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CONGRESS ADJOURNS ?????? * Session of Both Houses Closed on Thursday. MANY MEASURES WERE ENACTED. The GvJd Standard Bill, Porto R'can aci ana cian ui uuxiuuhiii i Hiwail. After a session marked by much heated discussion and. the transaction of legislation of great importance to the whole country. Congress adjourn, ed on Thursday. Following is a summary of its work, front the Wasuing. ten Pest: The record of the first session of tne Fifty-Sixth Congress is now closed, and it is possible to survey the important work it has accomplished during the last six months. It has been a busy Congress, the busiest, according to veteran officials in many years. In some respects the work has been less exciting than that of the preceding Congress, which covered the dramatic n'kAn wor n?ac HoflttrnH Q^ninist JJCi iCFU T> licil " c** *? MO UWI^.VU ?0v....w, Spain, and also the period of reconstruction and treaty making with Spain following the successful close of the war. But in work actually accomplished and started toward accomplishment. the record of the present session stands well in comparison with the most energetic Congresses. Our new territorial possessions have received much attention, and while there has been no definite action as to the Philippines or Cuba, a form ot gov* ernment and a means of raising revenue has been provided for Porto Rico and a comprehensive territorial form of government has been given to Hawaii. The financial act has made important changes in the laws relating to the parity of the metals, the bonded indebtedness, national banks and the security of the Treasury by a gold reserve. THE NICARAGUA CANAL BILL. The Nicaragua Canal bill has passed the House, and is on the calendar of the Senate ready for attention when Congress reconvenes. The anti-trust bill is similarly auvancea. iae anutrust constitutional amendment has a defeat recorded against it. The Pacific cable measure has passed the Senate, and is awaiting final acuon in the House. The exclusion of Brigham H. Roberts from a seat in the House because of his polygamous status, the refusal of the Senate to admit Mr. Quay on the appointment of the governor of Pennsylvania, and the sensational charges, investigation and developments in the Senate in the case of Mr. Clark, of Montana, have added some exciting personal phases to the session. Investigations have been prolific, including / the inquiry into the Coeur d'Alene mining riots in Idaho, the various inquiries on polygamy growing out of ' the Roberts case, and more recently' the Senate investigation of the postal and other irregularities in Cuba. The tctal of appropriations cannot yet be stated with exactness as five bills are pending, but it is approximately $7(10.000.000 for the session. The donate in PYPriltivp KP_-Sion hiS been occupied to a considerable extent with important treaties. Of these the treaties with Great Britain and Germany closing the tripartite government in Samoa and awaru.ng to the United States the island of Tutuila, with its valuable harbor of Pago, has ' been ratified, while the commercial reciprocity treaties with France and thes British We6t Indian'Islands and the Hay-Pauncefote treaty concerning the inter-ocean canal go over without action. I NEW LAWS ON THE STATUTE BOOKS. I Of the legislation actually accomp- | lished and now on the statute books, | the financial act is regarded as the chief achievement of the year. The noteworthy feature of the debate on this measure in the House was that party lines were broken to some extent. a number of Democratic members from the Eastern and New England States joining with the majority in passing it. In the Senate, also, party mn? were not entirely regarded. Senators Lindsay and Caffery voting for the measure and Senator Chandler against it. As it became a law by the President's signature on March 14, it makes specific the declaration of the gold standard, provides a Treasury reserve of $150,000,000, establishes a division of issue and redemption of the Treas- , ury. provides for the redemption and , reissue of interest-bearing bonds of the United States, and make row regulations as to national banks, their circulation, establishment in sruall ( communities and the tav thev nav. ( The act also contains a specific declar- < ation that its provisions "are not in- | tended to preclude the accomplishment of international bimetallism." i Porto Rico legislation has been the j most fruitful theme of controversy in ( and out of Congress during the ses- t ^ sion. The discussion first turned on the | ^ revenue bill levying a duty of 15 per i cent, of the Dingley rates 0:1 Porto : Rico goods. The majority of the \Yays ( and Means Committee urged the con- 1 stituticnality and necessity of this ; course, while the minority, re-enforced t by Mr. McCall, of Massachusetts, a member of the majority, maintained that tne Constitution of the United ; States extended to Porto Rir-o s>nd tb:>t Congress was inaugurating a new and , dangerous precedent by giving the island any other law than that of the rest of the country. PASSAGE OF THE POKTO RICAN DILL. Excitement ran high under the spur ! of widespread public attention. The do- i batev in the House was signalized by i the division of the majority, which for a time made the result doubtful, but the bill ultimately passed. The eon. i test in the Senate was animated but i l^ss acute, the Senate changing the on. , tiro scope of the measure by adding a i complete form of civil government. In this form, raising revenue and estab- < lishing an island government, the \ measure became a law. subsequently it < was amended so as to limit corporate franchises, and on the President's recommendation an act was passed appropriating for the use of Porto Rico for the $2,095,455 collected from island t sources since its acquisition. ; Next in importance in the accomplished work of the session is the act 1 "to provide a government for the Territory cf Hawaii.'" The debates on* it c in the Senate and House aroused little < division, save on matters of detail. The t act provides a system of government r much like that of Territories, with a < governor appointed by the President, a legislature of two houses, franchise rights practically the same as those of voters in the United States, with the aauiiionai quanncauon mat a voter shall be "able to speak, read and write the English or Hawaiian language." f Administrative and judicial officers are r provided, and the island is given a ? Delegate to the House of Repressenta- a tives of the United States, chosen by j the people, with a right to debate in '(, the House, but not a right to vote. CUBA AND THE PHILIPPINES. ? The Philippines and Cuba have occti- t pied much attention in the way of de- ? bate and the adoption of resolutions of T enquiry. The Spooner bill providing that when all insurrection against the authority of the United States shall be at an end then all military, civil, and judicial powers shall, unless otherwise provided by Congress, be carried on under the direction of the President, formed the basis of* the Senatorial debate on the Philippines, but was fruitless of action. The only legislation a= to Cuba :e of a comparatively minor character, relating to Cuba shipping. The extradition bill, applying to all insular possessions and dependencies, has passed both Houses and doubtless will become a law. It is designed main- a ly to reach cases like that of Charles e F. W. Neely. The Nicaragua Canal bill and the shipping subsidy bill are notable in? + A# lncriolotinn nQ^tlv 9 H vn n PPft diaULCO Ui i/w. MV* ^ iuring the present session, but not en- ? icted into law. The canal bill has pass?d the House and has been made the j special <vder in the Senate, beginning j December 10 next. The shipping bill is p on the calendar of each House, with j] favorable recommendation from a ma- r (ority membership, of the Senate and b kouse committees. > ATTENTION PAID TO TRUSTS. v Anti-trust legislation has come prom- d jnenUy into attention in the House .at b the close of the session, the House hav- o ing passed a new anti-trust bill anl defeated a constitutional amendment. The Senate has passed a bill to.* a cable to the Philippines and beyond, to ^ be constructed and continued under * government control, but no action has a been taken on it in the House. The re- c; striction of oleomargarine has been fl productive of considerable agitation, g mainly in committee, and a radical restrictive bill has been reported to the n House. w The general pension laws have been fi materially changed by the present Con- b gress, largely as a result of the efforts ^ of the Grand Army of the Republic, which secured the passage of a bill amending the law of June 27, 1890. so as to permit the "aggregating" of disabilities. and changing the provision as S( to widows so that a widow may re- n ?eive pension when she is "without o means of support other than her daily a labor, and has an actual net income ti not exceeding $250." etc. It The "free homes" act has at last be- c? come law. It provides for the patenting . d of homesteads on the public lands ae. p quired from the Indians, on the pay- w ment of the usual fees, and no othei jj further charges. This opens to free w homestead entry many millions 01 D acres o public lands in the Wesl heretofore sold at stated figures pei acre. Another measure passed of some general interest permits the Secretarj of Agriculture to restore g:*me birds ^ which are becoming extinct, and pro- 1 vides means for the restriction ol w traffic in dead animals, birds, etc.. A from State to State, the latter provis- A ion being in part designed to limit the p< destruction of song birds for the sale in their plumage. in PRESERVATION OF FRIGATE CON- ^ STi'I I'THWV Among the other miscellaneous acts cl 3f the 3ession are those for the pre- m serration of the historic frigate Constitution and extending the work of he twelfth census. Considerable general legislation is arried on appropriation bills. These . jrovisions include the amendment to a, he Military Academy bill, making the ommanding general of the army a leutenant general, and the adjutant Ci general of the army a major general; t: i!so the amendment to the sundry civil m (ill appropriating $5,000,000 for the St. Tc Louis Exposition. Both of those bills ' :re still pending. The naval appropriaTon bill adds two battleships, three irmorgd cruisers, three protected crui- " ers, and five submarine boats to the laval strength, and may include spec1 lecislation as to armor-nlate and oj a government plant, me otner appropriation bills in the main carry the usual government supplies. The Aiaska code bill, giving a complete civil system cf laws to the territory, has passed Icth houses and unboubtedly will become a law. Othei measures which have passed one house or the other, hut are still pending, include those for the election of Senators by the people; authorizing the President to appoint a commission to studj commercial conditions in China anc Japan; for increasing the efficiency o: the army by making serivice in th< staff corps temporary; extending th? sight-hour law. and increasing the annual allowance to the militia of tht ountry from $400,000 to $1,000,000. Commissions Issued. Washington. D. C.. Special.?In ac crdance with the previsions of the Military Academy appropriation bill, he President has issued commissions o Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, ommanding the army, and Major Gen 1 it r> Pn.kin oflintnnt ?pnpf!L of , l it 1 r 1. V/. VUI Mill, uujuv*.Uv he ai my. These are recess appointnents and will be nominated to the senate at its next session in Decem>er. Gov. Oates Kills a Negro. Montgomery. Ala., Special.?Ex-Gov rnor W. C. Oates. shot and killed a legro man at his residence in this city Saturday night. General Oates heard i pistol shot in his kitchen, and on nvestigation found his cook lying lead, killed by a negro. The ne;ro. whose name is not known, started owards the Governor, pistol in hand. <ot paying any attention to warnings lot to advance, Governor Oates shot ind killed him. New Cotton Exchange Law. New York, Special.?The members >f the cotton exchange voted on the proposition to establish a minimum ate of commission of $10 for contract or buying and selling 100 bales of coton for non-members, and $.j for the ound turn in buying and selling for aembers, and at the close of the polls he count seemed to indicate its passge by seven votes more than the necssary two-thirds majority. Boxer Outrages. T.rvnHnn hv P.ahle?A pnerinl frnm Ihan.ghai, dated June 6. says the memiers of the majority of the legations t Pekin, including the members of the British legation, are sending their famlies away. It is also said that several >rominent Chinese residents are leavag the city. There is an unconfirmed eport that two Russian engineer:a.ve been murdered at Yu Ohow Fu. forth west of Port Arthur, after their rives had been outraged. The total amage done to the Chinese railroad; y the Boxers is now estimated at $5.00,000. Ilotel Eurned. Norfolk, Ya., Special.?The Hotel forfolk, formerly the Purceil House, large si:-:-story hotel cn Main street, aught fire Friday night on the fifth I oor from seme unknown cause. The ames spread quickly through to the acf. The fire department soon had ater playing on it. The flames were nally extinguished, but the entire uilding ,s damaged by the flood of ater played upon it. The President's Movements. Washington. D. C., Special.?It eems probable that the President will ot go to Canton until the latter part f the month, and certainly r.ct until fter the national Republican convenon in Philadelphia, on June 19. A irge number of letters have been reeived at the White House from prcslcntial organizations in different arts cf the country, stating that it as their intention to stop in Washlgton for an hour cr two en their ay to the Philadelphia convention to ay their respect3 to the President. big limDer synuicaie. Pensacola, Fla., Special.?Martin A. illivan has .returned from Detroit, here, in conference with Russell A. lger and associates, the details of the lger-Sullivan timber syndicate were ?rfectcd. The syndicate owns imensc tracts of land in Alabama, witheasy access of Pensacola. They will tablish large mills there, making this ty headquarters for exports to foreign arkets. Total Receipts. New York, Special.?The following e the total net receipts of cotton at 1 ports since September 1st, 1899: alveston, 1,692,772; New Orleans, 1,12.302; Mobile, 199,9S8; Savannah, 1,.5,946; Charleston, 256.S12; Wilmingin, 278,516; Norfolk, 381,771; Ealtiore, 90,918; New York, 104.197; Bosm, 10S.149; Newport New?. 16,851; hiladelphla, 46,787; Brunswick, 92,i5; Pensacola, 126,875; Pert Arthur id Sabine Pass. 68.023. Totrl, 6.312,;i bales. ru-d'Ca! {lisf,fnsaOr has beer. I >ened in Chinatown, San Francisco. f t ' T THE WAR IS OVERT British Occupy Pretoria Withcul Resistance. ROBERTS' ENTRY NOT OPPOSED. jeneral Botha Sends Out a Letter Proposing an Armistice?Great Rejoicing in All Parts of England London, By Cable.?At 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, almost eight months after the declaration of war, Lord Roberts entered Pretoria. While the commander-in-chief of the greatest ( army Great Britain ever put in the i field was fulfilling the promise he 1 made to the Guards at Bloemfontein, ] to lead them into the capital of the ' Transvaal, England was celebrating j the event with wild enthuslam. Throughout the length and breadth of the country the news spread like wild J fire. Based on the recollection of re- | cent European wars, when the occupa- i tion of the enemy's capital signified < the end of hostilities. Lord Roberts* terse telegram was universally taken to mean the practical finish of the war . which has tried Britian's military re* i sources as they were never tried hefore. The War Office became the centre for the celebration. Joyful throngs j thundered cheers and sang, ' God Save j the Queen." Hats hoisted from thousands of heads were waved in exultant 1 hands and shimmered like a coal bed ! in th sun. Lord Roberts' Six Miles ' Spruit dispatch was hardly printed by j ' the "extras" before the Union Jack of I the War Office was hauled up the flag ' : staff and the brief message was passed from mouth to mouth: "Pretoria is oc- j eupied." The pressure of General i French north of the Boer capital came | as a surprise and explained the com- 1 i mander-in-chief's retriever anent the ( ; position of the energetic cavalry lead- , j er. It w?' evident that Lort Roberts < delayed attacking until all his columns 1 were ready to co-operate. ' Judging. from Lord Roberts' ^ phraseology the occupation of Pre- ( toria was not acccmpained by any loss < ! of life. What has happened to the < ! Boer forces, which so insistently op- : posed the British advance at Six f Miles Spruit can only be surmised. But < urtsumablv. they have got away for : the present at any rate. The latest I press dispatches from a representative of the Associated Press at Pretoria, dated June 3, quotes General Botha as saying: "So-long as we can still count on cur thousands of willing men, we must not dream of retreat or throwing away our independence." General Botha, it is added, annulled the regulations appointing a special 1 committee to preserve order, substitut- ; ing military control for that of the j committee. General Lucas Meyer, ad- * dressing the burghers on the church * square, urged them all to stand fast. I f Thus though their efforts were piti- t if ouidont thnt thp faith- I r A UI1J AUliAC, AC AO V.iuv-v . ful Boers worked desperately to resist ( the overwhelming force of Lord Rob- 1 a wts' army. The War Office ha3 information that v one of the first things done by Lord 0 Roberts after tho occupation of Pre- c toria was to direct General French to c relieve the British prisoners confined n at Waterval. Bells were rung, flags C were flown and holidays were declared $ ? 1---1 TV. ? T Vfocni. 0 till over iiiiigiciLiu. i iic i/jiu *ua;ui ui I>ondon was calbed to Lord Roberts as 1 follows: ~ f "The empire will never forget wuat : you and the forces under your com- e mand have accomplished. Accept th? % grateful congratulations of the citi- j zens of London." ^ New York Democrats. New York, Special.?The Democratic State convention elected these dele- \ gates at large to the national Demo- P cratic convention: David B. Hill, v Richard Cr<iker, Edward Murphy and u Augustus Van Wyck; alternates, h Frank Campbell. Jacob Ruppert, Jr., C. Morgan Sanfcrd and James She- a vlin; electors at large, Frederick Cook, i, cf Rochester; Robert C. Titus, of Buf- 0 falo. t Total Appropriation. t "Washington, D. C., Special.?A care- n fully prepared statement on the appro- j priations of the session was made by c Senator Allison, chairman of the Sen- 5l ate committee on appropriations, and p ? Chairman Cannon, of the House com. j mictee on appropriations. It says: \ "The appropriations made by the first E session of the Fifty-sixth Congress o amount to $709,729,476. This sum in- ? eludes $131,217,153, estimated to be on account of, or incident to the late war G with Spain, and deducting it, the re- ^ maining $578,482,321 reprosentr. the or- A dinary appropriations for the support 5 of the government during t.hc session. THE SIMMER SCHOOL Preparations to Make it a Splendid Success. The preparations are still going on for The State summer school, and the prospects are bright for a success equal to that of last year, and perhaps greater. The school will open on the morning of July 18th. The announcement is about to go to press. There ha.3 been some delay in the preparation for the announcement :-:i account of the delay in hearing from some cf the professors. Every effort has been made to secure the very strongest faculty possible, and this necessitated a wide search and an exten sive correspondence. It was also neces;ary for the State superintendent of education to confer personally witli a large number of teachers and school men in the State as to the courses to be offered and as to the general plans of the school. Although the funds for the school are rather short, yet, because of the interest taken in^the work by some of the leading educators in otjr State, and also the interest in ^ this kind of work on the part 6f several strong educators in various lines, wkd will any way be in attendance at^he N'ational Educational Association,** it has been found possible to aSSure/*# very strong faculty,'and the courses .to be offered will be such. as will meet the immediate needs of a large number of our leading teachers. Dr. T. P. Bailey, associate professor of education at the University of California, has been secured for a course In "Education as Related to Charac? ter." Professor R. C. Metcalf, author of Metcalf's English series, and one of the supervisors of the city schools of Boston, will give a two weeks' course in "Methods in English Teaching." There will be two courses in primary methods, one given by Miss Macfeat ind one by Miss Sarah Withers. Miss Macfeat and Miss Withers have each 5one, the one to Chicago and the other to Columbia Universify, to prepare themselves better for the work in the summer school. There will be two professors in English, Prof. Snyder, of Wofford, and Professor McCain, of Erskine, whereas there was only one last year. There will also be two professors in mathematics, Prof. Bond, of the Citalel. and Professor Earle, of Furman. The course in physiography will be riven by Prof. J. V. Lewis, professor >f geology in Clemson College, wfao ".<,0 Mvon mn^Vi otnHv fr? +his naTfirular ilnd of work. The physics course will be given by Prof. Hammell. of Baltimore Normal college. Prof. Hammell has been in :harge of physics at the summer school >f the University of North Carolina for weral summers, and has been recognized as one of the leading educators n his line that has been in any of the Southern States. He will give much mention to the making of simple apjaratus to illustrate physics principles. Drawing will again be in charge of Prof. Pattison, of Chicago institute. Prof. PattLscn has just written a very Mithusiastic letter about the work he vill do this summer, and it is probable hat his course will he even more at:ractive than it was last year. Last rear his class numbered 185, and he tad four assistants. He will have as nany assistants this year. There will be a course in nature stuly given by Miss Sarah C. Thurston, vho did considerable work of this kind n the State Normal school at Framnghara, Mass.. and has also been vorking along this line in Columbia iigh School. Of the professors cf last year, besides hose which have already been menioned, Professor Davis, in history and >olitics, Professor Bain, in Latin and Ireek, and Professor Leathers, now of he University of Mississippi, in botany :nd physiology, will return. Several other courses will be offered t'hich are not mentioned now because >f the delay in the acceptance of some ^ a I xiaI A'] 'I Lilt? lcw;u .LJT OCJCVIVJ. The city schools throughout the jtate are beginning to make ai rangecents for their teachers to attend. The 'olumbia city board has already voted 16 to each of its teachers, who attend, nd it is understood that nearly all of hem are going. The board found its imilar action of last year warranted n the increased efficiency of its teaebrs and decided to do the same this ear. It is hoped that other boards hroughout the State will do the same, ollowing the good example of Columia. South Carolina New?. \ Friday evening the Winthrop chapter J. D. C., had their annual memorial xercires. The speaker for the occasion vas Gen. M. L. Bonham. who, in his sual way, charmed his audience with is eloquence. The Secretary of State has granted charter to the town of Ruffln, in Col?ton county. The town abandons its Id name and secures it3 charter under he name of Danville. The adjutant general has received he muster roll of the Mullins rifles, a ew military company just formed at Iullins. This is the only military ompany in Marion county. It goes ato service with 63 men on us comany roll, and all the corn-missioned ofers are Citadel men, the captain being . E. Buzhardt. who graduated in 1890. .. E. Brunson is first lieutenant and R. Daniels second lientenant. These ffloers propose to make the company ae of the be3t in the State. Amonge the recent graduates at the leneral Theological Seminar}'. New ork, was Albert S. Thomas, of South arolina, who won the degree of B. D. fter his ordination he will be assigned . . v Bishop Capers to duD- in this State. * 1 >*- ? JiAifi