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V, t-- 1 --- - - - - - - MANNING, (2., WED.NESDAY j 'x i O.7 THE STATE SENATF. WOPK DONE IN THE BOEY DURING THE PAST WEEK. What Has Bsen Done ln the way cf Leg Isiation During the Fain Week by the tpper Brarch of the L-g'slatur,. On Monday an invitation was ex tended the Serate to visit Clemson College on WeC uesdsv, 19.h instant, Lee's birthday. Mr. Norris urged the acceptance of the invitation and said I he thought it tbe duty of the general assembly to visit the varices State in stitutions It was true that an invita tien to visit the South Carolina Col lege had been accepted for that day,' but said he, this invitation was in the city and c:u'd be inspected at any time, while Wedaes-ay was the only legal holiday the legislature would have during this session. After some discussion Mr. Archer demanded an aye and nay vote on the acceptance, which resulted in only Senators Arch er, Alexander, Conner, Douglas. ; Miller and Walkes voting in the neg ative. Mr. Brown's bill to author'z' uni versities and colleges of this State to provide a course of study and confer the degree of licentiste of instruction. which shall authcriza their graduates to teach in the free public schools of the State without examination was passed. The governor trats nitted to the senate the finding of the court of in quiry into the disturbance between militia and students last summer on the college grounds. Oa motion of Mr. Henderson it was referred to the committee on military. Mr. Henderson's bill to facilitate and economize the enforcement of the criminal law in this State came up for a second reading and passed. On Tuesday Mr. Poilcok's joint res olution to extend the time for the payment of taxes came up and was passed to its second reading by the following vote: Yeas-Aldrich, Alexander, Brown, Dean, Dennis, Hay, McAlhar.y,Moses, McDaniel, Mower, O'Dell, Pettigrew, Stackhouse, Suddath, Talbird, Turner, Ragsdale, Sanders, Sloan, Msyfield 20. Naye s-Archer,Buist, Connor, Doug lass, Dubose, Gaines, Griffith, Hen derson, Lesesne, Love, Jeffries, Mc Calla, Miller, Scarborough, Walker, Wallace, Wailer, Williams-18. The following bill which will inter est farmers, was introduced by Sena tor Gaines: Sec. 1. That the transportation over the public highways of this State of heavy loads on wagons, with narrow tires, now in common use, is hereby declared to be injuricus to said high ways, and against the public interest and welfare. Sec. 2. That after the year 1901,dur ing the months of January. February, March, April, November, December and after the year 1903, during any part of the year, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to transport or convey over the public highways of this State, or any part thereof, any load or loads of any kind or kinds of freight or products whatsoever on wagons having less than the follow ing width of tire, viz: On wagons drawn by one horse, mule or ox,when the Icad does not exceed 1,000 pounds, the width of the tire shall be not less than two inches; on wagons drawn by two horses, mulks or cxen, or when the load exceeds 1,000 rounds, but does not exceed 2,000 pounds, the 'width of tire shall. be not less than three and one-half inches; on wagons drawn by three or four horses, mules or oxen or load exceeding 2 000 pounds and not exceeding 4,000 pounds in weight, the width of tire shail be not less than four inches; on wagons drawn by more than four horses, mules or oxen, or carrying load or more than 4,000 pounds, the width of tire shall not exceed less than five inches. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of all county supervisors and county and township boards of commissioners to see that the provisions of this Act are properly entorced and to prosecute all violations thereof. Sec. 4. The violation cf any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed and is hereby declared to be a misde meanor, and the offender, upon con viction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5 ncr more than $10, or by imprisonment for more than thirty days for each offence. Thursaiaythe three liquor bills which were carried over from last year came up under special order and were being debated when, at the suggestion of Mr. Moses they were made the special order for next Thursday, awaiting such liquor measures as may ccme over from the house. The object is to discuss the whole lior ques'.ion at the same time. The house joint reEolution to extend the time for the payment of taxes to Feb. 20 coming up for a final reading, Mr. Connor moved to strike out the resolving words. He said tt at it was oaly encouraging procrastination in the matter of paying taxes and could do no one any good. The county treasurers had make up their books: a number of delinquents had already paid their panalti's, for whicx ,there was no provision for remitiog; the State's obligations fell due o:- the 1st of January, and furthertcore the cuis torn of extending the time for the pay ment of taxes had been abolished and people were be coming used to meeting their taxes with promptness. The paa sage of this resolution would be a re. trograde movement which it wouild take years to overcome. Mr. Mc Albaney favored the exten sion of the time and gave as his reas ons that many farmers had to borrow the money from the ban ks to pay their tsxes. Tue banks were unwil ing to advance this money until the new year and hernce many were unwilling deliro aients Mr. Sloan and Mr. Dennis also spoke in favor of the extension and deprecated any attempt to impise on the poor people and declared it wju~d be a crying sname to sell ihe ome C' sorne destitute widow icr taxes Mr. Dennis urged that the State would not1 get her taxes any qu:cker by not ex tending the time, for p roperty would have to be sold for thieir coilection and before this culd te done it. nad to be advertised. Mr. McCalla said that at firs: be had favored the extension of the time and had voted for it but since that time, said he, he had made irt iiry into tne matter. As a result of tiis mievstiga tion he anncunced that county tre as urers now have in their yessession checks for the payment of taxes so soon as it is seen that this resolution failed. Mr. JEtfries ststed that before th bocks closet he went to the courty treasurtr of Cherckte, who said ,hal 95 rer cent. of the taxes tiad been naid. He saw no use for the extension. Messrs. Aldrich and Ragsdale spok in favoi of the ex-ension. Tne ay< and nay vote was taken on Mr. Con noi's motion to strike out the resoiv ior words of the resnlation and result ed in its loss by the fo"llowing vote: Yeas-Archer. Buist, Connr. D-ug lass, DuDose, Gain's, Gr iith, Hen dersor. Jetferies, Laesne, Love, Mc Caila. Miller, Scarborough. Walktr. Wallace-16. Ns;s-Aldrich, Alexander. Brown. Dean, Dennir, Hay, Mayfeld, McA1 hany, McD.riel, Moses, Mower,O'Dell Pettigrew, Ragsdal?, Sloan, Stack house, Saddath, Talbird, Turner, Wal ler- ). Mr. D-an calie-i up a bill to prcvidE for the c ti:-e of banking and irsurance commiss oner, and to define the dutie of the same, in order to more to stri: out the e .acting words. The aye and nay vote was abcat tc be taken when Mr. Buist desired t pu himself on record by declaring that he was not opposed to the bill. but did ohjtct to making the banks and insurance companies pay the ex penses of carrying out the law. Mr. Henderson put himself on rec ord with Mr. Buist and gave the same 1easons for his ncsition. Mr. May field stated that he opposed the bill for the same reasons, for, s:aid he, while the expenses ' the biJ would ostensibly be paid by the bank they would in reality cme cut of the people. Mr. Mower spoke on the meas ure and said that while he was not wedded to the provisions of the bill he believ ed it was incumbent upon the general assembly to pass such a law for it was made mandatory in the constitution. Mr. Dean not only objected to the provision relating to the payment o the salary of the inspector, but be lieved the bill would co no good. HE cited the failure of the Gates City bank of Atlanta, which failed the day after it was pronounced sound by the bank inspector. Mr. Ragsdale spoke against the bile and referred to the wrong ideas "clod hoppers"and concerning banks. Im mediately afterwards Mr. McCallh took the floor to make some additional remarks. He began by saying thal while r.e favored the bill he did not do so from the same motive as some of these little lawyers who saw a pos sible fee in it for them. Mr. Dean and Mr. Ragsdale simul taneously sprang to their feet to ask if personal allusions were made to them. Mr. Dean spoke first and turn ing to him Mr. McCalia said he did not take the floor to make any per sonal allusions to any member of the body. Mr. Dean sat down and Mr. Ragsdale then spoke to Mr. McCalia, say ing that his remarks seemed spec ially directed at him and he wished t krnow if they did. Mr. McCalla responded that he did not unless Mr. Ragsdale classed him self as a little lawyer. Mr. Ragsdale was demanding a direct answer when Mr. Dean interrupted and made the same demand Mr. McCalla replied to Mr. Dean that he most certainly did not refer tc him. Mr. Ragsdale insisted on a similar answer and Mr. McCalla re;ponded by saying he d d not allude to the senator fromn Fairfield unless he ex pected to get a fee out of the banks. Mr. Ragsdale took his seat and Mr. McCalla soon corncluded. Mr. Henderson explained his posi tion on the measure. Mr. Ragsdale arose to a question of personal privilege and declared that in his speech he intended his ref erence to little "clodhoppers" as a pleasant ry. He zraeant to give offense to rn one, for he had himself hooped as many clods as any one. "But," de clared the senator, emphaticaily, "I did not come to the senate to brool insult either on or off the floor of this cham er. It is my desire that my re lations with my colleagues be pleas ant, but when any of them sees fit t( asperse my honor in any way I an Teady to hold him personally responsi ble on this floor or off." Mr. Slcan spoke for the bil!, Mr. Moses against iu and Mr. Dsan con cluded tae debate. J ust before the vote was taken, Mr. McCalla arose and said: "I have assured the senators that] meant no reflection. I thina the sen ators know me well enough to knoa that I am personally responsible either inside or outside of this chamber for what I say. I was nettled by the reference of the senator from Fairfield to "clodhoppers," as I took it to bea reflection on the farmer and I arose tc his defense. I wisn to say now that] have held the two gentlemn in high esteem and have al ways regarded then as honorable attorneys." The vote was then takn on Mr. Dean's motion to strike out the enact ing words and resulted: Yeas-Aldrich, Alexander, Brown, Buist, Dean, Dennis, May tield, Mc Al hany, McDaniel,Miller, Moses, O'Deil Pettigrew, Ragsdale, Scarborough, Stackhouse, Suddatb, Turner, Wal ker, Wallace-21. Nays-Archer, Con nor, Duzlass Griffith, Jefferies, Hendersop, L >ve McCalla, Mo ver, Sioan. Talbird-1Li Mr. Browr's till to make narents os guardians to compel their childrea oi wards to attend school for eigat weeks in each year was called up as a special order. Debate was precipitatedi b: Mr. Aacher moving iadetinite post ponement. Mr. Brown took the floor to defern the measure. His speech was cornpre hensive and showed much putient re search. He compared the conditi n! of this State with that in others where education is coanpulsory. He pointec out that the most progressive nations were those where compuhory educa tibn obtained and in th:s connectiox instinced Germany. Mr. Archer explainel that he onl' opposed the measure because he be lieved it would become a dead letter Mr. 'Connor obycei to the bill fo: the reason that cci dren should not bi compelled to go to school, for in some inistoners the teaciers were i-nmoraJ Hie be:ieved that before such a law b enac ed there should be some require cents for the morality of the teaehers Mr. Walker made an impass'onet speech for the passage of tne bill Mr. Talird also spcke in favor of it Th oeon the bill resulted io it passaa by a good majority. Tnv" ho e concur:astresolutioa fix ing net dnesday for the eieetiot of a co!ptroller -ntral, t -voamember: of the State boardt of comtrol and tw< directors of the penitentiary wal agreed to. The senate concurred in the haum r-ntesontatves in c-:neress to secure the passage of a bill leaving the rep' lation of the liquor qu'aestion to each State. After the introduction o! severoi " new bills the Senate cdjurned zc F-idav. SFriday morning in th-e senate wa5 o'cu-ried with a lively discussion of :enato: Basits's primary election bill, the discussion of which was tira iy continue; until Monday. Messrs Archer and Buist made the chief spreches for the bill, while Me-srs. 'enderson and i'ettigrew 'kd the iiht against it. The worst feature of the bil is it: nrovision that no one can vote m a Democratic primary who does nct show a registration certficate. Mears Eventual Bankrop:cy. Having made a thorough study o0 .te Money question from the stand point of a scholar, President Eben J. Andrews, cf Brown University, an - ounces 'hat he is ardently in favor cf iii: coieage. Dr. Andrews. says the Atla. - Co.istitution, contends that while fr: _o.nage will undoub: edly increase tht tctal amount of sil ver produce ., it w:'i not, as the advo cates of grid moumetallism insist, accomnlist a reducti )m in the price of silver. Under a doutle standard silvr could not be mined at such a low mar ginal cost as that whih now prevails, and besides other cause: would oper ate to increase its value. I!i regarJ to the adverse position which the money power of th. country has taken on the money question, Dr. Atdre xs is out socken. He says that he has never known such bitter and determind opposition. "It means," says he, 'that the money power seated in Lon don, but with agents in New York. Philadelphia and Chicago, is deter :mined to continue the appre:iation of gold in this country. At the same tirme, the :eal object of these foreign syndicates is kept in the background. I regard tie money questi "n as one of the greatest issues of civilization.' The example which Dr. Andrews has set will not be without its iaIla ence upon the campaign. His posi tion is the result of study and retic tion. Two years ago he was predls posed in favor of the gold standard. but having investigated the questi-n more thoroughly, he has come to the conclusion that a single standard means the eventual bankruptcy of the nation. Taking tnis view of tae mat ter, he pruncunces himself warmly in favor of free coinage, Out for Governor. Wednesday Senator Archer of Spar tanbur, issued the following card to the public: "There seems to be uncer tainly in the minds of many as to whether I will be a candidate in the next campain. In order to allay doubts and let the opposition fx their plans and trot out their horse or horses, I take this method of declaring mysdif a candidate for governor. Though I will have no money for a campsignor corruption fund, I shall be able to canvass the State. My platform shall be the same 1 have practiced in man aging my personal affairs: E ;onomy, industry, education. and tempnerance. I would favor a constitutional amend ment requiring a two-thirds vote ot both houses of the general assembly in appropriating the people's money for the suppert of pubhc iustitutions and in the administration of public affairs. I belheve in every officer giving value received in service,. for his salary. I doa not believe in crippling any insti tution, but in strict economy in man. aging their affairs. I believe in uni oriyin administering all laws. What is gocd fcr Cbarleston in good for Spartanburg, and vice verse. I Iam in f avor of the dispensary as it now stands until the people decide other Iwise; then I shall support prohibition with a provision attaches tnat tuos towns or counties wziich prefer pro hibition shall pay for its enforcement in their borders. Here is brielly how I now~ stand. Respectfully, E L. Archer.'' Culumboia, Jan. 19, 1898. Thrown In-o a Panic. Rev. Mr. Akin, pastor of the ilock of Bethel church, B-surban, lad.. Sunday night took for his theme, "His Satanic Majesty." He is an elo quent man and ne painted the arch hiend in vivid colors. At the close of the description a being dressed to rep resent a devil with large heai and switching tail ambled up the aisle, blowing smoke from its nostrils and bellowing: "I am the devil, and I want all of you!" The audience ne came panmc stricken. Men, women and children were hurled to the floor and tr-ampled upon in the mad rush for the door. In the confusion the stove was overturned and the build ing caught fire. Before the horritied members regained their senses the tire had made such head way that all at tempts to save the church were is vain. This morning George Akin son of the pastor, confessed that he, with tne help of other boys, rigged up a devil suit, and knowing the subj ct of his father's sermon, concealed min self behind a chair and awaited the arriv al of the congregation. Four Cent Cottmn. The Philadelphia P'ress noiv thinks that 4ceest cotton is not far oif. I: says that : nenty years ago only a oou: -four bales out of ten were grown west of the Mississippi river; now seven out of ten are produced there. Texas. IArkansas ar-d the L dian Territory are increasing their crops yearly, an-d the Kansas farm- rs have begaa lo make it. North Carolina h.as millh enough to manufactare all the co;.t->n made in that Srate, and in five -years more South Carolina and Gea'r gia will be in the same ciaditio fuen nilt building will cease in th= Atlanti States The Press says that tI .e world's yield has trebt d in t,-entv fira years and gone up ore half in ten for twelve years, and taat the product will coatiue to increas-. Criminal Carelessnes. .JohnnJ M2Neal, for years an em pl-ave of Lf.'s mill, nest Mac n, Ga., Iwas undcer- a log train? w-:th E iK G-reen doing some repair work, w -i the colored fireman w-s----------2 jnear the mill1 Tne tiea e when a coupling' caut~ Mic\eal, ist liicting an ibjury, froma whi c ledd fin iioe nours.( Gr es--p d frn - -der the engine uuhurt. G'omult General Gadgeon at. hua-x - ma, canied the sin~e Liepartment a nou.nci;z the drom-e-:g of Wo. W.N s Ashbv, l 2ittd Sates cwnsui ,t Colo's. > Dr. Hareman, the German c-nsUJ s Mastr Mechanic Mott anu four ctaers fare supposed to have been also prown, ved. Tne bodiy of the boatman nas at IN THlE HOUSE WrAT iT V1D DURING THE PAST WEEK. ha teas rtec Don.e tn tha Way of Leg iri %,-on Daring the) Fast Week by the Loow'r B:-ar.ch of the LeAislature. in t-e House Mo:dy Mr. Mc~ul laugh rmo*ved to strike out the enact ing word: o Mr. Lccaster's oil in se ion bill. Mr. Lancaster spoke in -:poort of the bill and argued that it -ua protect the people of the State agais: inferior illuminating oils. It will cost tne State nothing, as the sal ary would come out of the inspection fets It would not cause an increase ia the price; at least it had not done so in otber states. The bill passed its see na reacwne. Wiith save-al amendmentt popcsed by Messrs Pa'ton a:d McCullough, the former's street pr.ving ball passed to a third reading. I;isa measure of general interest to cit.es and is intend ed to meet constitutirnal objections hitherto urged agaic.s; laws on the s:me subject previ5usly pissed. An invitato:. was received from Cle:son Coller s trustees to visit that insti ution on Wednesday and it was prompily scce.)ted. A message was read from the gover nor traisnitting the finding of the scur: of inqiiry in:o the conduct of the nuilitia cificers at the South Caro lina College ball grounds last sum iner. Tae documents were referred to the committee on military. Oa Tuesday the first matter of gen eral in :erest, when the calendar was reached, was Mr. Pat:on's redistrict ing biil. After some discussion the bill vas kiled, Oa Thursday the fight of the day was to put telegraph, telephones and xpress companies under the control of the State Railroad Commission. After cons deraole discussion the bill was passed to its tLird reading in the folowing shape. Se c:ion 1. That from and after the passage of this : ct all companies or per.,ons owning, controlling or opera ting, or that may hereafter own, con trol or operate, a line of express, tele p'one or telegraph whose lne or lines :s or are in wboie or in part in this State shall be under the control of the railroad commitsiniers of this State, who shall nave full power to regulate the prices to be charged by any corn pany or person or persons owning, controling or operating any line or lanes of express, telepanone and tele graph for any serviee performed by suca company, person or persons; and all the powers given to said commis sioners over railroads in t -is State and all tan penalties prescribed against railroads c.mpanies or persons opera ting railroad companies or persons operating railroads by existing laws are hereby dciared to be of force against corporations, companies or person or persons owning, controlling or operating a line or lines of express, telephone and telegraph doing busi ness in this State, whose line or lines .s or are wholly or in part in this S:ate, so far as said provisions of the taw can be applicable to any corpora ion, cmpaay, pe:son or persons o vning, controlling or operating a line or lines o' express and telegraph or telepbone. The said commissioners shall also have power and authority t> require said companies to locate agernces at railroad stations. Src 2. Be it further enacted by the autnority afor-siid, That the poawers of the commi~ssioners to regulate charges by corporations, companies andI persons herein referred to shall apply to cuarges by express for trans portation f rom one point to another in this State and messages sent by tele phone or telegraph from one point to another in this State. Sec. 3. That the telegraph, tele obone, and express companies shall bear their proportionate part ot the salaries of the railroad commissioners based on the gross earnings in this State; the said asstssment snail be charged against the said corporations, respectively, under the order and di rection of the comptroller general and shall be collected by the several coun ty treasurers in the manner provided by la w for the collection of taxes from snch corporations and shall De paid by them as collected into the treasury of the State in like manner as other taxes collected by them for the State. &c 4. Be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Mr. Winkler offered the following concurrent resolution at tuis juncture, asking its immedidate consideration: Waereas, intoxicating liquors is one of the greatest curses of ine pres ent day to tne ssclal, financial and political world ; and Whereas, EXch State should have exclusive power and authority to reg alate and control this evil in her o wn way, and in the manner best suited andi adapted to the genius of her peo ple; and WVnereas, Right, justice and wisdom require each State to enac: suca laws es are most suited and conducive to ene health, morais and welfare of her ctize-as; nosr :herefore be it RIeolvedJ by the house of repres:-nta tives, the senate concurring: S:ction 1 Inat our representatives in tae upper and lower house of con cress. be and are hereby urged to use .al fair an i nnnorable means in their power to secure the early passage of a ouii now pending in the lower house congerss dchtring that each State ~naii nave tne same uower to contraI .ud r~galate tne use, sale and cia uip.oa of ini~oxicating 1:q aors Iu~ n ncured or m ide within her Ste. 2. That a copy of this resolu tion, si~nei by t-10 clerk of t ae senate ati house of repiresentatives, be farth 'Af forwvarded to each mnember -of c resfrom the 8:ate o' South Car Tne resuuion was adopted. 'Mr K oler's bui to ot'serve arbor d~ y wa t u.' jast here. Mr. Kin r id -very Snale shi ..id have such e-r u.it involved no cost t di gaa to- bU. antity thdc oo d.After s:ome discussion the was passed toliis third reading in - cio . I ast the free public schoous of -----S-ae s';all observe the ora Ende in inem rof each year c.abora- and~ on that dav the sem li-r anda tes-~ers shail coin us: u i. eri-ss and e gage in the pas~ i..u d.sn-r- os, piants anu uns a ispress on tne minds of t i puaste proper valueand appre c a. on to be pLaced on Ilowers, orna measi srucbery aad shade trees. Mr ine's bili to amend the law called up and Mr. Winkler moved to strike out the enacting words. Mr. Blythe said several attorneys had asked him to push this bill. He explained its provision thoroughly. He could not see any harm in the bill. 'r. Wir kler thought that the ma jority of the women of the State would be violently opposed to this law. The law as it stood was clear. There was no good reason for this measure, and an improvident husband could de prive his wife of any protection at his death. Mr. Bacot said that the majority of the members of the judiciary commit tee were opposed to the bill. He gave the reasons. Mr. Sinklor said that a woman had a higher right in selling property than her husband. The wife could sell a piece of property without saying a word to her husband; yet the husband had to obtain such causent. Mr. Bacot moved to indefinitely post pone "such an iniquitous bill." Mr. Ilderton--I think it is as little as the members of the general assem bly can do to let the women alone. (Laughter.) He was opposed to any measure that would take a roof from a widow's head. He moved to indefinitely post ponethe bill. This was done. After the transaction of some minor business the Eouse adjourned to Fri day. The house is entitled to immortal glory. It distinguished itself Frday morning by passing a "yaller g bill, something the public long ago gave up all hope of seeing accomplish ed. The bill was introduced by Mr. Hamer, permitting the kilhog of sheep-killing dogs and made the keep ing of such a dog punishable by fine or imprisonment. A fight was made on the bill and there were attempts to cripple it by amendments, but it steered clear of all rccks and passed by a good mojority. Mr. Rains'ord's bill for an amend ment of the constitution for the elec tion of judges by popular vote only received 42 votes. while 61. were re corded sgainst it The bill was opposed by Messrs. Sitkins and Bacot, while Mr. Rainsford made the principal spech for it. Messrs. Kinari and Blythe made statements about the election of C. B Calvo as public printer which showed that Governor Ellerbe had usurped power to secure the taking away of the printing from The Regis ter. Some action will be taken later and The State may lose the printing. Assaulted ard Kililed Fier. The details of one of the most horri ble crimes in Florida history have just come to light. Last Friday night Herbert Zsley and Miss Alice Caro of Warrington, a town surrounding the navy yard, left in a buggy to attend a party at Millview, about 10 miles away. They arrived safely and were among the gayest of the guests. Danc ing was kept up until after midnight, about 2 a. m. the young couple left to return. Miss Caro and her escort did not appear at Warrington on Satur day, but no alarm was felt by her family, as it was supposed that she had remained with a relative who re sides near Millview. It was learned yesterday evening that the couple had left Milview the night of the party, and the young lady had not stopped at the house of 1 er relative. Asearch Sin. party was organized, and near a bridge, a few miles from Millvie w, the horse, attached to the vehicle, was found tied to a tree. A few yards fur ther, in a clump of trees, the bodies of the two young people were found. Tue youing lady had been killed by a pistol bali which entered her head near her ear, and the young man had been killed by a pistol bail which shat tered bis skull. His head was was ly ing on the young lady's lap. Coro ner Jo.es was immediately notified, and he went out and held an inquest. Dr. J, H. Pierpont was also summon ed from the city, and on making an examination, he found evidence of a grave crime. There were evidences of a severe struggle, a portion of the woman's clothing was found yards away from were the bodies lay. A fter vie wing the bodies and surroundings, the coroner's jury was convinced that the young m.aa had killed her and subseg aently committed suicide. Miss Caro was about 22 years of age. It is understood that they were engaged to be mar:ied, and so far as is known there was no opposition to the mar risge. Fire and E archiakM. United States Minister Powell re ports to the state department from Port au-Prince that American resi dents suffered very heavily from the recent fire which destroyed 800 homes in Port au-Prirce, rendered homeless more than 26,000 people and entailed a loss of more than a million dollars. Many of the largest American coun mercial houses were located in the ourned section. Tne tire spread rap idly and got beyond control, owing to the lack of water and inadegqste fire service. The minister says: "-rhis is one of the saddest blows that has ever oefallen PorL au Prince. Many who were in alibient circumstances yester day are paupers to-day." Minister Po well als >reports that an eart hquake occarred in Part-au prince Decemnoer 29, wh:en lasted several seconds and caused fissures several inches wide in many parts of the city. Houses rock ed and dishes and other artacles were tarownl from shelves. Great excite ment prevailed during and after the seimiCc aisiurca-ice. A Fiocky woman. 0a a Chingzo s:reet one evening last w eek a woman routed two would oe robbses with a hatpin for a weig on. There were~ si passengers on the car; two women aid tour men. Two men seized Condarc.or Warren Sv :nonton and tried to rob him. Tne Iconductor n~ade a desperate struggle; but the other two n.c2 showedi no ds pu~itxon to assist him. As. the con dictor was about to get the warst of it, a younz woman-diss Sadie Wil liams-made a placge at the nearest roboer with a hatpin. Tne pin s;.ruck Ithe fellow in the smalt of the back and he screamed wita paa. Thewo ama~i struck hi~n ag-aii and he jamed af te car. Toe-n su-- wee.t fur the otter rellowv, and mtha a few staos ran nlau utY the car neso. lne t wo male passeugeri remainedl pissive duriin 'he -.raggle, and at the first opporu nvty sareaked cli'. Miss Williams akhed Ondu::tor Symonton as to hosv he ?ad ar ed, avi waen- she learnedl ha hewas not badly hurt, she faint Forty iu yte- Ka~e Fot:eseas -avre killed and 1t3 injured by so explostoa of gas in one of the mines of tue Donet ari comnpa ny, in the TLgenerog district, on the ~north shore of the Sea of Azov. ELECTION OF JUDGES - CHIEF JUSTICE MCIVER RE-ELECTED WITH VOTES TO SPARE. Mr. Gage Succeeds Judge Witherspoor, Who Declined to Bun-A11the Other Cir cult Judges Elected Without OpposltioD. Shortly after noon Tuesday the two houses of the general assembly met in joint assembly and proceeded to the election of circuit judges, a chief jus itce of the supreme court and a regis ter of mesne conveyance for Charles ton, Lieutenant Governor McSreeney presided over the joint assembly in a business like manner. In the galler ies were many ladies, and when the re-election of chief justice was declar ed there was applause, which caused the gavel of the presiding officer to fall quickly and sharply. When the senate arrived the members of the house as usual stood while the sena tors entered. The resolution fixing the time for the elections was read. Senators Dean and Williams were ap pointed tellers on the part of the sen ate: Messrs. Simkins, Blythe and Mc Cullough were appointed fcr the house. Senator Dennis nominated the Hon. W. C. Benet for judge of the First ju dicial circuit. Messrs. Crum, Gads den, Magill, Pollock (for the Chester field delegation) and others seconded the nomination. Mr. Benet was prac tically unanimously reelected. Messrs. Carson and Price and Senator Connor of Orangeburg voted for James F. Izlar. The vote was declared thus: Benet, 143; Izlar, 3. Senator Henderson nominated Judge Aldrich for re election in the Second circuit. The nomination was seconded in all parts of the assembly. among the seconding members being Messrs. Thomas o? Richland, Garris, Smith, Haselden and Ashley. The vote was: James Aldrich, 153. He was elected judge for four years. Senator Moses nominated the Hon. 0. W. Buchanan for reelection as judge of the Third circuit. Mr. Reyn olds of Richland seconded the nomi nation of "his old friend;" Senator R gsdale and others also seconded the nomintaion of Judge Buchanan. The entire 170 votes were given to Judge I Buchanan. Judge R. C. Watts was nominated by Mr. Stevenson for reelection as judge of the Fourth circuit. Messrs. Robinson, Mc White, Gadsden, Good wie, Mitchell of Charleston and others seconded the nomination. The whole 146 votes were cast for Judge Watts. For the judge of the Sixth judicial circuit, Mr. Rogers nominated "that distinguished son of Chester," the Hon. Geo, W. Gage. The nomina tion was seconded by the Aiken, Charleston, Richland, Sumter, Fair field, York, Bamberg and many other delegations. The nominations were closed without Mr. McDonald's name being presented. Mr. Gage was vir tu ally unanimously elected, receiving all the 148 votes cast, save one cast for Mr. Allison. Mr. DeBruhle, presented the Hon. J. C. Klugh, "the present able judge of the Eighth circuit." Messrs. Kinard Magill, Asbill, Limehouse and many others seconded the nomination of Judge Klugh. Judge Klugn received all the 149 votes cast and was declared elected judge of the Eighth circuit for the next four yerrs. Nominations were then declared in order for chief justice of the supreme court. Mr. Pollock nominated Judge Mclver, the incumbent. Mr. Bacot said it gave him peculiar pleasure to second the nomination. Mr. de Leach and several others also seconded the nomination. Then Dr. Wyche got the floor and the name of Senator George S. Mower was put in nomination. This semina tion was seconded by Senators McCal la, Archer, Love and Messrs. T. E. Johnson. Ilderton, Fairey, Toole, ~KIard, Kibbler and others. Ihe nomination of Justice Mclver was seconded by Messrs. Peritt, Ver ner, Townsend, McKeown, Rogers, who referred to "that grand old man -Justice Mclver," 5. S. Smith and Senator Moses. On motion of Mr. Winkler the' nominations were closed. The vote was then taken resulting in Judge Mclver receiving 93 to 51 for Mr. Mower. The two houses voted as follows: SENATE. For Mower-Aldrich, Alexander Archer, Douglass, Gaines, .Jeffries, McCalla, McDaniel, Moses, O'Dell, Sanders, Suddath, Wallace, Will iams, Love. For Mclver--Brown, Buist, Dean, Deunis, Griffith, Hay, Henderson, L-ses.e, Maytield, Mcxlhany, Miller, Pettigrew, Ragsdale, Scarborough, Sloan, Staeanous, Talbird, Tuarner, Waiker, Waller. Mower--All, Asb ill, Austell, Bailey, Banks, Bethune, Crum, Davis, G-eo. W. Datkes, Fumrey. Fox, Graham, Hamilton, Holiis, Hu-nphrey, Ilder ton, Jo:nnson, T. E , Kibbler, Kinard, Henry J., Kinard, J. D., Lancaster, Lister, Lamon, Limnehouse, Maul din, Miller, Joel H., McDaniel. Phil lips, Pr-ice, Russell, Skinner, Timmer man, Toole, West, Witherspoon, We~sh, Kennedy. Melger-Hion. Frank B. Gary, spesirer, Anderson, Ashley, Bacot, Bedon, Blythe, Bleeland, Burns, Car ra say. Carson, Cailds, Colccck, Cush mand, Davis, C. M , Davis, WV. C., IDel~ruhl, DeLeach, Elwards, Enrd, Epps, (Gadsden, (Garris (Jasque, G-ood win, H. P.- Good win, 0. P., Haselde a, IHendermon, Hiott, Hyarick, Johnson, Horace E., Livingston, Lofu~n, Magill, MeaesMulrJ. E , Mishoe, Mitch ell MoreMc Jullouenl, McKeown, IMcLaurin, Nettles. O wen, Patton, Perritt, P'iyer, Policck, Prince Pyvatt, Rausora, Re~ynoids, R binson, RHg era, Sanders, Seabroog, Sinkler, Simp-I kius, S:nitli, J. Ri., Smith, t3. W.,I Smnith, W. 5, Starkie, Stevenson,j Sulivan, Toomas, John P., J r.,I T:?aas, WV. H., Townsend, Vern er,I Vocent, Wolling, WestmaorelandI Wnisonant, Wilsoa, Wingo, Wink er, W lians, Witherspoon, Neldell. When the vote was announced and HT Ly MIver, was declared reelected eme j ice for th~e pericd of eight years, tuere was applause from the gal-ries F~or re..;ister of mesne conveyance of Chreso county Mr. WV. H. Tnomn Ksnomicated ttae mecumbent, Mr. Ju huse te Gaswell. Mr. Bacot nomi nedthHon. Jno. C. Menrtens.Te vata resulted: Cogswll. 99; Mehr ~tens, 45. ITaen the joint assembly was dis-i soived and the senate returned to its chamber. A TERRIBLE COLLISION. Iwo. Engines Demo1ished and Coaches Smashed to Splinters. A special dispatch from Charleston to the Columbia State gives the par ticulars of a terrible collision on the iNortheastern Railroad about eight miles from Charleston Friday morn ing, by which two colored firemen lost their lives and a number of others were badly injured. The two men killed outrignt were Robert James, colored, the fireman on No. 37, the Florida special, and Wesley Bishop, colored, the fireman on No. 52, tne lccal train for Columbia. The others injured were; Engineer Neely, of Ficrance, of No. 37, very badly mashed and scalded, one side badly crushed and his recov ery is doubtful. John Sellers, the colored porter on 37, left leg badly crushed and numer ous bruises; suffering great pain, but no bones broken. E. R. Liles, baggage master on No. 37, left leg badly crushed and numer ous bruises and cuts over body. Electrical Engineer F. R. Claris of No. 37, bruised and cut, but compara tively slightly injured. Conductor Bullock of No. 37, a few bruises and cuts on the face. Engineer E. F. Hall of No. 52, left arm broken, probably in several places and left shoulder mashed. Mail Clerk J. H. Bingham of No. 52 left leg and arm broken and other wise injured. M. McDuffie, baggage master of No. 52, bruises about the head. J. A. Powell, Express messenger on No. 52, leg broken. A. J. Gourdin, of Charleston, a pas senger on No. 52, cut in the head. J. W. Hood, of Knoxville, Tenn., a passenger on No. 52, cut in the head and injured on left side. Both engines and tenders were com pletely demolished, the engines being turned completely over and lay about a car length from the point were they came together at the side of the track. lhe front end of the combination. mail and express car of No, 52 was de molished, and about half of the first Pulman car of No 37, which was a combination baggage car and emnloyes sleeping car, as well as the car for ti'e electrical apparatus, was smashed to splinters. Fireman Bishop of No. 52 and Fire man James of No. 37, both negroes. were instantly killed. Both were buried beneath the wreck and were erushed beyond recognition. They were merely a tangled mass of flesh and bone and blood. Engineer Neely suffered severely and it is doubtful if be will recover. He was badly scald ed and one side badly crushed. Ea gineer Hall of No. 52 had his arm badly crushed and his shouldersevere Ly injured. He was suffering intense ly. John Sellers, the colored porter of the special, was in the first Pullman with Electrical Engineer Clark. Sel lers was badly scalded about the face, and received internal injuries. Efec rical Engineer Clark was badly bruis ed but not dangerously injured. Baggage Master Liles of the special was in the front end of the first Pull man. He had a quantity of baggage to handle, and as the car received the Eell force of the collision, he suffered severely. So did ExpLezs Messenger Powell of No. 52, and the only thing that saved his l:fe from being crusned )ut by the 3,000 pounds of freight in his car was that he was shielded more or less by the water cooler, against which he was thrown. There were irty-six passengers on the two trains. Cure For Hog Cholera. What is said to be a sure c-ure for og cholera has been discovered. It is nothing more or Jess than anti toxine serum with which Dr. D. E. almon, chief of the national bureau of animal industry, has recently been experimenting. In connection with the discovery Mr. Wilson, secretary of agricultura, says: "I propose to ask congress to provide an appropria tion necessary to enable this depart ment to furnish 2,000.000 dozens of serum during the next year, and to make a considerable portion of the ap propriation immediately available. ft seems from Dr. Salmon's report that it takes three or four months to put a horse or cow in condition to supply the serum; consequently the work up on an extended scale must be under taken at once. The losses from hog cholera are so enormous and have weighed so heavily for years upon our farmers that I cannot imagine that congress will for a moment refuse to make the appropriations necessary to carry on this work thoroughly. In deed, apart from the great- stake the farmers havo in this matter, to refuse to provide for a thorough test of this remedy ncow would be, indeed, penny wise and pound foolish; for the dis covery ,if this serum has involved al rady many years of work and a very large sum of money. It would be a great mistake, now that so great a dis covery seems to have been made, not to finish the work by giving it a thor ough and extensive test." Stew Wife and children. John Matthe ws, a retail grocer, of New York, murdered his wife and their two children, a boy 10 years old and a girl 12, by hacking them to death with a hatchet. Matthe -s then committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. It is supposed that Mat thews had become despondent from his pecuniary difficulties The tragedy, was discovered through the odor of escaping gas whieh prompted a milz man making his rounds early tcdayj to call a policeman. Oa the dbor of the sleeping room the cilic zr found the corpse of Matthews. In nis hand was a revolver and there was a ballet bole just above his mouth. O a one of he beds in the room lay Mtthew~' wife. Her head was chopped and mia-, ~led almost beyond recognition. 0a he other bed the two cailiren liy, ide by side, Their faces, too, were ~rightfully cut and hacked. That the urders and suicide were premne.ita ed was evident. From a letter lef a byI rs. Matthews to a friend it was gath red that she was a party to a suicide; greement. COod Advice. The membcrs of tae 8:ate Lcaisia-i ure, now in sessicn, may niot be lac - ag in adlvice from outsiders. W sth r this be so or not, we respctaily dise: 1.- Tnat the; do not attempt to en act any laws that are not strictly nec ~ssary. Tde more lawv we hnve ihe! yester the proboability that some of nem will become "dead letters" an?d a increasing disresp.ect for such as are not '-dead" will follow. 2. As far as practicable let alt en ctmnts accord with the spirit of the 3hristian religion.-Christian Neigh SIL ER SCORES ONE. SENATE TAKES UP SENATOR TELL ER'S RESOLUTION. It Prcvides That Bonds of the United States May bs Paid :n Standard Silver Dollars. The United States Senate Thursday agreed to Mr. Tillman's resolution providing for'an investigation by the interstate commerce committee con cerning railroad transportation for any other consideration than cash. Mr. Lodge then moved that the senate go into executive session. This was antagonized by Mr. Vest, who called attention to the fact that he had given notice of his intention to call up the Teller resolution. The chair held that Mr. Lodge's motion took precedence, and the yeas and nays were demanded. The vote resulted-yeas 27, nays 39. The motion of Mr. Vest to take up the Teller resolution was then carriea, 41 to 25, as follows. Yeas--Allen, Bicon, Bate, Berry, Butler, Cannon, Chilton, Clark, Clay, Cockreil, Faulkner, Harris, Heitfield, Jones (irk.,) K-enny, Kyle, McEnry, Mallory, Mantle, Martin, Mills, Mitch ell, Money, Morgan, Perkins, Petti grew, Pettus, Prichard, Quay, Rawl lins, Roach, Shoup, Stewart, Teller, Tillman, Turpie, Vest, Walthall, War ren, White and Wolcott-41. Nays- Aldrich, Allison, Baker, Cul lom, Davis, Fairbanks, Forsker, Frye, Gallinger, Gear, Gray, Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough, Hoar, Lodge, McBride, Morrill, Nelson, Platt (Conn.,) Proc tor, Sewell, Soooner, Thurston and Westmore.-25. Mr. Teller's resolution provides: 'That all bonds of the United States issued or authorized to be issued under the said acts of congress hereinbefore recited are payable, principal and in terest, at the option of. the United States, in silver dollars of the coinage of the United States containing 4121-2 grains each of standard silver, and that to restore to its coinage such sil ver coins as a legal tender in payment of said bonds, principal and interest, is not in violation of the public faith nor in derogation of the interests of the publi: creditor." Mr. Vest so-ke in support of the resolution, sa Iin, he hai no desire at this tiie to thrash over tne old straw of financial discassioa, but hoped to be able to call the senate's attention to some reason why th s pending reso lution should be agreed to by the sen ate. He said twat twenty years had passed sicce Stanley Matthews's reso lution was first put on the statute books, but he believed that there was no reason why there should be a re iteration of the resolution and the dec larations contained in them. Mr. Vest maintained that if the resolutions were origiually correct and proper, they are correct and proper at the present time. "They do not in any sense," said Mr. Vest. "involve either repudiation or dishonor." The senator maintained that the is sue involving the consideration of the resolution has been thurst upon the senate by the admission that senators were required either to remain silent and by their silence give tacit assent as to the recent declaration of the secretary of the treasury in favor cf the gold standard, those deciaratio being evidently endorsed by the presi dent, or else to reaffirm the Stanley Matthews resolution, which had been passed by the senate by a vote of more than 2 to 1 and by the house by an over whelming majority. 'It will be recalled," said Mr. Vest, "that the presant president of the United States was then a member of the house and tlien voted for these resolutions. Mr. Vest held that the time had now arrived when the country must either go to a gold standard or makie the last and over whelming contest for the f. nancial system wnich he believe a great majority of the people were in favor of. He said he had no desire now to enter upon an elaborate dis cassion o f the pending resolution, and if any senaator on the other side of the chamber desired to speak upon the question he would yield to him. There was no response to this invi tation to the Repubican side, and Mr. Vest was proceeding with his remarks when Mr. Piatt, of Conn., asked if it was Mr. Vest's mntention to press the resolution and to secure an immediate vote. "That is," interjected Mr. Aldrich, "is it the purpose of the senater to en deavor to secure a vote upon the reso lution today ?" "I expect," replied Mr. Vest, "to endeavor to secure a 'ia vote upon the resolution whenever under 'the rules of the senate a final vote can be reached." The Missoari senator was proceed ing with his remarks, when the vice president, the hour of 2 o'clock having arrived, h id before the senate the un finished business, the census bil]. Mr. Vest moved to lay aside the un finished business and to proceed with discussion of the Teller resolution. The motion prevailed without divis ion, the eff:c: being to make the reso lution tee uannished business. MJr \est then yielded to a sugges tion of Mr. Aldrich, that further con sideration of the resolution be post poned umtil Friday, in order that those opposing miten; have opportuni ty to prepare ior the de bate. At 2:10 p. mn., the senate went into execu:ive session and at 2:55 adjourn ed. F-ar KdI-d and six Missing. The B3 tis a te-smn r m1reca, Captain Latcd, abieh arrirea at Cork January 8 "ran iniiito -, and wa.s cound for Ne vpor. ic s enre wesof S. George's r-e~ s Jm:lxe~ c :es: t-f Wales. Tuir teen oi i de e -esae ssuely landed, but fo.ur ';ere kied o: b.ard the steamer, from so ne c~ze and six were left in a coast and? are issicg. a esions Hasbana'8 Mad Act. A terrible tragedy occurred near the mouth of the St. Francis river in Ar kaaa Tusday nf ternoon. Nelson Tukr n a il of jealously, shot his wife tce with~ a shotgan loaded with slags iiimg tier mantly. The man then tar..ed a re'volver to nis head and sent a bu'le' t arough his brain, falling dead u-:.e te body of his wife. F rmen's Ghastly Find1. Whil te es department was -ex ti tuLi n~.: a i ma d welling in St. Li, tjj 'e chre remains of a little ein ~a. i x- xe .nre house was oc'' le'd oj--augus~t Bauer and his al ledprm ,'. Hilda Ersar and ser 1i tle giri. luer was arrested. T'e police- think he kiiled the child and tired the buudig