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VOL. XVIT. MANNING, S. WEDNESDAY, JANUAR SH0CKING TRAGEDY. Editor Gonzales. Unarmed, Shot Down st on the Street by W St H LIEUI.-GOV. JAS. H. TILLMAN. s i cl OU 'The Two: Men Meet, and as Gonizale-s Pa to Wa.s Ab-tut to Pass. 'iniman to Pualls a PisTol amiLlt A Shoots Him. I)D Mr. N. G. Gonz -les, E.itor of The1 o State. was shot down on Main Street 1iC in Columbia, at half-past one o'clockI st Thursday, by Mr. James H. Tillman, " Lieutenant-Governor of South Caro- la; lina. M r. Gonzales was unarmed. and, as he had passed Mr. Tilitnan several b times on the street since the Legisla- in, ture met, was not expecting trouble. 1 When they met Thursday with the I suddenness of a thunderclap from a L cloudless sky Mr. Tillman drew his t weapon and sent the bullet on its o deadly mission. When shot Mr. Gon- 0C zalez was within a few feet of Mr. o Tillman and was in the act of walk- di ing around him and two other gentle- se men who were with him. The follow- hi jing is the story of the terrible tragedy th as furnished The News and Courier t by its Columbia correspondent: IU The shooting occurred on Main :Street. just at the inteisection of Ger v'ais Street, in full view of the State fe CapitoL. It was an awful tragedy in th broad daylight and upon the most un frequented street and corner in Coluin- ve bia. The bullet which pierced through no one of-the most distinguished editors Ti of the entire South may end that Ti brilliant life but if the best of surgery. ha the best of care and the most ardent sai of prayers and wishes avail for aught (G that life t ught to be saved. Ua A SHOCK. to] It was just a few morments befori 2 sul o'clock when the cry was passed along zal the streets thAt '"Jim Tillman had un shot N. G. Gonzales." It was a shock- th ing and startling announcement. It Vh went like a thrill I brough all Olurm- lea bia and there was a rush towards the hi! seene of the tragedy to learn the facts za and the condition of the distinguished ar< editor, Theoffice of The State is on lo the same block as the scene of the shooting and it took but a few mo ments for a great throng to assemble th; in friont of the newspaper office. th TWO PISTOLS, th The excitement and the indigo ation co, on the streets was intense. PIceman th Boland immediately after the shoot- bu ing arrested Lieut. Gov. Tillman and Ifr tok him to police headquarters where no be was relieved of two pistbis-the of one with which he shot Editor Gouta- P0 les and a second laige ievolver of 38 be] calibre. From the police station he the was taken to the county jail where be up is tonight in full protection of the of- be ticers. Thee was no .conflict and the ter only attributed cause for the shocting sai by Lieut. Gov. Tillman is that during ma the recent primary"% 1 Editor exonzales opposed Lieut. v. . illman , in his race for governor gnd in that editorial opposition Editor Gonzatles ) Dad been severe in his opposition. t SWE ROAnLE cAUSE. .During the progress of that cam- fri paign Editor Gonzales in his fight to defeat Mr. Tlllman hia editorially zi called him a debauchee, "blackguard"'ri and in fact denounced him as a as '"criminal candidate" and a proven int "liar" It was this and other such ri , editorial expressions it is supposed com that goaded Mir. Tillm~an to the des- C perate deed of Thu~rsday. This was in __ August last and since the first prima- rel ry, August 26. 1902, Editor Gonzales pa] has had nothing to say about Mr. en Tllan, except to comment on the an resli of the primary. H Editor Gonzales and Lieut. Gov. pa Tillman have passed each other in fullde view since the openiing of the present thi session of the general astembly on *Tuesday but there had been no en comnter, no word passed, no nod or re- ] cog~nn of any kind and Thursday'ph: it came liJke a thunderclap out of a it peaceful sk~y when the shot was fired. era It was absolutely unexpected and all Ar thought that whateier soreness there Go was as a result of the primiary of last He Alagust had passed away, but it seems bei obberwise. pu THE STORY. ha As to the shooting that is a simple story. Lieit.. Gov. Tillman met Mr. Gonzales on the street, drew his pistol and fired into him, There was no fuss or feathers but when at close re.ge In MIr. Tillman opened tire, wiped hisj i p$stol on his coat-sleeve, took aim as a if to fire a second time changed hisf minran let his pisftol fall to his side. LiAeut, Goi', Tillman was perfectly cool and collested., sober and unexcited P to all appearances. }Ir. Gonzales wasD urnarmed. The shock from the maga ydne pistol paralyzed him and as Mr . Gonzaies saw the deadly weapon aim- d ed at him, perhaps for a fatal bullet, d he cried ouct 'Shoot again, you cow- pr ard." Mr. (Gonzales was in no way armed and had no pistol. If his lifeb be spared, perhaps that expression wich may have spared the second bullet was the magic of the occasion. giii, Gonzales is a man of robust bealth,.strong physique, and active,, all of which are in his favor, lit As he fell against the nearby trans- th fer station to steadry himself Mr- m~ James Sims and Mr. Gaiyeweil La- to ~Motte came rushing up and gave ?,r Gonzales support, and helped him-to the business office of the newspaper p whic~h Mr. Gionzales had labored so I hard and so faithfully to establish and make a leading factor in the aff'airs of .his State. There with his head rest ngon a bundle of newspapers lte re qluesteli that his wife be sent for and to stricen friends, most of whom were in tears. he told the story of tiheT tragedy. Dr. R. W. Taylor, D~r. F. D. Eendall, Dr. P'hiipoi. and Dr. J. W. j3abcock were soon1 at his side and in ada few moments there were half a dozen or more physicians doing all they could to save life. It was promptly e decided that the only hope was to perth form an operation and get the true course of the bullet and try to repairtl the serious but then unknown dam age, no 'IIIE NIEETING. t There appears to be no conflict of! of jneumony as to the essential features Ibe ti.... .... y d .N . ( nzte 1A zin inme :11a11e from his llice his lunch. To go home ie had to down Main strieet it Gervais and i en turn east ai go down that reet. Mr. Gonzales was as usual lking. Lieut. Guv. Tilinin left the ate house just after adjourning. e had presided at the senate's ses >u and remained around the senate amber for a while. As he came t of the State house he was accom nied by Senator Talbird of Beau rt, and Senator Brown (if Darling u. and lie was joined on his way up wn by Congressman-elect Wyatt ken and former lepresentative oninick. Tne meeting was just at the turn . main and Gervais streets or the rth side of the stieet. just at the eet car transfer station. There! it Ls no encou iter. no tist fighting. no ing on of hands. Lieut. Gov. Till in, the testimony now alt seems to , simply drew his revolver and tired to Editor Gonzales. Most of those 1o saw the affair say there was noth said until after the shot. One of eut. Gov. Tilimans escort stys he inks Mr. Tillman said. **I received ur message," and then fired. lie is t certain on this but thinks so. The er escort of Mr. Tillman says he I not hear anything and did not the affair but thinks he would V t ve heard any words as he was in e very midst of the a1lair. Two or ree others say they heard nothing til after the firing of the pistol. MR. &ONZALES' STATEMENT. Mr. Gonzales himself gave a per- v :ty plain and explicit statement of t e whole affair prior to being put b der the anaesthetics and he was e ry emphatic in saying that. he had s L sent any message to Lieut. Gov. m lman az any time and that Mr. g llman said nothing until after he d fired and then after the shot, he 3 d something about taking him s rnzales) at his word. Mr. G-inzales >k this to mean that Mr. Tillman d liiD that he was settling old is s.face to fa-e with him. Mr. Gon- p es is certain that notbing was said p til after the shot was fired. After r a tirst shot. Mr. Gonzales tottered to t trausfer station. against which he k ,ied. Tiliman was still pointing a pistol at him, whereupon Mr. Gon- a es said- "Shoot again, you cow- b 1. Then Lieut. Gov.. Tillman g vered his pistol and walked away. n -THE WOUND. p here was only one shot fired and it entered the right side between eighth and ninth ribs and passed S r ughlI tie fore part of the body, e, ning out above the free border of P ribs. At drst it was thought the 9 Ilet had gone through the body L zy the front to the back, but it did N , asit went thr.ughi the fore part P the body, entering above the vest S ket on thle right and coming out ow and behind the vest poeket.on left side. The bullet was picked on the pavement and it seems to bright, and new and in no way bat ed. It was a bullet from what is a d to be a long range German make a gazine pistol. Y AFTER THE SHOOTING. 01 illman after the shooting walked into the middle of the street ai ere he was~ arrested and taken to station house on GJervais street. i was met there by several of his? ~nds but said nothing. The policeG k from him the -long range maga e pistol which had one empty cart- b ge nd a large Colt's revolver. Just soon as Mr. Gonzales was taken! u o his oftice Dr. W. J. Murray ar-: ed and made the wounded man i fortable. Dr. Grilu1th and Dr. kard were the first to give med cal! istance and gave an injection to -ai eve the intense pain. Gradually a . lr stole over the face of the strick- t man but he seemed anxious to talk s I to give the story of the shooting. answered all inquiries and inquired -C ticularly about the members of his a] oted family, aill-of wvhomi had by .ti s time arrived.b TAKEN TO HIOS1ITA L.n )r. . W. Taylor. the eminent h; sician, was placed in charge and t< #as promptly decided that an op- t< tion would have t> be performed. e< rangements were made to take Mr.e nzales to the Columbia hospital. el stood the trip elegantly and after ai ng taken into the building his u tse registered 72. and at no time a it gone below 60. is TIIE OPERtATION. ir . was exactly two hours after the it ting that Mr. Gonzales was placed el the operating table. The opera- is n lasted about two hours. The e ~ient bore the operation well and y er being put in bed had a pulse of ~-12o and respirations of 31. The n raio was done by Dr. LeGrand ti erry, assisted by Dr. Lindsay G rers and Dr. J. HI. Melntosh. Dr. j S. Pope gave the anaesthetic. Dr. W. Taylor was chief consultant. h D~r. C. WN. Barre~n and half a en other Columbia physicians were ~sent, amonfg them Dr. J1. W. Bab tson. Dr. Grnhbth and Dr:. Fish- c rue. Before the operation Mr. t~ nizales spoke to the physicians about (1 self and made so:nie suggestions. \u A sTATEMENT. [n a statement Mr. Gojnzales made t plain that he sought no ditticulty, b tt to avoid a collision with Mr. Till-p m who was wvalking~ withn two sena- y -s lie cut across thec lVaVemnt and ti ased by without touching or speak- e and'that Mr. Tillmn pulled his e tl or had it. in his hand and tired. .Gonzales spoke p.. Tilimnan andi t: d him ''Shoot again, you cowardl." f, .Gonzales said he sa w M r. Tiliumau c: o days before au-i Mr. T1iiunan saw n. As to sending aoy message to .Tilimnan he saiu he hbad not donle and that lie was po.sitive that Mr. r llman tired before he said a word. The most serious wound is the cut ig of the transverse colon for about inch and a half, almos(t sev ering e intestine. This and the three n rer wounds of the intestine were t refuly scwed. Anecr the operation f e physicians reported tnat the pa- t it stood the o~deal beautifully and a at the operation was as successful t it could be. All during the after- a on messages name from all paris of t e State inquiring into the ciditonii Mr. Gonzales and what hope couldn offered was dsma ched t FRO), EYE WITNESSES. There is apparently no desire on the art of the eye witnesses to talk of he tragedy for publication. Senator 'eo. W. Brown of Darlington; who vas walking on the inside of the three ,nd nearest to Mr. Gonzales said. trange as it may appear, he did not ee the shooting and knew but little. ust at the time he had turned to the ide to speak to a lady friend who mas-passing and then while turned he eard the pistol fire. Hie friend ran ud he tried to stop and assist her. le heard no words and went off to alm his friend who was much excited. le heard nothing pass between the wo men but did not see the affair. nd of course Senator Brown is abso itely candid in his statement. Senator Talbird, who was one of he party walking along, does not are to talk for publication and says .e heard Mr. Tillman say, "I got our message," and that he thinks he shot was fired after he used the xpression. Both Senator Brown and enator Talbird said they were so uch surprised and amazed that they ardly realized what bad happened ut there was go quarrel or fight, Congressman-elect D. Wyatt. Aiken rith Mr. Dominick did not bear any rords and thinks he was near enough have heard, while Mr. Dominick hinks they were a bit too far. Mr. )ominick thinks he and Mr. Aiken ere as far as the Murray Drug com any. about half a block away. Arledge Lyles, who attends to the ruit stand in the transfer station, as standng in the doorway and saw e tragedy. He saw what happened t says he heard nothing. He seem to be impressed with the long blue :eel pistol. lie does npt think there ,as anything at all s.i4, prior to the lootig. Mr. Sims, who was first to reach [r. Gonzales, first heard the pistol lot. OF GREAT INTEREST. The intense interest taKen in every base of the tragedy is proably un aralleled in the history of the State, a a ot being surpassed perhaps even by v iat which caused the death of Capt. . W. Dawson, editor-of The News ad Courier. The prominence of Till an. as an individual, as well as cause he was a son of the late Con ressman George D. Tillman and a phew of ,-.iator Tillman, and the e rominence of a different abaracter of r :r. Gonzales, editor of one of the ost influential daily papers in the Late, caused telegrams to come north, Lst and west asking for the fullest rticulars. .The fact was recalled iat George D. Tillman, father of ieut. Gov. Tiliman, was a friend of r. Gonzales and encouraged and sup- e rted him in his efforts to put The :ate upon a tirm tinancial basis and umake it a paper of prominence and fluence in the affairs of the State. raiman's Plea. b Tbe following statement was fur- h shed the press by Col. J. H. Tillman 'I response to ;In offer from a New ' ork paper that its columns were )en to him. "J1 thank you for your courteous 1i id kind telegram in view of the facts F Lat the dispatches sent out from Co- ii mbia eminated from the otlice of 3 he State newspaper, of which Mr. I onzales was editor. I do not deem necessary to deny anything that has een sent from that quarter. I can b fly say that when the truth of the E fortunate affair is known my friends s] well as the people of the country ill see how thoroughly I was justi- G ed in acting as I did. The state ents already published in the papers e untrue and at the proper time this p will be prepared to show. Beyond is I do not care to make any further ateent. James H. Tilhman. d In commenting on the above the n >umbia correspondent of The News id Courier says the understanding is b iat Col. Tillman's line of defense will 1i that he thought Mr. Gonzales was me and that he had a weapon in s coat pocket and that he had his c nds in his coat pocket. H~e is said i contend that he had every reason t believe that Mr. Gonzales was arm- a I and that he ought to have been. fi ren if he was not. The correspond- t it further says Mr, Gonzales was not -med. Mr. Tillman will also, it ise derstood, contend that he had not et Mr. Gonzales before. This also denied, and it is said s at Tillman and Gonzales were t the Senate chamber and State cap l together. The correspondent b oses his comment by saying that it t admitted that Mr. Gonzales sent no essage; that he was quietly on his d a ay to his dinner; that he was alone: d uat lie was unarmed: that he said b >t~hing to provoke hostilities and c iat Lieut. Gov. Tillman met Mr. s onzales and promptly fired into him c equally clear, What there was in S ie mind of the assailant is another estion.r d Skaters Drowned. t t A t Washington, D. C., while a large c -owd was skating on the basin near 1 i Washington monument Thurs- h y evening the ice suddenly gave t ay and precipitated twenty or more f arsons in the water. Three persons 'st their lives. There were probable ,vo thousand persons skating on the a isin at the accident. A hot water v ipe from the engine room of the ~b ashington monument empties in b e basin near where the ice gave y av. Tue skaters had been warned t the location was a dangerous me, hut it is said they disregarded i advice, given them to stay awayr o the vicinity and when the crash c ime fuly thirty men and women o et through the broken Ice and into y e water. All were rescued except'g i two whose bodies subsequently a co vered.a t Ciil Service Examinations. The local board of civil service an- c a~unces that on February 3 examina- 1 os wi. be held in Columbia for the r )llowing government positions: Elec ical assistant in the civil service, at r alary of $900 a year; machinist in s signal service at a salary of $1,200 g rid electrical instrument maker in I e sgnal service at large, at Fort ( [eyer, at a salary of $1,200. Infor- c uation can be obtained from Secre vwison of the local board. I IN THE HOUSE. Er. Nendel L. Smith Elected Speaker Almost Unanimously. )RGANIZATION OF THE BODY. 1Ao Other Businea Attended to On the First Day, the House Ad journing Out of Respect to Judge McIver. The house of representatives was a led to order at noon on Taesday, an 13, by Col. Tom C. Ifamer, clerk >f the last house of representatives. Ion. Altaimont 30oses was chosen emporary chaiaman of the represen atives-elect. 31r. Moses was.tempor ry chairman of the organization two ears ago and is , very tine presiding aticer. He has l3 a longer ard more aried legislative experebae than any tber member of the house of r-epre: entatives. The members-elect presented them elves before the speaker's desk and vere sworn in, The roll of counties vas called and the riembers-elect pre. ented themselves by counties and lay ng their hands upon the house Bible ook the oath of otflce. They then ubscribed to the roll of the house and ere duly quilided representatives of be State of South Carolina. Nominations forspeaker being in or er, Mr. B. A. Morgan of Greenville, ecured the floor and nominated Hon. I. L. Smith of Kershaw county. This as secpnded by Mr. Whaley of Tarlespn, M[r. Edrd of Lexingtqn, fr. Lanc4ster of Spartanburg, Mr. Pichards of Kershaw and othprs. Mr. Gaston of C4ester, pqt in nomi :ation the naipe of Hon, T. Yancey Villiams of Lancaster, This was sec nded by Mr. Halle of York, Dorrob f Greenville, Mr. Moss of Orangeburg nd several others. There were 118 otes cast. of which Mr. Smith receiv d 97 and Mr. Williams 21 The following voted for Mr. Smith: fessrs. Aull. Bailey, Baker, Banks, ass, Bates, Black, Blackwood, Bomar, irooks, Brown, Bunch, Callison, Ca ,y, Carwile.Clifton, Coggeshall,Coup r, Culler. pavis, DeBruhl, Dennis, )eore, Poar, Donald. Iowling, oyle, Edwards, Efird, Fox, Fraser, ause, Glover, Gourdin, H1ail, Harrell mn, Haskell, Hendrix, Herbert, J. E., [erbert, D. 0., Hill, Hinton, Hulman, [umphrey, Irby, James, Jarnegan, ohnson, Kelley, Kibler, King, Kirby, ,ancaster, Lanham, Leaverett, Les mne, Lide, Little. Lofton, Lyles, le ol, Mace, Magill, Mahaffey, Middle n. Mims,- Morgan, Moses, Nichols, larnell. Paterson, Pearman, Quick, ainsford, Rankin, Rawlinson, Ready, ichards, Richardson, Russell, Sea rook, Smith, J., Smith, W. C., Stack ouse, Stuckey, Tatum, Thomas, 'oole, Towill, Traylor, Tribble, Vade, Walker, Wall, Webb, Whaley, ingard., Wingo. The folp-wing voted for Mr, Wil ams: Messrs, Barron, Bearngqard, ennett, Colcock; DesChamps, D~owl g, Forde, Gaston, Haile, McCain, [auldin, Moss, Pearman, Peurifoy, 'otts, Pyatt Sinkler, Strong, Wise, right and Youmans--21. Mr..Smith was escorted to the chair y Messrs. Morgan, Patterson and fird and after taking the oath of ~eaker, addressed the house. SPEAKEB, SMITH'S REfARKS. entleman of the souse of Represen tatives: I woulcd be upmindful, indeed, of the romntngs of 4 truly thankful laeart, oulil 1 fail to mak my grst utter ace in the position to which you have >Iindly elevated me an expression of eep and lasting gratitude for that ost highly distinguished honnor. Human life and conduct have always een, and will ever continue to be, in uenced and controlled by many mo ves and ambitions. In an attempt > serve one's State and people, an ligation from which the humblest tizen cannot escape, however rude, nperfect or unsatisfactory the at smpt may be, there is no motive or nbition more commendable, more mdanentally right, or more produc e of legitimate rights than that hich strives to win their respect, ~teem~ and confidence, save that, per aps, which, in a broad spirit of ap reciation, and the unswerving doe on and unselfishness which it begets, eks, by all honorable means, to re un them. If I am justified in entertaining the lief that the kindness of your par ality which has so signally honored e, is to some extent, at least, an evi ence of thbe former, then before I shall Ltempt to discharge the important uties which it imposes, the hope must e indulged and will be continually erihed. that by a faithful and con stent effort, I may be permitted to irry with me through life the con iouness of having enjoyed the Ltter. Yes, gentlemen of the house of presentatives to preside over the elierations of this body-the chosen, usted, and commissioned representa yes of a truly great people-great in aracter. great in achievement, great tradition, and far greater yet in istory-is no maen honor to seek and he delegation of that right no indif trent trust to respose. When I reflect upon the brilliant at iinment and distinguished service of nose who have preceded me here, the pprehension which follows, I promise Du shall only serve to intensify the ope that after its duties and responsi ilities are iaid aside, that of the effort, ou may say, it was conscientious, that he conduct was fair, courteous and npartal, and that the mistakes were onest. If that shall be your verdict, hen the obligation which you lace me under in your selection shall nly be increased by your own gener us estimate of its wisdom. Let us rork: together, for the prosperity and lory or our State. To this end may Dvine Wisdom and Providence guide nd direct us. I desire to again tnank ou for your distinguished considera Col. T. C. Itamer was reelected lerk of the house and was sworn in Speaker Smith. Col. Hamer is ow entering upon his third term and personally very popular with the iembers. There were three nominees for ser eant-at-arms. Mr. J. S. Wilson, of ancaster, Mr. W. K. Grant, of reenville, and Mr. Geo. W. Asbill, Leesville. Mr. Wilson received 84 otes, Mr. Grant 21 and Mr. Asbill 4 , .Wilsn was delared elected and was sworn in. This is nis second term. 'Mr. John S. Withers. of Chester, had no opposition for the position of i readinr clerk. an otlice which he has I tilled with great .acceptability for twelve years. Mr. Withers is a very useful member of the speaker's staff. The house adopted a resolution pre sented by Mr. John P. Thomas. Jr., granting the use of the hall to the State Bar association for its annual meeting Thursday night, Friday af ternoon and Friday night. On motion of Mr. Morgan a com mittee of three waited on the gover nor to inform him that the house was organized and ready for business. A similar message was sent to the cen ate. The governor submitted 14 mes sages-his annual message, 12 mes sages submitting reports of State or-. ticers, etc., and one announcing the death of 1Ion. Henry Mciver, chief justice. The house concurred in the senate resolution ti appoint a committee to attend the funeral of Judge McIver. The speaker appointed Messrs. T. Y. Williams of Lancaster, John P. Ttiomas, .Jr., of Pichland, 0 Q. Pat terson, of 1;arnwell, Wrn. L, Mauldin, of Greenville and R. S. Whaley, of Charleston, Mr. Williams was ex cused on account of physical disabil ity and Mr, Altaniont Moses substi tuted. The house, on motion of Mr. John 1 P, Thomas, Jr., then adjourned until Wednesday at noon in honor of the deceased chief justice. NEW BILLS IN THE HOUSE. When the House met Wednesday it had to go through -the tedium of drawing seats, after which it proceed ed to business. Rev. R. N. Pratt was elected chaplain. . After the introduction of several bills a message was read frorn Gov. McSweeney vetoing the bill passed I last sessiqn abolishng thp office of phosphate inspector. Qd Thursday the Speaker an nounced be unnrittees and several i bills were introduced. Mr. B. H. Aull introduced a road bill of great importance, and a child labor bill. This is the first child labor bill in the house this session. FRIDAY'S HOUsE PROCEEDINGS. In the hall of the House of Repre sentatives there was a joint session Friday, and the result of the recent general election was published by-tne .] speaker of the House. It was declared that D. C. Heyward had received 31, gl7 vQte4 for goyernor, and John T, S. Sloan had received 31,814 votes for lieutenant governor. They were ac cordingly declared duly elected. This is the rorinality required by the con stitution. Governor McSweeney Friday sent i a message to the House announcing r that he had vetood the act of 1902 t abolishing the office of phosphate in- 1 spector. The following clerical appointments were announced: J. Wilson Gibbes, Columbia, reappointed assistant clerk; W. Eugene Cook, Florence, reappoint ed journal clerk; W. Ifoyd Evans. Co lumbia, bill clerk: J. M. Sharpe, Lex ington, mail clerk; W. R. McKinrey t and W. Sanders, doorkeepers; S. M. t Richards, Ry Smith, James Strom f Williams and A, P. Nichols, pages. I The:re were several new bills intro duced, among them being Mr. Toole'sc bill to tix the time of work in cotton mills a~t 10 hours a day; Mr. Holmnan's, bill to provide for election of county ; boards of control, and Mr. Wade's billi to create the office of State agricultu-c ral comnmissioner. Mr. Sinkler brought in a bill to cede certain State proper ty on Sullivan's Island to the federali government for military purposes.t There were also s~everal bills to correcta errors in the new code. GOV. McSWEENEY'S TRIBUTE. U is Official Announcement of' the Death of Chief Justice Mclver. Gov. McSweeney announced Judge Mlver's death to the general assem bly on Tuesday in the following mes sdge: Gentlemen of the General Assem bly: It is my sad duty to announce to you the death of Chief Justice Henry Mlver, which occurred at his home In Cheraw yesterday afternoon, Judge Mclver was one of South Carolina's truest patriots and purest citizens. For more than a quarter of ~ a century he was on the supreme bench of this State. eleven years of which time he served as chief justice. During these long years of service, ever conscientious, ever true to ther trust in his repose, he displayed most distinguished ability, and at the time( of his death and for years previous, ( was justly recognized as South Caro- ' lina's most eminent lurist. The record of his life, including as - It does -orave deeds in times of war, and deecis equally as hence in times of peace-a record made in the ser vice of his State-is bright and stain less, and is now one of South Caro- S lina's priceless heritages. The dis- 1 tinguished service which he rendered ~ began with his early manhood years, and ended only with his life. In his death the State loses one who was the highest type of her citizenship. and one whose memory she will hold c sacred so long as she keeps alive her appreciation of ability that is distin- ~ guished., of character that is stain less, of motive that is pure and lofty, and of deeds that are bright and glori You will take such action as may ] seem, to you proper- upon the death of the chief of a co-ordinate branch of a government. Respectfully submitted. M. B. McSweeney. Governor. Five Boys Killed. At South Bethlehem, Pa., Pa., five I boys whose ages range from 13 to 15 years, while coasting Thursday night were struck by a train on the Philadel phia and Reading railway and instant ly killed, and another was - fatally t hurt. The boys were coasting on a bob sled where the railway crosses the( street at the bottom of the hill, and I the sled and express train reached the I crossing simultaneously. The engineer was not aware of the tragedy until he reached the station, a mile distant from the scene of the accident, when the blood and bones on the pilot ofjc the engine gave him the first intima| tion of the noccnrrence. - TIHE STATE SENATE. All the Former Oficers of the Body Re-elected Without Opposition. APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES. The Governor'b Message Read. A Tribute to the Late Chief Jus tice. Proceedings of the First Week. Promptly at noon on Tuesday. Jan uary 13, Lieutenant-Governor Tillniai called the State Senate to order. Every Senator was present except lHon. Edward MeIver. of Chesterfield. With this exception all the new inem bers were sworn in and assigned to their respective seats. The roll of counties was called. After prayer by the chaplain, the election of otlicers was immediatcdy entered into and re ;ultec4 as follows! President Pro Tem-Senator John J. Sheppard. Clerk-Gen. Robert R. Hemphill. Reading Clerk-Mr. W. H. Stewart. Sergeant-atArms--Mr.J. F.Schum pert, All of tbese were unanimously elec ,ed without opposition. There were four nominations for :haplain: Revs. Dr. 0. A. Darby, W alter I. Herbert, M. M. Kinard and L. J. Harrison, of Hampton. A vote vas taken and resulted as follows: RZev. Dr. Darby 27: Rev. Herbsrt 4: Rev. M. M. Kinard 7; Rev. A J. Har -ison 1. Dr. Darby was elected. Senator Sheppard arose and return d his sincere thanks for the renewed narlk of cqnfidence and esteem and for he hbnQr conferred upon him by his election as president pro tem. NEW APPOINTMENTS. The following appointments made y Lieut. Gov.-elect Sloan were then Lnnounced; Assistant Clerk-R. M. McCown. Journal Clerk-Tillman Bunch. Bill Clerk-Henry D. Butler. Daorkeepers-J. R. Boulware, Jas >er E. Watson, J- F. Gooding. Keepers of Committee Rooms-Jas. ?. McGorty and J. A. White. Keeper of President's Room-E. B. enkins. Pdges-G. Duncan Bellinger, Jr., mnd Henry Jefferson Fetner. Porter-Robt. Adams. Servants-Jack Pressley and Albert ance. Mail Carrier-s'. 0. Pyles. THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. After the new members and otflicers iad been sworn in Lieut.-Gov. Til nan called the president pro terr .o be chair and left the senate cham er. Before leaving he announced to the enate the sad information *of the leath of Chief Justice Mcver, and iuid a glowing tribute to the depart d chief of the State's judiciary. He congratulated the State of Soutb 3arolina on the great progress that he made in recent years and spoke of he benefits we were now reaping rom the recent Charleston exposition. Te referred to Capt. F. W. Wagener if Charleston, as "the one who had lone more than any one .else to ad -ance the commercial interests of the state. He thought the S50, 000 appro riated to the exposition the wisest, nestmnent the State had made in re ent years. He congratulated the Senators that ione of their- number had been called nto the "great unknown realm" since he last session and accounted for the ,bsent faces as due to the hard fate if politics. On motion of Senator Sharpe a comn ittee of three, consisting of Messrs. iharpe, Sheppard and Brown was ap lointed to notify the governor that he Senate was in session and ready or business. THE GOVERNOR's MESSAGE. A special messenger conveyed to the senate t he governor's annual message, rhich was read,many Senators follow rig the reading clerk from the printed essage which had previously been listributed on their desks. A number t special messages were also received .nd referred to different committees. Another special message was re eived and read announcing the death f Chief Justice Henry Mclver, a copy f which was also read in the house. sTANDING CO.MDITTEES The president then announced the ppointment of the following commit ees: Agriculture-J. T. Douglass, chair an; A. H. Williams. R. L. Manning, . W. Stanland. James Stackhouse, ). P. Good win, J. M. Gaines. C. S. Mc all, P. L. Hardin, C. H. Carpenter. '. G. McLeod, B. F. Warren. Education--G. W. Brown, chairman: .Q. Marshall, T. M. Raysor, W. E. ohnson, W. H. Sharpe. 1). E. Hy rick, T. 1B. Bu tler. .J. M. Forrest, J. V. Ragsdale. Claims and Grievances-R. I. Man ing, chairman: J. S. Brice, W. H. harpe, D. E. Hydrick, J. Rt. Blake, J. ~. Hocd. J. E. Peurifoy, C. S. McCall, '. B. Butler. Enrolled Bills-W. E. Johnson~chair ian; E. J1. Dennis. J. A. McDermott.1 3. F. Warren. J1. K. Hood, T. G. Mc-1 ~eod,. J. E. Puerifoy, W. C. Hlough. 1 Contingent A ceounts-W.H. Sharpe, hairman; 0. P. Good win, C. M. Davis, .B. Butler. C. IH. Carpenter, G. F. 'on Kolnitz, Jr.,.J. M. Forrest. Finance-Geo S Mower, chairman: L H Williams. J C Sheppard, J Q farshall, R I Manning. J A McDer tott, J S Brice, W H Shiarpe. C S Mc ~all, J M Gaines, T G McLeod. .J R ~la ke. Dispensarv--T W Stanland, chair ian: Robert Aldrich. WV H Sharpe, H Dean,. E L Hlerndon, James tackhouse, P L Hard in. Penal and Charitable Institutions--4 T Hay, chairman: W C Hough, E L lerndon. 0 P Goodwin. G F Von ~olnitz, .Jr, J K Hood, J E Puerifoy. Commerce and Manufactures-J Q larshall, chairman: G W Brown, S G layficid,' A H Dean, J M Gaines, WV D Johnson, J K Hood, C S McCall, J V Ragsdale, E F Warren, C H Car enter. County Oilices and 0Qieiers-Le krand G Walker, chairman: .J A Mc )ermaott, James Stackhouse, E L Ierndon, O P Good win, P L H ardin. Engrossed Bills--P L Hardin. chair an: WV C Hough. J M Gaines, C M )avis, P L Hardin, J E Puerifoy, J K :ood. Federal Relations-B J Dennis. hairmnan: J S Brice, WV H Sharpe. Lhomas Talbird, C H Carpenter. G F Ton Konii, Jr. T G MeLeod. Immigration-C S McCall, cha' man: E .1 Dennis, .T T Douglas, Jam Stackhouse. Thomas Talbird. Incorporations-G W Ragsdal chairman: Geo S 3lower, J T Ha Thos Talbird, J A McDermott. J Brice, James Stackhouse. J K Hoo W H Sharpe, G F Von Kolnitz, .Jr, W Ragsdale, E L Herndon. Penitentiary-J T Hay, chairman: A McDermott, R I Manning, Edwal McIver, P L Hardin, T M Raysor. J. Forrest. - Judiciary-S G Mayfield, chairmal Geo S Mower, Thos Talbird, Le Grar G Walker, J T Hay, G W Brown. G 1 Ragsdale, T M Raysor. D R Hvdric G F Von Kolnitz, Jr, G W Ra~gsdal E F Warren, W C Hough. Privileges and Elections-J C Shel pard, chairman: G W Ragsdale, J Hay. E L Herndon, W C Hough, Ei ward Melver, J E Peurifoy, J .1 Fo rest. Medical Affairs-A H William chairman; R I Manning, V H Sharpe 0 P Goodwin, G F Von Kolnitz, Ji T G McLeod. Public Lands-P L Hardin, chal: man: E J Dennis, T W Stanland, 0 J Goodwin, Thos Talbird, T M Raysor , Retrenchment-D E Hydrick. chair man; G W Ragsdale, W U Hough, J I Hood, J R Blake. Rules-T M Raysor, chairman: J ( Sheppard, Geo S Mower. G W Rags dale, J T Hay, -Robt Aldrich. Roads, Bridges and Ferries-J I Gaines, .hairman; A H Williams, J ' Douglas, 0 P Goodwin, T W Stan land, C S McCall, Edward Mclver. Legislative Library-Thos Talbird chairman; E J Dennis, T N Raysor W E Johnson, Edward McIver, J I Blake. P L Hardin. Military-Robt Aldrich, chairman J Q Marshall, E J Dennis, J E Peuri foy, T B Butler. Mines and Mining-G F Von Kol nitz, Jr. chairman; LeGrand G Walk er, A H1 Dean. Thos Talbird, T ' Stanland, J N Gaines, E L Herndon. Printing-C M Davis, chairman Robt Aldrich. J S McDermott. E I Herndon. J I Hood, Edward Melver Public Buildings-J - Q Marshall chairman: J T Douglass,R I Manning C H Carpenter, J R Blake. Railroad and Internal Improvement -A H Dean, chairman: J Q.Marshall T W Stanland, G W Ragsdale, Rober1 Aldrich, T M Raysor, D E Hydrick Thos Talb7rd, T B Butler, J K Hood I 1S Brice, E L Herndon. The announcement was also made )f the appointment of J. Fraser Lyon is clerk of the finance, and J. E. Hol tand of the judiciary committees~. Senator Brown introduced a concur rent resolution recommending the ap pointment of three senators and live representatives to attend the funeral lbsequiks of the late Chief Justice Henry McIver. On behalf of the Senate the presi lent appointed Senators Brown, Ray ;or and Hydrick. On motion of Senator Brown the Senate at 1:50 adjourned until Wed 3esday out of respect to the memory of the late chief justice. THE SENATE GETS TO WORK. In the Senate on Wednesday a mes sage was read from the Governor sug resting a Wade Hampton Memorial Day. Another message was received from ;he governor vetoing "the joint reso ution -to authorize and require the state treasurer to write off the books n his office certain bonds entered on -aid books as old bonds not fundable, tet of 1896, Blue Ridge Railroads k37,000" with the reasons for his ob jections. Several bills were introduced, the -nost important being the child labor ai by Senator Marshall, of Richland. The Senate was only in session forty minutes Thursday. After routine musiness several bills were introduced ind the Senate adjourned to Friday. THE SENATE ON FRIDAY. Ex-Governor John C. Sheppard pre sided over the Senate Friday. The Rev. 0. A. Darby, D. D., chaplain, ifter invoking God's blessing on the nembers constituting the Senate of South Carolina, and asking that they se given wisdom to enact just and equitable laws for the government of people, prayed most earnestly for the Divine blessing to rest upon "the dis :inguished citizen lying so low- and 3ritically ill in our midst:" that our heavenly Father would direct the physicians who were ministering to iis sufferings, giving them skill tc eal his wounds, and that He would Idminister comfort and consolation to ~he sorely bereaved "household." Among the new bills introduced was >ne by Mr. Raysor to amend the con titution so as to provide for biennial essions of the general assembly. A concurrent resolution from th~e louse condemning the appointment )f Crum as Collector of Charleston vas passed unanimously. Bryan Was Rright. The State says one of the Republi ~an senators at Washngton makes ;he discovery that Attorney-General :noxs plan' of trust regulation is :losely identical to the scheme -out ned by William .J. Bryan at the Jhicago anti-trust conference held in .s99,'' says the Springfield Republi :an. "This, in bis opinion, should lisarm Democratic opposition and >ring it all over to the support of the >ills submitted by the law officer of he administration. So it should." 3V the same reason not only the Re )ublican congressional majority and he Republican administration, but he entire Republican party should >e brought to acknowledge the sup rior sapiency and statesmanship of Ir. William J. Bryan. The Smallpox. The governor has been officially no ified by Mr. .I. M. LaRoche, chair nan board of township commissioners hat there is quite an epidemic of mallpox on Edisto Island, one of the .lands of the coast of South Carolina. ?Le says that there are now some 150 :ases and that the disease is spread ng. Dr. Evans of the State Board of lealth has been notified and asked by shie Governor to send a well-informed physician to take the matter in hand. Murdered in a Cell. An Angleton, Texas, Wednesday igh t several men entered a cell of the :ounty jail in which Ramnson O'Neal End Charles Tunstall were confined with a number of other negroes and ;hot the two men to death. The other nisoners were warned to cover their leads with blankets, which they did. rhe bed clothing of the cots occupied >y thie negroes caught fire and :Tear~s arm and leg were burned off. f he negroes were charged with the nurder of County Attorney Smith at Minumbia several weeks ago; A FATAL WREGKi e, y A Wrong Signal Caused the 2", s d, of Three Men. ON THE BALTIMORE AND 1: A Careless Messenger Boy a Lever Showing Whi Board Instead o a Red Through the alleged interferen61 a-metsenger boy a wreck was s on th-'altiniore and-Ohio ra d east of Cum d.. ear morning in- which four em - the Baltimore and Obio railtwers killed and three injured. -Tee fOr. the men killed lived in Baltimoread d ? the fourth was a resident ~of' tnmber land. The killed: W. T. Sims, engineer. ' W. J. Morgan, fireman ,R. D. Sneeringer, firein i John Butler, engineer Those injured were: [ T. J. Hendricks, condictorBaltin 2 more, bruised about t) iidy % - W. N. Cbristopher,~eng Bee aNelt more, braised. -Kinney, conductor, Coinerlan The wreck was due to the display ing of a false signal gliiidka clear track for eastbound passenger frain . No. 10. when in the nextblock ahead there was standing on t6-f:r.ca boose and two engines. The-passenger train war drawn by two engmesan& these crashed thrughtntaboose&ais engines which obstructed.htbrici_; Luckily the train had ndlttaiziefit uill speed and was only mvingiatlgi be rate of about 20 miles anhour.hen the collision came. Theostal . ar the passenger train waslr.aaled the passfnger coaches the track and their oce esca w_ injury. It is charged that eeet named Turner whonwais-3locki tower when No.10 ing the engineer's wiste forcefrd tracks pulled a lever -givingihina.1 clear signal. Thd operator had, Itizs explained, previously seithe signal at danger. While his attention was ing devoted to communlng1t 1 the succeeding blc it is alleged, pulledtei leve t gave the on-comingtlzai thesignv that it had a clear blocksahead the tower operator was what was done until ther A Feat in State l The Columbia corres . News and Courier tors found their desks lic documents to-day. had teen made in public'pintna the law-makers are splhedwith enough reading matter tA.ee them busy for some time. The InDbw reports of State o1cers v&de1ver ed: Pension report of piLtroller General; insurance re omp troller General; report o% _enteq. dent of Education; report mission on the South Carolinf Indian.Exposition; reportot phq l inspector; pardons and!comma report of State Treasurer; codeco-~ missioner's report; railroad conm sioners' report; lighting commisson report; reports of the State geologit. (two.) Perhaps the document oi greatest importance to.:the- law~ makers 'laid on their desks -wa pamphlet of about -eighty pages; .be ing advance sheets of the-Comptroller General's report, containing the Stite'r estimates, the county estimates, 1the tax levy and the receipts and expendF tures. The pamphlet bore this en dorsement: '.With the compliments of State Company, State ~printersP The complete report of the Comp troller General would have been laid. on the desk of members on the first day of the session if the Comptroller" had been able to get the necessary re turns from all the counties. A miurderous Scoundrel. A dispatch from Lancaster says Mr. Wesley Hunter's fourteen-year-old son, who lives across the line in Ches terfield County, was the victim.-of a! brutal attack by a Lancaster County negro, Mack Blakeney, last Friday. The boy was attacked by the negro near the Wolfe Pond School, in Ches terfield County, ani was witnessed by the cbildren returning home from school. Blakeney stabbed the boy in ten places with a knire and the wounds are 'said to be fatal. Every effort is now being made to catch the negro, who is thought to be hiding in this county. Sheriff Hunter left Lan caster Thursday morning to jo'n in the chase and he has with himithe county's bloodhounds. It goes with- - out saying that Sheriff Hunter will leave no stone unturned in his efforts to capture the bloodthirsty negro. Pourteen Victims. A terrific explosion occurred at~the Hamilton' Powder com'pany's Depa?!' ture Bay. B. C., Wednesday morning George Simonetti, James Fulforte and ten Chinamen were killed. Only one body, that of a Chinaman, was recovered. Others were absolutely blown to fragments. The gun cotton storage house exploded first, the con-* cussion exploding the geligimite in the drying house 400 feet away, where the great loss of life is supposea to have occurred. The ground was excavated to a depth of six feet-where the buildings stood. The buildings were blown into kindling wood and scattered with fragments of human tesh over severeal acres. Kiled by a Fall. Pate Meyers, a young white man, switchman on the Seaboard Air Line, was instantly killed Wednesday morn ing by a fall from the Seaboard tres tle at the corner of Rice and Lincoln streets in Columbia. The fall was caused by a collision between an out going work train and an incoming switch engine and happened about seven o'clock Thursday morning. An Editor Dead. Capt. L. M. Grist, senior proprietor of the Yorkville Enquirer died at 4 - o'clock Thursday morning of apoplexy and effects of grip. He was sick only a few days. He was a Confederate veteran and has been connected with er Enqnirer since bovhood.