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CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY "24, 1893 s. SUU3I six pay* RA trans $1.0 tion Cash now* ins addi Busing tion. Official i by Rates nou Commi intt ftdt bei Remit. mont l*wl It CA] COQrt^ Bank le<Jge , W. A1 st^1 tions. T. Sj&* B. C.A! Offers Pro/e CA] r^ctic ce ove J. COLLEl PiDrnpt aoa tousineaa lb tin ? of Vanderbilt ouis Machen, Virginia. i association con Ive from each of ?ges and uni ver by an- oratorical students of each awarded the one le best orator, t.Sis G. Smith of tie Be University, last <*f Alabama and' itioiv for mem be r ?g last May, and Imitted at the next |m College will ap this year and will a member of the >n, president of the have charge of the 11 endeavor to obtain f-for the occasion. As >f the tSouth Carolina ointed no committees and entertainment of [the association while In published, but they d some time in April. ;tweeu the Euphradi Dphic Societies to de tll represont the South je, will take place in a [The Euphradians have Rrantley, of Orange ^H. Bau,pn, of Kershaw, ophic. H. F. Jennings, irg, and A. W right, of ipresentatives in the con lon will be one of interest ^South, and will be a treat re so fortunate as to be d. Carolina College is tne ir of the association among of South Carolina. The >s of the State are mem Confederate Memoral As -The State. USED THE POPULISTS. to Repeal the Charter of tt e loth Carolina Alliance I Jkposits Is Merest cal P** An nam, c- B. Tat CAMDE ] ^orta. Off m, N. C., Feb. 16.? The in -=~iiie Legislature were ly astonished yesterday when locratic members arose as one passed a bill in the House tt> 'the charter of the State Far [Alliame, granted four years 'he bill to repeal was agreed iy the Democratic caucus, and jbably pass the Senate, every supporting it. bill is entitled "An act for the [of the stockholders of the State ? i Business Agency." There $50,000 of tfce fund, mt a which can be secured by those it, and it is openly that it is about to be used in of the people's party, the of the State Alliance, as a3 its secretary and business being extreme members of that A receiver will be asked for Most of the funds was by persons not now Alli men. # bill was introduced to re-charter Alliance in wh ch it is provided it must be entirely reorganized operated solely in the formers' of the State Alli sue an address address shows is in straits. It is three-fourths only 25,000. Where Harrison Will Go. Presidant Harrison will join in the pnaugu ration ceremonies an4 remain at the White House with Mrs^McKeeto receive Mr aud Mrs Cleveland. Immediately after the inauguration ceremonies, accompanied by Mr and Mrs Mc Kee and their family, he will go direct from the White House to the railway station, "and will leave Washington for Indianapolis by an I early afternoon train. They will | break the journey at Pittsburg, where i thev will stopover night a< d spend ' Sunday with friends. On Monday j morning they will ^art f?>r In?ii auap.?lij?, where they will arrive that evt-niug. Mrs Mc Kee will open up her father's lmiianap??lis home aud remain with him during the 9priug ami early summer. It is the Presi l.deut's desire to go to Tape May, and it is quite certain that he will pass the midsummer months there with his children and grandchildren, to till the ctrage with the family life, upon | which he will: be more then ever j dependent | GOOD FOR PORT ROYAL THE RAILROAD LfASE TO GEORGIA CENTRAL BROKEN. Judge Aldrich Decides in Favor of the State aad Appoints A%?rill Receiver of the Tort Royal Road. Augusta, Feb. 18. ? A special to the Chronicle from Beaufort says. Judge Aldrich has fifed his decision in an application for two bills brought by the State of South Carolina and by B. King and other stockholders of the the Port Royal Railroad, for the breaking of the lease held by the Cen tral Railroad of Georgia, sustaining complainants and appointing J- H. Averill, receiver. __ \ THE HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION TREATY COMPLETED. It Will be Transmitted to the Sefcate To Day by President Harrinon, Who Will Strongly Urge Annexation. Washington, Feb 14.? The Haw aiian annexation commissioners paid a bftef visit to the Secretary of State this morning. They were with Secre tary Foster about fifteen minutes. Nothing of importance was transacted. It is understood that the commission ers are anxious that the annexation treaty should not be sei,t to Congress to-day, their reason being that its text t>r substance might become public be fore the sailing of the steamer from San Francisco to-morrow for Honolulu and might thus be received by the Hawaiian people in incorrect form. The commissioners wish to take the treaty to Honolulu themselves, so that they may be on the ground to defend ! its provisions aud to as.-i.st in its adop- j tion by the new government. Their fears that it would go to Congress to day, however, were set at rest by the information imparted to them, official ly, that the treaty would not be trans mitted before the sailing of the steam er from San Francisco. MINISTER STEVEN'S ACTION AP / PROVED. Washington, Feb. 14. ? Secretary Foster this afternoon telegraphed to Minister Stevens at Honolulu his ap proval of his action in affirmatively responding to the request of the pro visional government of Hawaii for the establishment of protectorate over the islands pending the negotiations for" the annexation of the islands to the United States. Instructions for the guidance of his futfre actions were also included in th^Prelegram. These instructions will leave San Francisco for Honolulu tomorrow by the steamer Australia of the local line be tween these points. The steamer China of the Pacific Mail line left San Francisco today, and will stop en route at Honolulu. After their interview with Secretary Foster this morning the Hawaiian commissioners inspected the city from the top of the Washington monument and later visited the navy yard and witnessed the work of assembling the big guns, going on there. The County Farmers' Insurance Plan. Camden, Feb. 16. ? Special. ? In a recent accouiff of the Kershaw County Farmers' Insurauce Association there were some error* which did the association some injustice, and gave the agent some trouble. To make matters plain, by law No. 21, is quoted below. The business of the association is growing and it now has a healthy outlook: "No building shall be taken into this associatioH within the incorpora tion of any town or city, unless said building is made of metal and covered with metal and is at least 100 feet from the property of a neighbor, and ifraa^of wood and covered with metal it shall be 150 feet, and if both made of wood and covered with wood it shall not be less than 200 feet from the buildiug of a neighbor. In small and unincorporated villages the agent shall exercise his best judgment, always looking to the best interests of the association, and when three or more directors advise, he may take in any property he thinks safe from tire by the burning of adjoining buildings. Neither gins nor warehouses containing insured cotton shall be taken into this association." secretary of agriculture. J. Sterling Morton, of Sebraaka, Selected by Mr Cleveland. Lakewood, X. J., Feb. 17. ? Mr. Cleveland announced this evening that J: Sterling Morton, of Nebraska, 1 who visited him at his request today, ; was tendered the Secretaryship of ; Agriculture, and accepted it. Mr. Morton is one of the most : prominent Democrats in the State of j Nebraska. He has been in the State Legislature, and was talked of as a caudidate for Governor last fall. 1 Very little is known of him in the j East, but he has been a prominent : tigure in the West for a number of j years. He had a proprietary interest | in an Omaha newspaper at one time. i -? 1 D?*ctor& I is<Agre?*. Hei.ena, Ark., Feb. 17.? Dr Overton Moore was sh?>r and instantly killed last eveuing by Dr C. R. Shiu ault. Both are youag aud well known physicians of this city, and, so | far as can be ascertained, had not any | previ??u% riitfirultV. Dr Shinauit tjave himsrlt uprn> the sheriff. The killing was the n suit ot* a quarrel over the. > discussion of professional etiquette. THE HANDSOME THiNG. Judge Jackson's Nomination Confirmed Without a Woni ot IMssent. i Washington, Feb. 18. ? If there ( was at any time any disposition on j the part of Democrats to oppose the i confirmation of Judge Jackson to be j Associate Justice of the Supreme j Court of the United States, that j opposition vanished when the Senate went into executive session this | afternoon. There was not even the I formality of a vote The Executive 1 journal was read coBtainhag the nomination of Judge Jackson, which had previously been reported favorably and when the president of the Senate said: " If there are no objections the j nomination will stand confirmed," not | a Senator opened his mouth. In this quiet way all opposition disappeared, au<! Associate Justice Jackson will, as | s'xiu us convenient to him qualify for ! the place to which he has been appointed bv a Republican President | ll?e injunction of secrecy was not removed from the proceedings. The confirmation of the nomination of J udge Jackson has led to speculation in political circles as to the identity of his successor on the circuit bench. What President Harrison will do in the matter is of course impossible to say. Since the surprise occasioned by the nomination of Judge Jackson, no one cares to hazard a prediction. The Democrats .. say tFat the confirmation of Jackson was reached through an understanding thair^ the President would uot nominate a man to succeed him. The circuit over which Judge Jackson has presided consists of the States of Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. In view of the present representation on the judiciary from those States, and if geographical considerations are allowed to prevail in the selection of a circuit Judge as it is assumed they will, the general belief is that whether President Harrison or President Cleveland appoints, the new man will come from Kentucky. Michigan has Justice Brown in the_ .Supreme Court; Ohio, Judge Taft in the Circuit Court of- Appeals; Tennessee, Justice Jackson in the Supreme Court; and Kentucky, Justice Harlan in the Supreme Court The latter's appointment is the oldest of the list, however. ; THE Nfcvv era IN POLITICS. / Return to the Historic "Era of Good Feelic^" _ ^ "The era of good feeling" which prevailed during Monroe's Adminis tration has become historic. It is hardly to much to say that there is now a nearer approach to a revival of I that era than has ever been seen since that day. From the time that the slavery issue became the controlling one, it was inevitable that party feel ing should be strong until its final settlement. The utter collapse of the last attempt to maintain that old issue in the shape of the Force bill has at last convinced the country that this chapter in our national history is closed, aud that we have turned over a new leaf. The last Presidential campaign was the lefct bitter for a generation, simply because Republi can vote re generally felt less interest in the result thap ever before, less conviction that the success of their ?wn party was essential, less fear that the triumph of the opposition would cause any harm. It was this which made hundreds of thousands of old Republicans stay away from the polls for the first time in a Presidential election, and which reconciled tens of thousands who perfunctorily cast their ballots for Harrison, to the election of Cl-veland. t \V heii eveti Harrison recognizes the revolution that is in progress by clos ing his' Ad ministration with the ap pointment of a life long Southern l emocrat to the Supreme Bench, it is not strange that Cleveland should show an even keener sense of its signifi cance by the selection of the first place in his Cabinet of a Northern man who was always until last fall, a Republi can. Jackson's appointment to the highest bench is right because the judicial questions growing out of the old slavery issue have already been settled upon a basis which he accepts. Gresham's appointment to the State Department is wise because on the new ^STreriowhich the people are now ^Qost interested, and especially on the tariff issue^e stands on the right side. The question hereafter is not whether one man was a Union man or a Confederate thirty years ago, but whether he will make a good judge now; not whether the other supported the Republican party ih the days when its candidate for President in r 18*0 declared himself "in favor of a protection that lead* to free trade," but whether he now supports the policy for which the people declared so emphatically last fall. An old era in our politics is ended j and a new one has opened. The election of Lincoln in I860 marked <>ne .vuch change; the election of Cleveland m 1892 signalize* the other. ' luc* ?lu built up the Republican partv bv taking int.. his cahiort Edwin I ^rantou. a man who sympathize-! wi>h republican pur ?>?*-s although he ha?i been in Buchanan's cabinet. Clevel and shows himself possessed of an i equally statesmanlike mind when he ? ipvites into his cabinet one who has a cabinet officer under a 1 hepuhl.o.,, A<injiMi\str?hon but who J Ail. pathos with IW emtio .,urp,?., j now. New 1 ork Evening Post. O-' I MERRY WAR IN KANSAS. I BLOODLESS BAITLE IN THE STATE CAPITOL I % Tlie Populists Routed frowti Representative Hall by the Republicans? State Mi litia Called Out? Republicans Hold the fort. Topeka, Feb. 15. ? A bloodless j but exciting battle took place be tween the Republican and Populist members of the House at the entrance ! v 4 to Representative hall this morning. The Populists, who have had posses- - sion of the hall in the afternoon, ad journed yesterday until this afternoon, and, as has been the custom since the \ beginning of the session, the Republi cans expected to hold their regular session to-day; but last night the Pop ulists swore in 9 large number of as sistant sergeant-at-arml who were placed on guard and tne doors and entrances -to the hall w/ls locked. This morning' no one was a/mitted to the hall excepting Populist members of the press, and they vrere required to show a pass and run the gauntlet of a ? dozen guards. The Republicans were fully inform ed of all these preparations to exclude them from the hall, and last night a hundred men were sworn in as officers of the Republicans. At 9 o'clock the members of the Republican House, with their officers, started %from their headquarters for the State House. The march through the long corridors leading ^^""""Representative Hall was unimpeded. The little column forced its/wr,y through the line of guards stationed at the foot of the stairs in $ne west wing and started up stairs. ! On the first kcfding wagua crowd of Populist House officers, under com mand of Adjutant General Artz. ^They were armed, and the advancing [Republican crowd were met with the ^muzzles of revolvers and Winchesters. The Adjutant General commanded them to halt, but no stop was made, and the advance guard pushed into tie crowd of Populists. Three or 'four of them succeeded in passing the doorkeepers, after a brie^stitjggle, and getting into the hall, but uie Populists succeeded in closing the door and bar 1 ring it. The Republicans on the outside de manded admittance, and when it was denied them, Speaker Douglas swung a large sledge hammer and began to batter the heavy doors leading from ! the cloak room. It took many blows i to beat a passage way through, but ; the doors finally gave way, and the Republican legislators surged in with a loud shout. The Populists promptly retreated, i and now the Republicans are in full possession of the hall. Ever since the opening of the ses sion, the Populists have had the com mittee rooms, sergeant-at- arms' room and chief clerk's room. These were all locked and guarded on the inside, but after the House had been called to order the Republicans' > battered down the doors and took poesession of them without encounter ing any resistance At 10 o'clock there were few Popu lists in Representative hall, and the -Republican House had settled down to the regular order of business, as if nothing unusual had happened. The Republicans, have always had the postoffice, and with the capture of the other two rooms, they had for the first time since the last Legislature ! met, full possession of the hall. \ At 12.40 o'clock tbte Republicans added thirty or forty more recruits to their force of assistant sergeanttft arms. the cadets of the Washburn ! College appearing in the hall and taking the oath before the sergeant -at arms. The Populist' 8 janitor undertook to freeze out the Republicans and shut j off steam from the hall.i State Troops Ordered Out. TopekA, Feb. 15. ? The following order was delivered by Adjutant Genj eral Artz to Col J. F. W. Hughes: 3 '?You are hereby ordered to assume active command of all the officers and men of the Kansas National Guard assembled in Topeka and around the State house. By order of "L. D. Lewelling, 'Commander-in-Chief." The Republicans this afternoon ap pointed a committee, 'j consisting of Sherman, Warner and Cubbeson, to visit Governor Lew^ling, and agree, if possible, opon suspension of hostili ties. They propose that both Houses ag^ee to adjourn until a case could be i?ade in the supreme court and finally adjusted. The governor would not entertain the proposition, but suggest ed that the Republican House ad journ until to-morrow. Of course the Republicans would not consent to this. At 2.45 p. m Col. Hughes stationed a company of militia in the lower hall bf the west wing of the State house, i immediately below the hall of the House of Representatives. Speaker Douglass read to the House j a proclamation which he had prepar ed, relating what had taken place ami : calling upon the people of the State to rally to the support of the * Repub lican House. The proclamation was j greeted with wild euihusiasm. The Populist hou*e met iu the basement of the west wing of the Stat** house this afternoon, pursuant to ad journmeut, but almont immediately . o * adjourned uutil to-morrow. Governor Lewelling issued a pro ; clamation th s afternoon at 2 3<> o'clock, stating that as the militia n v, iit Pofiektt was n??l h?itficu*nt, ti^e j?l i i-i? iiml companies w<?u'd f>e ???' i gauized, composed ot volunteers. Only three companies, however, have been organized, and they ate of thirty men each. Other companies wi^ be organized if necessary. *D. M. Scott, a Republican member from Hodgeman county, who happen ed to be in Ottaw to day, telegraphed that he would be here with 300 armed men on the first train. D. B. Anthony telegraphed that 1,000 men would come from Leaven worth. Golumbus telegraphed that 400 men would come from there at the cammand of Speaker Douglass. In the show of business which the Republicans made after ge tting posses sion Of the hall, Speaker Douglass usedias a gavel the sledge-hammer which he used on the doors to gain entrance. The Capita iu & state of Siege. Topeka, Feb. 15.? All day the Republicans held the |Jouse. and to night they are in camp. The people are bringing in provisions, and the Populists have cut off steam, lights and water, and the hall is almost in total darkness. A few candles and lamps flickler here and there on mem ber's seats, having been contributed by citizens. It is believed that^to morrow, when all the troops arrive^ the Governor will order the Republi cans to leave the hall; that they will obey and set up a House in some other room. - The State malitia surrounds the capitol, and no one withoijt a pass from the Adjutant General can get in. Governor Lewelling said, in an in terview to-night, that he would be vindicated and that the Populist House would have to stand as the legally organized body. Yesterday afternoon the Senate concurred in the legislative appro -priation bill, and last evening the bill was Approved by Governor Lewetiing. It awakes appropriation for salary and mileage, of the members of the Senate an*l Populjst House. The members oC the House are to be paid only upon certificate signed by Deensmore and Rioblv Th^ bill weut into effect upon its publication in its official state this morning. The Republicans went' be fore Judge Johnson, of the Shawnee county district court this morning and secured an injunction restraining State Treasurer Biddle from paying money under the act. Notice was served on the treasurer at 10.30 o'clock, but two-thirds ot the members had already received their money. The injunction will be the test of the legality of the Populist House. The writ of injunction is returnable to morrow at noon. r\ Backing Up tfoe Republicans. Leavenworth, jFeb. 15. ? A tremendous meeting of citizens was held in this city tonight at Chickering Hall to endorse the action of the Douglass ? house ?t Topeka. Mayor Hooker presided and Hon. E. D. Carroll, John Hannon, E. N. Morrell, D. R. . Anthony and M. W. Hook made speeches strongly endorsing the action of the constitut ional house in taking possession and holding Representative hall to day. Strong resolutions were unanimously adopted endorsing the Douglass house aud urging them to stand firm, and offering support. Several hundred citizens will go to Topeka to-raorrow. A Dilemma for the Governor. Topeka, Feb. 15.? Sheriff Will kinson informed the Governor at mid night that he was a peace officer, and demanded that the latter turn over to him the situation. Col Hughes, in command of the militia, went into the Representative hall soon afterwards, and told the Republican members that if the Governor asked him to < eject them he would resign his posi r>' Later from Kansas. - 'Topeka, Kan., Feb. 16.? This morning the Kansas war has ch'anged vits front. The line of ritflitary sur rounding the State Houe is between two fires. The Republican House, which the military forces were called ont to subdue, still occupies the Rep resentative hall, and outside of the grounds the sheriff of the county is ^organizing a large force of deputies to take charge of the soldiers and pre serve the peace. The sheriff has read tpe Constitution, ancT from it has con cluded that , he alone is the peace officer ol his county, and that unless he demands it, the Governor has no right to call out the militia. Late last night he informed the Governor that he would preserve the peace of this county without any interference from the Chief Executive of the State, and to do this he is organizing a force, which, by the time it is deemed neces sary to move, will take full charge of the State House square, to the ex- ! clut-ion of\he military forces. The sheriff will meet with little re sistance from the military forces, as majority of the offi'-ers and enlisted men are in full sympathy with the Republicans. ? Many ol the members of the military companies have already been sworn in ra deputy sheriff'-. Col Hughes has again declined to obey the Governor's order to eject the j Republicans, and the only reserves ! the Governor has, besides the regular j militia, are three companies of pro : visioual troops, compiled of Populists, I who of course sympathize with the ; Populists' objects. Col Warner, wtio has planned the Republican campaign, savs of tht-se provisional companies, | I "They are the Governor's pet allies, i We are wolves now, and would devour j them ir' given an opportunity." T e s-heriff established three recruit 1 1 'g ' i< >us this morning-, and s*?ire in all who won <1 voluuteer a* ?lepot es. A thousand deputies had been mus- j tered in at noon. Twenty students from the State University, under com mand of J. A. Kush, who had beeu sworn as captain, arrived in the city this morning, were promptly sworn iu as deputies and went on duty. Stu dents from Baldwin and Washburn colleges also volunteered in large numbers. ** t COMPLETE BACK DOWN OF GOV LEWELLING. The Republicans Given Undisputed Posses- i ?Ion of the Fort, While the Populists Are Ltft Out iu the Colti: Topeka, Kan., Feb. 17. ? After a < consultation lasting from 9 to 1 2.30, j Governor Lewelling signed a peace agreement between him and the Re- j publican House of Representatives. News of the settlement of ^he revolu tion was received In the Republican hall with the wildest demonstrations > of joy. * -~ The teri?s~of peace are a complete back down by the Governor, and the Republicans claim that they have gained all that they ever demanded. The deciawn of the' durts is now awaited ^ith great anxietyl The Populists are very much dis couraged at the turn affairs have taken, and are abusing the Governor j for agreeing to the terms of peace. Many of the leaders say they will not obey the Supreme Court if it decides against them. The agreement is practically that presented by the House to the Gov ernor last night. # It proposes to give the Republicans undisputed possesson of the Representative hall, with all of its appurtenances and connecting rooms. The Republicans agree not to make any further arrests of Populist House officers for contempt. The Populists are to continue their meet ing jn a ball down town. The Gov ernor is to remove the militia force and the sheriff to discharge his large force of deputies. The Government is to abide by the decision of the Su preme Court, before which two cases are now pending. Immediately after the agreement had been signed, dispatches were sent out by Adjutant General Artz ordering all troops now en route to the capital to return to their homes. The Populists also loaded down the wires with messages to their supporters that all occasion for their presence here had passed, tor the time being. Someoi the hotheaded Populists from out of town are inclined to be decidedly^ugly over the turn atfiairs has taken, contending that the Governor should have held his own until the Republicans were either starved out or driven out of the State House. Among the citizens, however, j there is a feeling of profound relief that a crisis has been averted without bloodshed and that the good name of the~State is not to be disgraced by ! open civil war. The exodus of sympathizers with ; both sides commenced with the afternoon trains, and by morning the city will have resumed its usual peaceful aspect. AFTER THE WAR IN KANSAS. The Republican House Recognized by the District Court. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 18. ? In the District Court this morning, Judge Hassen rendered a decison in favor of the Republican House on motion for an injunction to restrain the State Treasurer from paying the legislative warrants. The city has relapsed into its usual quietude, and nothing remains to indicate that less than forty-eight hours ago a bloody conflict between the forces of the Governor and the populace was imminent. The last of the militia companies left at an early hour for .Clyde, Lawrence and Holton, the three local provisional companies were disbanded last night, aud no j troops remain in the service. All but ! twelve of the deputy sheriffs were also discharged After the calling of the roll and the j reading of the titles of several bills, the Republican House took a recess until Tuesday. Nearly all the mem bers of both Houses left town on the noon trains for their homed. In case of accident, before Judge Hassen this morning the existence of the defacto Legislature vvas question ! ed. There were two bodies, each claiming legislative authority, and the court must therefore of necessity deter j mine which appeared to be clothed with proper power. The judge liid not/ regard the appropriation bill k<passed ou Tuesday last as a legal bill i or as signed by the le^al Speaker, i and an injunction would therefore i I i.-sue. The bill in question was sigued bv Speaker Duns more of the Populist House, and, consequently, by infer . ence, although not stated in exact language, the court hsld that Speaker , Douglass of the Republican House is. entitle*! to recognition. The Populists will now take the ; ca^e to tlie Supreme Court. The' j Supreme Court a<! journal the hearing of th^* habeas corpus case of L. C. | Gunu of Labette couutv, who was arrested Mr refu.-ing to testify befori , the election committee ot the Republi can House until Fue^day morning. The outcome of this case will <1eci?le the legality of the Republican House j from the standpoint <.f ihe highest tribune, in the State, ami should it be H-iwr.-e to the Populists the latter will he checkmared a< ?>? ?r h ends aud i will Hot have a leg to stand on. HAWAIIAN TREATY REPORTED FAVORABLY BY THE',, SENATE COV MUTE ?, ; __ ^ Ami is Piacf?\ in the Calendar of th? | Senate for Future AcPion? L. lluokal um'!? Kuvoy Wants a Heading. I Washington, Feb. 17. ? The com mittee on foreigu relation reported to the Seuate, in executive session to-day1 the Hawaiian auuexation treaty, with a recommendation that it be rati tied. It was placed yu the executive calen dar, where it can be reached by a majority vote at any time. N. v \V THE SENATE ASKED TO PA^SE, i Ex Ouccn l.iliaokalaul's Envtfv* a ?i rj Hearing. ?! Washington, February 17 . ? Paul Neumann, envoy of Queen Liliuokal aui to the United States, accompanied by Prince David of the city royal family and two servants, reached the to night . Though worn and tired out after his tedious journey, Mr Neu mann, in a brief ton versation, indicat- , ed partially what his course of action will be in his effort to induce the Senate to refuse to ratify the treaty for the annexation of Hawaii whioh it now has under consideration. Mr Neumann regretted very' much that the matter had progressed so far as it has, and regarded it i$ unfortunate that he would not be able to see die President or Secretary Foster until next- week. Mr Neumann realm, therefore, that he must submit Ihe Queen's case to the Senators themselves and to morrow he will, begin work. He will aik the Senators to consider the paper* which he has in his posses* sion, and then, if, after reading them and hearing all he luis to say, they should decide^ to ratify the treaty, he will not t.ave-a word,of complaint 6 make. \ He regretted exceedingly that such undue haste, as he characterized it, should have been used in sending the treaty to the Senate^ when but one side of the case had been heard and no opportunity had been given the people of Hawaii, whom he represent ed, to submit their views on the matter. 1? REFUND OF THE>QOT TON "fAX. >'*] ie ? i Tho Oates Bill Favorably Reporte<t-?>^lbC~^~ Hoiue, Washington, Feb! 14. ? The Oates ' cotton tax bill to-day; secured a fayor able report from the majorty of* the j House committee on judiciary. The bill provides that the tax col lected by the United States during war times on raw cotton shall be. re* funded, in the event that the United States Supreme Court holds the laws under which the tax. was collected to have been unconstitutional. The^ill authorizes any hereon who paid cot ton tax, to d&ly "bring a suit intfcc Court of Clai?c against the'tTnited States for the- recovery o> the money, the rights of appeal to the United. States Supreme Court being given t<^ each aide of the suit One test case is i to be made and no ot'aer cases tried V unless the Supreme Court decides the tax act to have been unconstitutional If the act be declared, in valid, ,Jthe ? > Court of Claims shall try every cotton ' tax suit commenccd within one year after the decision of the Imted States Supreme Court \ . Mr Bvnum will put in a majority re jwrt and will probably be joined by other members of the comttiittee. The refund of the cotton tax would cost the government some millions of dollars and this fact alone, doubtless, will be sufficient to prevent the bill pasting Congress at this session. Its introduction by Mr Oates wju one of the results of the filibuster against the direct tax refund bill in the previous Congress. At the time of that fight Oates endeavored to havte the cotton tax refund tacked on to thc^. other proposition. The Two KangaH II otitic* Clash? Fight He twffn the Members. Toi'EKA, \&d. Feb. 14. ? War is on in real earnest between the two houses of the Legislature ftijd blows have i been exchanged. TheTOs^re now|T #pen threats by the Populists sational hostilities and at any moi there may be something *nore t| talk which has been so long indul^ in. An attempt by the Dejmtj Bei gent- at Arms of the Republican House to arrest lien Crutch, Clerk of the Populist House, on orders from the Republicans, caused a conflict during which two Republicans were kn?>cked down and several men on both aides were badly bruised by blows of the ti&ts. It is gei^erally agreed that to morrow will witness the most exciting scenes known in Kansas in years. MORMONS MURDERED. Two Eliler* A?rt??niiiuted While Preaching io Tt-unest.ee. Pulaski, Teun., Feb. 18. ? News has readied here from a remote part .?f Lewis cou ty, about tweuty-five miles from Pulaski, that two MormOn "4 f preachers, who have been in tbat sec tion for aoiue time past preaching Mnrmonisui, after bgug repeatedly warned to leave the country, were, j while preaching to a small crowd, ; assassinated by a masked band of men, j who rode up to a side window ol the ? house in which the Mormons were holding a meeting, and firing through the window, killed both instantly. No one else was injured. \ I \i