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Marlboro "DO THOU, GBEAT LIBBttTY, INSPIBE OUB SOULS AND MAKE OUR L1VKS IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY 3R OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOI^XI. BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1906 NO. 0. COULDN'T ACREE. Raysor-Manning Dispensary Bill Passed the Senate But DIED IN THE H?lTsE. The Lower House Declared for the Rucker Bill, but lt dot Killed In the Senate, and So the Session Has Ended Without Dis pessary Legislation. The Senate and House lt seems could not agree on at y dispensary leg islation, and so tho sassier has ended fl'.'kh th? dispensary right whore it was when tho Legislature first met In January. The Senate Wednesday morning ro?,d, for the sicoivd timo, tho RaytsOi-Mannlng bill, and on Thursday paused lt and sont lt to the Boes 5 for ooncurrenoo, which the House refuged. Tho bill was sent to tho 1 louse not to be voted on, tut as stated above for conaurrenee, as tho bill was rearlly a house measure. Tbl? status was obtained by aft sing to the title of the Morgan bill walch has a - ready passod the house, tho body of tho Biysor Manning bill, willoh orig inated In tl > onate, and had never been i ent aoi . . ? he State house. R'v i .iy after t o senate was called to erde/ "ri Wednesday morning Sena tor Blease of Ne b rry announced that ho would not continue to hold tho floor, as ho had boon advised that tho dispensary bills were not in any danger of b: e . mmg law and ho thought the 1st us would bain the oampaign, i-.fter all, during tho summer. Senator Eflre?, who mudo an uni>ucoe?sful me llon shortly before to limit all speech es during the remainder of the session to 15 minutes, elf-red two minoi amendments to the Riysor-Mrnnlng bill. These wore adopted but amend ments by Senator Haytor to eliminate the board Df control from the bill wore rejected. The bill waa then given |/?d aye and nay voto ea follows : Ayes- Senators Bates, Blvens, Black, O. L. Blease, E. S. Blease, Car penter, Davis, Dennis, Douglas, UV vic, Eflrd, Hardin, Bay, Holiday, W. E. Johnson, W. J. Johuson, Manning, McGowan, MCLiud, Mciver, Peurifoy. Baysor, Sta:khouse, Walker, Warren, Wells, Williams-68. .Nay*.-Senators Brice, Brown, Broula, Hut?as, ?arnlite, "noext, ?iwutAi, Hudson, Mauldin, Talbert, vou Ku nitz-12. A number of senators stated their positions. Senator Hardin was In fa vor of local option, bub now that the Morgan bill had been killed, he be lieved tho Baysor-MaDn?rig *>ould re lieve thc present conditions, wbic'i hO;00uld not o nao ?t to continui ig as they are. Senators Mciver, Bates ano Holid: y shaved this view. Senator Hough, thought Ibo bill worse than present conditions, while Sonatorr Talbert, and Brook?, were against the dispensary and i :a balng patched up. Sonator Mauldin did not th I ak tho bill would help condition? bub Sena tor Black thought it would. A large number of senators, includ ing dlsponsary advocates, deolared themselves against beer dispensaries and hotel privili gos. The nrxb bill taken up was Senator Mau din's to abolish these forms of tho diKpenbar law. A dirt ot vole was takon cn tin. bill's passage and every senator in the ohambor voled for it except Senators O. L. Wcaae, Davis, DoogiuKS, Hay, Budhon, W. E. Johnson, Marshall, von Kjlnl z, Waiker, Warren and Williams-12. Sonab r Carpenter did nob vote, a-? ho was out of tho ohambor at the time. -The sonator was of a mind to get ' Wirough with all dispensary business posalblo, and Sonator War ron's bill to have a general Stato eleoblen and abide by the resulta for 6 ye&rs was killed by a volo cf ai to V Senator Blease withdrew his bill, whloh was to rest the opening of dispensaries upon the dc eldon of the mayor and ?unby buporvisor and board cf dlree Tho Mauldin bill and tho Itayso - Manning bill was read tho third time, and 3ont to the house where they bobh died. Senator Mauldin's bill originat ed In tho senate but the other mens ure, as said, was a house bill. The last bill on tho Senate calendar that touohed on tho dispemary esme up at tho night session. Tuts bill, by Senator Mauldin, was designed to prohibit manufacture of whlukey in dry counties and to havo the deldgu tlon levy a special tax st ill Mont for that county, instead of having x gon eral tax as under tho Brice bill, the onforoortont of law being done by the sheriff;! and their deputies Instead of tho const! bular?. The bill is along tho lines of Oov. Hayward's recom mendation in his moasago. Tho senate ref used to kill tho bill by a vote of 22 to 14. Senator Maul din spoko for his bill and Senators Blease and Walkor against lo, bub lt was finally disposed of by debate bo lng poibnpned. As this loft no chance for it, bo pJiKH ah this session, Senator Mauldin withdrew it ftotn the otilen dar. This ended dispensary legisla lu tho senate for tho aosalon. TH H KUOKKH ni LL. On Wednesday In the House Mr. Bucker called up his straight county olKponsnry bill. He did boiri, he ex plain- d, beoauso tho se?alo had killed the Morgan bili and ho wanted to give the senate the* chance of holding thc bag. Let tho senate have tho burden of keeping that bouquet on the Con gvreo river. Ile would nevor seo thc oispenaary in Anderson if tho State dispensary was allowed to llvo. He wanted thc senate again and again held nfmon'dble for tho dispensary on tho Congaree. Mr. h wi. y thought this a pure waste of tim? and wanted tho bill k'dl ou. inc Booker uni Himpiy provides for thc abolition of the srato uispoc sary and the option between prhlbi tlon and county dispensarios. Uu?or this bill counties that have voted out the dissponsary have |?the chanco of another election in May, 1000. Tne nous*, by a vote of 47 to 45 refused to indefinitely postpone the bill. Mr. It obavda thon moved to con tinue tho bill. Then 'ho house de.clh - ed to oontim (the bill on another yea and nay vote, whioh stood* Ayo, to kill the H?cker bill; nay, for the bdl: Yea-Smith,sp aker; Ardroy, Boyd, lb-ant, Brantley, Bruoe, Ollfton, Cul ler, D'fiOaamps, Doar, Dukes, Epi log, JCiheridgo, IC. J. Faust, Ford, Gause Graham, Gray, Green, D. L. Green, W. MoD , GVISB, Hurrellsou, Harrison, Higgins, Hutto, Irby, Kai nui, Klrven, Liney, Laster, Little, McOants, MoO'dl, McF&dd'n, Massey, Mauldin, T. J. Nanoe, Parker, Pibt m-.-n, Pollock, Rawlison, Rlohards, Riley, Btoll, Turner, Walker, J. M., Watson. J. B., Webb, Whatley, Y el doll-60* Nay-Arnold, AsMey, Ballontino, Baas, BtOvmguard, Hradham. Brice, Browning, Ooioook, Gibhran, Dabbs, Dtvis, Kirhurdb, Etherodge, L. B , F;sb burne, Frost, Gftsqun, Gibson, J P Gibson, W. J., Hilt, Hamol, Ham lin, Harloy, Hemphlll, Heyward, Kershaw, Lawson, Lofton, Lcmax, MoMfcator, MauMln.L., MI dor, Mor gan, Morrison, NMII, Nesbitt, Ntoh olson, Obts, Patterson, Patton, Roaves, Ruoker, Sanders, Sayo, Sol ars, Hinkler, Strong, To de, Tribble, VandcrHorst, Walker, M. W., Wha ley, Wimborlj-53 Pairs-Pyntb and Foster; norbort, D. O., and Green. Tho Ruokor bill was then sent to the Senate, wqere lb met tho fate of the Morgan bill. So endod dispensary legislation for tho session. The question will havo to be deoided by bbc people thin Bummer. JAMESTOWN BXP0SITION. Tho Htftto Son ?te Vote a It Thirty Thousand Doll Ats. In the Senate on Wednesday even ing tho Jamestown exposition bill was oalled up. Senator Brown spoke for tho bill, earing the relations between South Oarollua and Virginia niad? this a peculiar call- lt would bu an affront to Virginia to decline to re spond and a dlKgraoa not to appropri ate 6n(ugb to make a creditable dis play. Senator Purlfoy had no sympa thy with tho cry of poor mouth aud wanted his great Stabe creditably rep resented, commenting that South Oarolina was nob rrpiosentod at St. Louis in 1004 He made a spirited plea for the bill. Senator Bates said that though op posed to expenditures when nob neces sary, this wa?? ona.tifT* when he did otmstdt/r lt worth v?....e. senator car penter, too, spoke for tho bill and ci? ed tho advantage of exploiting the Sbato. A vote was then taken and the bill read a second time by a vote nf 30 to 8, Senators IC S Blease, Exrle, ICtlid, Hood, W. IC Johnson, W. J. Johnson, Itaysor, Talbert vot ing aga nit lt. Senator llrown then spoke for tho charge from the 810,000 stipulation of tho house to $30,000 as originally appropriated under tho bill. Seuator Hood Kpoke au air. s o lt and Senator C. L. Hleaao for lt. Id was adopted, Senators Black, IC. S. Blease, IC .rle, Hood, W. IC. Johneon, W. J. Johnson, McGowan, MoLeod, Rsysor, Talbert, Warren, Wells voting against it. The bill wan thou read tho second time and passf.d. During the discussion Chief David Harris of the Gitawha Indians came lut^ the chamber and was ask* d hy President Sloan to oeoupy a chair cn the star.d. It was rather a remarka ble incident that the ahlef of one of oho few trlbt.s of fu 1 blooded Indians that HCl II r.una n lu this country nh mid bo proscrit to sec a Seato [?voting to parMolpate in a oelob/atlou to com memorate tho landing of the first while men tn the land which bin fathers or oo owned from tao Pacllio DO the Atlantic. A Convict'* Duo's. The winner of tho 125,000 prize for correctly naming the attendance at t>"0 Sb. Louis exposition in 1004 wt;s F.aide Campbell, a eonvtot in tho Nebraska state penitentiary who still has about ono yoar to servo. Campbell was oonvloted of embezzle ment. Ho will rooolvo only $12,600 of the priza, as he foarlng difllcuiby in seourlrg bho money while ho was imprisoned agreod to pay a lawyer half of bbe oriz? In oase of success in securing lb. Campbell's attorney had a conf?rence with him at the ponitan uiary in regard to tho deposition of the money which will bo reoeived 'in a fow days. Tho convlot will be un ablo to uso tho money until his scn tunoo expltos. WoUrlod on DoAthbod. At Wilmington, N. C., with hi? Ufo ebbing away, Dr Richard J. Price and Ml? IC'zibsth Wiggins wore married Wednesday morning. Dr. Price was unable to rab;o h|?i hoad and t,ho responses woro uttered in a low voloo. He was a surgeon in the U.iltod States army In thc Pnllipaines and ranks as first lieutenant. While In tho Philpplncs ho eontractod tu borouloi.ls, and returned to this ooun 'iry. For a long timo ho was at Fort Itayard, Now M x'oo, but recently returned bo bis home In Wilmington. Dr. Price and bite young woman hr n wried bad been engaged fi r severa) yo .ra. His death ls expectod at any moment._?_ F*rnliy fitimod. Ah an early hour Wednesday mom lng the infant child of Mr. John B. Cleary, of tho Trh lty se?blonof N?W borry county, was fatally burned, bbe child succumbing to tho i' juries at noon. Tue ohild was playing before a lire in the house, tho mobber being absenb from the room at tho timo. In some way tho clothes of the little . >oy caught Are and before th? il ? mea could bo extinguished tho body had been terribly burned. D.abb rolloved tho llttlo follow from his sufi^rlng at 1 about 11 o'ob ck of tho name day. ?V.nnuii ii,,, MI.nate. Mr. Tillman's resolution directing the committee on Immigration to make an investigation of the Ohln*.?o boycott) of American goods was adopt , od Woduoaday.by tho Senate. Are Said to Be Imminent in China Against Foriegners. FEELING 18 BITTER. Aim ri cnn Soldiers Are Ht ld Ready. American Missionaries Are Notified To Keep ia Touch with Ccrdla Cities of Refuge Koowa ss Treaty Poris. E. P. Schwerin, vioe president and gmeral manager of tho P.tc'Qc Mali Steamship company, whoso busi ness relations wUh the poople of China haye been Intimate for more Mian a d. zsn years, regards the situation in Calna with grave apprehension. II? considers tbs manlfoaVcn of dis order a? primarily anti Amorloan, but what sentiment of "China for the Chin?te" underlying the eruptions, the trouble is certain, in his opluion, co spread and bicorne an anti-foreign uprising that will make all other na tionalities excepting tha Japanese to bo subj ots of attack. Speakiug ot tho pros-peofc of trouble, Mr. ?fl o h worin i .Wi night said: ''The Boxer uprising of 1000 was .^e rneevldenoo of the ferment of tiuti-.'oroign feeling, bub when order bas been restored no poople stood closer to tho Chinese than did bhe Amoricaus. And as a reoulb, our trade with China has increased by leaps and bounds siuoo the end of bho lloxor outbreak. Bub bho anti Amer loan boycott has not only oheokod th. dovelopmenb of trade relation?, but what has already been built up in ?ow threatened. This Is ouly bhe re? flex of tho activo aua aggro?sivo motL ods of certain labor organizations of the Pacific Tho clear intonb of the trcftby cf 1894 has boen perverted, li defined the excluded clats but in re sponse to tho constantly asserted lal or Influence tho provisions have boen buried out of sight. .'Then ugaln, tho laboring organ!z atlons on tho coast havo appliad the boy Ott, nob only against Chinese goods imported into bhe counbry. but against Culucso goods imported Into thu country, but against the me:ohant who would buy tho garden products and tho result has been that the Chinamen have turned tho weapon upon the Amorloans, who taught them tho example and power lb pos S'ssfid." Thc Presbyrorlan board of foreign missions, In New York in consequence of tho embarkation of American sol diers for tho far cast, in anticipation of service In China, has decided to keep In touch with the nearest theaty ports in eise of bicubic. Thc chief cause of anxiety, accor ding to tho seoietary of the board, is tho constant spreading of wrong Ideas of the treatment of the Caluese In this country. Stories are baiug oli culatcd throng China of tho massacre of Chinese lu America and they have yellow J umals Just SB we have them hero. But they havo not the Intelll K0DC8 wc have and tho stories have a greater por^ outage of believers. Wt unew of ?be ibo presidenta lutcn lion to send troops to the Philippines weeks a?o. "The treaty ports the missionaries nay uso as ref u^e plaoss aro Cantan, Shanghai, Haukow, llangohow, Soo, Gnow, Ningi) Po, Taionbang, Chee Foo, Tien Tsln and Pekin. The ma jority cf these would give a means of osoape or refuge and by wat?r rou?es. Ia all of them missionaries and ti elr families would Uud high Chine?? uffl clals and forclgu repr?sentatives who would hoof help to them. But in many cases tho missionaries and Americans aro at such remote places that they could be easily cut eff and their only oh?.noo ot safety would reit !wlth the iv iv ,m m.m'u of China ?nd Its represan tatt VAS." One of the visitors to the Presby terian board of missions wai Ret C. Girarles Falt?le iifb, a missionary, who had Jimb arrived from China. "Wolle it takes tim* for the nows of the boy >tt on Amorloan gooda to traves from bho coast ko the Interior, said Mr. V.drclough, "thoanti-Angl ican and anti-foreign fooling in North j China ls vory bitter, and 1 Dollove lt ls more hitter than it was at any time during tho ooxer war. "Tue feeling was very strong whon 1 left tho Anhul provlnco in December. J i was Glutted by tho stories of ill treal mont of Chinamen lu Amorlca and the exclusion law, In the exter ior towns the mei chants ato aol1 lug no A morie ni goons rabnor bhan have their countrymen know bhoy have had thom lu their possession. ''lb is nob the same anti foreign feeling of tho boxer trouble, it oomou out of v.hab bhoy behove in patriot ism. The Ctilneto are anxious bo get their properties Into their own hanns. Tuero are railroad*, mining fud othor kuma ot syndicates developing proper t y In China and bhe men baok of thom aro foJfilgnera. O dy leniently I ea* one of theso syndicates go through all blio h ta g ea of development In UK building of a railroad Uno and ab the last moment tho Calnuso rescinded ab the righiH glv.-n to thom, "I was amazed to lind a re ma?"ka hie li borah i'y of vh>ws among the Chinese students in Japan. They out Off their queques, wear Eropcanolothes and evon talk about tho necessity of a now form of government for China. Tnore ls a spirit of governmental revolution arno:;g thom. A dupatoh to tho Trlbuhe from Washington, I). C., sayl: Tnlrbj eight thousand men of bhe regular army aro to be mobilized at Manda for HPirvico In China m case of an up rising against foreigners In the an olonb empire. Tlie war department has determined to sind four regime-lira of cavalry and seven battorlcs of artil lery bo tho faroastern islands in addi biog to the troops already ordered. The Davy also li aotivo and has d - reoted Rear Admiral Slifsbee'o Fquad ron, oonslstlng of one armored and obree protecttd cruiser?, to hold It self In roadlness to prooeed to the far oaab and report to Rear Admiral Train, commanding tba Asiatlo fleet. The navy departmeri? albo has sont Instructions to K :ar Admiral Train to take suoh measures as may seom to him advl able for tho ad( quite pro tection of Amerloans and their iniei ests. A gunboat of the Helena class whlob has been undergoing repairs at Manila, will be oommlBsloned without further delay and sent to China for use on tlie Yang Tse Klang. Rear Admiral Train bas arranged with missionaries living in the terri tory transversed by thlB stream to hurry to oortaln point? in oise of ap prehension of trouble and upon arri val they will be picked up by mon of war. BOLICITORS SALARIES. They Aro Fix "(1 at Sovcntoon Han' drcd Dollars. In tb? House after tho Ruekar bill had boon adopted Mr. Clifton took up tho bill to lix salaries of solicitors. Ila wanted tbe lnorease applicable to 1000. Col. Herbert protostei against the Increases. He saw no ute for it. Mr. Clifton wanted all solicitors puld a uniform s?.l?ry of $1,800. Mr. Laney thought $1,000 was a good salary and they reoolved $100 (rom Mm engrossing department. There was a dispute whetbor so licitors drew $4 a day whether attend ing session or not. Mr. L\ney urgod that the solicitors all received $4 a day for tho entire session whether at tending the sesoton or not. He pro duced tho rcoord and showed that eaob solloitor was paid a mluimum of $100. Mr. Slnklor favored tho bill to ln orease salaries and said Mr. Rlohcrds favored certain increases. Others he opposed. It was too small an lnorease to worry about. The solicitor ropre-^ Kontod the aotual civilization of the State and should be well paid. The solicitor should be well paid. Tue sn?oitor f-bould bo a man of obaraotor, f jroo aod ability. Mr. Richardson mado a vigorous and forceful speeoh called for a halt in legislative extravagances. He wondered wbero it was all going to fitop. He said already the house had increased last year's appropriation bill by $128,000 although the ways and UIOMIB committee reported a bill which oarrlod loss monoy than last year's aot. Mr. lt'ohardson 1B a hard and earnest fighter and Mr. Clifton says little in debate but^he niade? Ultu uB..u mi HUG luv/.vnu.ViL ."_S?? salaries. Mr. Richardson urgod that ho spoke simply for himself, but spoke for himself alone au the ways and means committee had not dle?ussed the matter. Hy a vote of 31 to 50 tho house killed the $1.800 amendment. Tho house refused to let the in creases apply for 1900. Mr. Hutto wanted to lix tho sala ries at $1,000. T .ie senate bill pro vided for $1,700 salaries for solici tors. On the motion to fix tho salarlos at $1,000 for all solicitors tho vote scood 46 for to 56 against, aud then the question oame up on tue $1,700 a mondmont. Mr. Walkor moved that the inorcaso take elTeot ou April 2, 1906, and this biought on another fl^no. Tho a mendment was agr^d to. Mr. Slukler wanted tho solloitor of the ninth olrcuit to receive $1,800 be cause his solicitor was elcoted and made the contest with the under standing that ho was to rccelvo $1, 800. L'JSt. Tbe bill aa pasaed to Its third re?id lng fcx^s the uniform salary for solici tors at $1,700, tff icttvo April 1, 1000. Tho Ii ?ll Wuovll. A dlspatoh from WaBalngton says Mr. W. D. Hantor, of the Depart ment of Agriculture, who ls In charge of the cotton boll weevil investiga lion, is preparing to return to Texas whore lie declares tho problem of wee vil extermination iu f.M.,fruin solution. Our lato.it reporta, said Mr, Hunter, show the wcev 1 last year has made ula customary advance for fifty miles eastward. An unfavorable parc of the present situation is that the late ad vanoo puts tho pest In the lowlands along the Mississippi river whore! conditions are mosb favorablo to its exlstonce. In Texas the low wet geotlons st ff jred most. In Western Louisana, thoro was a belt In which no cotton was grown, a ?reat timber oolc. We endevorod to keep tho boll weevil from trotting past this bolt, but have felled. The Mississippi river eau not be regarded asa barrier as the Weevils have been known to Hy twenty-live miles with a favorable wind, and ns tboro ls muoh trulllo aorots the stream it is euro to bo carried lu baggage. Along tho Missi ssippi ri vor ls whore the greatest damage will bo done. All the South ern Suites will lie affaoted unless some now thing ls discovered. Rllloel hy a Malu. Mr. W. H. Starr, a farmer who iived near Gn stiamvlllo In Grftinc oounty, was killed by a mule Wcdues d*y afternoon about 3 o'oleok in tho btreet In Madison Oa, He had gone to Madison driving a pair of mil3S hitched toa wagon to roll a bale of cotton. After selling tho cotton be drove his mules to tho public wc!! near the bank to give thom wator be foro leaving town. Tlio muirs started away while bo was drawing tho water and ho caught tho lefthand ono by tito blt of the bridle. They ran, drugging bim, throw him down, and stepping on him, broke lils neok and uwhone, two wheels of the wagon passing over his bnly. Dr. R. W. Trotter, tho phyalolan who was sum moued, savs he was Instantly killed. Iil/MM Klll|> I tit ) i The Uulttd StaiuH revenue cutter, Somlnole, and tie steamer Compton went In Wilmington, N. C., Wodnes day hight from a fruitless search all day fer tho F.ylr.g Pan Shoals light ship willoh was torn adrlfo from hoi mooring in Monday night's storm, LASHEITO FURY. _ Hawthorne pictures Senator Tillman {Discussing the RAILROAD E\TE BILL la the Senate, add Describes the Won derful Traos/onnation from Lodge anoche Islejf.of the Blest to the Storms and the Buo I CSneera. Julian H.wvtliorno draws on amus ing pioture of Sonator Tillman ad dressing the gaited States Senate last week on trae railroad rate bill. With tho sohoWjfcly Senator from Mas sachuaeota, says Hawthorne, wo had been- sailing long and smoothly on Summer seas, ' fie seemed to be en acting the partjl both of Youth at the Prow and of Pleasure at the Holm. The rise and lapse of his mellltlu ous a osnts, RH -ho read his speech, and. at stated.''Intervals, lifted thc leaf from the pile of law books on bis lefo and laid lt; gently and accurately on the slowly segmenting pile on his right, seemed like the sof ?dy swelling and subsiding waves ot tho blue coan over which we voyaged. Tho SonatoirJal audionoo sat en tranced, with^eyos half closed in dream comfortableness. Tho galler ies, graced witjb. muoh that was femi nine and beautiful, sailed on serenely with the rester ua. Mr. Knox, keeping his eyes resolut* ly ajar beneath his lovol and slightly gathered browis, aave his most courte ous attention. . Othor great railroad representative^- Forakor, Aldridge, Elkins, Gallin#er-*-attompted not to conceal tho pentitude of their satis faction in the argument of the spokes man of tho White House. The dc&ks of the opposition were lees well filled]'but several of their oe oupants confessed to the spell of tho orator. Mr. Tillman read paraphlots, but he was lo apo; k altor Masikohu setts had Unistfod. The lalo ol Iho Blest seemed noar. All was well Vrly.w and aloft. Tho nation, under the aegis cf tho Executive, w, a safe. Tue rate bill was an 1 m poi ant measure, but Mr. >r-^r, hart fct?w- ***** -,ti way rates . -.eau am en o iou ai lug several months, and he knew, he might venture toubeliebe something about it. Ho had evan gono so far as to uuload his modest holdings of rail way stock before beginning his exami nation, lost any shadow ef self-inter est might oreep into his point of view. He was explicit, after all this 3tudy, in announcing that personal rebates were really and truly wrong, and must bo stopped. But ab I gen tlimen, what a mighty and prosper ous nation was ours; and aol again, what a mighty element of beneficence were our railroads! Railroads aro tho property nc t of a few haughty millionaires, but of mil Hons of trusting and deserving stock holders, for whoso bonetlt they arc conducted. To injuro railroads, thon, is to aim a blow at the common peo pie. "Is any here BO base that doc3 not love the common people? If any, speak, for him havo I offend! And, do not railways d pand upon the pros perity of tho oouutry for their living? Hov/, then, eau they ba suspected of working against its luterosts. "It is preposterous," exclaimed thc Senator, almost raising his voice, 'that they should be suspected of be lng shortsightedly avarloious." And so, at last, ho laid down the last leaf upon tho four square pile and turned to re?oive the congratu lations of Messrs. Aldrich, Forakor and the rest of the men against whose Interests tho Hepburn bill ls under stood to be aimed. It was beautiful; lt was like tho lotus ea torc ; and wo were Just falling into tho sweetest slumber whon all at one", an awful tiling happenod. In tho Sanato Mr. Tillman is al mosb the only event that evor does happen. Up bo came from tho dark some hold of our Stilp of State, sav ago and threatening, a freebooter, armed and lleroe-oyoo; a biKCiueor, with a knife between in? teeth and a pistol in olthor hand. Tho Summer soaa passod away like a dream. Tao Isles of the Hlost sank beneath the nor i z m. Tho clouds blackened the sky and tho storm wind shrieked in the silken cordago of tho rigging. Tillman had ripped tho entire bot tom out of our craft, and wo woro sinking. Tim seas rose in fury; we were plungod hoadlong into them, swim mingly suddenly for our lives. There was no poaoo, no prosperity, no econo mic benctlcence of natural lawa. Sharks blt elf our legs, swordfish im paled us-water awallowod us whole. Thc nation ??M> once snore ali UK gllng in the grasp of tho octopus. Thoy wore starving, thoy wero wronged, they wore vletlmsof an out rageous and destructive tyranny. And what a hideous farco lt all was! Horo was our President, who had tills monnure for the relief of the peo ple so closely at heart, on whoso coat tails wo were admonished blindly to hang, in whose courage and wisdom wo were invited to trust, who feared no fooB-"len8t of all railroads-hore he was with lils bill, and whom had ho called into Counsel with bim tc manufacture it? Ho had called In- shoutod the hue oanoor, stalking forth upon the deck and menaolng tho Republicans with upi if tod arms-two men who more tuan any others woro devoted body and soul to railways! Ho had oallecl in Mr. R jot and Mr. Knox: he had con tided tho drafting of tiio measure to thoir wis lom; to their tendor mer c?o i had ho ontruBtod the salvation 01 the people. Truly, Mr, Presldont, this ls a fuc ny worin! ID finite ls the ridiculous ness of human nature ! These are the advisers whom our brave and lndepend ont Executive summons to aid him in de feuding the maa.en against the rt paoity of tho classa I Bat Mr. Till man would feel a little safer lu tast ing the m sat-lost lb have poison In lt-bai lt not been submitted to tbe cookery of suoh cooks. Something ev dently had to be done; and Mr. Knox, clambering upon a piece of wreokage, was beard to de clare, in a bold, hardy voice, that r>ever, either dlreotly or indirectly, he acted as counsol for tho Ponusyl vanla Hallway. "Well, I'm glad to hear you say 1.1" roared Tillman. "I m glad there's a man I oan respeot as not having boon bought by a c irporatlou before coming to thc Senate to frame a bill against lt. But I don't think it will be denied that Mr. Root, has beei> very oloso to railway into. ests. "And I say it ls false to say that tho railways alwajs desire the proe perlty of ouch region. I see too much evidence that all this pretended -/.nw for the people is apparent but not real. I seo two huno red thousano miles of railways in this country, and they are under only live different ownerships, aud those owners aro so bound together and interrelated that you can't toll thom apart. "I am a plain, blunt mm, and I say they aro robbing tho people. "Here's the Pennsylvania has suob faith in the iuuocucus charaotcr of these thunderings from tho White House that they advertise in a New York newspaper a dircot proof that they are aoting in restraint of tradtl Tboy bay, like the late eminent finan olor, "The public bo damue? I' Tboy aro striving tooth and nail to get the President to put in a proviso that the courts may be appealed to and tbe deolsion of tho commission be sus pended till the appeal ls decided. They wont let him fly tho coop if they kno v it I" At this point Forakor got his head above water. "Should there not be a proper provision f^r appealing?" he inquired. '"What ls a proper provlsiot,?" re torted tho freebooter. "A just ono," was the rej tinder?" "And does not thu bill i?ecure Jus tlc ?" "I say it's a farcer* roared Till man, ''and I ask you are you satisfied with lt yourself?'' "I don't have to be," replied Mr. Fjraker, sidestepping quickly? "Thou I ask you whether you arc going to voto for it?'' his antagonist porsisted. 1 I am not," tho forlorn-hope cham pion was obliged to confess; and South Carolina held the dook alone and tri umphant. But vain ls it to attempt to report Tma-'pnrjnwH?ptt ' wtmid tall MK u.;t effort. .) * ty we ma> bo suro that so long as ho holds his seat tho public will have a ohanoe of kuowlng what ls going on-what is aud what is not done by our Government. Ho talks right out in meotlng; he bas no roserves, no subterfuges 01 ambiguities. Tho galleries are en o iantcd with him, the Senators both o? j >y a? d abominate him. Ho ls thc great, rudo, natural force asking quos tions and shouting out the awkard es? faots. And, in bis own way, li lu his aotton and his :isp3Ct, ho is th* brno orator, the tribune of the pro letarlt. If aught in tir*. S?ate of Denmark bo rotten he wlh reveal it, and under lils manipulation it wlh lose naught o' its aroma, TIItJSD OF LIF?. People Who Gt mraltted Hulohlo l<\>? Ono Causo and Another. Dr. B H. Hutoheruon, a well knowi phys'.ol&n of Toccoa, Ga., committee sutolde with a piwtol on Wc tuesday. Bad heAlth ls rue alleged cause. Bet. J. G. Norton, a Baptist min lstor of V.?ldo>tA, Ga., committee suloldo on Tuesday by J ain ping Inti his well. He wis 00 years oid ano was well to do at d popular. Miss B.irbtia Marston committed ?melde at Selma, Ala., on Tue*** j hy taking c ilorotcrm b-oiuseubo ^as In love with a young mun wno aid not reciprocate. Miss Guarloita B'crrell, aged 20, of Roan county, W. Va , committee auloido on Tuesday by hanging her self becauso her parents would not let her marry tho youug man she was in lovo with. Mrs. Lilburn McN*lr, aged 34, promlnonb In Sb. Louis sooloty and champion golf player of the city, committod Buiolric at hor home on Monday with a pistol. She was in bad health. Eugene Moore, agod 20, manager for a largo cottou firm at Amorious. Ga., committod suloldo on Wednesday by shooting hiimolf the hoad with a revolver. No oauio is assigned. Bov. Justin G. Wado, pastor of thc t?lrst Congregational onutel) of Wau kegan, 111, was arrested by thc poss office authorities on Wednesday for sending obscene matter through the mails. Next day ho committed sul oldo by throwing himself undor a train. _ Killoe! lloraoll amt Uh! ld ron. At Heaton on Wednosdav morning a woman and four ohildren wore fouuo dead in bcd at their homo. An Inves tigation by the podoa Indicate that bho woman, Mrs. Annie L. Dixon, had killed tue CUildren aud herself by opening three gas Jots. The children were Annie, aged 5 years; George, three and a half; Mildred bwo y oars and Marlon, one year. Tho tragedy was discovered by tue woman's hus band, Arthur B. Dixon, when he re turned home from work this ovonl.ig. Dixon found the house looked and 1 was obliged to break in the front door. He found the bodies of his ' wife ?and ohlldreu iu a bedroom. Medical lOxaminer A. A. MacDonald deolded that Mrs. Dixon had killed tho children and herself. Dixon told i tho police bhab ho loft home ab 6 i o'clock this morning to KO to his work. At that time his wife was up, I tho children wore all awako and he I did not notice anything unusual, i Dixon is 31 yoars old and his wife was . 27. They had beon marriod for about t six years. Of late Mrs. Dlxoa had nos been in good health. THE WA0K8 OF SIN FAT UKO Witt CONKI39SE9 IN 1 liK ft t i : it TO \ vin Jwr. The Farmers Kidnapper Gives HU. foxy of the Miserable life He F pent After His Crime A dispatch from Ornaba, Neb., sais Pat OIOW?'S last darci to csoapi from t.io penitentiary for kidnapping Eddie (Jud?by and robbing his father of $25,000 in gold, has failed. Hin confession to the crime aa written to Father Murphy, of tho Catholic ohuroh .i V-.ll, I)i?aJ was Friday morning read to the Jury before which he ls now bolog tried. During tho reading of the letter which lt is believed will send him to prison for a term of years. Crowe sat with bowod head, never once look ing up, his bands twitohlng nervous ly, lils old smile had disappeared ard thero are drawn lines around bin ey ts and mouth, lie whispered to his orother, who sits with him, and oaob wore a look of oare. Tncre was an air of surprised ex cltemont in the room, wbioh waa crowded an hour before court con vened, wbon Judge Sutton took his seat. It was known that tho deolsion in regard to tho letter, which, lt is believed, would practically settle the ease, would be handed dowu and the otter read lu open oourt if admitted. Judge Sutton admitted the. letter, maying in his ruling. "There ls nothing in the communi cation whloh oould not have been grantod by any person other than a priest. Ho does not ask for any splr itual relief whatever. The sole rea son for writing this letter waa to se ouro relief from seoular law, not from tho spiritual law. He authorized a disclosure of this letter to both Mr. and Mrs. Cudaby, thus showing it ls uta spiritual oommunloatlun. The let or was to stouro earthly, not spir itual relief." CONFESSION TO PRIEST. Tho letter whloh was then read to ho jury, in n?.rr, an follow?: '() nabn, April 22, 1904. .'Rev Father Murphy, Vail, Ia.: "Dear Friend-I wrote you a letter from Ohioago a few months ago, and our answer waa very encouraging to uv?, as I have for several yearn thought cf reforming and starting life anew. For the past ilftoen yea-s my si.flaring has bion intense. My ohii iron aro dead and my wife isa sei vaut for others- I am aa outcast and % disgrace to tho mother that gave me birth, and to add to my suffering vilend to mo. ' "I am guilty of th Cudahy affair I am to blame for tho whole crime. After it was over I rogrettod my4 bli and I offered to return $21,00 to Mr Cudahy, but be refus.d to take lt ano* lion I went to South Airloa, where 1 J >lned tho rebel army and was badi) .A.unded, belog shot twice. Tuen 1 eturued to America and have repeat -ally tried to mako peace with th nan I wronged. Now I am going to give myself up and take whatcvei jomes, and If Mr. Cudaby wou d show ne meroy I would c?mo out all righi md could start life anow. "Cudahy 1M a ri m irkably good mai \,nd I haye known him man) years anr oust say that bc ls gonorous and for giving, and it would bo hard fl id i .otter mun. liuu ho fools he owes ii .s his duty to the publie to pro-ecu; i mo. I oould stund tr.al and b at tut .a^e, but that wouli not relieve Of t.-1 burden that ls cruihing out bbo las? ray cf happiness In my wasied life 1 vould rather pl^ad guilty and hav he Bontenco ur pended, giving me i chance to Btart life anew My plead lng guilty would barm no o ie but m - jell, and If I Oould iuduoo Mr Cudanv o show mo morey, lt would stimn .ate the harsh JuJgmcnt that is prac lcd in o lurts with a feeling of mer JV that God intended should bo shown 0 sinners. ' I wish you would write to Mr. Judahy and Mrs. Cud*hy aud pay ' >r meicy. Remember this: Ano Mr. Cudahy knows, as do hundreds ot ?LheiB in this city, that 1 fed the iiungry and I myself waa pour and hat I showed meroy to tho rioh ann mighty whon thoy were lu my pow er, and that if I oared to surround myseif with stolen gold I could have ten millions Inside of thirty days. Bul 1 have found no happiness lu evil, and am going to return to the teaohing' of ray ohildhood. If I must suffer 1 will not repine. Write to Mr. aud Mrs Cudahy and ask them to show ire some meroy. ThiB ls all, and I will say good-by. "I'AT CBOWK." Foot Pad Caught. At Charleston Magistrate O'Shaug nosfcy commitUd to j*U Henry Sterl ing, a stranger, who is ohargod by the pol'.cs department witti hiving been che man who held up Messrs. Slcgllng and Spear during the p.vst week, rob bing them of money and va uablcs. Sterling ls six foot, Ave inches. He has been walking on orutoncs, whloh the detectives say, howovor, he dis cards at ni^lit, when tho hold ups oo our. The man denies his guilt End olalms tba J he oamo to Charleston for tic bene Ut of his health, attora short stay in Columbia. He olalms thai lils spine ls injured and the orutohes are ntoeesary, but the polloo depart mont lakes issue with him on this pjlnt. Duth S'egllng aud Spear Iden* tilled tho mau as the party who held them up on Itutledgo avenue. (J t limn Aooiuoai, The Augusta Herald says a serious acoident happened to Everett Bryan at Langley on Tuesday of last week. THO lad while engf g.vl in play with another boy, Hanny iUsnl, was stuck In ono of his eyes by the sharp point of an umbrella. The wcunded lad was attended by Dr. Shaw, of Lang ley, who deemed lt best that the boy bo oarrled to tho Augusta City Hos pital for treatment, and he was tak ? to tho above institution, where lt te hopod, to savo his oytslgbt. Thc cbaico are rathor against the little fellow, as tho sharp pjlnt of tho um brella ls said to have pierced tho ey? ball. BILL KILLED The State Senate Rejects the Morgan Measure. HOW MEMBERS VOTED, The Bill Abolishing the StatVDlbpeosary and Establishing ia Its Stead Catti ly Dispensaries Palled te Pass by a Yote of Fifteen to Twenty After considerable discussion ia th* State Senate the Morgan Bill, whisk abolishes the State dispensary and es tablishes oounty dispensaries Waa ktli >.d lp the Senate on Tuesday by a d"*- - * ' oisive vote. The bill was dtaoussed pre and con thoroughly by tho Senators. The bill bad been passed by the Honaa as will be seen by reference to page six, where we report the House pro ceedings. It was ll o'clock when Senator Blease dosed. In the meantime, tba parties of both sides had b?on In oon ferenoe and lt was deoldod to take a> vote. Senator Eugene Blease made e motion to table Senator Brloo's mo? tlon to kill the Baysor- Manning bill. Senator Brloo's motion was the Initial move lu the wholo light. When tho aye and nay vote waa taken, thore was perfect silence, al though the senate chamber waa liter alie thronged with visitors on the door and in the galleries. Tuere wera chaira in every available plaos. The vote resulted as follows on Senator Blea8e's motion (those voting "aya" wlil lng the Raysor-Manning bill to s ur viv?: Ayes-Senators Black, Blake, E. S. Blease, Carpenter, Davis, DJUUIS, Douglass, Earl?, ECrd, Hay, W. E. Johnson, W. J. Johnson, Manning, I McGowan, MoL-?od, Purlfoy, Staok .louso. Warren, Wells, Williams-20. Nays-Senators Bates, C. L. Blease, Brioe, H ooks, Brown, Butlor, Carlisle, Christenson, Hardin, Holliday, Hough, Marshall, Mauldln, Molnar, von Kolnltz-16. Senator Raysor (aye) was pairad . with Senator Hood (nay), Senator Walker (aye) was paired with Senator Hudson (aa)) and Senator Btvens (aye) with Senator Talbert (oaj). ?S tl O <.. JJ ' > Ili'O. bil OU?u u> v 1 ' ' ' CUT? EM r?\i mu all thu < Morgan bill and amend by In ortiug i?o IUy&or-Manning bill-whloh, by che way, ls now the "purification jill the oommittee substitute for ta original measure. Tnis nutloa wa accepted by a viva vooa vjce, no Uli S ousierln>; boing done by' the antl-dls '* ?jensary party which aooepted defeat "ahautly and without bitterness. Just as Senator El rd wai moving to ?ave two amendments to the bill idupted, Senator Uiease appeared in die ouambar, having bain out for a mort time, and moved DJ kill Dbe bill jy "striking out taa enaotlug /ords." This had the efteot of holding cp .he Raj sor Manning bill, and lt is sate o say that there will be no dispensary 'i^islatlon this session as the L e?ala ?.uro will adj lum SaiuMav. BIriw??l?.U oAJbiOdel Votort D )\v i tn T.io Uouso by Thirty Four Momlioi'B. The biennial sessions matter came up in the House ou Wednesday. Gol. D. O. Herbert wanted the resolution submitting the question to the people paased. Mr. Richards .agreed? with Jol. Herbert. He said ho thought ;very barrier had been removod atad oe wanted the resolution passed in justice to the people. Tue house killed the b'ennlal , ae> sions r?solu ohm by a vote of 78 to 84. Tula finally disposed of all biennial ? inaioii legislation. Last year vhe muse referred the matter, after fha favorable vote of the people, to a sub committee to prepare all necessary resolutions looking to proper legisla tion to secure biennial sessions. Even under theso resolutions the matter <vas to go before the people again. The resolutions simply proposed resolutions for the people to vote On biennial sessions. The senate passed tho resolutions some time ago and the vote of 78 to 3-i killed all resolutions looking to biennial session legislation next summer. All suoh proposed res olutions looking to o institutional a mond munt** need 83 votes. The main resolution received 78 votes and one previous ballot 79 and theso two votes settled tho hmm. Tlie 34 members who voted against tho resolution looking to a vote on tri ennial sessions wore: Messrs. Arnold, Brant, Bruoe, Clifton, Dabbs, Des champ.-), Edwards, Epting, Etheiedge ?oherooge, Fraser, McD. Frost, Uau.o, W. J. Gibson, D. L. Green, MoD Green, Haskell, Hemphill, Hig gins, Hut u, Irby, Little, Lomax, Lyon, Motfaddtn, MoMastcr, Pittman, Rawlinson, Reaves, Sauders, Sellers, vValker, Walker, Wualey, Whatley 34. These tbirt)-four killed the possi bility of biennial sessions of the gen eral assemb y wi ?bin th', na?t two or three years._ Hanged Himself, A speolal from Montloello, 111,, saya that tho dead body of William Da? Gn f, an awed dlrcotor of the First National Bank ot Mansfield, was found hanging in his homo at liana field, today, ho having oommlb tcd suicide. The reason assigned for the deed is that the urand Jury ia on the eve i f un examination ot the i condition cf the bank on report that i ?700,000 hua b on embezzled, W. O. i Fairbanks, presld 11, and L. M. ? ft > banks, anot..?r dtreotor of the bn.uk, ? aro brothers of Vloe Pr?sidant Fair la aka of the United States,