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IN GENERAL RETREAT ? The British Take Town Aftet^Towfi From the Bo^rs. v A ?\ ? r" \ t FORTUNES OF WAR HAVE TURNER Vlie Advance on Pretoria Continuity With Machlne-l.tkc Regularity.--] Notes From the Front. V ljondon, by Cable. ? Tho capture of Winburg by (lie British Is continued and tho main advance to Pretoria con tinues wiUifnachlno-like precision and rapidity which has characterized all Lord (Roberts* forward movements. By tho occupation of Winburg General Ian Hamilton put himself nearly parallel with Lord Roberts and 29 miles east ward, while he hus tho additional ad vantage of being connected with his chief by means of railroad that runs ? a. Hon, as was sometimes called, to Win burg. Tho only feature of the carefully devised plan of general advance not disclosod by tho swift developments, is the part General Bullor has elected to tako in the operations. At proaent there are no indications of any move ment on the part of tho Natal army. Doubtless a few days or less will bring out the British line of action before Biggarsberg. Lord Roberts is now 9 miles north of the Vet and 03 miles north of Bloemfontein. Tho Boers are retroating toward Kroonstad. .General Hunter Is presumed to lw* pushing steadily forward in the direction- of Mafeking, aided by the aggressiveness of Barton's and Paget's brigades. Tho critics of tho afternoon newspapers view the situation with the greatest satisfaction. A special dispatch from Smaldell (Winburg road station) dated 9.45 p. ni., Sunday, May 0, givtes details of the occupation of Wlnburfc by tho British. It says: "News has just come here that General Hamilton is given the Boers no rest and that they aro falling back hurriedly. Ho entered Winburg after a brisk fight, in which tho Boers fell back so quickly that ono of thalr guns, In addition to a Maxim, was abandoned. ' * Stealing in Havana. Havana, By Cable. ? The United States transport Ingalls left, here Sun day night, having on board Colonel Burton, the inspector general, who l.-j going - to Fort Monroe, with orders to proceed to Washington. This is duo" to discoveries made in connection with his inspection of the postal affairs at Havana, which resulted in the arrest at Rochester, N. Y.. on Saturday, of Cnarici F. Neeley, former chief of the finance division of tho Postoffice De partment in Cuba on tho charge of embezzling $o6,000 from the govern ment. Neelcy's arrest may result in additional arrests here very soon. Another Cyclone in Tex?s. San Antonio, Tex., Special.? A de structive cyclone wrecked the San ?Antonio Loan and Trust Company's five story steel and terra cotta build ing Monday morning. The loss is about $70,000. The building was unin sured. The wind's velocity was GO miles an hour. Two box cars were blown across the tracks of the maid line of the Aransas Pass Railroad !n tho yards here, and caused the "wreck ing of an Incoming excursio!l\ miin from Corpus Christl. The fikopian was tho only one hurt. ( Turkey Must Pay. It is authoritatively announced th*t Until the pending issue relative to the / payment of tho ^j^jlcan indemnity claims la settled satisfaction of the State Deps^Prent, no United States minister will attend at tho Turkish capital, and Mr. Strauss' leave of absence will remain, a*Olt is no w, Indefinite as to duration. f. Big Shipment of Rice. Savannah, Ga., Special. ? A ship ment of 3, <>90 bags of rice, weighing 369,000 pounds, "went forward Hfrom he-re to New York Monday, ou tho order o'f the United States govern ment, to be roshipped at New York to Porto Rico. This rice Ispttrrftased by 'the government for the relief of tho Porto Ricans. It Is of good quality. General Conference Proceedings. ' Chicago, Special. ? The session o( .the Methodist - General Conference -Monday was full of life, of brisk de bate and some feeling. There was, con sternation among tho delegates when fit was learned that The Dally Chris {tlan Advocate had been hawked about ton' Sunday, there was violent opposi tion to J. M. Buckley'sV^j^utlon dl frectlng that all articles on contro versies under discussion by the con .ference be eliminated from The Dally [Advocate and a'resoluTton by former "*na M. W. Johnson, of North Dakota, giving the approval ; of the OoBfmacs to the use, of fwUtfdual cocsnranlon cups was crledk down without tie formality of a discussion. Ckov POI'ULISIS AT SIOUX FALLS. I.eadO'i Considering the Vke-Presl dency nnd Platform. Sioux Falle, S. D., Special. ? The In crease of delegate and (ho approach to tho time gt calling the national Pop ulist convention to order, served to accentuate the differences of opinion among tho delegates a^ to the policy to bo pursued with reference to the nomination of a' candidate for tb?* Vice VPposidency. It Is becoming more evi dent that this practically tho only <iuohti:>n which the convention will ?have to decide, And the exclusive. atten tion it gains renders tho situation quite monotonous. There is occasional ref erenoe to. the platform, and It Is under stood that a few long-headed leaders have been drawing up plans and sug gesting propositions for incorporation in the. declaration of principles. Most of the delegates In attendance have hold conferences. The groat est difference of opinion among tho dele gates from tho States is shown in the .JNebraska, * Kansas, Iowa, ami Mis souri deli (villous. TTic' TstTinlffka toeie-H gates fool that they are in a peculiarly delicate position, because they are es pecially anxious to sumbserve the In terests of Mi. Bryan. Thoy held two meetings during the day, but failed to reach a conclusion. A majority of thro delegates from Nebraska are apparent ly favorable to the reference of tho whole matter to a committee of one from each State, to be appointed to confer with tho Democrats at Kansas City, and it Is believed that Senator Allen is in accord with this sentiment, lu this position Senator Allen is sharp. Jy antagonized by Senator Butler, of North Carolina, and Senator Pettigrewj of ibis Stale. Illinois Republicans. Convention Hall, Peoria, in., Spe cial. ? The iuitial contest in tho Ito publican State convention proved a defeat for the Tanner-llanecy faction. The fight came the very outset of tho convention on the election of a temporary chairman. The State cen tral committee had chosen John J. Brown, of Vandal ia, ? Tanner man. The Cullom-Rccvcs-Carter combina tion executed 3 master stroke by nam ing Charles CV. Dawes. Comptroller of the Currency. Owing to tho close identification of Mr. Dawes with the national administration, the effect was to give the opposition to tho Tpnnor 'Haneey faction tho apparent sanction of tho President. Dawes was elected temporary chairman by a vote of 70!) to 72.r> for Brown. Mr. Dawes said ho believed people aro willing to recog nize tho benefits in the \yfiy of cheaper prices through limited and pVoper combination Of capita^ nnd effort and ^?ere not opposed to any corporation' simply because it is large. But when' by combination," lie continued, "com petition is suppressed and the saving which combination makes possible is not only appropriated by the eorporaJ tion, but in addition an unreasonable 'level of prices Is maintained, tho peo-; pie demand and will secure govern-', mental Interference and regulation.' (Applause). The difference between tho two groat political parties, if any. will be as to the nature of the remedy, and not in the desire to find itor to eft force it when found." Discussing oth t'er Issues he said: .'in the coming campaign the Republican party will' {maintain that the Philippine Islands shall not now be abandoned, nor our sovereignty withdrawn from them. Our party maintains that this nation jrannot honorably refuse th? respon sibility, of protecting the life, liberty and property of those semi-civllized people divided aa they are -Into hos tile tribes and absolutely unfitted for self-government by hundreds of years of Spanish misrule." Larjc Oil Mill for Tallahassee. Tallahassee, Fia.,- Special. ? A deal has been closed by George W. Saxon, president of the Capitol City Bank, for "Cr'W; Herrson. president of the Citi zens.* Bank and Trading Company, of Chattanooga, for a site on which to build a targe cotton seed oil mill. Mr. Ilcnson Is the head of a symucnte which already owns severul plants of this character in other States. American Garrison Surrounded. Manila, by Cable.? A force of rebels on May 2. attacked 20 men of Compa ny I, of the Forty-fourth regiment, Stationed at Barotac, Hollo province; on the Island of Panay. Three of the1 Americans were killed and seven wounded. The enemy, estimated to number 400, surrounded FJarotac and attacked the place on all sides. After two men bad been killed and four wounded t6e American commander sent. four.. men to. try 'And. set through J to communicate with the remainder of the company ?t Dumangas. Or the four men one win killed and three wounded. Ttf latter managed to re turn to Barotefc E Mil Atlanta. On., -VmmU, of 1 II K 01' (ill Ol'T Till: COIN IKY. The South. Marshal! Jones, colored, Implicated In the minder of Allen Crosby. was lynched und riddled with bullets at Douglas, Ga. When Janice Mewses, of Thlbo deaux, l.a , arrived at Chicago, 111.. we\] Ida OwenH, he found thut the bride-elect had disappeared. General Fitzhugh l.eo has been ad mitted as a member of Frank S. Clare Post, Veterans of the Spanlsh-Aineii i*an war. at Indianapolis, lnd. The North Atlantic Squadron arriv ed at Hampton Roads Monday. Chief Justice I"). I.. Snodgiass. of Tennessee, iuis failed of endorsement for the United States Senate In his home county because of his advocacy of t ho retention of the Philippines. At a Republican convention Satur day at Wadeville, Tallapoosa county, Ala.. 20 or 30 shots- were fired and Neo ly King was perhaps fatal 1/ wounded by Post mas tor James IJowla. ?The course at the new Artillery School at Fort Monro? will he consider ably ravised. - _ The North. Porch climbers stole jewels worth $15,000 from the homo of M. M. Mini ster. at Chicago, ill, ^ The< 'Governor of Utaty appeals for aid for the Schoficld Mlno Sufferers, and $25,000 has been raised. i A thief snatched $1,600 from the hands of William Hlbbard, aged ^0 years, at the dfcor of a hank at Buffalo, N. Y. A 1.000-pound bale of burlap fell on Jacob Kerns and Ilenry Hill, in the hold of the steamer Mohawk, at Buf falo, N. Y./? killing them instantly, , Sadie Parsy fell from a fire escape on the fourth floor, at No. 21 C East Seventy-eighth street, New York, and was saved ? by? het ? hair eatehlug' -iu .ironwork of the flrst floor balcony, v. Mis. O. N. Olberg. of Albert Lea. Minn., has been0 appointed judge of the textile division of the Paris Exposi tion. Daniel Shaw, the originator of the toilet supply system for ofllce.s, com mitted suicide in Chicago, 111. The t?IUre village of Ellis Junction, Marinette' County, Wis., has been pur chased by the Polska Industrial colony, and a co-operative community will be established. Judge Thompson, of the United State* District Court at Cincinnati. ()., has decided that the law does not re quire revenue stamps to bo a.lixed Ui bonds of notaries public. Despondent from long illness. \ Mrs. Carolyn Ahrens, of Now font. hanged, herself with a clothes line, her Irtiaband finding her when he w<?nt borate expect ing to. find her ready for tin?' theatre-. Brown University, at Providence. Tt. I., has announced live gifts of $25,000 eucii from alumni, four of the doners being Chancellor Wijliam Goddar-1, Robert Knight, Harold Brown and the late John Nicholas Brown. A fire in New York destroyed the .Mallory Line pier, causing a loss esti mated at $1,000,000 and the death of an Infant. Foreign. Berlin's Art Exhibition opened Sat urday. A special Morocco mission Is travel- I ing through Germany, placing orders for war materials The early Influx of American trav elers In ixmdon has forced several leading hotels to turn away guests. France will supply her artillery and navy wltft smoke-shells that will ex plode so as to blind and befog the enemy. An Anglo-German syndicate has been foisted with $10,000,000 capital for exploiting the German South west Africa copper deposits near Otuvi. , British troops have CA-urled the cross ing of the Yet river in the Orange Free $ltate. The Ashantas have made a determin ed attack on Comassle, British Wost Afrcia. Tthe celebration In honor of Crown Prince Frederick William coming of age, ended In Berlin. The Nationalists made largo gains in municipal elections In France, defeat ing Reptiblicxnjt and Radicals. _ An unauccesful attempt has been made to assasnlnate President Alfaro, of Ecuador. The reports from India of the' rav ages oi famine and pestilence are fear ful. ? Miscellaneous. A Republican convention will be held at Honolulu on May 15 to select delegates to the Philadelphia conven tion. | Five additional bodies were re moved from Mine No. 4, at SchofleltJ, Utah. Saturday, ^bringing the total killed by the refcent explosion up to 250. The pictures bf Sargent, the Ameri can artkst. now monopolize attention the British Roys I Academy. , American Painters 81n>, Tbms and Oreen have won medals and Parker and Isucas honorable mention at the Paris Salon, and Scnlptor Ward to also In tie latter class. 8*vaa*x-tfere? fourth -class pnatmss ters hanre been appointed in Fort# BIaa' ' * ' . " - THE FAMINE IN INDIA. Fearful Suffering From Hunger and Diseases. ~ ? ? 93,5000,000 POEPIT: IN DISTRESS. The Native States Dotted With Heaps of i)Md and Dying A IMtliul Des cription Sent by ? Bombay Corres- j pondent of the Scene at Ahmeda bad. Ixmdon, Ily Cable.? Tho report that cholera Is strengthening its deadly hold on famino-atrickcn India, brings the pit liTi.il condition of that eonntry more tlian ever to t'ho public view. About 93,500,000 persons, for this is the population of the district affected, are sweltering their squalid existence's away nmld pestilence nnd misery that show no signs of abating. Hundreds "J,ai ' ? 1 n . orxs/i/l llrjl. j ish gold, good German marks an. I j American coin, have been thrown into j the country, but, Judging from the latest advices, all this charity Is mere ly a drop In tho ocean. The famine and its attendant complications ap pear to exceed in virulence any pre vious visitations. The Viceroy, Lord Curzon, oif Kedleston, and the govern ment are making ceaseless exertions j to meet the terrlblo emergency, but tho stupendous difficulty confronting them prevent the present supplying of relief to more than 5,000,000. In the meantime the native states arc dotted with heaps* of dead and (lying and the roads are crowded with ghast ly bands seeking to escape from the strtrfcCTr territories, but who, for laek of food and vaster, mostly succumb in the attempt. One of the most hopo-. less features of the whole affair Is con tained In the statement of a special correspondent at Simla, who writes: "Ten times the total relief could bo laid out in a single district without fully relieving its distress. All wo can hope tfor Is a succession of good years to put the people on their legs again." The British districts are reported to i bo so far escaping tho large starvation j $>)d mortality that mark the native i sfatqs. But that their condition Ik nnt , etrvjable is evident from the following ; description sent by a Bombay corres pondent of the scene at Ahmedabad, a i city in the presidency of Bombay: j In an open space upwards of 200 i were seated, old and young, being ! famine personified. Tho smell arising from their filthy rags was sickening, and had attracted myriads of flies. Some, especially the old men, were bony frame-works. A girl suckling two children was ghastly to look at, but the little ones, with hollow tem ples, sunken eyes and cheeks, and tho napes of their necks falling In under their skulls, which seemed to over balance their emaciated bodies, and with wlsp-llke arms and legs, were more dreadful still. Many were suf fering from disease and numbers had the fever. Those who could work were sent on where tanks were being dug. They were given meat and passed on to the poor-house. This picture is from a less seriously af fected part of tho country. The suf ferings lu the remoter districts, where the famine Is severe, where all the cat tle have long since died, where tho water le precious and where cholera has now added Its dread scourge, can well be imagined. Florida Sugar Company. Tampa. Fla., Special.? Northern cap italists, after thoroughly examining Uio lands in the vicinity of Tampa, or ganized a company for Hie purposcwif planting sugar cane on a large scale, and refining the raw material. Thq organization, which Is known as the South Florida Sugar Planting and Re fining Company, has now received ar ticles of incorporation, under the New Jersey laws. Weekly Bank Statement. New York,~ Special.? The weekly back statement shows (he following cbangcs: Surplus reserve decreased .$1,095,800; Mans Increased $3,2 1,400; specie increased $2,010.tf06i| legal feni ders Increased $1,106,000; deposits In creased^ '$17,002,800; circulation in ? crcasou $$9,800. The banks now hold j $15,978,475 ln< exeefm of the require ments of the 25 per cent. rule. Otis Sails For Home. Manila, IJy Cable. ? The TTnited States transport Meade sailed for the United States at . 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon with Major General Otis and two aides-de-camp on board. The warships in port flrcd a major gen eral's salute as the steamer ralsed^k^r anchor. The General's launch leff the palace at 4 o'clock, carrying Gen eral Otis and General MacArtbur's staff* to the Meade. Ths Fourteenth Twentieth -infantry, drawn np ashore In front o( the city wall pre sented arms. an? the bands played "Aald Lang Syne" while a shore bat* tery saluted. kPritcftirfaetaCMMKt. Waahlncton, D. C., Special.? Ben* BOARD OF FDUCATION. fluids n Hooting In Columbia and Ap points a Number of Committees. The State Hoard of Education mot fr'ililav night In the olllce of the State Superintendent in Columbia. All tho Members were present^ Governor Me. Sweeney, Superintendent Jolui I. Mc Malum. Mr \V. A. Hrown, Mr. H P. K re her, Mr .1 I McCain, Mr. 11. T. ?ook, Mr \, H. Hanks. Mr. T. M. flay tor, and Mr. (T. I.. Knight. This Is tho ooard recently apointed by the govern >r. The governor presided and Superin tendent Me'Mahan aeted as secretary. The superintendent made a report o the board of certain vacancies tilled u the oounty boards and certifleatea granted under a resolution of tho board it a previous meeting. These were all .auctioned -by the board. A number ?,f ipplie it ions for cert ideates l<i loach were, road and passed upon. Some were granted and aome were rejected, i The applieation of President Miller, of the State Colored College, to have prutment of the State Colored College approved ho that the U 1. degree of th it i n^st it ui it n should be the basis of certification without examination, was read and granted. A similar applica tion presented by President Jothnstun and Professor Morris, Allen University. W'Hs deferred until the board could gatther fuller information ah to the work done in that institution. Tho quest ion as to the awarding of scholnrHhips was brought up and oc cupied considerable attention of tho board. The following resolution . was passed : In the matter of the award of schol arships in South Carolina, Cleinsoa, Citadel and Wiuilii'op Colleges 0?o fac ulties of tllieso institutions shall pre paro and submit the questions to tho county board* of education, which boards shall conduct, tliQ oxuittllllUlijlYh and return the p^iei's tho faeultleH of these institdtions and said faculties shall determine tho results and repo:t to this board, which shall aw.ud tin? Beholarahlps. in tiho case of the South Carolina Military Academy the faculty shall prepare and submit the questions for examination to the county boards, which shall conduct tho examination and determine the results and report tho same to this board, which shall award the scholarships. Tho proceeds from the permanent school fund were voted to be used for tho summer sehooJs in the various counties. Tho text hook question came up and much discussion arose as to the time of adoption. On motion it was finally decided that the board meet on Mon day, the 3rd of September, for tho iThal adoption of test books. It was infor mally agreed that the board meet some time within the next few weeks for tho formulation of certain conditions of adoption and drawing up a contract with publishers. T|ie time of the, meeting was left with tho governor and tho State Superintendent. The ^Governor announced the following committees: 'On Examination and Certificates ? H. T. Cook, J. 1. McCain H. P. Archer, A. It. Hanks, Graves I*. Knight. ? On Rules and Regulations? (J. L. Knight, wr. A. Brown, It. T. Cook. Text Hooks and Course of Study ? J. I. McCain, H. T. Cook. II. P. Archer, A. R. Ranks. T. M. Rnysor. School Supplies, -Charts, Maps, etc? W. A. Hnowu. 11. P. Archer, and H. T. Cook, t . Scholarships ? H. P. Archer, II. T. Cook, J.I. McCain. Governor and Superintendent of Ed ucation ox-oflleto, members of all com mittees. Palmetto Notes Ncwh has been received of a whale being found on May 4th, near the tor minus of the Conway Seashore Kall roa<l?^Iorry county, n few miles below the North Carolina lino. The whale Is dead and appears* to ha<e fbeen har pooned. It' is 52 feet loiiR and 24 broad at Its mouth ami over fourteen feet across Its tail. The last visitor of thin kind on this coast was to Charles ton .harbor, eomc twelve yeanj a^o. It was killed by some local fishermen and the backbone preserved. The new mill at Barnwell is t:> have a capital .stock of $100,000, which is to' be paid in in four different install ments. The corporators of the compa ny are: Frank H. Creech, C. F. Cal houn. a. Howard Patterson, W. if. Duncan, K. L. PattersonT Charley Car- 1 roll Sims and P/-.M. Buckingham. Charters Granted/ A charter win granted to Jpine Grove Baptist church of Chest erf)**ld. Notice has been filed with the secre tary of State of the increase of capital f>tock of the Fidelity Building and Loan asuoolatlqn of AndefM>n from $25,000 to $100,000. / The Oreenvllle Lyceum association' of Greenville, wU/h John H. KJarle an?l Jj. a Patterson in corporators, was al io chartered. J A oharter^a-s granted tho Reedy ~R tree- MfTTlng company of Greenville, which will be a rollor mill with $5,000 capital. J. J. Cowart is prosldent. To the Blaeksburg Spinning and Knitting mill of Blackeburg, capital ized at $15,000, a charter was granted. The officers are J. F. Whlsonant, pres ident: Wm, Anderson, vice president; and J. W. Duff, secrets fy and tiGaa urer.. A commission -was Issued to the Farmers' and Merchants* Bank of Greemrood, capitalised at $71000. Tbe coipoiaftuia are Dr. J.~ If. - Miller ?f fhn inn a if w.yi I,, q OembflU. of Gresa wood. MiHISSIONAl, Daily Doing.* d( Our National l.aw* makers. SENAT10. On? Hundred and Eloveuth Day. I The Sena to adopted t motion o) Mr. Hoar to take up tho resolution of t.he committee on elections, decluring that Mr. Clark of Montana. w<v* not duly elected to the Senate and thei. postponed consideration of the ques tion for ft vyeek. The greater part ol the day was occupied in the cousldera (Ion of the army appropriation hill discussion at times was very spirited The hill waa passed without division. Ono Hundred and Twelfth Day.? The day's session of the Senate was rendered especially notable hy tin piumage, after a debate lasting onl> three hours, of the army re-organl*/.a tlpn hill. In military circle* the meas ure is regarded as one of the most Im portant of the present session. Jt practically rovdlutlonlKes the present system of permanent appointments in certain start1 corps to one of detail hy a gradual prowess, as .the ouicors now in those corps go out of active service. As vacancies occur in the depart ments of tiie Adjutant Uoueral, the injector iMtnftrai. the uuartenuttBt' ll. general and commissary general. thny aio to he tilled by details from the line, the details to he temporary and not exceeding four years. One Hundred and Thirteenth Day. ? At the sessions of the Senate. Mr. Tel ler. of Colorado, delivered a speech in which he strongly urged the Senate to extend its sympathy to the Doers in their contest with great llritaln. lie (lovotcd himself to a discussion of his lesolution. the adoption of which, ite maintained, could not be considered as nn unfriendly act by' "the British government. During the remainder of tiie session the Senate had under consideration the naval -appropriation bill. Mr. Chandler's au?*-ndYheftt to t ui tail the increase of the Marine Corps ereato?l some debate, an'd was finally l?i<l on the table, 30 to, 1 1. Ono Hundred and Fonrtetmh Day.? The Senate concluded consideration of the naval appropriation bill, with the exception of that Meet Ion relanHnfftb armor and armament. This went over to a Nter day. when it will be considered in secret legislative ses sion. During 'blie morning houiv a m umber of minor bills were pawed, among them one to reimburse various collectors of Internal revenue for In ternal rovoirue stamps charged against them, but not accounted for. The de Uitc on the naval bill was practically confined to the paragraph relating to the commissioning of naval cadets. HOUSE. One Hundred and Eleventh Day.? The Hoih?? without division - passed tlhe "free homes" bill, whloh has been pending before Congress for a number Of years. The bill provides that the government Bhall Ibsuo patemts to ac tual bona fide settlers on agricultural lands of Indian reservations opened to settlement. These lands wore taken up by settler* who contracted to pay from $ 1 .25 to $3.75 per acre. By tho terms of the bill, the government as sumes the puyment of tho purohaso price to the Indians and changes tho existing law relative to agricultural collegoa so as to insure the payments of tho endowments whldh Have tiereto fore come out of (he sale , ?of public lands, in case of deflcl^ncy^ Thestf payments Involve $1,200,000 annually Of the 21', 000,000. acres In Indian reser vations opuaed to settlement for whieii tho government 1s to pay. or has paid $35, 000,000, about 8,000,000 acroa ftavc been taken aaid about 2.000,000 aro sup posed to be still available for agricul tural purposes. One Hundred and Twelfth I>ay.? The House passed the sundry civil bill. It carries slightly more than $61> 500,000, aboout $10,000,000 more thun any ^previous sundry 'bill. The general deficiency and Military Academy ap propriation bills are n?W the general supply bills unacted ' upon by tha House. < The Senate amend men is to the army and fortifications bills were disagreed ?to and the bills were sent to confer ence. ? Notice was given that the Pearson Crawford contested election case would be called up on Wednetday next. At 4.20 the House adjourned. One Hundred and ThlrteentlLj)ay. ? This, was pension day In the rfc>usrt and quite a number of bills ifrero passed. The most important, was the Semite bill to amend the general pen sion laws, so as (o provide for ugg?*e-' gating disabilities under the act of 1S90, without regard to service and to the net Income of a widow may be ])0SBP3Hert of, without destroying h?ii' right to a pension from $f)G to $2f.O. 'I he purpose of the bill is to modify iullni:u of the Pension Office In ac cordance 'with the recommendations of the Grand Army, of thp Republic General Dan Sicftles. who Ib a member of the Grand Army of the Republic^ .general committee, was on_the fflooi* during the coiisl'd'eratltKi of\theJ Many members made speeche^oen the measure, and it was passed without a dissenting -vole*. The bill to increase the appropriation for the national Guard from $40,000 to $1,000,000, was also aatong those passed. One Hundred and Fourteenth Day.? ? Th^ House devoted most of the day to the consideration of private bills re ? ported from the committee on claims^ and t ten bills were passed. The nmt important was a oil) to remit the pen altfes 'feposed ~b^r the gorenimtnl on the Unm Iron Works, of Bun Fran claCo, the builders of the Mootersy, for her failure to. make contract aoeed. The House overruled the action of the ways and means committee tn report* lag against a reedutlo* palMag afpm the fiewtaiy of the Treasury for te fnaMgtlna wmmmwAirnrn fflU ~ IW1 wtHivw ? J* m maaofWctare of whf(S nrjar uw i tw laittae tfeaeoaM aat bm * I^tesi atr ? rwwiiari WfcEKLY CROP BlLLtTIN. i:m ly Vegetables Coining Into Mar ket? General Review. Tho week ending Monday, May 7th, was slightly cooler Chan the previous week, with low night temperatures after the. 3rd, causing light frosts lu portions of Ureenvlllo and Spartan burg counties. but without diilng any perceptible damage except t<* young cotton, and slightly check nig the growth of tender vegetation. n There wore numerous light. tered showers, generally confined to the middle and lower Savannah vat? ley. and along the immediate was t. These showers were beneficial, and u warm rain is needed over tho entiro State to soften the ground which in' el ay lands is hccomlng baked and haul, to hasten tho germination of re- / cently planted seeds, and to ainmjyf moisture to wheat and oats wTillo heading and blooming. Damaging hail occurred in Abbeville county. Planted fields are becoming grassy and stand In need of cultivation which 1 ^ ?--n . JW?> .UJJ/l 4 ul lull . JJi'a. large enough. Ilotloin lands are just becoming dry enough to begin to pre pare t hem for planting. Corn Is coming up to generally good stands, and cultivation has made con siderable progress. Over the ^upKtorn portions of the State, very little corn has been planted, being deferred until cotton Is all planted, Cut worms and crows are very troublesome on bottom lands, necessitating much replanting. Cotton planting made rapid pro gress during the week, and, where least advanced. Is from half to two^ thirds finished. Karly plantings are up lo fair htalids. hut the recent?coo* ? nights proved very injurious, causing some to die. Lands are not all pre pared for cotton. ? ? _ It i:st on wheat has become quite general and Is spreading. 'Phis crop Is in many places less promising than: heretofore, having l?een apparently Injured by tho excessive rainfall of April. Oats liavo Improved. Uoth crops are heading. rl>.e bulk of U>e tobacco crop lias been trai.r. (anted, and thcv work 1* J.: nearly finished. There wa?J no scar city of plants, except at a few points. Rice was badly damaged, in th-4 Georgetown districts, by high water but to what extent cannot now be twi- - timated. Aj>plc and peat1 ? trees a re blightl n g ? badly; sone peaches dropped but enough remain to make a -full -crop a wild berries are abundant. Sugaf cane, sorghum and melons have com4 up to good stands, tho latter begins nlng to run to vine. Sweet potato slips plentiful in beds, but few havo_.'. been transplanted. White potatoes doing well, but bugs are very num erous. I^argo' truck shipments being made. Interpol light*- oratory. - On Thursday night, May 10, the pf<N Iltnlnary oontost of the Southern Tin- . tcr-SUite Oratorical content wllj'bfc hold . .-;i at the college chapel In - Columbia Thero will be two representatives from each of t)he two literary societies cl the college, and the successful will represent South Carolina Collogo In the great contest, which will take place at the State House, on the night - of May 17. The members of this aaso* elation are the University of Virginia, f Washington and Lee University, -Van. derbllt University. Universly of th?i South, University, of Alabama, 8ouWf Carolina College, Tulane University, r; Centre College (Ky.), and University-^ of Texas. t Brevities. Bob Metis, a well-digger, 'had hi". . head broken by a bucket going down - : on him when he was at the bottom ol a well, which- be was cleaning out. Ik lived only a short time. j The Prohibitionists of York county ere beginning to show interest -in th*> .political situation, and. hav?. railed a ? meeting to be held In Yorkvlile next 'Saturday for the purpose of looking .over the ground. The Czar of Russia will irislt "th? Paris "Exposition abmrt -the middle oi~~ July. * London war ofricials are confident*"' of ending the South Afrieanwar with- U 4>ln six weeks. .... At the meet! tig last week of th?Ne*. berry Lutheran conference in St. PaulV Church, Pomarla, Mermonlsm was dl?? * cussed and the following resolatlos adopted: "That It Is the sense -of conference that Mprmon fsriT jg ft **?*' holy propagandism. and that church and her membership' discourage its dissemination." Casper de Pino, doing business I grocer -and cigar manufacturer J* f York and Key West, Fla., tons member of the . Arm of ' Pino: 14 city and The ttlMMHrf