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THE eAMDRN 0HR0NI0LE VOLUMKXVII. ' .CAMDKN. S. C.. KlilDAY, .11'IA t>, liHMi. , NO. 2(1. HI! HIE II UK MM f acts About the l.eading Piece of Work By Last Congress ITS STRONG AND WEAK POINTS Salient Features of the Measure Which Became a Law After Lengthy Consideration. It in something of a tusk to study in detail the *4 into |,ijl" as it Jius become law. It may, therefore, Ik? useful to our readers to make ft sum mary of the salient feature* ttiat work important changes in the inter state commerce law. The definition common carriers include* for t!;c time express companies and pipe lines fur the transportation of oil, but not see I ping car companies. The definition of a railroad eovers all the npjRirtenances eouneetetl with tracks and terminals, and the term "trans port at ion''' covers all the insturueu lalities used in receiving, conveying and delivering persons or property, i including what is necessary for venti lation. refrigeration, storage, han dling. etc. This brings under the Inu tile so-called private ear companies and elevators. TH*e clause restricting the use of passes or free transporta-. lion is new, but it is pretty liberal iu ? the executions made. The provisions intended to prevent common carriers" -from eompoting in production and trade iu commodities which they carry is limited to railroad companies and takes effect on the first of May. 190S. The main purpose* of this, which was one ?f tlie Senate amend ments, is to divorce the ownership, control, and operation of coal mines from the railroad* engaged in trans porting the product, but it applies to^ill other eonunodities except such as may be for the use of the railroads iin their business as common carriers. Railroads are required to make on reasonable terms such connection at shipping points by means of spurs,sid ings, etc.. as may be "reasonably practicable." where it will result in "sullicient business to justify the construction and maintenance of the same." Whenever they fail to do this and complaint is made, the coni .uiissiou after investigation may re quire it to be done, and its orders in the premises may be enforced by the same proceedings as its Other orders. The provisions regard it ur the liling and posting of schedules of rates; and charges ?re fuller and more explicit than those of the law at present. They must include all through and joint rates, or, w\jere -these are not established, all the s^wirate rates and charges "applied to through trans portation." No change can be made without :?? notice of thirty days, ex cept that. the commission may "in its descretion and . for good causes shown," allow changes on shorter * notice or modify the requirements of fhc law "iu respect to publishing, pistimr and tiling tariffs." All con tracts, agreements or arrangements between common earners affecting their rates or charges must be filed with the (Commission, and it may pre scribe the ivii'ui yf aij schedules. Sim ilar requirements are made regarding passenger?fa res. There is a strin gent anti-rebate provision, which is substantially that of the Klkins Act, ' but somewhat strengthened. It makes- it unlawful for "any person or persons or corporation t<> offnr graui or give, or to solicit, accept or receive any rebate, concession or dis crimination ?>in respect to I be trans portation of any properly," wbereby such property shall "by any dvice udiatever bo transported at a less rate tlian that namod"'in the published sehednlcs, or whereby "any other ad vantage is given or discrimination practiced." The penalty is a hoary fine for each offense, butvany person or any officer, director or agent <>f p corporation who shall be edn^ictvd of'the offeftse is made also subject*1 to imprisonment. Ample provision is uiude for the onforcenient oj- this, clause*, and yffendors who rneeive re bat es or pecuniary advantage are . made liable to forfeit three times the value of the consideration received in proceedings brought on authority frf the* Attorney Or-wra!.' ?.The section giving the commission power to prescribe rates has hfcen v-^made fapiiliar in the lonj*. <lis<^?sion of.this measure. It isroniyynecwsaiy to Veoall thai where Ujx>n complaint and after full hearing tin* commission Hnds that "any of tlie rates or char ges whatsoever demanded, charged or collected," or any regulation or prac ? lice ^effecting such rales or trnns portation,^ are "unjust or unreason able, or unjustly discriminatory or Unduly preferential or prejudicial or -otherwise in violation of any of the provisions of this Act," it may "de termine and prescribe what will be the just and reasonable" Yates or rliar'cs to be observed n? the lEo.xi tnrnn! and what practice is just, fair and reasonable to be thereafter fol lowed, and may issue an order for AtUeir observance, which "shall take effect within #?<*!? reasonable time, " not less than thirty days, and shall - continue in f<*<* for *uHl P??*1 not weeding two veais, as shall W pre the mdttr nf Uir ?mmi<u " siou. utiles* the same shall be wis ? penned or moilifted, or set aside by SL the commission or he suspended, or ml ai*?de hv a omifl of competent ?j?risdictioB;;; Pf * ^ ' scribe rales extends to through ami joint rates where the. earlier* halve tailed t<> ay-fee upon them ami com plaint is made. Klahorate provision is made for enforcing the orders of the commission, by prosecutions for failure t<> comply with the require ments of the law and for forfeitures and penalties. Incidentals' in desig nating the venue for suits against the. commission to^enjoin, set aside, an nul, or suspenJd any order or require ment of the'^commission," jurisdiv tion for such s^its is specifically vest ed in the Circuit Omrfs of. the Unit ed States, This is point which pro voked such a pondeVpuK and prolong ed debate in the Scnu^'. The provis ions of the former Act for expedit ing " the hearing am\, determination of suit in equity an so forth" is Uiade applicable, with some further specifications, and here the proviso over which so much contention was made is inter|M>sed. "that no injunc tion or interlocutory jjrder or decree suspending or restraining the enforce ment of an order of the commission shall be granted except on hearing after not less than five days' notice to the commission.' The other important provisions are those relating,to annual reports to the commission, the details of which are fully prescribed, giving the commis sion power in its descretion to pre scribe forms for all * "aeounts, re cords and memoranda to be kept by the eari'iers-" subject to the. Act, in- j eluding those relating to tlu; move ment of traflic, as well as receipts j and expenditures, ami enlarging the J commission to a^ven members with seven-year terms and 'increasing sal aries to $10,000 a year. There is no doubt that this bill has greatly stren gthened am^ improved the inter-State commerce law. How this provision 1 giving tin/ commision power to pre scribe ra/es will work can only be delermyft'd by" experience. JYobably the only effect it wHl have will be to put the carriers on their guard and induce them to take pains with their schedules to avoid eoullict with the authority of tho^ commission. The commission may-^lso bo cautions about eoullict over.rates, but if there should be serious conflict the cum bersome system would probably break dowii by its own weight. News Notes. . Attorney-General Mwnly had con* feronce with the special counsel en gaged by the Government to assist ii the Standard Oil investigation, ?The treaty between the Unitec States and Santo Domingo .>vjl| prob ablv be postponed until next Decern ber. ' *' '?*" ?' ?* jl , ?#*?"*' . * Residents 01 point,s .near Fort Mon roo complain' of reckless firing fron the big guln's'at the fort."'' ? The Lnbor World. Cotton manufacturers or Fall Riv er, Mass., announce a wage inef-oase of fourteen per cent. In the? Lancashire (England) cot ton factories over haft a million per sons are no./ employed. Briti' 1 textile wr Kers are pushiui strike movements because of the ac tivity of tho markets and 'extension* of mills. The postmaster ?," Perth Amboy N. J.. rec? .tJy suspended three let ter carriers for one-half day each foi working overtime. Prominent People. ' Secretary Shaw has six loos on each foot. !\ing Haakon is (Inscribed as be ing ^intensely dramatic." Persistent rumors in City 1 in 11 circles have it that Charter II. Harri son, four times Mayor of Chicago, is seriously affected with cancer in the throat. Former Governor Aycock, of Xprth Carolina^ lias declined the ap pointment tendered bv President Roosevelt as a delegate to the I'sin American Conference at.Ilio Janeiro. The "Wrong Box." A portentous discovery has heen made in a building used by the Brit ish Women's Temperate Association. 7:0 everybody's horror, a chocolate box was found whlcfh stfielt of whis ky. , \ye were "hot present?Which we deeply regret, as it would have provided a new ami thrilling sensation -?tout we^gathev'-that the .blame was thfown upgh .the 'maker, the pur chaser.remaining'exempt. 'Lad lea can not, as we agreed here und sfhould be agreed everywhere, always ask what chocolate, contains. It is the bound en duty of a eonfortloner, whenever ! he sella to a lady who lcoks as though she might bolong to the Drltish Wo men's Temperance Association, to point out gently, but firmly, that the chocolate she proposes to buy is net free from alcohol. Freely and fully we absolve the owner of the box In question, but.. would point cut that her fellow meffthers appear to have ignored a rather obvious duty in the ?circumstances, They should have banded together, with jt flay^fr pos sible, and paid a visit of denunciation and nrf?t??;t'tc the Vdcksd ocrnfociione.* and the still mfufi' wicked manufac turer.?sl Jamefc' (hrtette. USE YOUlT LEMON ftlNDS. Whn leiyutdo Is nUe place the SQueeted kSTvos in a faJr*l*ed Jug and poor bolting water on them. Af ter thi- has stood tor a few hour* strata*' of the watar tote a clean -jng:?TEVBTcZSnSe mlxedT with the leapoaade made from the Juice and firea It a delicate . Wd - deilotoua flavor of the peel, Lemonade ptw greatly by tbts mixture aad U a doobly delightful beverage. .. >? APPROPRIATIONS INCHlAStD L?rg06t Appropriation Ever Made for Public Buildings. Washington, Special.? Subject to changes, (lie Senate com in?11 ?*?' on public buildings and grounds, upon convening mt?d?> public the amend ments made during it* night session in the omnibus public building bill. Among the new items included, aire the folio wing: Lynchburg, \ a., $80,000; Fernan dina, Fa., $100,000; (jrecuwood, S. (\, $75,000; J'lit'ton Forge, Va., $40, 000; Daltou (la., $7,500; Waycross, (la., $7,500. Reductions in appropriations from the House loll are as follows: Groenvillc, S. ('., $80,000 to $75, 000; Florence, Ala., $150,000 to $40, 000; Tuscaloosa, Ala., $150,000 to $125,000; Oeala, Fla., $80,000 to $05, 000; Portsmouth \'a., $98,000 to $00, 000; Dothan, Ala., $40,000 to $35, 000; Albany, (la., $125,000, to $100 000. The Senate committee made in creases in the House appropriations as follows; Marietta, (?a., $5,000 to $50,000; Fayetteville, N. ('., $10,000 to $00, 000; Paris, Tenn., $10,000 to $40, 000; Chattanooga, Tenn., $50,000 to $110,000; (iaine.svilie, (in., $45,000; to $50,000; Salisbui"* N. C., $00,000 to $75,000; Washington, N. ('., $00, 000 to,$75,000; Fredericksburg, Ya., $30,000 to $10,000; (j riflin, (In., $.*>,? 000 to $7,500; Newman, (la., $5000 to $7500. To the general legislation of the House is added a provision for tear ing down and rehuildin"' the public building at Richmond, Yn., and con tracts a!'e authorized not to exceed $200,000, with ;j limit of cost for the building when completed of $800, 000. Leading Sunday School Workers Hold Meeting. ? ? Kuo.wille, Special.?A kneeling was held in Kuo.wille last week of some ot the leading Sunday school workers of Knoxville preparatory to the meet, ing of Sunday schools of Fast Ten nessee in Knoxville on September 5, (? and 7. Secretary .KdwaWl Albright of the state organization was in the city lo give the. matter impetus. A chairman of the entertainment com mittee was appointed, a eommiUtse selected to secure a place of meeting and other arrangements 'made. The program was discussed and the in tention is to have a program of able speakers. In a few weeks, the pro gram will be issul'd and the" "work will begin in earnest to secure a large attendance at the meeting. Found Dead in Her Room. Richmond, Special.?Miss Albenia Fitzgerald was found dead in her Coom hv a colored woman, Laura Clark, who had goue.to the Fitzger ald home to gather the laundry. No one answering the call, she entered the house and wenh to Miss Fitzger ald s room, ..where she found the bodv lying directly in fvont of the grate, the head resting against a trunk The coroner found nothing to indicate the cause of death except an affection of the brain. Miss Fitzgerald had probably arisen and e/immenc^d to dress, and had been stricken while crossing the room. Miss Fitzgerald was 33 years old. She- had been in ill health for several years. Columbian Minister Named. Washington, Special?Enrique Cor tex bn? been uarnrd ihe Colombian minister to the United States to suc ceed Diego Mondaza. The State De partment has been advised bv the American Minister Harrett at Bogota that the appointment of Cortez fol lowed the initiation of preliminary negotations at Hotogn looking toward the framing of treaties between the 1 uitcd States and Colombia intended to settle a 11> disputes' and inaugurate a new era of friendlv re" Forest Fire Rage/ HI Paso, Texas, Special.?Forest fires burning in the lumber tra?l> ?ear Magdalena, Sonora, nnd tin* luwn of Magdalena, is threatened. It is re peorted that several mining mmf>s have been destroyed. The region is thickly' populated with American miners. Great Race Horse Dead. New York, Special.-*?Perhaps the greatest race horse this fountry has ever known, and possibly * the best of all time, fell dead in his J?ox at Khcapshcad Bay.at I o'clock >-8tmday afternoon. 1'oiirageouH tft the end, hu refused to give up until the last ounce of his strength was ex|>en?lcd, and lVt* died ns he had lived --a brave-hearted thoroughbred. James R. Keens; the owner of Sysonby, when an offer ot $*200,000 was made a few month* air" for the animal, merely replied that money would not buy him. New Canal Commission. Washington, Special.?Because of the .failure of the Senate t'o confirm the Isthmian Canal Commission, Fn s ident Roonevelt has iyrtne?l; a neft rfnn",,;ntii^n cmi'' li:".r *f ^ ~**j" Shouts, chairman; John F. Stevens. Governor,-Governor Charles E. Ma good, Brigadier General Peter C Hains, V. S., (retired)* Mordecai Endicott, civil engineer, 17. S. X nod Benjamin M. llarrod, tntmhera PAL MET 10 CROP BULLET IN Condition ol South Carolina Crops for Week Ending Monday, July 2, 1906, as Given Out by th* De partment. Tlu- week lias somewhat Us-, than a seasonable amount of sunshine owinu In tlie lrequenl occurrence ?? t thunder storms dnrini? tlie middle of th?> day iluil cuiwod much local cloudiness. Tlu1 temperature was liiuli throiu:h ? ml the week aitil over" the entire Slate, i lie maximum temperatures having risen t<> !M) decrees, or *ahove, every day and at a lew places rose to over 1 ill) decrees on one or more da\s>. The average temperature lor tlje week" \\a* sliyhtly above normal, and the extremes were a maximum of 102 decrees at Blackville on June 2Sth, and a minimum temperature of - t t 1 oS degrees at Greenville on June 2(ith. The precipitation was unevenly dts trihuted, some localities having had execessive amounts ami others record ed deficiencies. The largest local amount for the week was f>,20 inches at St. Matthews. The smallest amounts occurred generally on the immediate coast. The entire rainfall tor the week was due to thunder storms, some of which were aecom ?winied liy^diigh winds, ami some by hail. .Ml peit- of the Slate have at I resent an ample supply of moisture. State Teachors Association. The State Teachers' Association will meet at Winthrop College on the night of July If h. The adddress of the president. Prof. A. < ?. lieinl.evl. of WolTWd College, and the addicv by "President- Seherer of New berry College will be the features of the lirsl nimbi's exercises. For the re mainder of the meeting, the follow ing is the programme: Second Session, July 5, -1:30 P. M. Topic?The Lesson: (a) Length of Lessons: Claude Legge, Charleston; Miss Annabel Johnson, Columbia. (h). The Teacher's Preparation: Miss Alice Selby. Columbia; Supt. \V. II. McNairy, Marion; Miss'* Mary T. Nance, AJ>beville. (c). He,view: l'rof. Patterson Wardlaw, University of South Caro lina; Supt. D. D.'Lewis, Timmons ville. - ' (e). General Discussion of the Top ic:- (Introductory talks will be lim it.ted to tive minutes). Third Session. July 5, 8:30 P. M. Topic?The High School. (ft). Needed Legislationj Supt. \V. IL Hand, Chester. , (b). Organization: Prof. F. P. Clax -University Tennessee. (e). General Discussion of the Tonic. ? , Fourth Session, July 6, 10 A. I Justness Session. (a). Report of committee on rcor '."nizat ion. (b). Report of special commit Ices. Departmental Session. July 6, -1:30 P. M.' 1. Woman's Association for the Improvement of Hural Schools. 2. College department?programme to be announced. 3. Department for primarv teach ers. ? ? 8:30 p. in. Kcccpliot) and Social ?ession. . * Union B. & L. Association. Union,. Special. A) a mectini; of the dirctMois i?I" tin' I tiiun 1'uildiir.r Mild !,nnnrAssociation .1. I). Arthur was elected I reasur'M to succeed \V. \V. JInj?lii*s. t lie default in*; treasurer, and iltilcs lor stockholders of the va rious serifs-to meet \??-re set. A Horse Thief at 9? ('hii k^hnre, Special. Klijah iitiii. ;i !) year-oh! hoy. is clial'ifcd here with stealiny t^o Itoi^'.s liiliJied to ;i uy, nml drivinir them to a ifypsj camp I\\o miles I'roni (HWII, where he tried to trade a crav horse lor :i black one. >o a> to have a matched team, I>i11 tailed. The hoy vfas'lodsed in jail. Killed by Lightnihg. Union. Special.?A very heavy wind, rain and electrical slorin piiss ed over this section late Monday at ternoon. the wind blowing al a fierce rale, whil? the rain came down in a perfect delude. l>J?vid Nelson, a?.rcd about 20 yetlls, wvas killed by lii>*?I - niuy during the slorm, as was also a dog under the house. There were ..ten persons with him in I he house o| 4ji> father. Nathan Nelson, who lives o>i Dr. T. H. Hales* place, several miles'. from Xantwc, and all were considertH?l^" shocked, the baby !>. in.* hadlv burneit: Monarch in Good Condition. Union, S|>eeiul.?Al n meeting of the direelors of the Monarch Cdtion Alill*. a dividend of H Qpr ccnt.^cini* rrtttmra! oiU Tk?T1i ^commoj^and pre ferred stock was declared, payable at once which will put $lS,00ft in circu lation among the stockholders and elsewhere. The semi-annual report of President and Treasurer John A. * Fant' was a most *Atisf??i?tArv ati^ PARKS KILLING INVcSTIGnl ION Former County Auditor of Baruwoll Takes Book Depository Case Into Court?Tho Complaint. Columbia, Special* A* a result <? T tl(.e book contracts by I lie Stat*' board of education ami the decision of ilihal body oi establish * Stale depository in Columbia, a temporary restraining order lias been obtained from Chief ?I list ice Woods by Messrs. Kcllingcr Web'b which will result in n hear ing oil the legality of the action of board on July II and until that lime 110 contracts can be signed and all ol the tchool book buHinesa held tip; 1 he suit is brought by Messrs. Bel linger A Welch for Mr, W. II Dun ?'?n ol Harwell, former auditor of that county. It is not known whom Mr. Duncan represtmls but it is thought that sonic book house might be interested in the light. The com plaint presented to Associate Justice Woods at Marion states that the code provides for county depositories of books, except in some four or live counties exempted by the act. Tho county hoard ol education is requir ed to set aside a certain amount of money each year to purchase these bonks and a certain profit is allowed each depository. All bids for sup plying the State with books are sup posed to include the prices laid down at I he various county depositories with no charge for shipping or dray The petition then continues: t , "Your petitioner is informed ami believes and so alleges that fciiieo the date o| the acceptance of the bid and the adoption of said books for the next succeeding live years as above mentioned, to wit: on the 'Jtitb dav ol .June ii^lant. the various publish ers or a majority thereof, whose bids had been accepted b\ tin* board, met , and selected, as the manager of the :he "central depository" in tin* city ol t oluinbia, a retail book concern ol said ci!>, and then and there agreed to give as compensation to said book concern, J'or acting as the said ('(Mitral depository, 10 per cent, of the gross price of hII bonks to pass through the hands of said dealer or shipped to county depositories or in dividuals by its order, under .its di rection or through said 'central de pository," the said extra lit per cent, be nig in addition to the net price of said books as furnished to the county depositories, and the 10 per coul'l al lowed said county depositories for their immediate remuneration and expense. "And yoiir petitioner contends and charges that the amount so allowed to the central depository in an ad ditional amount fiver, and above tho actual post of the books which the law contemplates shall be charged to the patrons of the schools, and be ing charged solely for the mainte nance of'the central'depository, is a violation of the law in that it in creases the number of middlemen act ing wtbeeeri the publisher and the ul timate purchaser, to the cost and dam age of the latter.- > " "? "Your petitioner respectfully con tends that by the statutes of this State Jhe coat of the books {o patron* of the school shall be riie net price received by the publishers plus file percentage allowed to the local coun ty depositories and thlit it is unlawful and beyond the power of the board to add, by nnv means whatsoever and especially Y>y newly created and ad ditional agencies, any sum however small to the cost of these books which the purchaser is required-to pay.",.; The point made in the above is that the publishers fn thoir bids placed additional charge of 10 per cent, on the books and for this reason none of the bids are legal. Justice Wood will hear the argument* in the case r.n July 11 and a decision will he ren dered (hereon as soon as oossiMe. / In the meant into, however, all of the book onnt^jets are held up. Appropriations Made for South Car olina. Washinjrtdn. ? Special.?Aiaonsr tl?o. ilmns agreed to by the conferees on fln? public building bill arc the fol lowing: South (Carolina: rjroonville $Sii,000; Anderson $.">0,000; Chester $>."><1.000; Greenwood $60,000; Sumter *.".0.000v Aiken .ft0.000. Items of State Ncwb. Columbia, Spopia 1.?Julia Belmont ?nd 1 it mo Dolrmo, inmates of Annie Hardin's liouso in Ibe rod light dis trict. woro accidentally drowned ?in what is known as- T for mo crook. ten miles from tho. oity. Tho wftinen stopped into a holo over their bonds and wero drowned before assistance <*ould eaaoh them. Willio Moore, Kthel McQuartors and Margaret Ham ilton, of t1ir? same house, were in thr party, but they wore saved, though Moore and McQuartors had narrow escape*. Anderson, Speoial.?Mr. fi. H.Gci ger, a well "known young attorney of the city, ha* been appointed referee in baftkruptey by Judge Brawley to a W \ Vr ? mm m ' T~1 ^a<uM4s4H. tTBgiraTh r<?hjgn<?4l. ; , Kershaw', HpeeiAi.?Mcasrs. John T. Oreen of I*ancatttei*v and Tho*. JV Kirkland of (-a rod en, representhnj the opposition to the dispensary at thia place wero here making arrange-, menla to-appear before Juatiee Joriea at Ijfdtoaater to aak for an injunction. f. ? . , ? v . ; ?>, > ? FIFMKIIGOSGIIFSS Notable Measures That the Sody Has Passer). APPROPRIATIONS, $OttO,183,301 SflO.OOO.OOO Jump l? l\\penditnres Mr. IJoosevelt Compliments Members on Their ?l>bdHl?'?vi?lcd lligh Washington. 1>. ? *'*?' *?>?* ,hst linn. in tlio history of tho Government Congress adjourned on tho day which eloscd I ho fiscal year. Other sessions had adjourned before mid some alter Juno 30, hut the Fifty ninth Congress ended its tlrst session exactly at 10 o'clock In the evening on the. day when the Government strikes its balances# 1111,1 .loses its hooks, after a session marked hy the expenditure of more titan $SSO,0<10,000. ail Increase or 000,000 over the expenditures of the preceding hoi!.?. The Inst day was marked hy excit ing secilcs, weary delays and the hilar ious actions of members of the House (hiring the waits for action on the Im portant measures kept until the last moment. President Roosevelt at tended at llie Capitol all day to sign late hills, hut after many weary waits was compelled to go home leaving two unsigned. lit' left for Oyster Hay "TH^tlie 1 o'clock triMn. ' Hefore going he issued this statement: ??In the session that has just closed the Congress has done more substantial work for good, than any Congress has done at any session since 1 became fa miliar with public affairs. The legisla tion has been along the linos of real constructive statesmanship of the most practical and elllcleiu type, and bill af ter bill has boon enaetrd' into law which was of an Importance* so great tiiftt'- It Is fair to say that the enact ment of any one of them alone would have made the session memorable: such, for Instance, as the Railroad Rate bill, the meat inspection measure, the Pure Food bill, tho bill for free al cohol In the arts, the Consular Relorin bill. Panama ('anal legislation, tho Joint Statehood bill and the Naturali zation bill. "I certainly have no dispog^ion to blink at what there is oL' evil in our so cial, Industrial or political life of to day, but It seems to nur that the men of genuine patriotism who genuinely wish well to their country have the right to feel a profound satisfaction in the entire course of Congress. "1 would not bo afraid to compare its record with that of any previous Congress In our history, not alone for the wisdom, hut for tho disinterested hlglnnlndedness which has controlled Its actions. It Is noteworthy that not a single measure which tho closest scrutiny could warrant us )n calling of doubtful propriety has been enacted, and on the other hand no Influence of niiv kind has to/prevent the -enactment of ^J^VA.^u?8t vitally necessary to time. Chairman TnjrtTejTf&'tJi* House ')T>* propriatlons Committee, made this statement as to the appropriations for the fiscal year of 11*07 : "The total appropriations made at tiiiu session of Congress, Including those carried in tho regular appropria tion acts, all deficiencies, mtscetljOieouH matters and permanent annual Wppro prlatioiis, aggregate $HH0.183,30J. "This is an apparent Increase ^?f *M). 000,000 over the appropriations made at the last session of Congress. This apparent excess in appropriation* at ?It's fiess&U over those made last ses sion Is more than accounted for In the throe following Items: ? "For the Isthmian Canal. $42.441, (XX); under the-Statehood bill, $10,250. nOO: toward the construction of new buildings, authorized at this, sosslou, #10.320,000. making a total of $tU.?M?v (>00, to which might properly bo added $5,000,000 for San Francisco A "Other notable increases ar^?3.000. 000 on the agricultural bill for tien of meat product, and *10,<100,000 on account of tho postal service. "In my Judgment the ordinary rev enues of the Government tiext flscnl year will amount' to at least $(?00,<mm?: ()00 Tho postal revenues are esti mated at $181;r,73.000 for 1007, making the total apparent resources of the Government next year not loss'than 5mH1,573,000. or at least $10,000,000 In excess of appropriations that nuu' be charged against them." fiUMMARY OF THK WORK OP COXtJltKSS. Total impropriations, $SKO, 18.",.301. Appropriations Inst session. $820. 000,000. Import a lit 1>I lis passed: Rate Rejwlatlon.^ **". '? Moat Inspection. ?. r 1 Pure Food. r.mplojjfrs' Lin hi Illy. FiOck Canal at I aimmn. Wtntehood tot two States. Free alcohol. / 1 Im|K>rtnnt I>IIIh failed: _ Immigration Restriction. < 'orrnpt ContrlhntIons. Control of Insurance. Philippine Tariff. Right hours for (Jovernment work. Antl-Injimction bill. : Twenty.-thoiiHaml ton Battleship. j Drowning Man's Heroin Realizing that he was dragging who WiU'lTt^pr tng to Mf6 hiu, Herbert J. Callander tpught himself ,away Iron his regwyer and ?M drowned at the pvMte bath* ing buch. Waahlngtov,-6.C TbV bodyNfas recovered. Caliendar was an expert swimmer. 11a was seised with a eram^ and his H?, Callander? bad U _ tine him within fifty feet of the s^cr< when the drowning ectarred. 4 _ . ~? ? -2*rI^T- -"^^ALriri?*TBer5ow35r?*<,'""'"*r * .*?.*? ?? ??'?" - V- r . a v mm wms ? KILLED III ENGLAND Train Wrecked at Salisbury by Jumping Dangerous Curve. DEADLIEST ACCIDENT RECORDED By Staying On the Steamer Mayot MoClcllmi, of New York, Wnt Saved Willi Other I'asiKoiigci's by That Derision. London.?Passengers who arrived at Plymouth ottythe American Line h(earner Now York, which left New York on Juno 2H, and sfUrted for London on a steamer train wore tho victiniH of one of tho most, deadly disasters in English railway history at Salisbury, when tho locomotive jumped tho railn and dashed first into a milk train on a siding and then against tho girders of a bridge. Tho whole train was demolished. Out of forty#-two passengers twen ty-three wore killed and nine injured. Four railway employes are among tho dead. Mavor George B. McClellan, of Now York, who, with his wife, was a passenger, continued the voyage to Southampton and landing there ar rived lit London safely. Mrs. Mc Clellan continued on from Cherbourg for Paris.. Tho New Yorki with a full passen ger list, had had a slow voyage. A majority of tho passengers de cided, when it became ovident that tho lateness of the steamer's arrival would necessitate a long night Jour ney, to stick to the ship and make a more comfortable daylight trip from Southampton. Each passenger in making this apparently unimportant choice lite-ally decided tho question of life or death. ' Mayor McClellan was one of tho last to choose the Southampton route. He had decided to go to London by the quickest way, and it was only at the last moment that ho yielded to the persuasion of his wife to remain with her. The list of dead includes many Amer ican^ They are: > Passengers Killed. ' Walter Harwiek, K. C.. Toronto; Loui* Cassier, Trumbull, Conn., pub lisher of Cassler's Magazine, i>'e\v York: Frederick Henry Cossitt, Prince ton. 'oti: married Just before the'Naw York sailed to Justice Dugro's daugh ter Antonia, who was with him'and es caped unhurt; Mrs. C. W. Elplilcke, Chicago; Louis Goepplnger (second cabin;} Dudley P. Hardfiig; Mrs. L. N*. Hitchcock; Mrs. Mary F. Ilowieson, New York; Jules Keller (second cabin) ; the Hev, E. L. King, of To^ ronto; Frank XV/ Koch, Allentown, Pa., dry goods merchant nmPbankeir.; John 13. McDonald, New York, telephone company promoter and'horseman; C. F. McMeekJu, Lexington, Ky., horse^ man; C. A. Plpon, Toronto; Mi*s Fleanor Smith, Dayton, Ohio; Gerald Smith, Dayton, Ohio; Mrs. WftlWrW. Smith, Dayton, Ohio; Charles E. Sen tell, Brooklyn; Mrs. Edward W. Sen tell, Brooklyn; Miss Blanche M. Sen- * tell. Brooklyn; Miss Gertrude M. Sen? tell. Brooklyn; W. H. Thomjison (see end cabin) ; Mrs. LUHn? Hypfi'Waltf. In fniWL G. II. V. Allen, II. 8. CrltcUell, Ml#* Elphlrkc. Miss T. S, Grlswold,". NlKv York; Miss M. nitoh()ock, New York; Mrs. Frank Koch, Allentown, Pa.; Mis* Anna E. Koch, Allentown, Pa.; Miss M. Ilask, Edward W. Sontell, Brooklyn. The engineer and firemauof tho boat (rain and a guard naiu^ <^.nnc??!?jr were killed, a fireman named Cblck died of his Injuries, and Walter Pass more. a railway employe, was hurt. MAN DMA I* AT TIIK THROTTLE. Colonial ICvprfHftRiinHThrouglt North Philadelphia at Top Speed; ??r Philadelphia. Pa.?The Colonial express from Boston to Washington, on the Pennsylvania Railroad,arrived with George Maxwell, the engineer, dead at. the throttle. The train left Trenton, N. J., on schcdulo time. There are no stops between that point and the North Philadelphia station, but it la customary to slacken the speed at Frankfort Junction, in the> northeastern part of the city. When this was not done, James" Ilackett. tho fireman, called to Max well, \^io was at his post, Receiving no,.i\Gf^' Ilackett climbed over to'the j^hgirfeer's side of the cab and found Maxwell dead, his Angers rigid upon, the throttle. An engineer, who was. among tho passengers, was pressed into service, and brought the train to Broad street Ration. Maxwell's death was due to'heart disease.. Ho was forty-flve years old QUITS.SELLING GASOLINE. Grade Used by Naphtha Launches and! Automobiles .Withdrawn, flleveland, Ohio.?Thf'"Standard 0(11 Company sent out circulars notifying 'nil Its customers that blghjrr^de ' line testing from 74 to 70 degrees W** been withdrawn from the ttuHcft. This action Is taken as a result Of th* enormous demand for the product* awl the Inability of the Standar^ Company Ut supply the same. * The high-grade gasoline npmed is used almost universally In operating automobiles, naphtha lanueberf, efft is saW that gas anglns* Jfebstttty emu be altered so as to pwilt tpp ?C r - the common of Stove gasoline 19 . ?I ? hii. ? ' y? ij'ji Kara! Y. M. C. A. IwHdfcg, It una ;inno'*ncfl n 11 ? ""Thiil Jqhn D. JioVuci'oft^r hsd^ivan ? f $00,06 a Tor a. Vo fiup Me*> Chris tian >#so^i?tion building At Tanl there. . v - - Cooked \T? n It*? _!?? many of "the ii contra Jtwre Wtr \ tire 55ir - "