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E TA BLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., FIrW AY, JULY 4, 1902. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAE FIGHT IN THE SENE. BAILEY OF rEXis AS4AUt S sEVER IOGE OF INDI.ANA. The Ttxao Resenled th- As'er-to. that he Had Made an "UbwArrant-d Atracsk" and Demands an Apllgy, Which is Refuaed-CatcheA Beveridge in the Collar But is Pulled Off. Washington, Jane 30.-Senator Bailey, of Texas, ass-tled Senator Beevridge, of Indiana, tonight just after the Sentte had adjourned from legislative session. Tbe Texas Sen ator was dragged away and separated from his opponent by some of those about the Senate. He was very an. gry and threatened severe harm to thb Indiana Senator. The episode was the result of heated controversy which the two senators had during the afternoon, when Mr. Beveridge had said that Senator Bailey had made "an unwarranted attack on So licitor Penfield, of the State depart ment. In legislative session Senator Beveridge, like other Senators who smoke, lighted a cigar and took a seat on the Republican side. He was still sitting there when the Sen ateadjourne3. Seuator Bailey crossed the aisle and walked through the seats until he was facing Senator Beveridge. "Beveridge," he said, "I don't want to have any trouble with you, 'but I want you to withdraw those ioras which charge me with making an unwarranted attack upon Pen "I did not intend to insult you," replied Senator Beveridge, "and there is nothing in my language that, you ould consider offensive." "I don't allow any one to say that "I libel a man and that is what you do in.making t)ie charge. Now, if you aet withdraw the words when I ask you I'm going to make you with '-aw them." Senator Bailey had been getting mere and more angry and excited as he talked. He had been sittig down part of the time or leaning -.against the desk immediately in front of Senator Beveridge. The latter in reply to Senator Bailey's last remark, still remainiDg in his ebair, said: "I repeat that I did not intend to ifusult you and that I have nothing to retract." As these words were ut'ered Sena tar Bailey threw himself upon Sena tor Beveridge, who is a man hardly up to the average in physique, and seized him by the throat with both hands. The rush was so sudden and fierce that the chair in which Mr. Beveridge was sitting was pushed back against the desk and the desk was toppled over. Before the as -sault could go any further Senators who bad been sitting near had moved up between the desks. Senator Hansbrou b, of North Dakota, seized Senator Bailey by one arm and Sen ator Spooner seized the other. * The Texas Senator is a powerful man, and it was with great difficulty that the two Senators were able to drag bim away from Senator Bever idge, and when they succeeded a part of the Indiana Senator's neck wear was ripped and torn away in the,vigorous grasp of Senator Bailey. Senator Bacon, of Georgia, and Bar ney Saylor, assistant doorkeeper, came quickly forward and assisted in pulling the Texas Senator further away, Senator Bailey meanwhile struggling to get free and lunging toward Senator Be.veridge. As he was removed a little distance he was heard to utter somn:thing that sound ed like a threat about killing. Without furt her effort, however, he walked away when Senator Bacon urged him to be quiet arid led bim toward the D-mocra-ic side. Sena tor Bac>n engaged Senator Bailey in conversation for some time, ad vising him to cool down. Senator Spooner also went across the aisle and discussed the~ matter with the Texas Senator, urging~ him to apolo gize and if possible fix it up at once. But Senator Bailev refused all such proffers, declaring that Senator Bev. eridge had insulted him in the Sen ate and that he had taken the only course left, as the Indiana Senator had refused to withdraw his remarks. Se.inato Bvridg remamned ir the clihinh*-r for some 110A timE and coutinued to smoke bis cigar He remarked to those who spokE to him on the subject that it did not amonnt to anything. HE madt+ no E fOrt to resist or resent the attack made on him In fact the whole thing was over in a very brie interval before much resistance coulc have been offered. When Mr. Beveridge was asked tonight if he had any statement tc make regarding the assanlt commit. ted on him by Mr. Bailey he ex pressed great regret over what had occurred and said he had no personal resentment over the matter. ThE conversation between them immedi ately before the trouble, Mr. Bever. idge said, was substantially the same as that which had occurred in the Senate chamber regarding the attacli on Judge Benfield, who is an Indi ana man, except that on his part it was milder in tone. Mr. BeveridgE said that he was not excited, but re. mained cool and collected, and ex pressed to Mr. Bailey his wish tha their relations might continue agree able. Mr. Beveridge denied that he had been choked by Mr. Bailey. Accord. ing to his version the Texas Senatol had made a lunge at him, but hif arm was caught by Senator Spooner before the threatened blow landed. PO81D AS & MAN! A Chapter in the Life of ?2rs Hughes-The Alleg. d Murderess Is Supposed to be In Washington In Male Attire Boa Been Running a Salcon in Danville, Va. (Greenville News, July 2nd ) The people of Greenville and, in fact, every newspaper reader in the State, may recall the exploits of Mrs Mattie A. Hughes, of Greers, this county, who was four times tried here for killing her husband. The case was afterwards continued from term to term and at last dropped. While out on bail Mrs. Hughes was arrested on the charge of violat ing the dispensary law and a case against her on that charge is still on the dockets of the court. She left Greenville and went to Spartanburg, where she lived for a couple of years and Where she was alleged to have run a blid tiger. Thmngs became a little warm for her in that town and she finally left for parts unknown, and it is said that she left in man's attire. Nothing has been heard of her since she left Spartanbuag, about twelve months ago, but it is now thought that she has turned up in Washington According to The Post of that city a supposed man and a real woman were arrested on the be lief that they were fngitives from justice. The "man" turned out to be a woman, who is supposed to be Mrs. Hughes. .She was engaged in the saloon business at Danville, Va. She said she carried on the business very sne cessfully, and that she assumed male attire because a license would.not be issued to a womran in Virginia. She said she associated with men, drank with them and did everything in a mannish way. She had had several pictures taken in male attire and with male companions. These she produced and showed them to the officers. In several of them she wore a false mustache. She added that she gave up the saloon business in Danville because of tbe increased license and that she came to Wash ington with her companion for the purpose of living for a time. She had money, diamonds and jewelry. The officers went to the house and searched the woman's trunk and other baggage. They fonnd a com plete man's outfit-new suits, shirts collars, cuffs, extensive sole shoes hats, razor-and a handsome revol ver. They also found several letters but none bore a name. Each born simply the number of a postoffic< box. The letters were mysterious ii their character an.d the police deter mined to know more about the woman She went under the name of Fran1 Gibert in Danville, but she is be lieved to be Mrs Hughes, of Green ville. There being no charge upo which they could be held, the tw wmen were dismissed. CHARLESTON WINS AT LAST, APPROPRIATION FOR TRIE EXPOSI TION AGREED T0. There was a Fight Against It Io the House and at thti Morning Session the Appro priation of 6160,000 was l>,iagreed to-4t the Night Session. How ever, the House Reversed It self auci the Appropria tton agreed to. Washington, June 30.-Without a division the house tonight passed the amendment to the urgent de ficiency bill, carrying $160,000 for the relief of the Charleston Exposi tion Company. The amendment, which was inserted in thN senate at the instance of Senator Tillman, has been in conference for several days past. The house conferees made a stubborn fight against it, and when it was submitted to the house in the morning their action was sustained. A further conference being asked, the senate conferees refused abso lutely to recede from their amend ment, claiming that the house, hav ing acceded to the Buffalo relief appropriation of $500,000, Charles ton should not be left out in the cold. To break the deadlock the conferees of the lower house finally gave in and their report was adopted. Charleston's relief appropriation was obtained only through the persistent efforts of Senator Tillman, who by getting it through the senate, won half the fight. Representative Fin ley ably defended the item in the house today and has been energetic in its behalf. PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL. Wash- gton, June 30.-In the house Today Mr. Cannon, chairman of the appropriation committee, called up the conference report on the general deficiency appropriation bill. The report left in dispute items aggregating $1,905,000, in cluding the appropriations for the Buffalo and Charleston expositions. The report was adopted. Mr. Alexander, of New York, asked for a separate vote on the appropria tion of $500,000 for the Buffalo ex position, and Mr. Finley, of South Carolina, for one on the appropria tion of $I60,000 for the Charleston exposition. Mr. Alexander made a strong plea in favor of concurrence in the senate Buffalo exposition amendment. He declared that the success of the Exposition was assurcd when the assassination of President McKinley occurred. Mr. Alexander's motion to concur in the Buffalo exposition amendment was carried-118 to 101. Mr. Finley, of South Carolina, then entered his motion to concur in the Charleston exposition amend ment. "If the members will give me a yea and nay vote," said Mr. Can non, "I am willing to vote now. I want to see whether the New York members will keep faith with their South Carolina friends." "I desire a few minutes," said Mr. Finley. "My people are greatly in terested in the matter." "Debate is unnecssary," observed Mr. Cangion, "if you have made your deal." (Laughter.) Mr. Finley made an earnest argu ment in support of his motion. When the people of South Carolina inau gurated the movement for an exposi tion, he said, they believed that Charleston would be treated by con gress as other exposition cities had been treated. They were entitled to $250,000. They obtained only $90, 000. The appropriation of $160, 000 in the senate amendment would give them what they should have had originally. Mr. Cannon spoke sarcastically of the "cohesive force of puDlic plun der." He had lived to see the day when the State of John C. Calhoun, the champion of State's rights came in here and struck hands with New York to get through the New York appropriation. "I changed my vote on the last vote," said he, "for the purpose of moving to reconsider, in order that if the New York people failed to keep faith with their South Carolina allies the latter could revoke their vaos Bnt t he gentleman from New York (Mr. A' x:oaler) was too shrewd for me. I was overruled. I am against. this appropriation, as I was against the .ther." Mr. Finley's motion to concur in the Charleston ;oendment was lost" -71 to 118. "At the night session the house reversed itself and assented to th? senate amendment making an appro priation for the Charleston exposi tion. A BILLION-DOLLAR sESSION. Statements of the Representailvea of the Two Parties as to the Appropriations Made by Cougress. Washington, July 1.-Chairman Cannon, of the House of Represent atives, today presented a statement of the appropriations made at the present session of Congress, showing a total of $750,063,837, not includ ing the large amount that will be re quired for the isthmiau canal, and public building and river and harbor contracts. In his statement Mr. Can non says in part: "An analysis of this table shows that the total estimated expenses forecast by the legislative department aggregated $776,348,318; that the total appropriations made, exclusive of $50,130,000 toward an isthmian canal, aggregate $870,063,837. The appropriations made in the regular annual bills for the ordinary expenses of the government, payable during the fiscal year 1903, aggre gate $595,502,705, which, with great er sums carried under permanent appropriations and exclusive of the amount required by the sinking fund, makes a total of $665,428,925. In the nature of things and in the light of past experience this entire sum will never be expended, but will probably be reduced in the neigh borhood of 10 per cent. The reve nues of the government as now esti mated on the basis of the revenue re. duction legislative enacted at this session amount to $640,520,630. The xpenditures to be made under the appropriations of this session will ot exceed $600,000,000, or a sum pproximating $40,000,000) less than Lhe revenues which we expect to de rive under the revenue laws as revised y this Congress." Representative Livingston, of Geor gia, the ranking Democrat of the ap ropriations committee, submitted a statement showing, with the inclu ~ion of the isthmian canal, river and arbor and other prospective expend itures, appropriations of one billion ollars during the past session. His statement says in part: "The direct appropriations made t this session of Congress, including Ihe isthmian canal appropriation, each the astonunding aggregate of 80,193,837. To this sum should e added the further amount of $259, ~73,215 to include contracts author bhorized to be entered into in addi-, ion to the specific appropriations which are made. These contracts ~uthorized are in the nature of prom tsory notes of the government, issued by this session of Congress, to be 1 net and liquidated in the future, and onstitute as much a part of the ap. propriations chargeable to this ses lion as are the specific appropriations nade, and which are to be expended, riot at once, but throughout the com ng fiscal year. "The two qums aggregate $1,059, 577,052. The appropriations, in cluding authorized contract-s, of this session, exceed those, including con tracts, of the last session by $270, 798,102. "The last session of the 53d Con gress for the liscal y ear 1896 was Democratic in both brauches, and the government was administered by Mr. Cleveland. It therefore affords ground for tbe purpose of compari son. The difference b)etween the tot al then and now amuounts to the start ling sum of $558,88l,76S, or more than as much again as it required to conduct the affairs of government under a Democ atic Congress and Executive." M1illions of People in the past sixty years all over the world could testify to the ster.l worth of Painkiller rmade by l'erry Davis, as an unfailing~ remedy~ for roughs, colds. brochitie: try it whamn you have those cold chills in your back-it is a pleas ant drink when prepared according to H TADIl lannounced to ti few days ago of a 1 Thousands of pec i this sale the-past fE filled my promises the people the Gr Values ever place berry people. Thi: sale Newberry has cent years. Two b Embroideries and price. If you don the biggest values quit the Dry Goods . I Also Offer Eye Openi 100 doz. Ladies Drop Stitt kind, for this sale 19c. 50 doz. Ladies' Gauze Vest A BIG LINE OF WASH ( I don't intend to c, of Summer goods son. 5 pcs. 36 inch Black Taffeta as it lasts at 68c. 5 pcs. 36 inch Black Taffei a yard and placed on sale at 9 I believe I am sel than all the store bined. You may ro a shadow of a dou find the greatest member I allow no me if I have got'to Al I Get Ready [. I IFYOU C2 W A MIMNI TheLeading StorE OUTH CAROLINA'8 MOST UNIQUE or transport for ANTI-ISTOLLAW.State, any pistol Went Into Effect Yesterday--Cief~ Ob- weight. Any v ject Is so Prevent the sale of the tion shall be pui Deady Wepon.not more than o [The State, July 2nd.] or iprisonment The Cooper "pistol law" went into The act exemi ffect yesthrday. This act passed in the actual discha I?ebruary, 1901, but was not to be- and shall not apj ome operative until Juliy 1, 1902, or keeping of llowing the hardware dealers near- while on their ov Ly 18 months in which to reduce It is also stip1 :heir stock. Indeed it was intimated* forfeiture shall g, t the time that the enemies, of the of the county in measure thought that by deferring of the act occurr the time for the law to begin to take The following effect it co Id be killed at a subse feature of the quent session of the legislature. looked: "In case And just such an attempt was made, satisfaction of t but the advocates of the law greatly or magistrate1 outnumbered those who sought to*ofne stid repeal it. A slight verbal amend offendi trieds, ent, not changing the force of thepesnopre law, was inserted, but this was the person o props >nlychage mde.erty, he may in The "Cooper law" provides: "That ipend sentence." from and after the first day of Jay This act alst 1902, it shall be unlawful for anyacsionstt one to carry about the person Temi e whether concealed or not, any pistolla istsu less than 20 inches long and 3 lani te cari pounds in weight. And it shall bethnheari unlawful for any person, firm or effect of the l1 copaton to sell or offer for sale i until the cheap EISING PAYS. he trading public a ig Embroidery sale >ple have attended w days. I have ful and have set before eatest Embroidery d before the New 3 sale eclipses any ever known in re ig tables piled with Insertions at half 't pronounce them you ever saw I will Business. - ers in all DepamIents. h Hose, the regular 25 and 35c for this sale 10c worth 20c. OODS AT HALF PRICE. arry a dollars worth until another sea worth 98c., for this sale as long :a Silk jnst landed worth $1.50 7Te. ling more dry goods s in Newberry com hst assured beyond bt that your dollars worth here and re house to undersell give you my goods. and Come! ANT RiDE I L1K of Newberry, S. C. ale or use into this b3gin to wear out. In order to get of less length and a pistol it will be necessary to send dation of this sec- out of the State to get it, and the ished by a fine of law may in this way curtadl the sale ne hundred dollars, of pistols in the future. But there for not more than has for years been prohibitory law against carrying concealed weapons, >ts peace officers in and this new statute can do no more rge of their duties, to accomplish that end than did the >y "to the carrying former law. By turning the fines pistols by persons into the school fund a coup may have m premises.'' been secured, for if trustees and alated that fines or patrons of a district school should o to the school fond band themselves together to secure which the violation the arrest of the negroes and irre ed. sponsible whites who carry deadly is a very unique weapons, then there would be no act which is over- further talk of lack of funds with it shall appear to the which to conduct the public shools. he presiding judge This act repeals all acts inconsist before whom such ent with it, and the lawyears will that the defendant have to settle the question whether to fear injury to or not it repeals the "concealed rty and carried said deadly weapon" law which embraced ct himself or prop- Lillies, slung shots, dirks, etc., while his discretion sus- the new act relates solely to pistols. repeals all former with this or.e.Ofethovraxdognofigs ature of the Cooper to r u o epb yppi' res the lievat er copatsboedires.Sh g of pistols, and thetrulsclfopoptsefD. av may not be felt Kn' e iePls hyaegn tl, hoouh nd gurneed cre pisol nwivoed" 2compt larists. oe iodr.Sc