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"W mt mm. Saturday's Proceedings rn the House and Senate. Columbia, February lo.-The House 4odajf did a-good day's work. All of the third reading bills on the Calen? dar were disposed of. The House then took up the Legislative appropriation biil and the general supply bill, both of which were ordered to their third reading without any contention. An effort was made to reduce the State levy below what the ways and means committee showed to be abso? lutely necessary. The State levy -stands at five mills and that will hard? ly be sufficient. , . The Anderson delegation made a fiard but unsuccessful fight to have a febneral drainage bill passed, but the House defeated it When the Johnson anti-trust bill came up for its third reading Mr. Cosgrove moved to recommit the bill. Sis chief objection tb the bili was to ?^tbe a?ida vit which, he urged, would prevent all insurance companies doing tmsinees in the Sate He insisted that the bill was entirely too severe and that insurance companies had to make Agreements with other and marine -companies to carry cotton" risks, and ?he bill would prevent manufacturers' inutual companies from doing busi? ness. He had read that eighteen com? pares withdrew7 from Texas" because of this affidavit and there were only _~ '-sixty good companies doing business in the State. The bill would injure ? ?ie merchants throughout the State ~The business interests ought to be above politics and1 the insurance of the -groperty of the State ought to be above -one mau or' more riding into office ?pon this measure. Mr Eucker thought every member tad fully made up his mind on the SilL He believed the bill the most Important considered this season. There has been a spirit of unrest in the State growing day by day* that had &> be met with such legislation. There was nothing in the bill that prevented "insurance companies from making ^their own rates and he urged that there wa?s nothing r? Mr. Cosgrove*^ fou tent-ions and insisted that, such a, ^ ill was necessary for the welfare of ~ -the people of the State. A yea and nay Vote " was ordered at " "-?the request of Dr. Jaraigan and Mr. Tatum on Mr. Gosgrove's motion to recommitvthe anti-trust bill, and - the motion failed by a vote of 15 to 69. The general roadja'w passed its final reading. Mr. Hardin urged that the bill was*defective, as it does not fix ??he age limit and he did- not think it ?would" stand the constitutional test. Mr. Kihard movftd to recommit the . Stackhouse bill, which provides for "bank assessments being made by the ^ State board of equalization. He thought the people at home knew the "Wulue of property and ail county boards wanted all the taxable property they coud g:tt on the books. The House refus?e! io recommit the bilL AU the third reading bills were passed. In the afternoon Mr, Morgan called np his bili to amend the law in refer? ence to the duties and powers of the county auditor in reference to the assessment of property for taxation where a false, fraudulent or other im-" . groper return has been made. The j ^urpos') is'to avoid th? payment of the Dunkin and Oakiawn Township bonds. The State Supreme- Court held the bonds to be constitutional and valid. ^The question. Mr. Morgan urged, was irhetner the State Courts should be -Tsastair.e h The pending bill is in to avoid paying bonds for railroads that have never been built. It does not. affect bonds for railroads that were actually constructed. The bilPis to applv to the State, ^county and school tax, and to protect -?e county and State officers. The idea was that the State Courts could onjoin county officers from collecting township taxes for railroads that were never constructed. This bill is to -assist the county officers and State Su? preme Court in protecting the taxpay? ers. Ha insisted that he had no bogus -scheme nor was there anv trick in the .^fcilh ""STr. Prince moved to amend that municipal taxes could not be interfered with. J The House, after Mr. Morgan's - speech, adopted the bill as proposed. ^ Mr. Dorroh then urged the passage of this resolution : Section 1. That the following amend? ment to Section Ii, Article VII, of the Constitution, be agreed to: Add to the end thereof the follocving words, **That this section shall not apply to the following townships, in the follow? ing counties, Dunklin an 1 Oaklown, in the county of Greenville: the town? ships of Cokesbury. Ninety-Six and Cooper in the county of Greenwood: Sullivan Township, in toe county of Laurens: Pickens an i vYise town - -ships, in the county of Edgefield : Flaiett and Hooley, in the county of Scinda, and Broad River, Saluda and Fork, in the county of Lexington : that ti>e corporate existence of said town? ships be. and the same is hereby de . 4Bt"r>ved, and all officers under said townships xx* abolished and ali cor? gi >r-ite agents removed. Poe resolution was passed. " THE SENATE. T:.e proceedings of the senate today ' were dev i i pf interest in that it -vas agreed that only uncontested matters should be considered. Under this cale a number of bills were advanced. To authorize the Treasurer to strike is h ?'ks certain bonds lost and * claimed by Bank of State. V To ?regulate the m-mner of paying to t-? . ns and cities their share of the ? is : ens-; ry t >ro? ts. The following bilis, made special : -or'ers for today, were ordered to a 1 t: i rd reading : To further define connecting lines t>i common carriers and fix their liability. To fix the salaries of Chief Justice ?m?VAsso is-te-. Justices at ?3.000, in? stead of 82.SCO as at present. To l?stnb??sfc Municipal Courts in Columbia. S-artanburg and Green? ville. in refere nce to Acts codi ried in Code ?f 190??. ?onday in the House and Sen? ate. Columbia. February 17. -The House ,today devote ! tho entire morning ses 4fcion"tc the consideration and passage of the county officers' salary bilL The members of the House delegations, in very many instances, changed the sal? aries from what they were named in the bill as it passed the Senate. Mr. Galluchat offered a resolution that a committee be appointed to ? in? quire into the status of the United States Senators and to find out from the Governor if either or both of the Senators had tendered their resigna? tions; whether they had been accept? ed if tendered, and at what time were they tendered, if at all, and to report upon the status if the resignations had been tendered. It was an unexpected resolution, although there was some talk of it.in the early part of the session. Mr. Galluchat presented the reasons for this resolution. " Upon motion of Mr. McGowan, without further argument, the resolu? tion was continued, which killed it. Mr. Ashley offered a concurrent resolution that a joint committee be ap? pointed to prepare a general fish and oyster law. He proposed that the com? mittee be allowed ten days' pay and he wanted the committee togo "down thar'1' and fix the best law. It 'would pay the State tb ^o to this little ex? pense and' save t&e great number of bills each year. The resolution was adopted. When Mr. Kinard's bill, to require county boards of examiners to appoint the teachers in the county summer schools, came up Mr. Richards moved to recommit the bill. Mr. Kinard simply asked that the members stand by trieir original vote. Mr. Fraser thought the State board best able to select the teachers. The county authorities are not always the best judges. There was no good reas? on to chang? the present system. The fund has been increased because of the excellent management of the present Superintendent of Education. If this Peabody fund is curtailed it will come from the counties' and in that way it will come from the already poor teachers. The county boards would most likely select from their own coun? ties.and the State boards are perhaps best able to select tibe'most competent teachers for the State schools. A yea and nay vote was called on the ; motion to recommit' the bill, which resulted-43 to 44-against recommit tingthe bill, which was then sent to the Senate. j: THE SENATE. T h? senate got down to work and j transacted a lot of business. Many bills received their final reading, and some others were killed. The chief interest in th? day's/prbe?edings, cen? tered in a speech by Senator Stan j land, in which he made the charge of mismanagement and extravagance against the directors of the State dis pensary. A bill passed its third read ing forbidding ttje directors from buying liquors except upon a requisi? tion from the State commissioner. Senator Stanland asked leave to with draw from th? files of the senate bis bill providing for the establishment of a State soldiers' home. There was no chance for the passage of the bill at this session. Senator Ilderton wanted to kill Sen? ator Appelt's bill in regard to the town of Summerton, in Clarendon county. Section 2 of the bill provider; that the sale of Whiskey should never be allowed in the town. Senator liberton thought this would be prohib ition bv the legislature for one town in the State, while the rest of the State did not have it. The people o* the town of Summerton would not j have a dispensary if thev did not want ? it, and if they did want it they should i have it. Senator Apprit defended the bill. , He said the passage of the bill ta<J 1 been asked for ty the people of the j town of Summerton through a .peti | tion, who wanted the law so fixed that j a rlispensarv could never be forced upon them, tte said he was sorry the .senator from Florence had undertaken to represent Clarendon county. The motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill was lost and tte bill passed to third reading. The finance committee made a favor? able report on the bill to provide for the further completion of the State house. On immediate consideration the bill was given its second reading and will probablv get through at this session, as every effort will be made to push it. The work proposed to be done is absolutely necessary. The bill establishing I?ee county was given its third reading last -night. The senate has amended the bill in certain unimportant particulars and the bill will go back to the house for concurrence, a mere formal procedure. Sentaor Manning asked to have his bill to increase the salary of the cir? cuit judges increased to 83,000 laid on the table, as there was no hope of its passage at th s session. His re? quest was complied with. , When Mr. Ash lev's joint resolution* ? to extend the time for the payment of j taxes to March 30 was reached Senator Brice moved to strike out the resolv? ing words. Senator Manning favored it, saying ? that if there was ever a time when the time should be extended it was now. The 30 davs extension will not hurt the State and will help a L-reat many. The senate refused to kill the reso? lution and it was passed to a third reading. A Detroit, doctor has figured our. that, at the present rate of increase of insanity, the entire population of this country will be crazy in 300 years. Hew York Cotton Market. Corrected daily by I. il. Moses, Cot? ton Merchant, Member X. V. Cot? ton Exchange. Orders promptly executed. Sumter, S. C. The New York cotton market or* :!<. ? ; steady, at unchanged prices to 1 point lower, an-1 sold olf during the 'lay 7 or S points, faking May <i>>wn to 8.50, where some buying orders were sent in. Near the close there was quite a scramble among shirts to cover, and prices gained rapdly. M>.rk?-l closed very steady at 2 to 4 points advance over yesterday. Onening. Closing. March, 8.6J 8.67-68 Ar-ril, 8.64 S.C4-65 M av, 8.58 8.59 Ju Tv, 8.54 8.55-56 Aug. 8.32-33 New York spots s >':; ic. Receipts todav 27.673. Last vear, 22,543. CANNIBALS FEAST ON SCIENTISTS. Survivor of III-Fated Scientific French Expedition Tells the Story. Paris, Feb. 16.-La Patrie today publishes a letter received from its correspondent, M. Rouyer, a survivor of the massacre of a French scientific mission, by cannibals atSileraka, New Guinea, Jan 1. M Rouyer relates that the yacht Salvatti with the mis? sion on board, had anchored off the coast of New Guinea and that several of the explorers landed After an ap? parently friendly reception from the natives the latter treacherously attach? ed them during the night, murdering 25 of the party including Baron Vil lars, Count de Stromy and M. Hagen bock and Vries, and wounding 33, in? cluding the writer of the letter, M. Rouyer, the chief of the mission, and another Frenchman named Remier. M. Rouyer writes : "We were ail sleeping peacefully when there was a great uproar and we were attacked by hundreds of" natives carrying torches. Several of ?s were felled to the ground-with clubs, hatch? ets and spears. Others were overpow? ered, carried away and bound to trees. I was among this number. I received a .blow on the head and fainted. When I" recovered consciousness at 5 o'clock in the morning I found myself tied hand and foot and surrounded by sav? ages, who, believing me to be dead, were keeping me for themselves. I saw the body of Baron illars near me bound to a tree. His body was naked, his head had been split open, his eyes had been gouged out and his groin was horribly mutilated. The Count de Saint Remey had been decapitated and his head stuck on the end of a spear as a trophy. M. Hagenbock was spitted on a bamboo and was beint; roasted over a fire. The savages were about to cut him up. I waited m} tate. I was afraid to move. My head burt me dreadfully. All around me the ground was strewn with corpses. Suddenly a" great clamor arose, follow ed by a fusillade. I opened ray eyes and saw Dr. Foriter and the remain ier of the mission firing on the canni? bals. I shouted and the rescuers ran to me and cut the bonds which bound rae tb the tree. The cannibals fled leaving 32 dead. The clothes of M. Aries were found but his body wa; missing. He had evidently " been devoured bv the savages during the night." Cotton Still Booming. . New York, February 15.-Mr. Theo lore H. Price, the well-known cotton expert, in an interview today says: "The cotton market continues to ad vance and there is every indication o< very much higher prices in the imme iiate future. It is becoming generalb recognized that the supply is inade quate to the world's consumption ai :?resent prices. Heavy receipts an' bear manipulation here and in Liver cool fail to have any effect. The threats of those who earlier in the sea? son conspired to deceive the world a? to the crop and to depress prices are futile. They promise, like all efforts to subvert the truth, to react upon their authors. Cotton having beer unduly depressed will now probabh jro to the other extreme. Mr. Borde is reported to be bidding 3 14 cents for ali the print cloths that can be de? livered in Fall River up to July. Trade here and abroad is in a condi tion of unexampled j raspen"ty. It needs the cotton and will have t< pav for it. " .?a? . -<B-~ Miss Stone's Ransom Paid. Washington, February 15.-The State department has received cable advices confirming the report that the ransom money for Miss Stone has been pair to the brigand captors. It is not known when her release, will occur, j but it is understood that the brigand.- j have made a condition that they shall I have a period of a week or ten days in | which to make sure their safe retreat before the prisoner is delivered up. How to Get Good Roads. Much is being said about how to get good roads, but the people of Saluda, S. C., seem to have solved the problem. They have ceased holding meetings and suggesting legislation, and signed a petition that each, citizen give in labor or in furnishing teams six days to road working in each neigh hoi hood in the county. The re suit is there are good roads now in use in that county, and no big bills to be presented to the county authorities to pay for the work on the roads. ! Hoiding meetings and discussing ways and means did not bring good roads, but the men who did not talk, but in? stead went out and work? d, made them. This is the best way in the world to get good roads, and it was the general plan before tire Civil War. -Jacksonville Metropolis. ? i ??LI- - - -?r>?? Bristol, Tenn., Feb., 16.-Thirteen ! young men have been convicted for ! the murder of Jack Osborne in Russell ! county, Va., last Christinas and sen i tenced to imprisonment. Kin.;, .lol n, : Wilson and Thomas Rhea, all hiv; Lera, v\ere sentent e l to ls yeats each : Charles and Ban Hali, brothers, li . years each : Walter and Jospeh Hess, brothers. 1 ? S wars each : James, [ Green and Thomas .Mall, brothers, tb years each : James Puckett, five years : John Henry Hess, a brother'of Wa 1 te and Joseph Mess, one year Charlotte. X. C., Feb. i">. Scream ing in agony and wit'- her clot hi . ablaze from head to foot. Miss M ami? McKane, night operator of the Cha: lotte telephone exchange, ran irani!. ailv .about the room of the exchange on the thin! floor of a built ing in i: i citv at 3.45 o'clock this morning, then dashed oui tie .our and tied do? ;. three flights of stairs co the street Sic was met, ai thc both.m nf the s?;, i rs bv parties attracted b\ her screarrfe, wno rolled ber in the snov and extinguished ti e tire She -?i.' ; few hours later, lier ress had he come ignited from the stove iu the office. Marbsalltown, la., Feb. IC. Four lives were lost in a head on collision on the Iowa Central railroad one mile north of Gifford early tris morning, when a light entin?, northbound, crashed into a passenger train. THE WAR IN AFBiGA. Large British Patrol Caught by an Old Trick. Pretoria, Feb. 16.-One hundred and fifty mounted infantrymen while pa? trolling the Klip river, south of Johannesburg, Feb. 12, surrounded a farm house where they suspected Boers were in hiding. A single Boer broke away from the house, and the British started to pursue him. The Boer climbed a kopje, the British follow? ing. Immediately a heavy fire was opened upon them from three sides. The British found themselves in a trap and in a position where they were unable to make any defense. Eight of the British officers made a gallant effort and defended the ridge with carbines and revolvers until they were overpowered. The British had two officers and 10 men killed and several officers and 40 men wounded before the force was able to fall back under cover of a block-house. ' ANOTHER BRITISH LOSS. London, Feb. 16.- Lord'? Kitchener, in addition to reporting the Klip river affair, says: "A party from the South African constabulary line on the Watervale river, encountered Feb. 10, a superior force of the* enemy near Vantonders benk and was driven back with loss. George Carter Needham Dead. Philadelphia, Feb. 16.-Rev. George Carter Needham, the noted evangelist, died suddenly of neuralgia of the : heart at his home at Narberth, a suburb of this city. He returned last week" from a three weeks' evangelistic campaign through Tennessee and ex? pected shortly to go to Chicago to preach. Mr. Needham was born in' Ireland about 60 years ago. At 20 years of age ne gave up a promising business career in Dublin to become an evan? gelist. He toured England and Ireland anti! 1868 with fruitful results and chen came to Boston. He did pastoral work in Chicago and Canada several years, but the greater'part of his life was spent in constant movement from one part of the country tc another. He was" one of ' thos? who cooperated with Moody and Sankey, and when Mr. Moody died Mr. Needham was looked upon as being the available man to carry on the work of that noted evangelist. A few years ago, accom? panied ky his wife, he visited Japan and China where he preached and taugiit several months. Mr. Needham wrote much on Bible ?hemes. Among Lis best known works are ">he Spiriteu Life," "Shadow and Substance," "Conflict and Courage," and "Street Arabs." tie contributed to magazines and pa pers and one of his little books, 'Father Walfle, oas reached a circu? lation of hail a million. lie is survived b.v a widow and two sons. Turee of Mr. Needham's broth? ers are -preachers. Negroes Not Wanted. Vincennes, Ind., Feb. 16.-At Wheatland, this e-junt}, lhere is a negro settlement. The negroes wurk .or wiiite fanners. All are quiet anu inoffensive, but enere is a prejudice against iLem. ino following notices, signeu "?Firebugs," were today lound anu aa ve produced a sensation : 'Notice is hereoy given thal any man wno employes negro labor after che rirsi ol March, or harbors, leasts or reuts luna to any negro. taeir houses will be burned after tue last day ol April." Durban, Feb. 16.-Mrs. DeWit in an interview Lela at the Maritzburg concentration cam j' said that two pi hersons werestid fighting with their father. She regretted that the govern? ment bad not permitted her to com? municate wit:, iier husband, and saio ?ut? was certain he would never sur? render. Mrs. DeWit declared she vvuuid rather see her husband die than i submit. ! i Chilpancingo, State of Guerrere, | Feb. 16.-Great alarm still prevails here over tL.e discovery of seven small openings in the mountain between this city and Chilapa from which smoke is proceeding, it being feared that the city is in ?ant?er oi a ^greater peril than that recently experienced. Ti ie terror cf the inhabitants was added to by an earthquake that occurred be? tween 1 and - o'clock tiiis morning, which was severe enough to awake the entire ci tv fom siumber. {/ Litchenfield, LIL, Feb. 16.-Two persons met death and fiv? were injured today in a rear end collision between the "Diamond Special" of the illinois Central and a freight train at a point the miles north ol Litchfield. The collision was remarkable in that the passenger was ahead of the freight that both trains were moving. Berlin, Feb. iii.-It is reported here ?'rein Baku, Russian Transcaucasia lihai thousands ol persons were killed h\ the earthquake in the Scamaka iistrict an.! thal the towns and villages or -0 versts around Shamaka super? ed severely. Russian reports say that ; i <. Sea ci Ara! has Leen steadily rising sine? LS91. X'hc sea ?eu i i:- u'o'w ioivr fe? \ above !.:,: o? 1S74. The ii ne of railroad .'rom '!?.;:. . cPg ... Tard? ke rid had to be .hanged in order to avoid iv it.g over ioucii. Instead oj tin kihi; throe sncn s a v>ar, as German geographers nao .oi!?; ut?''?. the sea aas oooii n mg a> tae ate : four inches a year for ; last . years. \ . : .ament has ever been ; i n lie-i 5 ..: settiernent in hawaii. . h* r-eti ione:s ; flayed thal this seitiemerit lie it ir . ie a national leper col n Madrid, Feb. 16. The queen regari j.j . i n the treat) ol' friendship with ... United States tomorrow. Gen. .evie;, the minister <>i war, will sub lit to the Cortes a proposal to reduce he Soanish army by four army corps. WHAT POLITICIANS ARE DOING. News and Gossip Gathered Around the Capitol in Washington. Washington, Feb. 17.-The wisdom of the democratic seniors in prolong? ing the debate on the Philippine ques ! tion until all had time to fairly ex ! press their opinions on the subject has . been justified in the divergent iriter ! ests which are beginning to manifest themselves on the republican side of the chamber, in the face of the testi? mony of Governor Taft, and of the contentions of the republican senators that the Filipinos are contented with the existing state of affairs, there has been received a petition from the Federal party in the islands, signed by 200,000 of the|more prominent citizens, requesting that the islands be made an integral part of the United States and given a territorial form of government. This, of course, is not at all in line with the republican designs but it has pro? duced considerable effect'on the more conservative members of the party who are beginning to realize that their colonial policy is impractical and that unless-they accord the Filipinos terri? torial rights and hold out to them the prospect of ultimate citizenship, tfhiey are likely to have a continuous insur? rection on their hands and one that will increase rather than diminish. With Senator Foraker urging a reduc? tion of 75 per cent of the Dingley tariff rates and Senator Mitchell demand? ing a reduction of 50' per cent; the out? come of the present bill is hard tb pre? dict but whatever the republicans determine upon they have the strength to carry. A more serious contest will be precipitated, however, when the Philippine government bill comes up f or consideration. It is something of a commentary on republican diplomacy, that, while the administration is endeavoring to estab? lish relations with the- Filipinos and inspire in them respect of American institutions, Governor Taft is testify? ing in Washington that they are "a lazy, indolent people incapable of per? forming jury duty" or. determining questions of justice. Of. course, the press of the islands publishes these statements and doubtless the people will be flattered into ari immediate ap? preciation of the American sense of justice, quickness of perception and keenness of judgment. To a close observer, the trend of the government toward colonialism, entangling alliances with foreign pow? ers, and the attendant naval and military development is necessarily a source of anxiety. The sentiments ex? pressed in the senate lobbies when the news of the Anglo-Japanese alliance was made known were more than straws in their indication of the direction in which the coantry is drifting. The military strength of the country, already weakened by the distant posesssions which must be protected in time of war, must now be augment? ed and the country placed on the highway toward a standing army and a navy that can compete with the European nations, into rivalry with which we have entered in the new struggle for colonial possessions and aggrandizement. As is well known, the efforts of our delegates to the Pan American Congress were hampered by thed belief of South American coun? tries that this government regarded them with a covetous eye. . The fear was ridiculed by the press, but on Fri? day a member of the Senate Commit? tee on.Interoceanic Canals stated that permanent ownership of the land tl rough which the Panama Canal might be r uilt was unimportant, as long before the 200 year lease would have expired this country would "own al! that territory." Opposition to this tendency found voice in the House on Friday when Mr. Wheeler of Kentucky made a vio lent attack upon the administration for irs policy in regard to foreign na? tions and royalty. Had the gentle? man's speech been a little more care? fully prepared and had he omitted S ime expressions to which he was doubtless led by the excess of his feelings, the address would have! proved more effective. Underlying the somewhat extravagant language he used was the stratum of a great truth. Since the passage of the majority ; anti-olemargarine bill by the House, j that body has been engaged in the consideration of private bills-"doing j odd jobs," as one of the members ex? pressed it when I asked him what was going on inside. Today the WTays and Means Committee will consider the Cuban reciprocity question, not be- : cause it wants to, but because the un dalatable truth bas been forced upon the Committee that, in the words of a member, "It must-or the Senate will." lt is probable the committee will report some measure of relief to Cuba. What its terms will^be cannot be foretold but. whatever they are, they will be made to conform to the well-known views of the President when the measure is taken np in the Senate committee, i Today the Rouse will take up the . re; eal of th-' war revenue taxes. S Before introducing the measure, how? ever, an attempt will be made to pass .. rule limiting the debate to two days : and prohibiting the offering of any ?motion during the discussion. This j ?.. intended, of course, to prevent Mr. I !>?.'. -k and others who advocate tariff form ?rom amending the bill. It is a sample of the gag law with which the republicans control the party and i -. needless to say, in direct violation . .:' the .! i rit of the (-(institution which int ?hded that the House should be a deliberative body. The party whips have been actively engaged and it is believe i that the ru?? will be adopted. Th? President, through the Pest master General, has struck a severe bios a* partisan politics by a deter? minan! ri to resist the removal of fourth class postmasters except for cause li President persists in ids present . rttioi ? ere ".ill bean insurrection in Coo ress of immense proportions as.-these appointments * now form the ? <-f perquisites willi which politi ians : a \ ol i ti.cai debts. :' e campaign for government owner? ship of .he Pacific ?abie is being .: r"u~h pushed. Representative IP-* ridn'i Wear a Mask !.ir VHS completely hidden , . ( . hie h s and pimples till she il :*.:: -kt--:i'- A nica Salve. Then they |>< cl as wi!! ni! eruptions, fever sores, ulcers, c obimcles and felons fro n ts -e. Infallible for cuts, corns, bar is, ids and piles. Cure guaranteed. 2.*>c . i J F W DeLorme's. 3 j Corliss, of Michigan, recently address? ed the House on the subject and yes I terday he told me he believed he j would be able to carry the bill. He has won over his committee until it stands 12 for and 5 against, although the original vote of the committee was 8 for and 5 against with 2 members ab? sent. Mr. Corliss' speech in the House in support of his views was an able effort and appeared to be received with marked approval by many mem? bers on both sides of the chamber. WAR TAXES REPEALED. Democrats Protested Against Sup? pression of Debate, Hut They Voted for the Bili. "Washington, Feb. 17.-The unex? pected happened in the house today when the bill to repeal the war taxes was passed unanimously without, a word of debate. This action was the outcome of a challenge thrown down by Mr. Richardson of Tennessee, the minority leader, after the adoption by a strict party vote of a special order permitting debate on it until 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon! but cut off all op? portunities to offer-amendments except such as had been agreed upon by the ways and means committee. The adoption"of the rule had been preceded by a stormy debate in'the course of which" the Democrats protested agiahst tfteappHcatibn.of the* "gag*T which Mr. Hay of Virginia rcbarged was meant to prevent a free expression: not only by the Democrats but by some of the Republicans, attention being especially directed toward' Mri Babcock of Wisconsin, the father, of the bill to amend the steel schedule of the present tariff.Jaw. When the rule was adopted by the- vote of 158 to 120, Mr. Richardson emphasized the f?efc that debateon the bill could accom? plish nothing and that' deliberation; upon it would be fruitless, askiai .unanimous consent? that t?e' bill lap placed upon its passage. Not an ob? jection was voiced:latfd' the vote was forthwithstaken. Every vote,* 278- ia number, was cast in the affirmative. EAftTHpOAKE^LLS TWO TROUSSr?D. Wholesale Destruction by Last Week's Earthquake at Shamaka.. Baku, Transcaucasia^ Feb., 17. Details which are' slowly arriving; at Baku from Shamaka, show that 2,000 persons, mostly women and children, perished as a result of the earthquake there last week and that 4,000 houses were destroyed. Thirty-four villages, of the country surrounding Samaka also suffered. To add to the terrors of the neighbor? hood, a volcano near the village of Marasy, eastward of Shamaka, has broken out into active eruption. A great crevasse has appeared . from which immense flames and streams of lava are being thrown out. The course of the river Geonchaika has been altered in consequence of its bed being dammed with earth which had been dislodged by the earthquake. Tot Causes Night Alarm. "One night my brother's baby was ta? ken with croup," writes Mrs J C Snyder of Crittenden. Ky. "It seemed it would strangle before we could get a doctor, KO we gav? it Dr King's New Discovery, which g.-ive ouicfc relief and permanentiy cured it. We always keep it in the house to p otect our children from- croup and whooping cough. It cured me of a chron? ic bronchial trouble that no other remedy would relieve." Infallible for coughs,, colds, throat and lung troubles. 50c and $1. Trial bottles free at J F W De Lorme's. 3 Hobson to be Retired. Washington, Feb. 17.-The president today sent to the senate a message recommending the retirement of Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hobson, and in accordance with this recom? mendation Senator Gallinger immedi? ately introduced a bill providing for Mr. Hobson's transfer to the retired list. In his message the president gives as his reason *he trouble that Mr. Hobson has had since 1900 with his eyes, and recited the history of that trouble. It appears that in June, 190U, he was admitted to the naval hospital at Yokohoma. Japan, when, according to the records, he suffered from weakness of the eyes and retini? tis, which infirmities it was stated bad been contracted while on duty in repairing ships at Hong Kong. In January. ?902, he was examined by a. retiring board, which decided that his incapacity was not such as to justify retirement. A Deep Mystery. It is a mystery why women endure back acke, headache, nervousness, sleeplessness,, melancholy, fainting and dizzy spells when thousands have proved that Electric Bitters will quickly cure such troubles. 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