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VyOL. XVI. MANNS 2,WINS)1qFBUR 2 92 O 8 A SPICY DEBATE In the United States Senate Over the Philipine Question. TILLMAN AND B:VERIDGE7 IX. Senator ('armack, Demoemt of.en nessee, Makes f i. Maiden Speech in the Senate, Which i. Weil Receired by His ('onear.ues. Another soirited debate, with the Philippine Ta rii' Bill as the text. was precipitated in the Senate on last Wednesday as the result of some state ments made by Senator Carmack, Democrat of Tennessee. in the course of an extended speech on the general Philippine question. It. was the Ten nessee senators irst speech in the senate and he was given notably good attention on both sides of the cham ber. le spoke without manuscript. with earnestness. force and eloquence. At the conclusion of his address, which had been listened to by many of his former colleagues in the house of representatives. Senator De'.eridge. Republican of Indiana, challenged some of his statements. The debate which ensued was very lively for a few minutes. taking on a political phase. which proved particularly interesting to the auditors who crowded the Poor as well as the galleries. Mr. Beve ridge and Mr. Tillman became in volved in a heated colloquy in which the exchanges were as hot as both senators could well make them. "This. bill," Mr. Carmack declared. "is framed on the theory that the Philippine islands are a deadly menace to our own trade: and that the less we trade with these islands and the less we have to do with them the better it will be for us. The only trade that will flourish under such conditions is that of the exploiters and it is proposed to turn the islands over to them. It is for the benefit of the carpet baggers and not for the benefit of the Ameri can people that a war of criminal aggression is being waged in the Philippine islands. POSITION OF DEMOCRACY. "We of the minority cannot support this bill or the policy of which it is a part. We are opposed to the bill, be cause we are opposed to the whole policy of colonial empire." Mr. Car mack discussed briefly the subject of censorship of press dispatches in Manila. He declared that it was not a censorship for military purposes but had been "established by, for, and in the interest of the Republican party." Important information had been sup pressed by the censor, he declared. and the people of this country had been kept in ignorance of matters to a knowledge of which they were enti tied. Referring to the Republican sup porters of the present Philippine policy, Mr. Carmack said: "You lift your hands in holy horror. at the lynching of a colored man in the south and yet you are engaged in lynching 10.000,000 of people who were recently your allies and your brothers in arms and who have com mitted no crime except the crime upon which this government was founded." Mr. Beveridge, a Republican mem ber .of the Philipnine committee, sharply challenged a statement by the Tennessee senator that the Philip pine tariff had not been well or care fully considered. "Did the Philippine committee make an investigation of the Philip pine tariff scaley"~ inquired Mr. Car mack. "No," replied Mr. Beveridge, "bu the Philippine commission has been considering that scale for two years." Mr. Beveridge reported that the Philippine question had been passed on and settled four time in congress and twice had been before the Amern *can people and by them twice settled. Mr. Beveridge declared that the rea son why ex-President Cleveland, ex President Harrison and ex-Senator Edmunds, all of whom had not been in sympathy with the Philippine policy of the admmnistration declined to follow the Democratic party was because that party would not accept the decision of the supreme court and the verdict of the American people as final. * ~ THE WORNOU~T CRY. He asserted that the reasons why 'the "moderate. thoughtful and con structive people of the country"~ had not fonlowed the D~emocratic party in its opposition to the proper control of ~the Philippines and in other matters 'of national policy, was that they seared that party would sow "the dragons teeth from which would :spring a harvest of anarchy." "They will not follow you," he de 'clared, shaking his finger at the Democratic side, "because you are calling our soldiers 'murderers' and 'charity boys' and 'doers of dirty work.'" As he was proceeding to discuss some of the conditions in the Philip pine islands. Mr. Tillman, interrupted with the inquiry: "Will the senator be explicit and give us the benetit of his personal observations or any offi cial informati'on he has in regard to the dispatch from General Bell that he proposed to make war so terrible that they would want peace and want it bad? ?s tha.t true or is it not?" 'This was not done while 1 was there," replicd Mr. Beveridgre. "I will ask the senator whether, when he is making war. he woul not make war so terrible that the enemy would want peace?" "That would depend." said Mr Tillman, " whether 1 was honestly engaged in a war that I thought was deceret and honorable or of subjuga tion and infamy." "And does the senator charge." de manded Mr. Theveridge. "that General Bell does not believe he is engaged in an honest wary" "DUING DIRTY woitK. "1 know that there are plent y o~f of ficers there. who~ feel they are doing c'rty work." shouted Mr. Tillmnan. 'Snd they have told me' t hey are :ahamed of it ." "1as General Bei' told you so.** in sisted Mr. R:everidge. " don't i-now about General Belh" said ir. Tilhnan. "I have not ueen him." **Then why do you drag in General I-'Cl. General Wheaton and others." sharply inquired Mr. Beveridge. Mr. Tillman: "I will drag into this discussion an Associated Press re )ort-from Manila." Mr. Reveridge: "Now it is an As sociated Press man." Mr. Tillnan: "Then you either have a censorship there or you have not. You swear you have not and then wihen the reports come you say 'ther are not ours.' Mr. "everidge: It is hopeless. When they begin to discuss the con stitution and we take theni up on that, thney come to censorship. When we saY that none exists they go to war. bloo(shed. pillage anl murder." A N EX-PARTE STrMENT. After sonie sharp personalI colloquy in which thei Indiana and South Car olina senators ridiculed each other, Mr. Beveridge proceeded to relate an incident of the burning of a village, and said that upon investigation it proved that it was the act of the in surgents, his purpose being to dis prove some reports against the Ameri can soldiers. Mr. Tillman was on his feet again and asked Mr. Beveridge: -From whom d we get the state ments that the insurgents or rebels or whatever they are did all this burn ing?" "The American authorities," re plied Mr. Beveridge. "And is it customary," inquired Mr. Tillman. "to determine a case from ex-parte statement?" "Why does the senator always in sist?" retorted Mr. Beveridge, 'that any authority which comes from an American source is a falsehood. while everything that comes from theenemy is the truth?" - "For the same reason," replied-the South Carolina senator, "that in my own state when its capital was burned in 1865 there was an infamous asser tion that we burned it when everybody knew we did not do it." "Now, Mr. President," said Mr. Beveridge laughinly, "we are back again on ancient history, which I de cline to discuss." After some further discussion the senate went into executive session and soon after adjourned. SOME PLAIN TALK. Senator Rderton, of Florence, Talked Right Out in Meeting. When Senator Ilderton's bill to "re ulate and fix the liability of railroad companies having a relief department to its employes" was taken up in the Senate on Tuesday of last week. Sen ator Sharpe moved to strike out the enacting words. Senator Ilderton defended the bill. Some of the railroads reserve a small per cent. of the wages of its, employes for the purpo;e of establishing a re serve fund to aid employes while sick or disabled by injury. Senator Ilder ton claimed some roads made employes who wanted to get benefits from this fund to sign a contract not to sue the road. Senator Ilderton thought this wrong and wanted the bill passed to correct the evil, and argued at some length in favor of his measure. In the course of his remarks he made the assertion that the clerk of the su preme court had been on tne floor of the senate lobbying against the pas sage of this bill. "This may be all right." said Senator Ilderton, "but it looks ugly." "The chair trusts," interrupted Lieut. Gov. Tillan, "that the sena tr will refrain from further personali ties." "I am only stating facts," replied Senator Ilderton. --The chair doesnot question that." was the response. "but will repeat the the request that there be no further peronalities." "Well, MIr. President." continued Senater ilderton. "it is some times necessary to give plain talk." "And the senator has certainly been giving it" replied Lieut. Gov. Till man. This closed the colloquy, and Sena tor Ilderton continued his speech along other lines. Educative Value or a Newspaper. There is a growing tendency to rec ognize the educative value of a news paper. Among the strongest advo cates of the newspaper as a great edui cational factor is Prof. Lynch, of Mis souri, who has adopted the newspaper as a part of his curriculum and is well pleased with the results. "No text book." he says, "is equal to the news paper as a means of attaining k-now ledge of the actual, practical, up-to date world. IHistory, geography, civil government. rlgebra and the entire academy curriculum teach only a theory of the world and its facts. The real drama of life in its v'aried, politi cal and commercial forms can be ob tained only through the newspapers." One hour each week is devoted to newspaper study. The various arti cles are read and discussed by the pupils. As is pointed (Jut by one of our exchanges the children in this school have learned more about Bulga ria. Turkey and the mountain brigades since Miss Stone was capturedl than most of their parents learned in all their lives from text books alone. Sentenced to D~eath. Mamad Mashmud Pasha. a brother in-law of the sultan has been sentenced to death. lie was recently expelled from Greece at the behest of the sul tan and went to Rome. out tihe sultan's demand for his expulsion was refused. He proceeded to Paris where he re mains in safety. As all inducemeaits for his return to Co::stantilnop~le failed the criminal court was instr'ucted to issue a warrant for his arrest and try tle fugii ive by default with the re~sult that he was condemnNd to death. Unc'alled Fo(r Re'tection. Thie Atlanrta Jouirnal say-s "Gov' ernor ( andiers rem-nark that :hc' who classed in DkI augihers f tile C.'n federacy wi't h Enunma Goldman wvas hut the "brayin~g of' an~ ass" is gener ally~ takeni as an unenal led-for reflect ion on a v.ery patient and~ deserving ai ma! BOLD BAK ROBBERY. Five Men Successfully Loot the Bank and ifurd er the Sherif1. The town of Clarksville. Johnson county, Ark.. is greatly excited over a bold and successful bank robbery which occurred early Wednesday when the vault of the Bank of Clarksvi ile was dynamited and loo? z-d by five or six men. Sheriff Johni 1. Nwers was shot and kxilled by I ite rbb-ers win attempting to frustr:.te their desigis. The exact amount secured by th.- rob-; bers is not known, but it is suppsed to be between ti1.000 and 152.4 .. Sheriff Powers who rooned in a buliM ingr adjoining that if the bank vas awakened shortly betore :: o'clock by a territic explosion in the hank. Seiz ing a pistol in each hand he rushed to the bank. The robbers, who numbered five or six, were evidently prepared for him, as they opened fire the moment he appeared. The officer was wounded at the first volley but s tood his ground and returned the tire, sending half a dozen bullets at the rcbbers. The wounded sheriff managed to get back to his room where he died within 20 minutes. When hastily aroused cit i zens began arriving at the scene. Pow ers was dead and the robbers had van ished. The interior of the bank presented a wrecked appearance. the men having used dynamite to break open the vault door, having esta)!ishe(d a guard armed with Winchesters outside the bank. they seemingly had anticipated interference from the sheriff as they must have known of his presence near by. A train of blood leading from the bank is construed to mean that Pow ers injured one or more of the robbers. lie was shot three times himself and any one of the wounds would have proven fatal. Gov. Davis ofrered a re ward of $5,000 for the arrest and con viction of the bank robbers and the Arkansas Bankers' association offered a similar reward of $5,00u. These of fers will be supplemented by addition all rewards by the people of Clarks Ville. A vigorous search is being made for the fugitives, but it is believed they have escaped into the mountains. Sheriff Powers was one of the best known officers in Arkansas. He had been sheriff of Johnson county for 12 years and would have been renomin ated without opposition for another term in the Democratic primaries Feb. 1. He had the reputation of he ing brave and fearless and had run down a large number of criminals. All towns between here and Fort 1 Smith have been wired of the robbery i and no efforts will be spared to cap ture the men. although a battl^ is Cx pected should the fugitives be ov.er taken. Clarksville is 50 miles cast, of Fort Smith on the Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad. It is thought the robbers escaped north into the mountain fastnesses of Newton county where there are neither railroad or telegraph facilities. One Thousand Dollars, Reward. Gov. McSweeney offers a reward of $1,000 for the capture and conviction of Bartow Warren. the man who on August 26 last killed Thomas H. Wat son at Branchville, and has since been at large. This new reward takes the place of the original reward offered. The governor has not stated his rea sons for increasing the reward so ma terially, but he says he has good rea sons for doing so. Bartow Warren is the man who was tried for the single handed hold-up of t-he Southern rail way train at Branchville a few years ago, at which time $1,700 was secured from the express car by the robber. Ie was out on bond in this matter when he met Watson who was one of the principal witnesses against him and killed him on the streets of! Branchville. Frank Player Pardoned. Frank M. Player, who it will be re membered was convicted in Williams burg county last yea~r of robbing the dispensary at Kingstree, has received a pardon from the governor. One of the strongest petitions ever gotten up was presented the governor. It was signed by everybody in the county, by jurors, by the state board of control and Solicitor Wilson. Judge Watts. who at tirst opposed the pardon, later wrote that he had withdrawn his op position. The facts were set forth that Player was sixty years old, and~ his wife and several children were al most dependent upon charity for sup port. His original sentence was three years and six months. Forest Fires. The Palmetto Post says: The re ent forest fires in the O)katie sect ion of Beaufort County, whereby nearly all the fencing of the poor farmers and stockraisers have been destroyed is truly denmoralizing. but it makes u feel proud to see how plucky the losers have gone to work to remedy the evil entailed by the flames. We always~ knew our Okatie friends werc pluck. but now the whole world (-an see wha t a brave people are doing to preserve the property left to them. Crying for Vengeance. The authorities of Waterbury Con., are conducting a vigorou search for the incendiary who is b lieved to have caused lhe twvo Iire which devastated thle business portioni of t city and rendered many hnme less. The belief that the contlagration is the work of firebugs is growing moment arily and the town is cr-ying aloud for vengeance on the guilty. He Got off Light. A young woman in Iowa was en gaged to be married. The day before the ceremony her intended husband died suddenly. The breaved bride-ti beC wecnt into court and secured a ver dit of six thousand dollars a'tainst his5 estate on the ground of blreech of prmise. The Atlanta Jouirnal says th man seeme to have gotton Oil iigtly, after all. A Big IReward. T he rewvard oferied for tihe arr-est ad conv ict ion'of' thme robi -ers who held p heC train on lie Southern ltailway at F-ifty-eight a shoirt timie ago is one thosand dollars. The State otters 400 and the Southern Rtailwvay and~ te Express Company otters b000. m'-ing $1.OUO altogether. EXCIT1MNi SCENES. The Lower House of the Legislatur Has a Fiery Day. ALL ABOUT TAKING A HOLIDAY. The House b: " Vote of Sixty-:ive to Thirty Decides to Adjourn Without Surrendering Its Pay. There was a sensati.onlal incident 1 the proceedings of the house of repre sentatives Th.irsday night. It was a11 over oa very innocent matter. r. Richard' resolut ion that ihe members of tie general. assemiyv take no ]-:I for the two davs speit. in Charleso:. It was a most '>portune time fr 1hc resolution io c.)m ei u s the gailcry of the house wa- full of visitors and members got a chance to vent lir feelings of love for the "peopul," with the accent on the pull. The speech of Tr. Williams of Lan caster in reply to MIr. Etird was -ne of the mast scathing bits of irony ever Eieard witi-i n tie hall, and the house was thrown into a state of excitemnent thereby. N r. Elird had denounce.d the majoriiy of the house for wlm, he thought was an attempt to make sport of those who had favored the rezolu tion. Mr. Richardsand Mr. E1ird spoke in 1 favor of 3Mr. Richards resolution. The latter stated that he had voted against the appropriation for the exposition. but he had been there and had seen it and the legislature ought to go in I a body. However, he thought they ought not to take pay from the State for those two days. Mr. R. B. A. Robinson and 'Mr. Moses opposed the resolution on the ground that the general assembly could put in night work and get rid of the bilLs on the calendar. Mr. Weston offered an amendment that those whose consciences would worry them could return their per iem for the two days to the State. Mr. Wells offered as a substitute that the general assembly work two days overtime without pay. The previous question was ordered and a viva voce vote was demanded. The resolution was indefinitely post poned by a vote of 65 to 30. It was thought that the matter would be ended with this. but MIr. [zlar of Barnwell introduced a resolu tion that the 30 members who voted in the minority be allowed to return their per diem to the State to be put into the hands of the sinking fund. The reading of the resolution set the house into an uproar. 3r. Etird secured the 'oor. le began to speak aini much confusion. Several memu >ers tried to tease with him questions. The speaker rapped repeatedly for order. and 'Mr. Etird finally proceeded without an interruption. He declared that this matter had gone beyond the point of endurance. Mr. Iziar-Were you of the minori tv? MIr. Etird- Yes, sir; I am proud to ayl1was. MIr. Izlar- iell, that's the reason it as passed the point of endut-ance. MIr. Efired, still very much wrought pon, declared that he did not see why embers of the general assembly hould be taunted because they should ntroduce measures as they have a per fect right to do. And they should not e .derided for voting in accordance ith their convictions. He again. said that the exposition should be visited by the legislature as a body, nd he is willing to leave his per diem n the State treasury. The members f the house who voted against the esolution would be taking that to ;hib :hey knew they had no right. e had denmnded a roll call on the vote as he was not ashamed of his posi tion on the mat ter. Mfr. Williams. his eye liashing, but his manner cool and deliberate, then! replied to M1r. Etird. He said: Mir. Speaker. the gentleman who is just about to take his seat has said that he did not call for the "ayes aid noes' for political purposes. I do rnot rpose to charge any gentleman or any member of this house with doirng nything for political bunkum. I [ have nothing to say against~ the entleman who introduced the resoha- 1 tion because I think lie did so from a sense of duty. or against those gentle men who voted for it, hut when a entman or a member of this house iises upon this floor and disclaims hav ing called for the ayes and noes for political bunkum and at the same time charges members of this house with doing that which they know to be dis honest taking that which they know1 is not right to take. taking the peo ples money when they did not earn .t I say that where a man. a member of this' house. makes statements of that kind that I will have to have more than his simple word to assure ne that he is not talking for the pur poss of political bunkum. MIr. Speaker [ would like to ask the centleman a question. MIr. Speaker. he has been a member of this house ever since I have been here for six years and since [ have been here I have known the gentleman from Lexington t~o be at) sent from this house for days at ai time. So I say MIr. Speaker and gentle en of th'is house that the gentleman romni Lexington has been here for six ves ta king that which accordling to' his own statemnent does not belong to him aord which is dishonest for him to r. Etirdl after this sea':hing rebuke disclatimed making the charge that lther members would be taking that which they knew not to be theirs: but what hc "did say was that he had scruoles of that kind hims:elf. Hie stated that if he had been absent from the house he had been excused. What might have happened then an only be conjectured, for members of the house were thoroughly excited. hut the hour of 9 o'clock' havingar rived. the chair dieclared a recess and the house at tended a jour.t .session in the senalt chamber to ratify acts. When the house resurned exercises Mr. Iziar had the :loor. With mum direcness he declared that he did not know that he was to be tihe Laucoon to d rive the spear into the vitals of the Tirojan horse. lie thought his reslto would merev be forward ing tihe wishes of the minority. But he found that the conscientious s9.uples Of some had extended ino further than having their names iecorded in the ouirnal as voting thus and so. Their I consciences didn t seem to worry them about absences from the house. Ife is as willing as anybody else to make saicrifices for the people, andl he had voted nvainst going to the Charleston exposition at all. but he acquiesced to the vote (;f the majority. Mr. E-ird wanted to know what Is the diifference between one man or ten men being absent for a day or two and the house adjourning for two whole Mr. Izlar-I admit that there is a :listinction, but what is the difference between the house adjourning and a member being absent for-&rve days in itt en(lance on a farmers alliance con venlion. draving mileage and per liei fro:n the alliance and per diem f.oml( the State as well? (Laughter.) Mr. imird--The journal will not liow that I was absent five days. Mr. Iziar continued that he himself ;vas not here last year, but he had been told that Mr. Eflrd had been gone ve days. Iowever. Mr. Etrd had ecepted pay for the day spent in Charleston (Wednesday) without in vitation. while his conscience wouldn't let him accept the per diem when he :oes upon invitation. I1aving ex poseiohe hidden enemy in the Tro an horse, 'Mr. lzlar thereupon con :led to withdraw his resolution. The ho use on motion of Mr. Butler en adjourned until 12 o'clock after r. Richards and Mr. Prince had risen to questions of privilege. Mr. Rich irds declared that as the author of he resolution which caused the racket e wanted to say that he had done what he conceived t) be his duty. Mr. Prince poured oil on the troubled vaters by saying that he had voted ith the minority, but he would point )lank refuse to give up his per diem is he feels that his services are as raluable as those of any member on he other side, FULL OF INTEREST. Ehe State Senate Passes on a Num ber of questions. At the night session Senator Ilderton njected some spice into the proceed ngs bycharging in a speech that the :lerk of the supreme court had been )n the floor of the senate lobbying ,gainst a bill which the senator was :rying to have passed. Senator Sheppard, for the commit :ee on privileges and elections, pre ;ented an unfavorable report on Sen itor Aldrich's bill to allow women who ?ay taxes to vote for presidential elec :os. On immediate consideration :he report was adopted and the bill vas reiected. Senator Brice moved to recommit ienator Herndon's bill to require the public printing in each county to be et to the lowest bidder. He said York ounty once bad a special bill of this ind-and it proved to be an endless oure of annoyance and confusion. he object of having county matters >ublished is for the information of the eopleand no good end wovld be serv d by having the printing given to he lowest bidder. After some dis ~ussion the bill was killed. Mr. Lomax's bill to provide free chool books for certain school districts va then taken up for its third -eading. Senator Brice moved to trike out the enactings words. If ye undertake to provide all the poor ~hildren with school books it means ~hat we will have to supply all the ne ro children with books. That is just hat it will amount to. The bill was aissd. Roosevelt for Schley. Information, it is said, has been 'on veyed to officials of the Navy De artment direct from the White Iouse that the President. after a ~onference with four naval officers, Lnounced to a prominent caller that te had practically made up his mind >n two important points involved in :he appeal of Admiral W. S. Schley. t is stated that the President has een convinced that Admiral Schley yas actually and technically in comn nand of the American fleet during the attle of Santiago. and that, while he na not have exercised his authority .o the fullest extent, he was in supreme omand so long as the dlagship' \ew ork was beyond signal distance. Lt is further alleged that the Presi lent will hold that the criticised acts f Admiral Sc'hley, prior to July 1, 898, seem to have been condoned by he Navy Department until after ~redit was given him by the public 'or the victory of July 3. Secretary [ong and Capt. Lcmly arc understood o have received the information with onsi derable surprise. "Partl Narsens." One of the strange traits of little bhildren is their utter misunderstand ng, of many simple things, and the ~ndurance of this misunderstanding vith them through years and years. Chus. there is a lawyer of this city vho thought. until he was 20 or 21 rears old. that there was such a word s pard-narsens" in the language. us father, a religious man, had said trace always at the tabl~e, and the boy ad heard incuriously, three times a lay, pard-narsens" in the grace, ithout compreheorling In the least .hut "Pardon our sins'" were the words us father actually had spoken. This joy was always misapprehending re igious things. The phase, "For .hat we may receive." entered his rain each Sunday as: "What Mary eeve" and he would wonder idly who Iary Seeve might be. Even ;he first ie'of his nightly prayer mneant noth ng to him. "Nowalaymy" he pro uounced it, in one swift word. and he 'ither knew nor cared to know what nowalaymay" moeant.-Philadelphla [Record. Three Million Dollar Fire. The city of Waterbury. Conn., has' 'ecently suffered from a big fire. The >usiness center was destroyed, entail ng a loss of over three million dollars. 'he best portion of the city forming triangle bounded on the north by [xchange Place. on the west by Bank ;treet. on the south by Grand street, md on the east by South Main street. INVITED TO ST. LOUIS. South Carolina Invited to Make al Exhibit at the Big Show. The house and the senate met ii joint session Wednesday night to hea addresses from the visitors who ar bere representing the St. Louis ex position which, it is said. will be thi most magnificent thing of the kin( aver held. The visitors were escorte< by a legislative committee headed b Senator Henderson. They spoke fol in hour and interested the legislatur in their great prospective show. Mr. S. W. Ravenel, a former Soutl Darolinian now living In St. Louis, wa! Ahe first speaker. He was applaude( igorously when he said that he ha iever seen the day when he was noi proud to say that he was a South Car >linian. Mr. C. M. 1e1s of St, Louis said h( bad never before been told that hi noney was counterfelt and his check! ,orthless. Since coming to this Statt -hey had not been allowed to pay fo' inything. But some day they wourk epay the compliment. Ie said he came from the westerr )ank of the Father of Waters to bring i greeting to South Carolina, Thi! vill be the greatest exposition in th istory of the world. He gave statis bics showing how this exposition I! projected to be the greatest of then ill. He spoke of the history of thi ;ection from the time LaSalle navi ated the Mississippi to the time wher homas Jefferson made it possible foi ihis to beconae a part of the Unite tates. South Carolina has played such C part in the settling of that countr3 hat there is a chair for South Caro Ina in every Missouri home. He urg d South Carolina to take a prominen1 lace in the exposition. Hon. E. S. Garner, the next speaker ;aid that he had once had the mis ortune to be a legislator. He had beei , newspaper man unti he had becm o lazy that he was fit for nothing elst Lnd they sent him to the legislature. The people of Missouri are spending 25,000 to be represented at th( 'harleston exposition. Will it pay" Jhicago has been taking wonderfu trides since her exposition. St Joseph Io.. had nearly doubled its popula ion since Its exposition. It paid hem. It will pay Charleston. This is an ideal climate for cattle alsing, he said, and it is possible t( aise as fine cattle In this State as ir my other. South Carolina has man3 esources which need development md there is no way to better advertist :hem than at an exposition. Man3 >ther southern States will be there md South Carolina cannot afford t( ag behind. From Missouri's exhibil it Buffalo, the people of that Stat< ire receiving many inquiries trou iomeseekers and from people seeking o invest. St. Louis cannot do without Soutl Darolina. Can't have a State buildine hen send a magnificent exhibit ani vay. He had been much pleased witl he State exhibit at the Charleston ex osition. Such an exhit could b4 nade at St. Louis. He referred to the istory of the south and declared thai outh Carolina is rich in history, an: 'or that reason he wants them to hav<n mn exhibit there. Whenever he passet ~he statue of Calhoun in Marion square n Charleston he feels like taking ofi 1s hat. He referred to other great nen in this State's history and was en husiastically applauded when he re ~erred to the "noblest Roman of thenm ll--Wade Hampton. He had been born in the north wher( he feeling towards the south had no1 ~een so congenial once, but he wantec o say that his first boy was named fo: Wade Hampton. Applause. He con inued thus to eulogize the patriot md statesmen of South Carolina and arged that for the sake of the past a: well as the future this State should bt vell represented at St. Louis. Col. Averill, director general of thi harleston exposition, was next pre ented. He thanked the general assem >ly of South Carolina for putting th harleston exposition firmly on too1 his State has the finest building oi he grounds today and the most hand some exhibit. The Charleston exposi Aon is driving the nail home, and I South Carolina would send a suitabl<n axhibit to tnle St. Louis exposition I vould clinch the nail. The people o he northwest are tired of the bleak inters there and many of them wouk ike to know of the possibilities of thi: State. He spoke of instances of pros ective settlers spending hours in thi south Carolina building at the Char eston exposition. A New Apportionment. Following is the way Mr. Mosi noved to have the representation ii :he lower house changed, after Orange urg takes a member from Lexington Abbeville, 3; Aiken, 4; Anderson, 5 Bamberg, 2; Barnwell, 3; Beaufort 1; Berkeley, 3; Charleston, 8; Chero ee, 2; Chester, 3; Chesterfield, 2 larendon, 3; Colleton, 3; Darlington ); Dorchester, 1; Edgefield, 2; Fair eld, 3; Florence, 3; Georgetown, 2 3reenville, 5; Greenwood, 3; Hlamp :on, 2; Laurens, 3; Lexington, 2: Ma ion. 3; Marlboro, 3; Newberry, 3 conee. 2; Orangeburg, 6; Pickens, 2 Eorry, 2; Kershaw, 2; Lancaster, 2 partanburg, 6; Sumter, 5: Union, 2 Richland, 4; Saluda, 2; Williamsburg ; York, 4: Provided, That in thi ~vent other counties are hereafter es ablished then the general assembl ball reapportion the representative etween the counties. THlE BILL KILLED. In the House on Thursday Mr. Mos ~alled up his bill to amend the law ap portioning the representation in th ower house. The eff'ect of the bil would mean that Lexington woul ose one member and Orangeburg oud profit accordingly. After somn liscussion the bill was killed by a vot< >f 45 to 53. Be Very careful. The Carolina Spartan says ''whal ver you do these Spring days be ver) :areful how you burn brush and gras: n the tields. It is a calamity to ge1 ire in the forests. Land and timbel e ga t dr amaged thereby.'' SENATORS HIT HARD LICMS. The Philippine Question Causes a I Red Hot-Debate in the Senate. The Philippine question in the sen ate gave rise to still further heated discussion on Friday in which some very hard words were used. As usual Senator Ti!!man was in the forefront and talked out his views of the mat ter in strong language. Senator For aker was the chief speaker in defense of the government's policy. Senator Tillman of South Carolina, interrupted Senator Foraker to de nounce the sedition laws enacted by the Philippine commission as "damn able doctrine.'' "It might be in order," said Sena tor Foraker, "to inquire of the sena itor from South Carolina on which side of the struggle in the Philippines are his sympathies!" "Iy sympathies are with the Fili pinos, shouted Senator Tillman, pounding this desk emphatically. "Undoubtedly they are," retorted Senator Foraker"and such a flat-footed and unqualified declaration as the senator has made would render the revised statutes applicable to himself if he were not protected by his posi tion as senator." Senator Rawlins, of Utah, inter rupted Senator Fornker with a -ques tion as to the sedition laws enacted by the Philippine commission and in the course of his remarks said that Sena tor Foraker had denounced the sena tor from South Carolina. Senator Foraker declined to yield further to Senator Rawlins and de clared hotly that he had not denounced Senator Tillman, but had merely an nounced the fact that the senator's utterances on the Philippine question would make him liable to the statutes of the United States if he were not protected by his position. "We are in a fair way," said he, "to subdue the insurrection in the Philippine islands, and we will accom plish that end if the .Filipinos do not get too much encourageinent from men in and out of congress." Senator Tillman said that he had seen a statemeat from Gen. Chaffee that practically the entire Philip pine population was imbued with a hatred of Americans. "In view of this statement," said he, "must we continue this infamous, tyranical, British, South African-" then hesitating a few seconds, he con tinued: "I'll stop right here, be cause I can't find-a word hot enough to apply to the situation." "I want to say to the senator and to the senate," retorted Foraker, with great vehemence, "that our army will never come back from the Philippines until it comes back victorious. That may as well be understood now as at any future time. Gentlemen may rail about it in congress and out, but it is a fact that all by this time ought thoroughly to understand." . No Salary Grab. The United States Senate sat down on the salary grab last Wednesday when Senator Stewart's amendment increasing the salaries of members of the house of representatives to $7,500 annually beginning on March 4, 1904, was rejected, 15 to 44, the detailed vote being as follows: Yeas-Burton, Clark, (Wyoming), Dubois, Gallinger, Gamble, Hans brough, Hawley, Heitfeld, Kittredge, Quarles, Quay, Stewart, Turner, War ren. Wetmore 15. Nays-Bacon, Bard, Berry, Black burn, Burnham, Burrows, Carmack, Clapp, Clay, Culberson, Cullom,De boe, Dlietrich, Dillingham, Dolliver, Fairbanks, Frye, Gibson, Harris Hale, Hoar, Jones, (Arkansas;) Kearn, Kearns, Lodge, Mclaurin, (S. C.); McMillan, Mallory, Martin, Mitchell, Money, Morgan, Nelson, Patterson, Pettus, Platt (N. Y.): Pritchard, Proctor, Simmons, Spooner, Talia fdrro. Teller, Tillman, Wellington A Simple Truth. IThe Palmetto Post says: "If every ~subscriber on our list who owes us would resolve to pay us and do it at once, it would make more people hap py than the editor. It would do in numerable things that would better our condition. It is strange that so many people put this matter oif from time to time. If you read a paper you should pay for it promptly. How would you like to work and then wait one year, two years or three years for your money?" This is the simple truth, and one that all subscribers to all papers should learn and live up to. The individual subscriber may only owe one or two dollars and the amount Is not large in his eyes, but when a thousand or two- people owe a dollar or two apiece it makes several thous and dollars, and its payment would help the editor a great deal. So pay for your paper promptly and give the editor the means to make a better pa per. Editors know and love the sub scribers who pays for their -paper promptly. Went to Charleston. The Columbia Record says a great majority of the members of the legis lature left Friday morning to spend two days at the Exposition. About sIx senators and as many more mem bers of the house, most of whom have al-ready visited the exposition, took advantage of the holiday to go home and attend to private business. The fmnilies of many of the members ac conpanied them. The train was scheduled to arrive In Charleston at 11:30, and will go directly to the ex position grounds. All members and their families and attaches of the legislature were furnished with passes to the exposition grounds. They will return Saturday night and will resume legislative business at 12 o'clock Mon day. __________ He smoked Cigarettes. Meldrim, the 15-year-old son of John W. Owens, marshal of Rome, Ga., shot himself through the head Thurs day evening at 6:30 o'clock, and died a very short time after. Young Owens was in the store of A. Rawlins when he suddenly jumped and said: "I am going to kill mnyself." He walked out side. and in a few seconds the report of a pistol was heard. Mr. Rawlins Iran out'and found a bullet hole in his temple. It is said that Meldrim smoked cigarettes excessively, and tha his mind heCame unhinged. DEAD UNDER A WALL. Nine Brave Firemen Meet a Tragic Fate in Discharge of Duty WHIE FIGHTING FIRE FI!ED. A Frightful Fire Disaster in St. Louis at the Burning of the Ameri can Tent and Awning Company. At least nine men were killed and as many more injured in a .re which broke out Wednesday In the five story stone and brick building located at No. 314 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, Mo., occupied by the American Tent and Awning company. The building suddenly collapsed and although the nine men who were caught in the crash had not been reached by their hard working companions, two hours later, it is almost absolutely certain that they have succumbed. The dead: August Thierry, - first assistant chief, caught in the ruins. Michael Kehoe, assistant foreman, caught in ruins. Patrick Bergen, assistant foreman, caught in ruins. Daniel Steele, foreman, caught in ruins. Charles Kroning, pipeman, caught in ruins. William Dundon, pipeman, caught In ruins. The injured: Frank Lingo, driver of aerial truck, thrown from- truck while working forty feet above the ground, seriously injured. Monroe Moore, Inspector for the Imperialistic Electric Light company, badly injured by falling through a shaft. Patrick McCarthy, engineer, caught by falling walls; seriously hurt. William Julieb, driver for Marshal. Thierry, caught by falling walls; seri ously hurt. William Wand, foreman, seriously Injured by falling walls. The building in which the fire orig inated was located in the old- business section of the city and was about fifty years old. The blaze, which proved a hard one for-the fire department to master, had been brought practically under control when suddeily, with ab solutely no warniig, the buildingcol lapsed and came down in a heap with a noise that could be heard for blocks Three pipemen at work on the second floor had had a difficulty in managing a line of hose and Asisnstanf Chief Thierry was on his way with three of his men to lend them aid, when, the building collapsed. The men went down with tons of twisted Iron, bricks, stone and wooden columns en veloping them. Chief Swingley, who was in front of the building, directing his men, had a miraculous escape from death. As the front wall fell out ward he hurried across the street and fell under the aerial truck. The truck was covered with debris and' partially wrecked, and It 'was to its sheltering protection that the chief owes his life. Frank Lingo, driver of the truck, was directing a stream on the fire from the aerial ladder about forty feet from the ground when the wall fell. A portion of the debris struck him and he was hurled through the air to the ground, receiving probably fatal In juries. Chief Swingley put his entire force to work at once and made an effort to rescue the firemen,-but although the men work heroically, they had not been able to reach the victims at mid night. It is certain that all are dead as tons of debris cover them. Following is a list of the losses: American Tent and Awning company, $25,000; McLean & Tate, loss on building, $35,000; Herman Ruppelt, job printers, $10,000; scattering, $5, 000. __________ A Mine Explosion. The latest information from the Hondo, Mexico, mine explasion, shows it to have been fully as serious as at first reported. There was a total of 105 miners at work In the mine when the eqplosion occurred and all of them are dead. The majority of the victims are Mexicans and Chinamen, very few Americans being at work In the mine. Every mule In, the mine was killed, three dead ones being taken from the debris. The work of clearing away the wreck in order to get to the bodies is being rushed as rapidly as possible. but there is no hope that any of the 105 men will be rescued alive. Remembered Her Cat. Mile. Selet. an old unmarried lady who died a few days ago in the Batig nolles quarter of Paris by the terms of her will left ? 12 per annum for the - maintenance of her cat as long as it lives and ? 4 per annum for a veteri nary surgeon to attend the animal. To a female servant who had taken care of her for six years the deceased left halt-penny a day for life, or less than a twenty-third part of the sum to be spent on the cat. The remainder of the lady's fortune, which was consid erable, is left to the parish church. A Salary Grab. After a brief discussion the Senate passed by a vote of 39 to 21 the bill providing for a 25 per cent increase In the salaries of United States Judges. All amendments were voted down, Including one to increase the salaries of Cabinet officers from eight thousand dollars to twelve thousand, five hun dred dollars a year. Senator Bailey, of Texas, delivered his speech In the Senate in opposition to to this bill. He believed that the present salaries of Senators and Representatives were sufficient. What They Got. It is now authoritatively stated that the robbers who recently held up the train on the Southern Railway at Fifty-eight only got $12.50 for their trouble. When they got away from the scene of their exploit, and counted their-cash they must have been very much chagined at the smallness of their hand.