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. ONE ITEM OF THE COST OF WAR. Twenty-Five Million Expend? ed in Buying and Charter? ing Vessels. Washington, March 29 -Acting Secretary Mikeljohn has sent a re port from the quartermaster general to the senate in reply to a resolution of Jan 9th last, calling upon the secretary of war for a list of all transport ships and other vessels purchased or chartered by the war department since March 4, 1897. to? gether with their names, from whom purchased or chartered, the cost of purchase or charter, the cost of fit? ting up or repair, and the number of names of vessels sold and the reasons for such acticn The department's answer is in the form of three large tables, replyiog specifically to the various inquiries of the senate. From these it appears that only ODO vessel was sold, the steam tug Atlantic, which was worn out and condemned She brought $1,509. The transport Hooker, which was fitted up for laying a deep sea cable in the Philippines, grounded near Carregidor island, while en route from Manila to Hong Kong, and was lost The steam lighter Bessie became the property of the government under the terms of the charter for $12,207, and was j renamed the Kearney It was shown that 13 vessels have been purchased by the quartermas ter's department since March 4, 1897, exclusive of those purchased for the any transport service for transportation incident to the Span? ish war. These included the ferry? boat John Hancock, the steam tugs Gen Hunt, Martha and John Barry, and 10 steam launches at a total cost of $112,495, with $9,525 repairs Forty nine vessels of all classes were purchased for the army trans port service during and since the Spanish war, including about 25 small craft such as tugs, launches and lighters, purchased in the Phil ippines The total purchase price of these vessels was ?8,074,455 and the total cost of refitting and repair j ing was $5,189,093 The most ex pensive vessels were the transports Grant. Logan, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas and Hancock The purchase price of the first five named was $660,000 each, and that of the Han cock $600,000. The expense of fit ting up these vessels is stated as follows : Hancock, $543,516 ; Grant, $328, 459 ; Logan, $483,839 ; Sheridan, $339,169 ; Sherman, $526,964 ; I Thomas, $335,365 It thus appears that the Hancock, Logan and Sherman cost over one million dollars each, and the other three named a slightly less amount. The purchase price of the tranport Meade was $400,000, and $374,000 -was expended in fitting her up. The purchase price of the Sumner was $160,594, and $250,000 additional was expended in fitting ber up The original cost of the hospital ship Relief was $450,000, and $265,- j 591 was expended in her transforma J tion The hospital ship Missouri has cost the government so far $430,012, of which a little more than naif wa3 expended in adapting her to hospital purposes Two of the large transports, Burnside and Hook er, are captured Spanish steamers. AU the principal transports were ! acquired under the terms of their charters, and were paid for out of the appropriation for the national defense There were 147 vest?s chartered for the transport service at a total cost of $10,631,519 for services ren? dered and a total cost of $1,894, 342 in restoring ?hem io their origi nal c: ndition on cancellation of char ters Of the chattet ed vessels 79 ? were attached to the Atlantic fleet \ at a cost fur service of $2,882.284. and for repairs of $175,580 The I rem*?ng 68 chartered vessels were j employed on the Pacific at a cost of j $7,749 2o5 for services and $107,608 j for repairs QUESTION ANSWERED. vcs. August Flower sti? ha* the largest sale of any medicine in ;he civilized world, i'our mother.? ard grandmother* never th'.ught of i Using anything eise tor indigestion or biliious- ! neis. Doctor* ?ere ?Circe, and they seldom j heard of appendicitis nervous t<ros'r>tt;on or heart failure, etc. They u&?d August Fio wer to e!e;?: out tho system and st??j? fermentation, of undigested f.><>4, regulate the action of the j liver, stimulate tho nervous und organic action j of the system, and that is all they took when | feeling duli and bad with headaches and other I ache-. You only reed a few doses <>f Green's August Flower, in liquid fora:, to make you sat- ? isf.<;i there is no'hing serious the matter with , you. Fer sale by A. J. Ctr.na. A MiU Capital Passes Five Mil? lion Mark. Columbia, March 28 -The total projected capitalization of cotton mills since tb a first day of this year yesterday : reached and passed a few thousand beyond the five million mark This j has been the record for not quite three months of the year 1900. One more mill has been added to the list. Evidence to Hang Taylor. More Testimony Against Goe bel's Assassins. Lexington, Ky, March 29.-Tb Morning Herald of this city wi? print tomorrow the following special from Winchester, Ky : "If Youtsey I will tell what he knows he can hang Taylor and destroy the Republican party I feel eure that I can arrange for enough of the appropriation for Youtsey to make him and his wife comfortable for the rest of their lives Colton ' ^oing to confess in tbe morning aod Yootsey had better get in while he can The money is going and he might as weil have his share " James Andrew Scott said this at the Reese boose Mooday Dight to N. H Witherspoon and Judge C S. French, respectfully brother-in law aod father io law of Yootsey Scott had telephooed Witherspoon io the early afternoon, "meet roe at the Reese house OD the qoiet," and he had been promptly met. Judge French was later called as the head of the family who should be consulted io a matter of such importance. The party stayed io consultation uotil midnight, Scott insisting that Youtsey should confess and make himself rich, while others listened passively and then replied: "Yout? sey has told all he knows and can say nothing more." Scott dwelt on the poiot that Col? ton woold confess the next day aod ooles8 Yootsey got io his story first, the other man woaid get away with the mooey, but neither Witherspoon Dor French woold accede to the re quest for Scott to go to Frankfort aod advise Yootsey to tell a story which woold hang Taylor and dam age the Republicao party. WEST INDIAN EXPOSI? TION. To be Held in Charleston in the Autumn of 1901. Charleston. March 29.-At a ma?s meeting of the representative businoss men and merchants of Charleston held at tba Thomson auditorium tonight it was unanimously decided to hold tbe proposed South Carolina Interstate and West lodian Exposition here during the autumn of 1901. Prominent men from all parts of the State were present, and the big enterprise was launched amid ( the greatest enthusiasm. It was an- j nouoced that over a third of the capital . stock of the exposition had already been subscribed by a few enterprising men of the city, and assurances were given that the full amount would te forthcoming as soon as the public wss given a chance to take the abares. The project has the hearty endorse- | ment of tbe people of tbe whole Stare of South Carolina, as well as those of ( Charleston Tbe geoeral assembly bas j already given its sanction. Assurances were rectived from senators and con? gressmen that every effort would be \ u*ed to secure a large government ex? hibit Died of Smallpox. Baggage Master Morse Passes ' Away at the Pest House. Baggage master Morse cf the Southern railway, who was found in a boarding house out on Laurel street ( early last week with a genuine case ( of smallpox, is dead He passed away at the pest house at 7 o'clock yesterday morning, and last night ; the remains, ail sanitary precautions j being taken, were interred not far from the spot where the man died , Later on they may be removed, after ail danger is gone The man evidently contracted some where on his travels a more malig nant form of the disease than has been prevalent ia this State He had been vaccinated, but the vac cioation did not "take," and he did 1 not try the 6ecoDd time 1 When the case was first discovered the house was quarantined and all ! who bad been about the place were 1 vaccinated. On Friday evening last ' the patient was removed to the pest ' house, out of the city, and the board ing bouse was thoroughly disinfect? ed. So complete was the work of health that nc other case developed j At the pest hruse the patient was j placed in charge of an immune nurse and attendant, and every attention ! was given the unfortunate man, but ? without avail. The case seemed to be of the variety described as preva? lent in New Orleans, aud was prob ably contracted from cantact on the train with some one from ths? sec | tion -State. March 30 &>. TO? For Infai?l s and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought B^ars tho Signature of Sife CUBAT* OIL eu rvs Cuts, J> Born?, Bruises, Rheuma? tism: and Sores. Trice, 25 cts. j Sold by Bngbson-Ligen Go. The Clark Bribery Case. Evidence Against the Mon? tana Senator. Washington, March 27 -Counsel for the memorialists in the case of Senator Clark of Montana have sub milted their brief to the senate com? mittee on privileges and elections They present the following a3 estab lished facts in the case from- the cvi dence adduced : First. That at least 15 members of the legislature were paid by Mr Clark and his agents for their votes Second That at least nine others were offered money for their votes and that the total amount of orl?is proved aggregate $165,000. Third, that $1,000 was offered by Dr Tracy, a friend and agent of MJ Clark, to bribe the attorney general to dismiss the proceedings in the Wellcome case Fourth. That the same agent of Mr Clark offered Justice Hunt for the supreme court $100,000 to dismiss the Wellcome case Fifth That Mr Clark and bis friends engaged in wholesale bribery of members of the legislature to secure the election of Mr Clark. Of the 95 members of the legisla ture (including Mr Whiteside) 26 were sworn before this committee Of these, the memoralists say, cine have taken oaths that they were offered money to vote for Senator Clark. Two, they claim, have ad mitted the receipt cf money, $5 000 j each, after voting for Mr Clark, j but tried to excuse it. Either by direct testimony or otherwise they ; ciaim the acceptance of bribes is | fixed upon 15 others. The testimony of both Mr Clark and ? Mr E C Day established conclusive j lythe payment of Mr Clark to Mri Day a ?ew days after the election of! $5,000, which sum Mr Day says he j accepted in compensation for bis J services as a friend of Mr Clark while j he was in the city of Helena as a member of the legislature and leader | of the Clark forces upon the floor of the house. Mr Clark testifies as to this transaction as follows : "it was in consideration of my friendship for Mr Day and for the work performed by him in trying to organize the legislature to be tue elected speaker and in order to control our forces, in which, however, we failed I recog? nized that he was worthy of this con aideration " Mr Day admits that no part of this J5 000 went to the other members of the iaw firm of which he is a partner. The contention on the part of Mr Day | md Mr Clark that this was a gift will j deceive no one It was received in j ?irect violation of his oath of office." j 'T: was never oooceived possible that 1 mao would offer as a candidate for iitgh position siiopiy because of vanity )r of hts beiog a crack, 8?21 levs that Dee would euter such a race with co aope of being elected but simply with ;be view of defeating aootber mao " And yet that, has been done and that is trbat will continue to be done so long is the executive committee requires meetings at whicb every man who com? plies with the rule? is allowed to forea bimeelf on the public. Iz ie this tba: j bas given our csmpaigu meetings the 3irco9 appearat ?9 Let tba committee io away with tbe opportunity for men :o us;e a political canvass to exploit bi* vanity arni to advertise himself,-Spar? enburg Heraid -?????-? mm The New York lawyer who made j peace between Carnegie aed Frick is j ?aid to have received a fee of ?1,000,- j )00. j Mark Hanna eay6 the reported in? terview in the Washington Star with i Republican Congressman in which bte said the Porto Rican tariff biil was j ihe outcome of a dicker for campaign Funds, is H "malicious lie." But | who wouid believe Hanna ? and besides the Star says its man will swear to the truth of the statement io the interview 1 Alfred B Shepperson, the cotton expert, gives this bit of advice to cot? ton growers. The domestic buyer and the cotton - grower never do stand together, as j the buyer always wants cotton to go I lower and the grower wants it to go j higher How can they stand to- j gether except by chance ? The sale 1 in advance by the farmer would not prevent heavy receipts in the fall, for the people who buy of the farmer will sell for fall shipment against their purchase They would buy o? the larmer simply to reseli to some j one else at a profit The only thing to j prevent a great pressure of cotton | for sale in October and November would be a warehouse sy=tem by which money could be loaned for a good proportion of value and at iow j rates of interest, so ihat pb .rs, in- j stead of rushing their ct.tton to j market for immediate sale, could put j it in warehouse and borrow on ft the | money needed. President McKinley h ti.; announced his intention to vi$i? Charleston during j the meeting of 'he National Education- j til Association and to Ppeak at r. gen? ral meettog in th . auditorium oi? Thurs day evening, July 12 h Ninety Six. Marci? 29 -Miss Em ma Cbeatbam, a young iady living ? near this place, while in a convulsion, j fell into the fire and was fatally butn- : ed on the 27tb I ?ATIUJ?PANDHISPJ THE TRAIL THAT ONE MADE TO GU THE OTHER. Ii EnsDlcd ?*A;?j>ft i ic- Iliil." Af ter 1 Term In Jail Was Done, to I ne infirly PoHovr Iiis Partner Fr Cincinnati *o Houston. "We- nave a good many ira mps ap our part of Clio country," said a sui planter, "and I "vi* made something o study of their peculiarities. The idea that they carve marks and si; on fonces that can be read by all ot! members of the fraternity is pure ni sense, of course, but I lia ve known s eral instances in which one tra] would leave a trail, so to speak, for 1 guidance of a partner who might i put ia an appearance for months. "Thc first case of that kind 1 oi encountered was rather amusing, was riding, one spring day. down road that passes through my pla when I noticed a typical hobo indi triously carving a sort of hieroglyp] on a big p*Kt standing near the fen The mark consisted of a square a triangle side by side, aud he was .it putting on the liuishiug touches as arrived. "My curiosity was at once arouse and I determined to lind out if possil exactly what the thing meant, so I pi ceeded to collar tho fellow, and after little vigorous Mu tiing he told me '. was putting up directions for his pal ner, who would be along sonic time the fall. Ile assured me that the mar meant nothing in particular, exec that he had passed and was going the direction of the point of the tria gie. "His partner, according to the stoi which I dragged out of him piecemci was doing a six mon:hs" jail seinen? for slugging a policeman in Gincinna and when lie got out on Sept. 1 won! strike south, following a trail of car ings on water tanks, depots, barns ar fenceposts. When the first tram struck a good place to loaf, he propose to stop aud wait for the oilier to cate up. ..'What's yoi"r partner's name?' asked. " 'Ifs by rights William Sparks.' sal the hobo, 'but everybody ca Hs hii "Appetite Kill" on account of his a ways being hungry, ile carries a sac to pack grub in and luis red whisker and a funny looking wart on ouc sid of his nose.' "I was satisfied from my prisoner' manner that he was telling me th truth, so I took lum up to the hous< gare him a goud dinner aud sent hil on his way rejoicing. "Now for thc sequel," continued th planter. "One afternoon in the fall was driving home from the statioi when I passed a very dilapidated hob< with red stubble on his chin and a gun ny sack under his arm. and some in stinct told me that Mr. Sparks, alia: 'Appetite Kill.' had at last arrived Ile seemed to be looking for land marks, and when he reached the bi; post I saw him stop, scrutinize th< carving and then start off with a now and confident step. That settled it and ? drove ahead and intercepted hiir at the house, half a mile farther on. "'Hello. Bill!' I said. 'How's youl appetite this evening?' " 'Appetite?' he stammered and gave such a violent start that he dropped his gunny sack. " 'Why, yes,' said I. 'Perhaps they didn't feed you very well at Cincin? nati.' "At the word Cincinnati he turned livid and glared around with such evi? dent intention of bolting that I made haste to explain. " 'Don't be alarmed.' I said. T met your side partner a few months ago, and he told nu; to look ont for you.' It took mo some time to dissipate Bill's suspicions, but when I finally succeed? ed in convincing him that it was all right, he told me a most interesting story of his journey across the coun? try. "A professional hobo will follow*the track of .-mother hobo with an accura? cy that is curiously suggestive of wood crn l't. All the way down from Cincin? nati I'ill had never once lost the trail, and before he left I gave him .-rn ad? dressed postal card, and got him to promise rn? lie would put it in tin; mail at whatever point ho caught up with his partner. Less iban a month later 1 receive'! the card, bearing a Houston (Tex.) date mark: so I presume it was there tiley met. "BOTii of these tramps could read and write, and 1 asked Sparks particularly why his friend didn't use some brief message in place of the hieroglyph. He replied that it would attract too much attention, and other hoboes would be likely to add misleading words, while the little squire and tri? angle passed unnoticed. "Since then 1 have encountered two other nc::riv similar cases, in each of which a tramp was leaving a cipher trail for a crony td follow when he got out of jail, and I infer that, the prac? tice is tolerably common. At any rate it is a curious feature of tramp life which ? ha ve never seen mentioned in any of the numerous patters rind maga? zine articles that have appeared on the subject during recent yen rs."-New Or? leans Timcs-tH mocrat. !!?.?? Lons Drawn Out "No." Everybody knows the man who is careful never io say 'WV abruptly in answer a question. "No" is a hard I word, bm i'll" may sometimes !>.. made i ri'!ieub?us by :i reluctance to utter if. j A certain mau wiro had this habit ! was once rn? ; by two women who had I !.?...'.. discussing tie* peculiarity, and one of them said that she was positive j she could make him say. ' < ?h. no"' Hat- j ly. So she addressed him I hus: ? Let me ser. 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