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VOLUME XIX. CA.MDKN. S. C.. KUIDAV, ,JANUARY 21, 1!?0H. ? MO? SOUTH CAROLINA ITEMS Newsy Items Gathered from ihe Different Sections of South Carolina. Auditor Wout'i Report. Columbia, Special.?Mr. W. B. West, the Stale dispensary auditor, submitted hi* first report to the gen eral assembly, showing tho operation of tin* county dispensaries since their j establishment in Maroh. The report j goes into the work of systematizing the books in each county and explains | how each book is kept. All of these i books have been examined and Mi. West has met from tiivie to time with t lie county boards and adltlBri with them as to the management of thQ i business. The oidy shortage discov ered during the year was in Columbia when one of the dispensers was $1, f)00 short in his accounts. This amount was paid up. Outside of this case the books and accounts have j been well kept. | Mr. West says that "the cost of ihiii oflicc from the time it was open ed in March to the 31st day of De cember was $1,100.47. The aggregate gross sales made by all the dispen saries in the State'was 12,(591,063-43. The total net profit was .$f)9;>,O50.Gl. By a comparison of these figures it is seen that the cost of maintaining this office was 3-20 of 1 per cent, of the gross sales, or 3 5 per cent, of l lie net profit earned. "After having had 10 months' ex perience in the work it is my opin ion that it can be done in accordance with the law if I am given the as sistance of two competent clerks and a stenographer, but as it stands now it is a physical impossibility for me to cover the territory in the limited time required by law." The gross sales of county dispen saries fur the month of December were :>s follows: ? Abbeville county $ 10,012.70 Aiken county 15,312.27 number? county 9,85A3S Barnwell entity 21.0G0.Ao Beaufort county 14,780.7.) JSerkclcy county 9,856.05 Charleston county 01,974.20 < hosier county* 14,771.0~i ('licstcrlield county 13,947.45 Ciurondou county 10,353.31 Dorchester county 8,759.15 Fairfield county 9,782.75 Florence county 1(5,713.35 J i,?wu county .. .. 10,707.75 Hampton county 7,978.01 [ Kershaw county 15,535.07 J T,aureus county 22,582.541 Lee county 8,969.75 Lexington county 9,260.32: Orangeburg county .. .. 32,099.03; Sumter county 22,014.53 Bichlaud county 51,101.25 Williamsburg county.. .. 12,664.90J Total $431,052.43 Three-Year Old Child Burned. CSafTney, Special.?Thusday about 9 o'clock Byars, the little 3-vear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Harvey, while playing in the fire, had his dress set on tire and beforo aid could reach him was almost enveloped iit* flames. The dress was burned almost entirely off, and the body, arms i^id face of the child were badl^; burned. The mother in endeavoring to extinguish the flames sustained painful burns on the hands and arms. Dr. Pitman,! who attended the burned child, an- j nounccd that the injuries would not prove fatal, unless the little fellow had inhaled the flames, in which case it would be impossible to say as yet whether or not he would recover. At this time the child is as comfort able as could he expected under the circumstances. Marlboro Cotton Mill. McColl, Special?At the meetingof the board of directors of the Marl boro cotton mills held here the regu lar 2 per cent, quarterly dividend was declared. The mills made a fine showing for the past quarter and the outlook for the futnro is much better than hjis been anticipated. Eight Indictments on Murder Charge. Anderson, Special.?The spring term of general sessions court con vened here last week with Judge Klugh presiding. True hills were re turned on eight indictments for mur der as follows: Will Buxton, Press Lewis, Tom Anderson, John Dill, Houston Tribfc 0. B. Barnes, Theo dore Walker and Wayman Norris, all negroes. Nine other true bills were returned, two of which were for house breaking and larceny, two for assault and battery with intent to kill and five minor charges. Postmaster Appointed. \ JRishopvUle, Special.?Late Thnrs Aov night it was learned that Mayor J. EcNStuckey had been appointed postransuhkat Bishopville, vice Dr. J. ?. McLure^refiasfctfi. Mr. Stufckey >riU take charge of the omoe M aoon es he can aualify. Thi? xaeana that there must be an election for mayor held in the near furture and already acvoral gentlemen have been mention ed for the office. A Btormy B?t*lon. Columbia, Special.?The dispen sary winding-up commission hold an other lively session. The whiukuy houses having claim* again? t lh< State appear to havw divided intc three-warring camp* in their anniety and suspense in being delayed in get ting their money. One of lh?*e if headed by Mr. T. Moulrtie Mordecai, of Charleston, us attorney; another by Mr. Roy, of Kentucky, who ban employed Mr. 1'. H. Nelson as attor ney, and another by Mr. Lester, an attorney of New York and Baltimore. After a stormy session, in which Mr. Lester had tilts with Attorney General Lyon, members of the ' coin mission and Mcssis. Anderson and Felder, of Atlanta, who arc associated with Mr. Lyon as attor neys for the commission, Mr. Lester, who claim* he represents creditor* whose claims aggregate $100,000, re fused to produce the books required by the commission, made formal de mand on the commission for jxiy, which was refused and let'l the com mission room hurriedly and jumped into ft hack to catch the train, pre sumably for Ashcville, where he in timated lie was going to secure an or der from Judge IVitchard in tlie Federal court. Mr. Lester said the order had been prepared several weeks tigo in anticipation of this ac tion of the commission. Mr. Lestei went out bowing to' Mr. Lyon, saying ho would meet him before Judge Pritchord. . In the meantime Mr. Mordecai. who Vend in his morning paper in Charleston about the commission's being inco^sed about a letter Mr. Roy had been sending out to creditors (o come into his camp, chartered :i special train over the Coast Line to Columbia. Mr. Mordecai started out at 9 o'clock, arriving in Columbia early in the afternoon. Sensational developments followed; each other in rapid succession from the day's proceedings of the com-! rafosion. The day wound up with tin arrest of Mr. M. A. CJoodman, rep-' resenting Ulltnan & Co., of Cincinnati which has done the bulk of the busi ness with tbo State dispensary since the summer of 1900, on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the State, the issuance of warrants for three ex-directors of tlie dispensary, ami warrants and requisition papers for several others in two other States; and it is likely that other warrants will issue in the next few days. Mr. CJoodman was later released on bail in the sum of $2o,000, which he gave with a surety company. It is expected other warrants will bo served. Mr. Goodman had come before the commission to collect claims amount-j ing to about $40,000 for Ullman & Co., and the Anchor Distilling Com-) pany. Mr. Goodman's arrest follow ed immediately upon his leaving the witness chair before the commission, where he had been under examination by Attorney T. B. Feldcr, of Atlanta, who with Mr. Hill, of Atlanta, and Gen. Clifford L. Anderson of Atlanta, aro assisting Attorney General Lyon for the State. His arrest secuied to be a complete surprise to him. Mr. Goodman de nied the existence of certain docu ments which were afterward produc ed wth a letter which lie at first tes-, titled he had no recollection of but which he admitted was genuine, ad dressed to Mr. B. Ehrlieh. Election Contest Dropped in Union Union, Special.?The contest in the clectj6u as to whether or not liquor should be sold legally in Union coun ty, which election was held December 27, was dropped by niutual consent between attorneys representing ad vocates of prohibition and the coun ty dispensary and the election has been declared illcgil, null and void by the county board of canvassers. Now Bank for Union. Union, Social?Thursday morning at an informal meeting of some of the prominent citizens of this town a movement was sot on foot to or ganize a new bank. The now insti tion is to be called the Citizens' Sav ings bank and the capital is to be $25,000 of which $15,000 was subscribed Thursday morning. The. proposed officers are: Copt. J. T. Douglass, president; R. P. Morgan, vico president; H. B. O'Shields, cash ier. Race Conference Meeting. Columbia, Special.?The race con ference waa a continued success. Bish op Turner of Georgia was the presid ing officer at the morning session and made an address Thursday morning. Rifibard Carrol), the praaident, got up from a bed of illness and preaided at which time the orator of the oc casion was Rev. A. W. Lamar, D. D.. of Naahyille. Dr. Lamar it a aon of a -gallant Confederate officer- from this State. PALMtTTO SOLUNS IN SESSION Sscond Day'B Heasion. The second flay 'n session of Him General Assembly waa characterized by earnest, effective work for nearly two hours on both sides of the house, the day witnessing the introduction of a large batch of new bills, some of them of more than ordinary in terest, and some good punching being done on both calendars, whereby these were rid of a number iA dead bills coming over from last ^Session. .lust before going through the cal endar to rid it of old bills whoso au thors wanted tabled, and in order to pass to third reading uncontested second-reading bills, the House adopted a resolution by a two to one vote to have the election next Friday at noon fro as to get them out of the way as goon as possibld and allow the members to get busy on the work of law-making. This resolution h;i.s not yet reached the Senate, but will likely be adopted bv that body. An associate justice, a circuit judge and two penitentiary directors are to be chosen.. There has always been opposition on the part of certain members of the House to (Jic hall of the House being used by the South Carolina Club fail week for the State hall, these being opposed to dancing for political or re ligious reasons or both, and these claim they form a majority of the House, and that the other faction gets its resolution through allowing the club to use the hall by choosing i'n opportune moment toward the close of the session. So Mr. Lane in troduced a resolution forbidding the hall hereafter to be used for any pur pose necessitating the removal of the 1 limit ure or carpet, yf course mem bers objected to iis immediate consid eration and it was referred to the public buildings committee, where at tempt will be made to strangle it. First BiP Is to Repeal Lien Law. The first bill to be sent up to the Speaker's dofttt was one by Mr. John (.}. Kichards to repeal the lien law, and it looks as it the light he has been carrying on against ibis law for a decade will at last end in a vic tory for him. Several bills were introduced in both houses looking to patching up the contract labor law Judge liiawlev in the Federal ( '"W last spring de clared unconst it u (Tonal. Some of these mnhe jumping a labor contract prima facie evidence of fraud and the person so jumping liable to prosecu tion on the criminal side of the court. Others make it a misdemeanor to em uloy a laborer under contract. In tins connection resolution was passed calling upon the farmer mem bers of bolli houses to meet in the hall of the House for n conference as to what is the best course to pur sue to remedy conditions. Shot at Secret Societies. Representatives E. Marion Kuckcr, of Anderson, introduced a hilllritncd at before-day clubs and other negro secret societies, requiring all secret societies to secure licenses from clerks of court and making attend ance upon the meeting of an unlicen sed society a misdemeanor. In tho rural districts many people have be come very suspicious of secret so ciety meetings. Senator flravdon had a bill in the Scuate seeking to partially stem the homicidal tide in this State by mak ing it unallowable to plead self-de fense in a case where the defendant was carrying a pistol at the time of the difficulty, unless he was on his own premises. Representative W. W. Dixon intro duced a bill forbidding the setting aside of a verdict or the granting of a new trail, in a civil or criminal case, unless it was shown that a party t6 the action would otherwise be depriv ed of some constitutional right or there would be a miscarriage of jus t ice. Mr. Richards had a bill appropriat ing $48,000 for a new dormitory at Winthrop, and Rev. Mann had one to punish servants of common carriers for "negligently or wilful ly" breaking pieces of biggage or parcels in their charge. New Bills in Senate. Mr. Weston?A joint resolution au thorizing and directing the comptrol ler general and (lie Stattrtren&nrer !?? ascertain and report the amount of money loaned by Joshua Fanning to the State of South Carolina during the year 1777 and whether the sum so loaned has ever been repaid to lli<* said Fanftpg, his heirs, executors, mi ni i 11 i s t r a t or? or ass igns. Air. Carlisle-?To amend section 24f), code, so as to do away with the 40 days' limit after delivery of execu-, tions or deeds or instruments requir ed to be recorded in order to consti tute notice to subsequent creditors or purchasers for valuable consideration without notice. Mr. Johnson?To provide for the appointment of a commission to erect an executive mansion and to appro priate funds therefor. Mr. I^aney?A joint resolution pro viding for the submission to the De mocratic primary clectiou of 1903 for an expression of sentiment on the re peal or non-repeal of the "lien law" as now on the utatute books. Mr. Talbert?To prohibit the man ufacture, sale, barter, giving away to induce trade, or keeping or furrush *ng at pnblie places, or keeping or. and at places of badness, or unlaw ful transportation of any alcoholic, spirituous, malt! vinous, or intoxicat 4% - v: "liquors or inf<>\icnting Itiilcis or other liquors or beverages of whatso ever name called, w iticii ir ?li'iink. to excess will produce intoxication ex cept (Ik* sale ??f alcohol in certain cases upon 4-ci iai 11 c*oii?lit i??ns and ex cept the h?1?' <ii wine for sacramental purposes; l?) prest-iibe penalties ami enforcement of* same. Mr. Kodgct s In |iii>liiliii iho granting 1' temporary iiijiux tion* for longer limn 1 (I days. exrept upon not in* (<> ?>| ip ?- n ,> part v. Mr. Crouch To amend die. ,i\il code by including a opceial pro\ isnr.i as t?? tlu* compensation of judge of probate of SiUuda county, .Mr. (Jriflin?To prohibit appeals upon writs of crrtir iroin the supreuiu colli t of this Male to the supreme court of the i'nite.l States from opcr at in}? as a supersedeas. .Mr. Toole?To further ululate the charges ami collecti?ni of railroad fares ami mileage. Mr, Sullivan lo t? <|?iii?> railroad companies to s? reens on the windows of passenger coaches. Air. Sullivan | ii require public glnuers ami puiiiic waichouse com panies to mark bales of cotton ginned or stored. Mr. Sullivan?To declare the law relating to contracts for personal ser vice. Mr. Johnson?-Regulating tin * S?*i I ing and redemption of tickets sold h. common carriers and their aguets. Mr. Hates?To declare the violation of a lease of luuds or tenements ami a failure or refusal to enter upon the due performance of a contract fo( leasing lauds or tcuei/i<>nts, and the violation o! any such contract up in the |m11 til anv tenant, a misdciman or ami to provide a punishment there for. New Billr, in House. The following new bills weie jutio dueed in the house: Mr. Gyles?To amend section .Till code of laws, South Carolina, volume 2, relating to violation of contracts b.v striking out all ot said section at ter the word "any" on the tirst line (hereof ami inserting in lien thcreo! the iollowiug to liv I-now u as section .>.?!) so as to ihl'.ne the ot'fense aim provide a punislmn nt t hcrefor. Mr. (Jyles?-A lulj to amend section -Mlt.), article S. volume 1. code of laws. South Carolina. 1002, h\ addinv eertaiu sections to 1??? known as sce t ions "A," '' H," ' I) " "10 " '' I'. ' so as to further regulate the charges and collection of railroad fares and milcaire. Air. J, p. (iihson?A lull requiring 'ouiily oDicers to qualify ami assume the duties of their respective offices^ on the tirst Tuesday in December al ter the general election. Mr. Flail?A joint resolution to e.r- ' (end the time for the collection of taxes till the tirst day of March, 100,S, without penalty. The following hills and resolutions weie introduced mi the senate and re - ferred to the proper couimitees: Mr. Hates? A bill to amend an act relating to violations of labor eon t rai ls. Mr. Kaysor?A bill relating to the formation and organization of new counties. Mr. Appelt?A bill to further regu late agricultural labor contracts, Mr. Appelt?'A bill to impose a li cense tax upon all liquor drummers and persons who solicit orders or of fer for sale liquor or beverages con taining alcohol. Mr. Hlcase?A bill making it a ntis demeanor to violate any written con tract duly entered into ami witnessed by two or more disinterested parties, except contracts for money only. Mr. Carlisle?A joint resolution proposing to amend section 7, article 8, of the constitution relating to mun icipal bonded indebtedness. Mr. Carlisle?A joint resolution to empower towns and cities of ovciv 1.000 inhabitants to assess contiguous property for permanent improve ments. Mr. Toole?A bill relating to labor cont racts. Mr. McGowan?A bill to exempt from taxation all bonds issued by school districts for the erection of school buildings, for equipment, for maintaining public schols or for pay ing indebtedness of such school dis tricts. Mr. Graydon?A bill to limit the ri^ht to se! up the pica of self-de fense where a pistol is used. Mr. Raysor?A bill to repeal tax on incomes. Mr. f'liristenscn?A hill to fix the Aiount to be paid by persons liable ,lt> perform road duty in lieu of work up on public highways in tho county ?f Beaufort. New Bills in House. Tbe following hills and joint rcsolu ions were introduced in the 'houao md referred to appropriate commit- j tees: q Mr. Richards?A bill to repeal sec tion 3050, vol. 1, code of laws South Carolina, 1902, relating to tho lien law. Mr. Rucker?A bill to require ali ?ccret orders or societies to apply to tho clerk of court of the county in which they wish-to operate for a li cense, providing that tbe issuing o? said licenses shall be discretioto&ry with said clerk of court and making it a misdemeanor for any one to at tend upou any meeting of such order ir society which has not such license.. Mr. Mann?A bill to^rovide for .he punishment of all agents and ser vants of railroad and express com- j 1 panics who break itiI>> or injure im.i package or parcels or hnjj^ajje while in (In* custody or under the control of any such company. Mr. M<-Masi?'i A bill t?? ret pi ire the registration *?I' lrained nurses in t hi? Stute. Mi'. Von Kolnil/? A bill l<f author ize and empower electric railway, and electric lijjit companies lo lease I heir properly and franchises to otiiei companies. Mr. Wichardson?A hill to provide for the erection i?t' a dormitory build ing at the W'inthrnp Normal ami In din trial college of South ( arolina and to appropriate money for the same. Mr. 1'Yosi A bill to enconrivae the maintenance and creel ion of armory building hy the National (*Suard of tlie State. Mr. Dixon A hill in relation to contracts between landloids and lab orers and mailing certain breaches id' tin' same a mi-demeanor. Mr. K'ueker ,\ bill lo amend sec tion :{.'?7 of I lie ei 11,1111 la I code, vol code of laws of South Carolina, l'.)02, t-'i as to make violation of labor con Iraet, after receiving supplies, prima facie proof of an iment to defraud. THE FINANCIAL BAROMETEH HEADS ''NORMAL" Optimistic Outlook Foreshadowed by The Atlanta Constitution. The Atlanta Constitution of January 12 says: For llit4 lii si (inn* in several weeks (he linuneinl barometer of the coun try reads "NOK MAI," The weekly statement of the New \ ork hanks, issued yesterday, shows $17,000,000 increase in (he reserve fund, not oj)!\ restoring the latter to it.s legal ha-is, hut exceeding the re serve reipiireinent b\ over $(>,000,000, whereas a week ago the reserve de ficit was ,,j> 1 (1,000,000. The significance of this is unmis takable. If means thai New Yorw city, the clearing house <>f the nt\ti<<n, linda that the linancial deadlock, which had no rational excuse for existence, has been broken and that henceforth currency vitally needed in everyday business and development will be increasingly available. Testimony that is absolutely un impeachable emnes from two sources to eonfirin this reasoning. i lie two great ecttnner?M?l agencies ? liradst reet's and 1 Inn's?-in their weekly reviews report substantial progress toward normal conditions. Demands am increasing in every lino of business. Money is more easily obtainable. Heal estate and other values are appreciating with the pas sage of every day. There is no discounting the hope ful effect of these three factors. They bear their xtwn credentials. They indicate the. near presence of the day when we may speak of tho financial stringency in the past tense. 1 hey bear witness that the funda mental prosperity, upon which The Constitution has ulwuys insisted, ha* come to the permanent relief of the country. ( Within a l>\v days this healthful condition will be reflected in every line of business. Credit is already casing; collections are steadily im proving; trade is resuming its accus tomed briskness. The horizon is perceptibly bright ening. Ffcinn the scare (hat is van ishing thefie Jessons stand out GET TO W'OHK! CPAHD AGAINST Till' MISTAKES OF THE FUTIJHE BY TI1F EXPEIK ENCE OF THE FAST. ALL'S WELL WIT1I THE FHOSPEHITV OF THE NATION. Bricklaycra' Union Moots. Detroit, Mich., Special.?Bricklny crs from all over tliis country and from Canada arc. in Detroit Monday for the convention of the internation al union of the trade. The meeting will probably last three week*, as a convention of the union has not been held for two years and thero are many matters of great importance before the body' for settlement. The gathering %is expected to mark the in auguration of a renewed and vigorous opposition to the open shop idea. National officers will elected for the corning two years before the con vention adjourns. Productiveness of Strawberries. AM many as 10,000 quarts of 6truw berrle* have boon grown on an acre ? plot of 60 foot sqttaro will produce oyer 600 quarts In tho aame propor tlon. It Is not every grower whn co cures 5,000 quarts per acre, but s garden plot can bo made to give burger proportionate field than a field Anarchists Plan to Blow Up Ameriton fleet Kid POLICE WATCH MOVEMENTS < 0 ? . ? . A??rchiHtic Gonapiracy, Having For IU Object the Destruction of at b9inht u Fart of tlio United States Warahipj; Oowpriuing the Pacific FlMt, Unoarthed at Rio do Janerio. ftio Janerio, Hy Cat>l<> ?The Brazil luu police have discovered an anarch istic plot hero, having us its object the dent ruction of part of the Ameri can fleet now lying in the harbor. '1'hc conspiracy, while centering in Rio Janerio and l'etropolis, has rain ideation* in Kan Paulo and Minaa (luriu's. An individual named Jean Fedhec, who resided in l'etropolis, wui the chief conspirator here, al though it is understood that foreign anarchists arc. deeply 'involved in tho plot. Fed her is believed to have fired to Sao Paulo, and the police who know liiiu, have been sent to that place for the purpose of apprehend' in? him. One of the detectives, who was well acquainted with Fadher, having served on the police l'orco at I'ctroplis for r.ome time, returned i nun that place, al ter having made investigations there and had a long ? mi t'ei cure with the ehief of police at Km .fancrio. The latter gnv? il to he understood later that the Sao Paulo polite are on the t rack of the aivh-conspiriii??i" and expect to ar rest him .soon. Iti an otlieial note which the chief of police sen* *(o' the correspondent of I lie Associated Press", he says: ''Some time before I lie arrival of the American fleet at Ifio .Taniro, the l>ra/ilian governmctil received froiv Washington Mid I'aris advices tlnu anarchists of different mil ionalt ies nsieiit'ed to damage tine or several ol the ships \}S 'I11' American fleet. The na:uesj ami addresses of the consp'ra- I tois were indicated hv informal ion w'rit h the poiice here had received | pieviouslv from Fiance and tier- ' many. The police of this district arc woiIuiim with the police of Sao I'anlo | and Mi; j:s (Icraes ami I am sure every precaution will he exercised and the most vigorous viuiliauco ob served hut It on lainl and at sea lo prevent any injury being done." The chief of police, after having made this official statement, sai<l thai he did not feel he should go into any further details with regard to the conspiracy, hnt he authorized tin statement lliat the plot was organized hv l'Ydlier and he added that the peo ple <d' the Pnitetl States,could rest easy as all of the conspirators had taken refuge in the interior. As yet the people of Hra/.il are ignorant of the details of (lie plot to <lo injury to the visitors, although there has heen some slight inkling of the matter. The impression which the exposure of this plot will create here will he a profound one, because it is the first anarchistic conspiracy that Iras ever been known in Hra7.il. The police at Sao Paulo have sent word that they are on the track of the malefactor, who they declare will not be able to come to Hio Janeiro. Want White Postmaster. Washington, Special. ? Senator Tillman, conferred with I'ostinrisli-r General Meyer regarding (lie case oX Joshua K. Wilson, n negro who hits been postmaster of Florence,. S. for twenty yea is. Florence has now 20,000 iniianhitants and citizens of that city, through Tillman, are peck ing t?> have a white p:?stmaster ap pointed. Xn action has vet been taken. Fntombcil Forly-Six Days. Klv. Nevada, Special. A ft it hnv-v iiibeen tiiionihed 1\>i l .y-six 'dav.s, one thousand feet !i<|o\v tin- surface in the Alpha shaft <>f I lie (lironx initio. A. 1 >. Hailev. P. J. Slmw and Fred TvT? bonald wi-ic rescued Sunday r.irht. Whist le* all ??v?* ?? I ho camp 11!?? w hmdly w liilo crowds cheered in Ih" sheets of Klv t<? the ringing of hells. Four Children Drowned. Tndinnn, Pa., Special.? Fonr child ren were drowned at -noon Snndas while skating on tlie reservoir ?t the W'lmrlon Cool and (Ydto Company %> ovens at Coral, near here. The dend nrc: Sadie Kinloy, 12 years. Heirie Kinlev, 11 years. Charlotte Kinley, 8 years. Hoy Stokes, 13 years. The children were with five com panions in the dam when they cut their way through the snow to a pari Oi. the reservoir near one of the feeders. News of the Day. Senator Culberson attacked Secre tary Cortelyou for favoritism in awarding the rocent bond issue. Republicans in tbo House vptcd down all ^wpendmenjs to the Penal Code bill, which excited contiguous debate. Chief Engineer Ooothnls esti-nm the total cost of tho PtUiama canal u: $300,000,000. . BELMONT TRMJSFERS RLAIT^ Rothschilds Obtain Great Proper ties in New York. i'nrk Row liuJhling Included-?Amet it-ttti FJiianck'in Devlino to IMscum I>e?l With Kuvopean Bunkers. ? O _ ? New York City. ? Financial and real estate circles were startled to learn that August Belmont had trans?s ferred to Lord Nathaniel Meyer Roth schild and the letter's partners in the great English banking house it) Loifc* don more than $6,000,000 worth ot real- estatp in Manhattan and the Bronx. , . - The property sp transferred con sists of tho following: The Park U?w Building, H thjrty threo-story skyscraper opposite tha General Postofllce, valued at $5,000, 000. No. 3 Park Row, ? comparatively new eight-story and office building, valued at about $250,000. Four vacant, lots at the northeast corner- of Fifth avenue and Eighty first street, valued at about $700,060. Fifteen lots at 138th street and ' Exterior street, in tho Mott Haven Beet Jon of the Bronx, and property at , tho northwest corner of Mott avehtfiSr and 13 St h x street, probably worth about $200,000. With the exception of the Park How Building all this property Is un incumbered. The Park kow , scrnper is subject to a mortgage of $2,500,000, in favor of Mrs. StusaoJ)' Sage. L_ ? - Mrs. Sago, It la understood, ad vanced tl>e $2,500,000 cash to Mr. Belmont about six months'ago. - jti connection with the latter it was recalled that Mr. Belmont held 0110 of (ho largest interests, In the noted pool, organized with tho idea of making a big profit, out of 'the common stock of tho Interborough Metropolitan Railway Company or ' traction trust," as it is now mofr) commonly known. This pool agreed to underwrite' ? 300,000 shares of this stock at 60. As ;i matter of fact, it is. believed that it purchased more than that num- ; her of shares, with tho idea of un loading them .on tho unsophlst-lcatdd public at. a handsomo advance in price. ' - Tho action of the market seems.to indicate that certain insiders were disloyal to their fellow members in. the pool rind worn getting rid of-OS much of their stock tfs they could while os11 nsibly bo'osftir; the price. . About la t August tho crash came.-' Suddenly the price of tho mergers *3 stocks collapsed and that, of the com mon dropped to about 5. Recently .v"* it bud risen to S'i. Taking round'?-^ figures 'namely, that tho price of the common slock at 3 and tao prlco ; at which Mr. Belmont's pool took tho 300.ooo shares, namely, r,0, tho loss would be about $ l&.ooo.ooo. !Vf. <>. TKLKPIIONE IN MANITOBA. Former Employes or the ik-Il Syfitcsn Named as Commissioners, Winnipeg, Man.?Tho f'rst Covern nier.t telephone monopoly intyCauada began when the Manitoba Provincial Government assumed possession of (lie r.cll system, Thn purchase |Vclco is $3,300,000. A commission of three was named to admln'ater th?. system. 1<\ C. Patterson Is c' airman and tho ot her members are \7. II. Hayes and 111. J. Iioran. ? Mr. Patterson has '?eeu engaged in the service ot tho )Jell Telephone Company for ov^r twenty years and*^ has be.^n Its NoWhwestern manager I for nearly four rear*'. Hayes has I been with tho BelTVKnpany for over I twelve years and IIfourteen | years. ? RIG PORTO RICO PROGRAM. _ Governor Post Proposes Many Tilings in Ills Annual Message. Ran Juan, P. It.?The Legislature has been opened. In his message Governor Post covered a largo-field. Among other things he recommended thnt changes bu made In the form of land registration, which at present la exoenslve rod cumbersomo. The Governor nl.'o urge* that more Bchools bo established, that all ta*:es on property be given to the munici palities, that changes bo mado In the judiciary, that Jndgoa' salaries bO'in creased, and that moro roads bo built. The recommendations wero well re ceived. TROOPS TO STAY IX GQJjDFIELD. The President Says Tliey May Remain For a Reasonable Time. Washington, D. C.?Tho President received by telegraph a copy of the resolutions adopted by tho Legisla ture of Nevada asking him to retain the troops now at Gold field until the State had time to organize an ade quate polico force. tThe President Immediately tele graphed to Governor Sparks that ho would permit tho troops to remain In Nevada for a reasonable lenglli of time. Me also expressed the hope that the Stato authorities would pro ceed as rapidly as possible to organ i Ize tts police force. Killed Slayer of llrotlier. Dr. F. D. Beauchamp, who killed Charles Thomas, of Chlco, Texas, on a train at Hobart a year ago, was-ahot and Instantly killed at Lawton, Okla., by two brothers of his victim, John Thomas, o? Lawton. and Wllftam Thomas, of Chlco, Texas. RICH MAN DIES OF HUNGER. New Hampshire Town's Wealthy Rest* dent Starved Himself to Death. Webster, N. H ?David N. Couch, one of the wealthiest residents of .. this place, died at his home oT starva tion andflack of proper cave. For apmo months Mr. Couch haft lived alone, a*>* '? be tho ownor of "v. v j - * worth of j>ror?rty a" \ ~ ? be worth- mueh money, U? tu himself propor food. '