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After Extraordinary Session of 47 Dcys. EMBRACESUSUAL JOLLIFICATION - ? ^ . i ? . i n. 'Conference Committees Agrees on Appropriations ? Members Get .. Their Pay Jollification by Local OptionifttK and Prohibitionists in Lockcd Arms It was 2:60 a. m. After n most extraoidinory session of 47 driys the general assembly of Hontli Carolina adjourned Saturday night with (ho bonds pointing at 11:5!), but act tin) time of '2 .50. In both house and senate quorums were not present, man,? of the members having u?m' home. It was the usual jollification, however, ami prohi bitionist ami local optiouist locked ars and earroled l'orth the old songs, being interrupted occasionally by a mock session, The galleries and floors were crowed nt times by vis itors, who watched the proceedings , with interest and amusement. During one of the recesses the "ghost walked" and .the. members received their checks for $200 for a session of 47 dav?. He fore last year the pay was $4 j>er day per member for not exceeding 40 days. ~~ There was a dispute on the ex tra pay for the employes and at taches for extra pay for the pro longed session. Finally it was de cided to grant the increase. The appropriation bill as original ly introduced in the house showed a decreose of $122,000 from lost year. On h fount of appropriations mode in various bills and adjust ments between house and senate the difference between the appropriation bill of 100S and 1900 i? $12,000. This is a reduction in the aggregate ap propriation. ] The free conference committee agreed upon the following essential points which were authorized by special acts or the action of either senate or house: For common school extension $20,000." For Winthrop extension $10,000. For Wintluop kitchen $12,000. For factory inspectors $2,000. For statistical information $800. For increase in expense account for Commissioner Watson $500. For increase clerk's salary, same department, $200. University of South Carolina, to correct clerical error, $2,000. Increase for high schools $10,000. Increase for Hospital for the In aaue $5,000. Incrase for printing $5,000. Claims passed $10,000. Additional for engrossing depart ment $1,200. Battleship South Carolina $5,000. Refund for Greenville reunion $1,500. Monument to the women of the Confederacy $7,500. Contingent account for the senate $2,000. Same for house $500. Additional for' solicitors $700. Additional for clerks $500. These are the chief items that are provided for. A number of smaller allowances were granted. Tho house abandoned its appropri ation of $50,000 for free school text books. The senate's position was agreed to in the matter of the Confederate home and $12,000 is appropriated for {this instead of abandoing the Con federate home and adding the $1'2, 000* to the general pension appropria tion. ' Then the committee was appointed to wait on the governor and a com mittee appointed to notify the senate that everything was ready to adjourn. In accordance with the usual cus tom, Mr. T. R. Frasor of Sumter then moved that the house do now adjourn sine die. .lust before adjournment the house went into a committee of the whole and passed resolutions on the impart ility of tho rulings of Whalev and his work during the year. There were also the other res olutions. ti The Senate met Tuesday night and killed the rate bill after amondments defeated the mileage feature arid caused its former advocates to vote against it. Wednesday the prohibi tion or liquor regulation bill and the. educational bill consumed the time and little was effected for lack of unity of sentiment. Tho House without a quorum, passed a few third reading bills. After debate for almost the entire day and more than three hours' dis cussion Thursday night, much of which certainly looked like filibuster ing, the senate passed an amendment to the prohibition bill ? the compro mise proposed bv Senator Christen sen. This amendment was framed up bv senators in conference during the discussion on the bill. The Christf nsen amendment \which passed provides, in brief: Hold on election July 15 in conn ties now having dispensaries to de termine whether they shall continue the sale of whiskey. This would give prohibition fot two week? under the opening prp> visions of the prohibition bill. A41 counties voting to retain the dispensaries will be tinder provisions of the Cary-Cathron act. When the house met Monday there . ? ? ? wits a long < I i se unstop on Senator Ude's liil! ki incorporate the Kd isto Power com pa ny. The objection scorned to be on the idea that it was gi v<'ii condcmanation rights that wo ro unnecessary. The bill, how over. passed. The house killed Senator \\" ??!? at or 's liill providing for a State board of embaliuet* l>y a vote ol' 17 to 17. It then took up Senator Ott's bill, which would make a .jury verdict r, lien ngainst the person's real estate on which the verdict is rendered. The time limit had been changed in the house from ten days to live days fl'om the rising of the court. There was considerable debate uu the bill and it was finally passed. Mr. Dixon's resolution endorsing President-elect Tuft's sentiment in his Atlanta speech with reference t ?? oflicial appointments in t lie South was discussed and finally defeated. Senator Mauldin's bill to prevent worthless checks was then brought up and was finally passed. It reads as follows: "Section 1, That from and after the approval of this act any person who shall draw and utter any check or draft on a bank or banking bouse in which he has no funds or. not funds sufficient to pay such check or draft, and who on being notified of refusal of the bank or banking house to honor such, check or draft shall fail for HQ days to deposit funds suf ficient -to^-ma^iL^lhe same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by fine or imprisonment or by fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court." The senate Friday passed the pro hibition measures with the Christen ??m and Williams amendment*,- after a lengthy discussion as to what was really the agreement of the evening before. ' The senate Friday night passed the appropriation bill adopting the finance committee amendments in toto, with a IV w slight changes, pro posed on the floor of the senate. The levy was raised from f> mills to 5 1-4 mills, as it was pointed out by Sen ator Mauldin, chairman of the finance committee, that this levy -would be necessary with the appro- I priations as made in the bill. The University of South Carolina was given its $20,000 as proposed in , for the erection of a new administration building. The provision made bv the house and moans committee for a *>n,00 appropriation for free school books was stricken from the bill, this bein^r the amendment of the sen-* ate finance committee. The salary of the secretary of the railroad commission was raised from $1,500 to $1 ,S00. There were several changes in the department of agriculture, commerce and industries to conform to the re cently enacted acts as to this de- ' partment. The two new inspectors are provided for with. $1,000 per vear salaries. 5 The University of South Carolina maintenance appropriation was plae-' ed by the finance committee at $45 - ?000 instead of $43,500. The pro vision was also made for the lecture course by Hon. Y. J. Pope. Th? Pension fund was put back bv the finance committee at $250,000 and the $12,00 included by the house was made and appropriation for the < onfederate infirmary in Columbia. here was quite a discussion upon this, but it was adpoted. Tho bill has to go to a committee on free conference now for final dis position. The change in affairs in the State senate made it possible Friday for an adjournment sine die to be reach ed Saturday evening in the general assembly. The conclusion of the liquor fight was welcomed bv main senators Friday. A session long er than 40 days did not appeal to them, much less com in? back here next week to consider what could be disposed of this week. The appropriation bill will be ar ranged at conference also. None of I the senate amendments affect the 1>11 : materially except the striking out of the $50,000 for free schools. Hoth hills will ha?*e to be referred to free conference committees. bills'-0 hOU#e pas8Ptl tho following Mr.- ^ harton ? To prescribe the punishment for assault with intent *o ravish. Mr. Appelt ? To impose n license ax upon all liquor drummers and] persons who solicit orders or ofTVr for sale liquors or beverages contain ing alcohol. Mr. Carlisle ? To exempt .certain property belonging to the Young Men s Christian association in this State from taxation. i Mr. Carlisle ? To amend section fl of an act entitled "An act to pro vide for the appointment of a hank examiner and to define the duties of his office," approved February 23, 190fi. on^?r' ^ nllcr ? ^ To amend section 2012. volume 1. code of laws of South Carolina, conferring tho power to condemn lands, streams and water shpdf? and for sowompo. Mr. Mauldin ? To require electric street railway companion to affix in closed vestibule^ -Mo their ears. Mr. SuUivan? -To amend an act entitled "An act to 'require railroad companies to put cinder deflectors on pasxenger coaches, hy adding a pro viso to section 3 of said act. l^tr' Harvey To prohibit persona owning or taping sheep-killing dogs. * (_ . _ ^ ? - X ? | US Mr. Mauldin To make il unlaw* fill to pay dividend** on stork in HUV corporal ion unless tlx* same ore* tie tuhlly earned oti tin? capital atock of said company ami for any officer of *uch company to make any false statement in regard to Midi company. Mr. Hardin ? To ' empower the grand juries to employ export no (oniilnntK ami to provide for their eornpt usation, ? Mr. Harvey? To' authoii/e the governor to parole prisoners on conditions. . Mr. Wnlloiv To nmeml wet ions 2MS3 ai|i| 'J384, code of laws of South Carolina, 1002, volume 1. witji refer* enee to renuneial ion of dower. TENNESSEE SENATORS LEAVE Thirteen Members of the Tennessee Senate Leavo the State in Order to Defeat the Purposes of the Election Laws Passed Over the Governor's Veto. Nashville, Tenri.. Special. ? That 13 members of (lie State Senate have lied the State in order to defeat (he purpose of the recent election laws passed over Governor Hatterson's veto is believed in well informed circles. The 13 members were Friday after noon declared- in contempt of the Senate by that body and the ser geant-at-arms was instructed to go in pursuit of the absentees. It is declared further that the ab sentees will remain away during the remaining 22 days of the legislative session, thereby leaving in the hands of Governor Patterson the election mnrhincrv of the State nnd defeating the expressed will of the majority of both houses in passing over the pro test of the Governor laws designed to deprive him of this authority. The joint resolution providing for a joint legislative session Friday for the pu rpose of electing the members of the State election boards as pro vided for in the recently enacted laws, and a State Treaurer and State Comptroller, was vetoed by Governor Patterson Friday. There , was no doubt of its passage over his veto but the action of the 13 members' of the Senate in remaining away from the day's session, thus preventing a quo rum, renders action on the veto mes sage impossible. If tho members remain away until the end of the regular session, it would then be necessary for the Governor to call a special session to enact appropriation laws and elect a Treasurer and Comptroller. Tho special session would be prevented, under the constitution, from consid ering any matters not specially men tioned in the call for the extra ses sion and of course the Governor is not expected to refer j.u his call to election matters. STRONG DEFENCE OF PRESS. Governor of Kentucky Pardons Louisville Paper that Scored Offi cials. Frankfort, Ky., .Special. ? One of the strongest defenses of the freedom of the press in criticism of public of ficials ever delivered in the South was written by Governor Augustus E. Willson Thursday in granting a par don to the Herald Publishing Com pany, of Louisville, publishers of the Louisville Herald, for an indictment in the Calloway and in Trigg Circuit Courts of Western Kentucky, charg ing the paper with criminally libel ling Judge Thomas P. Cook and Com monwealth's attorney, Denny P. Smith. The two officials preside in the district in which the greater part of the night rider troubles in West erii Kentucky occurred, and the pa per vigorously scored them fur fail* ure to perform their duty in prose cution of the lawless element. Gov ernor Willson wrote upon pardons to the newspaper company this reason: "Because the long series of crimes in this district, which have not been punished under these officers ' admin istration. make it necessary for the press to eritirise all who can be held responsible. "If the Courts do not put an end to the rule of crime in the counties in which the Judge and Common wealth's attorney are selected to up hold law and order, the only hope of permanent relief from such condition is in elightened public sentiment aroused by the press of the country, and instead of punishing the news papers, which make a light against such conditions, it should be regarded as fulfilling its duty." The Ohio Won the Sliaming Trophy. Fort Monroe. Vn? Special. ? The , battleship Ohio sailed Sunday for New York. The third squadron, which met the returning battleshipps on<^ thousand miles at sea. sailed" Monday for Guantanamo whence it probably will go on a West Indian cruise. The Ohio sailed away the proud winner of the "steaming trophy" of the voyage around the world. The rules for the contest, which was one of economy in coal and water consumption for the entire trip were laid down soon after the ship* left Hampton Koads fourtccu monts ago. OF* OOUIESK . r " ' T?uAep ? "Torrnny, what U the plural of pauper?" Tommy ? "Why, porpo'aes, ma'am!" ? Yonkcrs Statesman. PROHIBITION BILL AS FASSfcU . i <? Provision of Mea?uro Including Amendments Election to bo Held August 17 to Determine Whether Wet Counties Retain Dispensaries The prohibition bill as pus.scd in llu? legislature of South ('aroliua in its late session is in brief as follow*: "Section I. That all alcoholic liquors and l>?? \ erases whether man nt'actUK'd within tins State or else where, or any mixture by wlia'so ever name called, which, if drunk to ? ?xt'csK, will product intoxication, are hereby declared t ? ? be detrimental, and their use and consutnpt ion to he against (lie moral*, j.'< <>d health and sn let y of the State and contraband." The section then /.'oihids the sell i ntr or givintr owa.v any such intoxi cants except as provided in follow ing section* : "See. 2. 'I'll m t whoMrjtnlc druggists may lawfully nil in wholesale quan tities to retail druggists ami to pub lie or charitable hospitals or to med ical or pharmaceutical colleges ,aujl in no other way, pure alcohol for medical purposes only, or cram al cohol to be used by chemists or bacteriologists actually engaged in scientific work and for such purposes only. ' ' The section provides ?or proper reports of such salws. "See. 3. That any retail druggist whose place of business is located in any of the incorporated towns or cities of this State, who is himself a registered or licensed pharmacist, or who regularly employs a registered or licensed pharmacist, may sell, in the manner herein set out, upon fil ing a liiiud. iu_ Liui. i?unv of $.">,<100. to be approved by the clerk of court, in which each druggist does busi ness, conditioned for a iaiLlifiil ub-, ^'rvance of the provisions of this act." This section further provides re strictions about approval of bond and allows the use of alcohol 1'or compounding medicines, provided however that no more alcohol shall be used in the medicines than, arc essential. "Sec. 4. That no sale of pure alcohol, for medicinal purposes shall be made by an\ retail druirnist ex cept upon the prescription of a reg ular practicing physician of this State, who, before writing such pre scriptions, shall make an actual ex amination of the person for whom the presorpition is ifcsued." It provides that the doctor shall certify in due form that he believes alcohol to be absolutely necessary to nlleviote or cure the patient, and that the physician himself has no in terest in the drug store where it is to be filled. "Sec. "). That no prescription fdinll be filled herein except upon the day upon which it is issued or the follow ing duy, and no more than one-half pint of alcohol shall he sold ami de livered on any one prescription, and when such prescription is filled, it shall not be refilled, but shall be de livered to the druggist filling same." It provides that no physician who is a druggist shall issue and fill his own prescriptions and guards against improper delivery by which means it might be misapplied. ' ' ?Scc. fi. That any retail druggist whoso place of business is located in any of the incorporated towns or cities of the State may lawfully sell alcohol in quantities not /renter than five (o) pal Ions to he used in the arts or for scientific or mechan ical purposes, and such druggists may sell, in like quantities, to chem ists and bacteriologists engaged in scientific work and for such purposes only, and such druggists may sell in quantities, not greater than one-half gallon, wine used for sacramental or religious purposes only." Tliis section provides due restric tions against abuses of such purch aser and for proper reports by the druggist. "Sec. 7. That it shnll hp unlawful to sell wine for sacramental pur poses except to jj minister, pastor, priest, or regularly constituted of ficer of a regularly organized relig ions congregation or church." The section makes a ritrid guard against impositions or evasions. "Sec. R. Thai all statements or prescriptions required bv this act to be filed in the office of the clcrk of i the court shall be recorded and prop erly indexed by him in a book kept for that purpose, which shall at all times he open for public inspection,; and a certified copy of such record, j or the original statement or pre- j seription. with the certificate of the. clerk. of (he court indorsed thereon, j showing thnt it has been recorded., shall be prima facie evidence of the ( I facts recited therein. For making such record the clerk of the court shall be entitled to charge and col lect for each proscription a fee of f? j cents and f or each s'atenient. other than prescription, a fee of 15 cents, wJiich shall be paid by the party fil ing the same." Section 0 provides for reports, etc.. so ns to make the foiegoing sec tions operative. "Sec. 10. That nothing in this act shall prevent the sale of wood or de natured alcohol." "See. 11. That any person who violates ony of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a midemeanor and upon conviction thereof ho fined in a sum not less than $100 or more than $500, ot imprisoned at hard labor for a period of not less than three months nor for more than one year, and for tho second or any snb sequent offense, upon conviction I thereof shall be imprisoned at' bird ?.W. J a M T- .? 1 11 1 >< > I' I'OV |lot lt'SS tllDII OIlC I* 1 1 4 M more that) tivc years. "Sec, 1.1 Thai any ilrunjuisf in phvsii'iutl \\ Iki viot.lt Of. in ailV WHS the provision* of i his act shall, in addition to the | m 1 1 1 i> li 1 1 ir 1 1 1 heioin provided, jor not more than one yont for I'nt'li offense. See, 1,1, I hat (his art shall not have the Ml'ecl of presenting ? i><> in die! meut, prosecution ami run viol ion <?l any person who has been fruillv of tin? violation of t.ho present cnin i iui.1 law win! inc lo the dispensary, or punishment ihcrvfor, as how pro Vtded I ?y law for offense heretofore "Si'i'i 14. This act shall tube i ffccf on tin* lit't.1 Tuesday in A't^iM, lilt)!); Provided, That in tin* eountic.s then having dispensaries an civ! ion siuill bo hoi. I on the t hi ril Tue.-da\ in. August, |!U>!>, f?r the pin |msn or ,1,* I ornt jniii.tr whether the dispensaries totaled therein shall he reopened, ami Mich election in each uf Wlid counties shall lie hold and conducted by I ho sli l ue otliceis ami limit r I ho rii.les ami lobulations providt d by law fiir general elections. ? - ? ''Sec. 1,). At such elect it'll the ejec tion commissioners tor such county shall at each voting precinct therein pro\ it I?* one ballot l?o,\ m which the ballots must be cast. Any person Who is a tpialiliotl elector of such county may vote in said election. Kvery voter who may be in favor of ' ho Male o|' liquors nn<l beverages in such counties shall cast a ballot in the box provided therefor, on which shall be printed the words, 'For Sale ami Manufacture of Alcoholic Liquors ami Beverages, ' nml evepy voter opposed shall cast a hallot up*, on which shall he printed the words. * Against Sale ami Manufacture of Alcoholic Li'jtlois and Beverages, ' it a majority <d the ballots east in -stich rdrctinn -he 'Fnr Safe and Marr n I act u re of Alcoholic Liquors and Hoverairos, ' it shall hi* lawful for siich liquors ami beverages to he sold in said county as hereinafter provid ed: 1'rovidetl. That expense of those elections shall he horno? by (ho State "See. 1(5. lu ease an election as heioin provided .dm II result in favor <d the sale of liquors nml beverages, I lie dispensaries in each count v so votinjr shall be reopened ami uluct ed under the provisions of an act entitled ' An act to doclaro the law m reference to and to regulate the ma nil fact ure, sale, use, consumption, possession, transportation and dis position t>f, alcoholic li piors and bev ciau'os w it liin the S'ule. and to police the samo. ' upprovod the Kith day of T-chrufiry. lf)07, and acts amendatory thereof: Provided. That all of the provisions and limitations of the said act not inconsistent with this act shall remain in full force and effect in all of the counties of this Stato: Provided, further, That in counties which shall reopen dispen saries therein, the county dispensary board and dispensers in office on August 2, 1 909, shall continue to dis charge their several duties as if such dispensary or dispensaries had not been closed: Provided. That in the counties which have heretofore voted upon the question of dispensnrv or no dispensary under existing or pre vious laws and have no dispensary at this time shall have the- ri^ht at any time after the expiration o four years from the last election on the liquor question to hold an election upon the question of dispensary or no dispensary, as provided in an act entitled 'An act to declare the law in reference to, and to regulate the manufacture, sale, use, consumption, possession, transportation and dis position of, alcoholic liquors and bev erages within this State, and to police the same,' approved February 10, 1907. "Sec.. 17. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed." NEW IDEA Ilrl|>ed WIh. Couple, It doesn't pay to Htlck too closely to old notions of things. New Ideas often lead to better health, success ftnd happiness. A Wis couple examined an Idea new to them and stepped up several roundH on tho health laddor. The husband writes: "Several years ago we suffered from coffee drinking, were sleeplessf nervous, sallow, weak, and Irritable. My wife and I both loved cofTee and thought It was a bracer." (delusion). "Finally, after years of suffering, we read of Postum and the harmful ness of coffee, and believing that to grow we should give some attention to now ideas, we decided to test Pos tu m. "When wo made it right we llkod It and were'rolleyed of ills caused by coffee. Our friends noticed the change ? fresher skin, sturdier nerves, better temper, etc. "Those changes were not sudden, but relief Increased as we continued to drink and enjoy Postum, and wc lost the desire for coffee. "Many of our friends did not like Postum at first, b'ccause they did not make It right. But when they boiled Postum according to directions on pkg., until it was dark and rich they liked it better than coffoe and were benefited by tho change." "There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to WellvilU" la pkfs. Kror read the aborr letter? A new one appears from tlm? to time. Thejr KdbMnM, ud fell of tinman . i K-, . > . Ml Makes a Vigorous Protest Against Misrepresentation. REVISION SHOULD NOT DELAY ? yr - " " ?" ? ? Corrects Newspaper lloport Seta Forth Uis Views on Plan of Mak ing Tariff Schedule. ? New York, Special. -"President elect Tal'l made a vigorous protect Friday njjrht uguiusi what lit* said was nti ti t <* misrepresentation in certain New York afternoon papers as fo what In- had' said during ! Ii?? day in answering questions regarding tariff revision. lie had stated. lie said, thai tin1 present business depression was un ilouhted) y <|uc iti a huge measure to the fact that the tariff is to he revis ed at ail extra ^essiiin. of Congress to meet March 1 T>( h ; tliat it was of the highest impart a nee thai this work of revision should not lie delayed, hut executed with all possible diligence. Mr. Taft also said lie favored the idea of a nermAuent tariff commis sion, the plnp for whieh should ho worked out with dehbrat ion, the du ties of unHi a commission to bo to make a careful study of the operation of the proposed new tariff law, to the end that suggestions might be made in the future which would tend to' place the whole question of the tariff" on a more certain and scientific l)asjs. THE JNEW CABINET. Unofficial But Reliable Annoecmcnt Made. * New York, Special.- ? All qauliflca tions of uncertainty in the prediction that Franklin MacVeairh of Chicago has been selected by Mr. Taft as his secretary of the treasury, are hereby removed. Mr. MacYeagb aeeptcd the place Wednesday an?l thereby the Taft cabinet was made complete as heretofore announced by the Asso ciated Press. The cabinet as comulete with the selection of Mr. Mae Yeah is as fol lows; Secretary of State? Philander C. Kuox of Pennsylvania. Secretary of the Treasury ? Frank lin MaeVeah of Illinois. Secretary of War ? Jacob M. Dick inson of Tennesee. Attorney General ? George W. Wickersliam of New York. Pastmaster General ? Frank If. Hitchcock of Massachusetts. Secretary of the Navy ? George Von L. Meyer of Massuchsetts. Reorotary of the Interior ? Hichnrd A. Hallingor of Washington. Secretary of Agriculture ? James Wilson of Iowa. Secretary of Commerce and Labor ? Charles Nagel of Missouri. With his postmastor general, Frank II. Hitchcock, Mr. Taft took a five mile walk through Central park in the biting wind Wodnosday. He saw a number of New York city financiers during the day, but said the calls were those to express friendship and i had no other significance. There was a genuine reunion of the Taft family at the Henry W. Taft residence. Hutchins in Bad Condition. j Washington, Special. ? Capt. Ham ilton Hutchins, who was relieved of hiB command of the battleship Kear sargc by Admiral Sporry just bo fore the fleet left Oibraltar, is to be ex amined by a special medical board which will look into his mental and physical condition. His mental con dition is said to be most pitiable. It was because of the great nervousness under which Captain Hutchins labor ed that he was, at his own request, relieved of his command. Contract Let For Statue of Columbus. Washington, Special. ? The Colum bia Memorial Commission has award ed the contract for making a statue of Columbus to he erected in the plaza of the TTnion Station in this city to Iyorando Taft, of Cicago, a relative of thf? President-elect. Con gress has anoroprinted $100,1)00 for tlie Columbus memorial, which, in ad dition ro the statue, will comprise a large architectural fountain. AJabamian Shoots Down Daughter's ' Assailant. Birmingham, Ala., Special. ? While handeuflfod and sitting in the sheriff's office at Ressemer Friday morning. .Jim Brown, a negro, -vas shot and in stantly killed by James Robinson, white, father cf the girl Brown had attempted to assault on February 1.5th. The attack occurred without warning, Robinson firing four shots into the negro before deputies stand ing- near could interfere. Robinson surrendered. The ncero was beinpr taken to Ressemer for preliminary trial. Columbus Hm a $600,000 Blaze. Columbus, Ohio, Special. ? Fire, which started with two explosions just before 3 o'clock Friday morn ing, destroyed a four-story building here and spread almost instantly to a flve-story brick building adjoining, extending from the point to Front ?treat and destroyed that and ita I contents, causing a total loss conaar I vativaly estimated at $.500,000. MWf iii ? Items of Interest Gathered By Wire and Cable i CLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY Uve Items Covering Events of Vtt* ?' or Less Interest at Homo Abroad. Carroll T). Wright, president ot ("lark College and .former commis sioner of labor. <1 i c?< I Saturday night, aged (i!>. Mrs. Bonn Alexander of Mecklen burg county, N. is in charge of a gander and. peacock (if) years, old. They were the property of Dr. Cflld uell, deceased, and were of same age w^th him. Miss Sylvia (jreen, the daughtef <>f tln> opulent Hetty (Ireen, of New York, was. married to Matthew Astor Wilks,- a great -grand -son of John Jacob Astor, last Tuesday. The cotton pin of Kluttz and Linn, near Spencer, N. C\, was burn ed Tuesday morning just before day. The loss is about $25,000. There is a suspicion that it was the work of night riders. Dr. William T. Hull, the famous New York specialist, 'tied Monday at Wymborly, IhIo of Hope, near Sa? vannah, Cia. ]le had gone South in search of health. Jacksonville, Fla., suffered a $300, 000 llro-un Wednesdayr ? " Ex-Queen Lilliuoknlani has been sued by Dr Charles 11. ICenglish for $11,(100 for service* rendered her at the stipulated price ot $300 per month. A cruel tramp asked a San Fran cisco lady on Monday for something to cat, and when she. was complying he seized and began to choke her for her ring, when her faithful dog sank his tooth into his legs and saved her. Washington News Notes. Marcdlus Thomas, a Negro, eon? victed of killing two men in Texan appealed to the Supreme court of the United States to interfere with his death penalty on the ground that tho- grand jury that indicted him contained no man of his own race He lost his ease. ^ The conservation congress in Washr ington City which represented the United States, Canada and Mexico concluded its work on Tuesday after finishing an elaborate report and dee* laration of principles. Tho name of Jefferson Davis far ^ been ordered replaced on the arch of Cabin John Bridge, whence it waa chisled out when everybody was mad ~ in lftfi2. This stone bridge is seven miles from Washington and Jeffer son Davis was Secretary of War when it was built. A pension of $50 per month for the widow of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee - was made a part of tho omnibus pension bill passed by the U. S. Senate on ?r Tuesdsy. Captain Hutchins has given up r' command of the battleship Korsargn on account of serious illness. Judge George Gray has been select- '.i ed bb one of the judges to arbitrate the flshorics dispute at The Hague. * The Senate passed the bill Wed nesday to allow the reinstatement of di?ohnrged negro soldiers of th* """ Twenty-flrst Infantry. The House Wednesday refused. 4i?- j inquire vinto the letter of Secretary, Bacon to Panama, disclaiming th* charges of Representative Henry T? ' J Rainoy. President Roosevelt an family at tended on Wednesday, the burial in New York, of the President's nephew Stewart Douelas Robinson, who wa? killed by foiling out of a window in j Harvard college. Miss Frances Caspari, who obtain- - od over $100,000 in Baltimore and Washington, was adjudged insane and will he sent to an asylum. Attorney Stuort McNomora has been chosen to assist the Government 3 in the prosecution of the Panama libel cases. Foreign Affairs. Six persons wcrn killed ond 30 in inrcd in a theatre Are panic in Tula, *39 Russia, on last Mondav. * 9 -W' The gangway between wharf and ship slipped on Wednesday, at Ham- 35s hurg, and about 37 n;rn were precip itated into icv water, from which " ten lives'* were lost. According to decision of the high- i|& or Federal Court of Venezuela, Cipri ano Castro is formally declared de posed of the presid-noy of that na- '.n tion. Francisco do Rarro. the new Am hnssodor from Mexico, has arnved in Washington and expresses the creat interest of l'h ^idont Diaz and the Mexican people in President Roosevelt's conservation movement.;^ The Argentine steamer President# - Roca caught fire according to re ports a few days ago. and the crew and 200 passengers perished. At Rio Banibo in F.quador, by thes removal of a rail a passenger tramjj. was thrown 100 feet <fy>wn a preoi pice and 2") persons woo-e killed and': 40 wounded last Wednesday, A late cablegram says that the French tariff commission has 1 stored the old schedule on olU ex cept that of cotton seed. which to be 25 'frstr.es per 100