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0 fOREIGN BIDDERS 'American Contractors to Get Panama Canal Job ANY CHANGES IN CONTRACTS any thanges Agreed to in Form of Contract for Construction. But Most Important is Announcement by Chairman Shonts That Only :Proposals by American Firms Wil Be Received. Washington, Special.-Foreign con tractors are to ze barred from com;e ttion for the completion of the Pao ama Canal. Chairman Shonts, of the Isthmian Canal commission. made this announcement. Many changes -ve been agreed to in the form of contract to be entered into for the construction of the canal, but the most important is the limiting of propksals to American firms. The right will be reserved by the commis sion to reject all the bids submitted; in case none of them is satisfactory and the commission will then either throw the competition open to for eign bidders or proceed with the work without contract. January 12 is the date set for the opening of proposals. A substantial reduction in the bond of the successful bid-aers was also made by the commission, in compli anc with the request of prospective bidders. The bond will be only $2, 000,000 and the total liability of the contractor is to be limited to the loss of percentage and premiums other wise payable to the cont-ractor and $3,000,000 in addition. Chairman Shonts indicated other changes as follows: "To relieve the contractor from re 4ponsibility for the use of defectivc xmaterials, or for the preparation for use of the same, provided he has re quested the chief engineer in writing for the definite approval of the ma terials, or the preparation for use thereof. and the chief engineer after a reasonable time fails to act upon such request. "To provide for a later change in the estimatEd cost and time of con structure, as orizinally agreed to by the engineering committee, in case the plans and specifications for the con struction of the canal shall be ma terially altered in any respect; or i it shall be made to appear to the -President of the United States that the estimates are based on physical data so erroneous as to affect the es Mimnated cost and time of construction of- that the estimates have become substantially inequitable by reason of the intervention of an act of God or a public enemy; or for any other ma terial cause which shall not have been taken into account by the en gineering committee in makingr their estimates, and for which the contrac tor is no responsible. ''It was also provided that in case minmate the contract, when the con tractor is not in default, the contrac tor shall be paid the cost of the work performed by him to date, and ~$5,000 in addition to such percent *as may have been earned by him upon such cost up to that time. ''The responsibility of the contract r to .the eommissioner for all in uries or damages inflicted upon the plant, canal, or its auxiliary works. Sis limited to negligence of himself, or any of his employes. or subcon Ltractors, or the employes of such sub contrators.'' Green and Gaynor Appeal. Macon, Ga., Special.-The appeal Vfor a new trial in the Greene ani Gaynor case, now before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, will be heard at New Orleans, on January *5, 1907. They have been in jail here Sfor. several months pending appeal for a new trial. Gaynor s1rs acente pains from asthma and locomotor ataxia, and under advice or physic ans is permitted to take rides into the country where fresh air and ex erise seem to grive him relief. Both men are kept closely guarded withim prison limits and not allowed libertkes outside of prison rules. Cruiser Montana Launched. Newport News, Ta.. Special.-The United" States armored cruiser Mon tana was sucessfuilly launched at Newort News ship yard in the pres ene~of a large number of people.. The vessel was christened by Miss~ Minnie Conrad, daughter of W. G. Conrad, of Montana. Governor Toole. gepresented by Martin Maginnis. the former territorial delegate to Con gress. The navy wa-s not ofileially represented. Enriue C. Creel Mexican Ambassa dor to United States. City of Mexico, Specia.-It has been officially announced by the Mex ican government that Enrique C. Creel, Governor of the State of Chi huahua has been appointed Mexican ambassador to the United States. Senor Creel is of American descent and is one of the wealthiest anid most progressive men of the republic. Two Killed and Two Injured. Doaldsile, La.. Special.-Four persons were killed and two serious ly injured in a head on collision be tween a passenger and a freight train at a long curve near here on the Tex as & Pacific Railroad. All the fatali ties were among members of the train crews, no passengers being seri ously hurt. PLAN IS_INADEOUATE Bankers' Scheme of Currency Reform Not Sufficient SECRETARY SHAW GIVES IDEAS Sec. Shaw Appears Before House Committee on Banking and Curren cy in Advocacy High Tax Credit Currency Suggested Five Per Cent as Desirable Rate. Washington, SpeciaL - Secretary Shaw appeared before t.he House cor nittee on banking and currency 2m advocacy of a high taxed credit cur -eney, suggesting 5 per cent. as a de -irable rate. He emphasized the need ior greater elasticity in eurreney, ut. expressed the opinion that the plan :ramed by the American Bankers' As ;ociation will not bring out sufficient io be very useful. Granting that the ankers' plan results in the issuance )f $200,000.000 additional in national )ank notes, Mr. Shaw said that in his opinion not more than' $20,000,000 worth of these will be redeemed. Mr. Shaw thought the bankers' plan wholly inadequate to meet the 7eouirements of the commercial vorld and said it was encumbered with too much machinery for the limited good results he feels it is capable of ac :omplishing. He would not want to be regarded as an opponent of the measure suggested by the bankers be cause he felt that any step toward relieving the demand for greater elas ticity at certain seasons of the year was desirabl-, but urged that the committee strive to frame a more ef fetive measure. It was urged by the Secretary that an effort should be made to make all our currency elastic, rather than to impart elasticity to a certain amount of emergency currency. Un de:.- the bankers' plan, he said, only the credit currency whih goes ;into redemption. There woulI( be no rea son why private banks should seek .A redemption of national bank notes and consequently they would Dake no effort to do so. In the bankers' plan national banks are to be permitted to issue $25.000 additional notes for every $100.000 Of their capital at an interest rate of 2 1-3 per cent. and an additional $12, 500 with interest at the rate or 5 per cent. Bpiscopalians Withdraw. Norfolk, Va., Special.-It develop' ed that the Episcopalians, as a de aomination, have withdrawn from the proposed inter-denomination evan gelistic campaign to be conducte.3 iuring the Jamestown Exposition period. A meeting of tile Virginia St ate Baptist,.Presbyterianl and Meth dist committees has been called for December 1S, when the local commit tees of these denominations will dis cuss with the State representatives the situation as prescribed by the withdrawal of the Episcopalians. It is stated for the Epin'opalians that their ,rithdrawal was oecause of no disilination to co-operate, but be cause of the rather tusettled condi tions in two of the leading Episco pal churches here, and further be cause it was not regarded that there was as great need for the evangelistic campaign as some thought. For Ship Subsidy Measure. Washington, Special.-That Presi dent Roosevelt will send to Congress a special message advocating the pas sage as a ship subsidy measure at the present session, was stated by several members of the House. It was said that the President had declared that the recommendation in his annual message was misunderstood. In that message he said if it was found inex, pedient to pass the Senate bill, a measure should be passed to provide for a few lines to South Amnerica ort. He did not mean to minmize the 'improtance of. other features of the bill, it is said, and now purposes to correct any false inmression that ma have been gained by the House. Tweve Business Houses Burned and Their Contents Destroyed. Sharon, Ga., Special.-Sharon was Friday morning visited by a disaster ous ire. Twelve business houses and contents were totally consumed. There was i loss of $.50,000, with insurance of 10.000. The fire started in the drug stsre of Dr. L. R. Brown. The flames spread rapidly, making a clea:t sweep of everything except two briek store:;. the bank and the Georgia Rail road depot. Contract Has Been Awarded. Nofolk. Ta., Special-The contract for t2e building to be erected at th Jame town Exposition by the Daugh ters of the Confederacy all over the ountry, has been awarded. The build ng will cost $5.000 and will be a repro ution of "Beauvoir,'' the home of Jefferso:. Davis, President of the Confederacy, at Gulfport, Miss. Charged With Assassination of Fath er-in Law. Columbus, Ga.. Special. - Charles Hardy was arrested near Chilpiey. his State. on the charge oft ha.ving asassnated his father-in-law. Chlar ls H. Brooks. several. da.vs ago. Hiar dy disapeared aner a cornr' u r Ixed the crime upon: im Broks CONGRSS AT WORK What Our National Lawmakers Are Doing From Day to Day Salaries Increased. By a vote of 106 to 1SS the House of Representatives refused to increase from $5,000 to $7,500 the salaries of Senators, members and delegates. The House, however, by an over whelming vote, increased the salaries of the Vice President, the Speaker of the House and membeis of the Pres ident's cabinet to $12,000 each. In an anticipation of the question of increasing salaries coming before the House there was an exceedin-ly large membership and the debate on the several amendments for increase, which were ofored by Mr. Littauer, of New York. to the legislative ap propriation bill, was followed with marked interest. After disposing of the salary question, the House passed the legislative. executive and judicial appropriation bill. Mr. Littauer, of New York, opened the discussion by presenting an amendment raising the salaries of the Vice President and the Speaker of the House to $12,000 per annum. He spoke of the dignity of the position of Speaker of the House and said that everybody recoep_ized that the duties are arduous Lbdh.,iat the pay is un equal. Mr. Underwood, of Alabama, op posed any further increase of salaries along the line of legislative and exec utive offices. He believed the salaries of the minor clerks of. the govern ment should be increased on account of the increased cost of living. After several speeches the amend ment was adopted by a vote of 214 to 151, the opposition failing to se cure votes enough to call the ayes and noes. Having won a most substantial vie tory Mr. Littauer introduced another amendment as follows: "On and after March 4. 1907, the comnensation of heads of executiva departments, who are members of the President's cabinet shall be at the rate of $12,000 par annum each." Mr. Littauer held up a large pic ture of a president of a baseball asso ciation, whose salary had been in creased from $10,000 to $15.000 a year, and contrasted that with the salaries of the cabinet. The amend ment was adopted 204 to 60. Mr. Littauer who retires to private ife with the close of the present Con gress, offered a provision raising the salaries of Senators and members of Congress. delegates and the resident commissioner from Porto Rico to $7, 500 and on agreement the time for the increase to begin was fixed on March 4, 1909. -Salaries May Be Increased. The House reached an agreement under which it looks as if there would be a vote on the much mooted ques tion of an increase in the salaries of members of Congress, cabinet officers, etc. Mr. Littauer sought to have the question taken up but Mr. Underwood objected at this stage of the proceed ine. - He said, however, that he would agree ,to consideration at the conclu. tion of the reading of the bill and when it shall b-e reported to the House from the committee of the whole. During the morning hour in the H:use several resolutions were pass ed, one aiming at the lumber trust and calling upon the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to investigate the high prices now prevailing in lumber, and another calling upon the Secretary of the Interior for a de tailed d~escript-ion of the coal lands withdrawn from public entry sines July 1, 1906. The House agreed to vote on the resolution increasing the salaries of Senators and Representatives to $7, 500 and making other increases in official salaries, when the legislative bill is reported to the House from the committee of the whole. The resolution also fixes the sala ries of the Vice President and Speak er at $15.000, and of cabinet officers at $12.000. Senator Dubois on Mr. Smoot. The -Senate listened to the second speech which has been made this ses sion against the continuance of Reed Smoot as a Senator from Utah. It was delivered by Senator DuBois. of Idaho. ivho after reviewing in detail the working of the Mormon Church, and Mr. Smoot's prominent connee tion therewith. concluded with the charge that President Roosevlet has used the weight of his administration to assist the Republieatn-Mormon vote in the lest election. Rayner Talks. Much interest was manifested in the Senate in the position taken byv Senator Reyner in his discusslin of the .Jnpanese question. He contended that the inherent rights of a State could not be violated by treaty a:2y more than they could be volated by Coges.z To support this lie cited miy adjutdicated cases before the Supreme Court and arrayed long lines of emiinent authorities. Mr. Ravner also nave the cases and the autori ties of the other aide to the proposi tion. Smoot Should Get Out. At the conclusion of the morning business in the Senate Senator Bur rows, chairman of the Senate com mittee on privileges and elections, called up the resolution from that committee declaring that Hon. Reed Smoot is not entitled to a seat as a Senator of the United States from the State of Utah and addressed the Senate on that subject. Six Men Blown to Shreds. Knoxville. Tennt., Special.-Six mn met instant deaths Saturday af ternoon in a dynamite explosion about 24 miles from Newport, Tenn.. and just across the State liny fro North Carolina. They were employed on reconstruction in building an exten sion to the Tennessee & North Caro lina Railroad. A load of dynamite fr a blast etplode-d while being tamered. tea:ing six men into shreds and serioutsly injuring a sev TO SPELL AS BEFORI Congress Forces Presiderd t Revoke Spelling Order hOUSE HOLDS TO OLD SYSTEP Will Withdraw Order to Public Prini er and Documents Hereafter Wi be Printed in Old-Fashioned Styl -Resolution Adopted by the Hous Passed Without a Dissenting Vot -Considerations Governing Actio of Committee. washingt6n,* Special.-Simplifie spelling received a final quietus i the House. The subject has bee nder more or less continuous discw sion in the House and in committc ever since the convening of the pre et session of Congress. but it wa brought to a sudden termination b; the adoption of a resolution favorin the return to the old standard of oi thography, just before the House ad bourned. It was understood that thi et.ion had been taken as the resul of an interview with the Presideni in which he had said that if th House should go on record as again the new system he would abandon hi effort in that direction. The Hous was prompt in meeting this conditio and the resolution was adopted by manimous vote. The Resolution Adopted. Representative Landis, of the join ommittee on spelling, had a confei ence with the P-sesident when th President said that he did not wis to have spe-lling overshadow mattex of great importance and expressed willingness to revoke his order for th new spelling in case the House o Representatives should go on recor -3 opposed to the system. Aecordino ly late in the af-ternoon Mr. Landi introdueed the following resolution i the House: Resolved, That it is the sense c the House of Representatives the hereafter in printing reports, doev ments, or other publications authoi ized by law, or by Congress pr eithe branch thereof, or emanating fro! the executive departments, their bt reau or branches, and independer offices of the government, the Goveri ment Printing Offiee should observ and adhere to the standard of orthoE raphy prescribed in generally accepi ed dictionaries of the English laz guage.' The measure was passed without dissenting vote, although Mr. Gillet of Massachusetts, who made a fig for simplified spelling before th ose committee on apropriatior: ad has been regarded as the chan pion of the President's attitude, e: plained that he did not wish to giv the impression that he had change his mind. Mr. Gillett said that la saw the House was overwhelming] against the innovation and cons< gnently he bowed to its will. The system of reform spelling we put into effect by the President du. ing the recess of Congress and a pubfic documents supplied to the e: eutive departments have been printe in the simplified way. The committe on printing in its favorable report o the Landis resolution stated that tlI ommittee had been governed by ti following considerations: "In the various reprints of the coi stitution of the United States adhe: ene to the original spelling is founi in the majority of cases. The spel ing in the original statutes refiee1 the forms of spelling in vogue at ti: time of their enactment. The variot odifications of the statutes reflect ti: spelling in vogue at the time of tI adoption of such a c.ondition. TI last codification adopted was in 187 The subsequent statutes now numbs 14 volumes, covering a period of 5 years. Each volume reflects the spe] ing in vogue at the time of the cuae ment of the statutes embraced thera "A new codification is about to 1 p)resented to Congress. Until Conegre shall see fit to order the printinlg< flhis proposed codification of the st utes, embracing all the enactments th law-making power of the go einent now in force, in some for of spelling other than that general accepted by the p)eople, it would a: pear to be the part of wisdom for ti government in all its branches, in ti interest of simplicity and econom t adhere to a uniform system speling, and this system should 1 the one already most generally reco; nized and accep)ted by the people. "If Congress shall adhere to ti form of spelling already in vogue; applied to the statutes, it would a pear anomalous to employ some oth form as applied to all of the prehimi ary stages of legislation, includir the proceedings of Congress. up the point where these proceedings a e,ystalized into law, and at this poi order a change in the orthograp] of the original statutes. Made Fal:;e Entries in Timber La: Purch.ase. New Orleans, Special.-Admissii that he swore falsely in making e tries of a large Louisiana timber lat purchase from the United States go enent, was made by John i Smith, principal government witne in the conspiracy case against WV iam A. and Fred P. Brewer, wealtl Michigan lumbermen, and Jose] Dunlap. Stranded Schooner Floated. Norfolk, Va., Special-Late Thum day afternoon the tug Rescue. of t: Merritt-Chapman Dry Dock & Wre ing Company, got a line to the stran ed schooner Ralph M. Hey woo asheor 14 miles south of Cape Hlem and at 7:20 at night succeeded f!ating the vessel. It is expected th the tur will arrive early Friday mnor inr with the schooner in tow. IR prts are current to the effect th EFRNCHIN_-TROUI D Serious Outlook Over Ch Regulations 1 THE LAW IS BEING VIOLJ Services Will Not Be Broken U1 1 Police Will Attend and Note e fractions of Law, Citing Priest e Assistants to Nearest Jus e Chief Danger Lies in Possib] a vasion of Churches by Rowdie Free Thinkers add Gendarmes Be Stationed at Various Poim c Guard Against This-Masses a clined to Side With Governme; e Paris By Cable-The clerg Paris issued special appeals to S parishoners to be present at churches at the first mass celeb outside the pale of the law. The ernment, however, purposes to ceed gently. These services wi] t be broken up, but policemen w , in attendance to note infractio: e the law and cite officiating pries i their assistants b-fore the ne justice of the peace. The chief C ger of disorders in Paris is be] a to lie in the possible invasioa a churches by rowdies and free t ers. Reserves of gendarmes wi stationed at various points thr out the city to giard against tr of this Eart. The effort made by e tain members of the Chamber o puties and other disinterested s sons to secure a continuation of a vices in churches in spite of the veto, by inducing Catholic laymi each parish to make the forbidde claration, have not thus far met much success. Up to a late hou s church of St. John the Evangel the only church where s-ach legs plications had been made. Th t dications are aginst anything - t might be dignified by the nan religious .war, and the prompt e sion from France of Monsignor I ragnini, secretary of the Papal n ciature here since the recall o: Nuncio, coupled with the threa Sxpel recalcitrant clergymen France, has had a sobering inflt e The militant Catholics are in a less minority and the masses either indifferent or, except in a isolated instances, inclined to with the government. a That the rank and file of the t eral Catholic disapprove of th t transigent attitude of the autho e at Rome was evidenced by the s that M. Martinet, editor of The aissance, and Felix Robin filed -their own initiative, with the pa e -> police Lepine an applicatiox d der the public meetings law of C for permission to hold religious I ings in all the churches. Late Thursday Dr. Tissot, president of the church warde> the church of St. Jean L 'Eva and Emile Petit, a commu.nicar the church, filed an application ~he prefect of p:olice, who accep das alegal ization of services There ing the coming year. There was a riotous demonsti e at Nancy while the bishop was e ing out of his residence. A cro' 2,000 accompanied the officials t Sresidence, hooting them const: The bishop will- be prosecuted o) s harge of assaulting a policema Lsause he laid his hands upon th s liceman's shoulder while he was e ing his residence. Five thoi persons gathered in the Cathedi e Rennes to listen to Archbishor e bourgs' exhortation to obedien e the Pope. There was an enthus S emonstration when the archt~ left the cathedral. SCardinal Merry del Val, the s~ ecretr.ry of State, is at preser aged in preparing a vigorous w ~protest against the action of French government in searchin; e archives of the Nunciature at: SThis protest will be handed t, members of the diplomatie bod e redited to the Vatican. The retary of State s ts forth, amon! er things, that the incident in t ion is the first instance in thi tory of such a violation of the: >of ~man. For Slo~wer Schedules. Wtyashington. Special.-It is e ed from President Finley, ol Southern Railway Company the ing to tihe condition of some pine--tack iines. and the. d track work. incluiding thrvc~isi e rades and alignment, no under for the purpose ot releiving crowdled condition of the presen ig le track, the Southern Railway opanv finds it difficult to mainta eschedule of some of its pas: ttrains, as now scheduled. and i -' consequence, in the early part o: uA.ry ensuing revise these sehe Couple Fcund Dead in RoC >n New York. Specia!.-A man a. 40 years of age, believed to 1 id Rev C. S. Quinn. pastor of St. v church at Atlantic Highlands. v and a young woman, thought ss Miss B. Kilev, als of Atlantic i. lands, were found dead in a ro iv the top floor of an East 18th 4 boarding houso. The room was with gas which had escaped f partially open jet in the room. couple had been at the house Wecdnesday evening. k-AGREED. d- "There is no use denying,' d. the man with the high brow. v. this race problem is a serio in fair. Now, down South-" at "Dat's straight talk, fur fair n in the man with the loud clothe . matter wa't system o' bettir a foller. yer bound ter git t'rowed d. some time.-Philadelphia Pre II UR THL . USCOOL fUND How the Dispensary Profits Have urC. . Been Apportioned. Columbia, Special. - Comptroller General Jones has issued a state ment showing his handling for the fiscal year ended November 30, 190. ITEE The statement shows a distribution of only $75,000 of profits paid in oa this year's account. In addition to T] i, But this, $100,241.50 balance from 190Z trea1 In. was sent out, making the total distrib- to ii Sand ut-ed in the course of the year $175?- TI 000.50. The comptroller is just now tion. ice- completing a distribution of $40,013.- Moo a In- 41 which will be the last of the old vote ; and year's account. This found alway, A will laps from one year to another, the men tsto amount distributed to the schools av eraging from $175,000 to $250,000, 00 In- so it is difficult to say what effect if t. anv. the voting out of about a third T of the dispensaries in the State and 120 alleged mismanagement and actual to s r of grafting are having on the profit ac- Ai their count. According to a statement re- som( the cently issued from the State dispen- stru< rated sary management, the school fund is Yzrd still $70,000. There is a statute Ti gov- which requires these profits to be sion Pro- paid over to the State treasurer with- givix 1 not in a certain stated time after they ac- railv 11 be crue, but this has never been striet- . A is of ly observed, and its constrction is be b s, or disputed. neat arest dan- Union Cotton Growers. ieved Union, Special.-The annual elee- ws . of tion of officers for the Union county hink- cotton growers was held Saturday Cl 11 be and the old officers were re-elected, his ugh- although they insisted on resigning. ed >uble These are: Capt. F. M. Farr, presi- TI cer- dent; Capt. Wm. T. Peter, vice pres. have De- ident; Mr. W. W..Colton, secretary; have per- Mr. John W. Gregory. treasurer. ThA "dii ser- president announced that he had hop- rega >apal ed to have State President E. D. gula n in Smith to address the association, but ville n de- Mr. Smith is touring Georgia with TI with President Harvie Jordan. On motiou ed b2 r the of Dr. M. V. Culp, President E. L. Se was Archer of the Spartanburg associa- clari I ap- tion will be asked to speak at the trali in- Janurary meeting. Delegates' chosen ga rhich to attend the State meeting in Co- G e of lumbia the first week in Janurary bor xpul- were: Dr. M. W. Culp, Rev. Jno. G. Nati [ont- Farr, Capt. Wm. T. Jeter. Dues to Nun- the amount of $S.90 were raised, and Ei the those present felt sure that the total by I ts to of $303 would be raised this year, as cisic from it was last year. Several members orde ence. volunteered to collect dues during In ope- this month, but it was finally decid- will are ed that the township treasurers tion few should do this, receiving 10 per cent Mut side for their time. A stril Lib- Rebel Rally Day in Chester. ther in- Chester, Special.-"Rebel Rally der rities Day" in Chester, Dec. 1S, is engag- jc fact ing attention here just now. The vzt- he t: Ren- erans from all parts of the county part on will be in attendance. Committees iali rfect are appointed in every neighborhood T un- to look after the matter of preparing 1SS1 a bountiful dinner for "the men of pa neet- the '60s,'' who raillied then and en- so dured hardship and danger for the H e.x- love of country. The Daughters of o s of the Confederacy will lend their ae- tion, gile, tive assistance to make the occasion a estI t of success. Four military companies of to ~ with Chester and York counties will unite A ed it in a batallion drill to add to the in- is s: dur- terest of the day. Gov.-elect Ansel turni 'anand Gen. Robert R. Hemphill have mar ainconsented to deliever addresses per- -TJ mov- tinent to the object of the gathering. pan: d of Rev. Dr. Wharton, a distinguished Cun > the Baptist minister of Baltimore, him- Pen ~ntly. -self a veteran, will lecture at the it. the oprea house at night-.T be- ed t' po- ])ied From His Injuries, the leav- Ki'ngstree, Speciai.-Little Court- the snd ney Kirk, the 11-year-old son of Mr. al at and Mrs. R. J. Kirk died from the Du- effect of injuries received in the ca e to morning on the railroad track of the Je iastie Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Corn- cati ishop pany. The little fellow was standing T~ on the main- line watching a freight econ apal train coming into the pass track and be ; t en- did not see the approaching train. T] rded No. 51, which was coming slowly up of p the to the station. His back was turned to t] the to the on-coming passenger train and A aris, it is supposed that the noise of the-.ig the moving freight train made it impos- on. ac- siife for him to hear the bell and gres See- sound of the moving passenger trait s, oth- which knocked him from the main men ques- line and threw him against the cross- cont his- ties of the pass track, his head strik- the its ing the corner of a cross-tie .as he sehc fell- T: ado] Taxes Come in Slowly. pi ecarn. Columbia, Special.-While taxes witl the are coming in to the State treasuret pub ow- rather slowly this year. so far enough F )f its mon.ey has been received to meet run- repi )uble- ning expenses and for the first time deni m of in a numbcr of years the State hat way, not borrowed the $500.000 allowed by ed I the law. The officials hope that with the was tsin- money received daily it will not be i Com necessary to make another loan. T the $325.000 having been already bor- asb< en er rowed. Several of the county treas- hr i in urers have sent in large amounts but Jan- in some of the counties where the i ues. farmers were hard hit by the storn F Burned Cotton House to Cover Thei pa, m- Crime. 0 ete Abbeville. Special.-Jerry Ware th~ net and Tom Williams, colored, were jail- fo y. ed here for stealing cotton from th. to be plantation of Mr. Jas. Cheatham, and C High- then burning the cotton house to cov- abo > orl er up their crime. William has con- mna strect fessed to hauling off the cotton and filled implicates another negro, who, it i5sv om a believed, will be caught in a day or the ThE two. since a Bellfiower Case Again, for Georgetown, Special. - On the S strength of newly discovered testi- coc. abbi oeino-ny bearinz on the killing of M. L. - "ta Bellflo.wer. Coroner Parker went ov "that- er the entire case b)e.fore a new jury tsaf Monday night at the court house, mot ",u which Na packed to the doors withi 000 3 -'o peole anxious to hear the sensational C ,'vutatimonyv of witnesses. Some new ge down facts were brought out, but nothing Ge: of sufficient importance to solve the Uio: Late CU4'~ ~ In 'Bie~ .e Senate conffrmed the k- Abed y, but dis Zimed T .i*r SOr iterfere in Eurpean aaim. te Senate mofrm-n& the A=== ; of Mr. Bonaparte --d. 3M dy, but there were a niA GE Sagnst 3r. Donapart delegation of Baltimre UnM&mI will go to WafshinaA SLnIM; rge the appropriaiWof $244 bo widen the Baltimo eeNa e Philippine Commixsi*n 4xn . more Amerien shl rve in the ina niral Capps zeeom es fut of the new war vessis Ue -en lted in the GaMrm X2t MM S. e Virginia Cor Iie C placed the blame fDr t1a Tha g Day wreck an the Sa2aw ray on Operator C. D.. Mtt= handsome new bank Bningwi! ilt on the site of tha Qi a= al Hotel Martinsburg e schooner Ralph M. Ry rSck Ii went ashore near Cape Mawxs :5oated. arence Parker found. the. boircf ather, Henea'BPrez, 4n.am I a SZm!2 PooL Mea RiaWI ie eolored people ef MeameE held two meetings,Ia uiV h ter denouned Presiin B v'ksee --i charged without ho oMria rd to the three emmpes OE-a rs in conneetida widL Zh.-.an=& riot. ke Hartje divore Weear4Pi i favor of Mrs Harfe cretary Root made a sea - ng that the tendency fetard Qg zation. is the fawk of the S2M rnments. >vernment by injnefo*xa=E 3x by children was dsmaE hs thm onal Civic Fedeati. irico Caruso's appeal wa-s BaME 6eeorded Goff, in New York D* n was reserved arl kriefs a red filed. spectors approved by,*9 fU supervise the forthcoik - of directors of the New Yoz2 -Z aal Life bsa"rnee Co' a Wisconsin Federat jf4 de-3hess .es and even conspiraeies ta .im economic improvemezt hea =e iertain cireuzestanees, hn Novalne, an Austrin e -aveled half way areand the -xpeiV ly on foot, to escape ii.n r - nlined widow,. ie Great Northern Barm4g/- . rwill issue $6,00,00 in aee 3 to finance expanson pl- . avie Jordan, president. oE n hern Cotton Platrs' Asuea .deelares the S w e ule too high and M la. old their erops fo oo Montaaman nowliigsa ii tid to have marxriea sfix iimn ,five having diedn4 . i ie Pennsylvania haa Ds& ris acquirin;r the stoek of 2m berland Vanev Bdire4 gr isylvania ste in erhges ie French Govemm asAME-s take immediate steps ?. s'appmet lergy's pensioa-s and dismea ehurch edifices. te British House -et Cone' Sto open rupture with Tards. e ng the amendments a the ]S2 >n bill by 416 votes tn 1!i7-. 2e Castellane eredlar' -ese 'ase luded in Paris arA a. em .en soon. 2e Shah's third soa is pt2 urposing to contest the ssee:xr ie throne of Persin.. merican artists in mak eda petition asking thai dae i art works be remsved byO ~nator Raynor, in an abi .ar.r t, attacked Presien Bessut ention regardi ther eie'aer'. Japanese from the San 2&.a s. ie H,use, by a. ver o 1-'I tmv4 ted a clause to the ge:iMil appr tion bill designated. to dob~ :m .the "simili" S6ENiE 'i: ie doenments. arrmer Ambassador Stora~ mk to the published htij ofP ;Rocsevelt. ev. John Quincy Merni.a ar shot and killed by his ds::tw: fnily row. lo British steamer Gasby we >re on Staten islaa n a ewv Fsa Simplified" speBing was adhen lie Honse. le thousand eigsaears io Yr Fi., struck as a protest za3ea street ear servme. he Colorado river has hors.n sugh the dam and is eneA me iling the Salton Sink. reat damage was casma e a it San Franeises by a stairn mei being killd under af s [itehell R. Brr:so, aGakra d two persons haom a. hrpii. rsk of his life- ^. hester E. GuiYke w'as sa:dne ierkmer, N. T., to the death ch:r the redel.r otT Gr:x En. eeretary of thie inte Fdiu s anlal report shw a r prevale:1e of lasd' fzrt el ihar Oireme5/s. eethary STaw~ 253re-n icy m2Yket by~ mZ-hM of Tre .ory h ~bjecto2s to the e a retary Bo rtie a 'n i5eralthe up d .. .i