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pie app i City Suffers Most Disastrous Blaze in the His I ' tory of the South h : FIRE RAGED FORTY-EIGHT <?Ol)RS \ One By One the (treat Business \ Mouses Went Down -The Heroic K. r Work of the Plremen? Scrloua I; Properly Losses. EL. ? ,. " ~ * I . Baltimore, Special. ? The most de ?; structlve < on flag ration in the history Lof Baltimore occurred here Sunday in ^ the wholesale dry goods business* dls> ? trlct, raging practically unchecked | during many hours, completely do F atroying scores of the largest busl |; nesn houses in the wholesale district, ^Involving losses which cannot bo esti | mated, as the tire was still burning f fiercely when night fell. Owing to the I wide extent of the calamity it will he | tomorrow before even an approximate estimate can be made, though it is > certain that it has already exceeded [ $25,00(1,000. The lire was still burning I at nightfall, but was under control. {& No lo;-:s of life was reported at tills fF hour. . ' f-BROKK OUT ON HOPKIN S PLACE-! p The Are broke out shortly before 11 j ? o'clock (his morning in the wholesale j ? dry goods storo of Joiui T. llurst & j LCo., on Hopkins' place, in the heart | of (he business district, with a aeries rof loud explosions, which wore heard lb remote parts of the city, and spread with fearful rapidity. In half an hour there we're a dozen big warehouses in 1 the "Wholesale dry goods and notions district burning fiercely. The entire flrr. department was railed out, but was utterly powerless to check the spread Rof the flames, which were aided by | the high winds, and by noon there i were sava.jo fires in at least 30 big E warehouses, and the conflagration was l&teadily eating its way into successive Flblocks, east, north, , west and south. feOn Baltimore street, the blocks be pfrw&m Liberty and Sharp streets wn.s Efoon ablaze, then came the next blocK Pt'ftst to Jlanover and after that tho %look on the south side to Charles Street broke out into flames, the Con solidated Gas Company's building anu pCebm's Acme llall burning fiercely. Meanwhile there were stores north of Baltimore street heir* similarly k-. consumed. MuUln'a Hotel caught am. I' other buildings..?jnear it caught. West fcof Liberty street, on the south sine t qt Baltimore street, the block was doomed, and the big bargain hn??e ai r ko, caught. Down In Hopkins'* place where the conflagration started, Hurst's building and other wholesale houses on both sides of the street . ^rumbled and foil. - .Tho big dry goods houses of Daniel Miller & Sous and R. M. Sutton & Co. were soon aflame, and along Gor man Ktrent ? past and west, from tho -Hurst building*-? there were a dozen t buildings burning. i Mass & Kemper's big wholesale 1 store, on Baltimore Btreet, quickly * nuccuinbed to tho fiaifles. pn "Hop- j kins' place the Hopkins* Savings Bank ( ami tho National Exchange BaUk were gutted by the flames. Across | tho street were th*e ruins of JohnoE. j _ llurst & Co.. and next to It Hechl, Jr., [ & Sons, were in flames._ ! THE BLOCK- A OAyiJDROTr. Nil All thoso buildings were swept awair* by the flames, and the whole biock j was nothing but a cauldron or fire. At 1:30 o'clock Mullin's Hotel, a r.nven story structure, at Liberty and Baltimore streets, was in j}ame? from parrot to cellar and its great height and narrowness acted as u torch. All ,tho guests had been ordered out, and 'none, consequently, was injurod. i Though every bit orfUe-flghtlng ap- J paratus In the city was callcrt Into ] requisition as the flames continued to spread, at 10 o'clock six engines ar rived from Washington and four from Philadelphia. It is roughly estimated that there were 350^hose playing on different parts of the conflagration at tho same time. FINE RUN FOR THEIR LIVES. Wall after wall toppled into the rtreets, and firemen ran for their lives. All kinds of wire? had to be cut to clear the way for the fire fighters. ' The block bounded by Gorman, Liberty, Baltimore and Sharp streets was early found to be doomed, and tho firemGn turned their attention tp sav ing the buildings- on Baltimore street, oast of Sharp, but the fire was beyond tlielr control. Red hot cinders Ignited the roof of ?Front Street Theatre at least half a mile from ' tho main conflagration, which shows to * wlftit distance the ttery rain foil, The*/ blaze was ex tinguished by tho firemen, assisted Tiy citizens, " par a llroc considerable alarm was felt at tho City Hospital. The Slstcra of Mercy In charge Qf tho Institution witre *U their posts, and an effort was made to keep the fa"* of the con few dndsrfefell on the roof of the hos flagratlon * socret from the patients. A p'.tal, but w?r? extinguished by the physicians of the house staff. Eighteen women, two bablea and i-oven nurses were taken froq? the Maternity Hospital, on West Lombard j street, In police ambulance* and riven Infuriated Negro Ml!*. . Tnrh6i-c, Spccial. ? Uccausc xhe ^ WBtttffW mnrry h?m. Randal Wtman rolor^d, Hiiot and instantly killed Mag -W6 Wttlc, a widow, hera Sunday an.l ! probably fatally wounded her aiRter, Lonlsa Barret. Mtman liad railed, re- '* _ fM>wed bis ault and' aa Maggie waa \ \<> eonwefit. tiuba prouatal. tb* man df?W htm ?lato), i quartern at the city hospital. A woman who was 111 in bed with typhoid fever was taken to the city hospital. The whole city was notified of the conflagration by a terriflo explosion, which occurred some minute# after 11 o'clock A sharp, spitting roar went up with reverberating thunder. This was followed by a peculiar whistling itolve like that made by a shrill wind. The churches in the central part of the city wore filled with* worshippers, many of whom were frightened, and, while no panics ensue* hundreds of men and women went outside to see what hau happened. In a fowinomenfl? the streets and pavements all over the rity were crowded with excited people. Another deafening crash occurred, and dense columns of cinders and smoke shot up over the / tral section of the city, and in a huge brown column moved rapidly toward the northeast. Borne on the strong southeast, , wind the column of smoke, blazing cinders and even pieces of tin roofing spread over the center of the city, and a rain of cinders fell, compelling pedestrians to doge red hot. pieces of wood. PEOPLE DODGING FIRE BRANDS. ? Two more explosions followed, and thousands of people hurried to the scerte of the fire. Of all the specta tors. comparatively few saw the fire itself. They could not get within half a block, of it. Even the policemon guard ing the approachcs/io the" fire had to shift their positions repeatedly ? and dodge falling cinders. Pieces of tin fi by 8 fo*t sqiiaro were lifted into the air by the terlilfc heat, sailed upward like paper kites, ?* and when they reached a point beyond the scene of the most intense heat, fell clattering to the streets. \ The awful fire wl^ch swept Baltimore all day Sunday, all Sunday night, Mon day and Monday ni&ht with a fury that seemed unconlrolable, was reported as practically over early Tursday morn ing. The heroic work of the city's splendid fire department, alted by lire fighters from Philadelphia, Annapolis, Wilmington and York at last con quered the destroyer, making a last, stand at Jones' Falls, when the flro lost itspowor to wreak further vengeance upon the helpless city. Dynamite was used freely. The flro apparatus was centered and all the skill of the fire-fi&nt.ers called into play to defeat the element that, had eaten mil lions of dollars' worth of property. The fire was checked. Behind It lay u great gutted waste of more than 140 acres in extent. Every stroct that Jed to the fire area , was crowded with awe-stricken specta tors. Down tho narrow gulch-llke streets the black smoke hong densely, spilt now and then by a red glare of flame, The crash of falling buildings was lost in the roar of exploding dyna mite, as It was used to demolish struc tures as vet untouched "A SCENE OF DEVASTATION. The burned area, is a sceno of com plete devastation. ' Numberless build ings tfoat. wero tho pride of Baltimore ? costly and stately, and occupied for all kinds of business? are mass of ruins. The. Baltimore Americ^ux build ing. one of the finest \\y fha^tSL , is now smouldering debris, savMpftpth* remnanta and tlxc.fr ant and sidOftw.. For acrcs, on South street, where fctood The Sun building, the pillars that once ^marked the front only remain. Entire i)locke ju$t below there are wiped out without, in some cases( a wall left standing. From Fayette street down Jfottiday street, as far as German, there is no building left, save the corn antL. Hour oxchango, at the corner of Ger man street. That building, whose walls tower above the crumbling debris of what were formerlv adjoining, struc tures, was gutted and formed a caldron of fire. In numerous other wrecked buildings the flames played about the debris and threatened to weaken the foundations of the fow walls that were left. . Tho costly United States custom house waR ruined. Most of the busi ness section of the city was totally burned outs < . FIFTY THOUSAND OTTT OF ISM - _ ~rtX>YMRNT. . M Col. J. Frank Supplee, a competent authority on factory statistic?, esti mates that the number of persons who arc thrown out of employment will reach 50,000. Others have estimated the enforced idleness at greatly more. Inspector of Buildings Preston, after making a careful study Pf the burned district. placed the building losa at $150,000,000. tfEVENTY-FIVE SQUARES ARE IN ASHES. ! About 75 squares, or 140 aores, ^rejm j ashes, extending from Lexington street, m the north, to Pratt street, on the aonth; from Liberty, on the west, to tho Falls, on the east. ? Tho city was early placed under mar tlariaw, and thus all danger of looting fin Abe doomed district was eliminated. Wprd wfcs received tonight that Gen. Corbln, of New Yortr, would be her* Tuesday, to tahe command of the Fed eral troops. The presence of two regi ments of militia as* an adjunct to the police, -which were augmented liy de tail# from Fhltadetphta and Washing-, ton. resulted In the maintenance of the best of order. ? Fir? 31 J II Raffing At a O'clock. <*-? WasWnpton, Special. ? A dispatch ? ? c? l*cd from BaltirqOro at 2 o'clock lug la burtdiij;-~B.lao ^tfiB7$J.OOHtOOO court house. The Holiday Street Thfc ntrg liyt been blown W with dryna ji;lt? aM tt e UnltetflWeU* KxptW and central of!TCe*bf ttieBnl timer* * Ohio Railroad jane Dwrnod. , Appropriation for Relief. Annapolle, Mil., Special. ?The G?n eral Assembly met iu the State House Monday night to consider a plan for tho relief of the fire conditions in Balti more. Senator GUI, of Baltimore, in troduced a bill authorising Govornoj Warfleld to declare ten sucessive legal holidays in tho stricken city so us to aid property-owners and other losers by the lire to get their business affairs into as good shape as possible. The bill, which was passed and at once sign ed by the Governor, authorizes him to extend the suspension of business be yond ten days if necessary. A bill to make a relief appropriation, which was to havo been presented in the House by Wells, of Prince George county, wa? laid over until the conditions uud the amount needed can be ascertained. '? Washington, Special.? A bill was in troduced by Representative Erorlch, of Illinois, appropriating $l,tK>0,uoo for the relief of the sufferers from the Haiti more fire. An Entire Block Burned. * lakeland, Fla., Special. ? The ontire block, bounded by the railroad, Ken tucky avenue, Main street and Mae/sa ehusetts avenue, was burned here Mon day morning. The loss is estimated' at $75,000, with Insurance of about one third. The cause of the fire is unknown. The entire burned district will at once be rebuilt in brick. Greensboro to Extend Aid Greensboro, Special. ? Knights of Pythian I x>dgo, No. 180, at a special meeting Monday, made an appropria tion for the sufferers of the Baltimore fire, and appointed a committee, headed by C. I>. Benbow, to give a benefit en tertainment. The mayor hat} called a meeting of citizens for relief. Other lodges and organizations have com mittees at work raising funds, re sponses being liberal and hearty. War Now Certain. 1 | London, By Cable.-? In a dispatch, dated at Nagasaki, Sunday, February 6th, and which was delayed by the cen. sor, a correspondent of The Dally Tele graph asserts that Russia deliberately precipitated the crisis by secretly dls j patching a few days ago from Port j Arthur transports loaded with a full j division of troops and escorted by a i flo.et and landing them near tho Yalu i river, thus occupylug northern Corea. "Japanese patience became oxhaust ' ed and today Japan moved her ships I and took unresisted possession of cer tain merchant vessels, including tho Shilka and Manchuria," the correspon dent continues^-''"" Two oth^r' Russian veseel3 wore 3tdzed and escorted to Sasebo, Japan. The Daily Telegraph says it sup jxjfeos tho foregoing seizures occurrcd j at Masampho, but that the censor, sup j pressed the location. Eightlng Expected hourly. Berlin, By Cable.? A dispatch to The | Cologne Gazette from Vienna nays Ad. | miral Baron Yon Spaun, commander | in-chief of the Austrian- navy, has re ; ceived a dispatch from the Commander of the Austrian legation giyard In P^kln to the effect that Japan has embarked her regiment of guards and two army divisions on 40 steamers. The dispatch added that a Russian cruiser division had sailed from Port Arthun and that fighting was cxpectoj hourly. } vvh?i^.?u Columbia. 3. O., Special. ? The com mittee appointed by the last session of the South Caroilua legislature to In spect the alleged inferior work of tho y oapltol building at Columbia rondefod their report, in whiah wholesale fraud on the part of contractors Is chargdy. It is understood that the report speci fies McIIvaitic & UnMpcr, of Pittsburg, and Architect F. B. Mllburn, or this city. 'The report recommends that pro ceedings be instituted against Unkiper and Mllburn. Tho report was founded on testimony given by Architect Hunt, nt Washington. N<iw* of the Day. The presentation by the Prince of Monaco to tho Academy Sciences of Paris of a map of ocean depths, show ing the nature and formation of all tho bottoms sounded, has once more brought the personality of the Prince before tho public. Beyond the fact that he is paid $500,000 a year to permit gambling in his principality and that he has twice been freed from marital obligations? once from tho daughter of the Duke of Hamilton, his first wife, and lately from the Duchess of Riche lieu, nee Heine, of New Orleans, very little Is known of. the Prince. With the sift o? this deep cb?rt has come the revelation that Prince Albert i is a scientist, for most of the soundings recorded on this chart werf'laken by him or those with him In the cruises of his yachts, the Hlrondelle, the Princess Alice I and the Princess Alice II. It Is announced that Thomas Nelson Page, author. Is in the bear future to establish a technical school In Han over, V*., teh county of his birth. The plan Is to feach young men and girls the -different manual ceilings, such as carpentering. ' mechanics. cooking, cooking, 'Se~rlag. ?ta Telegraphic Uriels. ; ?Tho Hufculna reply wan delivered to i Japan at Tofcio; and Is expected to ; lead to war. ? Mr?. Florence Mayhrlck- la at the country home of iho 81at?ra of the -ttrtptraiot it Truro. CdrnwM!. T* Joseph- Ctjambrtrfcifh la exhausted l>y bin political lalmru and will take -ft Khwc jcmtvl V*? ,>. ? rrrr? : The movement fur ??n>urtuinc Vlmrtti and ataUi 1* Raining a fresh ptopetua IT Franco f SENATE AND HOUSE Proceeding of the Two Branches of the General Assembly MANY MATTERS OF INTEREST What Our Lawmakers Are Doing hay lly ' l)iy?Hlll$ That Have Become Ada. HOUSE.. At the last session of the general assembly the financial condition of the State whs brought to tho attention of the lawmakers in such a way as to make thorn solicitous an to tho future. The annual expenditures were In ex ce?? of the annual revenue. Tho ap propriations wore kept as low aa pos sible without crippling any depart mon, and a coin miss Ion was-appoint ed to Investigate the situation and re port ways and meuns of Increasing tho revenue. Tho commission consisted of Son aloi'K "Mower, of Newberry and Man ning, #of Sumpter, Thomas of Richland and Tatum of Orangeburg. Their re port has beon published already in Tho State. In accordance with their iilnding. Mr. Moses, who is chairman of tho ways and means committee of , the house, which Introduces all revenue bills, bus presented four measures to ineriaso the receipts of tho State treasury. In uddition thoioto Mr. Jeremiah 81 dth has a bill to chango the entire system of tax pay ing. but his bill merely regulates tlio manner of assessment and payment. Mr. W. J. Johnson has a bill to pro vide for a franchise tax of ono mill On the capitalization of every corpora tion conducing business in tho State. Mr. Johnson also hns a bill to provide for an excise tax or ihc gross re ' eclpts of all corporate is (except tex 1 tile mills and oil mills) conducting business within tho State. But tho bills to which particular attention will be given on account of tho semi-official manner of their pre-! sontatlon are the several measures coming from Mr. Moses of tho^Wix commission, one of the most experi enced, conservative and thoughtful legislators In tho State. Tho bills which he has introduced are: A bill to require .tho pavqient of annual Hcen^-fcefT of corporations doing business in tho Stato, and. to re nuiro them to report to the secretary of Stato. . r, 7 A bill to amend tho law.ns to tho graduated tax 011 IncomeSr A bill to impose a tax on gifts, in heritances, devises, boquests and le gacies in certain cases. A bill to provide additional meas ures and remedies for collection on past and unpaid taxes upon certain property, which has escaped taxation. A hill to amend the code of laws of South Carolina, 1902, in reforcnco to the State board of assessors and Its duties. A bill in reference to the duties of chairman of local boards of assessors and their compensation. WHAT THE BILLS MEAN. . Tho bill last named provides that under the direction of the county au ditor tho chairman of ?ach township board of assessors shall make a can-, vass at a remuneration, of $2.00 per day and shall add Buch property to the tax books as has escaped taxation. The bill in reference to tho Stato board of assessors would do away with tho board of equalization of ono member for each county, and would have one from each judicial eireult in stead. Tticr board would iCTBSHSBSeSS" banks and railroad property as well ?? textile industries. ** " ..cThe.,aw as the lnsomo tax provides that $2,500 Is the mnlmum lncomo taxable. Mr. Moses' bill brings tho minimum income to $1,000 and pro vides that on all Incomes over that amount shall bo a tax of one - balft of one . per cent. Tho income tax law as It now stands is a farce. Tho amended law might ho of benefit. | Tho inheritance tax bill provides for an assessment of 1 per cent, on , e\ory Inheritance, gift, legacy or be quest when- *he same la $10,000 or more. This Includes transfers by will of deceased persons, whether they lived in tho State or wero non-resi dents. Also "when the transfer Is of property made by a resident or by a non-resident when suo.h non-resident's property is within tho State, by deed, grant, bargain, sale or gift made in contemplation of the death of tho grantor, vendor, or donolr, or. Intend J lug to take effect in possession or en joyment at or after Buch, death." ^ TO TAX CERTAIN ROLLINO STPCK. - iv Tho hill to "provide additional measures and remedies for the collec tion on past due and fflppald taxos upon certain property which has es caped taxation," is In tho lino of tho policy of the secretary of Stato acting n? agent for the Rinklng fund com mission. The tltlo is a little mtBl^d InR. for it does not apply to all class** of property, but to tho rolling stock of shippers of meals, oils. rattle;ete.,who uso their own rolling stock. It is claimed that such ,cara have escap ed taxation, wheraas Pullman cars have been taxed just* as railroad prop "ny, v v Tho bill. contains the following defi nition: "That, the cam rolling stock, struc tures, works and appliance*, of any nature or character whatsoever, pro vided the same be used in, about, upon or In connection with any rail road. shall lo d^med railroad proper ty. and shall bo liable to assessment h? railroad property for any years that tho aaid cars, rolling stock, struc t u res or works shall have escaped taxation, from any cause." Tho secretary of State Is author!?**! to collect past duo taxes on such con cern* and to procood to eolfect this tax levy eve r y year by notifying the >thetr business within the State. In caM of rffuflAl to eomply^be secretary i of 8 tat* is authorised 4<? #? a Tthit< !!?n ,u' deems fair, nix) from tills (here CUII lie no HpJH.'ill, Mr. Moses* bill to roqulie the pay mm nt Of mutual license of atlons conducting bu*lii.-*M in (h{, ?Iu(h. UnU to roqniro thorn to report to (ho secretary of Sta(?>, is tho one which is expected to ho productive of revenue. It provides for a tax ?f thro., mills ou the gross receipts ,>r' the fol "wi^K corporations to be paid before (bo first of Juno of ouch year: Any railroad company, express company slrcot railway company, navigation company, water works company, pow er company, Uxht company, (olograph company, parlor, dining and sleeping car company. Taxation in t lie Mouse. ?y a vote of 89 to 18 (he house Thursday night passed the first of ti c revenue bills Mibmlited by tho tax commission appointed iiy "the legisla ture last year to find some measures to rellovo the "State from its financial stringencies which have becomo an noying of Into years. The bill referred to Is (he franchise (nx measure intro duced by Mr. Moses. Tho result of the discussion was evident from the begin ning, but regardless of the overwhelm ing majority in opposition to him, Mr. Boiuar made a strong tight against (he bill. Ills argument on the constitutional ton mills, fertilizer plants, etc., the franchiso will be one half of one mill. In Mr. Jeremiah Smith's bill the foo is $10 per annum for oach concern. Another revenue bill not named aliovo is tho measure to license (lie catching of oysters, claius, terrapins and other sea products. phase was very clear. The presenta tion of the case by Mr. Moses, and later by W. J. Johnson was very con vincing tit at, the pace has been set by other States, and that the revenue to be obtained by South Carolina will be in excess of (he annual deficit of (he lost three or four years. The bill provides for a (ax of tlnoo mills on tho gross receipts of the fol lowing corporations, to bo paid before (he lirst of Juno of each year; Any railroad company,? dxpress " company, street railway company, navigation company, water works company, pow-^ or company, light company, telcplieno or telegraph company, parlor, dining and sleeping cur company. Upon companies which are not pub lic utilities? Biich hh cotton mill, banks, oil mills, and such Institutions char tered by the Slate? tho tax Is to be one*half of one million the capital stock. With (ho other concerns (lie as sessment Is on (ho gross receipts. With the companies not public utilities tho payment of the franchise tax must be mado before the first day of April, and with tho public utilities the Lax of three mills on tho gross receipts of the preceding year is to be paid before the first ,of June, tho time of year when the State is most in need of "ready cash." Tho work of the bouse l?Vfday wu? varied In its nature, and bills of many kinds were rejected and were passed. Tho bicycle and automobile bill w:is feenl to the senate; tho Charleston Medical college bill was passed; the bill to give exclusive jurisdiction to tho United States upon certain landed ac quisitions was accepted in (he original; and the bill to establish breweries and beer dispensaries was killed. An effort was made to recommit the bill relating to tho riding of bieyclcs and automobiles before It got to tho renato but 'the house refused to stop the bill In its passage, preferring to >bavo any necessary amendments made in the senate. Mr, Moses called atten tion to the fact that while thft bill pev jmMs r blcyolu rider U>~get-peJumlssioa to pass a conveyance, tho driver of an automobile must get down and stand beside his machine. And Mr. Cooper directed attention to? the fuct that whlle'\the bill prescribes punishment for the "first offence" it makes ho pro vision for "Other offences. The holtso ught that recommittal would be tamouut to killing the bill and the -motion -waa vated down. The following bills passed third read ing: Mr. Richards* to Increaso the* scholarships at Winthrop from $44 to $100 each; Mr. Klbler's to provide for Jn Insurance commissioner; Mr. Maul din's providing for the Investigation into tho causes of fires and to provldo for the prevention of exccsslvo fire In surance rates; and tho tax commis sion's bill to require the payment of franchise tax by corporations. Mr. Mauldln'a bill was not thoroughly ac ceptable to the insurance companies, as has beefi reported, nor can It bo called an insurance company bill, for while they accept the bill as a wbolo, the companies were not phased with tho provisions which permltehc com missioner to investigate complaints thnt the rates arc too high and to make the companies give rates on tho same basis as in other States. There was somewhat of a disposition to have a grent many bills made spe cial orders and to give tho general orders a chance, Mr. Williams moved that all the special orders be discharg ed for the day and that the bouse pro ceed regularly with the calendar. This was agreed to and quite a number of bills were gotten off the calendar whero they might have remained for some time as there are special orders enough to keep tho house bUfjy for several days. I \ . . SKNATE An interesting debate occurred Wednesday morning when Senator Ragsdale's bill to cede to the United States exclusive rights over certain lands was brought up after the den ate returned from the memorial exer cises In the House. The bill has been sent back from the House with, "con current" substituted for tho word "ex clusive." Senator Sheppard moved concurrence with t&e House amend ment, and a debate of some fervor en sued, the Idea being entertained by some of tho Senators that citizens might not be able to have just tho same treatment when tried in United States courts, for crimes and misde meanors committed on this territory, that they would receive In the "courts or the state. Senator Brlce wished the bill to be retained in its original form, and read extracts from a Washington ?orre spondent to a 8oath Carolina paper saying that tfie government would make no more 'appropriations for buildings on land not governed ex dttslvely by tt. Senator Uric* argued that our representatives In Congiess W*t*d thin Cheng* made In the Stats law. Senator von Kotalts, Senator J. W, R a?dale and Senator Walker Senator Manning's bill to Increase tho salary of tlio Hup rem e court Jus tices, the now road bill, Senator Dean's municipal Indebtedness lnil, wero among those road 'or (bo thlru (lino. Tlio bill for tbe completion of (he State house was held tip on. Its third "reading and it is expecte^ that there will be k fight over its passage. The calendar wuh again taken up at a alight session and tho second read ing bills wore. disposed of, Those read and passed were Senator Williams' bill to provide for a Jail In Williams burg county and his bill to locate the boundary lines between Georgetown and Williamsburg cohnties. Favorablo report was made on tho bill to have the attorney general mako a test of th$ Southern's Tease of (ho S. C. & O. It. R? a bill to provide for the punishment of safe crackers^ and tho bill to provide foi> two year terms for railroad commissioners. ^ ? ? The proceedln g?-of the senate weio | watched : by many affected persons Thursday morning when Senator Har din's bill to put cotton seed meal under. Inspection, an fertilizers now are, was brought up as a special order. The bllT was freely discussed and several amendments offcrdl, some of which were adopted and the others ^deferred. Debftto was adjourned on the bftl until tbts morning oliwoUon of Senator Q. W. Ragsdalc. iCfl*The act Itself la lengthy, yel explicit. It la^, an amendment to the fertilizer bill, providing that the chemist *at Clemson college Ehnll exnmlno the cot ton seed mfeal, 25 ccnts being paid on cuch ton as a tax tgrftupport this Inves tigation. Every bag must havp printed on It tho name and location of the manu facturer, the number of pounds in tho bog, and the minimum percentage of the Ingredients guaranteed to be pres ent. AI30, /these bags must be labelled according'' to grades, of which thero are three, determined by the chemical composition of the meal. Samples for analysis must bo submitted to tho State chemist. The spccifl'arions for grades, as amended, are more than 6.58 per cent, of nitrogen (equivalent to 80 per cent, of ammonia), high grade', ? less than 6.38 per cent, of nitrogen (equivalent to 8 per cent, of ammonia) and not less than 6.18 per cent, of nitrogen (equiv alent to 7.2 per rent, ammonia) ttand ard grade; less than 6.18 per cent, of nitrpgen (equivalent lo 71 ;2 per rent, of -ammonia) low grade; provided, ho<vcver, that this, percentage shall not apply to meal made from sea Island cotton, which the board of trusters of Clemson shall grade. Any person ^lo*atlng tho law by selling grades inferior to the one mark ed on the bag. or If the bag Is 5 per rent, short weit/.it will be fined $3 for tech bag. < It was propos?>d to Insert Instead of scution 10 the. following: "All sales, or contracts for sale of fertilizers, fertilizing material and cot- , ton seed meal, In violation of this ar-J tlclc shall bo void: no title shall pass by such sale ahd fi o person buying such fertilizers, fertilising material or cotton seed meal shall bo bound in any manner to pay the price cost thereof." This provoked quite -a discussion. It Is also proposed to add & .new section saying that;* the State may maintain an action In the courts I against vlokrtora or the lew, as to grades, regardless of their residences* the action AO be sustained .by iUoxuL| upon the fertilizers or meal. If the ac tion ta carried out and the goods sold under Execution, their trade shall be i examined by the Clemson college ctieTntst)g^.thjit_s,ppicb..y?n', from sheriff may know ^hat he is buyu?. Some amendments not yet acted upon' are: Senator MarGrtdrllmi !* <*se of en - action. any seller may be taken as an I spoke for tho. bill in Its original form. Senator Walker remarked that the I'nUed States courts wore practically South Carolina courts today to the cv tent that thev are presided over by South Carolinians and have South Carolina juries. To this Senator Snop pard agreed, hut, said ho, suppose Judge Hrawlcy or Judge Sliuonton should die? Ne one knows who would take their places The courts have not always boon ns they are now. It is not many yearn sinco tlx- Radical Judge, Mui? 1, i uled. The Senator ox pre; s<m in no uncertain language 'ho hope that no vacancy would aoyn oc? cur In the district heueh, and certain ly none during the present administra tion ' A vote on Senator Shoppard's mo tion to concur with the house amend ment losubed in a tie, hut tho chair voted "aye, ' and tho motion was car ried. Spartanburg, York, Florence and Georgetown are the count lea most af fected, It 43 said, for the federal gov eminent Is negotiating to put up pun lie buildings In thoae cities, Tho hill It as follows: ? "Section I. That tho consent of tho State of South Carolina la hereby giv en, in accordance with tho seventeenth clause, eighth section of the first ar tlclo of tho constitution of tho United States, tit the ncqui.slt Ion of-4Uv United Suites by purchase, condemnation or ot.horwlso, of any land In tho State re quired for custom houses, court houses, postolheos, arsenals or other public building#, whatever, or for any other purposes of the government. "Sec. 2. That concurrent jurisdic tion i ii and over any Ihnd so acquired by tho United States shall bo, and the :.r.rno Is hereby coded to tho United States for all purposes except the ser vice upon such idles of all civil and criminal processes of tho courts of tho State, but Die Jurisdiction so coded shall continue uo longer than tho said United Sfnfcs shall own such lands. "See. :}. Tho jurisdiction ceded shall not vest until the United States shall have acquired the 0tle to tho said lands by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, and so long as tho. said , Jands shall remain the property of tho {jUuitod States, when acquired as afore said, and no longer, the same shall bo and contlnuo exempt and exonerated from nil Stato, county and municipal taxation, assessment or other charges which may be levlod or imposed under the authority of this State." Tho calendar was fcakon up the hour before the memorial exorcises In tho house. None of the special orders were taken up. Tho lfoor and lobby of the senate wero well filled with tho lieutenants of the cotton mill and fer tilizer companies and the Hell Tolc I phono com nan v. Senator Manning: That tbo act take effect June 1, JA04. ? Senator Holllday: To Insert in lieu of section 10; "That any vendor whose ponds fnll short of three per cont. in any lugrodiont guaranteed to bo there in. shall forfait one-half the saly price." , There was discussion over the Toole special township road tax bll)? .tyhieh <atne up for 41 third rearing ,but It came up for a third reading, but it provide for. the completion of tbo State house was deferred until tho report of (ho State house commission should have been printed and submitted to (he senate, J&vwas made a special order for Tuteday, Senator Williams' hills to provide for a Jail In Williamsburg county and to determine the county Hue between Wil liamsburg it ii <t Georgetown wore sent to the house. Although the senate on Wednesday concurred with tho house In liubstltu. ting "concurrent" for "exoluHiva" In the bill giving the Untied States gov ernment rights to certain lanid* In South Carolina yesterday this body reversed Itself. Senator Herndon just at the time of tho adjournment of (bo morning session, moved to reconsider the vote token on Wednesday. This was done and Senator J. W. llagsdalo moved non-concurrence, which motion was carried. Tho senate is in ono po sition and tho house in another as to the bill and a committee of conference will probably bo appointed. TH 10 S. G. & OA. RAILROAD IJSASB. ? There was an interesting and im? poitant discussion last night over tho bill Introduced by Senator Mayfltdd to require the attorney general to enter ? v suit to test ?he constitutionality of tho lease of the South Carolina auu Geor gia railroad by (he Southern railway. Tho bill was lrif?ndcd, so tho author ' explained, to bring un end ta constant jHiiltn to test*, (lie constitutionality of leases of railroads by others, i'nder ? the present law whoever successfully brings a suU on the constUuiiptial question Ih given half of tho penalty vhlch may bo imposed. Tho bill Ih- . j tends that tho whole matter shall l>? deilnltely Settled by the courts and to .prevent constant litigation. Much - interesting (Hsmisulon occurred. Sena tor Hagsdale of Fairfield 4 aid that ho did not understand exactly what was Intended by the bill, and ho thought it best that It should not bo acted on at onco. He cccms to believe that - there _ might be more behind the bill than ap peared on its face. Tho bill was recom- ? mended by the attorney general, so it {Aas stated by Mr. Mayfield and during tho debate Senator Hagsdale of Fairfield ; -ald ho did not euro whnt the att'Qf-L. ney general said, tho question was . whether the bill was right or not. Mr/ Mayfield and -Mr. Dean replied giving the fact that tho attorney general olmply appeared before tho committee ami stated his views. Tho (senate began its day by passing over three third reading bills, and in dulging in n debato^over tho next, which was offered /by Senator Manning -Miid ashed an appropriation of $2,009 for the Confederate Homo college of .. Charleston. Senator Galnea moved to* strike out the. enacting words. Senator Manning defeated his bill by giving a sketch of the school lt? history, and noble jumjOBear ? Ho? Showed that this instfCutlmi organized for the education of tho Daughter* of - Confederate soldiers, and later extend - ed to Include their descendants, was ?*' badly in need of funds thai It was forced to call, on the Senate for help. Senator Manning said that it la lm possible for the school to be conducted k more economically without depriving It uf sumtMjf flfflDflagtog to extended it* benefits, In the soap* an education which they could not o. erwlse ocqylre. This Is the only oth~. school than WInthrop, said he, wher* a ptrl may obtain her education prac tically free. Winthrop Is limited in ca pacity and this school take 9 the over, flow. ' x. ? PiiffttmETrrTsgffFugr The Arehbl'iop cf Canitcrl .. rank ns first peer of the realm. J. r>. Ilofnieyt, for manV yenrs Ieader " of tlio Dutch party In .Capo Colony, has retired from polRIear life. Dr. E. D. Wilson, professor of xoologj ht Columbia University, has been elf ct~ cd a member of .he Aeadem'i deFLIu cel, ltome. * Clyde Fitch, the playwright, collects in scrap books, specimens Of*. tho errors foreigners malco in dealing with strange tongues. Both tho Queen of Holland n nit the vQueen-Mother have contributed to tho funds of the Salvation Army in tho Netherlands. Ttudolf von CiottRchall, the GcrnJah poet und writer, has been endowed with an annuity of 1200 marks by the Kmperor William has conformed dec* ^ orations upon several scientists who have been experimenting with high speed- vtcctrlcai equipment rcccntty in - Germany. King Alfonso XHUflM hla mothpr will visit Austria next summer. Qn the way to Vienna the King wHl-f^ep at Paris and be received by Fres^leat Loubct. ^ Dr. Samuel ?mile?, author of "SeW? Help." celebrated bis ninety -sccoud t'trt iiun.T rcrrniiy. A ijnnrrer ot a rati.- - Hon copies of his -well-known book have bconsotdti -B.nrrrtirr ? ? : ? Tho Kmperor William of Germany has. ordered . from the sculptor liacbt? statues of lladrlan i?ud Alexander Bevrrwt. ; which ore to be erected at Suulburg. John 1>. ftoplre^ier.Jt Is announced, Intend# his new jnansfon at Foc,snUco lillls ac aprescntfor his sou, John P, - Rockefeller, Jr., and his wifet who wsa Miss Aldricb, daughter of Senator Aid* rich, ot lthode Island. In I HI . 111. nil). . Ill ? Would Not B? St a LOU. During ? recent conversation he* tween District Attorney JSN)i?S 'MTeril' nwmWrs nFOTa Wiw W reference was had to tbesbarp | Ucos of a certain notovteysl politician of the olty. * P^gerialnly ,lan