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VOL. XX. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY PI, 1906- NO. 21.
COULDN'T AtREE.
Raysor-Manning Dispensary Bill
Passed the Senate But
DIED IN THE HOU8E.
The Lower House Declared for the
Rucker Bill, but It Ot Kilied in
the Senate, and So the Session
ias Ended Without Dis
pensary Lgisiaden.
The Senate and House it seems
could not agree en any dispensary leg
Islatio, and so the eaica has ended
with the dlspensay right where it
was when the Lagislature first mst in
January. The Senate Wedneaday
morning rsad, for the second time,
the Bay'sCi-&anning bill, and on
Thursday passed it and sent It to the
Hous. for concurrence, which the
House refu;ed. The bill was sent to
the House not to be voted on, bu as
stated above for conwurrten, as the
bill was rearlly a house mmoare. This
status was obtained by affi dg to the
title of the Morgan bill wnioh has a
ready passed the houw, the body of
the Rsysor MUnning bill, which orig
inated In th - -e ate, and bad never
been r-7 acrwu .t- State house.
S~'-. afDer the senate was oalled
to order va Wednesday morning Sen
tor Blease of Niervb rry announced
that he would not continue to hold
the ficor, as he had been advised that
the dispensary bills were not in any
danger of b.m'ng law and he tbought
the issue would be in the campaign,
after all, duren the summer. Senator
Efird, who made an unmuccessful mo
tion shortly before to limib all apeeci.
es during the remainder of the seuon
to 15 minutes, off.;red two minor
amendments to the Raysor-Kinning
bill. These were adopted but amend
ments by Senator Ryor to eliminl.es
the board, of control from the bill
were rejected. The bill was then glven
and aye and nay vote as follows:
Ayes-Senators Bates, Biven,
Black, C. L. Blease, E. S. Blesse, Car
penter, Davis, Dennis, Douglas, Earle,
Erd, Hardin, Hay, Hohday, W. R.
Johnson, W. J. J.hnson, Manning,
McGowan, McL od, McIver, Pearifoy.
Baysor, Stackhouqe, Walker, Warren,
Wells, Williams-58.
Nays-Senators Brie, Brown,
Brooks, Batler, Carlsle, Hood, Honh,
Hudson, Mauldin, Talbert, von K1
nitz-12.
A number of senators stated their
positices Senator Hardin was in far
vor of local option, but now that the
Morgan bill bad been killed, he be
lieved the Ravsor:Manning would re
Heve the present conditions, whfe'i
he could not v use.it to coatinuiag as
they are. SLators Mclver, Btes and
Holday shared this 'view. Senator
Hough, thought the b~ll worse tnan
present condlifns, 'while Senators
Talbert, and Brooks, were against the
dispensary and 13s baing patched up.
Senator Mauldin did nt~t think the
bil would help conditions but Sena
tor Black thought it would.
A large number of senators, includ
Ing dispensary advocates, declared
temselies against beer dispensaries
and hotel privileges. The neXt bill
taken up was Senator Mau:din's to
abolish these forms of the digpmar
law. A direct vote was-taken on the
bi's passage and every senator in thre
chamber voted for It except Senators
. L. Blease, Denns, Douglass,
Hay, Hudson, W. E. Johnson,
Mashall, von K-ini -s, Wazker,
Warren and Wlliams-13. Seniator
Carpenter did not vote, as fe was out
of the chamber at the time.
-The senator was of a mind to get
through with all dispensar! ensinass
possible, and Senator Warren's bill
to bave a general State electin and
abide by the results for S yesus was
klled by avotecef 31 to 9 Sntor
Blesse withdrew his bill, whieb was
to rest the opening of dispenmaies
upon the decision of the mayor and
county supervisor and board of direc
tors.
The Mauldin bil and the Baysoi
Mnningr bill was read the third time,
and sent to the bcuse where tbey both
died. Senator Mauldins bill origlit
ed in the senate bunt the other mess
ure, as said, was a bcus bill.
The last bill on the senste calendar
that touched on the dispensary came
up at the night session. Tils bill,
by Senator Mauldin, was designed to
prohibit mnanufaOcure of whiskey in
dry counties and to have the deiga
tion ley a speeln tax sofflaient for
that county, instead of having i. gen
eral tax as under the Brice bil, the
enforcement of law being done by the
sherf s and their deputies instead of
the consabulry. The bIll is along
the lines of Gov. Heyward's recom
mendation in his message.
The senate refused to kill the bill
by avoteof 2 tol14. Senator Maul
din spoke for his bil and Senators
Blesse and Walker against 15, but It
was final1y disposed of by debate be
Ing pottopned. As this left no chance
for iit to pass at this session, Senator
Maldin withdrew it from thle calen
dar. This ended dispensary legisla
ion in the senate f or the session.
THE EtCK~ER BILL.
On Wednesday in thle House Mr.
Bucker called up his straight county
dispensary bill. He did this, he ex
plamet d, because the senate had killed
the Morgan till ard he wanted to give
the senate the chance of holding the
bag. Let the senate have the burden
of keeping that bouquat on the Con
gaes river, Hes wouldi never see the
aspensary In Anderson if the State
dispensary was allowed to live. He
wanted the senate again and aam
held responsible for the dispensary on
the Congaree.
Mr. Lsney thought this a pure
waste of tima and wan~tea the bil kill
ed. Tne RuLoter bill simply provides
for the abolition of the StateO maa
sary and tjie option between prhibi
tion and county dispenisries.
Uinaer this bill counti1es teat have
vned out thn disPensary have Ithe
ehance of another electiln in May,
1906.
Tae hous-, by a vote of 47 to 45
refused to indelnitely pAtpone the
bill.
Mr. R cbards then m~ved to cor
tinue the bill. Then 'be house decliL
ed to contium t-e bill on another yea
and nay vote. which stood
Aye, to kill t~s Rucker bill; nay,
for the bill:
Ye&a-Smith, sp' aker; Ardrey, Boyd,
Brant, Brantley, Bmuoe, Clifton. Cul
ler, D-.-C-amps, Dar, Dakes, Ept
irg, Etheridge, E. J. Faust, Ford,
Ganse Graham, Gray, Greon, D. L.
Greeb, W. McD, Grias, Harrelleqn,
Harrison, Higgins, Hutto, Irby, Kc7
ntn, Kirve, Linev. DetrLttle,
McCants, McC.l. McFaddln, Maey,
Manidin, T. J. Nance, Parker, Pitt
m m, Policek, Rwlison, Richards,
Riley, Stoll, Tu:ner. Walker, J. M.,
Watst'n. J. B., Webb, Whatley, Ye
d.l-50'
Nay-Arnold, Ashley, Ballentine,
Bass, B;amguard, Bradham. Brice,
Brownirg, Olcock, C ithran, Dabbs,
Davis, EsZtardt, Etieredge, L. B ,
Fshbuern, Frost, Gwque, Gbson, J
P Gibson, W. J., H.:h, Himal, Har
lin, Hazley-, Hemphill, Heyward,
Irshaw, Lawson, Lofton, Lcmax,
McMasr, Mauldin,L., Miller, Mar
gan, Morrison, Nssh, Nesbitt, NYch
olan, Ot, Patterwo, Pcsson,
Eavss, Rucker, Sanders, Say, Sel
ters, Sinkler, Strorg, TodIe, Tribble.
VanderHorst, Walker, M. W., Wha
ley, Wimberly-53
Paira-Pyatb and Foster; H.rbert,
D. 0., and Green.
The Backer bill was then sent to
the Senate, wqere it met the faWe of
the Morgan bill. So ended dispensary
egislation for the semion. Tae.
Ljaestion will have to be decided by
bae people this summer.
JA STOWN !XPOSITION.
rho State Senate Votes I- Thircy
Thousand Dollars.
In the Senate an Wednesday even
ng the Jamestown exposition bill was
alled up. Senator Brown spoke fer
bhe bill, saying the relions bet ween
outh Carolina and .Vrginia mad4
bs a pecuiar call. It would be an
ffront to Virginia to decline to re
pond and a disgracs not to appropri
is enough to make a creditable dis
play. Senator Purifoy had no sympa
biy with the cry of poor mouth and
wanted his great Stste creditably rep
resented, commenti;.g that South
Darolina was not represented at St.
Louis in 1904 He made a spirited
>lea for the bill.
Senator Bates said that though op.
osed to expenditures when not neces
ary, this was one time when he did
osder it worlh while. Senator Car
>enter, too, spcke for the bill and ci'
.d the advantage of exploiting the
state. A vote was then taken and
he bill read a second time by a vote
if 30 to 8. Senators E S. Blease,
Carle, Efrd, Hood, W. E Jobnson,
W. J. Jo hnson, Raysor, Talbert vot
ng aganst it.
Senator Brown then spoke for the
havge from the 810,000 stiuliation
)f the house to 830),000 as originally
ppropriated under thle bill. Senator
ood spoke against it and Senator C.
. Blease for it. It was adooted,
enators Black, E. S. Bisase, E rle,
ood, W. =E. Johnson, W. 3. Johnson,
do:Gowan, McLlod, Raysor, Talbert,
Warren, Wells voting against it. Thle
,'.U was than read thle second time
md passed.
During the discussion Chief David
arris of the Catawba Indians came
nt" the chamber and was aaked by
>resident Sloan to occupy a chlair on
~he stand. Ill was ratner a remarka
>e incident that the chief of one of
he few tribes of full bloc~dd Indians
~hat still rema:n in tis country should
,a present to see a Seate voting to
rartiipate in a celebration to corn
neminrate the landirng of the first
hie men in the land which his
aters orca owned from the Pacino
o tile A1tlantic.
A ConnetL's Laek.
The winner of the $25,000 prise for
orretly naming thle atteunda~nc at
tin St. Louis -exposition in 1904 was
Frank Carnybell, a convict in thle
lioraska state penitentiary. who
still bas about one year to serve.
ampoell was convicted of embezzle
mnt. He will receive only $12,500
f the pris., as he fearing difficulty
n secnring the money while he was
imprined agreed to pay a lawyer
alf of the Drf zs in case of success in
seering it. Osmrpbell's attorney had
a conference with him at the penitan
siry in regard to the disposition of
?e money which will be received in
few days. Thle convict will be un
able to use the money until his sen
ence expires.
Wedded on Deathbed.
At Wilmington, N. C., with his
life ebbleg away, Dr. Richardi J. Pnice
and Miss E :ibeth Wiggins were
married Wednesday morning. Dr,
Price was unable to raise his head pnd
the responses were uttered in alo
voie. -He was .a surgeon in:= tile
Uited States army jatie Pailipaines
and ranks as first llewnaant. While
In the Pollppines tie contiacted to
berculo'~is, and returned to this coun
ry. For a long time he was at F .rt
Bayard, New Mics, but recentily
returned to his home in Wdlmrgton.
Dr. Prios and th~e young woman -he
married had been engsgEd ft~r sentral
years. His death is expected at anty
moment.
Facaliy Barned.
At anr early hour Wednesdav morn
ing the infant ca:ild of Mr. J Ahn B.
Cleary, of the Trinity section of Nkw
berry county, was fatally burned, the
child succambing to the i~ jaries at
noon. Tne child was ph~ying before
a fire in the house, the .mother being
absent from the room at thle time. Ini
some way the elothes of the little
boy caught fire and before the nl.mes
could be extinguished the body had
been terribly burned. Dzeath relieved
the little fellow from his sufi rng at
abut 11 o'eir ck of the na'm day.
SMr. Tillman's resolution directing
the committee on immnigration to
make an investigation of the Chlnrsse
boycott of American goods was adopt.
ed Wednasdaybhy tile Senate.
THE BOXER RIOTS
Are Said to Be Imminent in China
Against Foriegners.
FEELING IS BITTM.
American Soldiers. Are Hcid Ready.
American Missionaries Are Notified
To Keep in Touch with Certain
Cities of Refuge Known as
Treaty Ports.
E. P. Schwerin, vice president and
gineral managsr of ths P.cfic
Mail Seamship company. whose busi
ness relations wtih the people of China
have been intimate for more than a
d, zt years, regards the situation In
China with grave apprehension.
He considers th3 manifesslon of diL
order as priaarily anti American,
bus what s.ntiment of "China for the
Chinese" underlying the erup'Ions,
the trouble is certaln, In his opiilon,
to spread and b.,come an anti-foreign
uprising that will make all other na
tionalities excepting the Jlpnese to
be subj-.,Ots of attack. Speaking of
the prospect of trouble, Mr. Soh werin
last night said:
"TheBxer uprising of 1900 was
the cne svidence of the ferment of
anki-.oreign feeling, but when order
has been restored no people stood
closer to the Chinese than did the
Americans. And as a result, our
trade with China has increased by
leaps and beunds sinc the end of the
Boxer cutbreak. But the anti-Amer
can boycott has not only chocked the
davelopment of trade relations, but
what has already been built up it
now threatened. Tnis is only the re
fi.:x of the active and aggressive meth
da of certain labor organizvsions of
the Paciflo. The clear intent of tne
*reaty of 1894 has bren perverted. It
defined the excluded class but in re
ponse to the constantly asserted lat
Dr influence the provisions have been
burled out of sight.
"'Then again, the laboring organ's
stions on the coast have applied tne
oyc)zt, not only against Cninese
goods Imported into the country. but
againat Cninese goods imported into
he country, but against the merchant
who would tuy the garden products
he Chinese farmer in the coast states
and the result has been that the
'hinamen have turned the weapon
upon the Americans, who taught
hem the example and power It po&
The Presbyrerian board of foreign
missions, in New York In consequence
A the embark.tion of Ameroan sol
liers for the far east, in anticipation
A service In China, has decided to
keep in touch with the nearest theaty
orts in case of ticuble.
The chief cause of anxiety, accor
Sing to the secretary of the board, Is
she constant spreading of wrorng ideas
af the treatment of the Chinese in
this country. Stories are being cir
suated throng China of the massacre
a Caiinese in Amtrica and they have
yellow j urnals just as we have them
ere. But they have not the intelil
gerca we have and the stories have
a greater pertentage of believers. We
knew of tne the presidents IntEn
tion to send troops to the Philippines
weeks ago.
"Trje treaty ports the missionaries
-ay use as refuge placa are Canton,
Shangnal, Hanow, Hangohsw, Sno,
Dhow, Ningh Po, Tsetng, Ctee
Foo, Tien Tain and Pakin. The ma
jority of these would give a means of
asca.pe or refuge and by water routes.
In all of them missionaries and their
amilies would Und high COnase offi
dis and foreign repremsniatives who
would be of help to the~m. Bat in
many caOs the misionaianad
Americans are at such remote plabes
that they could be easily cut oftand
their 0only 01hanne of afety 0ouid'-rest
with the government of Cnina&gditt
represenati~rss."
Oae of the visitors te the Prsby
serian board ot missions was Rev C.
Cnarks Fairckcush, a mlasonary,
who had just arrived from Onina.
" While it takes time for the news
of the boycott. on American goodt~o
traves from the coast to the int'elim,
said Mr. Fa.irclough, "the anti- Ager
lan and ani-oreign feeling In Nakh
China is very bitter, and I bes it
is more bitter than It was at any/time
during the boxer war;
"Tne feeling was very strong when I
left the Anhui province in pacemoer.
Is was caulsed. by the spores of ill
treatmens or Ounamene~ America
and the exclusion law. *n~i e1arer
for towns the merohahr- . _ selling
no Amnercsn goods rjbbher4qp have
their countrymen kapw f~y have
had them in theIr pou on.
"It is not the.- sa:anti-foreign
feeling of the boxer tce, it comes
out of what they believe -~npatriol
ism. The Chinse are sious to get
their p-opsrties into Ihciown hands.
There areaalroads, mintlig and other
kinds et4yndsatesgveoping proper
s in China and the men buek of them
are fo-[ngners. 0 aly reoently I sas
An of eee syndicabes go through all
the stags of development in bbe
building of a railroad line and at the
ast moment the Cninese rescinded ah~
the rights given to them.
"I was arnaZud to find a rcmarka
bie liberality of views among the
Chinese students in Japan. They cut
cif their qucques, wear Eropean clthes~~
and even talk about the necessity of a
new form of government f.,r Caina;
Tnaere is a spirit of governmental
revoution amor~g them.
A dispatch to the Tribuhe from
Washington, D. C., sayi: Thirby
eignt thcusand men of the regular
army are to be mobilized at Manila
or service In China in case of an up
rising agaimst foreigners In the an
cient empire. The war department
nas detesrmined to send four regimenWs
of cavairy and seven batteries of artL
lery to the far eastern Islands in addl
Itno to the troops alradyordrierdr
The navy also is active and haA d
rected REar Admiral Sigsbee's eqsqad
ron, consisting of oae armored and
three protected cruisers, to hold it
self in readiness to proceed to the far
east and report to Rear Admiral
|Train, commanding the Asiatic fleet.
The. navy department also has sent
instructions to R..'ar Admiral Train to
take such measures as may seem to
him advi able for the ad,-qutte prc
tection of Americans and their Inler
ests. A gunboat of the Helena class
whicb ha; betn undergoing repairs at
Manila, will be commissioned without
further delay and sent to China for
use on the Yang Tse K!arg.
Rear Admiral T'ain bas arranged
with missionaries living in the terr
tory transvesA by this stream to
hurry to certain points in case of ap
prehenslon of trouble and upon arri
val they will be picked up by men of
war.
BOLICITORS SALARIES.
They A-. Fx ' d at Seventeen Hun
dred Dolaru.
In the House after the Rucker bill
had been adopted Mr. Clifton took up
the bill to fix salaries of solicitors.
He wanted the increase applicable to
1906.
Col. Harbert protested against the
increases. He saw no. use for it.
Mr. Clifton wanted all solleitors
paid a uniform salary of $1,890.
Mr. Laney thought 81,600 was a
good salary-and they reeived '160
crom the engrossing departmient.
There was a dispute whether so
licitors drew $4 a day whether attend
Lag session or not. Mr. Laney urged
that the solicitors all received $4 a
day for the entire session whether at
tending the session or not. He pro
duced the record and showed that
mach solicitor was paid a minimum of
9160.
Mr. Sinkler favored the bill to In
crease salaries and said Mr. Richards
favored certain increases. Others he
>pposed. It was too small an Increase
to worry about. The solicisor repre
ented the actual cvilizatlon of the
State and should be well paid. The
slicltor should be well paid. T.e
olicitor should be a man of character,
e.-rc3 and ability.
Mr. Richardson made a vigorous
and forceful speech called for a halt
[a legislative extravagances. He
wondered where it was all going to
atop. He said already the house had
Lrreased las year's appropriation
bll by 8128,000 although the ways
and means committee reported a bill
which carried lea money han last
rear's act. Mr. Richardson is a hard
and earnest ighter and Mr. Clifton
ays liie in aebate but he made a
Ine fight for the increase in solicitors
alaries.
Mr. Richardson urged that he
poke sinply for himself, but spoke
or himself alone as the ways and
neans committee had not discussed
he matter.
By a vote of 31 to 56 the house
illed the $1,830 amendment.
The house refused to let the in
~reases apply for 1906.
Mr. Hutto wanted to fix the sala
ies at 61,600. T ae senate bill pro
rided for 61,700 salaries for solici
On the motion to fix the salaries at
!l,600 for all solieitirs thle vota stood
18 for to 55 against, and then thel
[uestion came up on the $1,700 a
nendment.
Mr. Walker moved that the Increase
~ake effect on April 2, 1906, and this
roughat on another fight. The a- l
nendment was agreed to.
Mr. Sinkler wanted the solicitor of I
he ninth oircuit to receive $1,800 be- I
~ase his solicitor was elected and|
nade the contest with the under-.
tanding that he was to receive 61,
~00. L ast.
The bill as passed to ita third read
ng flx% the uniform salary for solici
trn at $1=,700, effective April 1, 1906.
The B.>J Weevil.
A dispatch from Wasaington says
Kr. W. D. Hunter, oQf the Depart
nn of Agriculture, who is in charge
f the cotton boll weevil investiga
Sion, is preparing to return to Texas
where he declares the problem of wee
il extermination is farifrom solution.
ur .ltest risports, said Mr, Hunter,
show the wher.1 last year bas made
is cusatomnary advance for Aifty miles
as-ward. An unfavorable para of the
present situation is that the late ad
ance puts the pest in the lowlands
aong the Mississippi river where
onditions are most favorable to its
existence. In Texas the low wet
etions eacfred most. In Western
Louisana, there was a belt in which
no cotton was grown, a great timber
beit. We endavored to keep the boll
weevil from getting past this belt,
but have failed. The Mississippi
river can not be regarded as a barrier
as the weevils have been known to fly
twenty-five miles with a favorable
wind, and as there is much traf~e
across the stream It is sure to be
carried in baggage. Along the Missi
ssippi river is whlere the greatest
damage will be done. All the South
ern States will be affscted unless
some new thing is discoveed.
SKilled by a Mala.
Mr. W. ;xWStarr, a farmer who
1Lv% daar ~Greshamvllle in Greene
cinty, was killed by a.mnule Wednen
day siT'eripon bout 3 o'cok in the
atin Ritaea-Ga, He had gone
to:Madson dfl,4i a pair of miles
hitcbedt a wagon to L'ell a bale of
otton. After selling the cotton he
drove his mules to the public well
naar the bank no give them water be
fore leatiog town. The mules started
away while he was drawing the water
and he caught the lefthand one b;
- bit of the bridle. They ran.
drgging him, threw him down, and
~etppng on him, broke his neck and
jawbone, two wheels of thes wagon
passing over his b dy. Dr. R. W.
Trotter, the physician who was sum
moned, says he was instantly killed.
Lign-c.Shrp J.ost.
The Uoited Siates. revenue cutter-,
Seminois, and fbe..steamer Compton
wenn in Wilmington, Nr. C., Wednes
day night from a frultles search all
day for the F yir g Pan Shoals light
ship welch was torn adrif t from her
mooing in Monrday night's storm.
LASHED TO FURY
Hawthorne Pictures Senatoi
Tillman Discussing the
R AILROAD R LTE BILI
In the Senate, and Describes the Won.
d.rful Transformation from Lodge
andthe Isles of the Biest to
the Storms and the Buc
cancers.
Julian Hawthorne draws on amus
ing picture. of Senator Tillman ad.
dressing" the Uaited Stats Senate
last week on the railroad rate bill.
With the scholarly Senator from Mas
sachuseets, says Hawthorne, we had
been sailing long and smoothly on
Summer seas. He seemed to be en
acting the parts both of Youth at
the Prow and of Pleasure at the
Helm.
The rise and lapse of his mellina.
ons a csnts, as he read his speech,
and. at stated Intervals, lifted the
leaf from the pile of law books on his
left and laid It gently and acurately
on the slowly augmenting pile on his
right, seemed like the sof ly swelling
and subsiding waves of the blue
(can over which we voyaged.
The Senatorial audience sat. en
tranoed, with eyes half closed in
dream comfortableness. The galler
iss, graced with much that was femi
nine and beautiful, sailed on serenely
with tht; rest of us.
Mr. Knox, keeping his eyes resolute
ly ajar beneath his level and slightly
gathered brows, gave his most courte
ous attention. Other great railroad
representatives - Foraker, Aldridge,
Eikins, Gallinger-attempted not to
conceal the plentitude of their satis
faction in the argument cf the spokes
man of the White House.
The desks of the opposition were
less well filled, but several of their oc
eupants confessed to the spell of the
orator. Mr. Tillman read pamphlets,
but he was to speak after Massacun
setta had finished.
The Isle of the Blest seemed near.
All was well alow and aloft.
The nation, under the aegis cf the
Executive, was safe. Tne rate bill
was an important measure, but Mr.
Lodge had given the suIj ect of rail
way rates his earnest attention dar
Lng several months, and he knew, he
might venture toubeliebe something
wtout it. He had even gone so far as
to unload his modest holdings of rail
way stock before beginning his exami
ation, lest any shadow ef self-inter
sat might creep into his point of
view. He was explicit, after all this
study, in announcing that personal
rebates were really and truly wrong,
and must be stopped. But ab! gen
llamen, what a mighty and prosper
uau nation was ours; and ab I again,
what a mighty element of beneficence
were our railroads!
Railroads are the property net of a
'ew haughty millionaires, but of mil
ions of trusting and deserving stock
tilders, for whose benefit they are
sonducted. To injure railroads, then,
La to aim a blow at the common peo
ple.
"Is any here so base that does not
ove the common people? If any,
speak, for him have I offhnd! And,
de~ nob railways d~pend upon the pros
perisy of the couatry for their living?
How, then, can they bi suspected of
working ag&Lnst its interests.
"Ib is preposterous," exclaimed the
Senator, almost raising his volos,
"than they should be suspected of be
ing shortaightedly avaricious."
And so, an laaS, he laid down the
last leaf upon the four squsre pile
and turned to receive the congratui
lations of kMessrs. Aldrich, IForaker
and the rest of the men against whose
interests the Hepburn bill is under
stood to be aimed.
It was beautiful; it was like the
lotus eat-ere; and we were just falling
into the sweetest slumber wnen all as
once an awful thing happened.
In the Senate Mr. Tillman is al
most the only event that ever does
nappen. Up he came from the dark
some hold of our Ship of Sjtate, sav
age and threatening, a freebooter,
armed and fierce-eyed; a buccanoeer,
with a knife between his teeth and a
pistol in either hand.
The Summer seas passed away like
a dream. The Isles of the Blest sank
beneath the horiz mn. The clouds
blackened the sky and the storm
wind shrieked In the silken cordage
of the rigging.
Tillman~ bad ripped the entire bots
tom out of cur craft, and we were
sinking..
Tne seas rose In fury; we were
plunged headlong into them, swim
mit-gly suddenly for our lives. There
was no peace, no pros >erity,, no econc
ito beneficence of natural laws.
Sharks bit cfr our legs, sworddish im
paled ut-water swallow'ed us whole.
The nation was once more strug
gling in the grasp of the octopus.
They were starving,... they were
wronged; they were victms of an out
rageous and destructive tyranny.
And what a .hideouis farce it all
was!
Herewr 4our.PresIdent, who had
this me for the relief of the pee
pie so cloan.yat heart, on whose c :t
tails we were'admonished tlindly to
nang, in whose courage and wisdom
we were invited to trust,. who feared
no foes-least of 9:11 railroads--here
he tras withi his bill, and whom had
he- called iito- counsel with him to
manufacture it? -
He had called in-shouted the buc
caneer, staling -forth upon the deck
and menacing the Republicans with
uplifted arms--two men who more
tnan any -4thers were devoted body
and soul to railwaya! He had called
In Mr. Rot and Mr. Knox: he had
confided the drafting of the measure
to thieir wisdomz; to their tender mer
ce had he entrust~d the salvation of
ihe people.
Truly, Mr. President, this is a fur.
ny worl.! I finite is the ridiculous
ness of human nature! These are the
adviers whom cur brave and independ
ent Erecut'ee summons to aid him in
defnc~iog the mas es aginst the r.
pacity of the clisse ! B it Mr. Til
man would feel a li.tle safer In tait
Ing the meat--:st it have p'iison in
lt-ha i it not been submitted to the
cookery of such cooks.
Something ev d-ntly had to be done;
and Mr. Koox, clambering upon a
piece of wreckage, was heard to de
clare, in a bold, hardy voice, that
-ever, either directly or indirectly,
he acted as counsel for the Pnnsyl- f
vanla Railway. - .
"Well, I'm glad to hoar you say
I !" roared Tillman. 'I m glad there's C
a man I can iespect as not having
been bougt- by a c rporation before
coming to the Sznate to frame a bili
against it. But I don't think it will
be denied that Mr. Root has beeL
very close to railway inte: e3ts.
"And I say It is false to say that
the railways alwav s desire the p-o- v
perity of eacha region. I see too much J
evidence ha, al this pretended z,.4!
for the people Is apparat but not
real. I ftsee two hundred thousano 1
miles of railways in this country, ana a
they are under only live d ffareut e
ownerships, and those owners are so b
bound sogetber and interrelated that 2
you can't tell. them apart.
"I am a plain, blunt man, and I c
say they are robbing the people.
"Here's the Fnnsylve.nia has such
faith in the innocutus character of 3
these thunderings from the White 11
House that they advertise in a New 0
York newspaper a direct prcof that 3
they are acting in restrain" of tradei A
The3y say, like the late eminent finan- J
cier, "Tne public be damnedI' Tney *s
are striving tooth and nail to get the
President to put In a proviso tnat the 0
courts may be appealed to and t'ie g
decision of the commissiof be sus- P
pended till the appeal is dcclded. it
They wont let him fly the coop if 3
they know it!" c1
At this point Foraker got his head i
above water. "Should tnere not be d.
a proper prevision f>r appeahng?" he a
inquired.
"What is a proper prcvisior.?" re- le
torted the freebooter.
"A just one," was the rej Ander?"
"And does not .this bill secure j Is
tic: ?"
"I say it's a farcml" roared Till- J
man, "and I ask you are you satisfied
with It yourself?"
"I don's have to be," replied Mr.
Faraker,.sidestepping qlickly. tr
"Then I ask you wnether you are ?4
going to vote for- It?" his antagonist nm
persisted.
"I am not," the forlorn-hope cham- aW
pion was obliged to confess; and South SL
Carolina held the deck alone and tri- 1
umphant. 7
But vain is it to atlempt to report a%
such a man. A combined vitascope r
and phonograph would fail In the I
aff3rt. Jaly we may be sure that so fr
long as he holds his seat the public
will have a chance of knowing what I
is going on-what Is and what is not A
done by our Government. U
He talks right out in meeting; he C1
has no reserves, no subterfuges or I
ambiguities. The galleries are en J
c1anted with him, the Senators both 6
er j sy aud abominate him. Be Is the ~e
great, rude, natural force asking ques edC
tions and shoutirng out the awkard in
:ss facts. And, in his own way, in ,zi
in his action and his aspect, he is the o0
true orator, the tribune of the pro. m
letarit. If aught in the' State of M'
Denmark be rotten he will rev,:al it,
and under his manipulation It will a!
lose naught or its aroma.*
T IED OF LIE.
?eople Who Cemmitted Suicide For cs
One Cause and Another. r
Dr. E. H. Hutcherson, a wellknown "
physicia.n of Toccoa, Ga., committed i
suicide.withi a pistol on Wednesday.
Bad health is thie alleged cause.
REv.- J. G. Norton, a Baptist min- *
iater of V.?domta, G2.,. committed -~
suicide on Tuesday by jumping into .
him well. Ha ws 60 years old and.
was well to do arnd popular.
Miss B3artha Marslea committed '0
suicide at Selmna, Aia., on Tueaday by
taking caloroform besuse bihe was in
love with a young man who did not
reciprocate.
Miss Charlotte F'errell,. aged 20, of '
Roan county, W. Va , oommittad '
suicide on Tuesday by hanging her
self because her parensi would.not'let ~
her marry the young man she was in e
love with.
-Mrs. Lilburn McNair, aged 34,1]
prominent in St. Louis society and
champion golf player of ,the city,
committed suicide at her home on
Monday with a pistol. She was in
bad health.
Eugene Moore, aged 28, manager
for a large cotton firm at Americus, s
Ga., committed suicide on Wednesday
by shooting himself the head with a
revolver. No cause is assigned.
Bev. Justii G. Wade, pastor of the 04
t irst Congregational church of Wau- 1i
kegan, Ill, was arrested by the poss- P
cffica authorities on Wednesday for l
sending obscene matter, through-1the ai
mails. Next day he committed sui- b~
cide by throwing 'himself under a S
train.
Killed Serseli-andi Obildren*
At'Boston on Wednesday morning ct
a woman and four chiren were founa] ci
dead in bud at their home. An invus- ;g
tigation by the polc3 indicate thats st
the woman, Mrs. Annie L. Dixon. h:
had killed she cnildren and hermsif by a.
opening three gas jets. Tue children o
were Annie, aged 5 years; George, p:
three and a half; Mildred two yeea s
and Marion, one year. The - sed tt
was omcovered by the woman's tins
band, Arthur B. Oixon, when he re
turned home from wogk this evenL.g.
Dixon found the house locked and at
was obliged to break in the front al
door. s He found tne bodies of his T
wife and children In a bedroom. al
IMedical Etaminer A. E. MacDonald Iri
decided that Mrs, Dixon had killed of
the children and herself. Dixon told w
the police that he left home at 8 ;e
o'clock this morning to go to his of
work.' At that time his wife was up, p1
the children were all awake and he sc
dJd' not notice anyt4]iog unusual. t3<
Djxon is 31 years old and his wife was ci
27. -They haed been married for about fe
six years.- Of late Mrs. Dixon had hi
no.s been in good health. b
THE WAGES OF SIN
PAT CROWE CONFESSE IN XLE'
IER TO A PRIESE.
rhe Farmers .id~apper Gives His
tory of the Xiserable Life He
ipsnt After His Crime
A dispasch from Omaba, Neb., ssys
Pat Crowa's last chace to escape
rom tze pauilentiary for kidnapping
CdMe Cudahy and robt'ng his father
I $25,000 in gold, has failed. Hit
onfewson to the crime as Vritten tc
Pazber Murphy, of the Catholic church
V.11 I wa, was Fiday morning
ead to the jury before which he is
ow bei.ag tried.
During the reading of the letter
rhich it is believed will send him to
rison for a term of years. Crows
t with bowed head, never once look.
2g up, his hands twitching nervous
r. His old smile had disappeared
cd there are drawn lines around his
yes and mouth. He whispered two his
rother, wio sits with him, and each
rore a look of care.
There was an air of surprised ex
Itement In the room, which was
rowded an hour before court COL
ened, when Tudge Sutton took his
eat. It was known that the decision
i regard to the lener, which, it Is
elleved, would practically settle the
%se, would be handed down and the
,ter read In open court if admitted.
dge Sutton admitted the, letter,
Lying in his ruling.
"Thereis nothing in the commun
Lion which could not have been
rantedtby any person other than a
riest. He does not ask for any spir
ual relief whatever. The sole res
in for writing this letter was to se
ire relief from secular law, not from
i1 spiritual law. He authorized a
solosure of this letter to both Mr.
id Mrs. Cudahy, thus showing it is
t a spiritusl communication. The
tier .was to secure earthly, not Spir
ual relief."
CONTEssION TO FRIEsT.
The letter which was then read to
te jury, in oart as follw2:
'Omaha, April 22, 1904.
Rv Father Murphy, Vail, Ia.:
"Dear Friend-I wrote you a letter
m Chicago a few months ago, and
>ur answer was very encouraging to
e, as I have for several years
Lought cf reforming and starting life
iew. For the past fifteen years my
ring has been intense. My chil
en are dead and my wife is a sel
nt for others. I am an .utcast and
disgrace to the 4nother that gave
e birth, and to add to my suffaring
2ave wronged a man that has been a
end to me.
"I am guilty of the Cudahy affair.
am to blame for the whole crime.
ter it was over I regretted my. IDi
Id I offered to return $21,00 to Mr.
idaby, but he refased to taie it and
en I went to South Africa, where I
ned the rebel army and was badly
minded, being shot twice. Then I
tutned to America and have repeat
ly tried to make peace with the
an I wronged. Now I am going to
ve myself up and take whatever
mes, and if Mr. Cudahy wou~d show
e mercy I would come out all right
Ld culd star~t life anew.
"udahy is'a rimarkably good man
id I haye known nim man) years and
ust say that he is generous and fa.r
ving, and it would be hard fhid a
tter man. But he feels he o wes it
his duty to tne public to prosecute
e. I could stand trial and beat ee
s, but that would nat reheveef the
iden that is Crusbuing ornt the last.
y f happiness in my wasted life. I
uld ratnter plead guilty and have
.e sentence eutpended, giving me a
nce to start hife anew My plead
g guilty would barm no onre but mn -
i, and if I c.;uld induoe Mr Cudans
show me mercy, It gould stimu
I the-harsh Jfuigment than Is prac
nd in courts w1en a feeling of mer
that.G:>d intended should ba shown
sinners.
I wish you would write to Mr.
idaby and Mrs. COd~aiy and pay
r mrcy. BRmemzber this: And
r. Cudaby knows, as do hundreds of
he.-s in this city, that I . fed the
ingry and I myself was poor anid
at I showed mercy to the rich ano
ighty when they were In my pow
and that If I cared to surrcund
yseif with stolan gold I could have
n niillions inside of thirty days. But
have found no happiness in evil, and
going to returnto the teachings
my oildhood. If I must stffer I.
11 not repine. Write to Mr. and
r Cudahy and ask them to show nme
me mercy. This Is all, and I will
y goo-by. "PAT CBOWE."
.' Foot Padi Caught.
At Charleston Magistrate O'Shaug
y committed to jail Henry Sterl
g, a stranger, who Is charged by the
>sca department with having been
ie man who held up Messrs. Siegling
id Spear during the past week, rob
g them of money and varusbies.
:erling Is six feet, five inches. He
is been walking on orutenes, which
e detectives say, however, he dis
.rds at night, when the hold ups oc
r. The man denies his guilt and
ams that he came to Charlestonl 1or
le bentfit~ of his heatfn, afters'short
ay In Columbia. i. claims "that
a spine is itjared and the crutc~95
e ncessary, but the police depart-.
et takes Issue with him on this'
nt. Both St~egling and Spear iden
ied the miin as the- par~ty who hela
iem up on Rutledge'avenn. .-,
S3riofts AcO~caen.*
The Augusta Herald.sa'y~s a serious
cident happened to Everett Bryan
Langley on Tuesday of-ast week.
ne adI whle eng'g~ din play with
other b~y, Denny Hitel, was stuck
one of his eyes bf the sharp point
an umbrell.- .The wcunded lad
s attended by Dr. Shaw, of Lsng
7, who deemed It best that the boy
carried to the Augus City Ht s
tal for treatment, and he was tak L
the shove institution, where it is
>ped, to save his eyesight. The
tar ca. are rather against the ltth
1ow, as the sharp poino of the umn
ella i oa t, hatve pierced the eye
BILL KILLED.
The State Senate Rejects the
Morgan Measure.
ROW MEMBERSVOTED,
The Big Abolishng the StateDispeasairy
and Establshing in Its Stead C...
ty Dispensaries Failed to Pass
by a Vote of Fiftees to
Twenty.
After coanderable dsggggn In g
State Senate the Morga B"1, h*
abolishes the State dispenury =I W
ablinhes county dla~nsaries wa kilL
ed in the Senate on Tuesday by * ds
casive vote. The bill was dknseg 9e
and con thoroughly by the sMenO .
The bill had been passed by the Roam
as will be seen by referense to pap
six, where we report the House preO
ceedings.
It was 11 o'clock wben SqnMar
Blease closed. In the meantime, -O
parties of both sides had been a7a
ference and it was decided to take
vote. S-nator Eugene Bleas made
motion to table Senator BrIega aMio
tion to kill the Baysor-Manning Uill.
Senator Brice's motion was the initial
move in the whole fight.
When the aye and nay vote 'a
taken, there was perect aWknen &I.
thcugh the senate chamber WOs Ute6
alle thronged with visitors on the
floor and in the galleries. T.'ere were
chairs in every available plaos.. The
vote resulted as follows on Senator
Blease's motion (those voting -"aye"'
wiwslng tie Bfyaor-Manning bill to
survive):
Aye&-Senators Blaok, Blake, M. 8
Blease, Carpenter, Davis, Dennis,
Douglass, EaBrle, Efrd, Hay, W. E.
Johnson, W. J. Jonschi. - Manning,
McGowan, McLsod, Partfoy, Stank
house. Warren, Wells, VWiMam-20.
Nays-Sanators Bates, C.L. B es,
Brice, Brooks, Brown, Butler, Carlise,
Christesen, .- Hardin, Holliday,
Hough, Earshali, .Mauldin, elvur,
Senator Baysor lye) was pal
with Senator Hood (nay), :Stor
Walker (jye) was paired with Seqwir
Hudson (a&)) and Senator Bivens (aye)
with Senator TAlbert (nay).
Sanator Eftrd then moved. "t strike
out all the enacting words" of the
Morgan bill and amend by in erting
sthe Baysor-Mannixg b.lU- which, by
the way, is now the "purification
bill the committee suoastiate for 1n
original measure. Tnis mstlon W%
accepted by a viva voe Taie, no 114
bastering bAng done by the anti-dis
pensary panry vwhich acepted de'feat
gallantly and without bitterness.
Just as Senator Eird was' moving to
have two amendments to the bill
adopted, Senator ?iease appeared in
the onamber, having basa out for a
short time, sad moved takill the bill
by "striking ons t.a ensesig
This had the effect of holding r p
the Rassor Minning bill, and lis a.
to say that there wui ona dispensiry
legislation tis session as tne L-gia.
tare will adj >urn Sarurvav.
Voted D.,w.i in Tae Hoiuse by Thisty.
Four Members.
The biennial sessions matte em
up in tne Bouse oni Wednesday. CaL
D. 0. Herbert wanted the resolu~.
enhmitting tne question to the people
passed. Mr. Richards .agroeed wt
001. Herbert. He said he thogm
every barrier bad been removed get
ne wanted the resolution psassed ia
justice to the people
Tne house killed the bleuntal, u
sions resolution by a vote of 78wt M.
'This finally dispoased of all blIiaL
session legislation. Last year fia
house referred tlie matter, after the
Tavorable voite of the people, to a sub
committee to prepare all nesry
resolutions looking to proper leisa
tion to secure biennial sessions. Eiea
under these resolutions the masser
was to go before the people again.
The resolutlans simply proposed
resolutions for the people to vote en
biennial sessions. The senate passed
the resolutions some time ago and the
vote of 78 to 34 killed all resolutioUs
looking to biennial session Ieglsistidn
next summer. All-such proposed res
oluton looking to e~mnietional a
mendments need 83 votes. The main
resolution received 78 votes and ans
.Drevious billob 79 and these two voin
settled tne Issue.
The 34 members who voted against
the resolation laaking to a vote on b!
ennial sesons were: Messrs. Arnold,
Brant, Bruce. Clifton, Dabbs, Des
Cnamps, E~weards, Epting, Er7rheredge
Emhereage, F'raser, McD. Fross,
Gause, W. J. Gibson, D. L. Green,
McD. Green, Heske11, Hemptiill, Hig
msin, Bumo, Irby, Little, Lomax,
Lyon, Mciiaddln, McMaster, Mottmani,
Bawlinson, Eaves, Sanders4, Bolers
iWalaer, Walker, Wualey, Whatley
These thirty four killed the poedi
bility of biennial sessions of the .ga
eral assembly wishin the nerts two -ar
three years.
Banged Himselt.
A special from Monticello, Ill., says
that the dead body of William De
Grei, an aged director of the Fiat
National B~nk of Mansneld, was
found hanging in his home at Mans
deld, today, he having commit
ted suicide. The reason asigned
for the deed is that the grand jury is
on the eve f i n examnination of the
conaitioni f the bank on report that
5700,000 has b en2 embezZled. W. 0.
Fairbanks, preside z, and L. .M. ia :
nanks, anotier d~trecior -of .the haut,
are brothers of Vice President lair
roaks of the United States.

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