The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, June 14, 1900, Image 3
CONGRESS ADJOURNS
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Session of Both Houses Closed on
Thursday.
MANY MEASURES WERE ENACTED.
The GvJd Standard Bill, Porto R'can
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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
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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?
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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.
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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 $
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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. *
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