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L?C?L fTEttS. Has the Firemen's Tournament fallen through? Municipal candidates are being . dis? cussed in earnest by many citizens. Sheriff Scarborough is looking for a court crier. Tom McCallum, being in limbo. Mr. G. A. Lemmon has been ap? pointed trustee of the bankrupt busi? ness of C. F. McFadden. D. J. Chandler, the Clothier, has a new advertisement today. The special? ties offered are seasonable. Another man was knocked down and painfully injured by an electric car in Columbia last Friday. It is reported that a stock company will be organized to continue the shoe business of Bultman & Bro. The members of the Sumter Light Infantry had a finetime in Charleston, notwithstanding the bad weather. Anthony Spana, a well known negro man who had lived in this city for many years died on last Saturday. Clerk of Court Nash announces that he has appointed Mr. L. L Parrott assistant Clerk of Court. The amount of taxes collected up to date is very much less than the amount collected up to the same date last year. ; Mr. Thos. E. Richardson has been notified of his appointmenfe as Super? visor of Registration for Sumter County. The parade of the Si M. A. cadets Wednesday afternoon attracted a large amount of attention and much favor? able comment. The bill extending the time for pay? ment of taxes to March 30th bas pass ? ed both Senate and House and received the Governor's approval. The large stock of shoes of Bultman & Bro., will be thrown on the market at cost, and for the next fifteen days those who need shoes will find what they need at Bultman's shoe store. The candidates for municipal honors should not be slow in entering the race, for the campaign promises to be warm enough when it once begins m real earnest. The two townships in Clarendon County that want to be annexed to Sumter County on account of the bad roads leading to Manning will probably aibuse * lively interest in the good roads movement in Clarendon County. The Sumter Ice Mfg. Co. will re? build immediatedly the Independent Ice factory, recently burned. The new - factory will be much larger than the one destroyed and will have a daijy capacity of thirty three tons of ice* Mr. Neill McLauchlin, who has had charge of the Southern Express office in this city for the past two years, has lesismed the agency, and Mr. .Dixon, of Florence, took charge of the office on last Wednesday. The Florence-Augusta morning^ pas? senger train has been late severa} mornings in succession. Several days last week it came in at 6 o'clock and 7 o'clock in the morning. The delays have been caused by the snow and un? usually bad weather in the North. A petition has been circulated for signatures requesting that City i Council grant the telephone franchise J asked for by the Bell Telephone Co. j It is being signed by a large number of citizens, and'when the petition is ! presented to Council the matter will j be fought over once more. The musicians of Sumter are look? ing forward eagerly to the piano recital by Miner Walden Gallup on Thurs? day evening- It was by the merest accident that Miss Ewell was able to induce him to give a recital in Sumter, for the only visits the larger cities and then by special engagement The Sumter Light Infantry (Com? pany H. Second Regiment) Capt T. S. Doar, commanding, left on Friday afternoon for Charleston for the pur? pose of participating in the parade of the State troops Saturday. This parade was the feature of the mili? tary day exercises. The company car? ried thirty or more men. TELEPHONE FRANCHISE QUESTION. A Statement of facts by Alderman Hurst. To The Daily Item: There seems , to be considerable mis? understanding on the part of some of our citizens and consequently some misstatements of facts respecting the action of City Council in regard to the Bell Telephone Company's applica? tion for the privilege of establishing a telephone exchange in Sumter, and 1 beg to explain through your columns my position in the premises. About one year ago when Peter Blow, H. J. Grover and others applied for a similar grant they named ia their petition the maximum rates which would be charged for their service, and prom? ised a first-class system. These rates were reasonable. The people would have been protected against extortion, and I heartily favored permitting them to come in. But the purpose was defeated by those members of Counc?i who felt that they were morally bound to uphold the exclu? sive riehts which were supposed to have been granted to the Sumter Tele? phone Co. in 1893. There was an honest difference of opinion on the subject and 1 am sure that those Aldermen who opposed the grant acted conscienttously ; and without regard to private interests of any sort When the Bell Telephone Co. made their application I again favored granting the privilege; but thought it right to stipulate the highest prices they would be allowed for their ser? vice. Council was assured by the rep? resentatives of the Co. that this would not be done. They would submit to no restrictions in reference to charges. Notwithstanding their declaration I voted for Alderman Chandler's resolution that the peti? tion be granted upon condition that maximum rates be stated. Other members of Council would not vote to grant that which was refused in advance and the resolution was defeat? ed. My purpose throughout has been to guard the people against extor? tionate charges. Had the Bell Com? pany come into Sumter, it is possible that The Sumter Telephone Com? pany would eventually go out of busi? ness", leaving a monopoly unresticted in the hands of the Bell Company. What advantage, if any, they would take of such a siuation I do not know, but did not think it unreasonable to provdie against the possibility of op? pressive rates. " E. W. Hurst muni im ra? nil. CREAT SENSATION IN WASHINGTON. Long Standing Feud Culminates in Disgraceful Fist Fight in Senate. Heid in Contempt by Senate and Re? quired to Apologize. Washington, February 22.-Senator Tillman and Senator McLaurin came to blows in the Senate this afternoon. McLaurin called Tillman a malicious liar. Tillman sprang at his young colleague, dealt him a severe blow in the face and McLaurin retaliated with an upper cut on Tillman's jaw. The belligerents were separated, the doors closed, and, in executive session, the two South Carolina Senators were declared to be in contempt of the Sen? ate, and their cases were referred, to the committee on privileges and elec? tions for.such action ais may be deem? ed necessary. After the executive ses? sion the two Senators in contempt were permitted to apologize to the Senate and it is probable that the incident is closedffor the present. J The coarse and vulgar performance of the South Carolina, Senators sur? passes anything of the kind in the his? tory of the United States Senate, lt is difficult to describe the sensation created as the two Senators grappled each otker in desperate encounter in the presence of more fcHan a quorum of the Senate and well-filled galleries. It was Wasbintgon's Birthday and Senator Spooner was delivering his speech in favor of the Phillippine tariff bilL There was a large crowd in attendance to hear him, and dur-. ing the course of his speech he became involved in a spirited colloquy with Senator Tillman as to the part William Jennings Bryan played in securing the ratification of the *peace treaty with Spain, by which the Phillippine Isl? ands came into the possession of the j United States. Senator Tillman, with characteristic vim and brutal frankness, declared that the ratification of the Spanish treaty had been secured by the vote of a member of the Senate - in return for the disposal of Federal patronage in a certain State. Senator Spooner interrogated Senator Tillman so close? ly that the latter was forced to admit that the subsidized Senator was his own colleague from South Carolina. Senator Spooner replied that he would leave the matter to be settled with the junior Senator from South Carolina. It was supposed that the incident was closed, in view of the fact that Sena? tor Tillman had repeatedly charged his colleague with selling his vote for the treacy in consideration for Federal pa? tronage in South Carolina. During the colloquy between Senators Till? man and Spooner Senator McLaurin was absent from the chamber, attend? ing a meeting of the committee on Indian affairs. He was notified that he was being attacked in the Senate by his colleague, so he hurried back to the chamber, fie sent for a copy of tho notes pf the official reporter, giving the exact language of Senator Tillman. After reading the notes carefully Senator McLaurin was recog nized and addressing the Senate, de? nounced the statement of Senator Till- j man as "? wilful, deliberate and malicious lie. " The assault came when the final word "lie'"' was spoken by Mr. McLaurin. Tillman sprang up like a flash, jumped over the chairs between him and his colleague, and before he could be stopped dealt him a severe blow on the forehead, which raised a large red welt. McLaurin warded off the blow, which was intended for his eye, and retaliated with a fierce up? per-cut, landing on Tillman's jaw. j The two men clinched, but before any more blows were exchanged Sena- ? I tor Warren, of Wyoming, Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Layton, Senator Tillm?n's son^ wno was present, and several ot?ex persons, separated the belligerents.? The encounter only occupied a few I seeonds, but it was fierce and desper? ate while it lasted. . The greatest ex I citement.prevailed in the Senate and ! the occupants of the galleries arose from their seats, apparently antici? pating a free fight all around on the floor below. Senator Teller, who sits next to Sen? ator Tillman, arose and called the two Senators to order as soon*as lie could recover from the shock which Sena? torial dignity and decorum had sus? tained. Senator Foraker -and other Senators were on their feet at. th? same time, declaring that the "dignity of the Senate had been outraged by the unprecedented performance of tfie two Senators from South Carolina; and, moved that the Senate proceed to executive session. The galleries were cleared, the doors locked and "for more than two ' hours the two Senators from South Carolina were subjected to severe censure by their colleagues, Democratic and Re? publican, for the disgraceful encoun? ter in open Senate.. At the conclusion j of the debate, in which neither Sen? ? tor Tillman nor Senator ??cLa?rin was permitted to participate, a motion ! to declare th? two Senators in cohr tempt was unanimously adopted. A ; further motion was adopted to refer the case to the committee on privi? leges and elections for such action as the circumstances justify, j It was half-past 5 o'clock when the executive session concluded and the Senate resumed business in open ses? sion. Senator Tillman sat quietly at his desk, surrounded by three or four Senators, with a smile of defiance on his face A short distance away sat Senator McLaurin, cool and collected, in conversation with Senators Bacon, of Georgia, and Patterson, of Colo? rado. Senator Blackburn, acting as media? tor between the two Senators, urged that Tillman be allowed to apologize for his unseemly conduct. There was a parliamentary squabble as to wheth? er, under the rules of the Senate, Senators in contempt were allowed to be heard in their ?own behalf. Sena? tor Teller said that both Senators had indicated a desire to make amends, and the Chair rnled that by unanimous consent both Senators might be heard. Senator Tillman took the floor first and apologized for losing his temper and offending the dignity of tho Sen? ate. He remarked, sarcastically, that bis experience as Governor of South Carolina for four years had perhaps unfitted him for meeting all the requirements of the dignity and prece Bents of the Seirate. . He said h regretted his conduct and addec while he was sorry for what had O? curred, he had acted under severe prc vocation. ' ' I am sorry for what I die .but under the circumstances I coul not have done otherwise, and, whil I apologize to the Senate, I .hav nothing further to say." Senator McLaurin was then recog nized, and declared, with great earnest ness, that he was not willing to admi that he was in contempt, and appeale to the Record to show that his uttei anees had violated no rules of the Sec ate. He was proceeding to say tha these charges made against him i connection with his vote on the treat had been repeated so often that h was tired and sick of having thei thrust into his teeth. As a man c honor he could not Bold up his hea unless he openly branded these ac cusations as maliciously false. Then for the first time, showing great es citement, Senator McLaurin was prc ceeding to say: "If I hear any more c this"-here he was suddenly intei r?pted by Senator Patterson, of Cole ra3o, who advised him to say no more It was evident that the junior Sena tor was worked up.to the point of deliv ering a threat, but acting upon th suggestion of several Senators nea him* he abruptly took His seat. . Thus the most exciting incident th Senate has ever known ended for th time being. Tonight the Senatoria scrap, is the one topic of cohversatio: in Washington. Opinions -are ab?? equally divided as to who had the ad vantage in the encounter. The apolq gii? which both Senators offered . cai harldy be regarded as. due reparatioi for the disgraceful indignity infiicte upon the Senate, and many D?mtj eratic and Republican Senators expr?s the ?prhion that precautions shall b taken sd "far .as th? committee of privi leges and elections is concerned i prevent a recurrence of today's scene. Way down under the surface it i believed that the friction hetw?en Sen ator Tillman ann Senator McLaurin i due to the fight they are now engagei in over the pending appointment of Mr. Koester, as clerk of interna revenue, and Postmasters Richardson Ch?ffee and Purcell, at Greenville Aiken and Newberry, respectively All of the appointments were maj?e a the instance of Senator McLaurin^ an< are being held up in committee, it ii said, indirectly bv Senator Tillman R. M. L. THE TWO SENATORS WILL BI PUNISHED. Washington, Feb. 23.-The topi< of chief interest in senatorial circle! today, and in fact everywhere in offi cial Washington, was the fight in th< senate yesterday between Senaton Tillman and McLaurin of South Caro lina. There have been a number o conferences among senators as to wha should be done to preserve the dignify of the senate and to manifest its senti meut toward the two senators wh( violated its traditions. While do plai of procedure has been agreed upon' i' is learned that there c will be ver] deliberate action and it is said to b< more than likely that it will be no less than 30 days before the Sou tl Carolina senators are restored to thei: full powers as senators. This deliberation on their .cast being in the nature of a punishmem they will not be allowed to add rea the senate, or vote, until no longe] incontempt of the senate. Senator Burrows is chairman of th< committee on privileges and election? and tonight said that in advance o: any meeting of the committee he can not say what will be done but addec that the matter is of such serious im? port that it must receive careful con? sideration. It will be a day or twe before the committee meets to take uj the resolution referred to it by th? senate. It is understood the conference? among senators have shown the exist? ence of a considerable sentiment thal the apologies made by the South Caro? lina senators are not deemed sufficient and that the committee will require other and more ample apologies to be submitted to it in writing, with the assurance that such apologies will be made to the effect that the senators have sufficiently purged* themselves di the contempt of which the senate has adjudged them guilty. The whole matter, as st?ted in the senate debate yesterday^ is without precedent and the senate is now to ; make a precedent in the matter of punishment and in requiring sufficient apology. The conferences today devel? oped the fact that the senators regard the matter with all the seriousness with which they dealt with it yester? day, and that they intend to take such action as will prevent, if possible, similar episodes occurring in the future. Neither Senators Tillman nor Mc? Laurin were disposed to enter into any discussion today regarding the hap? penings in the senate yesterday. Sen? ator Tillman, howe ve rr, did say in reply to questions as to whether there had been any developments -in the case that "nothing has occurred. So far as my own purposes are conc?rn?d I am simply waiting developments and will act in accordance with my judg? ment as they unfold themselves. ' ' Mr. McLaurin declined to make any statement whatever. Mr. B. R. Sanders, who has been connected with the Post Office since 1886 or 1887, has been removed and Mr. B. Randall appointed to succeed him by Mrs. Whittemore, the post? mistress. Mr. Sanders was appointed by the late Dr. D. J. Auld who was postmaster during the first Cleveland administration and his services have been retained by the several succeed? ing postmasters. The resurvey of the distance from the Lee County line at Scape O'er Swamp to the Court House by Mr. J. W. Brunson verified the survey pre? viously made by Maj. W. Loring Lee. It seems to be a demonstrated and indisputable fact that the distance from Scape O'er Swamp, at the point where the Lee County line corners on it, is only 7 3-10 miles from the Court House, two surveyois having agreed on this measurement. The special commitee of city council, having in charge the survey of the city and map, met last Wednesday and after examining tho map submitted by Mr. John R. Haynsworth, who made the survey under contract, decided to accept it. Mr. Haynsworth will pre? pare a copy at once, which will be for? warded to the Post Ofrico Depratment, and then the'arrangements for estab? lishing the free mail delivery will go forwrard without further delay. ROOSEVELT MES BAND?N FIGHT. j -! Withdraws Tilfman's Invitation to Dine at White House. Washington, Feb. 24.-The presi? dent has withdraw his invitation extended to Senator Tillman of Sonth Carolina to attend the dinner to be given tonight in honor of Prince Henry of Prussia *at the White House. It is stated that this action on the part of the president was made neces? sary from the fact that owing to oc? currences on the floor of the senate last Saturday the senator from South Carolina was declared in contempt of the senate. Senator Martin of Virginia accepted an invitation in Mr. Till? man's place. The invitation was extended to Mr. Tillman owing to the fact that he is the ranking minority member of the navaPaffairs committee. There was a . sensational sequel to the decision of the president to elimi? nate Senator Tillmans' name from the list of dinn?r guests. The president sent for Se??tor Cockrell bf Missouri and asked him as friend and Demo? cratic colleague of Mr. Tillman to suggest to the latter the propriety 6? 1 withdrawing his acceptance of the din? ner invitation. The president explain? ed his attitude in the matter and said that, in view of the contempt proceed? ings, Mr. Tillman's presence would not only be an affront to the senate but a discourtesy to Prince Henry. Mr. Cockrell accepted the commission and later telephoned to .the. president that Mr. j Tl?lma? ^ absolutely , ref used to withdraw his acceptance, in response to the president's suggestion. The president - then immediately can? celled the invitation ina note he dis? patched directly to Mr. Tillman short? ly before hoon today. In this ri?te, which was very brief and formal, the president stated he rergetted he was obliged to withdraw the invitation. Simultaneously Senator Martin of Virginia was invited to ' take Mr. Tillman's place, at the dinner as the next ranking Democratic member of the. senate naval affairs committee. The following is the letter from ' the White House withdrawing Mr. Till? man's invitation to dine there tonight : White House, Feb. 24. The president regrets that he is compelled to withdraw the invitation tb you to dine tonight at the White House. Yours truly, George B. Cortelyou, Secretary to the President. Commenting upon the letter Mr. Tillman says: "The president of course has the right to invite any one he chooses to dine with him officially or otherwise and also has the right to withdraw such invitation. As I am not con? scious of having done anything person? al or official which gives the presi? dent the right to insult me, I am sur? prised at his action. The invitation to this dinner came to me unsought and unexpectedly, and so far as the withdrawal is concerned it is a matter of absolute indifference to me. It is the motive behind it which seeks to put me in the condition of unworthi? ness to meet president and his guest before the final action by the senate. Prince Henry, the president's guest, comes from a country where custom makes it obligatory upon any man who regards himself a gentleman to prompt? ly resent an insult and the method is by challenge to a duel. That was once the custom but it is now obsolete in the United States and we have been forced as.a people here to cling to the old Anglo-Saxon rule of considering the lie direct as the first Blow, and no man could hold ubp his head in decent society should he, being near enough to answer the lie with a blow, not give it. "As for my being in contempt of the senate, which I presume is the excuse for this insult at the hands of the president-that I deny. I have been guilty of a breach of the rules and the privileges of the senate. The senate was not sitting as a court but as a legislative assembly. It bas the right to expel me if it sees fit and I am^ready to abide its judgment and action. It has the right to arrest me and to hold me ' in custody until it makes disposition of my case ; but it has no right to gag me, and the presi? dent has no right to judge me guilty of conduet unbecoming a gentleman unless he belies all his antecedents which lead one to believed that he would have done just as I did under the circumstances. As to which of us is the gentleman in this matter in view of the unsought invitation to dinner at the White House and its indecent withdrawal, I am willing to abide by the judgement of ail brave and self-respecting men.'.'. A SUSPECTED POISONING. Spcial to The State. ' Mullins, Feb. 24.-Sunday morning a while after breakfast, Mr. Emory j Jordan, a farmer living about two miles from here, was taken violently ill with symptoms of poisoning. In a short while his entire family, con? sisting of his wife and five children, were suffering with the same symp? toms. Dr. Smith of this place was hastily summoned. He worked with all skill known on the patients from 10 a. m., until near midnight before he pronounced them out of danger. It was a very narrow escape for the whole family. The circumstances as yet" are a mystery. Mr. Jordan's daughter prepared breakfast, and while at it a negro woman living near by came in the kitchen and asked for a mess of potatoes from Miss Jordan, and on being refused told her she had better let her have them. Miss j Jordan left the kitchen for a few moments and it is possible the woman during that time poisoned a pot of hominy on the stove. Dr. Smith has a portion of the hominy and will shortly make an examination to see what was in it. Cettinje, Montenegro, February 24. - Sixty-four men are reported to have been killed and wounded during the fighting which occurred on the Mon tenegria frontier between Albanians and Turkish regular troops. The trouble was due to the recent assassi? nation of an Albanian chief, Mulaze ka. The latter's clansmen demanded the surrender of the murderer, fail? ing which they attacked a force of Turkish frontier troops. The fighting continues. Detective stories of all kinds at II. G. Osteen ?fc Co's book store. MISAPPLIED WORDS. - ! Some Expression? the Use of Which Should Be Reformed. "Extra" is an abused word. People say "extra good" or "extra cheap" In order to intensify "good" and "cheap." But "extra" has no such force. So far j from intensifying a given condition, it ! denies it by indicating that the thing so described lies outside the sphere or quality named. Thus, "extra judicial." does not mean more than ordinarily ju? dicial, as though a judge had dredged his conscience in giving an opinion, but outside of judicial and therefore inca? pable of being judged at all in the pre? scribed way. A grievous fault ls the use of "iden? tify" in a phrase like this, "He is iden? tified with the antivaccination move? ment." A man can only Identify him? self with another man or set of men. He can identify himself with the op? ponents of vaccination-and even here the word carries a shade of meaning of its own, distinguishing the phrase from such a one as "he joined the opponents of vaccination." One should not speak of "high" bi 'low" caliber; but, remembering the meaning of "caliber," one should apply to it only such adjectives as "great" o: "smalL" ; , It is wrong to speak of a "consens?a o? op'ini?n." The word "consensus" it? self means ah agreement of thought and should stand ? She.-Academy. Cranlc and Epicure. ' **A tjuvelfng crank-'and epicure ha'd jthe audacity to ask the head steward Shortly before, my boat sailed from Liverpool for New York," said a waft? er on an ocean liner, "if he would mind changing'three of "the courses on the bili of "fare for others which he prefer? red. He "was informed politely but firmly that there w?r? other passen? gers besides himself sailing on the v?s sel and that if he thought he could hot survive on the excellent fare pro? vided during the voyage all he had ta clo was to book with another line nnd his passage money would be returned to him. "Steamship companies are not in th6 habit of returning passage money when once paid, as is well known, but In this instance we would willingly have done so. "Our fastidious passenger did not book with another line, however, and, what Is more, lie ate enough at each meal on the trip to satisfy two men with sea ?ir appetites and presented to the waiter, who attended with ex? treme good nature to his likes and dis? likes throughout the voyage, the mag? nificent sum of 15 cents."--New York Mail and Express. His Lovely Manners. A benevolent looking man boarded a downtown elevator already occupied by three women upward bound. With a Chesterfieldian air he respectfully doffed his hat and held it in his hand until he had reached his destination. "What a charming man! Such love? ly manners!" gushed the women in chorus. A few minutes later the benevolent looking man of the lovely manners reached his office.' Pitching his hat OD the back of his beneficent head, sprawl? ing himself down in true manly aban? don at his desk, puffing a clay pipe ic an artistic masculine fashion, occasion? ally expectorating in the vicinity of a cuspidor, he greets his six-dollar-a week-for-ten-hours-a-day stenographer by jocularly inquiring why in thunder those legal papers aren't finished. Lovely man! Oh, yes; very!-San Francisco Wave. The Wrong Crop. Visiting an out of the way English parish when the incumbent happened to be away, a former archdeacon of Suffolk was, it is related, shown round by the clerk. On arriving at the church? yard he found a fine crop of wheat growing in it "Dear, dear!" said the archdeacon. "I can't approve of this. I really did not think Mr. -would have planted wheat in the churchyard." 'That's just what I told parson," said the clerk. "I iuiys," says I, "ye didn't ought to have wheated it; ye ought to have intered it!" When Wives Were Sold. A century or so ago wife selling was not an uncommon event In England, as the following item, which appeared In the London News of Nov. 21. 1801, would show: "On Friday a coal porter exhibited his wife in Smithfield, with a halter round her neck, for sale. He demand? ed a guinea for ber, but she hung on ? hand for some time, until a man of ! good appearance made the purchase, and packing her. halter and all. Into a hackney coach drove for Blackfriars bridge, amid the huzzas of the mob." A Bit of Evarts? Wit. When William M. Evarts was secre* tary of state in President Hayes' cab? inet, he said In an after dinner speech at Omaha: "I like the west. I like her self made men. And the more I travel west, the more I meet with her public men. the more I am satisfied of the truthfulness of the Bible statement that the wise men came from the east I'' KAISER S YACHT gi Miss Roosevelt Christens Meteor -The President ?ri Attendance. New York, Feb. 25.-The ?ll-import ant event in the itinerary of Prince Henry of Prussia today was the launching, of the schooner yacht Meteor, built at Shooters Island for the prince's brother, the German em? peror. The christening ceremony was performed by Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of the president of the United States in the presence of the president, the prince, G?r???'Embas sadbr von Holleben and a brilliant as? semblage. . ?..' The Meteor moved dtfwn the ways at 10 :39 amid a scen? of %great' "enthusi? asm. The launcbin^prVper was with? out mishap' and :presen6&cl- <a graceful and beautiful ^(^ie;'%i?ia^h it was accomplished nva drrzzl?tfg fain and other inauspicious atmospheric condi* tioris. . * The s?pci?l -train- "bt?&?f?" President Bobsevelt^ ^^ ^lSfi8^|Bfer % tie launching rfeach?^^r?ey^iy^t 6:?0 [ a. . . ?h. S?h?L: ^pte^i??t?r^???t?ifed on j board until We^^?^^^f'?^:^?finceis, train a few iAffinlfr- ?fte Relock. A Cylinder head 1 bil 4?#"H30?ihe of Prince ffi?ryV'?pe^ ?rid the tr??n::w?s;imor? t??th ah ?io?r late j in "reaching JefsSy HSrtyT*' " 1 i The party proceeded directly from ! the ferryboat to1 th^st?n?^wnich had : been erected ab &&;,'&-sfl??fc of the j ways on which titer Me^f'"?t?ted, the grins meanwhile Ti)b?m?n%:t?tites, and the crowd Cheeril^'^eiifet?MaBtically. The prince and president}Y,With' Mrs. arid-Miss Roosevelt; ' affiit?fl: on the platform at 10:22. The prince conduct? ed Miss Eoosevelt to the small plat? form immediately under t?e bow of j the boat. ' ' v ' ' : j During the prel?miflari?s on the ? stand a photographer''front the Hohen? zollern stood by with' \ ?" cam?ra a nd j took nuinertJuS'snap sh?tk' ;-: " In a drizzling r?in',"arh'l? tli? roar of j cannon, great cheeririg^?f?d' waving of flags, the Meteor was latched. The ; scene was one of animation' ' and good j humor, the cue for the' ?a'tt?r' spirit j being taken froni ' Prince* 5H??ry and j Miss Roosevelt, who; stan'feg on the j platform near the Metetor';''engaged in \ livery conversation,- laug;^ing, and jok ! ing with democratic urice*feiriony. Precisely at 10:39% Mise1 -Roosevelt j raised the bottle1 of champagne, which I had been encased in bea?'tif?l silver filigree, and which was suspended by a 35-foot silver chain. ?)ashing the ! bottle against the side of the vessel with vigorous and effecti verband, the wine breaking into spray; Miss Roose? velt said in English: "In' the name of the German emperor, I christen thee Meteor." Her voice was* loud and clear, and could be distinctly heard on all the surrounding platform. Then she raised a silver axe and severed the rope holding the weight j which kept the ship in the ways, and j the vessel went gracefully into the j water. THE SENATE PBZZLED. (They Do Not Know What to Do With Tillman and McLaurin. Washington, Feb. 25.-The most im? portant developement today in connec? tion with the Tillma'n-McLaurin episode of last Saturday was the act of Senator Frye, president j>ro tempore of the senate, in ordering the clerk of i the senate to restore the names of the two South Carolina senators to the senate roll. If the present plan is car? ried out this act will be" followed by the adoption by the senate of a resolu? tion before a vote on any other sub? ject is taken; pract?calfy?ndorsing the action of the president pro tempore in ordering theiT' names erased, and suspending the two senators for some definite time. The order of Senator1 Frye for the restoration of the named to the roll was issued almost immediately after the senate convened today and was the result of a general conference among the Republican leaders of the senate. When asked for an emanation of this order Senator Fry? said : "In my ruling yesterday I believe that I was strictly within parliament? ary law, that senators i rf "contempt are not entitled to recognition- either to speak or to vote, arid1' tmvt logically their names should not'tfo called. .1 still adhere to that opin?Wtr?t, desir? ous of shifting the responsibility from the chair to the senate, ? have direct? ed the clerk to restore tb tte roll the names of the two senators from South Caroilna." 15 DAY? ! For the next fifteen days, the entire stock of Bultman & Bro., amounting to $7,000, consist? ing of Shoes, Trunks, Valises, Dress Suit Cases, etc., will be ofifered at cost. Everybody knows the line of goods and here is an opportunity to get the best goods for a little money. Feb 24