Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Kocotved 1?y*-II1s t"<>llc;i/;iu's, A nrtttipiHspJr^'flv'fjrliai <\ ,\Vith t lie ' Philippine TariU NM ho. t was precipitated in the Senate oh last Wednesday as the result of syme .^tatO; i men Us made by Senator earmark* j iJtL'reSMM'A^ of Tennessci*. in t rfe rohVsb <ll wv^feiiYtyft 'speech <>n t lie.'general1 Phjlipju ijy qyr^l^yy, j 1 :\i aMUo ?IVn- < ne^g/^/^erCatW^ TTiK^t^':rc!i "in !u> sehPUMfnddie \vas givtrti notably ynod' a.l\e?4 iiM'-WTi'bot-ir sides 4if tTieVham-; le"^|)ii1vo $tt h <H u uj?ij*us'?*rhpt eariTeSUueAs, fpi'vi ahft-etyi^urij^sj * t \hjibhneliision . <>f"his address, i wtilcft had tie'c^r Jis[ty?ht^ to bv nianv oT fitft onn'er* pollen gt^<\s hi the h< si^e i of'rftpri'seTiratf ves, Senat <?r HoverWftfe. Republican of Indiana, rhallcmrcd some of lii.1? titjA t oxi which cjiKfrcOctVafv W'ly.l 1 vefy for a fowl minutes, taking on a political phase, which proved particularly interesting t auditwifii whr>-rrowth)d"ftRTTib??Y m %../?!! .%? #1.-, 11..ai. . % ?.-? in;n .in mi] k .merit,-*. pi i'. IM'VP- J ridge and Mr. Tillman became involved in a heated colloquy, in- which t the exchanges were as liot as both J senators could well make them. "This, 1)111," Mr. Car mack declared. "Is framed on the- theory that the! Philippine islands arc a deadly menace 1 to our own trader and - that the less we ' tradtfAcith these islands air<U he less we j have to do with thorn the: better it will lx^for us, 'J'lic h .only t ra^le-tjiat,, will tlotiVi'sT) under such conditions is tlial of tjLip exploiters .ajid it js.proposed tj> ; t ur^lllfe, islands oyj'r to .t|u>m,. It iv fof tliV hcuefll of J^ic<c.arpei bakers an'd*'*ho\toi\Mv^imoJit of t he A.?U'ricail ]>fcupty ^Imt?..*! Avar mf. criminal a^pfte^su'm is, >n the I PlnlippliYe islands. 4 VosrrioN.i)T|i?KMf)CUA(.:v. 'j We of the mihorit y.eaiinot support tills; biH.or th?.pohey of*NVhich it is a . ^ part. We arc opposed to the bill, becaUbe-:'\va?.JU(**.<^>p(>s<<t to tlic whole policy of cohr>ni&4-4hnr>fff\" Mr. Yfar- | mack discussed brielly the subje&t <rf ; censorship of press dispatches in j Manila. lie dyt?ir,p<!l that. it was 110.I , a censorship fr)r-^iHlitary.}^ip pnSys bat,, nan neen "established by. for, and in , the interest of t he Republican party." I ni^oi Utiil, jp/ouuut ipn Lw*J( ,h<am>,up pressed by the censor, ho declared, j and the peoplo of this Country had! been kept in ignorance of mat9cr?<tn'a knowledge V(?f Mvhioh t lKM^vert*. ept i-! tied. ^ i Referring to the Republican sup- , porters of the present L'hilippinoL policy, Mr. Carmagje.said: "You lift your hands in holy horror at t he lynching of a colored man in the south and yet you are engaged in j lynching 10,000,000, of people who were reoeiiKy* \'oiu*/aljieS' and yo^r'1 brothers ip a-rfns and wHo lufvo committed no crime except t he. crime upon wlnc^ i^nsjgoA'ernmCnt vein'founded." I Mj?^^vortdgc,.avUepul>Wcau lbcm-p her ,_i>^ tt)v? J'hilipbin'c dbmtnRtee, sharply challenged a statement hy the Tennessee tWtf Din 'Piiilip- j pine tariff had not been well or care-! fully tjhuiitekuvdv v. - +yy "Did Vhe :: MtiBfppRre * enMi'mittco make an invent iiratirm <<f il>? nunm. ! o " ? . ....... pine tarilT scale?" inquired Mr. Car-; mack. "No," replied Mr. Bcveridge, "but the Philippine coimniggjxm hn?whugi*a conslfWrh^'thctf"scale"for two years." Mr. Beveridge reported that the Philippine (piestion had been passed on and settled four time in congress and twice ha^J^'c^iefr**} file AVfi'rt*- ' can people an^tvj?n|$Vit&^,'Mi<l'. Mr. Bevcrldgc declared t hat the rea-1 son why ex-President Cleveland, CJjr- ; President Harrison and ex^enafor j Edmunds, ail of whom had hot been ! in sympat hy wit I) the Iftt/UjjPyTd1 policy of the. admhiistratiomxfrc^HPn to follow t he Democratic because that party would the decision of the supremf^durt^ttfijj the verdict of the A mcricah peop^e^fe final. THli WOHNOIT :i He asserted that the reasons why the though tf hi' and constructive people of t he country" had not; foH#uft(T<ti)i$ I )cmocr4lffie partyiij its opposition to the proper control of the Philippines and in other matters of national policy, was that they feared that party "yrouUl sow "the dragons -kQpW!, from which would spring a harvest of anarchy." "They wjJi .nptrfolk/w- you*!/ he declared, . I#* linger at the Democratic side. "Ijecausc you are calling our soldiers 'mnrder^rs??<rrivt 'charity ? 'ilyerfj dirty, work.'' ^j.\ '?. ? < As he was proceeding to discuss some ol thei^uuiitiiawi i-ukt?U4f, Philip-' pine ism^)^w{lr^jl^yi{?n4nfccf.iy^tcd, with , tAy$ryb<ifiena*or, Ik; oxpltclt and give'us the 1)cnetit of his' personal observat ions or any otll-. cial informatumJiffchjjs-ln the dispatch rmmttTWnl * Hell that' he proposed to make war so terrible that they would want peace and want It bad? Is that true or is It not?" "This was not done while I was there," replied Mr. Beveridge. "1 will- ask the senator whether, when he is making war, ho would not make war so terrible that the enemy would want peace?" ? - t [' ' > ' >-'iTJjiat would depend," said Mr. Tillr^yii. 'whether I was honest Iv 'lAffcifgcd in'\i war thai I thought was deofml aOiLh^n(/ri(jbti} ?<j'r of subjuKa-i TJ.o/tTujO infamy." J'AirdMnrs the senator charge," de.Jjua tided Mr. Hoverldtfe. "Unit General -itell dyip not U^Jiovo ho is engaged in'uii honest war?" "DOINO D1UTY \<S\uK." " I know. tliat .there are plenty of ofliiej*s I here wji.io feel they are doiiiK dirty worlc," shouted Mr. Tillman, '.'and they have told ine they are ashamed of It." ''Has General Hell told yon so." insisted Mr. HeveridKc. "I don't know about General Hell," said Mr. Tillman. "1 have . not seen fifth." jv!Then, why do you dra^f in (leneral Hell. General Wheaton and others," sharply inquired Mr. Heverld^o. Mr. Tillman: "1 will drajr Into t lns.tjisensslon an Associated I'iors repuYPfrom''Manila." Mi'. Heveridffe: "Now it is an As sun la^uu i h'nn mini. Mf. Tillman: "iiieh you either] have a. eojisorsldu I hero or you have tutt. Von swear you have not, and then, when the reports come you say 'they a re not. ours."" l^freridge: 'Tt is hopeless, YV hep they begin to,iJiscuss the constitution and we take them up on that, they come'to censorship. When we say t hat none exists they go to war, bloodshed, pillage aud murder." i \N KHid'AUi'fc STAT KMHNT. x' Aft'er some sharp personal colloquy in which the Indiana and South (Jar-j olina senators ridiculed each other. MTVlftveridge proceeded to relate an Incident of the burning of a village, and said that upon investigation it. proved that it.was the act of the insurgents, his purpose being to disprove some reports against the American soldiers. Mr. Tillman was on his feet again ;in?l asked Mr. Heveridge: "From whom do we got the statements that the insurgents or rebels or whatever they aredidall this burning.'" "The American authorities." replied .Me. Ilevoridge. J "And is Itcustomary," inquired Mr. j T.iJlnmn ')l ii Hcl.iniiimi n- fiv.iv. cx-partc statement?"? "Why does the senator always Insist?". retorted Mr. Hovorldge, "that ' any authority which conies from an j American -sourue js a falsehood, while | everything tlu^yrtmies from theeneiny j is the t rut h?" "For the same reason," replied the South Carolina senator, "that in my own st ate, when Its capita) was burned in 18(55 there was an infamous assertion thai we burned it when everybody know we did not do it ." "Now, Mr. President," said Mr. i Itt'fe ridge laughinly, "we are hack : aftaih du ancient history, which I do- ! eline to discuss." Afto^ some further discussion the seliate went into executive session and soon after adjourned. SOME PLAIN TALK. Senator Ilderton, of Florence, Talked I Hi^ht Out in Meeting. Wfien Senator Ilderton'n bill to "regulate and tix the liability of railroad companies having a relief department. -tOits employes" was taken.up in the Senate on Tuesday of Mast week. Senator Kharpo moved to strike out. ihe enacting* words, SQtialpr IIderton defended the hill. Some of the railroads reserve a small per cent. of t ho wages of its employes for t he purpose of establishing a reserve fund to aid employes while sick fir.disabled J?y injury. Senator Ilderton claimed some roads marlc nmiilnvne who wanted to get benefits from this fund to sign a contract not to sue t Inroad. Senator Ilderton thought tills wrong and wanted the bill passed to vofrect', the evil, and argued at some length in favor of his measure. In the course of his remarks tie made l ite assertion that the clerk of the suiqvme could; had Ixvya oiMnc'.lloor- of the seiiatf* ^buying against the passage of t his bill. "This may tie all right," saifly Senator. Ilderton, "hut it. Ujoks ifrglyf!' / - .. "The ch^ir trusty," interrupted Liftut- G^y. Tillumni.ftthat Hie sen a-1 rerrafibfrorn further personall! VT am? only' stating facts," replied ton ^t*^chatf*doe:inOt question that," ^Jhwe^csponSe, ,4ibut will repeat, the that/Mefc ?h- no further "Well, Mr. Pfesjdent," continued Senator 11 der tori, **it is some times necessary to; give plain talk." " Anrflhertfcntttbf has certainly Tie en giving it" replied Lieut. Gov. Tillman. This closed the colloquy, and Sena- ! tor llderton continued his speech along other lines. He (Jot of! Ijiglit. A young woman1 in Iowa was engaged to l>c married. The day liefore 4.h<wwwmony her intended husband di^d^tddcnly. TUohreaved-bridc-tokl)e wciji. into court and secured ii verdict sixl^unjsand dollars against his c&tyte mi.the ground of ))roech of hrdmisp.^'rho1'Atlanta J.ourual stivs the inan.. soeme ,U> have got ton olT lightly w after all. , . ' Cfyfng for Vongoanco. i " The authorities of Waterbury, Conn., are conducting a vigorous sea roll for the incendiary who Is believed to liave caused the two tires which devastated the business portion of the city and rendered many homeless. Tho belief that the contiagration is the work of firebugs is growing momentarily and the town is crying aloud for vengeance on the guilty. ^ ^ \ r? JV_ZZ_. CONWAY, S. C., BOLD BANK ROBBERY Five Successl'iilly l,i?ot ilio Hank 41 ii11 Murder l In* SlierilV. The town of Clarksville, Johnson county, Ark., is greatly excited over a hold and successful hank robbery' which occurred early Wednesday when the vault of the Hank of Clarksville was dynamited and looted by five or six inch. She rill' John II. Powers was nIiot and Killed by Uu> robbers while attempting to frustrate their designs, 't he exact aiuouut secured 1 ?y the robbers is not known, but it is supposed to be between 1,000 and $2,000. j Sheriff Powers who roomed in a building adjoining that, of tin- hank was awakened shortly before ;i o'clock by a terrltie explosion in the bank. Seizing a pistol iueae.b band be rushed to ; t he bank. The robbers, who numbered live or six. were evident ly prepared for him, as tbey opened lire the moment be appeared. The olllcer was wounded at the first volley but stood his ground and returned the lire, sending half a i dozen bullets at the robbers. The wounded sheriff managed to get hack to his room where lie died within 2d minutes. When hastily aroused citizens bewail arriving at the scene. Powers was dead and the robbers bad vanished. *' The interior of (lie bank presented! a wrecked appearance, the men having used dynamite to break open the vault ; door, having established a guard; armed with Winchesters outside the bank, t.hey seemingly had anticipated interference from the sheriff as they must have known of his presence nearby. A train of l?]ood leading from t lie bank is construed to mean that Pow- i ers injured one or more of the robbers, lie was shot three limes himself and any one of I lie wounds would liavei proven fatal. <lov. Davis olfere<l a re-' ward of $0,000 for tl?e arrest and eon- : viction of the bank robbers and the Arkansas Hankers1 association ottered a similar reward of $5,000. These offers will be supplemented by additionall rewards by the people of ClarksvlMo. A vigorous search is being made for the fugitives, but it is believed they have escaped into the mountains. Sheriff Powers was one of the best known ottleers in Arkansas. He had been sheriff of Johnson county for 12 1 years and would have been renoniln-j ated without opposition for another, term in the Democratic primaries I Feb. 1. lie had the reputation of be- ; ing brave and fearless and had run down a large number of criminals. All towns between here and Fort Smith have been wired of the robbery , and no efforts will be spared to captun1 the men. although a battle is exnee ted should the fugitives lw ov??r. iakcn. Clarksvllle is 50 miles east of | Fort Smith oti the Little Lock and Fort Smith railroad. It is thought the robbers escaped north Into the mountain fastnesses of Newton county where t here are neit her railroad or i telegraph facilities. One Thousand Dollars Krward. Gov. McSwceney offers a reward of $1,000 for the capture and conviction ' of Bartow Warren, the. man who on August 20 last killed Thomas II. Wat- j son at Branehville, and has since been at large. This new reward takes the | place of the original reward offered. The governor has not stated his reasons for increasing the reward so materially, but he says he has good reasons for doing so. Bartow Warren is the man who was tried for the singlehanded hold-up of the Southern railway train at Branehville a few years ago, at which time $1,700 was secured from the express ear by the robber. He was out on bond in Ibis matter when he met Watson who was one of the principal witnesses against him and killed him on the streets of Branehville. Frank Flayer Pardoned. Frank M. Player, who it will be remembered was convicted in Williamsburg county last year of robbing the dispensary at Kingstrec, has received a pardon from the governor. One of ui(! sirongcst pennons ever pol len up I was presented the governor. It was j signed by cverylxKly in the county, by j Jurors, by the state board of control and Solicitor Wilson. Judge Watts.! who at first opposed the pardon, later ! wrote that be bad withdrawn bis op- j position. The facts were set forth that Player was sixty years old, and his wife and several children were al- I most dependent upon charity for sup- ; port. Mis original sentence was t hree j years and six months. Forest Fires. The Palmetto Post says: The recent forest fires In the Okatic section of P.eaufort County, whereby nearly all the fencing of the poor farmers and stock raisers have been destroyed is truly demoralizing, but it. makes lis feel proud to sec bow plucky the losers have gone to work to remedy the evils entailed by the (lames. We always knew our Okatic friends were plucky, but now the whole world can see what a brave people are doing to preserve the property left to them. A Big Howard. The reward offered for the arrest and Of 111 viol inn (if tlw, r??l\K?ru iflw. Iinl/I up the train on the Southern Itailway at Fifty-eight a short time ago is one thousand dollars. The State olTers $100 and the Southern Railway and the Express Company offers $000, making $1,000 altogether. lie Very Careful. The Carolina Spartan says "what ever you do these Spring days be very ' careful how you burn brush and grass < in the fields. It is a calamity to get tire In the forests. Land and timber are greatly damaged thereby." ! ^ x ; ro -o r J m . J j ^ ^ L Q JL . Tiirusj)^ v, fi:iu u EXCITING SCENES. j The .Lower House ot tlie Legislature Has a Fiefy Day. * ALL ABOUT TAKING A HOLIDAY. i? The Mouse l?y a \of Sixty-live to i'hii-t) DcciilcA to Adjourn Without Surrendering I In Pay. There was a sensational incident in the proceedings of the house of repre-1 sentativcs Thursday night. It was all 14'era very innocentmat ter. Mr. Itichards' resolut ion t hat t he members Of the general ussemhly take no pay for the two days spent in Charleston. It was a most opportune time fort lie! resolution to conic upas the gallery of the house was full of visitors and J members got a ehanoe to vent their, feelings of love for t he "pcopttll," wit h tlie accent on t he pull. The speech of Mr. Williams of Lancaster in reply to Mr. ICIIrd was me ol the most scathing hits of irony ever hoard within the hall, and the house, was thrown into a stati' of excitement thereby. Mr. third had denounced the majority of the housg for what lie thought was an attempt to make sport of those who had favored the resoldt ion. \i i > ;..t...... i. ..... i \ i .. i.* 11 ...i ? i. ! .mi. i k mi iii i tin <i 1111 .mi. i'/ii ru s| 'I ikc in favor of Mr. Itiehards resolution. T1 h* l;tt tor staled t liat lie had voted against llir appropriation for the exposition, hut lie had lieon there and had seen it and the legislature ouj*hl to tfo in a body. However, lie tliouv.rht> tlie.v oiiKht not to take pay from the State for t hose t wo days. Mr. It. It. A. Kotiinson and Mr.] Moses opposed the rest,lot ion on the ground that the general assembly eoiild put in niplit work and tfet rid of t lie bills on t lie ealendar. Mr. Weston olVered an unieiidiiient that those whose consciences would worry tlieni could return their per diem for the two days to the Slate. Mr. Wells ottered as a substitute' that the general assembly work two days overtime wit hout pay. The previous question was ordered and a viva voce vote was demanded. The resolution was indefinitely postponed by a vote of <?."? to.to. It, was thought that the matter would be ended with this, but Mr.! I/lar of Itarnwell int rod need a resolu t ion t hut tin* IK) members who voted in the minority he allowed to return their per diem to the Slate to he put into the hands of t lie sinking fund. The reading of the resolution set. the house into an uproar. Mr. lOlird see11red t lie Hour. He Itegan to speak amid inueh confusion. Several members fried to tease wit h him quest ions. The speaker rapped repeatedly for order, and Mr. lOtird finally proceeded , without an interruption. He declared that this matter had gone beyond the ! point of endurance. Mr. l/.lar Were you of the minority ? Mr. ICfird Ves, sir; 1 am proud to say I was. Mr. l/.lar Well, that's t he reason it has passed the point of endurance. Mr. 1011 red, still very much wrought upon, declared that lie did not see why ; monitors of the general assembly i should he taunted because they should ! int rod lice measures as t hey have a per-! feet right to do. And they should not ho doridod for voting in accordance with their convictions, lie again; said that the exposition should be visited by the legislature as a body, and he is willing to leave his per diem ' in the State treasury. The members j of the house who voted against the; resolution would be taking that to I which they knew they had no right. I He had demanded a roll call on the; vote as he was not ashamed of his posi-' tion on the matter. Mr. Williams, his eye Hashing, but Ills manner cool and deliberate, then replied to Mr. Elird. He said: Mr. Speaker, the gentleman who is i just alxait to take his seat has said ' that he did not call for the "ayes and 1 noes" for political purposes. I do not J1 propose to charge any gentleman or: any member of this house with doing anything for political bunkum. I 1 have nothing to say against the gent leman who hit roduyed the resold- , tion Iwcause 1 think he did so from a sense of duty, or against t hose gentlemen who voted for It, but when a ( gentlman or a member of this house ! rises upon this tloor and disclaimsliav ingcalled for the ayes and noes for , political bunkum and at the same time charges members of t his house with doing t hat which they know to ho (lis-1 honest taking that which they knowis not right, to take, taking the people's money when they did not earn It, I say that where a man. a member of this house, makes statements of that kind that I will have to have ( more than his simple word to assure me that he is not talking for t he purposes of polit ical bunkum. M r. Speaker I would like to ask the gentleman a I question. Mr. Speaker, he has tieen a member of this house ever since I have been here for six years and since! 1 have been here 1 have known the ' gentleman from Lexington to he absent from this house for days at a time. So I say Mr. Speaker and gentlemen of this house that the gentleman from Lexington has been here for six years taking that which according to his own statement does not belong to him and which is dishonest for him to take. Mr. KflrH after this scathing rebuke disclaimed making the charge that other members would be taking that which they knew not to be theirs; but what he did say was that ho had scruples of that kind himself, lie \ . < tl'AUY ltt. H)<>2. stated that Ifho had I toon aksent from t ho house he hah boon excused. What might have happened then can only be conjectured, for members of the house were thoroughly excited, hut the hour of U o'clock having arrived, the chair declared a recess a-nd I lie house attended a Joint session in t he senate chamlter to rat ify acts. When t he house resumed exercises. Mr. l/.lar had the lloor. With much directness lie declared that he did not know that he was to he the Laucoon inurivo iiic spear into the vitals of tliu Trojan horse. lie thought his resolution would merely he forward* iny the wishes of the minority. lint he found that the conscientious scruples of some had extended no further than having their names recorded in the journal as voting thus and so. Their consciences didn't seem to worry them ahnut absences from the house, lie is as willing as anybody else to make sacrifices for the people, and lie had voted airuilist Kuini? I" t lie Charleston exposit ion at all, hut he acquiesced to t he vole of I he majorit y. Mr. 1011 rd wanted t<i know what is! the di(Terence between one man or ten | men betnjr absent for a day or two and the house adjourning fur two whole days. Mr. l/.lar I admit that there Is a dist inct ion, lad what is t he difference bet ween the house adjourning and a member hcinif absent furtive days in at tendance on a farmers alliance convention, drawing mileage and per diem from the alliance and per diem fioin the Slate as well? (Laughter.) Mr. Klird The journal will not show that I was absent live days. i Mr. Iz.lar cunt inued t hat ho himself h was not here last year, but lie had 11 been told that Mr. Klird haul tieen ffone j live days. However, Mr. Klird had I accepted pay for the day spent, in I Charleston (Wednesday) without, in* i vital ion. while his conscience wouldn't ! let him accept the pel* diem when he j fjoos upon Invitation. Having ex- I p ?sed the hidden enemy In thoTro- < ({tin horse, Mr. l/lar thereupon con-11 eluded to withdraw his resolution. The house on motion of Mr. Ihitlcrj! then adjourned until 12 o'clock after ! Mr. Kiehards and Mr. I'rince had risen > to (jueslions of privilege. Mr. Illch- t ards declared that as the author of ; the resolution which caused the racket lie wanted to say t hat he had done h what lie conceived to he his duty. ' 1 M r. I M ince poured oil on t he t roublcd j1 waters by saying tlial he had voted 11 with t lie minority, but lie would point blank refuse to^ivc lipids per diem j as lie feels that his services are as valuable as those of any menilier on I uie <m ncr sine. FULL OF INTEREST. Tin* S(a(i< Senate I'uhhcn on a Xuniher of truest ioiiH. AI 1 lie nin'lit session Senator Ilderton hijected some spice. Into t he proceedings by charging in ;i speech that the clerk of the supreme court had been I nu the Moor of the senate lobbying i against a t>ill vvhieli the senator was trying to have passed. Senator Shoppard, for the committee on privileges and elections, presented an unfavorable report on Senator Aldrich's hill to allow women who pay taxes to vote for presidential electors. < >11 immediate considerat ion the report was adopted and the hill was rejected. nenaior mice moved lo recommit Seiiiitor Hertidon's l>ill to require the public printing in each county to be let to t he lowest bidder. He said York count y once had a special bill of this 1 kind and it proved to be an endless j source of annoyance and confusion. The object of having county matters published is for the information of the people and no good end wovld be served by having the printing Riven to the lowest bidder. After some discussion the bill was killed. Mr. Lomax's bill to provide free school ixtoks for certain schooldist ricts was then taken up for its third read i or. Senator Hriee moved to strike out the cnacthiRS words. If; we undertake to provide a 11 the poor children with school books it. means I thai- we will have to supply all the ne-1 gro children with lx>oks. That Is just , what it will amount to. The hill was passed. ItooMCvelt for Sell ley. Information, It Is said, has been conveyed to officials of the Navy Department direct, from the White House that the President, after a conference with four naval officers, announced to a prominent caller that he had pract ically made up his mind on two important points Involved in t ho appeal of Admiral W. S. Schley. It is stated that the President has been convinced that Admiral Schley was act tially and technically in command of the American fleet during the battle of Santiago, and that, while he may not have exercised his authority to t he fullest extent, he was in supreme command so long as the flagship New York was lieyoudsignaldistance. It is further alleged that the President will hold that the criticised acts of Admiral Schley, prior to July 1, 1808, seem to have been condoned by the Navy Department, until after credit was given him by the public for the victory of July J. Secretary Long and ('apt. Lemly are understood to have received the information with I considerable surprise. Own ItH Own Hlilps. A dispatch from Washington says that the government has l>een paying as much as $ 1,000 a day for private transports that were lying Idle for months. The war department has recommended that the government own Its own ships! Horrors! Destroy all Incentive of the ship owners to bribe army officersV These be awful times, don't it? A \ ' y / .v * / / . INVITED TO ST. LOUIS Mouth t'nrolinu InvltiMl to Mnkc an Inhibit nt tlu< lilK Hhoxv. # The house and the senate met III Joint session Wednesday ni^ht to hear addresses from the visitors who are here representing the St. Louis exposition whieh, it is said, will tje the most ningnlllccnt tiling of the kind over held. The visitors wore escorted by a legislative committee heudotf by Senator Henderson. They spoke for an hour and interested the legislature in their great prospective show. Mr. S. W. Kavenol, a former South Carolinian now living in St. Louis, was the tirst speaker. He was applauded vigorously when lie said that he )uul never seen the day when lie was not proud to say that he was a South Carolinian. Mr. 0. M. Hers of St. T.ou Is said he had never before been told that, his money was counterfeit and his chocks wort 11 less. Since coining t ? tills State they had not been allowed to pay for anything. Hut some day they would repay t he compliment., He said he came from the western hank of the Lather of Waters to bring a greeting to South Carolina. This will he the greatest exposition In 1 he history of the world. He. gave statistics showing how this exposition is projected to lie the greatest of tliom till. He spoke of t lie history of this <( ('1100 from t ho ! Inn> I ,!?ki'ill.? ?? >? ! ... Mill mm u?i ? I" gated I he Mississippi to the time when Thomas .)olTerson made it possible for this to become a part of the I'nlted States. Soutti Carolina has played such u part in the settling of that country that there Is a chair for South Carolina in every Missouri home, lie hrgi?d South Carolina to take a prominent place in t he exposlt Ion. lion. K. S. (Junior, the next,speaker, iuid that ho had once had the misfort line to ho a legislator. lie had heen i newspaper man tint i he had beCuie >o lazy that he was tit, for nothing else tnd they sent him to the legislature. 'The people of Missouri are spending f2f>,000 to he represented at lite Charleston exposition. Will It pay? Chicago has heen taking wonderful strides since her exposition. St Joseph* Mo., had nearly doubled Its population since its exposition. It paid them. It will pay Charleston. 'This is an Ideal climate for outfit' ruiciiiir lin cn 1/1 on/1 If In 1.1 ? ? - Ifs, IK. mini, aim 11/ in |li),VM IIIH HI raise as line cattle in this State as in any other. South Carolina has many resources which need development , and there is noway to better advertise them than at an exposition. Many ot her southern States will be there, and South Carolina cannot alTord to lag behind. From Missouri's exhibit at IhifTalo, the people of that State are receiving many inquiries from homeseekers and from people seeking to invest. St. Louis cannot do without South Carolina. Can't have a State building then send a magnificent exhibit any way. He had Ixien much pleased with t he Stat e exhibit at the Charleston exposition. Such an exhlt could be made at St. Louis. He referred to the history of the south and declared that South Carolina is rich in history, and for that reason lie wants them to have an exhibit there. Whenever ho passes t.hestatueof Calhoun in Marion square in Charleston he feels like taking otT his hat. He referred to other great men in this State's history and was enthusiastically applauded when lie rc: ferred to t he "noblest Roman of thorn all"?Wade Hampton. Ha had been born In the north where the feeling towards the south had not been so congenial once, hut ho vyantcd to say that his first hoy was named for Wade Hampton. Applause. He continued t hus to eulogize the-patriots and statesmen of South Carolina and urged that for the sako of the- past as well as the future this State should be well represented at St. Louis. Col. Avprill fllfn/>t/ir fmnnral i\t I l\n Charleston exposition, was next presented. He thanked the general assembly of South Carolina for putting tho Charleston cx|K>sltion llrmly on foot Tills State has the finest building on the grounds today and the most handsome exhibit. The Charleston ex position is driving the nail home, and if MMiin Carolina would sond a suitable exhibit to tno St. Louis exposition it would clinch tho nail. Tho people of tho northwest aro tired of tho bleak winters there and many of them would like to know of tho possibilities of this State. Flo spoke of inst ances of prospective settlers spending hours in the South Carolina building at tho Charleston exposition. Itomembereri Her Cat.Mile. Relet, an old unmarried lady who died a few days ago in the Itatlgnolles quarter of Paris by tlje-terms of her will left ? 12 per annuity for the maintenance of her cat as long as It lives and ? -I per annum for* a veterinary surgeon to attend theanimal. To a female servant who had takeu care of her for six years the deceased left. half-penny a day for life, or less than a twenty-third part of t tie sum *to Tie spent on tho cat. Tho remainder of1 t he lady's fortune, which was considerable, is left to the parish church. . Three Million Dollar l-'lre. The city of Watcrbury, COnn., has recently suffered from a big tire. Tho business center was destroyed, entailing a loss of over three million dollars.. The l?est portion of the city forming a triangle bounded on the north by Kxcbange Place, on the west by Hank street, 011 the south by Grand street, and on the east by South Main street, was almost wiped out. " , * S ' - * / _? , . NO. 20. DKAD I'NDKR A WALL. Nine Brave Firemen Meet a Tragic Fate in Discharge of Duty WHILE, FIGHTING FIRE FIEND. A rrfuhU ill Dimmlcr in Hi. Loulu ni tin* Itnriiiiiir of ilin Am*?ri cnu. Torn unit Awning .t Coin 11 u u jr. At least nine nion were killed and as many more Injured in a tire which hroko nut Wednesday In the Ave story stone and hrick building located at ,, No. :n \ t'IjOstnut Street, St. t.ouis, Mo., occupied hy the American 'Pent and Awning isunpany. The building' suddenly collapsed and although the .nine men whb were Caught In the * , i crash had not been reached by their tiard working" companions, two hours later,, it Is almost .absolutely certain that they have succumbed. * The dead: August' Thierry. ' flrsl assistant chief, caught In the ruins. Michael Kehoe, assistant, foremahv cailgttt in ruins. Patrick Merge 11, assistant foreman, ' caught in ruins. l);Vldel Steele, foreman, eaught In ruins. I Charles Kronlng, pipeman, eaught in ruins. William Iliindon. nlnniivin e?i 11?-???f *' " ; in ruins. The Injured: Frank Lingo, driver of aerial truck, j thrown from truck while working i forty feet above the ground, seriously injured. k Monroe Moore. Inspector for the Imperialistic Fleetrlc Fight company, badly injured by falling through a J shaft.. l'ntrick McCatthy, engineer, caught ' by falling walls; seriously hurt, j. William .1 ullet)* driver for Marshal Thlojry, .caught by falling walls: seriously'hurt.. " \ William Wand, foreman, seriously injured by falling walls. The building in which the tire originated was located in the old business | section of the city and was about tlfty i years'old.' The hla/.e, which proved a j hard one'for the tire department to i master, had been brought practically "' under control when suddenly, with absolutely, no warning, the building collapsed and came down In a heap with a noise t hat could he heard for blocks. Three pipcinen at; work on the second I lloor.had had a dillkuilty In managing aline of hose and Assistant Ciilef j Thierry was on his way with three of ; inn iiu'ii mi tend uiem aid, when tho bulldihg collapsed-'. The men went down with tons of twisted iron, bricks, stone and* wooden columns en* velop|i\g them. Chief Swingley, wlio was in front of the. building, directing ids men, had a miraculous escape from death. As the front wall fell outward lie hurried across t he street and fell under the aerial truck. The truck was covered with debris and partially wrecked, and it was to its sheltering protection that "the chief owes his life. Frank Lingo, driver of tlio truck, was directing a stream ou the lire from the Serial ladder about forty feet from the ground when the wall fell. A portion,of tho debris struck him and lie was jiurlcd through the air to- the * ground, receiving probably fatal injuries. ' b Chief Swlngley put his entire force to work at once and made an effort to rescue the linemen, but although tho men work heroically, they had not l>eeu able to reach the victims at mtdi night. is certain that all are dead ; as tons of "debrttf dov^r them. Following is. a list of the losses: American Tent and Awning company, ! S2i~).fi0n: M C f.Ofln .? Tatn Iiaoo _ I - , - - - ? m u>? ^ % -* I* VV | i Vkl?? VI * building, fcdv,0f>0:'' Herman lluppclt, job printers,' * 10,0(10; scattering, 000. 1 . N " ' "* A Mine Kx|iIonIoii. The latest Information from the Hondo, MfcjJttCo, itffne explosion, shows It to have been fully as serious as at tlrst reported. There was a total of 10.1 miners at work In the mino when the eq plosion occurred and all of them i aro dead. The majority of the victims are Mexicans and Chinamen, j very few Americitnty being at work In | the mli\C. Every mule in the mine i was killed, three dead ones being ... taken from the debris. The work of clearing away the wreck in order to get to the bodies .is -being rushed as rapidly as possible, but there Is no hope that any of the 105 men will bo rescued alive. ,, *A Salary Grab. Aficr a brief discussion the Senate paSsed by a roth of' 39 to 21 the bill providing for a 25 per cent Increase In ' the salaries of IJ-nitiwi States Judges. All anxquduicnts wepe voted down, including'one to incrcafie the salaries .of GaMnet othcefs from eight thousand (lobars to twelve thousand, tivc hundrrit d(^iao> a yea*.- Senator Hailoy, of Texas, delivered his speech in the Senate in ppnoslti(>h to to this bill. He indicted that tlie present salaries of-SenatorA and* Representatives were sufficient. , ' ' . # '. , ; What They Got. ft is now authoritatively stated Hurt the robbers who recently held up tluv train on the Southern Hallway at .} Fifty-eight only got $12.50 for thebc trouble. When they got away froin': '% the scene of their exploit, and counted ^ /-w their cash they must have been very I much chagined at the smallness of | their hand.