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NATION'S S( B&;. (Second and Last Ses Congress Convene A BRILLIANT SCENE! Flowers and Fair Women Added Luster to the Occasion?Opening Session Very Brief. A Washington special says: With the senate in session thirteen miantes i sjid the house fifty-three minutes, the Ppf last session of the fifty-eighth confpress was assembled Monday f.t noon. < / i The time of both bodies was devoted !%./ ; ' entirely to the usual formalities of pfe opening day. There were the greet I! jugs uecwtftm memuers illc uurtu display, and the hundreds of visitors, ,with beautifully gowned women prec dominating, corridors, committee rooms were thronged. The bustle extended even to the floors of the cham - hers. The gavels of Senator Frye, president pro tern, of the senate, and Speak^?r Cannon, of the house, fell exactly at 12 o'clock. The opening prayers '.were made by the chaplains, R,ev. Ed? ward Everett Hale, D. D., in the senplito and Rev. H. N. Couden, in the ) house. In both house and senate committees were appointed to wait, on the president to inform him that congress .was ready to receive any communication he had to send. Resolutions of respect to the memory of the late ^ Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, and . Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania were adopted by both houses, and the ob^ Jections taken were in further tribute to their memory. 'The only business outside of the us- j ual first-day routine was the adoption j K of. a resolution in the house extending j until January 5, 1905, the time withn j which the merchant marine eommis-1 Bion may make its report. The opening was under the usual interesting conditions and amid those scenps that for years have made the re-assembling of congress among the notable events of the country. nf cichfspprc throncpd +hfi i I corridors and crowded into the galleries to witness the formal proceedings. From one end of the capitol building to the other busy tread of statesmen and the flutter of femininity distinguished the occasion from any other in the official or social calendar of the From the lethargy which has characterized Washington since early in the spring, the city awakened to a j new era and heralded with apparen* | joy the day which opens both the of- j ficial and social seasons. Many newly-elected members were ! at "the capital, although they will not j enter office until after March 4th. } A particularly sad feature of the re- j assembling was the "absence of kindly r faces grown old in the service- of the country. The galleries, rather than tie floor, proved the center of attraction, for rows upon rows of handsomely gownad women looked down upon, the j Bt&tesmen who grouped about the \ chamber or strolled in and out of the j cloak rooms to exchange greetingsj with old friends or to recognize new j opes. Many members of borh bodies were flooded with reminiscences in the form of floral pieces and the chambers presented an appearance which they never know on any other occasion. Bas I kets and clusters of bright roses, chrysanthemums ant} other fall flow' ers covered the desks. Though rain v and sleet fell during the entire morning,* these discomforts were insuffi- j cient to mar the success of the event. For an hour or more preceding the calling of the house to order by Speaker Cannon, the members slowly :&led into the chamber and--exchanged : DEATH CLAIMS TYNER. j Former Postmaster General and Na-1 tional Lawmaker Goes to Rest. James Noble Tyner, of Indiana, once ; postmaster general and at various j times member of-the Indiana senate and in congress, first and se<x>nd as- J sistant postmaster general and assist- j ant attorney general for the posiofiic<i, department, died of paralysis at his i ESS > _ i home in Washington Monday. He was j 78 years old. Mr. Tyner was stricken j with paralysis in July, 1902, and was j never after that able to actively discharge his official duties. Sjvk i Y SUIT AGAINST TOM LAWSON. n ? CLa... TL,* u;? rnctlu Unma r?pc> o 911VTV iiai i w?%i^ v?i?w Has Been Attached. A Boston dispatch says: The suit against Thomas W. Lawson tor $350,000, brought by Paul Fuller and F. R. ICoudert, of New York, was entered in the Masachusetts supreme court Monday. The action is said to have been taken in connection with strock transactions. if-. * ' jJrv;/ ^ **'' " ' * ' "V " * MEET r* -r-* r*. ta i , 1 5Sion ol .bitty-.tug 11 til ;d at Washington. I greetings. Some came in for hearty congratulations, while others received the sincere regrets of colleagues, who on account of their misfortune at thfc polls were meeting together for possibly the last time. The republicans, fresh from their recent victory, gathered in groups and talked over the late campaign, while their democratic brethren gave no outward sign of having suffered defeat. Men c> both parties freely intermingled and discussed ' the issues of the last election and its results, the democrats good naturedly taking the thrusts and gibes heaped upon them in friendly conversation by their victorious opponents. Good fellowship prevailed throughout. IN THE SENATE. The senate convened promptly at noon. The first senator in his seat was Mr. Piatt, of New York. Long before 12 o'clock the galleries were filled, but the buzz of conversation ceased abruptly when President Pro Tem Frye's gaven fell. v Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D. D., chaplain of the senate, offered prayer. Two seats had been vacated by death ?those of Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, and Quay, of Pennsylvania. Many eyes were turned sorrowfully toward the desks so long occupied by these men, who had grown old in the public service. Their successors, Senators-elect Crane, of Massachusetts, and Knox, of Pennsylvania, attended the session, but fhey will not occupy the seats assigned them until they are formally sworn in. The floral decorations were equal to those of any session in the history of the senate. Many desks were overflowing with the offerings, and the senate force was occupied from 11 until 12 o'clock in arranging them so senators could take their seats. The largest single tribute was placed on the desk of Senator Tillman, of South.Carolina. ' When Senator Fairbanks, the vice president-elect entered the chamber he was greeted warmly by many of his colleagues. The visitors applauded his entrance with cheers and handclaDDinsr. After prayer the roll was called and seventy-three senators responded. Then the flowers were removed and the routine business of the session opened. At 12:13 the body adjourned, having been in session just . thirteen minutes. This will be the short session of the fifty-eighth congress and a notably interesting one, for with the inauguration of President Roosevelt the session will go out in a blaze of glory. Only once iq four years does congress have I an opportunity to wind up its affairs under the historic condtions which will prevail next March. ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS. Required for Support of Government Next Year Presented to Congress. The estimates of appropriations required for the support of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906, were transmitted to congress Monday by the secretary of the treasury. These estimates aggregate $G19.GG9,8f>2 as against $C14,548.937, amount of the appropriations for the curent fiscal year. Following is the recapitulation (t the estimates by departments: Legislative $ 12.314,015 ? -L OOO VLAfi JUXeCUUVe o oo.uiv State 3,028,842 Treasury 170,547,000 War 109,019,300 Navy 117,549,348 Interior 162.924,425 Postoffice 15,439,900 Agriculture 6,419,810 Commerce and labor 13;795.989 Justice S,248,480 Total $619,669,852 JAPS BOMBARD FLEET. Shelling of Ships in Harbor at Port Arthur Proceeds Satisfactorily. It is reported in Tokio that the Japanese bonibardment against the fleet at Port Arthur is proceeding to the satisfaction of the attacking forces. On the evening of the 4th instant (Sunday) two or three Russian ships were fired and burned in half an hour. Their names and the extent of the damage done are not known. It is generally believed that the Russian ! fleet must either make an early sortie I or suffer irreparable damage. ! CABMEN CONTEMPLATE STRIKE. j Fifteen Hundred in New York Cast a Referendum Vote on Question. | Fifteen hundred cab drivers in NewYork began early Monday casting a referendum vote on the question of j whether their association should strike : against the Livery Stable Keepers' Association, which has declined to grant $2.25 a day and one night off i in six. , * .% >v.. ? WORK OF LONE ROBBER. Loots Well-Fargo Express Car on Santa Fe Road of $200,00?Messenger Shot and Fatally Wounded. The Wells-Fargo express car on the ! Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe over. * ? A? i? XTa 1 W.A04 13.DC1 passeiigtr irum v. ?, wcolui>uuu, was entered early Monday morning somewhere between Needles and Daggett, Texas, and Vena. O. Roberts, the express Messenger, shot and fatally ! wounded and the way safe rifled. { The Wells-Fargo company was expecting a large shipment, of United States pension money, totaling $200,I 000, it is said, and it is possible that | this shipment may have been on the I train. It is known that the local offiJ cials were greatly exercised over the | robbery, and at Barstow placed a subj stitute messenger on board the car, with order? to guard everything in it with the greatest secrecy. The robbery was not discovered un*til the train reached Daggett. Conductor Hawes opened the door of the express car at Daggett and found MesJ senger Roberts lying on the floor of j the car in a semi-conscious condition | and the contents of the rifled safe scattered about the car. Roberts was so seriously wounded that he was unable to tell how the robbery occurred, except to say that he had discovered - ~ ~ .flA Klin ^ Ko GTfTQCO crinrt. I avJUic: Uiir vii iji^ uimu U4*t,^t*0v mmw* ?. : lv after the train left Needles and had started to open the door when the man, ^vhom he took to be a negro, sprang inside. Before the messenger could draw his revolver the bandit opened fire, wounding Roberts mortally. The bullet struck Roberts in the left breast, passing through his body. Roberts fell to the floor and the robber immediately went to the open safe and took what he wanted of the contents. He then opened the door and jumped out. Roberts was' so badly hurt that he was unable to make an outcry. The bolt on the door at the end of the express car was broken, showing that the robber had used force in gaining entrance. The interior of the car indicated | that the messenger had made a game I resistance and grappled with the robi ber before being overpowered and j finally shot by him. After rifling the safe the robber ! leaped from the car while the train was running at full speed. HEIRS RECOVER BIG ESTATE. Over Three Milion Acres of-Florida Lands Awarded Dalcour. An important decision ending a suit j pending in the United States court a; | Jacksonville. Fla., for over ten years past, was *iade by Judge Locke MonI day, when a decree was entered in the ; case of Theodore Dalcour, et al., vs. i the United States. j The suit is for 3,:100,000 acres cf j land in Franklin and Washington j counties, known as the "Forhes purchase." The claim of complainants was based on an old Spanish giant and the de: cree entered is in their favor and establishes their patent right as valid. ! The United States is directed to isj sue patents to complainants for all nf ! said lands. J SOUTH GEORGIA METHODISTS i Adjourn at McRae After Most Brilliant and Successful Meeting. | With the reading of the appointj ments of Bishop Duncan for the con: ference year of 1905, the report of the j statistical secretary and the selection j of Americus as the place of the next meeting, the 38th annual session of the ! South Georgia Conference came to a i close at McRae Monday night, after ! one of the most brilliant sessions of Its history. JAPS REPULSE REPORTED. Force Sent to Turn RennenkampfFs Flank is Routed . There is a persistent rumor in Muki den that the force of Japanese sent i to turn General Rennenkampff's flank has bSen repulsed with great loss. ' ? /vflRaiAIIT? ! I'DG siory is nut yet uwviauj wit' j firmed, but details are given with | great circumstantiality. j FIGHTING AT PORT ARTHUR. I - 11 .: . j Though Losing Heavily, the Japs are j Keeping Up the Onslaught ! Chinese leaving Port Dalny, Novem! ber 23, arrived at Chefoo Wednesday I and reported that the fighting at Port | Arthur continues. They heard firing ! November 29, while on the way. The I Chinese assisted in carrying the Japanese wounded from the trains to the hospitals and personally counted 1,000. The Japanese, they add, seemed depressed. CRAZY MAN RUNS AMUCK. ! Armenian Creates Temporary Pandemonium in a Car.dy Shop. After driving his emp*ojrer and ethers from-a candy shop in Brooklyr, j X. Y.. Friday, Carabad Krikorian. an ! Armenian, barricaded himself in the place ana resisted arrest until he nau been shot to death by a detail of poi liceinen who had been summoned to i the scene. Kriltorian fired several | shots, but none of the policemen were | wounded. I . ' : > -Y>" 'j * . ;? - V ' * \ SOUTH CAROLINA I $ STATE NEWS ITEMS, i ,rNjrsicvJC\KMC\jf swrsi * Governor Heyward Takes a Rest Governor Heyward has gone down to his plantation in Colleton county to spend a few 'days, taking needed rest, this being the first opportunity that he has had to indulge himself in some time. * * * Porto Ricari Studies Cotton. S. Behen, of San Juan, Porto Rico, is in Chraleston, to study the cultivation of sea island cotton, and from Charleston he will proceed to Savannah to give attention to the growing of the staple at that place. * * * : To Import White Cooks. The securing of one hundred white cooks for the households of Union is the step just taken by the chamber of commerce, the negro labor in many instances having become so trifling as not to oe longer tolerated. * ? * K?oAA/hi?rr?,. Wa? Pleetrie Liahts. "" / ' -?> ? | The new electric lighting system which has been recently installed in Newberry, is very satisfactory. The incandescent arcs, such as are used in Atlanta, Columbia and other southern cities, have been placed. These lights show quite an improvement over the i old lamps. i * * * Ginnery at Clinton Burned. Lafayette Balkcom's ginnery at Clinton, with forty bales of cotton, was burned a few days ago. Most of the cotton was stored under the gin house and when the fire was discovered, it was completely enwrapped in flames. The loss is estimated at more than $2,000, with no insurance. * * * .Land for Barracks. The war department will soon take over a large tract of land on Sullivan's Island for the purpose of erecting barracks for the additional troops which are to be brought south for the manning of the newly built battery, soon j to be equipped with guns and other apj paratus; completing the defences of j Charleston harbor. I - Trolley Line Projected. Several prominent capitalists will arrive in Charleston in a few days from Philadelphia, coming to confer with local parties for the organization of the company which is to build a j trolley line to Summerville, a pineland land health resort about twenty-two miles from Charleston. The charter has been received from the secretary of state. 1 * * Yale Students to Stydy Forestry. A party of Yale students have arrived in Charleston to begin a study of the forestry condition of South Carolina, and after spending a few | days at the home of William F. I Sherfesee, one of the number, they j will begin their studies. With Sherl fesee are F. A. Wilcox, also of Charleston. and Lage von Wernstedt, of Str2ngnas, Sweden; G. A. Wilmot, of Cape Town, South Africa, and J. M. Nelson, of Baltimore. * Postal Clerk to Be Tried. A Charleston dispatch says: A. P. Prioleau, one of the two republican, candidates who opposed Congressman Legare for the seat from the first district three weeks ago, will be put on trial for having removed, detained and opened a mail package, when he was running as a' postal clerk on the Atlantic Coast Line. The case has been pending for more than a year and a half on account of the illness of Postoffice Inspector SmSrth, of Charleston, the main witness against Prioleau. * * 4 . Jury Renders Large Verdict. mv.,. lo.ffoct verrtipt pver rendered l lie * v?v*?w ? . ? by " a South Carolina jury in a damage suit was that of the case of Mrs. frofbthy H. Brickman at Columbia, against the Southern railway for the death of her husband, when the jury returned a verdict .01 $55,000 for the plaintiff after being out three hours. The amount sued for was $75,000. Motion for a neft trial will be heard at once. * * Knitting Mill to Close Down. The plant of the Newberry Knitting Mill, which has been in operation for five years, will shut down on the 10th inst. The directors of the concern have been instructed to sell and negotiations with this end in view are now in progress. * With the installation of good, up-todate machinery, an increase of output and proper management, there is no reason why the investment should not be a good one. * * * Crazy Man's Horrible Deed. At Kellytown, Darlington county, S. Madison James shot his wife dead Friday night, and Saturday morning killed her brother. R. Sidney Kelley, when the latter cailed at the house to investigate. Later, Sheriff Scarborough went to isMi ' * -; ""7 * : :' - %* v * v* jKelleytown to arrest James, and was compelled to kill him. James had been a patient in the lunatic asylum in Columbia, but was released a year ago. * * * Chicago Woman to the Rescue, vtrs Veirie P. McCormick. of Chi cago, 111., who has already built in J j whole or in part six homes at the J Thornwell Orphanage, on hearing of the destruction by fire of the Memorial Hall, wired to the president of the institution that she will *?ve $2,500 to rebuild the house on condition that $2,500 more be raised. Mrs. Mc- l Cormick had not yet heard of the sec- 1 ond fire destroying the Orphans' Semij nary. A few more contributions, therefore, will make her gift available i and insure the erection of the two buildings to take the place of those that were destroyed. ? *? i Southern's New Station at Union. The new $10,000 passenger station ! of the Southern railway at Union was ! officially opened to the public a few days ago. It is quite a handsome and commodious brick structure, with all conveniences, and is well lighted with electricity. The first ticket was sold to Miss Mary MurpHy, who left on the first train for Charleston. The old passenger station is partially dismantled, and will be lifted bod; ily to a flat car and taken to Santuck,. : nine miles distant, where it will be j used as a section master's house. j ! | Appropriations for South Carolina. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw submitted to congress Monday his annual i . - - " e a. aaa?1 DUCtget ?I eSLiuiaitis iur uie ucac u^ai year. The items for South Carolina are the following: Complete postoffice and custom j house, Georgetown, $20,000; completion of postoffice, Rock Hill, $16,250: Charleston navy yard, $807,000; establish range light station on St. Phillips island entrance to Port Royal harbor, $18,000; improving Charleston harbor$25,000; Winyah bay, $75,000. * * * Bunch cf Skeleton Keys Found. In cleaning out a bureau at the Argyle hotel at Charleston, a few days ago, a bunch of keys were found secreted, which, it is presumed, were' hidden by E. C. Rosse, alias C. E. Ross, who occupied the room last February at the time of his arrest on the I charge of robbing the state rooms of the Clyde steamer Arapahoe, and was later convicted and sent to the penitentiary at Columbia for one year, which term Ross is now serving. The discovery of the keys sh^ws that the fellow was a profesional sneak thief, as was proven at the trial, and the court made no. mistake in sending him up to Columbia. * * Italian Stone Cutters Arrive. The first of a number of Italian stone cutters to be brought south have arrived in Charleston. Twenty men have been put to work at the navy yard and thirty-five sent to the Winnboro granite quarries. It. is understood that about two hundred addition-al Italians will be brought to Charleston and apportioned between the navy yard and the granite quarry. The arrival of these men should not ho confounded with the immigration {movement, for under the South Caroliina law the immigrants are restricted to people from northern Europe. The Italians are coming here simply to labor ,and upon the completion of their contract they will return north and not as permanent residents or colonists. NEGROES ARE ENCOURAGED. Bishop Galloway and Major Millsaps at African Methodist Conference. The African Methodist Episcopal, conference of Mississippi, in session at Jackson was addressed Thursday by Bishop Charles K. Galloway and Major R. W. Millsaps, one of Jackson's wealthiest citizens, and the founder of Millsaps college. The bishop said that he was glad to know of the progress of the negro Methodists of the state, and had come to give them a word of encouragement. Major Millsaps said that he was glad to encourage them in their good work. Bishop Slater, in thanking these two distinguished white citizens of Jackson for their words of encouragement, said that their-visit shows that the mists are clearing away and that as long as the negro behaved himself he would find plenty of good strong friends among the white people. During the last half hour of the conference Bishop Galloway presided over * *- 3 ?4-VA tiono^t/iHnn 1 it, ana pruuuuutcu uic uvuvu<vwvu. Hie visit of these two distinguished Mississippians to this conference was quite a notable event in the history of the African Methodist conference of Mississippi. VARDAMAN RILED AGAIN. Mississippi Governor Declines Chairmanship of Boll Weevil Convention. Owing to bitter opposition expressed by several Sbreveport, La., newspapers. Governor Vardaman, of Misj sissippi, declines to be permanent J chairman of the boll weevil convenj tion at Shreveport. A red hot letter J was given out Monday by ' the | governor's secretary, declining to | serve in the face of scurrilous proi test . *" . \ A BIG COTTON CROP Season's Yield is Placed at | 12,162,000 Bales. ft ! GOVRNMENT'S EStlMA#|;f ; Mi Figures Cause Tremendous Surprise Even Among Veteran- Dealers. Growers Will be Greatly Disappointed. A Washington special says: Pre- v-^ liminary returns to the chief of the too- ^p?| reau of statistics of the department of ^ ^ agriculture show a total production vj of cotton in the Unied States in the years 1904-05 of 12,161,000 bales. Round bales are included in this esti- ';/||| mate and reduced to their equiralei^^^ in square bales. The estimate does not ihclude lin- > ters. In the preparation and Issuance. the cotton report. Secretary Wilson ~ ; gave demonstration of the precautions taken to avoid advance information leaking out Representatives Burgess, of Texas, and Ransdal, of Louisiana, were invited by the secretary to witness the preparation of the estlitfate. .; The party was locked In the private office of the statistician, and reports . from all the cotton districts were taken into the room. The doors J| were locked from the outside, and the- ' secretary then gave orders for th? g-. ? opening of the report. The estimate * of the crop for the year was then prepared, and sent out before any person in the room was permitted to leave or communicate with anjr . person from the outside. 7 "In this manner the cotton estimates are invariably made," said Secretary; Wilson, "and all human Ingenuity is used to prevent lealdng of informal A Tremendous Surprise. A New York special says: The . government estimate for the cotton crop placing .the yield at 12,162,00# bales, issued Saturday, was a surprise to more people than any government report of recent years. While a V few of the more extreme bears had been talking 12,000,000 bales or oyer^ the average opinion even in bearish circles locally was that the government estimate would be under that AgThe announcement was followed by another sensational break in prices. The decline that has been in progress now for over a month and carried tie market down from 11 cents to 8 -1-2 cents proved insufficient'in the, estimation of the trade to frilly reflect the ? new condition of affairs, and a crop of the size reported. There was undoubtedly a big short interest in the market but in spite of covering/ prices declined nearly half a bent In less than half an hour of trading. , January, which sold around 8.56 dur* t ing the forenoon, was depressed to v about 8.10 and other months suffering in like measure. The market was . very excited with trading exceedingly ^ active. Disappointment to Planters. .. There is no doubt about the tact that the government coton crop re- ( port estimating the present season's crop at 12162,000 bales will prove J i.? > a serious disappointment to the planters all over the south. The recent decline has given ah in- ? j dication of the trend of things, but, despite all that, and despite the 11,800,000-baIe estimate the frlanfers, .? have been nursing the hope of.some-, thing better when the government estimate came out. Everywhere cotton is being held for 10, and in some cases, for 12 cents; ' the government estimate smashes, th^se hopes for some months to come,' at least, and, perhaps permanently, so ' * | far as the present season's crop in co-w-r,'^ cerned. But far from making the planters $ rush into the market, the effect of the government report will undoubtedly, be to make them even hold on to their cotton tighter than ever, hoping against hope, it may be, but hoping, nevertheless, for something better in the fatnre. LONG LIBERTY CUT SHORT. Son of Escaped Convict Reveals Weft- | tlty to Officers. j Traveling Sergeant Eodd, of the His-: - <rf sissippi penitentiary, arrived in Mobile, Ala., Friday for J. M. Baily, alias .. Kelly, arrested a few days ago pa a; minor charge and turned up by his r ^ son as a fugitive from justice. Twenty-flve years' ago he was sentenced to | ? * ? ?aaatnlt' . nve years ior it muruciuus esw<?v.. . Two years later he escaped, recaptnred in Birmingham, he served seven months and escaped again, and has " J ' been at liberty for twenty-two years. | COLD WAVE IN NORTHWE^ > Zero Temperature Prevails in North 3 Dakota and Montana. 4 Coincident with t?e first snow tail ::1 of the season Friday the weather bn-: J reau at Chicago reported that a cold V.4 J wave in the northwest Is increasing J in intensity, zero temperature prevail- M ing in North Dakota and Montana. Snow Is general throughout the northera tier of states. ; : v 'V; '--t- K V V . \ ^