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INAUGURATION
Amidst Pomp am
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CAPITOL LITERALLY THRONGED
Though Harred Somewhat By the
Clements Inaugural Program
Brilliantly Carried Out.
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A Washington special says: Monday
^ at noon, William McKinley, of Ohio,
aras inducted into the presidential
office, being the eighth in the illustrious
line of presidents of the United
States thus honored by the American
people wfith a second term.
Simultaneously, Theodore Koosevelt,
of New York, became vice president
of the United States.
During the early hours of the morning,
and even well into the day the
prospect was certainly discouraging.
At 3 o'clock a. m., a drizzling rain was
i- falling, and at sunrise the clouds hung
so thickly that the orb of day was
scarcely visible. About 8 o'clock the
clouds began to break, and in the
course of an hour broad beams of sun?|
- light swept the avenue, the variations
from the light to shadow, as the clouds
scudded rapidly over the sky under
the influence of a northwest wind,
adding variety to the pictures. On
? the whole the weather promised to redeem
the pledge, of the weather bureau
that the weather would be glorious,
the temberaturd being mild and broad
stretqhes of bine sky appearing as the
san forced its way through the clouds.
The parade that followed President
McKinley on his return from the capkol
to the white house and passed in ;
review there before him, was different
from all its predecessors in the majestic
predominance of the military
feature. The civil contingent 'was
quite up to the average in numbers,
yet l?y actual count made by the marshals
the soldiers outnumbered the
civilians in line by more than three to
one. In J>lue were many soldiers who
had carrild the country's dag out into
the world, and had waged a war which
was all in the future when the last inaugural
procession marched along
Pennsylvania avenue.
??/ With these young veterans, and in
the place of honor, as the president's
escort, marched another contingent
made up entirely of soldieis of the
civil war. At their head marched the
Bough Bider band.
Alv#* time ir> o */irtorfoT? ft
XVI bUC UBI UIUO iu I^UIU vv> v* ?
century the president rode from the
white house to the capitol without a ,
successor beside him in his carriage.
Grant was the last of the presidents of ;
N the United States up to this time to ]
~ occupy a similar position. President
McKinley had for his companions in ,
his carriage members of the committee
specially chosen by congress to take
ohargeof. the inauguration, headed by
Senator Hanna.
The nations of the world, great and
small, paid their tribute to the presi- ;
dsnt in attendance at the ceremonies
at the capitol and in reviewing the :
great parade.
The navy was represented in the
ceremonies more numerously than ever
before. Half a dozen warships, more ,
than have assembled in the Potomac
since the civil war, contributed
through their sailors and marines one j
of the most unique and enjoyahle 1
features of the ceremony, marching *
oyer a thousand strong. Down on ;
the water front lay the famous old :
flagship Hartford, while at the navy
yard floated the double-turreted monitor
Puritan. Further down the Po- !
tomac lay other vessels unable to get <
up the river to Washington, but whose i
crews 8welled the list of paraders.
Sixteen states of the union?north, :
east, .south and west?were represented
by their governors, most of them j
accompanied by numerous staffs.
Thouflrh worn and weary the legisla
tive branch of the national government
faithfully executed its part in i
the day's ceremonies. The protracted i
sessions of the last few days, involving
work day and night, imposed severe
physical strains upon the senators and' 1
representatives, yet when the time i
came to ciose^^tEelask of legislation :
and turn to the inauguration of the
president, all was in readiness in the
capitoL
President McKinley was sworn in at
1:17 p. m., on a handsomely decorated
stand at the east end of the capitol, in
. the presence of a surging multitude.
The dense undulating throng filled
all the winding walks, the broad avenues
and radiating streets, overflowing
into thousands into the sweep of
lawn and even seeking the tree tops
points of vantage.
Quite as many women were in the
throngs as men, wearing bright hats
and gay gowns, mingling with the
color of hundreds of tiny flags waved
aloft on canes. Over towards the congressional
library the seething mass
RESULTED IX A MISTRIAL.
1 CnU
AO I ernici ill wucim vu?c< nuuu a cuit
Against Confederate Veteran.
Tbe suit of John C. Underwood
H| against S. A. Cunningham, editor of
Hf the Confederate "VeteraD, and the
H[ Methodist Publishing House, for
$50,000 damages, which had been in
HI progress the past week in Nashville,
|H terminated in a mistrial. Judge Clark
charged the jury, but the body was unH
able to agree and were discharged.
I - FIYE MINERS KILLED.
H Big Box of Powder Explodes Resulting
H In Terrible Destruction.
Five men were killed and two others
seriously injured in a mine accident at
H the Engleside zinc mine in Center
Valley, Mo., Monday. The seven men
were in the mine catting a drift from
I the main shaft.
A whole box of powder had been
I sent down into the mine. One of the
I men accidentally discharged an unexI
ploded shot and the box of powder
I was set off, refwltiog terrible deI
itniotioQ,
[CEREMONIES
3 Splendor PresSecond
Term.
was banked tier on tier on the marble
steps.
Just before 1 o'clock a drizzling
sleet, with hail, began to fall and over
the sea of heads were countless umbrellas,
some of them of fantastic color
and patriotic hue. The sky turned
somewhat gray to black and the signs
looked ominous. But the crowd held
its ground unmindful of the lowering
sky and slanting hail.
It was just 1 o'clock when the official
party came through the main doorway
of the capitol. All eyes were strained
toward the distinguished group as
they appeared. Usually the president
comes among the first, but on this
occasion there was entire change and
instead of having the president wait
until all the officials were in place the
presidential party did not appear until
all the invited guests had assembled
and everything was in readiness to
administer the oath.
By this time the hail had turned into
a steady drizzle of rain making the
officials and the ambassadors shift uneasily
under the downpour.
When the special guests had been
ushered to their seats there was a momentary
lull and silence fell upon the
great concourse as it strained to catch
the first glimpse of the president.
As President McKinley stepped out
on the portico in full view of the waiting
multitude, a great cheer went up.
The president bowed his acknowledgments
of the greeting. With him was
Chief Justice Fuller, prepared to administer
the oath.
Through the lines of senators and
officials, all standing to do him honor,
the president proceeded to the central
pavilion, going forward to the railing
and facing the vast assemblage at
close range, again and. again bowing
his acknowledgment to the tremendous
cheers from 40,000 throats. Then
he turned and shook hands with Yice
President Roosevelt, while another
great cheer went up as the two central
figures, McKinley and Roosevelt,
stood out above the crowd.
Now again and a deep hush fell upon
the assemblage as the president and
the chief justice advanced to the center
of the pavilion.
The president removed his hat and
then he raised his right hand. In the
intense stillness faintly could be heard
the solemn words of the oath to maintain
inviolate the constitution and
laws of the United States. He spoke
in a strong voice, easily heard by those
near the front of the stand. His face
looked very grave as the oath was pronounced.
There was no demonstration
as he concluded the oath. Now he
turned again to the people and advancing
to the rail of the pavilion began
bis inaugural address.
As the president spoke the pent-up
clouds gave cut their full force and
the pelting rain came down in sheets,
throwing a watery veil over the dripping
multitude. Under his pavilion
the president was well protected, and
there was no faltering in the address
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as me uowu-pour cuuuuueu.
As ho raised his voice in a resounding
phrase for "Free Cuba" there was
a shout of approval, and frequently he
paused to allow some well-turned sentence
to receive its tribute of popular
approval.
As the president cldsed his address
the vice president and many senators
grasped his hand in congratulation.
Then he returned to the capitol, proceeding
to the senate wing, where a
lunch had been spread in the committee
room of the committee on military
affairs. Here the president was
joined by the vice president, the inaugural
committee, distinguished officers
of the army and navy and a number
of senators and other invited guests.
Half an hour was spent in taking refreshments.
Soon after the booming of cannon
and blare of bugles announced that the
president was ready to proceed to the
white house and the time had come for
the marching hosts to move, column
after column of the uniformed ranks
swung into position.
It was 2-??U?1ekrek: whsu they took
fckeir place in the parade and the procession,
which had straightened out,
started fairly for the white house, a
mile and a half away.
SENATOR CARTE R 1)11) IT.
Montana Man Succeeded in Killing River
and Harbor Bill.
A Washington Special says: After
consuming, with some outside aid,
more than twelve hours of time, Senator
Carter, of Montana, succeeded in
talking to death the river and harbor
bill. The Montana senator made the
defeat of this bill the climax to his
senatorial career for two reasons: One
was the desire to get some advertise..
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menu out 01 me easiness, aim me oiuer
-was undoubtedly the desire to please
some of the high officials in the hope
that he himself may hereafter receive
more substantial benefits than those
which come from personal praise.
TO MAKE NO CHANGE.
Soath Carolina and Went Indian Exposition
Will Proceed Just the Same.
The board of directors of the South
Carolina Interstate and West Indian
exposition at Charleston have authorized
the statement that the original
plan for the exposition would not be
changed through failure to receive the
government appropriation. There may
be changes in the government building,
but the general scope of the
project will not be altered.
CONYICT AT FOURTEEN.
Kentucky Youth Goes Up For. Life For
Murdering Girl.
At Albany, Ky., Davis Brown, aged
fourteen years, was sentenced to life
imprisonment for murdering Celia
Jones, a girl thirteen years old. Brown
and Stonewall Jackson McGuire, a
companion, shot and killed their victim
as she stood in the door of her
father's home because she had threatened
to tell her parents that Brown
had offered her an insult, McGuire
has never been captured,
\ PRESIDENT M'KINLEY'S t
\ INAUGURAL ADDRESS j
President McKinley's inaugural address
in part was as follows :
My Fellow Citizens?When we assembled
here on the 4th of March,
1897, there was a great anxiety with
regard to our currency and credit.
None exists now. Then our treasury
receipts were inadequate to meet the
current obligations of the government.
Now they are sufficient for all public
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neeas anu wo cave a surplus ruoicau
of a deficit. Then I felt constrained
to convene congress in extraordinary
session to devise revenues to pay the
ordinary expenses of the government.
Now I have the satisfaction to announce
that the congress just closed
has reduced taxation in the sum of
forty-one million dollars.
The national verdict of 1896 has for
the most part been executed.
Whatever remains unfilled is a continuing
obligation resting with undiminished
force upon the executive and
Vin nnnnrroca "Rllt. fnrtnnfltfi aS OUr
condition is, its permanence can only
be assured by sound business methods
and strict economy in national administration
and legislation. We should
not permit our great prosperity to lead
us to reckless ventures in business or
profligacy in publie expenditures.
Four years ago we stood on the
brink of war without the people
knowing it and without anyprepara-'
tion or effort at preparation for the
impending peril. I did all that in
honor could be done to avert the war,
but without avail. It became inevitable,
and the congress at its first regular
session, without party division,
provided money in-anticipation of the
crisis and in preparation to meet it. It
came. The result was signally favorable
to American arms and in the
highest degree honorable to the government.
It imposed upon us obligations
from which we cannot escape
and from which it would be dishonorable
to seek to escape. We are now at
peace with the world and it is my fervent
prayer that if differences arise
between us and other powers they may
be settled by peaceful arbitration and
that hereafter we may be spared the
horrors of war.
Entrusted by the people for the second
time with the office of president, I
enter upon its administration appreciating
the great responsibilities which
attach to this renewed honor and commission;
promising unreserved devotion
on my part to their faithful discharge
and reverently invoking for my
guidance the direction and favor of
Almighty God.
Strong hearts and helpful hands are
needed, and fortunately we have them
in every part of our beloved country.
We are reunited. Sectionalism has
disappeared. Division on public ques
tions can ho longer be traced by the
war maps of 1861. These old differences
less and less disturb the judgment.
Existing problems demand the
thought and quicken the conscience of
the country and the responsibility for
their presence as well as for their
righteous settlement rests upon us all
?no more upon me than upon yon.
The American people, entrenched in
freedom at home, take their love for it
with them wherever they go and they
reject as mistaken and unworthy the
doctrine that we lose our own liberties
by securing the enduring foundations
of liberty to others. Our institutions
will not deteriorate by extension and
our sense of justice will not abate under
tropic suns in distant seas. As
heretofore, so hereafter will the nation
demonstrate its fitness to administer
any new estate which events devolve
upon it, and in the fear of God will
"take occasion by the hand and make
the bounds of freedom wider yet."
We face at this moment a most important
question?that of the future
relations of theUnited States and Cuba.
With our near neighbors we must remain
close friends. The declaration
r\f t>?A nnmnses of this government in
the resolution of April 20, 1898, must
be made good. Ever since the evacuation
of the island by the army of
Spain, the executive, with all practicable
speed, has been assisting its
people in the successive steps necessary
to the establishment of a free and
independent government prepared to
assume anc^ perform the obligations of
international law which now rest upon
the United Stages under the treaty of
Paris. The convention elected by the
people to frame a constitution is approaching
the completion of its labors.
The transfer of American control to
the new government, is of such great
impoitance, involvit g a > ^Migaticn
resulting from our ). t vent'on and
the treaty of peace that i uul glad to
be advised by the recent act of congress
of the policy which the legislative
branch of the government deems
essential to the best interests of Cuba
and the United States.
"The peace which we are pledged to
leave to the Cuban people must carry
with it the guarantees of permanence.
We become sponsors for the pacification
of the island and we remain accountable
to the Cubans, no less than
to our own country and people, for the
reconstruction of Cuba as a free commonwealth
on abiding foundations of
right, justice, liberty and assured order.
Our enfranchisement of tne people
will not be complete until free Cu???V
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Da SDaii oo a reainy, uui a name, a
perfect entity, not a hasty experiment
bearing within itself the element of
failure."
"While the treaty of peace with Spain
was ratified on the 6th of February,
1899, and ratifications were exchanged
nearly two years ago, the congress has
indicated no form of government for
the Philippine Islands. It has, however,
provided an army to enable the
executive to suppress insurrection,
restore peace, give security to the inhabitants,
and establish the authority
of the United States throughout the
Archipelago.
The congress having added the sanction
of its authority to the powers already
possessed and exercised by the
executive under the constitution, thereby
leaving with the executive the responsibility
for the government of the
Philippines, I shall continue the
efforts already begun until order shall
be restored throughout the islands,
and as fast as conditions permit will
establish governments, in the formation
of which the full co-operation of
the people has frfep slresty invited,
ana wnen established will encourage
the people to administer them. The
settled purpose, long ago prevailed, to
afford the inhabitants of the islands
self-government as fast as they were
ready for it, will be pursued with
earnestness and fidelity.
The most liberal terms of amnesty
have already been communicated to
the insurgents, and the way is still
open foi those who have raised their
arms against the government for honorable
submission to its authority.
Our countrymen should not be deceived.
We are not waging war
against the inhabitants of the Philippine
islands. A portion of them are
making war against the United States.
By far the greater part of the inhabitants
recognize American sovereignty
and welcome it as a guaranty of order
and of security for life, property, liberty,
freedom of conscience and the
pursuit of happiness. To them full
protection will be given. They shall
not be abandoned. We will not leave
the destiny of the loyal millions of the
islands to the disloyal thousands who
are in rebelion against the United
States.
DfiftCEVEI TCWADN IN
IVUVJL T Lit I J T! Vi\11in
impressive Exercises Occur On
Floor of Senate.
VICE PRESIDENT TAKES OATH
Ceremony Was Witnessed By An
Immense Concourse of Prominent
Officials and Civilians.
Standing on a spot halloaed by history
and in the presence of a brilliant and
distinguished assemblage on the
floor of the senate, Colonel Roosevelt,
of New York, was inducted into
the office of vice president of the
United States.
The oath was administered by Senator
Wm. P. Frye, of Maine,president
pro tem. of the United State senate.
The ceremony was thoroughly democratic,
yet it was simplicitly profoundly
impressive.
The scene on the floor of the chamber,
intent upon the ceremony, were
. r.i a-n Tflirtcxl ramflC flTA lirmSAhnld words
in every city.
The senate was in session, constructively,
having been so since 11 o'clock
Saturday morning although recesses
taken at intervals had rendered the
mental and physical strain the more
endurable.
Upon the floor of the senate the
proceedings were in accordance with a
definite program from which there
was no deviation.
As the assembly was seated the new
vice president ascended to his desk to
deliver his inaugural address.
"Before the delivery of the speech the
venerable chaplain of the senate, Rev.
Dr. W. H. Milburn, invoked the
divine blessing upon the assemblage
j and the ceremonies.
The inaugural address was brief and
was listened to with utmost attention.
The proclamation of the president
i calling the senate into extraordinary
: session was then read by the clerk,
j the direction for the reading being
j the first official order of the new vice
I president.
At the conclusion of the reading the
vice president requested the new sen-'
; ators to present themselves at the
' desk to take the oath of office. The
| clerk called the names of the senators
' in groups of four, and as they ad
vanced to the left of the vice presii
dent's desk to take the oath they were
; greeted with cordial applause from
| the galleries.
] The inaugural address of Vice Presii
dent Roosevelt, in full, was as followa:
j "The history of free government is
; in large part the history of those Tei
public legislative bodies in which,
i from the earliest times, free govern'
ment has found its loftiest expression.
, They must ever hold a peculiar and
exalted position in the record which
tells how the great nations of the
. world have endeavored to achieve and
j preserve orderly freedom,
j "No man can render to#his fellows
: greater service than is rendered by
him who, with fearlessness and
: honesty, with sanity and disinterested!
nfiss. does his life work as a member
| of such a body. Especially is this
j the case when the legislature in which
I the service is rendered is a vital part
j in the governmental machinery of one
J of those world powers to whose hands,
in the course of the ages, is entrusted
a leading part in shaping the destinies
of mankind. For weal or for woe, for
j good or for evil, this is true of our
j own mighty nation. Great privileges
! and great powers are ours, and heavy
j are the responsibilities that go with
| these privileges and these powers,
j "Accordingly as we do well or ill so
1 shall mankind in the future be raised
i or cast down. We belong to a young
j nation, already of great strength, yet
! whose present strength is but a forei
cast of the power that is to come. We
stand supreme in a continent, in a
j hemisphere. East and west we look
; across the two great oceans toward the
! larger world life in which, whether we
i will or not, we must take an ever-in\
creasing share. And as, keen-eyed,
i we look into the coming years, duties
i new and old rise thick and fast to con-"
j front us from within and without.
"There is every reason why we should
| face these duties with a sober appreciation
alike of their importance and of
j their difficulty. But there is also ev
i ery reason ior lacing mem wun nignI
hearted resolution and eager and conI
fident faith in our capacity to do them
! aright.
"A great work lies ready to the
I hand of this generation. It should
j count itself happy, indeed, that to it
! is given tho privilege of doing such a
| work. A leading part therein must
j be takou by this, the august and powS
erful legislative body over which I
j have been called to preside. Most
I deeply do I appreciate the privilege of
S my position, for high, indeed, is the
1 honor of presiding over the Amerioan
j senate at the outset of ihe twentieth
century,"
l SOtlTti CAROLINA . I
S STATE NEWS ITEMS. J
?CMfsjrsirsic\irsir^JCsi>
Scope Will Xot lie Changed.
i The board of direc'ors of the South
Carolina Interstate and West Indian
Exposition have authorized the statement
that tho original plan for the exposition
would not be changed through
failure to receive the government appropriation.
There may be changes
in the government building, but the
general scope of the project will not
be altered. The assurance has been
given that many of the departments at
Washington will make individual exhibits
of a fine character and the government
display will not be lacking.
Many of the states have already agreed
to erect buildings and make displays,
aacl while the action in congress was
discouraging, it will not interfere with
the exposition plans.
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Walking Arsenals.
An exchange says: The town of
Bamberg is growing a wire-edge reputation,
judging from reports published
in tho newspapers of that town.
Apropos of the discussion on the concealed
weapon bill before the legislature
a visitor in Bamberg, who had
spent years in the rough mining camps
of the west, declared that he had seen
more people with pistols during a two
months' stay in Bamberg than he had
seen in a year spent in the wild lands.
***
The Bamberg papers admit that the
statement is a fact, but that Bamberg
is like other counties in this respect.
The prevalence of crime, and the desire
for human blood has alarmed the
better element, and the reason for the
many outbreaks has not been explained.
It is said that severe punishment
for people who carry concealed weapons
would check the wild career, although
this law will hardly ever be
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emuiucu iv iuc jimu,
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Opium Deng In Charleston.
The city council of Charleston has
taken steps against the opinm dens
thriving in the city, and every effort
will be made to drive the dives out.
A number of these places run openly
and the number of victims is increasing
at an alarming rate. At the meeting
of council a bill was introduced to
prohibit the sale of opium, cocaine j
and kindred drugs, except on a prescription,and
to have the people guilty
of operating "joints" punished, heavy
penalties are added, and the police
will be expected to open warfare on
the dealers.
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Cotton Acreage Increased.
Mr. J. C. Wilborn, president of the
State Cotton Growers' Association,who
attended the meetings of the executive
committee in Atlanta, Ga.,-is greatly
encouraged at the outlook for a full
organization in this state. He says
that from what he has seen the cotton
acreage this year will be the largest
known in the state, and the farmers
will be lacking in a duty to themselves
if they fail to seek the only protection
offered by a general organization.
Mr. Wilboru has announced that he
will be ready and anxious to go to any
county to assist the farmers in organizing,
and he believes the greatest benefit
will result from the sticking together.
Mr. Wilborn says the cotton
growers in all the states interested
have been urged to organize upon a
general plan to be promulgated covering
every county in the cotton region
and make direct reports to the association's
bureau. He says from what
he has been able to gather in this
state, that the farme-is are taking
kindly to the plan and they are beginning
to see that by working in a
united way they will be better prepared
to stand up for their rights and
have matters so that the planters can
absolutely control the markets.
Negro Will Sue State.
Pierce Hammond, a negro, has employed
a lawyer to prosecute his j
claim for false imprisonment. He was
convicted in March, 1897, for larcency
in Lexington county and sentenced to
one year imprisonment. He was
farmed out to "Quince" Hammond, a
large Anderson planter, by the penitentiary
authorities. He served out
his time, but says he was not allowed
to leave. He made his escape, and
went home, but was arrested by a
constable without a warrant or process
of law and taken back to Hammond's
stockade where he has been
held a prisoner for three years and
worked with other convicts. He was
released a few days ago after the exposure
in Anderson. Hammond will
appeal to the governor to have him
paid for the time he has been imprisoned.
Contract Not Yet Signed.
The Charleston city council is still
figuring on its new water supply, although
no contract has been signed.
The proposition of the Charleston
waterworks for a daily supply of
5,000,000 gallons, has not been accepted
because the council committee
has not decided on the details. There
is a mass of work connected with the
making of a contract, and the city still
has in mind its great municipal ownership
plan, which is being discussed,
and if this idea can be carried out,
the contract with the present company
will hardlv be closed.
Pewet Back in Transvaal.
Advices received in London state
that General DeWet lost heavily in
men and stores by his incursion into
Cape Colony, but he seems to have
made a clever escape -with the bulk of
his command. Apparently Commandant
Hertzog crossed the Orange river
with him.
WILLIAM EVAIiTS DEAD.
Well-Known Statesman and Noble Ornament
of the American Bar.
William Evarts died at his home in
New York Thursday, at the age of 83.
His death was caused by pneumonia.
For several years past he had been
without the use of his eyes and was
otherwise so feeble that he was unable
to leave his home.
Mr. Evarts deserves to rank among
the noblest ornaments of the American
bar and no man of his time was more
oonspiououaly eugceseful iq tho practice
of tbo law,
M KINLBl IS KlltK
Hoase Passes Philippine and Cn=
ban Resolutions.
ASSURES PRESIDENT FREE HAND
Charleston Fair Appropriation
Precipitates a Lively Row?Bill
Is Sent Back to Conference.
A Washington special says: The
house removed all possibility of au
extra session rriuBj uy uuuvumu^ m
the senate amendments to the army
appropriation bill. The vote stood
159 to 134. It was a strict party vote
with the exception of Mr. McCall, of
Massachusetts; Mr. Loud, of California;
Mr. Driscoll, of New York, and
Mr. Mann, of Illinois, who voted with
the Democrats. Mr. Cooper, of Wisconsin,
answered present and was not
paired. The bill now goes to the
president.
The only exciting incident occurred
at the close of the debate, when Mr.
Hull, of Iowa, whose name had been
connected with a lumber and development
company in the Philippines,
frankly acknowledged that he had inrested
money in it. He said it was a
legitimate enterprise which was not
looking for government favors, and
said if he could not invest his money
in legitimate enterprises, he would retire
from public life rather than depend
upon politics for a livelihood.
Subsequently when tie stated tnat
the company would"not have invested
money if Bryan had been elected, the
Democrats jeered and hissed and
shouted that it was because if Bryan
had been elected the Philippines would
not have been exploited.
Mr. Lentz, of Ohio, challenged Mr.
Hull's right to vote. The challenge
brought forth a storm of hisses from
the Republican side. Mr. Hull voted
aye.
The final conference report upon the
Indian appropriation bill was adopted
and a number of minor bills were put
through the final stages. The conference
report on the St. Louis exposition
bill, which agreed to Sunday
closing, was agreed to and the bill was
sent back to conference. A motion to
concur in the Charleston exposition
amendment was defeated?84 to 13*1.
NO MONEY FOB CHARLESTON.
Mr. Tawney presented the conference
report upon the St. Louis exposition
bill, which agreed to the senate
amendment providing for the closing
of the exposition on Sunday and disagreed
to the Charleston exposition
amendment. The report was adopted.
Mr. Elliott, of South Carolina,
moved that the house concur in the
Charleston exposition amendment
This amendment carried 3250,000 for
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| a governmental caluaji/ at iuc iuicistate
and West Indian exposition to
be be held at Charleston from January
to June, 1902. Mr. Ellioit argued
warmly in favor of the amendment.
Why, he asked, should Charleston, be
discriminated against? Money had
been appropriated for the Chicago,
Nashville, Omaha, Bnffalo and other
expositions. Why not for Charleston?
The amendment was supported by
Mr. Davidson, of Wisconsin; Mr.
Newlands, of Nevada; Mr. Talbert,
of South Carolrna;Mr. Sulzer, of New
York; Mr. Latimer Latimer, of South
Carolina, and W. A. Smith, of Michigan,
and opposed by Mr. Tawney, Mr.
King, of Utah, and Mr. Cannon.
Mr. Talbert, of South Carolina, appealed
for Charleston. He said this
was a national, which is more import
iant than an international fair.
Mr. Sulzer, of New York, made a
rigorous speech for Charleston. He
said it wouI<i do more for the people
of the south than anything else. The
Chicago exposition, said he, dic^ more
good for the United States than all the
noney ever appropriated for the rirers
ind harbors of the country.
"Let us give the south, that is becoming
great in industries,this meagre
sum to exhibit her wealth and pro
I gress."
I Mr. Maddox, of Georgia, who apposed
the passage of the St. Louis bill,
said it was inconsistent to give that
city five million and refuse to give
j Charleston a twentieth part of that.
; "But if we are obliged to pay out
such sums by previous legislation, then
why don't congress pay its honest war
claims?" *
Mr. Cannon declared that from this
time on his voice and his vote were
against appropriating the people's
money for expositions. It was time,
; he said, to show some consideration
for the taxpayers.
Mr. Elliott's motion was defeated?
j 84 to 132?and the bill was sent back
to conference.
j Carnegie Makes Offer to Richmond.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to
| give to the city of Richmond,. Va.,
$100,000 for the establishment of a
city public library, provided the city
appropriate annually $10,000 for the
maintenance of the institution.
WRECK AND FLAMES.
Two People Killed and Three Badly
Hurt as Result of Collision.
A special from Pittsburg, Pa., says:
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passenger train burned is the result of
a head-on collision between a passenger
train south-bound and a local
freight on the Pittsburg, Virginia and
Charleston railroad Thursday evening
at Coal Valley, five miles from McKeesport.
NEGRO RUNS AMUCK.
Slays His Father and a Woman of Bad
Character in Macon.
At Macon, Ga., Tuesday morning,
Levi Carroll, a negro aged 24, stabbed
his father, Hardy Carroll, a well
known newspaper carrier, killing him
almost instantly.
He then ran to the house of a negro
woman named Diana Lockett, of bad
character. ?>be was asleep. He made
a fire and after warming himself, went
to ber bedside and thrust the knife
into her back, Her death iopuecl in}'
mediately,
rAinEK Aim ami AAACJIUT. |
Young Man Charged With Hurder
of His flother and Husband .
Held as Accessory. '
Charged with the murder of his
mother, Arthur R. Foofce, a youth
nineteen years of age, was arrested in
Atlanta, Ga., Saturday morning on a |
telegram from Bessemer, Ala.
At the same time news was received
| from Birmingham that the father of i
the boy, Charles A. Foote, was in
jail there, charged with being acces:
sory to the crime.
The following is the telegram received
from Birmingham:
? "Mrs. Charles A. Foote, the wife of
a respectable mechanic living in a
modest and comfortable home at Bes- ]
semer, twelve miles south of here,was ,
foully murdered ten days ago, while
working on some sewing for small 1
children. A big case knife was used, '
and the assault was horrible. The '
woman was found lying in a pool of
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returning from school, and the knife
was under her body. An alarm was
given in the neighborhood, and many i
people were attracted. Members of
the family were not willing for an extensive
parading of the story, and an
impression was given out that it might
be d case of suicide.
"Coroner Paris was summoned, and
taking in the situation at once, empanneled
a jury to investigate the affair.
Mr. Foote, the husband and Arthur
Foote, the eldest son of the woman,
carried the remains to Atlanta for interment,
and the elder Foote returned
to Bessemer a few days later.
The coroner's jury for the first few
days were not satisfied that the death
was not a case of murder, though the
impression of suicide became more
prevalent It was learned that Mrs.
Foote had several hundred dollars in
the bank in her own name, besides
there were insurance policies held on
her life to the amounj of $4,000.
"Evidence became more tangible
onrl lafor nn tfio inrr TAfrnrtlfld A V?r*
diet that the woman came to her death
by fonl means, and hbr son was accased
of her murder. Her husband
was accused of being an accessory to
the crime and brought to Birmingham
to the county jail."
ABTHTJB FOOTE's STOBY.
Arthur Foote was seen by a reporter
in the Atlanta city prison shortly after
his arrest.* He was sitting disconso
latly on the side of a small iron bunk.
Ho said he was nineteen years old,
"I do not like to talk about it to
adybody," he said. "I am not guilty.
You can say that for me. It is enough
that my mother should have been murdered
without having me humiliated
and disgraced by being charged with
the crime. I will tell my whole story
to you, and I hope you will treat me
as kindly as you can."
He straightened himsfelf up and
continued:
* 'I was the last member of the family
to see my poor mother alive. My
father left to go to his work, and my
little sister went to school. I saw
mother sitting near a table in the kitchen,
and she was lively and appeared
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to De Detter tnan sne naa Deen in many
days. She had been.ill with^he grip,-and
was'co'mplaihing for two or three
weeks. I believe she was sewing, or
she might have been washing dishes.
I told her good bye and went to a
meat market, where I remained some
time. Then I went to a batcher pen;
was there when somebody rode np in
a buggy and said that I would have to
go home at once, as my mother was
very ill. He did not tell me she was
dead, and I did not know it until I
reached the house. I thought she had
had a relapse of the grip. I was told
that my little sister had come home
from school and had fouhd our mother
murdered in the kitchen. The news
was a terrible shock to me. They
would not allow me to view the body.
*T came to Georgia to attend the funeral,
and I and my father and sister
were in Atlanta a few days last week.
My uncle kept my sister with him and
persuaded me to remain here. I secured
a position with Mr. Baer, of the
Atlanta meat market, and was doing
well. Today the officers walked in and
showed me a telegram telling me that
I was charged with killing my mother.
It is all like some horrible dream to
me. I am innocent, as innocent as an
&Dgel in heaven, and I shall not rest
until I know why it is they have ac
i - It
cused me ol sucn an awini crime. "
WAR OX YAGRAXTS.
Atlanta Police Are Given Orders to Arrest
All Loiterers In the City.
The police authorities of Atlanta
have been aroused to the neccessity of
beginning a crusade against the horde
of idle vagrants who are infesting the
city.
The recent numerous cases of highway
robbery, in which the victims
were white women and the robbers
negro men, culminating Thursday in
the brutal attack upon Mrs. Buchanan
have caused the chief of police and
his officers to recognize the necessity
of acting at once.
Chief Mauley has issued a special
order to arrest all vagrants.
House Calendar Reviewed.
A review of the house calendar
shows that congress was in session
197 days, which is less than any
congress for years. Number bills,
14,336; reports, 3,000; public acts,345;
private acts, 1,250; total acts, 1,595.
Bubonic Plague Spreads.
The bubonic plague is spreading at
Capetown. Five corpses, all of colored
persons, were found within twelve
hours. Eleven others, believed to be
affected by the disease, have been removed
to a hospital.
CAUSED BY JTAU6HTY BOOK.
Women Cigar Makers Precipitate Another
Strike In Tampa.
The cigar makers in the faotory of
Lopez & Parsons, at Tampa, Fla.,
went out ou a novel strike Saturday
afternoon. Every factory has a deader,"
whose duty it is to read to the
workmen. The reader was instructed
to read from a book to which the women
objected on the ground of immorality.
The men claimed the book
was misjudged, and a? a result of the
I disagreement both sides followed their
leaders to tUe itrwt*
riciw 3 iiAiumi raw |
Vegro Brute Tortures White Wo* 0
man In Center of Atlanta.
BOLDNESS OF ACT ASTOUNDING J||
Mrs. Buchanan Forced to Cook the
Desperado's Breakfast?She Is
Tied to Bed, Torch Applied.
An Atlanta, Ga., dispatch says: "r.J||
With a loaded pistol pointed direct at .ajg
tier head, Mrs. C. A. Bnchanan, of 95
Spring street, Thursday morning '
cooked the breakfast of a negro man,
who had entered her homo for the par* <
pose of committing a robbery. *
Having stolen money from her pocketbook,
eaten his breakfast with hia . ;
revolver beside him and consumed -a
quantity of whisky, the negro strapped
Mrs. Buchanan to the bedside, built :
a fire around her clothing and leaped
through the back door. The lady
saw him clamber over an adjoining ^
stone wall before she ran screaming
into the street to call for aid.
Frightened until her reason was almost
dethroned, Mrs. Buchanan obeyed
the orders of the negro^ho kept the
niatal <w?Vpd and close to her head^ ?Qw&I1b9
thought that to temporize with him- '
might mean an escape from death. She
showed him where the money was kept,
cooked breakfast and sat still while he
ate it. Not until he had left her
strapped to tho bed and she heard his
retreating footfalls on the back porch Jl
did she raise a cry for help. That cry . J
was heard and neighbors and firemen
came in time to extinguish the flames, r Jg
but too late to capture the fleeing out- 1 1
There was not another person in the :. ^
house except Mrs. Buchanan. Per
husband and two other men who reside
in the house; had gone to their ?
work and her little daughter was at school.
The negro was donbtless/JjjHj
aware of all this. He had either hidden
himself in the yard or was loiter- - ^
ing near the dwelling when the men '--"J
left the house, K
Police and detectives were soon at
work on the case. They had secured
a very good description of the negro
from Mrs. Buchanan and every effort : ^|||
that was possible was made to catch ': 'A{
The news spread over the city and :M
for hours nothing else was talked of ,j?
on the streets. Crowds of men went
to No. 95 Spring street and during ^
the morning and afternoon stood in
groups discussing the affair. *
Within the house Mrs. Buchanan %
lay upon a bed prostrated and attend- >
ed by physician and frihnds. As the
day wore on the pbysieian pronounced
her condition serious, and stated that -'
she might not survive the nervous
shock.
TOW OTflnm
Never before in the history of the
city had such a bold act of lawlessness
beencon^fcj|^Ji?tehad bpec cases ,
of white woWMBmulteo "and robbed
on the public streets nnder cover of >
the night, bat for a negro to enter .
home in the morning while the sun
was shining brightly and people were _ U|
passing on the streets, when neighbors
all around and close at hand were up
and astir, was a case of ?such reckless, ":M
bold and defiant lawlessness as to
stagger the credulity of police and oit- ^
izens.
For half an hoar the negro fiend had
remained in the house.
Mrs. Buchanan afterwards stated to
her hnsband that she thought by obeying
the >negro he would take whit
money he could get and leave.
Placing the money in his pocket, o
the negro glanced about him, and then
said he was hungry and wanted something
to eat.
With the pistol still pointed at hear 8
head and her footsteps dogged by the
negro, Mrs, Bnchanan went from the
dining room into the kitchen, where;
she cooked eggs and placed them on
the dining table. As soon as he had ~
eaten, the negro called for hard boiled ^
eggs, and when these were cooked he ^||1
placed them in his coat pockef. 1^8
He started towards the door oP the
dining room, glancing back,he defcect*A
W Ttnohnnnn in thfl artt of tnriu , ^1
ing hastily toward the door leading to . ^
the front halL This caused him to '
suddenly change his mind. He wheel- ed
about, picked up a leather fftrap,
such as school children use to hold - ^
their books, and fastened it about '
Mrs. Buchanan's wrists, bound it to
the foot of the bed and again started
to leave.
Once more he paused as his eye fell
upon a bottle of whisky on the mantel
shelf. He picked up the bottle and
drained it. He took one of the har^ ^
boiled eggs from his pocket and delib*
erstely sat down and ate it.
Finishing the egg, the negro got up, '3|S
piled some loose paper near the bed ' '.jgs
and set it on fire with a match. This
was done with the purpose to either
burn the woman or add to her fright. f ^
CUB INS ABE ANTI-AMERICAN.
Birmingham Banker Betnrns From Triy
to Island and Expresses His Yiews.
Mr. E. N. Cullom, a prominent
banker of Birmingham, Ala., who has ^
just returned from a trip to Cuba, expresses
great surprise at the * anti- '
American feeling which, he says, ex- . ^
iste in Havana. He r.tates that he did J
not meet a single Cuban who was ^
friendly toward the United States. ' ?%
"FOB GOOD OF SERVICE." 3
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Bear Admiral Sampson Explains Why Ha ^
Wrote That Letter.
Bear Admiral Sampson, referring to
his letter to the navy department re- 'tjm
lating to the commissioning of warraa}
officers, said that he had expressed ^
his views solely in the interest of the '-y\
services as he had come to know it and :M
appreciate its reqnirements after a life
time of dnty aboardship and ashore. >>?
"The letter was an official communication,"
he said. "As an officer of
the navy I am forbidden by the regn* J|||
lations to diicusa it in any way for
pNtoUoa."