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DEMOCRATS CAI
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REPUBLICANS IN THE I
UPON UNSUSPECTI
, PASSED IN IIMIM Bill;
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h
. It Confers Power Upon President To 11
r Dispose of Porto Rican Revenues, u
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c
v nresiaent Mciuutey sent ta? follow- l[
ing special message to congress Friday ^
recommending that all the revenue ^
collected on importations from the
island of Forto Rico since the
H evacuation of the island by Spain* 8|
amounting to more than $2,000,000 g,
Bhould "be placed at the disposal of the a
president for the reHef of the island, p
uTo the Senate and House of Repre- a
sentatives: Since the evacuation of ?
Porto Rico by the Spanish forces on ^
the 18th of October, 18^8, the United
States has collected on products com- P
tag from that island to the ports of
> the United States the duties fixed by a
the Dinglev act and amounting to
\ $2,095,455.88, and will continue to col- ^
lect under said law until congress shall ?
otherwise direct. Althongh I had the
pcrwer, and having in mind the best ?
L interests of the people of the island, t]
K used it, to modify duties on goods and ?
r products entering into Porto Rico, I 1J
did not have the power to remit or
modify duties on Porto Rican products
coming into the ports of the a
VUllOU UMIIC9,
"In view of the pressing necessity
^ for immediate revenue in Porto Rico ^
|r for conducting the government there,
. mid for the extension of public educa- "
tion, and in view also of the provis- **
ional legislation just inaugurated by "
^ the house of representatives and for 0
the purpose of making the principle
embodied in that legislation applica- f:
ble to the immediate past as well as to "
x the immediate future, I recommend 0
that the above sum, so collected, and 81
the sums hereafter collected under ex- C1
isting law, shall, without waiting for
the enactment of the general legislation
now pending, be appropriated for 3
the use and benefit of the island.
^ - "William M'Kinley. j
# "Executive Mansion, March 2, 1900."
taken up at once. b
The message was greeted with Re- ^
publican applause in the house and
k Mr. Cannon asked unanimous consent g(
- for the immediate passage of a bill to
carry out the recommendation. There
was no objection and it was agreed ^
there should be twenty minutes debate
on a side.
"I hope the recommendation will
meet with favor on that side of the ^
^ house," said Mr. Richardson, the ^
minority leader.
"I'll see if it meets with favor on ?
thi? side of the house," retorted Mr. E
Cannon sharply. "I'll now ask for 0
unanimous consent for the immediate 1(
consideration of a bill to carry the res
commendation of that message into F
force." n
The suddenness of the request n
/*on?f?rna.tinn to this Demo- h
cratic side. There was no time for a
consultation. Mr. Richardson stood a
hesitating a moment.
^ "Better do it at once," said Mr. 81
Cannon "before you change your ?
mind." f<
i This shaft raised a langh.
ft Mr. Richardson said he would not
I \ object but wanted to know how much A
time would be allowed for debate. *]
Mr. Cannon replied that he hoped h
there would be no debate. The bill ?
contained an exceedingly plain propo- n
sition and needed no explanation. He n
finally suggested twenty minutes on a *
side. To this Mr. Richardson assent- d
ed, observing: b
"I do not suppose gentlemen on the
other side can be of one mind longer
than forty minutes. (Laughter.) We
agree if it will help you out of the b
hole." si
The bill was then offered, as fol- e<
lows: g
"Be it enacted, etc., that the sum of f(
$2 ,095,455, being the amount of cus- u
toms revenue received on importations ft
by the United States from Porto Rico s
ROBERTS' CASUALTY LIST.
Sends Supplemental Report of Losses p
In Fighting Cronje.
A London special says: Lord Roberts
has forwarded an additional list j
of the British casualties daring the
three days' lighting at Paardeberg, *
showing twelve killed, eighty-two c
wounded and four missing and includ- d
ing seven officers and four Canadian D
privates wounded.
Our Flag Desecrated. ti
There has been extravagant rejoicing n
in Cape Colony at the surrender of
, General Cronje. At Durban, Natal, P
W the stars and stripes have been flying a
alongside the Union Jack. P
? VANDALS STEAL DRAPERY.
S
Goebel Mourning Emblems Are Stripped
From Capitol Building.
% Vandals have stripped the Kentucky fc
state capitol building of emblems of b
mourning with which the front of the p
building was draped on account of the d
death of the late Governor Goebel. t
The work must have required the co- t'
operation of a number of people and v
occupied some time. The soldiers fi
were on duty during the night. Cap- t'
tain Cochran, who is in charge, will, a
1 11 L | _
noia a court ut iuvjuu;. , ^
SYMPATHY FOR BULLER.
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Queen Expresses Sorrow Over Heavy
Losses fusrained. <
]
The queen has telegraphed General |:
Bnller as follows: <
-j
"I have heard with deepest concern '
^ the heavy losses sustained by my brave
> Irish soldiers, and I desire to express 1
my sympathy and admiration for the '
splendid fighting qualities they have
exhibited throughout these trying op- J
?rations." 1
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JGHT NAPPING
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10USE PLAY A TRICK
NQ OPPONENTS.
ince the evacuation of Porto Rico by
le Spanish forces on October 18,
898, to January 1, 1900, or that shall
ereafter be coveted under existing
iw, shall placed at the disposal bf
Ie Resident to be tlsed for the gorrnment
and behefit of Porto Rico
util otherwise provided by law, and
he revenue herein referred to, already
a11 a*Iai3 <3 1 l\ /\ /*r\l 1 a n rt ^ AT.
UUCUIOU. ttUU w UO tuiicw^ou uuuu VA
iting laws, are hereby appropriated
3r the purposes herein specified out
f moneys in the treasury not otherrise
appropriated."
EXPLAINED BT MR* CANKDJT.
Mr. Cannon said ihere was no reaon
to tnake An extended argument in
lipport of the bill. The brief mesage
of the president, he said, covered
11 the points necessary to justify the
assage of the bill. It appropriated
11 the money in the treasury collected
p to January 1, and such as shall be
ereafter collected on exports from
>orto Rico for the benefit of the peole
of the island.
Mr. Cannon explained that the sugar
nd tobacco piled up in Porto Rico conrolled
by the sugar and tobacco trusts
-hich was awaiting shipment to this
ountry would be shipped to the Uniad
States if this bill passed and that
very dollar of duty paid by these
rusts would be devoted to the storm
wept and starving inhabitants of tne
sland. (Republican applause.)
"You have been shedding crooodile
=ars," he concluded. "Now come up i
nd vote for this bill, every man of
ou. (Renewed applause.)
Mr. Bailey, of Texas, replied to
far. Cannon and evoked a round of i
1 ? - A*? h. vtHn _
'emocrauc applause uy ma uibu dou- i
jnce. If he had known when the
nanimons consent was submitted that
le bill placed at the absolute disposal
f the president $8>000>000 now in the
easury and an indefinite sum herefter
to be collected^ he said, he would
imBelf have taken the responsibility
f objecting. He would never conent,
he said, to turn over to the disretion
of one man money in the
reasury.
Mr. Cannon moved the previous
uestion on the Porto Rico bill and
ais prevailed on a standing vote of
43 to 119. A yea and nay vote fol)wed.
Mr. Bailey's motion to commit the
ill was lost by 133 to 149. The vote
as then taken by yeas and nays on
ae passage of the bill and resulted
68 to 167. The bill now goes to the
jnate.
TO ASSIST BAKER FAMILY.
lassachusetts Congressman Introduces
Bill lo the House.
A Washington dispatch says: The
inching of the negro postmaster at
iake City, S. C., in 1898, was mad?
le subject of a special joint resolution
ltroduced in the house Friday by
Representative Roberts, Republican,
f Massachusetts. It provides as fol>W8:
"Whereas, On or about the 21st of
'ebruary, 1898, 100 or more armed
len fired upon and killed the postlaster
at Lake City, S. C., and one of
is family and wounded several others
?* v a _ 11 XL _i._ .
no. men Durnea an wieir property,
nd,
" Whereas, That said family is in a
affering and destitute condition withat
even the necessaries of life; tbere>re,
"Resolved by the senate and house of
epresentatives of the United States of
.merica in congress assembled, That
tie sum of eight dollars per month is
ereby appropriated out of any money
i the treasury of the United States
ot otherwise appropriated, to be imlediately
available for the relief of
le said family, to be distributed uner
such rules and regulations as may
e prescribed by the postmaster gtnral.
Grant of Land Requested.
Senator Morgan has introduced a
ill in the senate to grant land to the
tate of Alabama for the purpose of
dncation of colored students at Montomery
and Troy. The bill provides
>r the granting of 25,000 acres for the
se of the State Normal school at
Lontgomery and the same for the
tate Normal college at Troy.
WILL APPEAL TO CONGRESS
or Reduction of Tariff Duty On Imported
Wood Pulp.
A Chattanooga dispatch says: E.
!. Adams, president of the Tennessee
'ress Association, has appointed a
ommittee of Tennessee publishers to
ond rv.QConf f A AAnirrPRR a mA
4?" .vv r**"" O- ~
iorial requesting that the tariff duty
n wood pulp be removed. This adion
is the result of a national movelent
by newspaper publishers having
a view the reduction of the cost of
rinting paper, which has been placed
t an unreasonable and ruinously high
rice by the paper trust.
FOR MURDER OF FARMER.
?even Prominent South Carolina Men
Are Tried.
One of the most important criminal
rials in South Carolina in years has
>een in progress in Lexington the
>ast week. An extra veneir had to be
rawn to get a jury. Daring the trial
he dispensary was closed by order of
he judge. Seven white men are charged
rith the assassination of a prosperous
armer named Bowers. It is alleged
hat they wished to get Bowers' land,
nd he would not sell. All are men of
roperty.
RUSSIA TALKS BOLDLY.
5t. Petersburg Newspapers Bitterly j
Denounce England.
The newspapers at St. Petersburg, i
Russia, outdo the rest of the conti- I
cental press in bewailing General
Cronje's defeat and virulently abusing
Great Britain. They declare that the
rransvaal has fully demonstrated its
right to complete political independence,
with au outlet to the sea.
They suggest that the best help for j
the Boers would be to create a diver- I
jion against Great Britain elsewhere. '
DAVIS' BOLD STAND.
fliririesota Senator Offers Amendment
and New Section to
Porto Rican Bill.
Senator Davis, of Minnesota, offered
an amendment to the Porto Rican bill
in the senate at Monday's session. Its
effect is to have the tariff laws of the
United States applied to Porto Rico
upon foreign imports, and allow absolute
free trade between the United
States and Uorto fiico. He also proposes
a new section as follows:
For the purpose of this act the following
provisions of the constitution
of the United States are hereby exand
ftrmlioablft to Porto
Rico:
The congress shall have power to
lay and collect taxes, duties* imports
aud exciseB, to pay the dfebt? and proVide
folr the common defense and genferal
welfare of the United States; but
all duties imports and excises shall be
uniform thoughout the United States.
No capitation or other direct tax 1
shall be laid, unless in proportion to :
the census or enumeration hereinbefore
directed to be taken.
No tax or duty shall be given by any
regulation of commerce or revenue to
the ports of one state over those of another;
nor shall veflsels bound to or
from one state be obliged to enter,
clear or pay duties in another.
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION.
Call Issued For an Important Meeting
In Orlando, Florida.
The committee recently appointed
to perfect arrangements for holding a
state good roads convention in Orlando,
Fla., consisting of representatives
from the city council, board of trade,
county commissioners, Democratic
committee, have issued the following
call:
Believing that every citizen and every
industry within the state of Florida
are vitally interested in public
highways, and being fully convinced
of the benefits to be derived from discussion
and conference over this important
question, a state good roads
convention is hereby called to be held
in Orlando on March 22 and 23, 1900.
The county commissioners of each
of the several counties have been requested
to oppoint one or more delegates.
Cities, towns, boards of trade,
bicyle clubs and oth?^ organizations
will send delegates. Arrangements
are being made for practical expert
discussion of good highways generally
and the following topics will form interesting
topics for dicussion:
Best plans and methods of construction.
How shall funds be raised for
road building. Bicycle paths, their
construction "with public highways.
Improvements of streets in towns and
villages. What is the best material
for this purpose available in the state?
An effort is being made to secure the
presence of General Roy Stone, Hon.
W. L. Wilson, of the United States
department of agriculture, and other
men of national reputation to attend.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
List of New Industries Established
"During the Past Week.
The more important of the new industries
reported for the past week include
an asbestos goods factory in Virginia;
brick and tile works in North
Carolina; a broom factory in South
CaroliDa; brown stone quarries in
North Carolina; a carriage factory and
coal mines in Kentucky; two cotton
mills in Alabama, one in Georgia,
three each in North Carolina and
South Carolina, two in Texas; a cotton
seed oil mill in Texas; an electric
light and power company in North
Carolina; a fertilizer factory in Virginia;
flouring mills in Georgia, Louisiana,
Texas and West Virginia; a
foundry and machine shop in Virginia;
two furniture factories in North Caroo^otrlonQ
rroa trnrbn in Virginia:
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an ice factory in Tennessee; knitting
mills in Florida, Georgia and North
Carolina; lumber mills in Georgia,
Louisiana, North Carolina and Virgina;
a machine shop and mattress factory
in North Carolina; a mosquito
net factory in Tennesee; a naval stores
company in North Carolina; ocbre and
sienna mines in Georgia; a paper mill
in Louisiana; a petroleum company in
West Virginia; a soap factory in South
Carolina; telephone companies in
Florida and North Carolina; tobacco
factories in Kentucky, South Carolina
and Virginia.?Tradesman, (Chattanona,
Tenn.)
SHORT HOUSE SESSION.
Death of Representative Eppes Is Announced
and Resolutions Adopted.
In the house Saturday the desk of
Representative Eppes, who died Friday
night, was hung with crepe and
covered with a profusion of flowers,
lilies, roses and carnations. The chapIain
in his invocation made a feeling
reference to the death of Mr. Eppes.
Mr. Hay, Virginia, then announced
with an expression of profound sorrow,
on the part of himself and his associates,
the death of Mr. Eppes. He
offered resolutions of respect and sympathy,
which were unanimously adopted.
A committee of eighteen members
was appointed by the speaker to act
with a senate committee as a funeral
escort. As a further mark of respect
to the deceased, the house then adjourned.
Uniforms For Veterans.
The Confederate veterans of Camp ;
Walker will be uniformed at the ex- j
pense of the Atlanta city government.
To the surprise of several who were
watching the fate of the resolution
fnr an pvnenditure. it was
--i
adopted by the city council without
opposing speeches.
Butler's Revised List.
A London special says: General Buller's
revised list of casualties from
February 14th to February 27th gives
93 men killed, 684 wounded and 25
missing; total, 702.
Nominated Prohibition Ticket.
The Rhode Island Prohibition state
i convention has nominated the following
ticket: Governor, Hon. H. B.
Metcalfe of Pawtucket; lieutenintgovernor,
Willis Henry White of
J Providence; secretary of state, Wm.
E. Brightman of Liveton.
KING COTTON
CLIMBING UP
Price of the Fleecy Staple
Jumps to Ten Gents*
NEXT CROP IN DEMAND.
Dealers Are Baying For Delivery Next
Fall at Prices Ranging From
Seven to Eight Cents.
Monday at the closing of the cotton
market in New York middling spots
were selling in that city at 9 13-16 for
uplands and 10 1-16 for gulf. May
closed Saturday at 9.38-9 and Monday
rose "to 9.54. Atlanta spot cotton
jumped up to 9$, at which point the
staple was worth about 847 per bale,
whieh is more than it has brought in
some years.
Cotton is worth about 810 per bale
and the crop is worth about 890,000,000
more than it was on New Year's day.
The cotton market is excited and
speculation as usual is heavy, but the
most remarkable and significant feature
of the present situation is that
cotton houses are buying next fall's
crop, seven to ten months ahead of
time;
This is not a purchase of futures in
the ordinary sense, but a contract to
take actual cotton when it matures and
is ready for market;
Prominent cotton firms are offering
to take next fall's crop at 7} to 8
cents, and a great deal of cotton has
been sold to them already. It is reported
on what appears to be good
authority that the fertilizer companies,
who will receive an immense
amount of cotton in payment for fertilizers,
have already sold their contracts
at 7f cents to cotton houses.
The Virginia Carolina Chemical
company supplies a large part of the
fertilizers sold in Georgia and other
southern states, and is reported to
have sold an immense quantity at 350
pounds of cotton per ton,
PVkia TOz-inM matafVio VTircrmift f5aro?
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lina Chemical company long on fall
cotton, and it is reported that they
sold or agreed to sell their cotton contracts
to a prominent cotton honse for
7$ cents. This would net them $27.12
per ton for fertilizers which sold last
year below $20.
Thus a large part of the cotton crop
of this section has been bought with
fertilizers at a boom price and sold for
cash against the market.
The question naturally arises, how
can the cotton houses afford to buy
next fall's crop?
The answer is that they can sell i1
as they buy it, ahead of time, and they
do so.
The speculative market is such thai
fall cotton can be sold in New York al
a fraction over 8 cents, and when ?
cotton firm buys cotton for actual delivery
next fall, it protects itself frorc
the hazard of the market by buying
futures to the same extent.
The question arises again, how doe:
it profit them to buy and sell at the
same figures, paying commissions anc
other expenses?
They contract ahead of time for the
handling of so much cotton, on every
bale of which they make the ordinary
profits of the business.
In other words, they are securing
business ahead of time and ahead o:
their competitors.
Other motives have been attributed
to the cotton men. It has been sug
gested that they wish to handle a big
crop because their profits figure at s<
much a bale, and knowing the effec
of such an offer on the acreage, ar<
publishing it broadcast in the plant
ing season.
Whether the have any such motiv<
or not, there can be no doubt that th<
offer of 7$ to 8 cents for the fall croj
will induce the farmers to plant ver]
heavily.
The trouble about it, so far as the
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induce many to plaut beyond thai]
means who will not be careful to mak<
themselves safe in doing so. The pub
lication of these advance offers foi
next fall's crop will affect the action o
hundreds'of thousands of planters
who will be in no wise protected.
GUNS ORDERED BACK.
Shipment of Arms From Frankfor
to London Stopped.
The orders for the shipment of gun
and ammunition from the state arsens
at Frankfort to London, Ky., by th
Republican state authorities, was re
voked Monday afternoon and a c?
loaded with munitions of war consign
ed to London was unloaded and it
contents returned to the arsenal. Th
state officials give no reason for th
change of program. The soldier
worked all forenoon loading the cai
There is a report that the war depart
raent at Washington interfered and re
quested the guns and ammunition al
ready taken to London be returned.
CRUMPACKER MADE HIT.
Indiana Republicans Talk of Makin
Him Governor.
Among certain Republican leader
in various parts of Indiana a move
ment has started in favor of nominal
ing Congressman Crumpacker, of th
tenth district, for governor. He wa
he only Republican congressman c
the state who voted against the Port
Rican tariff bill and it is due to thi
fact that the movement has started i
his favor for the Republican nomine
tion.
KRUGER IS FOR PEACE.
r>- A- 1 ? A +
Basis, However, muse oe uu muc
pendencc of the Republics.
The Transvaal agency at Brusseli
Belgium, confirms the statement tlu
President Kruger is ready to concluc
peace with Great Britain on the baa
of the independence of the republic
and that otherwise the struggle wi
continue to the bitter end. The agenc
believes that the Afrikander elemei
in Cape Colony and Natal will reb<
rather than allow annexation.
11. M. COMER'S WILL. ,
1
Document Is Probated But Amount of |
Property Is Not Given. 1
The will of the late H. M. Comer I
was probated at Savannah, Ga., Mon- 1
day in common form. It will be pro- l
bated in solemn form later.
The executrix, Mrs. Lila C. Comer,
qualified, and Mr. Edward T. Comer,
the youngest brother, Mr. Hugh Comer)
and Mr. D. A. Denmark qualified J
afc executors. Mr. John D. Comer,
the youngest son, is to become an exe- !
cutor when he becomes of age.
The entire estate is given to the ex- j
ecutrix and executors in trust for the J
benefit of Mr. Comer's family. J
The will gives no evidence of the '
amount of the property, and the exec- 1
utors do not express any opinion as to
the value of the estate. It is under- ]
stood* however, that it is considerably
over $1,000,000.
PRESIDENT AT BANQUET.
Was Quest of Honor at Annual Meeting
of the Ohio Society. *
The Ohio Society of New York held
its fourteenth annual dinner at the 1
Waldorf-Astoria last Saturday night.
President McKinley was the guest of
honor. More than 400 covers were
laid.
Before the banquet President Mc-.
Kinley, with President M. I. Southard
of the society and Henry L. Burnett*
chairmdn of the banquet committee*
held a reception and shook hands with
Inembers of the POciety and the guests.
The list of speakers on the program
was as follows: President McKinley*
Gov. George K. Nash, of Ohio; John
A. Richards, solicitor general of the
tJtiited States; Lieut-Gov. Timothy
L. Woodruff and James H. Hoyt.
There were no fixed toasts, the
speakers having subjects allotted to
them as they were called upon.
CENSORSHIP IS CLOSE.
Lord Roberts' Movements In Soutb
Africa Are Well Guarded.
A London dispatch says: The air of
mystery -which covers the movements
of the main British army in South
Africa continues, though what information
leaks through indicates that
the campaign is being carried on with
, steady progress. There are now practically
three British armies in the
field, one in the Free State, one in
i Cape Colony and the other in Natal.
All that is known about the first and
most important is that it is in close
touch with the body of Boers estimated
. to number about 6,000 men. Speculation
as to the direction and method
> of General Roberts' advance into the
Free State is quite worthless, so care;
fully are the plans concealed.
RECEIVER APPOINTED
ForBlackwell's Durham Tobacco Company
by Judge Simonton.
P. S. Hill, of New Yerk, has been
. appointed temporary receiver of Blackwells
Durham Tobacco company. The
E appointment was made by Judge Sir
monton, of the United States circuit
court at Charleston, S. C., and Hill
t qualified in Raleigh and gave bond in
5 the sum of $50,000 and is now in
k charge.
The matter is made returnable bek
fore Judge Simonton in Charleston on
, April 17, when a permanent receiver
will be appointed and order for sale
} of the factory made. The application
j for a receiver was made by a majority
[ of the stockholders of the company in
order to settle up business and divide
3 assets.
r INDECENT PLAY SUPPRESSED.
J
Actress Nethersole Held In $500 Bond
I by flaglstrate flott.
' A New York dispatch says: As the
result of a decision of Magistrate
I Mott, holding Miss Olga Nethersole,
" now famous for the part she has been
> playing in "Sapho," Hamilton Re3
vello, the leading man; Marcus Meyer,
' manager of the company, and Theo3
dore Moss, lessee of Wallack's heater
* each in $500 bail for trial at the special
session on a charge of producing
3 a play that offended public decency, j
3 Wallack's theater was closed Monday
3 night and no production of "Sapho" |
F was attempted.
i To Repeal Paper Duties.
1 Representative Deveries, of Califorr
nia, introduced a joint resolution in
3 the house for the repeal of duties on
- white or printing paper and the matet
rial from which it is made, and directf
ing the attorney general to proceed
, under the anti-trust law against those
maintaining a monopoly in such paper
and material.
M'MILLIN A CANDIDATE,
t
Tennessee Now Has a Three-Cornered
a Senatorial Contest.
il The senatorial race in Tennessee
8 now has three entries. Governor
s- Benton McMillin is an assured starfcer,
the contest thus becoming three>
cornered. For sometime Congress8
man E. "W. Camack, of the tenth dis8
trict, and David L. Snodgrass, chief
8 justice of the supreme court of Ten8
nessee, have been candidates while,
" with no expression from the governor,
* his friends have been actively at work
in his interest. The matter was setI.
xi-J V,*. a a Ti Q o r> Vi vprf>d bv
1 lieu J1UUUOJ kJJ a v.,
Governor McMillin to a large gathering
at Pulaski in Giles county.
REPORT IS CRITICISED.
g
Teller Makes Light of Work of Cons
ference on Financial Bill.
5_ The senate held a brief session Saturday,
adjourning early on account of
the death of Eepresentative Epes, of
Virginia. During the session Mr.
^ Ross, of Vermont, spoke in opposition
to the seating of Hon. M. S. Quay,
g and Mr. Teller spoke in criticism of
n the conference report upon the curk
rency bill. A number of private pension
bills were passed during the day.
LUNATIC BREAKS LOOSE.
Clubs Fellow Prisoner To Death and
Wounds the Sheriff.
a
! J. B. Campbell, a crazy man in jail
* at Canton, Ala., brained a fellow pris
oner and probably fatally wounded
! Sheriff J. T. Cooley Saturday morning
y and escaped. He was recaptured
1 shortly afterward and returned to jail.
^ Much excitenoeut prevaiis and the jail
is guarded to prevent the murderer's
2 frieuds and relatives from rescuing
him.
SOUTH CAROLINA \
STATE NEWS ITEMS. ^
ef\irOC\J!XJrslC\JC\J?\ll
A Historic Flag.
The South Carolina veterans will
take to the Confederate reunion at
Louisville, May 30 td June 3, the (&nous
flag of the Palmetto regiment.
The flag probably has a more interesting
history than any flag in the country.
The flag was presented to the
South Carolina regiment by General
Scott at the city of Mexico, to be car*
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ried in lieu or ine tauereu uuuum
which had been presented to th9 regiment
by the ladies of Charleston in
1846. The flag was carried through
the elltire war from Vera Cruz and all
through the valley. Jt was the third,
if not the second, flag planted cn the'
walls of Chapultepec. The flag was
placed above Garita dc Belen by Oreileral
Quitman in person on September
13, 1847. It was the first flag planted
on the walls of the City of Mexico,
having been hauled up by the South
Carolinians three hours before any
other division entered the city.
The historic flag was loaned to the
Second South Carolina regiment of the
late war and carried to Cuba. It was
hoisted over Morro Castle. The flag
is probably the only one in the United
States that was carried in the two foreign
wars that the United States has
ehgftged in, aud it is the only flag that
has been hoisted over the capitals of
the two countries with which the
United States went to war. It was
brought back to Havana in a powder
sack and returned to the Palmetto
regiment survivors.
The original flag of the regiment was
stolen by Sherman's command when
it passed through Chester, S< C. The
original flag was pierced with twentyseven
balls, the staff was shot down
twice, one officer was killed -under it,
r?no nffir>flr mnrtallv wounded and thre&
were wounded.
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Conductor Hursey Acquitted.
Conductor F. H. Hursey, who killed
a negro on his train at Pinewood two
months ago, about which there was
nearly precipitated a race war, has
been acquitted. The jury was unanimous
before leaving their seats. The
plea was self-defense.
When the negro was killed, the
town marshal arrested Hursey and
negroes talked of lynching. He was
befriended ^y whites at Pinewood and
then taken secretly to jail at Clarendon.
Negroes threatened to burn the
town atid kill Hursey's friends. Fifty
repeating rifles were rushed to the
whites, while the nearby militia was
kept under arms. It was three days
before quiet was restored.
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Asks Assistance For Bakers.
Mr. Roberts, of Massachusetts, ha!
introduced a bill in congress appropriating
$8 per month for the relief o!
the family of the postmaster of Lake
City, who was fired upon and killed bj
armed men on February 21,1898. Th<
bill states that the family is now in i
suffering and destitute condition.
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Extensions Have Been Completed.
The Seaboard Air Line has finishec
its line from Camden to the ontskirti
of Columbia. The link between Cam
den and Cheraw is nearly completed
Between Columbia and Cayce, the ter
minus of the Florida Central anc
Peninsular, nearly all the track hai
been laid, but freshets have interferec
with the completion of the bridgi
across the Congaree.
To Sell Brown Stone.
[ A company Las been oraganized a
I Columbia, capitalized at ?100,000 t*
market the brown stone around Car
thage, X. C., on the Seaboard Ai
Line. The officers are: J. H. Jackson
Augusta; C. A. Douglass, "Washington
D. C., and Julius T. Dudley, Ben
nettsville, S. C.
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Board Will Inspect Ground.
A Washington dispatch says: 1
board of officers, consisting of Colone
Wallace F. Kandolpb, First artillerj
Major James W. Pope, quartermastei
United States army, and Captain Her
ry W. Hubbell, First artillery, ha
been ordered to meet at Sullivan1
island, to ascertain the prices at whic
the different holdings on the two tract
of land on that island, the title t
which was recently ceded by the legii
lature of South Carolina, can be ot
tained to recommend in each case as t
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wiietner tne lanus couiu uo puiuuaoc
at the prices stated, or whether j
would be advantageous to institut
condemnation proceedings for thei
acquisition.
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New Enterprises.
The following commissions for chai
ters have been recently issued:
Enterprise Bank, of Laurens, cap:
tal stock, $50,000, corporators, N. I
Dial, W. E. Lucas, W. L. Gray an
C. H. Roper, of Laurens, and Messrf
T. R. McGahan and R. G. Rhett, c
Charleston.
A commission for a charter has bee
issued to the Cherokee Foundry an
Machine works, of Gaffney. The caj
ital stock is to be $5,000.
Fidelity Building and Loan associi
tion, of Anderson, capital stock, $25
000, corporators, George W. Evans,I
S. Hill, J. R. Yandiver, M. M. Matt
son, E. F. Cochran, S. R. Parker, I
C. Laughlin and W. F. Cox.
Acetylene Gas Light company, <
Beaufort. Corporators, Wm. P. Wi
terhouse and S. S. Besemer; capib
stock $5,000. The company propose
to run pipes and light the city <
Beaufort and furnish lights for coi
sumers.
Hartsville Hotel company. Corpori
tors, J. W. Davis, M. JJcivinuoi
J. J. Lawton, H. A. Edwards ar
ATary Bell; capital stock $5,500.
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'I'lio Press Exconlan.
| In a letter received from Havana l
j one of the members of the press e
cursion committee from :he higbe
authorities, the statement is made th
quarters can be secured at the Ingl
tera Hotel?the leading one in H
vana, at the rate of $1.50 a day. Th
is for a room and two meals; no dil
, ner is included in this price. If mer
, bers of the Press Association insist c
eating three meals a day, there a:
r v - -
is cheaper thaa was expected.
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A fjulritHi fit Af-fldffnt*.
B. S. Clark, a flagman oti theSon-hern
Railway, went out from 0o!f*jnbia
on a freight. It was raining htffd
when the train stopped for something
between stations, twenty miles from
Columbia. Clark was missed later;
| his body was found mangled on tho
rocks at the bottom of a fifty-foot
trestle. He had stepped off in the
rain and darkness, not knowing there
was a chasm below.
Contractor Arthur G. Fretwell was
killed at Laurens. An embankment
on the Charleston and Western Carolina
road, undermined by ft ?team
shovel, fell in on him.
John W. Corarie died at the hospital
in Columbia from the effects of burns
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irom a reiuru uiaai* iruu an tubiUv,
which he was firing.
John McKane, of Columbia, fell
from a coal chute at WilmingtoD, N.
C.j and was killed. We was inspector
of trestles iot the Atlantic Coast Line.
Ad Sullivan, formerly of the Southern
shops, died from burns caused by
an explosion of a gasoline lamp while
cleaning an engine.
Pythlans to Meet In Charleston.
The lodges of the Knights of Pythias
in Charleston are already considering
plans for the entertainment of
the Grand Lodge on May 1st. Nothing
definite in the way of entertainment
has been settled upon, but a
committee of twenty-fire from each
lodge has been appointed. The first
meeting has been held and a general
plan of entertainment outlined. The
first and most important matter to be
considered is that of raising funds for
entertaining purpocss. This accordingly
was given much consideration
and the outlook is exceedingly bright
and encouraging.
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Ticket Agents Coming.
The International Ticket Agents' Association
will soon begin a tour of the
south. The starting point will be Chicago
and the association will leave that
city on a special train. The trip embraces
Florida and on the return a
stop will be made at Charleston,
where the agents will arrite Marcti
15, and spend two days in the city.
After leaving Charleston the partj
will visit Asheville, Hot Springs anc
other pginta in the "Land of th<
Sky," going thence, via Cincinnati, tc
the starting point.
The association, 230 strong, is com
posed of the coupon ticket agents o:
railroads all over the United States.
{ These gentlemen are daily asked man}
, questions by tourists and others as tc
t the healthful sections of the country,
and it is hoped that the result of th?
| visit of the excursionists here will leac
to patronage of Charleston and th<
Isle of Palms.
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New' Buildings For Winthrop.
1 The trustees of the Winthrop Normal
and Industrial college at Rod
Hill have decided upon the plans for i
5 new dormitory and industrial buildinj
r to cost $40,000. It will be one of thi
J best equipped buildings of its kind ii
1 the sooth. Althongh young in year
Winthron collesre is today one of th<
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leading institutions of the south fo
the higher education of women.
! SIX DIE IN FLAMES.
* Fatal Fire In Seven-Story Lodginj
1 House In New York
? City.
1 Sii persons were burned to deatl
and three were injured early Sunda;
morning in a fire which occurred in
sev^n story lodging house in Nei
t Ycyk.
0 The lodging house was cut up int
* 132 rooms, and ninety of these smal
r places were occupied when the fir
? broke out. Policemen sent in an alarc
* and burst into the place to arouse th
r inmates. They notified the nigh
clerk, who immediately rang the alarm
all over the house.
The hallways wero instantly fill?'
with a crowd of excited people. Th
)1 policemen forced their way to th
rl upper floors in an effort to rescu
t some of the helpless or any who migh
i- be overcome with smoke. They carrie
? out Thomas Harper, a one-legge
a man, and Edward Walker, who ha
h been burned and partially overcom
:s by the smoke.
o Stephen Carney was found lying o
- rm. , ?
J- the floor in' his room, xne umut
b had already burned the old man1
o hands, face and body, but a policema
d picked him up and carried him out (
it the building.
e The firemen succeeded in puttin
ir out the flames without great loss t
the buildiDg. After the fire was ot
they began a search. The bodies <
all five of the victims were found o
> the fifth floor, where the Are did moi
of the damage.
j* ACQUITTED MEN~OVERJOYED.
d They Take Charge of Dispensary ac
' "Treat" Lavishly.
!* At Lexington, S. C., after a tri
lasting six days, C. S. Matthews, ]
*} B. Frick, J. J. Frick, P. Conner, Jn
" Conner,D. J. Dehart and Jno. Fulme
prominent farmers of Lexington, we
acquitted of assassination of Patric
Bowers, a wealthy land owner, on Ju
?" 14th, last.
T All the men were neighbors, ar
x* Bowers had refused them certain co:
oessious in passing through the lan
He was shot from ambush while ri
incr on the highway at midday. TJ
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a' j dispensary closed during tne iriai
prevent trouble. On being reopen*
it was taken charge of by the acquitt*
>* men. who "treated" their supportei
CRONJE REACHES SIMONS TOW
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a Large Quantities of Supplies Sent In
td Ladysmith.
Advices from Cape Town state th
Gen. Cronje and his party arrived
Simons Town Friday. Cronje w
>y received by General Sir Frederi
x- Forestier-Walker and a representati
st of Sir Alfred-Milner. the governor
at Cape Colony.
e- A dispatch from General Buller w
a- received at the war office in Lond
is Friday morning announcing tt
i- seventy-three wagon loads of suppli
q. are now entering Ladysmith. T
>n first eleven wagons contain bospi1
re com forte.
iflfi MSUttlififlTD m
ARE DNWHIPPED. I
Agiriflaldo's FoiJowers Determined "
Not to Give Up Figbt.
MANY TRAITORS FOUND.
American Officers Know Not gj
Whom to Trust.
Reports reach the Associated Press ^j|I
from various sources, including army *
officers and the heads of commercial j.^
houses with agents throughout the ?- .0
lauds, of continued activity among the
- rr,u/> pndeavorincr to 'r?
lusuryeuia nuu ? v ? ?
keep alive the armed opposition to the . ^
United States and are planning to continue
the insurrection with guerrilla
warfare on a larger scale wlieir the
rainy season begins.
A person holding a position second? *
only to that of the governor general J-*
tells the Associated Press he is con- ; v
vinced that the insurgent organisation M
has been remarkably rehabilitated doring
the past month, particularly ia
the northern provinces. He says the
insurgents have a secret organization
patterned after the Katipnnan methods,
even in the strongest garrisoned
towns, affording perfect means of 00m- |p
munication, and that the mac&tpMry "
managed from Manila, some of the ||
leaders being Filipinos pretending: to
be supporters of the American admLv p
istraiion, and many of the monieipaf
governments installed by the army
forming part of the machinery. ''%
Two correspondents of leading ||
American weeklies who have travefedl If
for a month in Benguel and Hocoit^M >
with letters to insurgent chiefs, going M
alone fifty miles from garrisons and |
! being everywhere hospitably received, 'M
' say the people make no secret of their )
11 ilL inoriMiOAHftn
sympaiuy wnu tuo wauiwww ?, Vjgn_
though admitting that the Filpino seldiers
abuse them, they still protect v ;
these soldiers from the American scont-..?^
L ing parties. They claim to hare com- |
munication with aguinaldo. Paterno, ||
, in the northern mountains of Mauriia?1^^B
is full of civil and mititary officials of r, *9
J all ranks of Aguinaldo's government 1
' who were captnred or surrendered and' .J
who were brought here and released*^
" on promises to refrain from agitation. m
While many of the insurgent muni- J|
civai officers were continued in office |
7 on taking the oath of allegiance, refi?||
' dents who are acquainted with theos ,
have little faith in their adherenee %
| their promises. All the civil officii# 3
of Tarlac, capital of the province of B
3 that name, numbering eleven persons- ^
have been arrested and charged with
plotting, and two insurgents have been captured
at Malabon with incriminate^
' ing papers and $4,000 collected from Ja
: the natives. .
1 Some of the mnnicipal governments |1
? appear loyal and efficient. On the :| 1
9 other hand, one American general '
1 clares that he believes the majority in jSj
8 his province are agents of the
r A fresh issue of insurgent pamphlets ; ?
is being circulated, asserting that then
American promises of good govern- fl
ment are merely a mask for commn^|BB
ciai exploitation ot me x
^ quoting Senator Beveridge's spcti|H ||
and an editorial from a Washington':! p
newspaper headed "Lot Cs Be Hon-M
2 The trial of the guerrilla charge^ | "
with murder is finished and it is bar &
^ lieved the commission's verdict will ba % :
a guilty. Indictments against othera % vi
v have been prepared. -J
No report has been received front.
0 General Bates's expedition. He baa
j probably moved inland, where com- 2
e munication with him is impracticable^ ;%
Q The army throughout the island of -j.
Luzon is working, scouring the coua* ?
t try for insurgents and killing a few I
daily. The section from Manila to S|
Dagupan has been thoroughly cleared,^
^ the scouting parties being unable to f
find any insurgents. General Fun- . M
0 aton and Colonel Kennan took 200 ;
e men through the mountains to BalerJ|?
t on the eastern coast, without meethi^lp
^ an insurgent. Bat they are active^^m
^ along the northern coast from Dagu- ||
^ pan to Aparri. Occasional reports
e come of an American soldier bein^^
killed or disappearing. In the southern
provinces the insurgents continue ^
jg to harrass the American garrisons by-^H
?8 night demonstrations. . . *
? BOY INCRiniNATES MOTHER. [WL
While Dying He Reiterates Statement .:|li
& That He Killed His Father. ^ J
lt John Lewis Howard, at Middles* ||
^ boro, Ky., who made a statement eev- ||
n eral days ago that he, urged by hfir^
3t mother, killed his father, Thomas
Howard, about five years ago, died .
Friday night, and before he died
erated his statement. It will be re* I
|(J membered that the woman, Mrs.
Amanda Howard Parker, was arrested 9
on his first statement and the case re- \>|
mandedtothe grand jury. The boy
was only ten years old when, as he ^
?- said, he was directed by his mother to vg
r? fire the fatal shot H
:k SENSATIONAL CHARGE. d||
Anonymous Writer Says Charleston'* id
Officers Were Oruolc. ??
a* Sensational charges are contained in l|
d- an anonymous letter which has been
d- received at the navy department from ie
Manila. The communication relites
to the wrecking of the Charleston an&li
5d makes 3 serious statement that a nam?d
ber of officers of the vessel at the time
'8- of the disaster were under the infill- ^
N enceof liqnor. The correspondent who x'
* furnishes the information claims to :j
t0 have verified the allegations by dilfc % ;
gent inquiry among the officers of the^H
^ Charleston.
*t EDITORS CONDEMN TRUSTS. |j
as Association Urges Congress To Tako^H
I Immediate Actios.
ve I at Sflturdav's session of the Nation- '
0 al Editorial Association in New
leans the resolutions against trnste
as were taken up. The debate on the "||
?? question continued for some time and -Jf
ia with much heat. The resolutions
188 against trusts were adopted, 244
? 64, with an amendment urging con- J
a gress to take immediate action agaia^^H