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Mfil?L TERMS OF C008T. ? Question That ?rose on tbs Appli? cation of Flor?. Columbia, March 8.-Quite a neat legal complication' arose this morning when the Governor began to look into th? matter of ordering an extra term of Court in Florence Count/ to carry ? out the promise made by the sheriff in -order to save the life of the negro, ^g|-3Tulius Gibbes, a few days ago. But ? these complications have been smooth? ed out and the extra term will be call? ed, to be held at an early; date. . Soli? citor Wilson and the assistant Attor : oiey General were in consultation with ~.v./^$h? Governor for sometinie v this morn >rO_?5ng. Many lawyers regaled it ex? tremely doubtful if the Act permitted 4?te calling and holding of a special ??:c;^tem of Corut while another Court was being held in the same circuit. JP?na?ly the -question was referred to 'B the Attorney General's office and the . law was carefully examined, an opin? ion being given that such a term .-could be lield. "The issue was brought up squarely iii the following letter to. the Governor i:. from Solicitor "Wilson, which "was. referred to the Attorney General's ' .<riEce : . "'. Dear Sir: On the 5th instant Mrs. I-- i-?ai-ry L. Hain?sy'of Florence County,, was assaulted and ravished by a negro ? . ~iiamed Julius Gibbes. Gibbes was captured and is now in .jail. In - my VJ. Jadgment, under existing circum? stances, an. extra or special term of ?Court should be held as early as prac? ticable, under the Act of 1900, np. 329-330, for the trial of this case. I think the pubilc interest demands it yowing to the circumstances pf the case. Pv V-The regular terms of the Courts for i '"~. - th? 3d circuit haveeommenced. Court -, Jias already been held at Florence and " will-be held at th? other places as follows : Next Monday at George town, the next at Kingstree, the next ; - at Manning and the next at Sumter. ...;v<.. -New the - question is this: Cana ^^^ecial or extr? vterm of Court, as ^: pSovided for by the Act of 1900, pages ?29-330, be legally held at one place in a; circuit while the regular term of : ;Court is being held at some other : jiaee in the same circuit? If this can |j^5b? done, then I now make formal .ap ?gi .'^?Ecafcion to your Excellency to order .. ' ';.?uch extra or special term of the Court of General Sessions for the trial of above ' stated ease' at the earliest > practicable time. If necessary I . will gel; some one to represent me at other ?f? "Conrfe- and will conduct this prosecu ^i^??ti^? person should the two . Courts -?onj?hct. Assistant Attorney General Gunter, as .soon as possible, handed the Gov -onor the following opinion in the mat ;V::*er: ../ ? Hon. M. B. MScweeney, Columbia, 'S. C.-Dear Sir: You request to be ff:'?|^dvised "whether a special or extra. yy^rm-o? Court can be legally, held at ?ne place in ? oreuit while the regu? lar term of Co?rt is being held at some other place in the same circuit?" ; y The Constitution, in the ^article creating the. judicial department of lite State, in Article 5, Section 6, has the following provision: "The Gene jxal Assembly shall provide, by law for _j the. temporary " appointment of men |||giearned in the law to hold either special or regular terms of the Circuit jg^sp?irts whenever there may be neces? sity for such appointment. '' In pur jsnance of that mandate the General Assembly by an Act, to be found at page 329, -Acts 1900, (incorporated in m Code^of 1902, in Sections 2,744-2,749,) makes the following provision : "Upon the application' to the Governor by the Solicitor of any circuit stating that iii? public interest demanded an extra j term of the Court of General Sessions I in any county of the State ... it shall be the'duty cf the Governor y to appoint some man, learned in the law, and to be suggested by the Chief Jus? tices of the Supreme Court of vthe .State, to hold aa extra term of said "^Gourt," etc. lt is thus manifest that there is a constitutional privilege and duty to ""OrS?r a special term of Court wherever - -^t-appears "that the public interest -^demands an extra term.77. That thi3 is the only condition pre-1 -c?dent. The mere fact that there is or . may be another Court in session nt the sanie time the special term ii ex 'pected has ?o bearing on the special terms. The special term is a consti? tutional Court, with equal origin, au? thority and dignity as that of the tegular-Court: 'The jurisdiction of the regular Court can no more interfere with the jurisdiction of the special than . the latter can interfere with the former, each being of the same potency-of r the work assigned. That it is con? ceivable that conflicts may arise from folding two or more Courts in the same circuit at the same time may be -true, but that is not a question for the executive department in the face of a plain mandate. The General Assembly clearly recog? nized the view that there may be more than one Court in the same circuit at the same time in the following language, to be found in Act approv? ed four days later than the Act pro Tzding for special Court, (Acts, 1900, Page 330,) "It shall be lawful for the presiding Judge, at any spceial term of the. Circuit Court, when the official stenographer is performing the duties of his office at a Court then being held in some other county of ' tfee circuit, to appoint a stenogapher for said term of the Court, eta" This seems to me to be conclusive of the right oi your Excellency to . order a special term of Court in a cir? cuit regardless of the fact that there may be other Courts in session. U. X. Gunter, Jr, Assistant Attorney General. Upon reciept of this opinion the 'Governor received a suggestion from Solicitor Wilson as to the date of the special term, March 31 is the date ! x?amed, it being impossible to sooner I legally draw the jurors, and comply j ?with the other requirements of the iaw mecessary to the holding of a special tenn. All. the papers in tho matter were immediately malied to the Chief j Justice with the request that he .name some one learned in the law to preside at the extra term. Today' the Governor wired the sheriff of Florence County telling I him that :an-extra term of Court had | been ordered,'and st?ting also that if ? that officer had any doubt as to his ! ability to protect the prisoner in tho j meantime to place him under a strong j 4>piard of carefully selected deputies on the train and bring him to Columbia, to the Penitentary. Tonight the Gov? ernor received a reply from the sheriff stating that everything was quiet in Florence, that he apprehended no danger, .had the prisoner well guarded and did not deem it necessary to remove him to Columbia. MORE PAY FOR ENGLISH ARMY. London, March 8.-The new army regulations proposed by the war secre? tary, Mr. Brodrick, providing for increased pay and other reform, which have created so much comment, ap? pear to have been directly copied from the United States. Major Arthur Lee, M. P., formerly British military attache at Washington, said to a representative of the Associated Press : >'At last we have taken out a leaf from your' excellent book, though I do not believe we have gone quite so v far in that direction as we might, or hope we may. Under Mr. Brodrick's pro? posed changes a private in the British infantry now receives, almost as much as a private in the United States army. With this change, which I frequent? ly advocated while military attache at Washington, we hope to get a class of recruits similar to those secured in America. Under the. old pay we were gradually lowering the physical standard, yet still finding it hard to get men, while our desertion percent? age was increasing at a rate which showed there was something wrong with the system. The American army was the only other voluntariiy-enlisted body in the world with which we could make serviceable comparisons, the Continental armies, owing to con? scription and other causes, being per? fectly worthless as examples. A year ago Mr. Brodrick pooh-poohed the idea of copying the United States. I Now he has changed his mind and ! has done what the majority of the members of the House, regardless of party, believe to bethe very best thing that could have happened to the army. Last year the Government indicated its fears that it might have tb resort to conscription. The present move banishes all possibility of this, for I understand Mr. Brodrick is wililng to go even further in copying the United States excellent treatment of enlisted | men and by liberal finance build up the standard of the army. The in? crease in pay means an additional an? nual cost of about ' ?2,000,000. Cioss of Competition Among the Counties ai Exposition. The result of the competition be? tween the various counties for the prizes offered by the' State was an? nounced last night. The foloiwing is the report pf the jury, awarding Spar? tanburg first prize : South Carolina State Building, Charleston, S. C., March 8, 1902. , Mr. A. W. Love, Superintendent South Carolina Building, Sputh Caro? lina Inter-State and West Indian Ex? position-Dear Sir:"Pursuant to 'ap? pointment by his Excellency, Governor M. B. McSweeney, and realizing the responsibility placed upon it, your jury has examined, with great care and painstaking, the exhibits made by the counties of Berkeley, Chester, Darlington, Dorchester, Florence, Georgetown, Greenwood, Horry, Marlboro, Orangeburg, Pick ens, Spartanburg and Sumter. There are items of great merit in each and your jury was greatly impressed with the high car?cter of the average ex? hibits presented by each' of these counties and by the variety and quality of the products shown. " The competition was very close and your jury has been greatly per? plexed in trying to fix upon an equit? able distribution of honors where so much of excellence has been present? ed. Adhering, however, strictly to the schedule of points handed to the jury for its guidiance, to wit-Varietv 40 points. Quality 30 points ; Installa" tn and decoration 20 points : Quantity 10 points-the counties have been ad? judged as follows : Instand Qaun Variety. Qusilty deco, ti ty. Berkeley 20 26 12 4 Chester 40 30 14 8 Darlington 38 28 15 9 Dorchester 18 25 8 4 " Florence 26 25 13 4 Georgetown 38 26 .17 5 . Greenwood 20 25 8 3 Horry 17 25 10 3 Marlboro 20 25 10 - 3 Orangeburg 30 27 10 . 5 Pickens 20 25 S 4 Spartanburg 38 29 - 20 10 Snmter 28 25 15 6 You will observe that the scores give Spartanburg first, Chester second and a tie for Darlington and George? town. In view of the very close com? petition and the tie made between Darlington and Georgetown counties your jury begs to suggest that the third prize be divided between the counties named. This, however is to qe considered as a suggestion The Berkeley County exhibit of woods and wood manufacturing was notable, especially the Woodstock Hardwood and Spool Manufacturing Company's exhibit. Florence County's exhibit is espe? cially commended for its exhibit of railroad facilities and the presenta? tion of its tobacco interests. The Or?ngeburg exhibit is worthy of speciil commendation as illustrating the value of one wide-awake man in a county who tries to promote its mate? rial interests. Credit is due to Mr. T. M. McMichael. The Sumter County exhibit illus? trates in the most effective way the value of small indnstriies' jgr^wn into great money making plants, as demon stated by the Sumter Telephone Manu? facturing Company. Your jury recom? mends that these four counties be given honorable mention, very .respect fully submitted: Henry E. Dosch, Commissioner of Oregon; T. K. Bruner, commissioner of North Caro iinia; E. S. Garver, commissioner of Missouri. The jury will beign work Monday morning again and will consider ail the individual exhibits and will note those entitled to honorable mention. A supplemental report will be render? ed when the examinatioon is finished. -News and Courier, March 9. J. Pierpont Morgan has given $2, 000,000 to the University of the South; A NEW FINANCIAL POLICY. National Banks to Protect the Nec? essary Gold Reserve-Government Not Responsible. Washington, March 9--Chairman Fowler of the house committee on banking and currency, tomorrow willin troduce an important financial measure framed by the Republican members of the commttee after conferences extend? ed through the last two months. It brings together into one? financial measure a number of propositions which have Been urged separately heretofore. Mr. Fowler explains the purposes of the bill as follows : "To transfer from the government to the banks the responsibility 'of - protecting the necessary gold reserve and the burden^of furnishing gold for export, thereby saving our commerce from the destructive apprehensions growing out of raids upon the gold in the treasury, which can now or?y be replenished by a tax imposed upon the people through the sale of bonds; to provide a currency always responsible and adequate to the demands of trade everywhere, and to equalize and lower the average rate of interest in all parts, of the. United States ; to secure for American enterprise and American capital the privileges and opportuni? ties of engaging in international bank? ing under national law and so lay a foundation upon which to build an American merchant marine; to remove the last vestige of doubt with regard to our standard of value. . "The measure provides for interna? tional banking, and a division of banking and currency is established, under a board of control, instead of a single individual in the person of the comptroller of the currency as hereto? fore. The board will consist of three members whose terms of office are for 12 years, so arranged that only one member will retire every four years. "If the measure now introduced should become a law it is confidently' believed that the national banks will" assume the current redemption in gold coin of one hundred and thirty millions of United States notes. In considera? tion of the obligation assumed by the national banks they will have the right during the succeeding five years, to fesue gradually as business may require an ?mount of bank notes equal to 60 per cent of their paid up and unim? paired capital ; provision being made also for an emergency circulation. As the notes are taken out for circulation the banks will deposit with the gov? ernment a guarantee fund of 5 per centum of the amount of the notes so issued. The national banks hereafter will be required to pay interest upon the government deposits at the rate of 1 per centum per annum. "This 5 per centum guarantee fund and the tax upon the bank notes will be issued to protect the bank notes, and the excess of such taxes with ? the interest on the government deposits will be used to pay off the United States notes which the banks assume to currently redeem. "The United States will be divided into, clearing house districts to facili? tate the current redemption "of the bank notes, so that the amount of Qotes ou.tstandingg at any time always will, be coordinated with the amount 3f trading to be done, precisely as checks and drafts reflect the amount Df commercial work being carried on. ? "By and with the Consent-of the board of control, banks may have more khan one place for doing business, be? ing authorized to^ establish themselves in the various cities of the country. "No bank note of a denomination [ess than ten dollaTS will be issued, md the secretary of the treasury shall sot issue a silver Certificate of a de? nomination greater than five dollars, md thereafter, upon the presentation ;o him of one hundred silver dollars or iny muiitple hereof, and a demand :or their redemption, shall exchange jold coin for the same. " CHINESE! N COLORADO. Denver, Col., March 8.-Governor Drinan ? today received the following telegram: . "Washington, D. C., March 7.-His Excellency, the Governor, Denver, ZJol: The "Chinese minister advises me )f reported attempts by Miners' [Inion a Ouray, Ouray Conny, Col., tb drive Chinese cut of town/ Miners' Onion alleged to have declared boycott against Chinese, who are said to be peaceable residents. "If the facts are as understood and represented by the Chinese minister, the department would be pleased if yovi would timely take such measures is you may find appropriate to present iolence, and to assure the Chinese pro? tection and unrestricted enjoyment :>f treaty rierhts and privileges. John Hay, "Secretary of State." The Governor replied as follows : "John Eay, Secretary cf State. Washington : Your message of March 7 received. I shall take up the matter mentioned in your telegram with the county and town authorities at Ouray immediately and ascertain what can be done." Preacher Rebukes the King. London^ March 7.-There was a striking " scene in the City Temple yesterday, when during the course of bis sermon, the Rev- Joseph Parker, D. D., the minister, administered a pointed rebuke to King Edward, which was loudly applauded by the congregation. Having alluded to pub? lic houses as "trap-doors of hell," Dr. Parker referred to the King's recent brewing of beer while visiting Lord Burton. "Pray for me," said the divine, " that 1 may speak delicately, loyally. If the King brews beer what can be wrong in the subject drinking it? What the King does is likely to be imitated by others. If the King goes to a Sunday concert, as he did recently, he deals a deadly blow to the Englishman's Sunday. The King cannot attend a non-conformist place of worship, but he can go to a Sunday concert." San Antonio, Texas., Mrach 7.-A broken rail caused a frightful wreck on the Southern Pacific railroad near Maxon station, 25 miles west of San? derson, at 3 o'clock this morning. From the latest accounts received here 15 people were ki Heck outright and 28 persons were more or less injuredd. "SUB" BEGGAR'S CONFESSION. Man Who Has Made Big Money Tells of Some of the Tricks of the trade. Richmond Times. From a casual necessity begging has become an art in which ingenuity excels. Today the tricks of the beggar are multitudinous and clever: the same effort and care in another profes? sion would possibly win distinction in other pursuits for the best of the beg? gars. Of late Richmond has had her share of beggers, several of them hav? ing come before Justice Orutchfield in the Police Court. In view of the great number of beggars now in this city, the confession of one, supposed to be blind, is interesting. This concession was made to the writer a day or so ago and throws a vast deal of light upon begging as an art. According to the statement of this beggar he has been operating in Rich? mond for some three weeks, and has i made something like SS a day ever since he has been here. His plan is ridiculous in i ts simplicity, and is dis? tinguished'by the fact that he never asks for money or even wears a sign stating that he is blind. And the ridiculous part of it all is that he is not blind, never has been, and .makes no outside pretensions in that direc? tion. He came here from Baltimore, where he operated until driven away. MAKES BIG MONEY. "Money?" he said in reply to a ?uestion. "Sure, there's money in it. )o you think I'm in it for me health? I make sometimes as high as ten dol? lars, a day, and I never run below five. Because why? Because I keeps me mouth shut and plays for the big game. I generally gets it. You notice that I am always neatly dressed. That is a part of the game. See this stick? Another part of the game. With these clothes on, with this, stick and a pair of blue glasses I'll bet that I can make more money begging and not asking for a cent than some of the best business men of the city can make. "My game is simple. I put on the glasses, take my stick in one hand and. feeling before me with the stick, walk down the street. Of course,' I am all right. I have had forty people on the verge of nervous prostration through what appeared to them to be my danger, that is a favorite trick of the game I am working. For in? stance, I go slowly into the middle of street, feeling my way with a stick, allow myself to get in the path of a heavy wagon or something - com? ing toward ' me, and betcherneck I know how far away it is. Of coarse, always at the proper moment, I move. Meanwhile some half a dozen men will rush out from -the sidewalk to save the poor blind man. "This trick always arouses sym? pathy. People ask me where I am going. I always say that I am going to some place I know to be a mile or so away, but that I have no money and can't ride. Sometimes it is necessary to tell how the boy I had hired to lead me about deserted me'in the street and left me to go by myself. These appeal usually arouses a man's sympathy and he will give me a quar? ter or a half a dollar, and once there was a pretty woman who gave me- a five dollar bill and enquired my name and address. I was ashamed to take the money-but I did it. "Usually, however, I merely walk along the street until I reach a cross street, where I stand until I see some? one who looks easy coming along. Then I ask them to help a blind, man across the street and in forty-nine out of fifty cases they will do it. They ask where I am going, and there is usually a repetition of the scene I have jast mentioned. I have had them time after time take me and put me on a car with a quarter andjoay fare paid. Its easy money when you do that as often in a day as I do." Then the supposed blind man talked of other begging games. P "I think," he said, and he spoke with the air of experience which was convincing, "that the. blind game is the best of all the begging games. But there are some other good ones. One is the deaf and dumb game. This : requires a great deal of care and train- : ing, and is much more difficult than ; the blind game. One is always liable to look around at any sudden noise or to speak sometimes, or to show that they understand what is said in their ? presence. Those things, . of course, ; always give away the game. " I met a man in Baltimore who is ? the best deaf and dumb player I ever : saw. I saw one man try about twenty times to trick him into some sign of comprehension, but it never fazed him. Yet he can hear and talk as well as I ; can. He usually worked with printed cards. : "By the way, there was a man who tried to trick me here the other day at Eighth and Broad Streets. He drew a coin out of his pocket and dropped it on the ground and J walked away. I couldn't afford to give myself away, ? felt for the coin two or three times i with my stick and went up the street. A woman picked it up. and gave it to me. " The cripple game is a good one,, but it means considerable pain some? times to the man who works it. A man must train himself to hold his hand or leg in a certain position, and this is very trying. Then the man who ; has recently been hurt is another good j one. This is done by croton oil blis? tering, and when one doubts the injury it can be shown. It makes a horrible looking spot and one which is always effective. I have worked that game several times myself. There is a place in Division Street, in New York where they teach all these tricks. "The child game is always a good one, but it is hard to get a child who has enough sense to work it. It is a story of hunger, and sick mother and medicine and things. There is a New Yorkei known as 'Red Leary,' who has some twenty of these chil? dren working for him and he pays them big for it." In this connection the advice given by tho members of the Citizens' Relief Association to the public not to give to beggars but to refer them to the Association seems to be good. No deserving case is overlooked by the Association, and at the same time it saves the pablic from being im? posed upon. Good work has been done by this Association, and the officers of the law refer all needy persons there. BRITISH DEFEAT IN AFRICA. One of the Worst of the South African. War-Gen. Methuen is . a Prisoner. London, March IO.-It was announc? ed today that Gen. Lord Methuen and ?four guns had been captnred by the Boers commanded by Gen. Delarey. The news came like a thunderbolt to London. The extra editions of the even? ing papers with an account of the disas? ter were eagerly bought up and their readers hurried through the streets with anxious faces and bitter remarks were passed on the subjcet of the "gov? ernment's declaration that the war in South Africa was over. The news came too late to affect business on the stock exchange, but excited curb deal? ings quickly followed the closing in which South Af ricans slumped heavily. The news caused excitement in the mine market. Throgmorton street was thronged with South African operators eagerly inquiring for details of the British defeat and watching the effect of the announcement. Shares were offered freely at first; but by 6 o'clock the excitemnet had abated and the curb one hardened. The news was received in the house of commons amid great excitement The reading of Lord Kitchener's tele? gram by the war secretary, Mr. Brod? rick, was listened to in deep silence which was broken by loud Irish cheers. Instantly there were cries of "shame! shame!" from the govern? ment benches. Then the Irish mem? bers seemedd to think better of their outbreak, and suddenly subside. The subsequent eulogistic references to Gen. Methuen were received with cheers. In brief, Lord Kitchener announced that when Gen. Methuen was cap? tured, wounded, with four guns, three British officers and 38 men were kill? ed and five officers and 72 men wound? ed. In addition one officer and 200 men were reported missing. The text of Lord Kitchener's dis? patch anounncing the capture of Gen. Methuen is as follows : "Pretoria, Saturday, March 8.-I greatly regret to have to send you bad news bf Methuen. . He was mov? ing with 900 mounted men, under Major Paris, and 300 infantry, four guns and a pompom, from Wynburg to Liehtenburg, and was to meet Gren? fell, with 1,300 mounted men at Rovi rainesfontein today. Yesterday morn? ing early he was attacked by Dela rey's force between Twe-Bosch and Palmieteknill. The Boers charged on three sides. "Five hundred and fifty men have come in at Maribogs and Kraaipan. They were pursued by the Boers four miles from the scene of the action. They report that Methuen and Paris, with the guns, bagagge, etc., were captured by the Boers. Methuen, when last seen was a prisoner. I have no details of the casualiti?s, and sug? gest delaying publication till ; I can send definite news. I think this sud? den revival of activity on the part of Delarey is to draw off the troops press? ing De Wet." In a second dispatch, dated Sunday, March 9, Lord Kitchener says : "Paris has come in at Kraaaipan, with the remainder of the men. He reports that the column was moving in two parties. One, with the ox wagons, left Twe-Bosch at 3 a. m. The other, with the mule wagons, started an hour later. Jost before dawn the Beers attacked. Before re snforcements could reach them the rear guardd broke. In- the meantime, a large number of Boers galloped upon both flanks. These at first were checked by the flank parties, but the panic and stampede of the mules had begun, and all the mule .wagons, with a terrible mixture of mounted men, rushed past the ox wagons. All efforts to check them were unavailing. Ma? jor Paris collected 40 men and occu? pied a position a mile in front of the ox wagons, which were then halted. After a [ gallant but useless defense, the enemy rushed into the ox wagons and Methuen was wounded in the thigh, Paris, being surrounded, sur? rendered at 10 a. m. Methuen is still in the Boer camp.". Then follows the number of the . casualties, as "already cabled. The killing includes Lieuts, G. E. Yen? ning and T. W. P. Nesham of the Royal artillery who were killed while serving their guns with case shots. A certain drug clerk had heard the story of the colored woman who, on asking for flesh-colored court-plaster, was given black by the observant shop-keeper: and he treasured up the incident, hoping for an opportunity to imitate the sharpness of the dealer. His opportunity came. One evening a comely colored girl stepped into the store where he was employed. "I wants some co'rt-plaster," she said. "What color?" inquired the clerk, with affected nonchalance. "Flesh cullan, sah." Trembling in his shoes, and keeping within reach of a heavy pestle, the clerk handed the young woman a box of black court-plaster. He was sur? prised at the time that the situation afforded so little humor. The girl opened the box with deliberation that was ominous, but the face was unruffled as she noted the color of the contents. "I guess you mus' a' misunderstood my ordab. I asked for flesh cullan, and you done give me skin cullan," she said. The drug clerk is said to be still a little dazed, and he has firmly resolv? ed to subject every joke to rigid labor? atory test nereafter before using. Pittsburg News. Ui III The State board recently adopted a resolution directing that 825,000 be paid into the State treasury on ac? count of the school fnnd. This pay? ment is^to be made at once and the money "will be available under the provisions of the Act. Roanoke, Ya., March 10.-Burnett Linkous and Clous Reynolds, white, wanted for raising checks in Mont? gomery county, were surrounded by a sheriff's posse in Giles county today. Both men. who have been defying the law for several months made a simultaneous resistance and Reynolds fired on the officers. The latter re? turned the fire, killing Reynolds and capturing Linkous. ' Detective stories of all kinds at H. G. Osteen & Co's book store. VEST ARRAIGNS SHIP SUBSIDY. A Strong and Unanswerable Ar? gument Against the Scheme. Washington, March IO.-For nearly two hours today Mr. Vest of Missouri addressed the senate in opposition to the pending ship subsidy bill. No member of the body has been accorded , more flatteringly close attention than . he received. Despite his evident j feebleness he spoke with force and fire I and at times became brilliantly elo? quent. He carefully analyzed the I pending measure and marshaled his ! aguments against it with cogencv and I effect. Mr. Tillman of South Carolina fol? lowed with a brief speech in opposi? tion to the, bill.. He denounced the policy of gi'vingjsnbsidies to anybody* particularly to individuals and . cor? porations engaged in the formation of shipping trusts. The Missouri senator declared that 73 per cent, of the proposed subsidy which would "be received by ships on the Atlantic would go to a single line -the International Navigation com? pany-the American line. It was in this respect open to the same objec? tion as the bill presented to the last congress. The vessels would get the subsidies whether they carried a sin? gle postal card or rot. He declared that the pending bill provided for a "pure, naked and un? adulterated subsidy" and said it was defended on the ground that with the. subsidy, the American . merchant marine could>compete- with the sub? sidized ships of European powers.. He denied "emphatically and distinct? ly" that such would be the result of the bill's operation. England, he asserted, had 53 percent of the ocean carrying trade of the world, but he denied that England paid subsidies to. her vessels. Most of England's ocean commerce was carried by her tramp steamers. They were to be found in every port and came into competition rith each other, but not a penny of subsidy was paid to any of them. In adverting briefly to the operation of the Dingley tarin* law, Mr. Vest V spoke of the lumber schedule Mr. Hanna interrupted to inquire low many Democratic senators hajL . roted for a tax of $2 a thousand f?et ipon lumber when the Dingley bill ras before the senate. Mr. Vest replied that he conld not tell. He did not, he knew. The ict that any Democratic senator .did vote for it indicated only the force of ?riff combinations. . ;. Mr. Tillman of South Carolina in? fected, the remark that he had roted for the $2 tax on lumber, al? though he knew it was a . steal, and lad so stated at the time. He had , roted for it, however, because he pro- : )sed to get out of the tariff bifi a ^ share for his State and that was the only way ' South Carolina could get . -nything.. ? y Mr. Vest criticised the majority of the commerce committee for elimi? nating from this bill the provision, which, required a subsidized ship te carry at least-50 per cent of her cargo capacity upon any voyage upon which she was'to receive subsidy. ' Mr. Vest urged that if the "ship? ping trusts" were to be subsidized there was no reason why the farming industry and the mining industry, too, should not be subsidized. Mr. Vest maintained that ships could be built in this country as cheaply as they would be/ built any? where. The shipyards of the United States never were more fully employed than they now were and had been for several years. _ ? . ? . He made an attack upon the naviga? tion laws of the United States, declar? ing that they were responsible for the decline of the merchant marine The remedy was to abrogate thenavigation laws and permit citizens of the United States to buy their ships where they could buy them cheapest. Mr. Vest said if this subsidy is given it will be but the beginning of the end and will result in ? monopoly equal to that of the Standard Oil company EFFORT TO DEFEAT " CUBAN .RECIPROCITY. " ? Some Republicans Wish to Postpone Ail Action for This Session. V; Washington, March 9. - Sunday . i brought something of alull in the agitation over Cuban reciprocity, al? though the elements for and against concessions continued to^ prosecute their plans in anticipation of the struggle on Tuesday night when the fourth conference of house Republicans will be held. During the day there . were no formal meetings and consulta? tions. The tactical plans of the ways and means committee are largely com? mitted to Representative Long-, of Kansas, who was busy prosecuting his - *. canvass. Mr. Long was in. consulta? tion, during the day with Speaker Henderson, who is taking an active ^ interest in having the ways and means committee supported, on the ground that the opposition is one which to some extent affects the regular organi- ** zation of the house. The various con? sultations, however, did not lead to any new developments in the situation. Those who oppose the ways and means committee continued to assert that they had a list showing 108 Republican members with some 25 more doubtful. + If this claim could be made good, it would be decisive in the coming con? ference. But Chairman Payne and his associates, while giving no figures, do not concede the strength claimed^ by the opposition. When seen tonight Mr. Payne declined to say what the committee plans are or to make any claims but said he was entirely satis? fied with the situation. One of the ? leaders of the oppostion element says that the main effort on Tuesday night would be to defer all action, at least for this session of congress. London, March S.-Lord Kitchen? er, in a dispatch from Pretoria, dated today, reports the discovery of a Boer magazine in a cave northeast? ward of Rietz, Orange River Colony, <c: containing 310,000 rounds of rifle am? munition, hundreds of shells and fuses, 200 pounds of powder, a Maxim gun, helios, field telegraphs and quantities of -stores. Thirty five Boers ,r have been captured in the same neigh? borhood since March 4. The magazine was discovereV3|by Canadian scouts. . ? |