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Sflptene^MBeeidas to lar Cases. h?/f?a is ?or?F??|r Territory, but Congress Has Power to Impose Tariff iii ?raport? and Exports. COyR| BABLYI DMDEDMN? SEHT?Hf OPINIONS ? 1 a IJ I r-*-J- Ll I?1. Washington, May 27.-In the United States supreme court today opinions .were handed down in all but two o? thejcases before taat-' court involving the relation of the- United - Stages to its insular possessions. "The two cases in which no conclusion^ w^s^nn^nced were -Qiase known Ss the-" fourteen 3ia: mond rings case" and the second of the Dooley ^cases. ; -The undecided Dooley case "deals wit?i a please of the Puerto. JRican ouestions^ and the -dia mond~rihg case involves* the right to the free importation of merchandise from the Phillippines to the United States. " s ? . ' . The original intention t?e^^u?-j had been to adjourn for the term after today-s J^jo^i^t discussion of -the casesfgaapn ^loday: toek: abou^fiv? ?K>ursiso;it??e e?urt adjourned until to? morrow, when it is presumed the re? maining cases-will be passed .on. - Of the sew?salicasis ffeciHetf tSdayl fhe?wo which attracted the greatest share of attention from the court were what-is inown as the DeLima case and that inown as the Downe?^case, <??4d * -of these two the opinion in the Downes case is considered the most far-reach? ing as ut?f?ects the future,-^whereas the De^?ma}case"deait,with..a transi tiona? petase of our insular relations. The DaLima qase was* the first :to re? ceive the aftenifcfon of the court, andas it aj?Sre^toHbf? quite swejspifigrly ow posed to, tjj.e^government's contentions, many persons precipitately a^rivea- at the ]?eoacl*?ion that the government tad been worsted all along the line. This view suffered a decided change when the^CQUQ^asion wasanuounced in the Downe^jc??. The ' court was near? ly eveiflj** ?iv-H?ed on both cases but political lines were not at all controll? ing. The Delim^f^||v^&d^^-|^ of the government to collect duty on goods^?n^rt^^ito the United; States fxomT?i^b& iga? after, tfce ratificarion of the treaty of Paris and D?f?re'trhe passage of the Puerto Rican act. The court said the government's contention in this case wits substan??^fy a claim that PuertoJBS&rfs>fo*:&i^ The entire case turned upon that con? tention. The court held that the position was not well takeji^tfeart Puer$o5ico was not at the'time for? eign *^^1wify>??dHhat ?l?*?^re-j^ duty which nao" "oeen cpliected *pust' be returned. S/L????ZL& ?r$*?, The decision in the Downes case fol? lowed the history of the dealings of the United States with Bftftfto Rico a Btep faij^^.^^^^^a^^^^E with the ?i^ds^^ States into Puerto Rico and also on those ^ sMpped fj ^?aSt?a^t?fe ted StatesTin TOTS- case the conTt"neTcr that such exaction was ??jggaL and con ^tl|^ ^^^^^^ islandMojce%n territory: that until congress acted, upon^thev question np dairy ?ofclc^?^o?fect?^ ?m?; ?tnlt-?as soon asT^ongress Outlined a methlja of controlling the island's revenue^; tljat, action became bindings |h*fo?hjsr -words, that congress has power under country's, trusmar possessions aaa %as the right to lay a duty on goodfesim ported into our insular possessions from the United States or expottfcd from them into the United States. It holds in brief_ that for "taxation purposes . ?nev ar? net |a? past-, of ithfe Uni tea 'States fo the' extent' that goods shipped between, their* ports and the United:States-are"^entitled to the same treatment as if , they were ship? ped between New York and New Or-' leans. s Justice Brp^n; delivered the court's opinion ori both' and there were vig? orous dissenting opinions in each. In the Downes case, four of tfi'e; nine members of the court united in an opinion characterizing in strong lan? guage the opinion of the majority in the case. In this, opposing opinion Chief Justice Fuller arid Justices Har? lan, 1 Brewer, and Peenam, united,, and the chief justice and "Justice. Har? lan presented their, views in wrtten form. Justices- Gr?y, Shiras; -White and McKenna also agreeing with the conclusion- announced that they had reached' the conclusion -1 >y di fferec t lines of argument, and Justices Gray. White and McK^n^iannouuced opin? ions outlining .'*|fci^Sres[.ective imi? tions. Justices Shims. White and Mc? kenna dissented^ in the DeLima Lvase,. uniting- Tn i?Jopimbn^ Justice -Gray presentee}.an independent. and,dissent? ing opinio?^in fchat case." ' ' . * AlbariyV ,:3far:-^G.-^?fVie cars racing $r ?^witeh while running in opposqfei^fr^^pns aV thc rate of forty miles an' hour, cost live lives this afternoon by a^errific collision in which pf p&|?>riy i^ctoiin?nt peO?lfc were injured, some fatally and others serious^ j-^p r>> >?" >;JJ i Blacksburg, May 2?.--A shooting affray took place in our 'town" this morning between A. G. Mints and D. JF. Bridges, ^a>*>w?'Wt?e ia^^'w^ ?riousLx-if ij^^iitaHy Joo* in dornen, also a slight flesh wound in the left shoulder;/ Minte wa* shot -in the left hip,*bulTnot's*^W^y. . " -- j i- ?i; wm - TSThlte 3^:Tt?i??o? %???&?'m * Groat consternation^ wai felt hy (the i\:uud: of M A ?'og??y. ^f* LejiDgtop/Ky/Wcl th?y saw hp^ wag. terciag joJbW? ll? >kiri slowly ch?nftea color, a?s>> fifs ?ves, antth? suffisred (?rrPbiy? .^pis malady was Telion Jaondice He was troate'i b> the be^t doctor.-, kat without b?tf^ * tn*nf >e w& t?v? ed rc try Electric Bitter?, the wonderful Stomacb sad Liver 5?Jiedyj.and be write?: ".Afrer Uk mg two bottle? I was wholly cured.*' Atria proves its tuAiCbless morie ..for all Stomach Livor and Kidney troublas.. Ouly 25e Sole Ij J ? W vdjorma, i>rag^?t- 6 / ll i ma ' ? They .Will Stand for Reeiec-tion and R fififit i ?eSfeWPeop?e. ' CH?OSE YE BETOE?? THEM. Contest Will be a Test of Personal Strewn: of Two Men Rathe ff han ?' Battle for Political Principles* ^ ?' i i ? I I 'i g I ; ..: 9 1 [ I I I -% ? 11 ? I ? ? Special^ the State. * '? Gaffney, May 25.-It is the unex ; pected that happens so often in Sonth ' - Carolina polities, which happened here ' today: ' It came like a thunderbolt out ? pf a clear sky, so unexpected and sud i den was the whole thing. When the two United,Stated-senators agreed to meet in-. ?omt de&a?e, J&eLauriri to ad-' vocate his "Commercial Democracy" aid Tillman. ' to att?ck... it, rio one dreamed the two United States sena? tors would before nightfall have, their resignations in transit to the govern : "or. .' 'Here up in a flourishing corner of the State, ..hasRecurred she most sen? sational deveJopnaeiLt'Off-poEtics since 1890. Two senators have uncondition c -a^y-resigned.. Tillman has just entered : "?pon a six- year term and ^?cLaurin* has Utitil March 4r, 1903, 'to serve with-, out molestation, yet both have resign ^edj effective September latita in order. rtliafc:they might- .go"fcefOre- the= people and .tests their strength, the under ?' standing 'being that this test shall de? cide whether the people, endorse Sena? tor'McLa?rin's Democracy with its expansion, ship subsidy and "com? mercial" ideas, or that of Senator ?Ti'I?marW with ?what 'McBaurirr calls his.."Bryan .Democracy, Senator Mc? Laurin sought to narrow the fierce . contest to- Tillman and himself"where-, as Senator Tillman insisted on resig -nation "as originally; proposed'yon %:tne ground that he. . could not dictate to . the Democratic committee as to who {should..be ini- the- raee or wheat it should Joe. Both seemed eager to sign the resignation--and about "7 o'clock the paper,, containing, ..the. dual resig> 'natio? was in the' maiL_ It means that instead :of the c?m^i^n- <x>niitrg; next summer it will be held this year, and it means that Tillman will be in cti^r9C^foi;.his?si^^e|r $eHn>and Mc? laurin for reelection or for. Tillman's ' term:as-*he sees fit brit most li-ke?y for' ,. Tillman/s term. Tillman- in his speech, 'tab! hammered'and hammered away at the idea that McLaurin had betrayed the true Democracy and that if he ; were;nQjra itepjibltckn he ong&t ta be, ? fot? hkf baa1 sapp^rte? a?i* tn?ir?propo sitions and doctrines. Tillman urged that the decent thing for McLaurin ] Him" to resign'. h i s^' *poa^?^anpgo ' jbV ; )fore the ipeetp?e- a^(d^ if"rtiie^'?n?oise<i "him, be returned, o r^ stay ai.<home if ! -'afefeate?"" Mc??a;?rin^Ba?*;?esei,ted the party platform and ought to resign at once, he persisted. Senator McLaurin in turn insisted that he was ?feDemo- ? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ife^Er^^^eafS^ ?j^o loiter and keep my mouth shut "and kt the other fellows attend to him. If you doirt want me. If he is a' Democrat then I am not." Then, McLaurim t^amin^jl^Tij^m^n, -^^ges*e?r^hat| jKiimari- jBa^"?o?iid %k bo^fc-jfcbof, | an^"then^?^nato?"^Ici^uri?%eni onj to say: '?'0h yes*:'Tilintan 4?'ys- 'why-1 don't I resign ? If Pm elected" it will ..mean^tl^: people 4pn*t vpn L kim, but-j be is&p^dft?iereV&?&f '?r?&tp 1f?% never catch him committing Himself . too far.. ^He.pi^.. not^say if I'm elect i &d he wbnld .resig?JTOh ! you will never-hear of 'Benjamin Tillman re? signing. Senator Tillmaiv. jumped up an&s??d?-"Infill sa^i^-an'? ?&sa? it. *A Senator 'McLaurin; i ''Agreed. * '? _ Tillmanj . .""TU resign right now1' : Sf you: will, and we will go before the people!".' McLaurin : Agreed. "Tillman.: "Draw up the, paper and .we'll sign it right now.y : " ' ' ; McLaurin: "That suits me." Later-- ^'ofi i n .Tillman ' s &v& mi nut es( replyive remarked that he/would not' . -.reply-to Moka^rin's -charge thai, -he 'w?s'bruta?'in his treatment'and inde? cent .in harassing hintSsv he did": taej? wouldrbotl^ be"befbre^!fe^oJle soon/ and there would-be no need to dis? cuss, matters further) here. He was ready; for the"agreanWt at once. McLaurin : " So am I. ' ' It was soon; after that .the agreement and resignation were signed. . ": 1 '? Both the Senators Called Hoi Bluffs. Story" of Inc?dcnt? as Joli ty Themselves. Special to The State. Gaffney, ^iay 2;";. - Senator Tillman arid "Senator-McLaurin wen- seen after the "day's incidents were over and ask? ed for their views on the situation. . Tillman said": "McLaurin made a'bluff , at me and didn't think I'd call him, I I felt that after I had m?a? an assault yn his honesty and integrity of pur? pose he tried to parry that by taunting me with the. assertion t-hat I wouldn't lea've'*my-fcix''yeaYs bomb-proof.' ' I saw' the opportunity to make a ten strike Jor Democracy. I was ready to take ; it regardless of the personal sacrifice. \ want?South' Carolina to sav'wneihVr shs? .wanjs tgp Democrats orj two Ive pit??c?ffts in'the-Sen'are: If the pe?pfe jdpji'tyant to reehl-t me, I don?t care : to"' elive ''thefh. *X,?!hali announce my candidacy Jo succeed myself, and will |take'^f^"(ffc^r st^SMS^^tfd desir I able. W^tkd it t?n&dSmii?t this i is an off vear, so that we can discuss - these national; i0?^w'^^^^f^0gd^. mg and combinations and voters can vote upon the. issixes \vi th o ut. .ou ts uh* influence. ?T'? n-l?evc:the Sfh?? oi'lB montons of Mclaurin l>.tliirik;l''?m en? titled to^on^x?re<m aird -fHanks. If a commercial Democrat isn'i a JRepubli; can' ? dhn't know what (iii is. ? ^Mc? Laurin is a Democ^t I am not. I. vant the people to decide between xis. *? I In reply to a request for a statement from him as to the ??*uble se-hatbrial resignation. McLaurin said : "Tillman made a bluff'to?iy and I called him. I put him in a position where he either had to resign and go [into a Senatorial race With:me or con? fess he was bluffing and was afraid to risk h ia-, political scalp;;; though willing |*to knife rae in a campaign in which he was not a candidate and bad- nothing at, stake. ATI J desire, is a free and open fi^ht'with' Tillman on the - issues . upon which we differ. I earnestly I hope that ali? others will keep out of our race and run for the other sena torship, so ' that Tillman and I may meet as'-man toman and fight it out. H? said he was unwilling to bulldoze me into a joint debate with him if I was afraid to meet him. I have shown him'I was not afraid to meet him, and I hope he will not'show himself afraid to meet me in .the senatorial race. I ?ope he. will.not get any of his strik? ers into tbe race to dodge behind, but pip i ll meet me in it alone." August Kohn. ; _ _ THE GOVERNORJS SILENT. Will Take No Action on Resigna? tion Until He Returns. ..Asheville, X. C., May 26.-Governor McSweeney and State Chairman Wilie Jones, who are en route to Chicka mauga. were, interviewed here in refer jence to the. resignation of.Senators Tillman and McLaurin. Gov. MtfSweehey says : The resigna? tions of Senators Tillman and McLau? rin as -United, States senators, were received by;me in the mail this morn-, ing as I was leaving for Chickamanga, the resignations to take effect Sep. 15. I will not take up the consideration of the ; resignations until I return to my office. At. present. I have nothing to say and no comment to make on the action of these gentlemen. " CoL Jones said: "Of course I will have to call a meeting of the State Democratic executive, committee in consequence of - the- .action- taken yes? terday by our senators. I would say off hand that I think the campaign .should "b?gm~ about ' the first bf Au-1 gust, as it takes about six weeks, and this is the best time from the standpoint of attendance as the crops ? are then being 'laid by.' As things, now stand, ? ; think I'll" call the Staje. committee " to meet about Julyl. " "You may say that I will be in the race for United States senator from, South Carolina, no matter what form , the primary election-therefor max1 as-.i sume. ' ' There was an aggravating mistak? in The State this morning caused, prob- I ably by the bad service. The resigna? tions are. effective Sep. " 15 and not: Nov. 15 and was so written. . ! William RGse Dead. Coi?mbiay; May, 35.-Uncle Wi?iani Rose, the well' Irnown colored .mah,, who was n veteran of thr?e warsand for many years Messenger "for the go.vf ' ern or died this1 morning. He was'if li'fe loiig democrat and was respected by all who knew him. i mm ? ?' ? "?' ?M '**' " -" ' ?CARNEGE-?tNiH8f WATirR:' EngHs? Pa?exs Yiljify Hirn For -Giving, M$io^ia Scotch Universities. % rpnrjpnj >Iav , gh-" Ve - trust . -in ; sottish pride to. rise, in . its w;rath ^ainSfthfs invasion of th?' almighty " lar,-'r* says'" - The ' Reveiw'; :"o? yh? ek,-commenting'^*A'ndr'ew Carne-' | 's munificence to Scotland's univer? sities*. . . - - ? '.?.. ?. i "Many, of the oldest and. best f ami - #es iri^Scptland."'continues the peri? odical, "attend the ' universities and &ay the fees, and lov? the sons of their Nimblest neighbors?" n??thl^mor? nor &??s.Sut.is ?f to be believed that this jflSll continue ii they are to be-paid ] tor by ..Mr.. .Carnegie. Imagine the [Duke'of Hamilton, Cameron of Loch-. ' fe?.* or^I?cDonald of the Isles 'allow? ing h is.'h cir to getan education at the cost ol-an-. American iron monger. .We: shall next near of some Chicago pork packer proposing to buy up Oxford and Cambridge and dictating the ad .mission and the subjects to be taught ; :QT\BQSS Croker? forming a -lobby " ter j Wntrol^ the. landon university with "the .object' of_ inculcating Tammany principles in:the mind of the risiing generation of cockneys. .". " But-there is a bright side of the ^Americanization of this insignificant :country: It ought to make war. impos? sible. How can tne patriotic American] ^s?ffer from AngT?'ph?bia'wh'en he loves" England so rimen that he wants to be her owner? How. could he sink-the merchant ships-in which his own mon? ey is invested? War would ruin his in? dustrial enterprises, stage, press and locomotive companies, philanthropic schemes, aristocracy, race riding in fact everything except our agriculture which has ceased to exist." ' The Nine-Hour Day. j Washi'?gtgn, May 27.-A committee Of?:empl?yes from the various machine shops on' the Southern Railway at ; points l>etween here and Birmingham, Louisville and St. Louis, appointed to present certain demands regarding the institution of a nine-hour day, increas? ed wages, regulations as to the num? ber of apprefttices employed, etc., were in session throughout to-day with Vice President and General Manager Gannon* -of the Southern. Each of the delegates described the conditions in Lis-Shop and the alleged necessity for the changes. .- . " - The men stated later that the con? ference was entirely unsatisfactory and that- Mr. Gannon had refused to consider any. of their propositions. Mr. Gannon said that the demands involved over 2."i per cent, increase in pay for machinists and all other shop employes,'- which 'was beyond reason. He said oO per cent, of the. machinists on the system did not bontiemplate an ultimatum and that he do.es not look for a g?n?ral: ?trik<\ The'men will report' I zack to their lodge the reply given them.. ,'Itis w.Ktj n ^iio4 ?cKi pf {?le<i8ore_%9JB iitisfrtoti?a th*"! ? rwbmrriH:.? Chrjmrrrkirt's Coiic, Cholera and D?nr-hoe* Rrm^ij,'-' &*ye ?^rugf??et A vV S^weite, cf Harttidor, Conn /A. lady ctxsiutu?T, B$?;pg the r. m-^iy HxpiM-rt. for 'sa'e on my snow eas.--, s-?;d to at* : 'I re-illy believe th-it med*C*iw*A?e<Lejj hf?* rh pHsi aucjfiMT while nt tn* 3hor??,';a?d alie be came so enthusiastic over us n-erits thit I at coaennde u;> roy tn i n d h~> re^o'r.meud St in the hr ur" KvcenTir RJ^--:i^.?r^nn cam? into tay store &o ov;-rcotjic {ritb co?ifc piiois' tha' ne 8*nk st o.tKr 'o th.? fl"or I give bim a dose of th m remedy tflftcb helped him Ire pe-?ted ibe do?e HM? ia fifteen minu?s be Itit my store a-i ?nijq inforfDir?i? me tbat be felt as wei! as eve? " Soid by A ? Ofe?na. - ' - McLAU?lN W HAMPTON. What Watterson Thinks of the Columbia Postoffi?e Incident. Louisville Courier Journal. That the Philadelphia Press should be unable to conceive how any man on earth, being offered an office,"could decline it-particularly a man in need -goes without saying : is a simple mat? ter of course: of the nature of the Pennsylvania bottling and trade-mark : and therefore, the comments of that thick-nnd-thin organ upon some recent utterances of Gen. Wade Hampton will surprise no one who can distinguish 4'B" from "bull's foot" The Press . ascribes the refusal of the grim old war? rior to be bribed to "sectional preju? dice." Se?ing all things through the green goggles of political inter? est and party feeling, it can imagine no other or higher motive. This is the jaundiced way the Press puts it : "One or two points in the utterance of Gen. Wade Hampton, of South Car? olina, recently reported, deserve satten tion. It is said to, have been inti : mated to Gen. Hampton that he could hate the Columbia postm?stership1 without any political conditions being attached to the office, the appoint-H ment, it is understood, being at the .disposal of Senator McLaurin. As Gen. Hampton is old and in straiten? ed financial circumstances it was probably thought that such an offer would bi acceptable. It was prompt? ly declined, however with the remark: ."I wouH not only not accept a posi- ? tion from such a source, but I would not even consi der i t. ". The conclus? ion to be draw? from-the circumstances and the language Gen. Hampton used is that he is not in sympathy with the ? effort .Senator McLaurin is making, to lib?ralize the politics of South Car? olina and that.he prefers the old, bigt oted methods to any new .departure. This is tobe regr.ettedjbutitis.no nnexpected. If any one imagined that Southern prejudices which are the growth of generations could b? dis? sipated at once, and that the white demoracy could be split in twain by some Federal appointment, the reply of Gen. Hampton will undeceive them. Said' the General: 'The people of South Carolina should know by this time that I am not for sale, and that I never shall be. " The fine figure of this venerable sol? dier and gentleman, all things that were his in youth gone from his age save dignity, and integrity, drawing "his; tattered .cloak, about .him and. .putting .away an'obvious and shame? less bribe . with hokiest, scorn, makes \jibt ? appeal to- this, heartless cynic ana" rabid partisan, WI?Q cannot -even truthfully relate the facts. "We quote the Press' again ' ' ' '"frat at "the saine time that Gen. Hampton -niakes clear his own posi? tion 'he'- also-reveals theinconsistency( of the" leading southern . svhite Demo? crats. Their assertion; reiterated time 'and again,'"' his been'that 'it " was ^tio use to attempt to build xrp ? Republi? can party in the south until- respect-" .able white men were appointed to office. -, ; But as- soon, as.it is,itimated that a^ ?white man'can have an .office from a b republican administration Gen. Hamp? oon denounces it as an "attempt to buy Democrats.and spurns the offer ?with contempt. Ha.- plainly prefers j the manners and methods of Senator .Tillman to those of Senator . McLau? rin. .Hampton has been held-.in high? er respect .than most ..southern Demo? cratic " leaders, but his latest utter? ances will, not .tend to reaffirm that opinion.. Gen Hampton might have. Jaelped to pave the way. for a more -lib? eral political era. in the south. He has refused, but he cannot stop the movement, however earnestly he may j strive to that end. It has been started ?-and the utterances of, leading southern newspapers how that, it has .already gained a support that assures its per? manence. " - " Ts it true then that, in South Caro? lina ? man must perforce follow either Tillman,".with his. pitchfork, or Mc? Laurin, with his" basket of chips? 'May there be no progress" in the south without turpitude? Must the white -men of the south, sorcalled, become Republicans before they can be exempt Jrom the misrepresentation of Repub? lican newspapers? Is there no such thing as honest ..difference cf opinon touching public affairs to be permit? ted in the Carolinas or elsewhere south of the old mystical Mason and Dix? on's line? Is the ascription of ignor? ance and prejudice to be attached to everything in that quarter which is not marked down upon the political bargain counter with the imprint. "McLaurin?" If a man be a Protectionist, who beleives in high tariff, or no tariff, according to the bidding of the man? ufacturers. If he be an opportunist, who takes the President for his guide in"the matter of the disposition of the outlying territories come to us as a consequence of the Spanish war. If with respect to the distribution of the Federal patronage he be a trencher? man , who accepts the president for j his paymaster. If in the Senate he ! follows the lead of Senator Hanna even to the length of supporting a ship subsidy notoriously designed to pay olf Senator Hanna's campaign obliga? tions. If there be such a man he is a Rcpublicaon, and let him be rated as such, nor dishenhorep therefor. Hut if, on these lines, seeking prose? lytes, this man comes among his ..Dem? ocrat ic constituents disguised as ' a Democrat, yet carrying across his ann a covered basket of appointments to j office to be doled out .to persons con? sidered to be of likely use. or import? ance, people are justified in saying, ! "Tliis is no Demorat. This is a Re . jniblican. Respect his opinions for what they are, but let us have no false pretences." And this seems to be the case of Senator McLaurin. That he should pursue his own bent is his undoubted right and no reasonable .person will gainsay it. But it does look a trifle hard that, in reaching after moral j supports, he should go out of his way i to insult an old man like Wade Hamp-., ton with the oifer of a bribe so pal? pable that needs not to be superscrib? ed to be recognized by the blindest. What else but indignant, refusal did he expect? "Is thy servant a dog that t he should do this thing?" Is nothing 1 safe against the profanation of the Money Devil, who sits snug and smil? ing in the seats of the mighty at Washington, holding that every man has his price; not whitening hairs, nor distinguished and disinterested public service, nor honorable pove-ity? T?ie Courier-Journal is neither a rad: ica?, nor an extremist. We follow, not Senator Tillman any mbre than we follow Senator McLaurin. But we believe in honest politics^ in fair-sail? ing and, square-dealing, in a word, in. all things open and above board. Nay, we .believe in moral obligations in public no less than in private life. We cannot expect a newspaper con? ducted as our Philadelphia contempo? rary is conducted and environed as it is environed to Comprehend the sensi? bilities which ' prompt a man like Wade Hampton. The Press is not alone among Republican organs in be? ing a notable example of imperfect sympathy. * It is case-hardened to any other than party influences. It is iron? clad- against external pressure that does not emanate, from Washington and Harrisburg. But still . in Penn? sylvania they pretend to have some standards- of honesty,, and even- in Philadelphia the most veteran rogues keep an eye both upon the-demands of respectability and the doors of the pen? itentiary, so that the Press may be credited with a certain perspective: and,- addressing ourselves to this, let us ask . what it would have had Gen. Hampton do? He is a very old man. Little suffices him. The' worst of it is over. What matter to him the difference between _his shabby old suit and a smart frock coat, purchased with equivocal, we will not say with dirty money? How would he look in a shiny shirt front and new, slick silk hat, 'got as the price of helping, or of seeming to help, a trad? ing politician out of a hole? : Imagine this spotless and venerable old man, the weight of two wars upon, bis grand old shoulders, and a great and famous career waiting upon his tottering foot? steps to find an honorable grave and an untarnished monument, lading out letters to rag-tag and bobtail for a pit? tance allowed him by persons not fit to tie his shoe string. Is lt possible that even a Philadelphian, accustomed to swallow the knives and forks of political servitude, used to partisan monstrosities, with characteristic, lack ?of the graciousness which sometimes abides in the bosoms of the least emo? tional-which sometimes for a moment illumines the warped nature of the most intolerant-cannot see that the attitude of Senator McLaurin hes nothing in common with enlightened politics, the course of Geri. Wade Hampton nothing to do with what'it calls 1 ' Southern prejudice, ' ' and that, from first to last, his creed is an un? patriotic and defamatory assault upon millions of his country? We end where we began : How could a newspaper such as the Press be expect [ ed to take any view: of any affair of life except a grovelling, party view, except ; a nether, moneygrubbi?g view, except . a malign, sectional, unpatriotic view? It springs from the school, of which -Thaddeus Stevens was the,o racle. -It had devoted itself to the propagation .of the ideas of ath'at school. It would if., it could re-establish its ' malign '.teaching and proscriptive spirit. ' It has learned nothing,, forgetting.not-h ,.ing, these six and thirty years. .Nei? ther the honor of man,'' nor the virtue of woman, seems to have any place in its^moral repository : it is color blind . to everything unplastered by the party label: and it could no more under? stand a man like Wade Hampton than a Hottentot could understand 7 the works of Shakespeare, an Indian sav? age the words of the . Holy Writ. It is related that some one asked Pauline Bonaparte, who "had sat naked as a model for Canova's "famous 'statue, whether during the sitting she did not'; feel uncomfortable, and that she promptly answered, "Not the least in the world. I" had plenty to eat and drink and the room was perfectly warmed.'*' Forgotten Women Journalists. The newspaper woman is not so. lat? ter day a factor in American journal? ism as many think. As far back as 1732 she made her appearance : for in that year was ' established the first newspaper published in Rhode Island. Its founder was Mrs. Anna Franklin, who with her two daughters wrote the -items and set the type, while' her ser? vants worked the press. For her skill in the craft she was appointed printer to the colonial officers. In 1772 Clemen? tine Reid was publishing a paper in Williamsburg, Va., called the Virginia ? Gazette, favoring the colonial cause and greatly offending the royalists. Two years later Mrs. H. Boyle started a paper under the same name, advo? cating the cause of the crown. In 1773 Elizabeth Timothy stan'ed a ; paper in Charleston, S. C., of which i Anna Timothy became editor after the ? Revolutionary War. Anna was later ; appointed State printer, which posi I tion she held for seventeen years. *. Maxfield Parrish's fine decorative design on the cover' of The Ladies' Home Journ?l for June forms a fitting introduction to a remarkably attract? ive issue. Among the most interest? ing features of this number are a dou? ble page of pictures, entitled "Where Golf is Played," showing some of the handsomest country club houses in America: a series of curios "Love Stories of-the Zoo.*' told by .Clifford Howard: the first installment of a fas? cinating new serial, "Aileen." by Elizabeth Knight Tompkins: a touch? ing full-page picture of "The Passing of the Farm," by W. L. Taylor: the queer experiences with "Some People I have married," by the Rev. D. M. Steele, and a vigorous article on "Women as'Poor Pay,' " by Edward Bok. Numerous other articles of gen? eral and domestic interest fill out the rest of the number. By The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia. One dollar a year: ten cents a copy. Soward of a Congi. A cough ?3 Dot a d'-Sfife bat H symptom Consumption and bronchitic vbicb are the moa' dangerous and fatal disease*, have a r th#ir fim Indication ? persistent couth, and if properly trettcd a.? soon as 'hi? cc^eh n'r< p->nr? ure ea.-?v cured Cbaxuberlatp's-Copeh R?:PP.1J hn9 pro?"? ? wonderfully Bucees?fl*I; ani ciinp'i i's w:d<? repii tattoo and extensive eale t?? hs sscce?a io curing the d'je^-o whicn c?n?e cnu/bing. if it not benefiit.'l it will not rott j ou a cent For sal? by Dr A J Chioa Cheraw May 25.-The fourth and largest freshet is at its height in the Pee Dee river. Very great damage - is being done all over this section. The oat and wheat crops on the river and creek low grounds were unusually good, but now are entirely destroyed. As more grain than usual has been planted the damage is great. Wolves fe Marlboro, - Farmers on a Bear Hunt Make a Surprising Discovery. Bennettsville, Marlboro County,. May 17.-Marlboro has another sensa? tion I A few nights ago in Smithville Township, seven miles north of . Ber nettsville. Mr. Dudley Stanton heard one of his dogs barking and making a peculiar noise. Mr. Stanton, with,' pistol in hand, went into the yard and . discovered that a large black animal had captured his dog. Mr. Stanton fired his pistol, the strange animal slowly walked out of "the yard, when Mr. Stanton emptied the remaining" four chambers of his pistol toward the-- - retreating "varmint. " Mr. Stanton returned to his room, but soon heard. r the dogs behaving as before, when he-'-' seized his double-barrelled shotgun and the second time entered upon rthe.'A' scene to find the same strange intruder in his yard. He .fired twice .at the beastn and heard nothing more until next morning when he instituted an in ves- v tigation. He found th?: tracks/bold' and plain of a bear, which were crit? ically examined by many persons, all of whom pronounced them ". the tracks of a bear. Very soon Mr.-Eli Chavez anew neighbor, came over and said; that the same "thing" had. been tc-; his house the previous nighty. killed his dog and that one of his four .months-old ' pigs was : missing. The news-spread rapidly'and soon a large crowd, armed with shotguns, Winches-. ^ te rs, pistols and other^ implements of warfare, were following the tracks " towards the bogs and dense swamps of that neighborhood. Of course-, when" the woods were entered- the track wa? ' lost, but the crowd pushed forward .through gall bushes, briars and heavy y .; v underbrush. Lat? in the.afternoon-an almost impenetrable bay was entered, . the same place where in .1865 many, citizens secreted themselves and eyadk \ ed Sherman's army. All of a sudden '3 two wolves jumped from their beds and were soon lost in the dense under . growth. . There were several beds and in one they found seven young-wolves, which '-' they . captured and returned to their- -~ homes without pursuing the bear any farther. All around these beds were- - many. chicken and turkey feathery - rabbits' fur and feathers of geese.and wild ducks. Mr. J. F. David, who lives' two . miles from town, has two of these / young wolves, and Mr! Si J. Pearson,, .in town, has two in his .office. Many .hundred people have" called to "see_ these strange animals and nearly_ all -pronounce them to be-wolves.^ There?yi is no doubt but the tracks- at Messrs. - Stanton and Chaves 's were made by a - large bear. The people of that'section are badly frightened,-the doors.are '. barred atnightmnd the children - are - not allowed-to -leave- the- houses?durngr ' - ihe"day, while two ^hools -. have bees forced to close for 4ack.of patronage. The Purchase of the Leyland tm: - "The purchase of the' Leyland lin'e .. of steamers by Mr. Pierpont Morgan is an--episode which may well st i F some feelings of uneasiness- in 'the - - breast of people interested in Britishe " shipping,^" s"ay s" the 'Dundee Advert is- ' er. "Not very long-ago theTnman"line" passed into * American hands. * Com-- - pared-with this later deal, however,, that one was small, for the" Leyland line is .one of the largest and 1>est. "' equipped- in the Atlantic trade, ^ndrits : transfer means a reduction of -British- i - owned tonnage at a single blow by .-.<-.-. nearly 200,0QQrtons, ^ogeth.er-.tbe deal points to a method by. which British - supremacy on the Atlantic may . " ^. speedily be brought in question for . they indicate that if ,the gigantic trusts, which are the feature .of con? temporary industrial life in the Uni? ted States, wish to control marine car? riage, as they control most other - things, they will find no insuperable - obstacle in the attachment of-the?-'-' British shipper to his business. He is apparently quite open to be bought out. During the past year British shipping companies have had a good time of it. They have profited by the war either in direct employment or on. " the relief of competition through the employment as transports of many competitors. These abnormal cir? cumstances must speedily pass away,, and with the return of normal condi tions there will come a return of small profits. Then the Yankee syndicates will find it still easier to buy up whole lines of steamers." Another British contemporary, the Manchester Courier, says: "But the purchase of the Leyland line means far more to British trade than the mere transfer of a large number of steamers to the American flag. The possession of a' well equipped fieet. with loner-establish? ed trade lines to Egypt, Turky, the Black sea, Italy, Algeria and Portu? gal, apart from the American sen-ices, would place many great markets at present controlled by Europe in imme? diate touch with the colossal steel in? dustry of the United States. Threat? ening possibilities face both the Eng? lish shipowner and English manufac? turer." Monte Carlo, the most famous gam? bling place in the world, has a very curious pension list, says the Ledger Monthly. Here are inscribed the names of the men and women who have lost their fortunes at the tables and who are allowed small sums dally j for the rest of their miserable lives. This practice, which veas inaugurated by Pere Blanc in his paternal care of the decaves, is also being dropped as the pensionnaires die out. The pen \ sions now paid range from SI to SS a j day, according to the amount which j has been lost at the tables and the j social position of the recipient. For j instance, a tall Scotchman who is a familiar figure upon the Promenade des Anglais in Nice receives two louis (about ?81 per day. He lost a million and a quarter at roulette. He has still I a small income, and the bank, there j fore, considers his pension sufficient ? to keep this broken vessel from com j ing to the ground. If one could go . I through the whole list, what a story j might be written anent each item! \ There is no hope of the Casino being ! closed-not even during the summer ? but if people would only restrain their I passion for gambling for another five ; years, as they showed themselves cap j able of during the winter of 1896 and . 1897, the dividend will come out zero,, and the bank will be broken, not in name only, but ?*c? in deed. T ff .: 5