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14 ~ ~ ) '' Some War-m ?Assges in the Low.er o.Se (n nE z'ay. COSGROVE AND W c2OI'. 11X. It All Gre.w r r . te on the Bills oPz~:c.;r;' w in he state. T hous ilerstatIives spent the lb- part of Winsday disussing the redistricting hill. T, udebate represlenatives ecaie alin st per snlin their staements. 31r. Mcd owan opened t he dbate in favor of the bill. ie s.d we live un der a dual overnment. S m h Caro lina is enttied to seven congressmen. rhe population is .300.000. and the unit of representation is 1).000t,. Each district should approximate that number in population. The sey eral districts should be nearlv equal. He showed the objections to the exist ing schene of Thisters. here are in the fourth district nearly 245.0)0 pe ple. while in anot her distriet the popii lation is but 160.000. He then proceeded to show the nr its of his bill. The fourth district which he prop:)ses falls about 8.000 short in population. but will in a very few years have the requisite amount. It is the greatest manufacturing see tion of the State. There is a hoino geneity of peoples. He explained the formation of other proposed districts. The territory is contiguous and the districts compact. as required by the Burleigh act of congress. 'Mr. Weston secured the floor and told how the gerrymander act was passed to save South Carolina from being represented in congress by ne groes. Richland and other counties had cheerfully consented to be dis membered in order that they might help to save the -black districts." That act was drawn by Judge Simon ton, Gen. 'McCrady and 'Mr. Murray of Anderson. The conditions which de manded such enaction have passed away, and Richland and other coun ties demand that they be restored to their former alignments. The advan tage to be gained is that one congress man will not represent 245.000 people and another represent 160.000. lie dis claimed any selfish desire and stated emphatically that he is not seeking for conzressional honors. Mr. Henry J. Kinard opposed the bill. The present arrangement has saved us, why not let it stay? He asked 'Mr. McGowan what common bond of union there is between Pick ens and Newberry. Mr. Tatum asked Mr. Weston if the Burleigh act requires that districts "'shall" he of compact territory. etc. Mr. Weston after se'eing a printed ecopy of the bill in Mr. Tatum's posses :SIOn argued that while the verbiage may not be mandatory. yet the spirit ~of the entire bill is such. The Repub licans have been trying to reduce southern representation, and the southern States should comply with the spirit of that act. 3Ir. Etird said he believed this was a tight of the politicians: that the people did not demand a change. When they did he would favor it. He argued that the act of congress did not require any' change in the dis tricts. The present arrangement is as satisfactory as it is possible to' make. lie moved to recommit the bill. 3Mr. Carter of Williamsburg gave his reasons for favoring a change. His county under the present law is badly cut up, the town of Kingstree being divided between the sixth and seventh districts. 3Mr. J. P. Thomas. Jr.. restated the various reasons for favoring redistrict ing regardless of any particular mea sure. lie said it is only -justice to the counties that ai-e now divided between different districts. 3Mr. Thomas argued that compliance with the intent of the Durleigh bill de mands a change in the districts. The legislators represent the people of the whole State. and should consider whether it is not best for the whole people to redistrict the State. MIr. Thomas made a spirited and effective argument. Then the fun commenced. MIr. Cos grove of Charleston sent up a resolu tion that all of the bills on this subject be sent to the commit tee on pri vileges and elections with instructions to the the day upon which the bills were to. .be considered. MIr. Cosgrove said in support of this Tesolution that "th voice of the peo S.ple" once "wa the voice of God. b'lut is now the voice of a few legislators. ie charged a few men with trying to .run roughshod over the wishes of the people. ile had passed the judiciary committee rooim and had seen men pointing at a map with a ruler and saving that they would "put Charles ton here." or "put Charleston there." There were intimations that the peo ple of Charleston even speak a ditler-! ent dialect. IHe protested against this alleged mistreatment of Charleston. Why was not the bill introduced through the committee o.i privileges and electionsY M1r. Weston replied in a very spirit ed manner. Hle had served ini the general assembly for year. and he had never before had such a charge brought against him. lie repudiated the suggestion that no new idea could originate except through the commit tee on privileges and elections. it is, his right to introduce a bill i f he wants to do so. andl he is not comnpelled to submit it to the committee 'en pri vi leges and elections -or a caucus. Thea politics of the upcountry is not ru. lated by caucuses. he said pointedly. He had introduced the hill properly, and it had.heen referred to the judici1 ary committee, Ile was wiling for the records of the authors of the re districtingr bills to~ be comnpared with that of N r. Cosgrove. If he ha d to be dictated to hy the committee. 'then to hell with the commtittee Onl privileges andl elections. MIr. Cosizrove intimated tha t ~r. uI..: imV usk -i i '* ie~t MI-. W es tnis a nember of iChat coIniuit tee. r. Westo scored at point il deny i! iatI cui Yhat lie is a mlellber I h comiti t I a eI :'d. Thle speaker ,e -i in i nf a oIr(mi!:;t! on that suIr Mrisi lir. C4Sgrove. The hill had not en ieferied to that comulittee of ilk' speaker's Volition or , at Mr. \-etn'Is request. huy by the vote of 1. hlouse. seemed to be "II!id U-.). protkested that the com -and elections ?loesn't wanIt to go to the neighbor b1rd t' whichI it had 1been consigned y 3 r. W"estn. He defended the :011f1mitt.e. It is composed of (lie mfmber fro each congressional dis trict and I 'e bhi should have come hroughi that com :ni tee. He referied to Mr. Weston's retiee til on (. harlestoI'S eaucus politics, Id s(taI e siguniiitantlV tuat they havLe 1lities in t eu~ mr.too. r' aleide! Smith op4sed recomit tin" .l bill. it would mean that a w ek would elapse before the bills cou ever ,e considered. These bills had com. u l!st year. The matter [iad ben pulishied widely and no onlah1ints had come from the people. lie declared that it would be foolish to have peopie come before the com ittee and make statnentsin regard to redistrictin.g. 'he members of the seve'ra counties kno 1w the needs of their conligressional districts and this ma! (tler could bL set tied in open debate. Mr. C. P. Sanders spoke along the aie lines as \Ir. Smith. 'Mr. Efird taled that he had heard protests IAzinst redistricting. Tfhe house by a large majority voted lOwnI the resolution to recommit. Mr. NI. L. Smitih secured the floor to speak >n the mnain question. but seeing the ateness (f the hour had Mr. Williams to move adjournnent. This was car ried and gives Mr. Smith the floor when the inatter comes up for discus sion Thursday morning. When the redistricting bills were brought up for discussion. Thursday Mr. 'M. L. Smith of Kershaw had the tIor. lie made the general statement that redistricting is necessary and further that everybody cannot be pleased with the grouping in accor iance with population. He denied that there is any personal motive in the minds of the advocates of the bill. Mr. McGowan and Mr. Weston have introduced measures which will practically eliminate themselves from ongressional honors. \r. Smith declared that the framers -f the federal constitution never thought of States being divided into listricts. In 1842 congress provided for districts. Originally it was State representation and the congressmen Iould now represent the entire people :f the State as they do of the entire iation. It is necessary. however. that these representatives should be listributed over the State in order to be supplied with as much knowledge -f the needs of the people of different eet ions. He then cited tigures showing that cording to the present grouping of :ounties into districts one voter in ampton county has as nruch repre ;entation as five in Greenville. He favored the McGowan bill, le held up the ideal district and compared the list rits in the several bills with this ideal, to the credit of the M1cGowan bill, lHe called attention to the fact that all but one of South Carolina's :ongressmnen live in the border coun ties. This is the result of the gerry mandered scheme now in existence nd the -interior counties have no showing at all. The county of Rlich land is so divided that one-half is tacked on to the mountain counties, the other to the seacoast. He closed with an appeal for a change. M1r. Dennis wanted to go on record 1 favoring the MIcGowan bill. Mir. Freeman of MIarlboro offered a substitute f'or MIr. MIcGowan's bill. He said that some of the districts in the MIcGowan bill were like gourd vines, ie had consulted no candidates for congress in arranging his bill. He had taken the map and worked every onceivable combination and he had presented what he believes to be the best plan of all, lHe then discussed the merits of the several bills. Ir. Etird moved to indefinitely post pone the whole matter. This was voted down by an overwhelming ma ority-98 to 14. The 14 were: Blease. Eird. Fox. 11u11, Kibler. Kinard, Lide, Lomax, M1aulding, J. B. Smith, Stro man,Tatum, Towill; Woods. Mr. Dorroh protested against Green ville being districted with Spartan burg. Union and Laurens. The re ations between Greenville and Spar tanburg are cordial enough,. but much loser are the relations between Greenville and Anderson, A bbeville, Oconee and Pickens. -Greenville and Spartanburg for 20 years have been political rivals, If you keep them in the same district you simply perpet uate a row of 20 years' standing. partanburg, Laurens and Union are .ld counties connected by blood. Greenville, Anderson. Oconee and Pickens were later settled and con nected by tradition and association. We have heard there are excellent people in Union but we are not ac luainted with them. The city of Greenville was settled partly from Ab bevile and .Anderson and the counties cf Anderson and Greenville largely settled Pickens and O)conee. Green ville ickens and Oeonce are the only mountain counties in the State and should not! be separated. The Mle~owan bill provides a collec tion of long strinlgs. The Freeman ill provides a collection of bunches. l am not a candidate for congress. and never expect to be one, and I am not represe ntinIg any eongressman here."' MIr. 31eLauchlin of ( riangeburg moved toi table the Freeman~ amend ment. This was carried byv a vote oif 4C to os and the amuenidmenlt was re 3r. liac'.t of Charleston offered an amnidment to the M1e(owan bill tak inIg leaufri t out of the (listrict with Chatrlst '. TIhere are three seaports, Geoge'town. IleauC'ort and Charleston, ad~ they~ sho0uld be ini seperate dis rIts. Ml. Mc1e ,'wan said this suited him. Mr. Moses or' smter oppo.sed it. Tids would u.ake i e Sevent h district topheavy. 3r. Rainsford made a strong speech against the amendment. It would put, Edgerald into a district but 30 mes wo:e anti ST I-'iremhiu Il i' 1 A'' sea allinost to tie nliiuntainls. a Worse condition than any district unier the gerry mallnd'r act. .r. Tatuni stated th:it hle had o posed redistrictinz. lie doesn't t hik the Burleigh bill mIaIIdatory. Ye the house has expressed itself in favor of such andl he wants the best hill of the lot. The McGowan bill works a hardship on Orangeburg county. but the Hacot amendment. would make it all right. Mr. Croft of Aikeni made a speech in favor of the amendment. The coun ties of Beaufortand Lexington favor it, and why not let them he change(. The amendment was adopted and the bill as amended passed second read mng. TnE REDISTRICTING BILL. The following is the redistrictim plan passed by the house Thursda.v. with the population of each district: 1. Charleston, Berkeley. Colleton and I)orcheter--168.206. 2. Edgefield, Saluda. Aiken, Biarn well. Bamberg. Hampton and Beau fort.-1i95.509J. :1. Oconee. Pickens. Anderson Abhe vylle. Greenwood and Newberry-19iO. 612. 4. Greenville. Spartanburg. Laurens and Union -181.933. 5. Cherokee, York, Chester. Fair tield, Lancaster. Kershaw and Ches terfield-190,492. 6. Marlboro, Marion. Horry. Dar lington, Florence. Williamsburg and Georgetown-201.577. 7. Sumter, Clarendon. Oranzeburg. Richland and Lexington -211.9:37. )uring the discussion Mr. Weston announced that in the debate of .he - day before he used language which bad been misconstrued. ("To hell with the committee on privileges and lection.") Mr. Weston explained that he has the highest regard for the members of the committee and was merely using a figure of speech. In stead of wishing the members to go to that distant and torrid country. he hopes to meet them all in that "house not made with hands." Mr. Prince, facetiously-Which house "not made with hands?" Mr. Weston-I refer the gentleman to the chaplain. After this good natured amende and repartee, Mr. Cosgrove stated that if hie had used offensive language to ex ite Mr. Weston he would retract that language. t COMITTED SUICIDE Because He Had Been Defeated for a Small Office. t Wm. H. Hoemeister of St. Louis, 1 -supreme recorder of the Legion of Ronor, committed suicide at the Plan t ers' hotel of that city Tuesday of last week by. shooting himself. The only witness to the suicide was eorge M. Ackley of Kansas City. Deputy Coroner Boogher took charge >f the remains. Mr. Hoffmeister was defeated for reelection as supreme recorder of the Legion of Honor by C . . P. White and an entirely new supreme council was elected after a sensational contest. One feature of the struggle was the1 rrest of Otto A. Overbeck, candidate ror supreme chancellor(the highest offi er in the order,) and leader of the pposition to the administration.] Mr. Overbeck was arrested while on as way to the meeting where the elec ion was to be held. At the four courts a complaint was todged against Mr. Overbeck for car ying a concealed weapon. Friends of the Overbeck ticket, however, procured - SMr. Overbeck's release on bond and urried with him to the meeting hall. where they arrived in time to vote. his one vote being necessary to win. Ackley, who says he was in an 'ad joining bathroom when the shot was . ired, expressed the belief that Hoff-' meister killed himself because he had been defeated in his candidacy for re -1tion. 'Hoffimeister was drinking Tuesday aight," said Ackley, "and he told me here would be trouble. I knew he had a revolver and I took it from him and locked it up. My own revolver was n my valise and thIs he used to shoot himself." George W. Tea.sdale, an Intimate triend of the dead -:an said: "Mr. Hoffmneister's accounts were investigated by the supreme counsel recently and were found to be in good ~ shape." After hearIng testimony the coroner rendered a 'rerdict of suicide. A Novel Marriage. I Miss Maggie Stephenson and her step-grandfather, James M. Turner. a well-to-do-armer of Isle of Wight county, Va., were married at Gates ville, N. C., Wednesday. The nup-. tials were solemnized after the couple had been refused license in Virginia, wing to the Old DominIon law against such unions. It Is claimed Turner says he will immediately~ sell all his property and leave the state. He gives his age as 48 years, but looks older. The bride's age is given as 19 years.i Turner is quoted as saying his second wife before she died made the request that he marry her grandaugter. In ad dition he claim that Cupid's darts found a target in his heart with his present young wife's as the image graven thereupon. Just before the performance of the marital ceremonial a lady friend of the girl Is said to havec tried to persuade her to withdraw f roi the ceremony. 11er effort was futile It Is claimed that the father of the bride offered no objections to the match. The Jenkin's sword.t The Charleston Post says " prepara tions are being made for the presenta-] tion of the sword to Maj. Micahi Jen-1I kins, the distinguished South Carolina soldier, by the president of the United States at the Charleston exposition on Feb 12. The sword which will be a very handsome oIne, having engraved upon It what the president hiimself, Maj. Jenkins' colonel in the war with Spain. said of the gallantry of the South Carolinan, has been ordered and should arrive in a few days. 31aj. Jen kins Is now teaching at mnilitary school in Virginia. but he will be on hand to receive the testimonial to his bravery rm the hands of the preident PHE A(GONY ALL OVER ?urdy and Dantzler Are to Ee the Iew Judges. CHE OTHER OFFICERS ELECTED. E'he Old Dispensary Directors and: Several Old Judges Re-elected. Other Lucky Candidates Who Got There. Tuesday (if last week was electkl lay with the Lcgislature. At 10:30; >lock the senate ind the house as emiled in the hall of the house of -epresentatives and proceeded to the lvction (if THE JUDC;ES. Senator IRaysor, (if Orangeurg,. iominated the lon. Chas. G. )aitz er. This was seconded by Mr. Cus rove of the Charleston delegation. by enator Sharpe of Lexington and 3Mr. rince of Anderson. There were no urther nominations. The tllers. eniators Raysor and Sharpe and Rep -esentatives Tatum. Sinkler and ;pears, announced that Mr. D)antzlcr iad received 153 votes. For judge of the seccnd circuit. ;enator lienderson of Aiken nonin ted the incumbent, Judge James Udrich of Aiken. This was seconded v Mr. Wilson of Sumter and others. here were no other nominations. he tellers. Senators Henderson and Lldrich and Messrs. Kinsey. Williams .nd McGowan, reported that Judge ldrich had received 153 votes. For judge of the third judicial cir uit. Senator Manning ot Sumter nom nated lion. T. B. Fraser of Sumter. his was seconded by 'Mr. Croft of tiken. Mr. Freeman of Marlboro. Mr. McLeod of Sumter nominated' Ir. R. 0. Purdy of Sumter. This vas seconded by Mr. Herry B. Rich .rdson of Clarendon and Capt. Hill of .olleton. Mr. Wells of Florence nominated Ir. George Galletly of Florence. This as seconded by Mr. Lockwood of $aufort. Mr. Dominick of Newberry .nd Senator Aldrich of Barnwell. The ellers were Senators Manning and 11 erton and Representatives Carter. urchison and Theus. When the ote was first taken Mr. Fraser re eived 37, Mr. Galletly 42 and Mr. urdy 76. The latter needed just hree votes of election. Then sue ceded a number of cnanges, the ireak being made by Mr. Lide of Or .ngeburg. who changed from Galletly o Purdy. The final result was: To al number of votes cast 155; of which tumber Mr. Fraser received 31, Mr. alletly 40 and Mr. Purdy 84; neces ar to a choice 78. Senator Blakeney of Chesterfield toninated Judge R. C. Watts of Che aw to succeed himself as judge of the ourth circuit. This was seconded by Ir. McGowan in behalf of the Lau ens delegztion. There were numer us seconds to the nomination. The ellers, Senators Blakeney and McDer aott and Messrs. W. L. Parker, Etird rd Dennis, reported that Judge Watts Lad received 154 votes. Senator Glenn nominated Judge Geo. V. Gage of Chester to succeed himself. This was seconded by Mr. Williams of ~ancaster, Mr. Brice of York and thers. The tellers, Senators Glenn ,nd Hlough and Representatives Wood rard. Beamguard and Richardson, re orted that Judge Gage received 155 'otes and was deciared judge of the ixth judicial circuit. Judge Klugh was nominated to suc eed himself as judge of the eighth ircuit. The nomination was made v W. H. Parker of Abbeville, second by Senator Brice of York and a umber of others. The tellers were enators Graydon and Herndon arid lepresentativyes Gunter. Mc~raw and Itrat. Judge Klugh received 148 'otes. Mr. Williams of Lancaster nominat d the Hon. Ira B. Jones of Lancaster o succeed himself as a justice of the upreme court. Trhis was seconded y Mr. Dominick on behalf of the ~ewberry delegation, by Mr. IHile of Lork, by Senators Hlough and Glenn. hnere were 130 votes cast and Justice 'ones received 130. The election of judges was then con luded and the joint assembly was ad-! urned after having been in session wo hours and 15 minutes. AFTERNoON sEssION. At 4 o'clock another session of the z.nt assembly was held. For the of c of commissioner of the State dis ensary there was but one name put orward, that of Hi. H. Crum, the in-, umbent. -He was nominated by Mr. Tatum of Orangeburg, seconded by Ir. ivens of Dorchester and several thers.. There were 147 votes, Mr. rum receiving the entire number. For the otltee of chairman of the oard of directors of the dispensary here was only one nomination, L. J. Villiams of Edgefield. Mr. Williams sthe incumbent, lie was nominated vSenator Sharp of Lexington, sec rded by Mr. Strom of Edgetield and ir. Croft of Aiken. The nanme (of nator Stanland was not presented. ithough it was expected that it would e. Mr. Williams received the entire ute polled. 146. Then camme the vote for the other vo members of the board of directors 'the State dispensary. There were ix candidates. Senator J. A. McDer mctt of Hlorry; A. F. H1. Dukes of :rangeburg, former member of the eneral assembly: H. U. Evans of ewberry, former member of the gen ral assembly: B. H1. Theus, represen .ttive from Hampton: A. H. Dean, r.. reprsentativye from Spartanbuirg; . oykin of Kershaw, recently a dis ensary inspector. When the vote was first taken, it as seen that Mr. Evans was elected. There were 155 votes cast. 78 being ecessary for election. Mr. Evans ad received $0, Mr. D~ukes received 0: Mr. lIoykin 54: Mr. Theus 24: Mr. ieermfot 23: Mr. D)ean 48. As soon as the last vote was cast. Ir. Theus' supporters began to break. . number of them voting for Mr. Boy :in. For awhile it appeared that Mr. oykn would catch up with and pass Ir. Dukes. Senator McDermott's When ole of 3lr. Dean's support;'rs voted for Boykin. this was the sign, to several others and they changed from Dean to Dukes and the iatter's election was ensured. The vote as finally declared was Evans 86: Dukes 80: l'oykin 72: Dean 31: McDerinott 20: Theus 15. PENITENTIARY DIRECTORS. There were four candidates for the two vacancies on the board of direct ors of the State penitentiary. The incumbents were reelected. W. B. Love of York receiving 96 votes: W. D. Mann of Abbeville 78: J. 0. Wingo of Greenville 66. and W. C. Vincent of Beaufort 62. There were 151 votes cast. 76 being neccessary to elect. The joint assembly at - o'clock took a recess uniil 8:3o p. i.. at which time to reassemble to elect. trustees of sev eral colleges and a State librarian. NIWIT SEssioN, There were two vacancies on the Winthrop board. the incumbents being Dr. T. A. Crawford of Rock lill and Col. Wilie Jones of Columbia. There were three nominees. Dr. Crawford and Col. Jones were nominated. The nomination of Hon. J. E. Breazeale of Anderson created somewhat of a sur prise. Mr. Breazeale was a member of the original board which established the college. He was nominated by Mr. Tatum and the nomination re eived numerous seconds. The result va-s Crawford 51: Breazeale 111. and Jones 100. The two latter were elected. There were two nominees for places n t!-e South Carolina college board to fill two acancies. The incumbents Col. JW). T. Sloan of Columbia. and r. Robert MaeFarland of Darlington; were reelected without opposition. There were four trustees for Clem on to be elected. The nominations were L. A. Sease of Lexington, W, ). Evans of Chestertield. A, T. Smnythe )f Charleston and Jno. S. Garris of Spartanburg. The three former were reelected. 'Mr. Garris tills the vacancy aused by the death of Mr. Redfearn. There was one vacancy on the board >f visitors of the South Carolina Mili Lary Academy. Gen. Ellison Capers eclined reelection and Mr. Orlando Sheppard of Edgetield was unanimous ly elected. Mr. Sheppard is an alum aus of the Citadel, as is required of all members of the board of visitors. Mr. W. K. Sligh of Newberry de :lined reelection as 'a t1rustee of the :lored college at Orangc burg and Mr. ole L. Blease of Newberry was nom mnated to succeed-him. Mr. A. L. Dukes of Orangeburg was nominated ror the other vacancy. Both were elected without opposition. Miss L. H. LaBorde wzs unanimous ly elected State librarian to fill the nexpired term of the former libra rian, resigned. Miss LaBorde has illed the position admirably for sev ,ral months by appointment of the governor. The work of the joint assembly be ing concluded, that body was declared idjourned 10.20 p. m., having spent he greater part of the day in session balloting. TERRIBLE MINE DISASTER. rwenty-One Persons Killed and Eight Badly Wounded. As the result of a terrible mine dis ister at Lost Creek, Iowa, Friday af ternoon 21 dead are in an improvised morgue, and eight are in a temporary diospital. The dead: Joe Gaspers. Frank Gas prs. Jim Stohal, Sylvester Chreigh :on. Joe Berte. Andy Pash, Frank Se rees, John Martin. John Biros, Mike Iraha, Jack Manley, Mike Fox. Jr.. Iike Fox. Sr., Boone Fish, Rush Fish, A. Crews, Jack Eldea, D)ave Malter, Sam. Humphrey. Jim Humphrey, Alex. Gray. The explosion occurred it the noon hour and is what is known is a "dust" explosion. The miners ad just fired their usual noon shots, me of which proved to be a fizzle. fhe burning powder ignited the gas ind the explosion followed. Smoke md debris were blown out of the shaft 100 feet high. Part of the top works was torn away and the fans and cages vere partly wrecked. This made the ork of rescue very slow and it was 3 !lock before volunteer parties dared :o venture into 'the east entrance, where the explosion occurred. When :hey found their way in a horrible. ;ight greeted them. The dead and njured were terribly burned and mu :ilated, some pf them almost beyond ecognition. Fire which at first was teared would prove destructive to the mtire mine had broken out and this idded terror to the spectacle. The iames wvere finally controlled and af Ler several of tihe rescue party had succumbed to the fumes all the dead ere found and carried to the top of :he shaft. At the time of the explo don more than 100 men were in the nines, but all of these, except those in :he east entry, escaped with only light injury. The total property dam ige will be about $10,000. It was searly dark when the last of thle dead was taken out, and the scenes of -an uish among the families of thle men were most pitiful. Nearly all of the nen were married and leave families n poor circumnstances. The mines is )wned by the Lost Creek Fuel compa y of Lost Creek and has been in op ration about one year. The Catawba~ Indians. Mr. Boyd. the state's Indian agent n charge of the Catawba Indian re ;ervation in York County. brought valise full of handsome Indian pot :ery to Columbia on Wednesday. They vere sent to Senator Graydon as a :estimonial of the appreciation of the ndians of his efforts in their behalf ast year. Thlese relics consisted of gases, pipes, etc. Thie work is really idmirable. Agent Boyd says that :here are now about 75 men women id children on the reservation. Of :hese about 20 are full breeds, one'of :hem being over 80 years of age. Dur .ng the year not a single Indian has ied while several papooses have been mdded to the community. The Treaty Signed. The treat y of cession of the Danish; West Indies islands from D)enmark to le t.~nited States was signed at tihe tate department today by Secre :ary Hay and Constantine Brun. the ~anish mnister. Thle treaty will be ;ubmttd to tile senate for ratitica inn immeliate CAREER OF GOV. MOSES. Some Moral Lessons From the Pitiful Plight of Former Governor. The New York Journal this week devotes a page to an illustrated story of the blighted career of Franklin J. Mloses. former reconstruction gover nor of this state. now a morphine fiend. tramp and criminal of the lowest type of New York. It is a story of just retribution overtaking a man who deserted his people in time of trouble for gain of money and poli tical preferment. The bulk of the argument is taken up with an account by loses himself. but the facts of interest are all told in The .1ournlas introductory, which t bough somewhat exaggerated covers the main p;oints well. This introduct:ory is as follows I A week ago ex-Govern:>r Franklin J. Moses. of South Carolina. was sen tene ed In a Bostou police court to four months in the House of Correction at Deer Island. Back of this is a life story, strange. dramatic, pathetic. which teaches a powerful moral. The downfall of Franklin J. Moses from the social and political influence of chief executive of a state to tramp convicted of passing a worthless check is directly traced to opium. The only son of wealthy and in fluential parents, Moses had ever pos sible advantage. His father was chief of justice of the State of Soiuth Caro lina. als njother a distinguislaed Soiuth ern bealty. tall, handsome, of distingue pre sence. gifted with exceptional talents. prestige and wealth, Franklin J. Moses made a dashing soldier and later an able statesman. That was thirty. years ago. Today he is, the ruin of his for mer self, bowed down, haggard and pitiful. His picture is in the Rogues Gallery. He has neither friends nor money. Nothing seems left to him except the gift of eloquende, and he has used that with telling effect in his own be half when arraigned in police court from time to time to answer for his various misdoings. In his youth Franklin J. Moses was the petted darling of South Carolina's proudest and most exclusive social sets. All the men admired him. The woner adopted him. At the banquet his speech was the most conspicuous toast of the evening. No ball or social gathering at Charleston was consider ed a complete success unless he was there. In his cell in the House of Correc tion at Deer Island, Boston, Franklin J. Moses yesterday dictated the his tory of his life. Too nervous to write, he restlessly paced backward and for ward as he sorrowfilly told of glorious prospects blighted, golden opportuni ties thrown away, and the final subju gation of those attributes which mark the gifted scholar and statesman by the characteristics of the tramp and criminal. 1843-Franklin J. Moses. the only son of Chief Justice Moses, born in South Carolina. 1855-Sent to college, where he as tonished all by his brilliancy. 1862-Graduated with highest hon ors. 1863-Joined the Confederate army. Hoisted the Stars and Bars aver Sum ter when the Stars and Stripes were hauled down after Anderson's surren der. 1870-Elected speaker of the state house of representatives of South Car olina. 1873-Elected governor of the state of South Carolina. 1875-Vacated his office as Chief Executive of tue State. Suffered so ial ostracism. Became addicted to the use of morphine. 1876-Moved to New York to look foi- work. Made a living writing political speeches for candidates for offices. 1877-Began frequenting opium dens in New York's China town. 1878-Arrested in New York harged with forging note far $316 in South Carolina. Delivered to South Carolina aurhorities, but es aped. 1884-Arrested hi New York and sent to Blackwell's Island. 1885-Arrested in Massachsetts, harged .with obtaining money un der false pretense and sent to Charles town Penitentiary for 3 years. 1888-Discharged from prison cured of the morphine habit. Went to Winthrop, near Boston, resolved to begin life anew, and commenced the publication of the Winthrop Sun, a weekly newspaper. 1890-Elected town moderator at Winthrop. where he presided for two cnsecutive terms at all town meet igs. 1898-Met with business reverses. Sold the Winthrop Sun and drifted to Boston. 1900-Became an outcast and tramp. Arrested In March on a harge of larceny, and again In Au gust on another charge of the same nature. 1902-Arrested at Boston for lar eny of an overcoat valued at $50. Sent to the House of Correction at Deer Island for four months by Judge Brown on January 3. Pulled Out Her Eyes. Mrs. Beula Abbey, the wife or a oung merchant near Sparta, Tenn., s dead as a result of pulling out one f her eyes in a fanantical and literal nterpretation of the serptual linjunc ion which says: "If thine eye offend. luck it out and cast It from thee, for It s better to go into Heaven having only ne eye than to suffer the tortments f the hell fire." She became much xcited over religion last autumn and since that time, it is said, she has been oted for her strange vageries. Boiler Explosion In 1901 there was about one boiler explosion daily, on the average, in the United States, and there were 788 vic-I tims of explosions during the year. I n reat Britain during the same year~ hre were only twenty-four persons1 illed by boiler explosions and only sixty-five wounded-eighty-nine vic HIONORING A EO. Thanks of Congress to Rear Admiral Schley for His Services. An egfort was made in the senate Thursday by Mr. Mason of Illinois to obtain consideration for a joint reso lution which he introduced, extend Ing the thanks of congress to Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley "*for his brave and able conduct while in command of the American fleet at the victorious battle of Santiago." The effort, however. was not successful. On motion of Mr. Hale the resolu tion was referred to the committee on naval affairs. Mr. Mason's reso-lution was as fol lows: *That the thanks of congress be hereby tendered to Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Sehley for his brave and able conduct while in command of; the American fleet at the victorious battle of Santiago. "That a sword be presented to him by the secretary of the navy of the United States and the sum of $10,000 or so much thereof as may be neces sary is hereby appropriated for the purpose of this resolution out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. "That the secretary of the navy shall cause to be struck bronze rnedals commemorating the battle of Santia go and distribute the same to the offi cers and men under command of Schley during said battle of San tiago." Mr. Mason said the resolution was practically Identical with that adopted in the case of Admiral Dewey. "I think we would better let this resolution go over," suggested Mr. Hale, chairman of the committee on navai affairs. "The matter involved is in controversy. It ought to go to a committee." "I do not see that it is necessary," said Mr. Mason, "that the resolution should go to a committee. It is a statement of a historical fact which has been passed upon by the American people. Under the rules it can be read a second time and passed. When the resolution was read a second time Mr. Hale moved that it be referred to the committee on naval affairs. To this motion Mr. Mason objected, urging that the facts being known of J all men every senator knew precisely bow he would vote upon it. By a viva voce vote the resolution was referred to the committee - on naval affairs. A Terrible Experience. A dispatch from New Haven, Conn., says fighting a fire that drove them from an engine running 25 miles an hour, Engineer William Johnson and Fireman James King rode 25 miles over the Air Line at 2 o'clock Thurs day morning. They were aboard a locomotive pulling a freight running between here and East Hamption. The bursting of a pipe . reversed the blower in the fire box, and huge tongues of flames swept back into the cab. Johnson hurried out of his window and King climed out on the side and on top of the cab. The cab was soon afirc, and to reach the throt-] le meant death to Johnson. King1 lung 'to the top of the cap as theJ ngine rocked and swayed, having all he could to keep his position. The top of the cab became heated, forcing King to get upon histhands and knees. With a spring he leaped off into the< tender on the heap of coal. Getting1 possession of the hose next the water tank, so that Engineer Johnson was able to get to the throttle and reverse his engine as the train pulled into East Hampton. Both Johnson and King were badly burned, there,~ hair being singed from their heads. "It was the wildest ride I've had in my] expeiience of 25 years," said Engineer Johnson. St. Louis Shaken. Two distinct shocks of - earthquake were felt in St. Louis, Mo., and in many of the adjoining towns a few minutes before 5 o'clock Friday morn ing. The shock was light. The sec ond was more severe. Persons who ad slept through the first shock were awakened by the second. The shocks were accompanied by a rumbling sound. Reports received show that the shocks were very generally felt throughout the city and suburbs, be ing of sufficient force to rattle the crockery and swing pictures in resi dences. In Clifton Heights, west of the city, the shocks were very severe and residents ran Into their yards, fearing their houses would be shaken :own. The shocks were felt distinct ly across the river in Illinois, in East St. Louis, Alton, Quincy, Granite City and Venice. In the latter town build ings shook and windows rattled so vio ently that residents believed an ex plosion had occurred in the neighbor ood. Shocks were felt at St. Joseph, Kansas City and Leavenworth. Many Soldiers Needed. Both the civil and military authori ties at Washington deprecate the pub ication in the Philippines of Prof.I Schurman's Boston speech and the mi ority report in the senate on the C Philippine tariff bill, which they say, re liable to have a bad effect on the Filipinos. Gen. Wheaton, comman er of the department of the north] Philippines, says men have been sent o prison here for remarks as those of t Prof. Schurman, and that if what he] dvocates was accomplished it would] ean the expenditure of much treas re and the shedding of blood liket water. Now. as before, he adds, 50,000 oldiers are needed here, and will be< equired in these Islands for-at least five years. it will then be possible to form a government based on that of he colonies of Holland and Great Britain, they having proved the most ( uccessful managers of oriental races. 1 His First Speech. The Washington Times says: Mr. ever, democrat, the youthful mem- t er of the house from South Carolina, ddressed the- speaker for the first ime several days ago. He is a young an of very boyish appearance, but of ecognized ability. Except Mr. Feely f Illinois, who is several months his unior. Mr. Lever is the youngest mem-1 er of the house. He arose yesterday o otticially announce the death of his redecessor, Hon. J. William Stokes, nd to offer the customary resolutions. FERTILIZER PLANT. Senator Mayfield Proposes that te State Build One. HOW IT WILL BE BUILT. The Text of the Measure. Presented in the State Senate on Tues day of Last Week on the Subject. A bill of some interest introduced in the State Senate on Tuesday of last week by Senator Mayfield, of Bamberg County, is that to provide for State manufacture and sale of fertilizers, de signed to utilize the State phosphate territory to bettei advantage, and per haip. cheapon fertilizers for the farm ers. The bill read thus: Sec. 1. That from and after the pas sage of this act the directors of the State penitentiary shall forthwith erect, equip and maintain one or more fertilizer plants and suitable ware houses within this State for the manu facture and sale of commercial fertiliz ers. Sec. 2. That said plant or plants shall be located at such points as may be deemed most advantageous to the in terests of the State and shall be oper ated in whole or in part by convict ]a bor, and to this end the said board of irectors are hereby. authorized to sell all the state farms save and except the Lexington farm for cash to the highest bidder and shall execute title thereto in the name of the State to the pur .hasers. Sec. 3. That said board of directors hall have the right and are -hereby mpowered to borrow.money, mine phosphate rock, manufacture and sell:, the same to the citizens of this State )n such terms as may be deemed advis able; to acquire phosphate beds and to -* buy and sell or -exchange fertilizin materials, and such other business as may be necessary for the successfglcar rying out the provisions of thisact Sec. 4. That the said-board of direc tors are hereby authorized to employ )ne head bookkeeper at a salary of81, 00; two assistant bookkeepers at a salary each of $1,200; a business man ger with a salary of 82,50O; a chemist it a salary of $2,000, and such other aelp as may be necessary. Sec. 5. That the fertilizers so manu !actured, may be sold in lots from-one enth of a ton to 500 tons, ut up in arrels, boxes, bags, or in ulk and the directors are hereby authorizd to ssue to the purchaser a certificate which shall correctly-show the quality >f such goods and the percentages of tvailable ammonia, phosphoric acid, nd potash and the sourcesfrom which he said ingredients are obtained. Sec. 6. That said fertilizers may be ;old for cash or guaranteed. note,.sat sfactory to the said board of directors yr their agents; that the debt so cre tted shall be a prior lien to all other iens on the crop or crops grown b he. purchaser, and shall be demane ield and taken to be a debt due to the tate of South Carolina and as such no iomestead exemption can be claimed n.either real or personal property; hat the proft arising from the sales Lfter repaying the loans hereinafter yrovided for above be distributed in ;he counties of this State when the >rofit was made and applicable to the ~urrent expenses of the county. Sec.7. That for the purposes of this' act the sum of $300,000 shall-be appro iriated and made available and? thie said board of directors may draw their - yrder therefor as needed on thecomp Groller general, who shall issue a proper warrant therefore for the sums not to exceed said sum of$300,000enthe State areasurer who shall pay the said war cants for said sum. Sec. 8. .That said board of directors tre further authorized to borrow of the inking fund commission an amount 20t to exceed $400,000 and from the dis sensary State school fund the sum of 5600,000. said sums to be repaid out of the profits arising from the sale of fer lizers and the entire plant franchise mnd pouct is hereby hypothecated mnd pledged for the repayment of the Eund borrowed first from the sinking und, and then to the State school Eund. Sec. 9. That the public carriers be and are hereby required to transport and deliver all lots of freight over their lines to consignor which have or has a :ertificate issued by the board of direc tors thereon. Sec. 10. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Needn't Live With Drnkards. No West Virginia woman need live with her husband If he Is a-habitual runkard, for the supreme court of the state has decided that, if, after marriage, the husband becomes a runkard the wife is justified in de serting him. For this cause, further :nore, the wife is entitled to her ~ lower, although at the time of his ~eath she be living apart from him I'he decision of the court is reported n the case of Neeley -vs. Neeley, ~romn Doddridge county. In his >pinion Judge Dent says; No woman s compelled to live with the worst of ll brutes, a drunken brute-to the yeril of her health and life, but she ias a right to leave him and live apart rom him until he furnishes her in lubitable evidence of reformation. Will Run a Year. A company has been organized at lartford, Conn., (for the purpose of nanufacturing a yearly-wind clock, he invention of David Vauthier, a renchman who has been residing in :artford for several ycars. H.. 1). dilderberger, a well known lawyer of hat city, is the pre.sident of the comn any, and he has in his offce a clock > this kind which was wound on anuarv 4. 1900. It has been running ithout; intermission ever since. The novement is said to contain but one pring. which is placed within a drum >r barrel. This drum is equipped on he outside with a ratchet gear con ecting with the train. The drum evolves but once a month, and con equently makes but twelve revolu ions in the course of the year. THmE record of suicides for the past ear is something grim and ghastly. ['here were no less than 7,245 of them n this country alone, and the chances tre that even these figures do not tell :he whole story. inasmuch as a great nanv suicides are concealed. The ubfished statistics show that the mumberof people who take their own ives is growing much faster prgportion Ivel than our population.