The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 15, 1898, Image 2
^KE COUNTY REGQ30.
gaSlPublished Every Thursday
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J IAGS'tUEE. SOUTH CAROLINA
BY
C. W. WOLFE .
Editor and Proprietor.
Once more the machine supersedes
<Vo Iliio fimo it ia thfl nlintn
graphic camera that enters a new field
against manual labor. A young woman
of Chicago has invented a method
of mapping off silhouettes with hexmachine;
silhouettes so perfect and
so far superior to any hand-made
article as to be quite unique.
The State Board of Control of Iowa
has given its official approval to a
measure providing that hereafter there
shall be no distinction on the ground
of sex m tiie salaries paia 10 xeacuers
employed in the schools and other institutions
in tho State under its supervision.
Under this order teachers of
a given grade or class will receive
equal pay for like work, whether they
are men or women.
A ton of coal can be carried a mile
for a cent, even by rail; and water
carriage is cheaper still. Yet the
total consumption of coal for all purposes
is now so vast that the tax for
transportation is a heavy burden. In
England a strong organization ha3
been formed which purposes to take
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me coai ai> me uiuum ui iu? imut.i,
li
convert its energy into electricity, and
BUpply power by conduction to a dense
manufacturing district. This plan
not only saves the shipment of coal
but puts an end to the smoke nuisance.
The effective gunnery of the purchased
cruiser New Orleans proves
that we may study with advantage the
developments and achievements of
foreign ordnance, says the New York
Herald. Her battery shows surprising
energy, and the gun mounts
are superior to anything we have
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anoat lor similar cauere mueeu, me
ship itself illustrates an advanced
type, for though classed with the
Cincinnati and Ealeigh the English
built New Orleans, save in interior
comfort, outranks \he American cruisers.
The new woman has scored the victory
of her eventful life iu Newark,
N. J. A Judge in that advanced town
has decided that wives belonging to
clubs have a legal right to a latchkey
and to return home at any of the small
hours that best suit them, and that
husbands who oppose this right as
an exclusive one of their own are
liable to arrest and fine. This disposes
of the whole vexed question.
The latchkey unlocks the last fetter
binding downtrodden wo nan to tyrannical
conventions, muses the Baltimore
American.
The masticatory praclices of the
bicycle rider are explained by a Wisconsin
humorist on the ground that
the gum on the tire of the vehicle requires
a corresponding tire on the
gums of its rider. The theory presents
an example of Wolverine wit, but does
not pretend to be scientific, and the true
explanation of the connection of the
exercises is yet to seek. The propriety
of their divorcement is recognized in
some quarters, however, and a young
ladies' cycling club in Canada has
joined in a pledge not to unite them,
at least in public. It is a commendable
resolution, and will greatly increase
the members' attractiveness
singly and collectively.
Along with reports of an unusually
lorrra nntnnt. nf hnnks from the nub
lishmg centre comes the statement
that publishers were never so deluged
with manuscripts as they have been
within the past few months. But
how shall we explain the increase in
manuscripts? This writing habit has
been growing upon the whole human
race. And the cause, once we reflect
on th8 intellectual history of the past
twenty or thirty years, is plainly to be
seen. It lies in tho spread of educa^
tjon; the improvement of the commor
tViA increase in attendance at
colleges at a reduction in experses
the enormous increase in libraries,
free and not free; the spread of suet
systems'of instruction as the one al
Chaatauqua, the free traveling libra
ries, and the general decline in ttu
cost of books and magazines. To ge'
an education has become a mere mat
ter of taking the time to get it. I1
lies within the reach of all who desir<
it. And hence we have had a tre
mendous growth in the nnmber o
those who know how to write?wh<
have acquired ideas, power to express
themselves,aad self-confidence enoagl
think
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raoijysil!
Curtain Lowered on the Last Scene
in the treat Drama.
IMPRESSIVE AND SOLEMN
Was thtr Occasidfc When the Arbiters of the
OU1 and the Mun% Nation Met to Affix
Their Si<rna*|res to the Treaty.
Pakis (By Chble). ?The signing of
the treaty Saturday night would have
afforded a subject for a great historical
1.1 3 1 !
painting. me group gaiuureu uuu>u j
the table in the stately chamber of the !
Foreign Office was impressive in itself,
while the fact that the sense of the momeutousness
of the issues which tho
act decided was deeply felt by all the
participants, gave an impressive and
solemn tone to this scene. Around the
great mahogouv table sat the ten arbitrators
of the destinies of an old and a
young nation. Hanged standing behiud
them were uumerous attaches of the
American commission. To the Ameri- j
cans it was a hupp}' endiug of the epi- j
logue of war; for tho Spaniards it was
plainly a bitter tragedy, none tue less j
painful because long foreseen. They |
I sat silently as inougn aimosi crusuuu
and none could withhold sympathy
from Seuor Montero Rios. the president
of the Spanish commission, who, coming
from his bed. was bundled in a
great overcoat, although logs wero
burning in the firepluce near by. At
7:3U Mr. Arthur Ferguson proceeded to
read first the English and after that the
Spanish version of the treaty. This
finished, two copies were passed around
the table, the commissioners signing
them in the order of the rank: William
R. Dav, Senator Cushman K. Davis,
Senator William P. Frye, Whitelaw
Reid and Senator George Gray; Senor
Montero Rios, Senor Abarznza, Senor
Gcmica, Senor Yillauritia and General
' y S:una, each commission signing its
, opponent's treaty. Both were tied
p with the Spanish and American colors.
| When the seals were prepared to be afj
fixed, attendants weie sent scurrying
I for ribbons of the French tri-colors with
which the documents were sealed as a
compliment to the French hosts of the
commission.
Many officials interestedly watched
every detail of the proceedings. The
last seal being impressed, the commissioners
rose and without formality,
each member shook the hands of all of
his antagonists and exchanged assurances
of his personal esteem. The
Spaniards afterward commented acridly
upon what they termed the bad
taste of the Americans in mustering a
crowd of attaches to gloat over the consummation
of their downfall and to
scramble for relics. '1 he treaty ae
signed consists 1? articles, it having
been found advisable to sub-divide two
or three of the articles in the draft
agreed upon at the last meeting. The
commissioners of the two nations
wrote their signatures on two copies of
the treaty, one copy Deing ior ioe archives.
The document was prepared
by Secretary Moore, in behulf of the
United States commission aud by Senor
Villauritia for Spain, on account of
the continued illness of Secretary Ojeda,
of the Spanish commission. Each
copy contained the English and Spanish
texts of the treaty in parrlloled columns.
Floods on the Mississippi.
The subcommittee of the Senate committee
on commerce, appointed to investigate
the floods in the Mississippi
river under the resolution of April 21>,
18!)7, and to make recommendations for
their prevention in the future, held a
meeting in Washington and practically
agreed upon the form of the report to
be made to the full committee. The
subcommittee presented tue results 01
its laborers in a printed volume of over
500 paces, civinc the testimony taken,
tocetker with several maps and illustrations
pertinent to the work in hand.
$2,000 for a Christmas Dinner.
Tho Omaha, Neb., World-Herald has
sent by teleprapb $1,000 to the First
Nebraska Reciiuent, located in Manila,
and the same amount to the Third Ne
nrasau nc^iuieui, iu v uuu. inm ujuuey
is contributed at the solicitation of
'i he World Herald by over 3,000 contributes,
and is sent to the two regiments
to provide for a Christmas dinner.
Accident to the Massachusetts.
A telegram recoived at the Navy Department
from New York says that the
battleship Massachusetts, soon after
leavius the New York navy yard for
Hampton Roads, struck an obstruction
near Governor's Island aud three of
her corni artments were torn opeu. bhe
was takeu back to the navy yard at once
aud has been placed in dock to ascertain
the extent of her injuries.
The Plu? Tobacco Trust.
The Continental Tobacco Company,
which takes over the pluv: interests of
the American Tobacco Company and
also absorbs the entire business of
John Ftozer & Brothers, of Louisville;
i 1'. H. Mayo & Brothers (incorporated),
t of Richmond, Va.; the P. J. Sorjr
Company, of Middletowc, O.; Daniel
; Scotton & Co., of Detroit, aud the eu- ;
? -- - r a.i_ ^ t> t it j
lire coiDiuuu block oi iu? i. uorumru
Company, has beeu incorporated under
! the taws of New Jersey. i'lie author
ized capital stock is $7.),000,000,
Col. Bryan Resigns.
^ Col. William J. Bryan, of the Third
> Nebraska Regiment, has eitlier forwarded
his resignation to Washiugton,
or is about to do so. Of this there
1 seems to be no doubt,
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Postal System of Porto Rico.
5 The report of the committee to invest
tigate the postal service (which is c??m!
blued with the telegraph service), in
i speaking of the service under the las^
year of Spanish rule says: Total ex3
penditures were, sa aries of postmasters,
who performed both telegrapuic
and uostal dut es, $4;J,of clerks,
t $61,900; and rent, $7,8.j9. 'lhe total
> revenues of both telegraphic and postal
services were $197,083, and the ex'
penses $286,020, leaving a dehcit of
i $89,537.
iiiSSH
Columbia. The beer privilege ques- j
tiou is a difficult one for the State board r
of control to regulate. So many re- t
quests are made for these licenses, and 1
there are many rumors of these privil- 1
eges being abused. The policy of the *
board seems to be to refuse further .
petitions for privileges aud to keep a j
strict watch on those who have them. | j
At the meeting of the State board;
Wednesday there were a number of
privileges which were refused, and
there were other matteis which came
up in couDection with the sale of beer. :
It was stated before the board that a
carload of beer which was consigned to ^
the military officers at Greenville had
been seized by Constable LaFar, but
had afterward been released by Gov.
Ellerbe. When seen about the matter
later, the governor said that he had re- i
leased the beer provided it be used for
"personal use" only, and that no
further orders of the kind be made, .
which was agreed to by the officers who
were really ignorant of the law. A ,
communication from Mr. J. H. Dos- /
cher, president of the Germania Brewing
company of C barleston, w as ro
ceFved. Mr. Doscher stated that foreign ]
breweries bad an advantage over bis j
"bome enterprise."' When asked to j
submit bids for furnishing beer to the (
soldiers at Summerville, the Georgia ]
breweries made bids lower tnan bis in j
the exact proportion of the royalty
which he paid the State. He had cut (
his prices to meet the reduction, and ^
was low selling at a loss. He asked for j
hit royalty to be moderated, or that the j
other breweries be checked. Mr. ^
Doscher's letter was received as in- ^
formation, but it apprised the board (
that the dispensary law was boing fla- ?
grantly violated at Sumuierville. The f
dispenser at baluda is in a bad fix.
There is uo bank at that, place, and he (
has been making deposits with a mer- f
chant, who recently skipped, leaving |
a lot of creditors, among them the dispeuser
and unpaid bills to the amount :
of several thousand dollars. Mr. L. B. j
Dean, the dispenser, came before the j
board and made his statement. He said .
that in the absenee of a bank, money j
order office, or express office at Saludu,
he had for 14 months been checking .Mr. (
Geo. W. Merriam, a local merchaut, '
who seemed to have some means, and 1
who bad the confidence of every one. '
Mr. Dean pr< seuted a petition signed
by the county Soaid of control, State
Treasurer Tiuimermau and other people
of influence, asking that the State
board refund the loss. This was a
knotty question for the board to haudle.
The Stoinmeyer case was cited as a
precedent, but it was suggested that
Steinmeyer was actually knocked down
androbbed,while this man wasdefrauded.
But Steiniueyor was surrounded by
osnk and safety deposit vaults, while
Dean acted as he thought best aud
used the only means of communication
at hand. Mr. Hasolden said that he had
had a similar personal experience, when
he had had no lenient creditor to refund
the losses aud it had taught him
that business and sentiment didn't go
together. He was very sorry for Mr.
Dean, but as a custodian of State funds,
he didn't think it right to refund the
money. However, he wanted more
time in which to consider it. At the
afternoon session the Union case was
taken up and argued bv Messrs. B. F.
Townsend and V. E. l)ePass, for Mr.
Sartor, and Messrs. Sawyer and William
Munro, for Mr. Palmer. The
board, after carefully listening to the
arguments, decided to let the judicial
department decided the right of Mr.
Lyles to act as a member of the county
board, but as Mr. Palmer's petition had
not been filed 20 days before he was
elected dispenser, his election was declared
void.
It will be gratifying to the people of
South Carolina to know that this State
furnished as many naval reserves as
any other State, in proportion to the
white population. Such is shown in
the report of the assistant secretary 01
the navy just published. New York
headed the list with 45) officers aDd 805
men; Illinois, It) officers and 70!) men;
Maryland, 24 officers and 425 men;
Massachusetts, 38 officers and 384 men;
New Jersey, 34 officers aud 373 men;
California, 13 officers and 80 men; Connecticut,
15 officers and 188 meu; Florida,
6 officers and 1)3 men; Louisiana,
l!) officers and 278 meu; Michigan, 11
officers aud 270 men; North Carolina,
51 officers and ISO men; Pennsylvania,
15 officers and 84 men; Rhode Island,
8officers and 147 meu; South Caroiiua,
18 officers, (".mates aud 203 men; Virginia,
2 officers aud 02 men.
Columbia.-Among the schools which
are doing a good work in our city is
the parochial school of the Church of
the (iood Shepherd. Starting nearly
nine years ago, it has educated many
of the boys and oris of Columbia,
some of whom have taken a high stand
in the advanced schools and colleges of
the city, aud not a few are tilling acceptably
and to their credit different .
_r l:r . ..^l i ' '
vocations 01 wie. xuu inoiai ttuu VUH3tian
principles which have been instilled
have borne excellent fruit.
Oranoebcro. A colored child was
burned to death here. It seem* that a
colored woman left her children in the
house while 6be went to her work.
The child's clothing caught tire and he
ran out luto the street with the clothing
in flames. The neighbors, hearing
the screams of the chi dren, ran to the
re?cue, but the child was so' badly
burned that he died very soon afterward.
Bloomingvale. A wave of sorrow
and sympathy swept over lower Wil- (
liam-burg and upper Georgetown |,
counties when the sad news was learn- |
ed of the drowning in Black River, ,
while on their way to a dance, of
Misses Minnie and Mollie, the fifteen '
afid eighteeu-year-old daughters of Mr. !
1 homas Green, a very respectable ,
white man of Georgetown county.
HpAKTANiU.no. Under the management
of Builder J. YV. Putnam the
Converse conservatory of music is now
ready for the roof. The scaffolding is <
still standing in the main audieuce '
room, but it is easy to see that the j
seat.ng capacity w II be something im- (
ineiise. J wo hundred people cau be ,
eated on tho platform alone. Behind (
i lie rostrum there are three stones of j
i ractiee rooms. From the top of the
muling a magniticeut view of the surr.
u idmg country cau be had. It is \
proi osed to have it completed by the <
47tn of January, when Sousa's band (
will give the ini.ial entertainment.
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Yorkville. Alfred Grier, a young
legro, who has long been a well-known |
>lind tiger character about Yorkville, '
las cause to congratulate himself that .
le is not several feet under the ground, (
or unless his is a case of mistaken i
dentity, he offered a most aggravated
emptatiou to judge lynch the other (
light. It was about dusk. Mr. J. A. i
Jell, who lives two miles west of Closer,
had gone to town shortly before
>n business, leaving Mrs. Bell at home i i
done. Suddenly a negro boy pushed I ;
>pen the door, and sticking a revolver i
u Mrs. Bell's face, demanded: "If i
,'ou don't show me where that money i
s right quick, I'll blow your brains
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>wt. " i or reply, .urs. umi dhuu iuo i
icgro on the head with a pair of tongs, 1
in?i there ensued a desperate struggle, !
luring which the negro grasped Mrs. 1
dell's throat and choked her. The com- i
notion started the dogs to barking fu'iously
outside, and the negro fearing
hat help mightbo at hand, broke away
ind tied. It was uot until a short time <
ifterward that there developed any in- 1
ormation as to the probable identity
)f Mrs. Hell's assailant. A negro
named Andrew Jackson stated that be i
lad met on the road, a short time be- 1
ore, Alfred Grier, from Yorkville, on .
us way to a distillery, and going in a i
lirection that would take him by Mr.
Bell's house. Jn conversation he had <
ncideutally told Grier of the absence i
)f Mr. Beliat Clover to take a slaught- i
ired hog over there, and he had given i
Brier a quart bottle and money, with 1
nstructious to bring him some whis- 1
Ley on his return from tho dis- 1
;illery. Acting on this informa- <
;ion, the Clover authorities advised <
Jhief of Police Love of the situ- 1
ition by telephone, and requested the <
irrest of Grier, which was quickly ac?nmnil.ihfid
drier denied all knowl- I
idge of the circumstances related
ibove, and claimed that he had not 1
jeeu up in the Clover country on the ?
lay before. Saturday afternoon, I
lowever, Jackson was brought down
:rom Clover, and without assistance '
dentified drier among the prisoners in '
|ail as the man to whom he had given i
noney with which to buy whiskey. <
Blacksbt*r?. Deputy Marshal A.G. j
Smith, of this place, accompanied by 1
Chief of Police J. C. Duncan and Mr. (
F. Duft, captured and destroyed i
Due of the largest and most complete !
noonshiue establishments that has
2ver been found in this section of the '
State. It was located about eieht 1
niles cast of this place, not far from ! 1
;he Piedmont springs. When the of- |(
Seers arrived at the place there was a 1
tire in the furnace, and the still full of J?
"smglings," aud because of the fact,1
:hat the cap aud worm were found a '
ihort distauce away, together with two
mits of overalls, it was supposed that
:he parties opeiating the still had just !
eft. There were eight tubs of beer aud
:en gallons of backings, one still of 125 '
gallons capacity with cap and worm, 1
arge quantities of malt aud wheat bran, 1
i small amount of liquor and a lot of
itlier tilings useu in couuecuou wim ?
jlockade still, the whole property >
imountiug to over ?100.
Clemsox College.?Dr. Anderson, ,
iroiessor of botany, has begun a most ,
nteresting and valuable series of in- ,
restigations on rice 6inut. Mr. iieid
iVhitford, assistaut United States en- J ,
rineer, Georgetown, recently sent np' ,
i Si l ies of specimens of atl'ected heads j ]
if rice and also some flour made from ' j
he diseased grain, and asked that an j
nvestigatioD be made, as the disease
lad caused considerable damage on his
arm and others in the vicinity. On
ixamination the disease was found to
ie a true smut, the first instance of the '
iisease ever known in America. Sevjral
other complaints of diseased rice
lave been received at intervals by Dr. 1
\ndersun, among them one from Sen- 1
itor Connor; but in every case the !
pecimen * sent failed to show any ,
<pores, probably because the}* had all' >
jeen disseminated before the specimens
were collected, or in transports- 1
:ion. In this case, however, the spores 1
>f the fungus are very abundant, and a
lumber of them are under cultivation
n the botanical laboratory.
Charleston*.?There is a great deal j
if speculation and talk as to the person- .
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uiiy oi a ycuug muy wuu i? at^u^cu ui ^
mulling objectionable and anonymous j
etters through the mail to parties about ;
be city. The young lady is very
>retty and accomplished, and her
xiends who know of tho affair cannot >
iccount for the strange whim which (
ed to her arrest. For mouths she has j
_>eeu mailing letters to various people
)f an annoying character, although not (
nimical. Complaint was made to the .
lostotfice authorities and Postoffice In- j j
spector .Moye was put to work on the j
lase. He worked for some length of j
:ime before being able to spot the guil- j 1
v one. The young woman was taken ;
jefore United States Commissioner . ,
Smith and put uudor bond to answer ,
it the next term of the federal court '
lere for her conduct. j
Orangeburg. A most horrible acci- ;
leut, if it may be so termed, occurred
. few miles below this city. A child ,
.vas kilied and partly eaten by a hog.
t he mother left her baby in charge ol j
mother small child, and went off a ,
ihort distance to attend to her wash
ing. The hog must have had the free;lom
of the yard, for when the mother
returned the baby was missing, and ofl
a abort distance were found bait consumed
particles of the little body. It
was a moat revolting: occurrence, and
the hog: was immediately ahot.
Clemson College. New students
continue to arrive occasionally, even at
tiiis late date. The total number in
attendance is about 430. A large demand
is being made upon the president
just now from all parte of the State for
caialogues, which possibly indicates
that still larger numbers will be enrolled
for the second term beginning
Jan. 28th.
Charleston*. At 193 East Bay street
Messrs. Israel & Keogh temporarily
cpened the offices of the Charleston
Fruit Steamship Line, and within a
le w days their first shipment of
Drnnges, bananas and cocoanuts will
arrive in port from Jamaica. This new
Bumpacy has recently been formed for
the purpose of running an Americao
line of steamers from Charleston to
Porto Rico, West Indian, C uban and
Central American ports, and besides
importing foreign fruits will take car*
goes outward bound for the new islands
under the Stars and Stripes.
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-yT by Day. |&HBB
I SENATE.
-i Si-HalBa I
jresH convene'\
and private galleries *
utmost with aijistia<rais^eci assemblage
i'hp reading of, the President's message
occupied two h ourP# At 8:40'he Senate J
adjourned. \
2nd Day.? r^ie first note of the antiexpansionists
vi.art SOunded ia the Sen- p
ate by Senator Vest, of Missouri, who
introduced a jotnt resolution declaring
that, under thej constitution, the Federal
government bad no authority to
acquire coloniah possessions, to be governed
as such; qut that all territory acquired
by the government, except such ?
as may be neceisary fCr use as coaling
stations, correction of boundaries and '
similar purposes! may be acqaired with t
the purpose of Organizing territories, {
suitable ultimately for admission into
the Union as States. Mr. Vest an- 1
aouueed his pu^.p09e to address the 1
Senate on the^riggoiutiou at an early i
uaie. a nriei uiSpussion 0f tHe naviga- ?
tion iaws was precipitated by the
consideration oy a bill amending
those laws by thdj addition of a provis- 1
ion that foreign Hulit vessels, wrecked '
in the United Stmteri bv citizens of this '
country and repaired \o the extent of j
three-fourths of the value,shall be subject
tc forfeiture llf they enyage subse- 1
piently in the coastwl3e trade of the J
United States. Senator Hdle intro- '
luced a joint res0|utjoa authorizing 1
the Secretary of t be Navy te. erect a ;
monument in Havana, Cuba, to the
memory of the sail'-)r9 aaj marinea who 1
lost their lives by the explosion of the
Slaine. The bill c3 recommended by
the Navy Department. Senator Hale,
nf Maine, chairman 0f the naval affairs 1
committee, introducej a bill to revive 1
the grades of admii.ai aud vice-admiral
nf the navy. j
Thirp Day.?1The House passed the
inti-ticket scalping bill by a vote of (
111) to 101. This ac\jon j8 the culmina- '
tion of a ten years' s^nigor]e on the part (
nf the railroads to 'put an end to the
business of ticket scalping.
Fourth Day. ?At the opening of the
session of the Senat6i it was decided 1
that the adjournment be until Monday
next. It was also deterinined to give !
nne hour to the pension calendar. At
ii ' .
me om'ii ??uu iuoj3ue tioui" allotted
to the consideration <i,f the pension calandar,
20 bills had been pasaed. At ]
1:50 the Senate wet^t into executive
3ession. At 2:15 the Senate ^resumed
business in open sesaij^ ^jr Morgan
ual'ed up the Xicaragila Canal i rill, with
i viev.' to making it the unfinished business.
He moved th^t the Senate proceed
to the consideration 0f bill,
[ustantly Mr. Pettigr^w moved to adjourn.
On this motion the ayes and
noes were demanded. 'fhe vote was 13
lyes; 42 noes. j^lr. Morgan's'motion
to proceed with the sonsuleHation ?f
the Nicaragua Canal b^ was tben carried,
and after the Dil[ bad hjaen laid
before the Senate, thuig becoruiug the
ixnhni8hed business, tjje Senate, on
motion of Mr. Morgan, at p m>>
idjourned until MondaU Senator Vest
introduced in the Senaf^ a resolution
()rovidiug for the apliointmei.it of a
joint commission to investigate the
rhargesof corruption in the conduct of
the war with Spain, <q;be resolution
:alls for the appointment 0f three Senators
and tive members 0f the House
ind imposes upon thera the duty of
"inquiring as to to thl3 truth of all
?uch charges and pate ?*port by bill
or otherwise." lhe Senators are to
be appointed by the I'l-eaident) of ttie
Senate, snd the members 0{ the House
by the Speaker of the He usCi
HOUSE. '
First Day.?Iu the Hoas0 tho greetings
of tLe members were most cordial.
Major General \\ heeler ^ of Alabama,
was given an ovation. . 'fbe floral
tributes wore unusually (beautiful and
made the hall a vernable bat ner of
beautiful flowers. The rleadin^r of the
President message occuikied over two
hours. At 3:o0 the HoueT adjorirned.
2nd Day?The House w.M ja session
less than half an hour n
deaths of llepresentati x.
way, of Oliio, and Cove, of ?J,
were announced, and an
was taken until Wednes read0f
respect to their memory. n.
ary resolution for the dis ,nB 0f
tho President's message to tlesc-al
committees having juris. . A8
adopted, and the deficieuc ie y_
inpr the appropriations foi g H.
ordinary expenses of the 1 . J(j
tiavy from January 1 to ?i it IS ,<
Ihe report of tho Hawaiian i(leron
transmitted to the Preside j1(j
before the House and refe s an^e
committee on Territories, to
i bill offered by Mr. Hitt ti " mt
the recommendat.ons of -pj
mission. Among the bills Whed
in the House were th |W.
iug: By Mr. Otey, of ,a>
to amend the war reveni by
directing the Secretary of th no?rv
to redeem at their face valiu ya\
iino stamps sold and not can lit bv
Mr. Skinner, of North Carol th?'""
tablish a term of the circuit for
New Berne and Elizabeth Ci e t C.
Third Day.?No business ltinaacted
by the Senate in open e # ^
few minutes after the Seuate M-ned
it weut into executive session
o'clock business in open see ,n,wa3
resumed, the death of Bepre; jt |Ve8
Northway, of Ohio, and ' 0f
Mississippi, was announced
Senate adjourned as a murk o -gnpect
to tueir memories.
r ocrth Day. ? 1 be urgent d 1H,ncy
bill to provide for the suppor
military and naval establishint was
passed by the House practica tftfith"iit
opposition. A number 01 Juj.
meats were adopted on the rec ?iendation
of the appropriation coo
which received some supplenn j e8'_
timates aftefrthe bill was pi ?irod.
t'he largest iff these was an ;
*3,000,000 lor an emergency f' ; for
the War Deiiartment, and 357!. ,aj for
the ordnance department, in? J^ing
the amount carried bv the /u to
$00,850,802. 'ihe conference >a,port
noon the bill to render the sur f es 0f
consuls, vice consuls and c 'miar
aceuts liable for damages in if,t8 at
nw was adopted. The house aBj,n)ej
ver until Monday to give the<?^mit;
ees an opportunity to work M thout
interruption 1
Why She Did. Bl
"Clara, I love to be withByou."
"Why, Edith?" "When I'm you
I know you are not gossipingBabout
me."?Tit-Bits. V
/IILLER WINS
satin; the World's Record, His
Miles The Quay Conspiracy^^^HBHH
Dewey's Fleet to be Re-enforced.
Washington (Special). The Demoirtits
of the House of Representative*
leld a caucus Saturday night on the
luestion coining over from the last seslion
as to the binding force of caucus
iction. Of the 12G members on the
oil of the House, 86 were present. The
noeting was devoid of any personal or
sensational features and was devoted
0 a brief discussion of the wisdom of
faking caucus action binding. A res1
' 1 * ' '* ' 1 ... ;.f,M
Million 10 mis eneci uau ueeu isuwluceil
by Mr. Bailey, aud this was
pending with an amendment by Mr.
NlcRae, of Arkansas. The main interest
centered in the ability of Mr.
Bailey and bis friends to pass the resolution.
In order to test the strength
of the Bailey forces, Mr. Olardy, of
Kentucky, moved to reconsider the
rote by which the resolution had been
agreed to at the last session. The motion
was tabled, (12 to 13, thus establishing
that the advocates of the resolution
bad a clear majority. The
resolutions wire then viopted without
i division. They were as follows:
"Resolved, That hereafter the action of a
Democratic caucus shall be binding npon all
who participate in Its proceedings, provided
that no member shall be required tovote for
any bill lie may deem unconstitutional, and
provided further, that in all matters, except
the nomination of officers and questions of
procedure, no decision shall be binding unless
made by two-thirds of those voting.
"Resolved, That while acting in conformity
to the principles declared by the national
Democratic convention ai d the constitution
of the United States, the Democrats in each
State and in each congressional district have
a right to determine for themselves in their
own locality what their pellcv shall be, to
make platforms for, accept pledges from
their candidates and to instruct their members
of Congress and the lull exercise of such
right of local party self-government, should
in alt cases be respected by Democratic congressional
caucusses." I
Miller Wins the Great Race.
New York (Special). Charles W.
Miller won the great six day bicycle
race at Madison Square Garden, beating
the world's record, his own, by 24
miles, and leading the next man to
him, Frank Waller, of Boston, by 22
miles. Thirty-two men started and '
twelve finished. Miller was in such
good condition that he was able to
appear to advantage in a wedding ceremony,
which was performed by one of
the city's aldermen, leading Miss
Genevieve Hanson, of Chicago, to the
improvised altar in the garden, amid J
the loud cheering and boisterous good ^
wishes of 7,000 or 10,000 persons
had gathered to witness the ceremon^^^^^^
Frank Waller, of Boston, finished b&ond
in the great race, covering 1,985
miles to the 2,007 traveled by Miller
and surpassing Miller's last yeaFs rec
ord by nearly two miles. Barns Fierce,
the gaunt Canadian, who until this
year has never been beard of in this
country, was third. Miller gets from
the management the sum of $1,500 and
for breaking the world's record he gets
the sum of $200, and for his pnblio
marriage he is said to have got the sum
of $500. Miller is also to have received
a weddiDg present of $200 from the
wheel firm from which he rides. Waller
gets $1,000 for riding second and
the others get indefinite sums ranging ,
from $75 up. The score was: Miller,
2,007, four laps;Waller, 1,985.2; Pierce,
1,900.7; Albert, 1,822.6; Gimm, 1,782.2;
Lawson, 1,757.0; Aronson, 1,729.5;
Nawn, 1,721.7; Foster. 1,668.8; Stevens,
1,519.8; Hale, 1,502.2; Julias, 1,108.1.
Dewey's Fleet to be Re-Enforced.
Admiral Dewey's fleet will be
strengthened shortly by the addition
of some serviceable gun-boats. The
Bennington, now at Honolula, has been
ordered to proceed to Guam, in ihe
Ladrone group, and make a survey of '
the harbor, with a view to the establishment
there of a naval station. This
done she will join Dewey's fleet. By
that time, or even before, the Helena
will have arrived at Manila and theConcord
and the Petrel, now cruising
around in Chinese waters, will have returned,
and altogether the admiral will
have a sufficient force of small vesselsunder
his command to carry out'tife
President's policy respecting the Philippines,
and to bring into submission
any oi trie lsianaers wuu nitty piuvs cr
fractory, and to release any Spanish
prisoners held in confinement by the
insurgents. v
The Quay Conspiracy Case.
Philadelphia (Special). Supreme
Court Justice Green and Williams hare \ h
granted a rule allowing defendants in 1
the Quay conspiracy case to argue a
petition for a writ of certiorari, remoriog
the proceedings from the Court of
Quarter Sessions to the Supreme Court
'ihe rule is returnable January 7, and
all proceedings are stayed in the meantime.
One of the results of the rule
grauted by the Supreme Court will be
to carry the trial over beyond the term
of office of District Attorney Graham,
which expire* wi'h the present year.
Mr. Graham has been active in pushing
the ca?e and in asking the court a week
or ten days ago to tlx au early date for
the trial he expressed to the court
a desire to dispose of the case daring
his term of office.
ditchings' Murderous Deeds.
A special from Free Soil, Mich., eayr.
A mau named Wm. Hitchings, a y
i ;n in? nf .Tnltn Hnnt a farmer
UIUIiUDl-iu i an w? w-- ? . . ^
who lives about two miles west of this
place, killed Mr. Uuut, Mrs. Huntand
their hired mau, 'ihos. Haward, and
cut his own throat.
Millions More in Corn and Oats.
On the basis of the farm prices oa
December 1, the Agricultural Department
figures place the 18iJ8 crops of
corn and oats worth $84,000,000 mora
than the same crops of 1807. ,~S~\