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GLOSE OF FOURTH WEEK OF SESSION. General Assembly Has Not Accomplished Mach. Columbia, Feb 3.-The close of the B| fosrth week of the session of the legis Bl. fofcare Sods the work about as far advanced as is usual at this stage. The press?t general assembly has not made a record for heavy and speedy work, sor, OD the other hand, is it slower or more dilatory than other legislatures have been. It is jost a pretty good average legislature. The sol?os will fee with as for the fail 40 days, tba constitutional limit, for it is extremely improbable thai the work eau be finished io lesa time. The sessioa will oiose by constitutional lissi talion Feb 18. The most importaat measure that was te eons op as this session, the child labor bill, has been twice defeated io (ha house, bat Senator Marshall's bill en the subject is still pending io the senate. Senator Marshall says be is . going to press the bill to a vote, eo as So pot the senate ca reeord It ss said ? Jhat 18 senators are pledged to sopport lise measure. Mr Thomas1 bill to reorganise the pobiic school system met with a signai defeat io the boase. This bill embodies the plan recommended by State Saper l?tenden c of Education McMahan in his annual report. Both Mr McMahan aed Mr Thomas say they have not given ap the fight and hope to get the bill eh rough at the next session. The legislature has ratified the con ^stitotiooal amendments adopted by a vote of the people last November relat? ing to municipal indebtedness and drainage, and the bili carrying out the amendment as co municipal indebtsd sess has passed. ? special committee has been appointed to prepare the bill as to drainage, bat the committee has sot yet reported One of the members of the committee states that the bili say net be intrcdaoed until the nez session The problem is a d?ffioult one to deal with. It is easy to say that land jBsy be condemned for drainage par poses for the benefit of a community, tet?is quite a different matter to say how this shall be done. The several redistricting bills that have been introduced seem to hang fire and this matter, too, may go over anti! the next session. It is going to be very difficult to rearrange the congressional districts in 3 manner to suit the old sticks who imagine that they are soita hie for congressional timber, and every one of them has a different plan for arranging his district, lt is very likely that the legislature, or the politicians therein, will postpone this matter until next year in order to have farther time lo look over the field. The biit to reapportion the members of thc bouse of representatives went through without discussion, but the bill was based upon a simple mathematical calculation. The Charleston exposition bill also went through, with but i ? rr Ie opposi? tion. The annual bill to impose a per capita tax on dogs was promptly k?iec ia the house, and Mr Graydon's bill co lacrease tte phospba e royalty to 50 ?enes per ton was killed in the senate These bill come up so regularly thar those who are familiar with the legisla tore look upon them as old friends, and would miss them if they failed to show The present session of the legislature is different from any that has been held ia reoeot years, ia that there is no dispensary legislation of any kind. The dispensary bas not been mentioned on the floor of the boase except ia a casual manner in referring to something aise, and evan chen the man who made the slip seemed sorry of it and hastened lo get away from the subject. The general appropriation bili and the sapply biii will be ready for the consideration cf the house today. The appropriation bill is said to be heavier /fbaa for a number of years ? bill tba: will evoke a great deal of discussion is the one to regulate and equalize toe eompeosarion co be paid j county officers, whiob was prepared by a special committee and introduced in the tenate by MV Gruber It affects the salary of nearly every county officer ia the State, the changes being goner ally in ?be line of reductions. The hill was printed in The State several days ago asd since then every delega tions has received letters protesting against it Tbe bill will be discussed at great leogth and there will be nearly as macy amendments offered as there are items in the biii. No man can tell sow what will be che ultimate shape of Ihe bill. The legislature will be with us for she fall 40 days, the constitutional limit The session closes by limitatioo Feb 18, so there are only two weeks left, and it will take hard work to get through with tho work io that time. We all remember the intense merri ment aroused among the imperialists a souple of years ago by the Filipino provision of a gold beaded cane and a golden whistle as the symbols of office pertaioiog to the presidency of their republic. Now the United States com mission determines that tho symbol of office of tbe president of a municipality shall be a gold beaded tasseled cane The goid whistle, we pres?me, will be prescribed for governors of provinces We listen for a renewal of imperialist ~Uogbter.-The State. OVER FORTY BILLS WERE HANDLED. The House Did a Rushing Business on Saturday. Colombia, Feb 3 -When the boase met yesterday at IO o'clook there were not over 85 or 90 members present. Daring tbe day a great many others went to their bornes. OB acooaot of tbe email attendance Mr Ashley moved that tbe house take up, after ll o'clock, ody such bills as were not objected to, until noon Tues day. Tbii was adopted and pct an iron elad rale 00 the boase which governed the day's business and will also mike the session Monday routine Monday is salesday and a great many members will be absent from tbe house, and ander the rule adopted on Mr Ashley's motion sotbiog tan be consid? ered bat third reading bills and bills wbieb do cot provoke discussion. Before Mr Ashley's motion was pat one bill bad been taken op. lt was Mr F. H. McMaster's bill to regulate sor. trae:* between employers and employes tn factories and other industrial enter j prises. The bill required either party to give the other two weeks' notice before suspending business relations, except for cease Mr MeMaster defended the bill and Mr Webb and Mr C. P Sanders oppos ed it The bill was killed. Mr Thompson of Oconee iotroduosd a concurrent resolution to allow a bili to be introduced to obarter the French Broad and Southern Railroad from Tax away, N C., to a point between Easley, S. C., and Cbaugua Creek in Oconee County. He explained why it was nec? essary to obtain this charter from tbe legislature instead of from the secretary of state As there was a bare quorum present sod as tho resolution required 84 votes, two thirds of the house, Mr Thompson decided oot to press the measure until Monday Tbs appropriation bill was io trounced by Mr J H&rvsy Wilson, ehairmsn #f the ways and means committee. The committee and its able chairman have done unusually quick work on the bill. Tbe supply bill wiil be presented a* soon as the county delegations send io their estimates. TBE SENATE. The senate transacted a good amount of business 00 Saturday Several third readiBg bills were passed ? long fight was made on the naval station land bill. Memorial services were held in mern ory of the late Senator Mauldin. George D. Tillman Dead. Clark's Hill, Feb 2.-After an illness of considerable duration. Koo Geo D Tillman died at his country home this morning at 7 o'clock. Col Tillman's death was not a surprise as it had been realized for some tims that it was mereiy a matter of a few days before tibe end oame Po: notwithstanding this fao! the death of Col Tillman was the cause of great sorrow in this community. Toe fuosral will take place here at 2 o'ciock Sunday afternoon. A party including the governor sod other distinguished guests will come from Colombia and another party is expected from Augusta, where the deceased was very highly esteemed The following have been requested to act as pall bearers : Gov M B MoSweeney, Hon G W Croft, Hon Robert Aldrich, Hon J W Moore, Hon Samuel Dibble, Capt Colcock, Hon Joba C Sheppard and Mr Hugh Dempsey. CREEKS TO BE TRIED FOR TREASON. Moskogee, 1. T , Feb. 3 -Chitto Harjo, or "Crazy Snake," the leader of tbe warring Creek Indians, and 17 of the minor leaders of that iribe bave been landed in the federal jail here wbere they will be beld pending trial for treason The Indiana were brought here from Henrietta under escort of Troop A, Eight cavalry, and United States Marshal Bennett and his posse It is stated that certain attorneys, who it is asserted here, misled the Indians, may be prosecuted THE NEXT ARTIC ITU J DITION. New York, Feb 3 -Evelyn B^dwio, the Arctic explorer, who is to head the Baldwin Zeigier oxpedition to the North Polo next ?ummer. returned today oo the steamship New York. Mr Baldwin has been abroad sines Dec 1 securing vessels and equipment. He said : **I have succeeded in purchasing the Esquimaux, the largest whaling vessel I could Sod. She i* admirably fitted for our work, having been built for just such work, i have renamed ber the America "The America is barkentioe rigged, with her machinery aft, so that the stem can have play in the iee. Her screw is io a well, so that it can be lifted wheo the ice interferes. "? have chartered the Fritjof, ose? last year by the Swedish expedition, and she will accompany the Amerioa with supplies aod equipments. She will leave Tromaoe, Norway, on Jane 25, with a party of scientists and spurts, men. She will go to Frsnz Josef Land, returning to the same port on Sept 1. Medderfoutei? Captured By The Boers, j Kitchener Wires That the! Post Was Captured. London, Feb 4.-The war cffioe has received the followiog dispatoh from Lord Kitchener, commander in-chief in Sooth Afriea : Pretoria, Feb 2. Oar post at Medderfontein, on the Gatestrand, ?oathwest ot Kragersdorp, was attacked by 1.000 Boers Th? relief column sent oat from Kragers? dorp failed to prevent the fall of the post. No details yet at hand, bot officers and men captured at tho post are arriving at Vereeniging. Lorenzo Marques, Feb 3 -There is a commando of 2,000 Boers on Porta guess territory. It is supposed that their intention is to rescue the Boers here. The Portsgoese authorities have decided to remove to Madeira sash Boer refugees as refuse to surrender to tbe British. Bloemfontein, Feb 3 -The British have reoccupied Petersburg. The Queen is Laid to Rest London, Feb 2 -With every cir cumsUnce of splendid pomp befitting the obsequies of so mighty and well be loved a monarch, ali that is mortal of Queen Victoria has been borne through the streets of the capital ano! started towards the ancient fortress palace of the sovereigns of England. The solemn magnificence of yesterday's opening phase cf these last rites was folly maintained Per? haps the stately grandeur of today's sorrowful pageant through the swarm iog streets of London, with hundreds of thousands of moorners forming a black border to the roate, will never be surpassed There was in Victoria's fanerai procession an absence of that black ceremonial generally connect ed with the final progress to the grave. Today the coffin was drawn by cream colored horses The pall was white, and the uniforms of the troops and the gold trappings of the foreign sovereigns, princes and repre sentatives forming a glitter ing medley, gave brilliant col oring to the scene The chief mourner, himself, with his field mar? shall's uniform, even though this was partially hidden by his overcoat, sur rounded by his escort, helped to leaven the symbols of mourning marking the route Never in English history has a sovereign been borne to the grave attended by so many distinguished mourners The gathering of crowned heads surpassed those who rode in the Jubilee procession Ali the great officers of state participated NEWS ITEMS. Tee nev? Olympia miil io Columbi* is io motion now. Fire destroyed the plant cf the National Wire Company at Fair Haven, Coen, on Sunday. February 3d, oaus ing a loss of $325 000 The saloon keepers, it is reported, are going to tar and feather Mrs Nation Rev Mr Keller, of Arlington. N J., was shot by T, G. Barker, on Sunday, February 3d The Western States are suffering from a snow blizzard. The Southern Pacific Railway has been bought by the Union Pacific Syndicate John Marshall day was celebrated all over the country Monday. Mrs Nation has been stopped in her crusade on account of the severe snow storm. An express car between Philadelphia and New York was entered and $4.000 secured on Saturday night. A ?5,000,000 company has been organized at Greensboro, N. C., to mine iron and coal. The Dominion government will buy ali the t?l?graphie systems of Canada. An agricultural congress in Italy has declared the experiments made io Italy and Franoe to prevent storms by shooting big guns up into tho heavens when oiouds gather a success The shooting knocks the stumog out of the clouds, as it were, and instead of drenching, destructive downpours, wind, thunder, lightning, eto , the moisture comes down in geotle rain. Londoo, Fob 5.-The Shanghai \ correspondent of The Times confirms the report that Belgium has acquired a two-thirds interest in the H-tokow Cantoo concessions. London, Feb 4.-The king of the Belgians left for Belgium this evening At the railway station the police removed a man who bad been acting strangely and who was suspected of having some design against the king. Washington, Fab 4 -There is a strong movement afoot to contest the removal of the Port Royal naval station to Charleston, S C. The citizens of Port Royal and ot Beaufort, 8. C., are said to be bringing every effort to bear upon congress aud opou the State legislature io opposition to tb? transfer The fight at first will be aloug tbe hoe ot contesting every proposition for the improvement of the designated site at Cnariocton. MacArthur's Statement. SAYS FILIPINOS ARE NOT PACIFIED Washington, Feb 4.-Secretary Root bas made answer to the senate resolution calling for a statement as to why the Filipino leader, A. Mabini, bad been deported to Guam The secietary says Mabini while a prisoner of war was found to be main? taining correspondence with insurg ents engaged in armed resistance to the authority of the United States and his place of confinement has been changed from Manila to tbe Island of Guam Among the papers submitted is a telegram from MacArthur, dated Dec. 31. 1899, which reports the capture by scouts on Dec ll, of Mabini, whom MacArthur describes aa "Mabini, ablest of insurgents, ! founder of late government " Another is as follows : "December 25, 1900, Manila "Adjutant general, Washington : "Expectations based upon result of election have not been realized. Progress of pacification apparent to me but still very slow Condition very inflexible and likely to become chronic I have therefore initiated a more rigid policy by issue of procla mation enjoining precise observance of laws of war, with special reference to sending supplies sod information to enemy in field, from towns occo pied by our troops, and also warning leaders that intimidation of natives, by kidnapping or assassination, must sooner or later lead to their trial for felonious crimes, unless they become fugitive criminals beyond the jan's diction of the United States, which latter course would mean lifelong expatriation Proclamation well re ceived. but country expectant and awaiting practical application there of Am considering expediency oi ciosing ports of both Camarines. Alboy, Samar and Leyte Would like to emphasize new policy by de porting to Guam at early date a few prominent leaders now in my hands Request authority accordingly Pro American native at Manila, with chief justice at the head, have organ ized party Field movements outlined in my message of Oct 26, will probably be somewhat interrupted by early return of volunteers It is difficult to convince people, especial ly natives, that any of the volunteers will D9 replaced Early information of purpose of department in regard to array legislation and the prospect of thc passage of an army bill would greatly strengthen my administration here. "(Signed) MacArthur." Senator Hui Not a C ndidate New York, Feb 3 -The announce meet that Senator Rill is not s candi date for the presidential nomination of bis party in 1904 ia made by tbe Albany correspondent of Leslie's Weekly in tt'e current issue. He says : "I hove the highest authority for the statement that Senator Hill ia not a candidate, in any sense for the presidential nomination and that he is not responsible for the action of his friends and will in no way encourage the continuance of such action Whatever Senator Hill's am binon might have been in the past he treasures no presidential ambition now He is engrossed in hie law practice. It has grown larger and more lucrative each year and his absorption in professional duties gives him little time aod less inclina tion to respond to the growing call for him to actively assume the party's leadership "This reluctance on the part of the senator to reenter public iife is not the result of piqnc or disappoint? ment fie simply finds greater com fort and enjoyment in the practice of his profession and less allurement in the field of politic.-?, which h3s never been a source of profit, and oft has given him hardly a comfortable sup port. Like every other man who reaches middle life, Senator Hill looks forward to achieving substan tial financial independence by main laining his established and well set? tled professional practice He is devoting his be*t energies to that end and, therefore, be is not inclined to respond to such calls as have been made by the Texas legislature and by prominent Democratic leaders and organizations in tbe south and west '.These who have intimate personal relations with Senator Hill greatly doubt whether he will ever consent to lead his party again in a president ia! campaign Wbile he is averse to making pobiic expression of his feel log in the matter, bia determination j is not a secret. Devoted as be has been for so many years to his party's welfare his withdrawal from politics ie regarded as impossible He will continue to be an influential factor, bot this will not interfere with a conviction he has recently expressed to many friends that office holding is unsatisfactory and unprofitable." A Rich Mao Murdered. Gainesville, Fl?, Feb 3.-NSWP reached here today of the mnrder of J. H Vc'.tkamp. a prominent farmer near bore. Indication* are tbat the murder waa for the purpose of robbery. Yelt Barnp was a uative o? Holland, and W^ oonsidered weaiihy. Tbtrcis DO ?lue to tbe murderer?. Southern Representation. Washington, Feb. 2 -There is no reasonable donbt that a fierce fight will be made in the next Congress in favor of the cutting down of South? ern representation The subject was allowed to go over at this session because the time was considered to j be altogether too limited even to transact absolutely necessary busi ? ness, without throwing into the arena such a firebrand as this will assured ly be But there are plenty of mut? terings which show how things are going This is true not only of the House, which has been popularly supposed to be the most interested, but aiso of the Senate. In the latter body, the credentials of Senator Simmons, of North Caro? lina, have been objected to and they have been filed merely for reference, with strong hints that they will be i seriously fought in the next Con? gress Similar attacks will, it is rumored, be made on Senators Till ! man, of Sooth Carolina, McLaurin, of j Mississippi, and Foster of Louisiana, ! representing the three other Slates where negroes are disfranchised Senator McComas, cf Maryland, is taking a prominent part in this, be cause there is talk of adopting a .imilar restricting law in Maryland, which woold throw the State to the Democracy and elect a Democrat to the Senate Iwo years from now. The Hoose Committee on Censos bas called on Director Merriam for a statement as to the extent to which suffrage is abridged, and he has just informed the committee that be can? not possibly submit it before April 1. Consequently, the subject bas been allowed to go over with the promise that it will be taken op then lu the Senate, it would seem, the fight can come to nothing beyond the stirring up of sectional feeling, the Republicans being bound by their precedent in the Hayes electoral commission that Congress has no right to go behind the returns There is much doubt, however as to what Republicans will not do They have thrown precedent lo the winds so often that anything is possible. Along this liae Senator Foraker ex? pressed himself recently to the effect that the credentials of any Senator elected by a Legislature "uncon stitutionally" chosen would be sub? ject to close scrutiny "As long as this matter is confined within bounds,'* be said, "as long as only those States are affected which have a pr?dominent negro population and the real as well as the ostensible object of a disfranchisement law is to prevent the possibility of negro domination, as has been the case to the present time, there is great dis inclination on the part of the North ern States to take any step aotcoriz ed by the Fourteen and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution. But there is a limit to everything, and the Democrats should not strain it in this case "Already the advisability of Con gressional action in that direction ha? been largely discussed, and every additional caee casts fresh fuel on the fire and iftate9 passing such laws may awake to find themselves short a number of Electoral votes and a number of members of Congress " The siombling block in the way of all attempts to reduce the representa? tion is found io the foreign vote of the North Unnaturalized foreigners ar? counted in the Census and repre sentation is based on them, but they are not allowed to. vote any more than the negroes are. London, Feb 5 -During a severe snow storm io Liverpool some telephone wires tell io thc London road and came into oontact with ao overhead eleotrio wire Two people were killed and 14 injured. ---?-.? i i A Universalist preachsr of Reading. Pa, bas resigned because be thinks the church cannot afford to pay him a malary of $1.900 Eikiopo children at Carlile schcol ran& far ahead of the Indian youths in every study This clearly demonstrates the superiority of walrus biubber over roasted dog as a brain food, thinks the Chicago Journal Twenty Years Proof. Tutt's Liver Pills keep the bow? els in natural motion and cleanse the system of all impurities An absolute cure for sick headache, dyspepsia, sour stomach, con? stipation and kindred diseases, "Can't do without them" R. P. Smith, Chilesburg, Va. writes I don't know how I could do without them. I have had Liver disease for over twenty years. Am now entirely cured. Tutt's Liver Pills MONEY TO LEND. TT/"B HT* prepared lo negotiate leans oa W improved farming ??nd? io Somtor ttt.rt "larend^n CauD'ies on If Dg time iu nrnoont* of $300 ?nd npwarda at seven per cent interest, aod ?nh no *xten?i> to the sorrower except a eraal: broker i? e commis sion We cnn also neco iMe ICKD9 ic any atnoiiiits at 8 per ceo? on terms ta sait tb? borrower 4pp!j >o LBS k VOI5E, Dec 19-2cn Sumter, 8. C. Na crop caa be Igrown without Potash. Supply enough Pot? ash and your profits will be large; without Potash your crop will be "scrubby." * Oar books, trlfag about composition of fcrri&ers ?sst adapted for all crops, are free to all fersers. GERMAN KALI WORKS, .3 Nassau St., New York. 1T?CE TO TAXPAYERS. OPTICS OF COUNTY TREASURER SUMTER COUNTY. SUMT?B, 8. C., 8ept. 22, 1900. "VT0TICS is hereby giren that I will be is Xl tay office io the Cosnty Court Soase ai Somter from October IStb to i e rem ber 31st, 1900 ioclaiire, for the collection ef taxes for tbs fiscal year 1906. Toe levy ii te follows : For State parp?se?, 5 saille For Count* purposes, Z\ milla. For School ?.arp?se*, 3 mills. Totallery, 11^ nilla. Also tb? foliovir-g ?pecia? reboot levies : School Dintriet No. 1, 2 mills. 8chool District No. 18, 2 mills. 8cbool District No. 18, 2 milis. School Digtric; No 20, 3 mills. Mt. Clio, 2 milis Concord, 2 mills Privateer, 2 mills. No 5, 1 nein. No 17, 1 astil. Comr&utatioo Road TAX for 1901 $1 Oft, payable from Oct. 15ib 1900 to Feb 1st 1901. H. L SCARBOROUGH, Treasurer Sumter Co. Sept 26-ISt Tie Larpt aid Most Complete Establishment Som Geo. S. Hacker & Son. -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, King, apposite Cac non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. ^3ff" Purchase our make, which we guaranty superior to any sold South, and thereby (?ave money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty Ocrober 16-c The Commoner, Issued TCeekly, William J. Bryan, Editor and Publisher. LINCOLN, . - Nebraska. 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