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Passed Over the Veto. The River and Harbor Bill Becomes a Law. WASHINGTON, June 3.-The Senate of the United States followed to-day the example set yesterday by the House of Representatives in passing, by a vote of 56 to 5, the river and harbor bill over the President's *eto. The five negative votes came from Democratic senators, namely : Bite of Tenoe*see. Chilton of Texas. Hil! of New York, Smith of New Jersey, and Vilas of Wisconsin. The debate preceding the vote occupied about four hours Speeches in favor of overriding the veto were made by Senators Vest, Sherman, Pettigrew (Rep.) of South Dakota, Berry (Dem ) of Arkansas, Stewart (Pop.) of Nevada, Hawley (Rep.) of Connecticut, and Butler (Pop.) of North Carolina. Speeches in favor of sustaining the veto were made by Senators Smith, Vilas, Bate and Hill-the latter intro? ducing a joint resolution to amend the Constitutioo by giving the President power to veto any item in an appropria? tion bill-a power which the Constitu? tion of the State of New York, gives to the governerof that State Mr.Petti? grew^ speeob characterized the veto power as a relic of the past which bad oo place io a free government. He denounced the President in severe terms, charging bim with an utter dis? regard of his sacred oath of office, with overriding the laws, influencing con? gressmen by the ose of patronage, en? riching his favorites at the public ex? pense, and io fact, permitting o o re? straint opoo his imperial will. Suicide of a Student. Cadet R. C. Reeves Shoots Himself at Anderson. ANDERSON, June 8.-R. C. Reeves, a student at Patrick Military Institute, committed suicide last night by shooting himself. The particulars of the sad affair, as I have been able to gather them, are as follows: Sometime after 9 o'clock last night youDg Reeves took off his coat and cap, and telling bis roommate that be would soon return, : went out on the campus. A few min? utes after two pistol shots rang out, one folio wi Hg the other in quick succession. Some one ran out to see what it meant and found the young-mao lying on his side with (wo chambers of bis pistol empty, and a deadly wound in his left side io the regioo of the heart. He .jjWas dead wheo found, only a few spas foodie efforts at breathing being made after he was discovered The deceased was from Laoes, in Williamsborg COUD ty, aod was about 17 years old No reason is given for .his terrible act. Powder for Patriots. Laarada and Three Friends Take Over 1,000,000 Cartridges. WASHINGTON? June 3.-Gonzalo de Que sad a, the Cuban charge de affairs iu this city, has just ?eceived word that Coi Rafael Porioocd J bas lauded safe? ly ic Cuba. He was accompanied by IOU men, among whom were Dr. Carlos Poey. surgeon of the part}; a resident of this city, and two young Baltimoreans. Osman Lalhorbe, nephew of ex-Mayor Lathorbe and Mr. Janny. The vessels used were the Laurada and the Three Friends, and the expedition is said to have started from Jacksonville, on Monday, May 25. The cargo o*rr?< d is said to baye embraced l.OOO.OOU rifle cartridges, six 12-inch field piecp*. with abundant ammunation for them, and a quaoticy of dynamite. It is the largest landing yet made Colonel Portuondo is the secretary of state. He came to this country ou leave of absence and attended the de? bates in congress. He belongs to the bluest blood of the island and is a law? yer of distinction The steamer Three Friends retorced to Jacksonville to-day. having landed a large filibustering expedition in Cuba. She carried nearly 100 men and a heavy cargo of arm? and ammunition The Three Friends landed late Friday night west of Tnndad on the southern coast of Santa Clara province. On May 28fh the Three Frieods was chased by a Spanish cruistr. Tee Spaniard fired on the Three Friends and Captain Broward of the filibusterer returned the fire with a Hotchkiss gun. He thinks one shot struck the Spaniard. Capiaiu Broward thinks the Laurada has also landed ber expedition. ---?- -a? -- For a Cnange of Venue. WALTERBORO, June 3 -The whole day has been devoted to the hearing of the Broxten Bridge case as to its removal to another county. The proceedings before his honor, Judge Benet, have not been closed.-Thc State. The Standard Cycle Works ci Chicago lias been closed by the sheriff, assetts $50000, liabilities $10,000. The March Davis Cycle Co., also of Chicago has also assigned assetts ?00,000, liabilities $90,000. - -ma?- - - iJ?i?e br.]]?, bats, masks and mitts for sal; by H. G Osteen cz Co. Charleston's Chance. ? It may be Allowed to Slip away from her. _ j CHARLESTON, June S -The success ; of the building of Charleston's new I road to the west is not assured by a ; jug full. Although the banks met to day and I acted on the question of subscribing ! to the issue of ?320,000 of 5 per I cent. 40 year bonds, which sum must be realized else the scheme fails, the . pot is shy many thousands of del I lars. i There are 17 banks in the city and j the amount ascertained by The Post ! up to 2:30 o'clock as subscribed by i seven of the principal banks was ! only $110,000- That is far off from j the $320,000 mark. Here is what the bunks heard from j subscribed : First National, $25,000 Charleston SaviDgs Institution, 20,000 Carolina Saving9 B*nk, 20,000 j Bunk of Charleston.. 20,000 j Merchants' and Miners.' 5.000 I Exchange Banking and Trust Co., 10,000 i Germania Savings bank, 20,000 The South Carolina Loan and Trust Co , did not subscribe. The Peeple's National bank refused to take any of the bonds on accunt of having large interests in the Charleston and Savannah road and the directors apprehended the new road would strongly compete with the Charleston and Savannah road which would affect the bank's inter- j esl in that road. The Columbia Banking and Trust j company declined to subscribe j There was no quorum of the Dime I Savings bank. There was no quorum of the Hi bernia bank directors, neither of the State bank, but president Cohen says he ;s confident that his directors will agree to take some of the bonds. ! It now remains for the local capitalists to take the lemainder of the bonds which the banks do not take/ and if they do not raise the necessary amount there will be no j road built. The people are not asked to subscribe through patriotism or to help the city along, but are asked to take the bonds as a good investment which wili be sure to prove . money- j making The Security Construction company directors will meet at 5 o'clock this j afternoon to receive the reports from j the banks and to decide on what j further plan to adopt to raise the necessary money. Several primate parties stand ready to subscribe for $5.000 to $50000 of the bonds, feeling confident they could not invest their surplus cash in better paying securities j What remains to be done must be accomplished before Monday, when the option will expire If the $320, 000 is not forthcoming by that time Charlestorfs golden opportunity to secure a road to the west will be lost forever. Used Eoentgen's Ray. Dr A. E Baker, <?f this city, is the first physician in ?bis part of the coun? try to successfully use the Roentgen X ray* in a surgical operation. The work \ was successfully performed last Tues j day at the corner of Morris and Jasper I streets, where Pat Roach lay with a ? bullet in bis arm. The ball entered I Roach's arm below the elbow. It was i probed for by Dr. Baker and teveral I well known surgeons, but it could not be located. Roach's arm being an ex i ceedingly large and brawny limb helped j to prevent the bulkt from being looafed by probing. Dr. Baker then thought of the owers of the X ray and Lieut. . Coleman, of the Citadel faculty, was I consulted. His mcchice being oou : stfucted after the latest Edison im i piovemenr, the powers of the ray were ! not coofined to photography, but could ! be used directly by eyesight Lieut. j Coleman made an attempt, but could I not find the ball Dr. Biker tried, and I above the elbow and some distance j from the wound he saw, near the bone of the arm, a black speck. With a pen and ink hp marked on (be flesh the spot ! where he believed the ball to be. Tbere was DO exterior evidence of the ball being located there, but when Dr. Baker put his knife into the arm be found the ball beneath the very ?pot where he had marked with the pen. Dr. Baker's successful use of the won? derful discovery of Roentgen bas pleas ed his many friends, who are now more j than ever convinced of his brilliant fa j ture in the noble science of healing the j sick -News and Courier. A SPECIAL ELECTION. Governor EvaDS was asked yeeteiday . what he intended to do about tte action ; of congress in declaring that there had j been no election of a congressman tn ! Dr. Stoke's district. He stated that ir made an extra election necessary and ' he expected to order it to be held in : he very near future, but as yet had not determined upon ?he date He says that it IN incumbent upon him to ira ve the election held at the <arl?<r?t posi? ble m'unen t. Governor Evans also state- that toe election will bc- held under th:: old reg? istration in the several counties, as ti:: new constitution provides that ail eut'* elections should be so held uati? t?;:??> whtch take place in November next. So the status of the new registration wiii not affect the election at all. ]*r. Stokes and T. B. Johnson, -.vii!, of A QUARREL IN SPAIN. MADRID, June 3 -During a recent discussion of affairs in Ctibu between Gen. Martinez Campos, the predeces? sor of Gen. Wey 1er as captain-general of Cub*, and Gen. Borrero, the argu? ment btcarue so animated thar the dis? cussion developed into a hot quarrel arid a duel was arranged The matter was conducted with the greatesi secrecy, but in some manner the au? thorities received information of the intended duel between flit: generals a few minutes before they wert to mee: on the Primo Rivera. Thc captain general of Madrid proceeded with all baste to the lot, arrived just, as the principals were being placed in position and it was only with the greatest dif? eulty that he succeeding in stopping the affair before either of the combat? ants was wounded. Gens. Campos and Borrero were finally disarmed and sent to their respective residences under arrest The Dead Exposition Yesrerday there was a special meeting of the executive committee of the South Carolina Exposition com pao v which had undertaken to secure a first-class exhibit for the State of South Carolina at the Cotton Sta es exposition, which was to have been held in Chicago, but which has now gone by the board. Tbe meeting was for the pu pose of seeing what could be done about defray? ing the expenses of the work already done by the {committee South Caro? lina, as all know, was the first of the southern States in the field insofar as the actual work of getting up the ex? hibit was concerned and much had been accomplished in that direction, Commissioner Roache wasting no rime The committee adopted the following resolutions : Whereas, it has been determined not to hold the Southern States exposi? tion ; and. Whereas, certain liabilities have already been incurred by the executive committee, which must be met therefore Resolved. Thar for the purpose of meeting and defraying the>e expenses ihe commissioners of the respective counties be. and they are herebv re? quested, to collect the sum of 5 per cent, of the amount, originally a^sefsed against their respective <oue.ties, and forward th^ ?ame to W. A. Clark, treasurer of the commit ed at Columbia, S C Resolved, further. That io cases where commissioners have already forwarded the amounts or any portion thereof, tho treasurer be authorized to return to the said commissioners the balance remaining of their respective remittances after payiog said liabilities. - The Stete. Why They Joined the Church. "How does it happen that you joined i the Methodist church ?" asked a man ! of a dealer in ready-made clothing. .'Veil, pecanse mine prudder choin ed der Bresbyterian I vas not vant der let beeui git der advantage mit we . How get the advantage V "Mine brudder noticed dot he vas *'u> shoemaker und dot der Presbyte? rians sh rood oop ven dey bray He -ee dot dey vare der shoes in dot v^y, unt he choins dot church to hold dot trade, unt prospers ; so I chrined der Methodists " "What did you gain by thnt?" "Vy der Methodists kneel down unt vare der pritches ar der knees out ven der bray, unt dey bray long unt vare pig holes io dem pritches. Vet. ? sells clothing to dem Methodists unt make? monish " . l>ut don't you have to donate con sideiable tu the support of the church ?" " Yah; I puts much money in dot chutch basket, but efery time I donates to dot church I marks pritches oop den per cent, unt gits mor* as often " A Sufferer Cured "Every season, from the time I wus two years old, I suffered dread? fully from erysipelas, which kept growing worse until my hands were almost useless. The bones softened so that they would bend, and several of my lingers ure now crooked from this <.'?iuse. On my hand 1 carry large scars, which, but for AYER'S Sarsaparilla, would be sores, provided I was alive and able to carry anything. Eight 1 )<>tt les of Ayer's Sarsaparilla cured me, so that i have had no mt uni of the disease for more than twenty years. Thc first ! ?ott Ie seemed to reach the spot and ;i persistent use of it hus perfected thc cine."- ( ). C. D.wTs, Wautoma, Wis. THE ONLY WORLD'S FAIR ? TSarsa pars if a AYER'3 PILLS Promote Good Digestion. A?I ki:.-:- < : Sewing Machine Needier .Sna !er Music K< u-e. WIDE TIRED WAGONS The tendency of a narro? fire on a heavy wagon is to tear u;> the surface of a roadway constructed of any Um-e material packed together, while the tendency ot the widettre is to compress the materiral under if. and thus serve, in a large measure, as a road maker and not a road destroyer The pre? ference of farmers who have used then; for farm wagons is well know o By a careful test its bas been found tba* a two horse team will haul 530 pounds ; mr;re across ordinary unplowed fields with thrre inch tires than they wi!i haul with I:1,- inch tires, and 830 pounds ! more thau with one inch tires. The i teason, remarks The Breeder*' Gazette, j is that the wide tire passing over the ground, while the Darrow tire cut? into' ' ir.. This is true to even a greater i extent on soft roads, and to a less exteut ; on hard tods. And the narrow tire ! not O'iiy increases 'Le draff, but it de i i?troys the road. The only reasonable I objection to wide tires is that they find i every uneveDDehS in a rough road and ! magnify its roughness Most of our ! roads are periodically level, so tbat with the rolling effect of wide fires they would sooo become smooth enough for carriage driven. But a few rai?s, fol rowed by the cutting action of oarrow tired wheels, reopen the ruts, pry al! the loose ctones to the surface, and furnish an excuse for continuing the use of the narrow fires. Such shame? ful waste and destruction should be stopped by (he laws whicb discriminate against the wheels that destroy and in favor of those which pack the surface i of our roads. As to Poll Tax Delinquents. (Jaunty Treasurer Cunningham of Charleston, has called the attention of the State officials to the fact that the act of the general assembly passed at the last session has omitted to make the non-payment of poll tax a misdemean? or, as it is tu the old act.* He asked the I comptroller if this new act would apply j to the collection of polls now past due for the year 1894-95 The fax depart? ment has looked up the aor, and Comp? troller Norton states that the old act is wtill of force for the polls now past due So the delinquent* can be punished by the magistratees as heretofore Desirable Real Estate for Sale. ATRACT OF 250 ACRES, situate about 3 miles from Effingham, bounded nv Lynch's Creek, ?he public road and land now or forerly of Jea9e J?raes. Tfce last named tract of land well timbered, and admirably adapted for planting and pasturage. Terras easy. Apply to PURDY 3YNOLDS, A orneys at Law, Oct. 30. Sumter, S. C. HEADQUARTERS FOE FOR THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS WILL SELL AT IC percent. ABOVE COST All of his stock of China, Glassware. W'illoware & Woodenware. Also entire Stock of To}-s. -MI - Silver Inlette dL X\7"stire? A magnificent assortment ar 25 cents per piece. This is a leader. The Peerless Oil Ooking Stove i* the lares', model and best manufactured. The Wilson Trash Burner is the mest convenient and economical heater ever iovected. As in the past, a full stock of the best STOVES AND H WU ES Always on band. Housekeepers can be suited, no matter what they may need in any of the ht.es handled by ScarTe 'I he Workshop \? better equipped than ever and everv variety of Sheer Iron and Tio Wotk tamed our promptly. Stove Piping and Tob?ceo Flues manufactured to order of the very best mate? rial. Piping made by ScafT-- guaranteed to last loDger than any other. Am prepared to estimate on Tobacco Flue?9 Furnaces Doors and Frames. All sizes of Iron for Flues-Nos. 16 to 28. DRIVEN WELLS put down in any part of the county. Best pumps and ma? terial used, thirty inch points. Guarantee a good flow of water. Remember the old reliable and give him a call. T. C. SC AFFE. Dec 4 NOTIC JES. I have got in stock a foll line of Boggies, Ladies' Phaetons, Surreys, Car? riages, one and two-horse Farm Wagons, which I offer for sale at Lew Prices I represent several of the largest wholesale manufacturing companies in the United States and can compete in quality and price with any dealer in the country-. Call and examine my stock and get my prices. I will save you money. G NO- F EPPERSON Office at Epperson's Livery Stables. / Superior To AH Sarsaparillas. Down in Georgia, over fifty years ago, a marvelous medicine was discovered. It was what is now known as P. P. P., (Li'ppman's Great Remedy), and its fame and reputation has been growing with the years. For Rheumatism, Blood Poisoning, Pain in the side, wrists, shoulders, back and joints, Dyspepsia, Pialar?a, Scrofula, and all Blood and Skin Diseases, it has never been equalled. Pam is subjugated, Health Renewed, Appetite restored and sleepless nights banished by its wonderful influence. P. P. P. is a wonderful tonic and strengthener. Weak women should always take P. P. P. It builds them up. It has the universal commendation of medical men throughout the country, because we publish the formula on every bottle, and one trial will convince the most skeptical that it is a genuine health restorer. Read The Truth And Be Convinced. A Wonderful Cure* I was a martyr to muscular rheumatism for thirty yenrj; tried all m-iicmes and doctors with no per tnanent relief. I was advised to take P. P. ?.. and bclo:c I had finished two bottles my pain subsided so I was able t:> wor<c. I feel better than I have fer years, and am confiu_jjt of a complete recover}*. J. S. DUPKISS. Newaaavillc, Fla. cellent thiner. We handle about one dozen bottles?, weeli. Drs. J. M. <fc M. T. RICHARDSON, Piedmont, S. C. Hot Springs Surpassed. A bott!: of P. P. P.. has done me more good than three mouths' treatment at the Hot Springs, Ark. JAMI-:5 M. NEWTON, Aberdeen, Brown Co., O. Testimony from tho Mayor. I suffered with Rheumatism for fifteen years, tried all the so-called specifics, but to no purpose. My grandson got me a bottle of P. P. P., and 1 feel like a new man. W. II. WILDER, Mayor of Albany. From Two Well-known Physicians. Ve are hiving a big sale for your P. P. P., ar.d wc prescribe it in a greatmany cases, aud lind it au ex Pimpleo, Soros and Eruptions Cured. I take great pleasure in testifying to the efficient qualities of thc popular medicine for skin diseases k::;nvn as ?. P. P. I suffered for several years with a:: unsightly and disagreeable eruption on my face. After taking titree bottles ia accordance with'direc? tions, I am entirely cured. Capt. J. D. JOHNSTON. Savannah, Ga. of Johnston J: Co? I The above letters are taken from many received bj' us. P. P. p.. {Lippmarts ?/\ j Great Remedy,) is a medicine whose virtues are known from thc Atlantic to the Pacific. / I \ P. P. P. begins its work by purifying thc blood, which is thc source of all life, / /' A and docs not cease until a perfect and entire cr.rc is effected. / // y The mortifying eruptions that disfigure the complexion, the tired feeling that pre- fjjl l\\ vents thorough accomplishments of the daily tasks, sleepless nights, loss of appetite, iSli \^ irritability of disposition, all mean a derangement of the system consequent from Zjs.f VY impure blood, which can and will be curt d by p. p. pe \\\ p. P. P, {Lippman's Cres! Remedy), is conceded by physicians and the people /$f' V\0 to be the Greatest Blood Purifier of the Age. It positively and permanently U if \v\ cures. Tor sale by all druggists or direct from us ; price $1 a bottle, six bottles for $5, I ( jj^ LOTUS BROS.. nJ?m Mi??*? gieck^SAVA^AH. GA. J j y - ^ ^ ^. ' ^ j si