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BJODR MBftlHTY RECORD. Pabftafaed Every Thursday ?AT? TlSraSTBEE. 80UTH CAROLINA. ?BT? C. W. WOLFE . Editor and Proprietor. It is officially reported that the Pari? Exposition entailed a loss of $400,000 However, the subscribers certainly had a show for their money. The fatal result of the tire in the Eredonia Normal 'School bears a plain lesson. It is that the object of fire escapes Is to aid escape from fires. They -are supposed ro be for other than ornament. The fire escapes in this case , "were barred "to keep pupils from going out at night." It appears that, according to some authorities, one of the ways to keep pupils from going out at night is to burn them to death. The Centre Democrat give? one reason, which we have not seeu elsewhere advanced. for the falling off of population in farming counties, remarks the Philadelphia Record. It says that the machinery used by farmers in planting and harvesting their crops has dls placed manual labor to such an extent as to compel a considerable number of young men to seek other employment. This is no doubt true. The machines also operate to discourage the cultivation of small farms. The lands year r by year fall into the bands of a more restflcted ownership. The War Department has recently been making some tests of emergency rations for soldiers. Details of oavaJry regiments have been subjected to such hardships as they would have to eu counter In active service on rations prepared by manufacturers or rood supplies. These rations either sickened or weakened the soldiers after two or thr^e days' trial. The l>est ration was ^ A* U" lwr OVmt' iounu IO ue UUC urtrecu V.y mi officers themselves, consisting of on* pound of raw lean beef and one pound of good bread, seasoned with salt and reel pepper, eaten dry without cooking. One pound weight of this mix ture will sustain a soluier for twenty four hours without loss of vigor. In one of his recent lectures at Clark iJniversity, Professor Angelo Mosso. of Turin, averred that 'Tliysieal education and gymnastics serve not only for the development of tlie muscles but for that of the brain as well." It is becoming evident, he said, that as much time should be devoted to mus cular exercise as to Intellectual exer else, and children sbonld begin reading: and writing only after they arc nine.years old. Musenlar fatigue ex hibits phenomena identical with intellectual fatigue. Nerve cells show on the average every ten seconds a tendency to rest. It is probable that onjy part of the brain is active at a time; the various part* relieve each other. ? The more mobile any animal's 'extremities are the mote Intelligent, .other things being equal, be fc. After six months' investigation r>f the saloon problem in Chicago. Prolessor Royal Loren Melendy make* a plea for increased opportunity for recreation as an ethical substitute for the saloon. Other remedies suggested by him are model tenement houses, increased facilities for obtaining cheap and wholesome food, and such necessities .as public toilet conveniences, labor b?re&a?, and public parks. Much of the popularity of the saloon he ascribes to the oocial feature and the free-lunch oyfiteia. The social feature, he argues, eia "he duplicated In club-rooms under proper direction, and where the visitor* must not be affected with the feeling that the men conducting the club Kntta* than thar arc Fnr thp free-luneb attraction be would substitute better facilities for the cheap service of food similar to those emifloyed by the London coffee-houses, fliis service of free lunch in the saloons demonstrates the possibility of serving a satisfactory meal at a price not much, if any, in exceRs of that' paid by the frequenter of the free lunch counter for the beer be con ttumea. * j * . '* * . V CONGRESSIONAL DOINGS. Th2 Senate and House Still Working Deliberately. SENATE. t" ortiem uay.?.sir. Buner. auer stating that he was absent yseterday when "the paper purporting to be the credentials" of Senator-elect Simmons, of North Carolina, was presented, offered a resolution for the reference of that document to the Senate committee on privilege:, and elections. He said he recognized that the question was one requiring the attention of the next Congress, but that he introduced this resolution as a "notice" and he asked that it lie upon the tabl?. Forty-first Day.?The shipping bill was kept at the front in the Senate throughout the day. but no appreciable progress was made, most of the time being occupied by Mr. Truley. of Tennessee. and Mr. J nes. of Arkansas, in speeches severely arraigning the bill's alleged favoritism. Forty-second Day.?The shipping bill was kept steadily at the front in the Senate and to ex:>edit> business a motion was agreed to for a session beginning an hour earlier to-morrow. Senator Rawlins, of ITta.i. and Berry, of Arkansas, occup'ed most of the time to-day in .speeches of vigorous pi esition. Forty-third Day?The situation in the Senate was not changed by any developments. The Republicans intend tc continue pressing the shipping bill and the leaders say next week will develop whether or not the opposition intend to talk the measure to death. The Senators who are leading the opp:sition say that there are enough speeches to consume ten days, and that atme Republicans are lending encouragement to th-? fight against the bill. HOUSE. fortieth Day.?The House spent {he <iay upon the agricultural appropriation bill. It was used as a vehicle for the introduction of several 'general speeches. Mr. Thayer, of Massachusetts, discussed the ship subsidy bill. Representative White, of North Carolina, the colored member, who goes out of Congress March 4, delivered his valedictory upon the general subject of the aspirations of his race, and Mr. Gaines, of Tennessee, discussed thb limitations of the constitution in connection with our insular possessions. Forty-first Day.?The House discussed the agricultural approprietion bill, and passed it finally after a number ^e ^ linan x- rvt n/1 HawTI UL aiijvuuuicuia nuu i/rvu vi.vu uw.. ... The farmers of the country were well represented. Forty-second Day.?The house passed an omnibus bill carrying 191 claims for stores and supplies taker, by the Union army during the civil war. The claims were passed on by the Court of Claims, under the Bowman act. and aggregated $344.4S9. Practically all the beneficiaries resi le in the South. Forty-third Day.?The House spen: the day until 3 o'clock In the consideration of postofflce appropriations. The struggle was over the question of restoring the appropriations for pneumatic tube service and of the reduction of railway mail pay precipitated by amendments offered, but no action was taken. At 3 o'clock public business was suspended to permit members to pay tribute to the memory of the late Senator Davis of Minnesota. Attempted Assassination. St. Petersburg. By Cable.?A man named Payloff, who had been condemned to banishment to the archangel government fired twice at Gen. Masloff. the chief dirc:tion of militar> sentences. The general, however, escape^ uninjured. Payloff has been here on two weeks' leave, visiting his sick mother. He had unsuccessfully tried to persuade Gen. Masloff to procure a mitigation of his sentence. Hotel Chamberlain'Sold. Port Monroe. Va.. Special.?The famous Hotel Chamberlain was sold at noon Saiturday under order of the ttmiitrd States court. It was purchased toy E. Cornell of New York, representing the tonrtholdcrs. for $300,000. Tn? purchasers will reorganize the 10mpanv as soon as the sale is confirmed. Meantime the hotel will be continued under the direction of Receiver W. B. T>oncan. Jr. The debt for which the hotei was sold amounted to $73,000. 75 Wild Animals Burnrd to Death. Bait more. Special.?With pitiful screams of fright and groans of pain the 75 or more animals of all descriptions confined in cages at Frank C. Bostocks Zoo. which was in winter quarters in the old cyclorama building In this city, were roasted or burned to death. The fire qrobably originated from a badly insulated wire dn the outside of the building. Mr. Boetock estimates his lose on animals at ahout $400,000. Lose on building probably eis onn Bishop Joseph H. Johnson recently made a ten days' journey through the Indian country in San Diego County, California, traveling 300 miles through a rocky, barren country, made more barren by three years of drought. He found nearly all the Indians in "a pitiable condition of destitution and misery." He thinks they might be helped by teaching them to make lace. To the chronic borrower any sort of s day U bracing weather. t > . * * \ \ \r NSk "V CALLED A TRAITOR. _ _ 1 Congressional Delegate In League Witli Aguina'da. t SERIOUSCriARGES AGAINiT WILCOX ; .-vumrv. leu ut-ueriii Aguiuanr-F i ^ have already given my service for ^oiir country and I am ready to obey ( irders to go to your country and fight 'or the independence of your people | . : ind country at any moment." Another letter. dated i-ioiioiulu. ' , j March 8. 1899. says: "1 am thinking j io go to the Philippine Islands and , J jive my assistance to Aguinaldo , igainst the invaders?the hypocritical . Yankees?the carpet-bag politician, Dtis." j The petition says there wa3 no elec- ( :ion machinery when Wilcox was elect- , ?d delegate. November 6. 1900. aud that many voters therefore made no lttempt to vote. It is alleg-d "that 1 Wilcox, in his speeches prior to the ] ! election, made use of the strongest i <ind of anti-American utterances for the purpose of carrying the election, i telling the native Hawaiians that the Americans had stolen their country i ind that a vote for him was a vote for i the restoration of the Queen, and that f he were elected the Que*n . would i ' ae restored; that said Wilcox was and ] 1 s guilty of treason against the Unit d | ! states in that he did as petitioner is ! informed and believes, since the an| aexation of said Hawaiian Islands, i i write and send through the Knitfd j States mails certain letters highly ; ireasonable in their nature, wherein ae did counsel and incite others to engage in open rebellion against the United States, and did so offer his >wn services. i The petition, in conclusion, changes i lis election with invalid; thai "he is act a fit and proper person" to represent Hawaii; alleges bigamy and fur- < ther alleges written and uttered treasonable language; wherefore it is pt litioned he should be expelled from t Congress. < Mr. Wilcox says he has no f?;:tr of I ( the charges made. 'He admits that he < wrote a letter to I)r. l-osada. Captain i Burgos aad Senor Luna, introducing i 2. Caesar Merino, an Italian of this ] Mty. whom he knew while the latter ' was in Hawaii, and to whom tho un I tddressed letter filed by Gear a^> adIressed, but he said he as unable to 1 jay whether the letters filed weie ex- t iot copies of those eent. ] i says Wire Gang Killed Miss Fasburg. Providence, R. I.. Special.?In a ( aoast of his deeds to a pri-oo official i it Crans.er. recently. W'm. McCaugh- ' ?y. one of the "wire gang." said that it , was his gang that killed Miss Fosburg. His statement coincides with that of ' mother member of tie gang at Taun- J ton. Mass., and the two men have not ?en each other since their arrest. Mc- ( ^atwehey named the five members of ] ihe gang who went to Pittsfield, < 'Dirty" Dick Quinn, "Shag" Smith, 1 'Jack" Bly, Fred Patterson and one ] rlenneesey. Mies FoebuTg's brother is mder arrest charged with the crime. 7.000 Killed in Battle. Paris. By Cable.?A dispatch to the ? Pnancaise, from Coiro, says news has ( !>een received from Abyssinia, of a ^ Muttle in which 7,000 were killed. It is mpposed the chiefs rebelled during the Ibsence of King Menelik, who has gone io the Egyptian frontier in connection r ivtfch the deliberation of the Egypto- { I Abyssinian frontier. A Oairo special I to the exchange teierraph gives the { lame report. j ? ? Said to be a Bigamist Also?Incrimi nating Correspondence Mas Been Produced. Washington. D. C.. Spe.ial.?Charges have been submitted to the house committee on elections No. 1, against Delegate Robert W. Wilcox, the Hawaiian representative in the House of Representatives, by George D. Gear, of Hawaii, who submitted letters purporting to be ropies of letters written by Wilcox to Filipino officials. The alleged letters are of a iiighiv sensational character. One bears the alleged signature of Wilcox. It is da.ed Honolulu. January 31, 1S99. and is addressed to Dr. Losada. Captain 'Marti Burgos and Senor J. l.una. an;i intit>- < iuced to them "a friend of mine who is a very able man. to help you in your cause." Among other things, the letter says: "Mr. will be a useful ally to fight for the cause of the Philippines. One thing Is sure that you could resist against any army of invasion. You have a population of 12,000,000 and already a diu.iplined army of 30.000 well equipped with modern arro6. "I have already made up my mind to join with you in your cor.ntry against America in case they insist to ignore the rights, the justice of your cause. I know well my profession as in artillery officer. I have no fear of the whole world when I fight for a legitimate cause like yours. Between General Aguinaldo's determination md myself it would be ve>y little .hance le.'t to the invading army of the United States- to conquer your 1 a ...2..I.U r THE EXPOSITION BILL. *a>sedbyBoth Senate and Kcusc? Legislative Proceedings. SENATE. Nineteenth Day.?Immediately after 'r.c opening of the senate Senator ienderson offered a resolution, which f'ZS adopted, directing the clerk of he senate to convey to Senator Sulliran of Anderson the sympathy of the senate in the death of his mother. The senate agreed to a house concurrent resolution to allow a bill to b9 ntroduced to incorporate the Johnson. Saluda, Greenwood and Anderson ailroad. Most of the days session was taken lp with discussion of local bills. No :hir;l reading oiils were on the calen:ar. Twentieth Day.?The labor of the Senate consisted almost exclusively in :he consideration cf local bills. A few >ills were passed to third reading. At 1:40 the Senate adjourned. Twenty-first Day.?The first business transacted in the senate was to agree to the house amendment to the Charleston exposition bill, which gives the building, after the exposition is aver, to the sinking fund commission, 1 ? * 'A ? - ' n?/vAAa/1o r\ Ka II) oe SU1U illiu Lilt" yiw *rcuo iv turned over to the State Treasury, instead of being given to the State agricultural and mechanical society, as at first proposed. A number of new bills were introdu:ed, mostly local in character. Twenty-fourth Day?The Graydon phosphate royalty bill wa? called and the author, at some length, reviewed the history of phosphate prices and conditions, using report of inspectors 'or the purpose. He declared that the law is being evaded as to the amount of reck mined. He thought there should be so much straight per ton, and be paid for when the rock is dug out. Senator Barnwell remarked that the Senator seemed to charge that the law was being violated and bad brought out no reason for fixing the royalty otherwise than it is. An unfavorable report was made cn the bill providing to; a registration o: mariages. births and deaths, and the report was adopted. The military committee, to whom was referred the inv.ta.rion to be pres?nt at the unveiling of the Chickamauga monument, reported by returning thanks to the Governor and ihe lommission, and recommending that as many members attend as are able to 3o so. Mr. Bacot's bill relating to the powers of the boar;! of visLtors of the Citadel was passed. as was a bill by the same gentleman amending the Act as to municipal election in Charleston, after which the Senate adjourned. Twenty-fifth Day?Although a good number of Senators were absent yesterday a good deal of business was transacted in the Senate. Senator Marshall's child labor b'll which had been made the special order was postponed until next week at the - - - ?*- - 41 TU. request 01 ine au-nor. mr rca??u iui rhis was the absence of so many senators. H0U3E. Nineteenth Day.?The house did it g:eat deal of work. In addition to passing the appropria.Von for the Charleston exposition, both of the proposed constitutional amendments were given a second reading. Mr. Weston's bill prohibiting the hire of convicts to individuals passed second reading. The house killed Mr. Wolling's bill to prohibit corporal punishment of children in public schools. Twentieth Day.?The house went to work at 10 o'clock and kept up steady work until 1:40 p. .m.. when a joint Fes-sion was held for the purpose of ratifying acts. When the house assembled there were 101 setond reading bills on the calendar: seven of tnese passed second reading and eix others were killed. There were seven third reading bills and *aeh passed third Vising. Three af these were senate b'.sTand now become acts. These were the Charleston exposition bill, and the two bills tc rati*y the vote of the per pie in the general election of 1900 upon the propc-ed amendments to the constitution. i'ho vitro vrv.-o ums taken on each of these bills. The drainage amendment tvas rat'fied by a vote of 97 to 1. Mr. Woodward of Horry voting against it; md the bonded indebtedness amendment ty a vote of 98 to 1. Mr. Coggeshnll voting against it. The other third reading bills were Mr. Weiton's to prevent hiring of convicts to individuals: Mr. Croft's relating to drawing of juries; Mr. Saniers' amendment to act creaung Spartanburg school district, and Mr. Lever's to validate the election at Peak. Twenty-first Day.?This was another t>U3y day In the house. Speaker Stevenson had returned to the city and presided. The bill to appropriate $20,000 to complete the dormitory at Winthrop passed second reading auer a numioer af members had declared that they roted for it to keep from losing the money already spent, and they did so ifter passing censure upon the president and the board of trustees. Mr. Dean's marriage license bill was dlled as was Mr. Banks' joint resoludo 1 providing for a constitutional amendment extending the jurisdiction )f magistrates to three montns. There vas a little episode iu the discussion )f this bill. Twenty-fourth Day?The House has iractically disposed of two important ssues?perhaps the two most imporant of the entire ses9'.on. They are bild labor legislation and the sale of he State farms. Lost night on the ? * r 'V J y ' "{ direct proposition the first child labor bill was killed by more than, two tO' one. The only third reading bills were: Mr. Elder's bill to provide for the completion of the Winthrop Normal and Industrial Collrge cf South Carolina. aud to furnish ! .. and to appropriate money for the same. Senator Mower's bill to validate the drawing of all jurors for the year 1901. There was no objection to either of those bill?. On motion of Mr. McLaughlin :h? bill rs to irtunding the bonds cf Samuel ' I.crd. receiver. w?3 made tne special order for Tuetday next, af.er third reading bills. Twen:y-fifth Day?The appropriation bill wa^ Introduced by Mr. J. Har vcy Wilson, chairman of the ways and ^ means eommi.tce. The committee and i it - able chairman have done unusually quick wcrk on this bill. The supply V bill will be presented as soon as the county delegations scr.d in their est mates. Mr. Henderson's bil: :o make cotton mill stock* taxable as realty passed it* third reading in the Seuate yesterday and wa3 sent to the House. Mr. Bacrt?A bill to amend section 1! >f the code of civil procedure of th's L'.i'.e relr Ins to the jurisdiction of the supreme court. Mr. Livingston's bill regulating the duties of the code commissioner also passed its third reading. The following bills also passed third, reading: Mr. Livingston, by request?A bill to provide for a State bacteriologist. The House at 1:15 p. m., on motion of Mr. Weston, adjourned in honor of Queen Victoria, whose funeral exer? vises were then being conducted. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Mark Twain smokes continuously ivhilc writing. President Kmger has undergone on operation for his sight. King Edward VII. made an extensive tour of America in 1860. Bishop Potter has routed bis cottage | at Newport, It. I., and will not go there I next summer. Through the defeat of Senator Chandler the Senate will lose its only shorthand writer. President MeKinley has promised toopen the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo on May 20. W. .7. Bryan denies that be is going to Europe. He has no present intention, of leaving his editorial chair. The Duke of Norfolk, as Chief Butler of England, is entitled, to a gold cup at King Edward's coronation. Prince Joachim, the ten-year-old son of the German Emperor, is the young! est lieutenant in the German army. The Prince Imperial of Japan will start on a foreign tour next spring, ae will probably visit the United States. Sir Hiram Maxim says that years before the safety bieycle was invented he had made one for himself and ridden all over Maine on it. Ignaee Paderewski has left Switzerr : land for Herlin and Dresden to arj range for (lie produotion of a new opera to be presented first in either of | those cities. fn speaking of (lie keen but always good uatured wit of the late Senator j Davis. Senator Hoar made this epigram: "No spark from.his train was | ever a einder in the eye of a friend." When former President Kruger was in Paris some of his warmest admirj ers were the sewing girls, who used to ; gather under his window and eLeer I Vi!m nti fhuir war tr? \rnrk. Krncer's wedding gift to Queen Wilhelmlua will be a thimble engraved with the figures of a number of these seamstresses at their work. . ? - -v NEWSY CLEANINGS, // Berlin has 2300 medical men. There is a famine in mourning goods xi London. They now have sanitary barbershops in Bait intone. Md. A national prohibition conference has been called at Buffalo. N. Y.. in August next. The United States cutter Orant wiir cruise along the British Columbian Pacific coast to look for distressed vessels. Chicago lias just adopted an ordinance forbidding spitting upon sidewalks. in public places, and in publie conveyances. Iron lands showing more than 7.000.ooo tons of yr?- have been leased in Northern Minnesota by the American Stcr! and Iron Company. The death Rite of Havana, Cuba, as appears from the report of vital statistics for December, is only one-fourtb of what it was ihree years ago. Winton-Salem. N. C.. is to have a? negro hospital. The building is to cost $10,000. The hospital will be operate*! in connection with the Slater Indus- { trial School. , Pittsburg now Ixiasts of a self-propellor fire engine. Steam Is the motive ** power. The outfit complete weighs a trifle over eight and two-third tons and cost $9200. A bill is before the Federal Council or Germany proviuing tnai me ume ? study shall be for medical students five years instead of the present term of four years and a half. Sixteen hundred persona in the crowds which assembled In London on the return of the volunteers from South Africa received injnries which required medical attendance. Fifteen thousand dollars has been raised of the $100,000 desired to endow a chair of economics at Washington and Lee University to the memory .of William L. Witsow, the late President of the university. ^ ? I <* * . tu i>v-;