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% THE COUNTY RECORD. * - 1 Published Every Thursday AT KING3TEEE. SOUTH CAROLINA, o P BY C. w. WOLFE . Editor nnd Proprietor. ' THF NATlftNAI 1 AW MAKERS. s s What Congress is Doing From Day to y Day. The Senate, K Seventeenth Day Senator Hoar, or t Massachusetts, introduced a resolution asking the President to furnish the s Senate with all communications received from Aguinaldo or any one representing the Filipinos or any alleged an- ? thority of the people there and our n replies thereto; tue proclamation sent o to the Philippine people and the same v as actually proclaimed by General Otis v if in any way altered, together with information whether such change was r approved, and the President is also q asked to forward without delay all information he !ia< of the forms of government, proclamations or conventions N of those islands. Mr. Hoar sought immediate consideration, but on objec- ! tion went over. 1 Senator Rawling. of Utah, has intro- s duced a resolution directing the Phil ippine committee of the House to re- * port on what form of government other t: than the Spanish, existed in the Philip- >' pines prior to December 10. 1S9S, and to F what extent Spain had actual control r of the islands. Also whether sovereign power can be justlyy and in accordance o with international law claimed in the s absence of power of control. F Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, offered rr.;o- F lution calling upon the Secretary of u War for complete information as to > the transport service. It was adopted, r The Senate, at 4 o'clock adjourned. c Eighteenth Day. The day was spent a in hearing eulogies on the life and r ujiaracter of Vice-President Hobart. i Many Senators paid eloquent tributes to his memory, after which the Senate 1 adjourned. f XT: * * u Tv?" 4 oti.i ot t! in jueietfuiu uay . ?11_.? uuu ?4?. times sensational debate was precipi- d tated in Ae Senate on the Philippine e question over resolutions of inquiry. 1 Mr. Pettigrew. of South Dakota, at- s tacke<l the administration's policy in t the Philippines and also made some v startling charges against those who <i were supporting the administration, v He declared that a systematic effort v was being made to prevent accurate in- r formation from reaching the people of ? the United States and that it was a political scheme to further the canui- s dacy of Mr. McKinley for re-nomina- t tion and re-election. Before adjourn- s ment, the Senate, after prolonged de- r bate, passed the bill conferring powers r upon the director of the census. a Twentieth Day. The Senate held a r brief session, devoted principally to I $ discussion of the reply of England on the seizure of American flour. After c a short executive session the Senate i adjourned. t Tweuty-First Day.?The Senate com- 1 mittee cn Privileges and Elections \ continued the investigation of charges 4 against Senator Clark of Montana. M. L. Hewett. a miner who was in Helena J during the session of the Legislature in 1899. said that Charley Clark had asked him to see Senator Myers and 1 offer him $10,000 for his vote for Mr. Clark for Senator. He had according- ! ly taked with with Mr. Myers and te-titled that *hat gentleman had told ' him after first declining the proposi- ' tion to say to Clark that if he was disposed to do so he could put the $10,000 in the hands of Mr. Whiteside to b-* x paid to him (Myers) in case he should ( vote for Mr. Clark. Hewett said that the Senator's son stated that this arrangement wa? satisfactory and had 1 afterward told him that the money for *' Myers had been given to Whiteside and ' that his vote was assured. rrv ?* V. ? 1. .. 1 ' me wuuccs sum mat. uu iu.i .-cvu the Senator at his home at the Helena Hotel a short time after the Whiteside v exposure and had asked him what he 1 proposed to do, when the Senator re- "s Plied: ' "There is only one thing to do and ' that is to make the people believ that 1 the Daly gang have furnished the nion- ? ?y and have put up a conspiracy against us." Concluding his testimony Mr. Hew- a ett said he had received no pay for his P services from Mr. Clark and no prom- P ise of any. He had been interested 1 with the Senator in a mining company t and preferred him to his opponents. f K The House. Eighteenth Day.?Miscellaneous business of minor importance occupied the 6 attention of the House until 10 o'clock ^ after which an hour was devoted to j, eulogies upon the life and public scr- h vices of the late Representative Green of Nebraska. Mr. Kitchen, of North f Carolina was among the speakers. The j1 House then adjourned. Ninteenth Day But little business of importance was done by the House. t The session was brief. (] Twentieth Day. The House commit- c tee on inter-state and foreign com- a merce ordered a favorable report upon a the Hepburn bill for the construction v of the Nicaraguan canal. The sesson a , of the House occupied just 20 minutes. p Twenty-First Dny. The session of the p House was of brief duration and noth- t ing of interest transpired to break the g monotony of the proceedings. e Kansas pays its .o^ernor ooty $2-tC0Q 1 THE STATE HOSPITAL sup 'lie Care of Hi; State's Insane During j J!*.~ the Past Year. 1 T Of ] The following is the annua! r< port .W( f the board of regents of the State jin) l0i*,)ital for the Insane: therein tiie que cottage plan" for further necessary j);iulldings is vigorously urged: 'o Hi.s Excellency M. H. McSwe r.ey. I Governor of South Carolina. ! {^e Sir: Cn behalf of the board of re- tioi ents of the State Hospital for the In- t??< ane I herewith respectuflly submit to our excellency their annual report j.-OI - a; r\~.. 01 1 Cfifi ? or uie year t'nuiug utre. 01. io?, iu- a ether with the reports of the stiperin- Fot endent and treasurer. P The report of the superintendent hows that there were under treatment ^ t the close of the previous year %t? hea atients. of whom 3S4 were white? wel nales 241. females 342; and 2*2 col- red red?males 1$2. females 199. There kep rerc admitted 413 new patients? vhits 224; colored 101. The di.-r-harg- prP d number 297. The daily average j lumber under treatment rcse from 73 to 99t?. Many of these patients were a 1anced in years and in feeble health |(,a nd needed more than ordinary care. ho details of which are brought cat n the superintendent's report ar. ! th* , tatistk-al tables. ; ^ ; While we may well deplore the ox- <oai stence of this ever increasing number i Sep f Uie mentally afflicted in cur midst. ' whe et we cannot evade the responsibility ne daced upon us by our common hu- j geo, canity as well as by the con.-titution ; :er f the State to provide for them ado- i j,js uately. The steady growth of the in- J," titution in the last 25 years has im- j >osod burdens upon us beyond the exlectations of our predecessors. Tin- :Ilt! lumber of colcied insane will in a few ears exceed the white. While the to 1 aces have always occupied seperate the inklings or wards yet we cannot but Ion aticipnte the time when a wider sepa- -.-tic! aticn on the present site than now ex- ;prr -IS Will Ulf llftrillc.u mi. J. It has ever been the purpose oi the oard of regents to protect the State y. 1 rom. all unnecessary appropriations, sking only for funds to meet imme- ?'ai liate needs for both maintenance and l'(,UI xtraordinary expanses, such as new ! f|f-. luildings. Were It in our power we hould much prefer to keep the insti- 1 beii ution within its present capacity. If i ists ve are to judge of the future by the aft! Icmands of the past, however, this j Tra, vill be impossible. The coming years 'ant; vill only increase the need of aceora- j ^on nodations for yet larger numbers of _ latients. . ' In dealing with her charitable in- j tiintions as with other vital ques- |?nt: ions no progressive commonwealth |ven hould be satisfied with temporary j and nakeshifts. These subjects demand jonl; tot only consideration for to-day but I tha dso provision for to-morrow. We 1 The nust adjust our present plans to meet 3ha o far as possible future needs. (pr It is the opinion of the regents that frjg uir hospital has now reached a stage n its development mat requires sutu , . nodifleations as will provide means jniai or a better classification of its pa- jsecl ients including isolation of those suf- was erir.g from communicable diseases. ! the Henceforward it should be our pur- cza: ?ose in determing upon building plans j pos o arrange separate cottages vther waj ban add to the already too large cen- j 0f | ral structures. That is. the institu- : hav ion should henceforth be developed 1 gt'j, ipcn the "cottage plan" rather than ' ' iy additions to the "conglomerate" ? mildings that have been erected in the ' ? " iast. ' ioe-i . im< Among; our present nee.'.s uif iin-i ----irgent are a ceo m mod a t ions for con- kill alescent and quiet white m n, fcr the had xeitecl class of white women, an 1 for I w he consumptive among our colored pt?i: >atients: besides provision for sepa- J)ar oting all epileptics from the in ane, i ()I- , 'r.d a new bakery. These subjects are , ]r-, uinutcly discussed in the superintendnt's report to which we respectfully > effr you. In the matter cf special legislation j ve would ask your excellency's artt n- ; " ion to the better development of the ; sni ystem of county pour houses and the i <;:i onsirieration of the matter of ' settl->- isn nent" by which it would be better es- jow ablished who tnay claim beneficiary ?. 1 ' ~ 4,1 IIa-.%?;?^1 Ann ' up port 111 U1B CiUcC IlV2]7iiai. \J Ui aws should also Ire more specific in j ' he matter of dealing with inebriates 1 ^ , , . . , . , . , ! iut< nd the criminal insane. During tnc j irevalence of an epidemic liisejs-- it v<. s also recommended lhat for the j.r - , 1 !' ection of the patients in tiie ho-jiir.ai he right of quarantine against the in- 'f,t ected territory be entrusted to the 'he xiverncr. the chairman of the State ihr oard cf health and the n;f-::dent ot ' pal he regents. ! hot The appropriations made nr \ne la?, j essicn of the general assembly have j teen judiciously and economically ex- j (j(ll ?n-;!ed by the resident officers cf the ' ,, t the lospital under the direction of the r - j-ol, ;ents and the vouchers of such ex- : j]1(, lenditures have been submitted to egislative committee appointed tor . hat purpose. " ' The institution has grown so large j CHI' hat the repairs made necessary by or- ; s,:1 linary wear and tear have become a ; onsiderable drain upon our niaiuten- : gal nee fund. To keep up these repairs hni nd make some of the improvements eln re have recommended will require yoi bout $10,000. ),jn We recognize that many needs are nessin.g upon the State and under > s, j( iresent conditions we would not ask "... hat all tho improvements herein sag- . ;ested be made in one year, but we ?,\ arnestly invite your excellency's atention to the most urgent. 1 In spite of prevailing higher prices 1 out fcoil stuffs and other necessary plies th? beard is pleased to report i ctieslly rho Kim: per capita a ; 1 ;.-:t ' r?$l(J-.25. r "hp treasurer's balance is also e.-> tiaily the sume as last year. These > facts serve to show that the catcs upen which arc pa.se.1 cur re- R s;s for appropriations for the ho-- b tl are made upon business prinei- y r and that under the direction of 1; board the resident officers muk ' iy effort to keep the ex peases o. institution within the apyropriu- 0 ?s. I'pcn the sama oasis as nerc- v, ire we ask far the expenses for the w ling year: i a maintenance >100,000 debt 0:1 Wallace property 11 nd interest 4.360 ' r repairs and permanent im- 1 o rovements 10.000 a regents 1.200 ^ Requesting from your ex-eelcluna:<7 Requesting from your excellency tli" 1 rty interest and co-operation in the fare of the institution which it has b eived at your hands heretofore, we i j, ; to remain. Very respectfully. B. W. TAYOR. M. I), sident Board of Regents. State iospitaJ for the Insane. S A RUSSIAN PANIC. 1 ? to I'roscrt the Czar Against . ICevnlnt lonNt*. ,, wild panic- seized the court cireles J-, St. Petersburg after Alexander's. w tli, says Prince Kropotkin in the teraber Atlantic*. Alexander 111.. ?. notwithstanding his colossal star- w and force, was not an over-centra- r i*s man.refused to move to the Win- S Palace, and retired to the palace of d grandfather. Paul I., at ilatchina. 1 s v.* that old building, planned as a n ban fortress, surrounded by moats, c protected by watch towers from tops of which secret staircases lead be emperor's study, i have s-en trap doors in the study, for sad- v. Jy throwing an enemy on the sharp c :s in the water underneath, and the et staircase leading to underground o:is and to an underground passage eh opens on a lake. All the palaces ' Paul had been built on a similar ' l. An underground gallery was dug a ad the Auichoff palace of Alexander u and was supplied with automatic t trie appliances to protect it from a lg undermined by the revolution- h . A secret league for the protection v he czar was started. Officers of all (. :!es were induced to undertake volary spying in all classes of society. * aical scenes followed, of course. ^ ) officers.without knowing that thev ti belonged to the leagues, would ice each other into, a disloyal consation, during a railway journey, then proceed to arrest each other. ^ V to discover ai ine last moment i t their plans had been labor lost, i 1 league still exists in a more official p pe, under the name of Okhrana g otection), and from time to time t htens the present czar with all sorts , concocted "dangers," in order to ntain its existence. A still more :et organization, the Holy League. 11 ? formed at the same time, under c leadership of the brother of the ( r. Vladimir, for the purpose of oping the revolutionists in different ;s, one of which was to kill those the refugees who were supposed to e been the leaders of" the late conaoies. 1 was of this number. The nd duke violently reproached the ? :ers cf the league for their cowardregretting that there were none ., nng them who would undertake to ^ such refugees, : nd an officer. who f] been a page do cbanibrc at the time p as in the corns o;' pages, was ap- G tiled by the league to carry out this v ticular work, tfkobeleff. the hero ' the Vurkish war, was asked to jo'n ; league, but he b'.ankly refused. ' ' v h St. Peter Coulda"! Keep Him Out. i The brightest reporter I ever knew.'* s il a newspaper man. "was Hilly 0 vlor. who died at Hot Springs in j lie was a most persistent fel- c" after an item, ami that reminds me t( a little story about the last ineiit of his eareer. He had been as- { tied by a certain t'hiea^o daily to b iTview an eminent bishop about a b lisni in the church. Tin* bishop n't want to talk ami wouldn't see , i. but (iaylor bribed a scrvssnt to liim Into the hall, and ho waylaid n dignitary as ho was coniinp d ouph. IIo was ordered out for his F ns, but next day ho penetrated the P iso apsiin on some pretext or other. 1 was a pa in tired. i R He repeated the exploit three or four P ies with similar results, and at last P bishop, coining home late at niphr. t: Hid Ihly siltmp in iiis study residing Rible. Nobody could explain how sl pot in. but the prelate wilted and l} 1 him what he wanted to kuow, on iditiou tliat lie would po away and y y away. ! 'n Shortly afterward poor (Iaylor pot a lopinp consumption and died, and, spelling to meet the bishop at si ireli conference, 1 told him that tlut si nip man who had once so molested C l would never do it again. C 'Let us hope that he is in heaven,* f? 1 si clergyman standinp by. R The bishop's eyes twinkled. lie j b ed si joke. h 'No doubt he Is.* he replied, pently. | don't think they could keep him , G "?Denver (Cold Post J r> J WEDDED ON WHEELS. A i disco' t'ovcIiL-vperiencc of a South Carolina der b: Couple. ;i:ui(J' < large Greenville. boecial.?1 ne passen- rOII!( ers and rrew on the Southern train j I'ietn etween Columbia aud Greenville . after Wednesday were treated to an un- ' '.,mvn sual attraction, being 'fitnesses to i he marriage of Miss Riggs of Orange- J urg to Mr. Holloway of Chapp^Us, \ *aich was solemnized while the train pi skit as speeding along between Helena it is i nd Silver Street at the rate of 45 liles an hour. Miss Riggs was en (jcr ^ outc to Abbeville to visit the family the s f he: uncle there. Mr. Holloway and strap eoupie of friends .boarded the train t Prosperity, having arranged that ? be minister should get on at New- cause erry. As soon after leaving New- strucl erry as possible the marriage took j circul laco and the happy folks left the train ! t Chappells. where they will reside. '-.'j/ed' throu hnd of Smallpox. ; archi; Florence, Special.?The smallpox raggo liuation has ended ve:y satisfactorily, distur .izzie Merricks. the negro woman who slioc;; ms afllicted. has been released and he quarantine raised. The woman is ot bo erfectiy weil. The disease was con- careiii ned to this one case, although there ' ere five people living in the house .u 1 v -* scr t> .'ith her. These were vaccinated ; .)Crtai rithin two hours after the case was effect eported and 172 other negroes were j tiirou; '.von the same dose in very short or- i .ma('? er. The board of health is to be conratulated upon the admirable man- , atomi er in which they handled the first An ase it had to contend with. ",lcrt > the Ik Depcw invited. th'-1'!. Senator Chauncey M. Depew has : |-,js v/< eon invited to visit Due West at the ?a s cmmencemeat in June next and make ||jK' lie anniversary address in Erskiue allege; and a similar invitation has ;ar. e een extended to ex-Governor Robt. 3 101 /. Taylor of Tennessee, to mdke the cou,r"' nnual address in the Due West Fe lale college. In Ersklne college tne jside, '.vo literary societies, the Euphemian urenu nd the Philomathean, alternate, year 1 Jvc*'y year, in the selection of the anni- ! ie ow , ~ ~ encc ersary orator, and Senator Bepaw is , prow hosen by the same society which two ( ser bi ears ago extended the invitation ou | hich William J. Bryan made his first peecb in South Carolina. j ^ * ' bestoThrough Trains by Feb. 1st. manui Baltimore, Special. Vice President 1 articl* It. John, of the Seaboard Air Line, re- t'!nc erring to the progress of the work on he links that will eonnect the different : used properties that eorapose the greater I ^ ., learboard Air Line system, said that if ! t|ial a he bridge-erecting companies were | aniim qual to the task, trains could be inn- : were ling through from New York to Flor- j joyed da February 1. The grading is about Pcact ompleted, and track-laying is going m between Che raw and Camden. ! pcam tbout 30 miles of track is to be laid lid this is progerssing at the rate ot yn r]j our and one-half miles per day. _S Cleveland in Georgetown. i bay 3 A special from Georgetown says that j S(,rt. x-l'residetJt Cleveland, Commodore E. a?a,n '. Benedict. Captain Rolrley D. Ev- S ans, l". S. N.. and a party of friends tight! rrived there in their private car and tion. vent down to the Santee Gun Club from reserves Friday morning for a week's . port shooting ducks and other game. 1 (ener.il Wade Hampton, Columbia, s to join the party. a Jm Sixty Die in Wreck. , ^flS St. Johns. N. F., Special. The ; 1 reeking anil burning in St. Mary's mm ay of the two-masted steamer, with , ts erew of probably 60. anil possibly Bfi ome passengers, all perishing, is one KB f the worst marino disasters in this eetion for a considerable period. There M i not the slightest prospect that any BB oul aboard escaped death, as the in- Br I ense mid-winter cold would kill any ho escaped drowning and the ill- is i iteil vessel was of ne&rly 3.000 tons : urden. She went ashore before day- j reak Thursday. unt visi lien? i-iuiwo* Col. J. W. Rucker. of Atlanta. ,a , ? 1 lember of the banking firm of Mad- OOH ox. Rir ker and Company, died at j 'aim D.'ach, Fla., Friday night of < ? nenmonia. flfSi J. F. Atlee. chairman of the Addicks 1 lepublican faction of Delaware, has dia ropc-sed a plan to the "regular" Re- j han uhllcans of the State by which the ' tctions may work in harmony. j ML Secretary Gage sent to Congress his jti tatement in answer to the resolutions emanding an explanation of his deal- anti igs with the National City Bank and * tanover National Bank of New York, j nan ir. Gage declares he has committed fide o act that is not sanctioned by law i,nn nd precedent. Of I John D. Rockefeller, in a sworn :atement addressed to the Industrial ! ommission, declares the Standard Oil j L J ompany does not receive unlawful ; Vea ivors from railroad companies. Mr. cup{ ockefeller says that commercial cominations are necessary, and tells how e would have them governed by law. "OC The funeral of Rev. Dr. Edward Mclynn, the noted Catholic priest, took t*ei? '.ace at Newburg, N. Y. gt*e, k. 1 3j A Rjre O'd Eiblc/omd. wonderful old bible lias just been vered in Venice, the fortunate Jinking Leo. S. Obehki, a well-known jarian of Florence. It is in live volumes, and was printed in \ in the onMing house of Don j .Massimo, in i_}7r ana 1472. soon it canto from the press it was a.-ed by a patrician family of Venue! it was in tiie archives of thy r that Ohchki discovered it. t support for the spines of pcrsonlC n? cotton and other material where accessary to carry baskets is made niece of llat Meel fitted with a T with straps to support the shou! 1 f r? t* ilades, a scconu nuss mall of the back and carrying a for the wrist. Ihw Mauser Builels Wound er seeing their wounds, nearly all d by gun.-hot, the onlooker is t?v t1i , ]*> !" >;ma!l ar entrance and exit the Mauser makes. It produces a canal not . if anything, larger than a good- ' goose quill, and cuts its way gh flesh and hone a: neatly as an licdean drill wouid, leaving n<> d edges. It produces little local banco or had after efTccts. Hence ; to the m and subsequent acmia are. owing to the lessened tction of -oft parts and splintering me, minimized c msidcrably. By il antiseptic treatment the wounds n about jo to .vo days. course which some of those Manalicts take without rupturing unit vessels or producing dangcni^^^ simply man clous. To gh soft parts and follow th? tra^f^HH by these missiles without <lo|^B^^H rable injury would tax the ilie r.insi >k1111uI ana that cyor handled a scalpclflMH extraordinary ease completely the Manser enter^^^^^^^^ im on one and Not only he livin^H^^^^H ntiids have healed without lightlv restricted jaw moveinent^^BJ a muscular paralysis, alone retardis discharge. In this instance tiic entered just in front of the left rti.ii/ini; isivj i; injMM.u anci>. ward ami somewhat downward c along the lloor of the skull, d the right maxillary (check) and emerged below the eye on that These results some facial disfig?nt, but he sees, eats and sleeps One may consider him a lucky in having exchanged the cxperiof cranial perforation by an old 11 Bess for that of a modern Mautllct. Paper That Will Not Burn. las been found possible to make a smooth and strong paper of a-i, which can be employed in the iacturc of paper lanterns and other :s which need to be at the same light and fireproof. The asbestos, can also be made waterproof. It .'pared with the same machinery for making ordinary paper. "V daine man lias a fox and a hound re boon comnanions. When both ;als were in the pup stage, they placed together and have now ena year of cacli other's society nv and harmony. r tonnage of the whole nn^^uile marine of Russia, Japan or lloltlues not equal (he tonnage of the tant vessels taken over by dusk Government as transports. cvcral of the native papers in Romre now urging their readers to rcto inoculation as a precaution st tnc ptagttc. :"rABBMI^H ^HSHB||H^ ^BBH^BbH|HPI| *5b HHHi IfimsallH Wrs? Pinhham. af correspondence Is ter her own super? roif? /ery woman on this tlnent should undernrf she van write j/y to fc. PSnkham ut her physical conon because Mrs* PSnk>i to i woman r because Mrs Pink' i never violates con- / ;/ic0 and because shejP ws more about the ills vomen than any other son in this country# ydia Ec Pinkh&tn's letable Compound has ed a million sick wo~ , I* Every neighbor)d9 almost overy rfiy, contains women eved of pain by this s t medicine*