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FORT MILL TIMES.
VOL. IX. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28,1900. NO. 2. '
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POWERS ON TRIAL.
Kentucky Court Proceedings Interrupted.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN FRANKFORT.
Hail Drops His Pistol, Which is
Discharged by the Hall and a Rush
is .Made for the Scene.
Frankfort, Ky., Special.?The praliniinory
examination of Secretary of
State Caleb Powers, charged with abetting
;he assassination of William Gocfrcl.
began Friday before Judge Moore,
' lie court was guarded inside and out
with militia and scores of deputy sheriffs.
armed with Winchester rilles, to
prevent possible 'interference from
"mountaineers," who were reported on
j their way to Frankfort, but their presence
was unnecessary, as the mountaineers
failed to appear and no disorder
'occurred. The Commonwealth',
witnesses wore called, numbering 10.
Golden was not in the list. The witnesses
included Warden Fph Idllard,
Detective Armstrong, Sheriff Hc^woith
of Fayette county, who arrested Secretary
Powers and Captain .lohn Davi*. J
and Silas Jones. ?,f \Vhltle> county,
who are new undt r I; :nd ' targe I With
eomplieily in the murder. The testimony
tended to show that the shots
eame from that section of the oxocu-j
rive muui'.ng 111 which Secretary l'o?v- \
era* office is lotul .1, although no one j
swore that the slims were from the
Secretary'.; > . F. Wharton thdd< 11.
who is sn<id to have made .1 ? nfosson,
will he put 011 the wltne.-s stand
later. Prosecuting Attorney Polsgrove
s^aid 1h.1t. .-niiiei: ::t evtdonce tad
already been heard to warrant h. Iding
Powers, but 'that the ca.-.e would he
much stronger before he was throu-.i.
Former (hmtrnnr lit own, for the defense,
says the evidence so far is decidedly
weak'. It is probable that all
*>1' the witnesses far the prosecution
will lie 'heard by Saturday afternoon.
During the afternoon a soldier in the
rear court yard dropped his revolver 011
the stone hogging and i: exploded. In
an instant, every man in the esawdet
court room was <111 his feet, fully a
third of them with the r hands to their
rear pockets.
Eph Lilian!, warden of the Frankfort
penitentiary, testified that he walked
just a little ahead of Senator Co.o,, 1
and when the* first shot was tiered he
saw that the second window in the office
?f the Secrclury of State was -light
ly raised. The'o.i'ior sli its. he said, did
not come from t he same place. The
first shot was evidently from a rifle,
while the others s'eined to he from pis- ,
tols. Policeman Wingate Thompson
testified that <ra the crowd wis carrying
Senator Goebel out id the yard, he
saw armed men at the entrance to the
exeeiftive building and rec.cgnizod J aim
Davis and Horry Howard among them.
Detective Armstrong, of Louisville,
said that Secretary Powers refused any
information whatever at the time of
the shooting us <to who was in the
building.
Captain J?ihn P. liuwn, of Bar hours\iille.
testified ithad Powers liad a.-ked
iiirn to turn over liis ammunition and '
. company to Lieutenant Gibson previous
to the shooting. Governor Brown
made the point that a man can not he
convicted as an aider of a ct-ltne unless
some principal b* corniced of the
crime. As 'the actual murderer of Goebol
has not. yet been named, the point
possibly involved the liberty of Secretary
Powers. Judge Moore ruled
against, the defenao
Porto Ricans .* tarviiifr,
I'oncp, P. It., Hy Gallic Tin* .-ilu-.i- (
tion here i.~ r.v>\v Tuoro serious th:in a? j
any time 'before or since the terrible j
hurricane. In many places the poo: j
are starving. The price of rice, beaos
ami codfi.-h has im-r-.is - l from ."?<? to
100 per cent. I>? mon- rations agai
the delay of the United States govern
nient. in tettling open questions have |
recently been held at Mayiiguez, Yu.-n,
AguaiHiln, !" i.iird.;>, .Inana Diaz. Guay.
ama and other -towns.
Watson and Hay.
Indianapolis. Intl., Special. Secretary
Walter, of the middle-of-the-road
Populists, is ststlil to be slated for national
chairman. "Tom Watson, of
Georgia, can have the nomination for
President if be wonts it." said Mr.
Walter, "anil 1 believe 1 >r. It. P. Hay,
of MinneajpoiLs, will l?e his running
mate."
Preparing for Convention.
Philadelphia. Pa., Pptvial.?ScTPral i
Important mutters appertaining to the
Republican convention, received the at 1
tention, of the siib-comtntittee of the national
executive committee Friday.
Fourteen thousand admission tickets
for ewh <luy of the convention we.-e
apportioned. arrangements for the dissemination
of the proceedings were
made and the convention badges. 9.000
in all, were ordered. Pcrgeant-nt-arms
Wis well will have the appointment of
,">00 assistants, 300 door-keepers, 250
pages and 1,000 additional emip'.oyes,
-besides issuing 'permits to the press,
messenger an-.! tr.logrnph operators.
A'iout f>0,000 tickets will be engraved. 1
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. f|
The South.
The United States government la
now sending out Its regular distribution
of seeds, good sized packages of
the seed of the Florida velvet bean
whose wonderful qualities for restoring
worn out land have been exploited
extensively in I he press of tlie country
in the last two years.
The l*ort. Gibson I'nmnmnu in ?.-ns??Vi I
was stored bales of eat ton, was
burned Sunday; lo.-s $100,000; t'ully
covered by insurance.
Stove moulders were given a 1.". per
cent, advance by the Stove Pounders'
National Association meeting at Atlanta,
(ta.
Snowstorms and frosts have been j
general throughout the South and it J
feared fruit has been damaged.
Rx-Governor William J. Stone, tix- |
tional committeeman from Missouri, '
said in an interview a St. Louis that .
a movement is on foot to eliminate
free silver as a campaign issue.
General Nelson A. Miles, commanding
the United States army, who atrived
at Charleston. S. ('.. from Washington
Sunday night, en route to Sav- 1
annul), inspected the harbor defenses j
there.
The American National Hank of Ma- j
eon. Ga.. has decided to increase its i
circulation under the new currency law '
tram 5 iri.oou to S130.000.
Administration Mflloiitls are advising 1
fJeneral Wlmeler to withnld his resigtion
in order tliat hp and (icncral I .? <?
may be rehired with the rank of brigadier
genera!.
A skel? ton fouit I on a. high mmtnlain
near Cranberry, Texas, has been
identified ^ that of William Brown. |
wltt) disappeared a yea; ago.
Charles Humphreys, a negro who late j
Saturday night entered the room of
Miss McCoy, daughter of a white farm- i
living just outside of I'hoenix Cit>. ;
Ala., was lynched hy a party of while
men. The young woman recognized '
Humphreys and a moh immcdhitely
started in pursuit. They came upon
the n to about ten miles from I'hoenix
City, lie confessed the attempt
and was shot to death.
!
The North.
Two soldiers. Arthur Loudon an. .
Alt-tin 11. Milnian. were fatally shot ,
by Cicero H. Thompson, a saloonkeeper.
at Valentine, Neb., whom they at- .
I i rn/ana
...? .""..I.
Commander William Emory ha*
boon detached from the membership of '
tiie Inspection Board and ordered on '
temporary special duty at New York.
A panic sticken crowd at the high ;
school building in Keno-ha. Wis., was 1
saved Friday night by Louis Ferry, a
student, who coolly extinguished the i
lire that hail stampeded the audience
in the hall.
Andrew Bolter, one of the mo.-.t noted
entomologists in \nierica. died
Sunday.
Foreign.
It. ii officially denied tliat blie siege :
of Matching has been i.iised or the j
town relieved.
Considerable liodies of the Orange
Free Staters -are reported in British !
dispatches to be ready to surrender.
The Princess of Wales ojiened an ;
Irish industrial exhibition in ijondon.
General Otis has been authorized to
permit Filipinos to enlist as members
of the regimental bands in the Philip- 1
pnes.
The Kansas City. Pittsburg & Golf
Railroad, was sold at public auction at
Joplin. Mo., to satl-fy a $23,OOO.Ono
mortgage with one year's accrued interest.
held by tlie State Trust Com
pany. of New York. Silas W. Pet tit.
chief conn-el of the Philadelphia reorganization
committee, bid $12..rt00.00o.
tne upset liiil.
Kv ins Weed, a wealthy farmer <>f
Newflohl, Conn., will petition the legislature
to change his name to-Adam,
after which lie will transform his larg*
farm into a duplication, as far as may
lie. i>f the Garden of Eden. Then lie ;
wili advert i-e for some woman named
Eve to lie his consort.
The Grand Canal, part of the valley
of Mexico drainage system, was inaugurated
Saturday with much ceremony
by President Diaz and his Cabinet.
A controlling interest in i^a Luclu,
the Havana newspaper, is likely to he !
purchased by Michael .1. Daily, the i
Brooklyn politician, who is building
sewers in Havana.
Patent oOlce work this year promta- :
es to beat the record.
M J
iTiiTitcua neons.
Capt. Carl Rolebmann, the United >
States army odicer detailed to observe 1
the conduct of the war from the Boer '
side, has returned from the Modder
river.
The $17,000,000 dividend just announced
hy the Standard Oil Company
called forth a resolution hy Represent
a?tve Fitzgerald, of Massachusetts, j
/Iont o n/1 i r r t ? ~ *
............ , v.... .in- ?tn..n ui-y general j
proceed against the company under the
Sherman antlturst law.
Admiral Dewey submitted ih?< report
of'hl.s aid on the trial of the submarine
boat Holland. He < xpreased satis- 1
faction that the craft was not in Manila
harbor tc oppose him.
ARE IN THE DARK.
British Know But Little About Situation
of Their Armies.
Gift METHUEN'S PROGRESS SLOW.
The British Movements are Slow and
Cautious, and the People Have Con?
fidencc in their Judgment
London. ily C.i'hlo. Spencer Wilkin.
2M/U, i* viewng me - t: i?fi n at t'ne seal
of war for the A*- rial >.1 Cress says:
Two points of acute .nterest hero juKt
new are Alafekii.4 at: 1 the Hoer column
trcakklng north fro.-n Sinithtleid
and Rouw ille. alone the llasuto bord:
r. About Mafeking we are in th<
d irk. Colonel I'luaior has out-a handful
of men and :s not strong enougth ic
attack Com in an da.Snytn to and ralai
the siege. Commandant Snvma'n
th.refore. has attacked him and Col;
cr.el Planter has prudently retired, exit
Tug no doubt, to return after Commandant
Sny;n..n wlhenever the latt-"'i
goes back.
herd Roberts never forgets satal
things while attending to great things
It may be taken a ceitain that lit
kn ws how and when !.> -bill have
Mafeking n laved. .-upp the gar
risan enn hold out. hut he does not dis
< 11' .' His plans in a.lv.". <>.
11 oral Motbucn has been nearly :
week near fourteen tb'reatns. probably
waiting for t; >np- enough. The Hoei
go:i T.tl, who is hoping to go! past (Senoral
French up to Kroonst !t. may 1m
caught and made in light. but with :
few thousand mounted men li" oitglv
to In* able. by temporary liispo-ition
:o < lude the British. It' he stands it
fight he may he detained for somt
time.
Lord Roberts has now been tnori
than ten days at UloemJoiKein. H<
seenn to wish to settle the country be
'hind him before going on. Probably
too. 'lie nas extensive preparations t<
complete. His next campaign will gi
into the dry season, when the night
are often very enld and the veldt is dr;
and bare. He will want Jii> men equip
ped for iliis season and his transput*
service qualified to'be as near indepeti
dent as possible of gra-s and water
The design no doubt is that (ronera.
Iluller. in the next advance, will movi
simultaneously with Ixird Roberts
flrtnevol I>n11/\.< - - - *
. .. 11111 c I , (?ci 11.1 |l.? . i.s HOI v."
ready. Lord Roierts will shortly havt
the Hi^litii I>ivi.-.lon and tiny also forn
of rhe trorps n-ow available a new
Tent,h Blvislon. He will then have it
his own hand;- TO.ndO mm and (lenera
Roller will have 10,000. The forme?
force need not necessarily he moving
all on one line, for it would ho ;us rasj
form a third column to cross tlit
Vail river at Kimhorley and turn anj
Boer defense on ill it river. Ir
view of these figures and the knowi
power of Lord Roberts .is a leader. I
attach little importan to the Bon
d< laniticn.s that they will make a hit
light. If they stand before they art
driven into Pretoria. 1 expert, thej
will he envelrpt !. Th. v may defend
Pretoria, but that can help thrjn buj
little. It will bc? a que.vticn of VW'ks
Hard IU>.m rts may !) looked for nor'i
of the Vaal at the end of April and before
Pretoria, if the Hums fall back '#
that, place in the llrst half of May.
Hank Statement.
New V(-ik. ;*pi c! il. The binl; sta e
ntORf sin ?vs tic- iu!!..v,;ng eh unites:
Surplus re crve ii> : ised $3.1.''0.S7">;
loans decreased J.r_ "na; specie dcer.a-u
$10?.0,737: be. i1 t' nders lncreas?
$670,000; deposits *:? 'pas i ?'3,-906,
300; clrculnton net is ! $301,800. Th#
i)ar.ks: now hold $o.MT.'-hiO n excess o;
the legal r<qnirem> nts.
Brevities.
Tho Inli ippn trifuvi p. i\f Vifo-'ni'.
hive made a si. rt by !hc organization
of Mecklenburg county t?? c sop' rate
iwit.h the North Carolina association.
Over 0,000.000 pounds of loaf tobacco
have boon sold at Kinston, N. C., i
for iho year 1800-1000. exceeding ail
texpect at Ions. Tho w: rehou-es at tiuit
place will close for the s t on the end
of this month
'! o Blow lip Frf n'vfort.
I
Frankfort, Kv., Special. Phcre t? |
much excitement in Democratic quur- I
t?, s over a report that the guards Ln ,
barge of the State arsenal hail laid a I
mine in front of the State arsenal, con- !
with f h/? ittci.U Kv* ? I
that it could be touched off in case of
an attack. \ exciteniont was !nnrcased
when another report was circulated
that, one of !<he officers had
purchased 100 feet of fuse from a local
hardware merchant and it wao reported
that ths fuse was to die attached !o
ine mine alleged to he at the arsenal.
MtRDEKLU AM) BLKNfcl).
I \ Young White Woman Horribly
Mutilated.
Ohe.-terfiejfl, Special. News reached
this place last week of a most horrible
minder committed iu the upper portion
of this county, about live miles
southeast of the town of Jefferson. On
Monday night, the 12th inst., Oassie
It .in. a white woman of very questionable
character, was cut twid burned
to death in tin- woods. Her body was
cut in live different places?each, cut
being a de ep llesh wound. The gashes
ringed from four to twelve inches in
length. This not satisfying the perpetrator
<>r perpetrators of the deed,
the poor woman w>as set on lire and all
clothing burned from her body.
This crime is shocking in yvery detail
A helpless woman cut and burned
to death in the dead hours of the night
: .in i:: i-iy a 11.110 iroill any
one's house. IIor s reams for mercy
j souu ling in the night air only led to
the discovery of the deed. The unfortunate
woman lingered in her misery
until Tuesday, the 13th iust., when
death came.
; A murder most foul! A blacker
| crime cannot be conceived. The very
! thought of it sickens a civilized peo1
pie. Our civilization demands that the
j guilty be brought to speedy justice.
Henry .la kson. lien Jakson. John
Jackson and Ti ai Steen, all white.
^ were brought to Chesterfleld on Thursday.
the loth iust.. and lodged in jail,
i They are charg d with the murder of
' Oassie Boan. The murder of this woman
is by far the mast atrocious crime
j 1h.it has ever been committed in Chcsj
terliehl county. It is said that Oassie
. i: ... i > > i.,...... .... e.
I WOtlll I . I. Jll/lliv Wil ? Ml IHI.l ? ill .11 inillll,
tip- lltli Inst., and that nothing was
seen or hoard of Iter until hot- inuti:
latod body was found in tho woods,
i Tho cisc will come up hoforo Judge
i Klugli at th April torm of court.
Cassie Hoan was single, aged :h>. Sh?
j was part Indian, tho daughter ot
| George Doun. Tho poor creature wan
i set on fire: all tho clothing burnt from
her body, and when found was screaming
and crying for help. Skin would
slip oft' when touohed. There was a
bloody trail of about half a uille along
: where she had crawled over logs and
' tried to escape. Doss Jackson, John
Jack .-on. one of tho accused. Abb Kirkj
ley and Jim Vlnor went to her after
, lir&t going to each other's house coli
lectlng a crowd. .She asked John Jack*
^ son to take her hand, but he refused
Tho others asked her name and sh?
i told it. They threw an overcoat over
her and went away for help.
Sam Woodward carried her from hej
father's house Sunday afternoon to the
hou-o of Vin.e. Meltons, about twe
j mile away. From that place she went
away with Toin Steen and James
Jackson. Nothing mere was heard ol
! her until found in the woods.
Coroner Woodward went i-mmodi*
i ately to the scene of the crime and
j held an inquest, the result of which
the arrest of Harvey Jackson, Hot
, Jackson. John Jackson. J. T. Steen
( who are now in jail awaiting trial. A1
of the men are white and of had characters.
It is said that one of th?
prisoners turned State's evidence.
Great indignation is frit in this coutv
tv over this horrible crime.
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Palmetto Notes.
On Tuesday a prisoner was receiver
I at the State penitentiary whose rareei (
I has been an interesting one. Hi* ;
name is Allen and he tame from a,
good family. He was school oommis-j
sinner of his county? Dorchester?up '
to the time he got in; ? the trnuhlr
j whit ft has made hitn a convict, lit I
| was cctivictetS of (org ry itid has en
! tend up n the service of .t sentence ol
1 o years. The fellow is a man of in- j
telligence. hut is one or the "fell-bythe-wayside"
clasp, lie lias l>cen put to
work in tho hos.ery mill, and seem} ,
disposed to make ;i good prisoner.
The death of \V. \,. Miller. Kaq.. <mas|
fcr of Vbbeville county, created a vaI
fancy in tIso office which devolves:
niwui mi governor in ?nny 01 maKiiic
an appointment t;> fill it. The governor
has received a number of letter?
from friends of Mcsmk. I,. W. Perrir '
nr.d .1. Kullor l?yon urging t.h^ir quail- :
Orations for the place. The govornot
lias not yet t iken any action in th?
matter, iutt will don.Mle.-s do so in a
ft w days.
Mr. Cole I,. Mouse. of Newberry
has decided to enter the race for lieuJ
tenant governor against Ideutonan/
I (Jovernor S a Thorough, and the mail?
nre now carrying to hundreds of people
all over the State a brief circular
from Mr. HI ease announcing his candidacy
and asking the support of ihos*
to whom, the circulars are addressed.
Aeeording to a si>e i d to the New
I York Son from Richmond, Va., Oen.
Wado Hampton. who has l>eon ill at
the homo of CJeii. Thomas Main ford, at
Lynchburg for a fortnight, has recovered
.sufficiently to start for his home
in Columbia. Many of Gen. Hampton's
friends did not even know h?
was sick '
CONGRESSIONAL.
! What Our l.avviii:.k:rsarc Doing from
l)?y to Day.
SENATE.
Seventy-sixth Day.- Discussion of
/he Porto Uico government ami tariff
bill as resumed in the Senate. Mr.
Morgan. < .' Alabama, presenting a
speech dealing with some of the constitutional
phase - of the incisure, lie
maintained that as the treaty of Paris
nv;ls tlie supreme law of the land. it.
pais impossible for the 1'nited Si ite to
abandon either I'orto Rico or the Pit i- |
ippines.
Seventy-seventh Pay. T'pon he authority
of the governor of Alaska. Mr.
Turner of Washington, made the
statement in the Senate that concessions
for cold mininc in the he 1 of the
fcu noar Capo Nomo, Ala d;a, sad It n
granted liv (ho Secretary of \V ,r. ami
upon thai statoniont ho ba-ed a r? sola* i
tion of inquiry. S nutor Turner said
if Mich a grant had boon made it was
"a shainr, a reproach, and a scandal.
The resolution was agreed to. In i
few minutes and without discussion
the additional urgent dotlclcnoy bill
was passed with one or two other i
measures of iiuportanco
Seventy-eighth Day.?Almost the en- j
tiro session ?if the Senate wis spent in j
the discussion of the conference report [
upon'the I'uerto Rico appropriation |
Itill. The Democratic Senators inani- j
rested a disposition to criticise the restoration
of the house provision cover- !
ing future collections of revenue, pro- !
fessing to tind in this action a desire to |
continue the Dingle.v t iriIT.
Seventy-ninth Day The Senate ad- i
opted the conference report on the '
I'arto Itican relief 1 II. by a vole of j
to la, practically a strict party cypres- ;
siou. N'o Deinocr ; voted for the report.
but Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, voted
with the Republicans. The time of
' d iscussion was con mined principally
by .Mr. Tillman, Democrat. < l" South
Carolina, who made a tierce att ick upon
the men ureas agreed upon in eon- t
ferenro and accused t'ae Republican I
Senators and the Republican pait\ of
indirection. hypocrisy and "dirty j
in-s wis quae eunrac- I
t<?! ?lit*, ami was listened to with into.1
est by his colleagues on tlio Hoar ami !
the people in tho galleries.
Seventy-ninth I?.iy.? For a few minifies
in tho Senate, surprise bordering
aliT?ost on consternation in some quarters.
wa- oroatoi! hy a request of Mr.
Forakrr that the I'orto Itiean governinent.
bill ho recommitted to the Por'o
Ri.nn eonimitteo. I'lio request pre ipitnted
a lively eolloqtty, hut it finally
was developed that the liill Mr. Foraker
wanted recommitted was tho
civil goverainriit measure, now on the
I calendar and not the unfinished busino.ss.
During the elucidation of his
I re<iuest. however. Mr. Foraker plainly
i i'ndieated that it. was his purpose to
I separate the hills and press the Porto
Hi can tariff hill to an early vote, his
deslro being to have the vote taken not
later t itan next Thursday.
norsB.
Seventy-fifth lkiy. The House refused
to eom-tir ill the Seii.it e atllOlldments
to the I'orto Uleo relief bill.
The Denioerats supported a motion to
concur, on the ground that it would
! avoid further delay in extending relief
to the inhabitants of the island, but
the Republicans stood firmly behind
Chairman Cannon in his demand that
the House should insist upon its original
provision to appropriate not only
i m- money nMifcun on i"orIo itican '
1 goods up to January 1, hut all subsequent
moneys collected or to he collected.
The remainder of the day was devoted
to District of Columbia business, i
The pension appro|>riation bill was !
sent to conference. .Messrs. Harney,
of Wisconsin: McC'leary, of Minnesota.
and Hell, of Colorado, were appointed
conferees.
Seventy-sixth Day.?The Mouse entered
upon th" consderat.on of the Iamd i
bill to restrict the character of pu'oli- I
; rations entitled to I percent, pound ;
rates a.s second class m lil matter. The i
lai 11 his been hen.re Congrc-s for several
years. Mr. Loud defended the bill 1
in a lengthy speech. The other speakers
were H. C. Smith, of Michigan, in
favor of the hi!!, and .Messrs. Little, of
Arkansas; Hell, of C .1 rado; Henry, o 1
Mississippi: Stokes. < i South Carolln; />
and Hrown of Ohio, n opposition to
Sevetity-Seveefit Day During thm
! hate in the llou < upon ;lio Ix>ud l> ' ^ >
\ relating to second class mail mat' 7 I
there was a sharp exchange betw \ . !
Mr. Mcl'herson. Republican, of Ic
and Mr. Dentz. Democrat of Ohio, t? r
a charge made l?y the former that / it
the la>ttor was the n:tomey of the hhv
wthich is fighting the hill, but c '' r- j
wise- the debate was witlhout Inc , nt. :
Hoth sides Iwlieve the vote too ow
will he close. Mr. Loud has ag! ft to
accept two amendments, one // In- i
eert'se the number of sample ' >ples \
which newspapers can send 7/t at
second class rates from 500 to 2 ' and
1*ie other tc? limit the provl , i requiring
newspapers to separ '' their
mail to those having an exc , of 5,00(i
circulation. These are al ie concessions
he will make. /
Seventy-eighth Day.?Aftr s\ spirit- i
si dtscuMslon extending ? ./r three .
days the Loud bill relatdnj* ..? second '
lass mti.ll matter was re<y : 'nltted by j
the House to the commit // on poatofllce.
The majority In f: > r of the
motion to recommit was H decisive
that it is reg'irdrd as unl ly that tlio
nieausre will ippear age ,.t during tlie
present Congress. Mr. I <! said after
the vote was announced Oiat this was
the third time and out, f far as lie
was eoneerned. The \ /on the motion
was US to 96. wit? h\ present and
not voting.
r?
- Seventy-ninth
Ray.?After a briet
ail 1 spirited debate, the House took
ihe last congrt ssicnal stop in completing
the Porto Rican relief oil,
agreeing to the eonfercn.ce report by .k
vote of 135 to S7. The bill turns over
to the President for the use of Porto
ltivi> about. $2,000,000 of eustoms veeoipits
collected on Porto Riean goods
irp to January 1st lust, and suel>
up to January 1st, and such amount
as may hereafter accrue until otherwise
provided by law. The debate
luted but an hour, hut in this time the
whole range < f Porto Rica a legislation
was discussed. 1
Million !> liar Atill.
Claim -ville. (! ?., Sperl.il. The Paco- ?
let Manilla; turiilg ('. riipiny, of Pa roll
:. S. (*., has a tract of Sal)
<lcr< s of land two mile ; fi :n t.lu'.s city,
on which will he err . ted a $1,000,000
coti .11 mill. The mill will operate
50,000 spindle . ami make standard
sheeting for export only. Thirty thousand
lull i! " iiutun a year will he consumed
and 1.100 'hands will lvo employed.
It; -1 a ar, h.'te. us will arepare
plans next week, and die coins-rue* ^
a aw will tbe^rin art. on;x*.
No News To Report.
London, lly Cable.- Lord "Ruber's
telegraphs to the War Office, from
I I in :r.L o n t e.iii, undor date of March 2.1,
eveniug. as follows: '"There is no special
nenvs to report. The country
foiitJi of this place Is generally settling
down. Numbers of arms have
been delivered up and the people aro
beginning to recognize the advantage
of bringing in supplies for sale. Tho
movement the troons in the w... -
era ilLstikc is hoiiug attended with
good n silks."
The Boston Journal puts It in tliifc.
way: "Congressman ejoot J\obort3p
Brill rotui'it to Ins families '
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Trams 4*4 ami 14 rxrapi Sumbiy)
arrive unci depart from Hamburg
SleopluK Cur Sorvico.
h7*oell?*tit daiK i>imseni;er serviim Imtwc-c-n
Florulti and Now York.
Nun. fl *ii(l 8i!?Nnw York and Florida Liiu
Itod Ittuiy Sunday, iwdpohoiI exolnnlvoly
of Pullman tlr.oat Drawing Room Sloo"j?
lug, Compartment and Observatory Onrs.betw
-n N?w York, Columbia and St. Auguatlno.
..oh. alt ami A -Now Yora and Florida K.x
press. Drawing-room m^'PluK "nrs > ? fworn
Augusta aud N<*w York.
I'lillman drawing room Bleeping ears bo
t*rrn Port Tampa. Jacksonville, Savannah.
Washington and Now York.
Pullman sleeping e-arH hot worn Charlotte and
Richmond. Hiring cars iMilwncn C.iarloitti
And Savannah.
N'w ;?.*? and :i?V--U. H. Paul Mail. Through
I'ullniun drAwinir-room bnffot alponiiiK oar* b??
twoi-n J.'>rkMmvillt' and Now YorK and Poll
mat! sicepliiK earn >?<twoi-n Au^uMn and Char
1<?tiDining <-nrH m rvc all meals emrouto.
Pullmaa altHipintf cars U'twmi Jarka'invlll^
and Columbia nnrnutti daily W'twwin .lufikroij
villi- and (.'tnrtnnati, via Aannvillo.
KKAN'K S. GANNON, J M.CLXP.
Third V-P. it (ion. Mgr., '1 rufflo Mgr..
Washington, 1). O. Waahlngton, L> (J.
W.A.TlTTtK. B.H.HARDWIOK.
W?m. Puna. Ai;1!.. Aa't Won. Fas*. Ag't..
Washington, L>. C.
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