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A Caustic Review of toe First Thirty Days of the Session of the Gener? al Assembly-The Da y of Ad - jonrnment Will Be Its Best Day. \ Columbi;*, Feb. 13.-It could never be detected in the eloquent speeches breathing broad patriotism from great hearts but i tis nevertheless a fact that ia apparent co all who are compelled io watch legislation, that pea? nut politics and little, narrow, selfish . political ambitions have more to do with shaping legislation in the present general, assembly of South Carolina than all other influences combined, so i'ar as a majority cf the most impor? tant matters are concerned. So mach so that one who has watched the thing go on for 30 days becomes disgusted and longs for the end. The fact that there is only one week more of this legislature, which has been called upon to consider thousands of bills but which has sc far passed le<& than half a tf?Z6"]0; measures of any general im POftanc0oi interest, will end by con ^tufcHJnal limitation next Saturday ^^rni^N1 cacfie *?r congratulating the' ^people generally. Of course there are a number of good, level-headed, patriotic and unselfish men among them, but these have not the weight among the^ coarse-grained and sor? didly selfish members that they should have. ' However, there is this to be thankful for-there has not been and likely1 will not be any radical, vicious or generally harmful legislation. So far nothing has been acomplished toward any change in the dispensary - system, in the see-saw over the mat? ter between the two houses. There has been a deal of lobbying over this matter on the part of the present dis? pensary administration. This deserves condemnation,and on anyother subject it would have been promptly resented. But this dispensary has a much C stronger hold on South Carolina * politics than many of its strongest op? ponents imagine. The machine has so far succeeded in .blocking every effort at a change, and the session will end without so much as the cross, ing of a "t" or the dotting of an "i" in the present law, in all likelihood. Of course the R&ysor-M anning bill was silly, and the house was not to blame for killing it, and there was no dis? cretion in the manner in which the Brice bill was urged before the senate, which killed, it, But that the people were expecting and desired change there can be no doubt, and although the failure of this legislature to make any changeras due more to lack of judicious leadership combined with a strange sort of mixture between vic? ious and shortsighted politics than to any stubborn resistance to any change at all, this will not be taken as an excuse. This legislature at its next sesison may be able to see the hand-writing on the wall and so strengthen the system by making con? cessions and changes as to preserve its life many years longer. But in the opinion of many the thing is too thoroughly permeated with politics for .this. They think that those in charge will stubbornly resist any change and will be able to carry their point long enough to allow public sen1 ti ment to well up against it until here is a political cloudburst that will sweep the entire system ont of the State. Another matter that is lull of poli? tic is this Pollock bill which has pass? ed the house to give Winthrop college the remainder of the fertilizer tag tax after Clemson has gotten $75,000 from this source. The matter is now before the senate in adjourned debate form. The Pollock bill seeks to equalize conditions in the matter of income betv. "en the two institutions, i It is not a slap at Clemson in the in- j terest of Winthrop, because as will be j readily seen Winthrop does not benefit inasmuch as ber regular appropriation ; from the State will be cut by just j so many dollars and cents as she is j benefited by the tag tax -that is the wording and effect of the Hemphill amendment in the bill as it passed the house. What Clemson loses in case the bill passes will therefore be saved to the tax parers. Clemson has there fore found little difficulty in interest? ing the Winthrop authorities against the bili. The executive committee of the Winthrop board bas been before the committee in opposition to the bill. A certain prominent Charleston law firm has a* member on each of the two boards of trustees, and the talk is that the Clemson member has inter? ested the Winthrop member to re? organize his forces against the bill, and that the executive committee's visit to Columbia is due to work which transpired in Charleston. All of which will be aired no don bs in the debate in one or both houses. J One good measure which this legis? lature shouid be given credit for pass ".og is the ten circuit bill, which got beyond the danger point on Saturday w?-en for a time it looked as if peanut Politics would be its death. What op position was manifested in either I house against the bill was caused al? most entirely by one member's am? bitions with regard to a possible fu? ture solicitorship. It is to be re? gretted that his selfishness which caused him to lose sight of the good of the State and disregard his oath prevailed inasmuch e has got what he went after, bnt there was some com foirt in seeing the houses overwhelm? ingly vote down others who tried to defeat the bill because the success of this fellow's scheme injuriously affect? ed them. > Although this legislature has failed with regard to almost every other im? portant subject it has tackled, it looks as if it will acomplish important financial legislation. What with the raising of the State levy from 4*4 mills to 5 mills and the franchise tax and the saving the State will get for the Pollock tag tax bill if it passes, it Looks as if the good old ship of State will have smooth sailing in the fu? ture. The increase of half a mill in the levy is regarded as necessary, and this will likely be done without serious opposition. The bill has passed the house without a voice be? ing; raised against it, and there is every indication that it will pass the senate. Biennial sessions are an impossi? bility for the present. The ne.st ses? sion will act upon reports that will be submitted by special committees ap? pointed to sit in the recess and block out th? necessary amendments that will have to be submitted to the people before biennial sessions can be put into effect. S range as it may seem the sentiment in favor of bien? nial sessions comes from two widely different sources. The economists ad? vocate it because they think it will re? sult in saving in the annual expense, anc others because they believe the statute books willbe relieved of so much useless and burdensome laws. But the srongest influence that is being brought to bear in favor of the change to biennial sessions cernes from the corporations, which are always in a nervous state as long a? the legisla? ture is in sesison. The big corpora? tions want to be relieved once every two years of the danger of injurious legislation, cf the nervous strain they have to undergo in these 40 days, and the cost and annoyance of keeping up with the work and blocking and check? ing and heading off bills calculated to hurt them. Columbia. Feb. 13.-The senate to? day, without debate, recommitted the Mauldin bill abolishing hotel and beer privileges by a vote of 16 to 13 on motion of Cole L. Belease. This likely means the death of the bill. Senator Marshall withdrew his bill to make the South Carolina college a university, which the house friends of the measure had hoped to pass. Colnmbia, Feb. 14.-The senate I killed the bill to allow a part of Ab? beville county to vote itself into An? derson county. JJ The senate is shying at the bill to write the Dick federal military law into the South Carolina statute law, which the friends of the bill contend is necessary to pass in order to get the federal appropriation of SI 8, OOO a year for military purposes. Some sse a "bigger in the woodpile." Debate wa? adjourued until the night session. The house today passed a concur? rent resolution fixing the time for the joint assembly to elect the judges fer the new ninth and tenth circuits at 4 o'clock next Thursday afternoon. In the up-country circuit the race has narrowed to a contest between Repre? sentatives Thomas P. Cotbran and George E. Prince, Solicitor Beggs having withdrawn. In the low circuit the Charleston bar has put up Mr. B. W. Meminger whom the Charleston delegation is supporting although Mr. Huger Sinkler of the Charleston dele? gation has been urged by a number of solid delegations to make the.race. There is also talk of putting up Mr. St. Julien Jerveyj but he is bound by the action of his bar and bas not so far allowed his name to be used. Re? presentative Fishburn of Colleton will be nominated and thinks be wiil be elected. Ex Senator Gruber has been talked of but he will not be nominat? ed. Altogther it?is a funny race,"and the Charleston man may be beateu after all. Mr. Willim H. Parker of the Charleston bar, who was spoken of as a likely candidate, is here work? ing for Mr. Meminger. Representive j Whaley says he would resent it as a personal affront and insuU if anyone were to try to get.him elected over his protest. The house has "stall-ed1' just now in front of a bunch of politics it has uncovered in the bill to authorize the State bouse commisssion to get plans and spcifications for a new dome for the State house. The commission says it is confused by the conflicting re? ports of experts as to the safety of the dome and hesitates ta . proceed with the completion of the State house until more experts settle th?; matter. The present dome erected by' Architect P. P. Milburn nuder the direction of a State house commission composed of State officers was con? demned as unsafe by tbe next com? mission made up of members of the assembly, through its architect, Mr. C. C. Wilson, a rival of Mr. Milburn. Next the government expert called in by the governor declared that the dome was safe. Then the commission, deeming the government man biased because of his relations toward the original State House commission, called in three other experts, who each in turn decided against the dome and in favor of the commission's ex? pert. The house adjourned while the debate was in progress. Philadelphia, Feb. 13.-The corpse of a well dressed young woman was found today in the manure pile at the Union Transfer Company's sta? bles. A deep wound across her head gives rise to the foul play theory of her death. The manure pit was clean? ed out yesterday and the body must have been placed there within the past twenty-four hours. FORTY FIRES IN CHICAGO. FIREMEN FOUGHT FLAMES ALL NIGHT WITH MERCURY BE? LOW ZERO. Brevet Hotel Burned Entailing Loss of $25,000-Elve Firmen Injured and Many People Suffer From Cold. Chicago, Feb. 14.-Fire broke out in the Hotel Brevet at 2:30 o'clock this morning and the building was gutted by 7:30. The loss is fully a quarter of a million. The 300 guests had a narrow escape, but all are be? lieved to have been safely removed. Five firemen were injured. Shortly after the full strength of the fire dapertment had hurried to the Hotel Brevet alarms were turned in from 105 West Monroe street and from Clinton and Adams street where high office buildings were burning. Alarms were being turned; in from all over the city. Forty small fires were fought successfully during last night, but nearly all entailed great suffering to a large number of people. The thermometer was 20 below zero last night. "Ihe five firemen who were injured were in tho hotel barroom throwing water on the flames when the oast wall of the hotel fell. Ad wera injured, but none seriously. The failing wall struck the LaSelle street theatre and damaged the building to the extent of 310,000. All car lines from the North Side are tied up and half million persons are kept from work. Public and city telephone systems are defective as a result of the fire. A great number of the guests climbed down the fire es? capes and many suffered from expos? ure. The Muller building on Clinton street was burned entailing a loss of t $150,000. NEW JUDGES ELECTED. Meniminger of Charleston and Prince of Anderson the Choice of the Legislature. Columbia, Feb. 14.-The election for a judge for the new low country. Ninth circuit betwen R. W. Memmin ger, of Charleston, and William J Fishburn, of Coll eton resulted in a sweeping victory for Mr. Memminger by a vote of 110 to 40. The race for Judge of the new Tenth up country circuit was close and exciting. It was between Mr. Thomas P. Cothran, of Greenville and Mr. Geo. E. Prince, of Anderson. For a new man Mr. Cothran mad* a line' race. The vote was Pr-ace SO, Coth? ran 69 Mr. Prince was ?tocife? ! PENNSYLVANIA MURDERESS. ? Gov. Pennypacker Will Not Interlere With Death Sentence Unless^ I oard of Pardons Recoimncnd ;It. . - ?;.? <?*.*.. : Harrisburg, Pal,-Feb! 14-Governor Pennypacker1 .says*' he will take no ac? tion in the caiTes of Samuel Greason and Mrs. Kate Edwards until after the board of pardons, which meets tomorrow, has passed upon the ap? plication of the woman for commu? tation of the death sentence. He inti? mates that if the board recommends executive clemency for the woman for a rehearing he will recall the death warrant. PARLIAMENT OPE VS. Ring Edward to Deliver Speech From the Throne at 2 O'clock. London, Feb. 14-Parliament: open? ed today and the' usual and custom? ary scramble fo'rAseats followed which is characteristic of the opening. The real opening will occur at 2 p. m.. when King Edward starts proceedings with! his speech from the throne. A heavy rain made the Mall damp and dirty, but a large crowd gathered and gave the king and queen an en? thusiastic ovation as they drove to the house from Buckingham palace. The king and queen reached the house of lords at 2 p. m. and the king be? gan his speech 20 minutes later. His speech touched on current events and contained nothing startling. PRESIDENT'S DAY IN NEW YORK. 'Was up Early and Received Many of Former Friends. New York, Feb. 14.-In spite of the fact that it was past 1 o'clock when the president got to bed he was up early this morning and after break? fast read the morning papers, after which he received a number of family friends who dropped in to see him at the home of his brother-in-law. Mr. Douglas Robinson, 422 Madison av? enue At 1:30 the president took lunch? eon at the University club and was introduced informally to club mem? bers. The luncheon, however, was strictly private. The rest of the day was spent quietly until evening, when he was the guest of honor at the an? nual banquet of the Hugarian Repub? lican club at "Little Hungary" on the East Side. Unusual and elaborate ar? rangements to safeguard the chief magistrate are being made by police while he is in the densely populated tenement house district. THE PRESIDENT'S NEW YORK TRIP. LIXCOLX DAY ADDRESS SAID TO BE LOADED. Prediction Made That His Speech To? night Will Cause More General Discussion Than Any Other Speech He Has Made. Washington, Feb. 13.-President Roosevelt, accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt, Secretary and Mrs. Taft, Mrs. Cowies and Mr. and Mrs. Emlin Roseveit, left for New York at 10 o'clock this morning via Pennsylvania railroad. Arriving in New York about 3 o'clock the president will be es? corted to the New York Republican club, where he will meet the mem? bers of the organization. He will remain at the clut> until time for the club's Lincoln Day ban? quet at-the Waldorf this evening1. At the banquet the president will make an address that will probably attract more general discussion than any that he has delivered since he became president. After the address he will attend the Press club banquet at the New Astor Hotel. On Tuesday evening he will be the guest of honor at the din? ner of the Hungarian Republican club. He will return to Washington" after this dinner. ----^mmm BLIZZARD ?X NORTHWEST. In Texas the Loss to Cattlemen Will Reach Several Hundred Thous? and Dollars.. . Kansas City. Mo,, Feb 12.-Reports tonight from Missouri, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Dakotas, northern Texas. Indian Territory, Ar? kansas and Oklahoma say that unusu? ally cold weather prevails In Omaha the thcrmomter registered 16 de? grees below zero at 9 o'clock tonight. High winds prevail in many localities, difting the snow badly and delaying railroad traffic in all directions. From Oklahoma and Indian Territory word comes that the temperature today was ? below zero in several places and ranged at zero all day. From all parts of the two territories come ac? counts of - suffering and death as the result of the sudden blizzarrd which began yesterday. The territory is covered with a coat of snow and ice ranging in depth from three to eight inches and this will serve as a pro? tection to the wheat and fruit crops, but thc live stock and in some in? stances the people of the territories i are suffering severely. ; Cattlemen say that range stock will suffer the greatest loss in years. Great .anxiety is felt for the Indian tribes, who are in no condition to withstand -*'h-e storm. * t In northern Texas the worst bliz? zard in. ten years, with the thermom? eter at zero and below, prevails. Com? ing so soon after the recent blizzards when snow lay on the ground for 10 days, this severe weather will inflict hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses on cattlemen. In Fergus Falls, Minn., the United States government thermometer reg? istered 38 below zero today. $1.000,000 FIRE IX MOBILE. Two Hotel Elevator Boys Were The Heroes of the Xighi. Mobile, Ala., Feb. 13.-Fire which started about the middle of the night in the Battle House has destroyed the building and the flames threaten the adjacent property. The loss is more than one million dollars to the Battle House, which is one of the largest ho? tels in the South.. One person is known to have been killed and sev? eral seriously wounded. A score of guests were compelled to flee withoht dressing. Joseph Parks 'and Bernard Con? stantine, the elevator boys, stuck to their posts, taking out many guests. Both were badly burned about the face and hands. - - liai vm - CRANK TO SEE PRESIDENT. A Harmless Old Man Called to Discuss Reforms in Government. New York, Feb. 14.-An old man, giving-the name of William Waldorf Jackson, Jr., claiming to be the pro? prietor of the Hotel Manhatton, Low? ell. Mass., called to see the president at the Robinson home this morning. Secret service men sent him away af? ter they learned that he wished to confer with the president as to re? forms in the government and that he was a self-nominated candidate for president of the United States in 1896, 1900 and 1904. The man was not ar? rested as he appeared harmless. ONE GOOD ACT. Senate Disposes of thc State Fertilizer Factory Bill. Columbia, Feb. 14.-The senate, without debate, today continued the bill providing for the state going into the fertilizer manufacturing business. The house passed the bill providing for book cases for rural school libra? ries. Just before adjourning after a long debate the- senate by a vote of 19 to 9 killed the Pollock biri giving Win? throp college part of Clemson's lag tar. PRESION! ROOSEVELT RISING. EDE PIGEON-HOLES THE ARBI? TRATION TREATIES. Furiously Angry With Senate Because It Dared to Amend the Treaties Negotiated By Him. Washington, Feb. 13.-Before President Roosevelt left for New Fork this morning he instructed Sec? retary Hay to pigeon-hole the arbitra? ron treaties which were amended by :he senate on Saturday over his pro? ust, and despite his threat made in lis letter to Senator Cullom. Secretary Bay this morning in reply to numer? ous inquiries by representatives of the press made, in substance, the followi? ng statement: President Roosevelt regards the matter of general arbitration treaties is concluded by the action of the sen Site Saturday. He is unable to present them in this altered form to the countries with which we have been in negotiations. ST PETERSBURG QUIET. Putiloff Works Where Strike Origi? nated to Resume Tomorrow. St. Petersburg, Feb. 13.-The strike situation continues quiet according to a placard posted by the managers of the Putiloff Works. Work will be resumed there tomorrow. There are now four other factories in St. Paters burg idle. Constantinople, Feb. 13.-Sultan Abdul Hamid fearing an anti-Russian demonstration, has ^sked that the Australian, which i's conveying Gen? eral Stoessel and staff' back to Russia shall proceed through the Bosphorus without stopping; SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items of Interest Condensed and Par - .agraphed for Quick Reading. Two members of the Columbia po? lice force-resigned last week. The school children of McCalls have started a movement to raise funds to erect a monument to the memory of Emily Geiger, the Revolutionary he? roine. Mr. S. O. Linder, of Columbia had h:s . left leg -broken Saturday by the k;ck of a horse. V It is reported that Darlington is to have a new bank with $200,000 capital. Not a single sack if fertiizer was sold to farmer in Lancaster during January. The new passenger depot in Spar tanburg has been completed. Regular service on the Anderson street railway begins this week. Marion Parr was tried for the mur? der of Clarence Shealey in Columbia Saturday and found guilty, the jury being out only twenty minutes. Pat Cu mm in irs, a workn- in 'on the new steel bridge over the Catawba river near Fort Mill was found dead beside the track Saturday, with his skull crushed. Maj. Micah Jenkins "of Conimbia will form one of .'the guard of boror for President Roosevelt in the inaugu? ral parade. The guard will be com? posed of Rough Riders. F. G. Trefzer, of Union, a pros? perous and respected jeweler disap? peared several days ago and no trace of him can be found. John Bowen, colored was stabbed to death by a fellow workman in Charleston Saturday night. The fifteen months old daughter of Mr. J. Lucius Brown, of Darlington, fell into the fire Monday and was seri? ously burned. A through fast freight train has been put on by the Seaboard Air Line to mn between Charleston and Bir? mingham, and a cut of 12 hours has been made in the freight schedule be? tween these two points. The train will be what is termed a "red bail" freight, and will make the time of fast passenger service. Waddy T. McFall. a prominent citi? zen of Pickens, died Sunday after? noon. He leaves a wife, four sons and three daughters. He was a success? ful merchant, was mayor of Pickens and president of the Bank of Pickens. Saturday Mrs. F. T. Brown, with an infant and fourteen-year-old daugh? ter, were riding in a buggy across the bridge over Fairforest, near Spartan burg. The horse slipped on the ice and buggy, horse and the riders all went down in the stream. The baby was well wrapped, and as the water was not very deep, Mrs. Brown speed? ily rescued it. The buggy was broken and the horse considerably bruised. Mrs. Brown sustained no serious inju? ry. The daughter and baby were not hurt. HEADS TOO HARD. That's Why Jeff Does Not Like Negro Fighters. Memphis, Tenn., February 12. Southern citizens who have their own ideas on the race question called on Champion Jeffries today and offered their congratulations on his stand in barring black boxers fr?m the list of possible opponents. It was the cham? pion's first visit to Memphis and the reception given him caused him to make a short speech, in which he said that he was still carrying bruised knuckles from coming in contact with the head of Bob Armstrong, the ne? gro heavy weight, in a fight several yoars ago. He said that a negro's head was hard as a ram's horn and he did not care to show his boxing powers ? against such a class of people . A MATTER GF HEALTH Abso lutely Pure HAS HO SUBSTITUTE M. DE WITTE NOT SUSPECTED^ Telegram From St. Petersburg Demex* That His Residence Was Searched. London, Feb. ll.-The'St. Peters? burg correspondent of the Central News wires a denial of the report current this morning that M. Bouli gan. the Russian minister of the in i terior, bas ordered? that the house of M. De Witt, president of the council of ministers, be searched. . CARDINALS DIAMOND JUBILEE. Cardinal Richard, Oldest Member or Second College. Celebrates Fif? tieth Anniversary of His Consecration'. Paris. Feb. li.-Cardinal Richard, the oldest 'member of the sacred col? lege celebrated today thc diaznomnd jubilee of his consecration as a priest. Thc cardinal, is in receipt of many congratulatory messages from per? sons from all over the world, includ? ing one from the Pope. JAPS BURY 2,000 HUSSEINS. Field M?rsital Oyama S?akes Report Proving Tfi at Russians Lost Heavily. London. Feb. ll.-Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minister, issues a re? port from Field Marshal Oyama stat? ing that up to February 10th the Jap? anese have buried 2,000 Russian corpses in the direction of Helkentai. TWINS. Triplets and Quadruplets ' Are the Rule in thc Family of Mrs. Sur rctt. of fronton. An ?ronton, Ohio, dispatch to Ther Cincinnati Enquirer says: Mrs. Rosy Ann Surrett, wife of William Surrett, of this city, who recently gave birth to quadruplets, cornes from a family in which four sets of twins, two sets of quadruplets and three sets of trip? lets have been bom. Ker mother gave birth to quadruplets at the age of'25 All of them died, as have Mrs. Sur rett's. * Her twin brother, Robert Brown, of Gallipoli*. Ohio, is the father of a pair of twins now living" and triplets, two of whom still live? lier sister. Mrs. John O. Curtis, of" Virginia, is the mother of a pair of twins now living, and two sets of trip? lets, all dead. Another brocher, Jack Brown, is the father of two pairs of twins, all of whom are now living. Mrs. Surreit is only 29 years of age, was married about a year ago, and the quadruplets were her first chil? dren. GUARDED BY THOUSAND COPSL Thc Visit cf President Roosevelt eo> Now York Calls for" Unusual Proceedings. New York. Feb 13.-A thousand poilcemen have been detailed to pro? tect the president during his stay in New York. This ls probably due to- bis intention of visiting "Little Hungary,** which is on the East Side. He is to attend the Hungarian Republican club's banquet lhere. It is the first time any president of the United States has ever visited the foreign quarter of New York, where reside 500.000 persons of various national ties. The East Side is in a high state of exultation over the honor. St. Petersburg, Feb 13-It has been officially announced that Gen. Grip? penberg will return from the front and will be succeeded in command of the second Manchurian army by Gen* Bilderlin. Paris. Feb. 13.-The announcement of the failure of the Contonvre Weav? ing Company, of Loire, ,was made this morning. The liabilities of the concern are pl ca ed at 3.750,000 francs. The failure has caused widespread injury among small investors Darlington, Feb. 12.-Sam Jones, colored, an employe of Patton's to? bacco ste.amery, was caught in ma? chinery at the stemmery Friday af? ternoon and both legs were fearfully mangled, .causing his death, which occurred Friday night. A coroner's in? quest was held Saturday morning and thc verdict was in accordance w&t? the above facts.