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PAGES 3 Tt . W NS1WORO, S. C., r DEDY, FEBRUARY 26. 1902. PGS. O~ OUR SENATORS MIX, lillman and MlcLaurin Come to BIas In the Senate Chamber., BOTl SUSPENLED FOR CONTEM T. Sensational Develcpment in the Did Controversy Between the Senior and Junior Senator From S. C. Washington, Sr-"ial.-Washing *t'n's b'athday was signalized in the United States Senate by a fist figh:. The two Senators from South Caro lina wcce the active participants in the affray. Mr. Tiliman, in the course c f a speech upon the Philippine tariff, m tde sericus reflections upon the honor of his colleague, Mr. McIaurin. In b. ief he charged that Mr. McLaurin's vote in support of the ratification of the treaty of Paris had .been cast through the air of improper influences. His statemen't was developed in a colloquy between him and Mr. Spocaer of Wisconsin. -Mr. Tillman at first declined to mention names, but when the Wisconsin Senator reminded him that he owed it to himself, to the Sen ate and to the country "to name the .man," Mr. Tillman indicated that he referred to his colleague from South Carolina. Little imagining that his words were likely to bt prohetic, Mr. Spooner remarked, sez:tentiously: "I will leave the Senator to fight that ont with his colleague." Mr. -McLaurin was not In the cham ber at the time, being engaged in com mittee work; but he was sent for and appeared just as Mr. Tillman concluded his speech. Pale as ashes, Mr. McImnrin rose to address the Senate, speaking to a ques 'tion of personal privilege. He reviewed Mr. Tillman's charges teiefiy and then denounced the statement made by his colleague as "a wilful and deliberate lie." Scarcely had the words fallen from his tie s n .Mr. Tillma'n, sitting a few seats from him, with Mr. Teller of Colorado between them, sprang at him, Mr. McLaurin, who/ had half- turned jwa Mr. Til 'n, met him halt stant the two Sena r^ tcrs, havinb swept Mr. Teller aside, were engaged in a rough and tumble -ist fight. Mr. McLauria received a heavy blow on the forehead, while Mr. Tillman got a bad punch on the nose, which brought blcod. Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Layton sprang over desks to reach and separ ate the combatants, and himself re ceived several blows. He got between them finally and by main strength -wrenched them apart. Senators Warren of Wyoming and Scott of West Virginia. two of the most powerful men in the Senate, leaped to " his assistance and. pinioning the arms of the belligerent Senators, forced them into their seats. Intense excitement prevailed in the Senate and in the galleries, which^vere thronged with people who had been at tracted by the spirited debate. Every bo -dy.was on his feet. Not a word, how ever. was spoken. Senators stood about the chamber, for the mor:ent quite helpless and pale to the lips. Finally order was restored partially, and in the midst of intese excitement the Serate went into secret legislative se?s sion. For two hours the Sen?.te discussed the event behind closed doors. When the doors were reopened it was m'ide kenown that both of the South Caro lina Senators by unanimous vote had been declared to be in contempt of the Senate. They we permitted, by a vote of the Senate. to make apologies to the Senate. The stateme'nts wem listened to by both the Senators and the people in the galleries with breathi less Interest. Senator Tillmnan left the capitol when adjournmnent was taken for re cess and did not return for the night session. Senator McLaurin was in the chamber about 8 o'clock, but left early. Neither Senator, when seen at his home, would make a statement. Another Account. The IV:u-ington correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier gives the following account of the alterca tion between Senators Tillman andi M'c Laurin in the Senate Chamber on Sa': urday: Senator Tillmnan and Senator McLat. rin came to blows in the Senate Satur day afternoon. McLaurin cal.led Ti)l man a malicious liar. Tillman spran.g at his young colleague, dealt him a se vere blow in the face and McLaurin retaliated with an upper cut on Till mnsjaw. The belligerants were see arated, the doors closced, and, in exec-u tive session, the two~ South Carolin.i Senators were declared to be in con temipt of the Scnate, and their eases were referred to the committce on priviler-es an!d elecs for such act'on as Ir.ay 'e deeCme: necessary. Aftr the executive sessien the two Scnators in centrempt we-re permitted to apologize to the Senate and it is probable tha: the incident is closed for the present . T:he coarse and -ulg-.r performance of the South Carolica Senators sar passes anything of the k-ind in the his. tory of the United States Senlate. it is difficlt to desc-ribe the sensation cre ated as the twvo Senatcurs grappled earl other in desperatc encounter in the presence of more than a quorum of the Senate and w,ell-filled gaileries. It was Washington's Birthday arii spee.h in favcr of the Plilppine tariff bIli. There was a large crowd in attend ance to hear him. and during the course of his speech he became invoiv ed la a spirited colloquy with Senator Tillman as to the part William Jen nirgs Bryan played in securing the rat ii(tation of the peace treaty with Spain, by which the Philippine Islands came into the possession of the United States. Senator Tillman, with churacteristic vim and brutal frankness, declared that the ratifloation of the Spanish treaty had been secured by the vote of a member of the Senate in return for the dispcsal of Federal patronage in a eer tain State. Senator Spooner interrogat ed Senator Tillman so closely that the latter was forced to admit that the sub sidized Senat-or was his own codleague from South Carolina. Senator Spooner, replied that he wo.uld leave the matter to be settled with the junior Senator from South Carolina. It was supposed that the incident was clc.sed. in view of the fact that Senator Tillman had re_,ca.tediy charg ed his colleague with selling his vote for the tre.ity in consideration for Fed eral patronage in South Carolina. Du ring the colloquy between Senator3 Tillman and Spooner Senator McLau rin was absent from the chamber, at tending 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. He sent for a oopy of the Rotes of the official reporter, giving the exact language of Senator Tillman. After reading the notes carefully Senna tcr McLaurin was recognized and ac dressing the Senate, denounced the sit uation of Senator Tillman as "A will ful, deliberate and malicious lie." The assault came when the final word "lie" was spoken by Mr. McLau rin. Tillman sprang up like a fL.h, jumped over the chair between him and his colleague, and before he could be stopped dealt him a severe blow on the forehead which raised a large red relt. McLaurin warded off the blow, which was intendod for his eye. and retaliated with a fierce upper cut, landing on Tillman's jaw. The two men clinched, but before any more blows were ex changed Senator Warren, of Wyoming, Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Layton, Senator Til"lmaai son, who was pres ent, and' several,, other ,pgrsons,- sepa rated'the belligerants. The encounter only occupied a few secons, but it was fierce and desperate while it lasted. The greatest excitement prevailed in the Senate and the occu pants of the galleries arose from their seats, apparently anticipating a free fight all around on the floor below. Senator Teller, who sits next to Sen ator Tillman, arose and calle.i t,he two Senators to order as soon as he could recover from the shock which Senato rial dignity and decorum had sustained. Senator Foraker and other Senatora were cn their feet at the same time, de claring that the dignity of the Senate had been outraged by the unprecedent ed performance of the 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, Democrats and Republicans. for the disgraceful encounter in open Senate. A t the conclusion of the debate, in which neither Senator Tillman nor Senator McLaurin was permitted to Iparticipate, a motion to declare the two Senators in contempt was unanimously adopted. A further moticn was adopted to refer the case to the committee on privileges and elections for such action as the circumstances justify. It was half-past 5 o'clock when the Iexecutive session concluded and the Senate resumed business in open ses sion. Senator Tillman sat quietly at his desk, surrounded by three or four Sen ators, with a smile of defiance on his face. A short distance away sat Sena tor McLaurin, cool 'and collected, in conversation with Senator Bacon, of Georgia, and Patterson, of Colorado. Senator Blackburn. acting as media tor between the two Senators, urged that Tillman be allowed to apologir't for his unseemly conduct. There was a parliamentary squabble as to whether, under the rules of the Senate. Senators in contempt were allowed to be heard in their own behalf. Senator Teiler said that both Senators had indicted a~ de sire to make amends, and the Chair ruled that by unanimous consent both Senators might he heard. Senator Tillman took the floor first and apologized for losing his temper and offending the dignity of the Senate. He remarked, sarcastically, that his ex perionce as Governor of South Carolina for four years had perhans unfitted him for meeting all the requir'ements of the dignity and preecedents of t-he Sc nate. He said he regretted his conduct and aGded, while he was sorry for what had occurred. he had acted under severe provocation. "I am sorry for what I did., but under the circumstances 1 could not have done otherwise. and, while I apcooize to the Scnate, I havc nothing to say.''I ilenator .icLaurin was then rrrog ni~n an '''ctd. with me - -rn*" nos, hat h v.a not wilI:ng to :.a i tha he7v asi xmt and aprio to thelIenor: to uho that his tt ene a v:aat ii rules of the S'rn c e. He was p;roceh!ng to sa tha t'ese ctarhe~s made agint him in .'n" n inw!h hsvote on the treatyl h Lceen reprte so o en t'at he wa :r'd and sick of having th'em thrs io hi s teeth. s aa of heonor he~ maliciously false. Then. for the first time, showing great ereitement. Sen x ton McIT urin wvae noproeeing to Sa''' ''If I hear any more of this"-her- be was sudednly interrupted by Senatrr Patterson, of Colorado, who advised him to say no more. It was evidcnt th:at the junior Senator was worked up to the point of delivering a threat. but act ing upon the suggestion of several Sen ators near him, he abruptly took his scat. Thus the most exciting incident the Scnate has ever known ended for the t:me being. At night the Senatorial scrap Is the one topic of conversation in Washington. Opinions are about cqually divided as to who had the ad vantage in the encounter. The apolo gies which both Senators offered can hardly be regarded as due reparation for the disgraceful indignity infiicted upon the Senate, and many Democratic and Republican Senators express the opinion that precautions shall be taken so far as the committee of privileges and elections is concerned to prevent a recurrence of the scene. Way down under the surface it is be lieved that the friction between Senator Tillman and Senator McLaurin is due to the fight they are now engaged in over the pending appointments of Mr. Koester ,as clerk of internal revenue, and Postmasters Richardson, Chaffee and Purcell, at Greenville, Aiken and Newberry, respectively. All of the ap pointments were made at the instance of Senator McLaurin, and are beng held up in committee, it is sa:id, indi rectly, by Senator Tillman. NEWSY CLEANINGS; Business in London has not been so bad 1:a years. Germany's new postage stamps will be issued on April 1. The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor greatly needs repairs. Southern cities will make a great cot ton display at St. Louis in 1903. The United States requires the serv Ices of about 130,000 physicians. A promoter has offered to present a bloodless bull fight in New York City. A friend of the Tuskegc.. Institute has given $25,000 for a girls' dormitory building. A new electric road, part elevated and part underground, has been opened In Berlin, Geimauy. The_Paris biunici all ' aly cneme arming out the gas supply :o a new company. The will of the late Thomas Robert ron, of Rockford, Ill., leaves $30,000 to educational and religious Institutions. The first American blast furnace in Germany, with an automatic charging apparatus, has been sta-ted in Silesla. It Is reported that no fewer than thirteen officers of the garrison at Perzemisl, In German' Poland, have committed suicide within three months. The new railway bridge, the longest in South Africa, across the lower Tu gela, in Natal, Is very nearly finished, and the new line will be completed in about a year. In a north Italian paper an adver tisement offers constant employment to experts who can imitate old hand writing. It is thought this statement ought to put manuscript collectors on their guard. Horses are becoming uncomfortably scarce in the West. due in part to the demand for remounts by the English in South Africa and in part to an unu sually high dleath rate in the S'tates cast of the Mississippi Iker. O. PROMir:ENT PEOPL-E.' Marconi is now insured for $73c1,000. It Is saidl that Secretary Shaw attrib ute?s all his greatness to his wife. Sir Thomas Lipton has accepted an Invitation to go to Chicago in 1904. The King of Siam has given up his project of visiting the United States. Thomnas A. Edison has taken out nearly 800 pate-nts on his various in ventlions. Albert Hlarmsworth now holds the automobile record between Paris and Mote Carlo. President Charles M. Schwab, of the Steel Trust. Las arrived home from a long European trip. King Edward has unolcially noti fed theatre managers tLat plays idi culing kings are not to his liking. Ceneral H-ector MacDonald has been appointed to succeed Major-General F. T. IIoboson as commu:lxer of the Urit ish forces In Ceylon. Captain Sir Edward Chichester, who commanded the British squadron at Manla dur:ng the Spanish-American war, has been made an admiral. Pietro Mascagni, the composer, Is working on his new opera, "Marie An toinette." The scene of the prologue is ilaced in the court of Austria. Prince Nicholas of Greece recently won a poetic competition held at the Athens Academy. The poem was a comedy in blank verse chiled "The RIe formers." After a year's complete rest Hlenrik Isen has so far recovered his healtlh that his physician has sanctioned hik resumption of work, and the dramatist has started on-a new play. LieutenanL-General James B. Long street, one of the great commanders in the Civil War, is a prominent figure at all pulice functions in Washingtou this winter. He Is almost blind, very hard of hearing and shot all to pieces, but he attends to his duties as Rlailr-ond Commissioner daily. The proposition'to increase the cen sus facilitic's should b;ing a thrill of pride to ev-ery Antrican. We have grown to be such a.n eno'mous popu lat+om that it is n small job to count LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS. The Session ei 1902 Now A Thing < The Past. HOUSI. Last Day-The session of the Sout Carolina Legislature closed Satnrd, by sine die adjournment. The closin day was devoted to the ratification < bills, resolutions of thanks and oth( matters customary on similar occ. ions. The State Company was electe State printer, on lowest bid. Tr speaker made a neat little speech I the members, thanking them one an all for their uniform courtesy durin the session. And the session of ti State Legislature for 1902 beca-nr thing of history. Twenty-sixth Day-In the Houw Monday morning the billr fix the sa acies of county officers was taken r and given secoa reading. The Hou pa:;sed the Senate bill after it had be' variously amended. The bill is to ta. the place of existing laws which a1 said to be unconstitut4onal. The on matter which p oked discussion w whether or: pt the auditors an the treasurers gould get the sar: amounts. The House inade the followin changes in 'the Senate's provisions , to the adultors' salaries: Barnwel from one thousand to $1,300; ($566.( to be paid by State and $433.33 by ti county). Charleston from $2,800 to $3 200 ($2,200 to be paid by the State an $1,060 by the county). Chesterfiel from $675 to $700. Colleton from $1 000 to $900. Dorchester, fr^m $700 1 $800. Georgetown from $975 to $1,00 Hampton-amount not changed. bt county to pay ?300 instead of $400 an State $600 instead of $500. Ocont from $900 to $800. Pickens was chan? ed from $675 to $525. but was restor' to $675 when the House subsequent] decided to pay treasurers and auditoi the same amount. Union from $S00 1 $90a.*::.The -State pays two-thirds at the 'county one-third of each auditor salar$L .Umder the provisions for sheriff Charriston's was changed from $1.8( to. $F0; Cherokee from $800 to $1 150;. letop from $1,300 to $1,20( Dar r nfrom $1,500 to. ,80; g Sel >b $,I to $1,40; Oconee.fr6m $ i $750, rangeburg from $2,00 to $2,20( Picke s from $700 to $600; Spactanbuw from p2,000 to $2,400; York from $1 400 to $1,350. The Senate bill provido "That the sheriffs of the vq.rious cou ties of this State shall receive annui salaries in lieu of t.ll costs and fei chargeable against the county, as fo lows, ' etc.: After stating the amoui to be paid the salary of the sheriff each county, the bill provides: "Thu in addition to the salary hereinaboi provided, the sheriffs of the -ariot counties of the State shall receive cents per day for dieting each prison' while in his custody, and actual trave ing expenses for himself and prisone: and lunatics, when called beyond ti county. The House changed the Senate figures for clerks of court in the fo lowing particulars: Cheaterfield ,350 1 $400; Georgetown $500 to $600; Mar boro,650 to $500; Oconee $250 to $30( Spartanburg $500 to $1,500; York $4( to $300. And the fcllov:ing changes we: made as to county supervisorn: Abb ville $10 for clericail services;, Bar; well $S00 to $900; -Florence $000 $750; Oconee $300 to $500: Orangebu; $400 to $330; Richmond $900 to $1,20 with the provisicn that this does n: apply to current term of office. The H4use changed the Senate bi as to th.e pay and service of ccui commissioners as follows: In Ande son to get par for not more than days (Senate'had it 25 dlays):- Gene: yille from 75 and mileage to 150 da: and no milegge; Greenwocd from to 35 days; Hampton from $3.0) a: no mileage to $1.50 a day and milear Laurens $100 per annum (omitted fro: Senate bill); Lexington county $2501 $300 each per annum: Marion count 40 to 30 days; Marlboro $3 per dla not to exceed 25 days and mileage the rate of 5 cents a mile (omitt: from Senate bill): Oconee $250 cat to $300 each; Richland $2 per day f< 23 days and mileage. Clerks of county boards--Aiken $2( to $223: Edgefield $75 to $150: Georgi town $150 to $200: Dorchester: $75 (ne In the Senate bill): Harry $150 to $10( Laurens $1A; Y::rk 51,000. Townsh:p commissioners were to e $1.00 per day in the Senate bil!. bi the House changed this to $2 per da z e enanges as to county superi: tendents of educat!cn were: Bvmbe: (where the auditor does the wormi. from $23 to $5; Barnwell $450 to $50( Chee-leston $600 to $750; Cherokee $3( to $400: Fairfield $450 to $300: Ham: ton 2400 to $+50: Lexington $500 $60); Marlboro $400 $600: Newh'r; $600 to $650; Richland fram St.0001 St .150. In Lexington. Charleston a Newherry counties special provisic: for traveling cxpenses were inserte but were afterwards taken cut as was tearea tae constut:anamyz or tU bill might be male questionahie. T rnaveling eper.se then was included the rogular' salary. Tr.wnshiip asssrs and city hoarc of aumss::s are to be paid $2.00 p day. Twenty-secer h T:ay-The heuo save third readi:ng to the railroad co; solidgton bill, to the bill fixing ti saare of county c.I!!ccts and three I carresrs Secon.d reading was gia n Mr. McGcran's 11 to change ; 'nalty for non-; yme~nt of taxes: M C'te r's bill to reguTate the sale ce :to;and Mr. LoA:wood's billi acis the~ oflce of phoespha2te ins::; There~ was a lcng and c': :into discussion ov;er the bill to allow count boards of education to appoint teaoce for c-ounty irstitutesc The bill we fin!!y w thdrawn from the Senate and kiiled. The House heid an evening sss:cn and dispatch(d a good deal of rou,ine business. >f T,:enty-Nineth Day-When thE house met it was for the purpose of considering an attenuated calendar. a mere skeleton of its former self. h Yet there were 8O second readin bills left. The house had by resolu tion Tuesday night agreed to strike from the calendar all second reading )f house bills. In this way about a hun. r ired house bills went to their destrue. - tion, being nothing but senate bills tc d be acted on by the house. There were 15 third reading bills, but some of them although having o passed second reading Tuesday night, d were killed yesterday. Among thQ third reading bills which were sent to the senate were Mr. Weston's re lating to improvements on profe:ty of State hospital for the insane, Mr. Kinsey's bill relating to publication 7 of legal notices, Mr. Bacot's resolu tion to create a commission for the ,? St. Louis exposition, and Mr. Lock * wood's to abolish the office of phos ; phate inspector. There was one incident which 'e caused-some Interest. The house sfy y eral days ago killed Mr. Richards' s bill to increase the value of scholar . ships at Winthrop college. Mr. Rich L ards Tuesday night took up a bill to provide for courts in Kershaw and g moved to strike out all after the en Ls acting words and to substitute there for his bill relating to scholarships. There were 'several protests entered ie but the speaker ruled that the mo tion was competent. Mr. Richards d stated that if the body of the bill he proposed should be adopted he would change the title accordingly. The 0 house filibustered until nearly mid. i night and adjourned with this matter t pending. SENATE. d lAst Day-The State Senate adjourn y ed Saturday sine die. Ratification of s bills and resolutions of thanks occu 0 pied the most of the day. No new d business was taken up, and no import s ant matters were acted upon. The ses , slon for the most part has been a har h monious and pleasant one. No legislation of a radical or re volutionary character has been enacted 1.t ; Twenty-sixth Day-The Senate got 1; down in good shape and transac( a g lot of business. Many bi1s recefed their Ilnal reading, and 'f e others !s were killed. The chief interest in the 1- day's proceedings* centered in a 3l speech by Senator Stanland, in which 's he made the char e of mismanage - ment and extrav nee against the it directors of the State dispensary. A )f bill passed its third reading forbidding it the directors from buying liquors ex ,e cept upon a requisition from the State is commissioner. 9 Yesterday Senator, Stanland asked leave to withdraw from the files of the 1- Senate his bill providing for the estab -s lishment of a Senate soldiers' home. e There was no chance for the passage of the bill at this session. 's Senator Stanland's request was com I- plied with and the soldiers' home :c scheme is dead for the present at least. I- The bill establishing Lee county was s iven its third reading. The Senate has amended the bill in certain un:m portant particulars and the bill will e go back to the House for concurrezce -a mere formal procedure. jT Mr. Prince's bill to povide for re covery f'da.mages from railroads when Sthey convert to their own use coal or other freight in transit, was given its )second reading. Twenty-seventh Day-The Senate did a very good day's work disposing yof a number of mattees at the day ses sion, and at night commenced work on the general appropriation bill. One of the results of the morning ses.sion was sthe virtual passing of the street car Svestibule bill, with necessary amend ments, but not applying to Charleston At night there was quite a debate over Sthe military item in tfle appropriation :bill. The Senate adjourned at 10 p. m. i' Twenty-Nineth Day-The senate t spent all of the day, both morning and night sessions, In considering the h appropriation bill. After considerab3le ~discussion the item giving $200.000 ror pcnsons was aiioweaZ to stan.. Trhe appropriation for Winthrop coi lcge was increased from S50.000. as .taxed by the house, to $55.000. The 'senate reversed its action of the day before arid restored the Item giving t an appropriation to pay the t.ranspor itation of the State troops to the ex position at Charleston. At the night session the senate gave a second reading to house joint resolution proposing a constitutional ame~ndment to aid certain townships that voted bonds in aid of a railroad th ~at was never built. Tihe appropriation bill was the first matter taken up as unfinished busi noss and Senator Sharpe resumed his argument in op)positionl to the in I '1as-'d appropriation for Winthrop T:committee amendment of $,n, 0'% was then adopted. The committee had recommended OuO.00 for Confederate pen sions. ;a Ita of $200,000 as the bill carne from the house. Senator G:raydon sp'-'e 'in favor of M ei.''0 fo,r the soldiers L ast year the lIgislature voted $150.000 for pen siens. imt by a mistake-r ther onlyr rde: IS100.660('. Therefore he favrr( u.dv;ng $200.000 this year. If they h-:td oten l150.&ti last yer he woul-1 have fared this sura this y.ear. but hefl that the people ef the State n::d th~e;old soldir-rs $50.000- andl be anited the le;is!atuire to pay it. In nice and eqity the appropriatonf s ho"ld lbe $200.000 this year. sjh .o Uts no sh:.e he.s no con VALET CONFESSES. Astcnishing Turn In the Now Famous Rice Murder Trial. TELLS PARTICULARS OF MURDER. Lawyer Patrick Dosed the Aged lil lionaire, and Finally Chloroformed Him to Death. New York, Special.-A very drama tic point in the trial of LawyE , Albert T. Patrick for the murder of the Texas millionaire, William Marsh Ric-. was reached Thursday afternoon. C:as. F. Jones, the valet, had been relating the circumstances leading up to the some what sudden death of Mr. ttice, in September. Then pulunging at once into the details, he held the attention 'of his audience to the end of his re cital. Freed of minor points his story runs: "In August Patrick grew Impatient. Mr. Rice, though an invalid, was liv ing too long to suit the lawyer's pur poses. Patrick said he would come to. the house and kill him himself if neces sary. He suggested chloroform and Jones said he would get some. The idea of chloroform as a means was sugges ted by a magazine article. It was de termined on after Jones talked with a physician who said a person wacse heart was affected, as was Mr. Rice's, could be most easily killed with it. and that little trace of the-drug would be left. Jones got a two-ounce vial of it by wriMng to his brother in Texas. Jones then branches off into the al legated plan adopted to weaken the al leged plan adopted to weaken the al him mercury and iron pills. The pills brought on debilitating diarrhoea. Then, unwittingly, a friend brought Mr. Rice a present of bananas. Of these the old man ate nine. The fruit made him exceedinglwy ill, and yet the weakening doses of mercury were kept up. By Saturday, about the eighth day of the last illness, Mr. Rice be came delirous. This testimony brought the events up to Sunday, the day of ; death, and the witness said that du g details and by telep one", William Marsh. Rice's quick d'eath, deelared the witness, was decided on at a conference between Patrick and Jones held Saturday tight. Jones had told the lawyer of the arrival of a draft for $25,000. Patrick told him it was time to apply the chloroform, now that the draft had come and that Cap twin Baker was coming, or they would lose all. 'Jones agreed. Jones here told his story of the ac tual killing. He made a cone of a tow el in the small end of which was a ehloroform-soaked sponge. Creeping into the room where Mr Rice lay sleeping, he quickly covered the sleep er's face with the large end of the cone Jones rushed out of the room. In half an hour he came back. He removed the cone. Mr. Rice was dead. Jones swore he telephoned to Patrick the words: "Mr. Rice is very Ill," the agreed signal between the two of death. Jones' story of the end was con cluded by the statement that Patrick came to the house and removed all of Mr. Rice's papers. "Some time in August," Jones said in the course of his narrative, "Patrick asked me if I did not- think Mr. Rice was living too long for our welfare. He thought It would be a good thing if we would put him out of the way. He said If I'd tell him some night when Mr. Rice was sleeping soundly, he'd come up and do it, if I would not." "What was said of chloroform?" asked Attorney Osborne. - "Patrick said that would be an easy way to put Mr. Rice away. An article in a magazine gave him the idea. Something was said about getting chloroform, and Patrick said It was very hard to get; that one had to have all sorts of certificates before the drug gist would sell It. I told Patrick he could leave that to me. I sent my brothe $5 and he sent me chloroform in a four-ounce bottle. Patrick said he had often wondered about what would be the effect of chloroform os a person afflicted with heart trouble. "I put the question to Dr. Curry,:and, he said no little chloroform would be needed to kill a person who .had heart disease; that it was doubtful if any traces of the poison v'ould cemain af ter death. I told Patr'ick what Dr. Curry had said." Secretary Long to Retire. Washington, Special.-Now that the. Schley matter has been settled offI cily, it is understood that Secretary Long feels that he is at liberty to car ry out the project cherished by him in the last year of President McKin ley's administration and retire to pri vate life. However, this is not expected to ensue at once, for there is no certain knowledge of what may follow in Con gress. notwithstanding a strong belief by the administration that the case is settled beyond revival. Therefore, it is understood the change in the cabi net circle will not take place before the adjournment of the present session of Congress and perhops not until next fall. Carriage Factory WVrecked. Valdosta, Ga., Speccial.-During a ter rific wind storm here Tlhursday mcrn ing. the carriage factory of the Robert Cranford-Dasher Company was wreck ed. The building fell 15 minutes before the employes were due to begin tneir day's work. The loss to the company is $10,000. No further damage than shade trees and fences destroyed has