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^^^^^j^^^^B^^^^B ^'?^ ^^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^ StanfoixJ White WAS A TRYING ORDEAlf OR HER *3Kith Tears Slowly Trickling-Down' ^Her Scarlet Cheeks, the Girl-Wife ? '.of Stanford White's. Slayer Relates! ;to the C??rt the Story of, the Wreck Pi Mei -Girlhood. .*Tew York, Special.-Evelyn Nesbit haw told her story. To^save the' fe of her husband, charged with urder, she bared to the world the ermost secrets of her soul. It was >_ same, story she told Harry. Thaw Paris, hr 1903, when he asked her o become his wife-the confession of ,i ineUwick;felt there: -was - inturmount- 1 hie barrier to her ever becoming the ade pfc ?he; man she ioved. In.:" the big witness chair she' ap eared but * slip of a girl and she ' l ijflie ^rjierry of her eventful' young ! in a frank, girlish way. As the young wife unfolded the arrative of her girlhood and told early struggles ?of herself and mother to' keep body ?Yid soal to tter"; of how gaunt .poverty stood er at the door, and how. she finally as able to earn a livelihood- by pos ig for photographers and .artists, .won the murmured sympathy of throng , which filled every avail hie, space iufthe-'big court room. Theft, came the relation of the reek of that-girlhood at 10 years age. It was the Story,of her meet- j giwith Stanford White, "the- story j ? the-sumptuous studio apartment-,J hose dingy exterior gave no hint of e luxurious furnishings within ; of velvet covered swing in -which one uld -swing until slippered " toes ned through the paper of ? Japa ! parasol swung from the ce?ling; e story of a'glass of champaigne, ! black, whirling sensations ?nd of irrored bed room Avails. Ia short) etold all the story. "Don't scream so. It is all over, t is all right," . "Aud this was Stanford White ?" The. question . came from Delphin Delmns, now conducting the d? se bf Harry Thaw. J'Yes, sir," Her Story. She told of" her arrival in N?w prk, of her life here, and eventually e acceptance hy her mother bf the ?-refused invitation of a girl ol the theatre to meet,- some of he: friends at ltmcheom The. girV's mother told "Evelyn's tfiotner'*"' they were'people in New York 'so?iety and^ perfectly proper, else she "wo'ild "not ' let nor girl go with them.' "When she came for me in the handsome," said the witness, "I re? member hoping we would go to the Waldorf. I had heard so .much about it and wanted to go there. But th? handsome stopped in front ctf a dingy lokbg bi?lding, and I was told to get out. My mother had dressed me. My skirts were just to my shoe tops them- This was in April, 1901. . "He was a big and fat, ugly man, I remembered his meeting us at the head of three flights of stairs," she continued. "He gave me presents, and my mother let, me go to other parties . Then he said my mother should visit s?m?. friends in Pitts> burg... She said she could not leave me. JHe .said it would bc all right; that he would look after me. Final ly she went. Then came an invita tion to a party, but no 0113 else was there-just two. 'They all seem to have turned us down,' he said,. After ?wo xhad dined and I wanted to go home, he said I hadn't seen all of the apartment and we went to a room ?with the mirrors all over the Walls. That room was a bed room. On a small table stood a bottle of cham pagne and one glass. Mr. White poured out just one glass for me, and I paid no attention to it. Mr._ White .went away,, came back and said: 'I draped-this room! myself.' Then he asked me -why I was not drinking my champaigne, and I. said I didn't like it; it tasted bitter. . But he per suaded me to drink it and I did. "Room Got All Black." "A few moments aTter I had drank the champagne there began a pound ing and thumping in my ears and the room got all black." Mrs. Thaw was almost in tears at this stage. "When I.awoke my clothes had all teen taken " off me.. I started to scream. Mr. White got up- and threw a komona on me. As I sat up I saw morrors all around .the bed. I began to scream again and Mr. White asked me to keep quiet, saying th?t it wr.s all over. "When he threw the kimona over me, he left the room. I screamed harder than.ever. I don't remember how I sot my clothes on. ""He"'took me home and I sat up all night crying." ... "Where was Mr. White when you recovered consciousness ? ' ' "He was on the bed, beside me, un dressed." . "What did.he say afterwards?7 "He made me swear that I would never tell my mother about ii. He said there was no use in talking and the greatest thing in this world was not tq get found out. He said the girls in the theatres were foolish to talk. He laughed "afterwards." "Was Mr. Thaw, excited when you told him these things?" "Yes, he was excited, and walked up ind down, the room. We sat up allni^ht. He said it wasn't my fault; that no one could blame me, and v_at I was only an, unfortunate' girl and that- he didn't .think' stay, lie less.of .me: he would, marry me anyway. Did rie--offer to marry you ag?in?" -r VJ "Yes, and I told'bim that if I did marrv bim the friends of Stanford White would laugh-at him and laugh at . mc. .,s they suspected our rela tions, if they did not .know . The witnesfrtold Thaw tnat it would ?fc&gfe VVC?I? tomarry on aoeonnt Qt his .ftSnti-vv B? . persistedm IIB.T? ' ? ; Indian Bill jPSsffi address on tire subject j^S|B ? ?jjj1^011 biiI> currying a ^SjBffi measure was pa*fciy revdr^toiajj} val of committe amandin r , fore G o'clock,-when it HHS parent that considerableS^|# to be. occasioned hy an ai^entf?ffl permit the government l^le^en duced-rates from the rai^^nit transportation of. rjroopiflHBuii for the army, and to aJow-^i?f L ficers an:- their familnfiSHce free transportation. Tifl^a^fSfr this amendment would be^i4b?adc tion of the- railroad . bli I. at ^iiie last session of f$??I?^,? Sena-or Warren in (Share^ pf. x. bill gave notice th^t ip ;: its consideration Frf^BfiHnat McCumber announced ?$$i\?i v ? rWove to consider pens^^S^^irda - Senator Nelson said ja^w?lcf mo for tl.e consideration ??f^$j<?) an ing the government l|^^_{|to a peal in criminal casf^sh?'Jenat( Cullom gave notice xMi%i?i&f?'&oi Friday he would pi-es^?fisblutioi of regret nt the deranwpe la Reprc-seh ta-t?v? MarsaSKBhois. Th? Senate agreecg^B^polutic offered by Mr. Tillin?BBB?-on tl Secretary if the Treasury,^ fUtto ney General, the Secret&?yj.?|ie Ii terior> the ?'e?r?t?rv bf ?&&?e at: Labor* the Secretary o^'^ngultui anti the Lter-State coi'trmfc-e'?L cor mission to,imm?diately^gj -op? ' tl nyunbctv?hd names of' ?ir^r?ons en ployed by them or uricBr&their ai thority during the ?sesKytfarVendir, June 30, 1906, or wh^^ now :? employed where no sp52*p|approprii lion in detail lias bee^fMcti to Coi gress fol^ such em^^^kt : th amount paid, or to hi^a^?'.v-s con pensation and* alloAy|ip?^r->nd specific statemeht as/tor.the '> natur oi the employment in*|?1S?n^ase, an whether such person^;-?a>3 in th classified service." i|pO? The resolution als^iaisKS for ii formation as to the i?h?s&r?m whic such employes are p?ia^^^? Encroachment 5t?re;^r?ightSi :~ Federal ' encroachment ph Stat right?, with the. Jap?nes?^ehopi ques tien ai ih? prmeipar?lus?ration. Ava l'h;? suujecL of an addVoss to- the'..Sen ate .by .Senator.Prazier,.of Tennessee ^:*lj!"Frazier sni*i:;cftir"-thi's* was- no a ^i^rftfi'that 'efrdc?rned Calif omi; alone, but concerned the right of ev eryx State to control it* domestic af fairs. If the Fed?r?l g?A-erhm?ht fy treaty would force Mongolians int< thc white schools of California a liki treal}' would force the negroes of Cu ba, Santo Domingo, Hayti and ths Congo into the schools of Tennessee in defiance of the laAvs for the sep aration of the races. He expressed the highest admiration for the Japan ese, but said that the action of Cali fornia furnished no pretext for quai rel Avith that country. The school board of San Francisco had simply executed a State laAv providing foi the education of white ?nd Japanese children in separate schools. It had been decided over and over again that States had a perfect right to make such separation; that the State of California was but exercising its legal and constitutional power. Hepburn Law Criticised. A scathing criticism of the so-call ed Hepburn bill relating to the inter state commerce commission Avas made in the House by Representative La mar, of Florida, who took occasion lo say that there -should be Avritten into the Hepburn bill a provision em pOAvering the inter-State commerce commission to take the* initative in righting a- wrong in railroad rates iv here a wrong is done. He; said the Republican party would aave.sat in the House for 20 years nore Arithout touching the railroad .'ate question if President Roosevelt ?ad uoc thrown the tssue under thain ike a bomb. The Hepburn rate bill iid not go half far enough, and was :ul! of defects, said Mr. Lamar./ Incident to his speech on the rail road rate bill the "gentleman from Florida reviewed the recent impeach nent trial of Judge Charles Swayne iy the Senate, and said that not vithstanding his acquittal "we have levc-rtheless a rascally judge in Flori la." He'said that it Was unfor unate for the people of Florida and unfortunate for the people of the jountry that the judiciary should be ?o contaminated. "But I can do jothiug lo bring about his removal," idded Mr. Lamar. "I can, however, !rom time to time, tell the House of his man's record." New Pension Bill Record. A new high re.cord in the way of he passage of private pension bills vas made when 725' bills were pass d in an hour and a half. The naval appropriation bill car ying $95,426,00 was taken up and tnder the - order of general debate ipecches were made by Mr. Lamar. >f Florida, on "railroad rate bill;" dr. Higgins, of Connecticut, favoring he creation of the White Mountain md Appalachian forest reserves and Hr. Mondell.^ Wyoming, on the imitations o^^ederal authority, and he AvithdraAval of coal lands from en ry. . i ? J. Fanklin Rixey Dead. Washington, Special.-Representa re John Franklin Rixey, of the ighth Virginia district, died shortly ?efore 9 o'clock Saturday at the resi lence of his bhrother, Surgeon Gen iral Rixey, of the navy, in this city, lis death being due to tuberculosis if the throat and lungs. Represen ative Rixey has not been in his seat his session. He was second in the ist of minority members of the na rai affeirs committee. Mr. Rixey intered the House with the 55th Con? itm and li?s been continuously a ?sjak? ? that body since that tia?. INSPECTIONJ? MILITIA Adjutant General's Office Has An nounced the Itinerary Three New Companies. ?he war department has endorsed the-itinerary suggested hy the adju s&nt general Of this State for the in spiration of the State troops. Gov. AnseY, ?ia? issdcd the official order; prep?r-ed by Gen. J: C:.Boyd, and the militia bf the State will be governed accordingly. The first*, inspection will be held March ll, at Sumter, the following 'organizations -.being located in that city: headquarters of the third bat talion of the Second regiment of in fantry, Company L. and the Second regiment band: . The inspections froid that date will be as follows: Elloree-March 12, Company G; Third regiment. Orangeburg^-March 13, Companies E and F,? Second regiment."-. Bamberg-March 14, Company G. [ Second regiment. ! "Barnwell-March 15, Company E, Third regiment: Walterboro- March 18^ Company' K, Third regiment. \ Charleston-March 18 to 20, inclu sive, regimental headquarters, hos-\ pithl corps, etc., Companies A, B, C, and. Dj Third r?giin?nt; . (i??rget.ow?-March 2?? Company F; Third ?pfa.ntry': Couway'^Marfch 22 and 23, .Com pany H, Second infantry. ?*immpnsville^-March 23, Compa ny I, Second infantry. Florence-March 29, Company H, Third infantry. . Hartsville-March 30, Company I, Third iiifaiitry; Darlington-April ?; Company K? Second infantry. Bennettsville-April 2, Company I, First infantry. Cheraw-April 3, Company F. First infantry. Camden-April 4, hospital corps ?hd Company, A-, S?eond infantry; New Brookland-Aprii 5j Compa ny M. Second infantry; Columbia-April 6 to 10; inclusive; National Guard headquarters, he?d quarters first brigade, regimental headquarters, first battalion and Companies B, C, D, Second infan try. , Cornwell-April ll, Company G, First infantry. Rock Hilh=-*April 12,. Company H, First infantry. Liberty Hill-April ?3, Company .B. ? . . m Fori. Mill-; April 15, Company ; .First: infantry..r ? - - - .'"Yorlviire^Apvil lg, ' regimental headquarters, headquarters, second battalion, and hospital corps and .Company L, First infantry. Spartanburg-April 17, unassign? ?nio?-April l?> Company . M, First infantry'. ; Greenville-April 19, headquarters first battalion, Company A, First in fantry. Pelzer-April 20, Company C, and band, First infantry. Anderson-April 22, Company E, First infantry. Abbeville-April 23, unassigned. Laurens-April 24, unassigned. It will be observed that the com panies of Abbeville, Spartanburg and^. Laurens have not yet been as signed to regiments or battalions.' This is because the new commands have not been mustered into service regularly, but they will be within a vt fy short time. The officers of the Spartanburg company are S. T. Nichols, captain; J. F. Langston, and .John T. Rhett, lieutenants. The officers of the Lau rens company are. 0. W. Babb, cap tain; W. R. Richie, Jr., and Adolph Schayer, lieutenants. . The officers of the Abbeville company are TV. H. White, captain; A. S. Henry and J. Allen Smith, Jr., lieutenants. Attacked by Two Brothers. Greenville, Special. - Saturday night at Piedmont Herbert Phillips, a white man was assaulted by two brothers named Bridgeman, just as he was coming out of a barber shop. He was struck in the head with a bottle and his jawbone was broken. At the same time and place Police man- Aiken was assaulted by Jack Fisher. Fisher used a stone. The Bridgemans and Fisher are cotton mill operatives. There is considera ble feeling against them in Piedmont and they were brought to this city and lodged in jail for safe keeping. Incendiary Origin. Sheriff John H. Dukes has made an official report in thc rv -e of the re cent fire at Springfield, Orangeburg county. Sheriff Dukes made an ex amination of the property and the surroundings and lie commends Gov. Ansel for having offered a reward of irJOO. The pillars of the house were saturated with kerosene, he writes, and there aTe other evidences of in cendiarism. One man' applied the torch while the other k pt watch a little way off. Georgian Indicted for Murder. Gainesville, Ga,. Special - The grand jury of Hall county, which was ordered reconvened in special session Tuesday by Judge Kimsey to inves tigate the killing of Newton Strick land' by his 14-year-old brother, Har ry Strickland, in the Fork district, Saturday night, returned a true bill, charging Harry Strictland with mur der." -?h>~defendant will be placed on tria? befoTitr^J?Mlge Kimsey. Would Unearth South Carolina Affairs. Washington, Special.- -Representa tive Gardner,! of Mai^lchusetts, in troduced a resolution rrovidiug for a report from the Department of Com merce and Labor as to what informa-, tion it has ,(relative io the introdua. t*on u? forolgn \?mn into thc Statu o? Mb MJtt? if fi| I Wat???,'' THE S. CAPTURE APPE0PRIA^OK3ni. ? . ?? ?' '?"?"AV "? .-. ' ..-. ./??...-. Amounts Given by thc,Legislature t Support the State-'Institutions. The total amount carried, in the ar. propriation bill, in $3^19,138.48 an the total increases .made. in . certai departments in $313,5^.03, the foti decrease in certain paragraphs bein $93,977.20; ?h?se fig^s*;vd? : il?t . ir cjud? th?. ?ppropriatiori-jof "?f?OjOOO f? the high sch?pf bill;; fdr G?i federate reunions and?$?5?0Q0 fb,t ai tificial limbs, the w^&xs nov; bein before the senate, and.-ir! passed, wi] have to be inserted bv^?mendment later. . . The increase iri''ttie^kppr?priatioi asked for the Unive^y bf Soutl Carolina is made because- of the nee 68sity of new resid^'c^for profess ors at ? cost ?f $10,00?/lor new roof af a cost of..$2,870, ;an|vs$3,300.fo three yearsl'n ins?rahf?^Sh; building and equipment!; .: The increase, in the;^pf^priatio: for Winthrop is for^'^e practic school, which bill as fparsed by Mi Richards and the inc'ri?se for th Citadel is for a paymentjfeh new bar racks, The. bill carries?|e -followinj Sums: . Governof's" ?fifceV $??,250.?U Secretary of State, $6,950.00. Comptroller general, $12,150.00.. . ?State treasurer, $7j450.0^--: ' . . . Superintendent of education, $5, 76Q.?? Adjutant an4 hisp?ctcKg^?ral $34, 40'O.0?; v^.f^-v i ?ttorii?y g?riefal, $5,87^0: v... State librarian, $l,85($fl0&' Pensions, $250,0.00.00... '%;{?. Railroad commission, $9^,00.00. Code commission, $400.00. r Keeper Statehouse ahdiVgiounds $l,4O?fO0;. ., - M Electrician ??? ?'ngihee:rJ??j?79.00 . iudici?i a?p?rtffi?htj $8i$?0;0?. State geologist,- ?,400.0d;.rV ; State penitentiary, $6,55(^0. Health depratment, $ll.?6p.00. Tax department, $63,000.0*0. University of South Carolina,; $60, 118=93,. ? immigration department, M/tfiOOM Wihthr?p; C'bi?eg^ $Q0f?;: Citadel, $34,250:00: : M Colorea Coiiog?; $7;?p0^0Cf;?? Hospital- for insane, Deaf and dumb, $27,900:00$; Catawba Indians, $1,700.00/. Water, $2,000.00. " .'j;1.;. Claims, $6,000.00. 'V. : Public printing, $15,000.00.si Light State, $6,000.00. - :^ Fu4, $2,000,00, Pas?bate Commission, $$Q0$0& Et?fc boote -State officiig-^^TO Extra books, Statt? cot?i^^^^^ - Pay si:?king ninil.rif?om)^ % Pay sinkiiig fu nd, .-f5.000.00^ State -board equalization, $1,^00.00. Superintendent registration, $6> 150.00.' Managers elections and'?' printing, $??300.00. Insurance Governor's Mansion and State arhi?i-yj $54.80, .Historical commission, $2,250.00, Public libraries, $5,000.00. Repairs and fuel governor's man sion, $1,350.00. Board medical examiners, $1,100.00 Pay commission examining dispen sary, $1,200.00. McDonald, $250.00. Stenographer, $50.00. . Museum, $100.00. State fair, $2,500.00. Board fisheries, $7,000.00. Confederate home, $2,000.00. Interest State debt, $285,000.00. Interest State, debt, $5,000.00. Board pardons, $800.00. Statute J. C. Calhoun, $10,000.00.. Surety bonds, $143.35. State flag, $50.00. Launch house, $500.00. . Grand total,, $1,319,138.48.. Must Pay For State Bonds. There was quite a tilt in the State Senate when Senator Efird's joint resolution to relieve bondsmen of former State treasurers and the pres ent State treasurer from financial re sponsibility from loss of $12,500 in bonds came up. After a lot of dis cussion the bill was killed. The House Gets Busy. The committee on banking and in surance, through Mr. Tatum, reported favorably with amendments the Der ham insurance bill on the openbjg of the evening session. Mr. A. G. Brice submitted a report from the dispensary committee by substitute on ? bill providing for the winding up of the affairs bf the dis pensary, under the provisions of which the governor is to appoint a commission of five to wind up its affairs. At the request of Mr. Kershaw, from the public schools committee, the house agreed to take up the com mittee bill providing for th? reforma tory building at Florene-?, and make it an adjourned debate bill for Fri day at 12 o'clock. The house is very jealous of this privilege at this stage, and these requests are frequently re fused, always except for exceptional reasons. The general bill for changes of sal aries of county officers was read. It is' a senate bill and there will be a scramble when it is reached on the calendar to get various changes in it for the different counties in the State. Dr. Wyche got his pure food bill made a special order for Monday at noon. Mr. Nash asked to make his p** " bition bill a special order and th* ayes and nays were called on the vote. The house was pretty evenly devided be tween those who thought the matter had been sufficiently thrashed out and those who panted for more of. the fray. The vote was 51 to 50, but A. G. Brice changed his vote before the result was announced and by one vote Mr. Nash's request was refused. Mr. Wyche called up his bill ab olishing all special school districts in the State execept in towns of 3,000 ao'dOaok the floor to defend it, ex plaininglhat tbfr, loose way the legis lature formed speciaJs^00* districts in violation of the costitution had already caused great confusion and imperiled bond issues! The State superintendent of. education as well na county officers bad flgked ipr this bill, There m eo miy .vagaries In fi? Spalt! tow tflftt \\m www to wipe them all ont and start and secure uniformity. Mr. Dixon thought it would leap in the dark'. Mr. Kershaw thought thc .would work great hardship am justice and that these districts jworkiug well and ought not to h terfered with. His own town of monsville would hot 'willingly render its special charier for thing. It would be an injustic the other schools because it wouli vide the working force of the coi already loaded down with work. The motion of Mr. Kershaw strike ??t 'the enacting words vailed. A subsintute hill for Mr.- Br bill regulating the sale of" Voe and other drugs, which is pretty s geht in its provisions, was passe . Mr. Brice's child labor bill .taken up in place of Mr. Dix( which was wihtdrawn. There wi majoriy report unfavorable and, nority favorable. Mr. Lawson, made the adverse report, move( strike! oft th? ?iia?ting words', Mr; Bfj?e explained the provis of the bill; lt added ? provisto] the bill now in force providing no child under 14 could be emplc in a factoiy during school term ur the child could read and write le ly. . Mi1.- Gyles supported the bill, th ing it ? ??ove iii the right direct Mr. Lawson thought...the1 bill compulsory education bill for Che tory people and if compulsory ed' tion be a good thing let us havi for all people and not legislate eil fot pt ?gainst th? factory people, , Mr.- Greer protested against any ?hat-would keep any orie ff oin w< Mr. Greer of Greenville Opposed bill. The cotton mill people are ? ting along very * weil. They h chances for education which are nied td people in tho rural distri ?f th? hours Of l?bof fire reduced income" of th?. ?p?rativ?s will he dued. lt would take children out school and put them in ?jie mills. Capt. W. W. Dixon of Fairfii the author of a compulsory att dance bill, favored the bill. - He spi at length on conditions in mill c( tnunities? Let the children he tau: t? jr???? ??ct write, By ? vote of 4?.to 37 the house fused tb strike out the1 enact ? words. ?d the question of order the hill to a third" reading the v was 50 to 38. ?' . Mr. Tatum's bill to amend tlie ? ^aw-was taken up and debate adjou edi; Mr:-Tatura made a very clear a :^^?t???lpM^ihl:iViion of '(lie b !^^^^^^^'--^DY^*.'*? . Jato 1 ^^B^^^il'jiio '??p'?iI eeda'ii] s WA^Xi?yi-\l\h'\\^\i Jaw.- '. :- . I There was' % spirited deba U' in i H?irs?, ov?f the Harley bi?l, direct at the hopes of Hey'w'ard county. 1 ' bill after an interesting debate, which Representatives Croft, Hail Garris, Garey and others engagi was killed by a vote of 58 to 51. 3\ Cr5ft of Aiken, made a feeling spee addressed In favor of the bill, c claringi that Heyward county was Augusta chamber" of cornnierce schei and thatNAugusta had raised the mo ey to carry it and spent the mon God knows'how; that Augustans we moved into the territory to carry I new county, which had been voted i already twice in violation of the spi it of the constitution; that Augus corporate interests were trying push the county into existence in. vi lation of the rights and the wish of the citizens of South Carolina. The House after a brief deba killed Representative Brantley's tv bills, the one requiring all hut Hf term convicts to serve on the counl gangs, and the other callina; for tl sale or lease of the State farms no operated by convict labor. The House passed Mr. Aull 's bi providing for scholarships in the te: tile department'at Clemson Collcgi The general appropriation hill cam into the House in printed fom and is of much interest. It carrie a total of $1,321.13S.48, which is net increase of $22,000 over last yeal The total is exclusive of the $50,00 for the new high school project, $1, 500 for artificial limbs, $15,000 fo State House grounds improvement and $3,500 for a Confederate Stat reunion. Much time was spent in the Senat debating Senator Efird's bill to re lieve State Treasurers Bates, Tim merman and Jennings from financia responsibilities on their bonds for thi Timmerman bond embezzlemen amounting to $12,500, accrued inter est." The bill was finally snowed un der by a vote of 27 to ll. In othei respects the work of the. Senate wai of the routine nature. Local Option Sure. The Senate did hot reach a vota on the Carey-Cothran bill, though il cleared the way for final action bj idng the Talbert straight prohibi tion ? measure. In this vote the State dispensan' people did not stand up to prohibition. The vote was 22 io 17. Senator Bivens changed from the State dispensary to local option. The Carey-Cothran bill goes over for consideration along with a groat mass~bf amendments from half a dozen Senators. The fight is on these amendments. It is likely that the amendments proposed bv Senator Otts, of Cherokee, will be adopted in the main, as these come from the lo cal option side. The effect of these is to limit the manufacturing to wet counties and to existing distilleries and breweries and to allow elections to vote out either manufacture or sale in a county or both. The local option people invited the Stale dispensary people and prohibitionists to join with them in perfecting a local op tion law. Child Labor Bill Passed. The House, by a vote of 50 to 38, passed a bill forbidding children un der 14 years to work in factories dur ing the common school term, unless they c?n read and write. Thc general age' limit under the child labor law now is 12 years. Contrary to expectations, the Sen ate did reach a vote on the dispensary -that is, it reached a vote on the Senate purification hill, which itTkill sdj 21 m 16, "'Blesse ?liangin?? his voie W\M thc bill for a pwUftffieutftvy purpose. The vote,- therefore, was re ally 20 to 17. This finally" .settles the matter so far as purification' is con cerned. It is now finally determined that if the State dispensary lives if will continue for another, year as af present, with a new board/' if Govern or Ansel decides after the hearing next Friday to remove the present board. The more ' tenacious among the dispensary people predict that the' Carey-Cothran bill will also be killed; j that the prohibitionists will give them the necessary' majority. The dispen sary people showed their weakness in making desperate efforts just be fore the vote was reached to a'djourn. The local optionists are more confi dent than ever. Some of them ex ! peet Senator Raysor to vote with ! them, but are confident of a majority ! with all the prohibitionists against them. \ Those voting to kill the Raysor purification1 bill were Senators Ap pelt, Bates, Blease, Brice, Brooks, Carlisle, Carpenter) Christensen, Crouch, Hardin, Haynes", ?jolliday, Mauldin, McGowan, McKeithan, Otts, Sinkler, Sullivan, Talbert, Toole, Wil liams-21. Those voting for the Raysor bill were Senators Bivens, Clifton, Earle, Efird/ Griffin, Hough, Johnson, Kelly, Laney, Raysor/ Rogers, Stackhouse, Townsend, Walker, ' Wells, Weston, -16. Senators Black and Gradon, foi' th?" dispensary were paired with Sena tors Smith and Bass against it, which aceoHHts for all the 41 Senators. probing Turnpike Trust. Savannah. Ga., Special.-Thc Fed eral grand jury for tbe southern dis trict of Geou^ia began an inquiry into the fcy?thods of the so-called turnpike trust. Assistant District Attorric'y' Ackerman presented a mass of documuiitary evidence in .support of alleged violations tff the Sherman anti-trust ' law. In addition to this a number of naval stores men of this city and Jackson vi I lie were examined. Reward For Whitecappers. Atlanta, Ga., Special.-Acting up on a p?tition filed about 10 days ago by prominent officials and aitkens of Habershara county, asking that a re ward be offered for the apprehension of unknown whitecappers in that county, Governor Ten-ell offered a reward of $50 for the conviction of each person implicated in the affair. The petition sets forth that several reliable, honest negroes were warn ed U?t December to leave their farms and that s??lion of the State. As a result a"'general ?XOdus -of negro la borers has. taker, piase fi'Offl-that sec tion and-the lack, of 'labor is-serious'. T?_^_._"_,'? Gainesville, Ga., Special.-After .deliberating since 3 o'clock Wednes day afternoon, the jury returned^ a verdict Thursday morning finding Mrs. Sue" Brocks'guilty of being ac cessory to the f/invder of Jack Col lins, former court hoi138 janitor, lasi November. The sentence of life im prisonment was imposed. Her son Foster Brooks, who was convicted ot the same crime about two weeks ag?. was also given a sentence of life im orisonraent._ Bronze Statue of Capt. John Smith.: Norfolk, Va., Special.-It was an nounced from the Jamestown Exposi tion officers that Mrs. Jos. Bryan, I wife of the owner of The Richmond Times-Dispatch, has given the bronze statue of Capt. John Smith, which will bc erected at Jamestown Island under the auspices of thc Society for the Preservation of Virginia Anti quities, of which Sirs. Biyan is a leading member. The Worst in Years. Philadelphia, Special.-The snow which began in this vicinity early Monday developed into a genuine blizzard, the worst since February, 189.0. More than 12 inches of snow has fallen and the high wind has ..lifted it in places to a depth of .hvee or four feet. The storm has seriously interfered with all kinds of transportation. In many parts of the surrounding country the snow irifted so badly that no attempt was made to run trains on thc schedules And consequently manv were aban loned. Engineer Dies at "His Post. New Orleans, Special.-As a result of an obscured danger signal on a draw bridge on the Illinois Central Railroad, Engineer George Coburn, of McComb City, Miss., who stuck to his post, went to the bottom of Lake Pontchartrain with his engine ind was drowned. His fireman nar rowly '.scaped by- jumping. Terrific Weather in the West. St. Paul, Minn., Special.-With few exceptions there has been below zero wea! her in this section for 17 days and for three days thermometers have registered 22 degrees below zero, in North Dakota 30 degrees below zero was common, and this was coup led with terrific blizzards. Engines, Boilers, HBO cms Complete Cotton, Saw, Grist, OH and fertilizer Mill Outfits, Gin, Press Cane Mill,and Shingle Outfits. building,Bridge, Factory, Furio mid Railroad Castings, Railroad, Mil Machinists' and Factory Supplies. Belting, Packing, Injectors, Pipe Fittings,Saws, Files, Oilers, etc. We nast every day. Work 150 Hands. Foundry, Machine, Boiler, Press and Gin Works Re-pa ts Promptly Done jiptjjn) Iii Worts & Supply Co Ai. Uv.-; I.A. OA. PATAPSCO MASTODON GEORGIA GHEJVIISflli WORKS ? " . ? \'itt: Augusta, Ga? Everything in Fertilizers, Plant Food and Ag ricultural Chemicals. Blood and Bone Goods, Fish Goods and Cot ton Seed Meal Mixtures.. These reliable Fertilizers have been tried by the-,; trade for more than a third of a century, arid their, increasing popularity attests their merit. Using them is therefore no experiment. Factories, Augusta. Ga., Pon Pon, S. C. 'Sold exclusively at Edgefield by the Ed a:efie>l<l .Ml err oa, utile Call on them for information. PH EN OM EN ML SUCCESS. muir f<-<-"^"i^^^mirmm^tm BABCOCK VEHICLES beat the world in qual ity, styl?, comfort and durability. They have no equals. Our sales ]%?Lor<e than Double all the vehicle dealers in the city of Augusta. Come to see us. We will prove it to you by our stock, and by our local receiver of tax returns and collector. FRAZIER road carts. HACKNEY wagons') CHASE'S fine robes. We sell you these robes at as compared to prices elsewhere. Carriage and wagon material a specialty H. M. COSKJDRYV The Carriage arid Hardware Man of Georgia, 749 and 751 Broad Street AUGUSTA, GA; J Having purchased the interest of the Estate bf SAMUEL TANNAHILL and disposed of the stock general hardware to the \ugusta Hardware Co., i will resume my old business of Carnages, Harness, Saddlery, Carriage and Wagon Material. Leather, Shoe Findings' Gum Belting, Gandy and Leather# Belting The largest Stock of Double and'Single Leather Belting in the city. Laces, Rivets, etc. Agents for . Studebaker Wagons and Moyer the best in the world, and at moderate prices. ' The liberal patronage extended the old firm will be appreciated by the nndersigned. JOSEPH H, DAY. 729 Broad Street. Insurance J^g-ency of C A, GRIFFIN &C0. Will protect you against loss by Fire, Death, Accidents, Sickness and Wind Storms. It will be a pleasure to serve you at all times and your business will be heartily appreciated. Wagons Buggies FURNITURE Large Shipments of the beat makes of wagons and buggies just received. Our stock of furniture and house furnishing!; is complete. A Large stock. COFFINS and CASKETS. always on hand. All calls for our Hearse prompt ly responded to. All goods sold on a small mar- * gin of profit. Call to see me, I will save yon money. GEO. 3P. OOJ3B. ?to?, . South ?woUaa.