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LODGE DEFENDS IMPERIALISM. He Spoke In Favor of Spoon er'a Pbihppino Resolution?. Washington, March 1 ?Seldom, iodeed, is it that the senate accords to any of its member* a greater com pliroent theo it accorded today to Mr Lodgo of Maeeaoboeelta The an oooncemoot that he woold deliver, a speech ou the Philippine question was the magnet which drew to the senate every aenator now in the city sod to the galleries an unusually large number of attentive auditors. At chairman of the Philippine committee and a prominent member of the eommitteo oo foreign relatioos, who bad atodied the Philippine quea tioo eibaastively, he presented a notable addition to the literature of the great problem wbioh now con fronts ooogree* and the American people. Soon after the oeoate convened Mr Sullivan of Mississippi offered a res olotioo that the Philippine islands are the rightful property, honorably ac quired, of the United States, aod thst ''while the o*"guided Filipinos coo tiooe the pre?~nt wir brought on by them agaiost the rig htful authority of the United States, 89 long as a single gun in their bands is trained upon our 6ag, oo eipreaiion of intention as to the future couiae of (he United Statin with respect to them should be maJe by the seoete " Nr. Sullivan aeked that the resolu tioo lie on the table until he should oall it up Mr Mason of Illinois then gave notice that tomorrow he would move that the committee ou foreign rela? tions be discharged from fur her con siderstion of bis resolution expressive of the aenste'a eynpathy for the Boers As the committed clearly intend* not to act upon it, he wants it plsoed oo the oalei dar The oommittee ocold g.ve us s report if it would If s majority of the committee is opposed to the resolution let them report it adverse? ly Thst woold be making some progress. I am satisfied that 95 per osot of too people of the country ore in aympathy with the Boera io tu -ir war with Great Britain, and I sm just aa certaio that s majority of this body woold favor tbs resolution 1 iotroduosd. It io the merest child's ploy for us to sit hers snd not be sble to get a vote upon it " Mr Lodge theo spoke His speech lasted three boors snd wss bssed upon the Spooner resolution sotboriting the president to govern the Philippines pending legislstiou by congress -^w? . War is Over, Except for Work of Guerilla Bands Saa Freaeiio?, Marob 7 ? Gen Jo* Whesier sod party, ?ho have been io qserantitic a r>c > their srrival from ibl jtilipptee* oo the traospirt Warreo laat Mouday. wets parsntted to land tootght. Geu Wheeler 'said that his health wee eioelleot ' He epeak* enihusu-.fi sail? of hid i ? preis is on of Guam I] said as resigned from the arms N >v |fc hut wet oot ordered h <j? ? uon tbs middle of Jeooary He di i not eare t<> dixotta his reaams for Icaticg the my "I tha i c? to Wa b ogtoo," bo *>id, ''having fSS goei fror? n ? arojy, aod wi'h a p'npee o?r?iSo?tc of election sip ' H IS bs ?worn is. It will be uon d tha my r??i{*Deti>)o from the army wan btstsd n btfuro coogrT** ro*??." A* to the situation i ? i| I'niiir pioei asd (Join, be e&H : Ait i< eery satisfaitor? io bot* pU<??' The war l- i.v r i io< p| ( r ibl ? cs. of the guerilla bands ibat am boot oar troop j and do * littls dam n* 1 1 w%a much ol-ee-d v th 'hs F.U pin* t??oplr Tbsy are lelflligest, ai I as 4 o uf'eom Tn?-y ?rs i.ot di?poeed le rotolaihu tod ehlenc*, hot ths false rcpresSSHtlooa made to tb??u? refeniiog .\iu? ri ? ? f ti neu ra I? arooeed h m ? od led ? h ? m io belt**- that r>eitteeee t > oar rule we* th** ? i? y p^eeteio eeoepe from impend isg soil *'l i Uii i thai wbeo they learosd the rsal eharaoter aad psrpoaee of Ameri ass* they eeeoaed well reconciled to oar goternmeot asd I Smaly bolirte that after the ret abtiebment <i a sood and wie? eitil edmtnietretioo of affaire, ao era of great prosperity will blesa the weeple of the erebiptlego " Mi>e Wheeler, deegbter of the gen oral, who aeooMipaeied her father, deaiee tbs story of bsr reported eogage* seem ft merre ?awry ?* ? Slav*. Te be hewed head eed feat fwe y?*rt by the eheiee of 41mam !? Ike weral ram of elerery e*orga D. WIIUmm, ef MaaekMter, Mick., ralle hew ?weh a etaee wee made free. Ha ggpsj "My wife kaa baaa eo pl??? for Ave yeerc thai the eeeld aat tare near la had alena. After Hing tea he Hire of Bieetrk Bittart, the !? w o Itffall/ Iwpreved aod ahla to do her ewe work." Thle eapraeia remwij for ft mal? dt ream qaiekty earec e?i?ou?aen?, ?leepleti? ?eae, eeelaoekely, keadaehe, baekaohe, fainting in I dltay epelli. Thle eelracte working meJi* eiae le a godeeed te week, lickl.r, ran dowa people. Srery kettle giaraeteed. Oaly 50c. sets by j. F. W? Detents, Dmgg.it ? SUFFERS UNDER HEAVY BURDEN. Puerto Rtcan Bill a Target for Hot Shot From Both Hides. Washington, March 8 ?A member of the cabinet tonight gavo out the following authoritative statement : "There has been a wide miaappre he union of the Puerto Rican tariff bill, of the attitude of the president, of the action of congrasa and of their relations to each other. Tho criti cism and the concern which have come from some well meaning quar ters are due almost entirely to a misunderstanding \A the real facts. "The attempt to represent that there has been a disagreement be tween the president and congress is wholly unfounded There has been oo essential differences between them Both have sought the same object The recommendation of the president and the house bill, in their purpose and their effects, cdme to the same thing. As a consequence, each rightly sustains the other "The president in his annual mes sage of December urged that the custom duties on trade between Puerto Rico and the United States be removed. Imports from Puerto Rico to the United States have been and are now paying the Dingley rates. They have no preference over goods from any foreign country The president felt thst Pueto Uico should be relieved of this burden lie urged that it should be removed, not as a matter of legal right, but of liberal and humane public policy. "What he proposed was that, the United States should offer the largest and most generous measure of help to the distressed and suffering island, and he has never wavered a single instant in the object he sought. 11 ad his suggestion been accepted and followed by all in his spirit and as be meant it, with the limitationo he intended, all would have been well There would have been no harm in any direotion But when the time came for action in congress two tendencies were seen. On the one band, there were good men and some business and agricultural interests that, while not objecting or little objecting to free trade with Puerto Rioo alone, feared that free trade with Puerto Rico would be made a precedent for free trade with the Philippines They felt that there should be a distinct assertion and sxsroise of the power 'to impose duties, however small, as an assur anoe that this power was reserved for other cases. "On the other baud what the president proposed as a worthy act of national generosity and liberal policy was seized by political oppon ents and claimed as a necessity and inevitable measures of inherent con stitutional right of its own force extends to Puerto Rico and all the new island pos sessions and spreads ali its pro? visions over them, including uniform taxation. They were eager to com m t a Republican congress to the adoption of free trade with Puerto Rico, not as a measure of generous expediency, but because they could then claim that it had tiveted a hard and f if.t principal which would tic the hands of the government every where, in the Philippines aa weil as in Puerto Rico "It was a cunning game but it did not succeed The apprehension of the honest objectors who feared tliat the concession of fu.l free trade to Puerto Rico would lead to miscon? struction and tho designs of the crafty partisans who meant that it should, were both met and frustrated by the bill which passed the It. use a.nl which levies 16 per cent or le-s than one sixth of the Dingley rates ?ja^ Safe Burglars Workiog the Upper Towns in the State A gentleman who arrived in the city last night brought the news of the successful work of safe crackers at Jonesville during Wednesday night lie says about two weeks ago a short thick set white man went to Switzer on the Charleston and Western Carolina railroad and remained there some days, represent ing himself to bo a mind reader Tne night after he left a safe was blown open, but ouly $10 was lost. The feliow then came to Jonesville Tuesday he left Jonesville for Union lie had a trunk At Union both checks were found in the station, but the trunk was gone The next night rive white men were seen to leave Union ; the next morning it was discovered that Mr Sam Littlejohn's safe had been blown open and $50 taken and the same treatment had been given Mr. Alman's safe, $30 being socursd An effort was made to break into the postofBce. but it failed. The man then stole a lever car and went as far aa Glendale, where they dumped the car off the track and all trace of them was lost Both safes were broken into by means of a stfe jack and dynamite These latest aafn crackings point to an organized &aug operating in the small towns of t ie State In the last few months safes have been blown opeu at Lexington, Peaks, Rockton, Lewis', Blackstock and other points, the same methods being employed in each case ?The State March 9. Killing in Blackville. Cause of Trouble a Mystery. Blackville, March 8 ?B H Carroll whh fatally shot hero at - o'clock today No particulars at present can be ascertained II appears that Carroll was on his way or returning ftom a blacksmith shop when D P Johnson emerged from the store of Biggs, Buist & Co and fired twice at Carroil with a shotgun loaded with buckshot at very close range, the gun wads entering Carroll's clothing After Carroll was shot down Johnson emptied the contents of a revolver into Carroll's head and body, almost touching him with his pistol Carroll can live but a short while; bis brains are shot out No one seems to know about the shooting through the streets were filled with people Carroll was to have been tried for his life at the coming session of our court at Barnwell next week for the killing of James Bolin last Christmas Carroll has a wife and two children. Later ?Carroll died nt 5 o'clock this afternoon , His mother, Mrs W. W. White, arrived from Charleston tonight. Coroner Nevils is holding the inqueet. Mrs Hughes to Have Anoth? er Trial. Tbe Stato supreme court bad dis? missed tbo appeal in tho case of Mis Hughes, iha Greouvtlle buBbarid slayer. Her attorneys went to ths supreme oourt on the prior Jeopardy plea, iba woman having had several mistrials. Now tho oaso must be tried again Mrs Hughes it) now running a store it the city of Greenville ?State/ ?^bbs? - The Plague in San Francisco. San Francisco, March 7. ? A cane of what is supposed to be bubonic plague, though tbe exact oature of the disease in yet uncertain, has been discovered in Chinatown Tbe patient, wbo is a Chioese, was immediately isolated, and tb9 whole of Chinatown bag been placed uoder strict quarantine regulations No fear is apprehended of the spread of the disease, whatever it may prove to bo A large force of police is kept in Chinatown to maintain the quarantine. Tho physicians interest d to the caee are uot yet prepared to make a definite statement regarding tbe case, but from othera who have had experience in each matters it is loarced tbat tbo oase will hardly prove ro ba one of plague, as the dead man has long been a resident of this city Had he been a recent arrival from tbe Orient, greater alarm wouid be felt The cordon of police now watching Chinatown is kept there simply as a precautionary measure. - ?? ? ? - A Farmer Who Made Mon? ey. Orangeburg, Mareh 3?A state meet of (he result of tho farming operations of Mr Thomas II. McCains, as a substantial, fading farmer ol tho MlddleptO neotion of this oouuty. will bo interesting to tbs readers of The Nowa an1 Courier ir shows conolu siveiy that farming pays, when proper? ly maor.ged and in tbe bands of careful. progresMve nieu Tb I iand of Mr McCants ia not ori?ioally of tbe best quality, though it was fairly good laud, tut by liberal fertilizing and intelligent cultivation it ban been brought up ro a decree of fertility and produotivcoefs than can best he shown by tbe re.-ults. Two atftl in wheat made 40 bushels, aid at ?1 25 per bushel, was worth $50 ; 9 acres in oats mado?OO bushels, at 50 cents per busbel, equal $300 ; 5 acres of tobacco brought tor him $200 ; 62 aores in ootton mado 65 baies. weighing it: al1 31,694 pounds, which was only reoently sold at 8 40 cents, bringing him in oasb $2,662 20 ; ootton toed weighing 65,000 and was worth $455 ; 600 bushels of corn at a low estimate was worth $75 ; syrup, 528 gallons, and worth 22 cents per gallon, total $116 16 ; 250 bushels of peas aro worth $250 ; 75 bushels of p odors, worth $85. In addition to the above Mr MoCants made a supply of meat for family use, although he did not have nearly as many bogs this year as usual, owing to the oholera having killed a large portion of his porkers. He also mads a largo quantity of potatoes, wbiob were not measured and henee are not inoloded in this ealoutation. He gin? ned 900 bale* of oottou at his publio gin, and was paid one dollar per bale for so dein?, and also sawed a quantity of lumbar at his saw mill The total of the values above given reaohes tbe handsome aom of nearly five thousand dollars, which was made on a five-horse faro Tbo diversity of the crops made by this farmer, wbioh will always bring a fair yield, regardless of the price of ootton, is of espeuiai interest, and it proves that farming may bo made profitable evnn without ootton or with a small crop of ootton --?4M? ? # ?*? ? -. It has cost the Government $27,* 000 to find out how much Senator elect Clark paid for the votes he gut in the Montana Legislature These Western Senatorial elections aro ex? pensive Epidemic of Smallpox. Makiu:-,' Fearful Ravages \u Mississippi. Jaobficn, Miff, Mar oh 7 ?An offioiel report q a io so tu? (]iuds bounty board iff ill piirtifori reveals an apoeling state of ufTairs if. ibe *IonesvilSc Doigbbor* hood in tbe southern part ot the county '[he county id literally honeycombed wih smallpox of tuo moat viruleot and loathsome form and, Bering tbc paet hix weeks, nearly out hundred deaths have occurred Oo some days tbe death rate has been 80 large (bat it was impossible to secure oGffios and rude caskets were made from raiis. Whcla families bave been wiped out of existence and of several Urge familes one or two obildren are left. Many of tbe patients are now in a oritioai oocdition, are without medical attention, and dying at the rate of from thrt j to five per day. Tbe death rate exceeds 75 per cent and the entire lower portion of tbc oouoty is demoral? ized. The board of supervisors will make an effort to check (urtber spread and at its morning session carte blanobe was given to the physician to purchase supplies and medioines. A bill for 48 coffins used witbio the past two week:* was allowed It i* not generally known that tbe United States supports the largost and costliest standing army in the world, from which, however, it gets nothing ia return except demands for more members and moro money, but such aro the faotH Tbe Barton Post says : "It is interesting to compare our pension army with the staoduxj armies of the great miiitiry powers of Europe. There is not a European oation that maintains a force equal in number to our army of pensioners, and few of tbeci reach it when on a war tooting Russia, with her landing army of 949,188, oomes the nearest ; oven Germany has only 687,383. Yet tbe reason assigned by tbe czar for calling the peioe oooferonoe lust year was to seek some means of relief for industry from what he styled tbe orusbing burden of European armaments. When we further consider the comparative oost of our pension army to that of tbe standing armies of Europe, the contract ia yet more vivid. There is not a Eurepean oation whose army budget rose last yoar to the figure of $139,482,696, wbioh the United States paid out io pension*, with the addition of {3,854,774 for expenses of disburse moot." The sole reason for the organization and support of the enormous establishment, is. of course, that the money to maintain it is drawn from both seotione of tho country, and is distributed in tbe one which was victorious in the war between them ?Nows and Courier. ? BP> -^mmm? If reports aro to be believed we are ?oon to bave something entirely new in tbe culinary line The Yezo oysters of Japan, which bave as much of a repu? tation in J?pan as blue points bave oo this sido of tbe globe, are to be trans planted to America These oysters grow to a foot in length and tbey will work a revolution in tho ouiinary departments of American households. Though it sounds somewhat impossible, the serving of twclvc-iuch ovstera on tbe half-she1.!?yet it is probable that tie Japaoego themselves eat them raw, for tbey eat a great deal of their fish in that way. It is not a long step from raw oysters to fish and but for the prejudice other people might agree wi h them. But we arc DOt to get tbe big oysters in this part of tho country to soon that wo need speculate upon whit wo will do with them. They are to te planted in the tidewaters of V? ashing* t o and Oregon, and it will be some time before wo shall have Ycto oysters shipped with our California fruits. ? ??*??*-? ?4^^? MajorjJobn R, London, president of tbe Victoria cotton mill at Rick Hill, was in the city one day this week In speaking of tbe ponitcniiary and its affairs, ho exclaimed that it is a pity onviot labor cannot bo used entirely for making good roads, and thus build? ing up the market value of land. As au instance of the value of road build? ing, Major London stated that be has a farm about three miles from Rook Hill which was a few years ago almost in aooessible in the wioter on account of tbe blaokjaok mod. But tbe people of Rock Hill and ihe farmers olubbed io, tbe ooe furnishing foods to pay for labor, tbe other hauling rook to tbe orusbiog plant, and now the farms around Rook Hill are rtaohed by plea? sant drives, and tbe lands bavo greatly iooreaeed in valoe ?State Blaokville. Marob 9 ?Tbe remains of Mr K. R. Carroll were interred in tbe Biaokviile cemetery ibis afternoon at 3 o'olook. Tbe funeral servioes were ooodooted by tbe Rsv S. E. Preotire, of Berowell. The cause of tbo trouble ia oot yet known, today bringing no oew developments of faots tbe ease. Tbe verdiot of tbe coroner's inquest was tbat B R Carroll oame to his .death by guusbot wounds in tbe bands of I) P. Johnston. Mr John? ston surrendered to Sheriff F. 11. Creech at Blackvilln last night and was taken to Barnwell on tbe 8.20 train and committed to jail Gen Corbin has turned over to Mrs Lawton, window of the lato Maj Gen Lawton. the fund Bubscrib* ed by tho people of the country. It amounted to $98,432,07. SGROFULA AND ITS AWFUL flORRQRS cuill:d by Johnston's Sarsaparilla QUART BOTTLES. /V MOST WONDERFUL RE. A Cirantl Old Lndy lalT/M Her BxpMMMti Mr*. Thankful Orilln Hard lives in the beautiful village of Brighton, Livingston Co., Mich. This venerable und highly respected lady was born in the year 1SIJ. tbe year of the great war, iu Hebron, Washington Co., New York. She came to Michigan in 1810, the year <>;' >*TIppecanoe and Tyler too." All her faeulties are excellently preserved, and possessing a very re? tentive memory, her mind is full of Interesting n niiniscences of her early life, of the early davs of the State of Michigan and the interesting and re? markable people she has met, and the stirring events of which bbe was a wit? ness. But nothing in her varied and manifold recollections are more mar? velous and worthy of attention than are her experiences in the use of JOHNSTON'S SARSAPAEtILLA. Mrs. Hurd inherited a tendency and pre? disposition to scrofula, that terribly destructive blood taint which has cursed and is cursing the lives or thousands and marking thousands more as vic? tims of the death angel. Transmitted from generation to generation. It is found in neary every family in one form or another. It may make its ap? pearance in dreadful running sores, in unsightly swellings in the neck or goitre, or in eruptions of varied forms. Attacking the mucous membrane, it may be known as catarrh in the head, or developing in the lungs it may be, and often is. the prime cause or consumption. Speaking of her case, Mrs. Hard says: "I was troubled for many years with a bad skin disease. My arms arid limbs would break out in a mass of sores, discharging yellow matter. My neck bejxan to swell and became very unsightly in appearance. My body was covered with scrofulous eruptions.. My eyes were also greatly inflamed and weakened, and they pained me very much. My blood was in a very bad condition and my head ached severely at frequent intervals, and I had no appetite. I had sores also in my ears. I was in a miserable condition, I had tried every remedy that had been recom? mended, and doctor after doctor had failed. One of the best physicians in the state told me I must die of scrofulous consumption, as internal abecsses were beginning to form. I at length was told of Dr. Johnston, of Detroit, and his famous Sarsaparilla. 1 tried a bottle, more as an experiment than any? thing else, as I had no faith in it, and greatly to my agreeable surprise, I began to grow better. You can be sure I kept on taking* it. I took a great many bottles. But I steadily improved until I became entirely well. All the sores healed up, all the bad symptoms disappeared. I gained perfect health. and I have never been troubled with scrofula since. Of course an old lady of 83 years is not a youris woman, but I have had remarkablv jrood health since then, and I firmly believe that JOHNSTON S SARSAPARILLA is the greatest blood purifier and the best medicine in the wide world, both for scrofula and as a spring medicine." This remarkably interesting old lady did not lok to be more than sixtv, and she repeited several times, "I believe my life was saved by JOHNSTON S SARSAPARILLA." 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