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PRESIDENT VS. CONGRESS. JOIXED AS TO WHO SHALL RULE. Begins to Look 3Wfce There May be a Comest Between Roosevelt and the Republican Rosses, prom Our_ Regular Correspondent. Washington, Jan 9.-The president as scored' one of his efforts to bring: "mgress to terras on the subject of and it sow remains to be seen >w the senate and house leaders will their "plain duty" which has so forcefully pointed out to by the chief executive. On the congress reconvened after Christ holidays the president permitted announcement to be made that he seriously considering" the ad- j .bility.of calling congress in extra j to revise the tariff. This in? ion brought the "stand-pat to their feet and created con ?ofi at the capitol. Senators and itatives had returned to their ies f or the" holidys convinced that ' president appreciated the futility j Oeing them to lower any of the j .ed" I>ingley schedules and were when they learned that he was determined to-force them to show - hands on the tariff question. The went at once to the white , singly, in pairs and in gangs to re the president not to take so rash :ejnjas to call them to Washington at the beginning of the heated The only consolation they re? ceived was an invitation to a confer? ence to consider the subject and that will be held this afternoon, the outcome will be it is impos? to predict, but there is no doubt president will have to face some the wildest members of congress he will do well if they do not get :er of him. Len members of- congress came Washington the first of December found the president convinced the promise of lower duties made the campaign "for . political only" should be kept and that "top rails*' of the tariff fence lid be removed. He had gone so on this track, in fact, that his as printed, contained the tt, "I will communicate with on the subject of the tariff later." high priest of protection imme besieged the white house and pursuaded the president to send t to the press associations an order strike from his message the line quoted. Some of the newspapers, how ever,hsd already printed the line sb president's original intention of Lding to congress a special tariff became known in certain seo? ul. The next step wasto persuade the ?resident that a special session could ^e held late in the fall, say in Novem? ber at which all nedded changes in "the Dingley rates could be made. Finally the leaders showed their true hands ty deprecating all changes in the tar? iff andVtheir effortsto utilize the press ta that end became known to the pres? ident during*the holiday recess. The only vzzy in which the president can be prevented from calling con? gress in special session, probably ;this coming spring, will be by holding up tb ham the last - administration of President Cleveland as a horrible ex? ample and even that will not prevent his sending to congress a powerful appeal next December if no extraordi? nary session is held. j Another aggravating fact which ? has been. borne . in on the president j of lute is that the senate leaders have caused the statehood bill to be taken ' up with no intention of enacting it but ' for the. sole purpose of its becoming an obstacle to other legislation; such for instance, as measures calculated to give the government, full control of raliway rates, to check the steady growth of the trusts, to centralize the control of the publis forests under a single department, etc. A little later in the session the plea of "no time"' will be advanced whenever the presi? dent asks why this, ;:hat or the other is not done and so Mr. Roosevelt is fast a wa kening to. the fact that his Re? publican friends in congress arc not in -earnest when it comes to legislation which would prove/ of actual serivce to the majority cf the people and would favor no spacial interest. Secretary Hay has sent to the_ senate a number of arbitration treaties in which he end the president are deeply interested but which stands little chance of ratification as negotiated. The Democratic senators see in these treaties a possibility of the Southern states being compelled to pay the re? pudiated bonds which were issued by carpet-baggers in the reconstruction days, the proceeds of which went into ?the hands of northerners, who came 'South to exploit that section and from [which the south received no benefits whatever Consequently, the Democrats in "the senate have banded together and unless the conventions are so [amended as to expressly to omit from possible aribtration the payment of these bonds they will ney,er be rati? fied. The prospects are that the president and his secretary of the navy are likely [to encounter insuperable opposition to their naval programme They have asked that new vessels, which will cost $42,000,000 be authorized. The govern nient has already authorized ships, which before they are completed, will cost $130,000,000 and thegf will be a national deficiency of $22,000,000, at least, this year. Congress nov?* declares itself ready to authorize a few of the ships asked for, but positively declines to authorize an additional expense for new. ships amounting to nearly $50, 000,000* In this connection, attention is called to the fact the naval authori? ties now declare that the Oregon is obsolete, although it is one of the largest battleships afloat, being 13,000 tons burthen. Now they demand ships of not less than 16.00 tons, although none of the foreign powers except England are building battleships of such gigantic size. The more conser? vative members of congress insist that at least one of the new 16,000 ton ; ships already authorized should be put into commission and thoroughly tested before more are authorized and in this economical and judicious policy the Republicans will receive the full sup? port of the Democrats in both houses of congress. NOTICE. . f Congressman Lever Has a Scholarship at Annapo^ to Award. Under act of congress, approved March 4, 1904, the secretary of the navy will call on me as the representa? tive of the seventh congressional dis? trict, to nominate a candidate for ap? pointment as midshipman in the United States naval academy. .Following a custom in the district a committee of my selection will hold a competitive examination on all appli? cants in Columbia, S. C., on Saturday, February 4th, at 9:30 o'clock a m., which will govern me in naming a principal and two alternates. Applicants must be between the gaes of 16 and 20 years, and bona fide residents of the seventh congressional district. In addition to the mental ex? amination, each applicant will be re? quired to pass a satisfactory physical examination, conducted by a reputa? ble physician at Columbia. ; The mental examination will em? brace the following subjects, viz: Hading and writing, spelling, punct? uation and capitals, geography, history (United State and World's) arithmetic, algebra and geometry. The pay of a midshipman is $500 a -year, commencing at the/ date of his admission. Those who desire to take the exam? ination should write me for permission to do so, giving some well known per? son in their community as reference. Full information.will*he given upon application to me at Washington, D. C., care house .of representatives. A. F. Lever, Member Congress 7th District. Berlin, Jan. 12.-The Berliner Zeit? ung reports a fatal clash between re? servists. The paper says they stopped at Smolensk, run amuck, rioted, and plundered. Governor ' ordered the . Jo cal garrison out. They fired into the reservists, two hundred being killed and several hundred wounded. The colonel and five of his junior officers of .reservists suicided out of shame. Berlin, Jan. 12.-Dr. Sylvester, an American dentist of Biaiser, who yes? terday-, suicided lay in state at his horned this morning, hundreds filing past thje remains. The body will"be cremated at Hamburg Saturday. It is "reported that after the suicide the body was left unwashed and unheed? ed several hours. This caused great in? dignation. Sylvester was prominent socially. Washington, D. C., Jan. ll.-W. T. Matthews, the well known artist, died this morning as the result of an ac? cident on Christmas day. He was knocked down by a wagon causing the facture of his right leg. At his ad? vanced age. 65 years, he could not withstand the shock and since Sunday he has been in an unconscious con? dition. Among the portraits painted by Matthews were those, of President lincoln, Kayes, Garfield, Harrison and McKinley. He was a bachelor. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 12.-While going to a fire at the People's Theatre building this morning hose wagon No. j 28 was struck by a train and all the j firemen were thrown out and more or j less injured. Robt. Robinson was so j badly injured that he is not expected, to live. The, fire caused a loss of $2. 000, but the heavy walls saved the theatre, which was not damaged at all. j We congratulate Sumter on the prospects she enjoys of having a trol? ley line soon. Sumter is a good, live town and what she need's she gener? ally gets, because her people are pa triotic and enterprising. Any other people who had a kindred spirit could build a good town also, and those who hav not might have good things thrust upon them, but they would not de? serve them and its dollars to doughnuts that they will not be thrust very fast. -Florence Times. Greatly In Demand. Nothing is more in demand than a med? icine which meets modern requirements for a blood and system cleanser, each a- Dr King's New Life Pills. They are just what you need to cure stomach and liver troubles Try them. At J. F. W. DeLorme. drug ttore 25c*, guaranteed. FIGHTING BEEF TRUST. MOODY SAYS BEEF TRUST CLEAR? LY VIOLATED. LAW. Its Acts Were in Restraint of Trade. Places Stress Upon Agreement to Regulate Prices. Attorney General Moody made the argument for the government before the supreme court of the United States Monday afternoon in the "Beef Trust" case. He said in part: "Stating the facts alleged in the peti? tion in the most general way, it ap? pears that the defendants were engag? ed in the business of buying live-stock, converting into fresh meat, and selling the meat throughout the country. The business of each was independent of the others and each was competing with, the others and all the world. The offense with which they are charged is that while thus situated, they en? tered into certain agreements with each other and performed certain acts in pursuance thereof, all of which are claimed to be unlawful. "It will be useful to ascertain with accuracy certain characteristics which all the agreements and acts complain? ed of possess. . - "None of them relate to manufac? ture or production, but all relate to commerce. "None do not accomplish any fusion of property interests, or any acquisi? tion, by any, of rights in the property o* the other defendants. They are, on the contrary, simply agreements af? fecting their freedom of action in cer? tain respects. "They do not relate to any matters which are incidental or collateral to commerce, or which aid or facilitate it. On the contrary, they relate to commerce itself, and are made and done by those who are conducting it with respect to its conduct. "These three propositions narrow the inquiry and leave for the deter? mination of the court only two ques? tions: First, whether the commerce in this case was commerce among the states, and if so, second, whether the agreements constitute a restraint of such commerce, or create or promote a monopoly of any part of it. The attorney general said, it ap? peared clearly in the petition that the defendants had entered into an agree? ment for three purposes. There was the agreement to refrain from bidding against each other, except colorabiy, in the purchase of live stock. The at? torney general discussed the conten? tion of the companies that the unload? ing of the cattle constituted a break? ing of the original package and com? mingling of the property with the do? mestic property of the state to such an extent that the purchase and sale of them were domestic commerce. He said he found lt difficult to treat this contention seriously. When the two parties to the sale, buyer and seller, enter into an agreement, he said, the agreement constituted inter .state commerce. "The second main subject of agree j ment among the parties is that the de I fendants have combined and : .con? spired, arbitrarily, to fix prices of fresh meat and to keep them uniform, as among' themselves." Mr. Moody, continued: "This conspiracy is ren? dered effective by periodical, seeret meetings throughout the country by the agents and" attorneys of the- de? fendants. At these meetings uniform price are agreed upon, due notice is given of the prices agreed upon, and the defendants adhere to the prices thus fixed. That such an agreement re? lates to and restrains commerce, ac? cording to the well-settled rule of this court, is. so plain that I cannot permit myself to argue it. This is an unlawful restraint of commerce among the states, and was so declared in the Ad dyston Pipe case, from which all of the ingenuity of counsel cannot dis? tinguish the case at bar. "It also appears that the defendants, with intent to monopolize interstate commerce and to prevent competition therein, are engaged in the common practice of obtaining unlawful rates or rebates for transportation from com? mon carriers, which they subsequently share or pool among themselves, and that their scheme contemplates not only the pooling of these unlawful rates, but the exclusion of all outside competitors from obtaining them. Ii is claimed by counsel that such acts are not wrongful. Counsel have overlooked section IO of the Interstate Commerce law of 1SST. by which it is made an offense, punishable by fine or .impris? onment for any persons to induce com? mon carriers to discriminate in his fa? vor against other shippers in the trans? portation of his property. Here, thc attempt is not to suppress competi? tion between themselves, but by ob? taining unlawful advantages to drive all their competitors out of business. "Such an attempt comes clearly un? der Section 2 of the act of 1S90. It is clearly an attempt to monopolize in? terstate commerce. No competition can long endure against those who are secretly and in defiance of the law en? joying rates for the transportation of their property in interstate commerce which constitute a preference over all others in the same business. Xo more fruitful source of monopoly can be found than the enjoyment of pref? erential rates." After discussing various subsidiary agreements, which he held also to be in violation of the law, Mr. Moody, summing up, concluded as follows: "The petition shows a typical case of interstate commerce. If the business which the defendants do is not inter? state commerce, there can be no such thing, outside of transportation. The combination which they have entered into is designed to restrain all their business transactions, exclusive of manufacture by the suppression of all competition therein, and by obtaining such unlawful advantages as, tend to create a monopoly in a necessity of life. They cannot be permitted inge? niously to separate the various steps of their undertakings, and so deal with them that they can be regarded as transactions within a state." THE LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODED. TWO KILLED AND ONE SERIOUS? LY INJURED. A Fatal Accident on the Erie Rail? road Today. Creston, Ohio, Jan. 12.-Two men were blown to instant death by the exposion of the big Erie locomotive here early this morning. A third man was seriously hurt and the engine de? molished, the trucks being the only part remaining on the track after the explosion. The deadare: Fred Keller, the engineer and Charles Sherlick, the fireman. Frank Newman, of Elmira, N. Y., a traveling fireman, was seriously in? jured and is now in the hospital at Akron. It is said the injector failed to work. The engine was drawing the east-bound Wells-Fargo express. STEAMER FOUNDERED. Captain and Men Rescued and Brought to Shore. Waterford, Jan. 12.-The steamer Zeene, which arrived today, had on board captain and eleven of the crew of the United States dredger Texas. The Texas was bound from Dantzig for Galveston and foundered off West? ern Islands December 9th. When the dredger went down two boats were launched, the one which had captain and men rescued and the other with mate and nineteen of the crew foun? dered and all drowned. When picked up they had just cast lots as to which of the number should be killed" and eaten to save the others. The man I whose lot it was to die is said to be insane. mm illi pm Big Southern Immigrant Station. New Orleans, Jan. 8.-The-Kew Or? leans Progressive Union has taken the initiative in the movement to es? tablish a big southern immigrant sta? tion at New Orleans where d?sirable homeseekefs from foreign lands may be brought for distribution through* .out the agricultural sections of the south. Commissioner General Sar? geant is favorable to the plan and is especially, anxious to devise a scheme whereby .the.New York station at El? lis Island may be relieved of the an? nual congestion and immigrants, pre? vented from congregating in the -larger cities of the east. Mr. Sargeant will ?ome to New .Orleans to pass upon the site to be selected and which will be bought by various railroad and other interests and leased to the government. The immigration authorities at/ Washington expect more than 1,000, 000 immigrants during 1905, and it is planned to have at least 300,000 of this number landed at New Orleans. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re? ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last IS years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and finan? cially able to carry out any obliga? tions made by his firm. WALDIXG, KIXXAX & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter? nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by a!! druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for con? stipation. . Dec.*: l-l m. Paris, Jan. 12.-Tb session of ?io j International Inquiry commission this j afternoon was devoted to thc con I tinuance of the elaboration of the de j tails of the procedure. Tokio. Jan. 12.-Th" war office to- j day granted permission lo (Jen A. McArthur of the United States army, with one aide, to accompany Field Marshal Oyama and to inspect the Japanese army in actual service. Cured His Mother of Rheumat? ism "My mother has been ?u?lerer for many years from rheutrtati^n:." say* W. H. How ? ard of Husband, Pennsylv mia. "At times i the was unable to mo-e at ail, while at all I cimes walking was poinfal. I presented her ' with a bottle of Chamberlain'* Pain Balm . and after a few applications hhe decided it ? was the most wonderfal pain reliever she I had ever tried, in fact, f-ht? i< m ver without j it now andris at ail times abla io walk An ! occasional application of Pain B ilm keep? . away the pain that sh - ww formet ly trou? bled with." For sale by all druggie. TRUST HELPS TO HOLD COTTON. Virginia-Carolina Company's Presi? dent Gives Instructions to Agents. Less Acreage Recommended. S. T. Morgan, president of the Vir? ginia-Carolina Chemical company, has written a letter of instruction to the sales division managers of the com? pany which is of interest to cotton growers ?ecause of the information contained. Mr. Morgan does not ad? vise farmers either to hold cotton or sell, but he does advise less acreage and cultivation. He says: The treasurer of this company is having so many requests to extend the notes of some of our customers and patrons, who have not finished pay? ing their bills, and who desire to hold their cotton, stating that they believe' they will get more for the cotton later on, that this company has concluded to issue a general letter on the sub? ject, as follows: Any farmer or merchant who may be owing your division money and who has cotton which he desires to hold, you are at liberty to c. tend his note for him six months from Jan. 1st, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum, provided he will de? posits sufficient cotton to pay the note in any reliable warehouse and will turn over to you warehouse receipts for same. You are auhtrized to pay the insurance on said cotton and make the charge against your customer for this item. We do not pretend to offer advice to. our customers to hold cotton, but we do intend to offer them every faciclity and accommodation in our power to hold their cotton, if, in their good judgment, it is best Whatever inures to the benefit of the agricultural classes of the south is to our benefit; our interests is" identical with theirs. We are more closely and intimately connected with the cotton grower of the south than any dozen other con? cerns combined. They are our cus? tomers in the purchase of fertilizers and we are their customers in the pur? chase of cotton seed. We both sell ? '? and buy of them, and dealin every cotton growing country from Texas to Virginia. Therefore, anything that will improve the agricultural conditions or help the farmer must necessarily bene? fit us, and if holding their cotton will be a benefit to them, it is our desire to aid them in this as far as we can. Other farm products aside from cot? ton, appear to us to be selling at very full values, and we believe it" would be wise in the farmers to sell any of their other surplus farm products which would materially aid them in holding their cotton. We are also of the opinion that the acreage last year devoted to cotton was too large, and that it never could have been cultivated in a normal sea? son. The good weather during the springy enabled the farmers to culti? vate every acre they planted; conse? quently the tremendous big crop of this year. As ordinarily it. would be impossible to cultivate such an enor? mous acreage, we believe it would be wise in them this year, to materially decrease the acreage. If it was decreas? ed ten per cent it would mean a reduction of more than a million bales next year, even if the crop yielded as much per acre as it did this year. It strikes us that what the farmer wants is to make his cotton at the iOwest possible cost The profit de? rived from growing cotton is not sb much the prie* of cotton as the cost at which the crop has been grown. Mules and horses are high, much high? er than a few years ago; the price of farm labor is high and scarce. ' There? fore every acre cultivatd means a large expenditure. It costs more to cultivate an acre ?-?f land growing a quarter of a bale of cotton than one growing a bale. In the latter instance the plant soon grows up and shades thc land, consequently the grass does not grow so rapidly or luxuriantly. The cheapest item that can be used' in the production of cotton is com? mercial fertilizers used liberally. With a liberal application of fertilizers thc farmer can grow a bale of cotton where he has hertofore grown half a bale, and do it with the same cost of mules and labor, and the additional j quantity of seed grown will more'than ? J pay for the extra amount bf fertilizers used. Therefore, encourage your cus-j terners to reduce their acreage and'to j increase the amount of co'mmerekii . . fertilizers per acre, believing ns we 'do that is che way and the only way to j raise cheap cotton. Tho south must continue to produce around 11.000.000 . bales of cotton or they will find in. a year or two the bal-? ance of the world competing with ! them in the growing of this staple and j our foreign market largely supplied from sources that now produce but a limited quantity. . .* - ... *. A Grim Tragedy Is daily enacted, in thousands of hemes, j as Death claims, in each one, another victim of Consumption or Pne-.monia. Bat When Coughs and Cclds are properly treated, the tragedy is alerted. F. G. Huntley, of Oaklandoa, ind., Writes: "My wife had the consumption, and threo doctor? cave her up. Finally she took Dr KingV New Discovery for Consomption, coughs and colds, which cured her, and to- j day she is well and strong." It kills the germs of all diseases One dose relieves. Guaranteed at 50o And $1.00 by J. F. W. DjLorme' druggist. Trial bottle free TO REGULATE RiiLBGIDS. PRESIDENT'S RATE BILL TO FIX MODE OF APPEAL. Measure to Be Introduced Soon-Bos? ton Produce Man Attacks Armour & Co., at Hearing Before Committee. Washington, Jan. 10.-It was under? stood at the capitol today that the ad? ministration's bill for the regulation of railway rates in accordance with President Roosevelt's recommendation will be introduced within the next 10 days or two weeks. The bill is being drafted now by President Townsend of Michigan and Representative Esch of Wisconsin. The bill will give the interstate com? merce commission definite power to lix railroad rates when complaint has been made that a rate is wrong. The commission will give hearings on the question of abolishing the rate com? plained of. and may nan ? one that is deemed just. A court of transportation, corres? ponding to the United States Circuit Court as to the number of members in the' organization, is to be created, to which appeals may be taken from the decision of the interstate ommerce commission. The rate fixed by the commission is to remain, however, un? til acted upon by the court, and the decision of the court shall be final. "The house committee of interstate and foreign commerce expects to-have several more hearings on the subject, but the administration's bill will be put in within two weeks and may form the basis of further hearings by the committee. At' today's hearing a sensation was created by the_ declaration of G. F. Mead of Boston, representing fruit and produce handlers of 27 cities, that Armour & Co. "had them by the throat," that many concerns were on the verge of ruin through the gross discrimination practiced by Armour & Co., and that people he represents did mot hold Armour & C. amenda and that the people he represented did not hold Armour & Co., amenda? ble to law, because even if relief were sought before the interstate commis? sion, four years would be consumed in the courts before the case could reach the Supreme court and the decision of the commission be enforced. Happy Results. Have Made Many Sumter Res? idents Enthusiastic. No wonder scores of Sumter citizens grow enthusiastic It is enough to make anyone happy to.find relief after years of suffering. Public statements like the following are but ? truthful, representations of the daily work done iu Sumter by Doan's Kidney Pills. * E. McCloud. farmer, residing on the out? skirts^ Sumter says: "Both my wife and I used,Doan's Kidney Pills procured at Dr. A. J.'China's.drug store, and obtained a lot of benefit from them. I thought it must be the climate which did not agree with us or the water, for we never had the backache until we moved here some four years ago fr?re? Pennsylvania, but wc certainly have had i's. since. The secretions from the kidneys were irregular and much too frequent in action, especially at night when our rest was much; disturbed. Since we used Doan's Kidney Pills neither of us has had the backache andi the action of the kidneys became natural andi normal and our rest is not disturbed at night. Doan's Kidney Pills are the best rem? edy that ever came into my house" for sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y., sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-Donn's-and take no other. 16 ^^^vvV^ COPYRIGHTS &C. A?T.-:I<> sendin? a slc?tch and description rr.ay v.il' ilf ascertain our opinion free whether an invention \s probably patentable. Cominunioa lions strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents 3 tnt t roc. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taiier. through Jinna & Co. receive, ;vr ai notice, v.ithcut charge, ir? ibo .*;?a.ndspn-.ejy illustrated weekly. Largest cir ?nlatlo?i of ?hy scientific Journal. Terms, $3 a ir . -tr. t -four motuhs, $JL Sold by all newsdealers. . .?..!.. Ollie J. ?3 r L'L. VTaatuastoa. D. C. <s$3r.d model, sketch or photo cf invention for? J ?oe "eport on patentability. For n\?e book, < Opposite U. S. Patent Office WASHINGTON D.C. Land Surveying I will give prompt attention to all calls for surveying, platting, terracing hill sides draining bottom;;, drawing Mortgages Titles, Probating. <fec BANKS H. BOYKD?, D. S., Oct 19-o Catchail, S. 0,