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_______ WINNSBORO, S.C., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1898. NO. 28._ ;JJ
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IN THE SENATE.
WHAT THIS BODY HAS DONE DURING
THE WEEK.
An VfTttr-t ta Abolish the jOfllc? of Phoa
phate Inspector Falia Th? ilpprcprlatloit
B121 Under FIro.
The Senate, wss r.ot in session Saturday
or Monday. On Tuesday nothing
of general interest wss done except
the passing of a bill to urnish school;
books at cost, which was afterwards
reconsidered. On Wednesday the
fg| HLjoint committee of the house and senSee,
Messrs- Moses and Archer on the i
Kart of the senate, appointed to investi HP^*gate
and report on the necessary cffi
cers and attaches of the general assembly
reported that the following
clerks and attaches can be dispensed
with: In the senate, the clerk to
roads, ete., general committee clerk,
clerk to railroad and clerk to prAlleges
and election; one doorkeeper and
one porter, 3 daily savicg of $21.
In the house, clerk on claims, en
rolled act?, one doorkeeper, one laborer
and one porter, a daily saving of
$15; a total saving per day o! $36.
The committee introduced a bill to
carry out their recommecdations.
The Senate then ratified an amber
1 of bills and ad j Dura ed.
In the Senate on Thursday a lengthy
discussion took place over Mr. Mower's
bill amending the revised statutes
relating to judgments. It provided
that a judgment should be a lien for
twenty years without privilege of re
newaL Mr. Eagsdale offered an
amendment substituting ten years for
twentv. This was adopted. Then
Mr. Hay moved to strike out t?e en j
acting words of the bill, as amended,
and this was done. Thus after marching
up the hill and around the hill
and down the hill again, the law was
left as it now is.
Mr. Dean representing the minority
of the committee on commerce and
manufacture, spoke in favor of "abol
ishing the office of Phosphate Inspector.
He said the industry was in a
state of collapse and the inspector had
but little to do, except to stay on his
farm. He did not wish the total abolition
of the office, but to empower the
ir nhosnhate commission, consisting of j
the governor and certain other state
officers, when they deemed it wise or
necessary, to employ an inspector and
pay him $50 a month. This would
save the state a considerable sum.
We have heard much hard times and
economy, and this is a gcod time to
practice what we preach.
Mr. Archer said the majority of the
committee, after careful consideration
decided that inasmuch as the phosphate
industry waa looking up, they
* deemed it best to make no change.
* Mr. Pettigrew agreed with Mr.
Archer and cited cases where the in
spector had detected and corrected errors
by which many dollars were
saved to the state. The business is on
UIC JJJUlCaau aiiu. XV i? .LiJau buan
we should not disturb the present
method.
Mr. Dean said the minority did not
V wish the abolition of the office as the
t senator from Florence Kerned to have
B assumed. The office was merely a
SHL^siE^cure and it would be well to have
Kit abolished.
Bge&Ir Archer moved to indefinitely
Skpone the bill. On this motion,
Mfayas and nays were called and the
S BKn being killed by the followiijg vote:
Yeas?Archer, Buist,DuBose, Gains,
Hay, Lesesre, Mauidin, May field,
McCalia, McDaniel, Moses, Mower,
Norris, O'Dcll Peitigrew, Suddath,
Talbird, Walker, Wallace, Williams
?20.
Nays?Alexander, Brown, Connor,
Dean, Dennis, Douglass, Griffith,
Henderson, JefFeries, Love, McAlba
ny, Miller, Rsgsdale, Scarborough,
Stackhouse, Turner, Waller?17.
. When the approriaticn bill came up
^ the first debate arcse over the amend^
ment to raise the contingent fund of
the adjutant and inspector general
frcm $75 to $150. Mr. Arch=r moved
to table this ames idmenL
Mr. Buist said $75 was absolutely
inadequate. The office had never had
less than that amount. The amount
was left at $150. An effort was made
to cut the appropriation for the traveling
expens? s of the adjutant general
from $500 to $150.
Mr. Archer favored the reduction
fy because we were on a gold standard.
s The amount was finally left at $500.
The amount for the state board of
health was raised from $1,500 to $2,500.
Mr. Pettigrew moved to indefinitely
postpone the amendment increasing
the appropriation to the South Carolina
College from $20,000 to $25,000.
He said the time for economy has i
come. Every officers salary had been
k reduced and the reduction should exII
tend all along down the line. The
f college professors were getting ihe
same salaries as years ago.
Mr. Archer said in the denomina
iional schools cf this state, 644 boys
were taught at an expense of $23,750.
In the South Carolina College 172
boys were tau?ht at a cost $25,OUO.
I He thought if 644 could be taugh: for
$23,750 it was reasonable that 172
could be taught for $20,000. For near
ly a century this college has drawn
an average of $25,000 cr a total of
over $2,000,000 in that time. Whj
have not some of her graduates, some
of her friends who maintain that we
cannot get along without this ii]ustrous
institution?wny have ihey not
given an endowment to the college
50 dear. Of the num
,;C ber of pupiis referred to, seventy one
Mtuition. This is a matter cf ecoaI
and he thought $20,000 suiSr.
Henderson said this question
should be discussed quietly. We all
know timps are hare, but no facts;
have been given, no figures adduced j
to show that his college cculd bs run j
on $20,000. If the college is ex'rava
gantJy conducted why could not an
F investigation have been made? The
college was no pauper. It was made
by our lawmakers/ They gave it existence
and it is their duty to support
it and not to starve it bj degrees. If
it i$ the purpose to abolish the college
let the purpose be proclaimed and the
issue fairly made. Let us give her
$25,000. That amount was necessary
and it should be given;
Mr. Sloan said if the-purpose was
trt kill thfl ml leva let if Ka til iaH in?!
znanly way?fiot by starvation. It
had been reduced from $30,000 to $25,
000. Now it is proposed to cut the
appropriation to $20,000. Our learned
professors bared tha reduction before,
for love of state and college; but they
could not stacd a further reduction.
The for?most men of the whole state
came in a large measure from the
alumni of this school. He repelled
the insinuation that the institution.
! vras a beggar. He favored the appro- j
| priations of Cletr-scn and Winthrop j
land he hoced this college would rejceive
$25.0C0.
!Mr. Archer said this question was
up for discussion every year because
the people's money supported it and
few of them get any benefit from it.
If all our great and successful men in
j this state came from the South Caro- j
T: tt fl-lATT shnw I
\ UUiZCJfC, niiT nun ? J ?...
their love by coming forward and endowing
it and taking it out of politics
Mr. Pettigrew resented in insinua
tion that the "reductionists" were not
fighting an open and manly fight. He
hurled the imputation back and asked
his opponents to come out openly
themselves. He read figures showing
that years ago th? college got only
$17,000.
Mr. Sloan said he did not refer to
the senator from Florence?did not
j even have him in mind.
| Mr. Pettigrew asked Mr. Sloan if
I the appropriation from the general
government was not intended purely
I to keen un a chair of agriculture.
After some parleying Mr Sloan said
it was cot?that it was for the benefit
of the South Carolina University
generally.
Hr. May field said he wss surprised
at the turn of the debate. H3 had the
figures to show that when the college I
received only $15,000, it also reciived
$29,000 from the general government.
This school was discussed here every
year because a number of prospective
cacdid&tes were blowing for bun
combe, were exploding campaign gas
The figures used by the opponents of
a liberal appropriation were incorrect
in part Tttose schools which had
been held up as examples of cheap
schools, were partially supported by
indowment. The founders of this
noble college builded well, and their
wcrk could not be crushed. He closed
with a flight of oratory in which he
enntft r>f th? nivvid eairle risinc above I
-rv-w " ? C>- ?=?
the approaching etorm into the bright
sunlight above?just as this institution
would rise above the storm of opposition
now raging against it.
Mr. Archer?"I suppose that eagle
must have lit at Rock Hill." (Laugh
ier ) This was a reference to Mr. Mayfiela's
quitting the senatorial race at
that place last year.
Senator Archer protested against being
prejudged and condemned, mi3
construed and misinterpreted about
his position as to higher education. It
is said he was Sghnng higher education
. That is not true. He was working
and pinching and stinting that he
might help them; for he expected at
death to leave hi3 possession to some
"snlirtnl
Mr. Henderson said we want a
school where pupils can go after leaving
our public schools.
The vote was taken and the amount
wss raised to $25,000 by the following
vote:
Yeas?Brown, Buist, Dean^ Douglass,
LuBise, Griffith, Henderson,
Jtfferies, Lesesne, Love, Mauldin,
May field, McAJhany, McCalla. Mc
Daniel, Moses, Mo^er, Norris, Ragsdale,
Scarborough, Sloan, Stackhoase,
Talbird, Walker, Wallace, Waller?
26
Nays?Alexander, Archer, Connor,
Dennis, Gaines, Miller, O'Dell, Pettigrew,
Suddath,. Turner?10.
Mr. Archer moved to indefinitely
postpone the amendmen t giving $2,400
for the state fair. He said it was
unconstiiutional for the state to lend
money on its credit. The vote was
taken on the postponement as follows,
and the fair appropriation was granted:
Yeas?Alexander, Archer, Brown,
Connor, Dennis, Love, McCalla, Pet
tigrew, Turner, Wallace?10.
Nays?Buist, Douglass, DuBose,
Gaines. Henderson. Jefferies. Lesesne.
Mauldin, May field, Mc Albany, Mc-|
Daniel, Miller, Moses, Norris, Bigs I
dale, Sloan, Stackhouse, Suddaih,
TaJbird, Waller, Williams?21.
Mr. Archer moved to increase the
appropriation for the institute for the
deaf, dumb and blind from $1S,000 to
$19,000 and explained way the amc unt
was necessary.
Mr. Baist said no excusa was necessary?that
he would vote for it for the
remarkable reason that it was the first
time he ever knew lha senator from
Spartanburg to favor an increase in
any mpropriation. The increase was
mad
W nen the appropriation bill came
up for further consideration, Mr.
Archer moved to abolish the offica of
Confederate historian. We have been
appropriating $1,000 for several years
to prosecute the work of collecting
Confederate rolls. This work should
be done by the adjutant general. A'terwehave
the proper data for the
history, it would then be time to have
a historian. The vote was taken and
I Vfn A mntinn tsrsc lost Hv s
vote of 16 to 13.
Mr. McCalia th ught fiv8 hundred
dollars was little enough. for the importance
and magnitude of the work.
It was impossible to complete the work
in one year.
Mr. Henderson said if $500 was not
sufficient to complete the work, make
the amount larger, but not pay for trie
work till it was done. The amendment
of Senator Henderson was finally
adcpttd
Mr. Brown moved to reduce the conticgent
fund of the railroad commissioners
from $750 to 8-1)0. Tnis was
adopted.
Wiien the bill came up to repeal the
present law prohibiting the use of free
passes by legislators, Mr. Rtgsdale
moved to strike out the enacting words j
of the bill. He reviewed the history '
of the various attempts to stop the use j
of free passes which began m 1S38.
The law finally passed in 1891. Tne
passage of the present law was no re j
proach or reflection ucon a man with i
_i i ]_ i _ . !
ciea.ii nanus. xne iavr against em :
b'.zzlement mighi; jus!; as reasonably j
t>e construed as a rtli action upon those!
entrusted with our public funds. The ]
idea was preposterous and absurd. j
Eren the j udges of the courts used 10!
?0 about with freo passes in iheir j
pcckets?all but one, Judge Pressley. i
The bill was killed by the following j
vote.
Teas?Alexander, Archer, Brown,!
"Ruist. Dean. D.ju?]ass DnR.iso i
Gaines, Jefferies, L'esesae, Love, Mc
Albany, McCaila, McD*niei. Miller, \
Mower, Norris, O'Deil, Ragadale, j
Stackhouse, Wallace, Waller, Wil-j
iiams?23
Nays?Connor, Dennis, Griffith, j
Henderson, May field, Pcjttigrew, Sioan |
Suddath, Talbird, Turner, Walker? i
11.
Mr. Scarborough was paired with;
Mr. Hav. Tha former would have'
voted "nay" and theiatter "aye."
Mr. Connor asked that his reasons;
for voting for the repeal be put in the
journal, fie voted so for tue reason i
that tbe present law against free passes
does not accomplish tne purposes for
i which it was intended This evident- j
I ly refers to the aliened practice of the j
j railroads selling legislators thousand j
i mile tickets for 25 cents
When Mr. Mavfield'sdisps^ary bill
came up Mr. Henderson renewed his
motion to indefinitely postpone the
whole liquor qu :stioa. Mr. MaySeld
explained the bill which hehadofferfd
as an amendment. This amendment
left it to eachciunty to say whether
liquor should te sold in it and if so,
how it should sold. It brings the i
a-jestion down to the people, who <
shall say whether county officials or <
individuals :5hall sell it.
Mr. Henderson renewed his mnlion '
to indefinitely postpone Mr. May field's <
amendment. This was carried by the <
following vote:
Yeas?Alexander, Archer, Brown,
Connor, Douglass, DaBose, Gaines, ,
Griffith, Henderson, Lesesne, Love, ;
McAlhany, McCalla,McDaniel, Miller,
Moses, Mower, Norris, O'Dell. Sloan, ;
?uddath, Turner, Wallace, Waller, i
Williams?25. 1
Nays?De:m, Dennis, Jefferie?, May- ,
field, Pettigrew, Rigsdale, Scar- ;
borough, Taibird, Walker?9.
The vote was then taken on the ;
osigiaal bill which was indefinitely ]
postponed ]
Mr. Rigsdale moved to strike out '
the enacting words of Mr. .Mower's j
bill requiring public school teachers to '
attend county institutes whenever
held in their counties.
Mr. Mower exolained that he had ]
iatrduced the oill at the suggestion i j
of the teachers' association, and he j <
presumed they knew the need and tha j,
benefits of i.ich a measure or they j j
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WUUiU 11U* llitVC 05A.CU 1VL lvO 1 .
Mr. Ragsdale renewed his motion to j;
strike cut the enactiog words of the {I
oil! which was done by the following | ]
vote: | ]
Yeas?Connor, Dennis, Dougla-s, {<
Gaines, Griffith, Lssesne, Love, May- i
field, Miller, O'DeJl, Pettigrew, Rigs- <
dale, Stackhou3e, Suddath, Talbird, <
Turner, Wallace?17.
Nays?Archer, Brown, Baist, Da- j
Base, Henderson, Jefferies, McAlhany. '
McCalla. Mo Daniel. Mower, Norris, ;
Sloan, Waller, Williams?14. j
i
Barnlnz of Iadl&aa. ,
The attorney general sent to the (
senate Wednesday a htter written by ^
Assistant Uaited States Attorney Mc- ]
Meechen, giving the r?sults of his in ]
vestigation into the recant burning of \
two Seminolo Indians in Oklahoma $
by a mob. He says the sentiment in ,
the neighborhood of the crime is all
with the mob and he was informed (
that it would not ba well for him or t
any other person to go into that local- j
ity if it was known that the object was j
to locate the conspirators. Mr. MeMeechen's
letters tell in the main an \
old storv. but he ^ives some new de- l
tails. McGrisy, he says, was the first
of the Indians to move a muscle after
the torch was applied, and he did not ,
move until the flesh was banning to ,
drop from his limbs and wat oegin- '
ning to touch his ears He then
gave a loud whoop and bsnt over as .
far as the chain would allow him and,
sucking in the leaping flames sank
down and expired without showing ,
any more signs of pain. Not so with c
Palmer Sampson; he did not mova.un- '
til after McGisy had inhaled the .
flames. Then he commenced to kick
with both feet, throwing pieces of
burnig wood 25 or 30 feet away. It ]
was with difficulty tnat they succeed ^
in getting him burned. Mr. McMea ,
chen says a Baptist minister named '
Hiram Holt prayed for the Indians {
before their execution, and as ' he j'
knelt in prayer he held a rifle in his
hand.
The Festive Candidate.
The festive candidate will scon be '
very much in evidence and we feel ,
sure he will find a warm weJcome
wherever he strays. Ha will be in '
full blcom when the sap begins to rise '
onr? *ho eroa?a Kacin trt mats t'nAn tt/MI
will hear the gentle carol of tha fes ,
tive candidate. 0, he's a j ally fellow,
and is full of vain conceits, ana sees a j
bosom friend in every man he meets. ,
He asks about your family; your ,
horses and your hogs, and shows a
friendly interest in the children and
the dogs. O, he's a jovial gentleman,
as gamesome as a lamb, as blitbsome (
as a meadow lark and happy as a clam. (
His prospects are the brightest and his 1
chances they are sure, and he spends 1
his money freely and helps the needy ,
poor. He goes to church on Sunday ,
and his pious traits appear, but when
it s necessary J19 will then set up trie
beer. 0, he's a buoyant, sanguine *
duck, the jocund candidate, he starts J
out early la the morn and stays until :
it's late. |
Two YaiUib.e Balieciaa.
Farmers' Bulletin No. 61. on aspara- (
gus culture issued from the U. S. De- j
partment of Africa!car3, is quite a <
valuable and instructive compilation J
on the history, botany, propagation, t
cultivation, marketing and dis^a^e of ]
this delicicu? vegetable. It is free for \
the asking Another very interesting (
s ; ?; IT D..1 1
auu luau ucuvg wuiii r ai jjlgio jlhai j
leiinNo. 64, on ducks and geese, j
standard breeds and management, 'j
This was prepared by Geo. E Howard <
Secretary cf National Poultry and j
Pigeon Ass ;ciation. Tiie standard ,
breeds are discuss id and their respec
live merits compared. Trie manage- 1
mtrnt, buildings for breeding and feed- 1
ing, incubators, brooders and dressing (
ana marketing are ail treated in a
clear, intelligent and practical stjle. j
Free for the asking. Write Secre- j
tary of Agriculture, Washington, D. j
C., for a copy. j
Jl WiStt CLCtttlitfU* P
Es Senator Dubois, cf Idaho, Senators
Pettigrew, of Sjuth Dakota, and
Cannon, of Uiah, have recently re
turned fron a vacition trip through
Jacan and China. While in the litier
country Li Hun;? Cnang, the fam-# .
ous Cninese statesman, wno was pro-' '
nounced by General Grant one of the (
few really great men ne had known.
In conversation ne askei them to car- !
ry a message to President McKinley, 1
sajing: "You may tell ,hiui ihit I 5
feel I have a right to send him a mes- ,
sage as an equal. because if Cniua were
a llepulic and her people elected a 1
president, I would be president of '
Caiaa " Tni3 wa3 the message: "Your | '
excellency having attained the sum- j (
rait- o? human ambilioa Dy the silenca
which is golden, I trust that vpu will
now feel free to serve your people
wi:a the speech whica is silver."
A Faial Wreck.
0a the Mobile and Montgomery division
of the Louisville and Nasnvilie
railroad, aoouta Hundred miles south
of Montgomery, Ala., a frightful
head end collision of freigat tram oc
carred early Friday moraiag resulting* j1
in 'our killed and ssvea iajared, one I j
of taeaa perhaps fatally. I i
THE CHILD'S BILL KILLED!
|
THREE COUNTIES EXEMPTED FROM j
THE DISPENSARYA
3Icw to tUe Dispensary r.vt*% tliat Mxy
Eventually Kill It?Haw tbe filembsra
Voted on the 51ait;r,
In the Housa on Tuesday the
Child's prohibition bill was taken up
and disposed of. After soma discussion
Mr. Winkler moved to striks out
the enactine words of Mr. Child's
bill. The roll call was demanded and
soon it was seen that the bill was kill
sd by a vote of 58 to.39. The members
voted as follows:
Yeas?Hon. Frank B. Gary, Speaker;
All, Ashill, Austell, Biiley,Banks,
Betbune, Blytbe, Crum, Geo W. Dads.
DeBrubl, Dakes, Edwards. Eflrd, 1
Epps, Gage. Garris, 0. P. Goodwin,
3-raham. Hezjldan, Henderson, Humphrey,
Hydrick, Ilderton. Horace, E
Johnson, Kibler, H. J. Kinard. J. D.
Ciaard, Lancaster, L<*?ter~ Misboa
Mitchell, HcDaniel, McKeo^n, McLaurin,
HcWhite. Nettles, Phillips, 1
Pollock, Priace, Pyatt, Rogers, Sink!er,
Skinner, Simkins, Spser, Slurkie,
W. H. Thoma?, Timmerman, Woilin**,
Welch. West, Westmoreland
Winkler, William?, Witherspooh;' :
Wvche, Yeldsll?53. J
Nays?Ashley, Carraway, Cau.?h- 1
man, Cailds, Colcock, W. C. Davis,
DeLoach, F^irey, Fox, Gasque, H. P. 1
3oodwin, Hamilton, iiolJis, T. '
Johnson, Ksnnedy, L'.mehouse, Liv- 1
ingston, Lofton, Mauldin, Meares,
Mtjhrtens, Moora, 0 *en,Patton, Prica, j
Riinsford. Robinson, Sanders, Se*- J
orook, J. R. S.iiith, S. W. Smith, E. 1
D. Smith, Stevenson. Sullivan, John
P. Thoxtab, Jr., Toola, Ve-ner, Whis- 1
jnant, Wilson, Wingo?39. ]
When Mr. Verner's bill exempting ]
Dconee county from the operations
Df the dispensary law came up Mr. 1
^Lsbill moved to strike cut the enact- <
ing words of the bill. In defense Mr. i
Verner made a strone plea. Prior to J
;he dispensary Jaw, Oconee had been (
i prohibition county. Without au;hority
from his constituents, a repre- '
ientative from Oconee had had the J
iispensary Jaw forced upon tha peo- <
pie of Seneca. So violently were the 1
aeople of that town opposed to tha 1
la 77, that no one would rent a house J
:'or the dispensary. Tae first year only
>250 worth of liquor was sold, but last 1
pear the sales amounted to $10,000. *
He showed tha evil effects that the J
iispensary had wrought and showad
I pstHloa irono. every single property
io!der in Seneca beggiag for the re- 1
noval of the t-ispensary.
Dr. Uderton asked him about blind 1
:igers in Seneca prior to the dispensary '
aw. 1
Mr. Vergfcf said that the blind tig- j
irs had doubled'since, the dispensary
iad come, and even then there were
lot ss many as in the other gentle- j
nan's county.
Tne motion to strike out the enactng
words was overwhelmingly voted j
iown.
Mr. DeLoach offered a a amendment
;o include York county in the Dill. .
Stated the condition in York county, i
rbrkville and Rosk Hill had voted
lown the dispensary. Every incorpo- *
. atedtownin the county had been
jrohibition for years. Bat a dispanjarv
had beea forced upon Tm*n, a 1
;owe where theie were only 14 voters.
Recently an election had been held .
i.nd only two votes upheld the dispensary,
and the dispenser and his clerk
last these. *
Mr. DeLoach's amendment was -1
idopted. 1
Mr. Mauldin offered to amend fur;her
Dy including Pickens.
Mr. Henderson arose to protest. Be- ]
[ieved in giving counties some lati;ude,
but if we adopt this precedent
where will the dispensary end? (Josii '
Ishley, "Josh Ashley, "It'll die.'') '
Mr. McCullough was surprised that i
mere would be oa9 dissenting voice, :
when the people of these counties 5
lave cried for relief. This law has j
seen forced upon them and we will be j
roannn hi? if wa Hin't fttFnrrf '
hem the relief.
Dr. Wyche stated that the farmer 1
lelegatioa from Oconee asked for the 1
iispensary, the present one wants it 1
amoved. What will the next one 1
want? 1
Mr. Stevenson read the dispensary
aw and interpreted it to mean thit \
ilr. Verner's bill was constitutional. :
[t is a question of right and wrong md
not a question of whether the dis J
aensary is a good or bad institution. 1
rae previous question was called and *
;he aye aud nay vote called. The vote
resulted as follows: j
Ayes?Anderson, Ashley, Austell, J
Bacot, Bid on, uarraway, Carson, Col- j
;-jck, W. C. Davis, DeBruhl,DeLoach, 1
Ei wards, Epps, Fairey, Gtadsden,
3-asque, H P. Guodwin, Graham, j
Hamilton. Hollis.Hvdrick. Horace E. 1
Johnson, T. D. Johnson, Kennedy, i
?ibler, Li me house, Livingston, L ?f- <
;on, Miuidin, Meares, fllehrteas, Muiheil,
McOollouiih, MoDintel, He s
S^own, Netties, Patton, Perritt, Ply- J
.er, Pyatt, Rainsford, Reynolds, Robnson,
Sanders, SeabroA, Sinkier, i
Simkins, J. R. Smith, S. W. Smith, I
? D. Smith, Sievensoa, Sullivan, i
Fohn P. Tnomas, Jr., V7. S. Thomas,
Poole, Verner, Vincent, Woliing, i
Welch, Westmcreiaad, Whisonint, 1
Wilson, Wingo, Witaerspjan, Yil j
iell-65.
Nays? All, Asbili, B* .ey, Banks,
B=t:iuue, CiU^h-nan, Cram, G-jo. W. <
Ddv-s, Dukes, Eflrd, Fox, G*rris, 0. <
P. Goodwin, Henderson, Humphrey, <
Qderton, Hsnry J. Kindrd, J. D. Kin !
*ra, Lancaster, Lester, ilia hoe, Mc ]
Lauria, Mc White, Pniilips, Price, i
Evince, Speer, Sturkia, rimxiermaa, i
West, Wiiliam?, Wycbe?33. ]
Ujastqaently tne biii passed to its
;hird reacting. 1
Tiie voie vras clinched by motion of v\
5Ir. S.tsvenson, and ibe houje ioamaiiatsly
after war i adj jurned. <
Tauraday in the Hjus.j Mr. Ilderton \
novtd that Mr. Ytrner's b:U exempt- i
;nj* certain counties from the dispell- 1
ury law be recommitted. <
He said last night vrnen this bill had i
Deen discussed and each side had had
in equal shoeing, I witadrew the mo- 1
ion tor the previous question in or
ier to ailow the gentleman from s
Dnesterfiela to make a fe n remarks, 1
icd after he had done sd, he rene ?ed 1
? - - - - -- - .xi _ up . l _ _ l. * _
.113 mouon cuiung on a repay lo uus
remarks. This bill was referred io trie <
judiciary committee. I think itshouid
io to tae dispensary committee, as <
other bills on tae same lines are al- <
wajs referred :o teat committee, which <
jjnsisLs of one member from eaca I
;ounty. The autaor may be sincere,
out he is inconsistent, (ilr. Ysrner J
jAiled him down ana wanted to know i
ivaerein he is inconsistent, and accuses <
ilr. Iiderton of inconsistency by ask- j 1
.ng: "Didn't you say to me that you i<
would vote to give the South Carolina
college nothing?")
Mr. Ilderton: *kYesbutmy amendment
to give it whatever it was
necessary, was carried, and was
what I believe to be right." Continuing,
Mr. Ilderton claimed that the
dispensary is the best law on the
statutes books. It has lessened drunkenness
and ha3 saved men from that
hell to which the gentleman from
Oconee said tne law ought to go. If
Crod will ever blsss one ruan, it will
be B. R. Tillman for making the dispens*rv
law.
Ail this means to knife the dispensary
and so called prohibitionists
will then ally themselves with high
license men and then shall wa have a
state of affairs warse than op*n barrooms;
a&d free liquor. In defense o?
what, is rignt, in defense of the state
board ofc jutrol, I protest. If these
counties waat dispensaries removed,
let them ask relief from the state
board of control, and their request, if
based on the right, will be granted.
Josh Ashley: "Didn't our paople in
1892 vote for prohibition?"
Wn T I ^3nmoi r\f f noi / } i !
.!? . x iuu . ouviiu ui ?i-io <
scDundreh in my county voted for |
prohibition merely for the purpose of j
killing the dispensary and aiming a
blow at Ban Tillman."
Mr. H. EI. Eiwards: "My odx is
the strongest Tillman box in Anderson
county, and yet it went for prohibition."
Mr. I'dertoa admitted that manyj
men voted for prohibition from principle,
but many others from preju[Lie
9
Mr. Efrrd: "I don't think that now
is tha time to discuss party lines. But
let us as servants of the people, take
a, calm, logical view of this matter.
Here is a bill to exempt certain counties
from th3 dispensary law. Ought
not this bill to have gone to the dispensary
committee?
Mr. Verner: "Th^ speaker has a
right to put the bill wherever he
chooses. . This was furthermore not a
general bili to regulate the sale of
liquor, as are those which go to the
jiis*ry u J ILL mute s. i
Mr. Eurd: Mark, you gentleman,
;he speaker will, throug'o. courtesy, allow
a bill to go before the conami'tee
iesignated by its author. Mr. Verier
is afraid of the despansary committee.
If a county objacts, there is
law enough to remove the dispensary.
Mr. Gage asks, "there is no law on
the statutes books to remove dispensaries.
That is an oversight in the
law" i
Mr. ESrd: Not law, but custom. The
:ounty board of control will recom
mend to the state board to remove
Lhe dispensary and this vrill be done, j
if right. Soma may say the county!
board will not recommend the wishes
d* the people. Wno, I ass you, recom
mends the appointrneat of coanty
boards? Ja regard to the effects, take
Marlboro for instance. A reputable
gentleman from that county told me
that on the first Monday of January
lie saw more drunkeaness in Benaettsville
than he had seen in Columbia
during his whole stay here. Who
3 it that wants tiie dispensaries removed.
Consider the situition. Thosa
;hree coan-les lying along the state
line, adjoining distilleries. If these
:oanties are exempted, they will be in
i worse state than Marlboro is today.
He calls upon the hoase to leave
rat ail courtesy, to take a calm, quiet
new of the sitaation and to recomnit
the bill to the dispensary committee.
Mr. Llvingtone: "Who was that
gentleman in Bennettsville who told
rou of the drankenness there on the
irst Monday in January?"
Mr. Efird: "Judge Townsend."
Mr. Livingston: "Judge IWnsend
svas not in Bsnnettsville on that day."
Way do these gentlemen draw Marlaoro
into this discussion, I do not
inow. Her representatives would not
iare to bring a dispensary there, you
ill know her glorious and substantial
record since ihe war, and her citi
sens ascribe this state of affairs to
prohibitions. Prohibition in Marlboro
oas, so far, been prohibited. Recently
tie made statement that he would
wire any citizan in the county asking
th6 .sentiment of the people on this
question. Ha wired the sheriff at the
juggestion of some one.; and immeiiately
the wires flashed back, "For
prohibition."
Mr. Sr.evenson: I am very sorry to
;ake the floor again on this questions,
tn reply to the gentleman from
Florence. A maxim which has regulated
mv life is never to take anun
fair advantage in debate or other wise j
jf aay man.
Mr.Iiderion rises toaquestoa of;
privilege. He had not said that Mr.
Stevanson had laien uafair advan
;age of the opposition to Mr. Verner's
3iii.
Mr. Sieveasan? The questiou had
*oae on for hours. I any have done
wroag, bat at whoss instance did I
nove tne previous question? At that
)f the gentleman from the Floreace.
Cae matter add bean obscured that I
simply asked permission to qiote the
law and gave my coastruetiou of it.
Mr. Efird: Did I not ask tae permis
sioa ox yourssii aaa laii. u jolt nasr
;oa to speak upoa tha question? He
vssented, you refused.
Mr. Sie^easoa: Wall, the gentle
nia from Laxiagtoa has given his
views fully today. Tais house is competent
10 t?ke a bill and dup jse of it
witnout reference to any committee,
i'ju are asked to reverse tae d^c.sioa
ji the house because tha diipeasary
2omaaictee has hid a) c'aaace to pass
>a it. I deny this is an attack upon
;he dispeasary aad the reform party,
[f I understand the principles of the
reform pariy, they are to deal fairly
.0 all meo, and that principles isj
rig at.
Mr. Iiderton: I said nothing ab3ut>
;his baiag an attach on the reform
jarty.
Mr. SLeveiisoa said that 110 one had ]
jhar^ed if, bat it had oeea intimated,
.hat is why I ask taac we carry oat
;he principles of the reform party and
;reat these counties fairiy aad in acjordance
with their reqaests to re instate
to them prohibition.
Dr. Ilderton: Saouid not the state
aoard of control rectify this evil?
Mr. Steveason: It is wrong for the
state board of control to cram down
iheir throats that which they do not
want, as has been done ia the past.
Mr. Dakes: Do you know thoso
louaties want prohibition?
Mr. Steveason: The grand jury of
Djoaee county asked tor the removal
:>[ the dispensary. Furthermore, those
landidates who stood firm for prohibition
were elected.
Mr. Bogers regrets that a statement
ae had made a few days ago had been
miscoastructedaad made to reflect up3n
nis people, he spoke for truta and
truth's sake. He insisted that he was ]
jorrectm Jus assertion regarding drun- j
' kenness in Marlboro county. There are j
< no tnier, no nobler, no soberer people
than tfiose of Marlboro. I was arguing
that prohibition did not prevail
under dispensary, not to reflect upon
the county, but because it was true.
Half of the drinking there onsalesday
was by men from North Carolina. But
still the liquor was tnere, and was
obtainable ana under prohibition at
that. The people of Marlboro are for
temperance and so am I: but for Gca's i
sake let us admit the truth. la Clic,
the result of two elections was against
dispensary. I am willing to put the
question before the people but not to
remove dispensaries from counties
without a direct vote on the question.
Mr. Verner stated that the dispen
sary had been put on Oconee by a
special act, wherein would consist the
wrong in taking it a way by special
act? Two wrongs dD not make a
right. Personality and popularity
often ride over the issuer, and though
the issues of orohioition may havecarried
in Oconee, but it was no test, for
may there not have Deen other issues.
Mr. T. G-. Williams?I voted against
the bill la3t night. I shall also vote
for recommiting the bill. In 1892 at
the primaries, the question of prohibition
was carried in Lancaster. We
sent a delegation authorized to vote
for a prohibition bill. Tnev voted
against the dispensary law, I say my
county of Lancaster and every other
which proclaimed for prohibition then
has as much right to be exempt as
Oconee. There was no statute wnich
gave Lancas.er and others prohibition,
but they had voted for it and no pro- 1
11 L j T? :L
uuuiuoa oiii was easctau. xwiuummit j
this bill and allow us ail to CDina ia j;
and I will vote for it.
Mr, Ileadersoa?By special act of
the general assemoiy a dispensary
was placed in Oaonee. How right!
this wrong? By repealing this special j
act. Bat the gentleman fro 11 CbDaee s
tackles the general lay. Waataooutr
those other two counties, Pxckeas aad r
York?
Air. Stevenson?Pickens is in the j j
same position as 0:;oaee.
Mr. H^aderaoa?Waat about York? j
(tfr. Veraer?"Tnat was put there
by a two-ihirds votela3t nignt.")
York county wa;? not put there by a ,
special act of tha legislature. Let '
tnese counties be brought under the .
operations of the general dispensary
law, and they will be siven justice.
Treat every count/ ali&e. Doa't let j
soecial provisions go in dispensary ,
law giving prohibition to these three }
couaties.
M" * (~X j r? erl a-ri aqUq^ f/%>* r?*arri r>iT a v
ULl* \A 4UJUUU VAilOU ilil j
question oa the whole matter. Tiie j
ayes and nays ware demanded and <
the motion to ressmmit was I03S by a .
vote of 55 to 52 Tnis vote was clinch- ;
ed by Mr. 8:erensDm ;
The roll call was again demanded '
on the motion to pas3 the third readin?.
Last night the bill pasaad its
second reading by a vote of 65 to 33. ,
The opposition to ths bill gained new ^
strength mean while, as may bs seen
by the vote recorded above, but lost '
slightly on the motion to pa33 to the '
third reading which prevailed by a <
vote 5S to 50.
THIRTY LIVES LOST. j
, --"HHj'
W?n Women anil f)hlMr?n Are Bnrleo B?
neath the Falling Walls.
Daring a fire in Pittsburg, Pa., '
Wednesday night an explosion of 1
whiskey occurred which blew out the j
Mulberry alley wall with terrible re- '
suits. At the time the alley wa9 filled ]
with firemen, policemen, new3 men *
and others. Many were caught by the !
falling: wall. Rumor has it at least 25 '
or 30 man are still under the debris.
Three dead have D9en taken out, (
among them Police Captain Berry.
The other two are at the morgue un- 3
recognizad yet. Many people were (
injured by flying bricks and beams
and ail the ambulances and patrol 1
wagons of the city are in constant 1
service. Some of th9 -injured whose .
names have been secured, are:
Charles Simon, a traveling sales- (
man from Cincinnati, badly cut on ]
head. 1
William Fleming, hurt by falling (
beam, may die.
Daniel Maloney carried through to j
the cellar but dug his way out. Hurt
internally.
Charles Wilson, bridge builder bad- \
ly cut and hurt internally.
William Desmuke, a peddler, head j
and shoulders badly cut. Mary Dis
muke his wife, hurt internally.
Davis Stewart badly cut on head.
Captain K. Brown, building inspector,
ootb. legs broken.
* Robert Rosamond, lieutenant engineer,
company No. 2; leg crushed,
necessitating amputation, body bruis
ed.
Owen K- Fclder, compound fracture
of rigiit leg.
G-eorge Douglass, thought to be internally
io jured.
Owen Mullihin scalp lacerated.
William Fleming, contus3ions on
body.
Joe Headley, body and head cut.
Kit Wilson, Paducah, Ky., head
cut.
Robert Davison, head and body in
jared.
Tha telegraph, telephone snd elec
I i rrt-i t-o at trio Thl l?fPAn t.h I
and Penn fell shortly after the explosion
and killed an unknown man.
Jmta'tertae expbs.ja tie large (
warehoase of W. A. Hee\!er & Co., (
situa:ei on Pike street,directly opposite
the Chautauqaa Company's baildia-; \
was aolaza and ia a saort tim9 was
beyond bopa of saving.
At abjut 1:15 a ra. she fire was gotten
uader coatrol and no furtaer
spreai is expected.
Tae two lar^e bai'idiags are a total
wreck and the loss caaaot be much
less thaa $1,000 000.
Until the fail of the walls c*a ba
cleared away taere is ao certainty as
to the numDer of victims.
Eleven peoyla dead, 27 missing and !
18 injured, and a property ion o' $i,- ]!
5UO,OUO with about $L,000,000 insur-}'
aace, i3 the awful record of the bigs'
Sr<3 of iast night. Mrs. Mary M^Fad- j*
dea, with hsr family of eight children, i
are supposed to bs under the falling '
wall. They lived in a house on Mulberry
alley, which was crushed. Nothing
has been seen of them s;'.ncs the
explosion Wednesday night s.nd it is
believed all are dead.
The Mormons ?t work. ;
Mora than 200 Mormon missionaries 1
are at work in North Carolina, making
many converts, most of whom are
immediately sent to Utah. By thus
attracting immigration it is the confl- <
dent expectation of the Mormon lead- ]
Arc nrtr nn 1 rr to orto-nH f ho inretsvst ftnH
influence of the cburch, bat also to
acquire absoluta control of political .
affairs in the state of U;ah, in order ;
that their peculiar religious institutioas
may be sacure against interfer- :
enca from the civil authority.
M THE HOUSE, _
WHAT WAS DONE BY THE BODY
LAST WEEK.
Tfce Oonf jtSarate Monamsat In Columbia !
toba Enclosed?Daath or a Member of
the Hoii3e.
On Monday the House transacted
considerable business, passing a large
number of bills and killing about a
score or more.
Mr. McCullougn's bill relative to
the collection of taxes was ordered to
its third reading. The bill provides:
Section 1. Tnat from and after the
approval of this Act the towns and
cities of this State are hereby authorized
and empowered to collect the taxes of
such towns and cities insush instalments
as the municipal authorities
thereof m;iy by ordinance precrib9.
Mr Reynolds's joint resolution to
authorize and direct the Secretary of
State to enclose the Confederate monument
on the 3tate House grounds was
passed without debate; $125 was appropriated
to the purpose.
Senate bill to make th^ embezzlement
of public and private funds a
felony, and to fir the punishment
therefore, with amendments, was
passed The bill provides:
Section 1. That all officers and
other persons charged with the safe
keeDin?. transfer aad disbar5amant of
any public or private funds who shall
embezzle the same, shall be deemed
guilty of felony, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by fin9 and
imprisonment in the discretion of the
Court; said fin? and imprisonment to
be proportioned to the amount of the
embezzlement and the party convicted
of such felony be disqualified from
ever holding any offi;e of honor or j
emolument in this State: Provided,
however, that the &3nerai Assembly,
by a two thirds vote, may remove the
disability upon payment in full of the
principal and interest of the sum embezzled.
Section 2. All Acts and parts of Acts
inconsistent withtais be, and the sane
ire hereby, reoealed.
Mr. H/drick's bill to amend Section !
i,43o of the General 3taturesof 1832,
rdiaiiaj to the cos's of Probate Judges,
by adding thereto a proviso, went to
its third reading.
Tne spscial committea appointed
iastyear, consisting of Messrs Gasqae,
Westmoreland and Oven, rec impleaded
that County Treasurer McOaII,
if Florence, be paid the loss incurred
37 thi failure of thaCoffia Bank of
Fioreace. Treasurer deposicei
>133 59 in the bank Ic failed, and
ilr. flic Gall's deposit went with it.
Cne committee recommeni the payneat
of the claim.
The committea recommend that the
;laim of W. W. Grayson for $514 be
not paid. Thi3 was pension moaey
sent Mr. Grayson, and deposited in
li n i_ _ 5 i.i. n ? ^ i n _ a? _
;ae canis: or lae uaronaas?j,ae ujaia
Bank. The bank failed, and the da- *
posit went with it.
Tiie commutes seat in a bill for ;
&93 10'for inquiring into the justice of ;
the claims This bill was referee! to ^
the com miy.ee on claims.
Mr. Kibler presented the following ;
resolution:
Ba it resolved by the House of P^p- :
ressntetives of the State of South'Car- 1
aliaa, the Senate concurring. That the '
?rantin? of hotel privileges by the
Slate board of control is contrary to
to the spirit of tie dispensary law.and
should be discontinued. Taatacopy 5
Df this resolution be sent to each mem
nf t.hP! sairi hnard r?f r.nntrnl.
Mr. Cushman objected to immediate ]
jonsideration, bat withdrew it, and '
;he resolution, but withdrew, and the '
resolution was then unanimously ad- \
Dpted. This means a good daaL
Oa Tuesday tbe House passed a large *
lumber of minor bills and tUen took
jp tne Child's prohibition bill, which '
^as discussed for several hours. Tne
Dill was taken up again on Wednes- :
lay and killed as will be seen by a re- J
port elsewhere. Oatside of thelegisla- '
ion on the liquor question the House
lid very little on Wednesday. *
On Tnursday in the Hvjse a large J
imount of work was done. When <
;he calendar had been gone through *
with and such bills as provoked no !
iiscjassion had bsen disposed of, Mr. 3
Soblnson, the senior member of the (
Anderson delegation, arose and in 1
'eeling terms made the formal an- 1
aouncem^nt of the death on Wednes*
lay nigbt of Mr. John M. Glenn, a
npmharrt? thfi AnHprsrm d ft legation. .
itliis hom9 in that county.
Mr. Gleen had been stricken with
typhoid fever just a few days after the
jpenhigof the present session of the
general assembly and death claimed
aim Wednesday night.
Mr. Robinson delivered an eloquent
julogy, praising tbe many noble attributes
of c&aracters of the d.cea33d
member who during his stay of one
year had won the esteem, confidence
md admiration of his fellow msm
oers of the general assembly. He introduced
appropriate resolutions commemorating
tbe sorrowful events.
Mr. Sullivan, of the Anderson delegation,
paid a beautiful triou-e to ;he
memory of the deceassd member and
lis' colleague.
Mr. Stevenson, in a prose epic, depicted
tae bsauty of a life lise that!
if thA d?:id ranresantative. and sho.V I
id its ert'acts upon mankind. ,
Mr Jobn P. rhomas, in behalf o j
the Richland delegation, Mr. Cangh- ]
nan, McCullou^a, Mr. Toole Mr. j
Senderson, Mr. L;.viagston, Mr. Ash- f
Ley, Mr. W. H. Inomas, Mr. Riins- ,
'orJ. Dr. Wyche, Mc. Dakes, Mr. ,
Eird. Mr. Winkler, Mr- E D Smith ?
led Mr. G-asque, on behalf of their respective
coanty delegations, each
idled a flower to the chaplet of immortelles
which crowned the memory i
3f him for whom each hsd the highest
regard.
In the House on Friday Mr. Sinkler <
ask*d to take up Mr. Wilson's bill ''to :
create the coiznty of Lse from portions
Df Kershaw, Darlington and Samter
irmnHac arit-Vi hnnnrlorips AS
ifter described, and tc provide for trie
erection of a court he use and jail, lor i
the holding of courts and for tae election
of couaty officers/' Permission ;
was granted. Tntra were numerous
weighty matters on hand, but it was
thought that the disposal of this bill
would occupy but a short tima. After
a long winded discussion the vote on
the motion to strike out the enacting
words was demanded and Lie county
was assured by a, vote of 83 & 20.
Discussion on the new county gov- ,
emment bill was interrupted oy the
presentatia of the senate's amendments
to trie appropriation bill, wiien the appropriation
for South Carolina College
was broght up, a warm discus-!
sion. I
.111T. VV llljELiCl iiau fib ? vkVM, WV I
reduce the appropriation but was now j
willing to increase the amount to the ]
-?gc:
sum recommended by the senate.
Mr. Ilderton had figured the matter
down and was satisfied that the
figures produced by the house were
proper and he wanted it referred to a
free conference committee.
Mr. Henaersan opposed the senate
recommendation. South Carolina College
gets enough in the appropriation.
There should be a cut in salaries.
They are too high. Higher than thosa
of any other institution in the State.
In reply to Mr. Patton, he stated that
he did not know what the salaries were
nor what were the salaries at other
institutions.
Di. Price bslieves in economy, but
there is a danger of using economy to
the hurt of the state. He could not
sit in his seat and see such a grand
2 r._7 lza x: : Ti. 2~
suu usmui institution cnppieu. . it is
due to South Carolina College to support
her properly.
Mr. McCullough?Every other institution
got every dime it asked for
except South Carolina College. The
issue is not institutions, but "institution."
Why does Mr. Henderson not
come out manfully'and s?y he is opposad
to South Carolina College. L3t
us treat all the institutions alike; if
youtu', one, cut alL No one has yet
proved extravigance at South Carolina
College.
Mr. Toole was tired of the insinuations
that becauss we are trying to
econoaaiza we are trying to kill the
grand old institution. This house has
decided that $20,003 was enough. We
have rights, we have opinions &nd
should not be dictated to bj the senate.
" ;V;
The house refused to concur in the . t
senate amendmant by a vote of 51
to 48,
The following senate amendments to
the same bill were concurred in: A
raise in aooropriation for adjutant
general's offiue. Payment for piano '
at governor's mansion. Increase of
appropriation for state historian,.and
for deaf aad blind asylum. Rsfused
to concur ia amaudmants appropriating
a loan to the Ssate fair association.
to the phosphate inspector. ^
The38 matters will doubtless be re
ferred to a coalereaca cxnmitte and
3ettlad. *Oar
Immoxtal Lm,
It was Lord Wolsely, tb.9 greatest
of living E lglish Captains, who said
of General L 33; UI hare met many
of tha great mm of my tima, bat Lae
aloae impressed me with, tha feeling
that I was ia the presanca of a maa
who wai cast ia graader mold aad :
made of different aad fiaer metal than
ill other una." Prasidaat Andrews,
3f Brown University, in a Chicago
3oaeeh, paid aa eloquent tribute to
Gtea. L^e, of which tha folio wiag are
3x:racis: "Hi had tha faith of the
:ru?ader; his lettsrs would make a
juida to holiness. Ha wa3 always a
soldier?aevar impure ia thought or
ict, naver profana orobscane. Ha did
not touch the c ap. He was never outMAM
U ? VM A! ? A AAfVl
uy uiauv ;u au wiiupaigns
ffoca the Rappahannock to
Jamas rivar, never trapp3d and
aever caught nappiag. I fail
to Had in the books any such masterful
generalship as this hero showed.
holding that sliai gray line, halfstar
vad, with no prospect of additions,
and fighting when his army was too
quarry to stand and the rifl.33 were
aaly useful as club3. His courage
was sublima. He was as great as
3-ustavus Adolphus, or Napoleon, or
Wellington, or Von Moltfce. Lae
successively defeated, outgeneraled - iad
route! the bast generals that
Washington could send against hiai,
md it was not until the immortal
3-rant, with the finest army of vet9rins
that the world has ever seen, took ^
;he field against him that Lse's marvellous
accomplishments received a
:heck. Eren against Grant, Lie
fought as probably no other general
;ver touzat, ana against oaas mat
would have drivaa Napoleon to de3
pair. It was a great death, straggle
when Grant faced Lee, and L% then.
ine n that his was a hopeless straggle.
3e kept that thin, gray line of ragged,
hungry man, growing thinner
md hungrier each day, together. His
courage, his wonderful presence and
stroag personality kept that little
sand of tattered and emaciated men
in battle array, and fought to the last
iitch, surrendered only when he realized
that it would be murder to keep
up the struggle."
American Losses.
A memorial was presented to the
president by a delegation of New
Fork business men representing a
large number of well known and inliential
firms in the city asking
chat action be taken by this government
looking to the re establishment
jf peace in Cuba. The memorial rentes
that the war in Cuba daring the
L^st three years nas resulted in a yearly
average loss import and export
trade between Cuba and the United
States of $100,000,000. In this sam is
aot included the heavy sums irretrievably
lo3t by the destruction of American
properties in Cuba or properties
supported by American capital, such
is sugar factories, railways, and toaacco
plantations, and in respect to
;rade and capital, the loses of citiz3ns
the United Spates are stated to be
iar greater than those of all other
parties concerned, not excepting Spain
herself. Like its two predecessors the
sugar crop of 1897-98 is virtually lost.
Daiv about 15 par cent of the sugar
factories of the island ware operated
last year and as 80 psr cent, of our
;ra_e with Cuba depends upon the
sugar crop of the island, it is readily
seen that our commerce cannot' be restore!
until actual peace is established.
Choked a Wild 0?t to Djath.
Miss Martha Calver, 18 years old,
of G-rand Rapida, Mich., walks five
miles to her 'school every day through
pine woods, and usually lias no other
companion than a 33 calibre repeating
rifle. A few days ago s, big hungry
wiid cat confronted her in the woods.
Miss Culver fir ad, but only wounded
the animal whica attacked her. It
tore her j icket to shreds and cut a
deep scratch in the arm. Seizing the
beast by the throat and forelegs, she
succeeded, after a desperate struggle,
in releasing the grip of the brute,
finally choking it to dewlh.
Demanded His Bee*11.
DeLorne, the Spanish Minister at
Washington, has gotten himself into
trouble. Ha wrote a letter to a friend
in Madrid in which he spoke of President
McKmley as being "weak and
catering to the rabble, and besides, a
low poiitican, who desires to leave a
door open to me and to stand wall
with the jingoes of hi3 party." The
letter by some means found its way
into the papers, and President McKinley
promptly demanded the recall
of DiLome by his government, which
was promptly done. "
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