's chief coun*1. The cheering was kept np till olonel Colson left the court room, ad as he did so, it was taken up by le Beckham soldiers in front of the >nrt house, to which the colonel very ery gracefully returned the salute. Colson received messages from all rer the state congratulating him on is acquittal. The tragedy which rellted in Colson's trial was a duel ith Lieutenant Ethelbert F. Scott in le lobby of the Capital hotel in rankfort, in which Colson killed his atagonist, Scott, and Luther W. Detaree and Charles Julian, bystanders, ad wounded Captain B. B. Golden. Both Scott and Colson emptied their istols, fifteen or twenty shots being red in all. Scott had seven bullets in is body; Colson was wounded in the m. He received the wound early in le fight and it was shown that Scott red first. Colonel Colson was tried on an inictment charging him with the mursr of Scott. He is also indicted for illiDg Demaree, but this will now be ismissed. EX BANKER INDICTED. eclares Efforts Are Being Made bj Enemies to Blackmail Him. An indictment was returned by the rand jury at Lima. Ohio, Friday af srnoon against N. L. Michael, ex-viceresident of the American National ank, which was mysteriously robbed vo years ago of $18,000. Michael deared some time ago that the 'efforts ? connect him with looting the now >funct bank were being made for the arpose of blackmail. THE PRICE LEFT OUT. ou?e Radically Chaoses th? Naval Appropriation Hill. A Washington dispatch says: As a 2sult of a protracted struggle in the ouso Friday the provision of the naal appropriation bill to enable the ecretary of the navy to contract for rmor for the battleships Maine, Ohio nd Missouri, now awaiting their artonr equipment at $345 per ton, the rice asked for Krupp armor, is out of le bill as is the provision to repeal ie $300 limitation placed upon the rice of armor by the current law. o "VS* V-W THREE MILLION FLOOD LOSS Mississippi and Louisiana Both Suffer Enormously. DEVASTATION IS ON ALL SIDES Lands Submerged, Farm Houses Washed Away, While Loss of Animal Life Is Appalling. A special to the Memphis Commermal.Anneal from New Orleans under ?rr? date of April 20 says: The flood which commenced the early part of the week has already caused, at a conservative estimate, fnlly $3,000,000 loss in central and southern Mississippi, to say nothing of the damages by the railroads. The extent of the losses have not yet been fully realized, and it may be Bomedays yet before an accurate total can be reached. For days mail communication has been totally cut off between those localities which have suffered most and the outside world, while telegraph lines suffered greatly, so that the news is just now beginning to arrive by wire. In Louisiana, too, the damage done by the unprecedented rains w^ great, but in this state they are more inferential than positive. A special from Columbia, Miss., which was received Friday night, fixes the loss in that little town and its immediate vicinity at $500,000. Many farm houses were carried away by the mad waters, the occupauts barely escaping with their lives, and the number of cattle destroyed was great. A great many gins and mill houses were washed away and many saw mills saw their lumber piles melted away as if by magic. Nearly every big bridge around Columbia was swept down stream. Pearl river is now higher that it has been known for many years. Miles and miles of the New Orleans and Northeastern track are still under water. Honey island, the rendezvous of the noted train robber, Birch, is under twenty feet of water, and the island, which has for years been one of the neutral game preserves of the south, is now devoid of wild animals. Hundreds of deer were drowned, and the Hills near the banks of Pearl river are now the temporary abiding places of all manner of fonr-footed life. The log booms in the neighborhood of Pearlington were all carried away and the loss sustained in this direction alone amounts to thousands of dollars. Distressing Dews comes from HickWi.6 a email t/-?wn An this rnftd. VI J J 4.U. ?OD? J ? MMIMI* m M W*> which is sow completely surrounded by. water and inundated in many localities. Hundreds of hogs and cattle near this place were drowned and miles of fencing have been washed away. The latest advices from the town of Enterprise state that the losses there have been great and much destruction prevails. Half a score of towns are completely cut off from the outside world, as they have been since the early part of the week. From Chunky river swamp, near Enterprise, comes the news of a heavy loss of life. The Illinois Central road is crippled badly. The New Orleans and Northeastern, the East Louisiana and the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley are as yet unable to move trains and the Mobile and Ohio is also a heavy sufferer^ COPPER MINE SOLD. + m i The Standard OH Company Buy* a Controlling Interest. A Salisbury, N.; C., special says: The recent rnmor tkat the Standard Oil Company was trying to secure a eon trolling interest in the Union copper mine was not altogether an idle one, for now they own all the shares of stock except $100,000, retained by W. G. Newman. This means that the Standard Oil Company will have the controlling interest in the mine in future. Those who know most about the transaction state that the consideration Mr. Newman received was enormous. SCOTT FIRED FIRST. So Testified Two Witnesses In Colton Trial At Frankfort. In the Col son trial at Frankfort, Ky., Friday, William Smoot testified that he overheard Lieutenant Scott and Golden talking in front of the Capitol hotel a few minutes before the tragedy occurred, in which Scott and two others were killed. Smoot heard ^ 11 i. /l.l J ocott say to uruiueu; "This trouble has been brewing long enough and has got to end now," to which Golden replied: "Whatever you do, don't let him get the drop ou you." Max Hansberry and Max Redin, of Midway, both testified that Scott fired the first shot. AGAINST THE CHANGE. . a Majority of Xew York Presbyterian Ministers For Old Creed. The New York Journal and Advertiser has polled as many of the Presbyterian clergymen of Greater New York as could be reached upon the subject of a change of creed. The resnlt follows: For a new creed, 30; against revision, 14; non committal, 8. FACTS AKE WANTED. Trouble That J.abor Federation Will Take Hand In Strike, It is likely, according to President W. V. Powell,'that the American Federation of Labor will take a hand in the strike of the Southern railway telegraphers. "Proni/lont. Samuel P. Gompers, of the Federation, wired President Powell, the head of the telegraphers' order, Thursday morning, asking for a statement of the present situation and for suggestions as to the best way to proceed in the matter. j .* i 1. I?fj11 irvlfSJrJCMCNJCMCMCMiJ 1 I SOUTH CAROLINA l ; \ STATE NEWS ITEMS. \ ; oCMCMCMrvJCM?MCN>CS>? ] Palmetto Knights of Honor. The Grand Lodge, Knights of Hon- , or, of this state, met in Colombia the j past week. The financial showing was { gratifying, The officers for next year k are W. A. Templeton, past grand die- , tator; L. N. .Zealey, grand reporter; * J. T. Robertson, grand treasurer; L. j L. Zealey and J. W. Todd, delegates \ to the Supreme Lodge. I % 1 Separate Coaches a Heavy Expense. ^ The recent session of the legislature ' changed the law requiring railroads to , provide seperate compartments ?iu , coaches for white and colored pas- j seDgers. The new act provides for ] separate coaches, and establishes a ; uniform rate of 3 cents a mile, instead , of first and sccbnd-class fares. The , railroads complain that the change has < cost them considerably. *%, ] Consolidation To Be Effected^ It is announced that preliminaries > have bee? completed for the consolidation of most of the railroad proper- J ties owned and operated by the At- , lautic Coast Line. The consolidation , will be effected under the charter of , the Virginia corporation, which will j be known as the Atlantic Coast Lino i Railroad Company. Including the ; lines in South Carolina, the new system < will comprise about 2,100 miles. The < consolidated company is authorized to have $100,000,000 capital, although it \ is not stated that the amount will be , issued. ] ** - . Tolbert's Dismal Approved. ( A Charleston special says: The re- i moral of John R. Tolbert, collector of , customs at the port of Charleston, will relieve the Republican party in South Carolina of the leader of a faction ; which has caused bloodshed and riot < and unending troubles. The prime ( ( cause which led up to Tolbert's dis- ] missal was the fact that he allowed 1 contraband liquors to be stored in the j custom house, to be kept there for : blind-tiger keepers, against the laws ; and away from the roach of constables. Six weeks ago it was said that the cus- 1 torn house was being used for a blind 1 tiger, and the talk got so frequent that j - - - S i ? 5 constables recently attempted to raia the building. The collector, however, refused admittance, and it was not until the treasury department sent a man here that the search could be made. While waiting for the arrival of the inspector, the constables kept guard at the building, and the liquor could not j be removed, although while the gnards were outside the officials were busy in the building emptying about $1,000 worth of good liquor the sewers and i trying to hide all traces. This did not happen, however, for the proof was found and a report was make accord- 1 ingly. - I No surprise was expressed here when i the news was received that Tolbert had i been dismissed. Collector Wallace, 1 who will succeed him, #will remove < Chief Deputy Collector OstendorfT, < and it is likely that other heads will be chopped off. Col. Wallace stands j well in the state, and liis record as a < Republican leader stands good. j Tolbert is the father of the Tolberts < boys at Greenwood and Phoenix, who were mixed up in the riots there last < November during the elections. Since that time the community has made it unpleasant for everybody with Tolbert blood, and there was great rejoicing in j the two communities when it was learned that Tolbert had been fired. It is believed that the custom house 1 sensation has been closed with the dis- ( missal of Tolbert. He was in bad re- ( pute politically, and the business of the office will be carried on to better advantage under the new regime. +** * Capt. Sharpe Died In Poverty. ' Captain M. R. Shcrpe, comand- * er of the Twelfth regiment of South Carolina volunteers in the civil war, died in Columbia the past week, and | it was' not until the end came that friends and old comrades ascertained that he was in abject poverty, had suf- c fered for the necessities of life, that his ? family were in want and unable to i bury him. ( Captain Sharpe was seventy-five i years of age and one time was a man [ of property. His war service was dis- ] guished. One of his comrades said?f c hijn that if he had fought for France ; he would have been decorated with ?V?n T.amnn ,\t TTnrAi* if tnr V.noland I bUO JLig^iVU VI AAVUVA y ?* AV4 he would have worn the Victoria cross. } His bravery and disregard of personal danger won him the admiration of all soldier who knew him or were ac- ^ qnainted with his deeds of valor. He went throughout the war and at j Sharpsburg was wounded, althpugh be ought to have gone to the hospital, he j continued to fight during the battle. At Gettysburg he dirfp?j.yed the same bravery that had characterized' him in other battles, and in tkia battle he was j wounded so that he lost his left arm. Captain Sharpe's property was lost j in the war, and since then he has lived j in an unobtrusive, quiet way. Recently, because of old 3ge, he lost a position at the almshouse, held for years. j His friends saw that he was properly buried. An aged widow and an afflicted son are survivors of this family. ^ The old Confederates here will do t what they can for the family?too i brave to let their poverty be known a till revealed by death?and they invite r all citizens to contribute to so worthy r a cause. i ?* 1 Library Lo?en the Money. ? The supreme court has made a de- t cision that decides important points, t besides being a severe, if not fatal, blow to the Neblett Libra- . t ry Association, of Greenville, c The decision is in the Neblett will case by the supreme con'4 and Mrs. S. E. Turnipseed, plaintiff, ap- , pellant, wins her suit. The newxcomes from the clerk of the supreme court to plaintiff's attorneys. ^ Probably no case in the up-country has ever attracted 60 much attention . throughout the state and among the lawyers generally, or has been so ably c fought. It not onl;; involved consid- | erable property, but grave questions of law and equity, and the decision * will probably establish a strong precedent. The trial in the circuit court . . _ - was a matter of profound interest. Every phase has been closely watched. < \rgnraents were made in the supreme 'ourt last fall. This is the end of a ?plendid legal fight and a question of jenuioe interest to the public. In 1892 Mrs. S. Turnipseed, of Conmbia, and Mrs. A. Viola Neblett, who. were prominent in the world of ?voman's clnbs and of woman's snf- ( rage, who were aunt and niece, rejpectively, and being left with few if iny near relatives, made a mutual i jreement as to the disposition of heir oronertv. The nnreement xvas :hat in the event of the death of either ^ ;he property of such one should go o the other. Wills were agreed npn, jut neither will was put in evidence it the trial. * In 1896 Mrs. Neblett made a new will, in which nearly all the property e was given to the Neblett library,which aad already been established by that arty. About }f^u,uuu in siocks huu oonds were thus given to the library, and the household furniture and sil- 1 rer were willed to Mrs. S. 0. Sirrine. i Mrs. Turnipseed was given $1,000. t Mr. G. W. Sirrine was named as executor. 1 Mrs. Neblett died in 1898 snd Mrs. Turnipseed took steps during that < year to set aside the second will and , 3>tablish the validity of the oral agreement. The case came before the circuit court at the November term, 1898, fudge Klugh presiding. Mrs. Turnipseed was represented by Haynesworth, Parker & Patterson and George Johnstone, and the defendants by 3othran, Ansel & Cothran, J. A. McDnllough, W. G. Sirrine and C. F. Dill. A jury was impaneled and for two days direct and expert testimony was .taken amid some of the finest legal work ever seen in Columbia, fust before the arguments commenced fudge Klugh dismissed the jury and took the c*se in hand on the equity side of court. In an elaborate opinion filed several weeks later the judge sustained Mrs. Neblett's second will, holding that while the fact of there being an oral agreement between aunt and niece, it bad been shown that its terms were not sufficiently supported to be enforced, and that the second will had more of force. Now the supreme court j a 1 nrvt flia r6V6rSCS IL113 UOI-IOIUIJ* aivuuiigu 1'iiv will of Mrs. Turnip8eed was demanded by her attorneys, the doonment was aot produced and has not yet been fonud. The effect of this decision will be to deprive the Neblett Library Association of about $20,000. The building in which the library is located has not been involved, as it was given to the issociation by Mrs. Neblett prior to the making of the second will. This was ber private residence. LOSE FOR THIRD TIME. School Cut at Alton, 111., Goer Against the Negroes Once More. The jury in the case of Scott Bibb versus mayor and city council of Alton, Illinois, known as the colored school case, brought in a verdict Saturday for the city. The case is a celebrated one and involves the question of separate schools for white and colored children. Bibb, who represented the colored people, charged that the colored school ehildren were excluded from the public schools. This is the third time the case has been tried, in the circuit court. An appeal will be take to the superior arurt. Sultan Will Pay? According to unconfirmed advices from Constantinople the porte has reolied to the American demands, statng that Turkey will compensate American missionaries under the same jonditions as in the case.of other foreign subjects. Cobb Left Kight Millions. Letters testamentary in the estate )f the late Silas P. Cobb were |iled at Dhicago Monday. The testator left in estate valued $8,000,000. THE FOURTH INDICTMENT. former Auditor Hooter Hu Another Trut Bill Against Hiin. * ? Thoe. J. Hunter, the former auditor >ithe Atlanta and FTest Point railroad md the Western Railway of Alabama, ias again been indicted by the Fulton lounty grand jury. The new indictnent charges him with misappropriatng $2,375 of the funds of the Western 1 iailway of Alabama, alleged to have ] some into his hands through the com- < >any'a office at West Point. 3 JAPAN AND RUSSIA~NEXT? [Tar Between the Mikado and Csar Is Persistently Predicted. Advices from Yokahama state that he persistency with which the western iress clings to the imminence of war >etween Russia and Japan is attractng much attention. Thus far there 3 ma seemed to be no foundation what- i loever for the rumor. < The fact which now impresses the i mblic is the arrival of representatives r>f some of the prominent New York i ispers who have been sent for the express purpose of being on the spot t vhen the outbreak occnrs. 1 BOX OF MILDEWED BILLS. j ( Lmericus Woman Finds What Is Sup- } loosed to Be a Fortune. Mrs. William Parker, residing near Lmericus, Ga., stumbled upon a forune Thursday morning while sweep- j ng her yard. The broom caught in , in obstacle, partly unearthed by the j ecent rain, which proved to be a usted and decayed iron box contain- ^ ng a solid block of paper money, two nches in thickness. The bills are nildewed with age and so compressed ogether that their value cannot be deermined. # ( The supposition is that the money ( ras probably coDcealed during tne ( :ivil war and forgotten. SULTAN IS DEFIANT. i Xplomstn Declare the "Sick Man" Will Welcome a Disturbance. A special to The New York World rom Washington says: c "It is intiniatedby diplomats famil- ( ar with the situation that the sultan i >f Turkey does not care particularly g whether an ultimatum is issued by the Jnited States because of the neglect tc jay the claim for $100,000 which the Jnited States is cow demanding after ] rears of promises, as he has m^ans of c cprisal at hand." s 4RMY OFFICERS GET EXTRA PAY Senator Bacon's Resolution Brings Ont the Fact ? EMISSION IS FRANKLY MADE secretary Root 5ays They Deserve Double Compensation?Washington Post Criticises. A Washington special says: Senator Bacon's resolution calling for facts about extra compensation paid to army officers'in high statione in Cuba was adopted by the senate Saturday, as was the other one on the same line calling for the details of certaih elaborate expenditures said to have been made in fitting up quarters fir the American representatives in Havana. The introduction of the resolutions, and their consideration, brought forth not only a lively discussion in the senate, in which some startling adw missions were made, but it brought from the secretary of war the admission that the allegations are true. Secretary Boot is quoted as admitting that American army officers now oocupymg administrative positions in Cuba, are drawing additional salaries of Cuban revenues. The Washington Post, referring to the matter, says: "Most surprising of the misuse of this Cuban money is that it has had the sanction of the administration, as represented by the president and Secretary Boot. The Cubans have, of course, been powerless. They have not even been consulted. The United States is in control of the island, and so in the pockets of American army officers thousands of dollars of Cuban revenues merely jingle, alongside ol the dollars regularly paid to these officers as their legal salaries." This act, which is in direct conflict with the specific law which provides that no army offioer shall receive extra compensation by pointing out that it has only gone to a few, and. that the money which went to these favored few came from the revenues of Cuba, and not from the fnnds for the payment of army officers' salaries. Senator Bacon says he will push the investigation vigorously, as he proposes to get to the bottom of these charges. Secretary Boot, in admitting the facts, also stated that the officers who were donbly paid, were worth more than their salaries from this government, and this he considered an extenuating circumstance. ? TAYLOR SEES BOOSE* ELT. * Kentnckian Appeals to Governor of New York For Protection, The New York World publishes the following in Sunday's issue: W. 8. Taylor, governor of Kentucky, is in New York in consequence of the finding of an indictment against him by the grand jury of Frankfort, charging him with being an accessory before the fact to the murder of William E. Goebel. He appealed to Governor Roosevelt asking that any demand for extradition be denied. The interview between the governor of Kentucky and the governor of New York lasted for an hour and a half. The utmost secrecy was observed. According to a Frankfort dispatch the indictment against the Republican Governor Taylor, charged with being an accessory to the murder, will be held up till after the argument of the governorship contest cast, which is docketed for hearing before the supreme court at Washington, April 30th, and it is said by persons in the councils of the prosecution that no steps will be taken in the case till after that time. ' The rumor that Governor Beckham bad been applied to fer a requisition is without foundation. Monument to Texas Heroes. Saturday aras San Jacinto day in Texas. It is made notable this year by the nnveiling of a monument in Galveston to the heroes of the Texas revolution, the gift of the late Henry Rosenborg to the people of Texas. RAILROADS HOSOR EMPLOYE. Ml Basinet* Suspended While Body Was Belnc Bnrled. The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Liouis and Western and Atlantie railroads paid a last tribute to the mem* )ry of Superintendent of Motive Power Tames Callen, who died in Nashville Thursday night, and was buried Sat* lrday at noon. While the funeral ceremonies at the jrave were being conducted and the fody waSi being lowered into the ?rave, business of all kinds was suspended absolutely on the 1,300 miles )f the railroad system that Mr. Cullen lad served so long and so faithfully. Couer d'Alene Investigation. The cross-examination'iff Dr. Hugh France was continued at Washington Thursday, before the Couer d'Alene nvestigation. J.t was mainly directed x> show his connection with the military system. Dr. France justified the tlia militia. jruucuiug V* Date for Cuban Elections. A cablegram was received at the war lepartment Thursday from Governor General Wood, stating that the Cuban 'lections will be held Jnne 16th. WRIT IS REFUSED. 'he Supreme Court Denies Certiorari For Captain Carter. A Washington special says: The upreme court refused to grant a writ >f certiorari in the case of Oberiin M. barter, convicted by courtmartial for regularities while in cbarge of engineering works in.Georgia. Carpenters Cease Operations. Two hnndred union carpenters at \ansas City, most of them employed >n the new Cndahy packing plant, i truck Monday for 37} cents an boor. BOLTED CONVENTION. Tennessee Republicans Will Send Two Sets^)f Delegates to Philadelphia. A Nashville special says: Theexpected split in the Tennessee State Republican Convention came Friday with the result that not only were two delegations sent to the Philadelphia convention, but two full state tickets were nominated, two platforms adopted and two state committees named. The Evans men were patient to the supreme moment and exhausted their resources for getting what they called fair treatment before choosing the o?ly alternative of bolting or submitting. The convention sat for two hours awaiting the report of the committee on credentials, which had worked all ninVtt Ttinrai^av Thin finally reported at noon Friday, recommending the seating of the Brownlow delegation in twenty-three counties, the Evans delegation in one county, and that both delegations be seated and the vote divided into twelve counties. A minority report, favoring the seating of the Evans delegations in nineteen counties was presented, and a motion to substitute the minority for the majority report was voted '-on without debate, the vote being ayes, 163; noes, 309. As soon as this result was announced Colonel W. S. Tipton hurried to the. rear of the hall, and after a moment's consultation with Newell Sanders, Evans' manager, returned and called upon all of Evans' friends and all the delegates who were for the fair thing to leave the hall. The majority of the 'Evans delegates left and proceeded to the lower floor of the capitol, where Colonel Tipton made a speech, telling how Turiieyism in Tennessee and Goebet ism in Kentucky had been outdone. A band, which was on hand, then struck up a lively tune and the hundred or so delegates who had quit the ball and the four hundred or more who had been refused admission, marched to the Amusement hall and organized another convention. ' "SENSELESS AND SILLY." Christian Science Is So Characterised Bj Reverend Vance. ? i A sensation marked the first session (he Christian Endeavors' convention | in Atlanta, Ga., Thursday night Rev. T?T Vonna nf VflftVlvillft". in thft ' / AUiUO X? I nuvv| w* mwm ? ?... I course of an able sermon, attacked the ' Christ Un Scienists' creed vigorously and condemned it as senseless and i silly. Dr. Vance made an allusion in his i remarks which is believed to be at ; least a partial endorsement of Dr. Hil. lis' and Dr. Parkhurst's attack on the i Westminster confession of faith. He said: "I want to say ihat I do not delieve we should be held back from truth by a dead hand. The modern conception of God is truer, I believe, than it has ever been before. If I am clinging to any faith that can be torn down by the light of truth, the sooner I find it out the better it will be for me." Referring to Christian Scientists, he said: "How do you explain that so many senseless and silly isms get so many followers^ Any creed can get a following these days. If a man should say that dropping off this house and * falling on the hard flag stones below is the only way to salvation some people would drop off the house to be saved. Take, for example, Christian Science. Can you explain how it is that sensible people can bring themselves to believe in such a cfeech as that ? I believe it is because they have never been able to establish themselves in God's doctrine." The preacher took for his text the tenth verse of the fifth chapter of first Peter, and founded on it his subject: "God's Altar Stairs to Perfection." He referred to the admirable faith of I the Boers in the Sonth African war. "Whatever side we are in sympathy with," he said, "we cannot help but admire the Boers for their sublime faith in their God." Commercial Congress Ended. The eleventh annual session of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial congress adjourned at Houston, Texas, Friday afternoon to meet next year in ' Cripple Creek, Col. A plan was adopted for the organization of the congress on a permanent basis. CANAL BILL AMENDED. Words "Fort ifjr" sad "Defend" Eliminated and "Protect" Substituted. A Washington special says: The honse committee Friday so amended the Hepbnrn Nicaragua canal bill as to make it conform in its salient features to the provisions of the HayPanncefote treaty. The provision for fortification of the caDal is stricken out of the bill, and instead of defense being provided for, the measure will provide for protection of the canal. The words "fortify" and "defend1* are stricken out, and the woid "protect" inserted. Carlisle Is Too Busy, John 0. Carlisle, former secretary of the treasury, said that he had been asked by Governor Taylor's counsel to appear for him in the United States supreme court in the Kentucky appeal, but that he had declined to do so because he was too busily occupied. A Sew Ministerial Council. A Madrid special says: On account of dissensions among its members the ministerial council has been displaced by a new one.. . HOOSIERS HAD SO FIRE. "" * ar*n? Indiana Pan. (Ml f 1 pet r rozru aim plo Suffer In Cotiseqnenee. A fall fro/a 42 degrees to 5 below zero throughout eastern Indiana within a few hours, Saturday, caused much suffering in the entire gas belt. The pipes were frozen and little or no fire could be bad in many homes, there being no wood or coal at hand. Many homes were abandoned and hotels resorted to, while families in hundreds ' cf cases left home and crowded into rAtllUIN KUW j IN ALABAMA Powder and Lead lo Republican Meetings In Montgomery. 11* i IIMf IC CHAT - StKQtAM Ai AMU u jiiwi -vi . - ! Governor Johnston Orders Statehouse Cleared and Closed. S Two Conventions Held. ' ^ The Alabama Republican state eon* vention, which was called to meet in Montgomery last Thursday was split wide open before any of the prelimin- : jS aries were arranged, the factions being i at fever heat. I Gaston Scott, a Vanghan man, refused admittance to the hall by JS Frank Moragne, a Bingham seigeant- |r at arms, when hot words were er-'-gj ' changed and then blows, and blood was shed. Mc.ngne pulled bifv gnu, and while clinched, shot Scott ^ twice, once in the right hand and onee g| in the left lung. ' Scott fell at the third shot aaflgH Moragne went at once to the govern* J or's office to surrender. There was the greatest confusion || 67er seen at any convention, and it is ^ ,J| said on reliable authority that 100:. f| onns were drawn by members of thn ^ ?f different factions. Taylor Scott, a brother of : $| wounded man, was soon in the crowd IS and followed the slayer of his brptfatf-M and fired two shots at him at ha ran Igjj for the governor's office. The wound- M ed jnan was given medical attention a$^ 18 Moragne was taken in enatody by %, c J the sheriff and will be detained wrel % J the wounds of Scott are decided The governor ordered the hall 4 ported Hon. W. P. Aldrich, congress- J - M man from the fourth district, 4wa*.| m nominated for permanent chairmaa^ ;i| and was elected by unanimous vote of- ' the convention. Binford was mid^^B permanent Mureuuj. The election of a state ehainMHg|&9|^ the next bnainese in order and WilliamVaaghan, of Jefferson, Wimbs, of Hale, were put in nominf^| )}M tion and Yanghan was elected large majority, his opponent receit*Og?; only thirteen votes. Wimbs withdrew his name and mot- 4 g ed Yanghan's election, which was cfiyg I ried unanimously. v Delegates at large were ftfoctedjjfii : . follows: C. W. Buckley, postmast^rJl V at Montgomery; 3. W. Walker, Macon; Nathan Alexander axroP&$?^ Lovejoy, the last two being oolotf*. | politicians. The putting out of a state ? was left to the discrenon of the exeeiti|^H:' I tive committee. Besolutions indorsing WttKiafeM^ 2 administration and the record c'l drich, the only Bepnblican congress* I man in the state, were adopted; Yanghan faction then adj ; committee by a unanimous ' vote,;C: Delegates for the national convention for the state at large were namedr.^f Wickersham, of Mobile, postmaster; Dan Cooper, of Birmingham, United States marshal; J. 0. Leftwieh, ot;^ Montgomery, receiver at land and A. N. Johnson, secretary of the | executive committee. The last twoVwSfl colored. Each faction claims that the 6thcritiJ|| a bolter and each has about the saoukp \-i fnllnwing in the fMlk Mtd