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r ______ COTTON BILL PA ; * OUT AID | 9 _____ Situation Produced by 1 Chamber of Regular crats Proceed Desp * [Washington, Aug. 17.?A shrewd move by the regular Republicans, as unexpected as it was effective, today suddenly threw the Democrats ^ into complete control of the Senate / in their own right and forced them f to abandon their coalition with the progressive Republicans. Out of the chaos and the uproar, came a bill to { revise- the cotton schedule of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law. It was the bill as passed by the house, but saddled with amendments to revise the iron and steel, the cotton machinery k, and chemical schedules of the tariff | law, coupled with a provision for reciprocal free trade in bituminous coal across the Canadian border. ' Democratic votes alone were cast i in favor of the bill. The regular Republicans absented themselves, deliberately, from the chamber. ^ . 'Insurgents Rage in Vain. The insurgents, taken completely by surprise, were thrown into a rage. Alternately they denounced what they termed the treason of the Democrats and inveighed against the regular Republicans for the part they had played in the new combination, which j? had brought about a revolution in the Senate as startling and sensationl al as the coalition which earlier had % robbed the regular Republicans of their supremacy in the house, i s. The insurgents invoked all-butforgotten rules in an effort to stop p votes. The insurgents charged that the Democrats had broken faith, although in caucus last night the latter had determined to carry through an insurgent-Democrat programme i on the cotton bill, which would have r\ included the adoption of a LaFollette substitute for the house measure. They insisted *th^ Democrats t\ had entered into an agreement or understanding with the regulars to leave the progressives in the lurch. , Bristow Thinks He Knows. Neither the regular Republicans % nor the Democrats would admit that such an understanding existed, but Senator Bristow, of Kansas, boldly declared that he had overheard a conversation between Senator Johnston, of Alabama, a Democrat, and Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania, the regular Republican leader, that -left no doubt in his mind. Despite the rules invoked, many of the regu\ lar Republicans still insisted upon their right to decline to vote and when serious consequences threatened, they resorted to motions to be l excused, which in several cases were carried. The Democrats sought to relieve their new found allies with a blanket motion of excuse from voting, but this plan failed, y Whatever the agreement, whatever the understanding, the results accomplished were both definite and decisive. The Democrats found themselves in a position where, for the sake of party consistency, they k' had to disregard completely their ? previous arrangements with the in ^ surgents. This arrangement was | * based upon the belief that the house bill first would be defeated and that lr then the Democrats and insurgents would combine to pass a LaFollette measure, just as was done with the wool schedule. Without Insurgent Aid. -V When the voting began, however, there came a sudden realization that . the Democratic bill would pass without the aid of the insurgents, enough regular Republicans having walked W out of the chamber to give the Demo| ? crats a clear majority and still mainy tain the necessary quorum. The break of senate coalition, which had made tariff revision possible, was taken to-night to mean early adjournment. p. Without an effective working arrangement between these two ele| ments of the senate, all further at p tempts at legislation win ue usciwd. Senator Penrose predicted to-night that the session would terminate with the week-end. r Amazement of insurgents at the unexpected developments to-day changed t$ a fighting spirit that lasted until the last roll-call was taken. ?. None of the insurgent leaders would discuss the situation to-night in any pi of its phases. They felt that they fF* had achieved a material victory in the adoption of the iron and steel P amendment. * Regulars Highly Pleased. The regular Republicans made no V attempt to conceal their delight at |& having put the insurgents in a position where they were compelled to vote against cotton revision at this time. Senator Cummins rallied his insurgent colleagues to vote against ' ? j his own amendment ror an iruu auu steel tariff revision, when the amendf ment was offered by Senator Bacon. jt * Senator. Bristow helped to defeat his j# own amendirffcit for a revision of the SSED WITHOF INSURGENTS Deliberate Absence from Republicans.?Demoite Insurgents' Rage. sugar schedule, when it was offered in his absence by Senator Jones, of Washington. Progressive Republican Leader LaFollette declared it was impossible for the insurgents to vote for the Democratic bill, while the Democrats had agreed that if their bill was defeated, they would be willing to sup port tne LaFollette measure. As the progress of the vote showed that the Democrats had been given a clear majority by the absence of the regular Republicans, the insurgents set out to get a vote on the LaFollette compromise bill, which, it had been expected, would be adopted in place of the house bill. LaFollette Bill Turned Down. Senator LaFollette finally offered his bill as a substitute for the house bill and the amendments that had been added to it. The LaFollette substitute secured no votes, however, but those of insurgents. Then came the final vote on the house cotton bill. Only the Democrats voted for it, but as the roll call progressed it became apparent that many were absent or not voting, slipping back into the cloak rooms before their names were reached. Those who kept track of the vote realized tht the cotton bill had received a favorable vote?29 to 19. "The rule is plain," said .Vice President Sherman, when appealed to to insist on senators voting or giving their reason. "The clerk will call the names of those who did not answer." Senator Carter, of Kansas, who announced that he was paired with an absent senator and could not vote, was forced to submit his case to the senate on* a roll call before he was permitted to observe the pair. On roll call the clerk had the name of Senator Guggenheim called, and there was no response. It was shown that the Colorado senator naa just left the chamber. Amended Bill Passed. Following the various fights, there came a second roll call on the passage of the bill as amended. This time there was a straight Democratic majority of 29 to 24. The amendment^ adopted were: To revise the iicn and steel schedule, adopted, 29* to 19. Senators Clapp and WorkAroted against this amendment. X By Senator flkmons, of North Carolina, reducing the tariff on cot? i - A A X ^ J ton macnmery 10 au per oeuu auuyied, 36 to 22,progressive Republicans voting solidly with the Democrats. By Senator Overman, of North Carolina, revising chemical schedule, adopted, 27 to 22, progressive Republicans all voting against it. By Mr. Watson, of West Virginia, for reciprocal admission of bituminous coal across Canadian line, adopted without division. WHO'S WHO IX MAGISTRATES. Proceedings to Settle Muddle in Spartanburg County are Called Off. Spartanburg, Aug. 16.?The dispute as to whether Gov. Blease's appointees or their predecessors are the legal magistrates in Spartanburg county remains unsettled. The mandamus proceedings by which it was expected to compel county commissioners to pay the fees of Frank Metcalf, constable for Magistrate J. M. Bowden, were called off to-day. Instead of arguing the case before Justice Hydrick of the supreme court,, as was proposed, counsel Vkrincr tho matter 111) in <*6 A C^U W UilUQ vuv _r common pleas court. It will be contended that Constable Metcalf is entitled to his pay even though there is a cloud on his title to the office. Magistrate A. H. Kirby declares that Magistrate Bowden, who was appointed by Gov. Blease to succeed Maj. Kirby, is not the legal magistrate because his appointment was not made by and with the advice and consent of the senate. Because of the doubt raised the county commissioners have held up the pay of both the magistrates and their constables. It is said that the settlement of Metcalf's claim will not involve the settlement of the magistratal muddle. AND NOW SHE'S PROSTRATED. Young Man, Incited to Jealonsy by Sweetheart, Kills Himself. Arcadia, Fla., Aug. 17.?Despondent because his 17-year-old sweetheart insisted on going out with another young man, Aldin Anderson, member of a well-known Plant City family, placed the muzzle of a shotgun in his mouth and blew out his brains here this morning. He pulled the trigger with his toe. The young woman is prostrated i over the affair. : " " -r * ' >' _ ' Ti _ ' 7- _ : . J MANY ADVENTURES. Last of Overland Stage Drivers Tells of Some Rides. Billv Hodges, the last of the hand of 100 men who undertook to blaze the trail for mail and express coaches from the western terminus of the railways at Fort Smith, Ark., into the unconquered west, is now running an elevator. In the records of the express company will be found the report of this trip of the 100. Organized in 1855, it was their duty to cover so much ground daily; to record the distance traveled and to establish stations, stocking them and thus paving the way for the civilization which followed at their heels. \Few forts then were on the plains and while they stopped at each one for supplies and friendly chat between these widely separated Federal depots, they drove and fought and builded. Tney prodded on ineir nan famished beasts while showers of Cherokee arrows whizzed above their heads and sometimes into them. They cut their way through the various "nations" of the redskins, filed slowly through the dreaded Apache Pass and forded turbulent streams in the midst of their frenzied enemies. The route laid out led them in almost a direct line for El Paso, through the rough Osage country and crossed the Arkansas river where it divides the old Pawnee nation from the land of the Osage. Skirting the territory of the Comanches, they were forced to throw up fortifications hastily to withstand the fierce attacks of the barbarous hordes. They pulled out of that country safely to encounter worse?the .land of little water, alkali and dusty sagebrush. Yet with the cry of the coyote ringing in their ears they sang as they went, ending with the accomplishment of their purpose. In 1857 the completed route, well stationed and equipped, stood a monument to the work of that band. For two year^ they had struggled, and while their achievement was of wonderful value to east and west, few came out of the scathing well and sound. However, Billy Hodges was young and fortunate. He had made a record as a driver; he had the opportunity thrust upon him and he ^grasped it. He undertook to drive the mail and express route from Tucson to Pima village. The run was about 100 miles, but was extremely hazardous. Bandits were born of the rapid development of civilization and hostile Indians were everywhere. Danger was plentifully distributed and six shooters barked at silent arrows. On arriving at Pima village he released the reins to another driver, who drove to Fort Yuma and thence to Los Angeles. At Pima village Hodges received the coast mail and took it back to Tucson, where he was met by another driver, who carried it further east to the station near the Apache Pass. On a day early in 1885 Billy arrived at Pima village to discover that the relay driver was long overdue.! Fearing trouble, he followed the cus torn of driving into the other man's territory until the shadows of Apache Pass loomed before him. With him on the box was a gun messenger, and in the coach sitting with the other passengers were other guards. From the pass there came the yell of the Apaches, an<| in an instant a horde of them were riding circles around the coach. It was the duty of gun messengers to shoot, and they shot. It was the duty of Hodges to drive, and he drove. Lashing out with his whip, he sent the leaders down an incline and successfully brought them to a stand close under the shelter of a government fort. Even there it was precarious. The handful of soldiers were unable to cope with the swarms of redskins hovering around. The relay coach had taken shelter there, not daring to move through so hostile a country. The Indians surrounded the pass, blocking all outlets, and for eight days the small hand held out and fought. On the eighth day Hodges realizing that if no help came soon it wfton fVir* i^ootVi eai/1 "T'11 cn YV U U1U rnuau lUVil UVUWU jl, ow to Tucson." There was a protest from his associates, but before his insistence the others gave way. To get to Tucson for aid meant his passing through the zone of fire. There was scarcely any hope of getting away without being seen and the moon was bright and clear. The only chance lay in a dash. Then there came one to him in the dead of night and the young driver hear a soft voice murmur "Will you take me along?" It was during a lull in the intermittent firing and 'Hodges had almost proclaimed himself ready. The horses were harnessed to the coach, but his hand halted in the act of taking the reins. He looked down at the pleading face of a young woman, the sole passenger of the relay coach which had been delayed, and was even now detained at this fort, the driver not being daring enough to v i - v venture. "Why, Mary," exclaimed Billy, "it is impossible. I might take the responsibility of the mails and treasure, but you?no." "I must go," said the girl, her voice vibrating. "I cannot stand this any longer. Let me go, I beg of you." Time was running short and young Hodges fras not proof against the girl's insistence. The result was that Mary Androes, setting west to join her future husband at Los Angeles, was taken on that memorable ride. That she is living to-day is due to the skilled driving and nerve of Billy Hodges. The long whip caught the nigh leader under the flank and the coach rattled out into the open. Instantly he was under a shower of lead and nrrnxrs and hp rpnlied hv lashine I wheelers and leaders, sending the coach careening down a rocky ravine. They plunged and the coach tipped dizzily throwing the girl from side to side like a ball of rags. But he held on and so did she. On one occasion the door swung open and she tore her finger nails trying to close it. With one delicate hand grasping the leather hanger she sought to catch the swinging door with the other and bring it to position. Just at this juncture the coach was tilted up hill, throwing the heavy door back securely, so the frightened girl could not budge it. To increase her terror an arrow flashed into the window and stuck quivering into the cushion opposite her. At last she fell in a heap on the floor. "T ornt +Vi-rnn crVi " cairl WnHP'ptJ wit.ll VUJJ") wv?.?v? ^ "O 7 a gleam in his eyes as he told the story "but?" "The girl?" "Oh, she was landed in Los Angeles all right, and married?unfortunately!" said the old man, in whom this was the first romance. Hodges came to California in 1858, continuing as a stage driver, and in time was given the famous Placer| ville road, running from Sacramento ; through Placerville to Virginia City, Nev. On this road he drove the mail j and express coaches and on many of the trips carried treasure amounting to $100,000. As a result he was the victim of half a dozen of the most celebrated holdups in the history of the Pacific coast. One day on the Bodie road in Nevada, between Bodie and Carson, the treasure box was laden and the coach well filled with passengers. There were guards outside and in, and a daring gun messenger was perched on,the box beside the driver. The strong defence gave the passengers a sense of security, and one of them, a woman, started to while away the hours by singing. Romance was in the air. The caroling of the girl awoke response in the nerve of the guards and their guns lay' negligently upon their knees. Suddenly the concert was brought to an abrupt halt by the resounding report of a slug loaded shotgun. Down went the nigh leader. The other horses plunged and kicked and the shock nearly unseated the driver and messenger. Even the highwaymen were astonished at the instant result of the shot and hesitated for the fraction of a minute and in that time the moaaorto-or firori Ono nf thfi .robbers prying at the lock of the treasure box dropped, while the other took tc the brush. Fourteen times Billy Hodges was called to "stand." He was the first victim of the notorious Black Bart, who began his operations at a point ? - TT a <3 tttft n rtlo + f AVin O near xieuu. xiuugcs was along at a good pace when the robber stepped out from behind a I rock, pointing a double barreled shotgun at messenger and driver. "If they shoot," cried Bart; "give them a solid volley, boys!" The guards, gazing round and about them, saw a dozen rifle barrels peeping out from the bushes and cheerfully held up their hands. Later a ripple of laughter swept the State when it was learned that Black Bart had worked the neatest of bluffs, the supposed "boys" in the underbrush being suggested by the protruding ends of wooden sticks fashioned to have the appearance of genuine firearms. Again in 1883 Billy Hodges was held up by Black Bart and his coach robbed. Another famed bandit who exchanged the courtesies of the road with him was Tiburcio Vasquez, a heartless wretch, who after a long criminal career was captured and hanged at San Jose in 1875. Before the interesting event, however, Vasquez introduced himself to Hodges by shooting a hole through his hat. On the famous Geiger Grade, about four miles from Virginia City, Billy faced the rifles of six bandits and the treasure box was dynamited, the robbers carrying away more than $8,000. Again he was'stopped near Virginia City. This was in 1865, and in Six Mile Canyon, below the Gould & Curry mill. The team was forced to stop by a barricade of old sluice b'xes, which the bandits had placed across the road. The five desperadoes robbed all the passengers save one, a pretty schoolma'am. The notorious John Wheeler and party undertook to stop Hodges at Robber's Bend, near the Nevada line. k ?4 -i- *:&$ : V - . -- fWj: - i -iy Whether the infamous Dr. La Barr and his wife were with the gang at the time he does not know. At any rate, he says, the two were under the command of John Wheeler, the ' woman often dressing in men's clothes. Hodges was held up five times in one year (1882,) each time on the Senora-Milton road in California. By the beginning of 1884 he had saved up considerable money and decided to quit the highway. He had made money on the side by taking orders from ranchers, as did his associate drivers. Frequently, he said, Ma hot- was filled with memoranda. embracing orders from a case of rum to a piece of blue ribbon. Hodges tells many anecdotes of the men he has kilown and associated with, both famous and notorious, drivers and robbers. He tells of the time when Horace Greely was making a tour of the Pacific coast and was scheduled to make a speech at Placerville. He went aboard the stage driven by quaint Hank Monk and as he stepped in he shouted: "Mr. Monk, I must deliver a lecture in Placerville to-morrow night. Can you get me there on time?" Monk assured him that he could and started off the team along the old "corduroy" road, paved with small saplings half buried in clay. - -- ? *- ?nt. Miles and miles tney went, wim Monk whistling merrily and Horace Greely, the only other passenger bumping about within the rolling coach without being able to help himself in the least. At last the dignified passenger could stand it no longer. When he had been thrown for the fortieth time against the wooden frame of the coach door he cried out: "Mr. Monk don't you think you are going pretty fast?" Monk let out a mouthful of tobacco juice and giving a sharp crack with the whip to the leader replied musically: "Keep your seat Mr. Greely; I'll get you there on time." Greely got there on time as he demanded, but the lecture was jolted clean out of him. Hodges was associated with the famous twin stage drivers, Curly Dan and Curly Perry, fearless and careful men, whose innocent deception of passengers, owing to their extreme likeness, was the cause of great hilarity. It happened that Dan would start out with the stage in the early morning from Placerville and at midnigjt would arrive at the changing station, where he would give his seat on the box to his brother, likewise curly haired and featured. The passengers being asleep, they were not aware of the exchange, | and next morning when they espied a man whom they thought to he Curly Dan upon the seat they supposed he , had been driving without sleep since the morning of the day before. Perry 0% 4" 1 TV* /\ AAw rrl uocu LU u^vc a 5icai urnc , the curious passengers, that he was not his brother, but his brother's L brother. When President Grant did a little , staging in the west in 1879 there was great rivalry among the drivers as to who should handle the reins in the . coach that took him from Placerville to Virginia City. Billy Hodges got , the honor, which was a "plum," be, cause of the additional money in the , job. When they started out Grant ( looked at the frisky six horse team and then at the driver, who looked as . lively and as frisky as his animals. . "That's a frisky team and a frisky driver, but he's got a good eye and a ! white nose!" exclaimed the president. Grant marvelled at the speed with 1 which they travelled, and the way they dashed into Virginia City on ! that memorable day just suited- the old warrior. He complimented Hodges ! # " ! ff Newberr , [FOUNI A safe college. Regular C Electrical and Mechanical En, modern equipment. Locality 1 , Preparatory School connected \ partment very reasonable. F< , address President J. /^ARLLSLE^S mi "The School that Stands Bamberg, -----Let us give your Boy arid Girl th ough work under positive Ch CHANCES? Our school is owne and IS NOT A SHAM. Recogni [ larged faculty?all men of College , ual attention. Stu y Hall, 4 Teacher. Unsurpassed Health. Baths. Entirely separate boardi i Prices lowest consistent with go Boarding capacity limited catalogue. Nineteenth y on his work with the reins. Henry C. Ward, better known as Old Wardy, who graduated from " stage driver to Wells-Fargo gun messenger, was often on the seat with Billy Hodges. As gunman Wardy made a record, one occasion placing him on a page of California history. The stage was held up and in the battle that followed Wardy's trigger , finger was shot off his right hand. Bleeding as he was he sat there without a whimper until the robbers had Secured their loot and departed. He knew the typography of the country thoroughly, and after the bandits $|S had disappeared around the hill he stopped the stage and jumping down ran around to the left of the hill where he knew the bandits would come out on another road to divide j their spoil. He got there opportunely, caught them redhanded and shot them down in spite of his maimed hand. During the years from 1870 to 1884 Wells Fargo lost, incidental . to robberies, $927,762.55. There J|l| were during this time 313 stage hold- \fj9H ups, 34 attempted robberies and four train robberies. More than 16 vl3B guards were killed or wounded, while more than two dozen bandits were killed, besides those sent to State prison.?St. Louis Post-Dispatch. I Merely a Parable. Just before the collection was jjph | taken up a negro preacher announced that he regretted to stare that a 1 certain brother had forgotten to lock the door of his chicken house the night before and as a result he dis- ^ -::jM covered in the rooming that most of the fowls had disappeared. "I doan' want to be pnssonel, 'jg|j''J bredden," he added, "but I hab my s'picions dat pusson won't put any money in de plate which will now be passed 'roun." ^ The result was a fine collection, not a single member of the congre- >S9B gation feigning sleep. After the .jgBjj money was counted the old parson came forward. 3jjS "Now bredden," he said, "I doan'* (^9kv whnt yo' dinners to be spoilt by won- ::>J?3 derin' where dat brudder libes who doan lock his chickens up at night. . Dat brudder doan' exist, mah frien's. ^ He was a parable gotten up fo' de ^ pu'pose of finance."?The House- J?| * -?j i 5 or 6 doses "666" will cure any './MM case of Chills and Fever. Price, 25c. . CRYING FOB HELP. 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