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SO?ESNMEtiT GF PHILIPPINES. Provisions of the Bill Just Passed by the Senat?. r The Philippine government . bill, ?s passed by the senate iinesday, ap proves the action of the president in creating the Philippine commission and the offices Of civil governor and vice governor of the islands, and au thorizes the governor and vice govern or to exercise the powers of govern ment as directed by executive order. Future appointments of the governor or vice governor shtll be made by the president, with the advice and consent of the senate "Tho bill of rights" of the United States constitution is applied to the Philippine islands, with the exception of the right to bear arms and the right to trial by jury. The supreme court and other courts of the islands shall exercise jurisdic tion as heretofore provided by the Philippine commission and -the justices - of the supreme court shall be appoint ed by the president and the senate. All the inhabitants of the Philip pine islands are deemed to be citizens of the Philippine islands and entitled to the protection of the United States. The Philippine commission is au thorized to establish municipal and provincial governments with popular representative gorvemment so far and ?s fast as the communities are capable and fit for the same, the Philippine commission being authorized to deter mine the qualification of the electors. All land in the Philippines is placed under the control of the Philippine commission for the benefit of the in - habitants of the islands, except such as may be needed for the use of. the United States. The government of the Philippines shall make rules and reguhitions for the disposition of the pubHc lands, but the regulations shall not go into effect until approved by the president and "congress; provided th at a single homestead entry shall not extend 40 acres, and also provided that no such land shall be leased, let or demised to any corporation until a law regu- ] lating the disposition of the public j lands shall be enacted. No corporation shall be authorized to engage in agriculture unless provis ion shall have bee nmade therefor. The Philippine commisison is au thorized to acquire the friar lands"and is empowered to issue bonds to pay for them. These lands, once acquired, shall be a part of the domain of the United States and may be disposed of as such. Upon the supreme court of the Uni ted States is conferred the right to re view the decisions of the supreme court of the Philippines. Municipalities are authorized to issue bonds for municipal improve ments. It is provided that the bonds shall be gold bonds and shall be free from any taxation. The government of* the Philippines is authorized to grant franchises and concesjsons, including the right of eminent domain, for the construction of works of public utility, provided that no private property shall be taken without just compensation ; that no franchise shall he granted to any cor-. poration that shall not be subject to review by congress ; and that all lands granted shall revert, at the expiration of the concession, to the governments by which they were made. No corporation shall be authorized to conduct the business of buying and selling real estate, and the amount of real estate which shall be held by any ??rporation shall be determined by con A mint is to be established in Ma nila and coins authorized may be coin ed at the mini, the coinage laws of the United States being extended to the islands. The Philippine government is authorized to coin a silver dollar, containing 416 grains of standard sil ver, to be a coin of the Philippine isl ands, the denomination of the coin to be expressed in English, Filipino and Chinese cbaracteirs. The dollar shall be legal tender in the Philippines for public and private debts, except where otherwise stipulated. Murder Follows Vaccination. ? . ? Reports received by the war depart ment from Manila describe the case of a Filipino who regarded vaccination a justification of murder. On May 7 last a Filipino was hansr ed in the province of Negros for the murder of Private Charles L. Leon ard, Company G, Sixth infantry, who volunteered to assist another enlisted man in vaccinating some of the na tives of Bacong. The Filipino, it seems, showed "some reluctance to being vaccinated, but later submitted with seeming willing ness to the operation, and then accom :: panied the two soldi ers to other nouses ' to watch the effect of the operation. No treachery was susepcted by his victim, who, upon leaving the house of a native just vaccinated, was way laid by the accused, who plunged a dagger into his breast, inflicting a wound from which he expired the same day. The native admitted his guilt and gave no other reason for bis murderous attack on Leonard than that the later had vaccinated him. Gen. Botha is Happy. Pretoria, June 4.?Regarding the termination of the war, Gen. Botha, the Boer ieader remarked: *r* It is the happiest day of my life since I left school." The Boers do not anticipate the least difficulty in bringing in the various commandoes. The work of returning the men to their wives, children and farms will, however, be heavy and difficult. It is impossible to send them straight to the veldt. It is ab solutely necessary at this time of the year to have warm shelter, and wooden huts have already been ordered from the coast towns, to be delivered in sections to each family. Those who are nnable to return to their former avocations will be temporarily sup ported by the government. The question of restocking the farms is also under consideration. The main difficulty is to find wheat and cattle likely to thrive. No great difficulty is experien?ed in regard to horses, as the government is able to dispose of great numbers of remounts. Detective, stories of all kinds at H. G? Osteen & Co's book store. OQNQ?TSQN OF COTTON. Only Once in 21 Years Has It Been So Good. The statistician of the national de partment of agriculture estimates the total area in cotton at about three tenths of one per cent, less than the acreage planted last year. On the basis of trhe acreage figures published on May 31 last year this wonld give an acreage for the year 1902-03 of ahput 27,450,000. From the recently published census report for 1899, how ever, it is apparent that for some time past the acreage planted in cotton in the Carolinas, Arkansas and Tennessee \ has been somewhat over-estimated and that in Texas and other States more or less under-esitmated, with the result that for the cotton belt as a whole there has been an under-estimation of acreage and an over-estimation of yield per acre. The census report raises the esti mate of the area planted for 1902-03 to about 27,878,000 acres, or 72,000 acres less than "the revised area for last year. There is a reported decrease in acreage, amounting to 9 per cent in North Carolina ; 46 per cent, in South Carolina, 4 per cent, in Georgia, 3 per cent, in Alabama, 4-10 of 1 per cent, in Mississippi and 3-10 of 1 per cent, in Arkansas. On the other hand, there is an increase of 3 per cent, in Louisiana and Florida;, 2.5 per cent, in Tesas, 8 per cent in Missouri, 15 per ecnt. in Oklahoma, 24 per cent, in Indian Territory and 5-10 of 1 per cent in Tennessee. The average condition of the grow ing cotton crop on May 26 was 95.1 as compared with 8L5 on May 20 of last year, 82.5 on June 1,1900, 85.7 on June 1, 1899, and a ten year average of 86. Only twice within a period of 21 years, namely, in 1877 and 1896, has the ; average condition on June 1 been as I high as the condition now reported. I In the former year it was 96.9 and in the latter 97.2. The condition by States is as fol lows : North Carolina 91, South Caro lina 97, Georgia 94, Florida 100, Ala bama 92. Mississippi. 94, Louisiana 96, Texas 95, Arkansas 100, Tenens see 100; Oklahoma 96, Indian Terri tory 99. Riotous Scenes In Chicago. Chicago, Jnne 5.?A pitched battle occurred between a crowd of negroes, imported from St. Louis, to take the places of the striking stockyard ] teamsters, and toughs and strikers at Forty-fifth street and Centre avenue yesterday, in which six negroes were badly injured, two possibly mortally. The substitutes were driving wagons when they were assaulted. Many of their assailants were armed with ice pike poles they had seized from wagons, and in the fight negroes were badly lacerated by these weapons. Ore man had his thigh broken and anoth er was injured internally. The im ported negroes number about 50. McLaurin'8 future. I The announcement that the Presi li dent has decided to appoint Senator John Ii. McLaurin, of South Carolina, a Judge of thv) United States Court of Claims will be accepted in many quarters as a proclamation that Mc Laurin *3 efforts to change political conditions in South Carolina and to build up a strong and enduring 4 4 pro gressive" party there are fruitless, and that Senator Tillman's assertion that Senator McLaurin's political influ ence has ebbed is true. Senator Mc Laurin's power and influence as a pol itical leader will cease, of course, when he assumes the judicial office. It is surmised that Senator Tillman will not in his inner consciousness object to the shelving of Senator McLaurin in this manner, though it is suggested that the appointment of the Senator to a Federal judgeship would be in the nature of a vindication of his course, a reward for his services to his and the preceding administrations and a ' rebuff to Senator Tillman himself. The foreshadowed action which is to remove Senator McLaurin from the political scene and its effect upon the fortunes of the "progressive" party in the South will be variously view ed. The appointment of the leaders of the somewhat nebulous new party of progress in the South to Federal offices may give it some encouragement. The hope of substantial reward is one of the spurs to political activity, as human nature goes: but Senator Till man will now be left in practically unchallenged possession of the field in South Carolina, and the party of pro gress there can scarcely be rallied for an effective campaign. One of the Washington correspondents goes so far as to express the belief that Mr. Till man will not oppose the McLaurin ap pointment.?Philadelphia Ledger. McLaurin's Successor. Columbia, June G.?Though nothing more has been heard of the expected resignation of Senator McLaurin, everyone seems to take it that the res ignation is coming, and there is still much talk about the successor in case of a vacancy. Up to the close of office hours yesterday the names of nine different leading South Carolinians had been presented to the governor by their friends. Almost every section of the State is represented in the list of names. In some cases volunteer en dorsements of certain men are coming into the gonvernor's hands. All mat ters pertaining to the possible vacancy are being filed away to await tn'e developments of the future. Men who have had experience in politics say that if McLaurin resigns it will not be until after Congress has adjourned. How to Avoid Trouble. Now is the time to provide yourself and family with a bottb of Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I. ia almost certain to be needed before the summer is over, and if procured now ma'y save you a trip to town in the night or in your busiest season. It is everywhere ad mitted to be the most successful medicine in use for bowel complaints, both for chil dren and adults. Xo family can afford to be without it. For sale by Dr. A. J. China. My little son had an attack of whooping cou<?h and was threatened with pneumonia; but for Chamberlaint Cough Reriiedy we would have had a serious time <?f it. It aiso sa\ed him from several se\e^e attacks of croup.?H. J. Strickfades. editor World Herald. Fair Haven, Wash. For sale by Dr. A. J. China. ?6AINST THE MEAT TRUST. j Injunction Issued by New York Supreme Court Justice. - j Albany, . Y., June 6.?Supreme ! Court Justice Chester has granted an I injunction restraining certain beef packing companies of the West from carrying on business in this State in violation of the provisions of the Don ! nelly Ani-Trust law. The order was served upon the representatives of the company in this city and will be serv ed on others throughout the State as quickly as they can be reached, it was obtained upon the affidavit of D. W. ftjereditb, a;former manager cf Swift & Co. The injunction is direct ed against Armour & Co., Swift & Co., Cudahy Packing Company, Hammond Company, Schwarzchild & Sulzberger Company, domestic and foreign cor porations, and against Nelson Morris, Edward Morris and Ira Norris, copart - ners, carrying on business as Nelson Morris & Co. Their managers and al;, persons acting for them- are restrained and enjoined from fixing and deter mining, by combining together, the prices to be charged for meat and from agreeing among themselves as to the supply of meat to be brought into this State by them, and from acting upon any understanding tending to .diminish such supply, and from fixing or maintaining prices of their and ; each other's products by agreement. They are also enjoined from acting I under any agreement whereby the price of labor shall be affected or com petition therein affected, and also from maintaining uniform rules for credit to dealers or fixing uniform prices for, cartage. ' Attorney GeneraLDavis asked that the injunction be made permanent, and "Justice Chester directed that it continue until other or further order of the Court. LATE FLASHES OF THE WIRES. Examinations of the cadet corps at West' Point have " been completed. William A. Mitchell, of Georiga, will head the graduating class. The senate has passed a bill to au thorize the construction of a bridge across the Waccamaw river at Conway, S C, by the Conway and Seashore Railroad Company. It is said that Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, com an ding the army, is threatened with an immediate court martial on the charge of having^ be trayed official secrets. Th? meat teamsters' strike in Chicago has been amicaby adjusted and the strikers have returned to work. Both sides made concessions, and all Chicago is delighted that the war is over. At Belai r, a few. miles from Augusta, Capt. Henry P. Baker, was walking up the railroad track to the polls to vote, on Thursday, when he walked direct ly into an approaching train and was killed instantly, his body being hor ribly mangled. He was deaf, but his sight was good. The surgeons of the Southern Bail way are holding their seventh annual convention in Washington. Among the ?apers read was one by Dr. C. A. 'eague, of Granitevi He, S C, on "Spinal paralysis, clinical report." The delegates were received at the Whito House by President Roosevelt. President Henry S. Hartzog is to remain at the head of Clemson Col lege. It has so been decided by the board of trus?es in their annual meeting. Mr. Hartzog was complete ly exonerated and was requested to withdraw his resignation, which he has done. Commencement exercises are in progress. W. B. Jackson, a young man from Winnsboro, was grinding some tools at a planing mill at Batesburg, the grindstone belted to the enigne and re volving rapidly. Suddenly the stone burst and one large piece struck Mr. Jackson in the face. He was knocked into insensibility and died an hour afterwards He leaves an invalid wife and two small children. District Attorney John G Capers, Postmaster George I. Cunningham and William L. Harris are in Washington in connection with the Charleston postmastership. Their mission is probably to explain to the Pesident why Mr. Harris was "played off" on him asa Charles tonian, when it only took Senator Till man a short time to prove to the Presi dent that Harris is a citizen of New York. There is some talk of appoint ing W. B. Wilson in place of Harris. Representatives of the -Lancashire cotton manufacturers, who have just returned to England from a tour of in vestigation in the United States, say they found the cotton industry in America, especially the manufacture of fancy cloths, to be fully up to their expectations, but they add the labor conditions in the South are decidedly bad. The representatives were particu larly struck with the success of the automatic loom and recommend it to the serious attention of the English manufacturers. For biliousness use Chamberlaint Stom ach & Liver Tablets. They cleanse the stomach and regukte the liver and bowels, effecting a quick and permanent cure. For sale by Dr. A. J. China. Supreme Gouri Adjourns. Columbia, June t?.?The justices of the supreme court have left the city for their summer vacation, the April term of the court having been fiinsh ed yesterday. The court does not meet airain until November unless sooner called together by the chief justice. The term just closed has been an un usually light one. Chief Justice Mel ver is still in the Sarvannah sani tarium and reports from him are en couraging. Loads Them AIL "One Minute Cough Cure beats all other medicine* I ever t ried for coughs, colds, croup and throat and lun?r, troubles,*' says D. Scott Currin. of Loganton, Pa. One Minnie Cough Curo is the only absolutely safe cough remedy which acts immediately. Mothers everywhere testify to the good :t has done their little one*. Croup is so sud den in its attacks that the doctor often arrives too late. It yields at once to One Minute Cough Cure. Pi'easant to take. Children like it. Sure cure for grip, bron chitis, coughs. J. S. Hughsrn & Co. NOTES OF THE DAY. ! Over one hundred vacancies in the grade of Second Lieutenant in the regular army are now open to enlisted men and civilians. Returns from the Oregon State elec tion show big Republican gains, except that the governorship was won by George Chamberlain,' Democrat. H. Baker has been appointed super intendent of the Charlotte division of the Southern railway, with offices at Charlotte, N. C, vice C. S. McManus, appointed assistant to the general man ager at Washington. In the Georgia primary, the congres sional representatives now serving, except W. H. Fleming, Tenth district, who was defeated by T. W. Hard wick, received overwhelming majori ties for renomiation. Secretary Root says that Gen. Miles has not been summoned to Washing ton. The general, it is said, is now en route from Fort Riley, Kas., to West Point, in response to an invita tion to attend the centennial celebra tion there next week. King Edward has changed his birth day from November 9 to May 30. But the power to change one's birthday is not limited to kings. It is exercised j by thousands of women who have no I royal prerogatives. James J. Cavanaugh, of Watertown, Mass., died the other day, in his one hundred and twelfth year. He was in the habit of taking alcoholic stimu lants and he had used tobacco for more than 100 years. Whai other life shortening vices he had is not men tioned. The House of Representatives to be elected this year will be chosen under the new apportionment made since the Federal census of 1900. There are -9 additional districts, bringing up the total membership of the next House to 386, and there is some uncertainty as to the political changes caused by the reapportionment in several of the States. Lord Salisbury at the age of 71 has taken to tricycling. Before that he was, as a French writer put it, the only man "who kept a carriage in or der to walk behind it." Cf course, he walked on the pavement, or what an American would call the sidewalk, but the carriage was kept at hand, that he might more easily dodge an undesir able interview. After having been in session at Nor folk for over three weeks, the national convention of Brotherhood of Locomo tive Engineers adjourned Wednesday until the second Tuesday in May, 1?04, when they will again convene in Los Anegles, Cal. Among the most important business transacted was the piovision made for pensioning all old and disabled members of the brother hood. The boys of Arabia have a curious way of playing marbles. The marble is placed in the hollow between the mi ddle finger and the forefinger of the leit hand, the hand being flat on the ground and the fingers closed . The forefinger of the right 'hand is then pressed firmly on the end joint of the middle finger, which pushes the mid dle finger suddenly aside, and the fore finger slips out with sufficient force to propel the shooter very accurately. The great English Derby was run Wednesday and was won by J. Gub bin's brown colt Ard Patrick, 7 to 1 against, ridden by J. H. Martin, the American jockey, by three lengths. Time, 2:24^. The betting was 100 to 14 e gainst Ard Patrick. Mr Gubbins, the owner of Ard Patrick, is an Irish mar , who owns a big stud of horses at Limerick. He also owned Galtee Moore, which won the Derby in 1S97. Mr. Gubbins subsequently sold Galtee Moore to the Russian government for 21,000 pounds. One of the most interesting demon strations of 'the International Aero nautic Commission, in session in Ber lin last week, was that- of Professor Assman's rubber balloons, with auto mati 2 registers, for recording phenom ena in the highest attitudes, where they finally explode through gas pres sure. After the explosion a parachute safely ?ansd the apparatus. The pro fesso:: sent up three balloons May 22, in tha presence of the commission, the apparatus cf two of which was found. One of the balloons registered an alti tude of 20,000 metres (about 13 miles), the highest attained by a balloon. The temperature was SO degrees, Fahrenheit, below zero. Two periodic comets are expected to return during the present year. The first was originally discovered by Tem ple at Marseilles in 1SG9 and revolves about the sun every five and a half years. It was independently discover ed by Swift in California in ISSO and was again found by Barnard at the Lick Observatory in 1891. It was not seen in 18SG and in 1S97, nor be tween ?IS69 and ISSO. It is expected to return early in December, 1902. The second comet was discovered by Swift in California in 1895, and its preiod is about seven years. It is not improb ably identical with the comet discov ered by Messier at Marseilles in 1770. It was expected to'return in 1775, but in passing close to Jupiter its orbit was greatly altered. It will return toward l;he end of November, 1902. j! ?'egetablePreparalionforAs |j sia?a?ngllieFoodandEeguIa 11 ling ihzStoiaaciis andBcfwels of Promotes Digesl?on,Cheerfur ness andRest.Conteins neither Opii.m,Morp?iine norMiasral. 1$ot Harc otic Jbctpe afOteDrS?lfUELP?TWER P rphn Scoi' ?bcSenna * ?ockelk.Sc?S jioiseSced. * f?spemwi? - BiCtr?oncI&Sbdtt+ JfSn*Seed~ C?mfc? Sogar vnarsr. Aperfect Remedy for Constipa lion, Sour Stomach,Diarrlioea Worms .Convulsions Jeverish ness and Loss of Sleep. Facsimile Signature oF NEW-YORK. EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. Eor Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the e Os For Over Thirty Years THE CENTAUR COMPANY. NEW YORK CITY. B +OvOv 0+0+0+ AND v?vOvOOv?v?v We took in a lot of : Good : Young : Stock s Which have since fattened up, and being acclimated are really more fit for present use than fresh ones* The time approaches when planters are pre* paring for the next year. Come and see them. They will be sold worth the money. 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