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VOLUME XVII. CAMD1CN, S. 0., FRIDAY. FKItltlJAKV !), l'JOti. NO. 5. Occ.urrcfir.es of Interest from AH Over South Carolina ? <??- ? MANY ITEMS OF' STAVE NEWS "t- ? ? A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range? What is Going On in Our State. General Cotton M?rkot. Houston steady 10 l.r>*10 Augusta quiet 1) Memphis quiet 11 3-1C ?St. l/)uis dull ll1g Louisville linn 1 l'/o Galveston puiet and steady. 11 New Orleans steady 107/g Mobile steady lO'i Savannah <|iii?>( 10% Norfolk piei 1.1 Haliimore nominal 11% New Voik ijuiet 1I.!15 Jiubtun uttii i 1 1 .;tr> Philadelphia ? ? 1 1 i ? ? l 11.00 Charlotte Cotton Market. These lignres represent prices paid to wagons : Cloud middling ll*s Strict middling 1114 Middling lll/_' Si riet low middling II % (!ood mid<lliiig linked 11 1-1G ?Slaina i) '/> and .10 Judge Webster Admits Woman is His Sister. tjntfney, Special. ? .Jndt^! .J. E. Web* hter gave (lie following Ytatenicnt to the moss.: "Since the iuLorview with ?I udge .1. K. Webster w hich was pub lished recently in several daily papers referring i<< 1'anline Webster of Kan sas City, Mo., later informal ion from unquestionable >onrees causes me to welcome I In- glad news that mv fri-ster, Pauline, who was so long thought to hi dead, is living. While J regret t lie eircumstniH'cs under which l his fact has been presented to me. and my bro ther and sister, we stand ready. to extend to her any linancial assistance she may need and welcome her to her old home and associates. In speaking for her brother .John, and her sister Celithn, I would ask the public to be generous in our sister's behalf and allow us, with her consent and pres et ce, to arrange nil interest that may , hn due our sister, Pauline, and shut.j out' the 4 jack leg' attorneys and sharks who. are endeavoring to cans'* distention, are "fully competent and , capable^! handling this affair to the interest of all concerned. (Signed) "J. E. Webster." Laurens County Investigation. The Stale .board of canvassers took tip the Laurel^ county dispensary election, which t lie* count shows to be in favor ol' prohibition for that county by a majority of 100 but which the county board declared void on account of ccrtaiu irregularities in the form of the ballots. Action, however, was postponed until February 27th, which has the elVect <>f sustaining the po sition the eounty . board until the legislature adjourns, and thus Laur en* may b<; saved to the dispensary columns after all, if the Legislature fails to 1 :? L radical uetion. The rea son for postponing -was that members of the board, who are all State otlicers in the same building, are loo busy during j,he session of the legislature to properly consider the matter. Mr. C. t'. Foatherston, once candidate for Governor on t h ? * prohibition ticket, appeared before the board to protest against the dispensaries being kept open, while Mr. 11. II. Welsh appear cd for the dispensary advocates. Married by Gov. Heyward. Mr. Ilarvin ('. DesChamps and Miss Kosa A. Harnett of Sumter were mar ried by ( iov. lleyward at the executive mansion. .Mr. and Mrs. DesChanips left on a bridal trip to Florida. The groom is a "relative of lion. Kalph S. DeChamps of Clarendon county, one of the popular members. of house of Hepresentativcs, who was one ?f the l'Hends present. A Negro Boy Drowned in an Open Drain. Columbia, Special. ? A small boy. 8 or 10 years of age, whose name is John llenrv Marshall was drowned in six feet of water which stands in a deep drain leading from Elmwood avenue through the property ou the north side of the street, near Spring ^*ark. lie was flying a kite and was running backwards and ran into the holo which is about 36 feet deep and -ia partly tilled with (water.^ No one saw him fall in the water but a small . boy who was with him. The alarm was given and people from nearby rushed fo the spot. > ? South Carolina Items. Fro?a letter received by Mr. Me ktuffe llampton from Mr. P. Welling ton Ruckstnhl, sculptor of the monu ment (o Gen. Wade Hampton, it will he seen that wo*k on the statue is pro. gi? iug well, and it is prooaoie wai It will be unveiled before next Christ WITH OUR LAV/MAKERS Body of State Lawnnkera Down at Work? Bills That Have Been Intro duced. Compul&ory Education, There was u t pi riled and interesting debaute in the House over Mr. Ker shaw's compulsory education Will r e quiring parents, or others having in charge children between t he ages of 7 and 14 years, to send them to school for not Icrs than 100 days in a session, ihtf ehfom-menl of the law being left in the hands i?f the school district trustees. Alter the house had heard speeches for an hour and a half, it vote was reached ??n the motion to strike out the enacting words. Inter est and some surprise and excitement, were elicited by the announcement from the clerk that thi? nyo* and nays vote stood 51 to 55 in favor of the bill. This was followed by more speech making, when another eye and nay vote was taken on the motion to in definitely postpone, which resulted in j'J yeas and 5(j uavs. Then the Una! vote was taken on the motion to table the motion to reconsider. This result ed to Oil to 54 against the bill. The votes showed a growing sentiment in the House in favor of compulsory edu cation, over last session. The cotton mill managements say they l'avor a compulsory education bill, and say that a compulsory education law will assist them to see that the chid labor law is more generally observed. The Anderson delegation /"V'ted solidly against the bill, but life delegations fjom the Horse Creek valley mill sec tions were divided, as were the (Ireen ville and Spartanburg delegations. Mr. Toole, of Aiken, who has been struggling through several sessions to get a ten-hour labor bill passed, favor ed the Kershaw bill, while Mr. Cloy, of Aiken, tried to laugh it out into the corridors. Among the new house bills was one jfrom Mr. Watson, of Anderson, to refer the fjucstion of license, dispen sary or prohibition, to the August primaries, tin1 succeeding Legislature next January to enact into law for a period of live years the majority senti ment ><o expressed, and one by Mr. Colli ran, of CJreenville, allowing sheriffs of dry counties to appoint as many special deputies as necessary to enforce prohibition. Mr. Hutto had a bill to repeal the anti-free pass law and the Hampton delegation sent in a bill to provide for an investigation into the financial affairs of Hampton. In The Senate. The only matter discussed in the Senate was a bill to appoint a commission to look into the advisa bility of purchasing the old police bar rucks in Charleston with a view to using the place to enlarge the dorma tory faculilies of the citadel. The hill was finally passed with only two votes against it. The Reformatory. The reformatory bill unexpectedly made its appearance, being called up by Sneator Mauldin. Senator O. L. Blease moved to kill the bill. in a speech after his motion to in definitely postpone the bill Senator C. L. Bloase said he wrote the editor of the Greenville Daily News, of The Ch libliuu Appeal, one uf the Spartan- I burg papers, and Hev. W. 1\ Jacobs, sending them the bill asking them how they would vote on it. lie had received answers from some ? Senator Blease said they had not the man liood to retract their criticisms of the senate and of him. Rev. W. P. Jacobs of the Clinton Orphanage wrote a let ter saying he did nrft '"believe" in ijoys who were not criminals being admitted. ' 4 Boys of good character should not be elgible to the school." he wrote, in speaking of association with criminals. Senator Bleaso made his same points as last year that the judges had too much power under the bill and that it would dump 5,000 children^ black and white, on the State. Jle did not want an orphan asylum snj> ported by taxation. He thought the bill ment "the worst involuntary sla very I ever heard of." The Slate of South Carolina was "going into the nursery business. ' ' He would advocate two reforma tories for criminals, one for each of the races. He was glad to see negroes eliminated from the bill, us compared with last year's bill. Senator Blease was glad to vote for a b'ill which applied alone to young criminals and which did not allow the circuit and probate judges to use their diseretion in putting bovs in the re formatory. It was 10 o'clock when Senator Blease ceased speaking and Senator McLCod began argument for the bill. One effective point which the senatoV ?Yom Lee made was tho statement nade to the committee by Jtccorder Stanly in regard to the need for a re formatory as shown by hi* daily ex- , tw>rience. The State provided for and -protected its other children, even to the deaf, dumb and blind. Ttyen why* not cj?re for the morally stunted ? those oioit pitiful of Unfortunates? Tho pupils at Cedar Spring can ?cl dom bo cured, but the majority o? the boys at tli in reformatory might bo morally mnde well. Senator McLeod could not believe that criminality could be piplboted by Um reformatory; it would ~)act the otker-yey. "4gT do not become criminals who ifo mi any, but if leee than a dozen can be Mved to South Caroline, *5,000 ?onl4 be a email man to pay/' be ea?7 - ? * ..f-c . :: . Humanity wns the whole idea ol' the rcformatory, said Senator Muuldin, 1* urthcron in hi^ s|M*cch and >peakim: ??! I In* plli'i'ls ol eigarel t cs on tin* ' youth ??!' the land, the *cuator from Greenville iu a jab at tlu* dispen sary by ?a\ing that the on-aiettcs wo re "no worse tliun iho vilo stutV dished on i by the State." Senator Muuldin did not speak hmj:, ainl when he sat down, debate on the. measure \>as adjourned until Friday. Morgan Bill Passed. The house of representatives Fri day by ?< decisive vole sustained the Morgan bill. The measure lias not yet been adopted, but all efforts to stampede those who voted lor it have tailed and the opposition seems de moralized. On eve\y vote the advo cates ol' ihe bill had a majority of 15 or more, and it is claimed that the senate will give a majority of six to the loeal option bill. The me arit sre as it no\v stands is Mr. Sanders' amendment to Mr. Mor gan's bill. These amendments have been adopted, but the bill was so much patched tip that the clerks re |x?rtcd that it would be almost a phy sical ini|M)ssibililv to have ihe meas ure printed ami laid on the desks ol the members. Therefore, in order to have a correct understanding of the bill before it passed second reading, i; was decided (<> have ii printed and laid on tlu* d: <k> of the members and debate was adjourned until Tuesday, ('apt. W. 1 lame I look a straight vole on prohibition ai ni^lit and Ihe proposil i<>n was .,dv)eatcd < 7 to 'JO. The local ? > ? n i* ?i i bill as passed pro vides for State prohibition. The '?t'e disi-ensHV will be wiped out. Then the counties may go to woik and vote in dispensaries il thev choose to 'o so, and Charleston would have the onoihuiily to vote on the i|ue^tion ?' hiyli license. The majority of the 'ticldand delegation b in? out of touch ith th" h?eal optionists, i\o provis ion was made by which hiah license ?'?in be vo^ed on in Columbia, although Mr. McM-'Ster made an effort to jret such a concession. It was understood T,uir*dav nivlit that thi:s was iu the bill. There has been a ureal deal of talk on this bill. The author of the origi nal bill, Mr. Morgan, was permitted '?? make the elosimr sneceh yesterday. Me was very ill. almost unable to stand, and be was not able to attend 'he ni"ht session of the house, but the light had been won. Senate. In the Senate Friday but little was accomplished. The day was occupied purely routine business. Preacher Suicides in Well. Yaldosta. 0?a., Special. ? Kev. J. (t. Norton, a baptist minister residing in hi* county, was found dead in a well with n loO-pound weight tied last to lis neck. The water was six feel U*Op in the well. His coal, colLir, dtoes and tie was found beside the veil. The indications were that lit ad commit toil, suicide. He was <>i eais old au(J/nad lived in this count; or \ffli.s accumulating considei .le pre i erty by fanning. For Sons of Vetrans. Montgomery, Ala., Special. ? Major Thomas C. Owen, conrmander-iu-ehief i of tl.e United Sons of Confederate Vetrans, hn& issued an open letter to t?j the camp and members of the Uni ted Confederate Vetrans, appealing for aid and assistance in reviving old camps of Sons' of Vetrans ond urg ing the organisation of now ones. Ma jor Owens is especially enxious to see it renewal of interest in Sons of Vetrans by the time of the next re union in New Orleans. NEWS NOTES. A tariff war with t.'ermany and Canada is threatened. In South farolina dogs are taxed fifty centH a head now. The Hrltlsh elections have resulted In an nnheard-of Liberal sweep. The friends of Niagara are changing from the defensive t<> the aggressive. Cleveland. Ohio, has acquired the beginning of a municipal lighting sys tem. A grievo-s famine s reported In Japan, In tlfree of the northern prov inces. Emperor NVi'liam Is sending a man with a divining rod to the tlerreros country in search of water. The unrest In China, of which the antl-Americnn boycott was a symp tom, threatens to grow Into revolu tion. London barber shops now provide accommodations for and welcome the many men who prefer to shave them selves. Steps are being .aken to ut ilzo.the ROO.OOO horsepower of th Victoria Falls In Vfrlca for Industrial pur poses. The returns of the Britlsn Hoard ol Trade show that ItMtt was the grea ? eet year on record for the trade of tin United Kingdom. ,>f A New YorV.^ytt has ordered ? local lelephone company to pay a bouftenoUler $200 for the use of his roof for affixing telephone wires. . Invitations are to be issued by Hel fflnno to other nations to send repre sentatives to an International confer ence on tno btudy of tho polar regions in May next. A recent analyftls o? a "leraon" pie produced. l>.v one of tlie leading Ch? cago pie mills is said to have shown that this pie contained no lemon, but ter or eggs, but was filled villi starch paste flavored with product! of coal tar. The French cabinet faRi to pieces ?o often anybody would think H J?d been bought on the Installment pJaa. LABEL CONTRACT SHADY Investigating Committee Di*>cover? That Contract for Printing 21,000. 000 Labels Was Lot to Cincinnati Firm /'or $35,677 When There Were Other Bids at One-Fifth That Figure. Columbia. >pe?-ial.-- 1 he dii?pen>?ury ii,\ iuai inu committee Went into the 1 1 . a 1 1 ? - x* ol 1 ' i rector L. \\ . liuykin 'a purchase ot 21 ,0oo,()0U labels lor o77, while a number ot responsible hou*es no re willing to do the work, even in better Mvlc, for one-fifth thai price. The contract went to tlie Ni visum Weiskopi < *?.?., of Cincinnati, al though .loliii ,1. Seibe|>, w lioiti Mr. Boy kin asked to bid. had a hid in for one filth that amount, through White mail Broilers, who offered lo <lo the work for *>0 cents | ??? ? 1,000 as against $!k "><>. The coiit ra<t was complete*! with ? In* Cincinnati eonccrn in suite / of Chairman Evans' protest hv tlie signature. of Director Tow ill. 1'ivsi deni A. K. tlon/.aiiN, of The State ( oinpanv, testified ibat, at the request of i lie committee, be hn<l secured prices from the American Color Print ing Co., of Baltimore, wliieb offered to duplicate the order for $7,700, al lowing Mr. ( ion/.ales '1 0 )><-r cent, on 1 1: is. This bid was on the samples the committee jjiuhmitlcd to Mr, (inn rales, the sayflpb being obtained 1 roni the Cincinnati concern's {foods lie would now be willing; to enter in to bond in the sum ol $10,000 to duplicate the work at this price, $27, 702 less than the Stat<' paid for it. I 'resident W. II. Coysweil, ol the I Charleston linn of Walker, Evans A: ] Cogswell, test i lied along the same line. | 'I h rough samples submitted by the I committee, he had secured a bid from the Brandon Printing Co.. of Nash ville, at $7,19.3, and would now be .willing to enter into bond to do the work nt that figure. Editor James lTonry Kiev, of The Carolina Field (weekly), of ( Seorgetown, was put up I > testify about letters the committee had secured al J. S. Puruum's dis pensing in ( hharleston, tending to show 1? ice's effort to get. .loliu .1, Seibels, J. S. Farnum, M. W. Block, of Macon, and the dispensary direc tors to subscribe to stock in tlie Field" Publishing Co. Mr. Kice denied that any of them finally subscribed. A Trainman Killed. Greenville, Special. ? Willi both of his legs severed from his body, his head and trunk frightfully cut and mangled, Allen < 'ray, a colored train man, met instant death in the South ern Railway yards. Gray was engag ed in coupling ears for ilie day switch crew in the yardi and was riding on the rear gangplank of the tender of locomotive No. 707, Engincman Char lie Jefi'raux, when the tender left the track while passing over a light rail ed siding in the west side of the yard near the overhead crossing of llamptoji avenue. The lender swerv ed to the right and 'jammed into a line of loaded box cars standing on the next parallel siding, pinning Gray bet ween the lender ^?nd the box ear, OC' ?) I t I'' ?!...?? I* 1 I .1 "" v \ I '. -ii II ?>! vltaiti jvauiicti ':< !"ore aid could reach him. Negress Lured to Death by Former Companion. Saluda, Special. ? A most horrible nnd brutal murder was brought to light when the body of a negro wo man who had been missing since Mon day night last was found in a lonely wood near the home of Mr. Jeff Cole man in this county. At the inquest a strong network of cicumstaneial evi dence was woven around Will Hub bard and Mary Livingston, both neg rces, and they have jusl been landed in Saluda jail, charged by tho verdict cl the coroner's jury with the diaboli cal crime. Items of State NewB. Mr. T. B. Tliackston, who has bedn in charge of the agricultural and in dustral department of the Southern railroad in this State with headquart ers in Columbia, has resigned his pos ition to take the- management of the mf ? Glenn Springs property for the syndi cate which has recently purchased it. Tho senate's substitute for the house bill relative to Christmas holi days at State colleges was adopted by the house and was sent to the engross ing departmc t. That settle* the tight. The Winthrop girls will cet their hol iday. They would have^had it any way, for the trustees would have voted for the holiday next time. The ma jority of the trustees favor it anyway, but the mid-winter taeetings are at tended by trustees who would form a minority of the whole board. ? j Eleven hundred bills have been in troduced in the lower house. This number breaks all record*. An uncontrolled ? wit eh on the Cyp ress Hills branch of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Cojnpany^s . elevated road threw a car down on a lot, a distance. of 30 fcot, ami one man was killed, ono perhaps fatally and several others seriously hurt. Attorneys for the meat packrre offer ed arguments before the United States Court in Chicago in sapporf of tho plea that tJnir. clients art entitled to immnnity from prosecution. -'?'y ? . - ? ? [COUNTESS SUES FOI! DIVOtv E ' | CountobB do Castellane, Through Rep j l'escntatives, Begins Proceedings in : | French Courts Against Husband. Paris, )(v Cable. Honi de 1 ( 'astellanec ( formei ly Anna Could,) entered a plea l'ordi\orte. ItcpreM'n tatives ul' ill*' counte.ss mi. I t lu- omul appeared bi'Ioco ilnil^i' licur\ Ibettcs, of the Court of First Instance. who, in conformity with I l?o French law, endeavofed to arrange a conciliat ion before allowing a delliiile unit I" pro ceed. It is said on unquestionable authority that .1 u<lf? ?? I'iette cOmls were not Mieeessful, tin* countess ;>li solull'l v ? I ?*?* I ijH'tl to ICsUinc In I r?'lit? lions with her husband. ami that alter r?'l t f?l hut vn in attempts by t'ount de t "a?ic|laho 's ad\isers to arrange n scnicmnt, i ho representative* of t )??? count ami (!(tunl(^> h'I'l the court and that the suit will proceed. A not her judicial effort al reconciliy t ion will almost certainly ho made be fore the suit ('onus to trial in tin' or dinary course. Nu deci.-.ion ha* been reaobed i, la the In I ho rvpiii fill custody of I hi' children of the count and countess. hut lltey being under ago, will I'or the present natu rally remain with their mother. Friends of the ('mint am! Connies* <le ( aslcllanee express little hope that any adju-hncnt of their differences will he brought about, hut as divorce proceedings under the French law are very lenghly, new developments may occur he l'? ire l lie cas^r comes up for trial. A decree cannot he pronounced under from three to six month;;. Packets' Agent Under Fire. Chicago, Special. ? The onl> witness on the stand in i lie meat packers' plea for immunity case, was t M. ..!<? I'arlaue, oftice manager tor Morris & j Co. Ills evidence related to iho man nor in which informal ion was ^iven | lo (lie agents ol the gn\ eminent in the oilier* of Morris Co. The cross ox uuinaiion hy District Attorney Mor rison was exceedingly 'sharp, .lust he fore l lie adjournment of court tin district atturney pill some leadin.' questions regarding tluV working of the Cppenheimer Company, which, it is assorted by the ??o\ eminent. was ?no of the a dilated concerns through w hich the packers 'c<nil i oiled the pri ces of by-product-.. He made the di reel assert ion that the witness was uoi telling the truth in his answers, ami brought on a warm legal argument in which all thcJ0htmiicys in the case took part. The questions reyardinir Oppc.uhoimer & Co., worn finally ruled out by the com I. Brokers Charged With Fraud. Xew York, Special.- John S. White, president of the Imperial Trustees Company, of Jersey City, ami Kobert (J. liuxtou and Clyde Colt, brr?kers of this city, were arrested by Fnited ' States Marshal llenkel, on indict ments charging them with using the mails to defraud. It is alleged tha' ''oil and liuxtou sent out thousand? of circulars setting forth that tliev represented clients with millions ol idle capital to invest in first-elate* securities. When visited by rcprescn 'atives of various concerns, it' is al eged that liuxtou and Colt proposed 'o handle the securities offered, pro viding they were guaranteed by t Ik Imperial Trustee Company, of Jersey City. White- charged sums ranging from $200 to-. $-1,000 for guaranteeing the securities. Funding Board Purchases $50 00C State Bonds. Nashville, Special.? The fundhv board purchased $10,000 of Stat< muds, paving 00 1-2 therefor. Tlii mrchnse conies out <?i' loud surplus Auty thousand out ? ? t' !a>.t year's ?;;u lus alio went to the purchase ol ?onds, at I he same price. Cumberland Co. Increases Capital to $17,000,000. Nashville, Special. ? At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph company, nt llopkinsville, an<l in crease of j$3,;l00,000 in stock was vot ed, making $17,000,000 in all. It i? said the proceeds will he used in itn provments ip the system. Seaboard Shops at Abbeville, S. C.. Destroyed. Charleston, S. C., Snecial. ? A sj^ee ;al from Abbeville, says that the Sea board Air Line Railroad shops and -oundhouse were destroyed by tire Sunday morning with an estimated loss of $23,000. The shops were built :x\ 1^92 and were actively engaged in repair work. All wood work an'' mall parts of six engines in the roum\ onse were burned and their with Irawal from use until repaired is p Nrat inconvenience to the railroaV company. The losses are covered b\ insurant* and it is understood that the buildings will be replaced ut once. New York Life Must Tell. Houston, Tex., Special. ? Insurance Commissioner Flack, who has just re turned from the Chicago meeting, stated that the New York Life Insur ftnee Company had been aakod by J him for certain information concern ing its affairs, and that until anch in formation, the charter of which he rc f rated to diacloWe waa forthcoming the company would not m granted a per mit to do buaiaeaa in t ba Stata* . . "f ""v. " :""4" ?? VVOnK OFJjCONGRESS I What Our National J, a* Makers Are l Doing Day by Day. I Shipping Bill in Senate. The Senate |i>? .| | hiriy or forty misi-?'Ham>u..s biil< and *l<*\ miv eral hours to i !??? consideration of tin; 3lii|?l>i n?> lolls. |{i||> x\ i* i'i ? |?mhoi1 mi* tli?ii/inK tlic ??!, ..| a lMl<>Knl?> m ( un^n-ss 1 1 "i 1 1 Ala-Li ; uut horizing the const i H< i ion i.i a revenue miter \cssol ii?i- at Savannah, (ia.; iuii liovi/iivjf m he const ruction of a hri.lu<' n. loss Si. Andrew's Hay, Fla , b\ till' Hum Iiv^lia m. I 'ultiiubus St! Andrews h'ailroad < uuipanv, and pro viding l'"f ii;'!?tli.,,isfs, (Mi coll m a) stations, ell-. Must ol tin- liino <!c\ , >i ?.,( t|u. hill was c.ni-.mn,>, I I iV \j,. PeilloM' I), a >l'| Spi'Cell ill stlppOll of t in- incas'a I e, ?Ml. Ill I Hill II 'h J'i'.v. i) IJ | lull .allii.v ' J"' jo H"i< I tin- small, all I lie li lt, i>. it. >id ( he | jnti',1 Slates i in Santo I Ji.iiiiiiuu (o t lie Slate Di j.ai liiu iil Hi I ?i I i , |,s i,. led |m i In- riMjuniiu-e o.'i ioreiuu re .nitons Mr. Tillman made ,T|(j,.,|. J.1"11, ,n,i 1 liat iir mil \ want oil Mil as lo w lift l?-r Satiiii l>?.iuingo ,li"1 ,?*-',,n int.. t hi- present J -. rjtll-CMU ,u . II,. 1 1,,. ?I;U r.| t;| i t( - |-s had sa i,| thai iiii>; was I he ease. uh'lc ?X,?- -i.i I Ka I ,1m. ?r. i aii', Clin lit w as 1 1 i a 1 1 1 ? ,n ||?. Su|j(.| lillioy o| tin" I >i hi) in ii-a i* Kovernmoul. A I l?*r Mr. Ti'linan ha. I made a brief slaU'iiU'nt < ? " 1 1 1 ? i ? r 1 1 i 1 1 u tin- lulls |,nM m- rail mails re.sp..u>iblc i .M injuries to employes. Mr. r:ii< in> withdrew i,.s ? "oiion joe their reference to the mm mil lee mi ih<? .jtiflicitii \ . thus Iimvi/." thrin with tin- committee on i..,. . Slate commerce. Mr*.' I illnwin said In* hail nut been ? ware ot the frequent chan-.ro o|' iv|' ?reuee for tin* I, ills. II,. s:,iil that l|r> ?ad I Mien ilisl riiuienlal in tin- ell'orl to -ceuie the change of reference be cause the inter-} Slate commerce cni Miilti'c wart so iniieh engaged on the ui il road rate quest ion. At J o'clock I lie shop subsidy hill ;v;,s I al\ i 1 n up. Mr. Uncoil said that would lie inclined I?? support the I -lnppm;.- hiu jc jjM opera I i??na were I eoi.lined to -rant in- aid in (he way^ol [ jberal mail subsidies to steamship , .nies between ports of (ho United 1 Mate.s and other pons with which [ ' licre is now- Ul) direct communication, -neb, fur instance, as the purl.s ot South America. Ho believed thai Atfak ines should ho encouagcd. Ah/ Spooner surest ed that the hill would 'llord encouragement jnly to lar;e concerns, as- vessels would reoeivc !> sidy lor bul 10 years. Such vwwlf would then come into competition with subsidized ships, with the in evitable result, as he thought, of l'ore in>T their fcealo to the larger compan ies operating subsidized vessels. Mr. tfal linger intimated a wi!Iin<? .ness to amend the bill to meet the object ion. Mr. Penrose declared that for 20 years after 1873 jm trans-Atlantic vessels had been launched on the Del eware and that the record for thirtv years was only ten while the Clyde had launched hundreds. He contend ed that American labor should b< protected in the ship yards as we)1 is in t lie factories. Mr. Carter expressed the opinion that the bill would Ik; endorsed by tin entiro Hocky . Mountain region. Mi Penrose declared (he report that there was a ship building trust to be "r figment of the imagination." Rate Bill in House. Considerable fault was found with the railroad yate bill in the House, considering the fact that it is the measure of both parties. Mr. Little tfeMj-of Maine, opened up with a whirlwind tfcecoh iu which.be pointed out the drastic and far-reachimr eft'en 'u its provilions. The commit too, he said, had g.fne much farther than tie 1 resident has recommended and mud farther than lie wan willing- lo to. 'Je will not vote for the bill. Mi. Littleflold said lie would dem onstrate the incapacity of the inter State commerce commission, and from their own records. "And," he added, "I will give them that x<piur< deal that we hear talked of ho much and see so little practiced." The com mission had been overruled two-thirds "1 the time, he said. * The bill provided seven commis sioners and made four a quorum and it was possible for the President to remove three and leave all the power in the majority of the remaining four. It would be then that this dangerous power would rise up* and curse its makers. t, Mr- Oro?venor, of Ohio, ridiculed the alleged popular demand for tUe legislation, picked fl*ws in the con btructjoq of the bill, complained be oauso no amendments were to be tl lowed, ?nd eouejoded with the state nient bet be sjjonld do his best to #ret tb* bill out of the House at the earliest possible moment, whieh was taken to man that' ho would vote for Ool. Mosby at While House. Washington, Special.? CoL John 8. Mosby, who commanded an indepen dent Confederate cavalry foree dur ing the Civil War, presented to the President a letter written by General Jos. Wheeldr, ,a week before hie, death, recommending the appointment of an Alabaman nan to a Federal of flee. The President promised \o tm thereafter consideration. FOUR OVERAWE THOUSAND Shot* !l ah 'I Deputies Biuvoly Uoly Hub With riojro Prisoner. Wuuiitu'i il minimi J >1*11(1 4 (ho CVuhiI mid t ire* I'lotol filial lllitlili ik I the .Shell It'. I'oplar It lu ft!, Mo.- Four bravo men <>\ era wed a thousand when SJhorlff ?L )!. and three assistants fought their way through a mob wiih Cui'tla Jackson, a negro, ju*t identltled as tho assailant <>f Mrs. Daniel Norman. Hogg niul his comradcs had a frightful bat* il*1, Inn their courage and coolness won tin.' day, unit their prisoner, In* jurcd <nil> by a blow in the fact' with n club that knocked him down, wus I * * .. I . . . < ? *fiin 'IHaI'v U'OV II .ull? 1/ III 41 ""Ktt.V 1 u Mt'llill \ ilie. In Unit place this Sheriff and lit* --- prisoner boarded a train -for St. l.ouU. i; was' a particularly/daring thing for i !i> oHI. k? du. a>i Daniel Norman,, the woman's husband,' headed the mob which demanded .JacHwii front the MierllV. Norman, after Hogg disarmed li.iu. n>>i aiiathor revolver and at hi ?it. i I'-jii'iaii' t the Impending escape of i lie negro tired point blank at Sheriff liogg. Tin? bull wei.it wild. t'ublic feeling ran high in I'avor of the lynching of Jackson. The negro's itta- k on Mr.-. "Norman was peculiarly ?filial, and the woman'* Itiglt position i th.e eoiiimiMii ly , ns well as tlie gen :i . respect in which her husband wan <1, iittbtmed hundreds of their 1 1 ? ? 1 1 ? I f . Ii wits e. ideal. too.' from tin* ' .iii"in'e oi those who intended killing a.-kvuii summarily. t!:tt iliey wished <? lie siii',' ol'^helf man, and were de i''. ntine.l u ? 1 1 to make a travesty of lieii own outrage npai .justice. All bromr!) ti;e forenoon they waited tin I Mi1.-. Norman was in condition to 1 'he ii.'gro taki'n before her. She 1 as too ill to i lit i?k of leaving hoi* "inc. hi i at last physicians en Id tin? ln'iitY li i-.bl take the prisottur to her l.llllv.'. llo'i.u tveived mi imneratirtW coin "'.'.ml li. iu (iovernor Folk to save the ? :ro. There was no ' if po'Ssiliht" in re in<?!Mtv;e. "Save the negro," the 1 overno; X telegram read. Hogg (old 0 his assisi;ia:s bo wits resolved to carry out the order if it cost his o*vn life. Me nske t his men If they would stand by him. They said they would. no. 'Her ii ('.eatli awaited them. Then the four determined men set about their terribly ta*k. i"?- hiie<s.st'd only In one ivs'ieef. i That was whetj he insisted on taking Jackson hai k to the jail It ore before ho . on U1 1 .11 whether or not Mrs." Nor- ; :au had recognized the negro. At tst tho crowd, by liiat Uiuo a thou utjl strong, learned the fact. Instant* r a rush was imn'e to the jail and ?ekson was demanded of the ShcrlP*. 'egg refusoir'to give^ihe negro up. \ornian advanced and repented thede ?'?and. lie carried a revolver, antl ' ere was a look in his eyes that s'lowrd he was as determined hm the lierlfT ? for the time, at any rate. ' I ogg repeated hi* refusal. N<iruftm>_ .. friends crowded up to tlu windttvrff '>f the Jn II and urged hi in lo iujtlg't ?u having the negro's life. They, too, were armed. Sheriff Hogg lmd at Ida back Harry Iden and .Taiue? Scott. deputy sheriffs, a ml Henry Whltworlb. the City Mar shal. He again asked ll) em I? they would uphold hltu in carrying out the law, saying ho would rtt?nke?the tight ? .??lone if they wished to withdraw. Fired by his example, they told him a gill n they would stay with illm to the'. end. That Infuriated Normal! and his friends. Sheriff Hogg went to Iho-deor of the 'ail a i:d addressed the crowd, 'I'll.* Sheriff's words .made little 'Ini Tirt'sslon on the men, and they sur rounded lite jail door. Norman run toward the south door, a t'evo'mr in his hand. Sheriff Ilogg r. inHi ??i.uty Jden met him aikl die .?'rmetl him. As soon us he was re* j: K-isetl he got another revolver from mine one in the crowd And again started for (ho negro. Meantime men surrounded the negro, who was trembling and was utterly vueeehh >s. Some one hit lilin In the face with a club, knocking jifiu down, 'ihe^nob thfti began kicking lilin, Hogg then' dragged .laekeou to" Ills f" i find rushed hint to a hngcjy. Whit wo' tii -lira is g in and took tiio rolna. ? >'coit l urched himself on the hack of the vehicle and warned the mob nwnjr, Dozens of men sprang in front of tho horses, when Whltwovth touched them w l'h ids whin and several seized tho animals' heads. ? "Stand back," cried Hogg, "or I'll ?d"i'>l to kill." He ar.-.se In his place and leveled a brace i f revolvers at the men In frout of (he hor#e.?. Then It was that Nor mini's bullet winged Its way by the ShcrllY'}; head. Hogg smiled and, cry ing. "1 forgive you, Dan." told Whit worth to whip up. The City Marshal drew his Ia>h across the animals* backs and with a bound they broke through the mob. So amassed were the rioters by the Sheriff's splendid nerve and that of his comrades that no further attempt to ohcck the flight with i bo pvUonftc xvus made. NINE LIVES LOST AT BENNES. TLree Women Die From Fright at Fir? in Hone fdr Aged. Rem;:*. FruQC?,^AM the buildings* of the iZou.e fo; til^ Ag?d in FftO t Oil IV .:*?! Fuvi?(, t>7 the Little Sis ters ci the. r<*>r. wer# deetroji^ fca r Ave,. Nine uodjfe hat# t>eep fomiA lo the ruin*. tbrte women (HftllaBpmcr; flight. M. Stenou, the chaplain, wWIr atl'.mpting to save Inmates, fell AMI tvaa ^^'.ousiy iajurtd. TWO MRN* W8T WIRBOAWk Vest;.|3 RoiVChtn? St. R< Henry Weather on Atlantic. St. Jcbu'?<3N. F.? The steamer t Captain Cb*uibers. of tbe Tni AIIhh Milne, wbtcb MiM fr<MB ? poo) ou 3 no. 28 for St, JToho'* Md IfM. AiTlvert after a ?tormy paM Ift s* Jnnart<wa?Hft mwnber <rf Mm-* vrft* w.??he<\ oVtfbttUtt flint <tnm Tk# aiiata#!* fttutiiAftd rtamiBi *<ax.