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1 1 - * 3 Old Maids and By Lilian Bell. unmarried woman, of i I herself, but the -way she I _ I maids aud bachelor girls B I The unenlightened frt M fl that lack of opportunity ? I single women, but I lay I M I land climate is not cond Ing. And even after th< single woman has drifted Climate; raw winds, chill rains, and sno mow hn nlH moiilc in tho S(1 called by that name. I hare known so "where from seventeen to fifty, and som n&Hj and perennially in love with then be mind not to marry has a hard time 1 she is always assailed to break it The it 1st As I said, old maids are surely a jZ The Place of the By Dr. Louise Fiske B of the problems of th M I place of the feebleminded I I opinion of those fitted to | H S possible to eradicate a v I I nearly all sub-normal clii I decree, and their usefulm I I dcrfui extent. One has c It'tItI I are trained rationally to claim, therefore, the saru< In this republic, which is No one challenges the right of the blin for a sphere of usefulness. Justice den for mentally deficient children, cquall their misfortune. All there is of power, all tlier* is o inevitably take part sooner or later in t snb-nortnal child. Cheering is the tlioit hope concerning the redemption of the of religion is beginning to 1k? harnessoi hitherto disregarded acquire dignity am J2. \ ' m Instil a Sentim< For I By Casper Whitney. HAVE said that, in se I v fl stroyed, the loss to agr 5 S* on absolutely reliable w\_ I Uf is sustained annually America throucb inseel Kr Jp comes, not is It desirat 1 tually they may l>e proi In this, as in all o obstacle in the way is la withheld, I feel sure, more through ig U why these educational campaigns, su Pacific Company, through Professor Att ?mt to the average man and woman ji from a sentimental, but from the conn interests. The place to begin education on t school a If parents will take the trou valuable these little birds are to the pi I a tremendous and important cessation purlieus of every country town and vlll The small boy with his new gun is of small birds; and, of course, the boy A course of home aud school instruct! and means a development of sentiment to prevent killing our birds of song and The most Implacable enemy of bi Women throughout the land grow ma fnnds for the benefit of the foreign un< fully discuss tnbbie's demise, unhonort1 hack fence exploration; but they conti trade on earth, by wearing on their hat ?f plumage which the milliner's agents Mr. William T. Uornaday, who is an laborer in its cause, says, "that milli mlnated birds known as plume birds, i Atlantic Coast, the whole of Florida am hundreds of thousands of other birds an The hunters are now at work along tl tfViUfnmh* anil even at the head < zoa Bivers." The Audubon Society and sportsmei In making laws to check the progress of good has resulted, the root of the cvl themselves respond to the decent seuti decline to buy headgear which is ornaiu A The Charity of By John A. Hobson. years ago Carnegi it was his duty to rega 3 II public good?be cause< I 1 JT I gospel gladly; stranger m \ gt / I not merely commends t I JpjJ I In what way can the ' M I be so well supplied? ^Is there no loss o any one to deny that public purposes do not awake in the r patronage which is the mortal enemy o! city. I was brought up in a town whicl meats apon a rich brewer?Michael Tl open-banded man, without personal prl age, bnt I know well the slavish reacti< the municipal authorities to put their the most wholesome objects, the calcul In the way of parks, schools, or hospit who know such men as Mr. Carnegie, doubt the honesty of their motives, but ua from the greater question: Is societ; fio.if ?1onnroi* ?iac/p'<idtO/1 TV'itll till JLUC lllOi UUUqVL UO?Vv<ut\v* .< ..M ? u, 1t operates to deter scrutiny into the ori popular assumption is that a man has r men who have more than the usual bu rendered the public some service In act of public service they render is not a society. It is not always easy to trace t times accomplished by the increment secure control of the market?limit the < tariff manipulations, lobbying to that o Those engaged in private charities iug. What about the public? Has it n liny off justice? Great munificence app is this: What can the millionaire host millionaire supply needs which lie in a< be public purse cannot buy. These m physical suffering. Without proper discrimination the < reruns. What is most needed for so daylight upon the arts of human lcnowli reform. Is the millionaire likely to sn education? Will lie employ his jnillio which l;e sits? It is not the dead hand. 4hc education for the masses. Lot lis r< Climate. course, is always a disappointment to takes it is the difference between old Kjuently make the mistake of thinking r is responsible for the existence of most of it to climate. The New Kngucive to matrimony or even love-make crucial moment has passed and the 1 from girlhood to splnsterhood, a cold w tend to increase the loneliness of it. nth, but I never heard of their being me single women, schoolteachers, any c of their grown boy pupils were eterl. A single woman who has made up to keep her resolution in the South, for very climate breathes love. Ah. there matter of climate.?Harper's Bazar. 7 Ah u27 .... Feeble Minded ryson. e twentieth century is to find out the . That they should he educated is the judge in the matter. While it is imreakness which is theirs by heredity, ldren can lie educated to a surprising ?ss and happiness increased lo a won>nly to visit an institution where they realize this fact. The feebleminded ? privclegc that belongs to every child cheerfully granted to other defectives, d to an education which will tit them lands the same care and consideration y helpless and equally blameless for f religion, of statecraft, science must lie immediate care and training ??i might tliat the future holds forth highest "least of these."' Even now the spirit ! to the work of the world, and tasks 1 moment. 7 3I\t Jird Protection "Ctions where the birds have been deiculturc has increased. It is estimated authority that a loss of S 100,000.000 bv cultivators of the soil iu North : ravages. Therefore, the question he>Ie to protect the birds, but how effectected. ther similar efforts, tlie most difficult lack of popular sympathy. And this norance than through vlciousuess: that ch as the one started by the Southern water, are of such value, for they polut list what bird protection signifies, not mon-sense view of protecting material his subject is in the homes and tiio ble to explain to their boys just how* rosperitjr of the country, there will be of the killing that now goes on in the age. among the most insistent destroyers has no conception of what he is doing, on on bird protection is fundamcyt.il. : "which "will require 110 legal restraint birds of plumage. rd protection is the milliner's agent, udlin over all kinds of charities, am*, mligbteued and unclothed; they weep'd and unsung, through too jiersistem luue to encourage the most pernicious s the remains of our birds of song ami have slaughtered. authority on the subject ami a devobvt iucrs' hunters have practically extern this country. and have stripped our il the Gulf Coasts of egrets, terns :;ml ?eptahle to milliners for hat trimmings. ie coasts of Mexico. Central America, of (bo -waters of the'Orinoco aud Aniai have done and arc doing great work the milliners' butcher: yet. while great il never can be reached until women ment spreading over the country, and euted with bird plumage.?Outing. Millionaires. ie preached his gospel of wealth?that rd it as a trust to be administered for 1 us to think. The poor heard this still, even some of the rich. Society be gifts of the rich; it applauds them, wants of the great mass of the i>eople f independence in this? I challenge these methods of getting money for eceivcr at any rate that sentiment of \ independence in an individual or in a ft depended for its best public improveioiuas Bass?a generous, kind-hearted, ide or a perceptible feeling of patron>11 of the civic mind, the reluctance of bands into the public purse even for atiug schemes to extract new benefits als from the great benefactor. Those I'arsmore Edwards, and others cannot such personal regard must not divert y to lie saved by millionairesV j millionaires' charity is. 1 thiuk. that igius of great wealth. The good, easy, nade his money. Most millionaires are siness capacity. They may even have luiring their millions, but the measure I ways equal to the injury they do to he origins of great wealth. It is some of land values, by combinations to output; by rebates and discriminations, nd; by speculative, coups, etc. know the dangers of promiscuous givio character to lose? Does not charity eals to the soft-hearted. The question serve by his gifts? Some say, let the ivance of public opinion?works which ight perhaps include the alleviation of haritv of millionaires is proving dancial enlightenment is a Hood of free I'd go related to the most vital issues of inply them in his gilts toward higher lis in cutting dowu the branch upon but living interests, that should wield cmemlKT that charity is not justice. . BAIL WAS REFUSED.! Col. Tillman's Application is Turned Down Rv the Jirrfae. ti -'j -?r> ? I HE WAS SENT BACK TO THE JAIL 5 ii The Arguments Advanced Did Not a Convince the Chief Justice That He 4 Could Grant B&I1. ^ c Columbia. S. C.. Special.?At 4:30 f o'clock Thursday afternoon Chief Jus- u tice Pope refused the application for o ball of James H. Tillman, charged with the murder of N. G. Gonzales and now confined in the Rirhiand county jail. The hearing ^as resumed In the su- h preme court room, having been ad- r journed from Newberry on the 12th 1 Inst, at 10 o'clock and continued un- a til nearly 5 with an intermission from v 1:35 until 2:40 p. ra. 1 The prosecution was represented by i Solicitor J. W. Thurmond. ex-Attorney t General G. D. Bellinger and Judge t Andrew Crawford. a The derense was representee u; e Congressman-elect 0. \V. Croft of s Aiken and ex-Solieiior P. K. X-lson of f Columbia. Ex-Judge O. W. Buchanan, Messrs. C. L. Blease of Newberry and u. R. Rembcrt of Richland, of counsel for the defense, were also present but not actively participating. During most of the day about 100 spectators q were in the room, the number at times increasing. Mr. B. R. Tillman. Jr., a n son of Senator Tillman, was a spectator. t' At the opening Col. Croft read a waiver of his legal right to be present by the defendant, Co!. Tillman, " who did not in'person appear. J The reading of the affidavits con- ' sumed one hour and a half. Mr. Craw- 3 ford reading those of the prosecution s and Mr. Nelson those of the defense. 5 In rendering his opinion the Chief 1 Justice stated that it was not. customary to assign reasons for# refusing the d application on habus corpus proceed- v ings. I t Destructive Hotel Fire. Cedar Rapids. Iowa, Special.?Fire t early Friday morning destroyed the Clifton Hotel, cremated nine of the guests and caused injuries to 42 per- c sons, who were scorched or forced to v jump to the frozen street from the ? second and third story windows. After ' an all-day starch in the debris, four * bodies have been recovered. It is now * believed that five more bodies remain 1 in the ruins of the hotel, which is said to have been a flimsy structure and 1 fiiled with delegates to the State* Young i Men's Christian Association conven- d lion and the district convention of the e Dtr*UI?cj Tlio h/tfol rppktPP ! ii JVLlIgU 13 U1 l J Hi J CIO. iue i.v,., .v? ?.? . was destroyed, thus making it difficult P to ascertain the number of missing s persons. Forty men have been working in the rubbish ail day and will con- s tinue to dig for the remains o! the I burned persons all night. The loss Is j $60,000. The dead are: W. A. Mo wry. j | What Cheer. Iowa; E. Young. Minno- b apolis; two unidentified men. bodifs s recovered; five bodies still in debris. Nearly all those injured were Iowa ^ people. While their injuries are severe ( in many cases no one was fatally hurt. ^ A Big Organization, x, Trenton. N. J.. Special.?The Union ; t Rice & Irrigation Company, with an : authorized capital of $6.000.0h0. was j ! incorporated here. The capital stock is ; divided into shares of $5 each and the $ list of its incorporators includes about a | 75 persons, nearly all of whom reside s at New urieans, waion auugc u.uu a ' other Louisiana cities and towns. The objects of the company are numerous c ; and include growing and dealing in ^ j rice, oats, grain of all kinds, and the f j manufacturing of the same Into ,, 1 various articles. Also the constructing r ^ and operating of irrigation plants. c Three .Negroes Killed. n j Columbia. S. C., Special.?A prema- ti ture explosion at Stewart's granite i quarry, two miles south of this city. 1: Friday morning, caused the death of v three negro workmen and the injury of 1 several others. The force of the ex- v plosion was so great that it shook ev- y. ery house in Columbia although the j city is on a bluff, a hundred feet above p the quarry. j Desparado Shot. j New Orleans, Special.?After hold- j ing a half-hundred policemen at bay ^ for several hours, during which scores of shots were exchanged. l>afayette q Sims, a desperate negro, was killed by the police early Friday in a negro boarding house situated on South f Rampart street. The room in which 5 he was besieged had to be set on fire ^ and the fire department called out before Sims could be drigen from his . post. As he attempted to escape, still c carrying his gun. he was shot down, t The body was taken to the morgue d without any demonstration from a p mob of several thousand negroes wno crowded the vicinity of the tragedy. ^ c Resolution Tabled. ^ Washington, Special.?The resolu- ^ tlon which passed the Senate provid- D ing that Rear Admiral Schley be d given the pay and allowances of a rear s admiral on the active list was called c up in the House committee on naval a affairs. The resolution was tabled. P Messrs. Mudd, Tate, of Georgia, and a Rixey. of Virginia, voted against tabl- d ing the resolution. a A Curry School. 0 V Richmond, Special.?At a meeting or the trustees of Richmond College it was resolved to establish a shool of technology to be named in honor of T Hon. J. L. M. Curry, who for 35 years t was connected with that institution, v first as one of its professors and du- n ring most of the time as trustee and president of the corporation. Dr. Cur- t ry was long an advocate of the estab- P lishment of such a school, and it is 0 considered highly appropriate that the ji memorial should take this form. a SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL A 10,000 Spindle Mill. J. A. Abcraethy of Lincolnton, N. C., as confirmed the mere report menioned last week that he is to ararnge or the erection of a cotton mill. It as Leon decided to build and equip .'ith 10.000 sDindles for mantifaotur ng fine yarns?numbers 40 to 80? rora long-staple cotton, both peeler nd Egyptian. A steam power plant of 00 horse powe rwill be used. The D. i. Tompkins Company of Charlotte, I. C, is the engineer in charge of onstructlon and equipment. No urthcr details have been decided ipon. It is probe ble that about $150,00 wix? be invested. Adding 5,000 Spindles. The Walhalla Cotton Mills of Wallalla, S. C.. will increase capacity, extending probably about $100,000 for mprovements. Contract has been .warded for the additional machinery, rhich will include 5.000 spindles and 75 looms. These looms will be supdied by the Lowell (Mass.) Machine thops. The available floor space in !u< building addition erected two years go will be filled by this new maiiinery. The company now has 10,000 pindles and :>20 looms. Its product is cur-yard sheeting. 56x60 inches. Tixtile Notes. Orr Cotton Mills. Greenville. Si. C., rill manufacture print cloths twentyight to forty inches wide in its $400.00 addition, announced at length last reek. The increase of .10,000 spindles nd 730 looms, the equipment named list week. will increase the company's Dial to 3G.236 spindles and 1450 looms. P. H. Haaes Knitting Co.. Winstonla: em. N. C.. 5s installing the dyeing ilant mentioned last week. Contract or building and machinery has been ,w ired. Dychcuse will be 50x60 feet in ize. and capacity will he from 800 to ,000 dozen. Fine ribbed underwear is he mill's product. Indian Head Hills of Alabama. Corlova, Ala., is installing 200 looms manifaoturcd by the Draper Company of lopedalo, Mass. This machinery takes he place of discarded looms. (This tiitement explains report mentioned ast week that company intended to iudd a naddition.) Messrs. W. H. Magill, F. E. H. McIroskey, G. O. Bicknell, R. C. Kcfauer and M. G. Wright have incorporatd Madlsonville Knitting Mills of Madsonville. Tenn. The company is eapialized at $25,000, and will build a holery mill, details of which have not teen announced. Newton (N. C.) Hosiery Mills will ustall additional machinery, inoreasng its daily output from 800 to 1,000 lozen pairs. A portion of the new quipment will be adapted for producing fine mercerized hosiery. Company's resent capital is $23,000, and 150 perons are employed. Messrs. \V. M. Hamer, G. D. Barlow, i. J. C. Cottingham, T. A. Dillon, E. .. Moore, W. Stackhousi\ J. F. Bcthen, . H. David an? R. P. Hamer. Sr.. have ncorporated Maple Cotton Mills to mild plant at Dillon, S. C. The capital tock is $100,000. A. M. Hatcher & Co. of Houston,, 'cxas.. have made proposition for esablisment of cotton mill at Ennis, rexas. Messrs. J. B. Armstrong, W. L. TAH..n. T U* Ofnvtf on/I nf Kn lUlpCI. ?J ??. UlUI J UMU VI.MV.U lis will endeavor to meet the terms of he proposition. A. -M. Hatcher of Houston, Texas, las submitted proposition to Marlia lusiness League for establishment of 230.0C0 cotton mill. Marlin investors re asked to subscribe for $100,000 of tock and donate forty acres of land s site for the plant. Griffin (Ga.) Knitting Mills has let ontract for the erection of a mill luilding. This company has its plant stablished, oparating twelve knitting machines, and probably intends to add nore machinery. New building will ost $10,000. Oriental Textile Co.. Houston. Tcxs, has increased capital from $30,000 o $1G0,000 for the purpose of doubling ts plant for manufacturing camel'slair yarn. It has purchased site on khich to erect addition. "Messrs. L. W. C. Clalock of Goldille, S. C.; George Johnstoue of Newlerry, S. C.; W. G. Chllds and W. H. ..yles of Columbia. S. C? have incororated Banna Cotton Mills, with cap tal stock of $100,000. Messrs. R. P. Hamer, Jr., W. M. lamer, D. M. Carmichaei aad Allen Sdens have incorporated Hamer Colon Mills to build plant at Dillon, S. J. Its capital stock is placed at $100,00. Opelika (Ala.) Cotton Mills will inrease capital from $100,000 to $150,000 n order to erect additional bulldinas nd install more machinery. Details iave not been announced. Kesler Manufacturing Co. of Sanslury, N. C., has purchased additional milding and will install 5,500 spinlies. Further details as to the im irovements will be announced later. M. A. Stokes of Savannah, Ga.. conemplated establishing knitting mill to ost from 15000 to $10,000. The proluction of hosiery is proposed. Oakdale Cotton Mills, Jamestown, N. contemplates building an additional dill. The company now has 3344 spinlea .and is capitalized at $50,000. Its tockholders have for some time bpen onsidering the erection of an addition nd is now endeavoring to have the roposed Raleigh & Western Railroad mild its line by Jamestown. This is esired in the interest of more equitble freight rates. It is reported that N. F. Thompson f Birmingham, Ala., is negotiating rith Eastern capitalists to furnish apital for the erection of a large coton mill near Florence, Ala. Mr. "hompson and associates have petlioned Congress for permission to declop the power of the Muscle Shoals, ear Florence, and in connection with his development the mill is contemlated. It is claimed that from $2,500,00 to $5,000,000 will be invested in the i oint enterprises if the rights at th? boals are secured. 4 AN AWFUL TRAGEDY. One Prominent Raleigh Citizen Shoots Another. SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY IN RALEIGH The Affair a Great Sensation Owing to the Prominence of the Partiea invoivea. Raleigh, Special?The greatest social and criminal sensation Raleigh has ever known developed at 4:20 o'clock Saturday afternoon when, on Fayetteville street, Ernest Haywood shot and killed Ludlow Skinner. The prominence of both families is marked. Haywood is a grandson of the late State Treasurer John Haywood and son of the lato Dr. B. Burke Haywood and one of Raleigh's leading lawyers. Skin ner was a grandson of the late Mr. Ludlow, of New York, and a son of Rc v. Dr. Tiios. E. Skinner, of Raleigh, one of the best known and abiest -Baptists in the South. At least a hundred persons must haw seen the shooting, certainly that uuirber saw the victim of Haywood's revolver as he reeled and fell upon his face 011 the ear track in front of the postoftlce and Yarborough House and net 40 yards from the court house. One witness said the expression of the dying man's face was piteous beyond all telling and that ho will never forget it. A thousand persons gathered almost in a minute. The dead body was taken Into a drug siore. Haywood was taken by Deputy Sheriff Scpark to Hay wood's law office and was there for about two hours, guarded by deputies and in conferenca with his attorneys, James H. I'ou and Argo & Shaffer. Later he was taken to the court house, where Magistrate Marcolm had a preliminary hearing taking only Separk's testimony, upon which he committed Haywood to jail without hail for murder. Separk's evidence was that he was in the court house and heard a shot and walked out. He saw another flash and heard a second shot: that Haywood was standing on the 1 sidewalk In front of tha postofflee; that Skinner was in the street and made a motion as if to throw his hands towards his pocket, then turned, staggered and fell on his face on the street car track. Separk, as soon as the second shot was fired, ran toward Haywood, called the latter, who said: "All right," took Haywood by the arm; that Haywood asked him to take him to his (Haywood's) office; that on arrival at the office he asked Haywood to give him the pistol, which he did. One of Haywood's brothers was with him during the hearing. Ernest Haywocd was very cool, sat easily in his chair, twirling a bit of paper 111 his fingers. He had nothing to say, his attorneys said. One of them, Mr. Pon. said they were fully confident of their line of defence. The body of Skinner was placed In i Johnson's drug store. His wife, who is j a daughter of the late Major John C. j Winder. wa3 sent for. She fainted as ] Ids body was placed in a carriage to be i taken to his hcjce. At the home Dr. Knox, at the request of I)r. Jordan, the coroner, performed an autopsy. Dr. Jordan says this showed that there was oniy or.e wound, this being on median line of left side, about three inches below left nipple. It grazed the heart, passed through the lung and severed the aorta or great artc-iy. It was such a wound as to cause almost instant death. Health Oificer Sale gave to Coroner Jordan the pistol which he said was Skinner's. One witness of the horrible affair said ho was a few minutes before it occurred in the lobby of the postoffice and saw Skinner there, reading a letter. He went out on the sidewalk and in a few moments heard the shot, turned and saw Skinner walking rapidly away across the street. Haywood was standing on the sidewalk within a few feet of the postoffice, and he saw the latter raise his pistol and aim at Skinner, who was then only a few feet from the curb of the very wiue siuewalk. He then heard Haywood fire, and saw Skinner walk in an irregular way to the edge of the street with high and wavering steps; then suddenly move in a sort of circular stagger and fell on his face, Haywood put his pistol in his pocket, walked south a few steps, then started back when Separk called him, Ernest Haywood will contend that he shot J. Ludlow Skinner in self-defense. It, Is currently reported here and elsewhere that Haywood will plead temporary insanity, but this is denied by Haywood's counsel. Haywood will allege that Skinner came up to him and without provocation knocked him down. As he arose both he and Skinner ltached for their pistols. He was nuicker than Skinner and fired before Skinner could draw his weapon. The first shot. Haywood says, inflicted the mortal wound, and he fired the second because be thought Skinner was coming back to attack him. Bishop Guilty of Hanslaughter. Charlotte, N. C.. Special.?The jury in the case of Arthur L. Bishop, the shoe drummer, charged with the killing of Thos. J. Wilson, in this city, agreed upon a verdict at 12:20 o'clock Sunday afternoon. At 3 o'clock the verdict was rendered in the county court house. The jury found Bishop guilty of manslaughter. The prisoner was immediately afterward remanded to the county jail, where he will be kept until 8 o'clock Monday morning, when he will he arraigned before Judge Neal to receive his sentence. < ' Relief For Snowbound Trains. St. Johns, N. F., Special.?Relief parties with, food Sunday reached the trains which are snow-bound in the interior and supplied them with provisions. The nearest train was freed this afternoon and started backward for St. John's. The relief train is forcing its way forward, trying to clear the track to enaule the other two blocked trains to move east also. It is impossible to say when they will be released as the drifts are very heavy. i LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Many Matters of aeneral Interest Us Short Paragraphs. The Sunny South. The trial of Arthur L. Bishop, who killed Thos. J. Wilson, of Charlotte, N. C., on December 9th, was begun in the court at that place last week. Bishop's plea is self defence. A lot of sensational testimony has been given. ine cruiser maryiuuu uiay launched at Newport New3 the same day as the West Virginia, in April. Cleveland Craig was shot and killed while trying to stop an affray la Browntown, Va. , v'a! ?? / At The National Capital. Canned goods manufacturers opened their annual convention in Washington. Minister Bowen refuses to sign in its present form tho German protocol for settlement of the Venezuelan dispute. The bill appropriating $1,500,000 for a new Department of Agriculture a building was signed by the Pres'i- A dent. It is understood the General Board V of the navy recommends four Bret- A class hattleshius and two armored fl cruisers as the basis of the annuat^H naval increase. |H The loss to the Philippine Treasury^? through the depreciation in the va'm^^H of silver since January 1, 1902, is^H placed at 51.277,941. The Washington Government does not regard the question of the cession of the Danish West Indies as closedf In the Senate Mr. E. W. Carmack (Dem.. Tenn.) spoke of allegod cruelty of American soldiers in the Philippines. and polygamy was discussed during the Statehood debate. The House defeated a bill authorizing the-Government to advance |6,? 000.000 to the District of Columbia, aud sent back to conference another regarding the proposed union station. Speaker Henderson was overruled on his decision that Sunday was a legislative day. Senator N. W. Aldrich (Rep., R. I.) introduced a bill intended to give greater elasticity to the currency. The Senate agreed to the House amendments to the Elkins Rebate and Discrimination bill, and the measure now goes to the President. The House passed the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill and then broke all former records for private pension legislation. passing 325 bills. 1 It is hinted an effort will be mad* Ia nooG Mm QKIn QnKeMv Uifl IKrAticfc w wui/ uuiji voa\AJ UIU vtxivsuD** the House during the closing days of the session. Representative Charles Dick offered a bill aimed to prevent and to punish hazing at Annapolis. It is said Secretary Root, Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, and Senator Turner, of Washington, will constitute the United States Alaskan Boundary Commissiop. President Roosevelt signed the Department of Commerce and Labor and the Army General Staff bills. The new Chinese Minister's suite will consist of 17 expectant or titled ^ officials, and the party will include 12 students. At The North. Joseph Battell, a millionaire land owner of Middleburg, Vt., has offered to rebuild the business portion of that town, which was recently destroyed fire. The proposition of Mr. Battell is to buy the sites of all toe buildings burned and to erect on each a flre-f proof building. i New York. Special.?Robert Gould Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Mary Converse, widow of the late C. H. Converse, of Newton. Mass.. were married at the North Baptist church this city, by Rev. Chas. E. Nash. Mr. Shaw's first wife, who was Miss Langhornc, was granted a divorce in Virginia a few days ago. From Across The Sea. Widespread floods are causing damage in Scotland. Pope Leo XIII completed a poem on. the means of prolonging life. The Duke of Tetuan. formerly Spanish -iinister of Foreign Affairs, is dead. M. Pel lets n, French Minister of Marine, says there is a spirit of caste in the French Navy, and he is trying to suppress it. The lawyer of farmer Crown Prinpcoa I niticn r\f Qovonv cova \fr Hiwrin has '"broken off all relatioios" with the Princess. Angry protests against the exclusive use of German words of command in the Austro-Hungari&n Army were made la Parliament as Budapest. Rio tint marked the progress of a 9treet car strike in Montreal, which ha3 finally been settled. Orders for lifting the Venezuelan blockade were sent to the allied fleets. Prominent members of the Macedonian committee were arrested in Bulgaria. The British won a victory over hostile nations in Nigeria. King Edward will open Parliament in state next Tuesday. Field Marshal Sir John Simmons, of Crimean iarue, is aeaa. Miscellaneous Matters. The Czar decreed severe measures lot Finns who fail to comply with tha ' army regulations. Americans from the Philippines ara drilling Chinese, who are reported to be preparing for another Boxer uprising. The Austro-Russian plan for Macedonian reforms will be presented this week. Prominent Democrats made speeches at a dinner of the Tilden Club In New Jersey discussing issues for the next Presidential campaign. Ex-Presidopt Cleveland writes that he cannot believe a sentiment exists which calls'for anv declaration from him in regari to a third term.