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r 11 ! : LEDGER. j Th Tirlow f?. Cartor, EDITOR, AM) MANAGER. j Wll " l WK.I>N KSDAY, IT.II. N, 1S99. asi The pence treaty nas ratified by *ir] the Senate Monday. It <j[ot only * 11 one vote more than the neeesnarv (>t two-thirds for ratification. Senator xo McLaurin voted for the treaty. i The vote stood 57 to 27. i^ CI - e : Dispatches in yesterday's papers 11 estimated 2,000 Filipinos killed in and 3,500 wounded in the recent hattle near Manila. Five thou- P* sand prisoners were taken. The *>l American casualties were 38 killed ^r' and 150 wounded. - , ? 'an Mr. McCrorev Paid the Losses. or ! ce The dealers in the Greenville , *? cotton, stock and grain market ; will not lose a dollar on accouat ar of the failure of \V. A. Porter I field v!v Company, the Washing- *' lull 1) ( ' Iipm. 1 (if tli?* i>(im<ai'n ; tC Jones VlcCTorov, the lortl a^ent j ' * of ilio concern, yesterday went ( d ?wn in his je?ns and paid tint deficit. The Portarfiold people pai i !'? per cent, and Mr. Me- | ? Crorev paid the remaining nO per . cant, out of his own pocket. I'll ? dealers involve I highly commend his business iulceritv and iiw de? i c? serve* n.11 that can ho said in his | favor as he ios not leirallv honnd ' (O oi :.i ?rally responsible for the los 5t'S. C( .Mr. Mot'rorey will in a week or . . start up the local ? ichanee 1 rc uipun, but i\% vot he has not c< selected hi* correspondent.? < ireenville News. .. Ir 1 ho disgraceful struggle orrr M the recent election of mctnhersof the slate hoard of control, furnished an object lesson that ought to he productive of good results, it reminds us of a prediction ? that Congressman Finlev, then a . te stnts senator, iniuU during the de ... "i hate on the original dispensary hill. Mi-. Finlev, it will he re- ' memhered, was opposed to the ^ disoonsarT, and ha gave his roas i -, ol on in language uhout like this: - , l,M'. President, the practical operation of such a law would cor- , l)i runt any government on earth. , * h( The correctness of Mr. Finley's observation has heen realized; hut ^ oil, that there could lie mii investigation that would disclose the length to which this corruptioa has gone.?Vorkville Knijuiror The Lost Found. Si Tlie Rev. William Aiken Kelly, the brilliant young Methodist . t'1 preacher, who disappeared my^ ^ terioiiilr from Charleston ah ?ut a 1 ^ month ago, was discovered in I tc Augusta ls*t week Tory ill and in > I" n delimits condition. Sevcial - I 1 yrju ? n_jo mv nao a Similar 8\|)CI'l- [ ence, but hi* ilisHi)i?earaiu:? was ' ni of much shorter miration, (ircen- , , Ik v i I It? News. _ ... ? Til I'. U \ V \ < > .s or OK 11? B" Thai modern seourpe, the (Jrip, poisons the air with its fatal perms, so that no home is safe (,<> from its ravapes, hot multitudes to have found a sure protection apainst this danporous malady in I >r. King's New Discovery. When you feel a soreness in your hones f and muscles, have chillsand fever, with >ore throat, pa in in the hack of A the head, catarrhal symptoms and co a stubborn oouph v )U may know you have the (irip, and that you need l).\ Kinp's New Discovery. It will promptly cure the worst I couph, heal the inllamed mem? M branes, kill the disease perms and prevent the dreaded after ef- ; feets of the malady. Price 50 ets and $1.00. Money Imek if not > cured. A trial bottle free at U Crawford Bro s Drug Store. m j fjgT" Subscribeto The Lrdof.r. . Four deatha from freezing oe- p, curred in St- Louis on Tuesday, t LEGISLATURE. FKIOAT. Sinkler'a concealed weapon hill i* killed after a sharp tight. Mc('ullough's hill to regulate icssnients with regard to get ig mortgage notes consumed e entire morning. The hill wm dered to a third reading by a te of 03 to .35. Hay's resolution to investigate o lease of the Onio River aad larleston road by the South | irolina and Georgia was recomitted. The senate paaaed the bill re-| ialing the metropolitan police' II, the only opposition coining! oin Ildorton. The house tonight passed the j nended separate coach hill with 1 le coach for each rare and a .3 l nt fare. Ragsdale wants trains j stop at all stations. The house opened to thin nendment at Ilydrick'a eugges >n. ,kThat this act shall not >ply to reatibuled trains not innded or used for local travel." i lie bill as adopted is affective pril 1st. SATtlUWV. . Columbia, S. C., Feb. 4 ?The uise today after a long light mk a recess until Monday night. The senate meets on Tuesday. Mr. MeCullough's tax bill relived its third reading todiy. The .Jim Cro?* bill was hold rer for amendments. Only uncontested bills were msidertid today. Mr. Ilydrick. had a bill passe.1 (arranging the seventh judicial Mitts. Therein no mention yet of the rptor bills. The appropriation bills are not ported. Mrs. Rot kin Sentenced. Sub Francisco, Feb. 4. ? Mrs. ordelia Botkin was today sen ireed to serve the term of her atural life in the San Quentin mitentiury for the murder of Irs .John I' Pennine of Dover. ! el., whom she killed by means ' a box of poisoned candy, sent irough the mails us a gift from' friend, and unsuspectingly eaten | / Mrs. Dunning and some of ?r friends. I lor sister, DM ra. )shua P. Deane, also died from j effects of the arsenic, with | hich the candies were loaded. egroes Who Left Greenwood Want Pack. >ecinl to Tlie State. (Ireenwood, Feb. 1.?Moat of ie negroes who enigrated from lis county to Mississippi nro miesick, arid are making efforts get buck. The Index today! iblishcs a letter from Wake! urner, a negro who left hwre ith one of the emigration parties id left his family behind, (irmly I having that in the glorious land which he was going ho would .....i-.. .. ....... ~ 1 I'II 11 iii v ii i ?iii-i ii ii M 11; 11 in MI* i |i| r" them. lit; now makes a toons appeal to his white ami lored friends for contribution* enable him to get back. Near I/nna, Ohio, last Satury, (Irani Blair shot and killed I Brorard, bis riral, Misa Bdary nderson, bis sweetheart and then uunitted suicide. for colds i and coughs and all lung troubles _ Aycr's Skerry Pectoral the standard remedy. It is now j lit up in half-size bottles. HALF SIZE?HALF PRICE. STRAIT ATTACKS II JUNIOR SENATOR The Retiring Congressman Issues an Address. CALLS M'LAUKIN A THICK STKH. Says He lias Been Treacherous to His Colle-igues and Unscrupulous. Vary Warm Language. To the People of South Carolina: Sinca inanifastos, addressas and exposes are in ordar in South Carolina, 1 hava decided to hava j a word to aav. The star player ' in the recent performance has been writing his own plavs, criticising and damning all others while painting his own park in j glowing colors without regard to | truth or the interests of any j himself. I hare decided it to bo (I my duty to keep quiet no longer j while he it allowed weekly to ex- i ploit himself and his actions , throuuh the leading newspapers j of our State. I shall eonlino my- | salf to a statement of facta that can he fully substantiated by the entire delegation in congress, and, in fact, all who ha I an opportunity froei the inside to observe rl.itu-lv the trend of matters dur ing the last six years. The people of South Carolina hare a right to know what u now and wiiat ban been going on behind the our tain. And wlien they lmvo lonrned ali the facte they will not be slow to make up their min is. The address recently issued by Mr. YY. A. Neal, it is well known, was not written by him. 11c was sick at the time and could not judge for himself what the effects would he, nor how despicable it made him appear in the eye# of both friends and foes. It it well known that it was written by John L. McLaurtn, who hastened down to Columbia from Washington and at hurriedly cum# away after he had penned this infamous slander, aa instrument of apos tacy, and induced Neal. poor, 1 sick fellow, to aign it. Along with other members of the South Carolina delegation ia congress, I haee been subjected to the treachery and undermining tactic# of the junior senator from our State so long that I had al- | most become used to it and did not expect to have anything more to say during the short period in which I will remain in public life. But there is such an outragoou* accusation against the "at ire delegation in the Ncal McLaurin address that I cannot longer remain silent. McLaurin 1ms his commission ' as senator until I'.MiJt, and lie may feel that he can slander ns with; impunity, hut I, Uast, will not I submit in ?dleac?. M< -Laurin m akes Neal charge: "In 18tl4 I was invited to go to W aehington to attend a conference. I was present J in Irhy's committee room when it was agreed to make John Gary Krans governor of South Carolina. There was oaly one man who raised his voice against it in protest. I was witness to the eceae when he withdrew in anger from the r (inference." There was no need for him to go hack four years to make an accusation of thero being a ring in Washington at the time which was running South Carolina's politics. lie made poor Neal sign a falsehood, knowing ut the time himself that it wan a falsehood, ami his only purpose could he to injure tba delegation here in the ayes of the people. Now, tka facts are thesa, and I will ha sustained in my statement hy every memlicr who participated, as well as hy Senator Tillman, who wm at the meeting :1 mentioned ? he being governor I then: Irby called a meeting of the j delegation without letting ua know what ho wanttd with us. Tillman, NenI and Evans were present. As ^ soon as the meeting opened Me- j Laurie mentioned that Koeeter, ) then editing The Register, and ' Bowden, two prominent South Carolinians, then in Washington, ' ought to he admitted to our council. Irby an4 McLaurin were then not on good terms on account of a scandal involving McLuurin, j of which 1 will not spaak here, | btcuuse it is too nauseating, and they began to quarrel, Irby da daring that ho would not have anything to do with a Populist, and brfore anything was done, or . ,1 the purpose for which we had been hrollirht tnnrptli^r iiinnlinn.,1 r ...V/MUV/IIVM, ^ McLaurin angrily left the room, saying ha would "stand by his friends " Matters having assumed this shape, Lutimer, Talhert and my- ( self, memhers of the house, also left, and there was not one word said ahout running John Gary Lvans for governor. McLaurin has become so notorious himself I for holding conferences and planning political deals, ttid is by nature ?urh a trickstsr and conspirator, I hit I presume he feels called upon to charge such things toothers. He. was in the "Forty movciiiinl," which has for i!s object the d?.-t ruction of the Keform pari v. lie begged l.ttiiner, Talberl and my>Vif to join him in a Populist manifesto to tlis people of the State it> 1 "d'l. saying that State wn- ripe and that tlio people would rail b?hmd that banner if we would join him. Ho denied this when he was running for the senate, hut 1 can prove it by both the geutlemen referred to. He cursed and damned the dispensary law hero during the Darlington riot, and wrote ths "Dear Appelt letter" giving Senator Tillman the "Joah stab;" yet when Tillman came on here afterwards he went to him and begged him not to fight him in his congressional district for congress, and disclaimed intending anything but friendship for him. He promised Lowden that he would run for governor in IS it 6 and encouraged Bowdeu to run for congress. il? made T.?? Reed believe ha was in sympathy with the Republican party and tlousobtained his position on the ways and means committee above older and abler members of the house. He has been, in a way, trying to deliver the goods, am i his turitl' speech was a part delivery. His fawaiair around tha president last summer and declaration that MrKinlcy was the "mod popular president since Line >ln and ought to I?e renominated by acclamation" is another part. All these things go to prove his absolute unreliability and his unscrupulous ambition. lie i* a Democrat only be cause he believes that is the way to gratify his ambition. I would goon and g;voinstance after instance of Iris treachery to his colleagues, and of his trickery, but this is enough for one installment. Let him dispute what I have said thus far and I will give him some more, and what is more to tha purpose, lot the people ! know more ful'y what manner of mat it is they have sent to the I nitial Statea senate in the place of the noble Joseph II. Kai le. .......r..u.. ? wi T i OPJWI i 11111 y, T. J. Strait. Washington, DC, Feb. 1,1890. llrnnty In illonil ilecp. Clean 1>1oo<1 means a clean Kkin. No | x?auty without it. Cascurets, Candy Cathartic clean yonr Mood and keep it clean, by jtirriiix up the lazy liver and driving all im piritica from the body. Itcgin to day to >anish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking t.ascarets,?l>eauty for ten cents. All druggists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c,25c,60c. Dr. mias'JPtotfM IHUm are guaranteed to mt?m mlautas. "Oss cast a daM^ Dr. Ml tea' Nbhti rr.asrvMenra KHBI'Ma TIUM. VIAK HACKS. At itrunWto, only M?. \ P ! Ci E N E UAL VV11K E LER U N SEATED. Three Other Congressmen Also i Ousted ? Report of the House .1 udieiary Committee. Washington, Fel>. .'5.?The is ' rpiiry ordered by the House of Representatives as to what members had forfeited their seats by reason of accepting other offices, ! ended today, with a finding by j the judicialy committee that Ma- ' jor General Wheeler, a member from Alabama ; Col. James K. Campbell, of Illinois ; Col. David ^ G. Colson, of Kentucky, and Ma- ^ jor Edward Kobbina, of Pennsylvania, had vacated their seats in the House by accepting commissions in the array. At the same time the committee determined that none of the members of Congress serving on civil commissions had thereby vacated their scats in the House. The judiciary committee has been conducting the inquiry ior several days ami after an arduous session, ending at 3:30 p. m., the injunction of secrecy nas removed. 3! I I, IJ O N S OI V K \ A W A V It is certainly gratifying! to the ]k 11>Ii< to know of one concern in the land who are not afraid to lie generous to the needy and seller in ir. The proprietors of I)r. King's New Discovery for Consumption. Coughs, and Colds, have gi\en away over ten million trial bottles of this great medi? ine: an I have the satisfaction of knowing it has absolutelg cured thousands of hopeless cases. A dim i l?roti< hit is, Hoarseness and all diseases of the Throat, Chest and Lungs arc surely cured Itv it. Call on Crawford liros, Druggid, ano get a trial liottle free. Regular si/.e iiOc. and ^1 Every liottle guaranteed, or price refunded. TWKLVE YEARS OF HIS LIFE LOST. Chicago Roy, Insane From a Rlon, Made Sane?Asks "Why Did You Hit Ma ?" Chicago Dispatch, 1st. Twelve years ago Charles Rurrell was struck on the head with a brick. Since than, until to day, ha has been insane and for a number of years he nas an inmate of the Eastern Illinois Insane Asylum at Kankakee. Yesterday Dr. . (I. Stearnea, at the asylum, aided by the X-ray, operated on Bur* rell'a skull. To day the cloud, which Imd #<> long obscured the IitrI?t of BurreU'e mind,had pushed away, and he began life where he left off twelve years ago. When hut a hoy Burrell had a quarrel with a playmate, who threw a brick at him. lie was dared by the blow ami never recovered from its effect* until the operation \ealerdav. Hr. Stearns put the young man in a chair. With the X-ray a skiagraph of the skull was taken. This showed ? thickening of the bone neai the top of the a L u 11 on the left side This wan removed in the usual manner, the foreign matter excised, and the patient was put to bed. He awoke to dav entirely ra / t ion a I and hi* fir it words were : 44 Why did you hit inn" Hurrell had been treated is u Wisconsin asylum and bis case was pronounced incurable. He bad been in Kankakee Institution since 1890. 44I)octor," said he, I'm a victim of insomnia. I can't sleep if there's the least noise?such as a cat on the back fence, for instance. '' 44This powder will he effective,*' replied the physician, after compounding a prescription. 44When do I take it, doctor?" 44Yoii don't take it. Give it to the cat in a little milk."?Tit-Hits _______ I Beating Olf a Dog. If a dog springs for a man, the latter should guard his face with his arm and try to meet tho a nimal with his forearm. With the right hand ha should attempt to catch one of tho animal's front paws. The paw of a bulldog is ultra sensitive. If it be caught, a vigorous squeeze v-ill make the animal howl for mercy and retire discom fitted.?Interview in Now York Herald. ti,? i>?. AUG uniiici liuuuiKiiiM, n uru left New York on Thursday, carried a large force of undertakers, grave diggers and laborers, 500 motalic coffins and disinfectants and tools She will bring home the bodies of the United States soldiers who were killed or died in Cuba and Porto Rico. The Yorkvillo Enquirer says the people of that part of York which was hitched en to Cherokee are sick of tboir bargain and would lie glad to retura to their old county. ? itiic/.t. n \H Arnica Su'vr. Tick Hi Sai.vk in the worM f??r I ! Cuts, Onuses, Sores, ITIeers, Salt. Rheum Fever Sore?, Teller. < 'hap I>?*!I Hands, hilh aius, Corns, :t 11 i al 8I<in eruptions, ml positively cures Piles, > r no pay r. ?piire?l Ft is guar* auiceii !o iiivr perfect sal is fuel inn or motley refunded Price - "? cm.is per box. For cvrlc l<v Craw for I ltros A fast tk and (). train struck :i two-horse wagon loaded with furniture, in which a young woman and six men were riding, at Kiverton, Pa., Friday. All the occupants were killed. + e It is ruinorwd that the :4d S. C. Regt. will be mustsred our of service and will return home from Cuba hv March 4th. i -f ? k bail storm ut Morris, Ala., last Friday was followed by a devastating cyclone. Houses, trees, and fences were blown down and railroad cars were blown from the track and some of thatn propelled a mile away. A number of persons wera seriously i jured. It is excessively gold in the west and great lots on the cattle ranges is faared. In some parts of Montana the thermometer registers 4M b#lo*t zero. In parts of Nebraska it ranges from 10 to 39 below zero. + ?Spartanburg has been called upon to mourn vha death of three of her very best citizens the past weak. N4aj. ,1 E Homar who diad Thursday; Dr. Will T Russell, who died Krblay; and J K Jennings, Es<p, who died Sat lrday sight. A. What does A stand for ? When . some friend suggests that your blood needs A sarsaparilla treatment, remember that A stands for AVER'S. The first letter in the alphabet stands for the first of sarsaparillas; first in origin, first in record, first in the favor of the family. For nearly half a "Century Sarsaparlisa has been curing all forms of blood I diseases scrofula, eczema, tetter, 1 rheumatism, erysipelas, blood poisoning, etc. There's a book about I theso cures?" Ayer's Curebook, a story of cures told by tho cured," I ?which is sent free on reouest- hv 1 "T *V Dr. J. C. Ayer, Ix>well, Mass. The book will interest you if you are sick or weak, because it tells not what it is claimed the remedy will do, but what your neighbors and fallows testify that it has done. Will it cure you ? It has cured thousands like you. Why not you?