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mon ano oatl)ton rSB 8??TIK WATCEKAX, R8t8.blit.lied April. IS50? "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's thy God's and Truth's." tBS TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone. 1 ^osoH?ated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. G.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 23. l^O*. Sew series-Vol. XXIII. So. 21 ??k Wi??wm at? Sraiira C?-, Osteeii, SUMTER, S. 0 I TSSMS : I $1 50 per acoden-ia advani?e &DTISTI81X1I?: -Joe Square first insertion.,.$1 CO Every subsequent insertion. 50 Csa tracts for three months, or longer wil> Oe made at reduced rates. All comrjanications which Rabserve private interests will be charged for as ad ver tiefen ts. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be .? charged for. WHEAT K!N6 OF fC&HS?S. Plaster Has 200,000 Basils of Grain in His Barns. With 200,000 bushels of high grade wheat in his granaries, A. J. Bice, of Atchinson county, may be called the wheat king of the West-which means of the wo-M, says the Wakesrciy, Kan? sas, correspondent of Tbe New York Sus. He is the owner of 124 quarter sections of land, scatered over three counties in Western Kansas. John Stewart, hitherto known to lame as the millionaire wheat grower ? of Sumner conn ty, struck a bad year, and he falls'back to second place. He has nearly twice as much land as Rice, ] but the low yield in Sumner county leaves Rice with more wheat Eight thousand-of the nearly 20,000 acres owned by Rice were sown to wheat last fall The biggest of his wheat fields coo tai ns 1,600 acres. Still another field contains 800 acres. Some of this land produced as high as forty bushels to the acre, while the average is not far from twenty-five. Rice came to Kansas thirty-five years ago with a bad case of consump? tion and a little money. He hailed from New York, rubere the eight other members of his family had died from pulmonary troubles. He started ia a modest way, accum? ulated some money and invested it in land. He seldom sold a farm once he became its owner.. Whenever he has a little time hang? ing oa his hands he goes round to the real estatev agents and picks out a farm. Once he gets a deed it goes ont of circulation. One man, Lieut. Gov. Hanna, has sold Rice sixty-eight farms in the past ten years. Rice followed the wheat belt west, ought land when it was cheap, and in thirty cases at least every year's crop more than equals in value the sum represented by its cost His hobby, is the planting of orch? ards. He makes it a rule to plant fruit trees on every farm he buys, and no maa becomes a tenant of his unless he can prove his ab i li y to take care of the orchard. Another of his hobbies is the rearing of turkeys. He has a theory that they clean the grasshoppers off the crops. He keeps great droves .of turkeys on his farm, and if his new tenant hos none he gives him a flock to raise on shares. Rice is a bachelor, and is estimated to be worth half a million. Sis in? comers almost a fifth of 'the valuation pat upon his total wealth. Most of is surplus income goes into new farms, 'and at the rate his wealth is piling up he will be able to count 200 farms as his own before he reaches his 60th year Fewer gallons; wears longer; Dev oe. Fight Will be Bitter. Those who will persist in closing theix ears against the continual reooiamentla tkwt of Dr. Sing's New Discovery for Co*i . sumption, will have a long and bitter fight with their troubles, if not ended, earlier by fatal termination. Read what T. EL Beat! of Baali, Miss, has to say : "Last fall my wife had every symptom of consumption. She took Dr. King's New Discovery after everything false had failed. Improvement came at once and foar bottles entirely eared her." Guaranteed by J. F. W. De Lonne, Druggist. Price 50c and $1.00, Trial bottles free. Jailer George W. Hancock bad Something by Which to Re-, member the Early *607s. Here in Sumter there are few people more generally known than George W. Hancock keeper of the jail. Mr. Hancock is an inter? esting talker and tells a story well. Of wai stories he has an ample store. Seen one day at his cast.e on Canal >treet he told the fol? lowing : **I have been down in bed on account of my hack several times and suffered the most in? tens?; pain right across the small of my huck which felt just as if a log of w<xxl was laying on it and crushing the life out of rue and 1 was unable to get from under it. could noi - turn over without taking both hands to pull myself. The kidney secretions were very dark, full of sediment and called me out ol bed every little while I think I contracted the disease during lhe war, away back in 1863 and 1S6S layin? out in al) kinds of weath? er, exposed to heat and cold. Since then dur? ing later years I have suffered everything a man could suffer and live. I used everything I could get hold of bat nothing seemed tt touch it. 1 finally saw Doan's Kidney Fill* advertised and went to Dr. A. J. China's drug store and procured a box. They acted like a charm. I have used three lx>xes and all the pain in my back has left, the kidney se? cretions have become natural and I feel A No. 1. Doan's Kidney Pills are the best back? ache remedy on earth." For sale by all dealers; price 50 cents. Fos ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, X. V., sole agent* for the United states. Kemember the name Doan's and take nc other. 2 NE6R0 CLERK'S IMPUDENCE. Government Employee at Wash? ington Writes Love Letter to White Woman-Promptly Dis? missed From the Service. The Washington Post of Saturday says : Because he addressed a love let? ter to a young white woman, a clerk in the census office, a negro clerk named Ferguson was suspended yester? day by order of Director North, pend? ing an investigation, i The letter was dated and mailed on Thursday, and was receiyed yesterday morning. Efforts were made to prevent public? ity of the matter. Director North ad? mitted that the negro had*at once been suspended, but he would make no further statement The letter was referred to Mr. North immediately, together with a statement by the chief of the .division in which Fergu? son is employed, but Mr. North said last night that he had forgotten the woman's name. Mr. McCauley, chief of the census office, also said he did not know the name of the woman, although he had a conference with Director North about the case. So indignant - and insulted was the recipient of the negro's letter that she was taken ill, and was excused from the office for the day. In the letter Ferguson declared his admiration for the white woman, and asked to present to her a gold chain and brooch. She at once laid the let? ter before her chief, with a demand to be protected against further advances on the part of the colored clerk. The chief made an immediate report to Director North who promptly sus? pended Ferguson. "There was no proposal of marriage contained in the letter,"said Director North positively last night, "nor was any questionable proposition made. The man tendered the woman the offer of some jewelry. I cannot say any? thing more about the letter, as I do not think it would be in- the interest of the public service to do so. The matter will take its routine course of discipline. To publish the woman's name would bring disgrace upon her," winch I am sure that she would feel keenly, and I do not desire to have her brought into the case. Be? sides, I heard her name but once, and have forgotten.it." Ferguson is a mulatto, was appoint? ed from Alabama. He draws a salary of $1,200 a year. He called last night at the residence of Director North with a view to offering an explanation. Mr. North declined to see Ferguson, sending word that he would not at? tend to official business at his house. fi ?lN?l?BRO. Caught Robbing the Students of Harvard University. A Boston press dispatch of Dec. 9th says: Clarence Lee, the negro who was arrested at Brockton yesterday charged by the federal officers with obtaining by forgery registered packages from the mails and by the Cambridge police with larceny of goods valued at nearly at $2,500 from Harvard students and from express companies. He said he prized open the student's closets with a jimmy. Lee claims that he is a son of former Congressman Lee of South Carolina and that he was sent to Har , vard to complete his education. Af tex , attending three or four months he left because of the death of his father. He bad made a business of going to the college grounds each day to gathei whatever he could, he says. The charge made by the federal authorities against Lee is that of re? presenting another in the obtaining ol registered letters from the Cambridge postomce and thus obtaining 45 tickets to the Tale Harvard football game ; which were reported stolen. Be Quick. Not a minute should be lost when a child shows symptoms of croup. Chamber? lain's Cough Remedy given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears, will prevent the at? tack. It never fails, and is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by China's Drug Store. Aiken, Dec. 15.-Reports received here tonight indicate that the new county of Hammond is a dead issue. Returns from Bath, Beech Island, El j lenton, Hamburg, Talatha and Silver? ton in Aiken county show a total oi 437 againsr. ?14 for the new county. Instead of the new county getting two thirds the old county got over that. A Costly Mistake. Blunders are sometimes very expensive. Occasionally life itself is the price of a mistake, but you'll never be wrong if yon take Dr. Kine's New Life Pills for Dys? pepsia, Dizziness, Headache, Liver or Bowel trouble?. They s re gentle yet thor? ough. 25c, at J. F. W. DeLorrae's Drug Store Bereiey, Cal, Dec. 16.-W. A. McKowen secretary of the broad ol regents of the State university, con? fessed to President Ben j. Ide Wheel?i j that he was a defaulter tu the amount j of $20,000 and possibly more. Most ol I the money was lost at the race track. ! Mr. McKowen has been suspended by , President Wheeler and placed under ; arrest by the local authorities. How we Catch a Cold A cold is sometimes contracted while remaining inactive for a while in an un? comfortable room or a cold draft and by j falling to sleep under likp conditions. But j most colds are caught while sleeping too I cold at night. Deep sleep causes sluggish ! circulation which renders the system su? ; ceptible to change of temperature. To J prevent colds, sleep under plenty of cover. ! To cure colds, use Rydale's Elixir, it les [ sens the severity and shortens the dura? tion of a cold and prevents pneumonia^ bronchitis and consumption. All dealers. ? TiLLMAK-DUG&S WEDDING. Son of Senator Tillman to Marry j Granddaughter of Gov. Frances Pickens and Biece of Gen. M. C. Butler. Washington, Dee. H.-The an? nouncement of the marriage of Miss Lucy Frances Pickens Dugas and Mr. Benjamin Ryan Tillman Jr., is being discussed with much interest in the South Carolina colony here in Wash inston. Miss Dagas is a young woman of rare accomplishments and charming qualities, of manner. She is deservedly popular as the granddaughter of Governor Pickens and a niece of Gen. M. C. Butler, and has a host of ad? mirers and friends. Her father was a aative of Augusta, Ga., and a physi? cian of high standing. He died only a few months ago. Mr. Tillman is the eidest son of Senator B. R. Tillman, a yonng man of ability with a bright future before him. He was graduated at Clemson College, has studied law and is at pres? ent clerk to the committee on Revolu? tionary claims in the Senate. The match is a sort of a Romeo and Juliet affair, for the family of Miss Dugas's mother and that of Mr. Till? man's father were as widely separated at one time as the Montagues and Capulets, though without the latter's animosity. The ancestral tree of the prospective bride is big enough to shelter much of the blnest aristocracy of the Sonth, while that of the groom is Of more recent growth. Much is ex? pected from the alliance in the way of smoothing out certain social barriers which are more or less conspicuous in Dixie Land. The wedding, which is set for December 29, will be quietly celebrated out of respect for the mourning of the bride. It will acquire great eclat, nevertheless from the magnificent surroundings of "Edgewood," near Edgefield, S. (J., where the event will take place. . * THE G8UB?EN&Y MILL ROBBED. Burglars Blow Open the Vault and Steal $2,500 or More, Seneca, Oconee county, Dec. 15. The vanlt in the office of the Courtenay Manufacturing Company was blown open some time during the early part of Monday night with nitroglycerine. Thejjurglars made their entrance in the rear ?f" the building andar? be? lieved to be professionals, as there is no clue whatever left behind them. It is also supposed that there were several in the gang. The vault was torn to pieces and the robbers took about two thousand five 'hundred dollars, and it is said the amount may exceed this, but it is known that they got at least the amount mentioned. The Courtenay Manufacturing Com? pany's Mill is located only a short dis? tance from here, but it was not known until this morning that the safe had been cracked. When the employees went to open the office they discovered that some one had made the entrance. As it happened the company only had the above amount of money in the safe, but the robbers got all the safe con? tained. Profit Earning Railroads. Columbia, Dec. 15.-From the re? port by Secretary Duncan, of the rail? road commission, it will be interest? ing to know which roads out of the total of nineteen made the most money, and the net incomes of which were the greatest Out of the total income of $13,117,181.10 from all sources, it is found that the consolidated Coast Line and Paint system received the largest, the figures being $3,780,536.25, and their net income less all expenses, including cost of maintenance and taxes, was $1,407,208.61. The South? ern, operating the Columbia division came next, with a total of $2,816, 805.95, and a net income of $885,326.51. The gross income of the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line was less than that of the Seaboard, but their net income was greater, dae no doubt to the heavy expense of building which the lattei has had to incur. The total income from the Charlotte Air Line was $1,478,618.07 and the net income was 8580,068.39, while the total iacome of the Seaboard was $1,576,100.24, and the net income $441,562.45. The Southern Railway in this State led this by several thousand dollars, theil total income being $1,642,71169, while their net income was $538,438.33. The Charleston and Western Carolina ie the last of the roads whose income ex? ceeded a million dollars. Their total income was $1,035,508.66 and their net income was $133,734.18. These figures are for the year ending June 30, 1903. Christmas Holiday Rates Via Southern Railway. The Southern Railway will sell Christ? mas holiday excursion tickets between all points south of the Potomac and Ohio rivers and east of the Mississippi river including St. Louis, Mo., for one and one third first class standard one way fares, pins 25 ctnt* fo- the round trip (minimum rate 50 cents). Tickets will br- sold December 23, 24, 25, 30, 31. 1903. and January 1st. 1904, with final limit January 4th, 11)04. They will also sell upon presentation and surrender of certificates signed by superintendents, principals or presidents of the various institutions, December 10 to 22, 1903, inclusive, with final limit Janu? ary 8th, 1904, to teachers and students of schools and colleges. Interline tickets will be sold at Coupon stations only. Apply to any agent of the Southern Railway, or, W. H. Tayloe, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt.. Atlanta, (/a* Robert W. Hunt. D. P. A., Charleston, S. C. SEVENTEEN COREANS WOUNDED. Work of Japanese Mob at Seoul -United States Minister Makes Demand for Definite Answer. Seoul, Dec. 15.-More rioting has occurred at Mok-Phe and yestreday a Japanese mob wounded ll Coreans. High Corean officials are hurrying to Mok-Phe to try and quell the disor? ders. So far Russia has not interfered. United States Minister Allen has de? manded a definite answer from the Corean government in regard to the opening of the port of Wi ju. Despite American, British and Japa? nese pressure, Russian influence over the Corean government is apparently unshaken and it is expected tlftt Corea will procrastinate in dealing with the matter and posisbly may refuse event? ually to act at all. A feeling of nnrest is growing among the Corean people who fear that whether it be peace or war between Rt?ssia and Japan the ex? tinction of the empire is imminent. It is believed that the outbreak of hos? tilities or the announcement of a pro? tectorate of any kind will precipitate trouble. Foreigners in Seoul expect disorder and the American residents desire a warship. The Corean army numbering 8,000 men, is considered one of the most dangerous factors of the situation as an insubordinate ele ment is believed to be beyond control In case of trouble it is feared that the soldiers will be the first to lead the rioting and begin looting. A part of the Russian squadron has already departed for Port Arthur and the remainder of the fleet will follow, leaving no warships of that nation in Corean waters. WOOB'SITRONQTEFENOEB. Secretary Root Assumes Respon? sibility for Gen. Wood's Acts. Washingon, Dec. 16.-The senate committee on military affairs tonight concluded its investigations of charges against Gen. Leonard Wood, filed for the purpose of preventing his confirma? tion as major general. Secretary Root was the only witness today. He was on the stand for two and a half hours at the forenoon session and occupied the attention of the committee tonight from 9 o'clock until 11.29. The com? mittee will meet tomorrow to prepare its report. It is understood that con? firmation will be recommended by a vote of 8 to 2. A minority ? report will be made by the opposing members of the commiittee. The testimony of . Secretary Root is practically the only defense that has been made of Gen. Wood in the hear? ing which has extended since the be? ginning of the extraordinary session of congress This testimony, how ever, covered the entire range of the evidence produced against Gen. Wood and was supported in many instances with correspondence and other data taken from records at the war depart? ment covering the period of Gen. Wood's administration as governor general of Cuba. Secretary Rool undertook to assume the whole re? sponsibility for the orders issued by General Wood affecting the judicial system in Cuba and concerning tne conceslsion granted to the Jai Alai company at Habana. He justified the acceptance by Gen. Wood of the pre? sent of a silver set from the Jai Alai company. At the forenoon session of the com mittee Secretary Root was given lati? tude in telling his story of the affairs in the island and refuting the charge.' that had been made by a number oj witnesses, but at the evening sessioi questions were asked by Senator Telle] which confined the secretary to thc Runcie letter, the Jai Alai concessior and seniority as a means of recogniz ing military service. Many of th( questions were pointed and in some cases severe upon Gen. Wood, but ii every case Gen. Wood found a, warn defender. Secretary Root said the Jai Alai company was not a gambling company, nor was the game Pelota played uudej the management of the company i gambling game any more than was ? horse race or a game of baseball. Mei could bet on the results as upon othei games of skill. He said that the con? cession of right of the Jai Alai com? pany was granted before the Americar occupation and that the concession foi which Gen. Wood has been criticised was that of an addition to the build? ing of the company. The only questior in regard to this grant was whether oi ! not it would be contrary to the For aker amendment. The whole mattel was referred to the war department bj Gen. Wood. The subject was consid? ered first by Judge Magoon, law officei of the bureau of insular affairs, whe after a most careful review of the case had held that the extension did not come within the Foraker amendment preventing the granting of franchises in Cuba. The secretary said he re? viewed Judge Magoon's opinion and came to the same conclusion. The committee received today a communi? cation from Maj. Estes G. Rathbone asking that he be called again to di rcet attention to a number of things which ho said the committee had ignored. He asked that a large num? ber of witnesses be summoned. Ry dale's Stomach Tablets. Ry dale's Stomach Tablets are made for the stomach and organs of assimilation and are not intended for a ''cure all." They contain concentrated aseptic, pepsin, pore pancreatin an i other digestive agents. They contain powerful tonics and mild stimulants that have a specific effect on the stomach, and organs of assimilation and which aid nature in reconstructing the broken down cells and strengthening the rlacid muscles of the walls of the stomach and other digestive organs. Rydale's Stomach Tablets are a perfect stomach medicine-they relieve at once and soon cure the worst forms of stomach trouble. Price 25 and 50c. a box. All dealers. BEN. WOOD'S SHADY RECORD. Senate Inquiry Getting Hot for Roosevelt's Pet. HIS RELATIONS WITH THE FORGER And Convict, Bellairs, After He Had Been Informed of His Rec? ord, Exposed by Two Wit? nesses. ' Washington, Dec. 16.-When the Senate commitee on military affairs resumed its investigation today of charges against Gen. Leonard Wood four witnesses were waiting to be heard. These were Dr. C* E. Fisher, of Chicago, and J. O. LaFontisee, city editor of the Jacksonville (Fla) Times-Union ; managing and city edi? tor, respectively, of the Havana Post, published during the American occu? pation ; L. H. Morrison, of New York, and Gen. John R. Brooke, retired. M. Fisher told the story of Gen. Wood's intimacy with Bellairs, and said that he had informed Gen. Wood of Bellairs's bad record. Dr. Fisher said that on September, 1900, he ac? companied Gen. Wood on a trip to the Isle of Pines and there told him of an article which he had ordered printed, in the Havana Post, exposing Bellairs. The witness said that Gen. Wood told him he cid not want the story printed and that it had not been used on ac? count of that request. Dr. Fisher said he took charge of the Havana paper at the request of Gen. Wood, and that be also had acted as the correspondent for the Associated Press for a short period. . Dr. Fisher testified that he told Gen. Wood all he learned of the char . acter of Bellairs and that he had offered to Gen. Wood to produce wit? nesses who would prove Bellairs' in? decent immorality. He said that Gen. Wood told him he did not care to know anything about the stories ; that all he asked was that they be not printed in Havana. Mr. LaFontisee corroborated - the testimony given by Mr. Fisher. Re said that before Gen. Wood and Dr. Fisher started on their trip to the Isle of Pines, the latter instructed him (LaFontisee) to write the article con? cerning Bellairs. Mr. LaFontisee said he took the question under considera tion and decided that as the mattel ; would be highly sensational and, in 1 case of-libel suit, it would he neces? sary to summon witnesses from the ? United States to prove the charges, be * would not print the article. He said that when Dr. Fisher returned be was greatly agitated, and asked : "You did i' not print that article, I hope." When Dr. Fisher learned that the article ? was not printed, he was greatly reliev 1 ed and said Gen. Wood did not want ' it used. [ In addition to this corroboration oi ? Dr. Fisher's testimony, Mr. LaFonti? see told of the manner in which he had learned of Bellairs's character and 5 swore also that Gen. Wood knew all ? about it. He said he learned from per r sons who went to Havana from Flori I da, that Bellairs had served five years ? in Florida convict camps-three years ? in one and two in another. The crime > of which he had been convicted was ; forgery on a brandi of the Bank ol i England. Mr. LaFontisee said that in May, ? 1900, a convict from Florida, namec ? Johnson, came to him and said that he ' had seen Bellaire and Gen. Wood to * gether at the races in Havana, anc E that he recognized and spoke tc 1 Bellaire, who motioned him to keej r silent. According to Johnson's story, * as told by Mr. LaFontisee, Bellairs 1 excused himself and met Johnson, ask * ing him to remain quiet concerning his i criminal record. 5 After this incident, testified Mr. 1 LaFontisee, Gen. Wood sent for bin i and asked what he knew of Bellairs' s record. Mr. LaFontisee said he tole ? Gen. Wood of his talk with Jobnsor and also what he had learned iron f other persons from Florida. Thal i was in Jurie, 1900, and according tc 1 Mr. LaFontisee, Gen. Wood then askec *? him to see Johnson and ascertair whether he would leave Cuba and re? main away if his passage were paid tc New York, and money given him. Johnson answered: " ?Vhy do I wanl to leave? I have toogood a thing here bleeding: Bellairs. " Mr. LaFontisee returned to Gen. Wood and eave him Johnson's answer. Mr. LaFontisee said that later Bellairs and Gen. Wood went to New York. When Gen. Brooke was before the committee two weeks ago he referred to two orders, one issued by the wai department and the other by himseli to carry the first in effect, which he was unable at that time to furnish. He went on tho stand today to present the orders and undergo an examination concerning them. The order issued by the war department directed that all funds collected in the provinces of Cuba should be sent to the military auditor at Havana. The charge was made that the order had been issued by direction of Gen. Brooke for the-purpose of getting hold of the funds collected at Santiago, and to deprive that province of its own ! revenues. The newspapers at Santiago ! were particularly bitter. Gen. Brooke ' told the military affairs committee today that the order was issued at a time when he was sick in bed, and that he had had no previous knowledge concerning it. The other order filed with the committee today was one witness issued after his recovery. It directed Gen. Wood, in command of the province of Santiago, not to make expenditures for public purposes in ex? cess ot* 810,CO;) a month, without first submitting the question to the Mili? tary Governor. Gen. Brooke said to? day that Gen. Wood ignored that order, and liad gone on spending public mone}- without authority from tbe Military Governor. Gen. Brooke was asked whether he had withdrawn the revenues from Santiago for expenses elsewhere. He answered that Santiago had received all its own revenues and more than 8200,000 additional Mr. Morrison, a New York lawyer, tesified that he was interested in the Electrozone Company, of Havana, and. that his company received contracts from Gen. Wood for distinfecting the city. He said that there is still due to the company the sum of $8,000 on contracts, and that Cuhan officials in Havana swear the money was paid to Gen. Wood to discharge the indebted? ness. Mr. Morrison said he believes ? that Gen. Wood received that money. During the hearing today Senator Hanna made a formal request of the committee that Gen. Wood be subpoe? naed to come home from the Philippines in order that he may answer the charges against him, and that he may be questioned concerning his actions in Cuba. WORSE AND WORSE FOR WOOD. Washington, Dec. 15.-The Senate committee on military affairs resumed its hearing in the Gen. Wood, case to? day, with Major J. E. ?f?neie as the first witness. Statements made by Ray Stannard Baker, the magazine writer, concerning the article reject? ing upon the administration of Major Gen. John R. Brooke, made it neces? sary for the recall of Major Runcie. He was asked a number of questions concerning the origin of the article in question, and stood by his.former tes? timony, to the effect that Gen. Wood bad knowledge of the story, and that it was prepared practically at his sug? gestion ai:d dictation. The seco jd witness today was Gen. George Burton, inspector general of the army. He occupied the position of inspector general in Cuba under the administration of Gen. Wood as Gover? nor General, and it was he who dis coverd the postal frauds. He wassail? ed for the purpose of telling the com? mittee the date of that discovery, and also the date Gen. Wood made the or? der revising the judicial system of Cuba, for the admission of ex parte testimony. Gen. Burton: said that the discovery of the postal fraods was made in April, 19C0, and that it was two weeks or more later when tb6 or? der was issued by Gen. Wood ehanging the jurisdiction and powers cf the Court. Alexis E. Frye, formerly superin? tendent of public instruction of Cuba, told the committee that the schools of Cuba were organized under laws is? sued by Gen. Brooke, and that an or? der making a cut in the salaries of teachers was issued by Gen. Wood. He declared that this was ? breach of faith on the part of Gen. Wood, which ' interfered with the efficiency of the 1 schools. He asserted that Gen. Wood. . was untruthful in many matters affect . ing public affairs. i Secretary Root will be called by the I committee on military affairs tomor > row. The committee plans to conclude I its inquiry tomorrow. : CUBAN fil?'??f? BILL P?SSE?. , Eighteen Senators Voted Against the Measure and Fifty-seven > for it. I Washington, Dec. 16.-By the deci? sive vote of 57 to 18 the senate today passed the bill carrying into effect the reciprocity treaty with Cuba. The final vote was taken at the close 3 of a day which was marked by a debate ! which while at times animated was I never acrimonious. ? The principal ' speeches were made by Mr. Spooner for the bill and Mr. Bailey against it I Both senators were subjected to fre? quent interruptions. In his remarks ? Mr. Bailey referred to the recent j agreement of the Democratic caucus to stand soildly on party questions and ) warned the Republicans tbat in the ) future they conld not depeiM^on strag? gling Democratic votes in support of 3 Republican party measures regard* less of whether they were or not in ac*. 3 cord with Democratic doctrine. The bill passed carries-into execu? tion the treaty between the United 1 Statesand Coba which was ratified ? last March. The treaty provides for a reduction of 20 per cent, frcnrthe rates 1 of duty under the Dingly law on all J Cuban articles imported into the Unit? ed States and a varying reduction of j rom 20 to 40 per cent, from the estab ? lished Cuban duty on a ri dee imported 1 into Cuba from the United States. After the passage of the Cuban bill ) the senate adjourned to the house re L solution providing for a holiday recess ? from Dec. 19 to Jan. 4. ; Notes From the Isthmus. > Colon, Dec. 10.-The United States I auxiliary cruiser Dixie is alongside the dock here, landing stores, Christ > mas cheer, camp material, etc. She disembarked her marines, numbering 330, this morning. They all left by train for Empire Station near Pana? ma, where they will be quartered in the canal company's houses. Sixteen machine guns and six automatic guns accompanied the marines. The Dixie will sail for Philadelphia today. It is probable that the remainder of the marines on the Prairie will be landed in a day or two. The Panama Government received yesterday by the steamer Alliancia 500 cases of Mauser and Remington cart? ridges, 25 cases of rifles and other war material. j The auxiliary cruiser Mayflower is alongside the dock coaling. The gun? boat Bancroft has returned from Nom? bre de Dios. The United States cruiser Atlanta is still cruising along the coast. Head About to Burst From Se? vere Bilious Attack. "I hal a severe bilious attack and felt like my head was about to burst when I ?ot hold of a frew sample of Chamber? lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. I took i a dose of them after supper and next day felt like a new man and have been feeling happy ever since," says Mr. J. W. Smith of Juliff, Texas. For biliousness, stomach troubles and constipation these Tablets have no equal. Price 25 cents. For sale by China's Drug Store.