The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 26, 1900, Image 1
volume XI
OAMDKN, S. C., I'MiylDAV, JAM.'ARV 20, I1IOO.
NO. .5.
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AFTER A II0I.IDAY.1
#
The Salons Have Returned Ta Theif
"<f Labors.
WORK THEY II AVI: BEEN 1)01 Mi.
Mat ?
Broad Tire Bill Passed Many
, ters That Have Occupied The Attcn*
Hon of the Lawmakers.
SfcNATR.
t
Ninth iKty.? The Senate's morning '
sa-siou was dcvotod to the conshlera- ?
tlon of tlw* wide tiro bill Introduced
by Sonator Mauldlm. whloh eamo over]
from the .loat session. There, was* a
..vigorous light on the meafcinv but it
way llnally pasmxl by a vote of 21 to
? 12. ? Tha- SaiuUoUnet at H o'clock and
the only tiling eomdderod was the wide
tiro bill, the sossum lasting nearly
four boors, ujid a/ night session being
necovfsary for t.ho\ passage of second
reading bills. At the morning session
'tho following: new bills were intl'O
Hueed; (>w school di*
r Sheppanlfft" 1st' vt lo regu
f ./real ?state: Ma is am.,
rail-roads to pay taxes to the
treasurer, county01 auditory to
to townships in
We ?
county; Marshall, providing 11 <
tlon road, tax for- Kk-htan?l ; Mo
WH relating to the exam ina<t ion
accounts of the State treasurer,
?trailer general and the ODUunis.
of nhc sinking fund: Connor, to
section 547 (2711) of the second
revised Ruututes. relating uj t?li
penitentiary ; Manning rola>ting
registration of births, inarr^vj
" 'iwifclis.
In t
The ilouw -
ate bill to nerTuce the salary
phosphate inspector were a
ami the bill passed as iimimdi
fixes the salary of the insj j
$1,200.
The bill introduced by Sp
Dermott by re<u.\esl to amenj'
ty govern m<ent maw so far
to the term ojj the sup*
reached on Link calendar
Slieppurd moved to wtrjko
acting words, Flying he
/suf>elvitfor <>ugh\ by all]
elected by the pwple.
the terra of supeiVisor /
Instead of two. \ fa
Tenth Day. ? Thefees/'1
ate was devoted princi/"8
: "giaei atldn o/w the" set; <f*rp
* on th<> calendar, mo.yen*
__ passed to the third i7i,,u'
ate adjourned nntii
dt in probable -that sf^?so
'i/rfftfhasv will be held if$m~
of (hp-many matte* ?
blv. }ntro
The following b
duced: * to
Livingston, w fj1!s 's
oonnties -fn hlr\,,?ll8e'
the bill which rn,lS to
Stanland. to arrf88
? ? ? ttifl incorporatl/^0*' u"
1,000 in/habftai/P. a<"c?Pt
act requiring,/ "
% "bales or <on<y
'?i ^jwtinds. /' /''Pof ted
^ The comi
Senator Gjlt,? ,
0; " without re/f ?r-i t
Senator/?"/" (I,,:n
. ho had rv<L. *ho dw|"' ]
i? leston ei\x resolu. t
??opto?
lions of
On mot
mark o
ernor
a further
in or y of Gov
n the Senate
_ recess siuv.a
?P'ouyjvH.seeim'd dis
coii vej steady work,
urjident pro te.m.,
toaeqhe absence of
Scarborough*
wasfe opened with
-hicj Mahaffey. Tin*
TMhe calendnr us
V*J rtlght were pass
bUed as special or
bills were intro
ira named:
duties of sheriffs;
duties of county
"authorize pre
Jjr special term
""^Irtographer;
o' Che8te?r.
^jtsterfleld
?4 ^5?r- to
has i
of
city}
of
?oni
a tt
A>1?
rep*
VI
AW
trlct
Itstea
ft
t\onsl
^ * icsl
..Mutlon of i ho bill
Uv> Immediate tyi U>ud.u.
^aU) it went
\fK
, . v f? Repre
NINTH ' .Jither short SCSsMin :
aontrttWHH Uat7i>iils, ucuong them
niv I kUl?? H , taKf the c.lhce of' i
Mr. WhavtonLo
primary. Air.
county the operations of j
! yevners to i 00tton o;op. Arnortf !
the Hen law NVt,rt. the measures j
those whU'h^ Sullivan'.^ island to J
I to cede 11 Mgovornment. Mr. Pat- i
the I'nUeo J Columbia cl'-ar .itles ;
| ton's hill Ujvoperty. Mr. Wilaon's !
| to the clt?nte $10,000 for 'ho I
t)i\t to nyomimeut and a bill re- J
! ahlcUftmflfoys^'in of health re?U? ,
orpanlzuja\0 'p)H, i,ni providing
lutlon?.?fof convicts to counties
for the l[0 (ho committee. not on
w&fi ^^Wjtion to the bill, but to
accounfome part iculars.
perfectfjjg now )>i l Is and tesolu
j 'rh?m>6duced:
? tlonisij. n concurrent resolution
N- 1 the attorney general to In- ,
to au, or ienso of the South
' *rT ^'ot>rR'u Southern; j
t'nijlnt resolution proposing an
Wy to the constitutionaffcctinK i
t H'ytf of pitying school funds:
, ; tl/ to authorize the hiring of
. j lyo counties for work on the
yd s; Oendy, to authorize com
t ? of Oconee county to co-oper*
? authorities of Habersham
ftia., in building bridge across
liver: Kairey, to validate the
gtatr fHl election at con .none; asu
rotun/ regulate, the Palo of whiskey;
eacF'n> authorize* county treasur
.ai,it/l??y certain school claims; La
w{>r Jlauldin. to devolve the duties of
oJ- A'isors of registration upon city
col#ounty officials; Magill. to protect
,u?7ary elections; Crum, to require
iu/urerR of State institutions to be
V(Jled offlcers and to regulate draw
p 7 of money from State treasury;
Jliards, to regulate the appointment
? Jheneficiar.v scholarships; Prince, to
I) vide for the further codification of
J>uth Carolina statutes; Prince, to
Mhorize registers of mesne couvey
nce to record options, etc.; Patton, to
to tec t game; Lockwood, to reqiro
liofphate commissioner to live in
Seaufor&jfouiily ; Est ridge, proposing
onstitutlonal amendment repealing
[-'clause relating; to lynching; Menrtens,
to pro von t sale of merchandise in de
fraud of creldtors. Mr. Mauldin want
ed to recommit the bill relating to the
hiring of eon victs-td' counties: The bill
as it passed Tuesday was preferable to
the original bill, but it was still not
such a measure as the people desire.
The bill was recommitted by a vote of
to 35. Mr. Moss' bill to increase the
number of judicial circuits was made
special order for Thursday of next
week. Mr. Wythe thought Mr. Asho
ley's bill to reduce the tax 011 fertili
zers to 25 cents a ton a menace to the
educational institutions of the State,
and he wanted it taken up and acted
on at onfre. liut it was decided to wait
until the report of . Clemson Collegt
should hc^peut to the' rcueral assem
bly. as that institution receives the in
come from the fertilizer tax. Mr.
Wharton's bill to provide for the 'elec
tion of county dispensers was next
discussed. Mr. 0. 10. Robinson moved
that the enacting words of the bill be
stricken out. Mr. Wharton claimed
that the present method of selecting
dispensers is favoritism, and not Dem
ocratic. Ivet the people elect compe
tent officials. Mr. Crnm opposed the
bill. Mr. Varn spoke in favor of the
bill as a means of stopping the vices
attendant upon favoritism. Mr. Mob
ley .Said that the desire of the people is
to take the dispensary out of politics.
The House killed the bill. Mr. Vomer's
bill to limit the extent of liens and
mortgages for agricultural supplies
was taken tip. The bill provides that
all liens and mortgages given for agri
cultural supplies shall be a lien upon
and cover only the crop or crops of cot
ton grown 011 the land upon which said
lien o>-mortgnge is given, and upon no
other crop or crops whatsoever.
Tenth Day. ? The House of Repre
sentatives adjourned iintil noon Mon
day. I kittle was accomplished at to
day's sessidftf* ICIeven bills passed
third reading, there being no question
to any except Mr. 1'at.ton's to confirm
to the city of Columbia the title to the
lot whereon stood the city hall, but af
ter a short debate it also passed third
reading. The bill regulating railroad
fares w?ih killed. 'I'll is practically con
cluded t"he work of the day. The hour
of noon\having arrived, the Join me
morial eAerclse.s to the late Governor
KHcrbe were held. The State officers
and supfeme court attended in a
body, it was three years before, at the
hour or noon, that he first subscribed
to the oath of ofTH-e as ifttvCrnor, in the
hall whAre these exercises were to I?e
held, and Just a year! previous he had
delivered 111 this halljhis second inau
gural addr^qs. A'.Jow days later he
was confined to his bed by the disease
which wrought his death. The ^Senate
wide tire Wit was rend first time and
referred to the committee on roads,
bridges and ferries.
The following were among the new
hills introduced:
Whisonant. 16 amend the relating to
to barbed wire: Jackson, to prohibit
the firing of children in payment of
obligations for de?>t; Jonos, to amend
tha law relating to tax sales; Wimber
ly, 16 amend,. ihc law relating tojacor
poration of towns of less than 1.000
inhabUanter Wilson, to require the
<?tate to pay to counties and school dis
tricts taxes bn land/forfeited to State
for non~parm??i Of laxes; Nettles, to
bond magistrates at *200: Caughman,
to igcluda town# of sot less than 140
* Itant# m*jJtSVa<l relajJ?g to re
capitol,
J*
A
? fwmmw
(tOPIMd
trol and to regulate the salt- and trans*
porlatlon of intt-xicatiug beverages;
Patterson's hills wore referred to the
judiciary committee as have been all
dispensary bills; ('mm, to amend sec
ton I of the sinking fund act relating
to unpaid taxes ete.; Pendy, m validate
the municipal election of Walhalla; \V.
II. Thomas, to provide fo^ the forma
tion of lodges of fraternal ttyt'riers, etc.
The rest of the day's session was oc
cupied in the dis; -u.-sion of Mr. rat
ion's hill to amend the act defining the
method in which towns ami cities may
increase or diminish their limits. Af
ter a lengthy debate dual action was
i?ok; noned.
HIS ONLY COMFORT.
He Wilt in Mukiiii; t'|i to Kc.tem
lilti lilt Dt'iid Wife.
From the toes of the dainty hoots I
which peeped from beneath a tailor
made skirt to the stylish bonnet
perched upon the head 01' gray hair,
the prisoner arrested lecently by De- j
teetive Kelly of I he Pennsylvania rail
road it; the big waiting-room at Jer
sey City appeared a woman, but when j
taken to the First precinct station- ?
house the supposed woman removed
her gray -wig and stood revealed a man
of 53 years. ' 1 have been almost j
crazy ever since I lost my wife some
years ago. crazy to see her. and 'he ;
only comfort I have is in dressing and
making up iis she used to look." was
all the explanation the prisoner, who ?
said he was John Jones. f?.'t years old, i
of Newark, would give. It was about
II o'clock when Detective Kelly had 1
his attention attracted to the supposed
woman by seeing the latter leave the ^
ladies?* parlor. Something in the walk ?
caused the detective to think the sup- .
posed woman a make-up and he start
ed to question her. Receiving no tin- i
.sw(>rs. he called Policeman Murphy of
the First precinct, and they took their
prisoner to the station-house. There
the latter broke into tears, but still
refiuscd to speak. "Take off that wig,"
ordered Murphy, and when he was ?
obeyed the partially bal.d he. id of an
old man was revealed. Then it was
that the prisoner told of losing his
wife, and how, with no children, the
idea of seeing her again had so grown
on hinWhat time and again be made '
himself up as she would appear, then j
donned women's clothing and started
away from home. Fnder further ques- ,
tinning from Inspector Archibald.
Jones (which hp admitted was not his
right name) said he lived In Mont- i
clair. lie said that he was a book- !
keep?;- and that he was well connect- 1
ed. Every article of clothing worn by !
him was female apparel. His make- '
up was excellent. As lie refused to give j
any further information he was held.
A
MARRIED IN HASTE.
I One Couple llnitjd In Very Onick Tim?
iu I'll IkImiix
A wedding ceremony was conducted
? recently in the ofllce of Alderman Wil
? llam Watson. street. north side.
? 't t a lightning express late. The high
eontraeting parties were Harvey Mar.-?
he.L?a- n?gro, -and Haltic Allen of the
same race. Th event was wholly un
expected even by the bride, but waa
the result of an impulse which struck
j the groom as he was ;n the act of
t delivering a load of coal in the neigh
j bbrliood. Barber, who is a teamster,
told his girl hjpl pledged their troth
? and gone through nil the forms which
> it is customary to attach to a mar
riage engagement. Some days ago the
, marriage license was procured, but
the groom wanted tu see his way a lit
j tie clearer at the financial end before
. having the knot tied. Yesterday morn
j ing he began the delivery of coal ear
. ly. It was a good day for business anil
he caught onto a few dimes extra. The
? sum total of his catch was $1.35. Har
j vey's last Job for the day was the dc
| livery of a load of coal in the vicinity
of Squire Watson'v ofllce. He was
i driving leisurely along Bast street
| when he spied his fiancee gavly trip
i ping along the sidewalk. She had
j just stepped out to buy some "supper
: things" for the l&dy who employed
j her. This is what t^ie told Harvey (
when he hailed her Tplth a "Good ev
j ening, girl; right ?lad to see you."
! Harvey had a dollar to spare, and his
j maxim through life had been never to
let a good chance go by. He asked \
; Hatlie how much time she had to
.-spare auc^as told: "Just fifteen min
utes." "Just about the same wa J
j here," said Harvey? He then asked
her to go to Squire Watson's ofllce and
. have the wedding take place at once.
} Miss Allen didn't object. Harvey sang
' out, "Get, whoa, hoa," and the team
was up against a hitching post. The
horses were tied and then the c<Wplc
> fairly mshed Into the squire's office to i
| get ihemselves hltchpd. "Come to gei
married, squire," announced tbo
i groom. "Here's the license. Please j
hurry up. I haven't any time to I
spare. This girl has to get. back toj
cook supper, and I have co.4|Mo leavo j
i right away." The prospective groom, j
w4i.li coal-begrimed fingers, fished out
ten dimes from his fob pocket, and
laid the money on the counter.
"Here Is the fee. squire. I didn't ex
pect this little matter. waa-|foi?#--to
happen or I would'have had the coin
all In trao pleceT^TTe said. Constable
. Jolp Homan was impreMgL~M A-vU?
4-nesa,' and' tttrTwala wpre made one.
"Swjon down at ihe .^wariWor
row/' waa the groom's partln*.?alnt%
r^wnvef tSi coal, and
_ awa j_ *> **>
~*UUAwr0 Pwt.
'W "I'f lit' ii ? i jl '
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wm
I'PKISINfi IN NtOROS.
Would Nave Been Serious (I Not i're
pMlure.
j. (Manila, by 'Cable. ? 'Hip escort of 10
' men of (V). C, Thirteenth infantry,
Lieut. Kalston commanding. which
i was ambushed near Lip.i, as ar.?*miy
eablod. oonsisted of 50 convalescents
i from the hospital, who were going io
I i*oj?>i ii the regiment. The insurgents
? hid in the bushes along the road itnd
? opened tire upon tthe pick train from
! three sides.
The Americans in addition <o their
casualties. wero compelled to abandon
the- train, which couslsted of ~~ horses.
The latter with their packs, till fell
into the hands of the insurgents who
pursued the retreating escort for thive
I miles along the road, until the \nie:
icans were reinforced.
Mail advices from Negros bring par
ticulars of the uprising last month In
the southern part of the island in
which Lieut. A. C. Lcdyard, Sixth in
fantry, was killed. Instead of being
an unimportant revolt of native police
as was at tirst reported, it appears to
have been an attempt to overthrow
American authority. The movement
was started by the chief officials of
the autonomous governmont. the men
who were elected and inaugurated with
so much ceremony last November.
Klevon of these officials, including
tiho president and several councilors,
were lodged in jail on charge of plot
ting treason. Several secured their re
lease under heavy bonds, but other;;
remain in prison.
(Jen. Smit.'a found evidences that the
revolting police were following the or
ders of the autonomous government,
which designed to us? the force under
its control to overpower the Ameri
cans. Tlhe plot failed through being
started prematurely, but Negros was
in a state of uneasiness for a week.
Two companies of the Twenty-sixth
infantry were hurried from lloilo to
reinforce the garrison at llacolod.
The officials arrested include some
of the most prominent men in Negros
it Ls believed tihey will be expelled
from t'he island.
I.ord Robert's Way.
Cape Town, by Cable. ? 1><^ KoIhhIs.
purposing not to alienate. , le Capo !
Dutch and to see that -tlhe !?, diary re- j
speet the (rights of f non-combatants, j
regardless of race or sympathies, has !
issued, through Ivord Kitchener, his i
chief of staff, the following order:
"Tlhe oomfnander-in-ch1ef wishes to
impress upon all officers who may at :
any time be in charge of columns or i
detached commands, the grave impor- |
tanee of doing all in their power by |
gnxxl and?con<iliatory treatment and of j
securing compensation for the people j
of the country in all matters nfTectlng !
either their own interests or those of ,
the troops.
"In all cases where supplies of any r
kiud are required these must, be paid '
for on delivery and a receipt for the j
! amount taken. Ofttcers will be hold re
sponsible for the observance of the
rule that soldiers are never allowed to
enter private houses or molwt the in- j
habitants on any pretext whatever.
! and every precaution must bo taken
i to suppress looting or petty rubbery
by persons connected with the army.
"When supplies are absolutely neees- j
sary for the subsistence of the army
and the inhabitants are unwilling to
meet HUfri demands, commanding ofli
cers may. after having satisfied them
selves by careful personal investiga
tion that such supplies are necessary
j and available, order these in surh j
cases to bo taken by force, full receipt j
thereof to be given." j
Burned Infidel Books.
Toledo, Ohio, Special.?* Marshall O'- j
Waggoner, the infidel whoso convcr- i
I wion to Christianity was recently an- I
i nonnoed, has burned his magnincent '
library. consisting of writings of infl- i
delH. The ttHhocAof tl?e books reat in |
like bottom of the furnace of Memorial
United Brethren wiprdh of tihis city,
to which 'he privatol j consigned them,
lie threatened to destroy this <w>llec
Hf>n some time ago. but delayed doing
so until the night of January 8. With
supreme? satisfaction and a feeling that
he was doing God's will, the aged law
yer watched his precious volumes
wither and .crumble Into atfhea into
t<he furnace heat. Many of the volumes
wore exceedingly rare. There was a
lar^c number of manuscripts and first
prints .not to be found in any other li
brary In America.
Shot to Dm&t
, North, S. C.. Special. -Report reaches
* here that Wm. D. Jefcoat shot down
his brother. Jas. A. Jefeoat, and that
t/ho father. R. A. Jefcoat, fired at the
prostrate form of his already wounded
son. Bad fueling existed between the
above named for some tlm? past. The ;
parties were all well to do farmers and
live about six miles from here. A later
report is to the effect that .fames Is
dead.
To I-'IkIiI Fcrtlllicr Trust.
Chffrlpston. S. C\. Special. ? The op
position to the Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Ttist. styled by the farmi^s
Jim "the phq^phate trust." is coming
to a head in this State. The farmers
^of Kdgeflekl have already appointed a
/day for a public meeting. The farm- ,
c-s of Greenwood on Saturday root In )
mass meeting and adopted resolutions
in which the president of the^ParmerV
Alliance concurred, decla r 1 ng ifcat Uliia
pricAs of fertilizers arefceing advanced
arbitrarily ill rough tha Influence onr
itTOal," and appealing to the farmer*
of alt the ?yfton A^te* to meet at
their contt houses on the flrrtJMgg&ur
I in Tnhwisij ?iiil. lllHlfi' t5<> twelves
|oot to ' purchase fertilizers at ?sore
^than 19 per cent. over I tSjjgj
COL. BRYAN SPEAKS.
1*)' -?
4wlHi$iaslic Audience Greets Mini in
Baltimore.
I ?
DtSCU&KS llll: MONEY (JIESTIOY
Also l:lucidntes Ills Position on Hie
Problem of l:\panslou A Large
Audiencc Hears Him.
! H. tit imore, Md., Special. Hon. \V. j
, 1. I try an delivered an address here j
j Saturday night upon the pnliti.-tl i
j quest ions of (ho vlay to an audience
; whieh tilled tlio music hall, tin* his-'
j next auditorium in the city to its rnil- :
i est capacity, and which greeted him
land h is remarks with tin* greatest ?? n - !
j thusiai-m. Tin' mooting was held tin
i der the auspices of the 'Maryland l> in
i ?
joeratic Association, one of the Tree.
? silver wings of the Democratic party I
j of t he State, and was not encouraged
? in any manner by the regular Demo- j
jcratic organization. In fact, the latter ;
! hold striotly aloof from any parti;!- '
; pa Li on in the affair. Thev made no I
j effort to discourage it in any maninv.1
j but not one of tin* Democratic leaders j
i appeared on t he platform, and an of- j
j fer of stage (IcKotx was politely do- j
| olined by t he principal members of the !
l>omocrati<!. State Central Committoe. ?
With the party who came from j
1 Washington with Mr. Hryan were Sen- ?
! ator Tillman, of Stnith Carolina. Con- j
; pressman Sulzer. of New York; Ki li-i
! nrdson. of Tennessee; Jones, of Vir- .
j glnia. and DoArmond, of Missouri. It
j was nearly eight o'elock when the I
' party ro#ehed the music lull when the]
! crowd greeted him uproarion
Njr. Bryan said in part:
"I want to assure you in the begin
ning that my happiness does not de
. pend upon any honor which the peo
; pie of this nation can confer, neither
j do 1 believe t'hat this nation's liappi
i ne?s or welfare depends upon any ofic
| pefl?on. As in politics. as in . the army,
i the generals get glory and the privates
| do the work. And therefore 1 feel that
I owe it to those who for nearly four
i years have been bearing the iHi-edrn
; in Lho.heat of rhd day; I owe it to t heai
| to way that what I have done is but an
atom compared with what they have
done.
"in IS9(J the voters proved that they
could control the policy of the party
and during the last three years they
have proven that they could hold what
they gained In lSSH! in spite of news
papers. in spite of railroads, In spite
of banks, and in v spite of every in*
flueneo supposed tp obtain, the plain
people of the Democratic party have
and now stand for t'lie. -Ohimgo plat
form, in all that it nays. I want to be
gin with an accepted1 proposition, that
proposition which I consider most fun- \
damental in government.
"1 find it in the Declaration of lml"
pendence ? if you will .pardon me fori
quoting anything from that old and
outworn document as our Republican
friends seem to think it.
Look tip Old ColtufrCtclm.
At Washington Southern Senators J
| express themselves as hopeful over the ?
prospects of securing legislation during I
I the present session of Congress, look
iiiK to the refunding of money paid Into 1
the .treasury^jf" thjc United States soon ;
after the clvll\wtffy as the result of tho !
sale of the cotfoo raptured by the Fed- j
eral troops. was originally I
about $30,000,000 M. -this money, but a
! portion of It wan paid to the owners of !
the eotton soon after the war 4, The re- i
malnder was left in the treasury and
! has remained there ever slnee. Sena
i t.or Money, who Is giving speclnl nt
j tent ion looking to the reopening of the
? subject, ways th^J the sum left amount -
1 ed to about $11,000,000. A bill in-Iro
| duced by -Senator Davis gives one year
I additional time for proof of such claims
1 before the court of claims. It has been
| favorably reported by the Senate eom
| mittcc oa claims and 'Senator Money
: thinks the outlook very good for fa
vorable action. Most of the claims hh*
. held In the Southern States.
Jov in Lad3'smlth.
; 1 vadvamlth^ jBy Cbble. ? The m^my
; have plae**V In position new guns
j throwing eight-inch shells and have
; been I >om banding more vigorously for
I the last few days. though lttt!e dam
age Iwus been done. Three of t'h<?
Hrltl&h force hftTjft'bcen wounded. Ttie j
troops are jubilant over General Bui- ;
ler's successful advance. His guns ,
: c.-mi be heard dbrtfnrtljr. and the bin at - {
' Ing of shells can be plainly aeon.
To Oust a Denlocrat.
j Washington. P. Special. ? The
j house cxm>is4?ft* on elections. No. 1.
I divided on party -lines and by a vote of
six to^wo decided to recommend the
seating of Wm. F. Aldrlch, Re-publl
can.' who contests the seat now held ?
f?y Gaston A. Bobbins, Democrat, fax.
_lih? Pettrth rang resslon al district of
AIaIjmmi. ~ It' *? tt&.ftr3t decision in a
<^n Jested, el oc-Uon ?c*?e at rtie present
seimton of CongreaA The conte*^. Jtt*
basgj on Allege it"TKtImidatlon and
raclal prejudice* gnowiu# out of . the
appeals for wbke anpiggg^x: 'A paU
of Mr. RoMMaft. * **
ANNUAL KliPORT OP COMPTROLLER.
Tito State's I'inaiiccH and tlovoriuncnt J
I Expense lisilmak. ;
Tlit" long expected, but necessarily :
delayed annual report of the eomptrol- j
lor gonfrnl. upon which financial lcgls- j
latU>n has been based. has been issued. I
The report presents a cash balance
showing the amount actually available J
for expenses of the State government j
for I WOO to bo $129,574.%. The visible i
collectable revenues are: Uncollected
taxes for 1899. $025,000; insurance It- j
cense fees, $12,000: additional licenses, .
$13,000; fees secretary of state's office, :
$i.U00, making a total of $(84,574.90.
The estimated expenses of the State j
government for 1900 are put down at J
$W?ti.5lS.90. leaving $121,943.91 which !
must be pivbl from the taxes of 1900. ,
lu regard to two matters of general ^
interest the report s:iy.s:
On the death or Mr. l'\ A- Flo?
count v treasurer, and the appointment ,
of his succci-sor. Mr. 14. I?. Kree II was,',
discovered that the rash In Imnk to the
rm,it of Mr. r- A ^eo wrf *s-l".Rl |
less than tlm amount should have been
In hand according to the settlement .
made at that time.'-' '
This shortage was a sunrise to all
coicernetl. At the time of settlement j
o> taxes Tor IS07. in October. 18l?S, Mr.
V K Free produced the vert lllcat* of j
the cashier of the Hank of liarnwell,
that he had .utliclent funds desalted
l? hank, with a small amount of cash
in hand to cover the balance shown to .
be. due by him.
If Air. Free was short at that time ;
there was nothing in the records to in
dicate It. Had tins department 1 iho
services of an expert auditing <1 .
who could make a thorough cxamina
(ion in each instance, and at any time |
during the year, mistakes and s bo -
ages, such as above mentioned *ould.
In mv judgment, be aWdfd.
, am -impressed that It would be the
part of economy for your body to pro- ,
Vide for an auditing clerk , charge 1 ;
j with this special work, and who in ud- ;
i dltlon, could keep the insurance and ,
! phosphate records in'Hhls ?n\u. . ; ,
| observation is that shortages ui j
LregularKttrfi occur for the most pa. t
; hy reason of the fact that un i V,;'
inexperienced men ?^e _s()?uetl.nt^ j
ISlria^e^'omces and undertak A
I I important work. With an in?pe^;
I or auditing clerk to wtn^sthety^,
| IW^^?V^OM<WS TlW?. i
An examination of <?'? 1 "usury
I the disbursement of the dispensary
I " On'Tl.. lftth .lay <>f A!"-!'. ,8M'
iiiiUB amonnlluB to ?C1.20?.30 f ?
<Tmti?. I-n, i?0'vv^ on j
"ttuUon "of "S ?n.l Mm 'ro.ol.Ulon
passed, at session IS. S. ^
sir rsss !
irerlMlMd dimculty in Mcn.lnglnfcrrn^ j
apportionment. 1 his mi i? whero 1
e^h school district l? m SSi! I
I < he sum realized from th . niike '
I Iinfl poll taxes is notsumcient^akc
| $76 for each school m the dlstrkt. tn |
isss&^ssi
I amounting in tli? ^usurers of 30
'HA ai wore Bont to 't-Vio lic?xsu
i v.. ...o
! solioola ?r.,000 ' i
I superintendent of ?>?<?'' ',? ??? wnt j
I The remainder. S43.*T?7.??.?. wa .
I to all the counties 'In the Sta I
^n Uordtn* to ?!?"?"" 'nrolled In ,
the nubile schools. ..
' The $130,000 expended as abOVC. ?
If Ihiu show Of force is conunutu.
i'"u sr"?d 1
I - ?"* 45 "r r,# ;
,'chlldren.
(ieneral Wood Pleased.
Havana. Special. ? Oen. Wood return- j
ed from an inspection of the instltu- !
tionR of I'lnsr del Rio. The residents j
w*?re -highly pleased wlt-h his visit.
(Jenernl Wood has congratulated Oen- j
era I I>ee on the condition- of -his prov- j
ince. Tie found the plantations In cz- '
cellent. condition and all who desired
were at work.
News Notes.
T'he ft?M)re>m> Court of the District of
Oc-hinvMa Issued an- order that the
Navy Department fiAmft a surrey,
appraismee.t ami Inventory of the
Sprinted Vessel In/aota. Teresa.
This Is a part of^the prorcedinits
Wrtnitfht for Kie award of prise money ,
? o Admiral Sampson, fet* officers and
men. for catftures by the tilted State*
fleel during Uie Spanish war. ^
fttilwwl Osrter; rotored. 19 years ?id.
was hanged at Onofcerteirt . . Coert
iu>h^, V* . aUemptrfd criminal m
samH on 4 *-y<mr-q*& <4?lldifs
mwdf *-^>ecc4j fnom the nllWM. Warn
ij*g.ltegpga ln in?. iBi^ngrfe de
Aist frotttootra^tnjrwhfte Wwaen. Tbls
Is ?&e second execution 4? VHtlula fcr
attempted astcuUt.
Dy rr.wmof He
frt*a a Mkm
BULLER IS BALKED.
*
lie Comes (<> a Standstill Before the,
o
Enemy,
DAYLIGHT ATTACK NOT POSSIBLE.
# ??
A Zone of l-lre Through Which Jfft
Rcfuses to Send Ills Infantry- Splow
Kop Heights to be Assaulted. ?
l tuition. by Cii bio. (ienoral Baler's ^
great tinning movement, of wlilwl ?o
much had been expected, has com? to
a standstill. HIk carefully worked
message to tho War Offlco telling this,
after a silence or two days. reads like
an apology and explanation. General
Warren holds the ridges, but the ene
my's positions are higher. The ^7*"
i^h a r;il!ery is playing on the Boer po
sitions. ami the Boers are replying*
British infantry is separated by only
1,100 yards from the enemy. but an ap
proach to t he Ht^ep slopes, across the ?
bare open would expose the British to '
a fatal litle lire. General BUller's*"
plans have reaehwl their development.
H0 declines to send his Infantry acrosH
this /one against formidable positions )
hy daylight, and discloses h Iff purpose 1
to uKV-stiilt the-Splon kop heights dur
ing the night. This appeavs to bo the -
key to the Hoor defences. If he takes ?
it ami thus commands tlfe adjacent- ^
country, an uni>orluivl and possibly H
decisive step will have been accom
plished. it seems thut" General Bullef s ^
dispatch reached the War Ofhco rather
early in the night and waH the subject
or a prolonged conference between *
T.ord Kansulowne. Mr. Balfour and
era) staff oHlcinls. ^
The lhilU'i' dispatch, a>ll things con-*
sidered. looks like piM'jwKl't ion for
worse news to some of the nowevpa
pers. T\i.rli anient will meet In. live
days. The cab-Dirt trad boon hoping
for one rallying . Hfnitisih euecees to
cheer the country," and to ooIIWIbfiSd
gtmTirati* f?upiH)iit for fhnewh -revewue
mea?ure\ A, 1110115? these will 'be prob
ably an/4iwmi6o in the Income tax to
a whiUfng in the pound, but this would
only |provi(I^L.t'ho co*l of live week* hos
tilities*. ThJ? duties on tobiweo. alco- L
hoi, tea and coffee aro llke-ly to T>s
ra iwd .
The e-aiblntft will meet at the end of
t.he week aiwl dlecuss the situation.
l*oli Meal von slder'at lows, both foreign
and domnfltlci i>rtv " ->n the mllitiwy
authorities the Hi* ?f ?sixf^Mly
accomplishing son r .........
thorith* may ba.v *
urge General Bui _ ... his
great operation w^ pre
paration. ApparoiSryW mStA Roberta
hu? nothing wihiaiteve*' to do with .Cien
eral HuIU-t's operations. Gewxnal Bul
lor ami the War Office co-mmunCcate
with eaeli other direct.
The Dally (Throwieio publiehtea the
following, heliograplied ?ro*n Laxly
sm'ifch dated Jamuory 22, by way of
Swart/, kop. January 23d: "Y?yt*r<lay ,
we could see llritlsh Shells bunating
closo to the Hoot catfnp oa tihe plutmn
this side of Potgletere drift, 1>u* -
camp still remchlius in portion tAere u
to-day. We heaavl ho-.ivy firing ? -
maiming. The Jhwo t?
slack, but the hhg gun on Mount uui
wana is still bring.
Impelled Prom The Party.
Augusta. Ga., Special? W. H. Stal
Hngs, Republican postmaster of Au
guKtn, has been "expollod" from the
Republican party by tiegroen lnl?on.tf";
of the people of the warty in ? this
country. He presented hinweK r?*?>
ter for selection or dele?at*s to^ tbo
state and national oomrentlen, and.
was denied the privilege on the grou^d
that ho was expelled. This action JfCa*
taken becaune -he refrtse/T lo aP^'
a' nog 10 na?ne<l WUwberley as aesi?ant
lH>b-:tmaster.
Prohibition Convention.
Chicago. HI., Special. ? The following
call for tfic national Prohibition con
vention has been Issued: The nation- %
nl convention of the Prohibition party
to nominate candidates (or 'President
and Vice President of the United
States, and to transact such other bus
iness a* may properly come before li>
Is her?i>y ?'aHert to lifeet at the collse?
um, in the city of Chicago, 111., at 10<
o'clock a. m., on Wednesday^ J?ne27,
1900. _
t> Telegraphic Briefs.
The President sentt&e following
nominations to the Senate, Army? to
be brigadier general of the Uaite*
States volunteer*, Cotoasl (ho. Jt -
States army; Colonel M. Ml,
Twenty-seventh InfamT^ U?|l*t -
States volewteen. ^
A specie! from Greesktille. TseSU,
says Mrs. M. J Fettecfea. tfcs eety-Ur^ r
in* t3W? or AsJrw JacfcMML la <_*
caily 111 at Ih^e
pectedio I^She lejOWW^ceouaf^
.????? - " ? ?/. - -r>
The sngrof l^ w> hag ^