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OUR LEGISLATURE. What is Beitttf Done tty Otir tawmak : . ? crs Day by Day. MA^IAGI. LICENSE BILL PASSED. Income Tax A\easure Killed RournJ ? " l-rip Ticket I. aw Posponed. ? New Mills. Second Pay. ? Tho Senate .was callt'd to order 4it noon by Lieut. Gov. Scar 4 .borough. and tho ovening mayor was . jnmdo by Chaplain Waddell. Senior . prn ydon introduced a bill to authorize > an election in the city of Abbeville up '. on the question of Issuing bonds in aid of the Black Diamond railroad and to wovido for the Issuance of the bonds. P; Senator Livingston, to authorize the - sinking fund com million to loan mon ey to the oounty of Marlboro and to plci^e p**?"iclnl tax in payment of the * ffl, Mjed to committee on'lln bhe 1. Yncnrrent resolution from iijcfi/- X?(f^vU,\vlding for an invevstiga ^yyn .ofijft dispensary was referred to uu- judiciary committee. Mr. Oaugh man's House bill to amend tho jim crow car law was recommitted to I be committee on railroads, which had re ported the bill without recommenda tion at the last session. Senator ^A1 drieti's resolution to investigate the dispensary was referred to the judic iary committee. Third Day. ? The Senate's session was short and uneventful. About an hour was devoted to the introduction * of new bilir, of which there were 10. E> and to the consideration of the calen * dar. A number of bills of minor im portance .passed second reading., Fourth Day. ? Among the bills Intro duced were tho following:. Mr. Con nor? To provide for the sale or lease of the penitentiary -farms. . ^ The Senate. agreed to the house reso ? rlutlons providing for a special joint committee to consider the plan to ?-drain the low lands. The committee on agriculture wastrel ie vert* of further consideration of the matter. Unfavor able reports were adopted on the fol ? lowing bills which were thereby killed: Mu icing stenographers' notes of trials filial 'and conclusive evidence of what t was sworn and charged and n l>ili ' amending county government law in \ reference to roads and highways.- Un favorable reports were made on Sena tor Groydon's bill to provide a uniform system of registry, and liis bill -relntrnpr :C e ffisuui monses of magistrates. ( "v't) ,ht lis wet^, plaecd on the idar. i ' ? HMr. "Gordon's motion, the enact- j words were stricken out of Miy .'iison'R House resolution to rnaK'e imlsdem^tior to swear falsely or ^ bit frnqBn a primary election. t sameMlsposltlon was made of \ower-slill relating tc? municipal following bills pil.-SCMl tile KP(; ading>j Mr. Blakeney's bill to andlunfe, and tenants lipus the'flfiiares of laborers ami is after division of crops for -was rcrom milled to iha ju Mr. Barnwell's bill J an act approved 11th Febru j. lSfl8,'and entitled "An act to In act entitled 'An :iot to em p "W.ippoo Bridge Company to a bridge across Wappoo 1 tA,)rovo^ February lltb, A. 1). f 21 PnssC(' over in his ubsenco ^ fjvell's I'"' t? further amend tions^jv . art|(;lo , of- 1 he Revised nflJ, South Carolina , volume 1.. lig to jury commissioners, as er tv,.|ed by law, \i*u.s passed" to a g. The v Senate. having the c.'lcnda)fe. adjourned 1 ? \t'( y next at 5* o'clock p. m., committee of the Senate a. bill dn relation to rein Ac transaction of business |uiee companies or ass;? wise than through resi nd a bill regulating l&d providing a ^icenso [1es interested in these [ippear -bpfore the com aut fesi Soil Jo. Ha) one caH? bad, and "xl kc pleasure in tee W ton, has of.JAV city of he Oonv? a rc r6pr< \Tnit? Ala*! Crlet J **lo I eli i, 1 8c irance, I'ittsburj frightful i J scailcd *h?S |?njj of inf^ sum ? - til T; kt'y' 5.. ? _ Senator (Iraydona .resolution to re quire tho attorney gi*n? ral to investi gate the Virginla-Caroiiua yhemieal company, Tho report was ado|w;e?l. \ L'UuiabS** report math* on tho Dill in reft rence to the judgment of magis trates. * Mess-igrs were ieceivod from the governor transmitting tho reports of t }) ? adjutant general and the Slat" iiloai*taft. Tho rouse resolution in re ? i ?*? 1 to tho election of officer*! during uis xivsion was referred to the* com tnitteo on privileges and election.1*. Mr. Snvyer's house hill to validate the grand Jury of I'nion county was passed and ordered onrolle-d for ratification. On motion of Senator (.Jcaydop. Mr. Ruber's bill to amend tho school law by adding a provision preventing teachers :being members of boards of trustees was recommitted to the com mittee on education in ordtMp, that the superintendent of education might be heard thtreon. Stnator Barnwell's bill to amend tho statutes rtlatlng co jury commissioners was gi von. its third reading and passed. It is a local measure of intlrcst to Charleston. Tht only second reading bll considered was Senator Waller's bill to amend titlt XI, chapter XXXVI, artidt 3. statutes of 1S93. and ilxlng the weight of a bushtl of bolttd corn meal at 4G pounds. At this point n recess was taken until in order to allow c.ommittc ts to hold sessions. ? When tho Senate reronvf-ned. a rbso lution was passed inviting the house to a joint issiou at i o'clock to ratify acts. The invitaton was accepted, and tho house came to t!:-* Senate chamber at the hour stated, whrn tho bill vali dating tho I'nion county jury was raLin tied. 1 J The Senate Hum: adjourned. Seventh "Day. ? Tho Senate met at ?8 o'clock after a recess since Saturday. The proceedings were opened with prayer by the chaplain. Rev. (1. 11. Waddell. Senator Gruber moved non concurrence in tln> House amendments to the county court bill. The motion was carried. Senator Henderson mov ed concurrence in the "nouse amend ments to a bill to provide for the am endments of charters, with certain ex ceptions, such as railroads and munic ipal corporations. The bill was passed by the Senate. The following new hills werp intro duced: Marshall, allowing street rail ways and lighting companies to con solidate; Marshall, to dirr.ct tho super intendent and board of directors to take up two notes discounted in the Carolina National bank for tho peni tontlary. These are two Neal notes, one the C. W. Ragsdalo note for $2. 000 and the other the W. W. Russell note for $?J00: all third reading bills were passed over ajid the second read ing bills "taken up: the committee sub stitute for Senator (Jraydon's resolu tion to investigate the Virginia Caro lina chemical company was adopted on Senator (Jraydon's -motion, and the res olution was passed to the ?third read ing; on motion of Senator Henderson Senator Hough \vas added to t'he com mittee on corporations, in place of Hon. J. C. Scarborough: the president announced that he had appointed Sen ators W. A. Brown and Livingston with the house committee on arranging memorial to Gov. Ellerbe. Also Sena tors timber and Manning on tho joint committee upon the drainage of swamp lands, ... HOUSE. Sccojid Day. ? A great deal of work was accomplished by t lie House of Rep resentatives. The calendar n urn bora 14 pjrges. each page containing the ti tles of eight bills on an average. The House took up th? calendar systemat ically and worked l!itf?vjgh th<**ftj'8t 10 pages. The following were introftyGped: West, to amend pension laws so iin to include -the maimed, irrespective of age; E. B. llagsdale, to limit the anni ber of acres of land which an alien or a corporation controllod by aliens ma.v own in this State; Baeot, relating to the transportation of dead bodies; I,a ban Mauldin. to amend law relating to working convicts on private farms; C. E. Robinson. relSrtfngf to examlna t.ion of teachers for certificates; Blcase, to reqniro one disinterested witness to bills of sale and to mortgages; also, to amend constitution so artUo place in State treasury for general i?rposes the State's pro rata part of dlspApsary pro fits; W. J. Johnson, to make rates of railroad transportation 2 l> 2 and 3 cents; Richards, to exempt graduates of South Carolina Medical college from examination fir license ;\Rngcr.s, to. au thorize building up new J jail in Marl boro. -r Third H.jy." -The hotiw of represen tatives worked steadily. A number of ?w bills were introduced, among em Mr. W. J. Johnson's to prohibit no formation of trusts in t his State, nd Mr. Harvey Wilson's providing for an appropriation for a Confederate monument at Chicknmauga. Mr! Eu gene it. Oary was unanimously elected to sneered himself as associate justice of the Stale supreme court. Mr. I Blease's proposed amendment lo the j constitution -make length of terms of representa lives four year A wis ! killed.. Mr. W. J. Johnson Introduced ! a bill "to prevent trusts, etc., from lin ing formed and operated in this State, i Quite a number of bills passed third j reading and were sent to the. Senate. ! 1 Fourth Day. ?Hon*? pasted Senator Qruber's bill providing/, for county court*, after about thirty counties had i been exempted. Mr. Moss introduced ; a bill providing for two additional Ju [ d-kial circuits,.. Jto.iW-fiTkW Introduc rctt ^rW blll designed to reconstruct the dispensary law. Mr. Kppn Introduced an anti-cigarette bill and Mr. Steren eoa a measure ta prayest ^hiltes uh* ? i fci?i ? !? in?iiiiiiiiriiiliiii ptkto^fw -:'t. -J&ssSV,-' v?r;z^ | fts" Thouje? was then a colloquy be j twoen hiiti'Mr ami .Mr 1*1. H. Ragudal* j as 'to i lie railroM'i'?? rt'ilit and tho Jus ^Jfce of making tickets "not tran-yfer ahl By a vote of f?0 to !>G tho House ! killed i?he hill. Mr. Wood's hill to forbid persons making advances on lions on crops to take ot h:T col la tern, was indefinitely postponed on motion of Mr. M.igill. Tho I louse passed Mr. Sanders' hill to change the scholastic year from tho 1st of July to the 30th of the succeed i lug .lime, as tlie law now D, mj that tho law shall read. "The scholastic f year shall begin on tlie flrsf.dny of January ot eacn > cur ami end on the . .''1st day i.f December following." This does not affoct Hie terms of j schools, hut simply makes the records j conform to other records. : Fifth Day. -The legislature finished jits first week's work. Mr. McCul ! leu ftli's l>ill providing for an extra I terra of court passed. Mr. Kacof ;n ; troduced a resolution looking to the I conversion of Sullivan's Island into a jl'nlted Statics government st ition Mr, | Montgomery introduced a rr.-olution j that January 1 St h at noon ho set apart I as a day on which tlie ?5en it ? and house of representatives should meet : in joint sesslcSh in memory of the late j Gov. Win. 11. ICIlerbe. Tho resolution ! provided thai tho governor. St >i to su preme court and State officials L?d to uted to at tond. and that n commit, t4* >t three representatives and two Bonn* ' ;ors he delegatd to prepare a pro , gramme. The resolution wa.i adopted unaQj nously by it rising vote. Twelve third i *oading bills wore passed, all but and, laving been passed by the Senate, are now in the engrossing department be ing enrolled for ratification as 1 aw*. Theflrst bill 'brought up was Rogers' requiring marriage licenses in this State. Mr. Rogers stated that South Carolina was the easiest State in the I'liioii in which to get married, and i :iio hardest to get out of it. The issu ing of marriage licenses will he of bene It in many ways. Mr. Weston spoke i in favor of the bill. For a fee of 2f> j -cuts a man may, under lliis Dill, have | :he record of his manage perpetuated. Fhere is a netd for such a record to i lid in establishing .<t.h e rights of par ties to deeds, titles, dowers, etc. Mr. ? Williams t.ppos-ed tho hill. There i might, lie marriages h.v officials igno ; rant or the lieou>r> l.jw and such mar ; ri.jvjes would be illegal and entail ' urc-a; confusion. Mr. Wharton thought J licences would bo of groat value in pre | venting unhappy marriages and in o reserving the peace of tho home. Mr.' j R. M. A. Robinson -Lot's give, the ?young folks;,, a showing. T>t's give I the hi a chance. Marriage is a fine in stitution. I den't see any use in this bill. Mr. Woods thought this would i ho biw a stepping stone towards a dl vorccment law. Mr. Jeremiah Smith i thought it reflection on the preachers jand'Maw officers to say thai there would be illegal marriages' by officials . ignorant of (he law requiring licenses. : If a ?! license is an obstruction to mar ? riagO. thoij there ought to bo no niar riigrs of such people. Mr. Stevenson favored the bill. A man may know tint no is married, as the law noVv is, I but forty years hence his heirs will j have a hard time proving it. for there 'would he no reeprdi The honre rr1 i riivvd ti Strike out th" enacting words : an.l Mr. ('. IS. Robinson Introduced an amendment making the bill become ? operative Jan. 1st. 1900. The amend* mpnt was rejected. Mr. Mil gill moved j to indefinitely post none the bill. I.ost | by a vote of 3.1 to fil. The bill passed ! its second reading. The measure pro vides: I Section* 1. That from ami . atrer ;n?* : approval of this act, no marriage shall bo solemnized or contracted In this State without a license therefor isftuod hy the 'judge of the pro-bate court of the county wherein the ceremony.,of j marriage Khali be performed, a record of which license shall ho lupt in saM j probate court, always open to public ? inspection. For such licensers shall be j charged a foe of cents. to go to the pro4>3.!o Judge, except in countl-os where j the peotvUe judge should be a salaried | pfficer. when the too shall go -to the I general county funds. Sev\ 2. That it shall be the duty of the judges of probate to ivs-ie marriage ! I ictuses on application of r-ny person, which license *hall contain the ^late of the intended marriage, the names and ages, race and color, of the contract ing parties, and the facts as to whe ther they are respectively bachelor. . widower, Widow or maid: Provided, No such license shall l*? issued for the ! marriage of any female whose mar riage would be contrary tcr^he laws .>f ? this Sta>te. Sec. 3. That any person, either a civil magistrate or a * clergyman, or minister of -any religion, church or .??e?rt whatsoever, who Phall perform the service or ceremony mar-pfctge for any perron without first h.iviag i siic.h license exhibited ?to him. shall *e , guilty of a misdemeanor, and. on con i.viction. shall Ik- punished by fine not j exceeding five hundred dollars, or by 1 imprisonment not exceeding one year, ? in the discretion of the court. Senate bill to provide u. uniform time; t for payment of municipal taxes was j r?vvd fn the House for the , lir.^t timt? j yesterday. Also the Senate bill relat ' ing to Marlboro's new Jail. ! Mr. Martin Intfoduced a bill relat| Ing to the making of highways. ! Mr. Dacot ? Relating to the boird of { tru.HtcrjH OL^k? Citadel. Mr. JeiA^Hr Smith? To put Horry couirty nnflB^rxMitt government law. Mr. Then*? Relating to the hunting . to change county line of A* to 4o?!tsd? ? pari ot aids' towAhlp is -Abbcrlhe. V i r. GdteU? To dc*1are_ tiu> rights <H j o?rt*in .<jorporations, Mr. ? TfT iTWkejt 2 T? velieir* certain 9*recM frott nallx teM 4IIC lbu?iiK?i -0b i Hleasi 's ))ill to ; ?'<n?iro clbwiH mort . trnit Mils of s i la jo be witnessed ! by at lc::>; ut^dMnter??ttM nasty. | Favorable otv^Mr. l\itlon's\bill to declare in whit manner city anfYto?vn boundaries may l>.? changed ' Unfavorable on Mr. C. 10. K v^'s ! bill to regulate the bonds of imiiiiA J dispense rs. Favorable on Mr. W ilson's b 11 to [ civet a monument at Chlckam mga. I Favoranlo on joint resolution to au i thoriae Kink inu fund to lend fun<is to \ M-irlburo with which to build .1 : i i Favorable on bill re.su'at :n'^ the working o" convuis on private firm!. Favorable on hi!! amending ('!? fries I ton's barber cnn)uus>io:i Uv\ Unfavorable on nills pr-ap- s:i:g to charter the Winston-Salem .ml Caro lina and the Carolina ami Sou: h west - ! crn railroads. Unfavorable on hill redm-ing r.i.lroid j fares. Seventh Hay. The House or Kepre senlaliives reassembled at noon and | was in session an hour, duriug which i time little was accomplished. 'The in come tax law watv the subject for a lit J tie discussion, but the hill to repeal that statute passed its third and last reading in the house: Senator Gray | don's hill to reduce the salary of th* phosphate inspector was taken up; Means' hill to regulate the ownership ur.d hunting of game and provide for the violation thereof was indefinitely -postponed ; \V. It. Thomas' hill am end the charter of the fourth brigade ipf Charleston > passed second reading; F. II. Weston introduced a joint reso lution to authorize and direct the t-up j erlntendent of the penitentiary and the hoard of directors to take up two notes discounted by the Carolina National Hank of Columbia for the penitentiary. Among the new hills introduced were the following; Mellow, to complete Winlhrop col lege: Wharton, to provide pension for paralyzed Confederate soldiers and jailors; Ashley, to regulate tin; grant ing of hail by magistrates: Young and Sinkle;*, to amend the lav; in regard to the foreclosure of mortgages; Ya - Cullough presented a memorial fru.n the trustee- of South Carolina College asking for an appropriation of $10.U0U for a new mo.-s hall; there was a fa vorable report on the bill t > reduce the number of supervisory of registration: a new bill by Mr. M. 10. John -on to amend concealed weapon law: Mr. I Mikes, to provide for the bonding ol school districts for sr-hool purposes: the House at 1.20 p. m. adjourned THF. MARKRTS. Prevailing Prices of Cotton (lrain am Produce. CM ATll.OTT >TTK CCMfTON MARK 1*1'./ lgnres represent prices p\>o These flgur< ? to wagons: , Strict good middling 7 1-2 j ' Good middling 7 7 - 1 ?> ? I Strict mi#fling 7.r>-lG j I Middling y.. .. , . 7 1-1 ! Tinges 7 1-8 Mark* t - Quiet ami linn. COLUMBIA COTTON MARK 1ST. ! Cotton markej quiet; denut!uk mod LCJCfltc. i ; Low middling '..0 1-2; j Middling 6 15-1*? j Strict middling 7 1-10 ? flood middling : . 7 3-1C | Ni:W YORK COTTON MARKHT. i Pol ton futures quiet. Middling up- j ! lauds 7 5-8; middling gulf 7 7-N. : Futures closed steady. . j Highest! l.owe.-t. Closing. ? January 7 32 7 32 7 34 Cn i ! February 7 .'12 7 20 7 3l(?i-, ; t <&. 35 *7 37 7 33 7 .36-ftSS .7 4u 7 34 7 31XU40 7 40 7 33 7 39? 40 ..7 42 7 34 7 41<ft 42 *1 . .7 1(1 7 38 . 7 39# 40 sVprembe- .. ..0 90 0 90 6 Ugd? October ?'? 3"' . November .. . 0 70 0 74 0 December 70 {> j March i April | Muy . . i ff : i | JIALTIMOKK PRODUCE MARKRT. Flour ? Dull: winter wheat patent ! (i.'t and 3 8"<. Wheat ? Very dull and easy; spot and : month 70 to 70 1-4; February 70 1-2 lo j 70.1-8; Southern by sample t>5*to 71 I 1-2. | Corn ? Dull and easy; spot and month 1 37 l -8 to 37 1-1; February 37 1-4 to 37 1-2: March ?>7 3-4 to H7 3-8 ; Southern white 33 1-1 to 38. Oats ? Htendy; No. 2 white 30 L-4 to* i 2J It r?y? to lie Clifprrul. I I A manufacturer of Kensington tells ? this true tale: "Fifteen years ago I was i very rich, but ten years ago there came, a time when it. Ke?m?d that I'd -surely falL One day when a sma.<fh appeared a certainty 1 walked .down ! Chestnut street toward the wool ware ; houses. blue, blue as Indigo. On ^cor . ner-f went" In ami hit one. .It waa a : big drln*j to take, but I needed It. It j charred me up. Just then a ninn J ? knew came hi and said: ".Say. JJIil>whnt makes yon always look so cheerful* Don't you ever have any trouble at 3?IIT -%h, yes,' said I. jollying a little, ?iiut to look blue doefti't do any good,' ?etc. 'Well,' this fctlow said. '1 tell you I what I'm going to do. I've got $2?,000 lying idle mid rm going to^ct you -to Invest it for the. You'r^so well off. so lucky ittf business always and so blamed cheerful i m sure nothing ever flails with you; and I want >q;l .raat th>* money any way you please, anth I-WOTTTevenask you bow TOu la voit it.' Well# 1 took this man ? mdaey. Ti was just tfee amount nyjstlexln* =^Fy*ir^(OT tliitt vastly better, and 1 " * . KENTUCKY KILLING. li vCoittfrcssnien Col son Shoois Three Men lo Deaili. Till. I or ANO 111! K HID. * Th<>TraRcd> look Place In aCrowdeU Hotel l obby. ?Colsou Surrenders j lo I hc Authorities, . Krankf:.-!V, Ky.. Special. Kx Con* gi tv.sjn.ui ixivid *< Colsnn idiot and killed Kthclbert Scott. Utlhor 1>?- ( nulvr an I Charles .hilian. ami woiMi i? j ed .1 o> - 1 Colden, in t ho Capitol llot?d ncif lues. Ia\ Tin* killing w a-s tU?> result of the renewal of a fond be tween I'olsDil All.) S.'O! t . W'hU ll glCW *''' between them while in the army ie. 1 vo&r. Seott and Dematve ditd altnost Instantly. Julian \va?* thought to ???' or.lv slightly w nindcd but d'ied at I:-" p. 111., from shuck and lc.-s of bioo.l.^ making the tbinl death. Harry \U Eweng. .of I /onisville. was also bit by stray bullets. but not seriously wound ed. All but Scott wc.re by-4'Kuwb'fK and were shot by a veidont. t ob.on was shot. an Hit' arm Wat not seriously liart. .After the shbotina: l""1 went 10 the residence of Chief of Pallet? ? NN d li im^.^.'r by. nr.?d gave himself up. Ijater a^?reant was sworn out ay Clint Fogg. who witnwvsed til;' hilling. Fogg says Colson shot tirst. The kill ing occurred in the lobby of th-e < np. t.o! Hotel, wJW^?hl densely packet with iH?op!?^-wlno are\ln re attending the t-ri-al of the contents befr.re tin' legislature. Persons who were in the hotel when the ungtK.~ occurred fay fully 20 shots wore lired. Scott. who was llio Hrst killed, was -a mphew of ex-lloveimor llrxdle^N Demart e was ?assistant postmaster at Shelbyville. and a prominent Republican pol'.ll cian. .in I Ian was one of the wealth iest fur 11 ions in this county *?d h an old Kofi Lurk y fa mily. The trcuhlo between Scott aii>l Colson. which began in the army /larst year, resulted Cokon be.lnjc yiJu*- l'j S. It aiud it has been prj^U-d si nee tha' one ?r both wtii^l b? killed should they 111 net. ( / C(.'on: l (*>lson b/ in a highl-y nc - vols vote, ro-u jtidg from exoltem-nt attending the t/agKly and as be has nove&Jully reedverAl from a Mtoke 1 iwralvJla sustWlV last y?w. h ? iTnien'.'lrt -are greyly concerned over his oondlllon. Accounts of the kill for and it is .i-nun^ibln to give furth-rrthnn While Colson and a pay., or friends were standing in tihe ?outh wes-t corner of t-he hotel lobby. Stro.-v came in t ho hotel, and when near Col eon the fining be*.m. Scott. *ft?r be ing ehxrt, walked backward toward the sta. way looking to the bar-room and fell clown the etttirs.^end ns he reaeh od t hem. His body rolled avcrag.rh^t H?e bar-room dear, and. as it did Col onel Colson. who had followed, ahoo, inA.it every step. Hrcd one more Khot into the lyrasi^ie form. IXvmaree. yim killed in t'.je general fusilade, shot twiee. one ball pierced ?heart and the other either pen?A.a? ?ho heart or went dire?;ay- under It. Those in the immediate Col:-K>n pai.y deellue to talk about the affair, and while it is generally underwood that several others wore engaged In the shooting, no name* are given. Hundreds of people flocked to th. seen^jBf-'lbe shooting and walchcd the tragic ?'ones, following t'he removal of the remain* of dead the jjot^l. 'ITie most, profound sorrow ex to f? over the aeeidental kiil/ng of I>emarf?e and .lulisn and 'Me ( > '? against Cob-rm anv?ng their frlcn I. Is exceedingly bitter. War News Cut Off. London, by Cable. ? Even rumors ;ire no longer telegraphed from Natal. The . military expert#, -therefore, conclude that" no dfcisivj1. blow haB beewSitrue't either way. The War Office announced early nothing would be Riven out. The South African conciliation committee; quietly formed to represent the peace ? minority, announced lts?lf to the roan- ; try and a#ks for support. Amqn^the members are many notable permmff"^ /"ledal F< r fcluo. Gold Medffl to lieutenant Blu? New York, Special. ? Lieutenant Vic tor Blue, of the IJnied States Nrtvy. was ; honored on board the battleship Maas.t- J chusetts at th? Nary Yard, by th e--.ro- J men of South Carolina, the lientcnaui '* native State, for hla~ hemic - ; land aKd On water during the v?r with : Spain. Ex-Governor Hugh S. Thorn p- { son, of South Carolina, presented thf : lieutenant with a |o)d^a<ula^ <? ess ! r*1de ef ehUjli bototWta^flpUcn, 1 ?pTorator Fortissimo ft rofiia words, "The womei of South tojtiiiiiuiiini vimw , piiu> irr..., , preetotlon of his eeerarr, enterprise ?od 44*U*g?taher%*fa*? In the Santi I aco campaign, jrir ! Till: NATIONAL U\V MAKCRS. What Con^r^st, is lUdor From Day to (lay The Senate. Nineie^t-h Hay.~-A spirited and at, times st>ns3H8iral debate was preeipl* taled in (ho Senate ou IL? Philippine1 , fivtr resolutions of iiuiulry. MV i'eitigretv. of South Dakota, at t:\cked i he ^atfrnl n 1st rat Inn's -policy in t-liV^'liiUffiTm ex ami also made some startling charges against thoso who wure supporting the admiuislruti6n. , Ho declared that a systematic effort was being maiio to prevent net urate in formation from rcaohing the people of i the l-nlted States and that it was a Political scholia* *?? further (Tie candi dacy of Mr. MeKlnloy for rc-nominu tion and re-election. heforo adjourn - inent. the Senate, after prolonged de ! hate, passed the hill conferring powers i upon t h?? director of the census. Twentieth Day. The Senate held a brief session, devoted principally t <? a discussion of < he reply of (England on lh<* seizure <1 / American Hour. After a short executive session tin; Somite adjourned. Twoutv First Day. 'I lie Sonato com mittee on Privileges and Kbvtions eontimie;! the in vest i nation of charges igainst Sen itor (Mark of Montana. M. ! .. ltewett. a miner who wns in Helena during the session of the Legislature in ISfi'.i, said that Charley (Mark loft! asked him to see Senator Myers and offer him $10,000 for his vote for Mr. (Mark for Senator, lie had according ly inked with with Mr. Myers and tes tified that that gentleman had told him after first declining the proposi tion to say to (Mark that if lie was. dis posed to do so he enuld put t.lu> $10.1100 In the hands of Mr. Whiteside to 1>e paid to him ( Myers I in case he should vote for Mr. (Mark. Ilewett said that the Senator's son stated that this. -ar rangement was satisfactory and had iifi<>r\*ard told Jiim that the money for Myers 1n?eii given to Whiteside and that his vote was assured. The witness said that he had seen tile Senator at his home at the Helena lifttl a short time after the Whiteside exposure and had asked him what he proposed to do. when the Senator re plied : "There is only one thing to do and t h it is to make (he people helinv that, the Daly g:inj; have furnished the mon ey and have put up a conspiracy. against us." Concluding his testimony Mr. llew et i ;-ji iJ^Lt had received '??.10 pay for his ; scrvfc4JPt>ui Mr. Clark and no prom ise of any. He hid been interested with the Senator in a mining company and preferred him to his opponents. Tvv ejiiy-V bird Day. ? Senator Hntler gave notitfe of a substitute he win of fer for tile financial bill. It provides for Die inmufarttire or coinage of iiHoie.v out of gold, silver, paper and ; popper. Th-a bill prrfvldes that no piree of money nhall be of greater de nomination thin $20 and it. makes cold, silver or paper money 1egaj ten der for any sum. It makes provision, j for t ii" free coin-a*?** of -both gold and '"Twenty-fourth Day. ? The Senate ratified the Snmoari'rtreaty without di vision. The ratification occurred in executive session and. after two hours of debate." which was participated in by a number of Senators, principally in behalf of the treaty, by Messrs. Da I vis. Koraker and Spooner. and in op i position by Senators llaeo'n. Money and Tillman. The House. Ninteenth Day ? But little business of im porta iWe \^:is done by the House. The session wan brief. Twentieth Day. ? Tho House commit tor on inter-stat? and foreign com ! merce ordered a favorable report upon ( iie Hepburn bill for tho construction 1 of the Nicaraguan eanal. Tbe ! of the House occupied Just 20 min utes. Twenty- First I )?T.--Thft#fl8sion of the House was of brief duration and noth ing of interest transpired to break the irionotony of the proceedings^ Twenty -third Day.? The day's ses sion of the House wia# devoted to the consideration of lHisincs3 pertaining U> Uie IMirtT'ef of Columbia. lteprescn faflve June W. O-.iyTe. of Kentucky, tmIio succeeded Qui- l?te Kran Settle, was sworn in -and the urgent deficiency bill reported by Chairman (Gannon. This bill, the first of the two impor tant supply bills for. the government, carries $56,127,851. of which $47,002. 332 is re-appropriation* for tho mill* tarv and naval ? astabliKhjncnts a?4 $X1275.509- divert- appropriations. The more important direct appropriation* are:- Treasury Department $2.60^.621; \V:?r I>epartment $lf?fWl17; naval es tablishment j$2.7.'>O.OOI>; . pujtt*! *ervlre UMM1: ' Paris Kx position $169,500; printing and binding $270,000; judg ments Indian depredation claims. $242,112: judgments. Courts of Claims, $2.213.?2.r?. The war ami naval He air; were given in detail when the deficien cy estimates were submitted. The main ehaftgea are in adding $1,000,000 to the commissary general's allowances and in providing $760,000 for - traps porting -fche Spantrti prisoners in the PbilUpiner <o their home*. . U The Houae then_infjmrned - Twenty- fourth Day.? The urgent de ficiency appropriation bill >a? taken up in the House. It wti the general: expectation that It ~ ^ gtfcu?y dtb*tgig^r:_ ponefcm.Tn view of t*e large ? tsty kk&iS ToFrpral ON GOOD TERMS. Differences Between .Germany And America Settled. SECOND PROTEST TO ENGLAND. The Germans Tired of the Seizure of^t Their Ships and Merchandise na'lv Contraband. . :Ahi dierlln, by Cable. ?The corpeeponderof^^^ of the Associated Press Interviewed thjfr;;" I United Stnt<vs Wmbassador, Mr. An drew l). White, about the present sta ' ' ui s of tlio relations between Germany and the United States. Mr. , ttiiid : I Tho Samoa question between th? United States and Germany, tho inSTJff aneo and sundry minor matters have boon 'happily nettled. 'Hie main ques tions which remain am the comtiier eial treaty and tho proper Inspection of American meats. Tho former will be mainly considered at Washington. The latter must depend upQu the ac tion of the Reichstag. Though, the Agrarlan party shows bitter ho ? o the alleviation of the present* rangement. ko oppreslve to A 'internes, it is hoped that tile ! ntftrto in President McKinley's for the appointment of a special mission may be accepted. There ilouht that tho government, apftrt tho Agrarians, would, he to see some such fair settiem in (the Diet . tho govern plete moral defeat (luring tho de>btl ! on th<> dismissal of political official* i for voting against the canal bill Is con ?itlered to be ojf great lmportance**r-L 'internal |H>lItien ?s it shows th? Con servatives still intend to, bitterly op i k)so the Kmperor, especially on the. j new < an.il bill whlr?h does not please tho Agrarians, in spjto__ui_fch< i it - -contains ~enorm*>uft improvement projects for tlie Eastern provincee of i I'rusttia. " . - The ^eizures of German steamers bjr Uritish warships have had the effect of 'intensifying and generalizing atttl 1 British Bi-ntimeut In Germany. Coiml von UuolowV speech at the i launching of tho Hamburg-American ? , Linij steamer Deutchland, especially vj ' tho terms of friendship he devoted to tho United States, is much commented i on by the German press and with'few ! exceptions approvingly. Prussia has -?h?w^ bcgninff : male factory' inspectors. . J5slJsuI?8I * contains , appropriation^ for their sal* ' arios. L',400 mnrk? each." ? ; - A test, occurred recently In Vypfll, near Frankfort, in the presence | many officials, of a newly Invent smokeless end noiseless powder. Thel J.tostt however* turnfed- out rather unsit | isfactory. . ? The correspondent of the Associated Press learns from an official source that Germany hafo addftfsod a sefcond protest to Great. TlH)iiifl?T M+MtU ^ questing the^ ij&tea&e of the German' Bteanier Bundesrath, a,nd expressing I astonishment at tho undue delay, Ths. ? v protest ?Iho demands guarantee? from ? ;; ? - j Great Britain against a recurrence of1* ? --b_ ~ such evident. "wrongful and aggress- .? ! ivo application of j^ scombatt?\nt's right against neutral's." ; | It also requests Great Britain to .de.r?- ' fine the meaning of contraband in *( ' ! manner acceptable to the nations not : concerned 4n the war. : An interpellation ftbontrllkS I wltrbe introduced *the coming Friday *jj I hi the Kelchstag. " ...jjbtews-Not**r Sen??m>??af teetimoxyi marked the day's piWeedinga in the Clark bribery Investigaihjn. Several of the Senator's letters were produced, ... Tho House of ftotetffctea of tbe St. Lmtis iMunlolpai Aeeembly toemd from its session citizens who oatoe to pror test against a failure to proptoHr llflrht the city, / . .la rob Hein2_TgffiTdIf niy Kalaei. witf ? hatr tj<?*n ronvictM of, the marder of B<1 win E. Brow nj and eight time* ra prleved when- a hp/it to ho hanged, were ! pardoned at Jefferson CUty, Ma, hgT Ing been shown to be iuugiiul ctf tke i crime. . - Tbe Russian trrw year ed by adherent ? of the Greek ehnnfMn Philadelphia: ' . i Tho protest of Ooremor | j||M| >1 Kenturhy, again* I the M&jtfta which la to heat IbetgjgaaBjMLAfr 1 ? i -u. "' ,L