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r I VOL. LIL _ WINNSBORO, S.G., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1898. NO. 27." J I IN THE STATE SENATE, SHEEP KILLING DOGS HAS TOO Wt- MANY FRIENDS r How the Senators Voted on Several Iecponuii Measures Soilcg tho Fast "VTeek ?& Report of the Work Done. The session of the Senate Monday , was entirely without incident or de l bate. T^e entire morning was taken ^ up in routine work, which, was pushed , V forwsrd at a rspid rate. President McSweeney announced fflfoe appointment of Capt. A. M. Ruth senate pest master, vice J. T. Parks jPesigned, Capt Ruth is an old Con- ( Rr>1dipr and served for 18 years as sheriff of Hampton county For a number of years before the war, his father was a senator from Beau fort county. ^ The bill to require the kiiiing: of the sheep killingdogs, which had been passed by-the Bouse was killed. On Tuesday the session of the Senate was devoted to the discussion principally to two measures?the ques tion of biennial sessions of the L?gis lature and wide tires for wagor s. Af ter considerable discussion the first proposition came to a vote as follows: i Yeas?Alexander, Archer, Brown, m Buist, Connor, Dennis, Douglass, Du f Bose, Gaines, Love. Mauldin. McCaila, McDaniel Miller, Norris, O'Dell, Pettigrew, Sender?, Scarborough, Suddath, Turner, Walker, Williams?23. f "Pv?-uc?TVftn frriffith. TT?v_ Sender Lson, Jefferies, Lesesne, May field, McAlhany, Mcse?, Morer, Ragrsdale, 81osn, Taibird, "Wallace, Waller?15 The measure failing to set a twcthirds vote as required by the constitution "was declared defeated, and the ? Legislature will meet every year as heretofore. The Senatewentlo work with a meat ax Wednesday andjkilled almost every bill on which there was the least de bate. The first to *uffer was Mr. Patton's paving bill and soon after Mr. ; Gaines' broad tire bill received the i same fate. Mr. Herderscn's county , government bill ran the gauntlet, but > - it was the only one to successfully do ^ so. When the paving bill was reach- i ed Mr. Archex moved on indefinite < postponement, which after considerable argument was agreed to Dy a vote i of 21 to 16. Mr. Hendeson's county government < bill was then taken \vp. Mr. Ragsdale thought it would fce i better to try the county gover merit law in force for a while longer. It ] was beginning to work satisfactorily , in Fairfield sicca it was becoming un derstood by the people. He moved an indefinite postponement. ... - Mr. Archer said the people of his i county wanted a change, and the sooner it could be had the better. The ->' expenses of Spartanburg had been in creased enormously under the present law and a change was needed. ~ _ Mr. Moses endorsed every word the < senator from Spartanburg said, for ; they applied to Sumter equally as < '"Y: well. i ir -vT Mr. Lesesne hoped the bill would 1 " pass. f Mr. Henderson said that if each sen- i to. J j n i.__ tour wouiu uevote live minuses 10 cai Bymlation they would see that at least i Sere or sir hundred dollars per annum 1 H?as saved to each county. He then ^^ointed out the cumbersome machin |^r eryof the present law and contrasted it -with ihe simplicity of the bill under , discussion. ^ Mr. Archer moved to tab; e the mo I v. tion to indefinitely postpone the bill. , The aye and nsy vote resulted: j Ayes ? Alexander, Archer, Buist, Dean, Dennis, Douglass, Dubose, i Gaines, Griffith, Hay Henderson, JVf i * feries, Lesesne, Love, Mauldin, McAl- ( hany, McCalla, Miller, Moses, Mower, i Norris, O'Dell, Pettigrew, Sanders, i Scarborough, Sloan, Stackhouse, Sud datb, Turner, Walker, Wallace, Walr ler, Williams- 33. ] Nays?Maj field, McDaniel, Sags \ dale, Talbbird?4. < , " Mr. Norris wanted to amend tv pro- i viding for thj election of the two ad- ? visory commissioners by a popular , vote. The senate almost unanimously < ro rejected the amendment. ] A number of amendments perfpct \ ing the bill in miner details were offer } ? ed, some of which were adopted aud | ^ others rejected. The bill then passed , its second reading with notice of general amendment on the third reading Then the broad tire bill came up and after some discussion was killed j by the foilowing vote: . Yeas?Buist, Connor, Dean, Doug lass, DuBcse, Griffith, Hay, Sender- : son, Jefferies, Love, McAlbany, Mc 5 Daniel, Mower, O'Dtll, Pettigrew, > Ragsdale, Scarborough, Sloan, Wal i 2er, Williams?21. _ ! Najs--Alexander, Brown. Dennis, ' Gaines, Lesesne, Mauldin, Maj field, McCaila, Miller, Mcse?, Norris, San * ders, Stackhouse, Suddath. Talbird, < Turner, Waiker, Wallace?18. Mr. Love called up Mr. DeLoache's i bill to regulate express and telegraph J companies and to extend ;he powers of the railroad commissioners, so as to give them power and authority to 1 ? rpcnlatfi ftharffPs bv i mk for transportation, to regulate the < wLchargss of telegraph companies for he transmission of messages by tele 1 reraph, for charges by persons engaged Ht the several businesses herein nam- 1 B; to apply the powers given to said Hbmmissioners, by law, over railroad J Hcompanies cr persons owning, control Haling, or operating a line cr lines of ; express and telegraph, and make the R penalties prescribed against railroads aafajor violating commissioner's rules apfifcly to the companies and persons , Bberein named, wbos9 line or lines is K.a;e whollv cr in nsrt in this S*ate. I Sr. Henderson, after the hill bad j It discussed, moved to pcspons in- j mitely the bill. The yeas and nays jlted as fcllovrs: teas?Messrs. Buist, Dennis, Du he, Hay, Henderson, Lesesne, Manila MajfieW, McAihany, MiUtr, ^ays?Messrs. 'Alexander, Archer, :rwn, Connor, Dean, Douglas?, : ines, Griffith, Jetferie?, Ljy?, Mc|la, Mc Daniel Xorris, Peitigrew, psdale, Bear borough, S.sckbouse, fcf. Moses amended by exempting ; ^fcephone companies from the op j Bps of the bill. There were many !. telephone companits in thisHk declared, and placing them 1 iommission was an unneces-; ship. If this thing of estab- j i mmissions were carried much here wculd be coramisscns rcories, public ginneries, e'c. i Llrcher, and McCaila spoke j | amendment. 11 fcresuJted in its adoption as 1 fcilovrs: Yeas?Messrs. Euist. Dear, Dennis, Douglass, Dt'Base, Griffith, Hay, Henderson Jefferies, Lesesne, Maulain, May field, McAlhany, Miller. Moses, Mower, O'Dell, Pettigre^-, Ragsdale, Sanders, Scarborough, Sloan, Turner, Walker, Waller.?25 Nays?Messrs. Alexander, Archer, Bro^n. Connor, Gaioes, Love, McOal!a, McDaniel,Norris. StackHouse, Sudf^atb, Taibird, Wallace, Williams.? 14. Mr. Buist offered an amendment exempting telegraph companies from the c "man.*? nncm t txtq C hv the following vote: Yeas?M--s?r9. Buist. Dennis DuBose, K*y. Henderson. Lesesne, Mauldin, Mayfield, Mc Albany, Miller. Moses, Mower. CVDell, Sanders, Sloan, Turner, Walker.?17. Nays?Messrs. Alexander. Archer, Bro^n, Connor, D.-an, Douglass, G-aines, Griffith. J'fcories, Love, McCalls. McDaDiel, Norris, Pettigrew, R-!gsdale, Scarborough, Stackhouse, Suddath, Talbird, Wallace, Waller, Williams.?22. Mr. Mayfieid amended by striking out the section of the bill which provides that the commission may compel telegraph comparies to establish seen cies at all railway stations. The Sen ate at reed to the amendment by a vote s of 22 tg 16. The bill came up again Thursday and was passed by the following vote: Yeas?Messrs Archer. Brown Dean, Douglass, DuBose. Griffith Jeffries, Love, Mauldin, McCalla, Norris, Petti grew, Ragsdale, Scarborough, Stack house Suddath, Talbird, Wallaca and WiJliams?19. Nays?Messrs. Buist, Dennis. Bay, Henderson. Lesesne, May field, Mc^lbanv, Miller Moses. Mower, O'Dell, Sanders, Sloan and Walker?14. BUZZARD IN NEW FOUNLANDTerrible Stcry Brought by tbe Bed CrcES Steamer Portia. The Red Cress Line steamer Portia arrived Tuesday &fc New York, four days overdue, from St. John's, N. F., and Halifax, after a desperate encoun ter with pack-ice off the Newfound land coast, and with a harrowing ;ale of blizzards and destitution in the coast}' section of that country. Hundreds of j men, women and children, dead or:| dying from exposure and starvation, |! /iiAca krr linn . 2 *>iui auuuuauwo v^iuou uj , auu uiuu dreds more threatened with a like ; 'ate, are the brief details of the condi- . tion of affairs brought by the Portia Four days the Portia was penned in 1 huge Arctic floes, in plain sight of St. ' John's, unable to move. She man aged to escape bj the merest accident. 1 Many other craft, several cf them re ] Lief vessel?, sent by the Canadian Government to succor destitute fishermen, had to abandon their errands of mercy and return to St John's, where they were still in the ice when the 1 Fortia struggled into clear water. \ Close to where the Portia lay tfce 1 steamship Virginia was locked tight 3be had been sent north by tbe Canadian Government with food for the starving fishermen, but a short dis- 1 tance up the coast she found the rou'e 1 seriously blocked and was forced to ] return to port to prevent being ice 5 boand all winter. Before her depar 1 ture news had reached St. John's that < unless assistance was prompt y dis ] patched the unfortunate inhabitants J would soon be beyond relief. I Among the detained fl^et at St > John's were a dozen or more sailing < vessels loaded with codfish for Eng ' !acd and Brazil. The city of St. s John's was in a terrible condition on ( iccount of the blizzard. Tne streets 5 wonrt a-pas) imrocJoKlft tVia -i 1 1 roads suspended worir. and the poor \ 7Tere suffering through hunger and * 20Id. Prices of food had advanced he til they vwere beyond the reach of * ihe poor. ' When the Portia was working her way out to sea she was closely fol * [owed by the bark Flcra, and these ( ;wo vessels were the only ones that sue i seeded in leaving St. John's. Several ! Biles shore the Portia passed the ! steamer Grand Lake, fast in the ice 1 >nd in a perilous cooci;ion. Tne isteamer Virginia was released from ser perilous position after the dep3r- J ;ure of the Portia from St. John's, \ ?nd the position of the rest of the dis ;ressed fleet has been reported by tele 2 jraph to be relieved. i A Brutal arder. j One of the most brutal murderers s ;bat fcas ever stained the fair name of rat.nall county, Ga., was committed t Fuesdsy at tie home of Mr. Alex i sharpe. one-of oar best 'known citi- < sr-ns. When Mr. Sharpe itar ed to -upper his attention was at'iact^d to a t ire near bis A?ace and, not uiiiiking ( if its being fired ior so foul a cause, ook all his hands with hirn, leaving \ Sirs. Sharpe at the house alone. Ht I :aid he was gene about three quarters c >r an hour, when he returned to the ? aouie alone to get an axe and a bucket { :o put cut the fire and, on reaching a ;he house, his attention was attracttd i ay the struggles of His then expiring t wife in the dining room. On seaitg s tne'ghastly si?ht of his wife soaked in ? ier own bicod, sickened and confus- t :d he hastened back to tell the sad aews. The men, on investigation, s round the tell-taie axe, covered with > alocd. thrown under the walk. The ; brute, after taking the life of the good j woman, broke into one of the rooms i md tnnlr *,hr>n): ?30 and s> s^ntfrnn rfcere is no ciu9 to ine murderer as s pet. -Augusta Chronicle. j Are TUey So Bllcd? ' A change of 25,000 votes in 1886 would have placed a free silver ad ( miciitration in power, and stiil these "business representatives'' and ''nion etary commissioners" would absolute j !y ignore the silver sentiment in the | ''comprehensive'' plan they wcuiti } force upon the country! These re , formers profess !o be wcrkirg lor the restoration of "confide:. c="ard tie stability of governmental ficanciai pcii rties. Are tiiey so blind as to imagine ' that half the voting population of the J United States will accept, without a struggle, long-, bitter and determined, the partisan plan which the repreien , tatives of the other half would foist j upon the country ? Do they suppose that the millions of the West" and J South will sit quietly under a straight 1 gold standard plan that has no ek- , meiit of conciliation ncr compromise J in it? How absurd is such a proposi ticn! Evidence ofiiHrd ijmer, The Spartanburg: Herald says as an i srideuce of the gr*atunboundri pros- ; perity this country is just now enjoy mg under the beneScitnt operation of the goid standard, it is worthy to note that there are three hundred applicants for the position of mail carrier in < that city. | IN THE HOUSE. THE WORK OF THE BODY DURING THE PAST WEEK. Several Measures of Importance Com9 Up ?Some are Pa?s?d and Some are K.l]lsd? Some Spicy Debate. On Monday during a session of a little over two hours the House did aot accomplish very much. It passed the Verner bill providing fcr the iravy punishment of those convic'ed of the seduction of an unmarried woman under promise of marriage: "then Mr. Ashley's bill to appropriate the privilege tax to the common schools got killed, and Josh says be cannot understand bow s,uch a just reform should be refused. Mr. Blythe's bill requiring assignment of mortgages to be entered on the record also received a dose of kncck-eut drops and died. The following is ih? bill in regard to seduction as it passed its third reading: Section 1. That any person who shall, under promise of marriage,have illicit carnal intercourse with any un married woman of previous caaste characier, shall be guilty of a misde meaner, and upon conviction shall be punished by s, fine of not less than A~r\f\ Al Bf AAA $ouu i or more toau $i>,uuu, ur ilu^i u onment for not less'than sixmontbs nor raore than five years, either or both at the discretion of the court: Provided, that no conviction shall be had ucder the provisions of this act c n the testimony of the female seduced, uncorroborated by other evidence, either positive or circumstantial, nor unless a warrant be sworn cut or prosecution commenced within one year after the commission of the off ansa. Provided, further, that the subsequent intermar riase of the parties may be pleaded as a defense. On Tuesday the House of Representatives sidetracked everything: else and took up the annual appropriation bill It got alone beautifully with it until the appropriation of $1,000 for the general expenses of the State board of health was reached. Then a debate in which much was said in criticism and defense of the State board, about vaccination, abou:; smallpox, ab^ut the inability and aoiiity of doctors to di asnose small par, and about a little of everything else, was begun. The appropriation had been $2,500 last year, and it was proposed to put it Dack ac that figure. Finally, just before the recess for dinne;*, the house by a vote OQ fr? o/^Anf ffoo 4 _ I j l oo y\J uu u^u-iu^u wvs M w uw iu crease. Tuesday was the last day for the introduction of new bills and the big white papers came in thick and fast, rne most notable of the new bills introduced were those on the same subject introduced by Messrs. Rogers and [ldertoa, design;d to compel commoa carrie)s to transport members of the ereneral assembly, State and county officers, judges, solicitors and sheriff* from place to place when on official business free of charge. The House Wednesday devoted its sntire day session to the consideration of the appropriation bill. The most Qotable cfcaoge made in the biil was the cutting down of the $25,000 flx-d for the South Carolina college $20 300. Tnere was quite a hard fight for the o>d college, but it -?-as of no avail. ?o fight was made on the Citadel appropriation or on t e general approoriations for any of ths other Stare alleges. Another fight was m:.d* on :he appropriation for the State F*ir .ociety, ar.d this provision was cut out af the bill altogether. Dr Sturkie -ucceded in getting the $1,000 put in 'or the State board of heaim increased ;o $1,500. The Mackey claim fur p2 5U0 was passed. Mr. Efird's bill to divide the privilege tax on fertilizers equally between I A. MA M/vvt A ? ! 11 nA I I I A rv/ * An/4 ^icLLidUjLL n^uwu: tuiai wiicgc anu Winthrop Normal college was then jailed up. Tue ponding qu^siion was m a motion to indtfiaiieiy postpone, md debate b^-icg ihus snutolfthe jouse plunged into a roll call on tfce notion. The house refused to indelicately postcone the bill by a vote of 16 to 60. This was clinched Mr- ESrd had an amendment to jive $30,000 to Wiat: rop and the rezi-iiiider to the public schools. If Win hrop's $30 000 was not Jmade up iter Oltmson had gotten her's, then ;he general fuad should pay the defic t. His previous amendment covered ill this save the reference to public choois. Mr. Caughman wanted to Iknow if his $30,000 to Winthrop wts to be in iddition to the appropriation already iiade. Mr. W. H. Thomas said that the 'armers of the Siate would awake juickly to the fact tbat the tax th-jy tfere paying was going elsewhere and vould demand the receal cf this- tax. h was now kept at Clemson by virtue I )i the fact thai thtre was an expert- j cental station there. It could not be { jroperlv applied at Wiathrop. Soon j ill of these institutions would be! caccking at the door for direct appro jriations. Tnen which and how many vouldgcdovn? He called upon the riecds of higher education to rally to he sunoort ot the colleges. Mr. Kmard did not believe there was my use 10 get scared. The farmers lad no objection to letting part of ,his money to eo to Winthrcp college, [f Clemson get too much it was right ;o give the surplus to Winthrop. Mr. McLiurin asked why they ;h3uld not make the tax 50 instead of io cents, and ihus support all the col.eges if it was right to support Win;hrop with it. idr. ESrd disclaimed any hostility ;o the institutions of higher learning, rha records showed that hs had sun- I ported ihisia. He had pledged himself i ;o this people He had told his people -hat Citmson was getting too much; aot bscauie he was an enemy to it, out a friend to it. Unless something .Tas done in this matter a legislature would soon be h^re that would act Ee called upon tne friends of Wiath rop aid Ciemson to stand to this bill. Mr. Biy.ha said they should keep his question on the proper plate Thiy hid just voted to g:7e Wiuthrop SbU.UOO in ihe appropriation bill; now ihry proposed to hive this college answer* ?30 GOO. When Ciemson was sstabliilied it was the understandicg thit she was to be supported by :h:s tax. 'Ihsy did not know low uiucn I C:tmson needed. If the was tco ! great for Ciemson, tb.s showing that! it is should be made. Tha House then refused to reconsid- \ er the vote whereby Me. Efiru's j am landmen i had been agreed to. Mr. A-hlt-y demanded the ayes and noes on the question of ordering the bill to a third reading. Mr. Lemmou said ihat the State had equipptd ih.3 college and it could in his opinion get along weLl cn 130,000. It was time to call a halt on all this giving of money to Ciemson. Mr. Sturkie said he wished to know what they were going to do with Winthrop's rnonev already given in the appropriation bill. Mr. ESrd said that H13 chief clerk at Ciemson hid told him they could get alcm? very well with $33,000. i Mr. Sturkie said that the trustees were the only persons who couid tell what Ciemson needed. One had said they np^ded more thin 130,000. Mr. E5rd repeated tbat'uniess tins j ex'ravagance was stopped th2 people j | would not submit to it. L; was a fact I that a few years ago the tax had not amounted to mure than $30,000, and yet the college got along all ri^ht. The vote was then taken cn the question of ordering the bill to a third reading. The vote resulted as follows, the bill being- passed: Yeac?Asbill, Bacot, Bailey, Bethune, Cau-htnan, Colco-k, G W , Davis, Dukes, El wards, Edrd, Eppe, Fairey, F.jx, Gige, Graham, Hamilton, Harvey, Henderson, H'ott, HanDhrey, Ilderton, Kennedy, Kibler, H. J. Kinard, Lsster, LQmmon, Limebouse, Livingston, M'shoe, McCullough, Nettles, Patton. Perritt, Plyler, Price, Prince, Pya't. Rainsford, Reynold?. Robinson. Russell. Sanders. Sea^rook, Sink'er, Sitnkms, J. R. 3aar.li, E. D. Smith, Speer. Stevenson, Timrnertnan, Town-end, Verner, Vincent, Wes'moreHnd, Wilson, Winkler, Williams, WithersDoon, Wyche, Yeldell?61. Nays?Speaker Frank B. Gary, All, Ashley,Austeli, Bank?, Bedon,B!y;.he, Breeland. Burns, Carson, Crum,Cush! man, C. II. Davis, W. (3. Davis, Da | Bru'nl, Ga'-ris. H P. Goodwin, 0. P. j Goodwin. Ilolli?, Hvdrick, T.E.Johnson, J. D. Kinard, Lancaster, Lofton, I MauIoin^Mear'S, M-hrtens, J. E. Mililer, J. H. Miller, Mitehell. Moore, j EJcK?own, McLiurin, Mc White, Pail lips, Rogers, Skiocer, 8. W. Smith, W. 8. Smith, Sturkie,W. H. Tlx do.a?, Toole, West, Wingo?44. On Thursday the House tcok up j Mr. Cnilds' bill "to provide for tha election of a state board of control, and to further regulate the sale, use, consumption, transportation and disposition of intoxicating and alcoholic iiquors or liquids in this state, for '1 /SA?A?.?1 Ca rt v? /J MSA/kU A .1 t?ACn I LUCU1U11, OUICUW.UU LLLCUUaUiV; ii. U3;0, only, and prescribe further penalties for violation of the dispensary laws, and to police the same." A'ter a long speech in favor of the bill by Mr. (Jhilds, Dr. Sturkie moved to strike out the enacting words of the bill, which the House refused to do by the following vote. Yeas?Gary, All, Anderson, Austell, Bacot, Bailey, Banks, Bsthune, Col cock, Oum, G^o. W. Davis, DeBruhl, Efird, Epps, Gams, 0 P. Goodwin, Graham, Haz-lden, Henderson, Ilder ton, Horace E Johnson, Kibler, J. D. Kiaard, Lancaster, Lester, Lemmoa, Hishce, Mitchell, McLiurin, McWoite, Nettles, Paillips, Pollock, Prince, Pyatt, Skinner. Simkins, 3turkie, W. H. Thomas, Townseod, Welch, W"e,t, WJson. Winkler, Williams, Witherspcon, Wyche?47. Nays?Ashley, Bidon, Breeland, -uuiJLia, vaiouii, wauguiu^'i, Ooshman, C M. D wis, W. C Davis, Dukes. Edwards. Fairey, Fox, Gage, B. P. Goodwin, Harvey, fiion, Hollis, Humphrev. T. E Johnson, Kennedy, 3enry J. Kinard, Limehous*, Lofton, Magill, Mauldin, Meares, Mohrt9us, J. E. Miller, Joel H Miller, McCul 1 ljutfh, Perritt. Plvler, Price, Reynolds, R>binson, Ru sell, Sanders, Siiikler, S. W. Smith, W. 3- Smith, E * D. Smith, Speer, Sullivan, Toole, Ver- 1 atr, W.>lliQjr. Westmoreland, Whison, ant, Wiiaro Ydldell?52 J Mr P^llocs offered an amendment to M<*. Child's bill which is in reality < Mr. Pollock's original bill substituted i as an amendment. Tais bill of 5dr. 'P .1 rnoo n r?f m a t"Ar?l * 11 tr i the operations of the disjensary, but is directed at the original pickaxe houses in order to obtain revenue from them. Mr. Mearss made a motion to lay Mr. Pollock's amendment a ad Me. Cnild's bill on the table, but Sir. Pol lock's motion to postpone debate had 1 precedence a ad was carried, 1 Confesses tn A wfal Crime. Abe Storms has confessed the murder of Mrs. Fanny Rithborn and her daughter, Mary, at Burlington Ijwa. The confession was made to Chief of Police Grenier and the county attor- j aey. Storms says he committed the deed on Sunday night, January 23 He killed the mother first in the eel- . lar. Then he enticed the little girl into the oed room above, and after a terrible struggle cat her throat. The confession was obtained after a long < siege of sweat-box examination. After it was obtained Storms was takes . to the morgue, although he be.'ged r.ot to see the bodies of his victims ( He turned sickly pale and tremb'ed i violently when he gazed upon his vie? J; tims. Threats of lynching are heard ; on all sides. Storms and Cox, an al- : leged accomplice, are now locked up- ( in the couaty jail and strongly guarded by depu i?-s with Winchester rifles. < Sheriff South has issue! a prjclaini- ) tion lo the effect that any attempt to j break into the jaii and lynch Storms j will be met with summary treatment < b.y the deputies, who will not hesitate j :o shoot. All is quiet though threats | of lynching were made duri ag the af j ternoon. Storms's mother was in Burlington today. She is a fins- s looking, intelligent woman, and was < homfi-d by her sons predicament. She exclaimed when first hearing of ^ r ha mn ?,-taT ''The min txrhnniri t.hat deed ought to te hung, no matter if Jae is egj son." The Fr^e Sllvsr Fore's. Ex-Senator Dubois, of Idaho, chair ; man of the executive committee or the : National Sliver Republican party, i is coming East, at ihe request of the j silver leaders, to confer wi.hthem for the purposa of uniting all silver .'ore es Chairman Dubois siys the vote in i the Seriate in favcr ol the Teller resolution has convinced the silver advocates that w;tn. a close union of the silver forws victor} in 1898 &ud 1900 is certain. Under the contemplated arrangement the Populisms, diiver He publicans and Democratic parties will i each m&iataia a ais met organ.zuicn. Loved OjSjt Ouco. W. T. R.chordsoa, of Densicn TtX., has brought suit for divorce 1 ?xoa his wile on rather unique grounds They were married in 1857, : and jived together until 1S95, whsn i she lsfs him. Her reason lor going ; was that before she married him she 1 hid luved another, who had died 1 The logger she had lived with Rich- i ardson, me more eonviacea sue nad j become that one ?7ho nad loved once {; couid never love affain, and she Jett 1 her nusaand after thirty-eight years h on that account, THE TAXES THIS YEAR. THE STATE LEVY IS INCREASED TO FiVE MILLSWhat Th?L?vjfor K ich County Is Fixed tt?How tli9 Finances oi the State S:acd. In the House Friday when the supply bill was taken up the chairman stated that the senate would decline to 1417 ouj kuiut; kvnai uo au. auj UlUUiCUb until this bill was ia its possession. The total levi*3 for county purposes in tue several counties were fixed as follows, some b-ing left cpjn to be put in when the bill reaches the senate: Abbeville?3 \ mills. Aiken?3 i mills. Anderson-3 ? mills. Beaufort?6 ? mills. Berkeley?5 -j mills. Bambirs? 3 mills. Barnwell?3 mills. Charleston?. Cherokee?5 mills and special levies in different townships. Chester?7 mills. Chesterfi-ld?9 mills. Clarendon?A ? mills. Colleton?. Uariington?4 -J- mills. Djrchester?5 + mills. Edgefield 4 nulls. Fairfield?5 mills. Florence?3 J mills. Greenville?5 i mills. Greenwood?4 % mills. Georgetown?8 mills. Hampton?4 mills. Hjrry?5 J mills. Kershaw?6 ? mills. Lancaster?8 ? mills and spacial in two townshios. Laurens?2 i naills. L sington?3 i mills and special in certain townships. Karion?4 ? mills. Marlboro?3 i mills. Newberry?3 mills. Oconee? 4 ? tiills. Oraogeburg?3 miils. Pickens?9 $ mills. Richland?3 i mills and spacial in csrtain townsaipa. Saluda?5 mills. Spartanburg?5 -J mills. Sumter?3 I 6 miil3. Uaioa?8 ? mills. Wiiliamsbarg?4 mills. York?4 mills and special in certain townships. Ia Fairfield the county commissioners are permitted to borrow a sum not exceeding $7 500, on which interest not to exceed 7 per cent, is to be paid, for the purpose ot improvements to the j iiL R chland County?For Richland county, for ordinary county purposes, 3i mills; an additional tax of ? of 1 mill in Columbia township for inter est oa railrcai bonds, and an addi tional tax of i of 1 mill in said township lor a sinking fund for the purpose of retiring railroad bonds, and in addition taere.o there shall be levied a tax of 2 mills in the school district ot lha cit? of Columbia ia lieu of anv special tax authorized to be levied by an act entitled "A.aact to provide for estavish:aent of a new school district in R.chland cDunty, and to authorize the levy and collection of a local tax therein," approved December 24,1880; that the sum of $150 is hereby appropriated to be paid as other county claims are paid out of any couaty funds, for the pay of the county treasurers for services for collecting and disbursing soecial taxes levied for fis sal year 1897. The section fixing the State levy is els follows: Section L That a tax of 5 mills, ex slusive of the public school tax here inafter provided for, upon every dol 1 lar of the value of all taxable property of this Stats be and tae same is hereby levied for the purpose of meeting appropriations to defray the current ex penses of the government for the fiscal i vetr beginning January 1, 1898, atd i to meet such other indebtednesi as has oeen or shali be provided for in the several acts and joint resolutions passed by this general assemb?y at the session of 1898 providing lor the same. When the Dill had been read and amended by the several delegations, a *ork that was not comoleted until nearly half past 12 o'clock, Chairman John P. Tnornas went over all the figures as to the general expenses of the government and proceeded to show why the committee had placed the ' levy at five mills. He spoke as fol- 1 lows: "The ways and means committee has recommended a special levy at five mills for State purposes. In order that the housa may hear the data | upon which the committee has acted : [ hive prepared certain statement ; which I subcoitted for tbe information : of the house. These statements show 1 the condition of tho finances of the 1 State as they stood on Jan 1, lbiNS, and give the estimated ordinary re- : > jure-s and expenditures of theSlate government for the ensuing year. 1 Cnese statements are submitted in or- 1 ier that tbe house may vote intelligently upon the passage of this bill, ( ind that each member may have such information as will enable him to ex ' ;rcis2 his own judgment upon this impor ant questioa as to which is the proper amount of the State levy. 1 Sere are the figures: Estimated available resources January 1st, 1898: Dash in State treasury as per treasurer's report for 1897 $439,418 39 Amount to credit of special funds not available for ordinary purposes 305,312 20 $134,106 19 Amount due upon taxes of 1897.. 540,000 00 fees secretary of state $3,0j0 raxes on insurance 11,000 License taxes $10,(J00?24,000 00 Railroad commission refunded 7,640 00 1 State penitentiary 10,000 00 1 $715,746 19 Excess of appropriation for 1898 over casn m treasury ana resources fi om current taxes of 18(J7 aud fee3, etc , 18tS 148,276 25 I $864,022 25 i The amount due upon taxes tor 1897 i is arrived at as follows: Five mill levy of 1897 on $173,000,000 .$860,000 CO Less commissions of county treasure1 s,abatements aud nulla bona 40,000 00 Set balance 540,000 00 , "Tee exctss of appropriations for 1S93 over present available resources, to wit. $148,27606, is about the amount of me usual expenditures for twomon'hs in the year. This is about the same deficiency, if deficiency it 3an be called, which existed last year. I Ine 3-ate treasury, therefore, nas : about held ground. It i3 calculated, ' therefore tbat present available re sources are sufficient to run the govsrnment until Nov. 1, 1893. Alter that time, expenditures must be m?de out of the collection of taxes for 1898. or by borrowing mcnev in advance.of the collection of those "taxes: Estimated expenditures of fiscal year 1898: General appropriations as fired by ways and means committee ?542,771 95 Interest on public debt , 283,774 00 ?S25,515 95 Legislative appropriation, esti uiiue ui uuwpiruuer general based on 30 day session 32,000 00 $859,415 95 Unpaid interest, 1S97 2,500 00 Outstanding warrants, 3897 2,106 30 ?804,022 25 Estimate of receipts of State treasury upon basis of a five mill levy and nther ordinary r^s^urc^s: Five mills on ?173,000,000 $805,000 00 Insurance and secretary of State's fees 2-1,000 00 Railroad commission, expenses refunded by railroads - 7,010 00 South Carolina penitentiary 10,000 00 5906,040 00 Less taxes of 1897 collected prior to Jan 1. 189S. (See treasurer's report, page 10) 2S5,000 00 $580,000 00 Less commissions on county treasurers abatements and nulla bonas, comptroller general's estimates 40.000 00 $866,640 00 Thft tntal tavahlft nrrmftrtv ae.r.ird ing to the renort of the comDtto'ler e^neral for 1897. page 96. is $173,872,182. There may bo some difference in this amount for 1S98, as the::e is to b3 a general reassessment of property this year. It is, however, considered safe to estimate on basis of $170,000 000. It will be seen from these statements that a five mill levy, together with the other ordinary resources of the State, are suffisient by a close mirgin to meet the usual expenditures cf the State government, provided the appropriations do not exceed the aggre gate as reported to the house by the ways and means committee and provided also that the session does not exceed 30 days. '"If the general appropriations are materialJy increased, or if the sesion exceeds 30 days in length, then the expenditures will excede the resources of the State upon the basis of a 5 mill levy. In this event, if the State treasury is to hold its ground, it will be necessasy to increase the levy of 5 mills for State purposes, which the committee has recommended." Suicide In St. Aaguatlne< _ Henry Goettel, in jail at St. Augustine, Fia., charged, together with Herman Breetz, with train wrecking, committed suicide at an early hour Wedaesday morniag by hanging himself with a towel to the roof of the celL His companion agreed to die with him and male a futile attempt to butt out his brains against the steel walls of the cell, but in spite of the fact that he plunged with full fores against the walls successively he did not succeed. The two were Germans and in straightened circumstances. Chey planned to rob an E tsi coast train, went so far as to remove a rail. Tae engine was ditched, the fireman badly scalded and the engineer injured in the chest. The nerve of Goettel failed and the plan of g >ing through the traia and robbing the passengers atthepjint of revolvers was .aban doned. The remarkable circumstances in coanectioa with tiie suicide ot G-oettel is the tremendom will power he must have shown. He was found with his feet firmly planted upon the fljor. In the act of hanging he had evidently held them from the floor until he lost consciousness. The two men were suspected of being the fire bugs who burned San Marco Hotel and other property during the last summer and fall, and a web of strong circumstantial evidence was ceing woven around them. G-oettel left a note confessing that he and his pall had attempted to wreck the fcr&in, bushe denied that he had anything to do with the fires. Ill-as crating His Point. Senator Tillman can always be relied upon to furnish an interesting performance in the senate when he makes a speech. Saturday Mr. Tillman was d'-scribing bimetalism in his own unique way when the amusing incident occurred, '"Before 1873," said he, marching up and down the aisJe, "we used to go on two legs. One leg: was gold and the other leg was sil ver," he said, bringing his two feet down with a resouading thump, one after the otner. "Then we cut one leg cff," he went on, drawing an imaginary knife across his thigh, but not content with that, we plactd the cutoff leer on cur shoulder like this," illustrating his meaning by acting as if he hi cl lifted a heavy load, "and now,' he added, "we go hopping around on one leg with another If g on our shoul Her." Mr. Tinman suited me action 10 i the word. He hopped around the senate on one leg, with his arm thro vn over his shoulder, and made such a Judi crous and at the same time effective picture 0' his idea, that the crowd in the galleries shouted with laughter, and the vice president had to rap for order. Sensible Farmers. A number of farmers in Alabama pledged toemselves to sow from five to twenty bushels of wheat last lall. "This is a movement," says the Atlanta Constitution,''which, if persisted in, will emancipate our pockets from the necessity of paying tribute to the West and our stomachs from the thousand and one brands of patent flour, in which the essence of the wheat has either been wholly destroy ed cr substituted for kaolin or seme other mixture of equal weight and fineness." Klll?d About an In a difficulty on the streets of Op leika, Ala., Tuesday morning, W. J. diddall, clerJj or me uircuit uourt, seriously cat D. F Card-n, and in re turn received a wound from a pistol shot, which wili probably prove fatal, the ball striking him. ia tbe back of the neck. His bcdy is paiaijzed. Tbe trouble was over politics and the ap pointment of a postmaster. Both par ties are R-epublicans and were active supporters of opposing candidates for the place. No Difference. The National House of Represen'ativ?s devoted an hour one day last wtek to a political debate, bas^d upon tne asscrtijn of a minstrel end man repeated on the flbor of the house by Representative Richardson, of Tennessee, that there was no difference between the Cleveland panic and tne j filcKinley boom. j. V5 PERISHED IN THE FLAMES O* a Buraing Hotel at Gloversvllle New York, At seven o'clock Tuesday morning the Alfcrd House, at Gloversville, N. Y., was destroyed by fire. The building burned with almost incredible rapidity and spectators shuddered at I the thought that some of the inmates would be unable to escape from the fitry furnace. At this s 'ason the business is uausally large, and' it is understood that nearly every rcorr was occupied. The fire started on the ground floor and sh^t up throueh the upper stories with lightning-like soeed, the broad stairs and hallways furnishing great flues which carried the fltmes upward. Almost immediately after the flames were discovered the alarm was sounded through the hcusa and the big hoj tel "Was soon the scene of the wildest confasion. Tneie was a wild scram I ble on the cart of tho guests to escape ! from the building with their personal nroperty, but many were forced to flee without saving anything. A few | of the guests made their escap9 by the stairways, but the smoke soon cutoff this retreat. The next resort of the imprisoned people was the windows. As their terror-stricken faces appeared, the great crowd balow watched breathlessly, hoping against hops that all would be sav<ed. Trie guests who were thus entrapped did not long hesitate to take the risk of jumping, though some were rescued from their Derilous positions by the firemen. Others leaped from the windows and were more or less injured. W. W. Findlay, a salesman for an Albany house, c!ad only in a shirt and troasers. jumped frsm a window, landing safely in the snow. Mr. and Mrs. J. 0 Straus finding no escapa by way of the halls, stepped out of the window and onto the nar t row lede-e or cornice, where thev stood 10 or 15 minutes awaiting the rescuers. With the aid of a ladder the hook and ladder men brought them safely to j the ground.' Mrs. Straus lost her jewelry and wardrobe, valued at $L000. L. G- Iambsrt, a Ciiicago glove buyer, ju-nped from a second story window and broke his rijjht arm, besides receiving internal injuries. The following are missing, and are believed to have pprised in the fUmes: Henry C. Day, G-loversville; E C. Kimball, wife and daughter, Indian apolis; Rupert, a bell boy. The total los3 on the building, furniture and property of guests will probably amount to $100,000, partly insured. Tne fire started near the laurudry, but from what cause is not known. Benjamin F. Strickland, contractor and builder, who resided at the A1 ord hotel, is also missing. Hsnry C Day was one of the most prominent business m^n of Gioversvilie. Amon? the mcst seriously inju^d (besides L G. Lauben) are: William Maloney, traveling man, .residence unknown, sprained ankle, and B M. Esss, traveling man, Rochester, badly braised. The fireman searched ail day in the ruins'or tha rcnuias of victims oat their efforts were unrewarded. Electric lights have been strung over the ruins and a lar^e force will continue the searci all night The two travel ing m.32> reported missing are account ed for tonight, leading six known vie tians. Dr. J. D. Davis of Westfield, N. Y, jumped from the thrid story Ee struck the wires opposite the second story aGd was thrown to the ground, but was not seriously hurs. J. H Barrick of Troy, jumned from the third story and was only slightly in jjred. E. vood de Long, a fireman, tfras seriousiy ircz-:n. d.aarev wai, soa of Toronto, Oat, jumped from the fourth fljorto ashed and was only slightly iaurt. THE NATIONAL ISSUz MADEBy the United States senate and the Kouao of iBeprtsott tlT?3 The party lin*s were strictly drawn in Speaker Retd's Congressional class room at Washington Wednesday when the ballot was taken on the Teller res olution which passed'the Senate by such an overwhelming majority iast Friday and which is pr ictically noih inn more than & reaffirmation of the law alreadv on the statute books that the obligations of this government shall be paid in gold or silver at the government's option. Ther* were S9v era! exceptions or breaks from the party alignment, bat thev served to empbas'zs the party s Jidity on either s.id?, so far as the membership of the H >use go:s, rather than the re verse. Representative Wm. E liotr, of this Congressional district, had the distinction of being one of the two l^inccrats id tne poouiar Quay 01 me national legislature who votrd with the Ripublicaas on this question, Mc Aleer, of Pennsylvania, w-stae other. Taese two distinguised gentleman, apparently, constitute ail that is left iu the D-sffiO^rauc racks to represent the sentiment which brought together the , Indiaaapbl s Convention and put forth ih-j Palmer and Buckner single gold s'.aadard ticket in the natiouai campaign of 1896. These gentlemen were offset by two R-joubliCin mem bers, Linney aad White of North Gar oiina, who dtned the party whip, the former voting for the resolution and ; the latter declining to vote at all. Toe result in short was 133 for the resolu tioa and 183 against it. The strange spectacle is here presented there'or*of the upper, more autocratic body of tne Congress championing the causa of-the people, while the mora representative body rtcords lis verdict cn the side cf plutocracy. This is doubtless accounted for by the fact that the present Republican majority in the Souse was ttie result cf a popular election in which the free silver agita Hon was represented as a dangerous and revolutionary fallacy which menaced the well are of the laboring man. while under the gold standard he was promised hi^h wages, emoloymem and prosperity. Tne Republican lag s'ators have followtd out the instruc tions under which they wtre sent to Congress, while many of the constit uents who sent them there have Ion? since beea brought to realize by bitter tx.jerience tne hollo wneis aadfailacv of the hopes that were ba^.eu upon the election. How many have beea tbiu, undeceived aad whethtr the resctiui, in the popular miad has kept pace with the reaction ia the S^aate wiIj remain to bi decided by the result of :he Congressional elccuoas next No vember. -Charleston Critic. Tiio OaJy Hsy Oat. There is only one way for the Repubiica.'; party to save its bacon in tht acxt congressional and presidential elections, aad mat 13 enter upon a foieiicn wa?\ In no other way can they a^ain. fool the people. HUNDREDS ARE STARVING ? .5* A FAIR SAMPLE OF REPUBLICAN PROSPERITY. ' ~ J% The Poor of New Castle, Delaware, ara In a Most Pitiable Condition?Oat of Work and Xo Credit. a cispatcn irom .Newcastle, ueiaware, says starvation is staring in the faces of 700 people in this town, and the condition is growing more and mere alarming every day. Unless something is done to alleviate the suffering there is no telling what the consequences may be. DuriDg t'ae psriod of depression of the past few years, the Delaware Iron w/?rks and the other industries of the town, employing up wards of 700 men, were compelled to shut down from time to time,resuming operations only I L. 1 J J.J TTTi M vyubu uusiness uenxaaaea. wnue many of the operative* were enabled to support their families upon the compensation they received when the miiis were run on partial time it wu au uttsr impDssibility for them to lay up anything for a rainy day, and the blow which befel them when the milla did cease operations a few weeks ago was more than many of them could bear. The storekeepers, who in the goodness of their nearts, extended to th? . . $ idle workers a line of credit for a short time after the misfortune overtook them, have been compelled to refuse M them credit any longer they say, stating that it means merely the donation of provisions for which they need not expect to ever receive any returns. Were they to give freely to every one who asked credit at their stores the grocers state that it would only be a ~ matter or time wnen tney would. Da dependent upon the trustees of the paor for their maintenance. Of course same exceptions are made to this rule bj the storekeepers, but the major portion of those who ask for time in which to pay for their purchases are politely told that they must seek assistance elsewhere. Many of the landlords whose houses are occupied by the idle mill opera tives assert that they have received no rents Tor weeks at a time and one individual property holder said his teaants were in arrears $L,000. It would take all their belongings to satisfy his claim, he added, and yet he could not so far forget his duty to humanity as to sell the very roofs above their heads. As an evidenca of the impoverished condition of some of the families who have felt the curse of pinching poverty as they never did before it is only necessary to relate a few instances to convince the most skeptical mind ef the condition which exi&is here today. A young woman carrying a basket on her arm entered the grocery store of a man she had known for years, and with tearful eyes begged him to tupply her with enough provisions for cerself and family for a few days. She said that she and her husband had gone sapperlesa in order that they might have something to eat for breakfast and when thev arose from the morning meal they bad devoured the last morsel cf food that was left in the larder. The woman added that her husband had come to a neighboring city in quest of work, and as the rent was long since due they were unable to remove their belongings, owing to the fact that everything they possessed was subject to the landlord disposal, Tne grocery man knowing the family ?? : to be a deserving one, had heaped the woman's basfcet with provisions, and on tne following day sent an addition* al allowance to her home, "What thftv will do whfln thrvsA mm. pli?s are exhausted,God only knows," said he, Co a boarding house mistress the appeal for assistance comes from a woman on the outskirts of Dobbinsrille, and the case, when investigated, prored to ba one of the most deserving - *3 that has yet come to li?ht. The fami- - rJ ly had actually been without food tor a period of three days, and when sue* cor did com3 it brought a gleam of sunshine to a home which the blightning shadow of starvation had hitherto dirkened. '-M 0 .her instances are related of how mothers in some cases bave been compelled to put their children to bed without anything to eat and without proper clothing to protect them from cold, and little, if any fueL to furnish warmth for their bodies. From neighboric sr woodlands underbrush has been gathered as a substitute for coal, a ad even green saplings have been cut down and dried and afterwards made to serve the purpose of the fuel. Tne various evangelical churches stirred to the necessities of the occasion, have formed what is krown as the Associate Charities, and a commitlee has been appointed to take care of -rll cases brought to their notice. Mrs. Bjjd.mother of Mayor Evan Q-. Boyd, a ad Miss Kate ilahoney, .form what is kaown as the vi.iting committee, while the city has been divided up iato districts for the relief of the suffering. Wiiilesome of the families out of shaer necessity report their distress to the scc.eties and receive assistance for tue cnarii:.ble residents of the town, others suffer in silence, being too proud to iei their wants be known cr to relieve their wants by begging. ???m -A- * More Strange Iasects. An army of insects, perfeotly black and as smill as chigoes, has appeared \ ia this s clion and no one knows wueiltX! lury t'iiiio Of wuaii tucu im?sion Tn.iy be. Toey appear in. low, marsh j places and are iadjfferent to ?rater aid mire. Millions of them are to be seen in any low place, especially in the blackjacks. Mr. J. W. . lietts had an envelope full on ezhibi->ition a few days ago and all wiiosaw them agree that the insect is a stranger a thi3 section. Alihouph so smalJ, :bey hoo somewhat like fleas. So far they see n not to have dene any harm and appear to hire no special mission. -Bock Hili Herald. . :|g A G jod Point, Senator Tillman made a good point jn aerator Allison when the latter *as making his specious argument on '.he Teller resolution to show that the Secretary of the Treasury was free ander the present status to pay the iovernmenis obligations in gold or silver, at h'.s option. Tie South Carolinian attempted to pin the Iowan ? -Jjj dovfix to a categorical statement, yes ?utha Knn/^? WJL UU, VYUC'Uwl i-i ~ UCHUTVU wm?mi were pajab'e in silver at present. But ' Senator Allison evaded the thrust and lUtly declined to answer the question. - -- ?