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TSE 9ENEUL ASSEMBLY. Long Days Work by the Senate? The Bouse Practically Finished. SSI! TAX BILL KILLED. Appropriations Agreed On by Free Conference Committee?Many Bills Killed and Others Con tinued to Next Session. Columbia, Feb. 21.?The house of representatives was in session spas modically yesterday. As soon as the formalities of calling the body to or der were over, Mr. Williams moved that all bills on the calendar be con tinued until nest session. This was carried, and a number of bills died in this way. The entire day was spent in audit ing the reports of conference and free conference committee reports and when not engaged in this work the house took recess at frequent inter vals. The ways and means committee's work for the session was completed early in ;ihe day, the appropriation, legislative appropriation and county revenue or "supply" bills having been ordered to the engrossing depart ment There were few matters of dis agreement and these were easily set tled. The bill relating to the salary and territory -of every magistrate in the State was sent to the engrossing department at an early hour. The free conference committee on the appropriation bill submitted its report yesterday morning. The com mittee recommended that the senate recede from a number of amendments. The following were adopted : Governor's stenographer $500 instead of $400 as recommended by the senate. Railroad commissioner's stenogra pher $40C. The State geologist will get 61,500 for his contingent fund instead of $2, 000 as recommended by the senate and 61,000 by the house. The S site board of health gets $S, ?00 for the purpose of protection against tlbte spread of contagion, and the governor is authorized in case of emergency to borrow $7,000 additional for that purpose. The attorney general will not get ?3,000 for the purpose of prosecuting the trusts, but will get $500. The comptroller general's office gets $2GG additional for stationery ? and stamps for the insurance department The Scuth Carolina college gets the recommendations of the senate $29, 400, instead of $23,107 as adopted by the house, and $1,640 additional for scholarshhips. Winthrop college gets $52.000 and $5,460 for scholarships. The latter sum was stricken out by the house. The Citadel gets $25,000 for scholar ships, $1,000 for repairs; $250 for gymnasium, $100 for library, $1,200 for insurance. . The State colored college $5,000 for general support and $1,500 for^the roof on a new building. These were the only contested points and all were settled without much trouble. The appropriation bill was presented on better time this year than ever be fore, and the chairman, Mr. Altamont Moses, has been commended for the promptness of the committee. The free conference- committee on Mr. Morgan's road bill recommended the rejection of the bill. ? The report was adopted and the bill was killed. The senate wanted to fix the age of persons subject to road duty from 21 to 50 years. The house wanted to leave the age limit at the discretion of the several boards of county commis sioners. The original bill contem plated a flexible law allowing a com mutation tax, etc., to take the place of the old law fixing the commutation tax at $1 for all counties. The bill was killed and the old law stands?to the regret of many members of the house. The night session was the occasion for the usual annual frolic, the mock session, but this failed to please the great crowd in the galleries as much as usual on account of the lack of order and system in carrying out the sport. After disposing of the road law and several other matters reported from free conference commitees, the house at 11 o'clock adjourned until 12.30 a. m., expecting to assemble at that hour and to finish up the work of the session. SATURDAY MORNING. The house was ealled to order at 12.30 a. m., by the clerk, CoL Tom j C. Hamer. Speaker Smith called upon Hon. J. O. Wingo of Greenville to invoke divine blessings. After waiting a few minutes, Mr. Moses re ported the probability of the senate taking a recess until 9.30 in the morn ing, so the house decided to wait no longer as there was no pressing busi ness, and took a recess until 10 o'clock. After practically an all day session the senate adjourned at an early hour this morning. Only house bills were on the calendar and a large number of these were uncontested. Mr. Sheppard made a motion early in the day to suspend rule 34, there by permitting the third reading of bills on this the last day of the session. According to previous agreement the vote was again taken on the question of instructing the State treasurer to write off from his books certain old Blue Ridge railroad bonds, the gover nor's veto to the contrary notwith standing. The question was raised Thursday night, that a two-thirds vote of the entire senate was necessary to override the goveror's veto, but the president ruled otherwise, and the sen ate rconsidered the vote, and ordered another vote on the same question. The roil was called and for the first time during the session every senator voted. Those who voted in the affirmative j were: Messrs. Blake, Brice, Brown, j Butler, Carpenter, Davis, Douglass, I Gaines, Goodwin, Hardin. Hay j Herndon, Hoagh, Hydrick, Johnson, j Mayfield, McDermott, Mower, JRags- j dale, G. W. RagsdaK J. W. Shlttpe, ' Sheppard, Stackhouse, Stanlrad. ! Talbird, Winiams--28. Those who voted in the negative were: Messrs, Aidrich, Forrest, Hood, ' isg, Marshall, McCall, Mclv? Kolnitz, Walker Warren?13. So the veto of ex-Gcv. McSweeney was not sustained and the bonds amounting to $37,(XX), said to have been lost or stolen years ago, will be written off the books of the State. THESE WERE KILLED. To protect highways from parallel or intersecting tramways, etc. To authorize the receiver of the president, directors and company of the State bank or his successor to sue the State to establish his right to certain State bonds claimed to have been lost or destroyed. A joint resolution to authorize and empower the board of trustees of the South Carolina college to improve lands of said college, to build there upon, to borrow money for such pur pose and : to pledge the lands so im proved for the money so borrowed. To amend code relative to appoint ment cf school trustees. To amend section 1210 of the civil code cf 1902 as to appointment of school trustees. The claim of Ex-Judge Buchanan for back salary alleged to be due him was submitted to the judiciary comit tee, who at midnight made an adverse report. It was the opinion of the judiciary committee that Judge Buchanan's claim for service was not valid. His claim was based upon the view that a judge's salary could not be reduced during his term of office. The only reason that could be assigned, the committee held, was that the appro priation bill for that year carried a salary of 83,500, while the salary re duction bill had be6n passed, and un der the terms of that bill his salary was fixed at $3,000; and for eight years Judge Buchanan drew the sum of $3,000 each year?in fact stood for reelection knowing that the salary was $3,000. The judge is either en titled "to the salary on a matter of law or he is not entitled to it. The judiciary committee of the senate held he was not entitled to any sum . whatever. The report is signed by 11 of the 13 members of the committee. Mr. Mower offered a joint resolu tion, which was adopted and sent to the house and by it accepted, to ap point a joint committee, consisting of five members, with authority to sit during the recess to ascertain the best plan to put the State on a cash basis, what additional resources of revenue for the State are avilable and what changes should be made in existing laws for the assessment and collection of taxes. Their report must be filed with the i governor by Jan. 1st next, to be trans mitted to the general assembly at its next session. The president appointed on behalf of the senate Messrs. Mower and Man ning. All debate was practically suspended j during the day until the "shad bill" j was reached. This brought Mr. Walk- j er to his feet, who in his introduction stated that it would take him an hour and a half to state clearly his objections to the bill. The senate immediately deemed it wise to continue the bill un-j til next session. During the evening 48 acts were ratified and up to midnight the total number for the session is 93. At 12.05 a. m., the senate was called to order and a quorum being present the reading of the journl was dispensed with. Third reading bills were taken up and the first measure discussed was the bill proposing a fifty cents capitation tax on all the dogs in the State. Mr. Dennis, one of the quiet sen ators, made an earnest speech against it He said the bill is a hit at the negro, and the world knows that we have eliminated the race from politics and the jury box, but we owe them something. He would be recreant to his duty as a senator not to grant them at least this one privilege. He would be ashamed that his children should be educated by tax money wrung from the opossum dog of the poor negro. Mr. Warren pointed out the uncon stitutionally of the bill, for the su preme court has decided that dogs .are property. Mr. Brown was sorry that he had to speak against the "yaller" dog, after having spoken previously upon rhe chicken bill. This is a police regula tion for the protection of the sheep and turkeys of the State. The starv ing yellow dog should be relegated to the past. Mr. Stanland advocated the mea sure and stated that there was more dogs in this State than sheep, and this he considered an unanswerable argument in favor of the bill. Coon \ hides are worth $1 apiece and one coon hide will pay tax on two dogs. The ! vote to strike out the enacting words was 14 to 14. The president voted aye so the dog bill was killed. The senate committee on the dis pensary made a report to the senate in which they declare that they find nothing wrong with the management of the dispensary. The report was accepted and ordered printed in the journal. At 1.30 the senate receded from business until 10 o'clock this morning. Atlanta, Feb. 22.? Peter Feller, one of the leading local Democratic poli ticians and State coal ganger, was shot and killed by his oldst son, Edward, today. The family claim that in a fit of ungovernable: emper Feller attempt ed to kill Edward and George, the eld est boys, for misconduct, and Edward wrestled the pistol from him and fired three shots into his father's heart. The boy surrendered. Derby, Conn., Feb. 22.? The break ing of three reservoirs in the town of Sbelton early today caused damage estimated at between $75,000 and $100, 000, and there were several narrow es- j capes from death. Spartanburg. Feb. 22.?A citizen from the Glenn Springs section, who was in the city yesterday, told of the doings of a mad dog in his neighbor hood, just across the line separting Union and Spartanburg counties on the Union side. The dog belonged to a farmer named Burnett. On Thursday the animal went mad and bit two daughters of Mr. Burnett, then mak ing his escape. The mad dog proceed ed to the house of a widow woman, living nearby, named Mrs. Smith, and savagely attacked her 13-yer-old son, Henry Smith, who was out in the yard at the time. The mother hasten ed to the assistance of the lad, and he re the animal could be beaten off, he bitten the boy?and had torn the of the mother in a number of THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Both Souses of the General Assem bly Beach Final Adjournment. Columbia. Feb. 21.?The General Assembly adjourned finBlly this after noon, after a session of six weeks. The House of Representatives met at ten this morning after having been in session until nearly two last night. At 2 p. m. the business of the year was concluded and all acts had been ratified. A message was sent to the Governor who immediately replied that he had approved the appropriation and supply bills and had no further recommenda tions to make. At 2.14 the House adjourned sine die. At 2.10 today the Senate adjourned sine die. A number of acts were rati fied, the total of the session being one hundred and eighty-five. The Gov ernor signed the appropriation and supply acts, also the per diem and mileage acts of the General Assembly. Appropriate resolutions of thanks were "extended to the president, the pre sident pro tern., and the other officers of the Senate. The representatives of the press also came in for their full share of thanks and appreciation. HEW LAWS. Acts of General and Loca! Inter est Passed by the General Assembly. To provide for the erection of a monument to Y*ade Hampton. To prevent the sale of toy pistols, etc. To regulate the employment of chil dren in factories, mines and manufac turing establishments in this State. An act.to reqcire the State treasurer to publish a monthly statement show ing the amount of money on hand and the banks in which the same is deposit ed. An act to amend section 169 of the criminal code, so as to give magis trates, jurisdiction of stealing from the field when the property stolen does not exceed $10 in value. An act to require banks having on deposit State funds to render to the State treasurer, at designated times, statements showing balances on hand to credit of the State. An act to abolish the office of phos phate inspector. An act to fix the burden of proof on the party accused of violation of game laws. An act to prohibit the sale, leasing, etc., of pistols. An act to repeal the provision of the dispensary law allowing the board of directors to make direct contracts witn distillers in this State. The general measure as to magis trates and their salaries. The three appropriations acts. An act to amend section 276 of the code of civil procedure by prescribing the number of calendars to be kept by the clerks of court, and the issue to be placed on the same. An act to amend section 2508, vol ume I, civil code 1902, limiting admis sion of wills as evidence. An act to amend section 2432 of the civil code, 1902, by changing the time in which distress warrants may be is sued. An act to prohibit the driving of cattle and other live stock into this State from other States, and to pro vide a penalty therefore. An act to authorize and empower counties and incorporated cities and towns to own and operate rock quar ries and to work convicts thereon, and extend the police jurisdiction. An act to prohibit the importation of diseased stock into this State. An act to require all railroads ope rating in this State to protect the rates of freight in the bill for carriage of ail freights, goods, wares and mer chandise, and to provide penalties for the violation thereof. An act to amend section 2159, vol. 1, of the code of laws of this State, by adding a proviso that on short roads thero must be separate apartments for the races. An act to fix the liability of railroads having relief departments. An act to empower towns and cities of five thousand inhabitants and over to subscribe to the maintenance of public libraries. An act to authorize municipal or other corporations or individuals] to lay pipes for water supply across pub lic roads and non-tidal navigable streams. A joint resolution to provide pay ment for the treasurers and auditors of Snmter, Darlington and Kershaw counties fur services rendered in com pliance with section 4 of the act es tablishing Lee county. An act to authorize and empower the city of Sumter to refund its bond ed indebtedness in coupon bonds. To authorize Bishopville school dis trict to issue bonds for building a graded school. To provide for the erection of a jail for Lee county. To provide for the issue of bonds to increase the school facilities of the city of Sumter. To authorize the sinking fund com mission to lend money to Snmter county. An act to provde for the transfer of certain records to the office of probate jndge of Lee county. A joint resolution to provide for a special assessment of real property in Lee county. An act to create an additional town ship in Lee county. An act to fix salaries for county officers of Lee county. An act to change and designate cer tain townships in Sumter county, and to provide for changing the registra tion certificates. An Editor Stabbed. Wathena, Kas., Feb. 23.?Paul Grin stead, editor of The Times, ?vas proba bly fatally stabbed by a drunken negro named Frank Warner, and excitement is running high at Wathena and at Troy, where the negro has been placed in jaiL There is talk of lynching in case Grinstead.dies. Grinstead served nearly a year in jail in 1900 for libel and ?dited his oaDer from his celL,_ SENSATIONAL KILLING !N RALEIGH. Ludlow Skinner Shot Down by Ernest Haywood?Tragedy in Crowded Street. Charlotte, N. C, Feb. 21.?A special to the Observer from Raleigh says: The greatest social and criminal se'nsation Raleigh has ever known developed at 4.20 o'clock this afternoon when, on Fayetteville street, Ernest Haywood shot and killed Lndlow Skinner. The prominence of both families is marked. Haywood is a grandson of the late State Treasurer John Haywood and a son of the late Dr. E. Burke Haywood and one of Raleigh's leading lawyers. Skinner was grandson of the late Mr. Ludlow of New York, and a son of Rev. Dr. Thomas E. Skinner, of Raleigh, one of the best known Bap tists in the south. At least a hundred persons must have seen the shooting, certainly that number saw the victim of Haywood's revolver as he reeled ar.d fell upon his face on the car track in front of the postoffice and Yarborough house and not 40 yards from the court house. Haywood was taken by Deputy Sheriff Separk to Haywood's law office and was there for about two hours, guarded by deputiesjand in conference with his attorneys, James H. Pou and Argo & Shaffer. Later he was taken to the court house where Mgistrate Marcom had a preliminary hearing taking only Separk's testimony, upon which he committed Haywood to jail without bail for murder. Skinner's wife is a daughter of the late Major John C. Winder. The rumor here is that the tragedy grew out of a reported secret marriage in the family of the one of the men concerned. 00HV1GTEG OF MANSLAUGHTER. The Shoe Drummer, Who Killed Wilson in Charlotte. Charlotte, K C, Feb. 22.?At 3 o'clock this afternoon the jury in the case of Artur L. Bishop, the shoe drummer charged with the murder of Thomas I. Wilson, came into court and rendered a verdict of manslaughter. Bishop was in court and his wife was by his side. The court room was filled with people, including about 50 com mercial travelers who were here to spend Sunday. Immediately after the rendering of the verdict Bishop was remanded to jail. He will be brought before Judge Neal tomorrow at 8 o'clock to receive sentence. The case was given to the jury at 11 o'clock Thursday. On the first ballot the jury stood five for murder in the second degree, four acquittal, two for manslaughter and one undecided. The vote the jury finally hung on was nine for manslaughter and three for acquit tal. Three broke over today and an agreement was reached. The penalty for manslaughter is four months in jail as the minimum and 20 years in the penitentiary as the maximum. An appeal for a new trial is not probable unless the counsel for the prisoner considers the judgment of the court excessive. Bishop, who traveled for a New Eng land shoe factory, killed Thomas L Wilson in this city on December 9th, last. He had gone to Wilson's home in company with Miss Lena Schultz and Miss Ada Wlison, daughter of the deceased. Wilson discovered the three in his parlor drinking wine and order ed Miss Schultz and Bishop to leave. Bishop wanted to parley and Wilson endeavored to eject him, when he was shot and killed by Bishop. The latter fled and made his way to his home in Petersburg, where he surrendered. KUBBARO'3 COTTON LETTER. What is Said of the Status of the Cotton Market and Crop. New York, Feb. 21.?Our market opened with sales of March at 9.79-80-81 and after selling at 9.90 ruled at 9.86 at 11 a. m. Liverpool was lower but not as demoralized as expected. This brought support to the market from the start, which was lower on over-night selling orders. At no time during the day was this support lacking, though there was a decided falling off in the volume of transactions, as few were inclined to make new engagements be fore the holidays. At the close March was bid up by the bull leaders. The strong satistieal position, due to large takings by spinners encouraged the bulls while the increasing receipts at the interior town points to a relatively large movement. The temper of the trade continues very bullish and the expectation of higher prices almost universal. The spot market was quiet and unchanged. Spot cotton closed quiet; middling upland 10.05; mid dling gulf 10.30: sales 63 baies. Hubbard Bros. & Co. The Plague in RSazatlan. Mazatlac, Mexico, February 23.? There was only one death today, and that at the observation station. There are thirty-five patients at the lazaret to, with "the condition of eight grave or doubtful. Two hundred persons are now isolated. The bull ring is now being used as a prison, as the jail is undergoing disinfection. Among the new cases two occurred among the sentries at the military hospital and one at the residence of the director of maritime customs. The person attacked by the plague was a maid servant, who was immediately sent to the lazaretto. She died a few hours later. Senor Valdes, his son, Ricardo, and his son-in- law, Eduardo Perez Vil laneuva, who is general manager of the commercial house of Hernandez Mendia, are now in quarantine. The Valdes house is adjoining that occu pied by the Governor of the State at the end of Mariano Escobedo street. Governor Canedo merits great praise for his devotion to the people of this plague stricken place. He is ac tive in all preventive measures and shows great personal courage. He re fuses to leave the city and go back to the State Capital until the plague is WASHINGTON POLITICS!. GOSSIP. The Deadlock in Senate and Effect on Legislation?Still Talking of Reducing Southern Rep resentation. Washington, Feb. 23.?The unfortu nate deadlock in the Senate which threatens the success of the Panama cana], the Cuban treaty an^} unless soon broken, will precipitate an extra session of congress is finally reaching a point where it occasions alarm to the re publican leaders, an alarm increased by the President's insistence that he will call an extra session of the Senate if either the Panama or the Cuban treaty fail of ratification. The annoyance of the republican leaders has been recent ly manifested by their abnse of Senator Quay, who is contributing to the fili buster. Mr. Qnay, knowing that he represents a considerable majority of the Senate, and having been subjected to a protracted filibuster on the State hood bill, has determined to fight fire with fire and is accordingly filibuster ing on the Panama treaty* What the end will be it is impossible to predict with certainity, although it is known that the republican leaders are contem plating a compromise on the Statehood bill and are prepared to yield, at least to some extent, to the demands of the democrats if by so doing they can secure the prompt ratification of both treaties. Senator Morgan has thus far con ducted a most remarkable filibuster on the Panama treaty. He has spoken over 200,000 words, equal to a very big book, in his arguments against the convention as framed and still seems as fresh as ever. One evening last week a night session was held with the h?p9 of tiring out the venerable Alabamian. He spoke for three hours, from 7 to 11 o'clock, when the senate took a recess until next morning. Your correspondent happened to leave the Capitol just behind Senators Morgan and Pettus, who were walking arm in arm, and heard the former say, "Pet tus, what shall we do with the rest of the evening? I'm not tired and it is too early to go to bed. Can you sug gest some way of enjoying ourselves for an hour or two?" When it is realized that Mr. Morgan is 79 and Mr. Pettus 82, the humor of the inci dent is apparent. The House has been devoting its attention to appropration bills recently and has passed a number, including the Naval and Fortification bills. It is now engaged in debating the Fowler "rubber currency" measure which has for its chief object the turning over to the banks and bankers the vir tual control of the money of the nation. The bill may pass the House, Mr. Flower says it will, but it cannot pass the Senate. The Naval bill authorizes the construction of the three new battle ships, an armored cruiser, two steel training ships and a wooden brig. It also appropriates $50, 000 for the Secretary of the Navy to thoroughly investigate the subject of submarine boats and to purchase such as he deems wise and the appropriation will permit. It is known that the Lake boat will be thoroughly investigated under this provision. The bill also authorizes the doubling of the number of midshipmen at Annapolis, a course made necesarsy by the coming into commission of many new naval vessels. The Anti-anarchy bill has finally been agreed upon by thee onferees. As it stands it provides for capital punishment for any person who shall kill or attempt to kill the President or any of his legal successors. Advice or assistance to kill any of these persons will involve being regarded as a princi pal offender. The advice to kill, or teaching that any officer of any civil ized government should be killed will be punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding twenty years or both. It was this last provision which Senator Bacon so ably opposed both in the Senate and in an interview printed in these let ters a year ago. It is regarded as doubtful if the conference report will be agreed upon by the Senate because of the objection of the democrats. A final attempt was made last week by the friends of Admiral Schley to secure for him the recognition of Con gress. A resoluticon was offered in the committee on Naval Affairs providing that he be given the pay and allow ance of a rear admiral on the active list. The resolution was laid on the table by a vote of all the republicans except Mr. Mudd. It is well known that if the resolution could be brought before the House it would be adopted but the will of a majority of the House is defeated by the Naval com mittee. Representative Bankhead recently told your correspondent that he feared the democrats in the Senate were making a mistake by following the leadership of Mr. Quay and attaching the Omnibus Statehood bill to an appropriation bill. He said, "I am afraid it is not good polities, nor is it wise legislation for the democratic party to go on record in favor of poli tical riders to appropriation bills. It may come home to haunt us before long in connection with the constant ly growing desire on the part of repub lican leaders to reduce the Congres sional representation from the south ern states, as a result of the present agitation of the race problem. When ever two or more republicans get to gether to talk politics and the negro question comes up you will hear them declaring themselves in favor of reduc ing the southern representation in Congress as an offset to the negro dis franchisement. The President is most extreme on this question and the re sult of establishing the precedent of attaching a general legislation rider to an appropriation bill may some day be made the means of humiliating the south.'' Albert B. Cummins, the republican governor of Iowa, is in Washington and has had several conferences with the president. As a result it is said to have been agreed that there will be a "stand pat" tariff plank in the next Iowa platform. The President has been made to feel that any inter ference with the tariff schedules will incur the enmity of the protected in terests of the country and defeat his ' chances of nomination. He therefore j sent for Governor Cummins and has talked very plainly to him, telling! him he mast placate the advocates of j an extreme tariff and, for the present; at least, must abandon what has come to be known as "the Iowa idea." This will doubtless come as cheerful news to the tariff revision republicans. especially those of Iowa and Minne sota, but it is the protected interests of New York state of which Mr. Roosevelt is thinking. THE STATEHOOD BILL Republicans Propose Compromise to Democrats. Washington, February 23.?All day there has been talk of compromise on the Statehood bill. It was generally understood that what was known as the Spooner compromise, being the two State bill drawn by the Wisconsin Senator, would be satisfactory to the Republicans. The terms cf this com promise have heretofore been given, save that the provision for the State of Montezuma provides that before Ari izona can be set off as a separate St3te the population of Montezuma must be 700,000 of which 300,000 should be in Arizona. The Democrats, while talk ing in a conciliatory spirit, said that they had little hope that the Republi can proposition would be acceptable to them. It is quite likely that when this proposition is submitted the Democrats will have a conference. Probably a counter proposition then will be made, providing that when Arizona has a population which is the average for ra Representative in Con gress it shall be admitted as a State; also that a census shall be taken every year. The Democrats say they want a provision fixing a date which will bring Arizona into the Union. This would net be satisfactory to the Repub licans. While the efforts towards a compromise continue there aro only a few Senators who expect an adjust ment to be reached, and the prospects of Statehood legislation are still remote. There was an earnest conference in the Senate chamber after adjourn ment, participated in by Senators ^Al drich, Quay, Hanna, Foraker, Mc Comas, Beveridge and Kean, when it was definitely decided that the pro position for a compromise on two States should be submitted to the Democrats. Senator Quay presented a memoran dum of the important features of the compromise to Senator Bate, who will present it to a conference of Demo crats called for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. It is expected that the Republican proposition will be rejected and a counter proposition made. Demo cratic leaders say that they cannot ac cept the compromise suggested and the Republicans say that no further con cessions will be made. RIOT AMMUNITION ISSUED. The Government Provides Special Cartridges for Use in Riots. Washington, Feb. 23.?The war de partment has sent notice to the Gov ernors of each State of the Union that it is prepared to supply them upon de mind and according to their legal al lowances with 4'riot cartridges." This is a new form of ammunition prepared by the experts of the ordi nance bureau, to enable officers cf the law and soldiers to repel rioters with the least possible los3 of life to the "innocent spectator." The shell is like that of the regular shell used in the army rifle, with the important exception that instead of the long nickle-plated and steel-clad bullet two balls are placed in the mouth. The design was apparently to provide something of a greater range than buckshot, yet not dangerous to persons at a distance. The cartridge is charged with about thirty-four grains of smokeless powder. The bails are made of a mixture of lead and tin in the proportion of 16 to 1 and are lightly coated with parafine. The diameter of the ball is .38 inch and the weight is 42 grains. The ser vice primer for smokeless powder is used. The cartridges have sufficient accuracy for effective use at 200 yards. LOTTERY 0?8ES ?ESIDEB. Five of the Justices Are Against the Constitutionality of the Anti-Lottery Act and Four Sustain it. Washington, Feb. 23.?The power of congress to prevent the sending of lot tery tickets from one State to another by other means than the United States mails was passed on today by the Unit ed States supreme court. The ques tion arose in connection with two cases that of Champion vs. the United States and that of Francis vs. the United States, and in both cases the constitu tionality of the act of congress in prohibiting the transmission of lottery tickets from one State to another by express or otherwise was challenged. The opinion in the Champion case was delivered by Justice Harlan and sustain ed the validity of the law. In the Francis case, justice Holmes spoke for the court, holding that the oLTense al alleged did not come within the scope cf the law in question. The cases have been on the docket or the supreme court for a long time and evidently presented many knotty problems to the court. The ftew Department. Washington, Feb. 23.?A scheme for" the organization of the new depart ment of commerce and labor has been laid before congress by Secretary Cor telyou in the estimates transmitted tc that body today through the secretarv of the treasury In addition to the 12 branches of the public service trans ferred to the new department from the other departments which have been appropriated for, Secretary Cor telyou asks for appropriations for sal aries aggregating $669,690. The sala ries cover the secretary's cfnee, the bureaus of corporation and manufac tures and subordinate divisions. Sec retary Cortelyou asks $7,000,000 for a building for the department. Owensboro," Ky., Feb. 22.?The Ohio river was slowly rising at 6 o'clock tonight. It lacks four feet of the highest mark in 1888.. The bot toms are covered for seven miles on the Indiana side.. The .crest of the present rise will be reched tonight. River men are fearful of a thaw. A rise of a few feet more wiil cause un