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KHINESE ARE HOSTILE
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povcn Mucin Opcith Sides W itli The
Boxers.
BE.ORGAM/AIION ON BOM-K BASIS
Kg The limprcss No t ourer , Makes Con
'? ccalmc t 4> f Hostility to I ori ign-.rs
? Protestants Hrect I'ltrrlcnde.
| London. by Cable. The last mes
IflUKo out of i'ekin to leach London lett
^ tlicr^ Sunday morning a? II o d 14 k.
going by way of th? Uu-<jan telegraph,
the Tien Tsin line In i lit' . i n .. It ir .is
r fulhnvs! 'lung ii Mo. lam nK
<jan. extnrneiy lio-lib- to toreiRncr
nrrlvr.l hcje ii:" - moralng ami had ?>
long audicm ? witli I ' i ji ? ? I nan. father
of tb. Ui-ij ?>"? i-T"t"w."
j friendly to :b* '' v ' I *i"i n ? ?
Jf has I" i li up! -.'ini-. ? ? I i;I > b> ! ? m ?>
Olfii ?? over I'lime C'.:in?t. who is ?
freindly Toward me foreigners. Th -
^ dispatch of mo;'* niaiii.es was in ie
? spoil so to a t? '.egratu irom 1 1* ?* mini -
r Cere to the consuls at Tim Tsin for ad
I dit.ion .1 troops. C .nveyances hav.
f-loft IV?\in to nu'c: the troop- coming
[ by the llrst train.
Tin' arrival of the Fmpress llmva:;.':
has rendered ?!.'* < ? t % somewhat mor ?
' quiet than it had la-en recently I he
lYoteslan! - ) :ive ore t* d a barri- ado
before th" building In which they have
taken refuse, and they have a small
guard. 'Die t 'a i holies lire concent rat
' ed north of t.he Cathedral under the
"prote Hon of a Fi t in h guard of J > men
who will hold Ott: to tho end. 1 am
convinced Mia! IV-kin. especially
Tartar city. is
??A I Tien-Tsin Mi<- Viceroy finally
consented to furnish transports f.:r a
relief of 4"<? UII Her an American c >ni
inailder. Tie partial r.-doration rf the
railway i< expected to be efl'e -ted by
Monday. More ma. - o res of Christians
are reporte I
Shsinghai cables that there has been
street fightivg In I'ekin since early
Sunday alierno n 'I lie Russians are
making large purchases of canned pro
visions at Shanghai. and everyth ng
points to an outbr<akj of hostilities.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Telgeraph in a di-Ppalch dated
Monday a; 1.4"- p m.. says. "Reports
from t lie Vim Nan Fn district ray that
I lie I 'rt m-h minister has telegraphed
that a crisis is imminent and that lie i
advising all foreigners to evacuate Yun
Nan."
All telegrams indicate that the sit
uation has not in the least improved.
On the contrary th^^lisorder has
"'spread from the neighwrhood of I'e
kin to the capital itself which is grow
ing turbulent in aiiLi-Iurcign deinon
si rations, fn addition to the biiri.inin^
of the Pekin Club, the secretary of th
Helgian lega ion has been roughly han
dled ill the street Hostile crowds
continue to demonstrate against In b
gaions.
The Fnitcd .7,at'P. ac -ording to di
, latches, have given "hearty adhesion"
to the scheme for a Knropean detnon
st rat ion. The Russian minister in Pc
ki:i. who al.-(\*cts as the envoy of Hen
mark, is credited with having sent a
dispatch to the !>ani-h Foreign Ollice
?to the effect that a demons! vat ion has
been planned, under the leadership of
lOngiaml and Kus.-ia. in which all the
jr.-ea . powers and several of the smaller
will take part. The latter are not call
ed up in to send troops, as there sire
?nong'.i on tho -pot: but the> ate to h<
asked to dc legale the right to hoist
tlieiJ thigs to the great powers in order
thsit a demonstration may he made, or
f> battle fought under the Hags of all
JCuropo. Japan and the Fnited States |
?,ave been informed and agree to the
?trrangement.
i Virginia I5c?ch Sold.
Norfolk V'v . , Six'cial.- On Saturday
a contract <1** signed in I'hiladelphta |
consummating the largest trailer
real estate that has occurred in this j
section for many years Practical > |
the entire Virginia Heath |
... passed from the hands of the Norfolk j
and Southern Railroad Udo the posse.
sion of A stock compai.v composed of
capitalists from Fhilad. Iphia and At- ;
lantic City.
The Cotton Acreage.
YVushlngion, O. C., Special. ? The
statistician of the Department <>f Agri
culture estimates the total area plant -
' ?*d in cotton at 2">.r>r>3.000 acres, an in
crease of 2,036.000 acres, or S.7 per
cent. over the productive area of last
year. He estimates the increase at 7
.'/per cent, in South Carolina niul Ala
bama; 8 per ccut, in Texas and GcGor
gla; 9 per cent., in Louisiana aud ^'en
^essee; 10 per cent, in North Carolina,
miiuiiNMi j>|>i and Arkansas; 15 per cent.
In Indian Territory; 18 per cent, in
Oklahoma: 25 per cent. In Virginia and
? 17 per cent, in Missouri.
h Entire Regiment^Mt.
[ London, By Cable.? I.,leute?)*flt Oen.
^-Bir Frederick Fcc-csticr- VVaJ fe^r. la
fcbaimand of the lines of command ca
ll on In South Africa* reports that In
the disaster to the troop* on June 7th,
it Roodeval, where* be Boers cnl'Xord
Roberts' line of coauniwl cation, the
Fomrth Battalion of the Derbyshire
t were all killed, wounded or
except elk en) I tied I
IS
n'
(I A I in KIM. A I I'll 1 1\ DIl.PII IA.
The Auvan/e < t tia : d oi Republkni.
1 >.:k'gn|es I*, urnicr lA.
I ')i I lit ti< ? I ;>li ia . S;> t ial This i it> is
rapidly taking mi a national con\rn
lion aspect. Quite a large nuinb-r <>i
'ia; inii.ii ( nimir' rim n ami .!; U'k??u-h
arrived Tuesday ami flic hotels air be
K i ) 1 1 > i it k 1? 'ill up l'i otnincn: among
the national committeemen now on the
K round are Ambassador I'owcil Clay
ton, of Ai Kansas, and John \V Yerkes,
of Kentucky. Nearly all -;lu? other
members of tin- national < ommit t are
expected W'i'diwsday morning to at
tend the meeting of tin- commit See,
which is culh ?l for noon. Ohairman
llanna is due at I o t lock p in. The
old question til represent. isioii in K? ?
: publican ? onveiuions which agitated
l tin* national committee at its meeting
tin Washington Inn; Hecember, Is mon'
I than likely to conn* to the front at she
! / oinnii: tee inciting. The resolution of
| Henry C Payne, el Wisconsin pre
j seated a; last winter's meeting, ami
| which was withdrawn before it was
J put to a vote, will again l>e pressed,
hit l not by its author. The strongest
supporters of the Payne measure come
i from New Kngland This reso'nth n
i provides for four delegates at large
j from each State ami <ui additional dele
j gate i" r c \ e i y lii.iiiin llcpublican \otes
or majority fraction thereof, based on
i ;he re, urns for the last presidential
election. The Khodc Island delegation
; Ivis prepared u substitute for the
' I'auic resolution and will present i: in
j plate of that resolution, if ;hey timl sin*
I sentiment in favor o I the latter i> not
sSiong enough to put i: ,hrough the
committee. J; is claimed that the
! substitute v?l|| meet nil ?he nbjr-ctlnns
I of a majority of she national com'init
I te;;nu.n.
(iovcrnmcnt Crop Report.
Washington, 1). Special. ? The
Weather Korean's weekly summary of
j the crop conditions says: |{cnw
I
rtiins in the Central and Kaxt (inlf
: StiMcs. including portions t ?f Keii
| tin ky ."'iitl Tennessee, have retarded
cul'ivatii ti and in ^omeseciions caused
| injury i<> crops. T\he high average
. tempt rat mrs, with geivrally suftii ieni
in lsture in the great corn States of
the central valleys have been decided
ly favt rabie to corn, which has made
j rapid growth, although needing ciilti
1 vatlon in some yccjiuns. Tn Mary
land Virginia and portions of North
1 Carolina and Texas corn is needing
j rain, while it has suffered from exces
sive ralnfl irt the Central Culf States.
Ttio win top wheat harvest is now in
progress in \ irginia and will begin in
Kentucky this week Kxcepf some
lodging in Kentucky and Tennessee
the reports generally indicate thai the
crop litis made satisfactory advance
1 114*11 1 during the week.
As a r< snl; of the light rain;, in 'Tex
as. much of the State receiving no pre
cipitation. cultivation litis been vigor
ously pushed and there has been a de
cided imurovement it: th?* condition of
cotton. Sever, u days of fair washer
are still needed. however, t j put the
( rep in a proper state of cultivation in
some parts of 'Texas. While there is
a general complaint of lice in co'ton
over the central and eastern portions
of the cotton belt, the crop has made
substantial progress, although finite
generally in need of cultivation I he
lei.'tt favorable reports are :ccoiv<.?l
from Louisiana, where cotton has
made bur slow growth and is turning
yellow.
liig .Storm in Mississippi.
Hay Si Louis. Mi--. Sp?*? ia!, - 'I'll"
sj.o in which |;a s prevailed for the past
I i l hours, ron tin IK'S w.lh un.ihaUvi
fury, causing sonic uneasiness. Several
j' Schooners have noon hlown ashore to
: go.'her \siih a number of smaller craft.
| The ?lectr'c lights arc out and the
i town is in darkness.
The Train Dispatclu*
Atlanta. Special. ? The first session
of the K'.th annual mooting of the
Train Dispatchers' Association of
America was held here Tuesday. One
hundred dispatchers from all parts of
the country and representing many
systems of railroads were present. C.
S. Kvany. assistant general superiif en*
den: of thq UVsterii and Atlantic Rnil
Way presided and presented the speak
er. s.
Schley Not a Candidate.
Philadelphia. Special. -The Times
; fays cdil.orially: "The nunn> of Hear
Admiral Schley has been repeatedly
suggested as in the lis: from which
th^ Democrats would like to choose
I their candidate for President or Vice
President, hut all who know the views
of Rear Admiral Schley uniformly de
clared that such use of his name was
nflrt only unwarranted, hut against his
o^ti distinctly expressed wishes and
purposes. He was specially careful be
fore gong to sea in command of the
South A Mamie &qun<i(on t?> dt*4irfe to
his friends that unfcec no cirdhm
stances would he consent to become a
political f'andidate.
Plans For The New Battieshjps.
Washington. D^C., special. ?Secre
tary Long f?a? referred th? plans for
the battleships to be constructed un
der the terms of the last two appro
priation acta to the board of eontsru*
tton, which win- be augmented for this
specil oecaalon by the addfrfotr oT*d
miral Rodger*, Admiral p arker, Cap
tains Taylor, Brownson, Conmse and
Chad wick. Thla hoard Is exited to
anally settle upon the distribution and
character of the orfaafecw of battle
ships, the plana otherwise beta* ready
for
ATTACK IS EXPECTED
American lien, in Command o! lor*
ei^n Forces.
?
I CHINESE SI I CATION IS ALARMING.
I.Ives of l;i rcl|5ncr.s in (ireat Danger
i AWcailn Put in Command of ilio
I -ones.
i ? ~ ,
Washington. D. a'.. Special -The fol
j lowing cablegram wius received lit t h o
: Navy Depnrtinent.Friday morning from
, Admjral Kempff. on l?..aiil tin- Newark,
off l lie Taku forts;
Tong Ku, June V 1000.
"There was a battle yesterday !}?'?
? (ween Phinese ami Uoxers near Tieu
'IV in. \ I 'true number of lh>\ers e\
! n/M iiui ?-> .-^u t>i> Tii-;; T:::x .-?!
(Siloed ? "Komi:>f."
Minister Conger, a?t l'< kin, also Inn
' been heard from. His me.vsm;<? to I be
i State Department saiil thai tl.mv was
no improvement in the silui'ion ami
I asked for instructions. Secretaiy Hay
' took the meA-age to tin* cabinet meet
, in*. where the answer will be fra'uetl.
j The State Department Is ht"adf?iKtly
pursuing the line <.?f policy laid down
at the beg\uning of ibis lloxer trouble,
j of avoiding any interference with t'lu
I nese internal affairs, beyond .such
' measures as may i>e absolutely neces
sary for the. protection < ?t" American
. life ami property there. l\spe*inHy is
! it determined to avoid commitment to
the policies of any of t he ICuropean
. powers which might involve the i'mted
' Staler in trouble. Therefore, notwith
standing the ominous news eonv<?y? d
J in Admiral Kuiupil's cablegram, it
> seems entirely probable that Miuister
I Center will be directed to sti. k Lo '.he
| same line of policy which lie had |? ?: -
; sued up to t his time.
It is not to be understood by this
i Uhat the I'Trited Suites government is
desirous of evading any proper nteas
l are of responsibility and t'iie Stale Do- j
part men t oHh ials are careful to point j
i out that while retaining our imbpend- |
encp'of .ion. our government is real
1> acting con urrently w h 'he Kuro- i
pean governments iv.-pe< ; ins this liox- j
er ;:gitation. Thus, at Taku. Admiral (
. KcmplT is acting in a similar uiinifi ;
to the commanding oflieerj of the for
eign navy there as-%umbl?'dt although
his < i tiers are iiubject to the approval |
of no one.
At Tim-Tain, forty miles up the riv- j
er, w-ti i?-)i the admiral expects to be iit- j
tackcd, the foreign naval commands j
are acting toother. It K said that, in J
case of an emergency involving jeop
j ardy to the lives of foreigners, tin?
I'nited Slates forccs at Tien-Tsin might
even he directed in their general move
ment by,{,he senior naval ollieer achore,
: oven though that ofllcer should happen
to he a German, a Russian, a Frenrh
j man. or mi Englishman This tempor
; ary subordination of authority might
be brougrht about, and in fact would ex
ist solely through a military cxl<geuey.
If Tien- IVin is to be attacked by a vast
horde of Boxers, it is entirely couceiv
| aide, according to military practice,
that a successful defense of the foreign
I lives and property in the city can be
j maintained only through the assump
tion of the command of the foreign na
> eal force.s by one competent ofllcer:
i t<?o many captains nny mean defeat.
Ill view of this possibility -the assump
I tion of tlie command of the American
j forces a.shore by Captain McCalla may
i be signi'N-ant . it is an unusual course
| for a .1 ap:ain of as: hip himself to take
1 command of a landing party, as has
been done by Captain McCalla. His
rank would c .rre.-po:id with that of a
colonel of marine-' and it may be that
he would himself be tie* senior ofllcer
at Tien-T.-in and thus l>e obliged to as
j sume command of the Furopean naval
| parties landed there. The naval officers
' here are confident that Tien-Tsin pro
I per is not in particular danger. The
I gunboat Helena will soon have the
j town under her gutls and there are be
: lieved to in- Hirer foreign warships in
I position to co-operate.
Havana Postnl Scandals.
Havana, By Cable. ? The trouble of
? Mr. hJstes knrhbone, former director
| of posts, seom to be increasing.' Tho
auditor's department has throwji out
$15,000 worth of vouchers, im/tuding
$8,000 worth of liills, which have been
paid twice, most of them at Munoic,
Ind. The Fidtllty Company lias bevn
notified that it will be held responsible
? on Mr Ita th bone's bond.
I
St. Louis Outrage.
St. Louis, Special. ? A mob of fur
i ious women and boys beat and de
| nuded Tena K enter, a young woman
I who mnkes her living by peddling
'lunches among the employes of the
California street car line. When the
mob had stripped her to the waist,
one woman daubed her with green
paint, while two others held her, the
Jeering boys and women of the mob
applauding the outrage and throwing
mud. Two shop girls were attacked
by the same mob and partly denuded.
An organized "committee" of women
began to vlalt the public schools
day afternoon, threatening
harm to , teacher* riding on th<
booed cars. 1
Motel Burnt d. ,,
Nyrfolk, Va., Special.? The Hotel
Norfolk, formerly the Fnrarll Mouse,
a large six -story hotel on Main street,
caught Are Friday atght on the fifth
floor from tome unknown cause. The
flame* spread quickly through to the
?oof. The Are department *oon had
water playing on It. The Kane* were
pu&T eatfajnffced, but tie entire I
iWW^^toajre^hy the ^flood of j
U 1 1 1 1 1 A M.U l!l C.ULll) Oil. '
? ? *' ;
I lie Sherlfl I nahlo lo Copt* NN ith the
Situation in St. i owls
St. !?uls, Ma, Special. (?ovcrnor
Stephens, lirigadicb Cctieral J I C.
Clark. Adjutant lieiivral \l K Moll, of
the Missouri Nation. il liunrd. police
officials and a committee of ? i t i /. i ? n s
who held a conference Satui\lAv night
with a view of calling out tlui militia
lo suppress disorder in connection *.vilh
lh?' street railroad strike. wore, ? los
? -I i *? I again Sunday at police Jfn .id
< H '. : ? it ers? Tin' feature of the ufv? ling
was (hp presentation to the liovcrnor
01' a formal writtt 11 request by Sheriff
1'ohlikan lo <*all oul the militia, as fol
lows:
"As sheriff of tin'- < it> of St I. ouis.
I desire to inform you that there now
exists In this city a condition of tu
mult. At Ik of violence .md d*otder
ait" of daily oii'iirri'iirc. 1 have sum
moiu-d to my assistance a luige j>o;?sc. .
and hast* exhausted every means at
my command, but. (he civil authorities
aro unable to rope with the situation
.All other means being exhausted. I
respect ly call upon you and request
that the National i?uard <>f Missouri
be called oul in numbers > uflii ieiit to
restore order and prevent further acts
tif violence."
'Tli o (iovernor li ft soon afterwards,
(leiierals Hell and Chirk said positively,
that they have not yet received ant
definite orders. If the militia is tailed
out, it is likely that the entire Na
tional C.uurd of the State, comprising
frur regiments and a battery, will l>e
I pressed into service.
Progress of the Enumerators.
Washington. I> t\, Special It b is
been reported to thu Director of the
Census that complete returns have
| been made- from 17" enumeration dis
j tricts. principally in New York and
| other large cities. The entire enum
eration of the large cities will be Jin
; ished by the middle of tills month, and
as shou ts they can be cheeked and
tabulated the results will be made puh?
lie. An enumerator in the Indian Ter
ritory has informed Director Merriam
that ccrtarti Indians there refusy to re
ply to quest ions* ?4)Utai ned in the cen
sus schedule. The Director advised
him to icl the matter drop, as an ef
fort i ( * compel the I ndiar.fi to reply
wc.uid probably lead to verious dlff?
cnlties.
Manna \\ ill I>j Re-I:.lccted.
Washington, 1). ('., Special It is
slated on high authority that Senator
llanna will succeed himself as chair
man of the Repuhl ican national com
niittce and will eomluct the coining
campaign. The only thing which can
change this progranune. it is stated, is
some change for the worse in the Sen
ator's health. Senator Hanna and
"secretary Dick had a long conference
with the President ahout political mat
ters in general. Mr. Dick will go to
Philadelphia next Monday, and Sena
tor llanna will arrive there on the 1 3th i
i list..
Native 1'olkc I the Work.
Manila, Hv Cable. General 1'io del
Pilar, the most aggressive and most
persistent of the Filipino leaders, win;
was captured as previously cabled to
t.h ?* Associated Press, was made a
prisoner :it < SGuadaloupe, six mi left east
of .Manila, by some of the Manila na
tive police. Upon information receiv
ed that I'io del I'iiar was to he at n
certain house, Captain Lara and twelve
policemen proceeded in a lanmh to
(Jnada loupe where, aided by a de
tachment of the Twenty-lirst infantry,
they surrounded the house, captured
the general and brought him to Manila
ihis morning, wVt.? he was positively
identified before the provost marshal.
Killing at Out In.
Ocala, Fin., Special ?.foe Pitts, a
well known citizen nf Kondrlek. be
came intoxicated and went to the
house of Mrs. Chappelj. The latter's
son, Will, seeing Pitts enter the house,
ran to his mother's protection armed
with a shot-gun. I'ltts attempted tc
shoot young Chappell. but. the latter j
emptied :t load of buckshot into Ihe i
former's body. l'iLlft died a few hours !
later.
I
Graves at Camp Chase Decorat-d. !
*
Columbus, () , Special. ? Pal metto ,
i
wreaths from South Carolina. Mag
nolias from Tennessee, daisies and
roses from Kentucky, and flowers from
North Carolina vfere Saturday after
noon strewn on the graves of the Con
federate soldiers who sleep In tie old
burying ground at Camp Chase. Sec
tionalism was forgotten, members of
the Grand Army taking eousypicuous
part and floral contributions were as
numerous from Federals as Confed
erates. .
Commissions Issued.
Washington, D. <T.,
cordance with the provisions of the
Military Academy appropriation bill,
the President has issued commissions
to Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles,
commanding th$ army, a^djlajor Gen
eral H. C. Corbln, adjutant leitera. of I
tbe arttj? These are whs appoint- J
meats wlli be Dominated to the '
liMti at Its tat MriOB In Dicta
hsr.
?
CONGRESS AIUOIIIV
Session of Both Houses Closed on
Thursday.
MANV MIASUIS WHY IN Ail ID.
?
I Ih* Hold Standard Hill, Porto Pu.in
Av t mul Plan of Oovernmcnt I 01
111 wali.
Alter a session marked I ? \ much
heated discussion ami i lit- tran a. lion
\?f legislation of great importance ? ; > j
tjie \v 1 1 1 ? I ? i country. C. ingress adjoin n.
i'il on Thursday Pol low ing is a :>::m- J
inar.v of its xvoik. 1'nnii tin- \\'as.iin;->
toll l\>M:
The record ot the liuit sc.-tdon ol l:ie |
rirt.v Sixth Cougri^s i-; now closed, j
and il is possible to snrvi'y 1 1 1 ? *
important work *1 has accoiuuJi-Jn.il J
during tin' last six months It has ' ini j
a busy Congress, t ho busied, ati onlli.i; i
to veteran officials in many years, in I
si'iii> respects tin- work lias been less |
exciting than that of the preceding
Congress, which co v e rod the dr.imatic }
period when war was declared against ,
Spain, ami also the period of recon )
struct Ion and treaty making with j
Spain following the successful dose of [
Uje war Hut in work actually aceoi'.ip j
Untied and started toward accompli ii
went. the record of the presi nt session j
stands well in comparison with the
most energetic Congresses.
Our new territorial possessions have
received much attention, and while
there has hoen no definite action as to
the Philippines or v * u t > a . a form of gov
ernment ami a means of raising rev
enue has been provided for I'orto Itieo
and a comprehend ve territorial form
of govuruinc.nt lias given to Haw
aii. 'I ho financial act has made mi
portant changes in the laws relating to
the parity of the met alii. the bonded
indebtedness, national banks and the
security of the Treasury by a gold re-.j
serve. "
TMK NICARAGUA CANAI. Hll.l.
The Nicaragua Cannl bill has pa-'sed
the House, and is on the calendar of
the Senate ready for attention when
Congress reconvenes. The anti trust
bill is similarly advanced. The anti
trust constitutional amendment has a
defeat recorded against it. The Pacific
cable measure has passed the Senate,
and is awaiting linal action in the i
House. j
The exclusion of Hrighani II. RobertsJ
from a .-eat in tin; House because of I
his polygamous status, tlx refusal of
the Senate to admit Mr. Quay on the.
appointment of the governor of I'enn- J
sylvania, and the s' tisat ional charges,
investigation and developments in the I
Senate in the ease of Mr. Clark, of '
Montana, have added some exciting j
personal phases to (lie session. Inves
tigations have been prolific. Including !
tiie inquiry into the Coeur d'Aiene
mining riots in Idaho, the various in
quiries on polygamy growing out of
the Roberts case, and more recently j
the Senate investigation of the postal '
and other Irregularities in Cuba.
The total of appropriations cannot
yet lie stated with exactness as five
bills are pending, but it. is approxi
mafely $700,000,000 for the session
The Senate, in executive session, has 1
been occupied to a considerable extent
with important treaties. Of these the
treaties with Great Hritain and Oer
many closing the tripartite govern
ment in Samoa and awar?.?ng to the
Culled States the island of Tutuila,
with its valuable harbor of I'ago, has
been ratified, while the commercial re
ciprocity treaties with France and the
Hrjtisli West Indian Islands and the
lffiy-Pifuncefote treaty concerning the
inter- wean canal go over without ae
t ion.
NKW LAWS ON TH I? STAT I 110
HOOKS.
Of the legislation actually accomp
lished mihI now on the statute books,
the financial act iH regarded as tin
chief achievement of the year. Tne
noteworthy feature of the debate on
this , measure in the House w.'is that
party lines were broken to some ex
tent. a number of Democratic mem hers
from the Eastern and New England
States Joining tfltli the majority In
passing it. In the Senate, also, party
lines were nt>f entirely regarded . Sen.,
tors Lindsay and Caffery voting for the
measure and Senator Chandler against
it. Ax it became a lnw by the Presi
dent's signature on March 14, it makes
specific the declaration of the gold
standard, provides a Treasury reserve
of $100,000,000, establishes a division
of issue and redemption of the Treas
ury, provides for the redemption and
reissue of interest -bearing bonds of
the United States, and make new reg?
illations as to national banks, tnei\
circulation, .establishment in small
communities, and the tax they pay.
The act also contains a specific; declar
ation that its provisions "are not In
tended to preclude the .accomplishment
of International bimetallism."
Porto Rico legislation has been the
most fruitful theme of controversy in
and out of Congress during the ses
sion. The Siscussion first turned on the
1 1 in n i it, *illl ll'u j nit i 'Mil i of 15 per
centy^Ji the tn.ipiftv73nn ? 1'"r1ljf..
goods. The majority of the Ways
|fad Means Committee urged the con
stitutionality and necessity of this
course, while the minority, re-enforced
by Mr. McCall, of Massachusetts, a
member of the majority, maintained,
that the Constitution of the United J
States extended to Porto Rico, and th^t
Congress was inaugurating a new and
daafcerous precedent by giving'.} the j
id any other law than that of the
the country.
PX5&AGB OF THJC PORTO R1CAN |
BII<L
Brcitemcnl ran htsb under the spur
. of/^'espread public attention. The da.
la tbe House was signal taad by
\tba division of the majority, which tot
* tlmo aaada (bo reault doubtful, but
L coo*
ta da ^it> wis aafaaatod but
eonipici tortu m civil go\ cIMun " ; 1 1 ,
I hit; lot mi. raising revenue atid est ah
lishing an island govern'meni the
measure not ?amo a law Minsotionil Iv il
wa.> amended so as to limit vornorate
f rant-hues. and on (In- Pv"oftio? nr. re.
onOnctplation an iu i \\ as passed appro
priat Ing for 1 ho use of Porto U.eo lor
i In- eolhcted from i.dand
sources *inee ita acquisition.
Next in importance in tho a.vonip
li^lu'd Work 1'!" tlir St'ShioH is (lie let
to pioi^dr a governniNU for the Ter
ritory of Hawaii The dtAtales ???> it
in tin- Senate and I ion^i* Aroused littir
division. save on niatt?fs of detail the
net provides a system ot government
much like that of Territories. with a
governor appointed I ?y 1 h?* '.'i t sidijnt,
a legislature of I wo house f.an.hiso
lights practically tin' same as those of
\oters in t In' United Stales, with the
adn'.t ional <piaMtlcntion that a voter
shall I >?? "aide* lo speak r?;nl and \\rt(r>
tin- Knglish or 1 1 a war. u u language"
\dininistraiivc and judU lal olfi< > rs are
provided, ami the hdand v.- divert a ;
I alegate to th?' House of Uepre- :;<? nta
I i\ t s of the I II. led Stat. s. . li n by J
tiic proper, "wiiti lo aclinic In]
i he I louse. hut not a right to vote,
t'l |l\ AND II IK I i it l-ll'l'l N IIS
The Philippines <tii. I Cuba liave oo u
pied inc h ittenlion in the way of de
bate and the adoption of resolutions of
inquiry The Spooiiei hill providing
that when all Insurrcct ion against (lie
hid limit v of the I nitcd States shall he
at an i nd then all inililarv . tivil. and
jndleial powers shall, unless otherwise
provided hy Congress, he carried on I
under" the direetion ot the President,
formed the ha^ds ? ? f tin- Senatorial de
hate on the I'hi'lppi hut was fruit
less of action. The only legislation an
to Cuba is of a coniparal i voly minor
. haractcr. relating to t'uha shipping.
The extradition hill applying to nil
in.-uilur possessions and depcudeiieic
has passed hot li Houses and doubtless
will heeoine a law. II is desdgned main
|y to reach cases like that of Charles
|\ W. Nocly
The Nicaragua < "anal hill and the
1 shipping subsidy hill are notable in
: stain, s of legislation partly ndvnnerd
during the piescnl session, hut* not. < n
i acted into law. The canal hill ha pass
ed the House and has hcen matte the
I special order in the Senate, beginning
I December in next The shipping hill is
I mi the calendar of each House, with
j favorable recommendation from a ina
' jorily membership of the Senate and j
! 1 louse com mil t cos.
ATTENTION PAID TO TRUST.-?. j
Anti-trust legislation has come proni
; inently into attentiou i n the House at
the close c;f the session, the House hav
! ing passed a new anti-trust bill and
I defeated a const lturional amendment.
The Senate has passed a hill to/ a
cable to the Philippines and beyond, to
be const rinded and continued under
government control, but no action has
been taken on it in the House. Tho 10
.strktlon of oleomargarine has been
productive of considerable agitation,
njalnly in committee, and a radical r??
I strictive bill has been reported to the
j House.
The general pension laws lia.'e been
| materially changed hy the pres. nt (.oa
j gress, largely 'is a result ,(f th" ? Hurts
i ()f the (irand Army of the Itepiiblic,
I which -secured the passage of a bill
i amending the law of Jum 21. 1SI?0. so
[ as to permit the "aggregating" of tlisa
j bllltles. and changing the provision art
to widows so that a widow may re
ceive. pension whon she is without
j means of support other than her daily
| labor, and hnB an actual net income
: not exceeding $2^0," etc.
The "free homqs" act has at last, be
come law. It provides for the patenting
of homesteads on the public lands ae?.
quired from the Indians, on the pay
ment of the usual fees, and no other
further charges. This opens to free
homestead entry many millions or
acres o public lands in the West
heretofore sold at stated figures per j
acre. Another measure passed of sofne
general interest permits the Secretary j
of Agriculture to restore game birds ,
which are becoming extinct, and pro
vides means for the restriction of |
traffic in dead animals, birds, etc.,
: from State to State, tho latter provls
! Ion being in part designed to limit the
' destruction of song birds for the sale
! of their plumage.
i pit ICSKIt VATION OT ITUOATK CON
STITUTION.
J Among the other miscellaneous acts
J of the session are those for thiyfSre
Hervatlon of the historic frigate Con
stitution and extending the work of
! the twelfth census.
Considerable general legislation is
carried <">n appropriation Mils. These
provisions include the amendment to
l lie Military Academy bill, making the
commanding general of the army a
lieutenant general, and (lift adjutant
general of the army a major general;
also the amendment to the sundry civil
bill appropriating $r?,000,000 for the St.
Louis Uxpositlon. Hoth of these bills
are still pending. The naval appropria
tion bill adds two battleships, three
armored cruisers, three protectod crui
sers, and live submarine boats to the
naval strength, and may Include spec
ial legislation as to armor-piate and
a government plant. The other appro
priation bills in the main carry the
usual government supplies.
. The Alaska code hill, giving a com
plete civil system of laws to the ter
ritory. has panned both houses and uaf3
J)yubtodly will become a law. Other
measures which have passed one house
or the other, but are still pending. In
clude thofe for the election of Senator*
by' the people; authorizing the Presi
dent to appoint a commission to study
Commercial conditions in China and
sJapan; for Increasing the efficiency of
tV* army by making scrtvtce fn the
fifnfT corps t?"V*porary; extending the
Aight-hour law. and increasing the an
nual allowance to the mllltla of the
cOiilHry Tf Am T4O0.OO0 to il ,000,000.
' A Paying Xlalm.
"Old you strike n paying claim ?n J
thnt mining reglonT' I
#,I did," answered the promoter. "I I
cUloed wo bad found ft marvel of rich- I
new#, mm atilt selling at.*3 a pUro]
all tbe ateek certificates wo can MM. A
1 don't know when I hare dowUSI
tb'an in tkr**|mtnf way tlttt p>MW]
Mil I I! CAROLINA CKW*.
I'a.st Ai'ik I'uvornhlc toi Culllvatlorf
and Harvesting
l-'.i \ i>r;i Ido temperature prevailed
duiini; ih?- wrck ending S a ill., Juno
lllti The average tor the week was
about normal with unusually higher
<?1 lower temperat ares. There was
rain mi r I hi- whole Stale, heaviest ilV
Oconee ami Pickens counties, with it
maximum fall of 1 11 > lies at Wal
halla Scattered localities, in other
poi t inn? of the State, had from 3 to
<>\er i im lies Washing rains oc-*
? lined i hronghont tin- Savannah val
I e s . also in Colleton and l 'hcsterlleldj
< on titles. i^' rain all was generally
Mil't'icietit aip|#'cnclicial. hut more rain
is needed in die Wallace river has^u.
1 lie rain:, in ii-rfia'ud with farm work.
<i\ci (In- niirt h western counties vvhero
lit Ms arc In. >iii;iu> grassv. There aro
* ?
y.TY^rs'V^ WMW )T\
other sections. liail till la Itarnwoll
county. 1 1 oil it; ^ I i I ? *. damhgo.
I he weeKV wc.ilhcr was favoi'llblo
on all er i><., a lei n marked improve
ment is no;ed over the entire State*.
There \va:. a l;n I. ol sunshine during
i lie we'd.
Corn continues small, but is healthy
and is lion growing fast. Some htiti
hei n laid lis Worms are less trouble
some. ami better bottom land stands
have bcMi se> nred.
Cotton is now doing will. It is un
dersized for the season, and wmie is
not up. and in Die nort h wesiern eiinn ?
ties hopping to stands is not linis..ed
.Hid I lie crop needs cull i vat Ion. Some
sections repor. the prcvaleneo of lice.
The er-op now needs sunshine ami hot
weather. U is fruiting well in Lho
southeastern count Irs.
Wheal harvest is nearly li niched. 0X
ecp: in i lie northwest, portion wohero
it has ji!..:t be^uti. Tlio indications aro
lor 'he best yield ill' years.
<i;its ln.t r vest well underway. The
( -tin ?l i t ions are variable, and tlhe crop
rather below the average.
Tobacco worms continue trouble
some, otherwise this. crop is doing well,
but shows tin' effect s of the previous
cool, dry weather,
Uico planting is linbdicd, except in
the Georgetown districts where rain
nn 4* high tides delayed the work. Mel
ons are \ ery prom 'sing.
Peaches, plums and apples aro ripen
ing, the latter are very scarce. Minor
Hold clops, and gardens are doing
nicely. The whole crop outlook i?
very promising.
Appointments No Good.
Columbia, Special.- -All of the coimly
boards of control of the State appear
to be absolutely without logal author
ity. Attorney General Bellinger held
that the State z.oard of control has no
'.iiithorily to commission the membern
of the oyiin-ty boards of "control and
that the commissions from that bodyj
are wit hout efl'-ct. Commissions muat
lie obtained from the Governor, aa aro
all other appoint iiionts of State or
rouuly olllcers. The question has boeil
decided in connection with the Dam?
berg case, of which mention has hoou
made. This decision is that all com*
missions to members of the ' county
boards sent out by the State board oro
not worth the pa|*s' they are written11
on.
? V-.
A Terrible Accident.
Florence. Special. ? A Timmonsvlllo
mother was a few days ago (he uncon
scious cause of an accident which ro
Filited iti the terrible dea.'h of hor llttlo
ell I Id . The mother. Mrs. P. R. Bowen,
was cleaning a pot with boiling water. /v
Her wor.k done, she turned to throw
the water quickly out of the wlndoW.
In the meantime the little child had
clainhered upon the window sill, and
it was into its .smiling little face tliat
the boiling waU*r dashed. The "little
olio Buffered intense agony and yester
day succumbed to the accident. Mrs.
Howcti is heartbroken.
News Items.
Stale Chairman Jon<>s has received
flic following additional pledges; C. T.
Wyche, for Congress, from the 3d dis
trict; James Tf. Tillman, for Liouten
fint. governor; T. J. Strait, for Con
press. from the 6th district; E. E.
Reiner, for Congress, froftn thrt 3d dlfU?
irict; J. II. Wharton, for j*a i I road-corn- '
piissloner. \ *
Prof. J. It. Blake, formerly (*b?lr
man of tlm faculty of Ifctvidson' College,
and one of the most noted educators of
the South died at Ills home In Green
wood Frblay n!#ht from complications
following nu attack of grip. ' He Mad
?been sinking for several days and lite
death vAas not unexpected. The interV.
ment was In Greenwood cemetery at 5 *
o'clock Sunday afternoon. HU wife,
who was Miss Elizabeth Maxwell, of
1 V'n<Ti?UujL.*nrv i yes him. They had
no 'children.
The boiler In Ohas. F. Reed** ssw
mill which is located Ave mile* west
of Ftfe I^ake, Mich., exploded esrt f-? -
Saturday etoralagi kllllig^ H>m ' ?IK ;<!
and Injuring ten others.
Miss Helen, danghUAr of tb? l^;.
Wanren..M. Coming.
at CleveJ^nd, O.
T M the" Savoy Hotel. fir
complimentary dlMer ftl
welcome Sir H?wy Irfta# i
his Aawksn. toor. ' **nng