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* NJ~'VI~l~~,. S.C., UESDY, JANUARY 3,1~.TIEAWE.~~ IAI FELD AS SEEN BY MR. FEATHERSTONE 11Hi 'IMEiPUS TitPE-FoUivTiis tF A VIUlORY TO NOTIlNO. lie Saya, I.t the Ileopio Delcde-Wi ling for Lical 4Pstion inl the Severa& Uomunties "sld WV04 Forcible lRa .flona Wily. To the 1,itor of The State: Will you please allow me to Ox plain my position on the whiskey question? What the reporter put Im0 down as saying does not do mtio justice. In fiet, what I s:.id wis not intended for publication at all. To start with, lot mo stato that I have no desire or authority to speak for the prohibitionists of the State. Any needs that I may express ire mino, ats an illndividual, and Iho pro hibitiohist- arn not responsible for them in any shape, form or fashion. At the samno time, I woild not knowingly tako iny position that might be cilculalited to injiiro the cause of the prohibitionists, for I am as stauLch a believer.in prohibition, upon principle, as ever, and will (10 as much for its sake 11s any man1111 ill the State. My friendif, or s ino of them, may differ with mlo ats to the means of accomplishing our 011.nds, but they will not question iy mo tives. What is the situation tha:tt con fronts us Wo havo the disponsary systeii. Under the colstittLion of '95 we cannot go back to tio old barroom system. If we let miattvi,; rminain in their present shapo, what havo we accomplished ? Tle lis pensary system caln never lenw to prohibition. It, hns fonght us here tofoto at every stop. It hi doone .mxlore to mako the whiskey trillic ap pear respvcltablo thati any syitem that we have over had. The longer the system staids the more power will it acquire and the more influence will it exercise in political circles. Th. tremendous power it already has can only be known fully by those who have como in contact N ith its practical workings in a canipaign. How eagerly are the positions upon the board of control sought after. Why ? Partly, at least, becliuse they realize the power of the dis pensary in elections, and they want its influence exerted in their behalf. If allowed to stand, will its influence along those lines be decreased? I repoit the question, what have the prohibitionists to gain by allowing tiho prosent systemn to stand ? Abso lutely nothing. If it stands, they gaind niothinag, and their light of la t year counts for nothing. On the other hand1(, wvhat would the repeal of the dispensary moani to us? With it repealed, and1 with no0 other law enacted1, we would have prohibition ini every county in the Staite. The tacking on of a local option feature would mean what? IThat in those counties where public Hentimient is not suifliciently strong to give up p)roibit ion thle license H sstom, or the counlty (dhisnsry syst.om3, wvould be in force, Under tther of these systems we would have all of the good features of the present d ispensary-for under thle con:stilttion- they imust remnain). If prohibition were forced upon01 sitdt counties it couldl inot b)o enforced, for it is nonsense18 to tailk ab)out enfo)rcing anyi~ law which is not supported by pnblii senti nent. Th le non1- enforce. menit of a1 prohiibit ion lawv ini those coiunties wo(uldl (10 our caus-o harm3, b -'use wen woul be held responsi bin for its non-on forcemient. True, we might have wvhiiskey rings to light ini those particular count ies inl the future, but wvhat wvould they b)e as compared to the great State whiskey rinig now inl exist.ec? I believe that at least three-fourths of tihe count.ies ini tihe State wvould remain tuider the option of thle pro hib)ition la1w. Would that m.ot give us three-fourths of a victory, which is better than no victory at. all? figain, those counties would give us a1 tremendous leverage inl our future ghts. Thle only sound object.ion that can be urged againist he view that I pro. sent is that the present administra tion is hostile to prohib)ition, anid that, thorefore, the law might 1bo killod by a weak-kneed enforcemen thereof. Thero is somo force in sucl an argument, but, iII my judgient that objection will bo more than off set by the honelits that will accrue Remember, wo got rid of tho tremen dous influence of the dispensary it politics. With t he dispensary out o onr way and witi three- fourths ol the c-unties iii tho Stato it our bick surely we will be in a bet.or positit to push on to comy-leto victory. The plan which 1 advocato, in 1 nut-hell, mans to m11ake the most o our pro4vnt opportiitivs-to tak( throo-fourths of :. loaf ruther thim no lof it al1l-to tike and occpy the position from Which wo can mai the best fight. in tho future. It10 doe not. Iean a satrifice of principle. It meansllm that, ats practheal men, we Ir to seizo w-hat..is best. for us when the Opporl1unity ofrers; it me)Anktis that in our, jldgmilen1t it is better not, to have whiskey legally Sold inl t hree- fou rt h of tihe coultivs than to have it Sold in ill. To urgo tihat ,by doing its I lldvo. cato bWe hecone allbed with the whis key mllonk is all hosh and sentimient. We do nothing of the kitnd. On tho otlier lizmtd, if we are of fered prohibition iml t It reo fou rt.is of the countics ill tho Stite and fail to tiko it, where does tih1e responlsibility i? F"or my part, I un willing to takhe llt that wo can get, mlld then keep ()nt lightitg uititil %%0 get it ill. I ropoat tbat thtre is no saeritiie of principlo imvolved. It is a quos. tion of vXpe lielCV, w%hicli 11.unst. be settled inl at pralicticul way. Very truly yours, DANGI-Ct IN CAL.CIUM 4 AltIMIDE. Itillem ove-.13r1ing im Sale Ill New Vo,k- 1.1 tinel c(i A4--1% Wone (himV sohibiteli Superint,endert Murriy of the Bu reaui of Combustibles, has made regulations governing tho trauspor. tation, storaoge and sal of calcium carbide, which the firemen declare to be a source of danger in a burning building, becauso when water reachos it acetylono gas .is given off. A num bor of stores keep it for use in bicy cle lam1ips. Hereafter, in transit or o0n storage, it must be inclosed in horietically sealed iron receptacles narked "Dangerous, if not kopt dry." No pickago ma111y contiin mo10e than 100 pounds. It. inust bo stored in isolated biliigs that are firoproof iad wat.orproof. No artificial light or heat wiltl be permitted in tihe, building where it is stored. Not more I hian I wenity j oun rds, in bulk jIr iln citidtge., may be kept ini any store or fatr, .n this mest be in a fireproof satfe or vautlt atbove thIt street gradoe and3 i tiust be kept six inches abiovi' the fleor. The minmufact uro, t.ranlsportaition, strgi ae or*15 i isco liue!ied acetyv le is abs)oluttolv p)rohibited( wvithinl the limuits of tis - city.-New York Ao DV siC TOIt,ti,E H' '14 TOI,AV it. Sanutimen',t Thlat. Tisi, tie a Witte l M..n' (nOurnmn,,I --0n, nmltteo A pptolinted ti Wa t on0' tailhlrt. (Speciail to The13 Stamte.) Abb)eville, Jiii. o.-A mieetinig of thte cituzons of Abbevi lie was cal led thiis uafternoon001. M~r. Atug. W. Sm ithI aicte o a is secretaryt. lbhe ohbject. of thle tmeetintg, 3as ' xp ressed by cont ser vat i vo resoinetions ~wih were olTeredl by Mr. Wyatt A ikon'', wats to inIformi Mr. lH. R1. Tolbuert, Jr., that in v'iew of his r(cenI3t condciuct ini thle Phtoi. trtoinblo0 hii presenic1 herel is nob -31 sirable atnd for tIhe pe:ico amil good ordler of the commutoniity ho hadl best make1( hits ponmtl 1ein t. ahd bo0 ond the limits of thin (counmty. No obj'c. tion was olorod to his remiainin(g t0 tratnsaet necessatry bus5iiness, buit wats ad(1vised F-bat lie leave itS soon1 at possilo. The sotnco of the mneeing was that this is a whIite mantt's govermnl(t, and it would bo maintainied by the citi zons of this community. Messrs. Wyait Aikeon, L. C. Hats kell andl iJonOs F. Miller were imp pointed as a comrmit.too to iniforia Mr. Tolbert of t ho act ion taken b' t.hn meatinm. t 4 0 UNTV ti1i%'1.ItNA P. KN t' A CT. A A i -t ffo Provido fair lih t- C vity (tisvi.rn. tt. lit tar th, mtate - Gstme-'s. lit1 ViTavt FebI uttruy int. Section 1. IBo it enneted Iby the GvIeral Assemnbly of tIho SInt4. of South Caroliia: That. the olieo of Cority Supervisor ats flow providel by law shall continue aind the u-. 'essors of tho preseit. Stiptrvi ors shall be t-icted by the people at the next general election with a teri of ollivo fo: two years and until their 81nCessor's hl-111) b elected and quali lied ; anid such SupeI visors shall re ceive the pay anid execut the bond ais now provided by law except in the eounties of Barnw.iil, Grenville, Kershaw, Aitirlburo, Newb Irry, Or an gebli rg, Chester, Marion 1111(1 col leton where the salary shall bo six hundred (ollrS. In1 the County of Edgolield whre tie sa'amy 8111111 bo fouir hindred and fifty d-llars."* Ili lie County of (reevwood the slaryN sludil e vs ven hundr d dollars, )' ' vided tle Supervisor shaft slid hIis whole timo oil iho roads, and in tim" County of Ce1iSt'rtivld where the salary s11ll be six h111mdreId dollars and th 4 li 1and slh all lh1ve n1o clerk. That 'n Ab'evillo the Bollrd Osll havo no clerk. IN tho county of !ry, where the salary shall bo ithree huIndred dollars; in the county of Siludit where the salary of tihe( Supervisor Shall be four hiunidred, and t1 two Conunl1 ;oIlssi s shld be illow d t I ro dolllrs por diemi, riot to exceed thirty days in) inly one r, 1111 ill liho county of llneaster wlere the saltary of he Supll)?rvi,or shall be three hundered dollars per Sec. 2. That tie Governor shiall before ihe first day of Fobtnary A. D. I M!'(), u)n011 t he recor.. iiendat ion of the ivmembers of tho Geiiearl As sembly froin (h soveral couities or a iajority of them and before the first.of February of ea1ch slc(eeding two years thereafter appo'11t two persons from each county, Wiho shall be known as the Commitsioinor of tle county, anldN who shall act with the Supervisor in the governmental matters of tho county. Tim said Sapervisor a.nd Commissioner3 to gether to constitute a board to be known as tlie County Commissionors. That in th1e ( Counties of Lnicaster, Gieorgvtown, lRiebland find lBrkeley the ippoitlet of Said Coini1is sionlers shll lbe homade oi or beforo the lbst. ty of Apr.I U1). The Supervisor s11111 1 the Chairman of the Bloard of County Commissioners so to be0 continued; anid said BoaIrd at their first. meeting for organiizat ion ma y elect a1 clerk, except ini Abbeyviilit w hero tihe Board shl I have rio clerk, wh lihallll rice i vi such salarry as8 shlli bet fixed lby said lboa rd, at t heir first. mieit inrg, thle .vami' riot to (exceed' thle sumrl of t woi hund1(1redl dollairs, iexcepit in thIe Co,unties of Spnarinurg, l iihlanid arnd Charleston, wheiire theii snalnary shall11not e'xc(ed three hun dreid dolhars, rodi ini the County of Suiir where thle salhiry shaill hbe oe hminrired anid fifty dm)llars, and( in P'ickiens and1( Floirnce thi'eclerk shaIll receiv(t a siumi not etxceingiu~ sevenity liv doiolmrs arn.I ini Willi'itnsbmurg rnot ('eeedi ng lifty dl! IrS, andl ini (Or C'ounrt i's iof Larc*.m teir. York, (Georgit toni iirml (O)onmee tilit silrv~ (if theii clerk{ shall n etot b i more t han one hunredrir doi)llars, and in .1 )orchesteir shaull receive thle som n of thIire' udol Iiars por daiy of earch diy actuarlly1) in se rv iie, riot to exceedil twen ty Iivye d;iys in oach 3 iar, excempt ini thle County of Spart.aniburg, where thre rnirnibr of dais shiarll not exce.ed .forty idays. lACcpt inr thei couunty of Cheliste'rfiield wvliero t hey shall r eceivye twvo (101llars pier iday arid, live cents p)er mrilo for each miiile tr aveled in going to rarlni'rtuirniing fromt the mrietintgs of thle lloard at thle court. house ; ainil in ihe County of Lanicas ter' where they ihiall riceive twvo (do1 Ilirs for thieir services arid ini theii County of Greriville said( Commais. suiorners sallh each receivo two dlollars per day anid said Commiissiuniers shall u pon their apin))Ot mint 1be qualify as5 Sothier county otlicers ainil receivoe thleir tOrn ilIHhiOIitt fromn the (itwvor and Secretary of State without charge. Sec.' 3. That on tho first (ily of Fobrunary A. 1). 1899 the office of of County Commnisioners of Town ship CoinIisioiers as now provided by law to la appoiited by the Oov ernor shall Ie abolished, and tll) jurisdiction powel anid duties low d,'VolVVd I) IaW U(onI the 11)1)OiL tivt Boards of County and Township Comiss1i4oners is hereby deVOled ipo tOh BoaiiirdA of County Colimis iones horvin provided for to consist of thm Cott Sulw.rvisor and two Comml III is-iionor-1 anld all claiis igainst the0 COuntiet-1 b01 Valid sHall bm 11p provd inl writintg by it majority of said Board :ot k ntre01'd31 u1p011 their minutes, said llBoards so coistituted shall noet at the county seat it least '..nice a imlot,h for the transactionl o. busi1m ss: Provided, That the pro visions of t his Section hiliall go into elet in the CountiEs of .I,11emistorl, (G'eorgetowi Hichlanid, Oeonlev and t Beirkey on the first. (itv of April 1898 ami in (ie Countv of Aiken i on uw4 first dal of ii uly 1,898. Sec. -1. To Bo.d- of County CommhIllis:ciohn'rs and Yownhip Comi. missionors ljow appo'lltedl 1>y theo ouvernfor ferthe lippintmenvit, andl( qua11lification of the Coninmissonerg provided for ink thIi, Act, 0hl1l1 Con. tiiulo inl ofli( as Coity Boards of Equalizationl and Township Boordts if Asuewsors mitil their succes.ors Shall bo app'ointod anid t-ho Governor of this Stato is hereby authorized and vmilpowyelud eve'ry two year's to lIppo?in1t such Boards of County Ases sors Townsl.ip Assessors its tre now provided by Law for the appoinfitent t Of County Commihsionerl aid Town ship Commi4sioners. Such Boards S8hall Serve for two yers from the time of their appointment and nntil their stecessors are appointed unm d qiualified. Their terms to be co-tor minal w',Ii the Governor who ap points them), adI they shall receive SUCh pay a1s is now provided by law. ThE Chairman of tho Special Boards of Assessors shall be ex olicio mom bers of the County Boards of Equal izition. No'.hing in this Act con taiied shall be conitruct.ed so atfect the Special Boards of Assessors as Flow provided by law: Provided, Tiat inl G reenvi llo County tho Town ship Assessors provided for in this Act. shall be Township Commissioners as nlow constituted for Greenvillo County. Sec. 5. That Sections 1 and 2 of an Act approved 9th March, 189, (eititit led "'An Act to ameneid Sections 2;37t, 2:370 atnd 2102 of V'ol, I, 1e0 vised S tatute Is of 1893,'" b)0 anid the same1 are hlerebiy repeatled. Sec. 0. Tlhe Couinty Board of C immissioe)trs shuall haIveE the satme right and1( (ld 0 vutl i referenice to I lhe pre'partition of ju ry lista~ as are now deOvoIEl by lawv upon0 thle p resenlt Counfty Bloatrds of Counmnis-. Sec1. 7. TJhie provisions of this Act shall not epply tEo lauiiibetrg, 13mn - wvellI, Chest rr, F"inrfb-ldI, 1111unpt on, S partanbu1)1r'y K.r shia w andEE Clhorokooe C'ounty. Sec. 8. Tlht all Acts andE pairts of Acts inIconiistenlt w ithi this Act, be1 it.d tlIhe samer itro lier re p jeatled. Soc. 9. prov idEd, The prov isionis of thIiis Act shall not aipply to thme Coiunt ies (of Baimiberg, lBarniwellI, Che ster'I, Spaiirtr ibirg, Faii rield, (Cherokee, K(ersihaw~1, liaiinpt.on iand BiEaufEort . P rov ided( flmut her, TPhat thme prov'iions1 of t his Act shall apply13 I o I he Counties of ILanicasteor, George. ow, Rich landc anid Oc~ -neou oin and aft er the first day of Aplril A. 1D. 1898, at w'hiich tonme the Boardl of County Conmmissionmers p)rovided for mn this Act shall go inito oflico in sid countiebs; and1( in t hE' Conuty of A iken on thlE first Eday oif Juily', 1898; aind in id( 'ouinty the juries shall be listed anid drawn by thie Auditor, t he Treasurer atnE the ClE'rk of the C.ouirt without extrai pay anrd they are hero by3 dleclatred( to be the Board of Junry Coinmaissioners for such l~piirpos with atll the powers devolvedl by law upo sullicih floards. Ini thlE SEnaltEl Uouse the 16th (lay of F'ebriuairy in the year of our fjord one thioiisiand eight hu nd red and1( ninety-.night. UiF.N. WA cr r iiC 1M 1P.N 1'. tIe lVritre i t ile r - (;oe, loylt illm Notlet i for Puiigt t i it In referanco to the inuiliiritt Iltie >y Tho Stato ecterday of Gen. ['loyd, adjItnlit tld inspet01. geI. 3ral, regarding tho paymit or non. ,ay!m-nt, of Cheir quiotas to certain of .le ilitii, collpJip t 6, t hat. oflioial VIAH 1110ien yetI rdliv, but ho .t t. d hat he aliltd n t'iin1g to givo for plb. ieation ulponk tho subject at. presentet, ior did lie l1no% tlIt he wold havo t ill. Gen. Floyd wais as"ked if ho hadi ir id not received complimonts frvomi tIilitin captains that their respectivo 0111palnits had0 failed to recvive th noivy due t if Suich companlits lad or hId not boen trmcvived Ifter Ie monley wis revported soit oult, Jnd if aniy such ComlliintH had beenl oevived, how many. Thellso quels ionis (14,1n. Floyd said ho could not. inswer. liie 8ingled out i llso Il, i >ossible illusirlition, Saying it. was4 :n1own to him that at vortainl vaptainl IR(n recvived (Gil. Watfs' chock for hio amounit duo hli.- companly anld ,(, tho capt-ainl had nlot solit hiiH ro. vipt. The impression gained from Gien. 'toyd's Conl verat iowlla 1w11 t. I be. it-ved any irrm,11h11ritivs,or nlogligoencv f Suich exist(4d, ill tho ollium un1dolr is predec(ssor. would ho mat.isfaetorily djsted, butl he carefully refrained 10111 VXPrTSHing hiisolf for imblica ion i n defiIiit(j te4rItm, 1i d his refor 11CPS to Gii. WIlttH wero of t.e ilidest, natlro. It is uinderstood that On. Floyd ak the position that h is not tho >roi>r person to givo out at presolit, m1t.hing colncrnlIing what may havo eIcured diri ng his prod(cesor'ss erm1, s11 the governor is commander n chief of the militia, tid to him nything wrong must firt, he ro >ortod. Governor Ellerbo'. sickness >f the last few days iih provented 8is attentioli to business. Gln. Floyd lius said that, ho is tot tile man to cover up any wirong loiug that should bo exposed), llid lint the people havo confidenco inl lill is evidenco by his election to the 111eo h now holds. The folliwing comunication rom Gon. Watts is vohmntary, and iv Ist Hiteniiit of tho stat1s of 'o tHl Editor of The Stato. In tho is4lio of your papolr of Jal mry 27ith, iln the editorial column, lie folloinig hbeadlinte appeonr; olieve 1 nom thle proper one to tun The insHpection[ of thle il itairy omltpantidls for 189~8 wvas niot (com. 1et odtit ut il D:eember 31st forl the easonl thait, aifteor contstult ing withI lhe tunaiider-itn-chief, we decidhed to five I hosecopa Otlijttsi~ wItb vo)l ilnti't'red ni the laite war1 withI Spin at chanctci 0 pass8 inlpect ion1 aind got thir shalre if thle applhropriaLtion. I col not tatt on,my reorI)t tunt il all returuts veroi inl. Aly ropott wats not do ivereud to thle St ate priniter util ihout the1 sieonid wveek int JannaiJry. l did not sPIld out any1 (cks to thte >f my10 teot, so Iibat I coid chteck siiorrect.. Thle ch1eeks hav~e benH s(ent mIt to theii vaiouiis (opanies111 in thlei ')talto and the moneyti i- inl thlei banuk A) cover all theit cheeks. p)i-cto r general whyi~ thle chtecks weto [lot sonet out, ande lie wasi awar*e of Very respict.fi ully, - ,J. (Laar. W\Ar-rs. Nioody liu-i. "I Iramt Noboly:I wasi- inl the( miiuti w~ithI iuttoxicationi, andtu bronghit abmot at pairadoxical condiition1 o'f ting here,'' says 'l'hei lloston Tlranscripjt. 'Thui, alt hough fifty- fouir pe rsonst were iundeir arrest charged withI in tox icaition, Chanrgos wolrci preferreod agatint Nobody. No reason0r wa fontd for itnflicting a penualty onl a numttber of I tose peirsonsi, andu y(t Nobiody was iliehiargec 1. I 4 A iTA i' )I FICICR I N ':1.14 1 I i,is-l Oa 41nve rn- I I'IC 'lerho t a I sinte, (outlege El elw 1),4st s m4 Ili%u-4. - t~ietlig"li4 j (()sI till 1)4.. (Tbo State, 27th.) Senittor contnor, of (OIItrgebuIrg. will toulay int rodiel l concurrent roolultion flmt, til jiliciarylv commkillit toes of both brllichits of tli Golen Asstiimbly bo tiist.ittiti at comnmittev to Isertin ht her anly St il olli cil is holding an1tother oliceo it vi0 liation of a1rticlo 1, sotion 1-I, artilee 11, SOCtion 2, aid a rt ic!o Il1. sct ion 2 1 of t lho const it tit ion. This coiilit to t) alm tes illioli and to report) tt (1on. r.l .\-;st%Ilm bly not later thut Volb. lt01. Snaitor Conntor says thid when (lov. E4"Ilirbo hist Yvar, IIept P i an (,le,ctiv(% m11embmoship onl tho b-lard oW trtsteeo of Clesonl ( ollb.g , hi, vir Stial l vat'.itol t11(, , 'Ilicfio of (loveror,it I., Itti liavilg beoen recetly ilaga11t ed as Governor, it, huls virtually v.ii ca l t I IOs11 iOa aS mIl mhi( of teiv boartI of trust-es. 1h1r1o is anothor Clolv-mslm trustuo-, Seitor A1linlil, of 11111m1pton, wNho i-i holdinl" two po sitions of trust, and .8olator Coninor cltiis llhat oif- or tho ofitor is vit of!tvd. Tho proposod resoluihon N%i I also dinnaIl fni iinquiry Its to whother or not. Ihori IIr-o otlivialis it Iho Stlate capitol who atro violating" thlt shiatute forliddinag tiht aty Stato oflicor slhal appoint ina Ills Oflice any Iaa who is n1ot over six dogrees relinove-d inl consfunguIi nit,y and( afflility. i S tot iolim. uiiat tlims 'i. t tho Govellor's priviato setOry, - NI W. Boyd Eviis, is Initiarr hill to (It etiv or. thanti six <degres 'mlOVt4d, and this iwill debar Nilr. Eivans fromt hohulitig that position. Thort, aro (\wo condit ions t o bo Conifiroiat(td. Olle is whthe00or or not tho Ovneral Assembly will tlm likay action onl his r(wolutioi, and tIm 01h0r is whOthr th1 jOiitt CI1tti(t will do what is exp-cthed. MIr. Coan1 lior, CIiims that nio Stato oflicor, vx. oflicio or. othrwi-o', (!tl boit atim - bor of fitc tird of trustoes of i Stiato institationl. ThI fo1owirg <bitta, Covering( Ia priod of 28 yours, hiavo betn (c.li piled fromt tho Weat'holr 1litil re (11rdS at. Chat-sim "n,4ouith Carlolina. Alnith of Fobr,try for 28 years. TEM PFH.ATO I(:. Mll or norm-Ial tompolraturv TPhel warmteist motth wasI1 thlat (If Thet I tlst mth wtht of l'.tia I 1)5, w t t an averatgo of -1I degres detgr'eets onl L'edrua iry IN8, 18.1. IThe iowe'sItt teperat lrt was 1 2 dot. gresot Vihruartiy 8, 1 SIl. Av'era.gem aSte 0 nl whi'bI tirs-t. "k)ill A vetingo dato ont which Iltst "kLill nug' frt'si )occurtrel itt spinlg, NI iarch laF<'JITllATlI *N. 1I1!o ii int!t (i siiIw: A v.rtge fo ItIH. be m Iouth, l It inches Aver age l o rlof <bt1 it .0 of t an i or m11.1, 1111 ' . OI 'i~ If; i ;Il ro, IN mI. l reiia 8i5 was1 10. Wa inebs itt I". 2 ,I81. The least inonthl priptaio Therat e ~Itst moono-d ~ of pr14ipitra.l Ftrti recrde n 27, ons-entiv. hours(was I"t rinchest 01n Febrad, The reaest rnent otf snowifalli FILIPINO TROUBLE SERIOUS \i U N.l I .( ) ( I Te ( I )ll':' ggel 03g.g. 11n11 I 0 SC C tO. F4 t T . li g %(MINAL I 14 10E I- ilsmietv 'siteistie, #.r Artillery by A 1i1' 1114-al ' l -Se 'trv Ex.-I. e im I l'i' .. An ila, )fil. 2..--The R puli. Can1, ollivial ol-ran or tho Philippinler, aittiNIcS thilt tih Cigrvti at Mi lolmi 1111H adoped theo Iilippinlo colst it IItionl alld a1118 f voto of (10onfidi'nlco ill A".itltdo ind] (Ampow 01,0d hinm to dlech'ris war oil thle A wrianlls whnievo r hf demils it 111 visublo. At a ni'8 eIoting of womeni lit, Ctvit v yi stord,ly it wat n si a111s11mti (Illyr. e v- to pvtitioni Agnin illo for. pormissionl to tako n114.n'm pliwo in deflnso of idlopondencltnd lo I aolr lirills. An Amvrican sentry yomte-rday OVIning liihl. d a calptallinl of tho Filiy. ino al t illmr it , illt an ut.pot. nit. Ar s at rosult 1the i.tivv pross is 111te svi) vxcitmd aIn doii h nlws tho hiomhicido is "cowardly assiasin atl ion. " OtI 1I'lIt K X1: E1e A0 .N :IOm N.: Mlatiln, .hm. 20, vin Hlong Kon" ,fill. 2.1. - Th idopowienciat today issid ait miplomnit Containing a Aispilleht purpoiorlng to colo from Alidlt, tho sont Of heth r0bl govorn ein, lvt. I. comnliilts ptm1ol tl)uha - poilntilltO t,Co cion,i ''is tjon, and Says: "Th'l Filipin0turaiti lystipct. this is at nlow atotimp); to hum11blig. Mil .1ew%vy and Sponvor Prat promiod 11s indepolndnllco if t hit) VilipiDO 1rpubb1t 1 WaI HtaiblO. The10 Filipinos aro disillitHioned. Ti(ey belit,vo tho commissiol io t ro to gitnl t iio till thy havo alcumulated formidablo fores when Amorica, aibusing bor stringth, wfl bgi it war to grat.ify hol. novereignty." I'l'o Indoplidolwil tholn allge i'at. aill Ulm cOmmIll issiiorors 111 ar parllti mitas of colonlild expansion anld ifl deitally lssts that, tho archbishop also fivor'4 annoxationl, "With 1i.0 solo ohjoct of giigiesmahe of Ctho (iiing sido, immatheyil whlic', ill th intoresk of tho rol.ou.t cor. porat(ionks." TIhV FilipinOA Of io(oCan11 mJI w (alft'll mlistatking l ilt luIe i y x chang1d b0t.W0e BritiAh and (4r nium war.hips n Jantuary 18, move<d thlrv thousand mon to he front in or-dolr of bat-h, covoring tmh ad.in emit couirlly, it thy did not alt liltort from119 Wlthe'' intro i.dia