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VOL. III. NO. 20.
CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1906.
S1.50 Per Year
\loi) pron) the j^nen)g.
IS/IR^. ALEXANDER,
TART II. CHAPTER L 2
Continued.
**I had no Idea an olscure town like
?; Berustadt could turn out so flue a dis
play," snld Steiuhausen, wlio had con
trived to secure a table suited to a
tete-a-tete supper, and was attending
assiduously to the wants of his com
panion.
t Here s to our speedy and complete
fusion!
"To a United derma ny! Eh, melne
?Gnadige? I think Saxony is well dis
posed to rest under the shadow of the
Blnek ;;agle." ,
"You think so?" she said, in a tone
?of dissent, yet not refusing to clink
Jier glass against his.
"That is your deep-rooted conceit.
jj "You account for all shades of national
feeling in the way least offensive to
jrour self-love.
"Hanover shows herself a sullen Ir- I
? reconcilable ? that is but a narrow fa- ?
natieism, which binds her to the ad
vantages of union with her powerful
neighbor.
?'Saxony, enduring her anguish in
the silence or pride, is< supposed to hug
her chains.
"Ah, Major von Steinhauscn, long
' years will elapse before the forced fu
sion you exult lu becomes real broth
s erliood."
"So your ideas are still the same!"
lie exclaimed.
? "Would to Heaven you were un
changed in every way.
"But Prussia is right to seize what
?he desires ut the most favorable mo
ment.
"Hesitation, delay, might have blight
ed her hopes, destroyed her prospects,
as they have done mine.
"You cannot affect to misunderstand
me!" he added, as he caught a look of
. .astonishment in her eyes.
"You are a little enigmatical, I must
?ay," she replied, as a fat little man
In uniform, came almost at a run,
across the room to clink his glass
?against Steinhausen's.
"So glad to have you among us
again, lieber Ilerr Major. Six weeks
ago 1 never thought you would leave
the Lazaret, except feet foremost."
? "Thanks to your good care, my
friend." ? ?
Then more people cam s to clink
glasst^, aud Steinhauren had to rush
to one or two distant tables to per
from a similar ceremony, and a break
in his conversation with Lies was un
avoidable.
. Perhaps this spirit of enjoyment, per
haps a sudden return to more gener
ous food and drink than he had lately
been accustomed to, combined with the
mixture r>f bitterness and delight
which Arose from his meeting with
I Lies ,n her new condition, all helped to
excite in Steinluiusen a reckless deter
mination to enjoy this possibly last
cnaucc of free intercourse with his lost
love, and, coute qu'il route, to express
his feelings lo her before they separ
ated.
Something in her manner and bear
fog gave him an undefined sense of en
couragement.
( His scarce-Veiled admiration was not
repulsed with the cold dignity he
would have expected from Lies as a
wife.
She was certainly g!nd to see him.
And even her eontiadlctions and con
tentions were more playful and indul
gent than- formerly.
Why had she allowed herself to be
drawn, or forced into marriage with a
fellow iu every way Inferior to her?
^ Why had he (Steinhauscn) not sought
l>er out more perse ver I ugly ?
Life had evidently gone hard with
the kindly fniu'ly of Horgfelder since
those sunny autumn days of four year's
back, and hence perhaps this accursed
marriage.
At this point he drove away, with in
? effort, those whirling, intersecting cir
cles of thought, and bnsteucd back to !
bis partner.
"There"' he cried. "I think I have
touched glasses with all my Bcr&stadt
? acquaintances, and I may repose my- .
?elf. I
"There is a beautiful moonlight view
k from a balcony next the cardrooin."
"Are you prudent to risk cold while
you are idill a oonvalcscent?" she
asked.
"No," returned Steinhauscn, with an
expressive glance. "No cold wHl touch
me to-night. Hut yrtu " He ca tight '
up a largo fur-lhicd mantle as they
passed a stand full of helmets and
\ military clonks. "You have not the
?nme safeguard, and at least for on
Other blessed hour you are my care."
Lies made no oepty, a a* they readied
the balcony In silan<-e.
Steinhnu^yi c*c?fully wrapped the
telotk he mrrled around tho slight
figure of hlW companion, and thej stood j
a moment Contemplating th^ s<y?nc.
Tho garden and lower portion of the
town sloped so me wh fit steeply down
from the Kurgomcjster's rMdenct', the
?now-laden, frozen tree* nearest gut
tering in the gleams of light from the
nrlghtly Illuminated house; then eamo
the irregular, pointed snowy roofs, and
beyond, the gre?t quiet hjlls, sleeping
In the silvery beams poured upon them
from the now sinking mo0p.
. "U is lovely r- snld Ltci* *>f?y.
\\ben Inst we looked on a fair sceni
together." began Steinhausen, quickly
I was doubtful, anxious, but not hope-'
less !
"V by were you so unsympathetic sc
?incommunicative? A word of explana.
tlon might have saved me much suf
fering.
"Now a real barrier exists between
?8..' 8uPPosc an insurmountable one."
"Yes," said she, and had Stein
hausen been less disturbed he might
have observed that the "yes" was nort
Interrogative than affirmative; "then
yo u must respect the barrier."
It wqs the nearest approach to a re
buke she had uttered, and before he
could rep]y 8he wem on;
"It is not prudent for cither of us to
remain here. Fray, come downstairs
again."
She re-entered the cardroom and as
Steinhausen assisted her to take off
the cloak he noticed that she Lad
turned very pale and her hands trem
bled.
' "You have taken cold!" he crclaimed.
"I should not have askod you to go out
there."
"It is nothing, Ilorr Major? a mo
mentary chill."
'Ila, moine gute Frcunden!" cried
the Burgomeisier. a little "breathless
from mounting the stairs. "I have
been looking for you everywhere.
Herr Major, you have your horses
here, nicht wahr?
X\e have just been arranging a
sleighing party for to-morrow? to Fal*
kenberg. Herr Adjutant Stromer will
be the leader. You will Join us will
you not?"
"With pleasure, gewiss! I do not
care what Klesburg? what the doctor
says."
"He comes, too! lie says it Is all
right.
We assemble at noon, here in the
market place, and"-to Lies, as he
rubbed his hands extiltlngly? "the
Hauptmann has consented to stay over
another day." *
So saying, he bustled away to com
plete his arrangements.
1~?D WUI be my c?mpanion. will you
not. asked Steinhausen. eagerly.
"I-I fear I cannot," said Lies, hesi
tatingly.
The party was spoken of before
supper, and I promised the Adjutant
to accompaiy him. only Otto did not
think he could remain-but I suppose
l ? retch en wishes to go."
A slight sigh, which Steinhausen In
terpreted hastily to mean that CJret
en. the little dark-eyed. dolMJke
cousin's wishes were paramount to
hers.
What a scoundrel, to have such a
pearl such a priceless jewel, and not
to prize her beyond all else!
"Oh, I suppose be thought vou did
not care about sleighing." suggested
Steinhausen, his heart beating at the
possibilities suggested by this indif
ference.
"Oh. he knows I like it-botjer than
almost anything else."
?"('nil you not manage to throw over
Stromer. or-wlll you leave it to ine?"
"I think the engagement had much
better stand."
, I* i or f org I vc me; I cannot call yon
>) nny other name-you are unspeak
ably cruel.
"In a week or two I must rejoin mv
regiment. I may never look upon vonr
sweet face aKain. night or wrong,
grant me this hour of happiness? come
in my sleigh."
"I would be wiser and better I should
not. she returned In a low tone, and
Steinhausen felt her arm tremble In
his; and you? you must not. ought
not. to forget the barrier of which you
spoke." i
They paused In the doorwav to ex
change these words, and the l.'nnd lust
th'Mi began the deligWtful "Soldaten
Liedcr Valse."
Steinhnusen's keen eye cauclit the
nguroof the detested Hauptmann lean
ncr over a chair on which the pretty
ittle cousin was sitting, his eyes, bear
fng. attitude, all expressive of the
warmest, tendere?t feeling-he glanced
nt Ilia rompn ii ion, and saw that she
too. observed It.
"Well, well!" thought Steinhausen.
ivlth all the eager Pre of his nature. "'I*
there no way of severing these tangled
cords?
T'.ut he only pnid. as the maRic of
the music extinguished bis small re
maining sto(^v of prudence:
At lenst grant a last request: the
worst criminals are not refused that
one turn -a first, and perhaps a ladt,
tour do valse."
Mes ninde no reply, but as he put
Mn arm round her she raised her hand
!q his shoylder. and they whirled awnv
regawlless of doctors, barriers and all
r>t?ior considerations, floating to the do
Melons muslcf
A sudden luimp Tvought Ktelnlnu
fen's thoughts ati lAst down to earth
or rather 4he parquet. '
It was the Hauptfnnnn and his fa
vorite cousin, who were looking into
each other's eyes, and unmistakably
happy.
They railed on Indifferent to the col
11*101), but. in the sudden effort to hold
up his partner, Steinhausen felt the
(julck bent of her heart against his
awn, as no doubt the eight of such
evident faithlessness must have ?mi
her to the soul.
"No, do not stop yet; once more
round," as she made a slight motion
as If to stop; and lie continued in low.
deep tones:
"If forbidden anything beyond, at
least accept friendship the most de
voted.
"I see and understand all; nnd re
member, if I can in any way lighten
your sorrows, you may comma ud my
life.'*
He pressed her passionately to his
heart.
"Major von Stelnhausen, this ti too
much," she returned, stopping reso
lutely
"You disturb and distress me.
"You should not forget the obliga
tions of which you have yourself
spoken.
"I scarcely understand you. Promise
never to spenk in such a strain again.
"And so good-night; I am weary, very
weary."
i There was a sound as of tears in the
voice as she vanished from him.
"What an accursed fool I was to
1 startle her," was Stclnhausen's reflec
tion a 8 he looked after her.
"I* must make matters straight to
morrow.
"I must win her friendship; better
half a loaf than no bread."
"Ah! Steinhauscn, dancing? That's
wrong, and against orders, mein Inci
ter. 1 have half a mind to forbid the
sleighing party to-ir.orrow."
"Have a whole cue, Ilcrr Doctor; it
matters not to me."
"What! In o;>e:i rebellion Why, you
must be fit for active service."
"The party to-morrow will be
'prachtvcll,' " said a civilian standing
near.
"Yes." said Adjutant Stromer, "six
teen or seventeen sleighs.
"Ilcrr Hauptmann Ghering has con
sented to postpone his return home in
order to join us."
"I thought his pretty wife would
bring him round to her wishes," said
the Doctor, laughing.
"Well, it is hard to say 'no' to a crea
ture like that."
"How little they guess the truth,**
thought Stelnhausen, with the bitter
ness of superior knowledge, as he
wrapped himself in his cloak before
venturing into the frosty air.
"Now to dispose of Stromer and se
cure to-morrow at least."
CHAPTER II.
The morning after the Burgomas
ter's fete fulfilled the promise of the
previous night.
Bright, still and wonderfully clear,
a perfect winter's day, as though be
spoken for n sleighing parly, and near
ly all Berustadt turned out to see the
start.
The mr.rket place looked quite
crowded by the array of sleighs and
their gayly en poisoned horses, and
the various owners, who were general
ly the drivers also, were going busily
to and fro from their equipages to the
entrance hall of the Burgomeister' s
house, where the ladies had assem
bled, orrangin~ their "parties," anil
assisting to tail e out the furs and
wraps with which each was plentiful
ly provided.
The snow-laden, peaked roofs, pro
jecting windows, quaint carved pin
nacles niul vanes, which make the
street scenery of old German towns
so charming, sparkled in the noonday
sun: rosy-faced old women, warmly
clad in woolen garments, looked pla
cidly on as they sat, sipping smoking
coffee, surrouniled by thnir stock, red
apples, golden oranges, and great pule
green cabbages piled up in pleasant
masses of color, earthenware, felt
slippers, fowls, still in their soft gray
and browjti plumage, glittering tin pans
and kettles, nnd the endless sundries
which must charm all strango house
keepers in Germany; potatoes, bright
colored wools for knitting, toys gin
gerbread, baskets, and boots, made in
the centre of the space a variegated
array, and in the interval between the
boots and the footway the lint* of
sleighs almost encircled the market
place.
Nearly all had assembled when Stein
hauscn drove up.
He lind contrived almost to cover a
hired sleigh with costly furs, while his
servant had seen to the decQjpaf'on of
the horse, a favorite with muster and
man; nnd n large powerful animal,
black as night, and firry as his owner.
Steinhauscn had not been able to
make any move toward robbing Stro
mer of his destined partner, but he
hoped by some impromptu stratagem
to accomplish his end ut the moment of
starting.
He therefore paused to recommit cr
before entering the house, on the steps
of which he recognized Herr Haupt
mann Ghering in close nnd animated
conversation with the Iturgomeister.
As ho made his way to where the
lady of the house stood, various ex
clamations reached bis ear.
"Acli, It Is loo bad. too vexations."
"Hindi an ausge/.eichncter l'uhrer (ad
mirable leader)."
"Who will replace him?"
"Oh, the Ilcrr Burgomeister him
self."
"Ifo Is Just ns as Stromer."
"What misfortune has happened,
rnrin Ilcrr Burgomeister?" asked
Steinhauscn, shaking hands with the
worthy magistrate.
?"Why, the adjutant, Von Stromer. is
suddenly called to meet t-ho command
ant nt Kfnigstein, Miis ovening, nnd
has already star'ed. s% we are deprived
of one lender.
"I wanted ITcrr Hauptmann. here?
oil, he's gone!? to take his place, but
he refuses."
"We could not wish a better chief
than yourself, Herr Burgomeister "
"(5>me, come!" exclaimed the Fran
Hurgomelsterln to her husband, "we
nr? losing time." ... -?
V To be cootinu(fd.
GIRL'S BRAVE DEED
Shoots 'Down Her Would-Be
Assailant and Resumes Work
A SELMA TELEPHONE OPERATOR
Miss Pearl Jones, Night Telephone
Operator, With Bare Coolness, 2*uts
Fatal Ballet Into Negro Who Pre
meditated an Assault Upon Her ? |
Negro, Trapped, Confesses His Si
tended Crime ? His Accomplice
Landed in Jail ? Admiring Citizens
to Present Brave Girl With Gold
Mounted Revolver and Medal.
.. f; Special. ? Saturday j
niRlit about 11:30 o'clock Misa IVarl
? ones, (lie telephone operator at this
Plaee, .hot and woum|<.d ?
Richardson, a ?eKro, who, by his
con I cssion, had premeditated an a8.
sault upon her.
The telephone office is locatcd i?
ti ',o,"wn ?
d the hank fronting on Main street
,r?r"1' ?"> omoe, enclosed by
? ' "al wal'. 's a smaii hack lot
. * lho ?Perators. This lo!
? c? ered through a screen door i?
' "f '"<? "lice and there
rtror',""r, "T" ",C I"'
In Vl l" 1 is k?P'
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nt ?vcr (l,is
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iof fV V. fr,(,Pl?'d into ||?.
,ot ""in ( lit* ollioe sJti. u
b.V a negro iinn Tl? n,nl"
Ii;i)>p('iio?] to I,,, ' ' s 11,0
"I ''rating 7" "'C
(t"'y <?' sc?e the ncoro's baok'n T*"0'
a fruitless chase. " '
. Fired Five Shots. .
sc; ??* ?
.na,,! ' ' (,'? *?wi, decided t?
dM ??'??. "hid, they
tudav ni^hj ,"km~ lu?* until Knt
to tljis chwv J' . ,-V?. ,nt'.n """to ed
jlniff store a^vahin^forWe'sU
-iiiSr Tir>?:
ilea rd a .>jSj0i s)l t they
n,.n,'? quick succjJio rVT| ,>y l0m
with the chief ?r " ? f',oso two,
"tllec. when the,- i p the
d.v with the pistol"/'"*! '"""K la
'"Id then, the ! " 'lft"d. She
hack lo and l,n OMi
then " he jninped TT- 'mvar,i
"lllce, trrahhe.1 ' hack ,?t? Ml0
on, -n. |u . .1 P?d"l and lire, I
? "f ?" she
in the' ^Itr ?n""'" 7"?
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'^Sw;ih,rter,i',M'Kiii'Ki,,i
third and 1m, l, ,JVW?
wais urolied r * ",p bullet
eated Tl ' ! <0"l?l ,mt '>e lo
The doctor 111 1 I 1 !?
hoti*; |?,er ^ iTLin'r
? Vl !
irro's ?svoeiit<.w ,,,IS np*
>'Hd in Z tL, V ?n"
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?i pielinnuary Ircaiino- i,,.r
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t ri-it , l ,"ml <Wo At the
wounded tiecrrn rc-.U-,;,, i ?
?ondition, said l?. , ,Z,n;r ]"?
Wounded Nogro's Confession.
fv 1 l*' ?>? n,ro''l,n, Johnston coun
'>? Bud H.chardson, hein?
savs: Jim AforvSn . V ? R?orn.
hack lot of tl, , , ,,VC^, into
Panv's ' s,/ i telephone
' "?i lie same purpose, hut i i
l"" Sl,i'r<,c,i hv I,inw-ir. '
"?'is with us. ( <,,sr
(Signed
"Brn RirriAiuisox."
\cra Cruz to Ha7e $6,000,000 Rail
v,aY Terminals.
Mexico City, ijil.- Work will
I railroad
"" "'7' terminal, )?
nnd make transfer of -?ods and '
Oi l ,e The
""'I. \ ?t *>?:
;vill 'H.il, on 'tln'^H^'Xr'S
' , , 1 w teriaiuals will
hv four railways
Drowned In Mill Pond.
Spartanluirif. S. <?? Sj?ecisl. ? Palm
er 1 jester, a young white man 20 years
of aire, was drowned in the Appalach-,
ian Mill pond Snturdav afternoon.
Lester and his companions were
hatliinn; and he fell from the spring
hoard into seven feet of water. Be
ing unable t<> swim he sank to rise
no more, after frantic efforts to save
himself. No inquest was held.
LIVE ITEMS Of NEWS
Epitome of Current Happening* of
Interest Briefly Told.
Senator Joseph R. Burton, who was
sentenced to jail and fined for irreg
ularities, resigned, and Governor
Hoeh appointed Foster Dwight Co
burn as successor.
In a battle between striking miners
and guards near Plum Hun Mine, in
Ohio, four men were wounded, two
l>erliaps fatally, and the militia was
ordered out.
The fight between Mexicans a*id
Americans at Cananea, Mexico, is
said to have been fomented by revolu
tionists from St. Louis headquarters.
Light of ^ the largo meat-packing
concerns joined in a signed statement
p-otesting against the Neill-Reynolds
rc|*>rt.
ihe State investigating board re
ported on the San Francisco earth
quake, which it claims, was due to
ruptures in the earths crust causcd
by geological changes.
Richard A. ( an lie Id testified in his
own behalf in the suit of John Del
alunty against him and declared that
he was "tipped off" on Jerome's pro
jected raid.
Drs. Harry Adler and J. C. Hem
meter, of Baltimore, were speakers at.
a medical convention in Boston, which
is thronged with visiting doctors.
Sixty anarchists, alleged to he from
Baltimore, are believed to be in Wil
mington, Delaware.
Ex-Mayor Phchiu, of San Francis
co. announces that the total cash re
ceived for 1 he relief of the city is
?t 1.21.1,000, and anpeals tor funds to
aid in rehabilitation.
A big reception to William J. Bry
an upon his return from abroad is
projected, and is to have national pro
portions.
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria
attended a brilliant military review. *
The Spanish police are on the track
of the homht h rower 's accomplices.
Seven persons were drowned and
four killed by lightning at Odessa.
Senator Arthur Pne Gorman, of
Maryland, died at his residence, 1432
K street, at 0:17 a. in. yesterday.
The Virginia State Federation of
Labor opens its session at Alexandria
soon. Oflicers will he elected for the
ensuing year. Addresses will be de
livered by Samuel (ioinpers, president
of the American Federation of La
bor, and other labor leaders.
Horrifying disclosures as to the
conditions in the Chicago packing
houses a re made in the report of
( harlcs P. Xcill and .lames l>. Rey
nolds, which was sent to Congress yos
teiday by President Roosevelt.
Efforts will he made by this Gov
ernment to secure laborer-. Iroin
Spain to work on the Panama canal.
Ihe British ship Lismorc was
wrecked at Santa Maria, ( hie. and 22
ol the crew were drowned.
Baron von Beck has been intrusted
with the task of forming the new
Aust ro- Hungarian ( 'abiuet.
Two Americans wen? convicted of
swindling in London and sentenced
to hard labor.
Another section of Vesuvius' cone
has fallen in, and the showers of ashes
and cinders is on the increase.
General AliHhwnoft, Governor-Gen
eral of Kut a Is and the "paeilier" of
the Caucasus, wa., ser'ously injured
by one of two boml.s thrown at him.
Mr. Whit bridge, the special envoy
sent by the United States to attend
King Alfonso's wedding, presented
the autograph letter of good wishes
wiiftcn by Pres. dent Roosevelt.
Fifty anarchists of England,
France and S| nin are alleged to '.e
on the way to Madrid to assassinate
Alfonso on his wedding d.iv.
Elks had memorial service."* over
their dead at Bedford City .
Eleven persons were killed, two so
badly hurt that they are expected to
die and a score seriously hurt in a
trolly accident at East Providence.
R. I.
Carl Schurz was eulogized by prom
inent men at a memorial service held
in Chicairo, President Roosevelt ex
pressed liiirh appreciation of him in a
letter.
''Tricolor," the Rostock Icopard
lion-lijrcr hybrid, died, an I a lioness in
Mr. B- stock 's mnmr:cr ia ?:.tve birlh
to a pair of putua-juvunr-jion prodi
gies.
Chienuo. Pittsburg and St. Louis re
port remarkable advances in hiistnc.ss
prosperity in tlu-ir respective sections
of t he count ry.
Richmond ('idleve and the Cniversi- i
ty College of Medicine at Richmond
n ay unite.
Social Democrats of Wisconsin de
mand the abolition of the I'tiited
States Senate, fliar^-War it with being '
"a bulwark of capitalism and trust
oeracy. "
Manuel Morales, who killed himself
when about to be captured, was iden
tified ns the bomb thrower by the own
er of the Madrid hotd from whom he
rented the balcony.
Rev. S. Baring-Gould, the noted au
thor and churchman, died in Sou'*!
Africa. ?
GUARDS KILLIMS
Difficulty Between Constables
and Strikers
SEVERAL KILLED OR INJURED
Indiana Mining Town is Scene of
Fatal Clash Between Marching
Strikers and Detail of 12 Mem
bers of State Constabulary. ? Strik
er Fired His Revolver at Troops,
Who Responded With Volley From
Carbines. ? Six <rf Wounded in Se
rious Condition and TTiree Will
Die.
Indianapolis, Special. ? The new
mining town of Ernest, on the Buf
falo, Rochester & Pittsburg Rail
road, five miles from here, was the
scene of a conflict between a de
tail of State constabulary and strik
ing coal miners, in which two strik
ers were killed and eight wounded,
three fatally.
Shortly after daylight a body of
strikers, headed by a brass band,
marched from Union Mines, in Jef
ferson county, to receive one of the
mine officials expected from Punx
sutawney. On the way to the sta
tion the marchers encountered a de
tail of twelve members of the State
oonstabulary and as they passed a
member of the band fired his re
volver at the troops.
No one was struck, but the con
stabulary immediately retaliated
with a volley from their carbines.
When the smoke cleared eight
strikers were lying on the ground
and others had lied precipitately
down the hill.
Two of those shot were killed in
stantly and the six others were se
riously wounded.
DENIED BY HARVIE JORDAN.
President of Cotton Association Has
Not Advised Farmers to Sell Spot
Cotton for Future Delivery.
Washington. Special. ? President
Harvic Jordan, of the Southern Cot
ton Association made the following
statement; 4'In view of the present
misinterpretation of my position on
prices of spot cotton which has been
given general circulation in the press
during the past lew d;?;.s, 1 wish to
unqualifiedly deny any report that
I have advised farmers or others to
sell spot cotton for future delivery
or to deal in cotton futures at all.
My position in favor of higher prices
i:J unchanged and will continue so
long as present splendid trade con
ditions last and no probability of
abnormally large crops being pro
duced.' '
Report Sent In.
Washington, Special. ? In response
to a request from the House commit
tee on agriculture. President Roose
velt forwarded to Representative
Wndsworth, chairman of that com
mittee, the report made to him by
a committee of the Department of
Agriculture regarding conditions in
the Chicago meat packing houses. Ac
companying the report was a letter
from the President, in which he
points out that there is no conflict
in substance between the Neill-Hey
nolds report and that of the Agri
cultural Department experts.
Telegraphic Briefs
Gabriel Battaile, the negro who is
to he hanged today for assault upon
Miss Rogers, in King George's coun
ty, confessed his crime.
W. h. Francis, of Richmond, who
was arrested on a charge of embez
zlement, admitted the charge ami
said he did it to raise money with
which to elope.
Supreme Court Orders Served on
Chattanooga Lynchers.
Chattanooga. Tenn., Special. ?
United Slates Marshal Punlap serv
ed Supreme Court orders on ail de
fendants cited to apjjea r before the
United Slates Supreme Court in Oc
tober t<? answer for attempt in the
Johnson lynching case. The mar
shal was aided in locating the de
fendants by sheriff's deputies, all
of whom. <u addition to t h** sheriff,
are included in Attorney General
Moody 's in formation.
Senator Gorman's Successor.
Baltimore, Special.? The rumors ns
to who would b? appointed to serve
out. the remainder of Senator Gor
man's unexpired term were put to
rest Friday night when Governor
Warfleld announced the appointment
of Hon. W. P. Why to. Mr. Whytc
has been governor of the State, may*
of of Baltimore, and has twice heen
in the Senate ? one by election and
onee before by executive appointment
THE WORK Of CONGRESS
What it Being Done Day by Day By
the National House and Senate.
Danger to Quarantine Bill.
There is decided danger that the
quarantine bill intended to give Fed
eral aid in yellow fever quarantines,
which has passed the Senate House,
will fail because of a deadlock among
tho conferes on the seventh section
of the bill providing that inter-State
traffic may be carried on without in
terruption through a state under yel
low lever quarantine, under certain
regulations; that in, that through
trains may make their regular runs '
without taking on or letting off pas
sengers or freight within the quaran
tined state.
Report on Packers Matter.
The House Committee on Agricul
ture decided to comply with the re
quest of the Chicago packers to bo
heard on the Xcill-Itcynolds report
regarding the conditions in the Chi
cago pecking houses. The request
was made by Mr. K. Wilson, who
said he was an employee of the Nel
son Morris Company, but in this in
stance was authorized to speak for
all the Chicago packers. Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson, Dr. A. 1). Mcl
vin ot' the Department, and Mr. Neill
were present at the hearing.
Mr. Wilson made a general denial
of the existence of the conditions in
packing houses as set forth in tho
Neill-Rcynolds report. Some of the
suggestions jnadc in the report ho
said, had already been complied with
by the packers, such as additional
sanitary facilities.
As to the charge that canned meat a
ire re boiled in water to ''freshen them
up." Mr. Wilson said there was ab
solutely nothing in this. What the
cans were put in hot water were to
souk o|( the old labels, which he said,
was an injury to the appearance of
the goods on sale.
He denied absolutely that there
were any deceased cattle or hogs
butchered for food. Mr. Wilson de
scribed in detail the operation of pre
paring canned meats and when asked
by Representative Scolt of Kansas,
a member of the committee, "How
about the rope and other foreign mat
ter found with scraps on the floor,"
Mr. Wilson explained that what was
probably seen in this instance was
the string on the knuckle ami what
had been dried beef. This string was
used with which to hang the beef in
a smoke house, and when the beef
had been sliced off, his knuckle end
was left. There w;. a bone in it. The
bone would sma^li the machine if an
attempt was made to n?e it.
Flooded With Petitions.
As Senator Tillimux suggested there
was "A streak of yellow'' in the
Senate due to the fact that practically
every desk in the chamber was cover
ed with telegrams ?.f protest against
the Anti-Pass provision in the Kail
road Rate Dill as reported by the.
Con ference ( 'oiumi' #ee.
They were all from railroad men
and in each ease ?o!?sisled of pro
tests against cutting otV the privilege
of lid i iii* free.
In addition there was a formal
statement on behalf of engineers,
firemen, conductors and trainmen say
ing 1 1 1 ;< t they represented 'JoO.OUU
railway employees.
Bill to Be Sent Back.
The discussion ol the Railroad Rate
Mill con I erence report in the Senate
shotted that the i>i!i would be sent
hack to the conference. The confer
ence announced that they expected
that result.
Busy Day in the House.
Against the days when the House
of Representatives was hi throes of a
filibuster or "putting off until to
morrow what it might have done the
day before," must be set the work
accomplished in the lower branch of
the national Legislature. ,
In many particulars Tifsday wag a
"red letter day" in ihe Hoese. not
only in the number of hill, parsed,
but in the general charai P-r of the
legislation enacted. What I > i ? I fair
to cause endless trouble, the natural
ization bill, was passed under sttspen
s i ? i . of the rules, ihe Speakei and
the ?M'i.1 leinast ill charge of (lie bill,
Mr. Iloynge, of Colorado, doing tfearn
work of a superior kind.
The House refused fo pass a bill
leasing fo a private firm or corpora
tion the right fo mine coal on th?
Inland of Patau in Ihe Philippine
group. although it was stated that
such a lease would d'-crca-c the
amount paid bv the government for
i". -a I very considerably.
For | wo hours t he House worked
under suspension of t h * ? ?!?*-; and
(hen, with ti.'.' lime s"i apart for
these ineasrres exhausted, ami peace
spi < filling it ; wings over tlx; mem
ber;. the r< st <?!' the day. mil i 1 ad
,j >n fijment , war talv'U tip with the
passage < \ ?> i i I < by mininmo"* con
s'*. it. a form of legislation only pos
sib! ? when there are no bteak'Ts in
sight.
Ncwb ItcaiS
TJie village of Scot fotvn, in Ohio,
was completely washed iw.iy bv flood,
two persons being drowned.
The Southern Stages' Imiuigrafion
Commission elected ollieers and csfab
lished a New York bureau.
President Rosevelt i< said fo have
determined on a complete reorganisa
tion of the Bureau ot Animal Indus
try.