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CUBAN RECIPROCITY. A Large Caucus of House Repub iicans Discuss the Subject, But Ko Action is Taken. Washington, Feb. 25 -The Republi? can members of the House of Repre? sentatives met in conference tonight to consider the question of Cuban reciprocity, the Republican members of the ways and means committee hav? ing reached an agreement to grant reciprocal concessions of about 20 per cent. There was an unusually large attendance, about 125 Repub? licans being present. Chairman Payne, of the ways and means committee, presented a bill on the lines agreed upon by the Republi? can members of the committee, au? thorizing the President to negotiate a commercial agreement with Cuba, conditioned on the enactment by Cuba of our immigration and exclu? sion laws, in which agreement recipro? cal tariff concessions of at least 20 per cent ad valorem may be secured to the United States and Cuba. " Mr. Payne spoke for more than an hour in support of this plan. He was frequently interrupted by questions from Repreeientavies William A. Smith, Gardner, Weeks and Hamilton, of Michigan, and Lessler, of New York. Mr. Smith's question contain? ed the statement that, relying upon the Republican's assurance of protec- [ tioa, about $10,00,000 had beeen invest 1 ed in the beet sugar industry in Michigan and. this would be imperilled if the proposed concession was made. Mr. Payne replied that," in his judg? ment, there would be ample protec? tion to the American industry after the 20 per cent concession was allowed, as the remaining protection would amount to about 57 per cent, ad valorem. He referred also to the Pres? ident's recommendation of reciprocity. Representative Tawney, of Minne? sota, a member of the ways and means committee, proposed a substi? tute providing that in return for tariff concessions granted by Cuba the United States shall pay to the Cuban government 20 per cent of the duties collected by this government on imports from Cuba and that so much of the said sum as shall be equivelent to 20 per cent, of the sugar duties shall be distributed to^Cuban j sugar^planters. Mr. Tawney spoke in support of his substitute. It was now after ll p. m. and as it was clear that no final result could be secured an adjournment was taken until 8 p. m. next Monday. Collector at Sitka independent. Washington, Feb. 26.-Some time ago the secretary of the treasury re? ceived unofficial information to the effect that J. W. Ivey, collector of customs at Sitka, had instructed his deputy at Unalaska not to permit Canadian vessels presumably about to engage in peglaic sealing, to obtain .supplies at that port The collector was directed to send a statement of the facts to the department, and was informed that if such orders had" been -given they roust,^be rescinded. Today "the department ' received a telegram Jfcom Ivey saying : "My Americanism will not allow me to rescind an order which gives British subjects privileges within our marine jurisdiction, which are denied our own people. There is another matter that may attract your atten? tion. I have recently issued orders to the deputy at Skagway, copy of which ijas been sent you, which has put the Canadian cfScers located there out of business and sent them to their own territory. You are aware of the fact that this officer became so offensive that he int-erferred with American officers in the discharge of theiifofficial duties, ope led United States customs mail, dominated over the railway officials, discriminated in the order of shipment in favor of Canadian merchandise against that shipped from Seattle, established a Canadian quarantine at Skagway, collected moneys and per? formed other acts of British sover? eignty in a port of the United States, such as hoisting with bravado the cross of St. George from the flagstaff of his custom house. I have sent the concern, bag, baggage, flag and other paraphernalia flying out fo the conn try. You may fear the shadow of inter? national complications and rescind this order but a Reed, an Olney or a Blaine would not." Permanent Census Bureau. Washington, Feb..26.-The conferees of the two houses of congress on the bill creating a permanent census reach? ed an agreement today. The bill as agreed upon embodies most of the ' amsendments made in the senate, but some of them are retained in modified form. The senate provision concern? ing the civil service is retained. All t|ie employes of the office at the time of the signing of the bill except un? skilled laborers are to come under the provisions of the civil service law. The directors' salary is fixed at $6,000 per annum instead of $5,000 as suggested by the house and ?7,500 as name i by the senate. The provision relating to the collection of cotton statistics for the year was amended by the conference so as to require that weekly bulletins on this subject shall be published each year from Septem? ber 1, until February 1, following. SS Alimony on $8 Salary. In protesting against paying his wife alimony Albert H. "Koch, a druggist, Saturday testified that by his wife's extr ivagance he had been forced to sell his drug store and work there as a clerk at 88 a week. "I will grant Mrs. Koch $3 a week alimony," ruled the court. Koch, who was still on the witness stand, exclaimed: "What will I have to live on then?" "When a man marries he is bound in law to support his wife, " said the Judge. "If he can't do it at one busi? ness he should try another. I advise you, Mr. Koch, to seek a raise of salary."-New York World. Washington, Feb. 26.-The house military committee gave a hearing to day to a Virginia delegation interest? ed in having the historic site at York? town, Va., where Lord Cornwallis sur? rendered to Washington, set aside as a national park. SEN. LIIGB&N CAPTURED. The Notorious Filipino Leader of Samar a Prisoner. Washington Feb. 26.-Gen. Chaffee today notified the war department that Lient. Stribler of the Philippine scouts captured Gen. Lucban on the 22d inst. The prisoner is confined at Lagu?n. Another capture is recorded in the same dispatch, namely that of Wm. Dunston, said to be a deserter from Co. C, Eighth infantry, who had in his possession a lot of arms and am? munition, and all lot the tools neces? sary for the making of ammunition. He was captured by Second Lieut. Pratt, First inafntry, at Caghayan on the Island of Samar. The lieu? tenant also destoyed the cuartel and the factory, and killed ll soldiers, besides capturing all of Dunston's correspondence. The officials of the war department regard the capture of Gen. Lucban as the most important military event since Aguinaldo's captare. He was run down on the Island of Samar. The place of his confinement is a tiny island in a bay on the north coast of Samar. Lucban is one of the most energetic and ferocious rebels. He is a half-breed, a mistare of Chinese and Filipino stock, and he has been an irreconcil? able from the first. He had various fastnesses in the mountains of Samar from which he would descend upon the coast towns and his reign of terror was so complete that the entire popu? lation of the island paid tribute to him as the price of freedom from attack. Ordinary campaign methods failed in his case, and his capture now is believed to be the natural working out of the system of dividing the island into small squares by mili? tary garrrisons and making it impos-> sible for the insurgents to obtain food or shelter. . A POOR WIDOW "ENRICHED. New Orleans, La. February 25.-The ! Federal Court of Appeals allowed to? day Mrs.BAnnie Snow's claim to one eighteenth life interest to the wells in the Veatch survey, the richest part of | the Beaumont oil field. Mrs. Snow keeps a small hotel in California and paid no attention to the waste lands until oil was discovered, when she set up her claim for the share inherited through her children. Some of the companies compromised with her but others fought the case through the courts to lose in the end. There are already 12 wells on the survey and, in addition to the compromises she will receive about $5,000 per month. The court appointed S. Taliaferro, of Aus? tin, auditor to keep accounts and make returns of Mrs. Snow's share through the courts. Todays' decision is final. Miliianaire Leave $80,000 to Em? ployes. The sum of $80.000 is given to the employes of the Boston branch of the American Soda Fountain Company by the will of James W. Tufts, the mil? lionaire soda fountain manufacturer. This amount is given in lump sums of $500, $200 and $100. To each of the five foremen and to each of the six head men of the count? ing-room the sum of $500 is left. To each of the 320 married men who were in the employ of the company four years ago under Mr. Tufts, the sum of $200 is left, and to the single men the sum of $100 is left. "We have not yet completed our list of men who come under the provisions of the will, " said William T. Jenny, one of the executors of the will, "There are about 450 who come under the provisions of the will. Only those men are included who were with the comapany four years ago, and we can? not say exactly how many will receive the money. "There are about fifty clerks em? ployed in the branch whom the execu? tors have decided to include in the list." The bulk of the estate is left to the widow, son- duaghter and son-in-law, all oi: Madford.-Chicago Tribune. 'TILLMAN IS A POWER." The Columbus Enquirer Sun said recently: "Senator Tillman continues to attract attention. However, this so far is about all he has done." The Savannah Press replies: "The "Enquirer-Sun is mistaken. In spite of his roughness Senator Tillman is one of the most influential men in the upper House. Some of his utterances iar the Senators and many of his retorts are far from courteous. But with all that Senator Tillman is a power. His pitch fork is feared by the members. He has done more for South Carolina measured by practical results than any man who has been in Congress since the war. It is strange that such tactics should win, especi? ally :n a body incrusted with tradi? tions and hampered by rigid etiquette. But sometimes a man is needed to break through these rules ruthlessly. Ben Tillman is a reformer, some say a fanatic, but when he rises he gene? rally says something. He acts and ex? presses himself with energy and and when he goes to the departments in quest of a naval dock or a postoffice he usually gets what he wants. Charleston has secured, through Sena? tor Tillman, some fat appropriations, and South Carolina occupies a larger place in the public eye than she has in man}' years. Some of her people are shocked by the asperities of the case. Tillman is not polished or always parliamentary. There are times when the Engilsh language fails him in giv? ing expression to his vehement ideas. But he generally has a message and he is not afraid to say it, Tillman is like Sam Jones. He is a man of flesh and biooc, and is as fearless as Savanarola and as rigid as Martin Luther. He does not frame his thoughts with "a view of pulling appropriations from the public crib, but he gets them be? cause he is not cringing or truculent. He makes ducks and drakes of the Senate traditions, and when he rises the castoms of a hundred years crash like glass windows after a dynamite explosion. But South Carolina can get more with Tillman in the Senate than with the regulation article usual? ly sent there, who is snuffed out by the weight of Senatorial courtesy. There is an Ellenton riot eye ry time he arraigns Republican tactics. PRIME HENRY GUEST OF PRESS. ! Most Notable Gathering of the Kind Ever Held. New York,^ Feb. 26.-Prince Henry of Prussia dined tonight with 1,000 of the men who make American news? papers. He was the special guest of Herman Kidder, proprietor of the New Yorker Staats Zeitung, who gathered at his table a majority of the leading figures in American journalism. They came from the four quarters of the country and made the most noteworthy gathering of their profession ever as? sembled in the United States. There was a felicitous exchange of greetings between Prince Henry and the men who spoke of the journalistic craft! and the affair claims rank as one of the notable incidents of the American tour of the German prince. The dinner was given in the hand? some ball room of the Wladorf-Astoria hotel, but that immense apartment was not large enough to accommodate the numerous guests and the Astor gallery was also used. The two rooms were splendidly deco? rated. Mr. Bidder and the special guests sat at an elevated table above which were the American and German flags. The staves were crossed and the banner, draped fan-like, reached out like the wings of a huge butterfly. Above them was the Prussian eagle done in incandescent lights. From the boxes hung clinging vines and set in on the ledges were hundreds of palms. Each table carried bouquets of American beauty roses around which were candelnbra shaded in red. THE ISTHMIAN CANAL The Mandingo Route Said to Have Advantages Over Either Pana? ma or Nicaragua. Washington, D. C., Feb. 26.-The friends of the Nicaragua and Panama Canal routes are still harping on the difficulties to be met with in the con? struction of a tunnel. As far as the Isthmian Canal Commission is con? cerned it is an undisputed fact that not a single member of it has been near the line of the proposed tunnel, and therefore cannot know of what the rock is composed. Mr. George S. Lee, a distinguished mining engineer, ! and who has had great experience in ! works of importance in Central American and California, says that the proposed tunnel on the Mandingo line is the easiest part cf the work to be done. Mr. Lee testified before the Senate Committee on Interoeeanic Canals yes? terday. The friends of the Mandingo route strenously deny that they are ob? structionists, as is asserted by some of the overzealous champions of other lines. They still cling to their origi- J nal statements, that the tunnel and J the Mandingo route can be built in one-half of the time that it will take to complete the Panama route, and in one-third of the time that it will take to construct the Nicaragua line. Instead of the tunnel costing $22,500, 000 per mile as has been publicly stated, a number of the most able contractors in the country have offered to do the work for $7,250,000 per mile. The men who make these offers are not theorists or pessimists or men who have never seen the work, but re? sponsible gentlemen who are willing to put up a guarantee of $10,000,000 in United States bonds in the way of good faith, and to show their confi? dence in the practicability of the enterprise. If they fail to do the work within the specified time, and for the money argeed upon, they obligate themselves to pay forfeit. When such men as Professor Hopkins, Angus McDougall, and Charles S. Sweet put themselves on record as say? ing that the Mandingo hill is granite, it would seem to be the height of folly for any one who has not given the ground a closer inspection than the opponents of a tunnel have done to maintain that it is a volcanic heap of ashes. As compared with the great cut on the Panama Canal the Mandin? go tunnel is simply a small affair. L. D. Sale. Washington, Feb. 26.-President Roosevelt, acting upon the recommen? dation of Attorney General Knox has dismissed Arthur B. Noyes, judge for 'the second district of Alaska. London, February 25.-The war office today denied the rumors which weie circulated in the lobby of the House of Commons last night that Gen. Louis Botha the Boer commnder in chief, in South Africa had made an offer to surrender on certain conditions. The story appears to have come from Paris. Washington, Feb. 26.-Booker j Washington, the president of the Tuskeege Institute, Tuskeege, Ala., was at the Wrhite House today and had a conference with President Roosevelt lasting 15 minutes. It is said that political matters were not touched upon. London, Feb. 26.-Lord Kitchener reports that 600 Boers driving cattle rushed the out post line near Bothas Berg, Transvall colony, during the night of February 23, and that some of them got through. The Boers left 15 dead and six wounded on the field. A dispatch from Lord Kitchener made public today says: "A convoy of empty wagons was attacked 'and cap? tured by the Boers southwest of Klerksdorp, (Transvaal Colony)??Feb. 24. The escort consisted of a force of the imperial yeomanry, three compa? nies of Northumberland Fusilliers and two guns. The fighting was severe but have no further details." Atlanta, Feb. 26.-The Southeastern Passenger association embracing all railroads south of the Ohio and Poto? mac rivers and east of the Mississippi, today announced a rate of one cent a mile each way to the reunion of Con? federate veterans in Dallas, Texas, in April. Surgeon's Knife Not Needed. Surgery is no longer necessary to cure piles. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures such cases at once, removing the necessity for dangerous, painful and expensive operations. For scalds, cuts, burns, wounds, bruises, sores and skin diseases it is unequaled. Beware of counterfeits. J. S. Hnghson &Co. Detective stories of all kinds at ?. G. Osteen & Co's book store. MEMORIAL FOR PRESIDENT MINLEY. Impressive Scenes in the Hall of Representatives-Secretary Hay Delivers Eulogy. Washington, Feb. 27.-At noon to? day in the great hall of representa? tives, in the presence of President Roosevelt, Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of the German emperor, the members of the cabinet, the justices of the supreme court, the general of the army and officers of the navy who j have received the thanks of congress, j the ambassadors and other diplomatic I representatives of foreign countries, j the senators and representatives in ! congress and a large number of dis? tinguished guests, Hon. John Hay, McKinley's premier, pronounced an eulogy upon his dead chief. By a strange coincidence today was the twentieth anniversary of that on which the peerless Blaine in the same hall, delivered his eulogy upon the martyred Garfield, and stranger still the subject of today's memorial service was the chairman of the committee that had charge of the arrangements on that occasion. At 11:4.0 as the strains of the inter? mezzo from Cavaleria Rusticana float? ed through the hall there was a stir throughout the chamber. The doors to the right of the speakers' rostrum were flung wide and the members of the diplomatic corps marched in pro? ceeded by the sergeant at arms of the house. The foreign ambassadors and ministers did not appear in their court costumes but in sombre frock suits befitting the occasion, with the I exception of the Chinese minister who was attired in his rich costume of mantle silk. As the hands of the gold clock oppo? site the speaker's rostrum pointed to noon, Speaker Henderson called the assemblage to order. By the speaker's direction the clerk read the joint resolution providing for the memorial services and the order of the proceed? ings. Hardly had the reading been concluded and the journal approved before the doorkeeper announced the arrival of the senate. The speaker tapped three times with his gavel. The members of the house and the diplomatic body arose and remained on their feet as the grave and dignified senators, headed by President Pro Tem, Frye, were shown to their places behind the diplomats. The doorkeeper announced the gene? ral of the army. The speaker tapped three times, the members of the house and the diplomatic body arose, and Gen. Miles, resplendent in gold lace, gold epaulettes and a broad yellow sash across his breast, and with his side arms clanging heavily at his heels, came down the aisle. Tap, tap, tap, and once more the assemblage roes. The door swung open and on the threshold, with every eye upon him, stood Prince Henry. 4 4 His royal highness, Prince Henry of Prussia," announced the doorkeeper. The prince hesitateud a moment, but showed not the slightest trace of dis? comfiture. He was dressed in the sim? ple, dark blue uniform of,an admiral of the German navy, without a single star or other evidence of the imperial house to which he belonged, upon his breast. He came forward with easy, graceful bearing, escorted by Senator Foraker and Gen. Grosvenor, and took the place assigned for him next to that reserved for the president. Then came a pause, as the president and the members of the cabinet stood upon the threshold. As the president was announced the Marine band in the lobby struck "Hail to the Chief." President Roosevelt was accompanied down the aisle by Secretary Hay, ther orator of the day. He took his place in the area facing the speaker's desk with Prince Henry on his right. With the latter he exchanged a word of greeting. Senator Frye called the assemblage to order and after prayer by Rev. Dr. Couden, the blind chaplain of the house, he introduced the orator of the day. Secretary Hay then delivered his oration. Prince Henry took his midday lunch? eon in the room of the senate commit? tee on military affairs. It was quite informal and was partaken of standing by all p?sent. Two tables were provided, one of them being the icTge table used by committee p-eetings and the other a small table at the head of ! the room at which it was expected his royal highness would sit alone. He declined this honor, however, and stood with other members of the com? pany. Constantinople, February 27.-It is understood that the United States will soon take steps to obtain a reimburse? ment of the sum paid to the brigands as a ransom for Miss' Ellen M. Stone and Madame Tsilka, holding Turkey responsible, inasmuch as the capture of the missionaries was effected on Turkish soil. For the Complexion. The complexion always suffers from billiousness or constipation. Unless the bowels are kept open the impurities from the body appear in the form of unsightly eruptions, j De Witt's Little Early Risers keep the liver and bowels in a healthy con? dition and remove the cause of such troubles. C. E. Hooper, Albany, Ga., says: j * I took DeWitt's Little Early Risers for billiousness. They were just what I need- J ed. I ara feeling better now than in years.'' I Xever gripe or distress. Safe, thorough ? and gentle. The very best pills. J. S. Hughson & Co. j New York's new Croton dam, the largest ever undertaken by man, is 200 feet thick at the bottom, 300 feet high from the base of the foundation, 150 feet high above the ground and 1,000 feet long. It is located three miles from Peekskill, the top of the dam being 216 feet above tidewater and 100 feet above the reservoir in Central Park. The storage capacity is 30,000, 000,000 gallons. Work has been in progress eight years and will continue three years longer. The estimated cost of the'dam was $4,150,073, but $1,000, 000 more will be required. You will never wish to take another dose of pills if you once try Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They are easier to take and more pleasant in effect. They cleanse the stomach and regulate the liver and bowels. For sale by Dr A J China. Jim Tillman Guilty of Senseless let of Effrontery. Withdraws Invitation to President Roosevelt to Present Sword to Maj. Micah Jenkins. Augusta, Feb. 26.-Lieut. Gov. Tillman today in discussing the affairs in'Washington stated he would before leaving Augusta wire Roosevelt ! asking the withdrawal of his accept- ' ance of the invitation to present sword j to Maj. Micah Jenkins. This afternoon he wired the follow? ing: Augusta, Ga., Feb. 26, 1902. The President, ?Washington, D.C. : A short while ago I had the honor to address your excellency a letter re? questing that on the occasion of your visit to Charleston you present a sword to Maj. Micah Jenkins of the First United States Volunteer Cavalry, of whose gallant services you spoke so highly, your words being engraved on the scabbard. You accepted the invi? tation, for which we thank you. I am now requested by contributors to the sword fund to ask that you with? draw said acceptance. (Signed) James H. Tillman. Late Colonel First South Carolina Volunteer Infantry * and Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina. Tillman said: "It is with much regret I am directed, rather required, to have to send the telegram I did, especially in view of the fact that I am so closely related to one who but a few days ago was subjected to an affront which is seemingly, or the people who contributed to the purchase of the sword think, unwarranted. As far as I am personally concerned I care noth? ing, rather suspect Senator Tillman would have enjoyed more the usual informal meal with his family than catering to royalty at a festive board where Booker Washington was a guest.*' The lieutenant governor is still here awaiting a reply from Washington. - ?MI,? ? ? cu ? - ROOSEVELT MAY NOT VISIT CHARLESTON. On Account of the Couuse of Jim Tillman-Matter Discussed in Washington. *Washintgon, Feb. 27.-The action of Lieut. Gov. Tillman, of South Caro? lina, in withdrawing the invitation to President Roosevelt to present a sword to a South Carolina officer for volun? teer services in the Spanish war has caused considerable doubt as to whether Preisdent Roosevelt will visit the Charleston exposition as he had intended to do. Today a number of telegrams on the subject were receiv? ed at the White House from South Carolina and other States. It can be stated that the telegram of Lieut. Gov. Tillman has been received at the White House and that no attention whatever has been paid to it. The president has not yet considered what effect it may have on his proposed visit to the exposition at Charleston. WILL NOT AFFECT PROGRAM. Charleston, Feb. 27.-It is stated here today that Lieut. Gov. Till? man's action last night in withdrawing the invitation to President Roosevelt to present a sword to Maj. Jenkins will have no effect on the exposition programme for the entertainment even if it is allowed to stand. The sword presentation was an incident only of the president's visit to Charleston and in no way connected with the exposi? tion programme. The sword was pur? chased with a fund raised by subscrip? tion among the women of South Caro? lina and others, largely under Lieut. Gov. Tillman's stimulation. The ar? rangements for the presentation was left with him. It was not intended originally to have the president make the presentation but in view of his ex? pected presence here at the epxosition, the opportunity was deemed fitting for such a feature. The invitation was extended by Lieut. Gov. Tillman and a place for the ceremony was made on the programme by the exposi? tion committee at his request. The whole matter is outside of the exposi : tion or Charleston control. SOBER THOUEHT MAKETH JIM SICK. ls Very Sorry if He Has Been "Misconstrued." Special to The State. Edgefield, Feb. 28.-When Lieut. Gov. Tillman was seen'this afternoon with reference to the Roosevelt mat? ter, although unwell, he said: "I regret very much that I am compelled to make any further statement in regard to this matter. I do not see why it has called forth so much com? ment, but I do not propose to be placed in the light, by my conduct, of having been the cause of President Roosevelt's decision not to attend the Charleston exposition. If such con? struction has been placed upon it either by him or the people of Charles? ton, I deplore it deeply. He may, however, make this the pretext of not attending the exposition, but it can? not be the cause. I am in no way connected with the exposition, official? ly or otherwise except as a South Caro? linian who is proud of it and wants to see it succeed. I in no way attempted to represent the exposition authorities in my telegram to the president, and it cannot be so construed without intentionally debauching my words. The matter of the presentation of the sword by President Roosevelt to Major Jenkins was purely a private and so? cial concern with which those who are now loud in their criticism of me had nothing to do. Certainly the editors of The Record, Post and State were not contributors, although to be frank and just, which is more than they have been to me, they were not asked. However, Governor McSweeney, who has given an interview in connection with this matter, was asked to con? tribute, and declined upon the ground, as I recall, that he had to contribute to so many charities and other public matters he was financial ly unable to do so, and I feel from ex? perience that he was honest in his statement. "So far as the list of the paid con? tributors to the sword fund is con? cerned, I desire to add, without har? ing the list before me, that I only know of three who were not consulted before the telegram to the president was sent, to wit : Col. Willie Jones, who has been of valuable assistance both in contributing and selecting the sword, whom however'I endeavored to reach by long distance telephone, as Mr. J. H. Hammond of the Augusta Herald will testify ; another is Sena? tor Talbird of Beaufort, a liberal con? tributor, whom I endeavored to reach but failed : the third and last was Senator Tillman, whom I did not ask as I knew the delicate position in which he was placed. As for the tele? grams received by me from the con? tributors is a matter with which those who did not contribute have no con? cern. I have no doubt, however, that they, like myself, are ready to abide by the result of their action. I do not care and do not propose to have anything further to say, however much I may be slandered and misrep? resented." When you wake up with a bad taste in your mouth you may know that you need a dose of Chamberlain's Stomach & Liver Tablets. They will cleanse your stomach improve, your appetite and make you feel like a new man. They are easy to take, being sugar coated, and^ pleasant in effect. For sale by Dr A J China. Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 25.-The steamboat T. N. Bacon, plying be? tween Loudon and Livingston, Ten? nessee, was totally wrecked in the Tennessee River, seven miles below Loudon, today by the explosion of its boiler. Estill Hudigs, assistant engi? neer, was killed : Robert Bird, a pas? senger, who was en route home from the Philippics, was fatally hurt, and Engineer Albert Claiborne and Cook Smith, deck hand, were badly hurt. Having a Run on Chamber? lain's Cough Remedy Between the hours of eleven o'clock a m and closing time at night on Jan 25, 1901, A F Clark, druggist, Glade Spring, Va, sold twelve bottles of Chamberlain's cough remedy. He says, " I never handled a medicine that sold better or gave better satisfaction to my customers." This remedy has been in general use in Virginia for many years, and the people there are well acquainted with its excellent qualities Many of them have testified to th\ remark? able cures it has effected. When you need a good and reliable medicine for a cough or cold or attack of grip, use Cham? berlain's Cough Remedy and you are certain to be more than pleased with the quick cure it affords. For sale by Dr A J China. Kingstree, Februray 27.-D. M. Nesmith, the man who shot Eli Saul, at Cade's, about two weeks ago came in and surrendered to the sheriff this evening. It is not known whether he will apply for bail or not, as the next term of Court convenes here on March 17, prox. Could Not Breathe. Coughs, colds, croup, grip, bronchitis, other throat and lung troubles are quick? ly cured by One minute Cough Cure. One minute Cough Care is not merely an ex? pectorant which gives only temporary re uef. It softens and liquifies the mucuos, draws out the inflamation and removes the cause of the disease. Absolutely safe. ?Acts at once. "One Minute Cough Cure. Will do all that is claimed for it," says Justice of the Peace, J Q Hood, Crosby, Miss. "My wife could not get her breath and was relieved by the first dose. -It has been a benefit to all my family." J S Hughson. Lenten Services. The following services will be held in the Episcopal Church each week during Lent ; Tuesdays 7.30 a. m., Holy Com? munion. Wednesday's 8 p. m., Evening Pray? er with an Address. Fridays 5 p. m., Evening Prayer with an Address. ?RSTL ATKINSON 18 PREPARED FOR The Fall and Winter Season With a large and artistic collection of The public are requested to call and see the display. The largest assortment of Pattern Hats ever shown in Sumter. Hats for all tastes from the "Picturesque Gain bow" to the simple street hat. Misses and children are not forgotten Styles for them this season are quite ele? gant. Tailormade Hats are all the go in New York. We can show you quite an assort? ment of them, and at reasonable prices. We are in our new store-three doors below old stand. Come and see our hats, and we are sure you will buy, for they are quite irresistible. Yours to please, MES. L. ATKINSON. Oct 9 THE STANDARD Warehouse Co. COLUMBIA, s. c Has a Storage capacity of 20,000 Bales of Cotton Stores and insures Cotton for 15 cents per Bale per month or fractioual month Lower rates on 500 Bales and above. Spe? cial rates for six months and season contracts All railroads running into Columbia permit Cotton to be stopped for storage and reshipped at any time during the sea? son at the through rate from original start? ing point, with only a trifle charge for re-handling. Cotton consigned to Columbia has the advantage of active competition when sold, and loans can always be secured on our Warehouse receipts at minimum rates. No commission or other charges for selling cotton. Correspondence solicited. H. L. ELLIOTT, Manager. Nov 13 v S^-i <