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1 DAY, KKI'.Ur AU V i'ioo. CHILD LABOR BILL I ' r ? A , - c* r- ' j Defeated in tlic Senate Alter Debate j For and Against. < NO DISPENSARY LEGISLATION VI T. i i'?' * ~"V" j v-M Measures That Have Been Introduced j anil bills That Have Been linacted ? Into l b\vs. ' \ ? ' SKNATR. Seventeenth DitjN The Senate innr- ? ivlng session was do voted to two odu- j rational hills, one Introduced by Sena- I tor O rubor to lengthen the free school j torm and oho by Senator Hrowh to ; make education compulse. jj. Both were defeated after argument. The following now bills worn intro duced: Sullivan, to amend the free school law; Mower, relating to iluiios of ! , county auditor; Kagsdale, to require railroads where two, lines pass through : ? , A tA>vn to connect tracks for the inter- J ^^llrige: of passengers and freight; i " "'imo^to inquire keeping of records criminal statistics. \u unfavorable report was presented f ro*? f pJ on I lie bill to regulate mutual insur ance companies. The report was adop- j ted and the bill rejected. An unfavorable* report was present- i ?d on tlio bill t<?f>rovent a (earlier be- j ? . Ins; a school trustee. An unfavorable report was made on i tin- bill to provide for sale or lo.ise of ^ penitentiary far my. The bill wont on the calendar, y' An unfavorable report was also- made j on the bill to amend the Jim Crow our ; law. The b^ ?*vas made a special order ?? for Saturday^ x_ Senator Marsnall withdrew his bill to authorize pcnitoii-tiary directors to 1 take up the Tlagsdalc notes, nivolwd Sn the Neal scandal. The senate took up the special ordc/ ? which was Senator Uruber'H bill to f amend (ho school law. chancing the minimum term from three to six , mouths and Increasing the approprla- j * * ' ilon from the dispensary profits from $7fi to $150 for each school. j On Senator Sarratt's motion to tsrike out the enacting words of the bill, the ayes and noes were called for. result ing in the defeat of the bill by a vote I ? of 51 to 7. The senate then took a recosis until - ? 8 p. ni. The Senate session at niulit was live ly and interesting. The dispensary v.us discussed at great length and a num ber amendments to th ' Ending bill were offered, all of whi& wore vote'l d<>W n j ? iKighteenth cnay. ? The Senate con -ve-"ed at 11 o'clock. Lieutenant Govern ? ri'borc-ngh in the chair. The clerk .'lT3Rhe roll and proceedings were ifcMl with prayer. he following new bills were intro M 3112 Hill th< ha*1 In'. fcht no i the I T bi$ SI el th Ivh U ?oo in afte tee 1 ton, h-ns of J city of h Oonv A foleJt r6p V li tVcm? with arnwell, to amend t ti?? law relating he powers of corporations; Hough, mend the law relating to drunken* ; and shooting on the highways *>o o malce the punishment more sp<1 ; Marshall, relating to pensions, ig tiie bill prepared by conimltt'.-e .eteraus and introduced at their ro ll Connor. to establish a re for m fl it] connection with the Stale dis ary; Manning, to provide for the of State penitentiary farms, tli" insure and 'Keld farm*; Marshall. 4on toauthbrixr spcrial hli? to" charter to Columbia Union I)r bmpany. Senator Archer object-, the immediate consideration al solution and it went to t ho com ? on railroads; Clntydon, to ptc mnnicipal corporations from im ltccnse.s unless authorized :?y _ Appelt,- to fix the time for r conrts in the third circuit, derson offered the following con Vesohition. which was adopted it dissent: re^s, It i-a desirable that the >c-f. f the General Assembly shai' t as early a day as possible and opinions have Imjcii expressed s consUtutloual limit, be it Ived bv the Senate, the House ui fttatlves concurring. That it ;.?? referred to the committee o:i Iclary In both houses t?? liold a ton of said bodies at an early ^ .JpUri either jointly or sep t ,eir op ill ion as to the const ilu of yais session and as to' jit of tlir> pay of the members [?e constitution. fa offered absolution calling ?f?ho*phH<e wftttnission. frr in whj all the royalty due the ""Vbeen collected. The rep tile resolution of the 41x1uk the loyally ton when the price is .per ton and the nival: y 'h'riCB t>tT" tier cent, of the IIO stated that phosphate en quoted in th? last few Manufacturers' Kecord per ton aiul this paper IJiat. South Carol Inn m _ receve |<?0,000 to $100, ?, Whereas the State only rding to the Inspector's cthe -amount^ mined bring ..The resolution was rc . committee. - child labor hill wuk then Senator Dean moved to irtllig words:- - - ? I from^nd after the A. D. ,900, no child yrfcra shall be etff mine, or other ihmenr of this ir of tW Stkto" -the pasia*e of "?-?r ? hen 1)0 flic 'solicitor's duty, ijrc^iptly to prosecute iii> party or parties con cerned; Provided, (la* complaint in writing shall net forth the particulars of the alleged violation and the wit ncssos for the Stan* Sr-r. 3. TC\ery owner. sup< rinteudeet manager. or ovcrs?oi of mi> iai-torttl mine, or other mnnnf.u lui in-; litdiment. ami any other persons in charge thereof. or connected therewith, who .shall 'employ any such child ft'ttry to The provisions of this ae' . shall ho guilty of a misdemeanor: and for evt4\\ such offense shall, upon con viction tin i he lined not li-ss than $10 nor more'than 5-'.0. < ? r be imprison* c?l not more than 80 days, or ln>i h . at the discretion of the court. After a great deal of discussion th<i measure was defeated. Ninoteomh Duy-o The Senate sot <mt to disj>o?-e of as rn my hectHKl-TUodiing bills as po.-tsiidcj hut. owing to a two-bouts' debato on a hill in reference to lion* of landlords, little projcifii was mude. Otherwise the proaeedingH \vrro of a rout loo chi ranter. Majority and minority re port* were made on tht^ r'^solutl >n to* appoint a committee U? investigate 'he uffatl rs of the dispensary. Th-? ma jority, ?through Senator Headers* >n, op posed 4he &ppi?ini<im*nt of the eomm!? tee. The. minority report a hs signed by Senator Maytiehl, Two rcpirts were nude on the Appelt local option hill, i ho committee dividing even on t h<3 me^varo. There are twelve mem bers of the committee. The report for the majority was .made by S^na^n* Henderson and thai of the minority by Si.aator Harnwoll. This "lyill had been reported unfavov ably without any minority report. The only bill receiving a third read ing waa one to abolish the cojji.nls-sion of public works o! Chester and ipipjj in-g the. dutlsjs upon the ciiy coun.-il. The discussion on the (?raydon ( ill an'.J the M tyfleld .substitute will re sumed on .Monday night. The dim Crow car bill will come i:p on Tues day. ' After a 'number of new bills, mostly of miliar impei'tanre, had been inlro dtu':tl and properly re /aired . the Sen ale adjourned. Twntleth Day. ? The Senate's l\vr> hours session resulted in the death of the proposition to require the penkoti itary directors to erect a phosphate plant to be ?worked by coivvictj, This was really tiin only measiiri' of impor tance taken up. The , Sen; tie iaet at noon after a recess from Saturday and nearlj all the Senators were in their scats when the rolUwas called. The following new 'bills were intro duced; Archer, to further regulate the ad mission of patients to the hospital for the insane; i^ulerson. to provide for election of tiu^^os in schools in Aiken county; Mower, to fix the time for holding court, in seventh circuit; Cray- j don, to amend school law fcu as to piu vlde for the formation of additional school districts. The following third reading bills were passed; Menus' House hill icgiilating pawn brokers and providing a licrn.so: Lev eret t's House i)ili lo anie.nd the law relating' to annuity funds in the. hands ?of dork of ioiim and probate judge ?t Anderson. The bill wry amended .so as to include Spartanburg; Sarratt's bill to provide for the registration '?f elections in Cherokee county; A> d rich's bill to authorize appointment of stenographer for special term of court: llav's bill to amend law relat tnjr to landlord aiid tenant. HOITSK. Seventeenth Daiy^-Therc was quite a lot of discussion on the bill to pre vent tlie shipping of shad from the Slate. The hill was killed. The following new bills were intro duced Stevenson, to provide for the admis sion of inchria'tex to the Stattj^hospitnl for th?? insane; Patton. to authorize use of skilled convict labor for the use of South Carolina college; 'also, to fix the time for holding court in the fifth .circuit: <!ant. to prohibit the sale of brooms ?made by 'convict labor unless they are marked "convict make;" 13. H. Kagsdale. providing an amendment I to the constitution providing divorce! for dultcry: also, to- provide for special ; school district No. 11. at Winnsboro; | also, to require railroad corporations to build connecting links for inter change of freight when two or more pfiss through corporate limits of any town or city: PattoiJ^to provide for a State board of homc<^>athic examiner-.: , YV. .1. .lol^son. to regulate the hear- j ir.g of casto by -Urn c4ren-M - tl is State; N. <'?. Kvanx to require the j keeping of a record and n porL of urim- i inal. statutes: DeTtruhl. to tix amount; of bond of clerk of court of Abbeville; , Prill W;'o afitftoN/e Hie Wile f)T th<? two ' State farms in Kershaw and Sumter countfe*; 'ITrrtl-. to exempt Sumter and Hampton counties* from the road law: Jenkins, to amend road law; Manning, to Increase the salary of magistrate at j McOoll;- N. CI. 1-Ivans, to repviJ cnartcr 1 of South Carolina and Georgia roll- ' way company and to provide for for mation of a new corporation and the management thereof; Uacot. creating*! a commission on the drainage of the swamp district of the State: also, pro posIilg~a constitutional amendment tr ? authorize and empower the enactment i of law providing for condemnation of. land Yor tl rain age purposes; the two bills la*? named weiv prejjiUVd by the committee appointed to consider ttu* petition from Cfrfcftoiton. business ^eu guew ?aklng that iKune stcp^he taken revTSHH the Mvjimp landA Pourifoy presented a htnalf claim fo\a Sajyda 1 county t>fllciiH; Timmermart. V^lc?nseJ "nomadic traders and foriuno tellers, commonly called gyp*les;" G, P. >nthnrt?r I?n JUttkurHMMiiauA bonds - mm doe Dae. 19ML onJ m ? : coDum it y.issed was so amende*! thai it rxi^iKts tim graduates ? ?f all oth.'r medical colleges in otlmr States whirl* ' the State b> ni'ii may consider reputa ble. ; The nnti ctgnvPtte bill was killc.J. The tirst attempt to kill it failed l?y I two vote*. When tin' lell was amended !>o as to admit tlx1 importation of d garottes tin- House changed its friend ly attitude and killed the hill. There weir yevrt-'l now bills IrtU'i ' duced. union# I hem \V. .1. Johnson',? u? provide for the establishment of a fertilizer factory at the State penitcn | tiar.v. Four bills passed third reading and were sent to the Senate; laiflon's, to ! -protect clams in the same manner 'is oysters are now protected; Ashley's bill to provide for the% analysis of fertil izers for the purchaser; MagiU's bill to require persona, to apply to the nearest magistrate for bail, and H.i rot's to authorize a loan of $-1,000 jo Charleston county for salaries of coun ty cilieials for January and I'Ybruary. Several claims were acted upon, tli? majority being killed. Mr. ICpps' bill to prohibit the sale or ?glylng away or importation for sal? of cigarettes, cigarette papers or snb Mltutes therefor was killed by h very narrow margin. Nineteenth l)i?y ? \ftir considerable debate the b:ll to ail ,-j v. etrtaln discounts far early pay ment of t ixes w.rs deflated. There was a b ng and a hard l^ght against Mr. M.t I'm}) all's Mil u? pl.iev coition milU uaJar the wme liabilities as common carriers for injuries to trtielr em ployee-*. The hous*' killed the bill l>y a "vd?i of r?:* to i" iio bin passed ? Ik. Sfii.it? a; i's l.i.-oi session. A l)ill in the ii..i 1 1 ,v; , the pi ofes\-?5on:i5 em Id. *> .tiers wont through the house wlth citt -trouble. The Senate resolution, d *?cUng the two jndi ?' iry committees to look iii'to the cnnslitutiouulily of the length of the s.'sslon far pay. was adopted, and the joint committee will, Uia doubt, eaon meet and dfdil ? '.he question. Sev? :al nwimr bill* were di.vpos jd of. Tho fallowing hills pa.s.vr :! third reading: All of the liills for their third r< nling went through without diST'iisiicn. as follows: To amend .in a.'.t ta prohibit the catching and gath erina oysters and terrapin w:;hin the limits of the Stile, exec pi norm cer.'.i n conditions. T-o valhhtte the jury lists. To exempt the graduates of Lha South Carolina Medical College from ?'\ amin.it ieo by the S!Ato#^-t of ex aminers. To est lhJIsh /*-. .ownship, in the County of Owp- arc. The folio. \ ing p i' - <? third read ing: H.tcot's bilLifc J.vSe iifiereal of cnrhilmers went tore's third reading. Hacut's hill to authorize the board of visitors of the South Carolina Mili tary Academy to confer th? degree, or bachelor *of b.iknces was jpssod. Ka-t tcn'.s oil! to. authorise and.' permit Hie ercivliou of a nn>mHiiH*nt to/ the women of 1 lie Confederacy on the State llousti grounds ?1> given its scoond reading w ith ' tliivussion. Theihs's hill to ;t:n nd an act so as to extend the time for hunting deer in Heaufort and Florence counties, ho as to iucludo Hampton county, was given its >- out. Jicpresents the Factories. By r>fr.r?nee to (ho advertising crii itrrnrin thlB l&sufe you v.'ill t:nd M. jfc. Malone, of Columbia. S.C.. tcll^/o^ ihoyr you can obtain the beet PUnofc iuf* Organs for the T&xul ttohey. If 'you | WeinarfceTfdt' either, ydu will | nidCiViQ your interest to writ* to tal? I reading. T3i;1 following now hills were in.ro- : I duced and referred to oonKuilters: I MrDow: To pay oortaiiAelalms in York county; Montgomery. Co rest riot ; I the nufiibor of acre 4 of Kinds alien* I may hold in this State; Mobley, in | j make the* S^m- rotary of State a :nt?:iii.er j j of the State sinking fund: M.*>rion, to j ? <"Oiiflrm tii'- rlrarr of the Carotin, 1 ,1111] 1 .. N-art-h.?vo;-UM*n ? -Railroad"" (\lh?p my: "] j Young, to amend the law to I*ro : j brtice .1 udge.^ Suber, to a men-d tho :)? w j as to agricultural contracts and nro- ' i vide for u-dditlbival punishment,; Whar- j i ton,' to regulate labor oontnaets; 1'at- I ton, to validate contain schojJ. J -hiims j j ?nd pay tho same. The various com- : I mit-tee* son' in considerable wi fk and : onl> u few of tho tn had unfavorable ! Ft-cpoioS were made on tho bill to 11 ! ; tf&nse gypsies and fortune tollers, and j : bn Mr. 1\K ton's, 'bill relative to the I winking fund lending monoy. Several! ' eotntrj! Wees of {ronJK'fwo and f r<>?; ? on i feience wire appointed. and :?!<? h.?tis?' 1 adjoin 11: d. Twentieth Day. Tho House of Rcpr j re?en tat Ives rosumeil work at nnfou. i Only tlirpo seeond loading hills wore j | taken up. One was killed; ..Mj*. Ouken* i 1 to provide for the sale of domestic ? wine. One was withdrawn; Mr. W'cs- ; ton's relating; to c.o-opcrat ive. 111 11 1 u:. 1 life insurance companies. And one. i after being discussed at length, was ' not acted upr-n. Mr. I 'niton's joint j resoluflon t*> provide for an election j upon a irrftposod amendment to 1110 const Hut ion tbnt town;, and dibs may increase their bonded in deb let Wicks to ? iu:^n than x per ??erf. pf the viduaf 1011 ' of the property returned tor taxation, j .Mr. Vomer's bill to reduce the rates of' prim In? logftl nrtttcoH received ;ih J ?nii'uvomhh report The bills which parsed (Til rd reading and were sen: to t li?r Senate were: M.icot's. prohibiting: transportation j of bodies dead of contagious disease* Without proper c.*?i t iUea*e: P-tttrrrV, * authorize err.-tlon of Confederate wo man'* minu merit on State Home I grounds" uIho, allow degree of bach- ! "rloi of science to bo conferred by the ; Citadel; Theus. to extend time for ' hunting ?ker In Hampton eomuy; N. tT. ICVflTlAf' provicTTng an/lary for Stat#* ro|M)i?er for Muprerne eourt records; W. .1. Tbomas' to increuv salary of. board of commissioners for Hampton ' county. ? : j GOEBEL IS SHOT. A Traffic Affair in 1 rnnklor j, Kentucky. ? SHOT FIRED fROM A WIMIIIW, | I Irst Hulict Old Its Work, And \\ tiil ) Ooebel NVus Down Several .More I Shots NN'ere i:Ircd at tlini. ? I Krankfurt. Ky., Spe; iul. W'hilf walking IlirnUnii riie c.ipiiol grounds <>n Ills way to the oapitol building. .?l ton nnnutod after M o'clock Tuesday! morn in.?, William (Joobol, -the Dt mo- \ emtio t'.uiil'hl..; U* for governor of K t- a - I tuoky. was shot down and very dan* gerou.sly wounded. Harluiid \\\h i t, taker, affair mrr from IJutlor coii'iity, tho h ( ooiiii J y of Governor Taylor, is now in tho jail at Louisville, chain ed wli'ii the or! mo. He denies in the j moft positive m inner that In* had any i connection with tho shooting. or know j ?anything about it. Ilo was running j i toward t'iie scone of the shooting, and \ not away from it. when lie was ar- ! r oiled. Senator Goobei was wounded by a rifle ball of small calibre, ti ot over Its. j which struck himi in the right side just ! below t he armpit. The ball passed j through th?* back pj.p; of the night ] , lung. -aero. -3 the body in a diagonal j j lino, pacing out below >the loft shoul der b.vde. The v!.t.tl organs were not ! | injured^! rh the exception of tin- right i ! lung. i Mr. Goebel was oni 'his way to flic , | Senate chamber in company with Ool f onel Ja"k Chinn and Warden Rph l,il- ? lard. of the Flunk fort penitentiary. Mr. i I Ijill ml was ;i -few feet In advance of ? | (tocjbel and Chinn.' who' were walking j side by side. Goebel being on the rlgin | and Oh inn upon t'ho left. From t'he I I outer edge of 'the eapiitd grcnir. Is to ! the steps of the c^pitol ?building Is :i ] I (Mat an co of 1500 Cebt. Two-thirds 01 I ' this had been passed ami the ni?n were i | walking -slo.v'y, when suddenly u glial I rang out fiTmi a la.rgtf Uhiroo-story ! I building, wlinli e?innds 5u foot ea?t of j I the c.rpitol building. This building is j used for offices for nearly all the lend- I Ing officials of the Staite. Governor j ! Taylor and tin- Secretary of State hav- j i iivg r<H?ms on the first floor. As the, I shot was heard Goebel gave a quick j r "involuntary exclamation of pain and j ' made an effort to draw his own re ' | volver. His strength was un-rqiuil t-. j the task, however, and lie wank upon I the -pavement. With great rapidity j | several more ehots were fired, the bul | Infs all striking the -brick j' le w :i 1 K ' ' clow to Where. Goebel lay. None . >1 them touched him. however. L'tt od yiuiaz2, shr hrd hrd hrdl iicf j (Jllurd huskily turned around to aid j Goebel. winy was supported by Chinuy I w'ivo had his iirms about him almost soon as he touched the pavement. "(Jet i help," h?id Chinn to ldllnrd. and turn- j ing to Goebel. lio asked: "Are you hurt? I >Id they get you?" "They ha\> got me tills -time." sain (Joebol. "1 guess they have killed me. ' j In Icsfrfhan a minute a crowd of men I ?was m ound Goebel. He was IokIiic j much .blood and was becoming very j weak. He was hastily carried, to the I ofTIi <>r Dr. 17." TT. Hume. in the baae ; "nnint "of the Capitol Hotel, about 1,000 I foot front tho spot where the shooting! occurred. Here he was laid on a sofa,] while Dr. Hume made a liasty exami nation, pronouncing the wound to be ; of such a nature that must cause death j in a short time. The Republican Stale officials and utcmbiirs^ of the legislature. without1 exception. denounce the shooliyg in j t h?> most tin measured terms. Oovcrnoi ! Taylor Immediately caused a small ad dress to be published, declaring the af- j fair to be a disgrace and ^tn outrage, i nnd callitiK for the must sober conilem- j nation. Ileoicut orders at once to Arl- I jutant General Collier, directing hiin tc j take steps for the preservation of ol der. Oencfal Collier is a Republican I and is opposed u> Mr. (loebel. He <le- | clnred the shooting to be a most cow- j ardly affair and one that upon evcrv : consideration was to be regretted. II" ) lost' no time in making speeches, how ever, and before Mr. Ooebel lia<l beca lifted front the ground to lie carried lo the, hotel, General CMlier had ti?l"- | phoned to the armory, a half mile dis tant. directing the local infantry com pany. which was stationed there, un der command of Captain Wokott. tii pi'OcCud immediately to the capitol grounds, take possession of Litem and Its approaches, allowing nobody to entc i' riie g^les. ffeenly minutes after .the shooting Capltin Wolentt anH h;. men marehed across the front of (lie capitol building and halted at the foot of the steps. Orders wore '??: ued to ou I. side com* -jrtntrr rtTTTm ghoul /in; Stati* t;? make rt a<fy at onre to come to Frankfoi*, the entire State guard being called into service. It wis feared the news of 'in* shooting would so Inflame the Demo crats that they would route to Frank - fori in ^wauns. while tl?^ mountatn ei is wotlld lose no lime in coming to the capItoT Tor the purpcje of uphold ing their party principles. "It makes no difference to me," said General Col lier. "who starts anything.- we will pre serve order on both sides.;: The ex citement among the followers of Mi*. Goebe! was great, and for a short tir-o j immediately following the scooting of their leader thCffrwas some fMtadbllf*)* that some of tfya 1iot hftsda would sCv I; Lrovenge ppon their p*!UI_c&l. enemies j Threats were made against. Bepubli - tan leaders and a^grneyf during the Excitement, bnt tSilMdUi Democrat1 it members of |f Wildfire '.NEW MILL VI CUES ILK. j The W> He Hills OrgaulA^d ;j<u? Mte Selected. The Wylle ,MilU Company ?? I y has a capital ot $100, thin This $I01UHH1 has boon subscribed in Che. -tor ami more will come from 1 1? ?? people of that 'city. Tho application for a commis sion sets forth that T. II. "W hito ami .1 . I.. Agnew a iv the corporators. Tho corporators named in the application arc: (ler.rge tlray. of Uastonl >, N. C . John T. Augurs, T. II \\ hlto, Thos. .1 Martin, and \V. (!. Nichols, of Chester. Thou* is no morn suece.- -.ful mill man in t lie South than (loo. Cray, of this tonia, N. C He will bo president ,imJ general manager of the Wylle Mills Mr. T. 11. White, the wido-uvrttke and elllcien t eashiivfof the ICxehaugo Hani;, will he secret:#')' ;iml t reasuri r. These two gentleinc-?. together with (.'apt John I.. AugiVi's. T. .1. Martin and W. (5. Nichols. Will compete the board of directors. It is not tho intention of tho promoters of this scheme to build only a $100,000 cotton mill, but they have deoided upon a $100, ooo manufacturing plant. ('healer has alivady raised $IOU,IIOO and will double this amount, and Nor thern capitalists have already prom ised to double the amount ra l.-.ed hero. There is no mill now building with a brighter prospect than the Wylle Mills. The site of the mill has already been .selected ; .'hi? acres of line land known as the Withers place tin Curry Creek, just one and three quarter miles from the city hall has been bought. The plot of land is at the vxlreimr cud of I'inckney street and lies to the right of the .Seaboard Air Ijlno Hallway. It Is a line piece of property and t h" very place for a big mill town. There Is a large hill of line brick clay on the tract and the company will In a few days be gin to make its own bricks. There will be no delay in building the mill, and it is the (determination of the company to have It in operation by October I. The mift Is named for one of Chestcr'a greatest benefactors and for tho larg est Cheater stockholder. Mr. Wylle subscribed $25,000 to the stock. Thofo in no town t!rTRo~T?fhte with brighter prospects than Chester. The new Spriugstcln Spinning Mill is reeoiving its machinery dally and will be in operation in less than two months. There are other manufacturing In dustries and public enterprises being organized and operated there, which will be spoken of later. I'actory Scandal. lOdgelield, Special.? -Sdgar St. ilk, an infant ehuhj of Mr. and Mrs. Major Allan, who live in Factory Town, died so suddenly that foul play was suspected, and upon tlie request of sev eral citizens an inquest was hold. Pr. Robert Marsh, who held the autopsy, testified that. th'* vital organs indl erl that the child had died fi m suffocation and his medical opi riwt was to that effect. Mrs. Hronner, the mother-in-law o-f Aiken, the stepfather of t'he child, testified that t Alkeu baa threatened to take ihe ingint's life; that he had said It. was not his and In* intended ,to kill it. Tho mother f?? the infant testified that h- r husband and herself livod amicably together and that ho \v\ts kin'd and affection ite t(> forth -hvn*eH iind tho baby. ,?"THl "fibft had not the slightest ground to suspect that her husband had killed the child; that she had never heari bun f-peak About it butt In terms of kindness. Aiken ttutlfled that at the lime he mar ried his wife she was In a delicate < on dition and, while he knew this, he loved her And therefore uiftfrie-1 her. He started that ho was attached to the baby ami since its birth ha. I labored fait'hfully to support the mother and child, and that he never enterta.ned the slightest ill-."?>o" l:!r; toward* the baby. He denied most emphatically the charge made by his mutlWl"- In-law to the effect that lie was going to kill the Infant. There was testimony go ing to show that Aiken and his wife did not live peacefully together and on one or two occasion*.-', had sepaia-. ed. Aike.n earn ft from. Columbia yes terday, where ho had been \vorking in a cotton mill. The other j/irtloi arc employees of the mill here. I he ju.> <.f Inquest fr?*id that the y child ban boon maticiously snfTmated t\ death by a party or parties unknown ? Itie* iu<>. All of the money has been Subscrib ed and the stock taken fcr tb?increas< of $100,000 In th? cotton mlHJflt l>ar llngton. It hits not yet b*f-n decided whether 1t will he n^e^fary to lmi.d an addition to the mill' or not. It if certain, however, that Liu: wnrkinv force will have to l>e Increased and lh^ will b.'lng more people here and cons - qnently more money will be in circula tion., so that in every way tho fortune? of tho town will be enhanced. Telegraphic Briefs. The Url-tifh sl/Mffii r V<>iH'tia, HhHrd at Norfolk for }i:> aiisroK.ite of $<>5,000 Kal vj.-jro allowed to -have I*mmi earned bv {?)??? and "Molten OKrk. in waving the Kte.vnior from vuwkinf? on Salrinc banks, on fho IGfh and IG-th In stants. has arranged with the Nation al Secretary Company, of Now York, tn give, the required $7%)00 bond, nnd will h*iv/> for Ham bur g a* woon a* t he bond can be filed. Total bank ohvirings at the principal ci&Iett for the week ending Saturday iwre .11,609,437^056, a decrease of 21.8. P#r' OML Outside Of 4%'?w Yoi k < f622.S24.77R, a de<-r-*? ?*f 4.8 per ceat Mlm L?lly Joftcj/hlna Morris, o t Dnr P;~ W. J*C iW?\ho 1 BRITISH DEFEATED. i ' ' I " * General liullor is Forced lo Retreat j llefore I lie l ucniy. fit) DIStil IS I N(i llll. IGLV FACTS j Shifting; nt the Theater of War t:roui tfn- Rocky Kopjes to the Open Veldt ! ^ngKestcd. m , Ixuulon. li.v i 1 It frankly .?<?? I luioft lodged that the inuvl serious of ! foi't of tin* present war has dismally j failed. There is no bl;;u of a ivlsJi on J tho part of tlin hwdors of public opiu | ion a> dlsguUo the imlS' facts, but, on I the contrary, Oicro is every irijxxsi | Mon to face t ho full dllYieolth*; ami di? J cover l.lio best way Out. In short, tin, j policy voiced everywhere is t he gath ering up of t'oivo-si for more effective Mows. All hopes of t he K-pcedy relief of liUlyiiiniMi have ?Imv ii alvunkmeJ, and tho cousens-us of export opinion urges the inwiuxliato shifting of i.h<? thoivtro of war fivnn tiho rocky kopje^ of N tit a I to l ho \)pf'i^ veld* of't'io I'rco ! State. Olio thing appears cert a in <la other long pause i.s inevitable. unless tho Itoers assume ih<> olTenftlvo he eiuu.se, even in tho ovent of (jcnniMl Hullor further attempting to reach 1-ailyi.Ainlth. tho planning of a lew move will necessarily occupy time. I'ho afternoon newspapers are drawing attention to tho closeness of the parallel iHtwoen Mto Federal aL tswk (xn Kcner.il Lw! at. I'Yodericksburft uiwl tho operations on tho upper '>*:uk i cla. (furiously enough, thoro is vJsl ? bio. especially in military ? circles, an I iin?loi\*uTreivt "f roller at tho news that j tho liritlsh are safely south of th<\l ! Tugela, for Hie rumors of Saturd-ay . had \x>njur<xl up visions of an oniimonH? j catastrophe. Ah tho afternoon ucwti I papers axe c ran ,m Anting without full j knowledge of tho fair's,, they a iv nrtt i disposed to offer any apolop-iew for i Ciononal t hitler's defeat. Tho St. James j (nizotto, says: "T>ho mconinj.; of tho ' , rot i vat Is obvious. TVo havo had to I . recognize that wo cannot foreo our winy through tho enemy's lines toj | I>!uly?nlth. W;hy, wo do not. know. Ifl i tho I fcoor itns4tk>n is inrprogimlrte it. i ought never to have been (ittuckrd. it ! it is capable of being takeri, wo wore repulsed brvau.se the loiulorship Vas I bad, and it is idle to attempt to eon- j coal that. tho latter Ik ? far front in credible. To Btart out declaring there i must be no turning back, i.s omJuoiitly ? foolish.- -'When swagger mxl rant pre-' vail, there is c.wnuunily plentiful lack i <*? judfitmon't and true resolution. It i requires serious effort not to yield io I tho gjotrmy conviction that tho intel i lootual and moral qualities which m ike j for sue<cxs have been replavod on our i side by word^, wonls, wo is If. Tho rem i ariy for Mouth Africa Is not to add to I tho nunnlH-rs, but to put th<? troops : where their foreo can eoim into play." 'ixho Westminster (Ji/.etto invites the country to ?'.ist aside all delusions and j ref?>snizo t he f?ct that firo^res;? for i lie j pivsoiW is stopped in' Natal. ui?l that j M.vfely lies in concent rat ion. (Jenorai i W'hite'p for<-e. as an offerrtive aid, must | ls> written oft', and proba-bly. mcv-t-of j Genomtl liiillar's oi'iuy lias lefL the Tu<soki. "THo' Booi-s," it says, "have I been given iimo to prepare ay/.ilns-c an ! advauco through the Fr."*e State, and j we have not sufficient strength ?t j present to undertake this adv-aiu-c with any stfely, T'hofcv- nre iij<ly j facts, but those who disgui.se them aro i apain. in'isb ading tho public. The plain j truth la Lhat we will tavvo to m-ike a We nc<'d at least 100.0U0 more nwn j now army noni'ohow from soaie-wheie. i j 60,000 to r<venfor<-e the and j 50.000 in roserveJ' War on Trust. Columbia, S. (*., .SiK^ial: ? Th? fer- ! filiz^T traffic is under fire In this JHiilo. Senator J. <\ Alexander, president nil the State F?irmer?' .HJIAnee has Issued . . a 1 1 to all of the Alliances in tho | State to iiM?ef and docioe ujkji> a plan | I of HKhtiiiK < he trust. The VirKinir;- j ' Carolina <?Jicmic.il Comjnny, re??etitly ? j bought nearly oil tJie fertilizer fai-to ! ries in this State and it i.s against the ! oorporat ion tfiat^tho call is dire,*tod. Tc I c Kra pit c rs' Trou ble . Atlanta, (Ju.. Spec ial. W, V. Powell, j ; of St. l/ouis, pre?!d?nt of the Order of j | Railway Telographer.<, arr^od in At- j lanta M'tnday niiTlU. Ilia cajuing--<i? I Mgnifhant .it -this t?mr\ jn view o i tho . j f.i -t th<; telegraphers on th<? j Southern Hallway aro a.ftempring to; ' fidjti *t certain grievjULCCa axliitin*? ?mi ' that fc.vKtom. liargc Oocs Down. ( Norfolk. Vt?.. 8f??> News has) 1 reachod h'fc >f ,ki? f* ?u i?^ of the J h.'irRo Hougenuui, anil ".lie iwj of two ( of her urcw. 'i'hu xm." Rose llaKun -m'J .Thris Sisu-r*, left Norfolk for Charleston, In tow of th? I tug Protector. When off" Frying. 1'an SIiouIk, a *torm Btrnek the trip and tow. The Houueman :>;?ko Ivow nnrt Che huge cmisr.1 her to founder*, two of the e.rrw going do?v*? with tho barge. Their names, or residence* were no; learned; The tug nnrt ether T>ar#etf managed to reach M.*i cta-ad City, (he barge* betftg jUtfcHlxi I u?. belnc i? a. bait sinking Condition. On the way througtrOCTScofe Tnfef. ? J ROBERTS NOT SEATM). T.io House lly a UtvJslvo Vot^ fie* ^ Jects Hfni, <+- HKNATK. v . .??% Tli irt.v -second l> >.y. - Another discus-* i. i < ?!? of ths'rnco question. mainly ttC-Clli ? ' pied the Sewn to. In acoordaneo wltti ? previous not ice, Mr. Money, of Mlssisa j issippi, spoke in reply to tho recent | speech of Mr. Prltehard, of North Cftt^ ! ollna. on tlu? pro^fis-ed amendment 10 the constitution of North Oa*rollntt? i Thorn was ti spirited colloquy between Mr. Money and Mr. Chandler, of Now ? Hampshire. Mr. Cockrell. of .Missouri, from tlie military affairs committee, reported it substitute for Mr. Pettlgrow's rmaa~ ?? ? lunon regarding tho Coour D'A^Ntf mining troubles last ycr.r. j Tho suhstitu*" calls upon the Sncrif tiiry of War to submit to the Semvt? ? < opU'N of all orders given to Gon, H. I C. Merriam/and to all oHlcors unrfer j him, and especially any proclamation of Con. Merriam and as to orders coiv ! cerning tho treatment of tho civilian: ! prisoners. Tho resolution was passed; The resolution of Mr. Allen, of Ne braska, callir.g \ipon tho Secretary of ? - War for all orders nml Information; concerning the collection of customs and revenues in tho Islands of Cuba, Puerto/Hleo, and the Philippines was pM?t( with a slight modi flection. Tho j. .Kent deficiency bill was then* called up. Mr. Hale, of Maine, in re-. spouse to Inquiries from Mr. PeUlKECW ? si' id the Mil carried about $!),0()0,000; thai it contained no provision for the payment. of tho rental of the old CUB- 7 7 toin house in New York. Ho could not " say, however, how muoli was ?levote4! _4 . to the Philippine war. ? The Senate adjourned until Monday. : Thirty-third Day. -The Senate com- ?l_j mlttw on Porto ltleo decided, so far . as it can decide, that, tfto Island whose affairs it has under its particular car?. shall be known Its Porto Rico, as flx- ? ed hy a recent executive order. .The question cuinonp in 'the committee In connection with tho Forakor bill, pro* 'i' vidian a form of government for the* island a.nd the decision upon -the spell ing of the name was unanimous. 'C . *3 Thii -ly-foui th Day ? A newspaper in terview with the llr!ti>:h voice cacwil ? irt New flrte-uis. assailing Senator Ma- ?> sou, Uvipubliean, of Illinois, -f?- his pro-T.ran.-'va a I attitude, was made the text in the Senate for a ' question of \ privilege .by Mr. Mason, who not only attru-ked the consul, bu?t tho British * policy In levying war upaa ^ tnferroi"-: ???? nation. The consul's cinirse was fc? vercly (UTiouneed in several speeches.', A fi i ' ure of the day's proceedings was a forceful pro- Filipino s'peeoh by Mr. Tillman, Democrat, of South Oaro Iiua. Mr. Potflgrew, of South l>akota, prcrented a resolution calling Upon, the President, U wHi iw*rrm,pcrtt<?TA?wmr public interest, to inform tho Sejiato if the people of dftOlDia luul been fffflg stilted w.ith roference to the recent treaty regarding the SamoaJ. Islands. - ? The. resolution went over. . ' s_ The Scu;i?o decided by a votir" bf. "fit" T"~ ~~ to :5S not to reconsider the vote toy which the Bajnoa4? treaty was rattffte-tr "~ The vole was taken on motion of Sehb- \ tor Jones, of Arkansas, and oapgtirred immediately after the oeglnnlng'of the exouutive session. **" The injunction of ? s<vrery was* afterwards removed froflji .. .j tin* vote. ? Thirty fifth Day ? Tho Hi>eooh of Mr. H;vro?r, of Georgia, on tho Philip- p pi ac yulicy was of th6 duy'H ? session <rf the- 8enate.__At tte con chudon iil iotp waa'atspluy or^!6quy*ovoip*" '"" *7 a suggested deckureition for solf-gov- ' errrment or tTio Philippine, gkmiTar to tho Toller declaration n? to Cuban Kolf-govonvment. The MJ1? pre&enrting to ,th? city of Wish v 1 1 lo the cannon, on aho gun- beat Ntaarhvllle, from ' which! was flrrtl ^bo first shot Jtk ffto Spanish war. was passed. Mr. Hoar offered fc.o - ret-olntiou <-allinrc on the committee <m ruled. to o?n*kler whether some (suitable plan- eouk) not he adopted, for the enlargement 'of the oa/pi^ol ??*** tor . providing for tho trctttsactloi* of public ? lnivlnc.?s ot.hor tbanf ICRf^Ia-tlve busi ness ol&owHWo. Alitor mirmo debate,, (lie resolution was .agree! 4n. ... - HOWSK. Thirty -wond . pay. ? The . case, of Hrigham H. Robelta, .tho Mormon ir?fT-~ TPHontatlvc-oIect floni Utah, which ha* ' occupied ho" much .of tho uttehtlon ot tlic Hfniac since the asar?mbIinR of Con tends. was decided by the adoption of a resolution to cxclude him 0y a vote of 2*?f> to 50. The minority rcaohntloilB? to ? aeat " and ?jxf>e! Mr. Unbnrtfi? WCrc defeated by sj to 2TT ^ The majority- rceolqtton to 6*cTti8o \ver?? then adopted, 378 to r?0. Thirty -thtrrt IJay.^ATter transacting? minor routine b?rlncws"tlRj'lftJuBe"ttirn cd its attcntiup lo eulogies <>n tiro deceased members. The date of Fabm OU3H ary 10th. h^otr/m-A fltorf ff?r oil lh? Tule Representative .Settle, of Kentucky, was vacated, thaylm* <Wv- -ki the exercises to ho fixed later. Kulo gies we in pronounced on the late Rep resentative llalrd, of Ixraitrinna; Mee klnson, of Ohio, Meyer, of Loniaiaaa, - Clayton, of Alabama; Wheeler of Ken J.lrc-JlSsanL ot JUmlalaaa; Hewy- ? of Texas, and Eppeo. of Virginia. At tho concTnstOti of the eulogtesresoln- ^sr tiona of respect were jufopted, and^^^_ -- ? ni 12.30 p. m.. nn a farther mark spec! the Houno adjpurncd. ? Thirty fourth Pa^-JiojMo ronmHtee No. 2, in the WU^e-Bcerln* rontested election . .ise ?>[ K($tijctyy' a greed upon a rep'i.-i t r tn \tr.~~ Uoering ? Republic t ?i t!?. - tiU*" ' mcntfver. Thirtj-fifth I>#y ? Tb? Weston onty ft ttttle. net IwbIuim of tfctaor tna4MM.Hr.