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SENATE PASSES "FREE LIST" BILL
"Unholy Alliance" Again Gets in Ef
fectiTe Work-Programme Car
ried Out.
Washington, Aug. 1.-The Demo
cratic tariff program was moved up
closer to President Taft today, whed
the senate, by another remarkable
coalition of Democrats and Republi
can insurgents, passed a "farmers'
free list" bill, after voting down the
original bill.
The "unholy alliance," as the coali
tion was called, massed in almost un
broken front, swept aside a host of
amendments, voted down by a tie vote
the original house measure, accord
ing to, program for political purposes,
and then carried by a surprising con
centration of strength a measira dif
faring from the house only in com
paratively unimportant parts.
Now the bill goes back to the house
and Democratic Leader Underwood, or
that body, tonight confidently asserted
that it would be finally agreed to in
coference between the two houses
and sent to President Taft.
No Certainty of Conference.
It is not certain that the house will
insist on a conference, many promin
ent representatives believing that the
bill Is not sufficiently changed. They
ae anxious to rush the first of the
tariff measure to the president.
"I am not sure it will be sent to
conference. I can see nothing to pre
vent the two houses from reaching an
agreement upon Its ftal form," said
Mr. Underwood.
Had Senator tailey, of Texas, voted
*ith his Democratic associates, the
original bill would have passed. On!b
vote was all that stood in the way of
placing the entire issue of Democra
tic-Insurgent tariff reform immediate
ly before the president
Bailey's Wish Gratified.
Mr. Bailey announced last night that
he hoped the privilege of casting the
deciding vote would fall to him.
Had leomtor-elect Hoke Smith, of
Georgia, been present to vote, the till
woid tonight have been in the presi
dent's hand.
The house free list bill was Leaten
on a tie vote, A9 to 39, and was then
zeconsidered, changed by a compro
mnise amendment offered by S'enator
Kern, of Indiana, former Democratic
eandidate for vice president, and with
Democratic-insurgent support finally
wassed as amended,' by a vote of 4S to:
30.
The new bill provides that flour.
meat productions and cereals should
be on the free list.
Provisions Kern Amendment.
The.Kern amendment provided that
this free admission shall apply only to
meats, flour cereal products "coming
from any foreign country with which
the United States has a re.:e:yro.:ity
treaty agreement and which sha1l ad
__ mit from the United States, steoe of
duty, cotton, corn, wheat, oats, horses,
cattle and hogs.
It is admitted that this provision ap
plies only to Canada, after the new
" ociprocity agreemenrt shall have be
come effective. Senator Clapp and
other insurgents, who voted for the
free list bill after the Kern compro
mise amendment had been adopted,
said tonight that th; amendmen-, ac
complishes what they tried to effect by
amendments to the reciprocity hill.
Several other amendments were
*adopted after they bad been first de
feated when offered as amendments to
the original bill.
Bagging Also Free.
One of these, by Mr. Gronna, of
North Dakota, insurgent Republican,
extends the fre6 list admission of
shoes to cover all kinds of footwear,
whether leather, or not. Another by
the same author, admits free Roman,
* Portland and other hydraulic cements.
An amendment, by Mr. Shively, ,f n
diana, Democrat, adds hagging to the
list.
If President Taft vetoes the bili arid
the wool tariff bill, both of Wh'en, it is
asserted, will be sent to him, the Dem
ocratic managers of the house will
make no further effort at tariff ravs
ion this session but will cntinue the
preparation of tariff bills l'or the reg
ular session next December. If he
signs the bills, the whole Democratic
programme will open up and congress
will remain in session until Decemnber.
.ASYLUM BURNS.
Eight Lunatics Die in Fearful Confla
gratio-Maniacs Fought Fire
men.
Hamilton, Ont., Aug, 1.-At least
eight, and perhaps 10, lives were lost
in a fire which partly destroyed one of
the main buildings of the asylum for
the insane on the side of the moun
tain southwest of the city early yester
day. There were 800 patients in the
building when the fire was discovereri
and it was only a well-trained fire
fighting corps and splendid coolness
and bravery among the nurses and at
tendants under Dr. English that
averted a more frightful loss of life.
There are four buildings in ihce
group within the asylum grounds. The
main building, which the fire swept,
is a four-story brick structure with
basement, 200 feet in length qnd
about 70 feet wide with wings at r-ither
tnd. The women patients, numbering
about 350, occupied quarters in the
west wing. The remainder of the
building was taken up with men's
wards and contained some of tle most
desperate cases in the asylum. The
women were moved without serious
difficulty to the adjoinig building.
The situation among the men was
more serious. The fire brork3 out on
-the fourth floor in what is kn$own Cs
section D, where the violent insane
are kept. Most oat ho men, guarded
by attendants, moved down three
flights of stairs; out of the fire zone,
in orderly procession, but a score,
driven into a frenzy by the stifling
smoke and the excitement of a mid
night fire, fought off their rescuers
with desperate fury. Three of them
after being carried down to the sec
ond floor broke away and 'Ied back
to the blazing corridors.
The flames in the meantims bad
spread down the hallway and were
eating their way through the tloor tol
the third story. The asylum brigade,
although fighting bravely, was handi
capped by the maniacs and was losing
control.
The city brigade, which had been
summoned, was then toiling up the al
most precipitous roadway leading to
the asylum grounds. It was nearly 21
o'clock before the :Urst of their appa-1
itutli was brought int play. The
firemen ran scaling ladders up the
third and fourth floor windows, where
it was believed some of the unfortu
nates had fled. They found it difficult
work to break down -the iron gratings
on the windows and the fire in the
meantime was growing fiercer every
minute.
Crawling into the stifling smoke the
firemen groped their way about until
they found a maniac. He was still able
to ,offer resistance and it was neces
sary to knock him senseless, when he
was dropped into the life nets below.
Eight of the insane apd one attend
ant who had lost consciousness in the
work of rescue were saved, and it was
believed at 3 o'clock that every patient
hiad been taken ouf'of the burning sec
tion of the building. The combined
fire forces had the situation well in
hand at 3.30. The two upper floors
and the roof of the east wing were
buxrned and the lower floors were
flooded with water.
As the firemen worked their way in
to the bmrned section the bodies were
found. Three were in the hallway on
the top floor and one helpless paraly
tic .was burned to death in his cell.
Four mnore corpses were found hud
dler together in a small room..
CONDITION OF COTTON IS 86..
Improvement in Growing Crop During
Past -Xonth-South , Carolina
Gains 2.5 Points.
New York, July 31.-The Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin
tomorrow will say: Replies from 1,
945 special correspondents of the
Journal of Commerce and Commercial
Bulletin, of an average date of July
23, make the percentage condition of
cotton 86.9, the h1ghst in the eleven
years of the special reports of this
paper. This compares with 85.9 per
cent. a month ago, or a rise of 1 point,
and 7.7. points above the ten-year
average of 79.2..
Four States Behind Last Konth.
As a rule, reports we're of a highly
satisfactory nature, and it is only in
North Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana
and Oklahoma that cotton 'has lost
from its high condition of last month.
The deterioration in Louisiana was
5.6 points, where too much rain and
the fear of boll 'n emil caused consid
erable apprehension; the other ';tates
suffered but littlt. Isouthi Carolina
gained 2.5 points, Ge::rgia 1.1 points,
Alabama 0.8 point, -Texas '1 3 points,
Arkansas 3.9 points and Tennessee 4.9
points.
TRAIN IS RAIDED.
IEighteen Quarts of Booze Found on
C. & W. C. Freight From
- Augusta
Greenwood Daily Journal. y.
The following telegram was sent to
Deputy Sheriff inte Major-by Assist
ant Superintendent of the C. & W. C.
road F. M. Doar:
Please meet No. 17 at the water tarek
and make a thorough search of et
closets and lockers in the cabons
whiskey. If the train crew willi no;
unlock the closets and lockers t:ha
will be your authority to bre~ak all
locks in order to make the search.
Armed with the above order to
searsh the C. & W. C. freight train
from Augusta late Saturday afternoon
Deputy Sheriff Dave Major enterel
the train as it pulled up at the tank
below the city and when he announced
his purpose it is said that the conduc
tor refustd to open the closet and lock
knocked the door (lown and found 18
quarts of whiskey. No arrest T:as
made as no one would claim the whlis
key. "Everybody on the train seemed
to be astonished that the booze was in
the closet," says Mr. Major.
It is said that upon the arrival of the
train here that one of the members of
the train crew wired the superintend
ent of the road that the whiskey had
'been found. The road officials were
in touch with the situation and the of
ficers here are being assisted by them
in breaking up the hauling of whiskey
on these trains from Augusta.
Those who are in a position to
know say that large quantities of
whiskey has been brought from Au
gusta here from time to time on the
freight trains.
YOUNG RUSSELL LAWSON DEAD.
Autoist Succumbs to Injuries Received
Thanksgiving Day.
Greenwood, July 31.-Russell Law
son, the young boy whose reputation
as an automobile racer was State
wide until he was injured so severely
last November that he could no longer
figu,re in races, died here last night at
the home of his mother, Mrs. Kate
Lawson, on Oak street. Young Law
son, who was only 19 years old at the
time of the accident, made a -brave
fight for life, but it has been known
ever since the accident that he could
never recover.
Y6Uihg LAiWson was making a pre
liminary run in his car, Ford 99, on
the track in Columbia Saturday after
noon, November 5, 1910, when the ac
ident occurred. While going rapidly
the spindie of the right fore axle
broke and he was thrown violently
from the car, striking a small oak tree
near the track, the blow fracturing-his
spinal column. He was picked up un
conscious by a gentleman riding be
hind him, hurried to a hospital in Co
lumbia, and though he subsequently
regained consciousness, he never arose
from his bed. His lower limbs have
been uaralyzed since the accident. He
remained In Columbia some time but
some months ago was broug here to
his mother's. He has been' growing
weaker for the past few weeks. He is
survived by his mother and two sis
ters here. Conductor J. MI. Lawson, of
the Southern railway, Is a half-broth
er. The burial was in the family plot
in the cemetery at Hodges this after
noon.
Mrs. Kate Lawson was formerly
Miss Kate Glenn, of Helena.
YORK WOMAN KILLS HERSELF.
Wife of Prominent Farmer Cuts
Throat With Razor.'
Yorkville, Aug. 1.-Mm. Ella Purs
ley, wife of Mr. S. L. Pursley, a prom
inent farmer living about eight miles
north of this place, committed suicide
last night by cutting 'her throat with
a razor. She had been in bad health
for several months, but had in no way
intimated her desire or purpose to
ake her own life.' The deed was done
between 11 and 12 o'clock at night,
whilp she sat on the side of the bed
in which her husband was sleeping.
An inquest was held last night and
the funieral took place at Bethany
church this afternooon.
Vacant Scholarships in the Citadel,
The Military College of South Caro
line, Charleston, S. C.
One vacancy in the beneficiary
scholarships in the Citadel from New
berry county will be filled by competi
tive examination on August 11, 1911.
For full information concerning
th'ese scholarships address the super
intendent, at the Citadel, Charleston,
S. C.
Next session begin.s September 20,
1911.
The Citadel offers courses in Civil
Engineering, English, Chemistry and
Physics. Degrees of B. S. and C. E.
conferred. It is designated by the
war department as one of the distin
guished military institutions, one of
whose graduates receives a commnis
sion in the United States army.
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