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^KE COUNTY REGQ30. gaSlPublished Every Thursday Knf \ AT J IAGS'tUEE. SOUTH CAROLINA BY C. W. WOLFE . Editor and Proprietor. Once more the machine supersedes <Vo Iliio fimo it ia thfl nlintn graphic camera that enters a new field against manual labor. A young woman of Chicago has invented a method of mapping off silhouettes with hexmachine; silhouettes so perfect and so far superior to any hand-made article as to be quite unique. The State Board of Control of Iowa has given its official approval to a measure providing that hereafter there shall be no distinction on the ground of sex m tiie salaries paia 10 xeacuers employed in the schools and other institutions in tho State under its supervision. Under this order teachers of a given grade or class will receive equal pay for like work, whether they are men or women. A ton of coal can be carried a mile for a cent, even by rail; and water carriage is cheaper still. Yet the total consumption of coal for all purposes is now so vast that the tax for transportation is a heavy burden. In England a strong organization ha3 been formed which purposes to take ' * - ' -i ii- 4U~ me coai ai> me uiuum ui iu? imut.i, li convert its energy into electricity, and BUpply power by conduction to a dense manufacturing district. This plan not only saves the shipment of coal but puts an end to the smoke nuisance. The effective gunnery of the purchased cruiser New Orleans proves that we may study with advantage the developments and achievements of foreign ordnance, says the New York Herald. Her battery shows surprising energy, and the gun mounts are superior to anything we have " * *? VM *_ Xl. 2 anoat lor similar cauere mueeu, me ship itself illustrates an advanced type, for though classed with the Cincinnati and Ealeigh the English built New Orleans, save in interior comfort, outranks \he American cruisers. The new woman has scored the victory of her eventful life iu Newark, N. J. A Judge in that advanced town has decided that wives belonging to clubs have a legal right to a latchkey and to return home at any of the small hours that best suit them, and that husbands who oppose this right as an exclusive one of their own are liable to arrest and fine. This disposes of the whole vexed question. The latchkey unlocks the last fetter binding downtrodden wo nan to tyrannical conventions, muses the Baltimore American. The masticatory praclices of the bicycle rider are explained by a Wisconsin humorist on the ground that the gum on the tire of the vehicle requires a corresponding tire on the gums of its rider. The theory presents an example of Wolverine wit, but does not pretend to be scientific, and the true explanation of the connection of the exercises is yet to seek. The propriety of their divorcement is recognized in some quarters, however, and a young ladies' cycling club in Canada has joined in a pledge not to unite them, at least in public. It is a commendable resolution, and will greatly increase the members' attractiveness singly and collectively. Along with reports of an unusually lorrra nntnnt. nf hnnks from the nub lishmg centre comes the statement that publishers were never so deluged with manuscripts as they have been within the past few months. But how shall we explain the increase in manuscripts? This writing habit has been growing upon the whole human race. And the cause, once we reflect on th8 intellectual history of the past twenty or thirty years, is plainly to be seen. It lies in tho spread of educa^ tjon; the improvement of the commor tViA increase in attendance at colleges at a reduction in experses the enormous increase in libraries, free and not free; the spread of suet systems'of instruction as the one al Chaatauqua, the free traveling libra ries, and the general decline in ttu cost of books and magazines. To ge' an education has become a mere mat ter of taking the time to get it. I1 lies within the reach of all who desir< it. And hence we have had a tre mendous growth in the nnmber o those who know how to write?wh< have acquired ideas, power to express themselves,aad self-confidence enoagl think \ < raoijysil! Curtain Lowered on the Last Scene in the treat Drama. IMPRESSIVE AND SOLEMN Was thtr Occasidfc When the Arbiters of the OU1 and the Mun% Nation Met to Affix Their Si<rna*|res to the Treaty. Pakis (By Chble). ?The signing of the treaty Saturday night would have afforded a subject for a great historical 1.1 3 1 ! painting. me group gaiuureu uuu>u j the table in the stately chamber of the ! Foreign Office was impressive in itself, while the fact that the sense of the momeutousness of the issues which tho act decided was deeply felt by all the participants, gave an impressive and solemn tone to this scene. Around the great mahogouv table sat the ten arbitrators of the destinies of an old and a young nation. Hanged standing behiud them were uumerous attaches of the American commission. To the Ameri- j cans it was a hupp}' endiug of the epi- j logue of war; for tho Spaniards it was plainly a bitter tragedy, none tue less j painful because long foreseen. They | I sat silently as inougn aimosi crusuuu and none could withhold sympathy from Seuor Montero Rios. the president of the Spanish commission, who, coming from his bed. was bundled in a great overcoat, although logs wero burning in the firepluce near by. At 7:3U Mr. Arthur Ferguson proceeded to read first the English and after that the Spanish version of the treaty. This finished, two copies were passed around the table, the commissioners signing them in the order of the rank: William R. Dav, Senator Cushman K. Davis, Senator William P. Frye, Whitelaw Reid and Senator George Gray; Senor Montero Rios, Senor Abarznza, Senor Gcmica, Senor Yillauritia and General ' y S:una, each commission signing its , opponent's treaty. Both were tied p with the Spanish and American colors. | When the seals were prepared to be afj fixed, attendants weie sent scurrying I for ribbons of the French tri-colors with which the documents were sealed as a compliment to the French hosts of the commission. Many officials interestedly watched every detail of the proceedings. The last seal being impressed, the commissioners rose and without formality, each member shook the hands of all of his antagonists and exchanged assurances of his personal esteem. The Spaniards afterward commented acridly upon what they termed the bad taste of the Americans in mustering a crowd of attaches to gloat over the consummation of their downfall and to scramble for relics. '1 he treaty ae signed consists 1? articles, it having been found advisable to sub-divide two or three of the articles in the draft agreed upon at the last meeting. The commissioners of the two nations wrote their signatures on two copies of the treaty, one copy Deing ior ioe archives. The document was prepared by Secretary Moore, in behulf of the United States commission aud by Senor Villauritia for Spain, on account of the continued illness of Secretary Ojeda, of the Spanish commission. Each copy contained the English and Spanish texts of the treaty in parrlloled columns. Floods on the Mississippi. The subcommittee of the Senate committee on commerce, appointed to investigate the floods in the Mississippi river under the resolution of April 21>, 18!)7, and to make recommendations for their prevention in the future, held a meeting in Washington and practically agreed upon the form of the report to be made to the full committee. The subcommittee presented tue results 01 its laborers in a printed volume of over 500 paces, civinc the testimony taken, tocetker with several maps and illustrations pertinent to the work in hand. $2,000 for a Christmas Dinner. Tho Omaha, Neb., World-Herald has sent by teleprapb $1,000 to the First Nebraska Reciiuent, located in Manila, and the same amount to the Third Ne nrasau nc^iuieui, iu v uuu. inm ujuuey is contributed at the solicitation of 'i he World Herald by over 3,000 contributes, and is sent to the two regiments to provide for a Christmas dinner. Accident to the Massachusetts. A telegram recoived at the Navy Department from New York says that the battleship Massachusetts, soon after leavius the New York navy yard for Hampton Roads, struck an obstruction near Governor's Island aud three of her corni artments were torn opeu. bhe was takeu back to the navy yard at once aud has been placed in dock to ascertain the extent of her injuries. The Plu? Tobacco Trust. The Continental Tobacco Company, which takes over the pluv: interests of the American Tobacco Company and also absorbs the entire business of John Ftozer & Brothers, of Louisville; i 1'. H. Mayo & Brothers (incorporated), t of Richmond, Va.; the P. J. Sorjr Company, of Middletowc, O.; Daniel ; Scotton & Co., of Detroit, aud the eu- ; ? -- - r a.i_ ^ t> t it j lire coiDiuuu block oi iu? i. uorumru Company, has beeu incorporated under ! the taws of New Jersey. i'lie author ized capital stock is $7.),000,000, Col. Bryan Resigns. ^ Col. William J. Bryan, of the Third > Nebraska Regiment, has eitlier forwarded his resignation to Washiugton, or is about to do so. Of this there 1 seems to be no doubt, t Postal System of Porto Rico. 5 The report of the committee to invest tigate the postal service (which is c??m! blued with the telegraph service), in i speaking of the service under the las^ year of Spanish rule says: Total ex3 penditures were, sa aries of postmasters, who performed both telegrapuic and uostal dut es, $4;J,of clerks, t $61,900; and rent, $7,8.j9. 'lhe total > revenues of both telegraphic and postal services were $197,083, and the ex' penses $286,020, leaving a dehcit of i $89,537. iiiSSH Columbia. The beer privilege ques- j tiou is a difficult one for the State board r of control to regulate. So many re- t quests are made for these licenses, and 1 there are many rumors of these privil- 1 eges being abused. The policy of the * board seems to be to refuse further . petitions for privileges aud to keep a j strict watch on those who have them. | j At the meeting of the State board; Wednesday there were a number of privileges which were refused, and there were other matteis which came up in couDection with the sale of beer. : It was stated before the board that a carload of beer which was consigned to ^ the military officers at Greenville had been seized by Constable LaFar, but had afterward been released by Gov. Ellerbe. When seen about the matter later, the governor said that he had re- i leased the beer provided it be used for "personal use" only, and that no further orders of the kind be made, . which was agreed to by the officers who were really ignorant of the law. A , communication from Mr. J. H. Dos- / cher, president of the Germania Brewing company of C barleston, w as ro ceFved. Mr. Doscher stated that foreign ] breweries bad an advantage over bis j "bome enterprise."' When asked to j submit bids for furnishing beer to the ( soldiers at Summerville, the Georgia ] breweries made bids lower tnan bis in j the exact proportion of the royalty which he paid the State. He had cut ( his prices to meet the reduction, and ^ was low selling at a loss. He asked for j hit royalty to be moderated, or that the j other breweries be checked. Mr. ^ Doscher's letter was received as in- ^ formation, but it apprised the board ( that the dispensary law was boing fla- ? grantly violated at Sumuierville. The f dispenser at baluda is in a bad fix. There is uo bank at that, place, and he ( has been making deposits with a mer- f chant, who recently skipped, leaving | a lot of creditors, among them the dispeuser and unpaid bills to the amount : of several thousand dollars. Mr. L. B. j Dean, the dispenser, came before the j board and made his statement. He said . that in the absenee of a bank, money j order office, or express office at Saludu, he had for 14 months been checking .Mr. ( Geo. W. Merriam, a local merchaut, ' who seemed to have some means, and 1 who bad the confidence of every one. ' Mr. Dean pr< seuted a petition signed by the county Soaid of control, State Treasurer Tiuimermau and other people of influence, asking that the State board refund the loss. This was a knotty question for the board to haudle. The Stoinmeyer case was cited as a precedent, but it was suggested that Steinmeyer was actually knocked down androbbed,while this man wasdefrauded. But Steiniueyor was surrounded by osnk and safety deposit vaults, while Dean acted as he thought best aud used the only means of communication at hand. Mr. Hasolden said that he had had a similar personal experience, when he had had no lenient creditor to refund the losses aud it had taught him that business and sentiment didn't go together. He was very sorry for Mr. Dean, but as a custodian of State funds, he didn't think it right to refund the money. However, he wanted more time in which to consider it. At the afternoon session the Union case was taken up and argued bv Messrs. B. F. Townsend and V. E. l)ePass, for Mr. Sartor, and Messrs. Sawyer and William Munro, for Mr. Palmer. The board, after carefully listening to the arguments, decided to let the judicial department decided the right of Mr. Lyles to act as a member of the county board, but as Mr. Palmer's petition had not been filed 20 days before he was elected dispenser, his election was declared void. It will be gratifying to the people of South Carolina to know that this State furnished as many naval reserves as any other State, in proportion to the white population. Such is shown in the report of the assistant secretary 01 the navy just published. New York headed the list with 45) officers aDd 805 men; Illinois, It) officers and 70!) men; Maryland, 24 officers and 425 men; Massachusetts, 38 officers and 384 men; New Jersey, 34 officers aud 373 men; California, 13 officers and 80 men; Connecticut, 15 officers and 188 meu; Florida, 6 officers and 1)3 men; Louisiana, l!) officers and 278 meu; Michigan, 11 officers aud 270 men; North Carolina, 51 officers and ISO men; Pennsylvania, 15 officers and 84 men; Rhode Island, 8officers and 147 meu; South Caroiiua, 18 officers, (".mates aud 203 men; Virginia, 2 officers aud 02 men. Columbia.-Among the schools which are doing a good work in our city is the parochial school of the Church of the (iood Shepherd. Starting nearly nine years ago, it has educated many of the boys and oris of Columbia, some of whom have taken a high stand in the advanced schools and colleges of the city, aud not a few are tilling acceptably and to their credit different . _r l:r . ..^l i ' ' vocations 01 wie. xuu inoiai ttuu VUH3tian principles which have been instilled have borne excellent fruit. Oranoebcro. A colored child was burned to death here. It seem* that a colored woman left her children in the house while 6be went to her work. The child's clothing caught tire and he ran out luto the street with the clothing in flames. The neighbors, hearing the screams of the chi dren, ran to the re?cue, but the child was so' badly burned that he died very soon afterward. Bloomingvale. A wave of sorrow and sympathy swept over lower Wil- ( liam-burg and upper Georgetown |, counties when the sad news was learn- | ed of the drowning in Black River, , while on their way to a dance, of Misses Minnie and Mollie, the fifteen ' afid eighteeu-year-old daughters of Mr. ! 1 homas Green, a very respectable , white man of Georgetown county. HpAKTANiU.no. Under the management of Builder J. YV. Putnam the Converse conservatory of music is now ready for the roof. The scaffolding is < still standing in the main audieuce ' room, but it is easy to see that the j seat.ng capacity w II be something im- ( ineiise. J wo hundred people cau be , eated on tho platform alone. Behind ( i lie rostrum there are three stones of j i ractiee rooms. From the top of the muling a magniticeut view of the surr. u idmg country cau be had. It is \ proi osed to have it completed by the < 47tn of January, when Sousa's band ( will give the ini.ial entertainment. W/ pUB Yorkville. Alfred Grier, a young legro, who has long been a well-known | >lind tiger character about Yorkville, ' las cause to congratulate himself that . le is not several feet under the ground, ( or unless his is a case of mistaken i dentity, he offered a most aggravated emptatiou to judge lynch the other ( light. It was about dusk. Mr. J. A. i Jell, who lives two miles west of Closer, had gone to town shortly before >n business, leaving Mrs. Bell at home i i done. Suddenly a negro boy pushed I ; >pen the door, and sticking a revolver i u Mrs. Bell's face, demanded: "If i ,'ou don't show me where that money i s right quick, I'll blow your brains ' " " ? Af_,_ O.lf .i. |. il,A >wt. " i or reply, .urs. umi dhuu iuo i icgro on the head with a pair of tongs, 1 in?i there ensued a desperate struggle, ! luring which the negro grasped Mrs. 1 dell's throat and choked her. The com- i notion started the dogs to barking fu'iously outside, and the negro fearing hat help mightbo at hand, broke away ind tied. It was uot until a short time < ifterward that there developed any in- 1 ormation as to the probable identity )f Mrs. Hell's assailant. A negro named Andrew Jackson stated that be i lad met on the road, a short time be- 1 ore, Alfred Grier, from Yorkville, on . us way to a distillery, and going in a i lirection that would take him by Mr. Bell's house. Jn conversation he had < ncideutally told Grier of the absence i )f Mr. Beliat Clover to take a slaught- i ired hog over there, and he had given i Brier a quart bottle and money, with 1 nstructious to bring him some whis- 1 Ley on his return from tho dis- 1 ;illery. Acting on this informa- < ;ion, the Clover authorities advised < Jhief of Police Love of the situ- 1 ition by telephone, and requested the < irrest of Grier, which was quickly ac?nmnil.ihfid drier denied all knowl- I idge of the circumstances related ibove, and claimed that he had not 1 jeeu up in the Clover country on the ? lay before. Saturday afternoon, I lowever, Jackson was brought down :rom Clover, and without assistance ' dentified drier among the prisoners in ' |ail as the man to whom he had given i noney with which to buy whiskey. < Blacksbt*r?. Deputy Marshal A.G. j Smith, of this place, accompanied by 1 Chief of Police J. C. Duncan and Mr. ( F. Duft, captured and destroyed i Due of the largest and most complete ! noonshiue establishments that has 2ver been found in this section of the ' State. It was located about eieht 1 niles cast of this place, not far from ! 1 ;he Piedmont springs. When the of- |( Seers arrived at the place there was a 1 tire in the furnace, and the still full of J? "smglings," aud because of the fact,1 :hat the cap aud worm were found a ' ihort distauce away, together with two mits of overalls, it was supposed that :he parties opeiating the still had just ! eft. There were eight tubs of beer aud :en gallons of backings, one still of 125 ' gallons capacity with cap and worm, 1 arge quantities of malt aud wheat bran, 1 i small amount of liquor and a lot of itlier tilings useu in couuecuou wim ? jlockade still, the whole property > imountiug to over ?100. Clemsox College.?Dr. Anderson, , iroiessor of botany, has begun a most , nteresting and valuable series of in- , restigations on rice 6inut. Mr. iieid iVhitford, assistaut United States en- J , rineer, Georgetown, recently sent np' , i Si l ies of specimens of atl'ected heads j ] if rice and also some flour made from ' j he diseased grain, and asked that an j nvestigatioD be made, as the disease lad caused considerable damage on his arm and others in the vicinity. On ixamination the disease was found to ie a true smut, the first instance of the ' iisease ever known in America. Sevjral other complaints of diseased rice lave been received at intervals by Dr. 1 \ndersun, among them one from Sen- 1 itor Connor; but in every case the ! pecimen * sent failed to show any , <pores, probably because the}* had all' > jeen disseminated before the specimens were collected, or in transports- 1 :ion. In this case, however, the spores 1 >f the fungus are very abundant, and a lumber of them are under cultivation n the botanical laboratory. Charleston*.?There is a great deal j if speculation and talk as to the person- . / i- i 1._ ' uiiy oi a ycuug muy wuu i? at^u^cu ui ^ mulling objectionable and anonymous j etters through the mail to parties about ; be city. The young lady is very >retty and accomplished, and her xiends who know of tho affair cannot > iccount for the strange whim which ( ed to her arrest. For mouths she has j _>eeu mailing letters to various people )f an annoying character, although not ( nimical. Complaint was made to the . lostotfice authorities and Postoffice In- j j spector .Moye was put to work on the j lase. He worked for some length of j :ime before being able to spot the guil- j 1 v one. The young woman was taken ; jefore United States Commissioner . , Smith and put uudor bond to answer , it the next term of the federal court ' lere for her conduct. j Orangeburg. A most horrible acci- ; leut, if it may be so termed, occurred . few miles below this city. A child , .vas kilied and partly eaten by a hog. t he mother left her baby in charge ol j mother small child, and went off a , ihort distance to attend to her wash ing. The hog must have had the free;lom of the yard, for when the mother returned the baby was missing, and ofl a abort distance were found bait consumed particles of the little body. It was a moat revolting: occurrence, and the hog: was immediately ahot. Clemson College. New students continue to arrive occasionally, even at tiiis late date. The total number in attendance is about 430. A large demand is being made upon the president just now from all parte of the State for caialogues, which possibly indicates that still larger numbers will be enrolled for the second term beginning Jan. 28th. Charleston*. At 193 East Bay street Messrs. Israel & Keogh temporarily cpened the offices of the Charleston Fruit Steamship Line, and within a le w days their first shipment of Drnnges, bananas and cocoanuts will arrive in port from Jamaica. This new Bumpacy has recently been formed for the purpose of running an Americao line of steamers from Charleston to Porto Rico, West Indian, C uban and Central American ports, and besides importing foreign fruits will take car* goes outward bound for the new islands under the Stars and Stripes. s BPf ,njB -yT by Day. |&HBB I SENATE. -i Si-HalBa I jresH convene'\ and private galleries * utmost with aijistia<rais^eci assemblage i'hp reading of, the President's message occupied two h ourP# At 8:40'he Senate J adjourned. \ 2nd Day.? r^ie first note of the antiexpansionists vi.art SOunded ia the Sen- p ate by Senator Vest, of Missouri, who introduced a jotnt resolution declaring that, under thej constitution, the Federal government bad no authority to acquire coloniah possessions, to be governed as such; qut that all territory acquired by the government, except such ? as may be neceisary fCr use as coaling stations, correction of boundaries and ' similar purposes! may be acqaired with t the purpose of Organizing territories, { suitable ultimately for admission into the Union as States. Mr. Vest an- 1 aouueed his pu^.p09e to address the 1 Senate on the^riggoiutiou at an early i uaie. a nriei uiSpussion 0f tHe naviga- ? tion iaws was precipitated by the consideration oy a bill amending those laws by thdj addition of a provis- 1 ion that foreign Hulit vessels, wrecked ' in the United Stmteri bv citizens of this ' country and repaired \o the extent of j three-fourths of the value,shall be subject tc forfeiture llf they enyage subse- 1 piently in the coastwl3e trade of the J United States. Senator Hdle intro- ' luced a joint res0|utjoa authorizing 1 the Secretary of t be Navy te. erect a ; monument in Havana, Cuba, to the memory of the sail'-)r9 aaj marinea who 1 lost their lives by the explosion of the Slaine. The bill c3 recommended by the Navy Department. Senator Hale, nf Maine, chairman 0f the naval affairs 1 committee, introducej a bill to revive 1 the grades of admii.ai aud vice-admiral nf the navy. j Thirp Day.?1The House passed the inti-ticket scalping bill by a vote of ( 111) to 101. This ac\jon j8 the culmina- ' tion of a ten years' s^nigor]e on the part ( nf the railroads to 'put an end to the business of ticket scalping. Fourth Day. ?At the opening of the session of the Senat6i it was decided 1 that the adjournment be until Monday next. It was also deterinined to give ! nne hour to the pension calendar. At ii ' . me om'ii ??uu iuoj3ue tioui" allotted to the consideration <i,f the pension calandar, 20 bills had been pasaed. At ] 1:50 the Senate wet^t into executive 3ession. At 2:15 the Senate ^resumed business in open sesaij^ ^jr Morgan ual'ed up the Xicaragila Canal i rill, with i viev.' to making it the unfinished business. He moved th^t the Senate proceed to the consideration 0f bill, [ustantly Mr. Pettigr^w moved to adjourn. On this motion the ayes and noes were demanded. 'fhe vote was 13 lyes; 42 noes. j^lr. Morgan's'motion to proceed with the sonsuleHation ?f the Nicaragua Canal b^ was tben carried, and after the Dil[ bad hjaen laid before the Senate, thuig becoruiug the ixnhni8hed business, tjje Senate, on motion of Mr. Morgan, at p m>> idjourned until MondaU Senator Vest introduced in the Senaf^ a resolution ()rovidiug for the apliointmei.it of a joint commission to investigate the rhargesof corruption in the conduct of the war with Spain, <q;be resolution :alls for the appointment 0f three Senators and tive members 0f the House ind imposes upon thera the duty of "inquiring as to to thl3 truth of all ?uch charges and pate ?*port by bill or otherwise." lhe Senators are to be appointed by the I'l-eaident) of ttie Senate, snd the members 0{ the House by the Speaker of the He usCi HOUSE. ' First Day.?Iu the Hoas0 tho greetings of tLe members were most cordial. Major General \\ heeler ^ of Alabama, was given an ovation. . 'fbe floral tributes wore unusually (beautiful and made the hall a vernable bat ner of beautiful flowers. The rleadin^r of the President message occuikied over two hours. At 3:o0 the HoueT adjorirned. 2nd Day?The House w.M ja session less than half an hour n deaths of llepresentati x. way, of Oliio, and Cove, of ?J, were announced, and an was taken until Wednes read0f respect to their memory. n. ary resolution for the dis ,nB 0f tho President's message to tlesc-al committees having juris. . A8 adopted, and the deficieuc ie y_ inpr the appropriations foi g H. ordinary expenses of the 1 . J(j tiavy from January 1 to ?i it IS ,< Ihe report of tho Hawaiian i(leron transmitted to the Preside j1(j before the House and refe s an^e committee on Territories, to i bill offered by Mr. Hitt ti " mt the recommendat.ons of -pj mission. Among the bills Whed in the House were th |W. iug: By Mr. Otey, of ,a> to amend the war reveni by directing the Secretary of th no?rv to redeem at their face valiu ya\ iino stamps sold and not can lit bv Mr. Skinner, of North Carol th?'"" tablish a term of the circuit for New Berne and Elizabeth Ci e t C. Third Day.?No business ltinaacted by the Senate in open e # ^ few minutes after the Seuate M-ned it weut into executive session o'clock business in open see ,n,wa3 resumed, the death of Bepre; jt |Ve8 Northway, of Ohio, and ' 0f Mississippi, was announced Senate adjourned as a murk o -gnpect to tueir memories. r ocrth Day. ? 1 be urgent d 1H,ncy bill to provide for the suppor military and naval establishint was passed by the House practica tftfith"iit opposition. A number 01 Juj. meats were adopted on the rec ?iendation of the appropriation coo which received some supplenn j e8'_ timates aftefrthe bill was pi ?irod. t'he largest iff these was an ; *3,000,000 lor an emergency f' ; for the War Deiiartment, and 357!. ,aj for the ordnance department, in? J^ing the amount carried bv the /u to $00,850,802. 'ihe conference >a,port noon the bill to render the sur f es 0f consuls, vice consuls and c 'miar aceuts liable for damages in if,t8 at nw was adopted. The house aBj,n)ej ver until Monday to give the<?^mit; ees an opportunity to work M thout interruption 1 Why She Did. Bl "Clara, I love to be withByou." "Why, Edith?" "When I'm you I know you are not gossipingBabout me."?Tit-Bits. V /IILLER WINS satin; the World's Record, His Miles The Quay Conspiracy^^^HBHH Dewey's Fleet to be Re-enforced. Washington (Special). The Demoirtits of the House of Representative* leld a caucus Saturday night on the luestion coining over from the last seslion as to the binding force of caucus iction. Of the 12G members on the oil of the House, 86 were present. The noeting was devoid of any personal or sensational features and was devoted 0 a brief discussion of the wisdom of faking caucus action binding. A res1 ' 1 * ' '* ' 1 ... ;.f,M Million 10 mis eneci uau ueeu isuwluceil by Mr. Bailey, aud this was pending with an amendment by Mr. NlcRae, of Arkansas. The main interest centered in the ability of Mr. Bailey and bis friends to pass the resolution. In order to test the strength of the Bailey forces, Mr. Olardy, of Kentucky, moved to reconsider the rote by which the resolution had been agreed to at the last session. The motion was tabled, (12 to 13, thus establishing that the advocates of the resolution bad a clear majority. The resolutions wire then viopted without i division. They were as follows: "Resolved, That hereafter the action of a Democratic caucus shall be binding npon all who participate in Its proceedings, provided that no member shall be required tovote for any bill lie may deem unconstitutional, and provided further, that in all matters, except the nomination of officers and questions of procedure, no decision shall be binding unless made by two-thirds of those voting. "Resolved, That while acting in conformity to the principles declared by the national Democratic convention ai d the constitution of the United States, the Democrats in each State and in each congressional district have a right to determine for themselves in their own locality what their pellcv shall be, to make platforms for, accept pledges from their candidates and to instruct their members of Congress and the lull exercise of such right of local party self-government, should in alt cases be respected by Democratic congressional caucusses." I Miller Wins the Great Race. New York (Special). Charles W. Miller won the great six day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden, beating the world's record, his own, by 24 miles, and leading the next man to him, Frank Waller, of Boston, by 22 miles. Thirty-two men started and ' twelve finished. Miller was in such good condition that he was able to appear to advantage in a wedding ceremony, which was performed by one of the city's aldermen, leading Miss Genevieve Hanson, of Chicago, to the improvised altar in the garden, amid J the loud cheering and boisterous good ^ wishes of 7,000 or 10,000 persons had gathered to witness the ceremon^^^^^^ Frank Waller, of Boston, finished b&ond in the great race, covering 1,985 miles to the 2,007 traveled by Miller and surpassing Miller's last yeaFs rec ord by nearly two miles. Barns Fierce, the gaunt Canadian, who until this year has never been beard of in this country, was third. Miller gets from the management the sum of $1,500 and for breaking the world's record he gets the sum of $200, and for his pnblio marriage he is said to have got the sum of $500. Miller is also to have received a weddiDg present of $200 from the wheel firm from which he rides. Waller gets $1,000 for riding second and the others get indefinite sums ranging , from $75 up. The score was: Miller, 2,007, four laps;Waller, 1,985.2; Pierce, 1,900.7; Albert, 1,822.6; Gimm, 1,782.2; Lawson, 1,757.0; Aronson, 1,729.5; Nawn, 1,721.7; Foster. 1,668.8; Stevens, 1,519.8; Hale, 1,502.2; Julias, 1,108.1. Dewey's Fleet to be Re-Enforced. Admiral Dewey's fleet will be strengthened shortly by the addition of some serviceable gun-boats. The Bennington, now at Honolula, has been ordered to proceed to Guam, in ihe Ladrone group, and make a survey of ' the harbor, with a view to the establishment there of a naval station. This done she will join Dewey's fleet. By that time, or even before, the Helena will have arrived at Manila and theConcord and the Petrel, now cruising around in Chinese waters, will have returned, and altogether the admiral will have a sufficient force of small vesselsunder his command to carry out'tife President's policy respecting the Philippines, and to bring into submission any oi trie lsianaers wuu nitty piuvs cr fractory, and to release any Spanish prisoners held in confinement by the insurgents. v The Quay Conspiracy Case. Philadelphia (Special). Supreme Court Justice Green and Williams hare \ h granted a rule allowing defendants in 1 the Quay conspiracy case to argue a petition for a writ of certiorari, remoriog the proceedings from the Court of Quarter Sessions to the Supreme Court 'ihe rule is returnable January 7, and all proceedings are stayed in the meantime. One of the results of the rule grauted by the Supreme Court will be to carry the trial over beyond the term of office of District Attorney Graham, which expire* wi'h the present year. Mr. Graham has been active in pushing the ca?e and in asking the court a week or ten days ago to tlx au early date for the trial he expressed to the court a desire to dispose of the case daring his term of office. ditchings' Murderous Deeds. A special from Free Soil, Mich., eayr. A mau named Wm. Hitchings, a y i ;n in? nf .Tnltn Hnnt a farmer UIUIiUDl-iu i an w? w-- ? . . ^ who lives about two miles west of this place, killed Mr. Uuut, Mrs. Huntand their hired mau, 'ihos. Haward, and cut his own throat. Millions More in Corn and Oats. On the basis of the farm prices oa December 1, the Agricultural Department figures place the 18iJ8 crops of corn and oats worth $84,000,000 mora than the same crops of 1807. ,~S~\