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ESTABLISHED EST Ii WILL REACT. ?? The Currency Bill Passad by Congress Is a Radically VICIOUS MESS?RE. Senate Majority Surrenders to Forces of Plutocracy?La Toilette's Brave Fight Ineffectual?Wisconsin May Swing to the Democracy?Fairbanks. True to the Trusts. $ By WILLIS J. ABBOT. Perhaps it was because this has teen a fighting and a singularly ill tempered congress that it closed its first session with a burst of hilarity and nonpartlsan good fellowship "such as has never before been witnessed in the house of representatives. There were songs, processions, wild dances ? on the part of distinguished statesmen, general eulogy of' Speaker Cannon even from that side of the chamber which has been denouncing him as an autocrat?as, of course, he is?songs by members of the press gallery and songs in return from the floor directed toward the press gallery. One incident unparalleled in the history of congress was what might be called a battle of the pictures. A- big photograph of the speaker attached to a broom was borne into the hall at the head of a procession of members of both politi cal faiths, who joined in singing verses In his eulogy. Thereupon a militant Democrat, Hefiin of Alabama, looking upon Uncle Joe as a receptive presi dential candidate, discovered a por trait of Mr. Bryan in the Democratic cloakroom, attached it to a broom and, at the head of a procession of Demo crats, brought It Into the chamber. A struggle ensued between the two fac tions, each striving to hold the por trait of Its champion the higher. It was settled - finally by a Republican tossing the Cannou picture into the press gallery, whence It was proudly ?displayed. The Democrats tried to do the same thing with the Bryan picture, but missed their aim, and it fell to the speaker's desk, narrowly missing his head. I As it was heavily framed it might have led to a serious accident. The scene must have been a curious one to people uot familiar with the fa cility with which an American legisla tive body can turn from serious busi ness to horseplay and back again. Every five or ten minutes a messenger from the senate would appear in the center aisle to announce the passage of a bill, and at the tap of the speaker's gavel perfect order would be restored, only to have pandemonium break out again the moment the business was ended. The speaker seemed to enjoy it as much as any one, but asked the press associations to send out little concerning It, because, as he put it, "the boys on the floor and the boys ha the press gallery understand this sort of thing, but there is the diplomatic gallery crowded with . representatives of foreign legations, and what they must think of this sort of frolic stumps me." v The Last Hours of the Senate. There was less good humor and more dignity in the senate as its session drew to a close. The attempt of Sena tor La Follette to defeat the currency bill by talking It to death left a good deal of bitterness at that end of the capitol. It was a gallant fight that the Republican insurgent made, and I am inclined to apprehend that some west ern and southwestern Democratic sen ators are likely to suffer among their constituents for leaving him to make it almost unaided. Beginning.at 12:30 p. in., he talked continuously until aft er 7 o'clock the next morning, breaking thereby the record for long distance oratory. There have been other fili busters who occupied the floor for a longer space of time, but that was by aid of the device of sending long docu ments to the clerk's desk to be read, during which time the speaker had an opportunity to rest It was in this way that Senator Tom Carter talked the river and harbor bill out of exist ence and Senator Carmack in a later congress slaughtered the ship subsidy bill. But this year a rule was brought in prohibitiug this practice, and all quo tations which La Follette desired added to his speech had to be read by him. The fact that he has been for nearly two mouths a sick man made his per formance all the more extraordiuary. His only aid came from Senator Stone of Missouri and from Senator Gore of Oklahoma. The latter's speech was in no sense a filibustering device, though, delivered at the time it was, it aided the effort to talk down the currency bill. It was, in fact, one of tbe ablest speeches delivered iu th*1 senate this session, touching upou all present day Issues of Democracy, and will make one of the best campaign documents the Democratic national committee can circulate. It is not probable that even had the Democrats as a whole Joined La Fol lette, Stone and Gore the bill could have been beaten. A filibuster can only be completely successful when the day of adjournment is arbitrarily fixed, as In the case of the short sessions of congress. There was absolutely noth ing to prevent this congress sitting until next December unless it were the anxiety of senators to get to the Chicago convention. But a hard light might have compelled the amendment of a radically vicious bill and perhaps the c '-(-ossion by the Republicans of the p lieity bill, upon which the Democrats are a unit. There was a certain pathos in the In- I cldent that terminated the filibuster. | Senator Gore is blind. It had been ar- ? tauged that when he ended his speech S69. Senator Stone should take up the fight once more. The Missouri senator had stepped out of the .?hamber for a few moments, and Senator Gore, not being warned and being, of course, un able to detect his absence, brought his remarks to an end. The instant he sat down Aldrlch sy ang to his feet, secured the floor and demanded that vothib begin. Some Possible Political Effects. The day after La Toilette's defeat in this fight Washington was buzziug with speculation as to whether the bit terness which he manifested would not result in his openly abandoning the Republican party. This I do not be lieve, although 1 agree with the very generally expressed opinion that the treatment of the Wisconsin senator by the other Republicans in the senate and by the. vice president will go a long way toward making Wisconsin a doubt ful state thu year. As a presiding officer Mr. Fairbanks adopted tuctics that would make the late Tom Reed and the present Joe Cannon wonder at their own moderation. The only sen ator on the floor whom he seemed able to see was Aldrieh. and he responded to the arguments and even to the ges tures of that somewhat notorious legis lative agent of the trusts, monopolies and plutocratic forces with a docility that was amazing. He invented prec edents and shattered old ones. Per haps the senate never saw one of its members so thoroughly incensed as was Senator Heyburn of Idaho at the cavalier fashion in which he was treat ed. The remark was current that if Fairbanks should be renominated for vice president he would need to look out for the Idaho vote. The Chicago Contests. Secretary Dover of the Republican national committee reports that there are more than '200 contested seats for the Chicago convention. It Is to be kept in mind that primarily these con tests are to be settled by the present national committee, which is notori ously hostile to Taft. This committee will make up the preliminary roll of the convention, and these 200 scats may give the auti-Tal't people control of its organization. In passing upon credentials politicians are peculiarly cold blooded. Questions oil justice sel dom enter into consideration. All the hopes of the antl-Taft people center upon these 200 seats. For my own part, I do not believe that Taft can now be beaten, and I am decidedly in clined to the opinion that the man who should beat him would nave a sorrowful time in the campaign unless that man should be Roosevelt himself, and through a specially favored White House correspondent the president has put out another announcement of his purpose not to run. Democratic Progress. The result of the Texas. New Hamp shire West Virginia, New Mexico and I Arizona conventions added sixty-two instructed delegates, to the Bryan col umn and eight delegates from New Hampshire who are not instructed, but who are all avowed advocates of the nomination of the Nebraskan. The name of no other candidate was men tioned in any of these conventions. This gives Mr. Bryan 553 absolutely instructed votes. Furthermore, out of the fourteen votes of Connecticut at least six are for him. In Florida there has been some misunderstanding not readily explainable at this distance. The vote in that state is by direct pri maries and not by a convention, and it was supposed that the delegates had been chosen and all were for Bryan. But it appears that owiug to some in formality or irregularity in the proce dure new primaries must be held in six districts. There is no expectation. however, that ihe reported result will be changed. Seven out of the eight Rhode Island votes are his and twelve votes from Maine. In brief, the friends of Mr. Bryan may rely today upon 596 votes to Denver, much more than a majority, enabling, even should there be unexpected reverses later, the Bry an men to organize the convention. But there is no reason to anticipate reverses. The daily report of the ac tion of country, conventions indicate lisut there will be little serious hostili ty to him in the convention of the Old Dominion. For some time there was a rather general opinion that Louisiana might send un anti-Bryan delegation, but Congressman Favrot, who returned to that state recently, said that word had come to him that not only would the delegation be favorable, but that it would be easy to secure instructions. Congressman Pujo, who has not been ^favorable to Mr. Bryan, only the other day gave up the fight and conceded his I state. It has been an interesting fea ture of the discussion, particularly here iu Washington, that so mauy of the "leaders" have been somewhat op posed to this nomination, but that all concede that it is demanded by their constituents. The Rival. Candidates. There has beeu no change in the ex-1 tent of the support of either Judge Gray or Governor Johnson. Judge j Gray's friends ate making a canvass for him which somewhat resembles his own character, calm, dignified and houoruble. Governor Johnson is in danger of suffering from the misdirect ed zeal of bis spokesmen. For exam ple, the proclamation put forth from his headquarters in Chicago that the plan of the men who are leudlng Bry an delegations to Denver was to nomi nate him there and defeat him at the polls In order to be permanently rid of him does not come with good grace from it supposedly Democratic source. Every Democrat of lawful age has a right to aspire to a presidential nomi nation, but it is one tbiug to make a canvass for a candidate and another to devote all your pulitical energies to the effort to destroy another candi date. Washington. D. C. More Thorough Meat Inspection. A uniform enforcement of the new regulations governing meat inspec tion is to be discussed at Chicago this ^eek. ONLY A SOCIAL CALL. MR. AND MRS. WATTERSON VISITS THE BRYANS. The Greaft Kentuckion Says Bryan's Nomination by Acclamation at Den ver is Now Certain. A dispatch from Louisville, Ky., says Editor Watterson, accompanied by Mrs. Watterson, is on the way to Lincoln, Neb., on invitation of Mr. Bryan. It can be stated with certainty that Mr. Bryan and Mr. Watterson have been in constant correspond ence since the two came together in New York two months ago. Mr. Watterson was asked for an expression of opinion on the outlook, and in substance, said: "I am merely going to avail my self of a business call to Chicago to accept Mr. Bryan's invitation to run over to Lincoln. There will be but one real issue in the coming struggle. That is the case of the 'people against predatory wealth.' It has been very well put by Mr. Roosevelt; but Mr. Bryan, more than any one else, rep resents it in all its length, breadth, and thickness. "If Mr. Roosevelt were the candi date of the Republicans, there might be some question as tor the 'original Jpcobs' between him and Mr. Bryan, But Air. Taft can stand on no plat form setting forth the Roosevelt poli cies. He is far closer to the Wall street interests than Fairbanks, Hughes or Knox. His nomination means the Republican party wearing the mask of Roosevelt, but using the claws of Harriman, Morgan and com pany. If Bryan cannot beat this combine, nobody can. He is its logical candidate. All 'suggestions to the contrary are misleading. They are simply weak devices of the ene my." "You feel certain that Mr. Bryan's nomination is already assured?" "Mr. Bryan said Mr. Watterson, "will be nominated by acclamation at Denver. The only things left out standing to be considered by Demo crats are the second place on the tic ket, the platform, and the chairman ship of the national committee." Asked about the coming conven tion and the general outlook for Kentucky can be relied upon not to wreck their bark before she gets out of port. I do not care what the Lexington convention does except that it shows itself fair to all parties. This I fully appreciate. We Ken tucky Democrats are pretty good fighters, but in emergencies we know how to sit down in unity, and to smoke the pipe of peace. This is au emergency." KILLED HIS WIFE AND HIMSELF. They Hud Quarreled Several Times on Account of Jealousy. Charles P. Corlett. a prominent architect and head of the Corlett. En gineering company, Tuesday night killed his wife, Elizabeth, and then ended his own life in a hotel iu Wil loughby, a Cleveland, Ohio, suberb. The double tragedy is said to have been the result of jealousy. Shortly after Corlett returned from Cleveland, three shots were heard by the guests. When the hotel proprie tor burst into the door he found Mrs. Corlett dead upon the floor. Near by was the almost breathless body of her husband. A revolver lay near his outstretched hand. The man died a few minutes later. Mr. Corlett was 38 years old: his wife was four years younger and was a beautiful woman. The couple had quarreled recently several times. H.&9 S. C FRIDAY. JJJ1 WHAT CONGRESS DID. GOV. HEYWAR? VERY SICK Has Announced Withdrawal from Senatorial Race. The Columbia State says it has been known to his most intimate friends for two or three weeks that Gov. Heyward's health was in a pre carious condition. The condition, however, was not considered serious by any other than his immediate family and his physician until after his trip to Georgia last week. It was hoped that this trip would j entirely restore him, but it failed to do so. On his return from Georgia hi3 condition was found toi be seri ous, so much so that his physicians have been insisting for several days on taking him to a sanitorium. He has, however, strenuously fought this idea. For several days ho has been con fined to his bed and his condition has grown so much worse that it has been found imperative that he go away at once for treatment. Gov. Hey ward was too ill to be seen Wednesday, but it was stated on his behalf that he will not be a can didate for the senate since his physi cians. Drs. Mclntosh and Guerry, enter the campaign. While it is hoped that rest and i treatment will completely restore him to health, his physicians state that he will be unable to return home or to engage in any active work within less than three months or more. It is understood that Gov. Hey ward will leave Thursday morning for the Philadelphia Orthopaedic hospital, accompanied by Dr. Mc lntosh. SELLS LESS BOOZE. j Dispensary Receipts Fall Off Very Materially. Dispensary sales in Orangeburg and Calhoun counties continue to decrease as the weather gets warmer, or, per haps, the falling off is due to the spreading of the "prohibition wave," which, it is predicted by some who claim to know, will have the entire State in its grasp by the time the next General Assembly convenes. Prohibition is as confidently ex pected as was the repeal of the lien law before the last session of the Legislature, but the lien law is still on the statute books of South Caro lina. Liquor sales in the two counties for May were $14,518.20, as com pared with $15,577.70 for April, and the April figures were about $2,000 behind those of March, which shows a steady decrease for several months. The sales in this city for May were $0,208.45, against 16,941.30 for April. Should the Supreme Court decide that Calhoun County is dry and pro hibit, the Orangebnrg County board from shipping liquors into Calhoun the sales from this county's central, or wholesale, dispensary will be still further diminished to the extent of about $5,000 per month. Elephant Kills Horse Seizing a horse with its trunk, an enraged elephant in a circus which left New Albany. Ind., Tuesday dash ed the animal against the ground until it had pounded the animal's brain out. The show men were load ing the animals on the train when the elephant ventured too near a horse that kicked it. Dollar Stopped the Bullet. Brice McLeod owes his life to the fact that lie carried a silver dollar in the watch pocket of his trousers. While in Paragould. Ark., recently a negro fired at him but the ball flat tened against the silver and stopped there. The negro escaped. m 12, 1908. ?McCutcheon in Chicago Tribun BADLY INVOLVED. THREE SPARTANBURG INSUR ANCE COMPANIES IN BAD SHAPE. All the Profits Eaten Up by the Ex penses, Which Was Mostly High Salaries. According to a statement of In surance Commissioner McMaster Tuesday, the affairs of three mutual fire companies at Spartanburg are in volved and on the face of the re turns it looks as if there has been mismanagement of the funds. In the case of the Carolina Mutual under control of Stanyarne Wilsou, outstanded contested claims on July 1, 1907 .amounted to $9,367, and adjusted claims on the same date to $35,897. The amount that should have been realized was $18,848, and the actual amount -realized $10,667. Contested claims on January 1, I90o. amounted to $23,374 and additional adjusted claims to $11,871. The account that should have been realiz ed was $10,528 and the actual amount realized $5,485. The amount of outstanding claims on May 25, was $39,437. An examination of the Carolina Mutual's books shows that between January 1, 1907, and June 6, 100S, $69,342 were collected from all sources. Losses in that period were $38,464. The difference between the amount received and that paid out in losses excepting $891 was consuin ct in expenses which were extraor dinarily high. Mr. McMaster shows where Wilson received a salary of $300 a month through 1907 and up to March of the current year. After he resigned as president he got $200 a month as attorney. He also took $1.000 for back salary in 1905-06. Up to November J. M. Whatley re ceived $100 a month and expenses as adjuster and since then $125 a month and expenses. In Maich Whatley succeeded Wilson as presi dent. The secretary, Miss D. Calla han. drew $1,300 in salary for 1907. Wilson's stenographer, Miss M. Ful mer, drew $15 a week as assistant secretary. A. M. Alexander man"ges the Pied mont Mutual and Palmetto Mutual at Spartanburg. No minutes of the Piedmont have been kept since May 6, 1907. At that, meeting the direc tors were A. M. Alexander. I). B. Alexander, W. G. Barnes and Dr. H. B. Goodell. No ledger nor cash books were kept, policy records be ing the only account obtainable. Mr. McMaster declares it is impossible to find out how, why and where the money were expended and Alexander can not say definitely. D. B. Alexan der drew $100 a month and expenses as adjuster, and A. W. Whitlock $15 a week as secretary. Other items of expense can not be given at this time. Judgments are on file in the of fice of the clerk of court at Spartan burg against both the Piedmont Mu tual and the Palmetto Mutual. The commissioner has not finished his searching investigations. BANDITS ATTACK PACK TRAIN Four Guards Were Killed and Four Tliosands Dollars Taken. A dispatch from Mexico City says word came Wednesday night that bandits attacked a pack train on the way to Los Grandes mines, neat Balsa, in the State of Guerrero. Of the escort of four men three were killed and one wounded. Four thous and dollars were captured. Rurales are in pursuit of the highwaymen. wtm CUT AT CHURCH DOOR PRIEST STABBED WHILE SHAK ING HANDS IN CHURCH. Attack on Pastor Created a Panic in Missouri, and Two More Were Slash ed by Wealthy Farmer. Standing in the doorway of his church at Salisbury, Mo., shaking hands with the departing members of his congregation, the Rev. Father Joseph F. Lubeley was twice stabbed by Joseph Schuette, a prosperous farmer and one of the most promin ent members of his congregation. One of the knife thrusts made a deep wound in the priest's temple and the other cut his neck iess than a half inch from the jugular vein. The priest was hurried to a hospital where it was stated he has a fighting chance for recovery. Created a Panic. The stabbing of the priest caused a panic among the men and women who were filing out of the church, as practically all of them knew Schuette and the members of his family, who were standing close by when the far mer whipped out his long knife. His wife and- five children reached the door in time to see a dozen men sit ting on the raving man, trying to subdue him. It is evident that the farmer became suddenly insane, as he had no reason for his attack on Hie r.riest, and in addition had been acting queerly for a few days previ ous. ? , The police of Salisbury also are [convinced Schuette is insane. He has been raving almost constantly since he was locked up. Later he was sent to a sanitarium until he recovers his r?ason. Attacked From Behind. The priest had finished his mass and had walked to the door of the church to shake hands with the members of his parish as they left the building. There were about 400 worshipers present and they were headed toward the door in small groups; Father Lubley was shaking hands with a woman when Schuette came up from behind. In his hand there was a sharp knife and just as the priest dropped the hand of the woman he felt a sharp cut on the forehead. With an exclamation of pain Father Lubley turned around and as be did so the knife made a deep wound in his neck. The priest reeled and fell to 'the floor, blood streaming from his wounds. The members of the congregation seemed stunned for a moment and then wo men screamed hysterically and rush ed hastily to the street. Most of the men also seemed be wildered, but about a dozen of the worshipers grappled with Schuette. He struck out wildly with his knife and cut the hand of Mrs. Barbara Binter, who was trying to pass through the door. John Gates, one of those who overpowered the far mer, was slashed on the elbow. Schuette was one of the wealthiest farmers of Salisbury. One of his daughters was a chum of Father Lub eley's cousin, who lived with the priest. The two young women visit ed each/other frequently, and Father Lubeley also dined often in the home of the man who stabbed him. THE FIRST VICTIM Caught in^ the Undertow and Drown ed at Tybee. The treacherous tides of Tybee Beach have claimed their first vic tim early this season. Fritz Sch walb, a young man about 19 years of age, was downed there Sundav afternoon v'-,!e enjoying a su T b.iih. He and a companion went into the surf late in the afternoon when the tide was going out at a great rate of speed. The young man got into the undertow and before he realized his danger he was being carried out to sea. When he found that he was iu danger of drowning he grabbed his companion by his bathing suit and clung to him with desperation writ ten nppfi his face Mr. John Seigers, who was with the victim of tbe surf, came near be ing carried down with him and only wrenched himself from the grasp of the drowning man by the greatest effort. His clothes were partly torn from his back before he succeeded in breaking the young man's hold. After that he did all he could to save him. but was unsuccessful. .There were several people in I lath ing at the time and there were large crowds on the beach, but the drown ing did not create a great deal of ex citemf nt in any part of the island ex cept in the immediate vicinity in which it occurred. The body of the young man was carried out to sea. SHOT THROUGH SCREEN DOOR. Prominent Attorney in Florida As sassinated While at Supper. At Arcadia. Fla., C W. Foster, a prominent attorney, was assassinat ed at 7 o'clock last Friday night at the supper table with his family. The assassin stole up to the screen door of the house and fired a full charge of shot from a shotgun Into his body killing him instantly. There is no clue to the murderer. Sheriff Freeman has wired for bloodhounds and the entire town is aroused and posses have been formed, and have started out in all directions, ff the murderer is captured a lynching is feared. ????? ? I $1.50 PEE ANNUM.. CAUSED BY MILK. Eight Million People Doomed to Be Killed by the GREAT WHITE PLAGUE. Costs Over $4,000,000 to Care For and Bury Victims?League Dis" cusses Action?Anti-Tuberculosis Workers in Favor of Wiping Out All Infected Cattle. The "Great White Plague" seems likely Lo lose some of its greatness as the result of the national conven tion of the American Anti-Tubercu losis League which closed at St. Louis recently. The principal demand of the convention was for legislation:, against defective cows, it being as serted that about 99 per cent of the consumptives in the United States contract their tuberculosis in raw milk. Opposing factions, one advocating; the isolation plan for the treatment of consumptives and the other defend ing the present policy of treating the* disease in cities, were in combat at the closing session. The controversy assumed the form of a debate, Dr. Walter G. Tyzzer, superintendent of the Mayfield Sanitarium, of St. Louis, representing the isolation advocates,, and Dr. Joseph E. Chambers, presi dent of the Hippocratean College of Medicine, of St. Louis, representing: the other faction. The subject of the debate was: "Resolved, That tuberculosis canu be more effectively treated in the isolated arid regions than in hospi tals in cities." ?The honors were about even, but Dr. Tyzzer had the more meritorious side of the argument, apparently, as the majority of the delegates not personally interested In some city in stitution were in his faction. "Raw Milk" was the title of a pa per submitted by Nathan Straus, the New York philanthropist. It was an able paper, covering the raw mills subject thoroughly, and closing with the following three deductions: "1. That tuberculosis is nprevent able disease. "2. That raw milk is the common: cause of tuberculosis. "3. That the peril of tuherculosis in milk can be absolutely removed by proper pasteurization." Ernest J. Lederle, former Com missioner of Health of New York, submitted a paper entitled, "Eublic Milk Supples, with Special Reference to the Tuberculosis Problem." He stated that tuberculosis was now very prevalent among milk cows and in creasing, and urged legislation aimed at such cousumptive cows. C. W. Saleeby, of London, Eng land, spoke on "Potential Homicide, the Greatest Menace of the Humart Race.1" "Sterilization, valuable as it is as. a final safeguard against tuberculosis, is, after all," said Dr. Donohue, "only an expedient and must not be put into so much prominence that the ?importance of the other safeguard be lost sight of. Beyond any puestion, the ultimate advantage lies in ob taining milk from cattle free from* disease. It is a fact comparable with the advantage of obtaining drinking water from pure source instead of taking it from a contami nated one and relying upon purifica tion afterwards." Dr. W. H. Mayfield, general secre tary and executive officer of the American Anti-Tuberculosis League, predicted in his address that "he fore long there will be state and na tional laws requiring that inspectors shall duly examine every cow whose milk is offered for human use, and every animal ascertained to be afflict ed even in the slightest degree witl> the tubercle bacilli shall be marked3 for destruction. "The mere money cost to the Unit ed States or the plague of tubercu losis overshadows all other expendi tures," continued Dr. Mayfield. "The> first five years the United States army occupied the Philippines the cost was about $200,000,000; the* second five years $125,000,000. or a? total of $325,000,000. In 1907 our army and navy cost taxpayers $222, 000.000. and with the pension roll lor that year added, makes out this sum to $384,000,000. This is 67 per cent of the nation's income for war or its expense.-. These two amounts added together give a total of $709,000,000. These are colossal figures, but in comparison with the following they are as electric light to sunlight. "Medical science is authority for the statement that out of the 80, 000.000 of people belonging to the United States 8,000,000 are doomed to die of consumption . Without con sidering the cost these have been ta their parents, or thousands of help less orphans these deaths will send to public institutions, or computing the profits thai would accrue if they were allowed to live, and without re ferring to the distress, despair and human agony accompanying their taking off. the amount in mere dol lars, incident to their demise, is simply appalling. "Egmating that $44)0 must be spent upon each victim so afflicted? land the amount is often $4,000? and reckoning the burial expenses. at S200?which Is below the actual average cost?we have a loss ot $600 per capita on 8,000,000 of peo ple, or the unthinkable amouut ot more than $4,000,000,0001" ,_,