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S___. SI3NTINI3L - JOS ENTERED APRIL 23, 1903, AT PICKENS, S. C., AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER, UNDER ACT OM CONGRESS Or MARCH 3, 1879. VOL. XXXVIII, ~ PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1909. Ht NIV-1S 1I ORI[F Lems cfl-cr est G: tcred By Wire ard Ceb! ANINGS [F A/. A~ D Ye Items Ccv7rin3 EVCrt3 cf More *r Less Inter.t at Ecm- and Abrcad. G-neral MiLs. who as just re rned from-Eurcpe., spoke of 93-mil2 des, like that taken by the Presi ent ,as nothing and s2id he conid plicate the feat at his age. The famous Spring Hill (etege, e o the (ldest Jesit (-ceT,ges in St"tcs, and weil t:.own P, was destioye( by fire 1ocl.c:.iler has given an 00 tyI Ahv' University . Ir. Rocekef,er's total ion ' to the rniversity a c $24.S0,000 for en1doll:ment er purposes. 3rcokideM Woie MIlIs. Msford, Masachuset ts, burned( on Weduesday, loss e cotten crop for 1903 is now mated at 12,759.GO bales. uA was befi ~ENa h ile Teim., Wednesday. against DunanI D. oper and Fen, Rc!hin. and ex . , John D. Shaip, for the kill of U. S. Serator E. W. Carmnek. . J. Keiran. of the New York elity Co., who has bec:. in hiding er charge of eabez;A;lmernt, has -endered to the law offlecrs. x-Secretary Eliht Rcot las been med by Rcpuhlcancaue-s to sue d Senator Platt of New York, hos2 term expires with tis cou es.'. Ark., an 13-year-old (11 lyN--hed for speaking a lady saleswoman in an $S30.000 fire Sun $730,000 worth of ht Rider, Ed. Marshall at Union City, Tenn., of Gulford, N. C.. ad bonds were :sold c'. cun s, elected the capture a Nngro wlo\attempted foul. as- a ult cn Mrs. W' J. McLeod, near t ' ten en last Wcdaesday. s The Federal grand jury has found -%i ,bill for peonage against Joshua W. h hley. a merc-ber of the legislature Anderson county .Tones, desiznated February the day for hanging the six B iders convicted of murder in degree in the case of the of-Capt. Rankin. d t L. Lowell has been named k eessor to CharJes W.E :dent of C was sustained by upree a in the $1,G23,900 r against the Waters-Pierce Oil a pany of Texas. he Chicago and Alten Railway v as filed an apneal in the adverse a 60.000 rcbate fine case. Two local option bills were intro. 1 ueed in the West Vir#inIa Legala- in --- g Washingtoni N~otes. a Gorge L. Lilley, who was elected wv anrnor of Connecticut, did not re ak's member of the lower House i , ngress. He was declared, Wed e y, no longer a member of that at, &En-Willett, of New York, made a H ter attack Tuesday on the Presi- b ,hut the House stopped him nator Bailey discussed the pro- D d increase of pay for the Presi-a id others, criticising Mr. ra allowaifees of expenses. SRoosevelt asks the gov- f Ciiaifornia to consider hiis ,v- on the way, before en ending that is unfavor-. ese citizenship .j started a Senate ii- eh libel suits neainst sev- Cc s. C. P. Taft arrived! e~ to testify. w Lillioukaluni is sti!l r claims beore the IHou.c She is willing to accept r~ her claim on Hawaii. FerciP P~ews.bc mn Me,ss *a and fires break abi yand rain cause great suf- act trious fir" swept parts of , ed city of Mesdna en Tues-ai .Tren Mieml Gomnez was of pro heeTd president of Cubr 171 ,nesday-no Cens.l Stuart K. Lup'on ia the Censnl Cheney at Me!ssina fo! n stvensky, the com. ~ ii te 'iissan fleet whjier Mo 'di stroyed. is dead. Sai \Stuirt K.. Lupten no.x T fatalhities of the Mes. Cit e at 90.000. e ttime in years th<( ar r-oced the d1eathis. es c?f An.erican Consul A *J - wijfe haive been %uni lian Messina. she sedl president of 00o purposes to re as I orivate citi o.f at revo ,ior jE[[NU ROOT T[SIIES Tcll the Grand Jury What He Know About the Purchase of the Canal B-t Refuses to Give Out Anything Washington, Special.-"'I simpl broghtmy subpoena and consciene %Vics me," jocularly remarked Secre ta-y of State Elihu Root, who Fri day was on'e of th"e chief witnesse: before the United States grand juri ;n i's investigation of the allege( Bel in connection with the purchas< of the Pnanam canal. The Seeretar3 made the remaik to newspaper mer who sought to interview him a few minutes before lie went into th( grand .jury room. Senator Knox, ol Pennsylvania, and Assistant Attor. ney General Chailes W. Russell, alsc zave testimony. All declined tc throw any light upon the nature ol thir testimony. Willian, Nelson Cromwell may bc one of the witnesses Saturday. "'Well,' said Seeretarv Root as he emergd from the grand jury room, "I cannot tell you boys, of course, how I testified. But I will say this it is the first time I have ever been in thi' buildin. sinte the trial of Charlcs J. Guittean for the assassina tion of President Garfield, in 1832. I was tlen here as a spectator only." COOPER-SHAPE TRIAL DRAGS. 11ird Day's Session of the Cooper Sharpe Trial Closes Without the Addition of a Single Juror and the List Remains at Six. Nashville, Tenn., Special.-Tlie third day of the Cooper-Sharpe mur deor trial passed not only without se ,uring another juror, but if the mo tion of the State is sustained, one of the six already chosen will be eli -ninated because he was intoxicated when he reported for service and was -hosen. The State claims it secured knowledg,e of Juror Leigh's condition Ifter it had accepted him. The summoning of 500 additional talesmen began late Thursday after non to appear Monday to complete ..e jury to try the alleged slayers of. ex-Senator Edward W. Carmack. When the six selected jurorevere brought into court Friday-Mornin-, one of them, J. WhiteNrth, called Judze Hart and said; "Judge, I've be used to. my morning toddy fra good many years and I missedApowerfully this morn ing. Can.'i get one-just one, every 'The coristitution prohibits unusu or cruel punishments," remarked ie court judicially. "Mr. Officer, .e that those gentlemen who are 'ont to have a toddy get their toddy ereafter.'" FLOODS SWEEP TRANSVAAL arsting Dam Floods Drowning 160 ers. Johannesburg, able.-One hun red and sev . three persons are aownto - lost their lives Friday ~fthe floods which are eneral thbroughout t he Transvaal olony and northern Natal. Great amage also has been done to roperty. By the bursting of Knight's am, the Witwatersrand gold mine in Te seuthwestern part of the Trans anl was f!coded and ten white men nd 150 natives were drowned. The ater from this dam also flooded the >wer section olf the Town of Elsburg here a number of houses were swept ~vay and 13 - personls perished. A >ld dredger valued at $60,000 broke Irift on the Kaap river and was reeked. aves Woman But LOses His Life. Scranton, Pa., Special.--M. J. Duf ', station master of the Delaware, eckawanna & Western Railroad at alktead, was run down and killed the New York flyer just in front the station Sunday afternoon. iffy ran out on the tracks to rescue woman who was in danger of being ni down by another train going inr opposite direction. Jones Elected Chief Justice. Columbia, Special.-Associate Jus e Ira B. Jones, of Lancaster, was eted Chief Jiustice of the Supreme urt of South Carolina for the un- f pired term of Chief Justice Pope, ose resignation has been accepted. -Jones has served on the Supreme t urt Bench since January, 189)6, th conspicuous ability. He is ree iired as a man of unusual ability, I his written opinions as a memn of the Supreme Court have been versally commended and favor- ~ v received. Mr. Jones has b2cn in ive public life for many years.a Charleston Dispensary Profits. te hie total net profits of the county l pensary for Charleston county -in the months of October, No- d< bher and December were $30,- or .17. the amount in legal dispute or being included. The division t,f profits, under the law, is .'s or ows: p y of Charleston.. .. ..$14492.35 to aint Plecnsant.. .. ......593.18 eo Litary and drainage corn- pr iission..................(,034.21 Schools..............(34.21 co cerl county fund.. ...3,017.12 an an Boy Shoots His rather, in acksonville. FIa., Speial.-Wil 0. Bethea, a young white man, pr :andl instantly killed his father, 10 rge Bethea. late Friday afternoon th1 he old man was entering the home an his daughter in the western see- to of the city. There had been ma Tilt So C. L[GISLATURE s Doings of Palmetto Lawmakers Told in Brief. The senate transacted very little 7 business on Tuesday. The adjourn ment was taken at 1:30 o'clock at - the conclusion of the memorial ex - ercises in honor of Gen. R. E. Lee. The following new bills were in troduced in the .enate: Mr. Weston-A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to establish the insurance department of South Caro lina, and to provide for the conduct of the same." Mr. Weston-A bill to declare and to define the p -s of the insurance commissioner as to the prevention of fires and conflagrations and to au thorize the investigation of the same. Mr. Weston-A bill to provide for the organization and regulation of mutual protection associations. Mr. Weston-A bill for the regula tion and control of fraternal benefit orders. Mr. Weston-A bill to require all insurance companies doing business in South Carolina to secure their policy holders. Mr. Weston-A bill to regulate bond, investment, dividend, deben ture, registry, guaranty, loan and fidelity building aud loan and other such like companies. Mr. Weston-A bill to regulate in surance companies and their agents in this State; to prescribe the duties of the insurance department in re lation thereto, and to punish viola tions of the insurance laws. Mr. Johnson-A bill to amend see tion 4 of an act entitled "An act to provide the manner in which ownI or prospectors of any railroad eg panics incorporated under thelaws of other States or counties-.my be come incorporated i l State." Mr. Kelley-A billA regulate the sale and earryin,(pitols Mr. uliv -A bill to require publicZers and public warehouse compfiies to mark bales of cotton IP.R or stored. Mr. Otts-A bill to provide for the appointment of a State ailitor and two deputy auditors, define the f duties of his office and to provide a penalty for the violation for certain t provisions of I this act. t The House was not in session on Tuesday. 2 A resolution was introduced in I the Senate Wednesday to amend the r constitution as to the provisions in regard to associate justices of the b supreme court. r The resolution provides: "That C the supreme court shall consist of a ehiefNjustice and four associate jus- t tices, any three of whom shall con- P 3titute a quorum for the transaction I )f business. The chief justice shall c preside, and in his absence the senior socate justice." v q rovides for a term of ten years, the m of one expiring ever:* twc b years-\TMhe number of ssociates is < now thi d the offic-ial term is 8 yea rs. ~c A bill introduced upon the'ubject e of trials for assault is of generxl ;n- 0 texmst. The bill amends the sepon1 el relative to the taking of testimony \ f< cases of this kind, so that it shalh,vi read ''that the victim may be per- ' mitted to testify in private, with only the judge and the attorneys present.'' s Senator Wharton's bill to provide e for severe punishment for attempts ( to rape placing the. same upon the samne basis as rape, has been reported U favorably.t To reimburse the owner of stolen a oods to the amount of their unre. ~overed value is the purport of a bill tI ntroduced in the senate by Mr. 0' arlb. Bills were introduced in the House b, s follows: b Mr. Fultz--To provide for the comn ulsorv education of the children of fi his State. 'N Mr. Wright-To amend section 701 ft f the code, volume 2. relating to sum- al roning of jurors on inquests by pro- aj. iding for payment of such jurors. pl' Mi-. McMahan-To further reen ate primary elections in this State. of Mr. Lewis G. Fultz-To reenlate ire he compensation of county officers. Mr. Cosgrove--To declare the wil. uif lor wantom burninz of any build- th 1g which is insured, a felony and > provide punishment th'erefor. tr; Mr. Garris-To amend an act ep. th tIed ''An act to amend section 77. rimimal code, volume 2. providin~ mf >r ten year convicts to serve sen meies on public works of the con.~ tic ,'so as to providle foi- 20ya (u mnviets to serve sentences on public stc orks of the county-. Mr. Garris-To increase the aw'r. th( re length of the school term~ and in improve the efficiency of the pub- ter schools in this State. Mr. McEachern--To make it a mis- seli 'meanor to draw and alter cheeb 2 banks wher-ein the drawer has no. 30( not sufficient funds. Ca: Mr. Dixon-To declare the removal be attempted removal of a caust en nding in the courts of this State the federal courts by a foreigu an.a rporation a misdemeanor and te unh ovide punishment therefor. I Mr. Dixon-To require railroar 289 mpanies to furnish cars for freighit Cat d loading of such ears lby shippers of d provide a forfe'iture or penalt.x mer case of failure. Mi-. Cothbran--A .ioint resolu tifor criri posing an amendment to artick to1 of the constitution by adding~ ? ~reto section 14, to empower town- pun :1 eities of over 10.000 inhabitant- eert assess contiguous propeirty for per nient improv-ements. fIr. T. P. C'othran-Providing foi A - pnsaio tocostabl.4 We 240, 241 and 244 of chapter 11, ar tiele relating to election of elector. of president and vice president. Mr. Dixon-To amend section 403 code of laws, South Carolina, voluzai 1, relating to reports of count. treasurer. Mr. M. L. Smith offered a bill re. stricting the sale of all intoxicat ing liquors, providing, however, foi sacramental wine. Mr. McColl-To provide for bene ficial scholarships in the Unliversity of South Carolina. The following bills were intro duced in the Senate rhursday: Mr. Carlisli-To prohibit wompn and children under the age of 1i years from working in cotton and woolen mills between the hour of 7 p. i. and the hour of 6 a. m. and prescribing punishment for violatin the same. Mr. Carlisle-A bill to provide fo, fire escapes in certain classes rf hotels in this State. Mr. Lide-To repeal section 1295 volume 1. code of laws, 1902. el:nu to the Colored Normal and Indi ii Agricoltural and Mechanical cllege of South Carolina and to enlarge the powers of the board of trustees oF said college. Mr. Laney-A bill to remnlate the manufacture, sale and delivery of commercial fertilizers and to provide pcnaltie.j and punishment for viola tions of this act. Mr. Wharton-To amend se(tion 35 of an act entitled "An act to declare the law in reference to and to re-ulate the manufacture, sale, usk consumption. transportation and dis po.ition of alw erages. N**a i : nrad1) er li tis State and to police 4ane,'' approved the 16th day of February. A. D. 1907, relating to >owers of county dispensary boards Mr. Graydon-To provide for ben efliary scholarships in the Univer itY of South Carolina. Mr. A. Johnson-To amend section of an act entitled "An act relat ng to the selection, drawing, sum noning of jurors in the circuit cmirt, f this State," approved 7th day of 'ebruarv, A. D. 1902, by changine he time of preparing the jury list rom December to July. Mr. Laney-To further regulale lie running of motor vehicles in his State. Mr. Bass--For the protection of ame fish in the State of South Caro Ina and for repeal of certain laws elating thereto. Mr. Graydon-A bill to fix the lia ility of common carriers by rail Dads to their employes in certain Ises. Mr. Graydon-To fix the place of ial in all actions to recover the enalty fixed by statute -for delay, Iss or damage to freight by common irriers. Mr. Harvey-To amend section 979. )ltune , code of laws, 1902. In the House a goodly number of Uls were introduced, in part as fol ws: Mr. Lengnick-To amend an act ilit ld "'An act to regulate the itching, gathering, sale, exportingc c anning of oysters, terrapinsv ams, shad and sturgeon, to provide *r the licensing thereof, and to pro- e de for the leasing of public land.e h e cultivation thereof. u i-r. Clarke- ' t 'tion fees t Winthrop Normal an' llege and at Clemson Agricultura ollege of South aCrolina. Mr. Ayer-To require county trens-t rers of the State to deposit in char hred banks surplus or unsued funds interest, Mr. Ayer-To further provide for e examination of and the issuin2 certificates to teachers and I 1 rther define the duties of the Statt >ard of education and the count' mards of education relative thereto Mr. Rucker-To create two school C nds to be known as school fund . 1 for white children. and school " nd1 No. 2 for negro children and Ic ow each taxpayer to designate the e p1lication of his taxes for school rpoSeS. Mr. Gasque-To amend section 6641 a volume 1, code, providing for p ristration of notaries public. Affr. Harmon-To prohibit the man- n acture and sale of matches, othei al ani safety matches. e MJr. Berg-To require the regis- sI Ltion of all births of children ir State. re afr. Berg-To require 1.iense fo:: be .rriages. \Ir. P. P. Sullivan-Joint resoln. de n to submit to the voters th: of ~stion of the repeal of the home. be ad law. n f[r. Carey-To provide for taking pu depositions of female wvitnesses ti< cases of rape andl assault with in- th t to rape. Ir. Nicholson-To len'gthen the re ool term. to Jr. Hydrick-To amnd section 5, volume 1. code of laws of Soutl co olina, 1902. requiring that crops bo up alnd growing to make mort e valid. 30 fr. E. M. Ruicker-To prohibit urr c ity or. town from making it jui nvf'ul to sell lunches on Sunday. the [r. Williamus-To amend section up of the criminal code of South ag: olina. -1902. relating to the crime the bigamyv and chianging the pun'shz- tio t thereof. -the [r. WV. S. Utsey-To define the ere ecs of cheating and swindling and rovide the p)unishment thereof. wh *r. Rucker-To abolish capital urd ishment in this State except in as ain eases. ' fro: ill Inspector May be Created. bill introduced by Senator F.' H sen ton of Riehland provides for the >intmnent of a commissioner of Ia- ing. There has been much talk that ' flfleithrthajee such as the hours of labor, cost of living, amount of labor required. esti mated number of persons depending on. daily labor for their support. The bill provides for an annual submitting of a schedule to the man ager or owner of every manufactu ring establ.ishment in the State, em bodying inquiries as follows: 1. Name of person, partnership' or corporation. 2. Kinds of goods manufactured or business done. 3. Number of partners or stock holders. 4. Capital invested. 5. Average number of persons em ployed, distinguishing as to sex, adults and children. 6. Total wages not including sal aries of managers paid during the year, distinguishing as to sex, adults and children. The commissioner is given power to enter all buildings which are sub iect to the provisions of the net. The methods of protection from accidents, the means of ventilation, and investigations into the employ ment of children are made a part of the commissioner's duties. There are some requirements in the bill as to the need for fresh and pure drinking water for the employes of factories, and for punishment for violation of any section of the bill. Section 16 of the bill provides against a child under 14 yeai-s of age cleaning any part of the mach inery in a factory. The most important feature of the bill is the requiring of keeping of vital statistics by the firms employ ' children. The commissioner of labor won be required to make periodical visits to the mills and factories. The bill also provides: Every owner or manager shall be requ'.red to give the required in formation. The bill also provides that the com missioner shall have the power to C send for persons or papers whenevi, in his opinicn, it is nefessary and he n may examine witnesses under oath, 1 the testimony so taken to be filed and b preserved in the office of the corn- 0 missioner. Ie and his agents and - inspectors shall have free access to all places where five or more people f4 are employed as laborers. For Fire Escapes in Hotels. d A bill that is of general interest b) to the traveling public has been in- S troduced in the senate which pro- e vides for fire escapes in the hotels $ >f more than three stories in height. 1: Phe provisions are: "Section 1. Every building or ;tructure kept, used or maintained ts, or advertised as, or held out to he public to be an inn, hotel, or ublic lodging house or place where ti leeping accommodations are furnish- , d for hire to transcient guests in t 4Mich ten or more sleeping rooms are t ised for-the accommodation -of such G -uests shall, for the purpose of this et. be considered to be a hotel. Q "Sec. 2. Every hotel having three be r irore stories shall be provided th ith an iron fire escape on the out- sp ide of th' building, conneetinig oni th ach floor above the first with at S' rast twvo openings, which shall be th -ell fastened and secured witli land- an 1gs not less than six feet in length nd three in width, ors epo ... ... w o ladders bquipped with iron rounds not more han 1, inches apart. There shall L >e at least one fire escape for each our rooms on each story. The waya hf egress to such fire escapes shall ~ lways be kept free and clear of all bstruct'e.n of any and every nature. There shall be posted and maintained a a conspicieus place in each haillS nd in each guest's room except the alls and rcOms on the groundl floor f such hotel, a printed notice, call ag attention to and directing the ay' to such fire escapes. ''See. 3. This act shall go into aa ffect on October 1, 1909. ''See. 4. Every owner, manager,cl ent or person in charge of a hotel bo shall fail to comply with the I rovisiens of this act shall be guilty Cc a misdemeanor and shall be fined th, af less than $10 nor more than $50, ha id every day that such hotel is irried on in violatic.n of this act wil conist-itute a separate offense.'' m The following passed their third to ading in the senate on Friday and came a part of the law. The bill to do away with the 40 y limit after delivery or execution deeds or instruments required to anc recorded in ordler to constitute tiees to subsequent creditors or ep! rehasers for valuable considera- por n without notice was passed to Jd reading. It, The following bills passed third go' iding and were ordered sent over the house: fra; Mr. Sinkler's bill to reguilate the fa [lection and distribution of dead c&I dies for scientific purposes. stri Mr. Ot.ts' bill to amend section 'a 9 of the code of laws of 1902, vol- tim te 2, so as to make a verdiet of a rest y and an order of the court, in 'I county where rendered, a lien tra! an the real estate of tho person a mn uinst whom it is rendered, from C rendition thereof, till the expira- the: n of 10 days from the rising of of E court at which same was rend- o d. DiC Aus n the three and a half hours in poir ieh the Senate held forth on Sat- A ay there was accomplished work aatE follows: fthe 'he calendar was gone throng 'vers m cover to cover. C 'ive bills were passed and ordered the t to the house. ,. not 'ifteen bills passed second read- A0 half he county attorney bill wak re- caus he bill toincr-. I u deeds in tl:e clerK or court's oilices. The amendment was proposed by Sen ator Lide, it -being pointed out that this amendment would protect the farmers and merchants who could not rush to the court house at once to record the papers. State Wide Prohibition Petition. There were some pentitions receiv ed from several communities as to the requesting of the passage of a State wide prohibition bill in the general assembly this year. Saturday the following new bills were introduced in the Senate. Mr. Kelly-To repeal- the lien law. Mr. Rainsford-To provide for a special course in bookkeeping, sten ography and typewriting in Clemson college. I Mr. Sullivan-To amend section 3131 of volume 1, code of laws of the State ofo South Carolina of 1902, increasing compensation of witnesses in court of genetal sessions. Mr. Croft-To amend section 389 of the civil code of procedure of the State of South Carolina, volume 2. A -bill has been introduced in the senate providing that every claim for loss of or damage to property and baggage while in the possession of a commtn carrier shall be adjusted and paid within 30 days in case df shipments wholly within the State; in 40 days in case of shipments from without the State. Where there is iio station the claim shall be filed at the nearest station where there is an agent. .Senator Weston has a bill to pro vide for making it a felony for any one to wantonly set fire, to burn or attenipt to burn any building or strue Ire i ' ns'red or any person ro shall assist in .is burning or t tempt to burn, whet or merel on be present or absent ivp advice. The House on Saturday d aye ome activity and disposed of a n er of local measures and killed two r three bills of general interest. In ddition it spent an hour hearing ew bills and committee reports and Icidentally unfavorable reports on ills in several instances were adpot A and the death of the measures re aIted. Mr. J. P. Gibson's bill providing ir a tax of $1 on all male dogs and 10 on all female dogs, 'n order to ecrease the number of worthless s was killed, as was Mr. Rucker's ill to require all secret societies to cure licenses from the clerk of )urt on payment of a license fee of L. A similar bill was before the" ouse last year and passed to third ading, but was finally killed. .Aman Succeeds Himself as United States Senator. Raleigh, N. C., Special.-The elec )n of Senator Lee S. Overma to eceed himself for a second te e Senate of the United States e feature in both branches of meral Assembly. The vote irt nate was 36 to 8 and in the FI to 26, Judge Spencer B. A ing. honored by the minority 1 e complimentary nomina(iou. The eeches in nomination wer mace it e Senate by Senator Kluttz ani nator Britt. respe'ctivly, and ii House by Reupresentatives Julhu a Grant., -n Gets B e 01 Macon, Ga., Special.-The amber Company was Tuesday r~arded a verdict of $9,448.43 minst the Southern Railway et al. uls suit was instituted in connee 2n with the famous Tift Lumber mpany suit versus the Southern ihway et al., alleging overcbarges. >ee'ial Masiter in Chancery Taltry bmitted the report. OppoEes Increase in Navy. Bcst on, Special.-A remonstrance ainst a further increase of the ied States navy, signed by 224 rgymen of variious denominations Boston and vicinity was sentt ngre.ss Monday. It is the belief miuisters that naval preparat' re grown so enor-nously as t ne a dis.tresiag.biurdcn on best nations and an actnal meni the peace of' the world. NEWSY GLEANINGS.. rhe agreement between Austria to l Turkey will be signed at once. a t marked increase in the cholera lemic in St. Petersburg was re-t ted. Z new airship trust was announced. th vill try to sell pl'ans of airships to/ ernments. iej ressels of the American battleship pr t were welcomed at Malta, Villp- to iehe and Marseilles-.P 'he Hill and Harriman lines m'ade an~ 3rado the battleground of ,their ggle for supremacy. - 'he Servian Cabinet, for the third e with1n a fortnight, tendered its t gnation to King Peter. e he falling- ofr in ocean passenger rie in .the year 1908 amounted to cr4 illion passqnge:-s at London. ho] erman importers complained that ter were receivin:. an inferior grade str rain fi7om American exporters. irn resident-elect Taft held a series ag; onterences with Senator Knox at the i , aT?garding Cabinet ap ga' ommittee of Englishmen, grad- bat s of Oxford and Cambridge, plans establishment of a Christian uni an ity in China, the ustoms officials were ordered by vo Surveyor' of the Port of New York P'M to accept free cigars and drinks alt 1ooming cean liners. l Socialist demonstraton-in bc- to of electoral reform in Dresden aut ed a riot in which more than a [re pesons were in.iured. DOL. Summary Enacted r The urgent carries approp $1,026.402, was amendment pro%, priation of $30,0 tribution of seeds of Agriculture. Representative Fo chairman of the Ho naval affairs, brought appropriaion bill whic occupy t P attention 'o for a day 0 .two. The bil appropriation f4 15,6 message from the sid nt mending an appropriation o for a commission to invst' conditions in the republic u Africa, was read. The Brownsville affair w before the Senate Wednesday. tor Frazier-. of Tennessee, spea iii opposition to the passage of measure for the re-enlistment of discharged soldiers of the Twen fifth Regiment guilt o had doub had bee wo hi I an i race. Aft a r Georg ceases the H approp amend the it those ments other pu A deb ereasing and dist the enti lay wi ;ation ha $6,000 1ea ,t th the sdopt he rress han After f o obtain ~esto >ers 1led d ans for. The,'Lincln W4 - rial Abraham Lincoln, was jded r. by a joint resolutiou passed by e sente after a nextended debate. Final action was also taken on the 0 ~islative, executive and judicial ap.te opriation bill, the Senate refusin' fix at $75.000 the salary of esident, previously increased )y an iendment to $100.00. The House adopted exactly as re rted by committee, the- naval pro)- ices imme for the fiscal year 1910, and naval appropriation bill was pass The cponen.ts of. the navy in- nea ase feature found themselves in a iy a >eless minority. The only vital al- inbmr ation madIe in the measure was the. iking out of the provisionl restor- g Inarines to naval vessels. The Washi tre nte anrcunt. appropriated by b e bill is $135.000,000. b en ['he increase in th..:- ' - YQrk, to/ -e rise to extendecd an e, in which members opportunity to air th Japanese question. ates were much in ev' ition to such increas orents of the pro e.at all times