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m OIL ASSEMBLY. Final Adjournment Was Reached Saturday Afternoon. Columbia, February 22.-The Gen? eral Assembly has adjourned sine die. It was an ordinary, a diligent and a moderate and a good-natured session. Nothing radical was done. The law? makers went home in a good hnmor. MT. Bacot had the customary privi? lege of making the motion to adjourn the House. After Messrs Efl rd, Prince *nd Babier had notified {the Governor that the House had finished its work and awaited further advices, if any, the House and Senate passed final courtesies through Acting Clerk Gibbes and Clerk R R Hemphill. Secretary Aull reported that the money bills had all been signed and the House could adjourn, and as the city bell struck 5 the 15 or 20 remain? ing members voted to adjourn sine die [and the Senate followed a few minutes later. Today was an ordinary grind to rat . ify bills, except that the beer dispen? sary free conference report bobbed up again by a statement filed by two Sen? ators) who suggested that they had been, fooled, -but admitted that they had not read the proposed law giving the State board the right to elect beer ?dispensers in cities of over 20,000. Two members of tb? House committee made statements that they also signed a report meaning -a great deal and that the; had never read the paper. T&e result was that an investigation was ordered under a concurrent reso? lution. Senator Uderton's protest on the relief fund association bill occasioned . quite a stir in the Senate .and the use of some severe language by lieutenant Governor Tillman,,who was indirectly xapped. . Senator ?iderton said that ss a mat? ter of personal privilege aird in the exercise of- his constitutional rights Jae wanted to have a certain protest entered in the- journal. He sent the protest to the desk and asked the clerk tc read it to the senate, it was as follows : "1 respectfully ask that the follow? ing be printed in the journal : That I protest against the appointment of the -conference committee, and a majority of the free conference committee on Senate bill 221, House bill 1044, be? cause it is an outrage against honest legislation and contrary to the customs of the Senate. Said committees com-, posing senators tost tried on every -vote to kill the bill in the senate." As the clerk finished reading the resolution there was intense silence in the chamber, and then Senator Ilder ton began to speak. He said he felt that he had been most shamelessly and outrageously treated, by the pre? siding officer in the appointment of the committees of conference and free conference. The senate passed his bill, he said, and then came back from the house with amendments. When the conference committee was appointed the chair, instead of ap? pointing on it senators who had been friendly on the bill and who would endeavor to carry out the recorded ^wishes of the senate, had appointed men who had been opposed to the bill -and who therefore would not report xaororably on it. The same policy was pursued, he said, in the appointment of the free conference committee, and in this way his bill had been killed after both the senate and house had passed it, the differences between the J?wo bodies being only minor ones that could have been adjusted. Senator Ilderton spoke with a great deal of feeling, the substance of his charge being that the presiding officer, by his appointment of committees, had thwarted the will of the senate. After Senator Ilderton had con? cluded, Senator Mayfield got the floor. He begged that Senator Ilderton would ?ot have his protest entered in the ?ournal. Th9 senator is aggrieved and angered at present* he said, and enter? tains feelings now that he will not entertain later on. if he persists in ~ put ting himself on record in this man? ner he Will regret it most sincerely later on when his cool judgment re? turns. He has made reflections which he certainly does not feel at heart. i Senator Barnwell also begged that Senator Ilderton would withdraw his ^protest from the journal. Lieut Gov. Ti i liman then made some reply to Senator Ilderton. The lieutenant governor's remarks were quite paliamentary, though he spoken with a great deal of suppressed pas? sion. The chair*' he said, in appoint? ing committees, does not always select them with reference to their friendli? ness dr opposition to a measure, but takes it for granted that every senator who has been elected to this body is worthy and competent to serve on any body. He denied most emphatically that he had sought to have the bill killed in the committees, and called attention to the fact that when the bill was up on its passage in the senate there was a tie vote, and that tte bad voted in favor of it, therefore saving it from defeat. Senator Ilderton said he would insist on his protest being entered in the journal, and this was done. Sen? ator Ilderton soon afterward left the ?chamber and did not return again during the afternoon. About half an hour after Senator Ilderton had gone, Senator Mayfield -offered a resoltnion, the substance of which was to the 'effect that the sen? ate, after having heard Senator Uder? ton's protest, felt constrained to ex? press confidence in the lieutenant gov? ernor and his integrity in the ap? pointment of the committees. The last ?clause read as follows : ' * That it is the sense of the senate that Senator Uderton's protest, and all reference to the matter be expung? ed from the record." The resolution was adopted without discussion by the dozen or so senators who were present, and Senator Uder? ton's protest will not appear in the -official senate journal. The beer dispensary matter was the absorbing topic of the day. and it has wound up in an investigating commit? tee. Soon after the House met this morn? ing there came over from the Senate this unexpected and unusual commu? nication : Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House : We, as members of a commit? tee of free conference on the part of the Senate on bill 581, desire to state that we signed the report of the free conference committee when very busy .and without even looking over the matter submitted to the committee. for its consid?r?t iou, but taking the assurance of Mr. Fred H. Dominick, of the House, that the said report was all right and of no general conse? quence. Neither of us was present at any deliberation as to said report and knew nothing whatsoever of its pro? visions except from the statement made by Mr. Dominick, as above mentioned. W. C. Hough, J. T. Douglass. Members of the House thought it about as well to drop the matter and let it rest there. Mr. Weston moved to table the communication. Just about this time Mr. Dominick came into the hall and inquired as to the special message. He asked that it be read to him, and after this was done, with a great deal of feeilng, he asked that before the matter be tabled he be allowed to make a statement. He j did not see why he should be singled j out for an attack, but he was responsible for all he had done and was anxious to assume th? full responsibil? ity for all that he had done. He went on to say that the Senators signed the report of their own free will and accord. As to the Senator from Lancaster, he would say that he went to him in advance of taking him the report and had a talk with him about the very matter. He explained to him that the law as passed at the last session ought to be perfected* and outlined how the remedy could be applied, and the Senator told him that he would help him tb perfect the law, and he now thought it unfair for the Senator to take the position that he di d. ' As Gb the Senator from Florence, the matter was fully explained to him. As to tho Senator from Union; when the \ paper was taken to him he said he did not care to know anything about it, as all of the others, excepting him? self, had signed, and he supposed it was all right, and he signed. He and Mr. Lide, of Orangeburg, took the paper to the Senator, and were willing to make, the explanation, but there seemed to be no desire tc get it and they were cut off from going any further. There was no meeting of the committee of free conference, as had been stated. Wife Put Him in a Cage. Paris cablegram to Chicago Chron? icle : Pretty Mme. Ravelote's love for her husband is so intense he declares he'cannot endure it longer, so he has asked %the court, to grant him a divorce. Among other things which M. Eiavelote alleges to substantiate his complaint that his wife's affection and jealous temperament are intolerable, he says that three months ago he casually mentioned at the table that a certain woman he was acquainted with before he married would come to town within a few days, whereupon the young wif6 flew in a towering rage and threw the crockery about, doing great damage and endangering his life. Peace was made after several houris of stormy argument and he promised not to see the woman during her stay in Paris. Nevertheless, his wife remained suspicious, and he testi? fied that she caused to be constructed, unknown to him and in a distant room of their house, a cage like those used in menageries, into which, with the help of a powerful servant maid and coachman, she thrust him, intend? ing to keep him thus imprisoned until the woman who had excited her jealousy left Paris. The captivity last? ed, Eavelote asserts, three days and three nights, during which the wife passed food through the bars and left her husband to sleep on the ca&e floor rather than risk letting him out. The wife was not represented in court, and the Judge issued an order for her appearance a fortnight hence to "cor? roborate or deny the petitioner's incredible charges, " The Canterbury Huguenots. To the Editor of The News and Cou? rier : In your news column of Febru? ary ll appeared an item copied from some other joumai, which told of the coming celebration in July of the three hundred and fifty-third anniver? sary of the Huguenot Church in Can? terbury, England, with the added re? mark, that "this church is only Huge hot in name, like that of the Saint Esprit, in New York city having long since been absorbed in the Church of England." This added remark is inac? curate. The Huguenot Church in the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral, Eng? land, retains every feature of its sim? ple and beautiful Huguenot service. I have visited it and have now in my possession a copy of its liturgy. It is to the immortal honor of the Church of England that it has never disturbed the congregation of Huguenots and their descendants worshipping in its chief cathedral. The little chapel contains the list of ail its pastors from the beginning and it adjoins another portion of the historic crypt where the first refugees from persecution were permitted to set up their looms and ply their skilful 'handcraft. There have been some individual objections to the continuance there of a service which is not Anglican in form and of an organization which is not that of the Church of. England, but it has never taken official shape. One of the most interesting things in this Huguenot chapel is the inscription over the principal arch, which ex? presses the gratitude of the worship? pers to the beloved Archbishop of Canterbury. Archibald Campbell Tait, for his refusal to entertain any thought of interfering with this Huguenot polity and worship. Washington, Feb. 21.-The house committee on territories today unani? mously voted to report bills for the ad? mission of the territories of New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma. The vote was taken upon a motion made by Mr. Moon, of Tennessee, declaring it to be the sense of the committee I that the three territories were entitled to statehood and that sub-committees be appointed to prepare the bills. The sub-commmittees were appointed. - mm ll ? Washington, Feb. '21.- -After the cabinet meeting today Secretary Long stated that the report that he intend? ed leaving the cabinet was quite true. He said he had fixed upon no specific date for his leaving and he had not formally sent his resignation to the i president, and might not do so for ? some time. The president, however, j was fully aware of his purpose which j was formed many months ago. ?lPHIff BILI PISSED BY Mill The Republicans Carry Their Point -Tillman and McLaurin not Al? lowed to Vote on Account of Their Pugilistic Encoun? ter. Washington, Feb. 24.-After eight hours of tumultuous debate today the senate, shortly before 7 o'clock this evening, passed the Philippine tariff bill by a vote of 46 to 26, a strictly party vote. Mr. Tillman and Mr. McLaurin, the two senators from South Carolina, who on Saturday last were declared by the senate to be in contempt because of their fight in the chamber, were not permitted by voice or by vote to patricipate in the pro? ceedings. The question as to their right to vote precipitated a sharp debate last? ing nearly two hours. The president pro tempore, Mr. Frye, held-that the two senators could not vote and he was sustained by a majority of the senate. Both of the South Carolina senators were on the floor when, the senate was called to order. Mr. McLaurin came in first and Mr. Tillman just as the chaplain . offered prayer. A small bunch of red roses and white carna? tions lay on Mr. Tillman's desk. . . An echo of the sensational fijght of Saturday was heard at the conclusion of routine business. Mr. Pritchard, Republican of North Carolina, submitted the following let-, ter which was read at the clerk's desk : Washington, Feb. % 1902. To Hon. J. C. Pritchard, United States. Sena tor, Washington* My Dear Sir : I was jprevented, as you know, from" offering the r?solution which 1 wrote at my desk on Saturday demanding an investigation of the charges made by my: /colleague by being adjudged ? in Contempt of the senate. I amuow d?barred the privi? lege and request you to i ntroduce the resolution for the reason that if the charges are true I am'unfit :to remain a member of the senate, and if they are untrue the man who made them is ! unfit to be a member of this honora- j ble body. In any event, I feel that I am entitled to a vindication by the | same body that makes i.nvestgations in the proceedings for contempt. I here? with enclose the resolution. Tours very truly, John Lowndes McLaurin. Mr. Pritchard then offered the fol? lowing resolution: "Whereas, the senior senator from the State of South Carolina charged in a speech on the floor of the senate that the junior, senator from the same State had been improperly influenced in casting his vote for. the ratification of the treaty of peace between the United Sattes and Spain ; and "Whereas, the said charge was emphatically denied by 'the junior senator, i ".Resolved, That the committee on privileges and elections be directed to investigate and report as to tho truth of the said charges, with full power to send for persons and papers." On motion bf Mr. Hale the resolu? tion was referred to the committee on privileges and elections. Mr. Turner sought to secure recog? nition in order to have spread on the records a protest of Mr. Tillman, but the privilege was denied at. that time and the senate proceeded to the consideration of amendments to the Phillippine bill. The protest which Senator Tillman today endeavored through Senator Turner to present to the senate is in part as follows : "The undersigned, holding a com? mission in thjs body from the sover? eign State of South Carolina as one of its senators, and having bsen in the full and undisputed exercise of that high office for seven years last past, solemnly protests against depriving him ot the right as such senator to vote on the pending measure and to take part generally in the proceedings of the senate and he respectfully asks that this, his protest, may be spread on the journals of the senate. " While it is true that the under? signed has been adjudged to be in con . tempt of the senate for disorder com? mitted in its presence on the last legis? lative day before this, an act commit? ted in the heat of blood and which he regrets and has apologized for, that incident has passed and gone, and he is now in his place as a senator, desirous of proceeding in order and in accordance with the rules of the sen? ate, in the perofrmance of the high duties entrusted to him by the author? ity and under the seal of the State of j South Carolina. "In making this protest .the under? signed is not moved by considerations personal to himself. He is not rest? ive under the just discipline of this body. He is ready to cheerfully accept such order as it may make, for the vindication of its rights and its dig? nity. But until that order shall have been made, and until it shall have adjudged his expulsion, if the senate thinks his offense merits that punish 1 ment, he cannot silently permit his State to be deprived of its full con? stitutional representation on the floor of this chamber, which is most notably exemplifiecKn its right through its senators to vote and speak upon every measure before it." . MISS STONE*RELEASED. Constantinople, Feb. 23.-Miss Ellen Stone, the American missionary, who with Mme. Tsilka was captured by brigands in the disrict^of Salonika, Septebmer 3, last, has been released and arrived at Strumitza, Macedonia, at 3 o'clock this moraine. Nobody was at Strumitza to meet Miss Stone, as the brigands had given no indica? tion where they intended to release the prisoners. Mme. Tsilka and her baby were released at the same time. They are all well. Miss Stone imme? diately made herself known to the au? thorities at Strumitza. The first news of Miss Stone's release was contained in a telegram re? ceived by Mr. Dickinson, the Ameri? can consul general at Constantinople, ; from the American vice consul at Sa? lonika. The telegram gives no details of thc release. As Strumitza is near the Salonika-Uskub ; railroad Miss ; Stone will proceed to Salonika with? out delay._ _ Habana, Feb. 24.-Dr. Estrada Palma and Senor Esteves were today formally elected by tho electoral col? lege 'respectively first president and : first vice president of the Cuban "re? public. Senators were also elected, M? OF m. POLK. An Interesting Account From a Northern Newspaper of the Sad Event. The death of General Leonidas K. Polk was one of the saddest tragedies of the war. There have been many versions of how the death of the noted bishop and general occurred, but the following from The New York Times of 1864 is the true story of the killing of General Polk, which occurred on Kennesaw [mountain, the body being brought to Atlanta : "It seems that Generals Joe John? son, Polk and Hardee, accompanied by General Jackson of the cavalry, and an escort of staff officers had rid? den out in front of Bates' line to ex? amine a position, thought to be suita? ble for the Washington artillery. The horses were made fast at the foot of the hill, and the party ascended to the crown. Here they were the initials to an abattis, with several embrasures, rendering the place very much, expos? ed. Our own guns were less than 800 yards in front. There had been little desultory firing during the early hours of the day, but this had ceased some time before the group of officers "be? gan their reconnoissance. This was prolonged to a much greater extent than usual, and glided into a general and -animated convention, all of the officers being gathered into a knot .and using their hands and glasses with a freedom bespeaking rank and interest. The gunners upon our side could not fail to see them plainly, and while they were being observed, deliberately returned the observation, with full time for calculation and adjustment The party seemed to forget their ex? posed situation, although some of the cannoneers who had been at work upon the little tier bf breast works, pointed out to them the accuracy of our shots. Presently a spherical case shell was discharged from our battery, and exploded directly above the heads of Generals Johnston, Polk, Hardee, and Jackson, all of whom fell to the ground to avoid the concussion of fragments. It was then proposed to divide, and the different officers sepa? rated to such courses as were at hand. Gen. Polk selected a very secure shelter ; but, becoming impa? tient and anxious to see tho range of fire more accurately, he stepped out upon the brow and" was intently gaz? ing out across, the country-his arms folded and his left side present? ed-when a 3-inch round shot from a steel rifled cannon struck the elbow crashing both arms and passing through the heart, a portion of the chest and stomach, and1 out on its mur? derous couree. Leonidas Polk fell lifeless and ' mangled to the ground. Joe Johnson was bending over him in an instant with the rest of the party. They lifted him in their arms to an ambulance and his corpse was I carried to his quarters where his bewil? dered military family received it with the mourning of men meeting the corps of a father. This was on the 14th. The body of the deceased reach? ed Atlanta at 2 o'clock next morning -services by Rev. Dr. Quintard were said at noon, and the remains proceed? ed on the afternyon train to Augusta ; and from thence to Asheville, N. C., where his faimly was residing." NO CHANCE TO KICK. Simpkins Found the Place Too Mnc& of a Good Thing:. "I thought you were going into the country with your family. Simpkins 1 Couldn't you find a piace?" "Oh, yes; I found a piece-a farm? house on thc edge of the lake." .''Any boating privileges:" "New boats and thc lake stocked wi lb fish." "But no bathing?" "Tes. there was a place reserved fer bathers." "I suppose the accommodations wert poor?" "Couldn't have bren better." "There must have been mosquitoes?" "Not one iu that region." "Then it was malaria?" "Malaria nothing. The air was per? fect." "Oh. it was the money consideration 1 Prices too steep?" "The prices were ridiculously low." "Then in the name of goodness why are you not there?" "We would have all been miserable. There wasn't a chance for a single kick."-Chicago Record-Herald. Why They Don't Sneak. Brown has just had the telephone put on to his private house and has also purchased a uew fox terrier. The other evening Jones rang him ap and was in the middle of inviting him and his wife to dinner when the new dog, whose first experience of the telephone it was. commenced barking. "Shut up. you brute!" he shouted without removing the transmitter far enough away from his mouth, and now Mr. and Mrs. Brown can't mal:? oct "what happened to Joues." as he cross? es the street every time he meets them L'nefcilneafi. It is a groat satisfaction at the close of life to be able to look back on the years that are past and to feel that you have lived not for yourself alone, but that you have been useful to others. You may be assured also that the same feeling is a source of comfort and happiness at any period of life. Nothing in tins worid is so good as usefulness, it binds your fellow crea? tures to you and you to them; it tends to the improvement of your own dmr ? acter, ?ind it gives you a real impor? tance in society, much beyond what any artificial station can bestow. In Nu I.nek. Fie-So your married life ls not hap? py? Well, you have my regrets. She-Oh. I don't need them; 1 have enough of my own.-Judge. PLAYS AND PLAYERS. Julia Arthur has retired from the stage permanently. James T. Powers has declined a very flattering offer to go to Australia. Harry B. Smith and A. B. Stone are to write a new opera for Thomas Q. Seabrooke. Madge Lessing has made a hit in*the Drury Lane pantomime of "Beauty and ! the Beast." "To Have and to Hold" is to be staged in New York within a very short time, it is expected. Rostand delights in battle scenes. There was one in "Cyrano de Berger? ac," and there is one in "L'Aiglon." Ada Rohan's receipts during her first ?week in "Sweet Nell of Old Drury" at the Knickerbocker theater. New York, exceeded SI 1,000. Louis Mann and Clara Lipman, it is said, are to have a new play from the pen of Paul M. Potter and are to act it in the spring in New York city. Madeleine Lucette Ryley has drama? tized "A Man From America" for the London Criterion,' under the manage? ment of Charles Wyndham and Arthur Balfour. \ Sir Henry Irving has Just b?d'an ex? traordinarily successful season in Glas? gow. It is said that he exceeded all previous theatrical records in that city both as regards the number of specta? tors and.tbe amount -bf the receipts. The latest report about Forties Rob? ertson, the English actor who has just married Gertrude Elliott is that he contemplates a visit to these shores. He has begun the right way to make himself popular by marrying an Amer? ican. --:-. . . THE GLASS OF FASHION. Crepe de chine is one of the most popular materials for the bridesmaid's gown. High crowned and broad brimmed hats are in prospect for th? coming sea son as a suitable accompaniment for j the wide lace collars. An Eton jacket of white broadtail, bordered with narrow folds of black panne stitched on, is one of the sea? son's fancies worn with a black panne skirt A yoke of fur, shaping down to the belt as a vest in front, is the novel feature of a velvet blouse, and the new lace collar falls from underneath this all around. French knots in either black or white silk beautify some of the narrow gold braids. They are done by hand, and one row through the center is sufficient for the narrow widths. A pretty blouse to wear with a cloth skirt is made of meteor crape matching the cloth in color. Lines of lace inser? tion are set at intervals all around between groups of tucks, and small gold buttons decorate the front plait Pretty trimmings for collar bands, wristbands and waist decorations of various sorts are made by joining runs of braid with a lace stitch or alternat? ing narrow ribbon with braid and join? ing them in the same manner. The variety of fancy belts is legion, but one simple and very effective style much worn is a Darrow gold galloon in black velvet an inch and a half wide. It is crossed at inch intervals with very narrow velvet bands and fastens in front with numerous long ends of vel? vet finished with gold ferrets.-New York Sun. CHINESE PROVERBS. A woman without children has not yet the most precious of ber jewels. Give heed to the voice of an old woman; sorrow has given her wisdom. Like sheep that are leaderless are many women come together for much talk. Speak not ill of any woman. If a woman be not righteous, what she is speaks for itself. A beautiful woman knows hot her charms: therefore is she beautiful, more so than the colors of the sea Lion and Eagle. An English "p?pfer notes it as a curi? ous fact that although the eagle is the' national bird of the United States and therefore deserving of peculiar honor, yet, in point of fact the bird is nearly always ruthlessly killed when the op-' portunity offers. This statement seems to be impress? ive until it is remembered that when? ever they have a chance Englishmen ruthlessly kill the Hon, which sym- ; bolizes the greatness and power Of the j British empire.-New York Tribune. The Period of Danger. During the recent trial of a suit to collect a medical fee a witness was put on the stand to prove the correctness of the physician's bill. The man was asked'by counsel for the defense whether the doctor did not make several visits after the patient was out of danger. "No," was the reply. "I considered the patient in danger so long as the doctor continued his visits." The Beat Telephoned City. What is the best telephoned city in the world? San Francisco seems to be the answer. In that city, with a popu? lation of 342.782, there are 21,324 tele? phones, or sixty-two per thousand. In Europe. Copenhagen is probably the best telephoned city, with 10,311 tele? phones to its 312.S50 of population, equal to forty-nine per thousand. In Copenhagen, too. the best conditions for the public exist, although the rates are relatively as high as those in Amer? ican cities. London compares very un? favorably with these figures. At the beginning of this year there were 41. 111 telephones to a population of more than 5.500.000, or a proportion of sev? en to every thousand people. New York, with a population of 2,350,000, had 54.G47 instruments, or twenty-six to a thousand. . . JUDGE ARTHUR HOYES WILL BE DISMISSED. The Charges Allege Incompetency and Corruption-Findings of the Investigation. Washington Feb. 23.- Attorney Gen? eral Knox has delivered to the presi? dent his findings in the matter of the charges filed against Arthnr H. Noyes, judge of the second division of tho United States district court for Alaska. The charges allege incom? petency and corruption, although, the attorney general says, the charge of dishonesty was not pressed. After reviewing the case at length the attorney general concludes his report as follows: Such was the end of this Nome litigation, out of which has sprang so* much complaint, bitterness and public scandal. After review, it remains: that the actual consequences of these proceedings in the Alaska district court were to bring that court info disrespect, and to impair public con? den?e in its wise and impartial admin? istration of justice. ' "In view of the foregoing, and af ber? the most careful consideration, I have> I concluded : . "First-That the appointment ol at ! receiver in the cases referred tb with? out notice to the defendants and the* ?fusai upon hearing to discharge the ".receiver^ and'ihe consequent disposses? sion of the defendants of their prop? erty, .were, not -justified under the .facts, the. pleadings and the. principles^ of equity*' : "Second-That .th?fe:is.nb. justifica? tion shown for the r??us?l tjy Jud?e Noyes'to sett?? a bill Cf exceptions at the instance of tfi? d?fendante arid for the refusal to allow them to appeal. "Third-That after an appeal had been allowed .by the circuit court or appeals, and the writ of supersed?as had been served upon Judge Noyes, the plaintiffs and the receiver, Judge Noyes' attitude toward the writ was= one of hostility and obstruction which was totally inconsistent with his judicial duty towards a superior court and toward the litigants seeking through that court reversal of his judicial action. "Fourth-That Judge Noyes should? forthwith be removed from office. " The president will approve bf these* findings and promptly dismiss Judge Noyes from office. THE PRI?CT?N* ?NBT?N. ? ' ? ' ? . . '? Brilliant Reception Accorded the Representative of Germany. Washington, Feb. 24.-Prince Henry arrived, at 10.20 This morning and was met at the depot by Secretary Hay and other officials, who escorted him to the White House, where he was received in the1 Blue parlor by Pesident Roosevelt. After the greetings bad been - ex? changed the president led the prince into the Red parlor and introduced him to Mrs. Roosevelt and his daugh? ter, Miss Alice. After a few words-' with them the royal visitor was con? ducted to the Green room and intro? duced to the members of the cabinet" and their ladies. ' From the White House the prince was escorted to the Gre rm an Embassy where he remained until President Roosevelt arrived at ll :30 to return the prince's call. Later in the day Prince Henry called on the foreign ambassadors stationed in Washington and then visited the Capitol, spending sometime in the Senate chamber and" hall of the House of Representatives. He took lunch at the German Embas? sy and later held a reception at which the members of the diplomatic corps were resent. At night Prince Henry dined at the White House. The city is profusely decorated with bunting and the^visit of the Prince is said to be the most brilliant affair that Washington has ever known. Barcelona, February 24.-? majori? ty of the business was resumed today. The factories are working and all, the* streetcars are running:. Tranquility rules but the precautions taken for the maintenance of order have not been relaxed. _ Fifty-six people were* killed during the riots. A TRACKL?is RAILROAD. A very strong argument' for good roads is presented by the Tradesman? in a picture which it prints, showing "to what use a traction engine can be put outside of a threshing rig." The picture is a reproduction of a photograph taken recently at Alexan? dria, Tenn., and shows a traction engine of 14-horse power, with a regis? ter of 150 pounds of steam, drawing a procession of thirty two-horse wagons, bearing a freight of 27,000 pounds which, it is noted, is about one-third of the hauling capacity of the engine. The "train" appears in the illus? tration to be nearly a quarter of a mile long, but is attended only bj the two men on the engine. It hauled its load, as described, from the railroad station at Watertown to Alexandria, six miles distant, over the country road between the two places, the feat being made practicable, of course, by the character of the road, which is a smooth, hard highway. As has been noted, the engine is strong enough to have drawn 81,000 pounds over the same road, and the economy of its use can be estimated according? ly. Such an enigne, with suitable freight wagons, it is evident, would go far towards supplying the place of a railroad in any country district The necessary "good road," however, is, of course, a necessary condition of its employment-Charleston News and Courier. Fire losses in the United States were $119,650,000 in 1898, $136,773,200 in 1899, $163,362,250 in 1900, and $165, 000.000 in 1901. Last month the loss was $15,000,000, or at the rate of $180? i 000,000 a year. This tremendous leak , demands a larger degree of practical attention. For Stomach Troubles. "I have taken a great many different medicines for stomach trouble and consti? pation," sa) s Mrs S Geiger of Dunkerten. Iowa, "but never had as good results from aDy as from Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets/' For sale b> Dr A J China.