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PUBLISHED THREE FOUND IN LAKE Whether Suicide or Accident is Not Known WAS FROM AUGUSTA Former Liquor Merchant of Georgia City Discovered by Officer at Day break Floating on West Side of the Colonial Pond, Charleston, S. C, Kode and Dead. The Charleston Post says Police man White found the nude body of a white man at the west side of Co lonial Lake, near the flood gate, Tues day morning at daybreak, and inves tigation showed that he was drowned. His clothes were found at the north side of the gate. The man was a to tal stranger, but The Evening Post, following up a clue found on his per son, verified the evidence that he was Oscar Villingcr , of 416 Houston street, Augusta. Undertaker Stuhr took charge of the body at the instance of Mr. C. j B. Reaney, who is- said to be con nected with the dead man, and who received a long distance message from Augusta to have the body tak en care of. Coroner O'Dor.ell hurried to the lake a few minutes after the call came to him from the police station, and he had the body removed from the shallow water where it was lying face downward and it was taken to the Roper hospital to await identi fication. There were no marks of violence on the body, which was quite nude. The clothes of the deceased were dis covered on the concrete curbing near the place where his body was found, I and the water all about was only from two to four feet deep, indi cating that ho must nave taken a plunge last night some time, perhaps with the intention of cooling off, or with intention of making an end of himself. Nothing was found in his clothes ?but a recommendation written in February. 1908, by a Mr. A. P. Padgett, of 1301 Broad street, Au gusta, an envelope that gave his wife's adrress in Augusta, and bore his name and general address. Char leston, and a half written note, con taining the words: "Can't write much. I am still nervous." The envelope found with his name on it in a woman's handwriting, was covered with illegible writing and a good deal of figuring. Words like "work," "beg," "sleep," "Monday," were made out. There is no doubt that the death of the man came about by drown ing, but whether it was deliberate or accident is a hard matter to de cide. The stranger wa~ evidently in very humble circumstances, and ap but failed to find it. It is possible but failed to find it. It is posible that he was overcome with weakness from hunger, and when he fell into or dived into the water for his cool ing plunge, he was unable to help himself, even in a shallow depth. The deceased was apparently between forty and fifty years of age. Comparatively few people saw the body in the pond, as it was removed as soon as possible to the morgue. An early morning oarsman helped to get the body out of the water, and the police patrol wagon took it over to the hospital. Following up the clue given by the envelope, a telegram was sent to Au gusta by The Evening Post, resulting in a message to Charleston to Mr. Reaney, a stenographer at the Bur ton lumber mills. The first identifi cation of the dead man came from this message to Charleston. It is understood that a widow and chil dren survive the victim of the drown ing. TURKS AND SYRIANS FIGHT. Row Started Over the Elopement of Boy and Girl. One man dV?ad, another fatally injured and several dangerously wounded is the result of a race rioi in which Turks and Syrians partic ipated at Springfield, Mass.. Monday. The trouble arose over the elope ment of a 15-year-old Syrian girl with a 17-year-old Turkish youth last Thursday. Joseph Alley, a Turk, special police officer, is alleged to have started the trouble by urging the Turks to gather and kill the Christians. Alley's skull is frac tured, the result of his share in the row. Sand Hurronill, another Turk, was stabbed to death. Killed While Praying. While J. E. Moser. 4 7 years old. was on his knees in a church near Chicola. Texas. Saturday nij;ht, Roy E. Burnham, 19 years old, his son in-law, arose in his pew and fired three shots at Moser, killing him in stanly. Burnham's wife, who had recently left him, was beside her father when the shooting occurred. High Diver Killed. At Beaumont, Texas, Charles Har ris, aged aboat 30, profesional high diver, was killed while making a dive into the Neches river from a 60-foot ladder Monday evening. His neck was broken. His home and relatives are unknown. TIMES A WEEK. CAUGHT AT LAST CONFESSES TO THE MURDER OF ENGINEER HOLT. Negro Arrested in Ohio Says Ho Did the Killing Because He Was I?ut Off the Train. Because he was put off a Seaboard Air Line train on which he was steal ing a ride, Solomon Shepard, a ne gro, according to his own confes sion made at Durham, N. C, Mon day, shot and killed Engineer Holt. The crime was committed last De cember, but the negro was arrested [only a few days ago in Columbus, Ohio, where his connection with the case was first learned through his protestations of innocence of it. The police had taken him in custody on another charge. j In his confession Shepard said he ! was returning to Durham from Ef I land, 19 miles away, after a visit to his sweetheart, when the killing occurred. He said he remained In Durham until six weeks ago. Shepard spent a whole day read ing his Bil.e recently and "getting religion," and when Dr. N. M. John son ^entered the jail to minister to a sick prisoner he called him to the door of his cell and laid bare the facts in the mysterious murder. Shepard says that in the night of the tragedy he was kicked off a train by a brakeman and was in search of the brakeman to kill him when he found him, with several other men, on the cab talking with Engineer Holt. Crawling nearer the engine he raised his gun and iired, the shot striking the engineer. He then walked up the track, and seeing a light in the Greenbtrg house, fired at it "just to scare some body." It was this latter incident that had much to do with the arrest of Reuben Barbee, who had had trouble with the Greennergs and who is now in jail charged with the mur der of Holt. Shepard says that he was in Dur ham at the time of Barbee's arrest and remained until about six weeks ago. He denies that he had a white accomplice in his crime. On the'strength of the negroe's confession Barbee's attorneys have asked for their client's release. HELD FOR CRIMINAL ASSAULT. Man Arrested on ('barge of Wrong ing Young Girl. WI.3n given a hearing in Polic? Court Tuesday morning, J. D. Degarcia, alias DeCris, was remand ed to the Superior Court on a charge of committing a criminal assault on Orrine Massey, aged 14, of Savan nah. Ga. Both parties are white, and the crime has shocked all Sa vannah. The testimony brought out the fact that DeCris, as he is best known, made a habit of going among the poorer classes and offering to get positions for the girls in the family. In this case he was on the way to a bogus canning factory to get the young girl a place to work. He took her into a secluded place and then committed his dastardly deed. DeCris claimed he was nowhere near the place at the time, but a long list of witnesses testified to having seen him with the girls, one other having accompanied him on the same mission, and having been left be hind under a slight excuse. DeCris is a brother of Mamie De Cris, the diamond queen, who several years ago, made most sensational charges against a Georgia peniten tiary keeper. There is little sympa thy for the man here, and DeCris' trial will be awaited with much interest. LAVS WONDROUS EGGS. Picture of Duck ou One and of Eagle on the Other. The Aiken Journal and Review has on exhibition two guinea eggs, presented to it by Mr. James Wid oner, of the Trad way section. One of th" eggs has on it a good likeness of a duck in a sitting posture, while the other has an American eagle em Mazcned on it. The likenesses are almo.-t perfect, and the eggs are quite a curiosity to all those who have seen them. The eggs were laid by the same guinea. They are normal in every respect except the pictures, which are in white, while the rest of the egg surface is in the natural brown. Mine-Worker Murdered. At Mahanoy City, Pa., Patrick Grant, aged 35 years, a miner, was murdered a few days ago on the out skirts of the city while returning home with his pay. His body was found and it was learned his skull was fractured and there were halt' a dozen stab wounds in his back. Several arrests have been made of persons suspected of the crime. Tragedy in Alabama. Doc Barton, a well known mer chant at Forkland, in Greene county, Ala., was fatally shot late Monday afternoon by W. A. Collins, a grocer, of Birmingham, who was visiting at Forkland. Barton is a brother in-law of Collins, and it is stated the hooting grew out of an old family trouble. ORANGEBURG. FREE TIE FIGHT AGAINST THE STEEL TRUST IS LOST, OF COURSE. I Ten Republicans Voted With the ! Democrats to Give the Farmers of the South Justice. In his Washington letter to The State Zach McGee says both the South Carolina senators took an ac tive part in the fight to put cotton ties on the free list today. They I in fact practically led the fight, the [amendment being proposed by Sen ator Culberson, who had arranged with the Carolina senators to speak. But it was of no use; the Aldrich machine, which is under great obli gations to the steel trust, voted It down. Senator Aldrich made the } plea that since there were large de posits of iron in certain Southern I States, the South ought to be mak ing its own cotton ties and the Southern senators ought to be against any effort to put ties on the tree list. Senator Tillman replied that as a matter of fact, the South did not make any cotton ties and could not make any, owing to the dominance of that business by the steel trust. Senators Oliver of Pennsylvania and Lodge of Massachusetts stated that the Southern cotton farmer act ually makes money off of bagging and ties because he buys baggiag and ties for about 3 cents a pound and sells the bagging and ties at the same price as the cotton. Senator Smith completely refuted this by showing that the Liverpool buyers deducted for bagging and ties 6 per cent, and then fix the price of the whole world, this 6 per cent being taken out before the price of the cotton is fixed in Amerjca. Senator Smith got into a spirited colloquy with Messrs. Oliver, Lodge and others over this point, and thus demonstrated to the senate what he could do in running debate. It was clear to all that he was a master of the subject and the best informed man in the senate on the subject [ of cotton. Cotton bagging was put on the free I list Monday morning, without a di vision, but the steel trust was not ! concerned in that. The senate voted down the tie proposition, 38 to 31. The following Republicans voted with the Democrats for free ties: Reveridge, Bristow, Brown. Clapp Crawford, Cummins. DnPont, John son. LaFolette and Nelson. ZACH McGE9. PUT ON FREE LIST, Cotton Ragging Amendment Accepted by Senate. Without debate the Senate Monday placed cotton bagging on the free list and agreed to the House rate of three-tenths of a cent a pound on cotton ties. This item will still have to run the gauntlet of the confer ence, the House rate being six-tenths of a cent per square yard. The amendment regarding cotton bagging was offered by Senator McLaurin, of Mississippi, aud coveted bagging for cotton, gunny cloth and similar fa brics, suitable .for covering cot ton. This action was followed by agreement to the entire paragraph, which also included binding twine, upon the free list. WILL TAKE HIM HOME. Rich Woman Finds Son a Hotel Waiter. Mrs. Robert H. Burnham, of Reno, Nevada, arrived in New York Mon day and was entertaining two women friends at tea in a large tip-town ho tel when she recognized the waiter who was serving her as her sot, Robert Burnham. who left Reno s> v eral years ago to make his own for tune in New York. He failed, and rather than send home tor money he went to work as a waiter, al though the waiters in the hotel where he is said to have been found are credited with enjoying large incomes from the liberal tips received. Mrs. Burnham will take her son to Ne vada, where he will manage her business affairs, bis father having died recently. Railroads Reap Harvest. During the months of January. February and .March last ?I?>T. per sons were killed and I "?,122 injured in railroad accidents, according to a recent bullei in issued by the inter state commerce commission at Wash ington. The number of collisions was 1,042. and 1.242 derailments. The damages done by accidents ag gregated $1,847.202. A White Garrison. It was announced Monday at Brownsville. Texas, that thi war de partment will send two companies of white troops to occupy Fort Brown, formerly held by negro sol diers of the 2f)th regiment, who were discharged from the service follow ing Ihe riot. Revenges Husband's Death. In revenge for the alleged mur der of her husband years ago. Mrs. Louise Labartia Monday in New York fired four bullets into Domlco Ver sagia at Spring and Sullivan streets. Versagla's wounds are probably fa tal. Mrs. Labartia was arrested. 8. C, THURSDAY. J?1 Bm is ore Death of a Strange Person Near Columbia. DEEPLY RELIGIOUS Rut That Did Not Have Much Ef fect on His Personal Habits, as lie Went Around Very Dircy in Person as Well as His Dress asd Hubits. The Columbia States says that J. Eugene L. Fields, aged about 61, died suddenly at the home o? Mr. L. E. Kelly Tuesday morning about 11 o'clock. Mr. Kelly lives on the Garner's ferry road, about four miles east of Columbia. On account of certain circumstances, the coroner was notified at once. Fields had. according to his usual habits, stopped at this house for a cup of coffee. Shortly afterwards he called the children into the yard and after offering up a short prayer fell into convulsions and expired. After an examination it was prac tically certain that Fields died from heart weakness, although a further investigation will he made. The body has been brought to the city and will ] be prepared for interment. The death of Fields removes a unique character. How he lived or where he lived was not known. He dressed shabbily, although two bank books were found on his per son at the time of his death and shortly before that he reported to the police the loss of about $400. He was always deeply interested in religious services and was espec ially anxious to attend revival meet ings. However, his life disturbed uo one and several times it was rumored that he gave to charity from the money he managed to obtain some how. The coroner is now endeavoring to trace his relatives and they will be notified if found. There is about $75 in one bank to his credit. He has been in Columbia 'or about 20 years, but few people know anything of his history and for this reason his former station in life will prob ably never be known. He seemed to think t'aat religion did not mean labor or cleanliness, and his unkept person, with long matted hair and longer beard, has often been observed in places of wor ship. His hat was always stuffed with old newspapers, for he was an omnivorous reader. SNAKE IX A DRAWER. Greenwood Woman Found Moccasin Ouilcd l'p. Mrs. Walter Riddlehuber. who lives about four miles east of Greenwood had occasion to open a drawer which had not been opened for some time. To her surprise nod astonishment, she found a highland moccasin of tremendous size coiled up in the drawer. How long the snake bad been in there is not known. He | wa* there and had beeu there some time. U s'ee...s ihat he could UH get out and being attacked by the jiangs of hunger, he proceeded to de vour what was around him in the way of laces and ribbons and had laid away a considerable amount of such things. In fact, Mr. W. J. Wells, who happened along about that time, helped kill the snake and saw that about four yards of lace was removed from bis suakeship's mouth. SAD ACCIDENT IX COLUMBIA. Popular Young Mun Loses His Life in the Canal. A. L. Royster, chief clerk to Su perintendent Williams, of the South ern railway, was drowned in the Columbia canal .Monday morning while out in a small boat. His body is not yet recovered. With him were former Chief Clerk Frank Harper and XiRht Clerk Hannah, of the Co lumbia Hotel. .Mr. Royster was swimming across the canal to a boat tied to the oppo site bank. Within a few feet of the boat he sank in sight of his two com panion.-. Rising, he cried out and sank again, which was the last been of him. Mi-. Hannah and Mr. Harper pad dled across to hiin, but could find no trace. .Mi-. Royster was from Oxford. X. C. unmarried and not r quite thirty years old. He had a promising career. He was one of j the most popular men in Colum bia. I"nwritten Law in Chicago. In Chicago Tuesday the "unwrit ten law" was sustained by the jury in Judge Kersti's court, which freed Michael Paccllnno. charged with the murder of Frank Sereno, as the re sult, it is alleged, of the latter's betrayal of Pacellano's sister. Train Runs Away. A logging train of the Metropoli tan Lumber Company ran away down a steep grade and off a bridge 60 j feet high at Eureka. Cal. The en tire train crew of four men was buried under a mass of huge red wood logs and wrecked cars and were instantly killed. J EjY 1, 1909. VERY POOR CROP THE COTTON PROSPECT REPORT ED PAR FROM BRIGHT. In North and Fast Texas Outlook in Better Than in Years but Little Weevils May Change it. The report of the National Gin ners' Association, just issued from I Memphis, gives the average condi tion of cotton up to June 24 as 75.6. There has been an abandonment of acreage of 7 per cent, according to i the reprot, making the total acreage 9.8 less than last year. Detailed reports by States: Alabama?Condition, 70; acreage abandoned, 14 per cent; crop very grassy in nearly all sections; plant small and from two to fcur weeks late. Arkansas?Condition, 76; acreage abandoned, 4 per cent; crop very good in west and north: very grassy and small elsewhere; boll weevil in 24 counties worse than last season, some fields being abandoned on ac count of them. Florida?Condition, 90; very little loss in acreage; most sections goc'. Georgia?Condition, 79: acreage abandoned, 5 per cent: crop grassy; most sections not al! choped yet; plant generally small and from, one to three weeks late; some complaints of lice and black rot. Louisiana?Condition, 5 6; acreage abandoned, 13 per cent; crop grassy; some sections in very good shape; but so many weevils that they are destroying all the squares as fast as they form; much cotton being aban doned or planted in something else on this account; many report, noth ing will be made in their sections. Mississippi?Condition, 61; acre age abandoned, 14 per cent: plant generally small; poor stands and grassy. Missouri?Condition. 86; very lit tle loss in acreage; crops late but good. North Carolina?Condition , 77; acreage abandoned, 4 per cent; crops grassy in most sections and from two to three weeks late. Oklahoma?Condition, 90: acreage abandoned, 1 per cent; reports from nearly all sections very good. South Carolina?Conditio:,, 78; acreage abandoned, 1 per cent; some few sections report fields grassy and not all choped yet; plants small and from two to three weeks late. Tennessee?Condition, 77; acreage abandoned, 7 per cent; crop small and grassy. Texas?Condition, SO: acreage abandoned, 5 percent; principally in the dry section,,where rains come too late; condition north and east Texas best in years, but weevils are re ported more numerous than usual and this fine prospect may lie chang ed in a very short time. South Texas had plenty of rain, plant generally small and from four to six weeks late. Weevils reported in large numbers, doing damage al ready.- West Texas still very dry ex cept four counties, some places have had no rain in six months. With plenty of rain this section will pro duce from 50 to 60 per cent of a crop. DON'T LIKE FINDING. The Firemen Arc Dissatisfied With Verdict. A special dispatch from Atlanta to Augusta says there is the '?keen est dissatisfaction among the fire men as a result of the decision hand ed down Saturday night by the ar bitration board, which was in ses sion in Atlanta during the week to determine the differences of the or der of Locomotive Firemen and En ginemen and1 the Georgia road. A. P. Kelly, third vice president of the firemen says that the award is an outrage, leaving the firemen of the Georgia road in a worse con dition than before they went on strike. He points out that it takes from the firemen what they bad be fore and gives them nothing of what they demand. It is his opin ion that the award leav.-s it pos sible fur the wages of white and negro firemen to be equalized by the reduction of the wane.-, of white lire men as well as by raising the wages of negro firemen. He says that the seniority which prevailed among white firemen be fore the arbitration proceedings is destroyed by the section which de nies seniority of white over negro firemen, it is his* opinion that there is now no seniority among the tire men of the Georgia road. Promo tion depends entirely on selection by officers of the road. He is bitter against Neil], commissioner of la bor, who, with .Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the Interstate "...mimerce commission induced arbitration. He say.- that Mr. Neil I has i oi dealt fairly with the firemen. Drowned at Atlantic City. At Atlantic City. N. J., James K. McClure. aged 27, a nephew of the late Col. Alexander K McClure, was drowned while bathing off the Venter beach a few afternoons ago. The young man is believed to have been seized with cramps and went down before the life guards could reach him. The body had not been recov ered at last reports. The drowned man was a salesman, and had just returned from a trip to Texas. TV REPORT DENIED SUMTER MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MAKES STATEMENT. Says There Are Only Fifteen Cases of Typhoid Fever, of Which Six Came From Neighboring Towns. A dispatch from Sumter says dur ing the past week there have been numerous vague and indefinite ru mors circulating in some of the neighboring towns and cities to the effect that there is now an epidemic of typhoid fever in Sumter. Thil ls not the fisrt time that such re ports have been circulated, tending to injure the health record of Sum ter, and in each case in previous years the rumor has proven false. In the present instancr no attention was paid to the rumor by the citi zens of Sumter until it was seen that if such a report were allowed to continue it would injure the city. The attention of the Sumter County Medical Association was call ed to the matter and they instruct ed their secretary. Dr. E. R. Wilson, to make a thorough investigation, which he did. and issued the follow ing signed statement: "I find that there are under treat ment in Sumter today fifteen cases of typhoid fever. Of these nine cases are residents of Sumter and six have been brought from neighboring towns to the hospitals here for treatment. In seven of the nine cases among residents we have been able to trace the source of infection to points out side the city, and in the other two cases the source of infection has not yet been determined. (Signed) "R. R. Wilson. M. D.. "Secretary Sumter County Medical Association." Thus there are today only two cases which can possibly be traced to causes within the city. There is not now nor is there any danger of an epidemic. The health record of Sumter is as good as that of any cHv in Eastern Carolina and nil re ports to the contrary are untrue. POSSE LYNCHES NEGRO Who Murdered a Farmer and His Wire in Field. A dispatch from Adrian, Ga.. says fighting in a swamp with a cheap, small calibre pistf 1, Rob:;!-' Jenkins, a negro, accused of murder, Tuesday held at bay a sheriffs posse until he had wounded two of them, and then exclaiming, ' Lord, have mercy on my soul," In.- droped dead, riddled with rille and pistol balls. Jenkins last week shot and killed George Ho well, a farmer, and fatally wound ed Mrs. Howell. He was tracked to the swamp early Tuesday. The wounded posse men were not serious ly hurl. They are W. S. Clements, who was shot in the toot, and V. L. Hall, who was struck iu the thigh by a pistol ball. Both live ?I Adrian. Practically everj man in the posse sent lead into .leldli 1 .: body. SPECIAL TERM ORDERED. To Try Negro Accused of Attempting Assault. The State says Gov. Ansel has ordered a special term of court for July 27 to try John Jenkins, the ne gro accused of attempting criminal assault in Georgetown county and now in the ponitentiray for safe keep ing. It will probably be necessary to appoint a special judge and the governor has written the chief jus tice asking for a recommendation for appointment. This will be announc ed later. The present law means that conviction of attempted assault carries with it the death penalty un less there is a recommendation to mercy. HEARING FROM THE PEOPLE. Louisiana Voters Want Their Dele gation to Resign. The Democrats of Louisiana have fired tlie first nun Tor true blue Democracy in the South. Declaring that the members of the Louisiana delegation in congress "as a unit voted for protection on lumber, in repudiation of the Denver piatrorm, and have made speeches in favor of protection on many other articles," resolutions were adopted by voters of Claiborne parish at Homer Mon day of an exceedingly condemnatory character. It is asserted in the reso lutions "our senators and represen tatives no longer represent the party that .-beted them, and they should forthwith tender their resignations." Refuses to Displace Negroes. Following the Georgia railroad's refusal to grant the union firemen's demand for ail white firemen, the Houston ft Texas Central railroad Monday answered the demands of the switchmen in Houston and refused to displace negroes for white in the yards. Fatal Accident. W. A. Wrighi. life insurance solic itor, accidentally shot and kiled him self Monday while hunting squir rels, near the home of his mother, J at Raraseur. N. C. In Retting over la fence his shotgun was accidentally discharged. rO CENTS PEB COPY DUTY ON TEA It Would Produce Great Revsnue and Give Very LITTLE PROTECTION Senator Tillman Spoke in Favor of Puttina; on a Duty of Ten Outs Per Pound, Which He Had Been Assured by Importers Would No* Raise the Price of T?-a. Senator Tillman roaue a speecb in the United States Senate on Monday in favor of a duty of ten cents per pound on tea. Senator Aldricb said be had no objection to a revenue duty on tea, to which Senator Till man replied, "1 am making my pro tection argument to you Republi cans. I have already shown to my Democratic, colleagues that no man who wants to vote for a revenue duty can tail to vote for this, for it will bring $9,000,000 of revenue and about $1,200 of protection." He argued that from both standpoints a duty ought to be placed on tea. After the senator had been speak ing for about 20 minutes, Senator Clapp, and after a little Senator Aldrich, came up and whispered something into his ear. Soon after wardjs Senator Tillman announced thai it was so hot that he would not speak further, but would ask that some data he'had be inserted in The Record, so that senators could see it tomorrow. The vots on it was, therefore, post poned till tomorrow and it is thought by many that the whispering and the sudden closing of the speech means that Aldrich and the others are so ing to grant the duty on tea, in some amount or another. Senator Tin man said after adjournment that Mr. Aldrich bad not given any such as surance but that he was certain the Republicans were in a quandry and if the Democrats stuck to him the duty would be put on. Seven Republican senators inter rupted Senator Tillman and showed a sympathy for the contention. Sen ator Heyburn of Idaho said that for several years his family had used no other tea than South Carolina tea. He practically announced that h?. was in favor of the duty and would vole for it. Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan said lie was not sure that there ought not ro be a duty on tea. Senator Smith of .Michigan, however, suggested that South Carolina ought to pay a bounty to tea growers. To this Senator Tillman suggested, "I do not think the people of South Carolina would be willing to tax the growers of cotton, ?orn and other products in order to help grow some thing else." He declared that be had been assured by the importers that there would be no increase a;, all in the price of tea to the consu mer. Being asked how much land there was in the South suitable for tea growing, he said he believed that tea could be grown all the way from North Carolina to Te\as. When tb* question of labor came up he pleaded for the Southern negro as against the Japs, and Chine.se. "It is just a ques tion of giving the people an oppor tunity and a little help so they can start even with the Asiatics," he said. The senator had some tea on his desk, and he promised to give Sena tor Aldrich, whom, he said, for all practicable purposes was the senate, some South Carolina ice tea tomor row which "will eool his In'ards and make him grant this little help to the tea growers." Senator Tillman was interrupted by the Rhode Island senator, who suggested that there were some ?lungs that ceased to be jokes. "He is the senate of the United Stattf and h< knows it," replied Mr. Till man. Mr. Aldrich made no furtb-r reply. Senator Smith of Michigan said he had been greatly surprised to find that South Carolina is raising 15 times more tea than did the island of Ceylon in 1ST.",. This discover; had, he said, caused him to be very, friendly toward any suggestion loos ing to the protection of that illdus t rjr. By a vote of 55 to IS the Senat? Tuesday refused to place a duty ol ten cents a pound on tea in support of the amendment offered to tb'; tariff bill by Senator Tillman. Uses a Gourd. A dispatch from Atlanta says Gov ernor .Joseph Brown, who was inau gurated last Saturday with unusual simplicity. Mondaj brought to tb* Capital a country guard, with a long handle. He installed this primitive drinking device at a watercooler in the reception room of the Capita) building. First Bale of New Cotton. ? Before the W.T. " prices Were rt^ (eived on the floor of the Cotton Ex change at Houston. Texas, Monday, when the lirst bale of the season*? cotton sold- at auction at $42!). The bale came from Mercedes, Hidalgo county, and weighed 3GS pounds. Th.> first bale last year arrived on June 20.