The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 11, 1900, Image 1
IN GENERAL RETREAT
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The British Take Town Aftet^Towfi
From the Bo^rs. v A
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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.
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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
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Atlanta. On.,
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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
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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.
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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:
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